lewrockwell--2020-04-25--Open Letter From a Pastor: Can We At Least Let the Children Play?

Pastor Rich Little sent this message to friends , family , and leaders in his Michigan community on April 9 , 2020 .
I have been trying very hard to “ stick to my lane , ” as I was told when I was in the Army , and concentrate on Christ and the Gospel as a pastor during this crisis .
Truly , the Lord and His Word is the one eternal thing that endures and matters , and will save us in the end – His promise of forgiveness and life are literally all we have .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flawed and self-serving and sinful as I am , I can ’ t help but being very upset and dismayed by what I see taking place around me .
So I am going to take a bit of a risk , perhaps going “ out of my lane ” a bit , and speak from my heart now on what I see going on in the world , because what I saw today disturbed and saddened me greatly .
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Yet , children are not only not legally permitted to play with one another outside of immediate family ( by order of the Governor ) , but now our local officials have seen fit to put chains and locks on the playgrounds .
Think about that : chains and locks on the playgrounds !
As I have been taking my 10-year-old granddaughter , Lorelei , out daily , so she gets some fresh air and sunlight in God ’ s good creation , the playgrounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ play and have fun and be , well human again – no fear , no stress , just love and fun .
Now , that ’ s gone too .
What next ?
Arresting people for walking too much ?
What price are we paying here when we become so myopically focused on “ flattening the curve ” or even “ saving just one life ” that , even if we are still physically alive at the end of all this , it now feels much more like death and hell than actual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , this is a foretaste of what hell is like : being alone , afraid , suspicious of others , constantly in fear of others as a threat to your life – self-preservation above all .
Yes , this coronavirus is new and scary and some people are dying if not of , at least in part , from it .
We can debate numbers and how many of this and that and what to do etc .
We can even also debate if we are being short-term “ wise ” but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic costs add up to many future lives lost too .
But I think that all of you have pretty much already formulated from whatever source you have gotten your information where you stand on all that stuff .
I am not trying to talk you out of that as it ’ s almost an impossibility , as the one truly defining characteristic of sinners , that is to say humans , is that we are natural “ self-justifiers ” and we will go to great lengths to be “ right , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are both right and wrong on this factually to one degree or another ) .
Retevis RT20 Wearable ... Buy New $ 46.99 So , again , I am not writing this paragraph of this message with the hopes of trying to talk you out of your opinions but I would just like to point out once more , as we are all sinners , none of us gets to claim to be righteous before God in their opinions or actions in all of this .
To our sin , Christ says “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us right before God .
So where you stand on this is not a “ right hand kingdom ” or salvation issue .
This is not a matter of the Gospel .
It ’ s a matter of the law and how we live in the earthly or “ left hand kingdom ” for now until Christ ’ s return .
Having said that , one of the great gifts we receive from Christ , as His chosen , forgiven sinners ( Christians ) is that even as we patiently await Our Lord @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new age of grace , He alone will usher in .
We do receive back this old creation ( the earthly or “ left hand kingdom ” ) for now to love and to care in our humanity for as it is still God ’ s good work too .
In this regard , in our humanity , we work hard to care for God ’ s creation and our neighbors .
In this capacity , we are all called to fight evil as we see it under the law .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gift to preserve life and order in this age , and I can ’ t help but feel a great evil is at work here beyond whatever deaths or economic ruin this virus may bring .
The evil is we are losing our humanity .
What truly saddens , and what I think is a great evil , is that we fail to recognize that we lose our humanity by not realizing that there are many other forms of dying we can experience before physical death .
Living in constant fear , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people around you too – either that they may be carriers of the infection or informers to the police that you are a “ violator ” of the “ orders ” – so we go about our day , even the best of us who recognize the problem and try to fight off this urge to fear , suspicious of the intentions of others .
Not that we didn ’ t have this tendency toward self-preservation before , as sinners , but now it is on the loose “ on steroids , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constant looking over one ’ s shoulders is a powerful form of dying before physical death , I think .
We are now looking not with charity to our neighbors who actually simply want to get on with the business of being human , but are actually treating them as criminals , or somehow selfish , for somehow posing a hypothetical risk of being disease carriers .
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I know we fail in this regard routinely , but how can we even remotely attempt to do this under these circumstances ?
Last night , as I was surfing the internet news late , as my sleep is not the best now either , I ran across this story that literally made me cry as it summed my personal experience today ironically and incredibly well .
As I acknowledged , yes , we all have our own opinions on this virus , the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this person has a particular bias too ; certainly politically he is biased toward personal liberty .
But , then again , we all have our own biases .
So yeah , there is stuff you may disagree with in the article – perhaps strongly disagree with or even say is “ dangerous ” and that ’ s okay .
I am not trying to impose an opinion on you , even if I am perhaps very poorly trying to express my own opinion .
But I do think the author does capture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an important eternal , biblical truth quite well .
In our never-ending quest for health , “ safety , ” and security in this world for our physical lives , are we not actually , in the process actually failing to live out our humanity in love ?
I will just give you with this short quote from the article to consider as the sheer , simply beautiful truth of it touched the deepest reaches of my heart : “ But there she was .
Here was a mother bucking that , taking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profile in courage , in the midst of corona .
And before long , the father followed with their dog , who was also happy to get out .
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Dozens of parents an hour would pass through that park just a few weeks earlier .
This was courage in a city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which means of contortion in order to comply : the face masks that probably don ’ t work , the social distancing that probably doesn ’ t work , the quarantines which almost certainly don ’ t work , the shameful ‘ essential workers only ’ mandate which evokes this .
Even the USSR had no massive peacetime lockdown of hundreds of millions like this .
The atheist communists couldn ’ t manage to close churches like America has done this spring……… In the midst of that , a mother and a father @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and instead live their lives .
Courageously they stepped out to go to the park .
Courageously they stepped out of the house to live their lives .
And I want to thank them .
I don ’ t know if this family was Christian or not , and frankly , I don ’ t care .
They were human .
Deeply human .
And as Luther would say , they were “ caught ” taking a risk and doing and living exactly as God meant human life to be : a circle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and harmony with the Creator and other creatures .
They were out “ planting their tree , ” as Luther once famously answered about what he wanted to be found doing when the end of the world came .
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We Christians have the promise of eternal life from the lips of the Living God Himself .
We have the Holy Spirit to lead us too .
Certainly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driving us to lock ourselves fearfully behind doors and to push others there too : Enough is enough .
Have we , at long last , no sense of decency left ?
In our quest to save our lives or at least save ourselves from the public shaming of supposedly “ not wanting to hurt others , ” can we not , at least , let the children play in the park unmolested ?
Who did they harm ?
Who do they want to harm ?
Do we have to sacrifice the emotional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upon the altar of the god of the almighty coronavirus ?
Is not our life and times in God ’ s hands ?
The Bible indicates to me that Jesus might have been the most happy in His earthly life when He played with the children .
I think I am too .
I would gladly , instantly , give my physical life up right now just so the children can be happy and play in the park .
That is how God intended His creation , and His children , to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up my life to strive for in my humble opinion .
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Good intentions all around .
Many of you are also “ higher risk.
” I get that too – I have many aliments from miltary service , like asthma , that put me in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly fond of the thought of impending physical death either , having never experienced that of course .
As Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians 15:26 , death is the final enemy to be defeated .
Christ hasn ’ t taken me through that yet .
So I am sympathetic to the concern for one ’ s own well-being and other ’ s concerns for the well-being of other people and loved ones too .
That is certainly also a legitimate human impulse , that is genuinely of the Spirit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people hurt or killed needlessly or certainly doesn ’ t want to be the catalyst for that , but , unfortunately , we don ’ t get the luxury in a fallen world of “ no-risk ” only “ reward ” solutions to complex or life-threatening problems .
There is a cost to all our choices , individually and collectively , as participants in civil society .
So as Christians , we must ask as Paul admonishes in Romans 13:10 to determine : “ What are the costs ?
” We don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sinful world .
We can only hope to reason our way to the one which minimizes most the effects – short & long term – of sin .
All I am saying is that we have gone too far in one direction in striving to protect people from this virus .
We are drifting beyond even long-term harm , into something , as I see it , that is evil and that soon will be a genie we can ’ t “ put back into the bottle ” so to speak .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writing may come off as an accusation of wrongdoing to some people , which isn ’ t my personal intent , but I truthfully acknowledge , it might end up being .
It can ’ t help but be this way , because we are dealing with a matter of the law , not the Gospel .
We are all placed by Christ back into a world governed and run by law – moral laws , laws of nature , government laws , social laws , and on and on – and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But I do sincerely want to say , I am trying to the best of my fallen , limited , sinful ability to keep in mind that good intentions certainly abounded from almost all folks in this situation .
Definitely , this was the case I think as this was billed as something of a temporary inconvenience or sacrifice , but has now morphed into an open-ended solitary confinement prison sentence for billions of people around the world .
None of you wanted to cause harm or death to others nor I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But this “ lock-down ” is now a monster that appears , to me , to be “ eating its young , ” as the saying goes .
There is far too much “ collateral damage ” well beyond the daily “ confirmed cases and deaths ” going on in this war on the hidden virus for me to stomach any further .
So my heart compels me to say : This has got to stop now .
Not tomorrow .
Not a week from now .
Certainly not months from now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s dying while alive .
I know saying this right now is a risk , a big risk because many of you may judge that I am going too far “ out of my lane ” as a Pastor , as this probably is not a very popular message with you , nor most of the wider world these days .
Email is like a virus you know .
It ’ s contagious – you can send this anywhere – and thus potentially deadly , in certain ways for me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the popular narrative out there .
So , it could cost me dearly for publicly writing things like this right now .
It could cost me a lot .
It could cost me my call to our congregation .
It could cost me my home in this community .
It could cost me my freedom .
It could cost me my family .
It could cost me my physical life .
Who knows ?
It might sound crazy to you to say this .
But a few weeks ago , if I told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your homes as a virtual prisoner in fear of a virus , you would have thought me quite mad .
So anything is possible these days now , in regard to the consequences of freely speaking what is on one ’ s mind or heart now…..
But , I must confess too , that I believe that Christ died , gave up His own life in love for us , so we can really , for the first time , actually live in freedom , not fear – so we do not have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we now definitively know that God is for us , not against us .
We can now dare be human again and leave the business of bringing in the eternal future to God .
So we can play like children in the park and enjoy the love and company of one another once more in the image of God – in peace with our Creator and one another – certain that even if bad things happen , God will be there to pick us up again and return us to living – even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to shove down my fear and say what my heart tells me to say , pray to God , turn it over to Him and rest in the promise of my Baptism that whatever may come my way in this old world , Christ is with me and has my life safely in His ever-loving arms , will carry me into His new creation where these things , which bring suffering , pain , and death will trouble me no more .
And I know Christ has said this very same Baptismal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ please pray that our Lord returns soon…..He is , in the end , our only hope !

Pastor Rich Little sent this message to friends, family, and leaders in his Michigan community on April 9, 2020.
All Brothers & Sisters in Christ –
I have been trying very hard to “stick to my lane,” as I was told when I was in the Army, and concentrate on Christ and the Gospel as a pastor during this crisis.
Truly, the Lord and His Word is the one eternal thing that endures and matters, and will save us in the end – His promise of forgiveness and life are literally all we have.
However, as a human being, deeply flawed and self-serving and sinful as I am, I can’t help but being very upset and dismayed by what I see taking place around me. So I am going to take a bit of a risk, perhaps going “out of my lane” a bit, and speak from my heart now on what I see going on in the world, because what I saw today disturbed and saddened me greatly. Mueller 64179 Adjustab... Best Price: $25.36 Buy New $27.57 (as of 03:14 UTC - Details)
We live in a county in Upper Michigan that has zero cases of this virus. Yet, children are not only not legally permitted to play with one another outside of immediate family (by order of the Governor), but now our local officials have seen fit to put chains and locks on the playgrounds.
Think about that: chains and locks on the playgrounds!
As I have been taking my 10-year-old granddaughter, Lorelei, out daily, so she gets some fresh air and sunlight in God’s good creation, the playgrounds were the one place where we could play and have fun and be, well human again – no fear, no stress, just love and fun. Now, that’s gone too.
What next? Arresting people for walking too much? What price are we paying here when we become so myopically focused on “flattening the curve” or even “saving just one life” that, even if we are still physically alive at the end of all this, it now feels much more like death and hell than actual life? And make no mistake about it, this is a foretaste of what hell is like: being alone, afraid, suspicious of others, constantly in fear of others as a threat to your life – self-preservation above all.
Yes, this coronavirus is new and scary and some people are dying if not of, at least in part, from it. We can debate numbers and how many of this and that and what to do etc. We can even also debate if we are being short-term “wise” but being “long-term” foolish as the economic costs add up to many future lives lost too.
But I think that all of you have pretty much already formulated from whatever source you have gotten your information where you stand on all that stuff. I am not trying to talk you out of that as it’s almost an impossibility, as the one truly defining characteristic of sinners, that is to say humans, is that we are natural “self-justifiers” and we will go to great lengths to be “right,” even if wrong (all of us are both right and wrong on this factually to one degree or another). Retevis RT20 Wearable ... Buy New $46.99 (as of 03:08 UTC - Details)
So, again, I am not writing this paragraph of this message with the hopes of trying to talk you out of your opinions but I would just like to point out once more, as we are all sinners, none of us gets to claim to be righteous before God in their opinions or actions in all of this. To our sin, Christ says “I forgive you.” He alone makes us right before God. So where you stand on this is not a “right hand kingdom” or salvation issue. This is not a matter of the Gospel. It’s a matter of the law and how we live in the earthly or “left hand kingdom” for now until Christ’s return.
Having said that, one of the great gifts we receive from Christ, as His chosen, forgiven sinners (Christians) is that even as we patiently await Our Lord’s return, and with it the new age of grace, He alone will usher in. We do receive back this old creation (the earthly or “left hand kingdom”) for now to love and to care in our humanity for as it is still God’s good work too. In this regard, in our humanity, we work hard to care for God’s creation and our neighbors. In this capacity, we are all called to fight evil as we see it under the law. The law is for now God’s gift to preserve life and order in this age, and I can’t help but feel a great evil is at work here beyond whatever deaths or economic ruin this virus may bring. The evil is we are losing our humanity.
What truly saddens, and what I think is a great evil, is that we fail to recognize that we lose our humanity by not realizing that there are many other forms of dying we can experience before physical death.
Living in constant fear, not only of some virus, but of the people around you too – either that they may be carriers of the infection or informers to the police that you are a “violator” of the “orders” – so we go about our day, even the best of us who recognize the problem and try to fight off this urge to fear, suspicious of the intentions of others. Not that we didn’t have this tendency toward self-preservation before, as sinners, but now it is on the loose “on steroids,” as the expression goes.
This constant looking over one’s shoulders is a powerful form of dying before physical death, I think. We are now looking not with charity to our neighbors who actually simply want to get on with the business of being human, but are actually treating them as criminals, or somehow selfish, for somehow posing a hypothetical risk of being disease carriers. Big Letter Tracing for... McKee, Adina W. Buy New $5.97 (as of 03:10 UTC - Details)
Were we not enjoined by Luther in the 8th Commandment to “think well of our neighbor, promote their good name, property, etc”? I know we fail in this regard routinely, but how can we even remotely attempt to do this under these circumstances?
Last night, as I was surfing the internet news late, as my sleep is not the best now either, I ran across this story that literally made me cry as it summed my personal experience today ironically and incredibly well.
As I acknowledged, yes, we all have our own opinions on this virus, the “lockdown”, etc and I know this person has a particular bias too; certainly politically he is biased toward personal liberty. But, then again, we all have our own biases. So yeah, there is stuff you may disagree with in the article – perhaps strongly disagree with or even say is “dangerous” and that’s okay.
I am not trying to impose an opinion on you, even if I am perhaps very poorly trying to express my own opinion. But I do think the author does capture what, from my perspective, is an important eternal, biblical truth quite well. In our never-ending quest for health, “safety,” and security in this world for our physical lives, are we not actually, in the process actually failing to live out our humanity in love?
I will just give you with this short quote from the article to consider as the sheer, simply beautiful truth of it touched the deepest reaches of my heart:
“But there she was.
Here was a mother bucking that, taking her son to the playground. A profile in courage, in the midst of corona.
And before long, the father followed with their dog, who was also happy to get out. Wonder Art Workshop: C... Haughey, Sally Best Price: $12.47 Buy New $14.50 (as of 03:10 UTC - Details)
They ran about the morning park, availing themselves of the beautiful playground that everyone else was too gullible and cowardly to visit. Dozens of parents an hour would pass through that park just a few weeks earlier.
This was courage in a city of cowering people, going through every which means of contortion in order to comply: the face masks that probably don’t work, the social distancing that probably doesn’t work, the quarantines which almost certainly don’t work, the shameful ‘essential workers only’ mandate which evokes this.
Even the USSR had no massive peacetime lockdown of hundreds of millions like this. The atheist communists couldn’t manage to close churches like America has done this spring………
In the midst of that, a mother and a father courageously determined they would reject that distraction and instead live their lives.
Courageously they stepped out to go to the park. Courageously they stepped out of the house to live their lives.
And I want to thank them.
Because courage is contagious.”
I don’t know if this family was Christian or not, and frankly, I don’t care. They were human. Deeply human. And as Luther would say, they were “caught” taking a risk and doing and living exactly as God meant human life to be: a circle of peace, love, joy, and harmony with the Creator and other creatures. They were out “planting their tree,” as Luther once famously answered about what he wanted to be found doing when the end of the world came. 1000 Instant Words: Th... Edward Fry Best Price: $1.60 Buy New $9.99 (as of 03:10 UTC - Details)
Can’t we be courageous too?
We Christians have the promise of eternal life from the lips of the Living God Himself. We have the Holy Spirit to lead us too. Certainly, can we not say to this evil driving us to lock ourselves fearfully behind doors and to push others there too: Enough is enough.
Have we, at long last, no sense of decency left?
In our quest to save our lives or at least save ourselves from the public shaming of supposedly “not wanting to hurt others,” can we not, at least, let the children play in the park unmolested?
Who did they harm?
Who do they want to harm?
Do we have to sacrifice the emotional well-being and happiness of our children too upon the altar of the god of the almighty coronavirus?
Is not our life and times in God’s hands?
The Bible indicates to me that Jesus might have been the most happy in His earthly life when He played with the children. I think I am too. I would gladly, instantly, give my physical life up right now just so the children can be happy and play in the park. That is how God intended His creation, and His children, to be, and that’s worth giving up my life to strive for in my humble opinion. The Ultimate Book of H... Dobson, Linda Best Price: $4.24 Buy New $12.00 (as of 02:40 UTC - Details)
I know many of us went along with all this, as did I, to be good neighbors, good citizens, good Christians, good pastors. Good intentions all around. Many of you are also “higher risk.” I get that too – I have many aliments from miltary service, like asthma, that put me in that category with you. I am not particularly fond of the thought of impending physical death either, having never experienced that of course.
As Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians 15:26, death is the final enemy to be defeated. Christ hasn’t taken me through that yet. So I am sympathetic to the concern for one’s own well-being and other’s concerns for the well-being of other people and loved ones too.
That is certainly also a legitimate human impulse, that is genuinely of the Spirit, heartfelt and sincere. Nobody wants people hurt or killed needlessly or certainly doesn’t want to be the catalyst for that, but, unfortunately, we don’t get the luxury in a fallen world of “no-risk” only “reward” solutions to complex or life-threatening problems.
There is a cost to all our choices, individually and collectively, as participants in civil society. So as Christians, we must ask as Paul admonishes in Romans 13:10 to determine: “What are the costs?” We don’t have a perfect solution in a sinful world. We can only hope to reason our way to the one which minimizes most the effects – short & long term – of sin.
All I am saying is that we have gone too far in one direction in striving to protect people from this virus. We are drifting beyond even long-term harm, into something, as I see it, that is evil and that soon will be a genie we can’t “put back into the bottle” so to speak.
I also understand that writing what I am writing may come off as an accusation of wrongdoing to some people, which isn’t my personal intent, but I truthfully acknowledge, it might end up being. It can’t help but be this way, because we are dealing with a matter of the law, not the Gospel. We are all placed by Christ back into a world governed and run by law – moral laws, laws of nature, government laws, social laws, and on and on – and the law in all forms always accuses us.
But I do sincerely want to say, I am trying to the best of my fallen, limited, sinful ability to keep in mind that good intentions certainly abounded from almost all folks in this situation. Definitely, this was the case I think as this was billed as something of a temporary inconvenience or sacrifice, but has now morphed into an open-ended solitary confinement prison sentence for billions of people around the world.
None of you wanted to cause harm or death to others nor I think ruin businesses or our Constitutional rights. But this “lock-down” is now a monster that appears, to me, to be “eating its young,” as the saying goes. There is far too much “collateral damage” well beyond the daily “confirmed cases and deaths” going on in this war on the hidden virus for me to stomach any further. So my heart compels me to say:
This has got to stop now. Not tomorrow. Not a week from now. Certainly not months from now, because this is not living, it’s dying while alive.
I know saying this right now is a risk, a big risk because many of you may judge that I am going too far “out of my lane” as a Pastor, as this probably is not a very popular message with you, nor most of the wider world these days. Email is like a virus you know. It’s contagious – you can send this anywhere – and thus potentially deadly, in certain ways for me, for daring to espouse contrary opinions to the popular narrative out there.
So, it could cost me dearly for publicly writing things like this right now. It could cost me a lot. It could cost me my call to our congregation. It could cost me my home in this community. It could cost me my freedom. It could cost me my family. It could cost me my physical life. Who knows? It might sound crazy to you to say this. But a few weeks ago, if I told you that you would be locked in your homes as a virtual prisoner in fear of a virus, you would have thought me quite mad. So anything is possible these days now, in regard to the consequences of freely speaking what is on one’s mind or heart now…..
But, I must confess too, that I believe that Christ died, gave up His own life in love for us, so we can really, for the first time, actually live in freedom, not fear – so we do not have to live in uncertainty anymore, because we now definitively know that God is for us, not against us. We can now dare be human again and leave the business of bringing in the eternal future to God.
So we can play like children in the park and enjoy the love and company of one another once more in the image of God – in peace with our Creator and one another – certain that even if bad things happen, God will be there to pick us up again and return us to living – even from our graves. So I am going to shove down my fear and say what my heart tells me to say, pray to God, turn it over to Him and rest in the promise of my Baptism that whatever may come my way in this old world, Christ is with me and has my life safely in His ever-loving arms, will carry me into His new creation where these things, which bring suffering, pain, and death will trouble me no more. And I know Christ has said this very same Baptismal promise is also for you.
So please pray that our Lord returns soon…..He is, in the end, our only hope!
v/r
Pastor Rich


lewrockwell--2020-04-25--The Big Lie: Obama Did Not Kill Bin Laden

Claiming otherwise is one of his many Big Lies .
On May 1 , 2011 , he willfully deceived the US public saying : “ The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation ’ s effort to defeat Al Qaeda.
” “ Today ’ s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.
” In last Sunday ’ s London Review of Books , investigative journalist Seymour Hersh shredded Obama ’ s Big Lie like others before him .
Obama ’ s official narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alice in Wonderland author ) Lewis Carroll , ” he said .
It was a total fabrication .
More on his account below .
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On July 11 , 2002 , The New York Times said “ Osama bin Laden is dead .
( He ) died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan.
” “ Pakistan ’ s president , Pervez Musharraf , echoed the information… ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bin Laden is dead.
” The BBC , Fox News and other media sources reported the same information .
David Ray Griffin ‘ s seminal book on the topic titled “ Osama Bin Laden : Dead or Alive ?
” did it best .
He presented “ objective evidence and testimonies.
” The former includes the following : Through December 13 , 2001 , the CIA monitored messages between bin Laden and his associates .
Suddenly they stopped .
On December 26 , 2001 , a leading Pakistani newspaper reported bin Laden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taliban official attending his funeral – witnessing his dead body before it was laid to rest .
His was very ill with kidney disease and other ailments .
In July 2001 , he was treated at the American Hospital in Dubai .
On September 10 , 2001 ( one day before 9/11 ) , CBS News anchor Dan Rather reported his admittance to a Rawalpindi , Pakistan hospital .
He had nothing to do with 9/11 .
An earlier article discussed the Mother of All Big Lies .
In January 2001 , Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the last stages of kidney failure ” ( according to Griffin ) – based on video evidence he saw in late November or early December 2001 .
In July 2002 , CNN reported the capture of bin Laden ’ s bodyguards months earlier in February .
“ Sources believe that if the bodyguards were captured away from bin Laden , it is likely the most-wanted man in the world is dead , ” it said .
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No one came forward to claim it .
More on this below .
Testimonial evidence Griffin cited included influential “ people in a position to know ” saying bin Laden died in December 2001 including : • Oliver North saying , “ I ’ m certain that Osama is dead…and so are all the other guys I stay in touch with ; ” • Israeli intelligence saying supposed bin Laden messages were fake ; and • Pakistan ’ s ISI “ confirm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Laden ( and ) attribut ( ing ) the reasons behind Washington ’ s hiding ( the truth ) to the desire of ( America ’ s hawks ) to use the issue of al Qaeda and international terrorism to invade Iraq.
” In October 2008 , former CIA case officer Robert Baer told National Public Radio when asked : “ Of course he ’ s dead.
” In March 2009 , former Foreign Service officer Angelo Codevilla published an American Spectator article titled “ Osama bin Elvis , saying : The Miraculous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : $ 4.97 Buy New $ 9.99 “ Seven years after ( his ) last verifiable appearance among the living , there is more evidence of Elvis ’ s presence among us than for his.
” Griffin explained today ’ s advanced technology can create fake messages and videos able to fool most people .
Pre-May 2011 claims about “ bin Laden ’ s continued existence ( weren ’ t ) backed up by evidence , ” Griffin explained .
Perpetuating the myth about bin Laden remaining alive until May 2011 remains one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It bears repeating .
Clear evidence proves he died of natural causes in December 2001 .
Keeping alive a dead man was done to pursue America ’ s phony “ war on terror.
” So-called “ Enemy Number One ” was used to stoke fear as pretext for post-9/11 imperial wars on one country after another to this day .
Griffin hoped his book would help shorten America ’ s wars .
They rage endlessly .
Don ’ t expect Hersh ’ s article to change things .
He said bin Laden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high point of Obama ’ s first term , and a major factor in his re-election.
” The official White House account of bin Laden ’ s death was totally “ false , ” said Hersh .
His version of events differs markedly from Griffin ’ s explained above .
Most important is both explanations and others expose the official Big Lie – hype used as justification for America ’ s war on terror , naked aggression against one country after another by any standard .
Hersh said the May 2011 bin Laden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former senior Pakistani ( ISI ) intelligence official offered information on his location in return for the $ 25 million reward Washington promised leading to his death or capture .
Claiming he was in Abbottabad under ISI house arrest doesn ’ t comport with convincing evidence of his December 2001 death .
Saying Obama wanted Osama dead belies his earlier demise .
The staged bin Laden killing was hokum – especially with no visuals , corpse , independent proof and shifting official accounts .
Major events are always strategically timed for political reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama ’ s sagging image .
It got an immediate bump following the staged event .
It diverted attention from neoliberal harshness , force-fed austerity and protracted homeland Main Street Depression conditions .
They ’ re evident today in unprecedented levels of borderline/actual/or deep poverty , unemployment or underemployment , homelessness , hunger and overall deprivation in the world ’ s richest country .
It continued post-9/11 fear-mongering to further Washington ’ s imperial agenda – featuring one direct or proxy war of aggression after another against nations threatening no others .
So-called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s death 12 hours after the staged Abbottabad incident was fake .
Puriya Intensive Moist ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 29.97 ( $ 6.66 / Ounce ) Experts explain DNA identification takes days to complete – impossible in hours , especially in a location with no professional lab or skilled personnel to conduct it .
Convincing evidence revealed about the alleged May 2011 bin Laden killing proves the official White House account was fabricated – one of many of Obama ’ s Big Lies .
On August 6 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including 20 Navy Seals ) involved in the Abbottabad incident died in a reported helicopter crash in Afghanistan .
Draw your own conclusions .
Dead men tell no tales .
The original source of this article is Global Research .
The Best of Stephen Lendman

Claiming otherwise is one of his many Big Lies. On May 1, 2011, he willfully deceived the US public saying:
“The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat Al Qaeda.” “Today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.”
In last Sunday’s London Review of Books, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh shredded Obama’s Big Lie like others before him.
Obama’s official narrative “might have been written by (Alice in Wonderland author) Lewis Carroll,” he said. It was a total fabrication. More on his account below. All-Natural Large Heat... Buy New $27.95 ($27.95 / Count) (as of 03:18 UTC - Details)
Volumes of evidence separate fact from fiction. On July 11, 2002, The New York Times said “Osama bin Laden is dead. (He) died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan.”
“Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information…(T)he truth is that Osama bin Laden is dead.”
The BBC, Fox News and other media sources reported the same information. David Ray Griffin‘s seminal book on the topic titled “Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?” did it best.
He presented “objective evidence and testimonies.” The former includes the following:
Through December 13, 2001, the CIA monitored messages between bin Laden and his associates. Suddenly they stopped.
On December 26, 2001, a leading Pakistani newspaper reported bin Laden’s death. It cited a prominent Taliban official attending his funeral – witnessing his dead body before it was laid to rest.
His was very ill with kidney disease and other ailments. In July 2001, he was treated at the American Hospital in Dubai.
On September 10, 2001 (one day before 9/11), CBS News anchor Dan Rather reported his admittance to a Rawalpindi, Pakistan hospital.
He had nothing to do with 9/11. An earlier article discussed the Mother of All Big Lies.
In January 2001, Dr. Sanjay Gupta said bin Laden appeared “in the last stages of kidney failure” (according to Griffin) – based on video evidence he saw in late November or early December 2001.
In July 2002, CNN reported the capture of bin Laden’s bodyguards months earlier in February. “Sources believe that if the bodyguards were captured away from bin Laden, it is likely the most-wanted man in the world is dead,” it said. Qunol Ultra CoQ10 100m... Buy New $25.35 ($0.21 / Count) (as of 02:39 UTC - Details)
Washington offered a $25 million reward for information leading to bin Laden’s capture or killing. No one came forward to claim it. More on this below.
Testimonial evidence Griffin cited included influential “people in a position to know” saying bin Laden died in December 2001 including:
Pakistan President Musharraf;
FBI counterterrorism head Dale Watson;
Oliver North saying, “I’m certain that Osama is dead…and so are all the other guys I stay in touch with;”
Afghanistan President Karzai;
Israeli intelligence saying supposed bin Laden messages were fake; and
Pakistan’s ISI “confirm(ing) the death of…Osama bin Laden (and) attribut(ing) the reasons behind Washington’s hiding (the truth) to the desire of (America’s hawks) to use the issue of al Qaeda and international terrorism to invade Iraq.”
In October 2008, former CIA case officer Robert Baer told National Public Radio when asked: “Of course he’s dead.”
In March 2009, former Foreign Service officer Angelo Codevilla published an American Spectator article titled “Osama bin Elvis, saying: The Miraculous Results... Bowles, Jeff T Best Price: $4.25 Buy New $6.99 (as of 01:50 UTC - Details)
“Seven years after (his) last verifiable appearance among the living, there is more evidence of Elvis’s presence among us than for his.”
Griffin explained today’s advanced technology can create fake messages and videos able to fool most people.
Pre-May 2011 claims about “bin Laden’s continued existence (weren’t) backed up by evidence,” Griffin explained.
Perpetuating the myth about bin Laden remaining alive until May 2011 remains one of the Big Lies of our time.
It bears repeating. Clear evidence proves he died of natural causes in December 2001. Keeping alive a dead man was done to pursue America’s phony “war on terror.”
So-called “Enemy Number One” was used to stoke fear as pretext for post-9/11 imperial wars on one country after another to this day.
Griffin hoped his book would help shorten America’s wars. They rage endlessly. Don’t expect Hersh’s article to change things.
He said bin Laden’s reported killing was “the high point of Obama’s first term, and a major factor in his re-election.”
The official White House account of bin Laden’s death was totally “false,” said Hersh. His version of events differs markedly from Griffin’s explained above.
Most important is both explanations and others expose the official Big Lie – hype used as justification for America’s war on terror, naked aggression against one country after another by any standard.
Hersh said the May 2011 bin Laden operation began in August 2010 after a former senior Pakistani (ISI) intelligence official offered information on his location in return for the $25 million reward Washington promised leading to his death or capture.
Claiming he was in Abbottabad under ISI house arrest doesn’t comport with convincing evidence of his December 2001 death.
Saying Obama wanted Osama dead belies his earlier demise. The staged bin Laden killing was hokum – especially with no visuals, corpse, independent proof and shifting official accounts.
Major events are always strategically timed for political reasons. In this case, to boost Obama’s sagging image. It got an immediate bump following the staged event.
It diverted attention from neoliberal harshness, force-fed austerity and protracted homeland Main Street Depression conditions.
They’re evident today in unprecedented levels of borderline/actual/or deep poverty, unemployment or underemployment, homelessness, hunger and overall deprivation in the world’s richest country.
It continued post-9/11 fear-mongering to further Washington’s imperial agenda – featuring one direct or proxy war of aggression after another against nations threatening no others.
So-called DNA evidence claimed to prove bin Laden’s death 12 hours after the staged Abbottabad incident was fake. Puriya Intensive Moist... Buy New $29.97 ($6.66 / Ounce) (as of 10:35 UTC - Details)
Experts explain DNA identification takes days to complete – impossible in hours, especially in a location with no professional lab or skilled personnel to conduct it.
Convincing evidence revealed about the alleged May 2011 bin Laden killing proves the official White House account was fabricated – one of many of Obama’s Big Lies.
A Final Comment
On August 6, 2011, 30 US special forces (including 20 Navy Seals) involved in the Abbottabad incident died in a reported helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Draw your own conclusions. Dead men tell no tales.
The original source of this article is Global Research.
The Best of Stephen Lendman


lewrockwell--2020-04-25--Climate Change at Fox News

Climate Change at Fox News

There has been a drastic change in the climate at Fox News .
We used to think of them as a counter-balance to the “ mainstream media ” ; an alternative perspective , with “ balance ” and yes , with a healthy dose of skepticism about all things government .
Then suddenly , inexplicably , Fox News jumped on the hysteria bandwagon .
Imagine this : an old white guy is elected President , with AOC as his running mate .
The old guy can no longer do the job , perhaps perishes , and AOC becomes President .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat from climate change , the destruction of the earth , is imminent .
She shows the models and presents the science .
The media shouts “ armageddon ” day after after day , incessantly , with a parade of experts who agree .
AOC says that we knew this was coming and yet we did not prepare .
That we had ten years , but now there is no time left .
The public is whipped into fear and mass hysteria .
AOC declares a national emergency and a “ War on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She orders temporary measures to cut the use of carbon-based fuel : shuts down oil production ; shuts down cruise ships ; restricts airline flights ; orders people not to drive unless it is essential ; and shuts down all frivolous activities .
But the two-week “ temporary ” shutdown quickly turns into another month , and then another , with no end in sight .
COSORI Premium Food De ... Buy New $ 159.99 People comply voluntarily .
“ Everyone agrees ” that this must be done .
But voluntary soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administered by bureaucrats , become arbitrary laws .
Because the economy is so interconnected , because all workers are essential , the economic impact begins to grow and spread .
Hundreds of thousands of workers are unemployed .
Businesses are bankrupted .
The effects ripple through the entire economy and cause a deep recession .
AOC promises to make everyone whole and initiates massive Federal spending , with Congress happily agreeing ( it buys them votes , and would be so politically incorrect to question , let alone dissent ) .
The Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first takes from the people ; the shutdown drastically reduces the money coming in .
The Federal government has no savings ; they were already deep in debt .
The “ Fed ” was out of “ ammunition ” ; interest rates had been held artificially low for years and they had already been doing bailouts and QE to keep the economy propped up .
So all of the AOC stimulus and Federal aid has to come from additional , excessive debt , or from what amounts to printing money out of thin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of an unprecedented depression , perhaps total economic collapse .
Now try to imagine Fox News jumping on board with AOC in that scenario .
Not questioning the models .
Not presenting other perspectives and alternative views .
Not considering the consequences .
In fact , doing just the opposite – sounding the alarm and promoting the panic , actually encouraging the shut downs !
Unimaginable ?
Many of us thought so .
Yet that is exactly what they did with this virus !
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Within weeks , every Fox News anchor was on board , not only agreeing with the unprecedented step of shutting down the nation , but also with the dangerous , dictator-like experiment of quarantining people who were not sick !
That was , in fact , pretty much what communist China did .
Except in America it was to be “ guidelines ” ?
Voluntary ?
Temporary ?
No , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once that hysteria was in place , the momentum is to remain shutdown , especially from those who have acquired new powers .
“ Flatten the curve ” we did , but now the new goal seems to be “ no new cases ” ( an impossible goal in any realistic time frame ) or “ until there is a vaccine.
” A vaccine , by the way , is no silver bullet ; we have had seasonal flu vaccines for years and people still die .
Today at Fox , they repeat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to do it ” while at the same time scrambling to address how we avoid the inevitable economic consequences ( which would have been so obvious to anyone who bothered to think about that before taking the leap ) .
But just like the AOC story , we have shut down oil production ; shut down cruise ships ; and restricted air travel and driving .
But we went even further , locking down a majority of the population , shuttering most businesses .
Now we have the unemployment and the bankruptcies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ludicrous promise that no one will suffer financially .
Dyson Cyclone V10 Abso ... Best Price : $ 379.99 Buy New $ 439.15 So now Fox News folks are resorting to the CNN approach – attacking – complaining about a Governor who makes arbitrary rules , how awful that is .
Do you really expect any different when you make such a leap toward authoritarianism ?
That ’ s what always happens when you replace the Rule of Law with the Laws of Rulers .
Why has Fox News not been interviewing Rush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patrick and Doctor Ron Paul from the very outset ?
Why are they arguing that some are “ taking it too far ” when they never should have been allowed to “ take it ” in the first place ?
It was a mistake to shut down the country .
Because of economic repercussions , of course .
But also in our loss of liberties , another huge step toward an authoritarian America .
Not to mention that the deaths that result long-term are very likely to far exceed the death toll from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collapses .
Or if we experience hyperinflation .
Or we we engage in a huge new hot war to “ pull us out of the depression ” .
What is so sad and disheartening now is the refusal of Fox News to admit that the shutdown was a mistake , or to even entertain the idea that it might have been .
I guess they are in CYA mode , just like so many politicians .
Instead , they continue to straddle the fence – “ we all agree that we had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to decide how best to open up.
” They continue to promote the theory that “ if we hadn ’ t done it , it would have been much worse ” – – when there is no valid data to support that ( we ’ ll likely , eventually , prove that theory to be false ) .
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If we had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to act responsibly ?
Even on Fox , that discussion seems to be off limits .
We were never going to stop this virus , because it is so contagious ; they told us that from the beginning .
The bottom line is this : if someone is afraid , has underlying health issues – in fact for for any reason at all – they have the option of self-isolating .
If they do , and if they sanitize incoming , wash their hands , and don ’ t touch their face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus !
( Or at least the chances are so slim as to be statistically negligible . )
No one is stopping them !
But many people are willing to take the small risk .
After contact , there ’ s maybe a 50/50 chance of contracting the virus .
Of those that do get infected , only 4 % will get seriously ill .
In other words 96 % – ninety-six percent – will experience mild symptoms , or none at all .
The risk of dying from Covid-19 looks to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just a few years ago .
Less total deaths than from driving automobiles .
It is pure irony to see the “ awful mainstream media ” and Fox News on the same page !
Promoting mass hysteria , crazy models , and un-vetted “ science ” .
Let alone supporting a national lock down and lock up .
Ironic , too , that it is the Washington Post , of all people , now questioning these trillions of dollars of spending and debt .
Maybe their objectives really are no different ?
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealing the crumbling infrastructure of the American experiment and our Constitutional Republic .
Perhaps we were unprepared do defend against this latest virus ( it is , after all , one of about 200 ) , but neither was Fox News prepared to defend our liberty .

There has been a drastic change in the climate at Fox News. We used to think of them as a counter-balance to the “mainstream media”; an alternative perspective, with “balance” and yes, with a healthy dose of skepticism about all things government. Then suddenly, inexplicably, Fox News jumped on the hysteria bandwagon.
– – – – –
Imagine this: an old white guy is elected President, with AOC as his running mate. The old guy can no longer do the job, perhaps perishes, and AOC becomes President. She immediately sounds the alarm: the threat from climate change, the destruction of the earth, is imminent. She shows the models and presents the science. The media shouts “armageddon” day after after day, incessantly, with a parade of experts who agree.
AOC says that we knew this was coming and yet we did not prepare. That we had ten years, but now there is no time left. The public is whipped into fear and mass hysteria. AOC declares a national emergency and a “War on Climate Change” and the people acquiesce. She orders temporary measures to cut the use of carbon-based fuel: shuts down oil production; shuts down cruise ships; restricts airline flights; orders people not to drive unless it is essential; and shuts down all frivolous activities. But the two-week “temporary” shutdown quickly turns into another month, and then another, with no end in sight. COSORI Premium Food De... Buy New $159.99 (as of 02:28 UTC - Details)
People comply voluntarily. “Everyone agrees” that this must be done. But voluntary soon turns to mandatory. Guidelines, when administered by bureaucrats, become arbitrary laws. Because the economy is so interconnected, because all workers are essential, the economic impact begins to grow and spread. Hundreds of thousands of workers are unemployed. Businesses are bankrupted. The effects ripple through the entire economy and cause a deep recession. AOC promises to make everyone whole and initiates massive Federal spending, with Congress happily agreeing (it buys them votes, and would be so politically incorrect to question, let alone dissent).
The Federal government has no money except which it first takes from the people; the shutdown drastically reduces the money coming in. The Federal government has no savings; they were already deep in debt. The “Fed” was out of “ammunition”; interest rates had been held artificially low for years and they had already been doing bailouts and QE to keep the economy propped up. So all of the AOC stimulus and Federal aid has to come from additional, excessive debt, or from what amounts to printing money out of thin air. America wobbles on the verge of an unprecedented depression, perhaps total economic collapse.
– – – – –
Now try to imagine Fox News jumping on board with AOC in that scenario. Not questioning the models. Not presenting other perspectives and alternative views. Not considering the consequences. In fact, doing just the opposite – sounding the alarm and promoting the panic, actually encouraging the shut downs! Unimaginable? Many of us thought so. Yet that is exactly what they did with this virus! Solgar Vitamin D3 (Cho... Buy New $15.00 ($0.12 / Count) (as of 11:23 UTC - Details)
Tucker Carlson was one of the very first, sensationalizing how dangerous this could be, urging Federal action. Within weeks, every Fox News anchor was on board, not only agreeing with the unprecedented step of shutting down the nation, but also with the dangerous, dictator-like experiment of quarantining people who were not sick!
That was, in fact, pretty much what communist China did. Except in America it was to be “guidelines”? Voluntary? Temporary? No, it’s turning out to be mandatory. And once that hysteria was in place, the momentum is to remain shutdown, especially from those who have acquired new powers. “Flatten the curve” we did, but now the new goal seems to be “no new cases” (an impossible goal in any realistic time frame) or “until there is a vaccine.” A vaccine, by the way, is no silver bullet; we have had seasonal flu vaccines for years and people still die.
Today at Fox, they repeat, “We all know that we had to do it” while at the same time scrambling to address how we avoid the inevitable economic consequences (which would have been so obvious to anyone who bothered to think about that before taking the leap). But just like the AOC story, we have shut down oil production; shut down cruise ships; and restricted air travel and driving. But we went even further, locking down a majority of the population, shuttering most businesses. Now we have the unemployment and the bankruptcies. And the politicians are making the ludicrous promise that no one will suffer financially. Dyson Cyclone V10 Abso... Best Price: $379.99 Buy New $439.15 (as of 02:28 UTC - Details)
So now Fox News folks are resorting to the CNN approach – attacking – complaining about a Governor who makes arbitrary rules, how awful that is. Do you really expect any different when you make such a leap toward authoritarianism? That’s what always happens when you replace the Rule of Law with the Laws of Rulers. Why has Fox News not been interviewing Rush Limbaugh and Judge Napolitano and Lieutenant Dan Patrick and Doctor Ron Paul from the very outset? Why are they arguing that some are “taking it too far” when they never should have been allowed to “take it” in the first place?
It was a mistake to shut down the country. Because of economic repercussions, of course. But also in our loss of liberties, another huge step toward an authoritarian America. Not to mention that the deaths that result long-term are very likely to far exceed the death toll from the virus. Especially if our economy collapses. Or if we experience hyperinflation. Or we we engage in a huge new hot war to “pull us out of the depression”.
What is so sad and disheartening now is the refusal of Fox News to admit that the shutdown was a mistake, or to even entertain the idea that it might have been. I guess they are in CYA mode, just like so many politicians. Instead, they continue to straddle the fence – “we all agree that we had to do it, but now we need to decide how best to open up.” They continue to promote the theory that “if we hadn’t done it, it would have been much worse” – – when there is no valid data to support that (we’ll likely, eventually, prove that theory to be false).
Aulinx 110V 36W UV Lam... Buy New $139.99 (as of 02:28 UTC - Details) Where are the models and the what-ifs and the projections about what might have happened if we had not shut down? If we had Instead just issued the guidelines and encouraged people to act responsibly? Even on Fox, that discussion seems to be off limits.
We were never going to stop this virus, because it is so contagious; they told us that from the beginning. The bottom line is this: if someone is afraid, has underlying health issues – in fact for for any reason at all – they have the option of self-isolating. If they do, and if they sanitize incoming, wash their hands, and don’t touch their face, then they will not get the virus! (Or at least the chances are so slim as to be statistically negligible.) No one is stopping them!
But many people are willing to take the small risk. After contact, there’s maybe a 50/50 chance of contracting the virus. Of those that do get infected, only 4% will get seriously ill. In other words 96% – ninety-six percent – will experience mild symptoms, or none at all. The risk of dying from Covid-19 looks to be about the same as from the flu just a few years ago. Less total deaths than from driving automobiles.
It is pure irony to see the “awful mainstream media” and Fox News on the same page! Promoting mass hysteria, crazy models, and un-vetted “science”. Let alone supporting a national lock down and lock up. Ironic, too, that it is the Washington Post, of all people, now questioning these trillions of dollars of spending and debt. Maybe their objectives really are no different? This pandemic, and our response, is revealing the crumbling infrastructure of the American experiment and our Constitutional Republic. Perhaps we were unprepared do defend against this latest virus (it is, after all, one of about 200), but neither was Fox News prepared to defend our liberty.


lewrockwell--2020-04-27--Just When the Locked-Down World Is About To Go Stir Crazy, a Rice Bran Molecule Helps Rescue Those W

Just When the Locked-Down World Is About To Go Stir Crazy, a Rice Bran Molecule Helps Rescue Those With Panic Disorder, Anxiety, & Depression

Politicians have chosen to manage a widespread infectious lung disease , and in their attempts to gain political capital , brag they have an armada of ventilators at their disposal to rescue patients battling severe cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection .
But an increasing number of reports suggest ventilators are “ death traps ” that may do more harm than good .
Up to 80 % of COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators fail to recover .
Mechanical ventilation has the potential to worsen pre-existing lung injury or even initiate it .
By overstretching the lung mechanical ventilation may result in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 coronavirus lung distress syndrome is mostly supportive rather than curative therapy .
This severe COVID-19 lung pathology is not entirely new to chest physicians .
Its severity , rapid onset of death and bilateral lung collapse is unusual .
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ( ARDS ) is not a new phenomenon – it was first described in 1967 .
Common causes include pneumonia , sepsis and serious influenza cases .
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Early on in the epidemic doctors talked about this as if it was something unusual , exclusively pertaining to COVID-19 coronavirus infections .
However , ground glass appearance of lung scans were reported with exposure to asbestos in 1990 .
Ground-glass appearance on lung scans was also observed with prior coronavirus outbreaks .
Ground glass appearance of lung scans is common in tuberculosis , which is far more common than COVID-19 coronavirus infection .
The ground glass appearance on lung scans typically seen in COVID-19 lung pathology is comprised of various white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other amorphous material and is somewhat reversible with steroids .
Disease pathologies are mostly driven by exaggerated immune responses .
There is surely induced by inflammation in the lung that largely due to an over-responsive immune system , in particular a barrage of white blood cells called neutrophils .
Doctors aren ’ t familiar with nutrients that normalize the immune response , namely vitamin A , vitamin D , zinc and resveratrol .
The vitamin D receptor on the surface of cells turns off chronically activated T-cells .
How do the alveolar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 ... Buy New $ 13.95 The COVID-19 viral attack is more accurately described as “ oxygen failure ” rather than “ respiratory failure.
” Breathing is OK .
There is no exhaustion from lung expansion and contraction .
A ventilator doesn ’ t need to do that for severe patients .
It is oxygen transfer to the blood that is not occurring .
COVID-19 patients do not exhibit exhaustion ( lung fatigue from heavy breathing ) but rather lack of oxygen transfer from lungs to blood ( hypoxia ) .
Human lungs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alveoli ( al-vee-oh-li ) fill with oxygen and transfer it to the blood circulation .
These tiny air sacs can be blocked by a jello-like water-holding substance called hyaluronan ( hi-al-u-ron-an ) .
Hyaluronan is described as a regulator of immunity and controller of inflammation in humans .
The elastic property of the lungs , as observed in their expansion and contraction , is accomplished by hyaluronan .
HA is not just jelled water .
It plays an important role in immunity and in quelling inflammation .
Cells with decreased HA are five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cells with HA .
HA is required for proper wound healing .
Oxygen exchange into the blood circulation can be blocked by overproduction of this gooey water-holding molecule called hyaluronan .
Hyaluronan is a disaccharide – – two sugar-like molecules ( glucosamine , glucuronic acid ) holding hands , and it produces a water-holding gel .
Hyaluronan is produced when tissues need to heal and it inhibits lung scarring ( fibrosis ) .
Hyaluronan ( HA ) holds up to 60-times its weight in water .
On autopsy , COVID-19 lungs are heavy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lungs .
Normally hyaluronan is a long-chain molecule ( 1600 kilo Daltons ) but may be broken down into smaller fragments ( less than 150 kilo Daltons ) .
Due to inflammation hyaluronan can fragment and induce lung injury .
NOW Supplements , Vitam ... Best Price : null Buy New $ 9.92 ( $ 0.04 / Count ) It is those degraded fragments that block oxygen exchange from lung to circulatory system .
It is well established excess hyaluronan is produced in the lungs in response to injury .
About six times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome .
Degraded hyaluronan is the problem of fluid accumulation in the lung .
Excess hyaluronan is detected in urine samples and this helps to explain the kidney damage in this lung syndrome as well .
Ditto for liver damage .
Double ditto for associated heart problems .
Failure to clear excess hyaluronan was described in lung injury over a decade ago .
Excess oxygenation or pressure alone can increase hyaluronan in the lungs .
Hyaluronidase is the natural internal enzyme that degrades hyaluronan .
Hyaluronidase is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often utilized to help medications rapidly diffuse into tissues .
In 2005 a report in the journal Thorax noted that HA is over-produced in the lung tissue of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) .
There is also increased breakdown of HA in the lungs of COPD patients .
Hyaluronidase is the breakdown enzyme for HA .
In some pathologic conditions the inhibition of HA degradation results in excessive alveolar HA .
Normally the turnover ( degradation ) of HA is rapid , broken down by an enzyme hyaluronidase .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not excessive or deficient hyaluronidase , it is the HA is being chewed up into shorter chains by the virus that can then fit into the alveolar sacs and block oxygen exchange .
What doctors now recognize is that blood is also being desaturated of oxygen in these infected patients via blockage of the alveolar space by viral- induced hyaluronan fragmentation .
Degraded HA may also induce lung inflammation .
The breakdown of HA in the lung can then recruit white blood cells known as neutrophils .
The neutrophil storm is what overwhelms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lungs can result in neutrophil-induced inflammation .
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who take oral hyaluronan dietary supplements may be concerned .
An injection of HA into the knees by an orthopedist was noted to induce HA and fibrin clots in the lungs .
But hospitalized patients on ventilators are not likely to be taking oral HA supplements .
One study shows that 71 % of patients that did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a blood clotting problem called disseminated intravascular coagulopathy ( small blood clots throughout the blood circulation ) .
Less than 1 % of survivors did .
This could explain the heart , diabetic and stroke problems associated with COVID-19 coronavirus infection .
Blood thinners ( heparin ) are now being prescribed for COVID-19 patients .
Just an added note , tuberculosis is known to produce blood clots .
It appears many cases of COVID-19 are misdiagnosed and are really TB .
Natural anti-clotting agents that can be taken without concern of over-thinning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , garlic and vitamin E , even when all are consumed together .
Last year doctors in England , writing in the journal Matrix Biology , figured out what is causing the oxygen deprivation seen in influenza cases and instilled some hyaluronidase into the nasal passages of animals with severe lung influenza .
The problem resolved .
Hyaluronidase has to be prescribed by doctors in a hospital , ideally before being placed on a ventilator but certainly during ventilation if it has been ordered .
Hyaluronan is not to be demonized .
Recognize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lungs .
It is only the degraded HA that is the problem .
HA keeps your lungs moist and inhibits scarring .
Hyaluronidase is not for self-care .
Hyaluronidase is available in hospital pharmacies , generally used by physicians as a spreading agent for drugs ( enhance drug penetration into tissues ) .
Hyaluronidase is delivered by injection .
A dramatic increase in an inflammatory protein called interleukin-6 characterizes ( IL-6 ) this COVID-19 form of respiratory failure .
BRI Resveratrol - 1200 ... Buy New $ 16.99 It has been known since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the B-vitamin family , can be successfully used as a surfactant in the lung of newborns .
A decline in blood serum levels of inositol predicts a more severe course of respiratory distress .
Inositol specifically dampens interleukin-6 to quell inflammation .
The possibility of using oral inositol in COVID-19 patients has been raised in a report in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences .
Inositol dietary supplements are widely available and may aid those who are in respiratory distress for any reason .
Suggestions : This author can not play @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hospitals may not be readily available in this modern epidemic that health authorities were unprepared for , and modern medicine admits it has no proven remedies for this lung pathology , as well as the fact so many do not have health insurance , self-care may need to be employed .
Patients obviously experience the first symptoms at home and would generally reach for cold remedies .
Many doctors are not up to speed on this lung syndrome .
There is only treatment for the severe form of this cold virus infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevent progression to ventilators is needed .
Patients with suspected COVID-19 coronavirus infection as evidenced by symptoms of loss of smell , shortness of breath , chronic dry cough , fever , diarrhea , may elect to trat their condition early on with home remedies and over-the-counter drugs .
Resveratrol , quercetin , vitamin D , vitamin A and zinc serve to normalize the immune response and therefore curb the inflammation in the lung ; and the use of natural blood thinners ( fish oil , resveratrol , garlic , vitamin E ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supplementation to serve as a surfactant ( lower surface tension ) may be an early remedy for shortness of breath that could delay or avert having to be placed on a ventilator .
Choline/inositol supplements are commonly sold in health shops .
You want plain inositol .
Inositol ( aka myo-inositol ) is depleted from the body by coffee .
Be aware .
Inositol has 80 % the sweetness of cane sugar ( sucrose ) .
You can use it as a non-caloric sweetener .
Should help with bronchitis as well .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It helps with panic disorder , depression and anxiety .
It ’ s the bomb shelter pill .
We tend to eat more sugar when under stress .
Inositol helps with sugar utilization .
Inositol is superior to metformin , an anti-diabetic drug .
Supplemental inositol improves sperm quality and raises testosterone levels in males .
It normalizes testosterone levels in females who have polycystic ovary problems ( facial hair , etc. )
.
Inositol + selenium restores normal thyroid levels among patients with autoimmune thyroiditis ( 90 % of low-thyroid cases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the molecule for our times .
Once the word gets out about inositol among the world ’ s confined populations , anticipate it will vanish and be on perpetual backorder .
So , I suggest you order it while it ’ s available .
I ’ ve already baked some anti-anxiety cookies using inositol as the sweetener .
In case readers wonder what inositol is made from or where it is made : Inositol is derived from rice bran and made by Tsuno Foods & Rice Co. in Wakayama , Japan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lecture at their 3rd annual rice symposium in Kyoto ( click to see photo ) .

Politicians have chosen to manage a widespread infectious lung disease, and in their attempts to gain political capital, brag they have an armada of ventilators at their disposal to rescue patients battling severe cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection. But an increasing number of reports suggest ventilators are “death traps” that may do more harm than good. Up to 80% of COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators fail to recover.
Mechanical ventilation has the potential to worsen pre-existing lung injury or even initiate it. By overstretching the lung mechanical ventilation may result in lung injury.
Clinicians concede the management of COVID-19 coronavirus lung distress syndrome is mostly supportive rather than curative therapy.
This severe COVID-19 lung pathology is not entirely new to chest physicians. Its severity, rapid onset of death and bilateral lung collapse is unusual.
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Ground-glass opacities on lung scans
Lung scans revealed small masses that look like ground glass in the COVID-19 cases. Early on in the epidemic doctors talked about this as if it was something unusual, exclusively pertaining to COVID-19 coronavirus infections.
However, ground glass appearance of lung scans were reported with exposure to asbestos in 1990. Ground-glass appearance on lung scans was also observed with prior coronavirus outbreaks. Ground glass appearance of lung scans is common in tuberculosis, which is far more common than COVID-19 coronavirus infection.
The ground glass appearance on lung scans typically seen in COVID-19 lung pathology is comprised of various white blood cells (macrophages, neutrophils) and other amorphous material and is somewhat reversible with steroids.
Disease pathologies are mostly driven by exaggerated immune responses.
There is surely induced by inflammation in the lung that largely due to an over-responsive immune system, in particular a barrage of white blood cells called neutrophils.
Normalizing the immune response
Doctors aren’t familiar with nutrients that normalize the immune response, namely vitamin A, vitamin D, zinc and resveratrol.
The vitamin D receptor on the surface of cells turns off chronically activated T-cells.
How do the alveolar sacs become clogged?
Nutricost Vitamin A 10... Buy New $13.95 (as of 10:30 UTC - Details) The COVID-19 viral attack is more accurately described as “oxygen failure” rather than “respiratory failure.” Breathing is OK. There is no exhaustion from lung expansion and contraction. A ventilator doesn’t need to do that for severe patients. It is oxygen transfer to the blood that is not occurring. COVID-19 patients do not exhibit exhaustion (lung fatigue from heavy breathing) but rather lack of oxygen transfer from lungs to blood (hypoxia).
Human lungs have ~480 million tiny air sacs called alveoli (al-vee-oh-li) fill with oxygen and transfer it to the blood circulation. These tiny air sacs can be blocked by a jello-like water-holding substance called hyaluronan (hi-al-u-ron-an). Hyaluronan is described as a regulator of immunity and controller of inflammation in humans.
The elastic property of the lungs, as observed in their expansion and contraction, is accomplished by hyaluronan.
HA is not just jelled water. It plays an important role in immunity and in quelling inflammation. Cells with decreased HA are five times more susceptible to HIV infections than cells with HA. HA is required for proper wound healing.
Oxygen exchange into the blood circulation can be blocked by overproduction of this gooey water-holding molecule called hyaluronan.
Hyaluronan is a disaccharide – – two sugar-like molecules (glucosamine, glucuronic acid) holding hands, and it produces a water-holding gel. Hyaluronan is produced when tissues need to heal and it inhibits lung scarring (fibrosis).
Hyaluronan (HA) holds up to 60-times its weight in water.
On autopsy, COVID-19 lungs are heavy – holding much more water than healthy lungs.
Normally hyaluronan is a long-chain molecule (1600 kilo Daltons) but may be broken down into smaller fragments (less than 150 kilo Daltons). Due to inflammation hyaluronan can fragment and induce lung injury.
NOW Supplements, Vitam... Buy New $9.92 ($0.04 / Count) (as of 04:43 UTC - Details) It is those degraded fragments that block oxygen exchange from lung to circulatory system.
It is well established excess hyaluronan is produced in the lungs in response to injury. About six times greater hyaluronan is found in lungs of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Degraded hyaluronan is the problem of fluid accumulation in the lung.
Excess hyaluronan is detected in urine samples and this helps to explain the kidney damage in this lung syndrome as well. Ditto for liver damage. Double ditto for associated heart problems.
Failure to clear excess hyaluronan was described in lung injury over a decade ago. Excess oxygenation or pressure alone can increase hyaluronan in the lungs.
Hyaluronidase is the natural internal enzyme that degrades hyaluronan. Hyaluronidase is a prescription drug available in hospitals and is often utilized to help medications rapidly diffuse into tissues.
In 2005 a report in the journal Thorax noted that HA is over-produced in the lung tissue of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is also increased breakdown of HA in the lungs of COPD patients.
Hyaluronidase is the breakdown enzyme for HA. In some pathologic conditions the inhibition of HA degradation results in excessive alveolar HA.
Normally the turnover (degradation) of HA is rapid, broken down by an enzyme hyaluronidase. The problem in these COVID-19 cases is not excessive or deficient hyaluronidase, it is the HA is being chewed up into shorter chains by the virus that can then fit into the alveolar sacs and block oxygen exchange.
What doctors now recognize is that blood is also being desaturated of oxygen in these infected patients via blockage of the alveolar space by viral- induced hyaluronan fragmentation.
Degraded HA may also induce lung inflammation. The breakdown of HA in the lung can then recruit white blood cells known as neutrophils. The neutrophil storm is what overwhelms the lungs. Forceful ventilation of the lungs can result in neutrophil-induced inflammation.
Hyaluronan supplements
Organic Zinc Sulfate L... Buy New $18.95 ($4.74 / Fl Oz) (as of 02:28 UTC - Details) People who have lung problems (asthma, COPD, etc.) who take oral hyaluronan dietary supplements may be concerned. An injection of HA into the knees by an orthopedist was noted to induce HA and fibrin clots in the lungs. But hospitalized patients on ventilators are not likely to be taking oral HA supplements.
The iron lung
One study shows that 71% of patients that did not survive COVID-19 infections met the criteria for a blood clotting problem called disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (small blood clots throughout the blood circulation). Less than 1% of survivors did. This could explain the heart, diabetic and stroke problems associated with COVID-19 coronavirus infection. Blood thinners (heparin) are now being prescribed for COVID-19 patients.
Just an added note, tuberculosis is known to produce blood clots. It appears many cases of COVID-19 are misdiagnosed and are really TB.
Natural anti-clotting agents that can be taken without concern of over-thinning the blood are fish oil, resveratrol, garlic and vitamin E, even when all are consumed together.
The hospital remedy
Last year doctors in England, writing in the journal Matrix Biology, figured out what is causing the oxygen deprivation seen in influenza cases and instilled some hyaluronidase into the nasal passages of animals with severe lung influenza. The problem resolved.
Hyaluronidase has to be prescribed by doctors in a hospital, ideally before being placed on a ventilator but certainly during ventilation if it has been ordered.
Hyaluronan is not to be demonized. Recognize, hyaluronan maintains water balance in the lungs. It is only the degraded HA that is the problem. HA keeps your lungs moist and inhibits scarring. Hyaluronidase is not for self-care. Hyaluronidase is available in hospital pharmacies, generally used by physicians as a spreading agent for drugs (enhance drug penetration into tissues). Hyaluronidase is delivered by injection.
The patient remedy: inositol
A dramatic increase in an inflammatory protein called interleukin-6 characterizes (IL-6) this COVID-19 form of respiratory failure. BRI Resveratrol - 1200... Buy New $16.99 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
It has been known since 1955 that the nutrient inositol, in the B-vitamin family, can be successfully used as a surfactant in the lung of newborns. A decline in blood serum levels of inositol predicts a more severe course of respiratory distress. Inositol specifically dampens interleukin-6 to quell inflammation. The possibility of using oral inositol in COVID-19 patients has been raised in a report in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.
Inositol dietary supplements are widely available and may aid those who are in respiratory distress for any reason.
Suggestions: This author cannot play doctor. However, given that doctors and hospitals may not be readily available in this modern epidemic that health authorities were unprepared for, and modern medicine admits it has no proven remedies for this lung pathology, as well as the fact so many do not have health insurance, self-care may need to be employed. Patients obviously experience the first symptoms at home and would generally reach for cold remedies. Many doctors are not up to speed on this lung syndrome. There is only treatment for the severe form of this cold virus infection. The need for early treatment to prevent progression to ventilators is needed.
Patients with suspected COVID-19 coronavirus infection as evidenced by symptoms of loss of smell, shortness of breath, chronic dry cough, fever, diarrhea, may elect to trat their condition early on with home remedies and over-the-counter drugs.
Resveratrol, quercetin, vitamin D, vitamin A and zinc serve to normalize the immune response and therefore curb the inflammation in the lung; and the use of natural blood thinners (fish oil, resveratrol, garlic, vitamin E) to prevent diffuse blood clots and inositol supplementation to serve as a surfactant (lower surface tension) may be an early remedy for shortness of breath that could delay or avert having to be placed on a ventilator.
Choline/inositol supplements are commonly sold in health shops. You want plain inositol. Inositol (aka myo-inositol) is depleted from the body by coffee. Be aware. Inositol has 80% the sweetness of cane sugar (sucrose). You can use it as a non-caloric sweetener. Should help with bronchitis as well.
There are many other side benefits of inositol. It helps with panic disorder, depression and anxiety. It’s the bomb shelter pill. We tend to eat more sugar when under stress. Inositol helps with sugar utilization. Inositol is superior to metformin, an anti-diabetic drug. Supplemental inositol improves sperm quality and raises testosterone levels in males. It normalizes testosterone levels in females who have polycystic ovary problems (facial hair, etc.). Inositol + selenium restores normal thyroid levels among patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (90% of low-thyroid cases are autoimmune).
Sounds like inositol is the molecule for our times. Once the word gets out about inositol among the world’s confined populations, anticipate it will vanish and be on perpetual backorder. So, I suggest you order it while it’s available. I’ve already baked some anti-anxiety cookies using inositol as the sweetener.
In case readers wonder what inositol is made from or where it is made: Inositol is derived from rice bran and made by Tsuno Foods & Rice Co. in Wakayama, Japan, a company that recently invited me to lecture at their 3rd annual rice symposium in Kyoto (click to see photo).


lewrockwell--2020-04-27--How To Fix College Admissions

How To Fix College Admissions

First we separate all institutions of higher learning into two categories .
In one , we include those that are purely private , which accept no direct subsidies from government whatsoever ; in the other , all the rest .
Into the first classification we place Hillsdale College , Michigan ; Grove City College , Pennsylvania ; University of San Francisco , California ; Christendom College , Virginia ; Pensacola Christian College , Florida ; Patrick Henry College , Virginia ; Wyoming Catholic College , Wyoming ; Gutenberg College , Oregon ; Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudic Seminary of Denver , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bob Jones University , South Carolina , Goldsboro Christian Schools , North Carolina .
There may be a few more , but not too many .
What should be our perspective on the admissions policies of universities in this first , private category ?
They may do exactly as they please .
We live , hopefully , in a free country , and freedom means the right to inaugurate your own policies , provided , only , that you do not violate the rights of others .
No one has any right to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without the permission of their owners .
That would constitute trespass .
High up on the list of liberty is freedom of association .
These colleges should admit whoever they choose , with no non-discrimination requirements imposed upon them at all .
They may use SAT and ACT to their heart ’ s content .
Or not .
Lodge 7.5 Quart Enamel ... Best Price : $ 60.53 Buy New $ 89.90 What of the remaining 99.99 % of universities in the country which are directly subsidized , or owned outright , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools should be free to discriminate , the same does not apply to government or quasi governmental institutions .
They should not be allowed to discriminate on any basis whatsoever .
For example , the controversial ACT and SAT tests should be forbidden to them as admission criteria .
These discriminate , mainly , between people with high and low IQs .
It is intolerable for a state or state-related institution to make such an invidious distinction .
After all , the government does not impose intelligence tests on those it admits to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parks , hospitals , museums , art galleries , concert halls , zoos , sports arenas , beaches , etc .
In some countries , the government owns the airlines ; in Canada , PetroCan owned a string of gas stations .
No intelligence requirement was obligatory for service from these state institutions either .
This non-discrimination policy should apply not only to admissions , but also to grading .
Enrolling students who can hardly read , write or do math will not suffice , for with any such system they will soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see above , have no such grading systems , which would remove the intellectually non-gifted after a while .
There is simply no justification for doing so in education either .
This is NOT satire .
I am very serious about this .
These recommendations follow , logically , from the premise that it is and should be unlawful for government to discriminate against the intellectually challenged .
How to Cook Everything ... Bittman , Mark Best Price : $ 24.05 Buy New $ 11.65 Of course , this would spell the ruination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the following US institutions are highly ranked in terms of prestige : University of California , Los Angeles ; University of Michigan , Ann Arbor ; University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill ; University of Virginia ; Georgia Institute of Technology ; University of Texas , Austin ; University of Florida ; University of Georgia ; University of California , Berkeley ; Indiana University .
So are these ostensibly “ private ” ones : Harvard , Yale , Princeton , Columbia , Chicago , Stanford , Duke , Hopkins .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compilations .
Were freedom instituted , none of this would be true any longer .
Smart students would no longer enroll due to the intellectual diversity of open admission .
Accomplished professors would go elsewhere .
Would that be a detriment to this modest proposal ?
Of course not .
If these universities wished to retain the prestige they presently justifiably enjoy , they will have to eschew all direct government grants ( the relation between the state and their students is entirely a different matter , and an irrelevant one ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the freedom philosophy .
The desiderata is not only separation of church and state , but , also , separation of education and state .
We do not want government run newspapers or television stations .
They should function as checks and balances against an overweening public sector , e.g.
, totalitarianism .
But exactly the same principle applies to higher education .
None of these institutions can accomplish this role under the thumb of government .
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First we separate all institutions of higher learning into two categories. In one, we include those that are purely private, which accept no direct subsidies from government whatsoever; in the other, all the rest.
Into the first classification we place Hillsdale College, Michigan; Grove City College, Pennsylvania; University of San Francisco, California; Christendom College, Virginia; Pensacola Christian College, Florida; Patrick Henry College, Virginia; Wyoming Catholic College, Wyoming; Gutenberg College, Oregon; Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudic Seminary of Denver, Colorado; Biola University, California; Bob Jones University, South Carolina, Goldsboro Christian Schools, North Carolina. There may be a few more, but not too many.
What should be our perspective on the admissions policies of universities in this first, private category? They may do exactly as they please. We live, hopefully, in a free country, and freedom means the right to inaugurate your own policies, provided, only, that you do not violate the rights of others. No one has any right to be enrolled in any of these places without the permission of their owners. That would constitute trespass. High up on the list of liberty is freedom of association. These colleges should admit whoever they choose, with no non-discrimination requirements imposed upon them at all. They may use SAT and ACT to their heart’s content. Or not. Lodge 7.5 Quart Enamel... Best Price: $60.53 Buy New $89.90 (as of 02:31 UTC - Details)
What of the remaining 99.99% of universities in the country which are directly subsidized, or owned outright, by the state? While private persons and schools should be free to discriminate, the same does not apply to government or quasi governmental institutions. They should not be allowed to discriminate on any basis whatsoever. For example, the controversial ACT and SAT tests should be forbidden to them as admission criteria. These discriminate, mainly, between people with high and low IQs. It is intolerable for a state or state-related institution to make such an invidious distinction. After all, the government does not impose intelligence tests on those it admits to its buses, trains, libraries, parks, hospitals, museums, art galleries, concert halls, zoos, sports arenas, beaches, etc. In some countries, the government owns the airlines; in Canada, PetroCan owned a string of gas stations. No intelligence requirement was obligatory for service from these state institutions either.
This non-discrimination policy should apply not only to admissions, but also to grading. Enrolling students who can hardly read, write or do math will not suffice, for with any such system they will soon fail out. Other public institutions, see above, have no such grading systems, which would remove the intellectually non-gifted after a while. There is simply no justification for doing so in education either. This is NOT satire. I am very serious about this. These recommendations follow, logically, from the premise that it is and should be unlawful for government to discriminate against the intellectually challenged.
How to Cook Everything... Bittman, Mark Best Price: $24.05 Buy New $11.65 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details) Of course, this would spell the ruination of these public universities. At present, the following US institutions are highly ranked in terms of prestige: University of California , Los Angeles; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill; University of Virginia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Texas, Austin; University of Florida; University of Georgia; University of California, Berkeley; Indiana University. So are these ostensibly “private” ones: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, Stanford, Duke, Hopkins. Many of these are highly ranked in world compilations. Were freedom instituted, none of this would be true any longer. Smart students would no longer enroll due to the intellectual diversity of open admission. Accomplished professors would go elsewhere.
Would that be a detriment to this modest proposal? Of course not. If these universities wished to retain the prestige they presently justifiably enjoy, they will have to eschew all direct government grants (the relation between the state and their students is entirely a different matter, and an irrelevant one). But this is precisely the goal of the freedom philosophy. The desiderata is not only separation of church and state, but, also, separation of education and state. We do not want government run newspapers or television stations. They should function as checks and balances against an overweening public sector, e.g., totalitarianism. But exactly the same principle applies to higher education. None of these institutions can accomplish this role under the thumb of government.
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