lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Since 9/11, the Government’s Answer to Every Problem Has Been More Government

Have you noticed that the government ’ s answer to every problem is more government—at taxpayer expense—and less individual liberty ?
The Great Depression .
The World Wars .
The 9/11 terror attacks .
The COVID-19 pandemic .
Every crisis—manufactured or otherwise—since the nation ’ s early beginnings has become a make-work opportunity for the government to expand its reach and its power at taxpayer expense while limiting our freedoms at every turn .
The High Cost of Good ... Cogan , John F. Best Price : $ 10.20 Buy New $ 24.85 Indeed , the history of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adage that liberty decreases as government ( and government bureaucracy ) grows .
To put it another way , as government expands , liberty contracts .
To the police state , this COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge boon , like winning the biggest jackpot in the lottery .
Certainly , it will prove to be a windfall for those who profit from government expenditures and expansions .
Given the rate at which the government has been devising new ways to spend our money and establish itself as the “ solution ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current crisis will most likely end up ushering in the largest expansion of government power since the 9/11 terrorist attacks .
This is how the emergency state operates , after all .
From 9/11 to COVID-19 , “ we the people ” have acted the part of the helpless , gullible victims desperately in need of the government to save us from whatever danger threatens .
In turn , the government has been all too accommodating and eager while also expanding its power and authority in the so-called name of national security .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Washington Post , “ Government is everywhere now .
Where does it go next ?
” When it comes to the power players that call the shots , there is no end to their voracious appetite for more : more money , more power , more control .
This expansion of government power is also increasing our federal debt in unprecedented leaps and bounds .
Yet the government isn ’ t just borrowing outrageous amounts of money to keep the country afloat .
It ’ s also borrowing indecent sums to pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Great Society : A New H ... Shlaes , Amity Best Price : $ 16.98 Buy New $ 16.29 The government ’ s primary response to this COVID-19 pandemic—flooding the market with borrowed money in the amount of trillions of dollars for stimulus payments , unemployment insurance expansions , and loans to prop up small businesses and to keep big companies afloat—has pushed the country even deeper in debt .
By “ the country , ” I really mean the taxpayers .
And by “ the taxpayers , ” it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to debt loads they may never be able to pay back .
This is how you impoverish the future .
Democrats and Republicans alike have done this .
Without fail , every president within the last 50 years has expanded the nation ’ s debt .
When President Trump took office on January 20 , 2017 , the national debt—the amount the federal government has borrowed over the years and must pay back—was a whopping $ 19.9 trillion .
Despite Trump ’ s pledge to drain the swamp and eliminate the debt , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 27 trillion and is on track to surpass $ 78 trillion by 2028 .
For many years now , economists have warned that economic collapse would be inevitable if the national debt ever surpassed the size of the U.S. economy .
The government passed that point in June 2020 and has yet to put the brakes on its spending .
In fact , the Federal Reserve just keeps printing more money in order to prop up the economy and float the debt .
At some point , something ’ s got to give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. is among the most indebted countries in the world .
The Age of Entitlement ... Caldwell , Christopher Best Price : $ 20.10 Buy New $ 17.39 Almost a third of the $ 27 trillion national debt is owed to foreign entities such as Japan and China .
Most of the debt , however , is owed to the public .
How is this even possible ?
Essentially , it ’ s a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul .
First , the government requires taxpayers to pay a portion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fund .
The government then turns around and borrows from Social Security to cover its spending needs .
Then the government raises taxes or prints more money in order to pay out whatever is needed to the retirees .
It ’ s a form of convoluted economics that only makes sense to government bureaucrats looking to make a profit off the backs of the taxpayers .
According to the U.S. Debt Clock , each taxpayer ’ s share of the national debt is $ 214,000 and growing .
That ’ s almost five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what Americans earn in a year .
That ’ s also almost five times more than the average American has in savings , across savings accounts , checking accounts , money market accounts , call deposit accounts , and prepaid cards .
Almost 60 % of Americans are so financially strapped that they don ’ t have even $ 500 in savings and nothing whatsoever put away for retirement .
Just the interest that must be paid on the national debt every year is $ 338 billion and growing .
According to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ item in the budget over the next decade will be interest on the debt .
As the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported in 2019 , before COVID spending pushed the country over the fiscal cliff , “ Interest payments will rise from $ 325 billion last year to $ 928 billion by 2029 , a nearly threefold increase .
If tax cuts and spending increases are extended , interest will exceed $ 1 trillion and set a new record as a share of the economy .
The federal government will spend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children by 2020 .
By 2024 , interest will match defense spending.
” Battlefield America : T ... John W. Whitehead Best Price : $ 10.95 Buy New $ 18.80 Bottom line : The U.S. government—and that includes the current administration—is spending money it doesn ’ t have on programs it can ’ t afford , and “ we the taxpayers ” are the ones who will have to pay for it .
As financial analyst Kristin Tate explains , “ When the government has its debt bill come due , all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Despite the tax burden “ we the people ” are made to bear , we have no real say in how the government runs , or how our taxpayer funds are used , but we ’ re being forced to pay through the nose , anyhow .
We have no real say , but that doesn ’ t prevent the government from fleecing us at every turn and forcing us to pay for endless wars that do more to fund the military industrial complex than protect us , pork barrel projects that produce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state that serves only to imprison us within its walls .
All the while the government continues to do whatever it wants—levy taxes , rack up debt , spend outrageously and irresponsibly—with little thought for the plight of its citizens .
This brings me to a curious point : what the future will look like ten years from now , when the federal debt is expected to surpass $ 78 trillion , an unsustainable level of debt that will result in unprecedented economic hardship for anyone that does not belong to the wealthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coincides with the government ’ s vision of the future as depicted in a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command .
According to the video , the government is anticipating trouble ( read : civil unrest ) , which is code for anything that challenges the government ’ s authority , wealth and power , and is grooming its armed forces ( including its heavily armed federal agents ) accordingly to solve future domestic political and social problems .
The training video , titled “ Megacities : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is only five minutes long , but it provides a chilling glimpse of what the government expects the world to look like in 2030 , a world bedeviled by “ criminal networks , ” “ substandard infrastructure , ” “ religious and ethnic tensions , ” “ impoverishment , slums , ” “ open landfills , over-burdened sewers , ” a “ growing mass of unemployed , ” and an urban landscape in which the prosperous economic elite must be protected from the impoverishment of the have nots .
And then comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pentagon ’ s dystopian vision of “ a world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild , a restive underclass , criminal syndicates , and bands of malicious hackers , ” the ominous voice of the narrator speaks of a need to “ drain the swamps.
” Emblazoned on t-shirts and signs , shouted at rallies , and used as a rallying cry among Trump supporters , “ drain the swamp ” became one of Donald Trump ’ s most-used campaign slogans .
Far from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DC of lobbyists and special interest groups , however , the Trump Administration has further mired us in a sweltering bog of corruption and self-serving tactics .
Funny how the more things change , the more they stay the same .
Now the government has adopted its own plans for swamp-draining , only it wants to use the military to drain the swamps of futuristic urban American cities of “ noncombatants and engage the remaining adversaries in high intensity conflict within.
” And who are these noncombatants , a military term that refers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighting during a war ?
They are , according to the Pentagon , “ adversaries.
” They are the “ enemy.
” They are people who don ’ t support the government , people who live in fast-growing urban communities , people who may be less well-off economically than the government and corporate elite , people who engage in protests , people who are unemployed , people who engage in crime ( in keeping with the government ’ s fast-growing , overly broad definition of what constitutes a crime ) .
In other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. military , noncombatants are American citizens a.k.a .
domestic extremists a.k.a .
enemy combatants who must be identified , targeted , detained , contained and , if necessary , eliminated .
Just recently , in fact , I re-watched Escape from L.A. , John Carpenter ’ s 1996 post-apocalyptic action film that imagines a future ( 2013 , in fact ) in which the United States has elected a president for life who runs the country according to his own theocratic moral law .
Anyone who runs afoul of the president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizenship and either electrocuted or deported to the island of Los Angeles , a penal colony where lawlessness reigns supreme .
In the late 20th century , hostile forces inside the United States grow strong .
The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality .
To protect and defend its citizens , the United States Police Force is formed .
A presidential candidate predicts a millennium earthquake will destroy L.A. in divine retribution .
The earthquake measuring 9.6 on the Richter scale hits at 12:59 P.M. August 23rd in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Constitution is amended , and the newly elected president accepts a lifetime term of office .
The country ’ s capital is moved from Washington , D.C. , to the president ’ s hometown of Lynchburg , Virginia .
Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new , moral America .
The United States Police Force , like an army , is encamped among the shorelines , making any escape from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Orange County to the northwestern shore of Malibu , the great wall excludes L.A. from the mainland .
The president ’ s first act as permanent Commander in Chief is Directive 17 : once an American loses his or her citizenship , they are deported to this island of the damned , and they never come back .
Carpenter is a brilliant filmmaker whose dystopian visions of the future are eerily prescient , but this film is particularly unnerving : environmental disasters ; engineered viruses used like weapons to control the masses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populace longing for law and order ; religion used like a weapon ; martial law ; surveillance that keeps every citizen under the government ’ s watchful eye ; and a growing awareness that the only path to freedom left for humanity is to shut down the government and start over again .
We ’ re almost there now .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , unless we make some effort to reject the sorry excuse for representative government that we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awaits us—whether it ’ s the future envisioned by the Pentagon in its training video or the future imagined by Carpenter—will be a living nightmare from which there is no escape .
The Best of John W. Whitehead

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.”—Anonymous
Have you noticed that the government’s answer to every problem is more government—at taxpayer expense—and less individual liberty?
The Great Depression. The World Wars. The 9/11 terror attacks. The COVID-19 pandemic.
Every crisis—manufactured or otherwise—since the nation’s early beginnings has become a make-work opportunity for the government to expand its reach and its power at taxpayer expense while limiting our freedoms at every turn.
The High Cost of Good ... Cogan, John F. Best Price: $10.20 Buy New $24.85 (as of 05:24 UTC - Details) Indeed, the history of the United States is a testament to the old adage that liberty decreases as government (and government bureaucracy) grows. To put it another way, as government expands, liberty contracts.
To the police state, this COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge boon, like winning the biggest jackpot in the lottery. Certainly, it will prove to be a windfall for those who profit from government expenditures and expansions.
Given the rate at which the government has been devising new ways to spend our money and establish itself as the “solution” to all of our worldly problems, this current crisis will most likely end up ushering in the largest expansion of government power since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
This is how the emergency state operates, after all.
From 9/11 to COVID-19, “we the people” have acted the part of the helpless, gullible victims desperately in need of the government to save us from whatever danger threatens. In turn, the government has been all too accommodating and eager while also expanding its power and authority in the so-called name of national security.
As chief correspondent Dan Balz asks for The Washington Post, “Government is everywhere now. Where does it go next?”
When it comes to the power players that call the shots, there is no end to their voracious appetite for more: more money, more power, more control.
This expansion of government power is also increasing our federal debt in unprecedented leaps and bounds. Yet the government isn’t just borrowing outrageous amounts of money to keep the country afloat. It’s also borrowing indecent sums to pay for programs it can’t afford.
Great Society: A New H... Shlaes, Amity Best Price: $16.98 Buy New $16.29 (as of 02:21 UTC - Details) The government’s primary response to this COVID-19 pandemic—flooding the market with borrowed money in the amount of trillions of dollars for stimulus payments, unemployment insurance expansions, and loans to prop up small businesses and to keep big companies afloat—has pushed the country even deeper in debt.
By “the country,” I really mean the taxpayers. And by “the taxpayers,” it’s really future generations who will be shackled to debt loads they may never be able to pay back.
This is how you impoverish the future.
Democrats and Republicans alike have done this.
Without fail, every president within the last 50 years has expanded the nation’s debt. When President Trump took office on January 20, 2017, the national debt—the amount the federal government has borrowed over the years and must pay back—was a whopping $19.9 trillion. Despite Trump’s pledge to drain the swamp and eliminate the debt, the federal debt is now approaching $27 trillion and is on track to surpass $78 trillion by 2028.
For many years now, economists have warned that economic collapse would be inevitable if the national debt ever surpassed the size of the U.S. economy. The government passed that point in June 2020 and has yet to put the brakes on its spending.
In fact, the Federal Reserve just keeps printing more money in order to prop up the economy and float the debt.
At some point, something’s got to give.
As it now stands, the U.S. is among the most indebted countries in the world.
The Age of Entitlement... Caldwell, Christopher Best Price: $20.10 Buy New $17.39 (as of 08:49 UTC - Details) Almost a third of the $27 trillion national debt is owed to foreign entities such as Japan and China.
Most of the debt, however, is owed to the public.
How is this even possible? Essentially, it’s a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
First, the government requires taxpayers to pay a portion of their salaries to the Social Security Trust Fund. The government then turns around and borrows from Social Security to cover its spending needs. Then the government raises taxes or prints more money in order to pay out whatever is needed to the retirees.
It’s a form of convoluted economics that only makes sense to government bureaucrats looking to make a profit off the backs of the taxpayers.
According to the U.S. Debt Clock, each taxpayer’s share of the national debt is $214,000 and growing.
That’s almost five times more than the median income for what Americans earn in a year. That’s also almost five times more than the average American has in savings, across savings accounts, checking accounts, money market accounts, call deposit accounts, and prepaid cards. Almost 60% of Americans are so financially strapped that they don’t have even $500 in savings and nothing whatsoever put away for retirement.
Just the interest that must be paid on the national debt every year is $338 billion and growing. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the fastest growing item in the budget over the next decade will be interest on the debt.
As the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported in 2019, before COVID spending pushed the country over the fiscal cliff, “Interest payments will rise from $325 billion last year to $928 billion by 2029, a nearly threefold increase. If tax cuts and spending increases are extended, interest will exceed $1 trillion and set a new record as a share of the economy. The federal government will spend more on interest than on Medicaid or children by 2020. By 2024, interest will match defense spending.” Battlefield America: T... John W. Whitehead Best Price: $10.95 Buy New $18.80 (as of 10:15 UTC - Details)
Bottom line: The U.S. government—and that includes the current administration—is spending money it doesn’t have on programs it can’t afford, and “we the taxpayers” are the ones who will have to pay for it.
As financial analyst Kristin Tate explains, “When the government has its debt bill come due, all of us will be on the hook.”
Despite the tax burden “we the people” are made to bear, we have no real say in how the government runs, or how our taxpayer funds are used, but we’re being forced to pay through the nose, anyhow.
We have no real say, but that doesn’t prevent the government from fleecing us at every turn and forcing us to pay for endless wars that do more to fund the military industrial complex than protect us, pork barrel projects that produce little to nothing, and a police state that serves only to imprison us within its walls.
All the while the government continues to do whatever it wants—levy taxes, rack up debt, spend outrageously and irresponsibly—with little thought for the plight of its citizens.
This brings me to a curious point: what the future will look like ten years from now, when the federal debt is expected to surpass $78 trillion, an unsustainable level of debt that will result in unprecedented economic hardship for anyone that does not belong to the wealthy elite.
Interestingly enough, that timeline coincides with the government’s vision of the future as depicted in a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command.
According to the video, the government is anticipating trouble (read: civil unrest), which is code for anything that challenges the government’s authority, wealth and power, and is grooming its armed forces (including its heavily armed federal agents) accordingly to solve future domestic political and social problems.
The training video, titled “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” is only five minutes long, but it provides a chilling glimpse of what the government expects the world to look like in 2030, a world bedeviled by “criminal networks,” “substandard infrastructure,” “religious and ethnic tensions,” “impoverishment, slums,” “open landfills, over-burdened sewers,” a “growing mass of unemployed,” and an urban landscape in which the prosperous economic elite must be protected from the impoverishment of the have nots.
And then comes the kicker.
Three-and-a-half minutes into the Pentagon’s dystopian vision of “a world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild, a restive underclass, criminal syndicates, and bands of malicious hackers,” the ominous voice of the narrator speaks of a need to “drain the swamps.”
Drain the swamps.
Surely, we’ve heard that phrase before?
Ah yes.
Emblazoned on t-shirts and signs, shouted at rallies, and used as a rallying cry among Trump supporters, “drain the swamp” became one of Donald Trump’s most-used campaign slogans.
Far from draining the politically corrupt swamps of Washington DC of lobbyists and special interest groups, however, the Trump Administration has further mired us in a sweltering bog of corruption and self-serving tactics.
Funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Now the government has adopted its own plans for swamp-draining, only it wants to use the military to drain the swamps of futuristic urban American cities of “noncombatants and engage the remaining adversaries in high intensity conflict within.”
And who are these noncombatants, a military term that refers to civilians who are not engaged in fighting during a war?
They are, according to the Pentagon, “adversaries.”
They are “threats.”
They are the “enemy.”
They are people who don’t support the government, people who live in fast-growing urban communities, people who may be less well-off economically than the government and corporate elite, people who engage in protests, people who are unemployed, people who engage in crime (in keeping with the government’s fast-growing, overly broad definition of what constitutes a crime).
In other words, in the eyes of the U.S. military, noncombatants are American citizens a.k.a. domestic extremists a.k.a. enemy combatants who must be identified, targeted, detained, contained and, if necessary, eliminated.
Funny how closely fact tracks fiction these days.
Just recently, in fact, I re-watched Escape from L.A., John Carpenter’s 1996 post-apocalyptic action film that imagines a future (2013, in fact) in which the United States has elected a president for life who runs the country according to his own theocratic moral law. Anyone who runs afoul of the president’s moral laws is stripped of their citizenship and either electrocuted or deported to the island of Los Angeles, a penal colony where lawlessness reigns supreme.
As the film’s opening narrator recounts:
In the late 20th century, hostile forces inside the United States grow strong. The city of Los Angeles is ravaged by crime and immorality. To protect and defend its citizens, the United States Police Force is formed. A presidential candidate predicts a millennium earthquake will destroy L.A. in divine retribution. The earthquake measuring 9.6 on the Richter scale hits at 12:59 P.M. August 23rd in the year 2000. After the devastation, the Constitution is amended, and the newly elected president accepts a lifetime term of office. The country’s capital is moved from Washington, D.C., to the president’s hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia. Los Angeles Island is declared no longer part of the United States and becomes the deportation point for all people found undesirable or unfit to live in the new, moral America. The United States Police Force, like an army, is encamped among the shorelines, making any escape from L.A. impossible. From the southeastern hills of Orange County to the northwestern shore of Malibu, the great wall excludes L.A. from the mainland. The president’s first act as permanent Commander in Chief is Directive 17: once an American loses his or her citizenship, they are deported to this island of the damned, and they never come back.
Carpenter is a brilliant filmmaker whose dystopian visions of the future are eerily prescient, but this film is particularly unnerving: environmental disasters; engineered viruses used like weapons to control the masses; riots and looting that leave the populace longing for law and order; religion used like a weapon; martial law; surveillance that keeps every citizen under the government’s watchful eye; and a growing awareness that the only path to freedom left for humanity is to shut down the government and start over again.
We’re almost there now.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, unless we make some effort to reject the sorry excuse for representative government that we have been saddled with, the future that awaits us—whether it’s the future envisioned by the Pentagon in its training video or the future imagined by Carpenter—will be a living nightmare from which there is no escape.
The Best of John W. Whitehead


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Tucker Carlson Nails It: The Violenceband Lies, and More on George Floyd and Kyle Rittenhouse

Tucker Carlson has , once again , done a great service for the American citizenry—if only more of us could have seen and heard his memorable seventeen minute monologue ( with accompanying video segments ) from August 31 .
In few words Carlson summed up where we are exactly in the current maelstrom of violence—the unhinged and frenzied radicalism and revolution unleashed in America .
And in so doing he pinpointed with precision ( and at times irony ) the dire situation that this country finds itself in and the supreme importance of the upcoming November election .
He began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Joe Biden .
But Carlson went far deeper , focusing on the underlying forces at work which are feverishly laboring to not only defeat the president , but dramatically and completely root out and destroy the traditions and culture that have shaped both America and Western Christian civilization .
Dissenters Project : Th ... Collection , Essay Best Price : $ 16.66 Buy New $ 9.95 As is their practice , the Democrats and the Mainstream Media , including some on Tucker Carlson ’ s own network , Fox News , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ projection .
That is , if you are guilty of something , then you accuse your opponent of being culpable of that very same thing .
Thus , Joe Biden in Pittsburgh ( August 31 ) , accused President Trump of causing the riots and looting , of being responsible for the violence in dozens of Democrat-controlled cities : Shift the guilt , and then if the newly-accused “ culprit ” complains or resists the charge , call him a racist .
And too many times—and with too many Republicans—it works .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the media ( including some at Fox ) to assume the worst—without the evidence—if in a violent confrontation a policeman or white Trump supporter is involved .
On Fox ’ s “ America ’ s Newsroom , ” September 1 , without any challenge , the Fox journalist allowed a Democrat spokesman to outrageously distort the narrative of the recent situation involving young ( and white ) teenager Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
Rittenhouse , according to court documents ( conveniently never cited by nearly the entirety of the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Kenosha with a shotgun where he helped defend local businesses from rioters and even offered medical assistance to far-left rioters who were hurt during the protests .
He ’ s also the young man who shot three people during the riot , and while the media has gone into overdrive condemning him as a white supremacist murderer , court documents suggest it was actually self-defense .
Tucker Carlson interviewed Rittenhouse ’ s attorney , again on the August 31 program .
Here is the short video interview as it appeared on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hear about this on CNN , on MSNBC , or at NBC , CBS , ABC , or in The New York Times or Washington Post…or on your local media outlets .
In other words according to the fake media Rittenhouse is guilty—the evidence that exculpates him be damned—time to string him up and execute him ( actually , Antifa/Black Lives Matter militants are apparently now trying to find where he is being held on “ murder ” charges so they might go and do just that…Where are our law enforcement agencies ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Kirk , Charlie Best Price : $ 9.99 Buy New $ 13.50 And another word about the George Floyd death ( excuse me !
I mean “ racist police murder ” ) .
Columnist Ilana Mercer has done an excellent job of dissecting that claim , and I pass on a link to her must-read column here .
Moreover , newly-released court documents strongly indicate that , unlike what we hear every day on every network , Floyd died due to “ fatal levels ” of the drug fentanyl in his system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Andrew Baker , the Hennepin County Medical Examiner , say [ s ] Floyd had 11 ng/mL of fentanyl in his system .
‘ If he were found dead at home alone and no other apparent causes , this could be acceptable to call an OD .
Deaths have been certified with levels of 3 , ’ Baker told investigators .
In another new document , Baker said , ‘ That is a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances ’ .
” There is so much more , so many more incidents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recent CNN headline that the violence and looting in dozens of cities was “ fiery but mostly peaceful ” ( with the background of an incinerated building torched by “ peaceful demonstrators ” ? )
.
Here is the opening monologue for Tucker Carlson Tonight ( August 31 ) .
It lasts for about seventeen minutes , but it is worth that amount of your time .
Please view it and encourage others ( including any liberal friends , if you still have any ) to watch it .

Tucker Carlson has, once again, done a great service for the American citizenry—if only more of us could have seen and heard his memorable seventeen minute monologue (with accompanying video segments) from August 31.
In few words Carlson summed up where we are exactly in the current maelstrom of violence—the unhinged and frenzied radicalism and revolution unleashed in America. And in so doing he pinpointed with precision (and at times irony) the dire situation that this country finds itself in and the supreme importance of the upcoming November election.
He began with an acute and powerful on-air critique of Joe Biden. But Carlson went far deeper, focusing on the underlying forces at work which are feverishly laboring to not only defeat the president, but dramatically and completely root out and destroy the traditions and culture that have shaped both America and Western Christian civilization.
Dissenters Project: Th... Collection, Essay Best Price: $16.66 Buy New $9.95 (as of 05:08 UTC - Details) As is their practice, the Democrats and the Mainstream Media, including some on Tucker Carlson’s own network, Fox News, have been engaged in a form of intellectual projection. That is, if you are guilty of something, then you accuse your opponent of being culpable of that very same thing. Thus, Joe Biden in Pittsburgh (August 31), accused President Trump of causing the riots and looting, of being responsible for the violence in dozens of Democrat-controlled cities: Shift the guilt, and then if the newly-accused “culprit” complains or resists the charge, call him a racist. And too many times—and with too many Republicans—it works.
Then, there is the willingness of many in the media (including some at Fox) to assume the worst—without the evidence—if in a violent confrontation a policeman or white Trump supporter is involved. On Fox’s “America’s Newsroom,” September 1, without any challenge, the Fox journalist allowed a Democrat spokesman to outrageously distort the narrative of the recent situation involving young (and white) teenager Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse, according to court documents (conveniently never cited by nearly the entirety of the media):
…is the 17-year-old who drove to Kenosha with a shotgun where he helped defend local businesses from rioters and even offered medical assistance to far-left rioters who were hurt during the protests. He’s also the young man who shot three people during the riot, and while the media has gone into overdrive condemning him as a white supremacist murderer, court documents suggest it was actually self-defense.
Tucker Carlson interviewed Rittenhouse’s attorney, again on the August 31 program. Here is the short video interview as it appeared on the Carlson program. You won’t hear about this on CNN, on MSNBC, or at NBC, CBS, ABC, or in The New York Times or Washington Post…or on your local media outlets. In other words according to the fake media Rittenhouse is guilty—the evidence that exculpates him be damned—time to string him up and execute him (actually, Antifa/Black Lives Matter militants are apparently now trying to find where he is being held on “murder” charges so they might go and do just that…Where are our law enforcement agencies?).
The MAGA Doctrine: The... Kirk, Charlie Best Price: $9.99 Buy New $13.50 (as of 04:42 UTC - Details) And another word about the George Floyd death (excuse me! I mean “racist police murder”). Columnist Ilana Mercer has done an excellent job of dissecting that claim, and I pass on a link to her must-read column here. Moreover, newly-released court documents strongly indicate that, unlike what we hear every day on every network, Floyd died due to “fatal levels” of the drug fentanyl in his system:
…a law enforcement interview with Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, say[s] Floyd had 11 ng/mL of fentanyl in his system. ‘If he were found dead at home alone and no other apparent causes, this could be acceptable to call an OD. Deaths have been certified with levels of 3,’ Baker told investigators. In another new document, Baker said, ‘That is a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances’.”
There is so much more, so many more incidents and events—mostly not covered or downplayed like the recent CNN headline that the violence and looting in dozens of cities was “fiery but mostly peaceful” (with the background of an incinerated building torched by “peaceful demonstrators”?).
Here is the opening monologue for Tucker Carlson Tonight (August 31). It lasts for about seventeen minutes, but it is worth that amount of your time. Please view it and encourage others (including any liberal friends, if you still have any) to watch it.


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Who Wants To Overthrow President Lukashenko?

The Western press highlights Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as the winner of the Belarusian presidential election and accuses outgoing President Alexander Lukashenko of violence , nepotism and election rigging .
However , an analysis of this country shows that the policies of its president correspond to the wishes of its citizens .
Behind this fabricated quarrel lies the spectre of Ukrainian Euromaidan and a provoked rupture with Russia .
One of the objectives of the Euromaidan coup ( Ukraine , 2013-14 ) was to cut the Silk Road in Europe .
China reacted by changing its route and passing it through Belarus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to protect itself from the same destabilization by pursuing a more balanced policy towards the West , participating in military manoeuvres with Moscow and agreeing to supply arms to Daesh , which Moscow was fighting in Syria .
However , despite Minsk ’ s prevarication , the CIA intervened on the occasion of the presidential election of 2020 .
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya defied the outgoing president , Alexander Lukashenko , who was running for a sixth term .
She obtained only 10 per cent of the vote , cried fraud and fled to Lithuania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ welcome her .
Unanimously , the Western press denounced the “ dictator ” and hinted that Madame Tikhanovskaya had been victorious in the election .
The Last Soviet Republ ... Parker , Stewart Best Price : $ 12.30 Buy New $ 15.31 The reality is much more complex .
First of all , while it is quite possible that the elections were rigged in favour of the incumbent president , it is highly unlikely that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came close to the majority , as what she represents is foreign to the vast majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years or so , a debate has been going on in the country about its European identity .
Is it culturally close to pro-US Western Europe or does it belong to Slavic , pro-Russian Europe ?
Without a doubt , the answer is that Belarusians are culturally Russian , even if some of them do not speak exactly the same language .
Admittedly , two small minorities profess divergent opinions : the first calls itself “ nationalist ” in reference to the short-lived Belarusian People ’ s Republic ( 1918-19 ) whose organs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Second World War , then with the Stay-Behind networks of NATO ; the second says it is in favour of the liberal model and the European Union .
Unlike Ukraine , which is divided into two culturally distinct zones ( the pro-German West and the pro-Russian East ) , Belarus fundamentally thinks of itself as Russian , although politically independent of Moscow .
Secondly , if there was any doubt about the role of the US secret services in this affair , the emergence of Bernard-Henri Lévy should remove it .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company made a career writing anti-Soviet essays .
Sold by his publisher as a “ New Philosopher ” , he still passes for a “ philosopher ” today .
He supported the “ freedom fighters ” , i.e .
the Arab mercenaries of the Muslim Brotherhood in Afghanistan against the Soviets , including their leader Osama Bin Laden .
He sided with the Contras in Nicaragua , i.e .
the South American mercenaries of John Negroponte armed by Hashem Rafsanjani ’ s Iran .
He boasts of having been press advisor to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pro-Nazi had the American neoconservative Richard Perle as political advisor and the aforementioned Osama Bin Laden as military advisor .
I remember how afterwards he impressed me by explaining to me that it was necessary to bomb Belgrade to bring down the “ dictator ” Slobodan Milošević .
I did not understand very well why the pro-Nazi Izetbegović was a “ democrat ” while the communist Milošević was a “ dictator ” .
Anyway , going back in time , Bernard-Henri Levy , now nicknamed “ BHL , ” gave his noisy support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ formed the Islamic Emirate of Itchkeria on Russian territory .
According to a report from the Jamahiriya ’ s foreign services , he participated in the meeting organized by Republican Senator John McCain in Cairo in February 2011 to settle the details of the overthrow of the “ Gaddafi regime ” which was then cited as an example by the United States .
The French were surprised to see him announce in the courtyard of the Elysée Palace , in the place of the Minister of Foreign Affairs , his country ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the men to be shot – and they alone – are “ dictators ” ) .
Of course , he was on Kiev ’ s Maidan Square during the “ color revolution ” led there by authentic Nazis .
That being said , Belarusians may have grievances against President Lukashenko , but not against his policies .
All the connoisseurs of the country , whether they are among his supporters or among his opponents , admit that his policy is in line with the concerns of the Belarusians .
All those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence , charisma and incorruptibility .
Those who accused him of advocating attachment to Russia out of political calculation and not out of conviction admitted that they were mistaken when he maintained his position despite Moscow ’ s rebuffs and the incredible gas war between the two countries .
All were surprised by his extraordinary abilities which made him threaten the power of President Boris Yeltsin when he proposed union with Russia .
The main reproach that one could level at President Lukashenko is that he made several opposition leaders disappear ; an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these personalities of links with criminal organizations that would have turned to their disadvantage .
For years , his opponents accused him of enriching himself on the backs of the nation without ever providing the slightest proof .
Yet all international operators know that when Belarus signs a contract , the retro-commissions never exceed 5 % , compared to 10 % for the USA , 50 % for Yeltsin ’ s Russia ( this figure fell to 10 % under Putin ’ s administration ) and 60 % for Iran .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by money .
In the absence of corruption , Western propaganda began to accuse him preventively of nepotism for the benefit of his young son , Nikolai , known as “ Kolia ” .
The only reproach that can be made against him is that he regularly makes anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks – never having supported anti-Semitic or homophobic acts .
In doing so , he is unfortunately in line with the leaders of his country .
Belarus : The Last Euro ... Wilson , Andrew Best Price : $ 17.47 Buy New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis , President Lukashenko has been claiming that the opposition of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her allies is a West-East geopolitical problem and not a national political quarrel .
While this opposition claims not to be at the service of any foreign power .
Apart from the irruption of Bernard-Henri Lévy , several elements suggest that Alexander Lukashenko is telling the truth .
The Psychological Action Group of the Polish Special Forces seems to have been extremely active since the beginning of the crisis in the service of Madame Tikhanovskaya .
Ukrainian neo-Nazi militias @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lithuanian government , which is also hosting Svetlana Tikhanovskaya , is also involved .
However there is no trace of the European Union , unlike the Ukrainian Euromaïdan .
So the most likely is that Washington is orchestrating regional actors ( Poland , Ukraine , Lithuania ) against the Slavic world .
In any case , the Russian President , Vladimir Putin , has just set up a reserve force , capable of intervening in Belarus to support the institutions and President Lukashenko ; this at a time when the two men have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Best of Thierry Meyssan

The Western press highlights Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as the winner of the Belarusian presidential election and accuses outgoing President Alexander Lukashenko of violence, nepotism and election rigging. However, an analysis of this country shows that the policies of its president correspond to the wishes of its citizens. Behind this fabricated quarrel lies the spectre of Ukrainian Euromaidan and a provoked rupture with Russia.
One of the objectives of the Euromaidan coup (Ukraine, 2013-14) was to cut the Silk Road in Europe. China reacted by changing its route and passing it through Belarus. From then on, Minsk tried to protect itself from the same destabilization by pursuing a more balanced policy towards the West, participating in military manoeuvres with Moscow and agreeing to supply arms to Daesh, which Moscow was fighting in Syria.
However, despite Minsk’s prevarication, the CIA intervened on the occasion of the presidential election of 2020. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya defied the outgoing president, Alexander Lukashenko, who was running for a sixth term. She obtained only 10 per cent of the vote, cried fraud and fled to Lithuania, where Frenchman Bernard-Henri Lévy rushed to welcome her. Unanimously, the Western press denounced the “dictator” and hinted that Madame Tikhanovskaya had been victorious in the election. The Last Soviet Republ... Parker, Stewart Best Price: $12.30 Buy New $15.31 (as of 05:26 UTC - Details)
The reality is much more complex.
First of all, while it is quite possible that the elections were rigged in favour of the incumbent president, it is highly unlikely that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya came close to the majority, as what she represents is foreign to the vast majority of Belarusians. For the past 30 years or so, a debate has been going on in the country about its European identity. Is it culturally close to pro-US Western Europe or does it belong to Slavic, pro-Russian Europe? Without a doubt, the answer is that Belarusians are culturally Russian, even if some of them do not speak exactly the same language. Admittedly, two small minorities profess divergent opinions: the first calls itself “nationalist” in reference to the short-lived Belarusian People’s Republic (1918-19) whose organs in exile collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War, then with the Stay-Behind networks of NATO; the second says it is in favour of the liberal model and the European Union.
Unlike Ukraine, which is divided into two culturally distinct zones (the pro-German West and the pro-Russian East), Belarus fundamentally thinks of itself as Russian, although politically independent of Moscow.
Secondly, if there was any doubt about the role of the US secret services in this affair, the emergence of Bernard-Henri Lévy should remove it. The rich heir of a precious wood import company made a career writing anti-Soviet essays. Sold by his publisher as a “New Philosopher”, he still passes for a “philosopher” today. He supported the “freedom fighters”, i.e. the Arab mercenaries of the Muslim Brotherhood in Afghanistan against the Soviets, including their leader Osama Bin Laden. He sided with the Contras in Nicaragua, i.e. the South American mercenaries of John Negroponte armed by Hashem Rafsanjani’s Iran. He boasts of having been press advisor to the Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović when the former pro-Nazi had the American neoconservative Richard Perle as political advisor and the aforementioned Osama Bin Laden as military advisor. I remember how afterwards he impressed me by explaining to me that it was necessary to bomb Belgrade to bring down the “dictator” Slobodan Milošević. I did not understand very well why the pro-Nazi Izetbegović was a “democrat” while the communist Milošević was a “dictator”. Anyway, going back in time, Bernard-Henri Levy, now nicknamed “BHL,” gave his noisy support to the Chechen Muslim Brotherhood, which formed the Islamic Emirate of Itchkeria on Russian territory. According to a report from the Jamahiriya’s foreign services, he participated in the meeting organized by Republican Senator John McCain in Cairo in February 2011 to settle the details of the overthrow of the “Gaddafi regime” which was then cited as an example by the United States. The French were surprised to see him announce in the courtyard of the Elysée Palace, in the place of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, his country’s commitment against the “dictator” (all the men to be shot – and they alone – are “dictators”). Of course, he was on Kiev’s Maidan Square during the “color revolution” led there by authentic Nazis.
That being said, Belarusians may have grievances against President Lukashenko, but not against his policies. All the connoisseurs of the country, whether they are among his supporters or among his opponents, admit that his policy is in line with the concerns of the Belarusians. All those who approached Alexander Lukashenko were astonished by his intelligence, charisma and incorruptibility. Those who accused him of advocating attachment to Russia out of political calculation and not out of conviction admitted that they were mistaken when he maintained his position despite Moscow’s rebuffs and the incredible gas war between the two countries. All were surprised by his extraordinary abilities which made him threaten the power of President Boris Yeltsin when he proposed union with Russia.
The main reproach that one could level at President Lukashenko is that he made several opposition leaders disappear; an accusation that he vigorously denies, accusing these personalities of links with criminal organizations that would have turned to their disadvantage.
For years, his opponents accused him of enriching himself on the backs of the nation without ever providing the slightest proof. Yet all international operators know that when Belarus signs a contract, the retro-commissions never exceed 5%, compared to 10% for the USA, 50% for Yeltsin’s Russia (this figure fell to 10% under Putin’s administration) and 60% for Iran. It is clear that the man is not motivated by money. In the absence of corruption, Western propaganda began to accuse him preventively of nepotism for the benefit of his young son, Nikolai, known as “Kolia”.
The only reproach that can be made against him is that he regularly makes anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks – never having supported anti-Semitic or homophobic acts. In doing so, he is unfortunately in line with the leaders of his country. Belarus: The Last Euro... Wilson, Andrew Best Price: $17.47 Buy New $29.00 (as of 05:26 UTC - Details)
Since the beginning of the crisis, President Lukashenko has been claiming that the opposition of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her allies is a West-East geopolitical problem and not a national political quarrel. While this opposition claims not to be at the service of any foreign power.
Apart from the irruption of Bernard-Henri Lévy, several elements suggest that Alexander Lukashenko is telling the truth.
The Psychological Action Group of the Polish Special Forces seems to have been extremely active since the beginning of the crisis in the service of Madame Tikhanovskaya.
Ukrainian neo-Nazi militias are also involved.
Finally, the Lithuanian government, which is also hosting Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, is also involved.
However there is no trace of the European Union, unlike the Ukrainian Euromaïdan. So the most likely is that Washington is orchestrating regional actors (Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania) against the Slavic world.
In any case, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has just set up a reserve force, capable of intervening in Belarus to support the institutions and President Lukashenko; this at a time when the two men have maintained relations that are sometimes very conflicted.
The Best of Thierry Meyssan


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on 5G, Gov’t Control by Fear, Surveillance, and Totalitarianism

Cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban , delay , halt , and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums .
There IS research that HAS determined that exposure is NOT safe .
There have also been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illness after it was installed and turned on ( see 1 .
2 , 3 , 4 ) since 2018 .
Of course , exposure to other sources of wireless radiation can cause health issues as well .
In fact , last year The World Health Organization warned that high levels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) could lead to health issues in 30 % of the population .
5G opposition is about A LOT more than health and environmental risks ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about this yesterday at a rally in Berlin .
Robert F. Kennedy , Jr .
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Cities worldwide AND entire countries have taken action to ban, delay, halt, and limit 5G installation AS WELL AS issue moratoriums. There IS research that HAS determined that exposure is NOT safe. There have also been reports of people and animals experiencing symptoms and illness after it was installed and turned on (see 1. 2, 3, 4) since 2018.
Of course, exposure to other sources of wireless radiation can cause health issues as well. In fact, last year The World Health Organization warned that high levels of Electromagnetic Radiation (aka “Electrosmog”) could lead to health issues in 30% of the population.
5G opposition is about A LOT more than health and environmental risks (see 1, 2, 3). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about this yesterday at a rally in Berlin.
From Children’s Health Defense:
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaks at Berlin Rally for Freedom and Peace
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lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Does Western Civilization Have a Future, or Is It Already in Its Grave?

Sandia National Laboritories , a US government-funded nuclear weapons developer , requires its white employees to be subjected to indoctrination in trainings sessions in which critical race theory propagandists tell the white employees they are racists , because they have white privilege due to their skin color .
One of the abused white employees , Casey Peterson , produced a video that rejected the propaganda of systemic white racism and white privilege .
As whites throughout the US experience this sort of abuse from their government and private employers , the video went viral .
Sandia ’ s white executives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ email network so that he could not receive support from his 16,000 fellow workers , who have had enough of self-hating white bosses badmouthing white employees .
White Guilt : How Black ... Steele , Shelby Best Price : $ 13.13 Buy New $ 10.08 The anti-white racist bosses at Sandia have been identified as James Peery , Director , Dori Ellis , Associate Director , David White , head of the Cyber R & D Center , and Mark Sellers , Associate Director for the Mission Assurance Division .
These self-hating whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to force critical race theory , race-segregated trainings , and white male reeducation camps on their employees.
” All dissent will be severely punished .
Those who accept the reeducation will be the ones promoted .
Those who reject their brainwashing will be purged .
This is happening during the Trump administration .
Does this mean that Trump approves of the use of taxpayers ’ dollars to force-feed white employees of government funded companies that they are racists ?
No .
As a person who spent a quarter century in Washington , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only a small percentage of the decisions government makes during their term of office .
Most of the people in government are serving themselves , not the president and not the public , and they serve themselves by serving private interest groups .
They become lobbysts inside government for private interests .
This basic fact makes mincemeat of the liberal hope of a do-good government .
The Content of Our Cha ... Steele , Shelby Best Price : $ 14.70 Buy New $ 13.34 The question that needs an answer is why are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the confidence of white employees in the white race ?
If Congress really represented the American people , there would be an investigation .
The corrupt Sandia executives who are using taxpayers ’ money to teach their white employees to hate themselves for their racist sins have put Peterson on administrative leave while they try to concoct a case that his “ actions have comprised or posed a threat to Sandia computing and security systems.
” Of course , the corrupt anti-white racist executives will find out that Peterson “ comprised a threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to anti-white propaganda .
What is ongoing at Sandia is ongoing at every level of government , state , local , and federal .
It is also going on at private companies , both public and private .
For example , I know a software engineer employed by a private company who had to go to a sensitivity training session where white male employees had to stand up and be identified as oppressors of the female and non-white employees .
Please Stop Helping Us ... Riley , Jason L. Best Price : $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now large numbers of firms whose service is to denigrate white males at mandatory sensitivity-training sessions that are now part of employment obligations at private , government , and government funded companies .
Because of the far-reaching popularity of my columns , I receive numerous emails from white male employees describing how much they hate their jobs , because of the hostility of their female and black bosses toward white males .
They pray for an Asian boss—Chinese , Japanese , Korean—because they judge them by performance , not by an anti-white male @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they got to be bosses by being self-hating white males .
What I have reported is the facts of today .
Yet we hear continually that being white is a privilege .
This alleged privilege , if it exists , is very rare .
No white male , unless he is self-hating , has white privilege at Sandia National Laboritories .
Nor at my friend ’ s software company .
In her book , The Blackening of Europe , Clare Ellis describes the ideas that over the decades deracinated the white European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ culture and achievements .
This confidence destroying deracination has enabled the ongoing largely unopposed riots and looting in numerous American cities .
The white liberals who govern these cities lack the confidence to maintain law and order .
They have been convinced that law and order is a white privilege .
Whether or not Trump wins reelection , Western Civilization may be in its grave , killed by white liberals and Jews from the Frankfurt School imported into America .
But if Trump loses reelection fairly , it will be definite proof that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civilization has completelly collapsed , and white people themselves will have voted their own demise .
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts

Sandia National Laboritories, a US government-funded nuclear weapons developer, requires its white employees to be subjected to indoctrination in trainings sessions in which critical race theory propagandists tell the white employees they are racists, because they have white privilege due to their skin color.
One of the abused white employees, Casey Peterson, produced a video that rejected the propaganda of systemic white racism and white privilege. As whites throughout the US experience this sort of abuse from their government and private employers, the video went viral.
Sandia’s white executives locked Peterson out of Sandia’s email network so that he could not receive support from his 16,000 fellow workers, who have had enough of self-hating white bosses badmouthing white employees.
White Guilt: How Black... Steele, Shelby Best Price: $13.13 Buy New $10.08 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details) The anti-white racist bosses at Sandia have been identified as James Peery, Director, Dori Ellis, Associate Director, David White, head of the Cyber R&D Center, and Mark Sellers, Associate Director for the Mission Assurance Division. These self-hating whites “have made it clear that they want to force critical race theory, race-segregated trainings, and white male reeducation camps on their employees.” All dissent will be severely punished. Those who accept the reeducation will be the ones promoted. Those who reject their brainwashing will be purged.
This is happening during the Trump administration. Does this mean that Trump approves of the use of taxpayers’ dollars to force-feed white employees of government funded companies that they are racists?
No. As a person who spent a quarter century in Washington, I can tell you that presidents know only a small percentage of the decisions government makes during their term of office. Most of the people in government are serving themselves, not the president and not the public, and they serve themselves by serving private interest groups. They become lobbysts inside government for private interests. This basic fact makes mincemeat of the liberal hope of a do-good government. The Content of Our Cha... Steele, Shelby Best Price: $14.70 Buy New $13.34 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
The question that needs an answer is why are the white executives who run Sandia destroying the confidence of white employees in the white race? If Congress really represented the American people, there would be an investigation.
The corrupt Sandia executives who are using taxpayers’ money to teach their white employees to hate themselves for their racist sins have put Peterson on administrative leave while they try to concoct a case that his “actions have comprised or posed a threat to Sandia computing and security systems.” Of course, the corrupt anti-white racist executives will find out that Peterson “comprised a threat to the security systems” by objecting to anti-white propaganda.
What is ongoing at Sandia is ongoing at every level of government, state, local, and federal. It is also going on at private companies, both public and private. For example, I know a software engineer employed by a private company who had to go to a sensitivity training session where white male employees had to stand up and be identified as oppressors of the female and non-white employees.
Please Stop Helping Us... Riley, Jason L. Best Price: $17.99 Buy New $9.50 (as of 04:34 UTC - Details) There are now large numbers of firms whose service is to denigrate white males at mandatory sensitivity-training sessions that are now part of employment obligations at private, government, and government funded companies.
Because of the far-reaching popularity of my columns, I receive numerous emails from white male employees describing how much they hate their jobs, because of the hostility of their female and black bosses toward white males. They pray for an Asian boss—Chinese, Japanese, Korean—because they judge them by performance, not by an anti-white male ideology. White bosses are unreliable, because they got to be bosses by being self-hating white males.
What I have reported is the facts of today. Yet we hear continually that being white is a privilege. This alleged privilege, if it exists, is very rare. No white male, unless he is self-hating, has white privilege at Sandia National Laboritories. Nor at my friend’s software company.
In her book, The Blackening of Europe, Clare Ellis describes the ideas that over the decades deracinated the white European ethnicities of confidence in their race, culture and achievements. This confidence destroying deracination has enabled the ongoing largely unopposed riots and looting in numerous American cities. The white liberals who govern these cities lack the confidence to maintain law and order. They have been convinced that law and order is a white privilege.
Whether or not Trump wins reelection, Western Civilization may be in its grave, killed by white liberals and Jews from the Frankfurt School imported into America. But if Trump loses reelection fairly, it will be definite proof that the structure of belief that upholds Western civilization has completelly collapsed, and white people themselves will have voted their own demise.
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Curve Flat, Still in Lockdown, Billions Wasted on Ventilators

While the U.S. is still in the midst of various stages of lockdown , data indicate that COVID-19-like illness ( CLI ) is on the decline .
Both indicators that track COVID-19-like illness and the percentage of laboratory tests that are positive for SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — have decreased nationally since mid-July , according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) .1 It appears the curve has effectively been flattened , with indicators that track COVID-19-like illness decreasing in all regions the week ending August 15 , 2020 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for SARS-CoV-2 decreasing or remaining the same in nine out of 10 regions .
Hospitalization rates and mortality attributed to COVID-19 also declined during the same period.2 Meanwhile , the initial virus panic involved the invocation of the Federal Defense Production Act , which included directing $ 3 billion to companies like General Electric , Philips and Ford to manufacture tens of thousands of ventilators.3 Now , those ventilators are sitting unused .
The Beautiful Cure : Th ... Davis , Daniel M. Buy New $ 18.00 “ The U.S. has too many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on August 18 , 20204 — an about-face from media headlines posted just months earlier , which talked of ventilator shortages and a “ desperate need for ventilators.
” 5,6 While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has distributed 15,057 ventilators , 95,713 are sitting unused in a federal stockpile .
The vast majority — 94,352 — were part of contracts for ventilators that were signed as a result of COVID-19 .
For comparison , 10,000 ventilators made up the federal stockpile in April 2020.7 “ In the fog of war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do our best to protect the health and safety of the American people , ” Peter Navarro , White House trade adviser and Defense Production Act policy coordinator , told The Washington Post .
“ In this particular chess game , the best move was to make sure we had too many ventilators rather than too few.
” 8 While some states overestimated their ventilator needs and requested more than they ended up needing , problems with production delayed delivery .
By the time many of the ventilators were produced , hospitals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ methods of treatment for COVID-19 patients , who often fared worse when placed on mechanical ventilation .
In a rant on Twitter , former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson pointed out the irony , too , of flip-flopped media headlines driving hysteria — first to the tune of ventilator shortages and now complaining that the U.S. “ forced ” manufacturers to build too many ventilators , which are now being wasted:9 Nerve : Adventures in t ... Holland , Eva Best Price : $ 12.25 Buy New $ 13.61 A February 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated , “ Mechanical ventilation is the main supportive treatment for critically ill patients ” infected with novel coronavirus 2019 ( COVID-19 ) .10 In March , the American Hospital Association suggested that up to 960,000 Americans may need ventilator support due to COVID-19.11 To keep up with demand , doctors had suggested rigging ventilators to treat multiple patients , and an emergency ventilator mask was even created by modifying a snorkeling mask already on the market .
As it turned out , not only were such efforts rarely necessary , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overrun by COVID-19 patients were “ astronomically wrong , ” according to epidemiologist Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University.12 Although a handful of U.S. hospitals did become stressed , no health systems were overrun .
“ Conversely , ” he said , “ the health care system was severely damaged in many places because of the [ lockdown ] measures taken , ” while lockdown measures have also significantly increased the number of people at risk of starvation while leading to financial crisis , unrest and civil strife.13 Meanwhile , it quickly became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harm than good in a significant number of COVID-19 patients .
In a JAMA study that included 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area between March 1 , 2020 , and April 4 , 2020 , mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation ranged from 76.4 % to 97.2 % , depending on age.14 Similarly , in a study of 24 COVID-19 patients admitted to Seattle-area ICUs , 75 % received mechanical ventilation and , overall , half the patients died between one and 18 days after being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Weingart , a critical care physician in New York and host of the “ EMCrit ” podcast , even said automatically putting patients on mechanical ventilators “ is really bad , ” adding “ … I think these patients do much , much worse on the ventilator … I would do everything in my power to avoid intubating patients.
” 16 There ’ s the assumption that severely ill COVID-19 patients will live , or at least have a chance at living , if placed on a ventilator , but without it they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far different , ” Dr. Muriel Gillick of Harvard Medical School told STAT news in April 2020.17 As with many invasive medical interventions , there are risks inherent to mechanical ventilation , including impairment to the lung ’ s air sacs from high levels of oxygen and lung damage caused by the high pressure used by the machines .
Long-term sedation from the intubation is another risk , one that ’ s difficult for some patients , especially the elderly , to bounce back from .
FIGHT BACK : Beat the C ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gillick noted , “ We need to ask , are we using ventilators in a way that makes sense for other diseases but not for this one ?
Instead of asking how do we ration a scarce resource [ ventilators ] , we should be asking how do we best treat this disease ?
” 18 It ’ s since been revealed that less-invasive high-flow nasal cannulas and use of prone positioning show promise for treating COVID-19 , without the risks of mechanical ventilation .
Doctors at the University of Chicago ( UChicago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ results using high-flow nasal cannulas in lieu of ventilators.19 They ’ ve dubbed their approach “ prevent the vent , ” which involves using mechanical ventilation only as a last resort .
Dr. Thomas Spiegel , medical director of UChicago Medicine ’ s emergency department , said , “ The proning and the high-flow nasal cannulas combined have brought patient oxygen levels from around 40 % to 80 % and 90 % , so it ’ s been fascinating and wonderful to see … Avoiding intubation is key.
” 20 The approach has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospitalized COVID-19 patients put on mechanical ventilation has decreased.21 Still , some of the companies that signed government contracts , such as Philips , are continuing to churn out more ventilators to add to the government stockpile , with deliveries expected through the end of 2020.22 “ The company [ Philips ] is building 43,000 ventilators for the stockpile by the end of 2020 at a price of about $ 647 million , ” The Washington Post reported .
Meanwhile , “ At Ford ’ s Midwest manufacturing hub , where production lines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60 seconds , a factory in Ypsilanti , Michigan , now boasts another distinction : churning out a ventilator once per minute.
” 23 Did Lockdowns Cause More Harm Than Good ?
Berenson expects similar contradictions to surface soon regarding lockdowns , which were long heralded by the press but may soon go the way of ventilators : “ LOCKDOWNS ARE USELESS ?
Why were we not told ?
SOMEONE IS TO BLAME AND THAT SOMEONE IS DEFINITELY NOT US , ” he Tweeted.24 Berenson was being sarcastic , but Dr. Gilbert Berdine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , used data on daily mortality rates for COVID-19 to track the course of the pandemic in Sweden , New York , Illinois and Texas , which each used different pandemic responses , and has suggested that lockdowns may turn out to be “ the greatest policy error of this generation.
” 25 Plagues , Pandemics and ... Quinlan , Heather E. Buy New $ 22.95 Sweden , which did not implement widespread required lockdowns , hit a peak of 11.38 COVID-19 deaths per day per million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and again on April 15 , but deaths have declined since .
Now , cases and deaths are very low , and it appears herd immunity has been achieved , leading to the end of the COVID-19 epidemic there “ for all practical purposes.
” 26 In Illinois , meanwhile , a strict lockdown was also implemented and daily mortality rates increased more slowly , reaching a peak of more than 15 deaths per day per million on May 17 , 2020 .
However , mortality rates have also been slower to decline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in other areas .
While the lockdowns appear to have succeeded in flattening the curve and slowing transmission among healthy populations , they may also have lengthened the time that young people could transmit the virus to the elderly .
“ The lockdown appears to have made more deaths from COVID-19 in Illinois than would have occurred without it , ” according to Berdine.27 “ Almost certainly herd immunity has not been achieved and will not be achieved until the schools and economy are reopened.
” The billions wasted on unused ventilators , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic lockdowns may have backfired , echo the plague of curiosities and misinformation that have followed the pandemic from the start .
Toward that end , even as COVID-19 death rates for some groups have fallen to almost 0 % ,28 dire warnings from mainstream media about an ominous “ second wave ” continue to push doomsday predictions .
The fact is , more than a dozen scientists said the herd immunity threshold ( HIT ) for COVID-19 , at which point its spread slows down or stops , is likely 50 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it could be as low as 10 % to 20 % .29 This means COVID-19 could potentially fizzle out or even disappear , without any vaccine .
“ If we can actually reach herd immunity after 40 percent or less of the population is infected , far fewer people will die than the early forecasts , even without lockdowns , ” Berenson wrote .
“ And if the best-case estimates of 20 percent or less are correct , we may be closer to the end than the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic.
” @ @ @ @ @ @

While the U.S. is still in the midst of various stages of lockdown, data indicate that COVID-19-like illness (CLI) is on the decline. Both indicators that track COVID-19-like illness and the percentage of laboratory tests that are positive for SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — have decreased nationally since mid-July, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1
It appears the curve has effectively been flattened, with indicators that track COVID-19-like illness decreasing in all regions the week ending August 15, 2020, and the percentage of positive laboratory tests for SARS-CoV-2 decreasing or remaining the same in nine out of 10 regions. Hospitalization rates and mortality attributed to COVID-19 also declined during the same period.2
Meanwhile, the initial virus panic involved the invocation of the Federal Defense Production Act, which included directing $3 billion to companies like General Electric, Philips and Ford to manufacture tens of thousands of ventilators.3 Now, those ventilators are sitting unused. The Beautiful Cure: Th... Davis, Daniel M. Buy New $18.00 (as of 03:19 UTC - Details)
Ventilator Glut Highlights Misled Virus Response
“The U.S. has too many ventilators,” The Washington Post wrote on August 18, 20204 — an about-face from media headlines posted just months earlier, which talked of ventilator shortages and a “desperate need for ventilators.”5,6
While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has distributed 15,057 ventilators, 95,713 are sitting unused in a federal stockpile. The vast majority — 94,352 — were part of contracts for ventilators that were signed as a result of COVID-19. For comparison, 10,000 ventilators made up the federal stockpile in April 2020.7
“In the fog of war against the virus, we were trying to do our best to protect the health and safety of the American people,” Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser and Defense Production Act policy coordinator, told The Washington Post. “In this particular chess game, the best move was to make sure we had too many ventilators rather than too few.”8
While some states overestimated their ventilator needs and requested more than they ended up needing, problems with production delayed delivery. By the time many of the ventilators were produced, hospitals had already begun to turn to over methods of treatment for COVID-19 patients, who often fared worse when placed on mechanical ventilation.
In a rant on Twitter, former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson pointed out the irony, too, of flip-flopped media headlines driving hysteria — first to the tune of ventilator shortages and now complaining that the U.S. “forced” manufacturers to build too many ventilators, which are now being wasted:9
“… @washingtonpost ran a big story on the $3 billion the US wasted, I mean invested, in 95,000 never-been-used ventilators (what’s $3,000,000,000 between friends?). Look at that headline, though: “The U.S. forced major manufacturers to build ventilators…”
Forced! FORCED, I tell ya. Now why on earth would the feds have felt forced to use wartime laws to force General Motors to make ventilators? Oh, I dunno, maybe because @Washingtonpost @nytimes were screaming at the top of their non-ventilated lungs about them … And how WE WERE ALL GOING TO DIE WITHOUT THEM …”
Ventilators Overused, Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes
Nerve: Adventures in t... Holland, Eva Best Price: $12.25 Buy New $13.61 (as of 05:00 UTC - Details) A February 2020 study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine stated, “Mechanical ventilation is the main supportive treatment for critically ill patients” infected with novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).10 In March, the American Hospital Association suggested that up to 960,000 Americans may need ventilator support due to COVID-19.11
To keep up with demand, doctors had suggested rigging ventilators to treat multiple patients, and an emergency ventilator mask was even created by modifying a snorkeling mask already on the market.
As it turned out, not only were such efforts rarely necessary, but the mathematical models that predicted hospitals would be overrun by COVID-19 patients were “astronomically wrong,” according to epidemiologist Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University.12
Although a handful of U.S. hospitals did become stressed, no health systems were overrun. “Conversely,” he said, “the health care system was severely damaged in many places because of the [lockdown] measures taken,” while lockdown measures have also significantly increased the number of people at risk of starvation while leading to financial crisis, unrest and civil strife.13
Meanwhile, it quickly became apparent that mechanical ventilators may cause more harm than good in a significant number of COVID-19 patients. In a JAMA study that included 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area between March 1, 2020, and April 4, 2020, mortality rates for those who received mechanical ventilation ranged from 76.4% to 97.2%, depending on age.14
Similarly, in a study of 24 COVID-19 patients admitted to Seattle-area ICUs, 75% received mechanical ventilation and, overall, half the patients died between one and 18 days after being admitted.15
Speaking with STAT, Dr. Scott Weingart, a critical care physician in New York and host of the “EMCrit” podcast, even said automatically putting patients on mechanical ventilators “is really bad,” adding “… I think these patients do much, much worse on the ventilator … I would do everything in my power to avoid intubating patients.”16
Less-Invasive Treatments Often Work Better
There’s the assumption that severely ill COVID-19 patients will live, or at least have a chance at living, if placed on a ventilator, but without it they will die. “The reality is far different,” Dr. Muriel Gillick of Harvard Medical School told STAT news in April 2020.17
As with many invasive medical interventions, there are risks inherent to mechanical ventilation, including impairment to the lung’s air sacs from high levels of oxygen and lung damage caused by the high pressure used by the machines. Long-term sedation from the intubation is another risk, one that’s difficult for some patients, especially the elderly, to bounce back from. FIGHT BACK: Beat the C... Libov, Charlotte Buy New $19.99 (as of 03:02 UTC - Details)
Gillick noted, “We need to ask, are we using ventilators in a way that makes sense for other diseases but not for this one? Instead of asking how do we ration a scarce resource [ventilators], we should be asking how do we best treat this disease?”18
It’s since been revealed that less-invasive high-flow nasal cannulas and use of prone positioning show promise for treating COVID-19, without the risks of mechanical ventilation. Doctors at the University of Chicago (UChicago) Medicine reported “truly remarkable” results using high-flow nasal cannulas in lieu of ventilators.19
They’ve dubbed their approach “prevent the vent,” which involves using mechanical ventilation only as a last resort. Dr. Thomas Spiegel, medical director of UChicago Medicine’s emergency department, said, “The proning and the high-flow nasal cannulas combined have brought patient oxygen levels from around 40% to 80% and 90%, so it’s been fascinating and wonderful to see … Avoiding intubation is key.”20
The approach has caught on, and the percentage of hospitalized COVID-19 patients put on mechanical ventilation has decreased.21 Still, some of the companies that signed government contracts, such as Philips, are continuing to churn out more ventilators to add to the government stockpile, with deliveries expected through the end of 2020.22
“The company [Philips] is building 43,000 ventilators for the stockpile by the end of 2020 at a price of about $647 million,” The Washington Post reported. Meanwhile, “At Ford’s Midwest manufacturing hub, where production lines famously pump out an F-150 truck every 60 seconds, a factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan, now boasts another distinction: churning out a ventilator once per minute.”23
Did Lockdowns Cause More Harm Than Good?
Berenson expects similar contradictions to surface soon regarding lockdowns, which were long heralded by the press but may soon go the way of ventilators: “LOCKDOWNS ARE USELESS? Why were we not told? SOMEONE IS TO BLAME AND THAT SOMEONE IS DEFINITELY NOT US,” he Tweeted.24
Berenson was being sarcastic, but Dr. Gilbert Berdine, an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, used data on daily mortality rates for COVID-19 to track the course of the pandemic in Sweden, New York, Illinois and Texas, which each used different pandemic responses, and has suggested that lockdowns may turn out to be “the greatest policy error of this generation.”25
Plagues, Pandemics and... Quinlan, Heather E. Buy New $22.95 (as of 03:02 UTC - Details) Sweden, which did not implement widespread required lockdowns, hit a peak of 11.38 COVID-19 deaths per day per million population on April 8, 2020, and again on April 15, but deaths have declined since. Now, cases and deaths are very low, and it appears herd immunity has been achieved, leading to the end of the COVID-19 epidemic there “for all practical purposes.”26
In Illinois, meanwhile, a strict lockdown was also implemented and daily mortality rates increased more slowly, reaching a peak of more than 15 deaths per day per million on May 17, 2020.
However, mortality rates have also been slower to decline and death rates have remained higher than in other areas. While the lockdowns appear to have succeeded in flattening the curve and slowing transmission among healthy populations, they may also have lengthened the time that young people could transmit the virus to the elderly.
“The lockdown appears to have made more deaths from COVID-19 in Illinois than would have occurred without it,” according to Berdine.27 “Almost certainly herd immunity has not been achieved and will not be achieved until the schools and economy are reopened.”
The billions wasted on unused ventilators, combined with the emerging evidence that the pandemic lockdowns may have backfired, echo the plague of curiosities and misinformation that have followed the pandemic from the start.
Media Continue to Fan the Flames
Toward that end, even as COVID-19 death rates for some groups have fallen to almost 0%,28 dire warnings from mainstream media about an ominous “second wave” continue to push doomsday predictions.
The fact is, more than a dozen scientists said the herd immunity threshold (HIT) for COVID-19, at which point its spread slows down or stops, is likely 50% or lower, with some experts saying it could be as low as 10% to 20%.29 This means COVID-19 could potentially fizzle out or even disappear, without any vaccine.
“If we can actually reach herd immunity after 40 percent or less of the population is infected, far fewer people will die than the early forecasts, even without lockdowns,” Berenson wrote. “And if the best-case estimates of 20 percent or less are correct, we may be closer to the end than the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic.”30
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lewrockwell--2020-09-03--The CDC Is America’s New Landlord

The CDC Is America’s New Landlord

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , operating under the US Department of Health and Human Services , has asserted jurisdiction over private residential leases nationwide .
It intends to curtail evictions until at least the end of the year , and in fact its new directive threatens federal criminal penalties against landlords who ignore tenant “ declarations ” made using CDC forms .
It is unclear , to put it mildly , exactly how this jurisdiction over private contracts and state/local courts flows even to Congress , much less an administrative agency acting on its own .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dubious action based on the CDC ’ s broad charter to stop the spread of communicable diseases—a charter at which they ’ ve failed miserably with covid : Congress has delegated broad authority to HHS , the Surgeon General and CDC , to take reasonable efforts to combat the spread of communicable diseases , and frankly I think it makes sense for those authorities abroad because we don ’ t know for any given situation or scenario what steps will be needed to stop the spread .
I think , in this particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very compelling case that it is quite problematic at this particular time .
It ’ s focused on this particular pandemic , which is obviously the uniquely powerful grasp in the nation ’ s entire history in terms of the effect it ’ s had that for a bunch of reasons in particular , that the home has been sort of the focal point of people social distancing and building , sort of a safe space themselves over the past few months , and also the fact that if people get kicked out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ congregated living facilities or homeless shelters , and that is a potential recipe for a big spread of COVID-19 .
Administrative Law : Th ... Feldman , Daniel L. Best Price : $ 48.19 Buy New $ 53.51 Thanks to the oft-criticized but in fact essential Zero Hedge for the nice bit of early and original reporting here—a full day before NPR , Bloomberg , et al.—and for details from a phone conference with CDC officials .
Again , this was announced without congressional input or approval and purely by administrative decree .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the CARES Act , passed by Congress in March , were enacted by politicians who face voters this fall .
And while those earlier moratoriums may well be constitutionally suspect too , at least in times of sanity , they were limited to federally backed rentals and mortgages .
The CDC ’ s new action is much broader , applying conceivably to all private residential leases across the country .
The fallout from suspending rental contracts will be deep and long lasting .
Many landlords will find their situations untenable and stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New rental housing stock will be depressed , as owners worry about the next suspension of rent payments now that the precedent has been set .
After all , why wouldn ’ t moratoriums happen again when the next pandemic or financial crisis hits ?
Rental housing units will drop in price as more landlords abandon the business—setting the stage for commercial and private equity buyers to grab units on the cheap from individuals and small owners .
Ultimately , foreclosures , evictions , and tax sales will happen no matter what the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is bigger players owning more and more of the rental housing stock , consolidating the permanent renter class and adding to the rootlessness many Americans feel .
Even the most modest home ownership creates skin in the game and encourages better neighborhoods , while areas dominated by rentals lack the same incentives for improvement .
And the new owners of rental units will pass all the uncertainty , risks , and potential losses on to millions of Americans in the form of higher rents .
Hate Inc. : Why Todayu2 ... Taibbi , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New $ 14.99 Even during the most turbulent periods in American history , including the Great Depression , World War II , and an 1880s tuberculosis outbreak which killed one in seven people , virtually no one expected the federal government to suspend rent .
This action by the CDC , in response to a very manageable and retreating cold virus , is the kind of quietly unprecedented development we ’ ve come to expect this year .
This is a watershed moment for the US : when you destroy trust in contract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society .
Something this radical should not be rushed into place with such little forethought , especially when it amounts to buying votes in a national election .
But of course in a managerial state we should expect just this type of shortsighted political consideration to prevail over good sense and justice .
The CDC wants to effectively vitiate contracts : when you tell one party that it need not perform and the other that it can not sue for nonperformance , you radically alter the bargaining power of those parties .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an aspirational document , a legislative ( or administrative ! )
tool to be rewritten at the will of politicians .
The effects of this moratorium undoubtedly will spill over in unforeseen ways as Americans get used to the idea that their financial obligations can be erased by state edict .
The tremendous costs will be borne by all of us , because when contracts are not enforceable every transaction must account for much higher risks .
The Best of Jeff Deist

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, operating under the US Department of Health and Human Services, has asserted jurisdiction over private residential leases nationwide. It intends to curtail evictions until at least the end of the year, and in fact its new directive threatens federal criminal penalties against landlords who ignore tenant “declarations” made using CDC forms.
It is unclear, to put it mildly, exactly how this jurisdiction over private contracts and state/local courts flows even to Congress, much less an administrative agency acting on its own. One federal official justifies the bizarre and legally dubious action based on the CDC’s broad charter to stop the spread of communicable diseases—a charter at which they’ve failed miserably with covid:
Congress has delegated broad authority to HHS, the Surgeon General and CDC, to take reasonable efforts to combat the spread of communicable diseases, and frankly I think it makes sense for those authorities abroad because we don’t know for any given situation or scenario what steps will be needed to stop the spread. I think, in this particular order, the CDC has made a very compelling case that it is quite problematic at this particular time. It’s focused on this particular pandemic, which is obviously the uniquely powerful grasp in the nation’s entire history in terms of the effect it’s had that for a bunch of reasons in particular, that the home has been sort of the focal point of people social distancing and building, sort of a safe space themselves over the past few months, and also the fact that if people get kicked out, they may end up in overcrowded congregated living facilities or homeless shelters, and that is a potential recipe for a big spread of COVID-19.
Administrative Law: Th... Feldman, Daniel L. Best Price: $48.19 Buy New $53.51 (as of 04:39 UTC - Details) Thanks to the oft-criticized but in fact essential Zero Hedge for the nice bit of early and original reporting here—a full day before NPR, Bloomberg, et al.—and for details from a phone conference with CDC officials.
Again, this was announced without congressional input or approval and purely by administrative decree. At least the eviction and mortgage moratoriums in the CARES Act, passed by Congress in March, were enacted by politicians who face voters this fall. And while those earlier moratoriums may well be constitutionally suspect too, at least in times of sanity, they were limited to federally backed rentals and mortgages. The CDC’s new action is much broader, applying conceivably to all private residential leases across the country.
The fallout from suspending rental contracts will be deep and long lasting. Many landlords will find their situations untenable and stop making mortgage and property tax payments. New rental housing stock will be depressed, as owners worry about the next suspension of rent payments now that the precedent has been set. After all, why wouldn’t moratoriums happen again when the next pandemic or financial crisis hits? Rental housing units will drop in price as more landlords abandon the business—setting the stage for commercial and private equity buyers to grab units on the cheap from individuals and small owners. Ultimately, foreclosures, evictions, and tax sales will happen no matter what the federal government does. The likely outcome is bigger players owning more and more of the rental housing stock, consolidating the permanent renter class and adding to the rootlessness many Americans feel. Even the most modest home ownership creates skin in the game and encourages better neighborhoods, while areas dominated by rentals lack the same incentives for improvement. And the new owners of rental units will pass all the uncertainty, risks, and potential losses on to millions of Americans in the form of higher rents. Hate Inc.: Why Todayu2... Taibbi, Matt Best Price: $15.95 Buy New $14.99 (as of 05:05 UTC - Details)
Even during the most turbulent periods in American history, including the Great Depression, World War II, and an 1880s tuberculosis outbreak which killed one in seven people, virtually no one expected the federal government to suspend rent. This action by the CDC, in response to a very manageable and retreating cold virus, is the kind of quietly unprecedented development we’ve come to expect this year. This is a watershed moment for the US: when you destroy trust in contract enforcement you create terrible ripple effects throughout society. Something this radical should not be rushed into place with such little forethought, especially when it amounts to buying votes in a national election. But of course in a managerial state we should expect just this type of shortsighted political consideration to prevail over good sense and justice.
The CDC wants to effectively vitiate contracts: when you tell one party that it need not perform and the other that it cannot sue for nonperformance, you radically alter the bargaining power of those parties. The contract they signed becomes nothing more than an aspirational document, a legislative (or administrative!) tool to be rewritten at the will of politicians. The effects of this moratorium undoubtedly will spill over in unforeseen ways as Americans get used to the idea that their financial obligations can be erased by state edict. The tremendous costs will be borne by all of us, because when contracts are not enforceable every transaction must account for much higher risks.
The Best of Jeff Deist