lewrockwell--2020-11-23--The Left’s Way: Violence, Fraud, and Intimidation

A revealing incident took place in Wayne County , Michigan last week .
What happened is highly instructive , because it exposes the left ’ s modus operandi .
It is important that we learn from it and take measures to prevent its recurrence , because if we don ’ t , this country will fall into the hands of brutal leftist totalitarians .
In Wayne County two Republican members of the county ’ s Board of Canvassers , Monica Palmer and William Hartmann , initially refused to certify the results of the obviously fraud-ridden election .
Wayne County , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Detroit which has been continuously controlled by corrupt Democrats since 1962 .
Not surprisingly , Detroit has been known to suffer from election irregularities for many years .
In this election , among other concerns , around 70 percent of Wayne County precincts were found to be “ out of balance , ” which means that the number of ballots cast did not match the number of people who signed in to vote .
Crises of the Republic ... Arendt , Hannah Best Price : $ 11.00 Buy New $ 13.58 The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ glaring irregularities made the two honest officials an immediate target of intimidation and blackmail .
Within minutes of their decision , death threats began pouring in .
“ The [ death ] threats have been made against myself , my daughter and my husband , ” Monica Palmer told Detroit Free Press .
The threats that Monica Palmer referred to in this statement were conveyed to her privately .
But there was more to come publicly so that the whole world could see just how brazen and vicious the American political left is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ followed the standoff , Palmer and Hartmann were abused and bullied by a succession of Democrat operatives .
Astonishingly , in that meeting , which was broadcast on Zoom , Democrats made statements that contained threats of potentially deadly violence against the two board members and their families .
One of the oafs who used this tactic was a man by the name Abraham Aiyash .
Aiyash is a hard left activist who had just been elected to the Michigan House of Representatives .
He hails from Michigan ’ s deeply blue District @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the vote .
Prior to his election he worked as a trainer of community organizers .
This is how a former co-worked described Aiyash in a Twitter post : “ I ’ ve worked closely with @ AbrahamAiyash with his time working with @ MichiganUnited , his job was training the next generation of organizers .
Michigan should be proud to have such a fighter and a progressive champion in the state house , I know I am proud to call him a friend.
” At the Wayne County election certification meeting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the scene by accusing Monika Palmer of racism : “ You are standing here today telling folks that Black Detroit should not have their votes counted .
And know the facts .
You are certainly showing that you are a racist .
You may say that you are not .
You may claim that you are not .
But let ’ s be very clear .
Your words today and your actions today made it clear that you are okay with silencing the votes of an eighty-percent African-American city.
” Having accused and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparently the worst charge that a person , living or dead , can face these days – Aiyash made his move : “ And what that tells us is you Miss Monica Palmer from Grosse Pointe Woods , which has a history of racism , uh , deciding to enable and continue to perpetuate the racist history of this country.
” Threats and intimidation : Abraham Aiyash publicly accused Monika Palmer of being a racist who wants to disenfranchise the black people of Detroit .
He then revealed the name of her children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think what will happen when they come face to face with their “ black classmates ” On Violence ( Harvest B ... Arendt , Hannah Best Price : $ 4.37 Buy New $ 8.89 Notice how deliberately Aiyash announced Palmer ’ s name and the area of her residence .
This was completely unnecessary as those present at the meeting were doubtless already aware of these facts .
To understand what this man did and why , we need to remember the context in which he made his statement .
In the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this country under the guise of anti-racism by the left and its militant organs BLM and Antifa .
Apart from the unprecedented destruction of property , the crazed leftists have assaulted , beaten and brutalized scores of people , allegedly because of racism .
To designate someone a racist in a high-stakes election meeting is to set them up as a candidate for retribution .
To declare publicly that someone is a racist who intends to disenfranchise the whole black population of Detroit makes that person a target for potentially deadly violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not stop with Monika Palmer .
He continued further : “ And I want you to think about what that means to your kids – who probably go to [ name of the school ] – and when they see all their black classmates… ” The Democrat wretch named the school that Palmer ’ s children attend and then invited their “ black classmates ” to bully and abuse them .
This is obvious intimidation and blackmail .
What Aiyash essentially said was this : “ Either you will go along with us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you and your family will be targeted for violence at home and in school.
” But the leftists were still not done .
Aiyash was followed by one Ned Staebler , who serves as Vice-President for Economic Development at Wayne State University .
Lest you have any doubt where he stands politically , his Twitter name reads : “ Ned BLACK LIVES MATTER Staebler.
” The capitalization ‘ Black Lives Matter ’ is his own .
OxGord Windshield Snow ... Buy New $ 29.95 Like so many Democrats today , Staebler is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is what he wrote to Trump ’ s supporters in December 2016 , barely a month after Trump ’ s first presidential victory : “ If you support Trump you are OK with bigotry , misogyny , xenophobia and a foreign power undermining our democracy .
Own it.
” During the Wayne County canvassers meeting last week , Staebler launched a fiery rant that set up Palmer and Hartmann as sitting ducks for leftist vengeance .
This is what he said : “ I just want to let you know that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that you , William Hartmann and Monica Palmer , have just covered yourself in is going to follow you throughout history .
Your grandchildren are going to think of you like Bull Connor or George Wallace .
Monica Palmer and William Hartmann will forever be known in south-eastern Michigan as two racists who did something so unprecedented that they disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of Black voters in the city of Detroit… ” Vitriolic : Ned Staebler publicly called the Wayne Country canvassers Monica Palmer and William Hartmann “ racists ” who are without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He said that thanks to Twitter “ millions of people around the world ” now know their names .
Notice the number of times Staebler says their names in connection with the term racist .
This is deliberate .
He continued : OxGord Rear Windshield ... Buy New $ 19.95 “ Just know when you try to sleep tonight , that millions of people around the world now on Twitter know the name Monica Palmer and William Hartmann , as two people completely racist and without an understanding of what integrity means or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law is not on your side , history won ’ t be on your side , your conscience will not be on your side , and lord knows when you go to meet your maker your soul is going to be very , very warm.
” Note the code words Staebler uses to turn the two canvassers into targets for BLM and Antifa terror : “ racist , ” “ black voters , ” “ disenfranchise.
” Also disturbing are the ominous references to “ your maker ” and to “ your soul @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existence .
Now put yourself in the shoes of these two people .
Imagine you were having to decide whether or not to certify the vote in this situation .
How would you feel if the left ’ s ire was about to come down on you and your children ?
I venture to say that most people could not withstand this kind of pressure and intimidation .
It is no surprise , therefore , that the two commissioners changed their mind and went along with the left ’ s demands .
An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their change of mind this way : “ All eyes were on Wayne County on Tuesday evening as the county ’ s election board , deadlocked in an unprecedented partisan vote , initially declined to certify Detroit ’ s election results — only to quickly reverse course after concerned citizens called them out during the meeting ’ s public comment.
” The report is only partially correct .
The two Republicans did , indeed , reverse their position , but not because they were “ called out.
” They reversed because they and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they hadn ’ t .
Most of us would likely do the same if faced with this level of danger and intimidation .
Note : Since their vote to certify , Palmer and Hartmann tried to rescind their vote by affidavit .
Whether they will be successful or what will happen to them remains to be seen .
Regardless of the final outcome in Michigan , what we have seen there is the essence of the hard left ’ s approach .
This is exactly the way they take over governments and countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honest , transparent way , but through lies , intimidation , blackmail and violence .
icescreen MIT-B-01 Mir ... Buy New $ 9.95 In the weeks ahead this scenario will unfold up and down the US .
Wherever decisions regarding this election will have to be made , the left will threaten and intimidate officials on all levels : local , state and federal .
Every public official in favor of a meaningful audit or recount will be immediately marked for intimidation and violence .
Sadly , in the present environment this threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely that in most cases the targeted officials will cave .
Given the circumstances it would be difficult to blame them .
In a few days some of the legal cases will start making their way to the Supreme Court .
Tremendous pressure will be put on those members who may be inclined to rule in favor of electoral integrity .
Just put yourself , for example , in the shoes of the newly appointed Amy Coney Barrett .
Should she vote in left ’ s disfavor , she and her family would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign of hatred .
For a mother of seven children this would not be an easy situation to handle .
Her house would be besieged , and the members of the Barrett family would face harassment – or worse – wherever they go .
If we do not want to fall under the rule of the violent totalitarians of the hard left , it is imperative to confound their tactic of getting their way through intimidation and violence .
There are two lines along which this problem must be tackled simultaneously .
First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election-related rulings must be given meaningful guarantees of security for themselves , their families and their property .
They must know that they will be provided with whatever protection is necessary to keep them and their own safe .
Second , our government must take a strong stand against all forms of harassment .
People like Abraham Aiyash and Ned Staebler should be charged with intimidation and incitement of violence against public officials .
They will no doubt claim that this was not their intention but given today ’ s violent climate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They publicly painted Monika Palmer and William Hartmann as two inveterate racists and disenfranchisers of black people and then doxed them .
In our current milieu this kind of tarring makes people prey for the left ’ s Brown Shirt organs – BLM and Antifa .
Such intimidation should not be tolerated in the United States of America and those who attempt it should feel the iron fist of the law .
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer

A revealing incident took place in Wayne County, Michigan last week. What happened is highly instructive, because it exposes the left’s modus operandi. It is important that we learn from it and take measures to prevent its recurrence, because if we don’t, this country will fall into the hands of brutal leftist totalitarians.
In Wayne County two Republican members of the county’s Board of Canvassers, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, initially refused to certify the results of the obviously fraud-ridden election. Wayne County, by the way, includes the city of Detroit which has been continuously controlled by corrupt Democrats since 1962. Not surprisingly, Detroit has been known to suffer from election irregularities for many years. In this election, among other concerns, around 70 percent of Wayne County precincts were found to be “out of balance,” which means that the number of ballots cast did not match the number of people who signed in to vote.
Crises of the Republic... Arendt, Hannah Best Price: $11.00 Buy New $13.58 (as of 03:21 UTC - Details) The refusal to certify this vote with its glaring irregularities made the two honest officials an immediate target of intimidation and blackmail. Within minutes of their decision, death threats began pouring in. “The [death] threats have been made against myself, my daughter and my husband,” Monica Palmer told Detroit Free Press. The threats that Monica Palmer referred to in this statement were conveyed to her privately. But there was more to come publicly so that the whole world could see just how brazen and vicious the American political left is.
In the contentious public meeting that followed the standoff, Palmer and Hartmann were abused and bullied by a succession of Democrat operatives. Astonishingly, in that meeting, which was broadcast on Zoom, Democrats made statements that contained threats of potentially deadly violence against the two board members and their families.
One of the oafs who used this tactic was a man by the name Abraham Aiyash. Aiyash is a hard left activist who had just been elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. He hails from Michigan’s deeply blue District 4 where he received nearly 90 percent of the vote. Prior to his election he worked as a trainer of community organizers. This is how a former co-worked described Aiyash in a Twitter post:
“I’ve worked closely with @AbrahamAiyash with his time working with @MichiganUnited, his job was training the next generation of organizers. Michigan should be proud to have such a fighter and a progressive champion in the state house, I know I am proud to call him a friend.”
At the Wayne County election certification meeting, this “progressive champion” set the scene by accusing Monika Palmer of racism:
“You are standing here today telling folks that Black Detroit should not have their votes counted. And know the facts. You are certainly showing that you are a racist. You may say that you are not. You may claim that you are not. But let’s be very clear. Your words today and your actions today made it clear that you are okay with silencing the votes of an eighty-percent African-American city.”
Having accused and convicted Palmer of racism – which is apparently the worst charge that a person, living or dead, can face these days – Aiyash made his move:
“And what that tells us is you Miss Monica Palmer from Grosse Pointe Woods, which has a history of racism, uh, deciding to enable and continue to perpetuate the racist history of this country.”
Threats and intimidation: Abraham Aiyash publicly accused Monika Palmer of being a racist who wants to disenfranchise the black people of Detroit. He then revealed the name of her children’s school and asked her to think what will happen when they come face to face with their “black classmates”
On Violence (Harvest B... Arendt, Hannah Best Price: $4.37 Buy New $8.89 (as of 06:13 UTC - Details) Notice how deliberately Aiyash announced Palmer’s name and the area of her residence. This was completely unnecessary as those present at the meeting were doubtless already aware of these facts. To understand what this man did and why, we need to remember the context in which he made his statement.
In the last six months we have watched terror unleashed in this country under the guise of anti-racism by the left and its militant organs BLM and Antifa. Apart from the unprecedented destruction of property, the crazed leftists have assaulted, beaten and brutalized scores of people, allegedly because of racism. To designate someone a racist in a high-stakes election meeting is to set them up as a candidate for retribution. To declare publicly that someone is a racist who intends to disenfranchise the whole black population of Detroit makes that person a target for potentially deadly violence.
Abraham Aiyash, however, did not stop with Monika Palmer. He continued further:
“And I want you to think about what that means to your kids – who probably go to [name of the school] – and when they see all their black classmates…”
The Democrat wretch named the school that Palmer’s children attend and then invited their “black classmates” to bully and abuse them.
This is obvious intimidation and blackmail. What Aiyash essentially said was this: “Either you will go along with us and certify this fraudulent election, or you and your family will be targeted for violence at home and in school.”
But the leftists were still not done. Aiyash was followed by one Ned Staebler, who serves as Vice-President for Economic Development at Wayne State University. Lest you have any doubt where he stands politically, his Twitter name reads: “Ned BLACK LIVES MATTER Staebler.” The capitalization ‘Black Lives Matter’ is his own. OxGord Windshield Snow... Buy New $29.95 (as of 06:13 UTC - Details)
Like so many Democrats today, Staebler is an unhinged individual who espouses extreme views. This is what he wrote to Trump’s supporters in December 2016, barely a month after Trump’s first presidential victory: “If you support Trump you are OK with bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia and a foreign power undermining our democracy. Own it.”
During the Wayne County canvassers meeting last week, Staebler launched a fiery rant that set up Palmer and Hartmann as sitting ducks for leftist vengeance. This is what he said:
“I just want to let you know that the Trump stink, the stain of racism that you, William Hartmann and Monica Palmer, have just covered yourself in is going to follow you throughout history. Your grandchildren are going to think of you like Bull Connor or George Wallace. Monica Palmer and William Hartmann will forever be known in south-eastern Michigan as two racists who did something so unprecedented that they disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of Black voters in the city of Detroit…”
Vitriolic: Ned Staebler publicly called the Wayne Country canvassers Monica Palmer and William Hartmann “racists” who are without “a shred of human decency.” He said that thanks to Twitter “millions of people around the world” now know their names.
Notice the number of times Staebler says their names in connection with the term racist. This is deliberate. He continued: OxGord Rear Windshield... Buy New $19.95 (as of 06:13 UTC - Details)
“Just know when you try to sleep tonight, that millions of people around the world now on Twitter know the name Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, as two people completely racist and without an understanding of what integrity means or a shred of human decency. The law is not on your side, history won’t be on your side, your conscience will not be on your side, and lord knows when you go to meet your maker your soul is going to be very, very warm.”
Note the code words Staebler uses to turn the two canvassers into targets for BLM and Antifa terror: “racist,” “black voters,” “disenfranchise.” Also disturbing are the ominous references to “your maker” and to “your soul,” which obviously refer to posthumous existence.
Now put yourself in the shoes of these two people. Imagine you were having to decide whether or not to certify the vote in this situation. How would you feel if the left’s ire was about to come down on you and your children? I venture to say that most people could not withstand this kind of pressure and intimidation. It is no surprise, therefore, that the two commissioners changed their mind and went along with the left’s demands.
An article in the Detroit Metro Times reported their change of mind this way:
“All eyes were on Wayne County on Tuesday evening as the county’s election board, deadlocked in an unprecedented partisan vote, initially declined to certify Detroit’s election results — only to quickly reverse course after concerned citizens called them out during the meeting’s public comment.”
The report is only partially correct. The two Republicans did, indeed, reverse their position, but not because they were “called out.” They reversed because they and their families would have been assaulted if they hadn’t. Most of us would likely do the same if faced with this level of danger and intimidation.
Note: Since their vote to certify, Palmer and Hartmann tried to rescind their vote by affidavit. Whether they will be successful or what will happen to them remains to be seen.
Regardless of the final outcome in Michigan, what we have seen there is the essence of the hard left’s approach. This is exactly the way they take over governments and countries. It is never done in an honest, transparent way, but through lies, intimidation, blackmail and violence. icescreen MIT-B-01 Mir... Buy New $9.95 (as of 06:13 UTC - Details)
In the weeks ahead this scenario will unfold up and down the US. Wherever decisions regarding this election will have to be made, the left will threaten and intimidate officials on all levels: local, state and federal. Every public official in favor of a meaningful audit or recount will be immediately marked for intimidation and violence. Sadly, in the present environment this threat is all too real. It is likely that in most cases the targeted officials will cave. Given the circumstances it would be difficult to blame them.
In a few days some of the legal cases will start making their way to the Supreme Court. Tremendous pressure will be put on those members who may be inclined to rule in favor of electoral integrity. Just put yourself, for example, in the shoes of the newly appointed Amy Coney Barrett. Should she vote in left’s disfavor, she and her family would immediately become the targets of a nationwide campaign of hatred. For a mother of seven children this would not be an easy situation to handle. Her house would be besieged, and the members of the Barrett family would face harassment – or worse – wherever they go.
If we do not want to fall under the rule of the violent totalitarians of the hard left, it is imperative to confound their tactic of getting their way through intimidation and violence. There are two lines along which this problem must be tackled simultaneously. First, those officials who will be making election-related rulings must be given meaningful guarantees of security for themselves, their families and their property. They must know that they will be provided with whatever protection is necessary to keep them and their own safe.
Second, our government must take a strong stand against all forms of harassment. People like Abraham Aiyash and Ned Staebler should be charged with intimidation and incitement of violence against public officials. They will no doubt claim that this was not their intention but given today’s violent climate, they knew exactly what they were doing. They publicly painted Monika Palmer and William Hartmann as two inveterate racists and disenfranchisers of black people and then doxed them. In our current milieu this kind of tarring makes people prey for the left’s Brown Shirt organs – BLM and Antifa. Such intimidation should not be tolerated in the United States of America and those who attempt it should feel the iron fist of the law.
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer


lewrockwell--2020-11-23--No Hope For Freedom? What This Covid-19 Crisis Means to the World

About 4 years after 9-11 I was in a taxicab in New York City , headed towards a hotel on Long Island , when I struck up a conversation with the cabby , a foreigner from the middle east .
Four years earlier I happened to have been in New York City on Sept. 11 , 2001 when the airliners hit the World Trade Center towers .
So , I had a first-person experience of the event .
I have a haunting photo of me on a ferry on the Hudson River , headed to Ellis Island to see the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center towers in the background .
Two days later those towers were gone .
As an aside , in 1986 I was in Florida , in the panhandle near Tallahassee , on a business trip , sitting in a doctor ’ s waiting room when the TV set aired the mid-air blow up of the space shuttle 73 seconds into its launch from Cape Canaveral .
I ran outside to see the accident in the sky .
So , I ’ ve had occasion to view a couple of disastrous moments in modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Money C ... Sutton , Antony C. Best Price : $ 12.99 Buy New $ 24.50 So , I was chatting with this cab driver from the back seat during my trip .
I explained Building 7 that collapsed in a planned explosion without any planes hitting it ( “ they had to pull it ” said Building 7 leasee Larry Silverstein , who is reported to have purchased terrorism insurance just prior to the event ) .
I talked on an on , about the circumstances surrounding that event .
The renovation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trade Towers when explosives could have been planted in the buildings .
That there was a “ near-simultaneous failure of every column in the towers.
” I quoted Dr. Stan Monteith , who at the time had a popular radio show , who always opened his show by saying : “ America has the best enemies money can buy.
” How America stages wars to create employment and buoys the wealth of the military industrial complex .
How the U.S. used 9-11 to place military in Afghanistan to take over the opium trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I was gauging his reactions .
His facial expressions did not tip off any disbelief in what I was saying .
Drugs in Afghanistan : ... Macdonald , David Best Price : $ 22.12 Buy New $ 24.22 I was lamenting why Americans seemed to be oblivious to any idea our own government was behind 9-11 .
The cabby finally said : “ You know , if all that you have said is true , then we have no hope.
” That explained to me why there is such silence over 9-11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face the idea that our own government plotted to create 9-11 .
If America is not what it pretends to be , then there IS NO HOPE for the rest of the countries in the world that exist under oppression from its leaders .
And you ask if COVID-19 is real or fake ?

About 4 years after 9-11 I was in a taxicab in New York City, headed towards a hotel on Long Island, when I struck up a conversation with the cabby, a foreigner from the middle east.
Four years earlier I happened to have been in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001 when the airliners hit the World Trade Center towers. So, I had a first-person experience of the event. I have a haunting photo of me on a ferry on the Hudson River, headed to Ellis Island to see the Statue of Liberty with the World Trade Center towers in the background. Two days later those towers were gone.
As an aside, in 1986 I was in Florida, in the panhandle near Tallahassee, on a business trip, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room when the TV set aired the mid-air blow up of the space shuttle 73 seconds into its launch from Cape Canaveral. I ran outside to see the accident in the sky. So, I’ve had occasion to view a couple of disastrous moments in modern American history first-hand. The Best Enemy Money C... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $12.99 Buy New $24.50 (as of 03:31 UTC - Details)
So, I was chatting with this cab driver from the back seat during my trip. I explained Building 7 that collapsed in a planned explosion without any planes hitting it (“they had to pull it” said Building 7 leasee Larry Silverstein, who is reported to have purchased terrorism insurance just prior to the event).
I talked on an on, about the circumstances surrounding that event. The renovation of the fire sprinkling system in the Trade Towers when explosives could have been planted in the buildings. That there was a “near-simultaneous failure of every column in the towers.”
I quoted Dr. Stan Monteith, who at the time had a popular radio show, who always opened his show by saying: “America has the best enemies money can buy.” How America stages wars to create employment and buoys the wealth of the military industrial complex.
How the U.S. used 9-11 to place military in Afghanistan to take over the opium trade there.
The cab driver politely listened. I was gauging his reactions. His facial expressions did not tip off any disbelief in what I was saying. Drugs in Afghanistan: ... Macdonald, David Best Price: $22.12 Buy New $24.22 (as of 06:13 UTC - Details)
I was lamenting why Americans seemed to be oblivious to any idea our own government was behind 9-11.
The cabby finally said: “You know, if all that you have said is true, then we have no hope.”
That explained to me why there is such silence over 9-11. We as Americans can’t face the idea that our own government plotted to create 9-11. If America is not what it pretends to be, then there IS NO HOPE for the rest of the countries in the world that exist under oppression from its leaders.
And you ask if COVID-19 is real or fake?


lewrockwell--2020-11-23--They Would Never Steal an Election

They Would Never Steal an Election

Sure , the Democrats , the Deep State , the Military Industrial Complex , the Deep State-Military-Industrial-Media Complex , the Powers that Be , or whatever term you prefer , would never stoop so low as to steal an election .
We all know that .
But sure , they would sic the FBI and CIA on an opposition presidential candidate as they did in 2016 .
And sure , they would file false FISA applications as they did in 2016 and 2017—a total of four times .
And sure , the FBI agents in charge of investigations would casually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and having an insurance policy for such in their texts to one another in 2016 .
The Concise Guide to E ... Cox , Jim Best Price : $ 1.95 Buy New $ 10.50 And sure , they would pressure the Electors to change their votes from the winning candidate to theirs .
And sure , they would entrap president-elect Donald Trump ’ s choice for National Security Advisor , Michael Flynn .
And sure , in 2016 , they—specifically the Clinton campaign , and the DNC–would pay for a phony dossier with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult to identify the payers ) through the Perkins Coie International Law Firm to Brit Christopher Steele , who in turn hired some Russian operatives to provide him with phony information with which to harass the new president in 2017 .
And sure , Hillary Clinton would arrange that dossier in order to provide cover for her having illegally deleted 30,000+ subpoenaed emails .
And sure , they , in this case Jim Comey , would then inform the new president of this salacious dossier and then report to the head of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accomplished ” who in turn would call CNN with the news , so the dossier could now be in the news .
And sure , Director Brennan , would testify under a closed hearing to the House Intelligence Committee that no , he had no hard evidence against Donald Trump , while publicly claiming for his new employer , and CNN ’ s audience , that yes , he did have hard evidence against him .
And sure , the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee , Adam Schiff , repeatedly—for months , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence proving Trump colluded with the Russians but never did produce such evidence .
The Haiku Economist 10 ... Jim Cox Buy New $ 19.98 And sure , they would appoint a special counsel to then investigate—for 23 months and at a cost of $ 32 million—the new president with the intent of removal from office and possible criminal charges .
And sure , they would prosecute , despite the Justice Department dropping the charges some years earlier , Paul Manafort—Trump ’ s campaign manager—but not Manafort ’ s business partner , Democrat-connected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would place poll watchers at a ridiculous distance from what they were supposed to be , you know , watching .
And sure , they would block the view of interested citizens by placing large cardboard pieces on the windows of those same poll sites .
And sure , they would publicly make a reference , hint , hint , of an election official ’ s place of residence for doxing purposes and the name of the school that her children attend so that thugs could harass them to get the official to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Wayne County , Michigan .
But , no , they would never , never stoop so low as to steal a presidential election .
Perish the thought !
The Best of Jim Cox

Sure, the Democrats, the Deep State, the Military Industrial Complex, the Deep State-Military-Industrial-Media Complex, the Powers that Be, or whatever term you prefer, would never stoop so low as to steal an election. We all know that.
But sure, they would sic the FBI and CIA on an opposition presidential candidate as they did in 2016.
And sure, they would file false FISA applications as they did in 2016 and 2017—a total of four times.
And sure, the FBI agents in charge of investigations would casually talk about keeping Trump out of office and having an insurance policy for such in their texts to one another in 2016. The Concise Guide to E... Cox, Jim Best Price: $1.95 Buy New $10.50 (as of 11:12 UTC - Details)
And sure, they would pressure the Electors to change their votes from the winning candidate to theirs.
And sure, they would entrap president-elect Donald Trump’s choice for National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn.
And sure, in 2016, they—specifically the Clinton campaign, and the DNC–would pay for a phony dossier with the payment channeled (to make it difficult to identify the payers) through the Perkins Coie International Law Firm to Brit Christopher Steele, who in turn hired some Russian operatives to provide him with phony information with which to harass the new president in 2017.
And sure, Hillary Clinton would arrange that dossier in order to provide cover for her having illegally deleted 30,000+ subpoenaed emails.
And sure, they, in this case Jim Comey, would then inform the new president of this salacious dossier and then report to the head of the CIA, John Brennan, “mission accomplished” who in turn would call CNN with the news, so the dossier could now be in the news.
And sure, Director Brennan, would testify under a closed hearing to the House Intelligence Committee that no, he had no hard evidence against Donald Trump, while publicly claiming for his new employer, and CNN’s audience, that yes, he did have hard evidence against him.
And sure, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, repeatedly—for months, and months— stated that he had hard evidence proving Trump colluded with the Russians but never did produce such evidence. The Haiku Economist 10... Jim Cox Buy New $19.98 (as of 06:14 UTC - Details)
And sure, they would appoint a special counsel to then investigate—for 23 months and at a cost of $32 million—the new president with the intent of removal from office and possible criminal charges.
And sure, they would prosecute, despite the Justice Department dropping the charges some years earlier, Paul Manafort—Trump’s campaign manager—but not Manafort’s business partner, Democrat-connected Tony Podesta.
And sure, they would place poll watchers at a ridiculous distance from what they were supposed to be, you know, watching.
And sure, they would block the view of interested citizens by placing large cardboard pieces on the windows of those same poll sites.
And sure, they would publicly make a reference, hint, hint, of an election official’s place of residence for doxing purposes and the name of the school that her children attend so that thugs could harass them to get the official to change her vote on certifying the election in Wayne County, Michigan.
But, no, they would never, never stoop so low as to steal a presidential election. Perish the thought!
The Best of Jim Cox


lewrockwell--2020-11-23--Are Temperatures and Ocean Levels Rising Dangerously? Not Really.

There are two widely held climate-change beliefs that are simply not accurate .
The first is that there has been a statistically significant warming trend in the U.S. over the last 20 years .
The second is that average ocean levels are rising alarmingly due to man-made global warming .
Neither of these perspectives is true ; yet both remain important , nonetheless , since both are loaded with very expensive public policy implications .
To refute the first view , we turn to data generated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) for the relevant years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the average mean temperature in the continental U.S. for the years 1998 through 2019* : 1998 54.6 degrees 1999 54.5 degrees 2000 54.0 degrees 2001 54.3 degrees 2002 53.9 degrees 2003 53.7 degrees Climate Confusion : How ... Spencer , Roy W. Best Price : $ 1.51 Buy New $ 7.50 It is apparent from the data that there has been no consistent warming trend in the U.S. over the last 2 decades ; average mean temperatures ( daytime and nighttime ) have been slightly higher in some years and slightly lower in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mountains of uninformed social and political commentary—annual temperatures on average in the U.S. were no higher in 2019 than they were in 1998 .
Antitrust : The Case fo ... Dominick T. Armentano Best Price : $ 1.49 Buy New $ 11.00 The second widely accepted climate view—based on wild speculations from some op/ed writers and partisan politicians–is that average sea levels are increasing dangerously and rationalize an immediate governmental response .
But as we shall demonstrate below , this perspective is simply not accurate .
There is a wide scientific consensus ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1993 ) that the rate of increase in overall sea levels has been approximately .12 inches per year .
To put that increase in perspective , the average sea level nine years from now ( in 2029 ) is likely to be approximately one inch higher than it is now ( 2020 ) .
One inch is roughly the distance from the tip of your finger to the first knuckle .
Even by the turn of the next century ( in 2100 ) , average ocean levels ( at that rate of increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so higher than they are at present .
None of this sounds particularly alarming for the general society and little of it can justify any draconian regulations or costly infrastructure investments .
The exception might be for very low- lying ocean communities or for properties ( nuclear power plants ) that , if flooded , would present a wide-ranging risk to the general population .
But even here there is no reason for immediate panic .
Since ocean levels are rising in small , discrete marginal increments , private and public decision makers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepare , adjust and invest ( in flood abatement measures , etc . )
if required .
But are sea levels actually rising at all ?
Empirical evidence of any substantial increases taken from land-based measurements has been ambiguous .
This suggests to some scientists that laser and tidal-based measurements of ocean levels over time have not been particularly accurate .
For example , Professor Niles-Axel Morner ( Stockholm University ) is infamous in climate circles for arguing–based on his actual study of sea levels in the Fiji Islands–that “ there are no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels ; on the contrary , full stability.
” And while Morner ’ s views are controversial , he has at least supplied peer reviewed empirical evidence to substantiate his nihilist position on the sea-level increase hypothesis .
The world has many important societal problems and only a limited amount of resources to address them .
What we don ’ t need are overly dramatic climate-change claims that are unsubstantiated and arrive attached to expensive public policies that , if enacted , would fundamentally alter the foundations of the U.S. economic system .
@ @ @ @ @

There are two widely held climate-change beliefs that are simply not accurate. The first is that there has been a statistically significant warming trend in the U.S. over the last 20 years. The second is that average ocean levels are rising alarmingly due to man-made global warming. Neither of these perspectives is true; yet both remain important, nonetheless, since both are loaded with very expensive public policy implications.
To refute the first view, we turn to data generated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the relevant years under discussion. The table below reports the average mean temperature in the continental U.S. for the years 1998 through 2019*:
1998 54.6 degrees
1999 54.5 degrees
2000 54.0 degrees
2001 54.3 degrees
2002 53.9 degrees
2003 53.7 degrees Climate Confusion: How... Spencer, Roy W. Best Price: $1.51 Buy New $7.50 (as of 06:15 UTC - Details)
2004 53.5 degrees
2005 54 degrees
2006 54.9 degrees
2007 54.2 degrees
2008 53.0 degrees
2009 53.1 degrees
2010 53.8 degrees
2011 53.8 degrees
2012 55.3 degrees
2013 52.4 degrees
2014 52.6 degrees
2015 54.4 degrees
2016 54.9 degrees
2017 54.6 degrees
2018 53.5 degrees
2019 52.7 degrees
*National Climate Report – Annual 2019
It is apparent from the data that there has been no consistent warming trend in the U.S. over the last 2 decades; average mean temperatures (daytime and nighttime) have been slightly higher in some years and slightly lower in other years. On balance–and contrary to mountains of uninformed social and political commentary—annual temperatures on average in the U.S. were no higher in 2019 than they were in 1998. Antitrust: The Case fo... Dominick T. Armentano Best Price: $1.49 Buy New $11.00 (as of 07:55 UTC - Details)
The second widely accepted climate view—based on wild speculations from some op/ed writers and partisan politicians–is that average sea levels are increasing dangerously and rationalize an immediate governmental response. But as we shall demonstrate below, this perspective is simply not accurate.
There is a wide scientific consensus (based on satellite laser altimeter readings since 1993) that the rate of increase in overall sea levels has been approximately .12 inches per year.
To put that increase in perspective, the average sea level nine years from now (in 2029) is likely to be approximately one inch higher than it is now (2020). One inch is roughly the distance from the tip of your finger to the first knuckle. Even by the turn of the next century (in 2100), average ocean levels (at that rate of increase) should be only a foot or so higher than they are at present.
None of this sounds particularly alarming for the general society and little of it can justify any draconian regulations or costly infrastructure investments. The exception might be for very low- lying ocean communities or for properties (nuclear power plants) that, if flooded, would present a wide-ranging risk to the general population. But even here there is no reason for immediate panic. Since ocean levels are rising in small, discrete marginal increments, private and public decision makers would have reasonable amounts of time to prepare, adjust and invest (in flood abatement measures, etc.) if required.
But are sea levels actually rising at all? Empirical evidence of any substantial increases taken from land-based measurements has been ambiguous. This suggests to some scientists that laser and tidal-based measurements of ocean levels over time have not been particularly accurate.
For example, Professor Niles-Axel Morner (Stockholm University) is infamous in climate circles for arguing–based on his actual study of sea levels in the Fiji Islands–that “there are no traces of any present rise in sea levels; on the contrary, full stability.” And while Morner’s views are controversial, he has at least supplied peer reviewed empirical evidence to substantiate his nihilist position on the sea-level increase hypothesis.
The world has many important societal problems and only a limited amount of resources to address them. What we don’t need are overly dramatic climate-change claims that are unsubstantiated and arrive attached to expensive public policies that, if enacted, would fundamentally alter the foundations of the U.S. economic system.
The Best of Dom Armentano


lewrockwell--2020-11-23--‘A Conspiracy So Immense….?’ The Election of 2020

This past Friday morning , November 20 , I altered my television news viewing preferences : now if I watch news programs , it is to Newsmax TV that I go .
Not Fox .
No way .
Yes , I will drop in to Tucker Carlson on occasion during prime time , and maybe a few minutes of Laura Ingraham or Hannity , or the Fox “ All-Stars ” —although seeing the nauseously loathsome Jonah Goldberg there the other night spout a stream of unadulterated venom against President Trump literally caused me to lose my supper ( Jonah ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been that well-hidden , nor his fealty to the Deep State ; his brand of “ kept whorish ( neo ) conservatism ” is one of the major defects of what my friend Paul Gottfried calls establishment “ conservatism Inc. ” It now seems to increasingly dominate at Fox ) .
I ’ m not going to rehash the bizarre spat that has erupted between the Carlson program and Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell .
Except to comment that I found Tucker ’ s insistence that Powell provide all her evidence of election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the Trump Campaign team began their investigations to be somewhat incongruous , given his past history of continuous reporting as events develop .
It seemed so out of character for Carlson to say what he did ; whereas I found Powell ’ s response ( on the Maria Bartiromo program ) to be quite believable and rational : “ Apparently Mr. Carlson missed the news conference today .
I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but a 5 minute television hit is not my focus now .
Collecting evidence and preparing the case are my top priorities.
” She added that she did not get angry as Carlson stated ( it is apparent that it was not Carlson personally who contacted her , but rather a lower-level Fox staffer , who in turn reported the “ anger ” incident back to Carlson ) .
The Red Thread : A Sear ... West , Diana Buy New $ 9.47 For a nation that has been forced to experience the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Impeachment Charade , the Ukrainian Caper , the political use of our Intel agencies , not to mention all the other blatant ( and not so blatant ) attempts to undo the results of the 2016 election ( which the Deep State apparatchiks consider to have been a fluke—they didn ’ t do enough to prevent outsider Trump from winning ) —and each time with only partial data developing over time , why this insistence that everything be laid out on the table only a few days after the election ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ news conference this past Thursday , November 19 , that she and the other Trump attorneys , including Jenna Ellis , Lin Wood , and Rudy Giuliani , were constrained by an incredibly immense and constantly mounting amount of evidence , and that they were attempting to piece it all together in coherent form to present judicially in a matter of only a couple of weeks ( due to various certification deadlines ) —a task that under the most favorable conditions would probably take many months .
That ’ s not the kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even on the Tucker Carlson Program .
Let me add : I watched the Powell-Ellis-Giuliani presser .
Indeed , they did promise a lot…a very high bar to meet legally and in the courtroom of public opinion .
And even with what they might gather in the few weeks or days they have , it still might not meet judicial muster , not in so short a space of time , not without a numerous investigative staff doing full-time research and sleuthing .
After all , the Mueller Investigation ( which spent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ payer dollars ) took from May 2017 until March 2019 and came up with up with literally nothing despite the best efforts of thirty Democrat attorneys and their staffs laboring like worker ants .
There is incredible pressure , not just from the Left and the Democrats , but now from Republicans “ to be done with this ” ( e.g , Marc Thiessen on Fox ) to get on to a “ peaceful ” transition back into the arms of the Deep State…for “ the sake of our democracy.
” But unlike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t-dissent template at Fox—I don ’ t have faith in the American election process , I don ’ t have that unquestioning faith that this election was just hunky-dory .
Maybe fifty years ago , maybe when I was a boy growing up in old-fashioned North Carolina , maybe in the small town where I spent my youth .
But not now…too much has happened .
Above the Law : The Ins ... Whitaker , Matthew Buy New $ 26.09 And what has come out thus far…the data that I have seen…the brief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all of that , points in one direction .
Yes , Sidney Powell isn ’ t going to get on the boob tube and reveal her entire case—no self-respecting attorney would do that in a similar situation .
Indeed , Trump attorneys have already been physically threatened by Deep State agents , to the point that police protection has been granted .
Given the momentous nature of this process , is that any wonder ?
If the managerial elites are capable of what they have consistently done ( just the portion we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , are they not equally capable of far more if they understand their potential return to power thwarted by some dedicated investigative attorneys who haven ’ t “ gotten the memo ” and “ drunk the cool aid ” ?
Think about it .
If we can suffer through what has occurred over the past four years and the growing realization that there is in fact an immense Deep State with its tentacles stretching out everywhere , that our nation is , in spite of what happened in November 2016 and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of every aspect of our lives : if we can experience that and the realization of what British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once wrote ( in his novel , Coningsby , 1844 ) — “ For you see , the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes ” —if we have begun to actually comprehend that , then the position of Powell , Ellis , Lin Wood , and Rudy Giuliani is entirely reasonable and extremely urgent .
Certainly , absolutely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is earth-shaking , perhaps the most significant event of modern American history .
But given our recent history , all the accumulated and unimaginable skullduggery , and the obvious collapse of anything resembling “ democracy , ” why is it not something we can legitimately envision ?
Of course , like Tucker Carlson—and millions of Trump supporters and deeply troubled Americans—I want to know more , I want to see all the damning evidence .
I believe in my heart-of-hearts that indeed there is that evidence and that , if ever revealed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the direction of this country .
But the nature of this situation , of this crisis , requires of us some patience ; time and deadlines are not on our side .
# DELETED : Big Tech & rsq ... Bokhari , Allum Buy New $ 28.00 Well-known cultural critic and author Roger Kimball sums up what many of us feel these days , using an illustration from Roman history .
Like us all he is impatient , but also cognizant that so much is at stake and that Powell and company have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history books riding on what they produce : “ I really do not know what is going to happen , ” he writes .
“ The clock is ticking , loudly .
Sometimes it seems that Trump would need a miracle akin to the ‘ miracle of the lightning ’ or the ‘ miracle of the rain ’ that saved Marcus Aurelius and his generals in their battles against revolting German tribes in the early 170s AD…they were about to succumb when [ they were ] snatched…from ignominious defeat .
Those dei ex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Can Donald Trump count on something similar ?
No .
Could it nonetheless happen ?
You betcha.
” I ’ ve collected literally dozens of articles and items on this election , too many to send out all at once…including several concerning the very strange and highly suspicious actions of the disappearing executives of Dominion Voting Systems , whose machines were used in as many as thirty states and are easily programmable and hackable .
But I ’ ve selected three today , which I urge you to read and ponder .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we know , of a Biden victory .
First , I pass on a short analytical piece by Nick Chase in The American Thinker ( November 12 ) .
Once again I quote Disraeli , who once said ( also attributed to Mark Twain ) , “ there are three kinds of lies : lies , damned lies , and statistics.
” Chase ’ s article is just one of many delving into the stupefying statistical improbability of what happened on November 3 and subsequently .
Around 1:30 in the morning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bed , Trump was leading in the vote count in two Midwest swing states I was closely watching , Wisconsin — about 2 % , and Michigan — about 3 % , well on his way to an “ unexpected ” election victory nationwide .
Trumpocalypse : The End ... Anderson , Troy Best Price : $ 13.90 Buy New $ 15.99 Around 4:30 A.M. , I woke early and decided to catch up on the election results on my iPhone , being careful not to wake my wife .
Imagine my surprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lead had shrunk to less than 1 % in Wisconsin and about 1.5 % in Michigan .
But what really startled me was that Biden ’ s raw vote total had increased substantially in both states , and Trump ’ s raw vote total had not changed at all !
That is an enormous red flag for fraud being committed , and I knew right away that the Democrats , who had failed at dislodging Trump from office by impeachment , were now going to deny him victory by stealing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw the pictures and video of mystery bags and boxes being dragged into Detroit ’ s TCF Center at 4 A.M. , followed by the windows in the room being boarded up and by the ejection of Republican poll-watchers .
Well , the election theft appears to be complete , with the corrupt media declaring Biden president-elect , and lefties dancing in the streets ( unmasked ! )
with joy .
So I asked myself , by how much did Trump actually win this election if the fraudulent votes are not included ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ busy massaging the election data for statistical anomalies , and today ( Nov. 11 ) , I got my answer ( partly ) from information posted via The Gateway Pundit by blogger “ PedeInspector ” ( whom I will refer to as “ Pede ” ) .
Perhaps you saw the video of a network Election Night broadcast made by a person ( not identified ) , also posted on The Gateway Pundit , which showed a sudden switch of votes from Trump to Biden in Pennsylvania the night of Nov. 3 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ video .
Before the switch : [ access the above link to see these screen shots ] You can see that , almost instantly , 19,958 votes were stolen from Trump , and 19,958 votes were added to Biden ’ s total .
The timestamp on the video ( not shown in my pictures ) is 10:23 P.M. ( CST ) .
The Case for Trump Hanson , Victor Davis Best Price : $ 13.41 Buy New $ 12.19 Well , this video also intrigued “ Pede , ” and he ( or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uses Dominion voting systems , which forward their data to Edison Research , which then Javascript-encodes it and sends it on to the New York Times and the networks .
So “ Pede ” downloaded the Edison data for Pennsylvania from the New York Times at this address and analyzed it to locate all similar vote switches , as well as for votes that just went missing .
( Although I ’ ve given you the link , I wouldn ’ t bother opening it , because it ’ s just a big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incomprehensible to the naked eye unless you know your Javascript . )
In the Javascript code , “ Pede ” located the specific code that changed the voting percentages for Trump and Biden : Even if you ’ re not a computer programmer , you can still see that the code changed the percentages shown in my pictures from Trump 56.6 % , Biden 42.0 % to Trump 56.0 % , Biden 42.6 % .
( The code that caused the switch of 19,958 votes is buried elsewhere in the Javascript code .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes cast , including for minor parties , and are not useful information here . )
The timestamp on these events is Nov. 4 , 4:07 A.M. GMT ( 10:07 P.M. CST Nov. 3 ) and Nov. 4 , 4:08 A.M. GMT ( 10:08 P.M. CST Nov. 3 ) .
The 15-minute gap before this switch showed up on the TV is likely due to a delay in updating the Pennsylvania info at the network .
Now , I know nothing about “ Pede , ” but as you can see , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ Pede ” located that percentage switch in the code , which means that “ Pede ” is working with real data and has the skills needed to identify the code and expose the anomalies .
My experience has been that geeky internet bloggers are a hell of a lot more honest than most any politician , and I think we can safely proceed on the assumption that the research “ Pede ” has done is offered in good faith .
( The only clue to “ Pede ’ s ” identity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the events as “ Nr .
187 ” and “ Nr .
188 ” , using the European abbreviation for “ number ” instead of the American “ No.
” which suggests that “ Pede ” was born or educated overseas . )
As “ Pede ” puts it , “ I made a script to run through the data and gather all instances where votes switched from Trump to Biden .
‘ Lost Votes ’ means that the total amount of votes counted decreased by that amount throughout the counting .
”

This past Friday morning, November 20, I altered my television news viewing preferences: now if I watch news programs, it is to Newsmax TV that I go. Not Fox. No way. Yes, I will drop in to Tucker Carlson on occasion during prime time, and maybe a few minutes of Laura Ingraham or Hannity, or the Fox “All-Stars”—although seeing the nauseously loathsome Jonah Goldberg there the other night spout a stream of unadulterated venom against President Trump literally caused me to lose my supper (Jonah’s unrestrained hatred for Trump has never been that well-hidden, nor his fealty to the Deep State; his brand of “kept whorish (neo)conservatism” is one of the major defects of what my friend Paul Gottfried calls establishment “conservatism Inc.” It now seems to increasingly dominate at Fox).
I’m not going to rehash the bizarre spat that has erupted between the Carlson program and Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell. Except to comment that I found Tucker’s insistence that Powell provide all her evidence of election fraud to his program only a week after the Trump Campaign team began their investigations to be somewhat incongruous, given his past history of continuous reporting as events develop. It seemed so out of character for Carlson to say what he did; whereas I found Powell’s response (on the Maria Bartiromo program) to be quite believable and rational: “Apparently Mr. Carlson missed the news conference today. I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations. Evidence continues to pour in, but a 5 minute television hit is not my focus now. Collecting evidence and preparing the case are my top priorities.” She added that she did not get angry as Carlson stated (it is apparent that it was not Carlson personally who contacted her, but rather a lower-level Fox staffer, who in turn reported the “anger” incident back to Carlson). The Red Thread: A Sear... West, Diana Buy New $9.47 (as of 04:36 UTC - Details)
For a nation that has been forced to experience the fabricated Steele Dossier, the Russia Hoax, the Impeachment Charade, the Ukrainian Caper, the political use of our Intel agencies, not to mention all the other blatant (and not so blatant) attempts to undo the results of the 2016 election (which the Deep State apparatchiks consider to have been a fluke—they didn’t do enough to prevent outsider Trump from winning)—and each time with only partial data developing over time, why this insistence that everything be laid out on the table only a few days after the election?
Powell made it explicit in her detailed news conference this past Thursday, November 19, that she and the other Trump attorneys, including Jenna Ellis, Lin Wood, and Rudy Giuliani, were constrained by an incredibly immense and constantly mounting amount of evidence, and that they were attempting to piece it all together in coherent form to present judicially in a matter of only a couple of weeks (due to various certification deadlines)—a task that under the most favorable conditions would probably take many months. That’s not the kind of presentation that can be made easily, even on the Tucker Carlson Program.
Let me add: I watched the Powell-Ellis-Giuliani presser. Indeed, they did promise a lot…a very high bar to meet legally and in the courtroom of public opinion. And even with what they might gather in the few weeks or days they have, it still might not meet judicial muster, not in so short a space of time, not without a numerous investigative staff doing full-time research and sleuthing. After all, the Mueller Investigation (which spent tens of millions of dollars of tax payer dollars) took from May 2017 until March 2019 and came up with up with literally nothing despite the best efforts of thirty Democrat attorneys and their staffs laboring like worker ants.
There is incredible pressure, not just from the Left and the Democrats, but now from Republicans “to be done with this” (e.g, Marc Thiessen on Fox) to get on to a “peaceful” transition back into the arms of the Deep State…for “the sake of our democracy.”
But unlike some—think here of the recently-installed Biden-is-president-you-can’t-dissent template at Fox—I don’t have faith in the American election process, I don’t have that unquestioning faith that this election was just hunky-dory. Maybe fifty years ago, maybe when I was a boy growing up in old-fashioned North Carolina, maybe in the small town where I spent my youth. But not now…too much has happened. Above the Law: The Ins... Whitaker, Matthew Buy New $26.09 (as of 05:57 UTC - Details)
And what has come out thus far…the data that I have seen…the brief outline and analyses…all of that, again, all of that, points in one direction. Yes, Sidney Powell isn’t going to get on the boob tube and reveal her entire case—no self-respecting attorney would do that in a similar situation. Indeed, Trump attorneys have already been physically threatened by Deep State agents, to the point that police protection has been granted. Given the momentous nature of this process, is that any wonder? If the managerial elites are capable of what they have consistently done (just the portion we know about) during the past few years, are they not equally capable of far more if they understand their potential return to power thwarted by some dedicated investigative attorneys who haven’t “gotten the memo” and “drunk the cool aid”?
Think about it.
If we can suffer through what has occurred over the past four years and the growing realization that there is in fact an immense Deep State with its tentacles stretching out everywhere, that our nation is, in spite of what happened in November 2016 and the popular MAGA rebellion against the advancing control of every aspect of our lives: if we can experience that and the realization of what British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once wrote (in his novel, Coningsby, 1844)—“For you see, the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes”—if we have begun to actually comprehend that, then the position of Powell, Ellis, Lin Wood, and Rudy Giuliani is entirely reasonable and extremely urgent.
Certainly, absolutely, what the Trump attorneys are saying is earth-shaking, perhaps the most significant event of modern American history. But given our recent history, all the accumulated and unimaginable skullduggery, and the obvious collapse of anything resembling “democracy,” why is it not something we can legitimately envision?
Of course, like Tucker Carlson—and millions of Trump supporters and deeply troubled Americans—I want to know more, I want to see all the damning evidence. I believe in my heart-of-hearts that indeed there is that evidence and that, if ever revealed, it might change the election result and the direction of this country. But the nature of this situation, of this crisis, requires of us some patience; time and deadlines are not on our side.
#DELETED: Big Tech&rsq... Bokhari, Allum Buy New $28.00 (as of 04:48 UTC - Details) Well-known cultural critic and author Roger Kimball sums up what many of us feel these days, using an illustration from Roman history. Like us all he is impatient, but also cognizant that so much is at stake and that Powell and company have their very livelihoods and reputations in the history books riding on what they produce: “I really do not know what is going to happen,” he writes. “The clock is ticking, loudly. Sometimes it seems that Trump would need a miracle akin to the ‘miracle of the lightning’ or the ‘miracle of the rain’ that saved Marcus Aurelius and his generals in their battles against revolting German tribes in the early 170s AD…they were about to succumb when [they were] snatched…from ignominious defeat. Those dei ex machina were stunning, unpredictable, salvific. Can Donald Trump count on something similar? No. Could it nonetheless happen? You betcha.”
*****
I’ve collected literally dozens of articles and items on this election, too many to send out all at once…including several concerning the very strange and highly suspicious actions of the disappearing executives of Dominion Voting Systems, whose machines were used in as many as thirty states and are easily programmable and hackable. But I’ve selected three today, which I urge you to read and ponder. They address the sheer improbability, given what we know, of a Biden victory.
First, I pass on a short analytical piece by Nick Chase in The American Thinker (November 12). Once again I quote Disraeli, who once said (also attributed to Mark Twain), “there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Chase’s article is just one of many delving into the stupefying statistical improbability of what happened on November 3 and subsequently.
Examining the code, internet geeks conclude ‘Trump’s win was yuuuge’ November 12, 2020
By Nick Chase
Around 1:30 in the morning of Nov. 4, when I went to bed, Trump was leading in the vote count in two Midwest swing states I was closely watching, Wisconsin — about 2%, and Michigan — about 3%, well on his way to an “unexpected” election victory nationwide. Trumpocalypse: The End... Anderson, Troy Best Price: $13.90 Buy New $15.99 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details)
Around 4:30 A.M., I woke early and decided to catch up on the election results on my iPhone, being careful not to wake my wife. Imagine my surprise to see that, overnight, Trump’s lead had shrunk to less than 1% in Wisconsin and about 1.5% in Michigan. But what really startled me was that Biden’s raw vote total had increased substantially in both states, and Trump’s raw vote total had not changed at all!
That is an enormous red flag for fraud being committed, and I knew right away that the Democrats, who had failed at dislodging Trump from office by impeachment, were now going to deny him victory by stealing the election. Further confirmation came when I saw the pictures and video of mystery bags and boxes being dragged into Detroit’s TCF Center at 4 A.M., followed by the windows in the room being boarded up and by the ejection of Republican poll-watchers.
Well, the election theft appears to be complete, with the corrupt media declaring Biden president-elect, and lefties dancing in the streets (unmasked!) with joy.
So I asked myself, by how much did Trump actually win this election if the fraudulent votes are not included?
Fortunately, the internet geeks have been busy massaging the election data for statistical anomalies, and today (Nov. 11), I got my answer (partly) from information posted via The Gateway Pundit by blogger “PedeInspector” (whom I will refer to as “Pede”).
Perhaps you saw the video of a network Election Night broadcast made by a person (not identified), also posted on The Gateway Pundit, which showed a sudden switch of votes from Trump to Biden in Pennsylvania the night of Nov. 3. I took two screen shots from that video. Before the switch: [access the above link to see these screen shots]
After: [access the link]
You can see that, almost instantly, 19,958 votes were stolen from Trump, and 19,958 votes were added to Biden’s total. The timestamp on the video (not shown in my pictures) is 10:23 P.M. (CST). The Case for Trump Hanson, Victor Davis Best Price: $13.41 Buy New $12.19 (as of 03:21 UTC - Details)
Well, this video also intrigued “Pede,” and he (or she) went to work. Pennsylvania uses Dominion voting systems, which forward their data to Edison Research, which then Javascript-encodes it and sends it on to the New York Times and the networks. So “Pede” downloaded the Edison data for Pennsylvania from the New York Times at this address and analyzed it to locate all similar vote switches, as well as for votes that just went missing. (Although I’ve given you the link, I wouldn’t bother opening it, because it’s just a big pile of Javascript code that’s incomprehensible to the naked eye unless you know your Javascript.) In the Javascript code, “Pede” located the specific code that changed the voting percentages for Trump and Biden:
Even if you’re not a computer programmer, you can still see that the code changed the percentages shown in my pictures from Trump 56.6%, Biden 42.0% to Trump 56.0%, Biden 42.6%. (The code that caused the switch of 19,958 votes is buried elsewhere in the Javascript code. The “votes” shown are total votes cast, including for minor parties, and are not useful information here.) The timestamp on these events is Nov. 4, 4:07 A.M. GMT (10:07 P.M. CST Nov. 3) and Nov. 4, 4:08 A.M. GMT (10:08 P.M. CST Nov. 3). The 15-minute gap before this switch showed up on the TV is likely due to a delay in updating the Pennsylvania info at the network.
Now, I know nothing about “Pede,” but as you can see, the vote switch was shown on TV, and “Pede” located that percentage switch in the code, which means that “Pede” is working with real data and has the skills needed to identify the code and expose the anomalies. My experience has been that geeky internet bloggers are a hell of a lot more honest than most any politician, and I think we can safely proceed on the assumption that the research “Pede” has done is offered in good faith. (The only clue to “Pede’s” identity is that “Pede” refers to the events as “Nr. 187” and “Nr. 188”, using the European abbreviation for “number” instead of the American “No.” which suggests that “Pede” was born or educated overseas.)
As “Pede” puts it, “I made a script to run through the data and gather all instances where votes switched from Trump to Biden. ‘Lost Votes’ means that the total amount of votes counted decreased by that amount throughout the counting.”
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lewrockwell--2020-11-23--A Gag From High School Finds Its Way Into Face Mask Exemptions

There ’ s something to be said about the wisdom exhibited by a young person who has not yet had their spirit broken into strict obedience by the system of American indoctrination we call schooling .
Before there was such a thing as “ trolling ” on the Internet , hidden behind a computer screen , a common form of humor was in getting people to fall for things .
It was a face-to-face risk taking activity and consequently an esteem builder .
Suffering a punch in the nose was entirely within the realm of possibility in such a situation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it certainly left a lasting slice of esteem in the risk taking prankster who instigated the game .
“ Made you look ” was a fun game , of the “ gotcha ” genre , in which you might get a person to divert their urgent attention to something that wasn ’ t true , such as telling your high school ’ s assistant dean of discipline who just got done speaking at the pep rally and is now returning to his seat “ Your barn door is open.
” As soon as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he assumes some form of standing fetal position , follow that with a robust “ Made you look !
” A variation of that game was to point ( either with or without verbalizing , both are effective ) to an imaginary splotch of soup on the sternum area of a person ’ s shirt .
As soon as you saw the person grow deflated and look down , you would non-verbally express “ made you look ” by hurrying your finger up their chest , up to their nose .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the prankster treated a Federal Reserve Note with all the respect it deserved , by smearing it with a found bit of dog dropping and placing it pooh-side-down in the middle of a sidewalk .
Those passersby who fell for it and picked it up , only to quickly drop it upon realization of the offending substance , were treated to the call of “ Pooh Dollar !
” by the gang of juveniles lying in wait .
The existence of a difficult to surmount barrier between the Pooh Dollar grasper and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one is feeling charitable after they have “ Pooh Dollar !
” yelled at them by a congress of cackling delinquents .
Face Masks In One Lesson Stevo , Allan Buy New $ 10.00 This is what author Robert Bly would describe as Hermes energy : “ Hermes is the god of the interior nervous system .
His presence amounts to heavenly wit .
When we are in Hermes ’ field , messages pass with fantastic speed between the brain and the fingertips , between the heart and the tear ducts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the part of us that suffers and the part of us that laughs .
“ Hermes is Mercury , and we know that mercury can not be held in the hand – it rolls everywhere , separates into tiny drops , joins again , falls on the floor , rolls under the table , moves with amazing quickness .
It is correctly called quicksilver .
“ This mercurial energy is called , among other things , Odin in Northern Europe , Mercury in Italy , Hermes in Greece .
Its day of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Day ) and mercredi in France .
“ Sometimes when friends are talking in a closed room , the heat of the conversation begins to increase : witty things are said ; contributions flow from all sides ; leaps of imagination appear ; the genuinely spiritual follows an instant after the genuinely obscene .
Hermes has arrived .
At some beautiful moment of the conversation a silence falls that feels mysterious ; everyone hesitates to break it .
In Spain until the fifteenth century that silence was called ‘ Hermes ’ silence.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fine book on Hermes . )
“ The old tradition maintains that true learning does not take place unless Hermes is present .
That is depressing , because university English departments , and sociology departments , and religion departments usually get rid of teachers with Hermes energy first .
The whole Ph.D. system was created by Germanic Hermes-killers .
Hermes is magical , detail-loving , obscene , dancelike , goofy , and not on a career track .
“ Hermes slips in true information in that split second between the moment your tongue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finishes .
You plan to say ‘ This is my mother ’ and you say ‘ This is my wife.
’ I did that .
My mother looked very pleased .
You plan to say ‘ farther ’ and it comes out ‘ father , ’ because Hermes moves faster than our thought .
What people call a Freudian slip is really a Hermes precision .
Hermes punctures pomposity , piety , sureness , and self-satisfaction.
” I have no idea if the numerous ( I think 5 now ) readers who have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read lips are entirely sincere in their claims .
What I do know is that the stories are really hilarious .
There are people who will put up with all manner of nonsense “ for the greater good ” and there are people who love to poke and jab at the inflated egos of the powers that be .
Being hard of hearing of course is not hilarious , but being the kind of person who will cleverly use that as part of a gag when someone tells you to wear a face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usually do goes something like this : They are going about their day , maskless with their full beautiful face showing .
A masked compliance checker approaches them speaking to them in a mask .
The unmasked person says “ What ?
” The compliance checker repeats .
The unmasked person more emphatically says “ What ?
!
” The compliance checker , growing a little angry repeats a third time .
Then the unmasked person says with a straight face “ I ’ m sorry , I can ’ t hear you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of hearing , ” while pointing to their ear .
After that , they say “ I ’ ll need you to take down your mask if you want to be understood by me.
” The compliance checker , formerly bold and a little agitated , suddenly grows very apologetic and again repeats themselves .
Having a significant upper hand , the person boldly announces they can ’ t , they are hard of hearing and storm away , dismissively waiving the compliance checker off .
Those who have read their local face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contain an exemption for those who must read lips .
To those who are pulling a gag on the world , I commend you .
For those who are hard of hearing and standing up for themselves I commend you .
By identifying their boundaries , communicating their boundaries , and defending their boundaries , they are doing a great service to the world .
“ Face Masks in One Lesson , ” a new book by Allan Stevo , is now out and has already become a # 1 bestseller in its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also available at Barnes & Noble , Lulu , Apple , and many other platforms in electronic and print format .
It debuts at an introductory price of $ 10 for the upcoming week before increasing to $ 21.99 on Thanksgiving .
The book presents a field-tested , individualized path for face mask non-compliance , based on the experiences of thousands over the course of 2020 .
It is the greatest available tool for those who vow to never again be forced into compliantly wearing a mask .
Bulk orders over 10 copies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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There’s something to be said about the wisdom exhibited by a young person who has not yet had their spirit broken into strict obedience by the system of American indoctrination we call schooling.
Before there was such a thing as “trolling” on the Internet, hidden behind a computer screen, a common form of humor was in getting people to fall for things. It was a face-to-face risk taking activity and consequently an esteem builder. Suffering a punch in the nose was entirely within the realm of possibility in such a situation, but when these games worked, it certainly left a lasting slice of esteem in the risk taking prankster who instigated the game.
Made You Look!
“Made you look” was a fun game, of the “gotcha” genre, in which you might get a person to divert their urgent attention to something that wasn’t true, such as telling your high school’s assistant dean of discipline who just got done speaking at the pep rally and is now returning to his seat “Your barn door is open.” As soon as the horror of that hits his psyche, and he assumes some form of standing fetal position, follow that with a robust “Made you look!”
Made You Look 2.0
A variation of that game was to point (either with or without verbalizing, both are effective) to an imaginary splotch of soup on the sternum area of a person’s shirt. As soon as you saw the person grow deflated and look down, you would non-verbally express “made you look” by hurrying your finger up their chest, up to their nose.
Pooh Dollar
Pooh Dollar was an impassioned game by which the prankster treated a Federal Reserve Note with all the respect it deserved, by smearing it with a found bit of dog dropping and placing it pooh-side-down in the middle of a sidewalk. Those passersby who fell for it and picked it up, only to quickly drop it upon realization of the offending substance, were treated to the call of “Pooh Dollar!” by the gang of juveniles lying in wait. The existence of a difficult to surmount barrier between the Pooh Dollar grasper and the Pooh Dollar placers is ideal as no one is feeling charitable after they have “Pooh Dollar!” yelled at them by a congress of cackling delinquents. Face Masks In One Lesson Stevo, Allan Buy New $10.00 (as of 03:17 UTC - Details)
Hermes Energy
This is what author Robert Bly would describe as Hermes energy:
“Hermes is the god of the interior nervous system. His presence amounts to heavenly wit. When we are in Hermes’ field, messages pass with fantastic speed between the brain and the fingertips, between the heart and the tear ducts, between the genitals and the eyes, between the part of us that suffers and the part of us that laughs.
“Hermes is Mercury, and we know that mercury cannot be held in the hand – it rolls everywhere, separates into tiny drops, joins again, falls on the floor, rolls under the table, moves with amazing quickness. It is correctly called quicksilver.
“This mercurial energy is called, among other things, Odin in Northern Europe, Mercury in Italy, Hermes in Greece. Its day of the week is Wednesday (Odin’s Day) and mercredi in France.
“Sometimes when friends are talking in a closed room, the heat of the conversation begins to increase: witty things are said; contributions flow from all sides; leaps of imagination appear; the genuinely spiritual follows an instant after the genuinely obscene. Hermes has arrived. At some beautiful moment of the conversation a silence falls that feels mysterious; everyone hesitates to break it. In Spain until the fifteenth century that silence was called ‘Hermes’ silence.’ (So Lopez-Pedraza says in his fine book on Hermes.)
“The old tradition maintains that true learning does not take place unless Hermes is present. That is depressing, because university English departments, and sociology departments, and religion departments usually get rid of teachers with Hermes energy first. The whole Ph.D. system was created by Germanic Hermes-killers. Hermes is magical, detail-loving, obscene, dancelike, goofy, and not on a career track.
“Hermes slips in true information in that split second between the moment your tongue starts a word and the moment it finishes. You plan to say ‘This is my mother’ and you say ‘This is my wife.’ I did that. My mother looked very pleased. You plan to say ‘farther’ and it comes out ‘father,’ because Hermes moves faster than our thought. What people call a Freudian slip is really a Hermes precision. Hermes punctures pomposity, piety, sureness, and self-satisfaction.”
The Face Mask “Made You Look”
I have no idea if the numerous (I think 5 now) readers who have playfully written me about their need to read lips are entirely sincere in their claims. What I do know is that the stories are really hilarious.
There are people who will put up with all manner of nonsense “for the greater good” and there are people who love to poke and jab at the inflated egos of the powers that be.
Being hard of hearing of course is not hilarious, but being the kind of person who will cleverly use that as part of a gag when someone tells you to wear a face mask is REALLY funny.
What they usually do goes something like this:
They are going about their day, maskless with their full beautiful face showing. A masked compliance checker approaches them speaking to them in a mask. The unmasked person says “What?” The compliance checker repeats. The unmasked person more emphatically says “What?!” The compliance checker, growing a little angry repeats a third time. Then the unmasked person says with a straight face “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you very well, I’m hard of hearing,” while pointing to their ear. After that, they say “I’ll need you to take down your mask if you want to be understood by me.” The compliance checker, formerly bold and a little agitated, suddenly grows very apologetic and again repeats themselves. Having a significant upper hand, the person boldly announces they can’t, they are hard of hearing and storm away, dismissively waiving the compliance checker off.
Those who have read their local face mask orders may know that many orders contain an exemption for those who must read lips.
To those who are pulling a gag on the world, I commend you. For those who are hard of hearing and standing up for themselves I commend you.
By identifying their boundaries, communicating their boundaries, and defending their boundaries, they are doing a great service to the world.
Thank you!
“Face Masks in One Lesson,” a new book by Allan Stevo, is now out and has already become a #1 bestseller in its category at Amazon. It’s also available at Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Apple, and many other platforms in electronic and print format. It debuts at an introductory price of $10 for the upcoming week before increasing to $21.99 on Thanksgiving. The book presents a field-tested, individualized path for face mask non-compliance, based on the experiences of thousands over the course of 2020. It is the greatest available tool for those who vow to never again be forced into compliantly wearing a mask. Bulk orders over 10 copies are available by writing [email protected].
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