lewrockwell--2020-06-04--Thoughts on the Pandemic

Thoughts on the Pandemic

Based upon recent CDC data it looks like the pandemic is coming to an end in the United States .
Government bureaucrats got to run wild in shutting the economy and the educational system down and costing some 40 million Americans their jobs .
Most of this was of questionable legality , but when does a good bureaucrat let the truth interfere with their desire ?
Warmer weather and ultraviolet radiation as summer nears in the northern hemisphere has worked its magic as it has for time immemorial .
The thoughts that I want to present here are on what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , its opportunity and its unique position in the world today as it has been for more than two centuries and how it can lead again should a real pandemic occur .
First a little reality check , some hard data from the Center for Disease Control presented with all the splendor of the Microsoft Business Intelligence tools something only the free market can provide .
If you visit the website you can use these tools for yourself or just take it for granted that the data I present here is correct because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using to upend the lives of tens of millions of Americans .
There is a superb graphical presentation that I present a summary below .
You can find it for yourself it is titled Provisional Covid Death Counts .
There chart above shows that COVID-19 exploded during the third week in March and peaked at the end of April , typical behavior for a viral infection communicated by touch or close aerosol projection ( sneezing nearby ) .
It is clear that by the end of May it was winding down .
Government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lived thousands of lives , but this is an unprovable assertion , a category that certainly covers many other government proclamations .
The mendacity of government claims is not the issue here but what the data tells us about the tens of millions of students that have been thrown out of school and had their educations upended for an unknown period of time , not to mention the 40 million Americans that lost their livelihoods .
The blue line at the bottom of the graph is a telling story and that is students @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dying in any significant number .
Even students that take a longer time like doctors , lawyers and PhD graduates in the darker blue line ( age group 25-34 ) are still not dying off in large numbers , nor are professionals in the age where most have children the orange line ( age 35-44 ) .
The truth is we do not see many working Americans , that is those younger than sixty-five dying without co-morbidities like alcoholism , smoking , drug abuse etc .
etc .
What we do see is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , specifically at ages where it is impossible not to have co-morbidities .
No one age 85 is healthy , they may be alive , dying slower than most , but not healthy .
X Rocker Surge Wireles ... Best Price : $ 72.20 Buy New $ 209.99 I asked a friend of mine that was a Cardiac Surgeon once how he could tell the expected outcome of the surgery while it was in process .
He said : “ It is simple when I cut into the breastbone and it is firm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ successful outcome .
When I work on farmers from Columbia , they always have firm chests.
” He performed many surgeries in Columbia Tennessee , a large farming community about an hour south of Nashville .
The moral of this story is work if you want to be healthy .
Some people have genetic co-morbidities but many younger than retirement age put them on themselves with bad behavior .
What made America great to begin with ?
It was individual liberty , the minimal state and freedom of economic behavior as long as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses they owned .
It was a reification of the Protestant tradition that was brought to this country by the Pilgrims fleeing religious and economic persecution in the old world .
I do not ascribe it to faith in God per se , but the behaviors that their faith required : hard work , thrift , education , self-sacrifice in the present drove their success .
This what an Austrian Economist would call low time preference of money .
Save today for a better tomorrow .
The capital forming behavior seeking profits is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the low time preference .
The Protestant ’ s believed in sacrifice in this physical life for a spiritual reward afterwards .
Individual liberty in the form of creativity couple with a free market provides everything .
This is what the bureaucrats have destroyed without deep thought or legality .
The economy is not a light switch to be turned on and off as desired .
It does not work that way .
The only person in government that was able to get in front of linear press TV cameras that understands this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was repeatedly dogged and excoriated for .
AGPtek HDMI to HDMI + ... Buy New $ 22.99 Non-Austrian economists demanded and got a nearly blank check book to fix the mess they made , a fresh nine trillion dollars of printed money pushing the national debt above 100 % of one years Gross Domestic Product , a serious warning event not many seemed to heed .
When you print money all you really do is punish the future when that money must be re-paid .
Government ’ s are the ultimate addicts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money and just like heroin addicts they want their fix today , but they do not have to pay the money back .
We do through our taxes in the future and our increased prices in our present .
The bureaucrats are starting to demand another round of record-breaking orgy of money printing and I do not here a single TV economist saying this is a bad idea , but it is .
What will save America ?
Only one thing hard work and as the economy opens the faster , we all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will all be .
It is not without co-incidence that when I see the mobs of thousands of angry protesters in the streets , the majority look like they are college age .
They are rightly protesting police brutality which has run wild since former President George W. Bush empowered them with military grade equipment and a forgiving legal system that continues to allow it .
If the students were in school and the economy was open at full capacity , then there would not have been the violence and looting because people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lower time preference .
The protests would be relegated to the ‘ professional protesters ’ you can always find at one or other establishments of the linear press .
It is not the legal system that is going to punish the murderers of George Floyd .
It is the free market via the millions of video recording system in the hands of everyone that owns a smartphone that presented incontrovertible evidence of this crime .
For once the courts can not look away .
The hundreds of thousands of cases of reported police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to occur off camera , but that is another story and other protests .
T POWER 9v~12v ( 6.6ft ... Buy New $ 13.99 I turned 65 last year so now I inexorably drift into the age group where life ’ s biochemical problems come and stay .
A human being is an incredibly complicated biochemical machine but alas all machines break down and sooner or later co-morbidities arise .
I believe in the Protestant work ethic and the free market .
I also believe it is the only thing that will save @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vaccines may very well make this disease a thing of the past .
However , it is clear to this author that the closing of schools and the economy was not worth the price paid .
If a million people get sick that means that there were 327 million other Americans that did not .
The economy and the school systems handle something like this every year it is called the common cold .
Old people get sick and die that is the way things are .
It will be that way forever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comes up with something to prevent this .
Who knows what a prosperous future of peace and capitalism will bring ?
Should that occur pandemics will become a thing of the past , but in this present , I would hope should another pandemic arise we keep the engine of prosperity going and keep the bureaucrats in their holes .
This is the nature of self-sacrifice , the old should die if it spares the young !
That is also nature ’ s way .
This pandemic was never killing the young as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should never have been closed nor should have the schools .
QED .
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Based upon recent CDC data it looks like the pandemic is coming to an end in the United States. Government bureaucrats got to run wild in shutting the economy and the educational system down and costing some 40 million Americans their jobs. Most of this was of questionable legality, but when does a good bureaucrat let the truth interfere with their desire? Warmer weather and ultraviolet radiation as summer nears in the northern hemisphere has worked its magic as it has for time immemorial. The thoughts that I want to present here are on what has made America great; its prosperity, its opportunity and its unique position in the world today as it has been for more than two centuries and how it can lead again should a real pandemic occur.
First a little reality check, some hard data from the Center for Disease Control presented with all the splendor of the Microsoft Business Intelligence tools something only the free market can provide. If you visit the website you can use these tools for yourself or just take it for granted that the data I present here is correct because it is what the government has been using to upend the lives of tens of millions of Americans. There is a superb graphical presentation that I present a summary below. You can find it for yourself it is titled Provisional Covid Death Counts.
There chart above shows that COVID-19 exploded during the third week in March and peaked at the end of April, typical behavior for a viral infection communicated by touch or close aerosol projection (sneezing nearby). It is clear that by the end of May it was winding down. Government bureaucrats will claim their dramatic action saved lived thousands of lives, but this is an unprovable assertion, a category that certainly covers many other government proclamations. The mendacity of government claims is not the issue here but what the data tells us about the tens of millions of students that have been thrown out of school and had their educations upended for an unknown period of time, not to mention the 40 million Americans that lost their livelihoods. The blue line at the bottom of the graph is a telling story and that is students (age group 0-24) were never dying in any significant number. Even students that take a longer time like doctors, lawyers and PhD graduates in the darker blue line (age group 25-34) are still not dying off in large numbers, nor are professionals in the age where most have children the orange line (age 35-44). The truth is we do not see many working Americans, that is those younger than sixty-five dying without co-morbidities like alcoholism, smoking, drug abuse etc. etc. What we do see is that deaths were mainly in the aged, specifically at ages where it is impossible not to have co-morbidities. No one age 85 is healthy, they may be alive, dying slower than most, but not healthy. X Rocker Surge Wireles... Best Price: $72.20 Buy New $209.99 (as of 03:26 UTC - Details)
I asked a friend of mine that was a Cardiac Surgeon once how he could tell the expected outcome of the surgery while it was in process. He said: “It is simple when I cut into the breastbone and it is firm, I know it will be a successful outcome. When I work on farmers from Columbia, they always have firm chests.” He performed many surgeries in Columbia Tennessee, a large farming community about an hour south of Nashville. The moral of this story is work if you want to be healthy. Some people have genetic co-morbidities but many younger than retirement age put them on themselves with bad behavior.
What made America great to begin with? It was individual liberty, the minimal state and freedom of economic behavior as long as it is between consensual adults and the businesses they owned. It was a reification of the Protestant tradition that was brought to this country by the Pilgrims fleeing religious and economic persecution in the old world. I do not ascribe it to faith in God per se, but the behaviors that their faith required: hard work, thrift, education, self-sacrifice in the present drove their success. This what an Austrian Economist would call low time preference of money. Save today for a better tomorrow. The capital forming behavior seeking profits is what has driven American success along with the low time preference. The Protestant’s believed in sacrifice in this physical life for a spiritual reward afterwards. Individual liberty in the form of creativity couple with a free market provides everything. This is what the bureaucrats have destroyed without deep thought or legality. The economy is not a light switch to be turned on and off as desired. It does not work that way. The only person in government that was able to get in front of linear press TV cameras that understands this is President Donald Trump and for this he was repeatedly dogged and excoriated for. AGPtek HDMI to HDMI + ... Buy New $22.99 (as of 03:26 UTC - Details)
Non-Austrian economists demanded and got a nearly blank check book to fix the mess they made, a fresh nine trillion dollars of printed money pushing the national debt above 100% of one years Gross Domestic Product, a serious warning event not many seemed to heed. When you print money all you really do is punish the future when that money must be re-paid. Government’s are the ultimate addicts, they have high time preference of money and just like heroin addicts they want their fix today, but they do not have to pay the money back. We do through our taxes in the future and our increased prices in our present. The bureaucrats are starting to demand another round of record-breaking orgy of money printing and I do not here a single TV economist saying this is a bad idea, but it is.
What will save America? Only one thing hard work and as the economy opens the faster, we all get to work the better off we will all be. It is not without co-incidence that when I see the mobs of thousands of angry protesters in the streets, the majority look like they are college age. They are rightly protesting police brutality which has run wild since former President George W. Bush empowered them with military grade equipment and a forgiving legal system that continues to allow it. If the students were in school and the economy was open at full capacity, then there would not have been the violence and looting because people would be busy at other things of lower time preference. The protests would be relegated to the ‘professional protesters’ you can always find at one or other establishments of the linear press. It is not the legal system that is going to punish the murderers of George Floyd. It is the free market via the millions of video recording system in the hands of everyone that owns a smartphone that presented incontrovertible evidence of this crime. For once the courts cannot look away. The hundreds of thousands of cases of reported police sexual abuse of women somehow always seems to occur off camera, but that is another story and other protests. T POWER 9v~12v (6.6ft ... Buy New $13.99 (as of 03:26 UTC - Details)
I turned 65 last year so now I inexorably drift into the age group where life’s biochemical problems come and stay. A human being is an incredibly complicated biochemical machine but alas all machines break down and sooner or later co-morbidities arise. I believe in the Protestant work ethic and the free market. I also believe it is the only thing that will save us. Keep everyone at work. Vaccines may very well make this disease a thing of the past. However, it is clear to this author that the closing of schools and the economy was not worth the price paid. If a million people get sick that means that there were 327 million other Americans that did not. The economy and the school systems handle something like this every year it is called the common cold. Old people get sick and die that is the way things are. It will be that way forever in this life unless the free market comes up with something to prevent this. Who knows what a prosperous future of peace and capitalism will bring? Should that occur pandemics will become a thing of the past, but in this present, I would hope should another pandemic arise we keep the engine of prosperity going and keep the bureaucrats in their holes. This is the nature of self-sacrifice, the old should die if it spares the young! That is also nature’s way. This pandemic was never killing the young as the data clearly shows, the economy should never have been closed nor should have the schools. QED.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-05--Americans Have Been Duped: There’s No Legal Justification for Lockdowns

“ Mass quarantines are too blunt a tool , sweeping up many people who pose no risk to the public .
Even under a declared public health emergency The rule of law stands precisely to prevent the state from depriving individuals of liberty based on irrational or exaggerated public fear .
Civil confinement of individuals who have not committed an offense is a massive deprivation of liberty that requires a clear justification beyond public fear .
Did the COVID-19 coronavirus “ epidemic ” ever pose such a threat to human life that the entire population of the world needed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in malnourished populations in 3rd world countries that are expected to have weak immunity , there are far fewer COVID-19 coronavirus-related deaths than in the U.S. , which suggests treatment-related deaths or over-reporting .
Some 380,000 worldwide Covid-19-related deaths later ( Jun 2 , 2020 ) , with intentional padding of deaths by misclassification of other lung diseases ( pneumonia , tuberculosis ) as COVID-19 coronavirus-related deaths , and mistaken mixing of COVID-19 infected transfer of patients discharged from hospitals to nursing homes that literally became catacombs for the elderly , and with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per 10,000 chance of infection , though admittedly many cases went unreported due to lack of testing ) , the other 7,893,940,000 people on the planet were quarantined to face weakened immunity ( lack of sunshine vitamin D ) , social anxiety , despair , suicide and permanent loss of employment .
The Big Nap : How We Fa ... Simon , James Buy New $ 8.97 With the public realization they have been duped , demonstrators in Italy ditched masks in protest over their government ’ s lockdown restrictions intended to slow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Public health authorities and politicians , seemingly oblivious to the fact the lack of vitamin D not only serves to explain the seasonal ( winter ) nature of the coronavirus infections and deaths , inexplicably failed to coach those individuals coming out of lockdown to prepare by taking vitamin D supplements , resulting in death rates that predictably rose due to quarantine-induced weakened immunity .
Haven ’ t we , as Americans , over the past 5 months , watched the news media in lock-step with public health authorities ( CDC ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mutated virus-induced death in order to coerce the citizenry to voluntarily enter self-imposed quarantine , and were lured into ineffective health practices ( hand washing , when the virus is spread by aerosol transmission ) , masks that do not block airborne viruses , and social distancing that did nothing to prevent high-risk groups ( diabetics , obese , autoimmune , nursing home confined individuals ) from dying of a horrible lung infection ?
Obviously , the public didn ’ t recognize the disconnect .
And haven ’ t we all learned that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , obese , autoimmune , nursing home-confined individuals , are the ones who should be targeted , isolated ( home alone ) or quarantined ( with family ) , rather than the entire population , many whom have had their livelihoods taken away for good .
Tell Me How Hand Washing , Masks , Social Distancing And Lockdown Prevent Death From A Coronavirus That Strikes Diabetics , Obese And Nursing Home Confined Americans ?
And haven ’ t we all learned , in lieu of a vaccine , that vitamins C and D @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serve to increase immunity to any and all threatening pathogenic bacteria or viruses .
And that vaccines , as efficacious as they are touted to be , still don ’ t protect from all prevalent infectious diseases ( tuberculosis , enteroviruses , coronaviruses , malaria , Epstein-Barr virus , HIV , others ) and may never protect against these diseases .
Now a counter-government group ANTIFA , which is certainly being monitored and infiltrated by federal security agencies , is wreaking havoc in the streets of America , mayhem that is being broadcast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Americans are being forced back into their homes with curfews now .
When will Americans be sent their get-out-of-jail cards ?
Cut off the TV coverage and the rioters don ’ t come out of the woodwork to steal TV sets out of Target stores in demand reparations for alleged racism ( in a country that elected a black President , suffered through a civil war to prevail over slavery and wrote a Constitution that proclaimed all men are created equal ) .
Something very sinister is underway and the savvy members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ catch up to it as it is unrolled .
pandemic : The Great In ... Banks , John M. Buy New $ 14.45 The legalities of quarantines , individual isolation and mass public lockdowns were first centered around individuals , not populations .
The disease in question was tuberculosis , not a flu virus .
Any count of COVID-19 coronavirus deaths is pale compared to tuberculosis .
Historically , tuberculosis killed Eleanor Roosevelt , Frederic Chopin and George Orwell .
According to a report in the American Journal of Roentgenology ( 2008 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TB .
Every year there are 450,000 news cases of multi-drug resistant TB .
The cure rate is 50-80 % .
More than 50 % of drug-resistant TB sufferers will die within 5 years of diagnosis .
A great effort has gone into protecting the human and legal rights of individual patients .
Once they develop the active form of TB , they must submit to six months of multi-antibiotic treatment .
The confinement of TB patients is limited by law to 180 days ( 6 months ) because that is the course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If stricken with multi-drug resistant TB , permission for the patient to matriculate in society must be curtailed .
There are many published rules of law and policy ( CDC ) regarding the confinement of individuals with tuberculosis .
Individuals with TB have far more rights than COVID-19 patients who are treated as a group .
These rules pertain to individuals , who have the right to a hearing before a judge to appeal a confinement order by public health officials .
Also , the TB patient who refuses treatment may be confined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to an article in the Health & Human Rights Journal : “ Even among the few patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis who pose a health threat to society , even incarceration of such patients as a ‘ last resort ’ is considered a violation of human rights law.
” America has ~14 million people , mostly immigrants born in foreign lands , with latent ( non-communicable TB ) that may erupt at any time into a transmissible lung disease .
These people are walking time bombs and Trojan horses for any country .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ immune system .
But a long winter without natural sunshine vitamin D and low dietary intake of zinc , selenium and vitamin C , may induce eruption of the TB bacterium .
Thimerosal : Let the Sc ... Kennedy Jr. , Robert F. Best Price : $ 18.01 Buy New $ 15.93 In 2016 there were 10.4 million new cases of TB and 1.7 million died worldwide .
TB kills more than any other infectious disease globally ( more than malaria and HIV combined ) .
And how do health authorities plan to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By improving community health conditions , sanitation , nutrition and air quality , not vaccination , which has been met with failure .
TB infected individuals are found in groups , migrants , prisoners ( 25 % of cases ) , homeless , drug users , poverty , that can be targeted rather than invoke a global lockdown and quarantine .
The proposed cure for TB is not top-down strategy but fought at the community level .
According to Ross Upshur MD , writing in Virtual Mentor ( 2003 ) on The Ethics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Isolation is restriction of movement of an infected individual for a period of time , for example , a patient who has active tuberculosis and antibiotic treatment requires six months of antibiotic treatment , which determines the length of confinement or isolation ; whereas quarantine is separation of exposed individuals who are not yet symptomatic for a period of time ( the known incubation period of a suspected pathogen ) to determine whether they develop symptoms .
Upshur identifies four principles that must be met in order to justify limitation of one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and potential harm from diseases that are spread person to person from diseases that are not ( anthrax ) ; 2 ) the least-restrictive means must be observed ; 3 ) reciprocity must be upheld ( society must assist the infected to comply with this restriction ; 4 ) transparency , that is , public health authorities must have an obligation to communicate clearly the justification for their actions and allow the process of appeal .
In regard to mass large-scale quarantine of populations , Upshur asks three major questions : • Do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of large-scale quarantine ?
• Is implementation and maintenance of large-scale quarantine feasible ?
• Do the potential benefits outweigh possible adverse consequences ?
In essence , this worldwide lockdown was unprecedented , harmed the poor to the point of disruption of supply chains that now threaten their lives via starvation ( three quarters of the human population on earth earns less than $ 5 a day ) , and the length of the lockdown has continued beyond the point of no return .
Now all the safety nets of society are crumbling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are existing on the cusp of starvation , ill-health induced by the indoor lockdown itself ( blood clots , pneumonia , anxiety , depression , and vitamin D deficiency that results in a panoply of maladies ) ; and the destruction of all safety nets in society itself ( hospital closures ; doctor ’ s office closures , shortage of medicines , etc. )
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This is inexcusable and would only be put into practice by those who use this as a societal weapon .
But without a vaccine , Lawrence O. Gostin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 , 2020 , prior to the national lockdown which was initially voluntary ) , says the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has shifted away from defending individual freedom of movement , trade and travel as well as individual human rights .
The WHO has resorted to medieval methods to prevent the spread of infectious disease to the point where quarantined populations have no jobs , businesses , or careers , let alone food , to return to after the lockdown period .
Now the freedom of movement of individuals in whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is called a cordon sanitaire , a health practice dating back to the 17th century .
The authority to order a cordon sanitaire is delegated to state and local agencies , the federal government having limited powers , says Gostin .
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Best Price : $ 8.32 Buy New $ 14.48 In 2014 the American Constitution Society published a report concerning State Quarantine Powers Under The Constitution , by Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrote : “ New reports ( propaganda ) says government has right to quarantine To the contrary , a report in the Washington Post ( Feb 25 , 2020 ) entitled “ The government can quarantine you for coronavirus , and there ’ s almost nothing you can do about it , ” states the CDC regulations “ give health officials broad authority to quarantine anyone is isolate anyone ‘ reasonably believed ’ to have been exposed to a range of maladies , including cholera , infectious tuberculosis and flu ’ s that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power is rooted in the Constitution ’ s Commerce Clause that allows Congress to regulate foreign and interstate business .
Quarantine involves the temporary confinement of people who may have been exposed to a disease but haven developed symptoms ; isolation separates people who are infected with a disease until they are no longer contagious.
” However , most legal discussions over quarantine refer to an individual , such as a person who has active tuberculosis .
How Not To Die With Tr ... Henriques , Tiago Best Price : $ 18.23 Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employed for some time , such as when passengers on an airplane sitting within two rows of a subject with active TB are traced and tested for TB .
But now under guise of a coronavirus epidemic that is highly infectious but is only lethal to high risk individuals ( diabetics , nursing home patients , healthcare workers , Blacks ) mandatory contact tracing legislation via cell phone movement whether there is an epidemic in play or not , has been submitted to Congress , entirely removing the right to privacy in society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Poynter Institute , writes that mass quarantines “ could be effective tools for preventing the transmission of a disease that fits – at a minimum – two biological conditions : • It is often infectious before symptoms appear ( COVID-19 coronavirus ) • It is deadly or has other serious medical consequences Poynter goes on to say it is useless to fight government over this because it has legal authority .
“ Breakage of a federal quarantine is punishable by a fine or imprisonment , according to the CDC , ” says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to is , once again , over individuals , not the entire population .
Tompkins notes that 27 % of states delegate the power to quarantine to state authorities ; 18 % of states give some power to local governments and the remaining 55 % delegate to both .
State quarantine and isolation statutes can be accessed online .
Financial incentives if quarantines go overboard A National Institutes of Health study says quarantine laws have to have incentives , measures to ensure job security if you are barred from going to work , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan so governments don ’ t go overboard .
Right now , only about 20 % of states have any kind of job protection provisions in times of quarantines .
Again , this refers to the quarantine or isolation of an individual , not populations .
The NIH report concluded : “ The current state level quarantine laws and regulations are outdated and insufficient to support an effective quarantine in present times.
” ( Journal Public Health Management & Practice July 1 , 2019 .
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These excess TB cases are predicted to result in 1.4 million more TB deaths !
Inoculate with vitamin D , not some viral particle We have forgotten the medical and health lessons of the past .
American physician Dr. Harry Ingersoll Bowditch advocated fresh air outdoor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with lung infections .
That was in an era prior to the discovery of vitamin D ( 1922 by Sir Edward Mellanby ) .
After vitamin D was synthesized , it was narrowly used to treat rickets ( soft bones ) , cod liver oil being a source in lieu of sunlight .
In the 1930s vitamin D became available as a food supplement and it was added to milk .
The rickets plague was over .
But physicians , thrilled with this discovery , failed to note rickets patients were also riddled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010 for researcher Michael F. Holick , writing in Public Health Reviews , to describe the lack of vitamin D deficiency as a “ pandemic , ” suggesting much larger doses be added to foods or taken as supplements to prevent infectious diseases as well as a long list of other maladies .
The problem is , modern medicine has intentionally ignored or resisted full resolution of this pandemic as it got hooked on treating disease rather than preventing it .
The world should be inoculating with vitamin D , not viral particles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves .
The World Health Organization has become a draconian institution , which along with the Centers for Disease Control , has become the handmaiden of pharmaceutical companies in proffering vaccination as the sole preventive measure for infectious disease .
A spokesperson for WHO says the COVID-19 coronavirus may never go away .

“Mass quarantines are too blunt a tool, sweeping up many people
who pose no risk to the public.
Even under a declared public health emergency .” The rule of law stands precisely to prevent the state
from depriving individuals of liberty based on
irrational or exaggerated public fear. Civil confinement of individuals who have not committed an offense
is a massive deprivation of liberty that requires
a clear justification beyond public fear. –Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman, law professors at Georgetown University
Did the COVID-19 coronavirus “epidemic” ever pose such a threat to human life that the entire population of the world needed to be locked down and quarantined? Even in malnourished populations in 3rd world countries that are expected to have weak immunity, there are far fewer COVID-19 coronavirus-related deaths than in the U.S., which suggests treatment-related deaths or over-reporting.
Some 380,000 worldwide Covid-19-related deaths later (Jun 2, 2020), with intentional padding of deaths by misclassification of other lung diseases (pneumonia, tuberculosis) as COVID-19 coronavirus-related deaths, and mistaken mixing of COVID-19 infected transfer of patients discharged from hospitals to nursing homes that literally became catacombs for the elderly, and with only 6,060,000 laboratory confirmed cases (7.6 per 10,000 chance of infection, though admittedly many cases went unreported due to lack of testing), the other 7,893,940,000 people on the planet were quarantined to face weakened immunity (lack of sunshine vitamin D), social anxiety, despair, suicide and permanent loss of employment. The Big Nap: How We Fa... Simon, James Buy New $8.97 (as of 02:45 UTC - Details)
With the public realization they have been duped, demonstrators in Italy ditched masks in protest over their government’s lockdown restrictions intended to slow the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infections.
Public health authorities and politicians, seemingly oblivious to the fact the lack of vitamin D not only serves to explain the seasonal (winter) nature of the coronavirus infections and deaths, inexplicably failed to coach those individuals coming out of lockdown to prepare by taking vitamin D supplements, resulting in death rates that predictably rose due to quarantine-induced weakened immunity.
Haven’t we, as Americans, over the past 5 months, watched the news media in lock-step with public health authorities (CDC) and politicians, heighten public fear of a mutated virus-induced death in order to coerce the citizenry to voluntarily enter self-imposed quarantine, and were lured into ineffective health practices (hand washing, when the virus is spread by aerosol transmission), masks that do not block airborne viruses, and social distancing that did nothing to prevent high-risk groups (diabetics, obese, autoimmune, nursing home confined individuals) from dying of a horrible lung infection?
Obviously, the public didn’t recognize the disconnect.
And haven’t we all learned that high-risk COVID-19 candidates, such as diabetics, obese, autoimmune, nursing home-confined individuals, are the ones who should be targeted, isolated (home alone) or quarantined (with family), rather than the entire population, many whom have had their livelihoods taken away for good.
Tell Me How Hand Washing, Masks, Social Distancing And Lockdown Prevent Death From A Coronavirus That Strikes Diabetics, Obese And Nursing Home Confined Americans?
And haven’t we all learned, in lieu of a vaccine, that vitamins C and D and trace minerals zinc and selenium, serve to increase immunity to any and all threatening pathogenic bacteria or viruses. And that vaccines, as efficacious as they are touted to be, still don’t protect from all prevalent infectious diseases (tuberculosis, enteroviruses, coronaviruses, malaria, Epstein-Barr virus, HIV, others) and may never protect against these diseases.
Now a counter-government group ANTIFA, which is certainly being monitored and infiltrated by federal security agencies, is wreaking havoc in the streets of America, mayhem that is being broadcast on TV which encourages others to riot. Americans are being forced back into their homes with curfews now. When will Americans be sent their get-out-of-jail cards?
Cut off the TV coverage and the rioters don’t come out of the woodwork to steal TV sets out of Target stores in demand reparations for alleged racism (in a country that elected a black President, suffered through a civil war to prevail over slavery and wrote a Constitution that proclaimed all men are created equal).
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Legalities of quarantines, lockdown and isolation
The legalities of quarantines, individual isolation and mass public lockdowns were first centered around individuals, not populations.
The disease in question was tuberculosis, not a flu virus.
Any count of COVID-19 coronavirus deaths is pale compared to tuberculosis. Historically, tuberculosis killed Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederic Chopin and George Orwell. According to a report in the American Journal of Roentgenology (2008), two billion people are infected with TB. Every year there are 450,000 news cases of multi-drug resistant TB. The cure rate is 50-80%. More than 50% of drug-resistant TB sufferers will die within 5 years of diagnosis.
A great effort has gone into protecting the human and legal rights of individual patients. Once they develop the active form of TB, they must submit to six months of multi-antibiotic treatment. The confinement of TB patients is limited by law to 180 days (6 months) because that is the course of antibiotics to effect a cure. If stricken with multi-drug resistant TB, permission for the patient to matriculate in society must be curtailed.
There are many published rules of law and policy (CDC) regarding the confinement of individuals with tuberculosis. Individuals with TB have far more rights than COVID-19 patients who are treated as a group.
These rules pertain to individuals, who have the right to a hearing before a judge to appeal a confinement order by public health officials. Also, the TB patient who refuses treatment may be confined to coerce them to take antibiotics.
According to an article in the Health & Human Rights Journal: “Even among the few patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis who pose a health threat to society, even incarceration of such patients as a ‘last resort’ is considered a violation of human rights law.”
America has ~14 million people, mostly immigrants born in foreign lands, with latent (non-communicable TB) that may erupt at any time into a transmissible lung disease. These people are walking time bombs and Trojan horses for any country. Their disease is kept dormant by their immune system. But a long winter without natural sunshine vitamin D and low dietary intake of zinc, selenium and vitamin C, may induce eruption of the TB bacterium.
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Rationale for isolation of TB patients
According to Ross Upshur MD, writing in Virtual Mentor (2003) on The Ethics of Quarantine, distinguishes quarantine from isolation. Isolation is restriction of movement of an infected individual for a period of time, for example, a patient who has active tuberculosis and antibiotic treatment requires six months of antibiotic treatment, which determines the length of confinement or isolation; whereas quarantine is separation of exposed individuals who are not yet symptomatic for a period of time (the known incubation period of a suspected pathogen) to determine whether they develop symptoms.
Upshur identifies four principles that must be met in order to justify limitation of one’s autonomy:
1) clear and potential harm from diseases that are spread person to person from diseases that are not (anthrax);
2) the least-restrictive means must be observed;
3) reciprocity must be upheld (society must assist the infected to comply with this restriction;
4) transparency, that is, public health authorities must have an obligation to communicate clearly the justification for their actions and allow the process of appeal.
Rationale for lockdown of entire populations
In regard to mass large-scale quarantine of populations, Upshur asks three major questions:
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In essence, this worldwide lockdown was unprecedented, harmed the poor to the point of disruption of supply chains that now threaten their lives via starvation (three quarters of the human population on earth earns less than $5 a day), and the length of the lockdown has continued beyond the point of no return.
Now all the safety nets of society are crumbling to the point where many human populations are existing on the cusp of starvation, ill-health induced by the indoor lockdown itself (blood clots, pneumonia, anxiety, depression, and vitamin D deficiency that results in a panoply of maladies); and the destruction of all safety nets in society itself (hospital closures; doctor’s office closures, shortage of medicines, etc.). This is inexcusable and would only be put into practice by those who use this as a societal weapon.
Quarantine called a “blunt instrument.”
But without a vaccine, Lawrence O. Gostin, writing in HEALTH AFFAIRS (March 10, 2020, prior to the national lockdown which was initially voluntary), says the World Health Organization (WHO) has shifted away from defending individual freedom of movement, trade and travel as well as individual human rights.
The WHO has resorted to medieval methods to prevent the spread of infectious disease to the point where quarantined populations have no jobs, businesses, or careers, let alone food, to return to after the lockdown period. Now the freedom of movement of individuals in whole cities and countries would be restricted, what is called a cordon sanitaire, a health practice dating back to the 17th century. The authority to order a cordon sanitaire is delegated to state and local agencies, the federal government having limited powers, says Gostin.
Gostin writes:
“A mass cordon sanitaire would violate state public health statutes, as well as core constitutional safeguards. Courts certainly would uphold well-targeted isolation (individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 aka COVID-19) or quarantine (individuals known to be exposed), but large-scale restrictions of liberty would be overbroad and disproportionate. Civil commitment of persons with mental illness is an apt model. The Supreme Court calls civil commitment a “massive curtailment of liberty,” requiring individualized risk assessments based on clear and convincing evidence. Quarantine for tuberculosis, as one court explained, “impinges on the right to ‘liberty, full and complete liberty,’ no less than involuntary commitment for being mentally ill.” States must also demonstrate no less restrictive alternative exists and guarantee due process of law.
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“Mass quarantines are too blunt a tool, sweeping up many people who pose no risk to the public. Even under a declared public health emergency, it is hard to envisage the courts upholding such a far-reaching restriction of liberty.”
In 2014 the American Constitution Society published a report concerning State Quarantine Powers Under The Constitution, by Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman, law professors at Georgetown University. They wrote: “
But the rule of law stands precisely to prevent the state from depriving individuals of liberty based on irrational or exaggerated public fear. Legal standards on the state’s police powers to protect the public’s health and safety are well developed. Civil confinement of individuals who have not committed an offense is a massive deprivation of liberty that requires a clear justification beyond public fear. State statutes and constitutional law require sound scientific evidence of significant risk, reflecting a delicate balance between public health and civil liberties. Current quarantines (and calls for travel bans) are reminiscent of 19th Century views of walling off borders, which is impossible in a modern globalized world. Although the states undoubtedly have the authority to issue quarantine orders, the Supreme Court has set clear standards for civil confinement, recognizing that quarantines implicate fundamental liberty interests. It is not enough that the individual belongs to a class of people who could present a risk.
New reports (propaganda) says government has right to quarantine
To the contrary, a report in the Washington Post (Feb 25, 2020) entitled “The government can quarantine you for coronavirus, and there’s almost nothing you can do about it,” states the CDC regulations “give health officials broad authority to quarantine anyone is isolate anyone ‘reasonably believed’ to have been exposed to a range of maladies, including cholera, infectious tuberculosis and flu’s that can cause a pandemic. This exceptional power is rooted in the Constitution’s Commerce Clause that allows Congress to regulate foreign and interstate business. Quarantine involves the temporary confinement of people who may have been exposed to a disease but haven developed symptoms; isolation separates people who are infected with a disease until they are no longer contagious.”
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Contact tracing
Contact tracing has been employed for some time, such as when passengers on an airplane sitting within two rows of a subject with active TB are traced and tested for TB. But now under guise of a coronavirus epidemic that is highly infectious but is only lethal to high risk individuals (diabetics, nursing home patients, healthcare workers, Blacks) mandatory contact tracing legislation via cell phone movement whether there is an epidemic in play or not, has been submitted to Congress, entirely removing the right to privacy in society.
Quarantine vs. Isolation
Al Tompkins, senior faculty at the Poynter Institute, writes that mass quarantines “could be effective tools for preventing the transmission of a disease that fits – at a minimum – two biological conditions:
It is often infectious before symptoms appear (COVID-19 coronavirus) It is deadly or has other serious medical consequences
Poynter goes on to say it is useless to fight government over this because it has legal authority. “Breakage of a federal quarantine is punishable by a fine or imprisonment, according to the CDC,” says Tompkins. But that authority Tompkins refers to is, once again, over individuals, not the entire population.
Tompkins notes that 27% of states delegate the power to quarantine to state authorities; 18% of states give some power to local governments and the remaining 55% delegate to both. State quarantine and isolation statutes can be accessed online.
Financial incentives if quarantines go overboard
A National Institutes of Health study says quarantine laws have to have incentives, measures to ensure job security if you are barred from going to work, and there should be a tiered enforcement plan so governments don’t go overboard. Right now, only about 20% of states have any kind of job protection provisions in times of quarantines. Again, this refers to the quarantine or isolation of an individual, not populations.
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Lockdown will result in more disease
Lucica Ditiu, director of the STOP TB Partnership says she is sickened by research that predicted millions more people are now expected to contract the disease (TB) as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. These excess TB cases are predicted to result in 1.4 million more TB deaths!
Inoculate with vitamin D, not some viral particle
We have forgotten the medical and health lessons of the past. American physician Dr. Harry Ingersoll Bowditch advocated fresh air outdoor treatment, even in winter for patients with lung infections. That was in an era prior to the discovery of vitamin D (1922 by Sir Edward Mellanby). After vitamin D was synthesized, it was narrowly used to treat rickets (soft bones), cod liver oil being a source in lieu of sunlight. In the 1930s vitamin D became available as a food supplement and it was added to milk. The rickets plague was over. But physicians, thrilled with this discovery, failed to note rickets patients were also riddled with infectious disease.
It took till 2010 for researcher Michael F. Holick, writing in Public Health Reviews, to describe the lack of vitamin D deficiency as a “pandemic,” suggesting much larger doses be added to foods or taken as supplements to prevent infectious diseases as well as a long list of other maladies. The problem is, modern medicine has intentionally ignored or resisted full resolution of this pandemic as it got hooked on treating disease rather than preventing it. The world should be inoculating with vitamin D, not viral particles that are a little bit of disease themselves.
The World Health Organization has become a draconian institution, which along with the Centers for Disease Control, has become the handmaiden of pharmaceutical companies in proffering vaccination as the sole preventive measure for infectious disease.
A spokesperson for WHO says the COVID-19 coronavirus may never go away.


lewrockwell--2020-06-05--COVID-19 and Riots: the Operational Connections

Protests against the lockdowns were expanding .
The public-health measures ( distancing , isolation , masks ) were being attacked from all sides , as unnecessary , useless , overbearing , and unscientific .
Many mainstream researchers , doctors , and even public health officials were exposing the fact that the pandemic was no pandemic at all .
The adjusted case and death numbers didn ’ t warrant excessive concern .
It was becoming obvious that the players setting the COVID agenda were there simply because they had been appointed to high posts ; not because they were perceptive or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID was political .
On top of all this , economies were beginning to re-open ; for the public , that was the main focus , not the threat of catching a disease .
Fake News and the Mani ... Mooney , Carla Best Price : $ 29.94 Buy New $ 29.95 There was a great need for an operational shift .
How and why didn ’ t particularly matter , as long as the populace was riveted by some new catastrophe .
This shift would also stall the economic engine ( again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mountain of lies about COVID , the core at the center of it WAS an economic attack .
And now it ’ s been done .
All across America .
Riots , burning , looting , violence , race conflict , curfews .
A new reason for a different form of lockdown .
The daily protests in the streets overtake and replace the former protests against the COVID lockdown .
Television news producers wipe all the COVID coverage off one side of the screen , and bring riot coverage in from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s exactly like theatrical scene shifts on stage , between act one and act two of a play , as the crew rapidly moves flats and props while the certain is down .
Elite Global planners like Bill Gates obviously think this is their moment .
Under the pretext of the COVID story they ’ ve created , they want to install the next phase of their technocratic Brave New World .
Planetary surveillance , at a level that supersedes the present system—deploying thousands of new satellites—is the leading edge of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in order to mount an early warning system for new pandemics.
” Kicking technocracy into a higher gear requires sustaining the COVID fairy tale .
Since that tale was falling apart , hide it under the storm of the George Floyd riots and protests sweeping across America .
Covering one operation with another is standard business in the covert ops field .
The 9/11 attacks in 2001 were , as planned , followed by justified wars against Afghanistan and Iraq .
“ That ’ s where the terrorists have their bases.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in place the false 9/11 narrative and guaranteed that narrative a place in history .
Among other purposes , the Great Depression of the 1930s covered and buried the planned 1929 crash of the stock market .
The Invisible Enemy Garrett , Mr. Gregory L ... Buy New $ 26.94 Consider this fictional illustration .
In an area of forest 30 miles from a town , people discover a large patch of dead trees .
Some have fallen over .
Others , leafless and gray , are still standing .
At first , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s obvious the patch is growing larger .
More trees are falling down .
More branches and leaves are drying up and dropping on the ground .
This event is an operation .
It needs a second operation to cover it .
And here it is : The town newspaper , aided by pronouncements from local officials , runs a story about a fire .
There was a fire in that part of the forest .
It was “ so severe and hot , its effects are still being felt.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause of the fire .
It was a lightning hit .
Someone set a blaze , using flammable liquid that burned at an exceptionally high temperature .
Drug dealers fought with one another and burned up the drugs .
Actually , six months ago , a town firm that secretly sells a dangerous and illegal pesticide , believing they were about to get busted , sent employees with drums of the poison into the forest to dump them .
That ’ s what happened .
That was the first operation .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is now so ingrained in minds , few people will consider there was no fire…THERE HAD TO BE A FIRE .
And just to make sure , agents of the pesticide company now set a few fires in the surrounding area of mountains .
The town paper runs a story : “ Who is setting ALL THESE fires ?
” One operation covers another .
Hate Crime Hoax : How t ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 11.58 Buy New $ 17.27 There are different variations on this central theme .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to justify or explain the first one .
Sometimes the second op simply smothers the first one .
Regardless , covers work .
They ’ re used .
They grab attention , cause fear , shift focus away from an op that is running out of steam or is about to be exposed .
In the middle of a city , a great edifice stands .
It took a hundred years to build .
Every day , when citizens pass by it , they salute , they leave offerings , they even kneel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understood that this magnificent structure will last forever .
But one day , people notice one wall is beginning to crumble .
Stones have been falling out .
There are holes .
And when people peer in , they see empty dusty rooms , and smell acrid odors .
This news must be spread to the populace .
But suddenly , out of nowhere , a great mob appears .
They ’ re carrying torches and setting fire to other structures .
Run .
Hide .
THIS is a terrible threat .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundred years of deception .
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The COVID-19 operation was fraying badly:
Protests against the lockdowns were expanding.
The public-health measures (distancing, isolation, masks) were being attacked from all sides, as unnecessary, useless, overbearing, and unscientific.
Many mainstream researchers, doctors, and even public health officials were exposing the fact that the pandemic was no pandemic at all. The adjusted case and death numbers didn’t warrant excessive concern.
It was becoming obvious that the players setting the COVID agenda were there simply because they had been appointed to high posts; not because they were perceptive or honest scientists. In other words, COVID was political.
On top of all this, economies were beginning to re-open; for the public, that was the main focus, not the threat of catching a disease. Fake News and the Mani... Mooney, Carla Best Price: $29.94 Buy New $29.95 (as of 04:43 UTC - Details)
There was a great need for an operational shift. How and why didn’t particularly matter, as long as the populace was riveted by some new catastrophe.
This shift would also stall the economic engine (again). After all, stripping away the mountain of lies about COVID, the core at the center of it WAS an economic attack.
And now it’s been done. All across America. Riots, burning, looting, violence, race conflict, curfews.
A new reason for a different form of lockdown.
The daily protests in the streets overtake and replace the former protests against the COVID lockdown.
One operation covers another.
Television news producers wipe all the COVID coverage off one side of the screen, and bring riot coverage in from the other side of the screen. It’s exactly like theatrical scene shifts on stage, between act one and act two of a play, as the crew rapidly moves flats and props while the certain is down.
Elite Global planners like Bill Gates obviously think this is their moment. Under the pretext of the COVID story they’ve created, they want to install the next phase of their technocratic Brave New World.
Planetary surveillance, at a level that supersedes the present system—deploying thousands of new satellites—is the leading edge of this phase. “We must do it, in order to mount an early warning system for new pandemics.”
Kicking technocracy into a higher gear requires sustaining the COVID fairy tale. Since that tale was falling apart, hide it under the storm of the George Floyd riots and protests sweeping across America.
Covering one operation with another is standard business in the covert ops field. The 9/11 attacks in 2001 were, as planned, followed by justified wars against Afghanistan and Iraq. “That’s where the terrorists have their bases.” Among other purposes, the wars cemented in place the false 9/11 narrative and guaranteed that narrative a place in history.
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Consider this fictional illustration. In an area of forest 30 miles from a town, people discover a large patch of dead trees. Some have fallen over. Others, leafless and gray, are still standing. At first, no one takes action. Then, it’s obvious the patch is growing larger. More trees are falling down. More branches and leaves are drying up and dropping on the ground.
This event is an operation.
It needs a second operation to cover it. And here it is:
The town newspaper, aided by pronouncements from local officials, runs a story about a fire. There was a fire in that part of the forest. It was “so severe and hot, its effects are still being felt.” NOW, people begin arguing about the cause of the fire. It was a lightning hit. Someone set a blaze, using flammable liquid that burned at an exceptionally high temperature. Drug dealers fought with one another and burned up the drugs.
Actually, six months ago, a town firm that secretly sells a dangerous and illegal pesticide, believing they were about to get busted, sent employees with drums of the poison into the forest to dump them. That’s what happened. That was the first operation.
But the second op, the fire story, is now so ingrained in minds, few people will consider there was no fire…THERE HAD TO BE A FIRE.
And just to make sure, agents of the pesticide company now set a few fires in the surrounding area of mountains. The town paper runs a story: “Who is setting ALL THESE fires?”
One operation covers another. Hate Crime Hoax: How t... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $11.58 Buy New $17.27 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details)
There are different variations on this central theme. Sometimes the second op is laid on to justify or explain the first one. Sometimes the second op simply smothers the first one.
Regardless, covers work. They’re used. They grab attention, cause fear, shift focus away from an op that is running out of steam or is about to be exposed.
In the middle of a city, a great edifice stands. It took a hundred years to build. Every day, when citizens pass by it, they salute, they leave offerings, they even kneel and pray. It’s clearly understood that this magnificent structure will last forever.
But one day, people notice one wall is beginning to crumble. Stones have been falling out. There are holes. And when people peer in, they see empty dusty rooms, and smell acrid odors. This news must be spread to the populace.
But suddenly, out of nowhere, a great mob appears. They’re carrying torches and setting fire to other structures.
Run. Hide. THIS is a terrible threat. This is the true crisis. Not the hundred years of deception.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-05--Martial Law, Fraud, Beatings, Police Goons, Riots, Property Destruction, and Looting: Enough Is Enou

Martial Law, Fraud, Beatings, Police Goons, Riots, Property Destruction, and Looting: Enough Is Enough

“ Returning hate for hate multiplies hate , adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars .
Darkness can not drive out darkness ; only light can do that .
Hate can not drive out hate ; only love can do that.
” ~ Martin Luther King , Jr. — A Gift of Love : Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings ” .
Revolution my ass !
What is happening in this country is a structured and long-planned chaos meant to use every tactic from fake viruses to staged riots by pathetic societal criminals in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyranny , and more civil unrest .
This is done so that government instilled forcible control over the entire population is possible .
Anyone still acting or reacting to any partisan nonsense and lies is either ignorant beyond recognition , or is simply without intellect .
Pro-Trump and anti-Trump are both lost in stupidity .
The reality of the future is much more important than these political beasts and false arguments by any group claiming to be treated unfairly or claiming to be special .
No one is more special than any other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Real racism knows no boundary of color , as any humans that harm others strictly due to culture differences are racists , whether they commit any physical act or promote those acts .
Disobedience and Democ ... Zinn , Howard Best Price : $ 41.44 Buy New $ 18.00 All lives matter , and I will never apologize due to any pressure from anyone because I happen to think of humanity as individuals , not members of minorities , groups of self-interested people , or due to obvious racial differences .
Those that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racist , those that claim special status due to the color of their skin are wrong , and behaving as racists , and those that promote racial status as reason to act without responsibility for their actions are also racist .
I was taught to treat every person on earth exactly the same , and to always follow the Golden Rule , and therefore I never see color except for the obvious reason that it exists naturally .
Individuals should be treated with respect and love unless they do something to not deserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ None should claim any right to special or unique treatment due only to color .
This is only a tactic meant to gain notoriety or sympathy for simply being different than someone else , and those differences are purely accidental from the time of birth .
All of us , regardless of any of our differences are being played and used as fodder for the gain of the one percent ruling class , and all those rioting , looting , destroying property , and harming their neighbors are simply being used as pawns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of humanity through global control methods .
By acting as wild animals without any regard for civil or moral behavior , these low-life hooligans are doing exactly as they have been programmed to do by the very forces that they claim to hate .
This irony is exposed due to total stupidity .
The worst criminals today are those holding government power , those enablers and enforcers of government that are targeting the innocent , and any and all police allowing the destruction of this country due to orders .
Those ignorant misguided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others is okay because they are allowed to do so without consequence should also be taken down .
All of these people should be stopped , and every politician participating in any manner whatsoever to allow this criminal behavior should be removed from office immediately and prosecuted .
Any police or enforcement arm , whether state or federal , should also be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for any violent act against any innocent citizen , whether forcing home imprisonment , disallowance or restriction of natural rights , allowing rioting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of aggression against any person that is acting in a peaceful manner .
Civil Disobedience Thoreau , Henry David Best Price : $ 7.28 Buy New $ 5.99 At this point , every citizen should understand that protecting their natural rights to life and liberty , and to defending themselves from violent harm , fall on their shoulders , because the state and its enforcement goons are now the real enemy of freedom and individual sovereignty .
This fact is brutally obvious considering recent times , and all should consider the consequences of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives and the lives of their families .
What the ruling class is seeking is a global takeover of world economics , of monetary systems , and of all health and medical care , in order to gain total control of general populations .
The U.S. seems to be the leader of this plot , but the controlling elements are in every major country and are all involved in this coup .
While all of these purposely-manufactured crises are meant to create chaos , this chaos is exactly what those in power need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pitting all of us against each other , the resulting civil war will necessarily bring about the state ’ s desired want for military rule through martial law .
Once implemented , all individual rights will be eliminated , as a new societal structure will be implemented .
The economy has been purposely destroyed in order to usher in a new world system .
This economic destruction has made the citizenry even more dependent , and this alone will allow for much additional control .
That control has already begun , and propaganda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high gear , with calls for total surveillance , tracking , mandated behavior concerning distancing and masks , control of all travel , immunity passports ( papers ) , and control of all business .
Most small and medium sized businesses have been nearly eliminated , so now the big players that control economies have little or no competition , allowing them in the future to control most all goods and services .
Food production and distribution have been decimated , setting the stage for GMO food companies to not only prosper and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural agriculture , leaving those that are not self-sufficient to depend on tainted and poisonous food supplies .
Crimes of Dissent : Civ ... Lovell , Jarret S. Best Price : $ 14.00 Buy New $ 26.81 All public and most private health services , which were already completely inadequate and based on treatment and drug delivery instead of healing , have become irrelevant considering real health prevention and natural treatment .
Global vaccination , which will cause disastrous health effects , is in the works and will most likely begin to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , and this could lead to tracking implants , including the ability for government to control all aspects of life at the personal , economic , and monetary level .
This could also lead to a social scoring system meant to restrict any liberty or movement due to any non-compliance with state mandates .
All that has happened has been foretold by those who created this fraud .
First it was the fake pandemic , then the quarantine , and then the lockdowns .
The economy was destroyed , businesses closed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and rationing and higher prices became imminent .
When the scam of the coronavirus could no longer stand factual scrutiny , the next tactic was to create reason for rioting , looting , and property destruction , and then allow it to happen without state resistance , and in fact with state acceptance .
The next created crisis will be the second phase of the non-existent virus , and that has been openly admitted to since the beginning .
Once the next wave is put into play , forced vaccination will become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been mostly achieved .
So is this our future ?
Are the people of this country completely oblivious to what is actually happening , and that they are causing their own enslavement ?
The reaction of the general populace to all that has happened this year has been just as planned by the ruling class .
Every step of the way , every crisis , and every fear has been manufactured and plotted , and by obediently following the orders of the political monsters , Americans have been deceived and led to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up very soon to this plot , the road to serfdom will be their destiny .
“ Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world , in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity , and war and cruelty .
Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves , and all the while the grand thieves are running the country.
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“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr. — A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”.
Revolution my ass! What is happening in this country is a structured and long-planned chaos meant to use every tactic from fake viruses to staged riots by pathetic societal criminals in order to allow for more lockdowns, more tyranny, and more civil unrest. This is done so that government instilled forcible control over the entire population is possible. Anyone still acting or reacting to any partisan nonsense and lies is either ignorant beyond recognition, or is simply without intellect. Pro-Trump and anti-Trump are both lost in stupidity. The reality of the future is much more important than these political beasts and false arguments by any group claiming to be treated unfairly or claiming to be special. No one is more special than any other regardless of color or cultural difference. Real racism knows no boundary of color, as any humans that harm others strictly due to culture differences are racists, whether they commit any physical act or promote those acts.
Disobedience and Democ... Zinn, Howard Best Price: $41.44 Buy New $18.00 (as of 02:47 UTC - Details) All lives matter, and I will never apologize due to any pressure from anyone because I happen to think of humanity as individuals, not members of minorities, groups of self-interested people, or due to obvious racial differences. Those that act on hate due to culture are racist, those that claim special status due to the color of their skin are wrong, and behaving as racists, and those that promote racial status as reason to act without responsibility for their actions are also racist. I was taught to treat every person on earth exactly the same, and to always follow the Golden Rule, and therefore I never see color except for the obvious reason that it exists naturally. Individuals should be treated with respect and love unless they do something to not deserve that treatment, regardless of culture. None should claim any right to special or unique treatment due only to color. This is only a tactic meant to gain notoriety or sympathy for simply being different than someone else, and those differences are purely accidental from the time of birth.
All of us, regardless of any of our differences are being played and used as fodder for the gain of the one percent ruling class, and all those rioting, looting, destroying property, and harming their neighbors are simply being used as pawns for those wishing to take over all of humanity through global control methods. By acting as wild animals without any regard for civil or moral behavior, these low-life hooligans are doing exactly as they have been programmed to do by the very forces that they claim to hate. This irony is exposed due to total stupidity.
The worst criminals today are those holding government power, those enablers and enforcers of government that are targeting the innocent, and any and all police allowing the destruction of this country due to orders. Those ignorant misguided mobs that believe committing criminal acts against others is okay because they are allowed to do so without consequence should also be taken down. All of these people should be stopped, and every politician participating in any manner whatsoever to allow this criminal behavior should be removed from office immediately and prosecuted. Any police or enforcement arm, whether state or federal, should also be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for any violent act against any innocent citizen, whether forcing home imprisonment, disallowance or restriction of natural rights, allowing rioting and looting, or for any act of aggression against any person that is acting in a peaceful manner. Civil Disobedience Thoreau, Henry David Best Price: $7.28 Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:47 UTC - Details)
At this point, every citizen should understand that protecting their natural rights to life and liberty, and to defending themselves from violent harm, fall on their shoulders, because the state and its enforcement goons are now the real enemy of freedom and individual sovereignty. This fact is brutally obvious considering recent times, and all should consider the consequences of not taking personal responsibility for their own lives and the lives of their families.
What the ruling class is seeking is a global takeover of world economics, of monetary systems, and of all health and medical care, in order to gain total control of general populations. The U.S. seems to be the leader of this plot, but the controlling elements are in every major country and are all involved in this coup. While all of these purposely-manufactured crises are meant to create chaos, this chaos is exactly what those in power need in order to control societies. By pitting all of us against each other, the resulting civil war will necessarily bring about the state’s desired want for military rule through martial law. Once implemented, all individual rights will be eliminated, as a new societal structure will be implemented.
The economy has been purposely destroyed in order to usher in a new world system. This economic destruction has made the citizenry even more dependent, and this alone will allow for much additional control. That control has already begun, and propaganda used to sway the public is in high gear, with calls for total surveillance, tracking, mandated behavior concerning distancing and masks, control of all travel, immunity passports (papers), and control of all business. Most small and medium sized businesses have been nearly eliminated, so now the big players that control economies have little or no competition, allowing them in the future to control most all goods and services. Food production and distribution have been decimated, setting the stage for GMO food companies to not only prosper and profit, but to take over all natural agriculture, leaving those that are not self-sufficient to depend on tainted and poisonous food supplies. Crimes of Dissent: Civ... Lovell, Jarret S. Best Price: $14.00 Buy New $26.81 (as of 02:47 UTC - Details)
All public and most private health services, which were already completely inadequate and based on treatment and drug delivery instead of healing, have become irrelevant considering real health prevention and natural treatment. Global vaccination, which will cause disastrous health effects, is in the works and will most likely begin to be administered in the next few months or so, and this could lead to tracking implants, including the ability for government to control all aspects of life at the personal, economic, and monetary level. This could also lead to a social scoring system meant to restrict any liberty or movement due to any non-compliance with state mandates.
All that has happened has been foretold by those who created this fraud. First it was the fake pandemic, then the quarantine, and then the lockdowns. The economy was destroyed, businesses closed by “law,” mass unemployment followed, and rationing and higher prices became imminent. When the scam of the coronavirus could no longer stand factual scrutiny, the next tactic was to create reason for rioting, looting, and property destruction, and then allow it to happen without state resistance, and in fact with state acceptance. The next created crisis will be the second phase of the non-existent virus, and that has been openly admitted to since the beginning. Once the next wave is put into play, forced vaccination will become reality, and complete control will have been mostly achieved.
So is this our future? Are the people of this country completely oblivious to what is actually happening, and that they are causing their own enslavement? The reaction of the general populace to all that has happened this year has been just as planned by the ruling class. Every step of the way, every crisis, and every fear has been manufactured and plotted, and by obediently following the orders of the political monsters, Americans have been deceived and led to their own destruction. Unless the people wake up very soon to this plot, the road to serfdom will be their destiny.
“Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world, in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running the country.”
~ Howard Zinn, “The Problem is Civil Obedience” (November 1970)
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On Racism

If white people are racist , how was Obama twice elected president of the United States ?
That such questions do not occur to those shouting “ white racism ” indicates weak minds , the presence of anti-whites out to make mischief , and people who speak on the basis of an unexamined assumption that has been drilled into their heads .
The unexamined question is : Are white people racist by nature ?
Those who say whites are racist by nature simultaneously claim that hundreds of thousands of Lincoln ’ s soldiers died in order to free black people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the North carried on a relentless long war against white people in the South for the benefit of black people .
It is these same racist white people who passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act 56 years ago and permitted the establishment of racial quotas and contract set-asides for blacks that gave blacks rights and privileges that white people do not have .
Taboo : 10 Facts You Ca ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 16.01 Buy New $ 20.40 If white people are so racist , how can it be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd ’ s death from police violence and some joined the protests ?
Either white people are racist by nature or they aren ’ t racist by nature .
If whites are not racist by nature , how can it be that the New York Times is leading the rewriting of American history with its 1619 Project that explains the United States as a country founded on the racism of white people ?
Such questions do not occur to Anthony DiMaggio who writes for CounterPunch —Revolution , Not Riots .
DiMaggio repeats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death at the hands of Minneapolis—thank God not Southern—police is another sign of the structural violence against people of color .
So what is police violence against white people ?
Are white people murdered and brutalized by police because of their skin color ?
Is this structural violence against white people ?
You think police don ’ t use violence against white people ?
How uninformed you are !
In 2017 police shot to death more than twice as many white people as black people .
In 2018 police shot to death almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
In 2019 57 % more white people than black people were shot to death .
So far in 2020 , 35 % more white people than black people have been shot to death by police .
Neither black nor white people know this for reasons I explain here .
The Great Leveler : Vio ... Scheidel , Walter Best Price : $ 16.65 Buy New $ 10.38 A multicultural racially diverse society , which the United States has become as a result of illegal immigration and the change in immigration law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race hatred is a feature of the society .
In the US , white liberals have been teaching black Americans to hate white Americans for decades .
Black people have been indoctrinated into believing that every unpleasant feature of their existance is due to white racism .
In many white people , this indoctrination has engendered guilt that causes them to excuse and make excuses for black violence .
The effect over time is to make blacks more angry and whites less willing to resist violent acts of anger and to blame themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society is problematical .
Watching Washingon foment conflict with more unified societies , such as Russia and China , is scary .
None of those screaming racism are interested in stopping police violence .
Police violence against members of the public is a product of police training , not of racism .
Those screaming racism don ’ t want the violence corrected by reforming the way police are trained .
They want the violence to continue as it is useful for their agenda of using white racism to create white guilt and black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revolution .
In Marxism , there was only class warfare between workers and capitalist—the proletariat vs. the bourgeoisie—but in Cultural Marxism or Identity Politics there is racial oppresson , gender oppression , homosexual oppression , and oppression against the disabled and elderly .
All of these oppressed people become alienated from society and potential supporters for revolution .
However , Cultural Marxism could also brew counterrevolution .
Some whites might see where this is heading and the realization could create opposition to the attack on white people .
Some regard Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white Americans realize that they have been abandoned by the Democrat Party .
Unless you are a well-to-do white liberal on the east or west coasts , the Democrat Party has written you off .
White people , including the working class that formerly was represented by the Democrat Party , have been defined by Hillary Clinton as “ the Trump deplorables.
” Whites are already second-class citizens , especially if they are straight males , and they are being set up for worse to come .
Politicians , except for Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confront the propaganda with the truth .
Hate Crime Hoax : How t ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 11.58 Buy New $ 17.27 Of course there are racists , but the assumption that these animosities exist only between skin colors is problematic .
In modern times the most extreme manifestitions of racial violence are tribal between blacks themselves , such as the Rwandan genocide , the mass slaughter of Tutsi by the Hutu .
Indeed , the black slave trade is the product of blacks themselves and has its origin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the black Kingdom of Dahomey .
Dahomey ’ s use of black slaves for economic production predates the cotton planations in the US south .
One would think that these well known and totally documented facts would be a part of black studies in universities , but such facts are unacceptable to the ruling ideology .
Karl Polanyi ’ s history of Dahomey and the Slave Trade has simply disappeared .
It is as if it never was written .
It has gone down Big Brother ’ s Memory Hole even before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Whites , of course , have committed far more violence against one another than they have against people of color .
Think of the war of the American north against the South , of all the wars between Europeans , the two wars between the US and Great Britain , capped off by World War I and World War II .
White people have killed far more white people than people of color .
Liberalism : Find a Cure Dice , Mark Best Price : $ 7.31 Buy New $ 16.78 Even white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The banned n-word is said to be symbolic of white racism .
But every white ethnicity has been called names that are slurs— dago , polack , frog , limey .
The Irish are bog-trotters.There is a range of slurs for Germans—kraut , boche , hun .
Blacks have plenty of pejorative names for whites .
For example , “ Miss Ann ” or “ Ann ” is a derisive reference to white women and to any black woman who is regarded as acting as if she is white .
Blacks also use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a black person who is regarded as acting like a white person .
Aunt Jemima is a black woman who is friendly to , or kisses up to , white people .
A black man who does the same is Uncle Tom .
American whites have pejoratives for one another—cracker , hillbilly , redneck .
People in the south of England call those in the north northern monkeys .
There are pejoratives for every ethnicity .
Jews call gentiles goy .
Latin Americans call North Americans gringo .
Ukrainians call Russians moskals .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then the entire population of the world is racist .
For decades the FBI has had a department that monitors white supremacists .
The scarcity of white supremacists has encouraged the FBI to create , or to encourage the creation of , such groups , just as the FBI was organizing “ terrorist plots ” that they could break up in the aftermath of 9/11 .
A budget needs a reason .
Where do we see evidence of white supremacists ?
Are statues of Grant , Sherman , and Sheridan being pulled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in graffiti ?
Are white supremacists rewriting American history in the universities and at the New York Times ?
Where are their magazines and newspapers ?
Who are their representatives in government and media ?
What is the power of such an invisible group ?
In contrast , Antifa is a terrorist organization associated with organized violence .
Yet it is white supremacists who are being blamed for the pre-delivery of convenient stockpiles of bricks in the protest areas of the cities where blacks are protesting George Floyd ’ s death at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white supremacists know which cities and which locations in the cities protests would take place ?
When the point is to blame white people such questions do not matter to those doing the blaming .
But the questions do matter to a racially diverse multicultural society .
Such a society can not survive the cultivation of racial enmity .
When the goal is revolution , not reform , racial enmity is the weapon .
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If white people are racist, how was Obama twice elected president of the United States? That such questions do not occur to those shouting “white racism” indicates weak minds, the presence of anti-whites out to make mischief, and people who speak on the basis of an unexamined assumption that has been drilled into their heads.
The unexamined question is: Are white people racist by nature? Those who say whites are racist by nature simultaneously claim that hundreds of thousands of Lincoln’s soldiers died in order to free black people from slavery and that white people in the North carried on a relentless long war against white people in the South for the benefit of black people.
It is these same racist white people who passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act 56 years ago and permitted the establishment of racial quotas and contract set-asides for blacks that gave blacks rights and privileges that white people do not have.
Taboo: 10 Facts You Ca... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $16.01 Buy New $20.40 (as of 03:01 UTC - Details) If white people are so racist, how can it be that many of them are upset about George Floyd’s death from police violence and some joined the protests? Either white people are racist by nature or they aren’t racist by nature. If whites are not racist by nature, how can it be that the New York Times is leading the rewriting of American history with its 1619 Project that explains the United States as a country founded on the racism of white people?
Such questions do not occur to Anthony DiMaggio who writes for CounterPunch —Revolution, Not Riots.
DiMaggio repeats the propagandistic mantra that Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis—thank God not Southern—police is another sign of the structural violence against people of color. So what is police violence against white people? Are white people murdered and brutalized by police because of their skin color? Is this structural violence against white people?
You think police don’t use violence against white people? How uninformed you are! In 2017 police shot to death more than twice as many white people as black people. In 2018 police shot to death almost twice as many white people as black people. In 2019 57% more white people than black people were shot to death. So far in 2020, 35% more white people than black people have been shot to death by police.
Neither black nor white people know this for reasons I explain here.
The Great Leveler: Vio... Scheidel, Walter Best Price: $16.65 Buy New $10.38 (as of 05:06 UTC - Details) A multicultural racially diverse society, which the United States has become as a result of illegal immigration and the change in immigration law in 1965, cannot survive if race hatred is a feature of the society. In the US, white liberals have been teaching black Americans to hate white Americans for decades. Black people have been indoctrinated into believing that every unpleasant feature of their existance is due to white racism. In many white people, this indoctrination has engendered guilt that causes them to excuse and make excuses for black violence. The effect over time is to make blacks more angry and whites less willing to resist violent acts of anger and to blame themselves instead. The survival of such a society is problematical. Watching Washingon foment conflict with more unified societies, such as Russia and China, is scary.
None of those screaming racism are interested in stopping police violence. Police violence against members of the public is a product of police training, not of racism. Those screaming racism don’t want the violence corrected by reforming the way police are trained. They want the violence to continue as it is useful for their agenda of using white racism to create white guilt and black anger. This is the way to revolution. In Marxism, there was only class warfare between workers and capitalist—the proletariat vs. the bourgeoisie—but in Cultural Marxism or Identity Politics there is racial oppresson, gender oppression, homosexual oppression, and oppression against the disabled and elderly. All of these oppressed people become alienated from society and potential supporters for revolution.
However, Cultural Marxism could also brew counterrevolution. Some whites might see where this is heading and the realization could create opposition to the attack on white people. Some regard Trump’s election as president as an indication that white Americans realize that they have been abandoned by the Democrat Party. Unless you are a well-to-do white liberal on the east or west coasts, the Democrat Party has written you off. White people, including the working class that formerly was represented by the Democrat Party, have been defined by Hillary Clinton as “the Trump deplorables.” Whites are already second-class citizens, especially if they are straight males, and they are being set up for worse to come. Politicians, except for Trump, are too scared of media attacks to confront the propaganda with the truth. Hate Crime Hoax: How t... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $11.58 Buy New $17.27 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details)
Of course there are racists, but the assumption that these animosities exist only between skin colors is problematic. In modern times the most extreme manifestitions of racial violence are tribal between blacks themselves, such as the Rwandan genocide, the mass slaughter of Tutsi by the Hutu.
Indeed, the black slave trade is the product of blacks themselves and has its origin in 1600 in the slave wars fought by the black Kingdom of Dahomey. Dahomey’s use of black slaves for economic production predates the cotton planations in the US south. One would think that these well known and totally documented facts would be a part of black studies in universities, but such facts are unacceptable to the ruling ideology. Karl Polanyi’s history of Dahomey and the Slave Trade has simply disappeared. It is as if it never was written. It has gone down Big Brother’s Memory Hole even before the digital revolution created Big Brother.
Whites, of course, have committed far more violence against one another than they have against people of color. Think of the war of the American north against the South, of all the wars between Europeans, the two wars between the US and Great Britain, capped off by World War I and World War II. White people have killed far more white people than people of color.
Liberalism: Find a Cure Dice, Mark Best Price: $7.31 Buy New $16.78 (as of 04:44 UTC - Details) Even white language is said to be racist. The banned n-word is said to be symbolic of white racism. But every white ethnicity has been called names that are slurs— dago, polack, frog, limey. The Irish are bog-trotters.There is a range of slurs for Germans—kraut, boche, hun. Blacks have plenty of pejorative names for whites. For example, “Miss Ann” or “Ann” is a derisive reference to white women and to any black woman who is regarded as acting as if she is white. Blacks also use pejoratives for blacks. An oreo is a black person who is regarded as acting like a white person. Aunt Jemima is a black woman who is friendly to, or kisses up to, white people. A black man who does the same is Uncle Tom. American whites have pejoratives for one another—cracker, hillbilly, redneck. People in the south of England call those in the north northern monkeys. There are pejoratives for every ethnicity. Jews call gentiles goy. Latin Americans call North Americans gringo. Ukrainians call Russians moskals. If slurs are an indication of racism, then the entire population of the world is racist.
For decades the FBI has had a department that monitors white supremacists. The scarcity of white supremacists has encouraged the FBI to create, or to encourage the creation of, such groups, just as the FBI was organizing “terrorist plots” that they could break up in the aftermath of 9/11. A budget needs a reason.
Where do we see evidence of white supremacists? Are statues of Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan being pulled down? Is the Lincoln Memorial covered in graffiti? Are white supremacists rewriting American history in the universities and at the New York Times? Where are their magazines and newspapers? Who are their representatives in government and media? What is the power of such an invisible group?
In contrast, Antifa is a terrorist organization associated with organized violence. Yet it is white supremacists who are being blamed for the pre-delivery of convenient stockpiles of bricks in the protest areas of the cities where blacks are protesting George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. How did white supremacists know which cities and which locations in the cities protests would take place? When the point is to blame white people such questions do not matter to those doing the blaming.
But the questions do matter to a racially diverse multicultural society. Such a society cannot survive the cultivation of racial enmity. When the goal is revolution, not reform, racial enmity is the weapon.
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