lewrockwell--2020-12-11--How Changing the Definition of Pandemic Altered Our World

Mid-March 2020 predictions said COVID-19 would kill 2.2 million Americans if allowed to run its course.1 By the end of March , Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , downgraded the projected death toll , saying we were probably looking at 100,000 to 240,000 Americans dying.2 April 8 , 2020 , a new model referred to as the Murray Model3 downgraded the threat further , predicting COVID-19 will kill 60,000 in the U.S. by August 20204 — a number that is still 20,000 lower than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the seasonal flu the winter of 2017/2018.5 Now , nine months into the pandemic , mortality statistics clearly show the truth : The COVID-19 pandemic is a pandemic in name only .
In reality , there ’ s no excess mortality,6,7,8 and had it not been for the World Health Organization changing the definition of “ pandemic , ” COVID-19 would no longer be an issue .
Kinsunny 7 Piece Outdo ... Buy New $ 519.99 I know some will balk at the concept of no excess mortality but the truth is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existing numbers , that is what you find .
If you integrate the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention ’ s comments that 94 % of those who died had comorbidities , which could easily be the real cause of the reported “ COVID-19 deaths , ” it then becomes obvious that the numbers were highly inflated .
The key portion of that definition is “ enormous numbers of deaths and illness.
” This definition was changed in the month leading up to the 2009 swine flu pandemic .
The change was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ removed the severity and high mortality criteria , leaving the definition of a pandemic as “ a worldwide epidemic of a disease.
” 11 This switch in definition allowed the WHO to declare swine flu a pandemic after a mere 144 people had died from the infection , worldwide , and it ’ s why COVID-19 is still promoted as a pandemic even though it has caused no excess mortality in nine months.12,13,14 We now have plenty of data showing the lethality of COVID-19 is on par with the seasonal flu.15,16,17,18,19 It may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complications , but the actual lethality is about the same .
The absolute risk of death is equivalent to the risk of dying in a car accident.20,21 By removing the criteria of severe illness causing high morbidity , leaving geographically widespread infection as the only criteria for a pandemic , the WHO and technocratic leaders of the world were able to bamboozle the global population into giving up our lives and livelihoods .
As noted by Reiner Fuellmich , an attorney and founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime against humanity ever committed.
” 22,23,24,25 This certainly isn ’ t the first time doom and gloom predictions of mass casualties have completely collapsed .
It ’ s also not the first time that fast-tracked pandemic vaccines have been issued , with devastating effect .
In that regard , we can learn a lot from the 1976 swine flu pandemic , detailed in the 1979 “ 60 Minutes ” episode featured above .
This was also the first time drug companies were indemnified against liability for any harm that might result from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ P ... Buy New $ 169.97 In February 1976 , secretary of health F. David Matthews warned the American people there were indications that the virus responsible for the deadly 1918 flu pandemic had returned .
In January that year , a 19-year-old Army private had died from flu-related pneumonia , despite being in good health , and by the end of the month , 155 soldiers at Fort Dix tested positive for swine flu antibodies .
Projections suggested the dreaded virus would kill 1 million Americans before the end of 1976.26 “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” “ 60 Minutes ” says , urging all Americans to get vaccinated against the swine flu .
According to “ 60 Minutes , ” 46 million Americans got the vaccine , and over the next few years , thousands of Americans filed vaccine damage claims with the federal government.27 This was well before the 1986 Vaccine Compensation Act , so vaccines were still liable for damages at that time .
Congress did grant the swine flu vaccine special immunity , though , and wound up paying ( actually U.S. taxpayers did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damages the vaccine caused .
A 1981 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office to Sen. John Durkin reads , in part:28 COSIEST 8 Piece Propan ... Buy New $ 1,859.00 According to “ 60 Minutes , ” the final claims amount for the nearly 4,000 claimants ended up totaling $ 3.5 billion .
Two-thirds of the claimants suffered neurological damage and at least 300 of them died from vaccine side effects .
In the end , the pandemic itself never materialized.29 An article by Real Clear Politics described the timeline of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the circumstances that led to the indemnification of vaccine makers:30 According to “ 60 Minutes , ” Americans who got the swine flu vaccine were told it had been properly field tested .
What they were not told was that the vaccine they received was not the actual vaccine that had undergone testing .
What ’ s more , according to Dr. Michael Hattwick , who directed the surveillance team for the 1976 swine flu vaccination program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , there was evidence showing influenza vaccinations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complications in the past .
He claims he warned his superiors of this possibility , as it pertained to the swine flu campaign .
Yet the CDC denied the evidence and the American public was never informed of this risk .
“ 60 Minutes ” also reveals the CDC was proven to have lied in its marketing materials for the vaccine .
Judy Roberts was one of the victims of that 1976 vaccination campaign .
She was paralyzed by the vaccine , and suffered permanent damage .
Her husband , who also was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ends the “ 60 Minute ” segment saying : The Origin of the Anti-Vaccine Movement The 1976 swine flu vaccine program has sometimes been cited as the origin of the anti-vaccine movement , and for good reason .
Thousands were seriously injured and hundreds died after placing their trust in scientists and the government .
Many of them , just like Roberts in the “ 60 Minutes ” segment , vowed never to be that naïve again .
As reported by Smithsonian Magazine in 2017:31 Sadly , the embarrassment of the 1976 swine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to faux pandemics .
In the last 15 years alone we ’ ve had to defend against wave upon wave of pandemic pandemonium , none of which turned out to be the global killer that “ experts ” predicted .
The 2005 bird flu outbreak , for example , was predicted to kill anywhere from 2 million to 150 million people .
In reality , the death toll topped out at just 98 people , globally , in 2005 ; 115 in 2006 ; and 86 in 2007.32 No one in the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sheer brazenness of this fake pandemic prompted me to write my New York Times best seller book “ The Great Bird Flu Hoax.
” In 2006 , 2007 and again in 2008 , hyped warnings over the bird flu were repeatedly exposed as little more than a cruel hoax , designed to instill fear and line the pocketbooks of industry and various vested individuals .
Then came the now infamous H1N1 swine flu of 2009.33 The CDC estimates that from April 12 , 2009 , to April 10 , 2010 , there were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 274,000 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the United States .
The infection fatality rate was a mere 0.02 % .
Then , as now , vaccines were fast-tracked .
Lo and behold , within months , cases of disability and death from the H1N1 vaccine were reported in various parts of the world .
In 2010 , the ASO3-adjuvanted swine flu vaccine Pandemrix ( used in Europe but not in the U.S. during 2009-2010 ) was causally linked34 to childhood narcolepsy , which had abruptly skyrocketed in several countries during the vaccination campaign.35,36 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe Parliamentary Assembly ( PACE ) raised serious questions about the WHO ’ s handling of the pandemic and the role drug companies may have played in its drug and vaccine recommendations .
In June 2010 , PACE concluded “ the handling of the pandemic by the WHO , EU health agencies and national governments led to a ‘ waste of large sums of public money , and unjustified scares and fears about the health risks faced by the European public . '
” 37 Specifically , PACE concluded there was “ overwhelming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was vastly overrated by WHO , ” and that the drug industry had influenced the organization ’ s decision-making.38 The sad reality is that the WHO is little more than a front group for Big Pharma and the technocratic elite that seek to “ reset ” the global economic and social structure .
It would indeed be naïve to expect this private organization to do what ’ s right for public health while simultaneously taking direction from Bill Gates ( its primary funder ) and the drug industry .
While the 2009 swine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms of the fearmongering brought to bear , in the summer of 2012 , dire predictions of mutating bird flu again filled the media , followed by urgent calls for yet another fast-tracked vaccine .
Two years later , in 2014 , the Ebola virus turned into a global health emergency after epidemics in Liberia , Guinea and Sierra Leone had been largely ignored .
Interestingly enough , a UN resolution called for no restrictions on international travel to Ebola-stricken countries — a decision that led to an infected passenger bringing the infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , in 2016 , Zika virus hit pandemic status,39 triggering travel alerts and restrictions in and out of affected regions .
All of these pandemics defied experts ’ predictions of mass casualties .
None turned into a global killer , and COVID-19 is no different.40,41,42 Why We Must End Gain-of-Function Research Time and again , serious safety breaches have been identified at laboratories working with the most lethal and dangerous pathogens in the world,43,44,45,46,47,48,49 and mounting evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 may be a lab creation as well .
Scientists defend and promote gain-of-function @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepare for pandemics.50 In reality , this kind of research does not appear to have improved governments ’ pandemic responses in the least .
If anything , it ’ s a curious coincidence that the very viruses undergoing gain-of-function research are the ones causing pandemics .
As just one example , an article51 by Mark Denison , editor of mBio , presents a hypothesis for the 1977-1978 H1N1 swine flu pandemic , often referred to as the Russian flu , as the first cases were reported in the USSR .
According to Denison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a natural event , as the genetic sequence of the virus was nearly identical to the sequences of decades-old strains.
” The lab hypothesis has “ gained popularity in discussions about the biosafety risks of gain-of-function influenza virus research , as an argument for why this research should not be performed , ” he writes .
Another possibility being kicked around is that the infection spread through a live-vaccine trial .
A third option : a deliberate release as a bioweapon .
As noted in a 2009 New England Journal of Medicine review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the emergence of H1N1 viruses:52 Can history repeat itself ?
There are no guarantees that it can ’ t or won ’ t , which is why it ’ s so important we find out where SARS-CoV-2 really came from .
As noted by the National Review,53 getting to the bottom of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial if we want to prevent a similar pandemic in the future : The Best of Joseph Mercola

Mid-March 2020 predictions said COVID-19 would kill 2.2 million Americans if allowed to run its course.1 By the end of March, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, downgraded the projected death toll, saying we were probably looking at 100,000 to 240,000 Americans dying.2
April 8, 2020, a new model referred to as the Murray Model3 downgraded the threat further, predicting COVID-19 will kill 60,000 in the U.S. by August 20204 — a number that is still 20,000 lower than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s death toll numbers attributed to the seasonal flu the winter of 2017/2018.5
Now, nine months into the pandemic, mortality statistics clearly show the truth: The COVID-19 pandemic is a pandemic in name only. In reality, there’s no excess mortality,6,7,8 and had it not been for the World Health Organization changing the definition of “pandemic,” COVID-19 would no longer be an issue. Kinsunny 7 Piece Outdo... Buy New $519.99 (as of 07:48 UTC - Details)
I know some will balk at the concept of no excess mortality but the truth is the truth, and when you examine the existing numbers, that is what you find. If you integrate the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention’s comments that 94% of those who died had comorbidities, which could easily be the real cause of the reported “COVID-19 deaths,” it then becomes obvious that the numbers were highly inflated.
Definition of Pandemic Substantially Altered
The WHO’s original definition of a pandemic was:9,10
“… when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in several, simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.”
The key portion of that definition is “enormous numbers of deaths and illness.” This definition was changed in the month leading up to the 2009 swine flu pandemic. The change was a simple but substantial one: They merely removed the severity and high mortality criteria, leaving the definition of a pandemic as “a worldwide epidemic of a disease.”11
This switch in definition allowed the WHO to declare swine flu a pandemic after a mere 144 people had died from the infection, worldwide, and it’s why COVID-19 is still promoted as a pandemic even though it has caused no excess mortality in nine months.12,13,14
We now have plenty of data showing the lethality of COVID-19 is on par with the seasonal flu.15,16,17,18,19 It may be different in terms of symptoms and complications, but the actual lethality is about the same. The absolute risk of death is equivalent to the risk of dying in a car accident.20,21
By removing the criteria of severe illness causing high morbidity, leaving geographically widespread infection as the only criteria for a pandemic, the WHO and technocratic leaders of the world were able to bamboozle the global population into giving up our lives and livelihoods.
As noted by Reiner Fuellmich, an attorney and founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, the COVID-19 pandemic is “probably the greatest crime against humanity ever committed.”22,23,24,25
This certainly isn’t the first time doom and gloom predictions of mass casualties have completely collapsed. It’s also not the first time that fast-tracked pandemic vaccines have been issued, with devastating effect.
In that regard, we can learn a lot from the 1976 swine flu pandemic, detailed in the 1979 “60 Minutes” episode featured above. This was also the first time drug companies were indemnified against liability for any harm that might result from a fast-tracked vaccine. OT QOMOTOP Oversized P... Buy New $169.97 (as of 07:48 UTC - Details)
The Swine Flu Fraud of 1976
In February 1976, secretary of health F. David Matthews warned the American people there were indications that the virus responsible for the deadly 1918 flu pandemic had returned. In January that year, a 19-year-old Army private had died from flu-related pneumonia, despite being in good health, and by the end of the month, 155 soldiers at Fort Dix tested positive for swine flu antibodies.
Projections suggested the dreaded virus would kill 1 million Americans before the end of 1976.26 “The government propaganda machine cranked into action,” “60 Minutes” says, urging all Americans to get vaccinated against the swine flu.
Americans who got the swine flu vaccine were told it had been properly field tested. What they were not told was that the vaccine they received was not the actual vaccine that had undergone testing.
According to “60 Minutes,” 46 million Americans got the vaccine, and over the next few years, thousands of Americans filed vaccine damage claims with the federal government.27
This was well before the 1986 Vaccine Compensation Act, so vaccines were still liable for damages at that time. Congress did grant the swine flu vaccine special immunity, though, and wound up paying (actually U.S. taxpayers did) for the $3.5 billion in damages the vaccine caused. A 1981 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office to Sen. John Durkin reads, in part:28
“Before the swine flu program there were comparatively few vaccine-related claims made against the Government. Since 1963, Public Health Service records showed that only 27 non-swine flu claims were filed.
However, as of December 31, 1979, we found that 3,839 claims and 988 lawsuits had been filed against the Government alleging injury, death, or other damage resulting from the 45 million swine flu immunizations given under the program.
A Justice official told us that as of October 2, 1980, 3,965 claims and 1,384 lawsuits had been filed. Of the 3,965 claims filed, the Justice official said 316 claims had been settled for about $12.3 million …”
$3.5 Billion Dollars in Damages Paid for Vaccine Injuries
COSIEST 8 Piece Propan... Buy New $1,859.00 (as of 07:48 UTC - Details) According to “60 Minutes,” the final claims amount for the nearly 4,000 claimants ended up totaling $3.5 billion. Two-thirds of the claimants suffered neurological damage and at least 300 of them died from vaccine side effects. In the end, the pandemic itself never materialized.29 An article by Real Clear Politics described the timeline of the pandemic that wasn’t, and the circumstances that led to the indemnification of vaccine makers:30
“All of the reported swine flu cases had been limited to the soldiers in Private Lewis’ camp. The virus wasn’t spreading. For some reason this information did not mollify the doctors, and on Feb. 14, 1976, the CDC issued a notice to all U.S. hospitals to be on the lookout for any cases of swine flu.
By March … not one case of swine flu had been reported outside of Fort Dix. For some reason this news did not placate the doctors either, and on March 13, 1976, the director of the CDC asked Congress for money to develop and test enough swine flu vaccine to immunize at least 80% of the population of the United States …
By July, [scientists] were pretty much agreed that a flu pandemic in 1976 would not lead to 1 million U.S. dead. The flu strain extracted from Private Lewis, they learned, was much less virulent that the 1918 strain …
The World Health Organization ordered hospitals to keep a global lookout for swine flu, but it did not request mass immunization … But the U.S. government was unstoppable. Congress began to pressure the drug companies to work faster toward development of a swine flu vaccine …
The drug companies suggested that they could work faster if they were given immunity from lawsuits in the event something went wrong with the vaccine. Congress refused. The issue of legal liability remained at an impasse until Aug. 2, 1976.
On that day, two members of the American Legion died of a strange respiratory disease they acquired at the Legion’s convention in Philadelphia. Congress collectively freaked.
Panicky news reports out of Philadelphia hinted that the deaths were the beginning of the Great Swine Flu Epidemic of 1976. On Aug. 3, Congress agreed to completely indemnify the drug companies against any and all lawsuits they might incur as a result of the distribution of swine flu vaccine.”
CDC Lied About Swine Flu Vaccine Safety
According to “60 Minutes,” Americans who got the swine flu vaccine were told it had been properly field tested. What they were not told was that the vaccine they received was not the actual vaccine that had undergone testing.
What’s more, according to Dr. Michael Hattwick, who directed the surveillance team for the 1976 swine flu vaccination program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was evidence showing influenza vaccinations could, and had, caused neurological complications in the past.
He claims he warned his superiors of this possibility, as it pertained to the swine flu campaign. Yet the CDC denied the evidence and the American public was never informed of this risk. “60 Minutes” also reveals the CDC was proven to have lied in its marketing materials for the vaccine.
Judy Roberts was one of the victims of that 1976 vaccination campaign. She was paralyzed by the vaccine, and suffered permanent damage. Her husband, who also was vaccinated and suffered no ill effects, ends the “60 Minute” segment saying:
“I told Judy to take the shot … I’m mad with my government. They knew the facts but they didn’t release those facts, because if they had released them, people wouldn’t have taken it.
And they can come out tomorrow and tell me there’s going to be an epidemic, and they can drop off like flies next to me, and I will not take another shot that my government tells me to take.”
The Origin of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
The 1976 swine flu vaccine program has sometimes been cited as the origin of the anti-vaccine movement, and for good reason. Thousands were seriously injured and hundreds died after placing their trust in scientists and the government. Many of them, just like Roberts in the “60 Minutes” segment, vowed never to be that naïve again. As reported by Smithsonian Magazine in 2017:31
“In the spring of 1976, it looked like that year’s flu was the real thing. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t, and rushed response led to a medical debacle that hasn’t gone away.
‘Some of the American public’s hesitance to embrace vaccines — the flu vaccine in particular — can be attributed to the long-lasting effects of a failed 1976 campaign to mass-vaccinate the public against a strain of the swine flu virus,’ writes Rebecca Kreston for Discover.
‘This government-led campaign was widely viewed as a debacle and put an irreparable dent in future public health initiative, as well as negatively influenced the public’s perception of both the flu and the flu shot in this country.'”
Pandemic Threats Have Repeatedly Turned to Naught
Sadly, the embarrassment of the 1976 swine flu debacle did not put an end to faux pandemics. In the last 15 years alone we’ve had to defend against wave upon wave of pandemic pandemonium, none of which turned out to be the global killer that “experts” predicted.
The 2005 bird flu outbreak, for example, was predicted to kill anywhere from 2 million to 150 million people. In reality, the death toll topped out at just 98 people, globally, in 2005; 115 in 2006; and 86 in 2007.32 No one in the U.S. died from this infection, and the sheer brazenness of this fake pandemic prompted me to write my New York Times best seller book “The Great Bird Flu Hoax.”
In 2006, 2007 and again in 2008, hyped warnings over the bird flu were repeatedly exposed as little more than a cruel hoax, designed to instill fear and line the pocketbooks of industry and various vested individuals.
Then came the now infamous H1N1 swine flu of 2009.33 The CDC estimates that from April 12, 2009, to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases of H1N1 infection, 274,000 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the United States. The infection fatality rate was a mere 0.02%. Then, as now, vaccines were fast-tracked. Lo and behold, within months, cases of disability and death from the H1N1 vaccine were reported in various parts of the world.
In 2010, the ASO3-adjuvanted swine flu vaccine Pandemrix (used in Europe but not in the U.S. during 2009-2010) was causally linked34 to childhood narcolepsy, which had abruptly skyrocketed in several countries during the vaccination campaign.35,36
In the aftermath, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) raised serious questions about the WHO’s handling of the pandemic and the role drug companies may have played in its drug and vaccine recommendations.
In June 2010, PACE concluded “the handling of the pandemic by the WHO, EU health agencies and national governments led to a ‘waste of large sums of public money, and unjustified scares and fears about the health risks faced by the European public.'”37
Specifically, PACE concluded there was “overwhelming evidence that the seriousness of the pandemic was vastly overrated by WHO,” and that the drug industry had influenced the organization’s decision-making.38
The sad reality is that the WHO is little more than a front group for Big Pharma and the technocratic elite that seek to “reset” the global economic and social structure. It would indeed be naïve to expect this private organization to do what’s right for public health while simultaneously taking direction from Bill Gates (its primary funder) and the drug industry.
While the 2009 swine flu pandemic was the most significant in terms of the fearmongering brought to bear, in the summer of 2012, dire predictions of mutating bird flu again filled the media, followed by urgent calls for yet another fast-tracked vaccine.
Two years later, in 2014, the Ebola virus turned into a global health emergency after epidemics in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone had been largely ignored. Interestingly enough, a UN resolution called for no restrictions on international travel to Ebola-stricken countries — a decision that led to an infected passenger bringing the infection to the U.S.
Another two years after that, in 2016, Zika virus hit pandemic status,39 triggering travel alerts and restrictions in and out of affected regions. All of these pandemics defied experts’ predictions of mass casualties. None turned into a global killer, and COVID-19 is no different.40,41,42
Why We Must End Gain-of-Function Research
Time and again, serious safety breaches have been identified at laboratories working with the most lethal and dangerous pathogens in the world,43,44,45,46,47,48,49 and mounting evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 may be a lab creation as well.
Scientists defend and promote gain-of-function research by insisting it allows us to prepare for pandemics.50 In reality, this kind of research does not appear to have improved governments’ pandemic responses in the least. If anything, it’s a curious coincidence that the very viruses undergoing gain-of-function research are the ones causing pandemics.
As just one example, an article51 by Mark Denison, editor of mBio, presents a hypothesis for the 1977-1978 H1N1 swine flu pandemic, often referred to as the Russian flu, as the first cases were reported in the USSR. According to Denison, the pandemic “was probably not a natural event, as the genetic sequence of the virus was nearly identical to the sequences of decades-old strains.”
The lab hypothesis has “gained popularity in discussions about the biosafety risks of gain-of-function influenza virus research, as an argument for why this research should not be performed,” he writes. Another possibility being kicked around is that the infection spread through a live-vaccine trial. A third option: a deliberate release as a bioweapon.
As noted in a 2009 New England Journal of Medicine review article, which provided a historical perspective on the emergence of H1N1 viruses:52
“Even though human influenza A (H1N1) virus had not circulated since 1957 and the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus that had been identified at Fort Dix did not extend outside the base, in November 1977, the H1N1 strain reemerged in the former Soviet Union, Hong Kong, and northeastern China.
This strain affected primarily young people in a relatively mild presentation. Careful study of the genetic origin of the virus showed that it was closely related to a 1950 strain but dissimilar to influenza A (H1N1) strains from both 1947 and 1957.
This finding suggested that the 1977 outbreak strain had been preserved since 1950. The reemergence was probably an accidental release from a laboratory source in the setting of waning population immunity to H1 and N1 antigens.”
Can history repeat itself? There are no guarantees that it can’t or won’t, which is why it’s so important we find out where SARS-CoV-2 really came from. As noted by the National Review,53 getting to the bottom of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial if we want to prevent a similar pandemic in the future:
“If it originated from a person eating bat or pangolin at a wet market, then we need to take steps to ensure that bat and pangolin consumption and trade stops …
Bat guano is used as fertilizer in many countries, and that guano can be full of viruses … If this is the source of the virus, we need to get people to stop going into caves and using the guano as fertilizer …
In a strange way, the ‘lab accident’ scenario is one of the most reassuring explanations. It means that if we want to ensure we never experience this again, we simply need to get every lab in the world working on contagious viruses to ensure 100% compliance with safety protocols, all the time.”
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lewrockwell--2020-12-12--The State’s Planned Covid Hell Is Coming, and Death Is Coming With It

“ Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
” Imagine a time of total isolation , of loss of family and familiar contact , of hiding away from life , of covering up all emotion , of psychological torture , of starving due to extreme poverty initiated and enforced by state thugs , of loss of all movement , of 24 hour a day surveillance , of death by state mandate , or imagine having to make a choice to take a poisonous , controlling , and deadly vaccine or be locked away from living .
This dystopian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has just begun , and if left to the desires of the evil controlling devils in power , it will only get worse every day .
FLAVOR Men Brown Leath ... Buy New $ 179.99 The term “ heaven on earth ” has seemingly lost all meaning , because any aspect of normal life and love has been destroyed , and the concept of hell on earth is now fully evident .
This of course came with the loss of freedom , but the irony here is that this loss of freedom that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The false pandemic that was the initial impetus for our demise was universally accepted by the people supposedly due to fear , but was fear the deciding factor ?
It certainly was a part of the scheme and remains so today , but weakness of mind and body , cowardice in the face of challenge , laziness and dependence on others instead of self , mass indifference , herd ignorance , and in many cases sheer stupidity , won the day .
This has been a planned multi-faceted breakdown of society ; a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will lead to long-term condemned misery .
What we currently face in this country has never before been imagined .
Regardless of any mass dissent or pushback at this time , this will not end well .
If this madness is stopped soon , we will have some semblance of normalcy , but it will take many years to get to any place that could be considered traditional in any way .
In other words , so much damage to our lives and liberty has already taken place , that in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a monumental task .
Because of the scope of damage that has been done to our way of life , to our actual spirit of being , any return to ‘ life as we have known it ’ is not possible without enormous work and the passing of much time .
If we fail in this endeavor , our fate will be sealed , and in the hands of those very same monsters that have perpetrated this crime against humanity .
All that will be left will be a society made up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and maybe final , nail in the coffin of freedom will come in the form of an experimental Covid vaccine .
The risk due to mass acceptance of any vaccine claiming to release the chains now wrapped around our throats is immense .
The exact opposite result will be the case , and the effect of universal compliance concerning these injections will be the equivalent of still being chained but also being inside a coffin .
Freedom will never be attained by obedience ; it can only survive this onslaught of tyranny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine claimed as savior will be a lie , and can only be sold to the public through extreme and continuous propaganda campaigns that are meant to achieve submission .
Submitting to rule with the promise of freedom as bait is only a strategy for fools .
The ramping up of scare tactics , of mainstream media fear mongering , of spurious and overblown headlines , and of threats , are the tools of deception , and should never be taken seriously .
These are targeted not toward individuals with the ability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ masses that more easily surrender to a herd mentality .
This is done because the herd is the vast majority , and gaining power over them through these dishonest and deceitful means is a way to gain control of all , for if the group is co-opted , the dissenters can be more easily silenced .
Once a free society succumbs to this trickery , it becomes a captured society .
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As Americans continue to follow orders , to wash the very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disinfectants ’ , to wear harmful masks , to distance from loved ones and friends , to stay locked up in their homes instead of working to support themselves and their families , to quarantining on demand , to refusing to open up their businesses , and to lining up like sheep going to slaughter to take a bogus Covid test , they are simply getting closer and closer to becoming slaves .
By acquiescing to the very system they voluntarily allow to rule over them , they will become nothing more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technocratic state apparatus .
This is what is planned for them , but they have not the ability to see the truth staring them in the face .
This is a very serious dilemma , because real education in order to find the truth is vital for their survival , but they seem only to look toward their chosen masters for answers .
This human experiment continues to go forward , mostly without resistance .
The vaccine that is coming was most likely developed long ago ; years in fact , sitting idle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release .
That release may signal the final stage of this plot to take over humanity , because it could have every element necessary in order for the state to gain total control .
It could at one time be used to infect a large portion of the population by introducing pathogens and possibly microbes capable of compromising the human immune system .
It could also be used to inject biosensors , barcodes for tracking , nanoparticle agents that would be brain altering , and any other number of gene-altering techniques through m-RNA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pursued .
The range of possibilities is limitless , and contrary to state denials of these possibilities , they do indeed exist .
As discussed on many occasions , the only solution to this dire situation is mass dissent and total disobedience to any government order .
This requires the courage to not only take the risks necessary to gain your freedom back , but the willingness to defend your family , friends , and yourself from any government intrusion at all cost .
Majority complacency will only serve to destroy this country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ever existed will be destroyed with it .
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
~ William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan (1999). “The Tempest: Third Series”, p.164, Cengage Learning EMEA
Imagine a time of total isolation, of loss of family and familiar contact, of hiding away from life, of covering up all emotion, of psychological torture, of starving due to extreme poverty initiated and enforced by state thugs, of loss of all movement, of 24 hour a day surveillance, of death by state mandate, or imagine having to make a choice to take a poisonous, controlling, and deadly vaccine or be locked away from living. This dystopian nightmare is already here, but it has just begun, and if left to the desires of the evil controlling devils in power, it will only get worse every day.
FLAVOR Men Brown Leath... Buy New $179.99 (as of 04:45 UTC - Details) The term “heaven on earth” has seemingly lost all meaning, because any aspect of normal life and love has been destroyed, and the concept of hell on earth is now fully evident. This of course came with the loss of freedom, but the irony here is that this loss of freedom that led to this hell was voluntary. The false pandemic that was the initial impetus for our demise was universally accepted by the people supposedly due to fear, but was fear the deciding factor? It certainly was a part of the scheme and remains so today, but weakness of mind and body, cowardice in the face of challenge, laziness and dependence on others instead of self, mass indifference, herd ignorance, and in many cases sheer stupidity, won the day. This has been a planned multi-faceted breakdown of society; a breakdown that if not challenged and overcome will lead to long-term condemned misery.
What we currently face in this country has never before been imagined. Regardless of any mass dissent or pushback at this time, this will not end well. If this madness is stopped soon, we will have some semblance of normalcy, but it will take many years to get to any place that could be considered traditional in any way. In other words, so much damage to our lives and liberty has already taken place, that in order to step back in time even one year is a monumental task. Because of the scope of damage that has been done to our way of life, to our actual spirit of being, any return to ‘life as we have known it’ is not possible without enormous work and the passing of much time. If we fail in this endeavor, our fate will be sealed, and in the hands of those very same monsters that have perpetrated this crime against humanity. All that will be left will be a society made up of rulers and slaves.
The next, and maybe final, nail in the coffin of freedom will come in the form of an experimental Covid vaccine. The risk due to mass acceptance of any vaccine claiming to release the chains now wrapped around our throats is immense. The exact opposite result will be the case, and the effect of universal compliance concerning these injections will be the equivalent of still being chained but also being inside a coffin. Freedom will never be attained by obedience; it can only survive this onslaught of tyranny with mass disobedience. Any talk of a vaccine claimed as savior will be a lie, and can only be sold to the public through extreme and continuous propaganda campaigns that are meant to achieve submission. Submitting to rule with the promise of freedom as bait is only a strategy for fools.
The ramping up of scare tactics, of mainstream media fear mongering, of spurious and overblown headlines, and of threats, are the tools of deception, and should never be taken seriously. These are targeted not toward individuals with the ability to think critically, but toward the masses that more easily surrender to a herd mentality. This is done because the herd is the vast majority, and gaining power over them through these dishonest and deceitful means is a way to gain control of all, for if the group is co-opted, the dissenters can be more easily silenced. Once a free society succumbs to this trickery, it becomes a captured society.
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This human experiment continues to go forward, mostly without resistance. The vaccine that is coming was most likely developed long ago; years in fact, sitting idle until the timing was right for its release. That release may signal the final stage of this plot to take over humanity, because it could have every element necessary in order for the state to gain total control. It could at one time be used to infect a large portion of the population by introducing pathogens and possibly microbes capable of compromising the human immune system. It could also be used to inject biosensors, barcodes for tracking, nanoparticle agents that would be brain altering, and any other number of gene-altering techniques through m-RNA and DNA changing technologies now being actively pursued. The range of possibilities is limitless, and contrary to state denials of these possibilities, they do indeed exist.
As discussed on many occasions, the only solution to this dire situation is mass dissent and total disobedience to any government order. This requires the courage to not only take the risks necessary to gain your freedom back, but the willingness to defend your family, friends, and yourself from any government intrusion at all cost. Majority complacency will only serve to destroy this country from the inside, and any freedom that ever existed will be destroyed with it.
Source links: Here, here, here, and here.
The Best of Gary D. Barnett


lewrockwell--2020-12-12--The West in Crisis: Subversion From Within

It was in the 1960s that the left convinced itself that there is something fascistic about patriotism and something perversely “ patriotic ” about running down America .
Anti-Americanism – a stand-in for hatred of Western civilization – became the stuff of sophisticates and intellectuals as never before .
I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing .
It has many commendable qualities , most of which it has borrowed from the Christian ethic , but it lacks the element of moral wisdom that would give it permanence .
Future historians will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it .
What is called Western Civilization is in an advanced state of decomposition , and another Dark Ages will soon be upon us , if , indeed , it has not already begun .
With the Media , especially television , governing all our lives , as they indubitably do , it is easily imaginable that this might happen without our noticing… by accustoming us to the gradual deterioration of our values .
Landing Leathers Men & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no question that by nearly any metric the West is by far the most successful civilization in history .
Among its many spectacular accomplishments , the West has attained affluence and material prosperity that were previously unimaginable .
Its scientific advancements and technological progress seem like the stuff of science fiction .
Its military power and strength are without equal .
But not only do Westerners enjoy unprecedented degree of wealth , health and security , they are also guaranteed unequalled personal liberties and political rights .
In short , the West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other civilizations could only dream of .
The affluence , freedoms and safety available to Westerners are by any historical measure beyond extraordinary .
One clear present-day indicator of the West ’ s staggering success is the countless people from all over the globe willing to take great risks and pay almost any price to come and live here .
All of this notwithstanding , there is an ominous feeling , however , that we are a civilization whose days are numbered .
Despite our immense wealth , technological capabilities and military power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the West is under an attack it may not be able to withstand .
This attack has not been unleashed by some powerful external enemy .
Nor could it have been since no external foe is strong enough to take on this civilization .
The attack has come from within .
Neither was it launched suddenly .
Rather it has been a progressive operation .
Low level and barely perceivable in the beginning , it has been gathering in strength over a period of decades .
Its initial phase could be compared to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here and there .
Emboldened by a lack of proper response on the part of those it sought to subvert , the enemy expanded its field of hostilities and achieved surprising victories .
Invigorated and encouraged by the gains , the foe has recently thrown away all of its disguises and has come out into the open in full force .
It has shown itself stronger than most would have imagined with the result that we are now locked in an all-out battle for survival .
It is an indication of our malaise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aware of this .
Carhartt Men ’ s O ... Buy New $ 16.99 The enemy ranks are made up of those who harbor an aversion toward their own culture and society .
Of those there are many , their numbers stoked up by decades of systematic anti-western indoctrination by the schools and the media .
Charging Western civilization with oppression and racism , they claim that our socio-economic system is inherently unjust .
Western style liberal democracies , they allege , discriminate and exploit racial minorities , women , homosexuals , transexuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cross-genders and – apart from the select elite chosen from white males – everyone else who happens to abide in the west .
Their allegations , however , are not borne out by facts .
As it happens , the West was the first civilization that accorded equal rights to all those within its realms and is the only one that does so consistently .
Not only does the West take special care to protect its minorities , it affords them special rights and privileges .
This applies to minorities across the spectrum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orientation and whatever other minority criterion exists or may yet be discovered by the progressive illuminati .
It is revealing that hundreds of millions of members of minority groups born into societies outside the Western domain are eager to leave their own countries and come to live among us .
So much so that if we did not have barriers to hold them back , we would be overrun and that in short order .
If we were such an unjust and oppressive civilization as it is claimed , this situation would surely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem to make much difference to these civilizational malcontents .
Driven by frustration and anger that are out of kilter with reality , they do not confine themselves to mere verbal critiques but seek to translate their feelings into action .
They do this by maligning and undermining the values , beliefs and institutions that have made this civilization what it is .
The decades of their persistent efforts have borne fruit .
Having been subjected to years of denigration and criticism , Westerners have lost confidence in the fundamental probity of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propelled the west to greatness – such as self-denial , deferred gratification , thrift , independence , faithfulness , devotion , etc .
– are now commonly ridiculed and despised .
They have been increasingly supplanted by such insalubrious tendencies as self-indulgence , pleasure seeking , victim-playing , promiscuity , vulgarity and profligacy .
Because the West ’ s cultural and moral foundation have been undermined , the institutions they support can not but malfunction .
Schools , for instance , now routinely teach young people destructive and immoral ideas .
Most importantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students with abhorrence for their own cultural heritage .
At the same time the unceasing barrage of decadent propaganda has loosened the bonds of the nuclear family with the result that co-habitation , divorce and out of wedlock births have increased at alarming rates .
Because of the general acceptance of profligacy and lack of restraint , western currencies have been steadily losing their purchasing power due to unsustainable levels of debt incurred throughout all layers of our financial system .
We could go on but let us say for now that nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one degree or another – impaired and marked by decline .
Neff Unisex Daily Bean ... Buy New $ 13.95 As a consequence of this – and because the West has lost faith in itself – we now stand as a fragile and weakened civilization .
This situation has been brought about two complementary courses of action : the long-term efforts of civilizational saboteurs and the failure of the rest to protect their culture , institutions and heritage .
Emboldened by their societies ’ weakness and apathy , these saboteurs feel that their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We have seen a dramatic eruption of their destructive enthusiasm in the late spring and summer of this year when they came out in force under the guise of anti-racism protests .
The term saboteur does not , of course , only encompass the vandals wreaking havoc in the streets but also their enablers and protectors in the media , government , transnational organizations , academia and other institutions .
In the course of this year , we watched as these players spewed a steady stream of fiery condemnations of western societies as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oppressive .
This was naturally accompanied by calls for a radical remaking of our socio-economic model communicated through the catch phrases such as the “ The Great Reset , ” “ The New World Order ” and “ The Fourth Industrial Revolution.
” Even as it has attained unprecedented levels of wealth , technological advancement and power , Western civilization finds itself today in an existential crisis and at a point of mortal danger .
It is a great irony that the civilization that has provided its people with more affluence , comfort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any other is in danger of being destroyed from within by malcontents that it itself nurtured .
“ Know your enemy ” said Sun Tzu in his Art of War .
The great question , then , is this : what motivates these domestic subversives to act in this way ?
What is the source of the psychological impulses that make them hate and strike against their own societies which – although far from perfect – nevertheless belong to the most equitable and humane civilizational stream that has emerged from the currents of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to find the answer to if we hope to hold back and repulse the insidious forces that threaten the survival of what is left of Western civilization .
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer

It was in the 1960s that the left convinced itself that there is something fascistic about patriotism and something perversely “patriotic” about running down America. Anti-Americanism – a stand-in for hatred of Western civilization – became the stuff of sophisticates and intellectuals as never before.
— Jonah Goldberg
I am among those who believe that our Western civilization is on its way to perishing. It has many commendable qualities, most of which it has borrowed from the Christian ethic, but it lacks the element of moral wisdom that would give it permanence. Future historians will record that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
What is called Western Civilization is in an advanced state of decomposition, and another Dark Ages will soon be upon us, if, indeed, it has not already begun. With the Media, especially television, governing all our lives, as they indubitably do, it is easily imaginable that this might happen without our noticing… by accustoming us to the gradual deterioration of our values. Landing Leathers Men&r... Buy New $149.99 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
— Malcom Muggeridge
There is no question that by nearly any metric the West is by far the most successful civilization in history. Among its many spectacular accomplishments, the West has attained affluence and material prosperity that were previously unimaginable. Its scientific advancements and technological progress seem like the stuff of science fiction. Its military power and strength are without equal. But not only do Westerners enjoy unprecedented degree of wealth, health and security, they are also guaranteed unequalled personal liberties and political rights. In short, the West has achieved what those who lived in other civilizations could only dream of. The affluence, freedoms and safety available to Westerners are by any historical measure beyond extraordinary. One clear present-day indicator of the West’s staggering success is the countless people from all over the globe willing to take great risks and pay almost any price to come and live here.
All of this notwithstanding, there is an ominous feeling, however, that we are a civilization whose days are numbered. Despite our immense wealth, technological capabilities and military power, there is a growing sense that the West is under an attack it may not be able to withstand.
This attack has not been unleashed by some powerful external enemy. Nor could it have been since no external foe is strong enough to take on this civilization. The attack has come from within. Neither was it launched suddenly. Rather it has been a progressive operation. Low level and barely perceivable in the beginning, it has been gathering in strength over a period of decades. Its initial phase could be compared to a partisan campaign with a shot taken here and there. Emboldened by a lack of proper response on the part of those it sought to subvert, the enemy expanded its field of hostilities and achieved surprising victories. Invigorated and encouraged by the gains, the foe has recently thrown away all of its disguises and has come out into the open in full force. It has shown itself stronger than most would have imagined with the result that we are now locked in an all-out battle for survival. It is an indication of our malaise that many people are still not fully aware of this. Carhartt Men’s O... Buy New $16.99 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
The enemy ranks are made up of those who harbor an aversion toward their own culture and society. Of those there are many, their numbers stoked up by decades of systematic anti-western indoctrination by the schools and the media. Charging Western civilization with oppression and racism, they claim that our socio-economic system is inherently unjust. Western style liberal democracies, they allege, discriminate and exploit racial minorities, women, homosexuals, transexuals, non-binary people, multi-gender persons, cross-genders and – apart from the select elite chosen from white males – everyone else who happens to abide in the west.
Their allegations, however, are not borne out by facts. As it happens, the West was the first civilization that accorded equal rights to all those within its realms and is the only one that does so consistently. Not only does the West take special care to protect its minorities, it affords them special rights and privileges. This applies to minorities across the spectrum and encompasses race, gender, sexual orientation and whatever other minority criterion exists or may yet be discovered by the progressive illuminati. It is revealing that hundreds of millions of members of minority groups born into societies outside the Western domain are eager to leave their own countries and come to live among us. So much so that if we did not have barriers to hold them back, we would be overrun and that in short order. If we were such an unjust and oppressive civilization as it is claimed, this situation would surely not have arisen
But facts do not seem to make much difference to these civilizational malcontents. Driven by frustration and anger that are out of kilter with reality, they do not confine themselves to mere verbal critiques but seek to translate their feelings into action. They do this by maligning and undermining the values, beliefs and institutions that have made this civilization what it is. The decades of their persistent efforts have borne fruit. Having been subjected to years of denigration and criticism, Westerners have lost confidence in the fundamental probity of their own culture. Wholesome qualities that once propelled the west to greatness – such as self-denial, deferred gratification, thrift, independence, faithfulness, devotion, etc. – are now commonly ridiculed and despised. They have been increasingly supplanted by such insalubrious tendencies as self-indulgence, pleasure seeking, victim-playing, promiscuity, vulgarity and profligacy. Because the West’s cultural and moral foundation have been undermined, the institutions they support cannot but malfunction. Schools, for instance, now routinely teach young people destructive and immoral ideas. Most importantly, they have been for years inculcating students with abhorrence for their own cultural heritage. At the same time the unceasing barrage of decadent propaganda has loosened the bonds of the nuclear family with the result that co-habitation, divorce and out of wedlock births have increased at alarming rates. Because of the general acceptance of profligacy and lack of restraint, western currencies have been steadily losing their purchasing power due to unsustainable levels of debt incurred throughout all layers of our financial system. We could go on but let us say for now that nearly all Western institutions have been – to one degree or another – impaired and marked by decline. Neff Unisex Daily Bean... Buy New $13.95 (as of 04:47 UTC - Details)
As a consequence of this – and because the West has lost faith in itself – we now stand as a fragile and weakened civilization. This situation has been brought about two complementary courses of action: the long-term efforts of civilizational saboteurs and the failure of the rest to protect their culture, institutions and heritage.
Emboldened by their societies’ weakness and apathy, these saboteurs feel that their final goal may be in sight. We have seen a dramatic eruption of their destructive enthusiasm in the late spring and summer of this year when they came out in force under the guise of anti-racism protests. The term saboteur does not, of course, only encompass the vandals wreaking havoc in the streets but also their enablers and protectors in the media, government, transnational organizations, academia and other institutions. In the course of this year, we watched as these players spewed a steady stream of fiery condemnations of western societies as being irredeemably racist, discriminatory and otherwise oppressive. This was naturally accompanied by calls for a radical remaking of our socio-economic model communicated through the catch phrases such as the “The Great Reset,” “The New World Order” and “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
Even as it has attained unprecedented levels of wealth, technological advancement and power, Western civilization finds itself today in an existential crisis and at a point of mortal danger. It is a great irony that the civilization that has provided its people with more affluence, comfort, security, freedom and rights than any other is in danger of being destroyed from within by malcontents that it itself nurtured.
“Know your enemy” said Sun Tzu in his Art of War. The great question, then, is this: what motivates these domestic subversives to act in this way? What is the source of the psychological impulses that make them hate and strike against their own societies which – although far from perfect – nevertheless belong to the most equitable and humane civilizational stream that has emerged from the currents of history?
This is the question we need to find the answer to if we hope to hold back and repulse the insidious forces that threaten the survival of what is left of Western civilization.
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer


lewrockwell--2020-12-12--Is Attorney General Barr a Coward?

Is Attorney General Barr a Coward?

“ To date , we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election , ” Barr told the AP .
[ 1 ] That ’ s because he isn ’ t looking .
Here are several sites , among hundreds , that carry evidence of vote fraud on a continuing basis : American Thinker [ 2 ] , Infowars [ 3 ] , Gateway Pundit [ 4 ] , Revolver.news [ 5 ] , the Air Vent blog [ 6 ] .
Barr has now appointed a special counsel , John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The man in the moon ?
Richard Nixon ?
I ’ m sure we ’ ll get a report by 2026 .
Slick Willie Barr ’ s remark to AP sent a signal to judges and lawyers : the Justice Department isn ’ t active , relax , no need to rush , feel free to dismiss cases , you won ’ t be risking adverse consequences .
That , from the number-one law enforcement man in the nation .
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Ballot stuffing .
Invented ballots .
Backdated ballots .
Failure to allow observers to monitor massive amounts of vote counting .
Statistical anomalies showing impossible vote results .
Vote switching .
Electronic machine vulnerabilities .
Software back doors .
Fractional vote counts instead of raw number counts .
Dominion and Smartmatic connections to foreign entities .
The vote-count apparatus connected to the internet and therefore vulnerable to switches in numbers .
Battleground states stopping the vote count on election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes changed from Trump to Biden .
Alarming numbers of affidavits from poll workers attesting to fraud .
Boarded up windows to block observers from watching vote counts , even from a distance .
Observers intimidated and ordered to move away from vote counting personnel .
Reputable data analysts stating vote fraud was occurring on a large scale .
Other than THAT , not a hint of impropriety .
Nothing to see , forget about it .
And Barr didn ’ t need to say he was sure the election was a fraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was reason for the DOJ to do an immediate and far-reaching INVESTIGATION .
But he wouldn ’ t even say that .
And lest we forget , this election was CALLED BY THE NEWS NETWORKS .
That ’ s what “ election result ” MEANS so far .
That ’ s all it means .
Some of the networks take their election information from the Associated Press .
But the AP is a consortium OF those same networks .
In other words , the news networks take their election information from themselves .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Attorney General Barr believes the result of the election has been decided ; and there is no reason to mount an all-out investigation of the “ result.
” Pundits are worried that Trump ’ s attack on the outcome makes the US look like a banana republic , in the eyes of the rest of the world .
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When news networks call the election based on projections from themselves , we ’ re looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a banana 3000 miles long .
Barr is a banana plantation boss , protecting the terminally corrupt territory from prying eyes .
In an act of extreme kindness , he should be busted down to hosing off dust and sand from cop cars in Death Valley .
He ’ s made himself into—or he already was—a double agent .
While professing support for the president , he was preparing to undermine him .
Trump , throughout his term in office , has shown an uncanny ability to choose key people who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe he thought Mike Flynn would be his main protector and buffer , and when Flynn was taken down , Trump didn ’ t know where to turn .
He was at sea .
A CEO or Commander-in-Chief is supposed to be better than that .
Barr ’ s refusal to declare an all-out war on election fraud creates a gigantic confusion .
While court cases and state legislative hearings move along , and evidence of fraud piles up , the DOJ stands aside , as if these momentous events are of no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
CRIMINAL CHARGES are at the bottom of this national disgrace .
And there are no criminal charges .
Although extreme dereliction of duty ought to be a felony , Barr has a built-in protection .
Prosecutorial discretion .
It means a government lawyer can pick and choose his cases .
He can go to court or not go to court .
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We have the murder weapon .
The suspect ’ s prints are on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his hand as he was standing over the dead body of the victim .
We have surveillance video which shows the suspect shooting the victim .
But you know what ?
We ’ re going to pass on this case .
The killer has no previous record .
He ’ s from a good family… ” For readers , and for Slick Willie Barr , I want to describe one expert witness to fraud who has already stepped forward .
He is just one of a number of such witnesses .
Just one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sound alarm bells for the Justice Department , indicating that an IMMEDIATE investigation must be launched yesterday , nobody will sound those alarms .
Navid Keshavarz-Nia .
His credentials include extensive work for the US intelligence community .
This is not necessarily a positive recommendation .
However , such people are often cited as reliable by the press and the government .
They ’ re courted and coddled and quoted and used to make cases .
Andrea Widburg , writing at American Thinker , headlines her piece , “ The ‘ smartest man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Powell ’ s team ” : [ 7 ] “ Dr .
Kershavarz-Nia ’ s name may not mean a lot to you , but it ’ s one of the weightiest names in the world when it comes to sniffing out cyber-security problems.
” “ We know how important Dr. Kershavarz-Nia is because , just two and a half months ago , the New York Times ran one of its Sunday long-form articles about a massive , multi-million-dollar fraud that a talented grifter ran against the American intelligence and military communities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who comes off looking good ” : ( Quoting the Times ) “ Navid Keshavarz-Nia , those who worked with him said , ‘ was always the smartest person in the room.
’ In doing cybersecurity and technical counterintelligence work for the C.I.A.
, N.S.A .
and F.B.I.
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, M.A.
, and Ph.D. in various areas of electrical and computer engineering .
In addition , ‘ I have advanced trained from the Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) , Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) , National Security Agency ( NSA ) , DHS office of Intelligence & Analysis ( I & A ) and Massachusetts Institution of Technology ( MIT ) ’ .
” “ Professionally , Dr. Kershavarz-Nia has spent his career as a cyber-security engineer .
‘ My experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 35 years performing technical assessment , mathematical modeling , cyber-attack pattern analysis , and security intelligence [ . ]
’ I will not belabor the point .
Take it as given that Dr. Kershavarz-Nia may know more about cyber-security than anyone else in America.
” “ So what does the brilliant Dr. Kershavarz-Nia have to say ?
This : 1 .
Hammer and Scorecard [ an alleged package of CIA vote-hacking programs ] is real , not a hoax ( as Democrats allege ) , and both are used to manipulate election outcomes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ S , Scytl , and Smartmatic [ electronic vote-systems companies ] are all vulnerable to fraud and vote manipulation — and the mainstream media reported on these vulnerabilities in the past .
3 .
Dominion has been used in other countries to ‘ forge election results.
’ 4 .
Dominion ’ s corporate structure is deliberately confusing to hide relationships with Venezuela , China , and Cuba .
6 .
Dominion memory cards with cryptographic key access to the systems were stolen in 2019.
” “ Although he had no access to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available data about the election and the vote results .
Based on that information , he concluded : 1 .
The counts in the disputed states ( Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , Michigan , Arizona , Nevada , and Georgia ) show electronic manipulation .
2 .
The simultaneous decision in Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , Arizona , Nevada , and Georgia to pretend to halt counting votes was unprecedented and demonstrated a coordinated effort to collude toward desired results .
3 .
One to two percent of votes were forged in Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep records for audits , an outcome that must have been deliberately programmed .
6 .
The stolen cryptographic key , which applied to all voting systems , was used to alter vote counts .
7 .
The favorable votes pouring in after hours for Biden could not be accounted for by a Democrat preference for mailed in ballots .
They demonstrated manipulation .
For example , in Pennsylvania , it was physically impossible to feed 400,000 ballots into the machines within 2–3 hours .
8 .
Dominion used Chinese parts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that China , Venezuela , Cuba interfered in the election .
9 .
There was a Hammer and Scorecard cyber-attack that altered votes in the battleground states , and then forwarded the results to Scytl servers in Frankfurt , Germany , to avoid detection .
10 .
The systems failed to produce any auditable results.
” “ Based on the above findings , Dr. Keshavarz-Nia concluded with ‘ high confidence that the election 2020 data were altered in all battleground states resulting in a [ sic ] hundreds of thousands of votes that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transferred [ sic ] to Vice President Biden ’ .
” Here ’ s a question : If you ’ re William Barr , what else do you want , in terms of qualifications , from an expert witness ?
From all appearances , Navid Keshavarz-Nia is exactly the sort of person you would be looking for in serious cases .
Except , perhaps , in THIS case .
Because this case not only cuts across the grain , it proposes a titanic refutation of the announced result of a presidential election .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ one in which the sitting president is despised by the press , millions of Democrats , untold numbers of government employees , foreign government leaders , and rioters-in-waiting , who would stage mass destruction in cites , if the election is resolved in favor of the sitting president .
So , Mr. Barr , in this case , who qualifies as an expert witness , to whom very close attention should be paid ?
Or does the qualification of a witness come down to WHAT he will say ?
Are you calculating which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spectrum can visit the greater harm on you ?
Have you already sold out ?
If so , to what or whom ?
“ Yet panics , in some cases , have their uses ; they produce as much good as hurt .
Their duration is always short ; the mind soon grows through them , and acquires a firmer habit than before .
But their peculiar advantage is , that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy , and bring things and men to light , which might otherwise have lain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the same effect on secret traitors , which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer .
They sift out the hidden thoughts of man , and hold them up in public to the world.
” Thomas Paine , The Crisis , December 23 , 1776 .
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“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the AP. [1]
That’s because he isn’t looking. Here are several sites, among hundreds, that carry evidence of vote fraud on a continuing basis: American Thinker [2], Infowars [3], Gateway Pundit [4], Revolver.news [5], the Air Vent blog [6].
Barr has now appointed a special counsel, John Durham, to look into…what? Russiagate? The man in the moon? Richard Nixon? I’m sure we’ll get a report by 2026.
Slick Willie Barr’s remark to AP sent a signal to judges and lawyers: the Justice Department isn’t active, relax, no need to rush, feel free to dismiss cases, you won’t be risking adverse consequences.
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Meanwhile, if you visit those sites, I just mentioned, you’ll find all sorts of evidence of fraud. Ballot stuffing. Invented ballots. Backdated ballots. Failure to allow observers to monitor massive amounts of vote counting. Statistical anomalies showing impossible vote results. Vote switching. Electronic machine vulnerabilities. Software back doors. Fractional vote counts instead of raw number counts. Dominion and Smartmatic connections to foreign entities. The vote-count apparatus connected to the internet and therefore vulnerable to switches in numbers. Battleground states stopping the vote count on election night, after which huge numbers of votes changed from Trump to Biden. Alarming numbers of affidavits from poll workers attesting to fraud. Boarded up windows to block observers from watching vote counts, even from a distance. Observers intimidated and ordered to move away from vote counting personnel. Reputable data analysts stating vote fraud was occurring on a large scale.
Other than THAT, not a hint of impropriety. Nothing to see, forget about it.
And Barr didn’t need to say he was sure the election was a fraud; he only needed to say there was reason for the DOJ to do an immediate and far-reaching INVESTIGATION.
But he wouldn’t even say that.
And lest we forget, this election was CALLED BY THE NEWS NETWORKS. That’s what “election result” MEANS so far. That’s all it means.
Some of the networks take their election information from the Associated Press. But the AP is a consortium OF those same networks.
In other words, the news networks take their election information from themselves.
And on the strength of THAT, Attorney General Barr believes the result of the election has been decided; and there is no reason to mount an all-out investigation of the “result.”
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Sorry, too late for that concern. When news networks call the election based on projections from themselves, we’re looking at a closed system, a bubble, a banana 3000 miles long.
Barr is a banana plantation boss, protecting the terminally corrupt territory from prying eyes.
In an act of extreme kindness, he should be busted down to hosing off dust and sand from cop cars in Death Valley.
He’s made himself into—or he already was—a double agent. While professing support for the president, he was preparing to undermine him.
Trump, throughout his term in office, has shown an uncanny ability to choose key people who are actually out to destroy him. I believe he thought Mike Flynn would be his main protector and buffer, and when Flynn was taken down, Trump didn’t know where to turn. He was at sea. A CEO or Commander-in-Chief is supposed to be better than that.
Barr’s refusal to declare an all-out war on election fraud creates a gigantic confusion. While court cases and state legislative hearings move along, and evidence of fraud piles up, the DOJ stands aside, as if these momentous events are of no more interest than a spring baseball game.
CRIMINAL CHARGES are at the bottom of this national disgrace. And there are no criminal charges.
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“Let’s see. We have the murder weapon. The suspect’s prints are on the gun, which the cops found in his hand as he was standing over the dead body of the victim. We have surveillance video which shows the suspect shooting the victim. But you know what? We’re going to pass on this case. The killer has no previous record. He’s from a good family…”
For readers, and for Slick Willie Barr, I want to describe one expert witness to fraud who has already stepped forward. He is just one of a number of such witnesses. Just one. But if he doesn’t sound alarm bells for the Justice Department, indicating that an IMMEDIATE investigation must be launched yesterday, nobody will sound those alarms.
Navid Keshavarz-Nia. His credentials include extensive work for the US intelligence community. This is not necessarily a positive recommendation. However, such people are often cited as reliable by the press and the government. They’re courted and coddled and quoted and used to make cases.
Andrea Widburg, writing at American Thinker, headlines her piece, “The ‘smartest man in the room’ has joined Sidney Powell’s team”: [7]
“Dr. Kershavarz-Nia’s name may not mean a lot to you, but it’s one of the weightiest names in the world when it comes to sniffing out cyber-security problems.”
“We know how important Dr. Kershavarz-Nia is because, just two and a half months ago, the New York Times ran one of its Sunday long-form articles about a massive, multi-million-dollar fraud that a talented grifter ran against the American intelligence and military communities. Dr. Kershavarz-Nia is one of the few people who comes off looking good”:
(Quoting the Times) “Navid Keshavarz-Nia, those who worked with him said, ‘was always the smartest person in the room.’ In doing cybersecurity and technical counterintelligence work for the C.I.A., N.S.A. and F.B.I., he had spent decades connecting top-secret dots…” Levi’s Men&rsquo... Buy New $31.39 (as of 04:48 UTC - Details)
Widburg continues at American thinker: “Not only does Dr. Kershavarz-Nia have an innate intelligence, but he’s also got extraordinary academic and practical skills in cyber-fraud detection and analysis…”
“His qualifications include a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in various areas of electrical and computer engineering. In addition, ‘I have advanced trained from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), DHS office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) and Massachusetts Institution of Technology (MIT)’.”
“Professionally, Dr. Kershavarz-Nia has spent his career as a cyber-security engineer. ‘My experience,’ he attests, ‘spans 35 years performing technical assessment, mathematical modeling, cyber-attack pattern analysis, and security intelligence[.]’ I will not belabor the point. Take it as given that Dr. Kershavarz-Nia may know more about cyber-security than anyone else in America.”
“So what does the brilliant Dr. Kershavarz-Nia have to say? This:
1. Hammer and Scorecard [an alleged package of CIA vote-hacking programs] is real, not a hoax (as Democrats allege), and both are used to manipulate election outcomes.
2. Dominion, ES&S, Scytl, and Smartmatic [electronic vote-systems companies] are all vulnerable to fraud and vote manipulation — and the mainstream media reported on these vulnerabilities in the past.
3. Dominion has been used in other countries to ‘forge election results.’
4. Dominion’s corporate structure is deliberately confusing to hide relationships with Venezuela, China, and Cuba.
5. Dominion machines are easily hackable.
6. Dominion memory cards with cryptographic key access to the systems were stolen in 2019.”
“Although he had no access to the machines, Dr. Kershavarz has looked at available data about the election and the vote results. Based on that information, he concluded:
1. The counts in the disputed states (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia) show electronic manipulation.
2. The simultaneous decision in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia to pretend to halt counting votes was unprecedented and demonstrated a coordinated effort to collude toward desired results.
3. One to two percent of votes were forged in Biden’s favor.
4. Optical scanners were set to accept unverified, un-validated ballots.
5. The scanners failed to keep records for audits, an outcome that must have been deliberately programmed.
6. The stolen cryptographic key, which applied to all voting systems, was used to alter vote counts.
7. The favorable votes pouring in after hours for Biden could not be accounted for by a Democrat preference for mailed in ballots. They demonstrated manipulation. For example, in Pennsylvania, it was physically impossible to feed 400,000 ballots into the machines within 2–3 hours.
8. Dominion used Chinese parts, and there’s reason to believe that China, Venezuela, Cuba interfered in the election.
9. There was a Hammer and Scorecard cyber-attack that altered votes in the battleground states, and then forwarded the results to Scytl servers in Frankfurt, Germany, to avoid detection.
10. The systems failed to produce any auditable results.”
“Based on the above findings, Dr. Keshavarz-Nia concluded with ‘high confidence that the election 2020 data were altered in all battleground states resulting in a [sic] hundreds of thousands of votes that were cast for President Trump to be transferred [sic] to Vice President Biden’.”
—end of quotes from American Thinker article—
Here’s a question: If you’re William Barr, what else do you want, in terms of qualifications, from an expert witness?
From all appearances, Navid Keshavarz-Nia is exactly the sort of person you would be looking for in serious cases.
Except, perhaps, in THIS case. Because this case not only cuts across the grain, it proposes a titanic refutation of the announced result of a presidential election. And not only an election, but one in which the sitting president is despised by the press, millions of Democrats, untold numbers of government employees, foreign government leaders, and rioters-in-waiting, who would stage mass destruction in cites, if the election is resolved in favor of the sitting president.
So, Mr. Barr, in this case, who qualifies as an expert witness, to whom very close attention should be paid? Or does the qualification of a witness come down to WHAT he will say?
Are you calculating which threat from which side of the political spectrum can visit the greater harm on you?
Have you already sold out? If so, to what or whom?
Your own fear?
“Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. In fact, they have the same effect on secret traitors, which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer. They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world.” Thomas Paine, The Crisis, December 23, 1776.
Your move, Mr. Barr.
SOURCES:
[1] https://apnews.com/article/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d
[2] https://www.americanthinker.com/
[3] https://www.infowars.com/ and https://banned.video/
[4] https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/
[5] https://www.revolver.news/
[6] https://noconsensus.wordpress.com/
[7] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/the_smartest_man_in_the_room_has_joined_sidney_powells_team.html
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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When the Electoral College meets Monday , it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States .
And he will take the oath of office Jan. 20 .
There is , nationally , a growing if grudging realization of that reality .
Yet millions of Americans will refuse to accept the legitimacy of that election and its outcome and will continue to believe , with President Donald Trump , that it was “ rigged.
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Why the halt ?
Again , things perceived as real are real in their consequences .
The Washington Post reports this week that , midway between Election Day and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would acknowledge Biden ’ s win .
Some 220 GOP members of the House and Senate — 88 % of Republicans serving in Congress — would not say who won the election .
And Trump continues to fight on , millions behind him , to persuade public officials in such battleground states as Pennsylvania , Wisconsin , Michigan , Georgia , Arizona and Nevada to withdraw their certifications .
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ urban precincts where Biden ’ s margins were massive .
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Tens of millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and believe that the greatest champion they have had in decades was illegally driven from power by the same deep state-media conspiracy he fought for four years .
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And all the while , they painted Trump as racist , sexist , homophobic and treasonous , and his followers as torch-carrying deplorables .
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And now that the Democrats appear to have captured the White House , the message is , “ Can ’ t we all just get along ?
” Some see secession .
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When the Electoral College meets Monday, it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. And he will take the oath of office Jan. 20.
There is, nationally, a growing if grudging realization of that reality.
Yet millions of Americans will refuse to accept the legitimacy of that election and its outcome and will continue to believe, with President Donald Trump, that it was “rigged.”
“Was the 2020 election stolen by the establishment to get rid of a president, Donald Trump, whom it loathed?” will be debated decades hence — as are questions such as, “Did FDR have advance knowledge the Japanese were going to attack?” and, “Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone in Dallas?” Levi’s Men&rsquo... Buy New $39.99 (as of 04:49 UTC - Details)
That perception that something was afoot first arose in the minds of millions in the hours after the election on Nov. 3, when 83% of Republicans polled by Gallup said they did not believe reports of Trump’s defeat.
Things perceived as real are real in their consequences.
And there was justification for that perception. Who was not stunned to learn that as Trump seemed to be pulling ahead in the voting count on Nov. 3, suddenly, around midnight, the vote counting appeared to stop in the crucial swing states, and we were told it would begin again early the next morning? Why the halt?
Again, things perceived as real are real in their consequences.
The Washington Post reports this week that, midway between Election Day and Inauguration Day, only 27 congressional Republicans would acknowledge Biden’s win. Some 220 GOP members of the House and Senate — 88% of Republicans serving in Congress — would not say who won the election.
And Trump continues to fight on, millions behind him, to persuade public officials in such battleground states as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada to withdraw their certifications.
He is said to be working the phones to get Republicans in Congress to reject the designation of Biden as president. Levi’s Men&rsquo... Buy New $81.32 (as of 04:49 UTC - Details)
He has joined a suit by 17 states’ attorneys general to have the Supreme Court accept Texas’ argument that late alterations in the voting processes in four swing states be declared unconstitutional and illegal.
Among the more credible charges is that, due to the pandemic, late changes were made in the voting processes of states, especially with mailed-out and mailed-in ballots. The contention is that votes cast as a consequence of changes done contrary to state laws or constitutions should be thrown out. Most of those votes came from the urban precincts where Biden’s margins were massive.
While some 50 lawsuits filed in Trump’s cause may have been rejected in courts, the hourly allegations of fraud in the collection and counting of ballots have given credence to a generalized belief that Trump was cheated of votes he received and Biden received votes that were illicitly cast.
Where will this leave us Jan. 20?
American politics will be even more poisoned and polarized than it has been for the last four years. Tens of millions of Americans will see themselves as disfranchised and believe that the greatest champion they have had in decades was illegally driven from power by the same deep state-media conspiracy he fought for four years.
Reinforcing this perception is the sudden revelation this week that Biden’s son Hunter is indeed the target of a federal tax investigation. Levi’s Men&rsquo... Buy New $49.99 (as of 04:49 UTC - Details)
That is a story the mainstream media not only refused to cover but sought to bury. And it further buttresses a widespread belief that the mainstream media were in the tank for Biden and will use the power they have to fix the outcome of future American elections in favor of the establishment to which they belong.
For scores of millions of Americans, the mainstream media have lost any credibility and moral authority they once had.
The media have spent four years promoting the falsehood that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump conspired to steal the 2016 election, a charge for which the two-year Robert Mueller investigation could not find any substance at all. They championed the cause of impeachment of Trump over a single comment in a phone call to the president of Ukraine.
And all the while, they painted Trump as racist, sexist, homophobic and treasonous, and his followers as torch-carrying deplorables.
The hypocritical calls from the mainstream media today for us all to come together, after the atrocities they perpetrated, boggle the mind.
Amazing. And now that the Democrats appear to have captured the White House, the message is, “Can’t we all just get along?”
What lies ahead?
Some see secession. But though secession is unlikely, a secession of the heart has already taken place in America. We are two nations, two peoples seemingly separated indefinitely. Can a nation so divided as ours, racially, ideologically, religiously, still do great things together, as did the America of days gone by, to the amazement of the world?
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