lewrockwell--2020-06-25--A Covid-19 Vaccine Is Being Rushed to Market for the November Election

According to news sources at least one COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine may be licensed by the Food and Drug Administration before the November 2020 election .
The decision to vaccinate will likely be the biggest healthcare decision any American will ever make in their lifetime .
Will Americans voluntarily line up and get immunized against the COVID-19 coronavirus ?
The vaccine will have been rushed to market .
All of its side effects won ’ t be known till millions of Americans have been vaccinated .
The National Health Federation teams with investigative health journalist Bill Sardi to introduce a regulatory-compliant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from any pitfalls in the vaccination process .
The Beautiful Cure : Th ... Davis , Daniel M. Buy New $ 18.00 Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations ( CFR ) states that Americans in a clinical study must give their written consent to any medical treatment such as vaccination .
Since vaccines gain licensure from the FDA by passing through 3 out of 4 safety trials , the side effect ratio is never truly known till the vaccine is used widely by millions .
All Americans who receive the vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Stage-4 ) and subject to the CFR protections .
According to Title 21 of the CFR , informed consent requires candidates for vaccination to be given the right to refuse vaccination ; have the right to confidentiality ( privacy ) that their vaccination data will not be shared with other parties without their consent ; and have the right to know if there are any alternatives to vaccination .
Furthermore , any American considering vaccination for COVID-19 coronavirus should avoid signing hold-harmless clauses in consent forms because important rights would be waived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are at high-risk to develop side-effects and are less likely to positively respond to vaccination may not be good candidates for immunization .
COVID-19 vaccination will likely be voluntary in the beginning , and mandatory thereafter , just as State and Federal government health agencies did with social distancing , face masks and quarantine .
Manufacturers of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines are producing a quantity of vaccines for the entire population .
Good-Bye Germ Theory : ... Trebing , Dr. William P Best Price : $ 36.69 Buy New $ 14.00 There are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reveal to those who are considering immunization , such as the name and production lot number of the vaccine and the estimation of the numerical chance of benefiting from vaccination ( i.e .
how many need to be vaccinated to prevent 1 infection or prevent 1 death ) .
Furthermore , those who are vaccinated should always be given a copy of the consent form to take home .
One report indicates availability of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 was important to 68 percent of Americans surveyed .
The COVID-19 Vaccine Consent/Refusal Form @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Proceeds go to the National Health Federation vaccine rights defense fund and the libertarian website LewRockwell.com .
Two copies of the 18-page consent form available for $ 12.95 ( shipping included ) .
The consent form can be ordered online at www.covid19consent.com or by sending a check or money order for $ 12.95 , payable to Knowledge of Health , 1502 Foothill Blvd , Suite 103 , La Verne , CA 91750 .

According to news sources at least one COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine may be licensed by the Food and Drug Administration before the November 2020 election.
The decision to vaccinate will likely be the biggest healthcare decision any American will ever make in their lifetime. Will Americans voluntarily line up and get immunized against the COVID-19 coronavirus? The vaccine will have been rushed to market. All of its side effects won’t be known till millions of Americans have been vaccinated.
The National Health Federation teams with investigative health journalist Bill Sardi to introduce a regulatory-compliant consent form that will help protect consumers from any pitfalls in the vaccination process.
The Beautiful Cure: Th... Davis, Daniel M. Buy New $18.00 (as of 03:19 UTC - Details) Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) states that Americans in a clinical study must give their written consent to any medical treatment such as vaccination. Since vaccines gain licensure from the FDA by passing through 3 out of 4 safety trials, the side effect ratio is never truly known till the vaccine is used widely by millions. All Americans who receive the vaccine will still be enrolled in surveillance studies (Stage-4) and subject to the CFR protections.
According to Title 21 of the CFR, informed consent requires candidates for vaccination to be given the right to refuse vaccination; have the right to confidentiality (privacy) that their vaccination data will not be shared with other parties without their consent; and have the right to know if there are any alternatives to vaccination.
Furthermore, any American considering vaccination for COVID-19 coronavirus should avoid signing hold-harmless clauses in consent forms because important rights would be waived should malpractice occur. Vaccination of individuals who are at high-risk to develop side-effects and are less likely to positively respond to vaccination may not be good candidates for immunization.
COVID-19 vaccination will likely be voluntary in the beginning, and mandatory thereafter, just as State and Federal government health agencies did with social distancing, face masks and quarantine. Manufacturers of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines are producing a quantity of vaccines for the entire population. Good-Bye Germ Theory: ... Trebing, Dr. William P Best Price: $36.69 Buy New $14.00 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details)
There are many other things that informed consent should reveal to those who are considering immunization, such as the name and production lot number of the vaccine and the estimation of the numerical chance of benefiting from vaccination (i.e. how many need to be vaccinated to prevent 1 infection or prevent 1 death). Furthermore, those who are vaccinated should always be given a copy of the consent form to take home.
One report indicates availability of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 was important to 68 percent of Americans surveyed.
The COVID-19 Vaccine Consent/Refusal Form is available from Knowledge of Health Inc. Proceeds go to the National Health Federation vaccine rights defense fund and the libertarian website LewRockwell.com. Two copies of the 18-page consent form available for $12.95 (shipping included). The consent form can be ordered online at www.covid19consent.com or by sending a check or money order for $12.95, payable to Knowledge of Health, 1502 Foothill Blvd, Suite 103, La Verne, CA 91750.


lewrockwell--2020-06-25--America in Crisis: The Predicament

America in Crisis: The Predicament

The protests and riots that convulsed America in the last few weeks and our reaction to these events revealed something that many of us would prefer not to hear : our society is in the throes of profound existential crisis .
Evening after evening we watched as the marauding mobs laid waste to urban areas .
Looting , pillage , arson , theft , beatings and killings took place on a scale not seen in generations .
Downtowns of dozens of American cities were ripped apart by violence and parts of them burned and ravaged beyond recognition .
Even as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking place in plain sight , the law enforcement was kept from doing its job .
The police were forced to stand by and watch even while they themselves became targets of vicious attacks by the rioters .
The destruction and damage wrought by the mayhemists will run into hundreds of billions of dollars , not to mention the psychological and moral trauma of many ruined lives .
Sadly , most perpetrators will never be apprehended or punished for their crimes .
Perhaps more than anything , the riots revealed the dysfunctional state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our two major political parties openly encouraged and actively abetted the mayhem .
Difficult as it may be to believe , the Democrats on all levels defended and excused the perpetrators from the very outset .
In a masterstroke of demagoguery , they managed to successfully shift the blame from the pillaging throngs onto the law enforcement and our society at large .
They pulled this off by claiming that America a country where systemic racism reigns supreme .
What an irony .
Of the many problems that plague our nation today systemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Quite to the contrary , the complete eradication of institutional racism is one of America ’ s great achievements .
In no other country in the world do black people enjoy more freedoms and opportunities than in the United States .
No other nation in history has invested more money and resources into its black population and done more for black people in terms of legal and institutional protections and support of various kinds than the US .
United States of Socia ... D'Souza , Dinesh Buy New $ 25.93 While the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctioning the vandalization of our country , the Republicans responded by doing exactly nothing .
Rather than standing up for law and order in the face of violence and brazen lies , they meekly went along and silently conceded to most of the looters ’ and democrats ’ demands .
Spineless and morally hollowed out , the Republicans completely ceded the moral ground to the criminal mobs and their abettors in the Democratic Party .
Unwilling to defend the truth , justice , law enforcement and law-obeying citizens , they let the Left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ striking testimony to the depth of our crisis that not a single political leader of national stature – except for the president – had the moral fortitude to condemn the evil that was unfolding right before our eyes .
And even the president did so only haltingly and inconsistently .
But the dereliction of our political establishment and the paralysis of America ’ s law enforcement are only the most visible symptoms of the endemic institutional crisis in which we find ourselves today .
Wherever we turn we encounter decline and pathologies with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or outright malfunctioning .
And as our troubled institutions belabor under the morass of their insufficiency , they keep generating more problems and pain .
Our public-school system , for example , is to a large degree educationally defunct .
Even after spending close to 20,000 dollars a year per student in some cities a quarter of US high school graduates are functionally illiterate .
Unbelievably , in some parts the illiteracy rate runs close to 50 percent .
Think about it : After being schooled for more than a decade to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many American eighteen-year olds can not even get through a book .
And most of those who can read , leave school without any solid understanding of mathematics , economics , geography or history .
On the other hand , many of them seem to be quite well-steeped in racist and gender studies and can speak for hours about various sexual deviancies most normal people have never heard of .
The Mis-Education of t ... Woodson , Carter Godwin Best Price : $ 6.99 Buy New $ 4.73 Our healthcare system is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sicker than ever with sixty percent of Americans suffering from at least one chronic disease .
Instead of addressing the underlying issues that drive these disturbing trends , the usual approach of the medical community is to prescribe cocktails of pills which more often than not produce adverse side effects that exacerbate our health problems further .
At the same time , a visit to the doctor for a simple ailment can easily end up costing thousands or tens of thousands of dollars .
As if this was not bad enough , close @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from overdose of prescriptions opioids .
These deadly drugs are pushed and marketed by pharmaceutical companies and generously prescribed by doctors who are well aware of their deadly toll .
Some experts have argued that these actions by the medical establishment should be classified as “ mass homicide.
” ( As an aside , far more Americans die of medical malfeasance than of police action and yet we do not see protests calling for defunding the medical establishment . )
As far as America ’ s military establishment is concerned , in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and large-scale operations whose stated purpose was to us to keep safe from terrorism and to bring the light of democracy to some dark corners of the world .
The effort cost well over six trillion dollars and thousands of American lives .
It also resulted in the deaths of several million people ( directly and indirectly ) in the countries whose territories we invaded .
Regrettably , instead of installing democracy we mostly left behind chaos and confusion .
As for making the world safer from terrorism , our actions turned large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ territories where various terrorist and extremist groups now operate freely .
Fentanyl , Inc. : How Ro ... Westhoff , Ben Buy New $ 13.50 Our national finances are in complete shambles .
Our federal debt has exploded to 130 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and – given the unfolding economic devastation from the misguided COVID-19 lockdowns – it can not but keep rising sharply in the months ahead .
This unbridled and irresponsible spending puts the US in the banana republic league .
And we have not even mentioned the unfunded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scale .
According to one Forbes writer , they amount to some $ 210 trillion dollars .
Other observers think such estimates are too conservative and the liabilities are actually higher still .
Be that as it may , the fact is that today America stands as the world ’ s greatest debtor and is probably the most debt-ridden nation in history .
Given the numbers , we can say with complete certainty that our government will never be able to honestly pay its debts or meet its obligations .
The only reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is because it happens to be the world ’ s reserve currency , and as of now there is no suitable alternative .
It is , however , only a question of time before the dollar implodes .
When this happens , all hell will break loose and , if we do not prepare , the upheaval we witnessed in the last few weeks may well seem like a Sunday stroll in a park .
Our decline can indeed be seen at every turn .
Apart from the question of whether it constitutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that for the first time in many decades the NASA does not have a vehicle capable of carrying a human into space is another indication of our waning power .
If the US government wants to send American astronauts into orbit , it has to ask Russia or some billionaire to take them there .
Our mainstream media have long shed any pretenses to objective reporting or truth finding .
Operating as the de facto PR organ of the Democrat Party , their main goal in the last three years has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a duly elected US president .
They have shown the willingness to use any lie , rumor or conspiracy theory – no matter how absurd or far-fetched – to achieve that objective .
Frustrated with their failed attempts , they now , along with the Democrats , foment the vandalization of our society , believing that this is their best chance of getting their candidate of choice into the White House .
Pills , Powder , and Smo ... Loewenstein , Antony Best Price : $ 3.59 Buy New $ 13.99 Like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also completely lost its moral bearings .
Psycho-sexual pathologies are held up and celebrated as if they were marks of distinction or even enlightenment .
Homosexuality runs rampant and is brazenly taunted in the public square .
Men are now declaring themselves to be women and women are declaring themselves to be men .
Teenagers have their sexual organs amputated and those of the opposite sex attached .
The fact that the life expectancy of those who adopt such misguided and self-destructive lifestyles is often decades below their normal counterparts is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taboo to point out that those who pursue this way of life almost invariably suffer from persistent physical pain , disease and depression .
In many cases this harrowing process culminates in complete mental disintegration .
Where are the adults on this , one wonders .
As far as our public discourse goes , political correctness rules the day and rational discussion is virtually impossible .
Truth , reason and facts just do not matter anymore .
We have seen this in the last few weeks many times when all kinds of accusations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , none which is borne out by facts , numbers or statistics .
But this in way dampened the self-righteous fervor of those levelling the false claims .
Those who want to appeal to facts , on the other hand , are promptly censored , cancelled , shut down , and fired .
Chicanery , shouting and anger is how the Left makes its case and , sadly , this form of “ argumentation ” is what prevails these days .
Anger Management Workb ... Karmin LCPC , Aaron Best Price : $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that today as a society we are incapable of making any real headway or fixing any of the many problems that beset us is an indication of the depths of our trouble .
The moment we try to address an issue , acidic arguments and accusations ensue .
When action is finally taken , it is almost always enormously expensive , and it usually makes the problem only worse while creating a new set of problems to boot .
Nearly every facet of our societal existence is marked by seemingly intractable pathologies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fabric is palpable everywhere .
To get the feel for it just think back to America at the height of Reagan ’ s presidency .
Although we were not a perfect country then , we were certainly a much healthier and stronger country than we are now .
What a difference three and half decades make .
All this should make it clear that the pervasive exigencies and ills we witness all around us are not some incidental flukes , but symptoms of a profound crisis that we are undergoing as a society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many years to develop and has its roots in policies and trends that run many decades deep .
Some of them must run their course , and because of this things will have to get worse before they get better .
This , however , is decidedly not a time to give up , turn fatalistic or succumb to depression .
Quite to the contrary , every crisis also presents a unique opportunity for laying a foundation to make things better in the future .
But to seize the opportunity , we must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But about that we will speak next time .
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer

The protests and riots that convulsed America in the last few weeks and our reaction to these events revealed something that many of us would prefer not to hear: our society is in the throes of profound existential crisis.
Evening after evening we watched as the marauding mobs laid waste to urban areas. Looting, pillage, arson, theft, beatings and killings took place on a scale not seen in generations. Downtowns of dozens of American cities were ripped apart by violence and parts of them burned and ravaged beyond recognition. Even as this brazen violence and criminal destruction were taking place in plain sight, the law enforcement was kept from doing its job. The police were forced to stand by and watch even while they themselves became targets of vicious attacks by the rioters. The destruction and damage wrought by the mayhemists will run into hundreds of billions of dollars, not to mention the psychological and moral trauma of many ruined lives. Sadly, most perpetrators will never be apprehended or punished for their crimes.
Perhaps more than anything, the riots revealed the dysfunctional state of our political system. One of our two major political parties openly encouraged and actively abetted the mayhem. Difficult as it may be to believe, the Democrats on all levels defended and excused the perpetrators from the very outset. In a masterstroke of demagoguery, they managed to successfully shift the blame from the pillaging throngs onto the law enforcement and our society at large. They pulled this off by claiming that America a country where systemic racism reigns supreme. What an irony. Of the many problems that plague our nation today systemic racism is certainly not one of them. Quite to the contrary, the complete eradication of institutional racism is one of America’s great achievements. In no other country in the world do black people enjoy more freedoms and opportunities than in the United States. No other nation in history has invested more money and resources into its black population and done more for black people in terms of legal and institutional protections and support of various kinds than the US. United States of Socia... D'Souza, Dinesh Buy New $25.93 (as of 11:38 UTC - Details)
While the Democrats were busy plying their agitprop and sanctioning the vandalization of our country, the Republicans responded by doing exactly nothing. Rather than standing up for law and order in the face of violence and brazen lies, they meekly went along and silently conceded to most of the looters’ and democrats’ demands. Spineless and morally hollowed out, the Republicans completely ceded the moral ground to the criminal mobs and their abettors in the Democratic Party. Unwilling to defend the truth, justice, law enforcement and law-obeying citizens, they let the Left rule the day. It is a striking testimony to the depth of our crisis that not a single political leader of national stature – except for the president – had the moral fortitude to condemn the evil that was unfolding right before our eyes. And even the president did so only haltingly and inconsistently.
But the dereliction of our political establishment and the paralysis of America’s law enforcement are only the most visible symptoms of the endemic institutional crisis in which we find ourselves today. Wherever we turn we encounter decline and pathologies with nearly all of our institutions either underperforming or outright malfunctioning. And as our troubled institutions belabor under the morass of their insufficiency, they keep generating more problems and pain.
Our public-school system, for example, is to a large degree educationally defunct. Even after spending close to 20,000 dollars a year per student in some cities a quarter of US high school graduates are functionally illiterate. Unbelievably, in some parts the illiteracy rate runs close to 50 percent. Think about it: After being schooled for more than a decade to the tune of some two hundred thousand dollars, many American eighteen-year olds cannot even get through a book. And most of those who can read, leave school without any solid understanding of mathematics, economics, geography or history. On the other hand, many of them seem to be quite well-steeped in racist and gender studies and can speak for hours about various sexual deviancies most normal people have never heard of. The Mis-Education of t... Woodson, Carter Godwin Best Price: $6.99 Buy New $4.73 (as of 05:47 UTC - Details)
Our healthcare system is faring no better. Today we are sicker than ever with sixty percent of Americans suffering from at least one chronic disease. Instead of addressing the underlying issues that drive these disturbing trends, the usual approach of the medical community is to prescribe cocktails of pills which more often than not produce adverse side effects that exacerbate our health problems further. At the same time, a visit to the doctor for a simple ailment can easily end up costing thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. As if this was not bad enough, close to thirty thousand Americans die every year from overdose of prescriptions opioids. These deadly drugs are pushed and marketed by pharmaceutical companies and generously prescribed by doctors who are well aware of their deadly toll. Some experts have argued that these actions by the medical establishment should be classified as “mass homicide.” (As an aside, far more Americans die of medical malfeasance than of police action and yet we do not see protests calling for defunding the medical establishment.)
As far as America’s military establishment is concerned, in the last two decades we launched several wars and large-scale operations whose stated purpose was to us to keep safe from terrorism and to bring the light of democracy to some dark corners of the world. The effort cost well over six trillion dollars and thousands of American lives. It also resulted in the deaths of several million people (directly and indirectly) in the countries whose territories we invaded. Regrettably, instead of installing democracy we mostly left behind chaos and confusion. As for making the world safer from terrorism, our actions turned large regions of the Middle East into lawless territories where various terrorist and extremist groups now operate freely.
Fentanyl, Inc.: How Ro... Westhoff, Ben Buy New $13.50 (as of 05:32 UTC - Details) Our national finances are in complete shambles. Our federal debt has exploded to 130 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and – given the unfolding economic devastation from the misguided COVID-19 lockdowns – it cannot but keep rising sharply in the months ahead. This unbridled and irresponsible spending puts the US in the banana republic league. And we have not even mentioned the unfunded liabilities whose amounts are truly astronomical in scale. According to one Forbes writer, they amount to some $210 trillion dollars. Other observers think such estimates are too conservative and the liabilities are actually higher still. Be that as it may, the fact is that today America stands as the world’s greatest debtor and is probably the most debt-ridden nation in history. Given the numbers, we can say with complete certainty that our government will never be able to honestly pay its debts or meet its obligations. The only reason why the dollar has not yet collapsed is because it happens to be the world’s reserve currency, and as of now there is no suitable alternative. It is, however, only a question of time before the dollar implodes. When this happens, all hell will break loose and, if we do not prepare, the upheaval we witnessed in the last few weeks may well seem like a Sunday stroll in a park.
Our decline can indeed be seen at every turn. Apart from the question of whether it constitutes a justifiable expenditure of public funds, the fact that for the first time in many decades the NASA does not have a vehicle capable of carrying a human into space is another indication of our waning power. If the US government wants to send American astronauts into orbit, it has to ask Russia or some billionaire to take them there.
Our mainstream media have long shed any pretenses to objective reporting or truth finding. Operating as the de facto PR organ of the Democrat Party, their main goal in the last three years has been to subvert and terminate the tenure of a duly elected US president. They have shown the willingness to use any lie, rumor or conspiracy theory – no matter how absurd or far-fetched – to achieve that objective. Frustrated with their failed attempts, they now, along with the Democrats, foment the vandalization of our society, believing that this is their best chance of getting their candidate of choice into the White House. Pills, Powder, and Smo... Loewenstein, Antony Best Price: $3.59 Buy New $13.99 (as of 05:36 UTC - Details)
Like the mainstream media, our popular culture has also completely lost its moral bearings. Psycho-sexual pathologies are held up and celebrated as if they were marks of distinction or even enlightenment. Homosexuality runs rampant and is brazenly taunted in the public square. Men are now declaring themselves to be women and women are declaring themselves to be men. Teenagers have their sexual organs amputated and those of the opposite sex attached. The fact that the life expectancy of those who adopt such misguided and self-destructive lifestyles is often decades below their normal counterparts is not mentioned. Similarly, it is a taboo to point out that those who pursue this way of life almost invariably suffer from persistent physical pain, disease and depression. In many cases this harrowing process culminates in complete mental disintegration. Where are the adults on this, one wonders.
As far as our public discourse goes, political correctness rules the day and rational discussion is virtually impossible. Truth, reason and facts just do not matter anymore. We have seen this in the last few weeks many times when all kinds of accusations of institutional and societal racism were made, none which is borne out by facts, numbers or statistics. But this in way dampened the self-righteous fervor of those levelling the false claims. Those who want to appeal to facts, on the other hand, are promptly censored, cancelled, shut down, and fired. Chicanery, shouting and anger is how the Left makes its case and, sadly, this form of “argumentation” is what prevails these days. Anger Management Workb... Karmin LCPC, Aaron Best Price: $9.26 Buy New $10.29 (as of 05:47 UTC - Details)
The fact that today as a society we are incapable of making any real headway or fixing any of the many problems that beset us is an indication of the depths of our trouble. The moment we try to address an issue, acidic arguments and accusations ensue. When action is finally taken, it is almost always enormously expensive, and it usually makes the problem only worse while creating a new set of problems to boot. Nearly every facet of our societal existence is marked by seemingly intractable pathologies and contradictions. The weakening of our national fabric is palpable everywhere. To get the feel for it just think back to America at the height of Reagan’s presidency. Although we were not a perfect country then, we were certainly a much healthier and stronger country than we are now. What a difference three and half decades make.
All this should make it clear that the pervasive exigencies and ills we witness all around us are not some incidental flukes, but symptoms of a profound crisis that we are undergoing as a society at this time. This crisis took many years to develop and has its roots in policies and trends that run many decades deep. Some of them must run their course, and because of this things will have to get worse before they get better.
This, however, is decidedly not a time to give up, turn fatalistic or succumb to depression. Quite to the contrary, every crisis also presents a unique opportunity for laying a foundation to make things better in the future. But to seize the opportunity, we must face and handle the crisis properly. But about that we will speak next time.
The Best of Vasko Kohlmayer


lewrockwell--2020-06-25--COVID: Behind the Global Nursing Home Disaster, and the Case-Number Scam

In nursing homes , elderly people are already on the edge of the cliff , suffering from long-term illnesses and years of toxic medical treatments…but now you terrify them with COVID propaganda…then you actually label them “ COVID ” , WITH NO JUSTIFICATION…then you isolate them completely…they ’ re all alone…no contact with family and friends…what do you expect will happen to these fragile , heavily drugged people ?
As of May 22 , Forbes reports that , “ …in the 43 states that currently report such figures , an astounding 42 % of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Washington Post , May 18 : “ The World Health Organization said half of Europe ’ s covid-19 deaths occurred in such facilities.
” Headline of same Post article : “ Canada ’ s nursing home crisis : 81 percent of coronavirus deaths [ in the country ] are in long-term care facilities.
” The Guardian , May 16 : “ About 90 % of the 3,700 people who have died from coronavirus in Sweden were over 70 , and half were living in care homes , according to a study from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Welfare at the end of April.
” Murder by Injection Mullins , Eustace Clarence Best Price : $ 37.99 Buy New $ 25.00 “ Spain—The country was shocked at the end of March when the defence minister revealed that soldiers drafted in to disinfect residential homes had found some elderly people abandoned and dead in their beds.
” “ …the regional governments of Madrid and Catalonia have been publishing their own figures on people who have died in care homes from the virus , or while exhibiting symptoms consistent with it.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ In Madrid , the total for Covid , or suspected Covid , deaths since 8 March stood at 5,886 on Thursday .
In Catalonia , it was 3,375 .
Between them , care home deaths in the two regions account for more than a third of all the coronavirus deaths in the country.
” And there was a great deal of early warning on the subject , if anyone from public health agencies wanted to pay attention—The Guardian , 13 April : “ About half of all Covid-19 deaths appear to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries…Snapshot data from varying official sources shows that in Italy , Spain , France , Ireland and Belgium between 42 % and 57 % of deaths from the virus have been happening in homes , according to the report by academics based at the London School of Economics ( LSE ) .
” There are two con jobs going on here , as huge numbers of these elderly patients have died and are dying .
The first is the COVID-19 diagnosis , which is either made on the absurd basis of simply eyeballing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illness , such as shortness of breath and flu-like symptoms ; or by test , which I ’ ve explained is completely unreliable , because it registers positive on all sorts of germs in the body that are irrelevant .
But once the COVID diagnosis is made , then medical authorities claim the deaths of so many patients in nursing homes are occurring because the COVID virus naturally has more impact on the elderly and infirm .
Nonsense .
There is no need to invoke the coronavirus to explain why these people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world , old people , who have traditional illnesses like flu and pneumonia , are being repackaged as COVID cases .
Especially people in nursing homes , who are terrified by COVID propaganda and are intentionally isolated from friends and family… And in fact are dying of their long-term multiple medical conditions , plus years of treatment with toxic drugs… Plus the terror of COVID , plus complete isolation , plus filthy conditions in some facilities , plus inattention and outright brutality on the part of nursing home staffs , plus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — No need to invoke a virus as an explanation .
No need at all .
Unreported Truths abou ... Berenson , Alex Buy New $ 5.99 Obviously , if you subtracted all these deaths from official COVID statistics , you would have a completely different picture of the so-called pandemic .
YOU WOULD HAVE A WORLDWIDE NURSING HOME DISASTER .
And the first order of business would be to go into these places and clean them up and straighten them out and in many cases make arrests of the personnel .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have pointed out , the main monitor on what goes on in these homes , and the main source of protection for patients is : visiting families and friends , who keep a careful eye on things .
But because the fake COVID diagnosis immediately leads to locking down the facilities , friends and families can ’ t come in .
They ’ re shut out .
For the planners of this false pandemic , it all works out .
COVID death numbers rise , case numbers rise .
Phony numbers to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the concocted IDEA of a virus , by a STORY about a virus .
The Best of Jon Rappoport

Scandal. Tragedy. Ongoing crime.
In nursing homes, elderly people are already on the edge of the cliff, suffering from long-term illnesses and years of toxic medical treatments…but now you terrify them with COVID propaganda…then you actually label them “COVID”, WITH NO JUSTIFICATION…then you isolate them completely…they’re all alone…no contact with family and friends…what do you expect will happen to these fragile, heavily drugged people?
As of May 22, Forbes reports that, “…in the 43 states that currently report such figures, an astounding 42% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.”
Washington Post, May 18: “The World Health Organization said half of Europe’s covid-19 deaths occurred in such facilities.”
Headline of same Post article: “Canada’s nursing home crisis: 81 percent of coronavirus deaths [in the country] are in long-term care facilities.”
The Guardian, May 16: “About 90% of the 3,700 people who have died from coronavirus in Sweden were over 70, and half were living in care homes, according to a study from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare at the end of April.” Murder by Injection Mullins, Eustace Clarence Best Price: $37.99 Buy New $25.00 (as of 08:21 UTC - Details)
“Spain—The country was shocked at the end of March when the defence minister revealed that soldiers drafted in to disinfect residential homes had found some elderly people abandoned and dead in their beds.”
“…the regional governments of Madrid and Catalonia have been publishing their own figures on people who have died in care homes from the virus, or while exhibiting symptoms consistent with it.” [AKA, absurd eyeball diagnosis]
“In Madrid, the total for Covid, or suspected Covid, deaths since 8 March stood at 5,886 on Thursday. In Catalonia, it was 3,375. Between them, care home deaths in the two regions account for more than a third of all the coronavirus deaths in the country.”
And there was a great deal of early warning on the subject, if anyone from public health agencies wanted to pay attention—The Guardian, 13 April: “About half of all Covid-19 deaths appear to be happening in care homes in some European countries…Snapshot data from varying official sources shows that in Italy, Spain, France, Ireland and Belgium between 42% and 57% of deaths from the virus have been happening in homes, according to the report by academics based at the London School of Economics (LSE).”
There are two con jobs going on here, as huge numbers of these elderly patients have died and are dying.
The first is the COVID-19 diagnosis, which is either made on the absurd basis of simply eyeballing the patient and seeing general signs of illness, such as shortness of breath and flu-like symptoms; or by test, which I’ve explained is completely unreliable, because it registers positive on all sorts of germs in the body that are irrelevant.
But once the COVID diagnosis is made, then medical authorities claim the deaths of so many patients in nursing homes are occurring because the COVID virus naturally has more impact on the elderly and infirm.
Nonsense. There is no need to invoke the coronavirus to explain why these people in nursing homes are dying.
People all around the world, old people, who have traditional illnesses like flu and pneumonia, are being repackaged as COVID cases. Especially people in nursing homes, who are terrified by COVID propaganda and are intentionally isolated from friends and family…
And in fact are dying of their long-term multiple medical conditions, plus years of treatment with toxic drugs…
Plus the terror of COVID, plus complete isolation, plus filthy conditions in some facilities, plus inattention and outright brutality on the part of nursing home staffs, plus breathing ventilators and sedation in some cases —
Not a virus.
No need to invoke a virus as an explanation.
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Obviously, if you subtracted all these deaths from official COVID statistics, you would have a completely different picture of the so-called pandemic.
YOU WOULD HAVE A WORLDWIDE NURSING HOME DISASTER.
And the first order of business would be to go into these places and clean them up and straighten them out and in many cases make arrests of the personnel.
As a number of nursing home patient-advocacy groups have pointed out, the main monitor on what goes on in these homes, and the main source of protection for patients is: visiting families and friends, who keep a careful eye on things.
But because the fake COVID diagnosis immediately leads to locking down the facilities, friends and families can’t come in. They’re shut out.
For the planners of this false pandemic, it all works out. COVID death numbers rise, case numbers rise. Phony numbers to the core.
But real and tragic deaths.
People pushed into death by the concocted IDEA of a virus, by a STORY about a virus.
SOURCES:
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2020/05/26/nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities-0-6-of-the-u-s-population-43-of-u-s-covid-19-deaths/#12d6083874cd
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/05/19/the-health-202-the-hopeful-news-about-moderna-s-coronavirus-vaccine-is-extremely-preliminary/5ec2e480602ff11bb118504f/
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-canada-long-term-care-nursing-homes/2020/05/18/01494ad4-947f-11ea-87a3-22d324235636_story.html
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/16/across-the-world-figures-reveal-horrific-covid-19-toll-of-care-home-deaths
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/half-of-coronavirus-deaths-happen-in-care-homes-data-from-eu-suggests
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-25--The Demand To Have Statues & Paintings of ‘White Jesus’ Torn Down Has Made BLM an Iconoclast Movemen

The Demand To Have Statues & Paintings of ‘White Jesus’ Torn Down Has Made BLM an Iconoclast Movement, Not Just a Marxist One

A leading activist ’ s remarks that all “ statues , murals , and stained glass windows of white Jesus , and his European mother ” represent “ gross white supremacy ” shows that radical , racialised politics has no limit to its targets .
The problematic statues row has now taken a turn from political iconoclasm to literal iconoclasm with depictions of “ white Jesus ” next on the hit list for some of Black Lives Matter ’ s more hardcore proponents .
Activist Shaun King has called for all the statues , murals , stained glass windows and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ features to come down because they are a “ gross form of White Supremacy.
” To illustrate his point , King makes the perceptive observation that when Jesus , Mary and Joseph went into hiding while Herod engaged in a spot of infanticide in 1 AD Judea , the family hid in Egypt , not Denmark , so they would “ blend in.
” This is exactly the sort of mission creep many people worried about when the whole statues issue started to pick up steam last month .
It began with slave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument there for taking them down , but it is worth noting that the statues themselves were not erected for their services to the Transatlantic slave trade .
The Narrow Corridor : S ... Robinson , James A .
Best Price : $ 15.54 Buy New $ 18.79 Then in America , they moved onto their national heroes , like Washington and Jefferson , again because they owned slaves .
Again , one can understand the argument that they shouldn ’ t be venerated because of this fact , but they aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for founding the United States of America .
Before we knew it , we were at Ulysses Grant , who lead the Union Armies in the Civil War to end slavery , but because he married into a slave owning family , he too must be torn down .
Defeating the Confederacy wasn ’ t enough to save him .
Then Theodore Roosevelt was next on the list because of white supremacy , ( although he wasn ’ t the Roosevelt who actually interred Americans in camps based on their race in World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But even with the pace with which this movement has declared former icons persona non-grata , to jump from Teddy Roosevelt to Jesus is extraordinary .
Were Mr. King ’ s demands to be met , and “ all statues of the White European they claim to be Jesus ” to come down , that would amount to the destruction of some of the finest works of art in existence .
Michelangelo ’ s Pieta , gone , Da Vinci ’ s Last Supper , erased , Raphael ’ s Transfiguration , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ torn down , and that would be just if we targeted artists who share their names with turtles who know karate .
And the Sistine Chapel ?
Razed to the ground , along with the smashing of the stained-glass windows of virtually every church and cathedral in Europe .
This erasure of history would make the destruction of the Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries in 16th-century England look like child ’ s play .
The simple fact of the matter is that Jesus has , throughout history , been portrayed as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and those usually reflect the race of the artist .
Black artists have portrayed him as having African features , Asian artists have done something in their image , and so European artists obviously portrayed him as looking European .
Which is kind of the point of Jesus : all his followers are supposed to be able to see themselves in him .
As a result of living in the Western world , that means , to Western eyes , he has more often been portrayed as looking like a white European .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a large chunk of history , Europe is where Christianity blossomed .
In the Middle East , where yes , Jesus was born , a very different religion , with a very different view on depicting religious figures arose , which perhaps goes some way to explaining the paucity of paintings of Christ in this part of the world .
The fact that Jesus plays second fiddle to Mohammed in Islam and is regarded as a false prophet in Judaism , might explain why there are fewer depictions of him in the immediate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One also has to have quite a conspiratorial mind to conclude that ‘ white supremacy ’ was top of the agenda for the likes of Da Vinci and Raphael .
Couldn ’ t they just be artists painting and sculpting their interpretation of what Christ looked like ?
Could the depictions of him as looking more European not just be down to those being the kind of people they hung around with ?
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Best Price : $ 17.37 Buy New $ 22.75 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting into the weeds about this , it ’ s probably quite unlikely that the historical Jesus had a rippling six pack and sinewy biceps as he is so often shown as having .
Can art not just be appreciated as art without having the artist ’ s motivation impugned four , five or six centuries after the fact ?
Given that the Transatlantic slave trade didn ’ t begin until the 17th century , it seems baffling to tear down art made in the centuries before .
It also raises the question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depict Jesus from now on then ?
Given that he was a Palestinian Jew , it seems equally unlikely that he looked like the African man he was portrayed as in Madonna ’ s Like a Prayer video , as he would look like the dirty blonde haired European in Da Vinci ’ s The Last Supper .
( Gosh , it ’ s painful equating these two very different pieces of culture in the same sentence ) .
This may seem like a fringe issue that is never going to happen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ramblings of someone on the extreme left .
“ No one would seriously argue that the Pieta or the Last Supper should be torn down or painted over , ” some might say .
“ Shaun King is just being ridiculous and provocative , and writing an article about his mad claims is just legitimising them , ” they may add .
This may be true , but ask yourself – in 2010 , how much money would you have put on statues of Washington and Jefferson being torn down in America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the bookies of Churchill ’ s statue having to be boarded up in London ?
I don ’ t think you ’ d have even put a quid on it .
There has to come a point where a civilisation just says “ enough , stop , ” otherwise these movements pick up steam .
Several American states have shown themselves incapable of defending their founding fathers .
With Christianity dwindling year by year in the West , how long will we be able to make a defence for these priceless works @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be contrary to the prevailing ideology of the day ?
Ugly civilisations torch their history , others learn from them .
Let us not become the former , just because the other side is shouting louder than we are .
The statements , views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

A leading activist’s remarks that all “statues, murals, and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother” represent “gross white supremacy” shows that radical, racialised politics has no limit to its targets.
The problematic statues row has now taken a turn from political iconoclasm to literal iconoclasm with depictions of “white Jesus” next on the hit list for some of Black Lives Matter’s more hardcore proponents.
Activist Shaun King has called for all the statues, murals, stained glass windows and paintings depicting the Messiah as having European features to come down because they are a “gross form of White Supremacy.” To illustrate his point, King makes the perceptive observation that when Jesus, Mary and Joseph went into hiding while Herod engaged in a spot of infanticide in 1 AD Judea, the family hid in Egypt, not Denmark, so they would “blend in.”
This is exactly the sort of mission creep many people worried about when the whole statues issue started to pick up steam last month. It began with slave owners, and one can see the argument there for taking them down, but it is worth noting that the statues themselves were not erected for their services to the Transatlantic slave trade. The Narrow Corridor: S... Robinson, James A. Best Price: $15.54 Buy New $18.79 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
Then in America, they moved onto their national heroes, like Washington and Jefferson, again because they owned slaves. Again, one can understand the argument that they shouldn’t be venerated because of this fact, but they aren’t praised for being slave owners but for founding the United States of America.
Before we knew it, we were at Ulysses Grant, who lead the Union Armies in the Civil War to end slavery, but because he married into a slave owning family, he too must be torn down. Defeating the Confederacy wasn’t enough to save him. Then Theodore Roosevelt was next on the list because of white supremacy, (although he wasn’t the Roosevelt who actually interred Americans in camps based on their race in World War II, that was FDR).
But even with the pace with which this movement has declared former icons persona non-grata, to jump from Teddy Roosevelt to Jesus is extraordinary. Were Mr. King’s demands to be met, and “all statues of the White European they claim to be Jesus” to come down, that would amount to the destruction of some of the finest works of art in existence.
Michelangelo’s Pieta, gone, Da Vinci’s Last Supper, erased, Raphael’s Transfiguration, wiped, Donatello’s Crucifix, torn down, and that would be just if we targeted artists who share their names with turtles who know karate. And the Sistine Chapel? Razed to the ground, along with the smashing of the stained-glass windows of virtually every church and cathedral in Europe.
This erasure of history would make the destruction of the Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries in 16th-century England look like child’s play.
The simple fact of the matter is that Jesus has, throughout history, been portrayed as looking like any number of races, and those usually reflect the race of the artist. Black artists have portrayed him as having African features, Asian artists have done something in their image, and so European artists obviously portrayed him as looking European. Which is kind of the point of Jesus: all his followers are supposed to be able to see themselves in him. As a result of living in the Western world, that means, to Western eyes, he has more often been portrayed as looking like a white European.
Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been. In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down. — Shaun King (@shaunking) June 22, 2020
Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been. In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down. — Shaun King (@shaunking) June 22, 2020
There is also the fact that for a large chunk of history, Europe is where Christianity blossomed. In the Middle East, where yes, Jesus was born, a very different religion, with a very different view on depicting religious figures arose, which perhaps goes some way to explaining the paucity of paintings of Christ in this part of the world. The fact that Jesus plays second fiddle to Mohammed in Islam and is regarded as a false prophet in Judaism, might explain why there are fewer depictions of him in the immediate vicinity of the Sea of Galilee.
One also has to have quite a conspiratorial mind to conclude that ‘white supremacy’ was top of the agenda for the likes of Da Vinci and Raphael. Couldn’t they just be artists painting and sculpting their interpretation of what Christ looked like? Could the depictions of him as looking more European not just be down to those being the kind of people they hung around with? Why Nations Fail: The ... Robinson, James A. Best Price: $17.37 Buy New $22.75 (as of 05:55 UTC - Details)
I mean, if we’re getting into the weeds about this, it’s probably quite unlikely that the historical Jesus had a rippling six pack and sinewy biceps as he is so often shown as having. Can art not just be appreciated as art without having the artist’s motivation impugned four, five or six centuries after the fact? Given that the Transatlantic slave trade didn’t begin until the 17th century, it seems baffling to tear down art made in the centuries before.
It also raises the question of how exactly is it acceptable to depict Jesus from now on then? Given that he was a Palestinian Jew, it seems equally unlikely that he looked like the African man he was portrayed as in Madonna’s Like a Prayer video, as he would look like the dirty blonde haired European in Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. (Gosh, it’s painful equating these two very different pieces of culture in the same sentence).
This may seem like a fringe issue that is never going to happen, and it could easily be dismissed as the ramblings of someone on the extreme left. “No one would seriously argue that the Pieta or the Last Supper should be torn down or painted over,” some might say. “Shaun King is just being ridiculous and provocative, and writing an article about his mad claims is just legitimising them,” they may add.
This may be true, but ask yourself – in 2010, how much money would you have put on statues of Washington and Jefferson being torn down in America? What odds would you have got on the bookies of Churchill’s statue having to be boarded up in London? I don’t think you’d have even put a quid on it.
There has to come a point where a civilisation just says “enough, stop,” otherwise these movements pick up steam. Several American states have shown themselves incapable of defending their founding fathers. With Christianity dwindling year by year in the West, how long will we be able to make a defence for these priceless works of art if they too are decided to be contrary to the prevailing ideology of the day?
Ugly civilisations torch their history, others learn from them. Let us not become the former, just because the other side is shouting louder than we are.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.


lewrockwell--2020-06-25--Insults to Black History

Insults to Black History

Many whites are ashamed , saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery , Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination .
Many black people remain angry over the injustices of the past and what they see as injustices of the present .
Both blacks and whites can benefit from a better appreciation of black history .
Often overlooked or ignored is the fact that , as a group , black Americans have made the greatest gains , over some of the highest hurdles , and in a shorter span of time than any other racial group in history .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the earnings and spending of black Americans and considered us as a separate nation with our own gross domestic product , we would rank well within the top 20 richest nations .
A black American , Gen. Colin Powell , once headed the world ’ s mightiest military .
Black Americans are among the world ’ s most famous personalities , and a few black Americans are among the world ’ s richest people such as investor Robert F. Smith , IT service provider David Steward , Oprah Winfrey , and basketball star @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a black U.S. president .
History of the Deep St ... Stone , Jeremy Buy New $ 14.99 The significance of these achievements can not be overstated .
When the Civil War ended , neither a slave nor a slave owner would have believed such progress would be possible in less than a century and a half — if ever .
As such , it speaks to the intestinal fortitude of a people .
Just as important , it speaks to the greatness of a nation in which such gains were possible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been achieved except in the United States of America .
The issue that confronts us is how these gains can be extended to about one-quarter of the black population for whom they have proven elusive .
The first step is to acknowledge that the civil rights struggle is over and won .
At one time , black Americans did not enjoy the constitutional guarantees as everyone else .
Now we do .
While no one can deny the existence of residual racial discrimination , racial discrimination is not the major problem confronting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A major problem is that some public and private policies reward dependency and irresponsibility .
Chief among these policies is the welfare state that has fostered a 75 % rate of out of wedlock births and decimated the black family that had survived Jim Crow and racism .
Keep in mind that in 1940 the black illegitimacy rate was 11 % and most black children were raised in two-parent families .
Most poverty , about 25 % , is found in female-headed households .
The poverty rate among husband-and-wife black families has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than two decades .
American Overdose : The ... McGreal , Chris Best Price : $ 7.13 Buy New $ 13.15 Black people can be thankful that double standards and public and private policies rewarding inferiority and irresponsibility were not a part of the 1920s , ’ 30s , ’ 40s and ’ 50s .
If there were , then there would not have been the kind of intellectual excellence and spiritual courage that created the world ’ s most successful civil rights movement .
From the late 1800s to 1950 , some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Black students at Washington ’ s Dunbar High School often outscored white students as early as 1899 .
Schools such as Frederick Douglass ( Baltimore ) , Booker T. Washington ( Atlanta ) , P.S .
91 ( Brooklyn ) , McDonogh 35 ( New Orleans ) and others operated at a similar level of excellence .
Self-destructive behavior that has become acceptable , particularly that in predominantly black schools , is nothing less than a gross betrayal of a struggle , paid with blood , sweat and tears by previous generations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ educational opportunities that are being routinely squandered .
I guarantee that blacks who lived through that struggle and are no longer with us would not have believed such a betrayal possible .
Government should do its job of protecting constitutional rights .
After that , black people should be simply left alone as opposed to being smothered by the paternalism inspired by white guilt .
On that note , I just can not resist the temptation to refer readers to my “ Proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon , ” which grants Americans of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own grievances and those of their forebears against my people so that they stop feeling guilty and stop acting like fools in their relationship with Americans of African ancestry .
The Best of Walter E. Williams

Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination. Many black people remain angry over the injustices of the past and what they see as injustices of the present. Both blacks and whites can benefit from a better appreciation of black history.
Often overlooked or ignored is the fact that, as a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains, over some of the highest hurdles, and in a shorter span of time than any other racial group in history.
For example, if one totaled up the earnings and spending of black Americans and considered us as a separate nation with our own gross domestic product, we would rank well within the top 20 richest nations. A black American, Gen. Colin Powell, once headed the world’s mightiest military. Black Americans are among the world’s most famous personalities, and a few black Americans are among the world’s richest people such as investor Robert F. Smith, IT service provider David Steward, Oprah Winfrey, and basketball star Michael Jordan. Plus, there was a black U.S. president. History of the Deep St... Stone, Jeremy Buy New $14.99 (as of 06:14 UTC - Details)
The significance of these achievements cannot be overstated. When the Civil War ended, neither a slave nor a slave owner would have believed such progress would be possible in less than a century and a half — if ever. As such, it speaks to the intestinal fortitude of a people. Just as important, it speaks to the greatness of a nation in which such gains were possible. Nowhere else on earth could such progress have been achieved except in the United States of America.
The issue that confronts us is how these gains can be extended to about one-quarter of the black population for whom they have proven elusive. The first step is to acknowledge that the civil rights struggle is over and won. At one time, black Americans did not enjoy the constitutional guarantees as everyone else. Now we do. While no one can deny the existence of residual racial discrimination, racial discrimination is not the major problem confronting a large segment of the black community.
A major problem is that some public and private policies reward dependency and irresponsibility. Chief among these policies is the welfare state that has fostered a 75% rate of out of wedlock births and decimated the black family that had survived Jim Crow and racism. Keep in mind that in 1940 the black illegitimacy rate was 11% and most black children were raised in two-parent families. Most poverty, about 25%, is found in female-headed households. The poverty rate among husband-and-wife black families has been in the single digits for more than two decades. American Overdose: The... McGreal, Chris Best Price: $7.13 Buy New $13.15 (as of 05:34 UTC - Details)
Black people can be thankful that double standards and public and private policies rewarding inferiority and irresponsibility were not a part of the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. If there were, then there would not have been the kind of intellectual excellence and spiritual courage that created the world’s most successful civil rights movement. From the late 1800s to 1950, some black schools were models of academic achievement. Black students at Washington’s Dunbar High School often outscored white students as early as 1899. Schools such as Frederick Douglass (Baltimore), Booker T. Washington (Atlanta), P.S. 91 (Brooklyn), McDonogh 35 (New Orleans) and others operated at a similar level of excellence.
Self-destructive behavior that has become acceptable, particularly that in predominantly black schools, is nothing less than a gross betrayal of a struggle, paid with blood, sweat and tears by previous generations, to make possible today’s educational opportunities that are being routinely squandered. I guarantee that blacks who lived through that struggle and are no longer with us would not have believed such a betrayal possible.
Government should do its job of protecting constitutional rights. After that, black people should be simply left alone as opposed to being smothered by the paternalism inspired by white guilt. On that note, I just cannot resist the temptation to refer readers to my “Proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon,” which grants Americans of European ancestry amnesty and pardon for their own grievances and those of their forebears against my people so that they stop feeling guilty and stop acting like fools in their relationship with Americans of African ancestry.
The Best of Walter E. Williams


lewrockwell--2020-06-25--Bubba Smollett, Jussie Wallace

Bubba Smollett, Jussie Wallace

The years of antiwhite hate hysteria over nooses supposedly being planted by white racists to terrorize blacks will eventually induce some white guy to actually do it .
But , judging by what we know so far about the latest brouhaha—over a purported noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace , the half-black NASCAR race driver—Noose News seems to remain Fake Noose .
I first wrote about Wallace in 2013 in my Taki ’ s column “ Nature , Nurture , and NASCAR , ” when he was only 19 , but already was being hyped as NASCAR ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Woods of stock car racing .
Strikingly , when I last followed the sport in the late 1960s , there was a black driver , Wendell Scott , who was consistently strong , finishing among the top ten racers each year from 1966 to 1969 .
Hate Crime Hoax : How t ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 11.58 Buy New $ 17.27 Unlike Scott , who got his start as the fastest bootleg corn likker driver in the county , Wallace is not a natural prodigy , but instead is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of child competitors given every advantage by their parents .
Wallace ’ s father , a wealthy white business owner , paid for his son to compete in youth motorsports from age 9 onward .
Soon he was the star of NASCAR ’ s Drive for Diversity program .
The widespread hope has been that Wallace will be the American Lewis Hamilton , the half-black English driver who is a six-time Formula One world champion .
He now drives the most legendary number in stock cars , Richard Petty Motorsports ’ No .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ca ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 16.01 Buy New $ 20.40 Worse for Wallace , NASCAR has been in decline since its peak moment in the national consciousness , which can be dated precisely to Feb. 18 , 2001 , when Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in the last turn of the last lap of the Daytona 500 .
It ’ s not just the ensuing safety reforms that have eroded stock car racing ’ s 1990s popularity .
NASCAR is basically an ethnic pride parade for the people who aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parades , and the 21st century has been a bad one for the white working class .

The years of antiwhite hate hysteria over nooses supposedly being planted by white racists to terrorize blacks will eventually induce some white guy to actually do it. But, judging by what we know so far about the latest brouhaha—over a purported noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, the half-black NASCAR race driver—Noose News seems to remain Fake Noose.
I first wrote about Wallace in 2013 in my Taki’s column “Nature, Nurture, and NASCAR,” when he was only 19, but already was being hyped as NASCAR’s Great Black Hope, the Tiger Woods of stock car racing.
Strikingly, when I last followed the sport in the late 1960s, there was a black driver, Wendell Scott, who was consistently strong, finishing among the top ten racers each year from 1966 to 1969. Hate Crime Hoax: How t... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $11.58 Buy New $17.27 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details)
Unlike Scott, who got his start as the fastest bootleg corn likker driver in the county, Wallace is not a natural prodigy, but instead is a product of the Tiger Woods era of child competitors given every advantage by their parents. Wallace’s father, a wealthy white business owner, paid for his son to compete in youth motorsports from age 9 onward.
Soon he was the star of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. The widespread hope has been that Wallace will be the American Lewis Hamilton, the half-black English driver who is a six-time Formula One world champion. He now drives the most legendary number in stock cars, Richard Petty Motorsports’ No. 43. Taboo: 10 Facts You Ca... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $16.01 Buy New $20.40 (as of 03:01 UTC - Details)
Unfortunately, Wallace hasn’t yet proven more than mediocre at the highest level, finishing 28th among drivers in each of the past two seasons.
Worse for Wallace, NASCAR has been in decline since its peak moment in the national consciousness, which can be dated precisely to Feb. 18, 2001, when Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in the last turn of the last lap of the Daytona 500.
It’s not just the ensuing safety reforms that have eroded stock car racing’s 1990s popularity. NASCAR is basically an ethnic pride parade for the people who aren’t allowed to hold ethnic pride parades, and the 21st century has been a bad one for the white working class.
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Anarchy and Voluntaryism

You ’ re likely aware that I ’ m a libertarian .
But I ’ m actually more than a libertarian .
I don ’ t believe in the right of the State to exist .
The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous .
As Mao Tse-tung , lately one of the world ’ s leading experts on government , said : “ The power of the state comes out of a barrel of a gun.
” There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other , either voluntarily or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutionalized coercion .
It ’ s not just unnecessary , but antithetical , for a civilized society .
And that ’ s increasingly true as technology advances .
It was never moral , but at least it was possible , in oxcart days , for bureaucrats to order things around .
Today it ’ s ridiculous .
Everything that needs doing can and will be done by the market , by entrepreneurs who fill the needs of other people for a profit .
The State is a dead hand that imposes itself on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of course , an anarchist .
Why We Drive : Toward a ... Crawford , Matthew B Best Price : $ 20.98 Buy New $ 16.08 People have a misconception about anarchists .
That they ’ re these violent people , running around in black capes with little round bombs .
This is nonsense .
Of course there are violent anarchists .
There are violent dentists .
There are violent Christians .
Violence , however , has nothing to do with anarchism .
Anarchism is simply a belief that a ruler isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that individuals own themselves , and the State is actually counterproductive .
It ’ s always been a battle between the individual and the collective .
I ’ m on the side of the individual .
I simply don ’ t believe anyone has a right to initiate aggression against anyone else .
Is that an unreasonable belief ?
Let me put it this way .
Since government is institutionalized coercion—a very dangerous thing—it should do nothing but protect people in its bailiwick from physical coercion .
What does that imply ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you from coercion within its boundaries , an army to protect you from coercion from outsiders , and a court system to allow you to adjudicate disputes without resorting to coercion .
I could live happily with a government that did just those things .
Unfortunately the US Government is only marginally competent in providing services in those three areas .
Instead , it tries to do everything else .
The argument can be made that the largest criminal entity today is not some Colombian cocaine gang , it ’ s the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more dangerous .
They have a legal monopoly to do anything they want with you .
Don ’ t conflate the government with America—it ’ s a separate entity , with its own interests , as distinct as General Motors or the Mafia .
I ’ d rather deal with the Mafia than I would with any agency of the US Government .
Even under the worst circumstances , even if the Mafia controlled the United States , I can ’ t believe Tony Soprano or Al Capone would try to steal 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them every year .
They couldn ’ t get away with it .
But—perhaps because we ’ re said to be a democracy—the US Government is able to masquerade as “ We the People.
” That ’ s an anachronism , at best .
The US has mutated into a domestic multicultural empire .
The average person has been propagandized into believing that it ’ s patriotic to do as he ’ s told .
“ We have to obey libraries of regulations , and I ’ m happy to pay my taxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay for civilization.
” No , that ’ s just the opposite of the fact .
Those things are a sign that civilization is degrading , that the society is becoming less individually responsible , and has to be held together by force .
The World Beyond Your ... Crawford , Matthew B .
Best Price : $ 3.99 Buy New $ 10.23 It ’ s all about control .
Power corrupts , absolute power corrupts absolutely .
The type of people that gravitate to government like to control other people .
Contrary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think , that ’ s why you get the worst people—not the best—who want to get into government .
What about voting ?
Can that change and improve things ?
Unlikely .
I can give you five reasons why you should not vote in an election ( see this article ) .
See if you agree .
Hark back to the ’ 60s when they said , “ Suppose they gave a war and nobody came ?
” But let ’ s take it further : Suppose they gave a tax and nobody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and nobody voted ?
What that would do is delegitimize government .
I applaud the fact that only half of Americans vote .
If that number dropped to 25 % , 10 % , then 0 % , perhaps everybody would look around and say , “ Wait a minute , none of us believe in this evil charade .
I don ’ t like Tweedledee from the left wing of the Demopublican Party any more than I like Tweedledum from its right wing… ” Remember you don ’ t get the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are two kinds of people .
You ’ ve got people that like to control physical reality—things .
And people that like to control other people .
That second group , those who like to lord it over their fellows , are drawn to government and politics .
Some might ask : “ Aren ’ t you loyal to America ?
” and “ How can you say these terrible things ?
” My response is , “ Of course I ’ m loyal to America , but America is an idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At least not any longer… ” America was once unique among the world ’ s countries .
Unfortunately that ’ s no longer the case .
The idea is still unique , but the country no longer is .
I ’ ll go further than that .
It ’ s said that you ’ re supposed to be loyal to your fellow Americans .
Well , here ’ s a revelation .
I have less in common with my average fellow American than I do with friends of mine in the Congo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The reason is that I share values with my friends ; we look at the world the same way , have the same worldview .
But what do I have in common with my fellow Americans who live in the trailer parks , barrios , and ghettos ?
Or even Hollywood , Washington , and Manhattan ?
Everyone has to be judged as an individual , but probably very little besides residing in the same political jurisdiction .
Most of them—about 50 % of the US—are welfare recipients , and therefore an active @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loyalty to the guys in the Congo than I do to most of my fellow Americans .
The fact we carry US passports is simply an accident of birth .
Those who find that thought offensive likely suffer from a psychological aberration called “ nationalism ” ; in serious cases it may become “ jingoism.
” The authorities and the general public prefer to call it “ patriotism.
” It ’ s understandable , though .
Everyone , including the North Koreans , tends to identify with the place they were born .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on any list of virtues .
Nationalism is the belief that my country is the best country in the world just because I happen to have been born there .
It ’ s most virulent during wars and elections .
And it ’ s very scary .
It ’ s like watching a bunch of chimpanzees hooting and panting at another tribe of chimpanzees across the watering hole .
I have no interest in being a part of the charade—although that ’ s dangerous .
NATO ’ s Secret Ar ... Daniele , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New $ 53.31 And getting more dangerous as the State grows more powerful .
The growth of the State is actually destroying society .
Over the last 100 years the State has grown at an exponential rate , and it ’ s the enemy of the individual .
I see no reason why this trend , which has been in motion and accelerating for so long , is going to stop .
And certainly no reason why it ’ s going to reverse .
It ’ s like a giant snowball that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the mountain .
It could have been stopped early in its descent , but now the thing is a behemoth .
If you stand in its way you ’ ll get crushed .
It will stop only when it smashes the village at the bottom of the valley .
This makes me quite pessimistic about the future of freedom in the US .
As I said , it ’ s been in a downtrend for many decades .
But the events of September 11 , 2001 , turbocharged the acceleration of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At some point either foreign or domestic enemies will cause another 9/11 , either real or imagined .
It ’ s predictable ; that ’ s what sociopaths do .
When there is another 9/11—and we will have another one—they ’ re going to lock down this country like one of their numerous new prisons .
It ’ s going to become very unpleasant in the US at some point soon .
It seems to me the inevitable is becoming imminent .
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You’re likely aware that I’m a libertarian. But I’m actually more than a libertarian. I don’t believe in the right of the State to exist. The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous. As Mao Tse-tung, lately one of the world’s leading experts on government, said: “The power of the state comes out of a barrel of a gun.”
There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other, either voluntarily or coercively. And the State is pure institutionalized coercion. It’s not just unnecessary, but antithetical, for a civilized society. And that’s increasingly true as technology advances. It was never moral, but at least it was possible, in oxcart days, for bureaucrats to order things around. Today it’s ridiculous.
Everything that needs doing can and will be done by the market, by entrepreneurs who fill the needs of other people for a profit. The State is a dead hand that imposes itself on society. That belief makes me, of course, an anarchist.
Why We Drive: Toward a... Crawford, Matthew B Best Price: $20.98 Buy New $16.08 (as of 06:02 UTC - Details) People have a misconception about anarchists. That they’re these violent people, running around in black capes with little round bombs. This is nonsense. Of course there are violent anarchists. There are violent dentists. There are violent Christians. Violence, however, has nothing to do with anarchism. Anarchism is simply a belief that a ruler isn’t necessary, that society organizes itself, that individuals own themselves, and the State is actually counterproductive.
It’s always been a battle between the individual and the collective. I’m on the side of the individual.
I simply don’t believe anyone has a right to initiate aggression against anyone else. Is that an unreasonable belief?
Let me put it this way. Since government is institutionalized coercion—a very dangerous thing—it should do nothing but protect people in its bailiwick from physical coercion.
What does that imply? It implies a police force to protect you from coercion within its boundaries, an army to protect you from coercion from outsiders, and a court system to allow you to adjudicate disputes without resorting to coercion.
I could live happily with a government that did just those things. Unfortunately the US Government is only marginally competent in providing services in those three areas. Instead, it tries to do everything else.
The argument can be made that the largest criminal entity today is not some Colombian cocaine gang, it’s the US Government. And they’re far more dangerous. They have a legal monopoly to do anything they want with you. Don’t conflate the government with America—it’s a separate entity, with its own interests, as distinct as General Motors or the Mafia. I’d rather deal with the Mafia than I would with any agency of the US Government.
Even under the worst circumstances, even if the Mafia controlled the United States, I can’t believe Tony Soprano or Al Capone would try to steal 40% of people’s income from them every year. They couldn’t get away with it. But—perhaps because we’re said to be a democracy—the US Government is able to masquerade as “We the People.” That’s an anachronism, at best. The US has mutated into a domestic multicultural empire.
The average person has been propagandized into believing that it’s patriotic to do as he’s told. “We have to obey libraries of regulations, and I’m happy to pay my taxes. It’s the price we pay for civilization.” No, that’s just the opposite of the fact. Those things are a sign that civilization is degrading, that the society is becoming less individually responsible, and has to be held together by force. The World Beyond Your ... Crawford, Matthew B. Best Price: $3.99 Buy New $10.23 (as of 06:02 UTC - Details)
It’s all about control. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. The type of people that gravitate to government like to control other people. Contrary to what we’re told to think, that’s why you get the worst people—not the best—who want to get into government.
What about voting? Can that change and improve things? Unlikely. I can give you five reasons why you should not vote in an election (see this article). See if you agree.
Hark back to the ’60s when they said, “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?” But let’s take it further: Suppose they gave a tax and nobody paid? Suppose they gave an election and nobody voted? What that would do is delegitimize government.
I applaud the fact that only half of Americans vote. If that number dropped to 25%, 10%, then 0%, perhaps everybody would look around and say, “Wait a minute, none of us believe in this evil charade. I don’t like Tweedledee from the left wing of the Demopublican Party any more than I like Tweedledum from its right wing…”
Remember you don’t get the best and the brightest going into government. There are two kinds of people. You’ve got people that like to control physical reality—things. And people that like to control other people. That second group, those who like to lord it over their fellows, are drawn to government and politics.
Some might ask: “Aren’t you loyal to America?” and “How can you say these terrible things?” My response is, “Of course I’m loyal to America, but America is an idea, it’s not a place. At least not any longer…”
America was once unique among the world’s countries. Unfortunately that’s no longer the case. The idea is still unique, but the country no longer is.
I’ll go further than that. It’s said that you’re supposed to be loyal to your fellow Americans. Well, here’s a revelation. I have less in common with my average fellow American than I do with friends of mine in the Congo, or Argentina, or China.
The reason is that I share values with my friends; we look at the world the same way, have the same worldview. But what do I have in common with my fellow Americans who live in the trailer parks, barrios, and ghettos? Or even Hollywood, Washington, and Manhattan? Everyone has to be judged as an individual, but probably very little besides residing in the same political jurisdiction. Most of them—about 50% of the US—are welfare recipients, and therefore an active threat. So I have more personal loyalty to the guys in the Congo than I do to most of my fellow Americans. The fact we carry US passports is simply an accident of birth.
Those who find that thought offensive likely suffer from a psychological aberration called “nationalism”; in serious cases it may become “jingoism.” The authorities and the general public prefer to call it “patriotism.” It’s understandable, though. Everyone, including the North Koreans, tends to identify with the place they were born. But these things should be fairly low on any list of virtues.
Nationalism is the belief that my country is the best country in the world just because I happen to have been born there. It’s most virulent during wars and elections. And it’s very scary. It’s like watching a bunch of chimpanzees hooting and panting at another tribe of chimpanzees across the watering hole. I have no interest in being a part of the charade—although that’s dangerous. NATO’s Secret Ar... Daniele, Ganser Best Price: $70.25 Buy New $53.31 (as of 03:43 UTC - Details)
And getting more dangerous as the State grows more powerful. The growth of the State is actually destroying society. Over the last 100 years the State has grown at an exponential rate, and it’s the enemy of the individual. I see no reason why this trend, which has been in motion and accelerating for so long, is going to stop. And certainly no reason why it’s going to reverse.
It’s like a giant snowball that’s been rolling downhill from the top of the mountain. It could have been stopped early in its descent, but now the thing is a behemoth. If you stand in its way you’ll get crushed. It will stop only when it smashes the village at the bottom of the valley.
This makes me quite pessimistic about the future of freedom in the US. As I said, it’s been in a downtrend for many decades. But the events of September 11, 2001, turbocharged the acceleration of the loss of liberty in the US. At some point either foreign or domestic enemies will cause another 9/11, either real or imagined. It’s predictable; that’s what sociopaths do.
When there is another 9/11—and we will have another one—they’re going to lock down this country like one of their numerous new prisons.
It’s going to become very unpleasant in the US at some point soon. It seems to me the inevitable is becoming imminent.
Reprinted with permission from International Man.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-25--What of Natural Rights?

What of Natural Rights?

I have written extensively on the necessity of natural law as the foundation for a society grounded in liberty .
What of natural rights ?
How are the two related ?
Murray Rothbard addresses this question in chapter four of his book , The Ethics of Liberty , pointing to John Locke : It is in a grounding of natural rights that the American experiment began , and it is the examination of natural rights that is the purpose of the remainder of Rothbard ’ s book : The Ethics of Liberty Rothbard , Murray N. Best Price : $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of natural law and natural rights has caused confusion for many – certainly me .
For example , how can Rothbard open the first three chapters of this book describing the necessity of natural law to liberty and then spend the bulk of the book focusing only on the libertarian analysis of property rights ?
What of the “ moral ” stuff inherent in natural law ?
That ’ s what I want to get at here .
To begin , while it is true ( as Rothbard suggests ) that many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasis on the king or state as opposed to the individual , Locke was not the first to demonstrate a distinction between natural law and natural rights .
One could find this distinction in Aquinas ( emphasis added ) : Now human law is framed for a number of human beings , the majority of whom are not perfect in virtue .
Wherefore human laws do not forbid all vices , from which the virtuous abstain , but only the more grievous vices , from which it is possible for the majority to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the hurt of others , without the prohibition of which human society could not be maintained : thus human law prohibits murder , theft and such like .
So , while natural law described how humans ought to act toward others ( and , in my opinion , describes the type of behavior necessary if one is to expect any form of sustainable liberty on this earth ) , natural rights describe how others ( society ) ought to act toward the individual rights-holder .
It is this area of natural rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time in this book , all-the-while not discounting his strong statements in the opening chapters regarding the necessity of natural law toward liberty .
The individual has a natural right to life and property .
While natural law demands certain moral behaviors beyond this , I as an individual have no natural right to force others to behave toward me in such respects .
For a simple example , natural law is grounded in other-regarding action – call it the Golden Rule for simplicity .
Yet I have no natural right to demand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manner – to feed me if hungry , to shelter me if homeless , or to clothe me if cold .
Natural law describes proper moral behavior – and , in my opinion , the behavior necessary if society is to sustain the natural rights in human law of life and property .
I do have a natural right to demand that others respect my property and my physical body : don ’ t hit first ; don ’ t take my stuff .
And it is here where human law plays a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , further developed in Locke , and expanded upon significantly by Rothbard .
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Stephen L. Best Price : $ 41.82 Buy New $ 29.92 But none of these had the gumption to turn all of natural law into natural rights ( and , therefore , human law ) .
I have a right to my property and my physical body .
Beyond this – whatever natural law demands – I have no right to claim , in human law , other actions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ others treat me in a loving manner .
I find it quite interesting that one of the strong pushbacks against natural law is the idea that proponents of natural law wish to arrive at a theocracy .
Yet it is clear , as early as Aquinas , that this was never the purpose .
At the same time , society today is taking a bastardized version of natural law and turning this into natural rights through human law .
By law , others have a right to claim from me food if hungry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and clothes if cold .
Critics such as these are attacking a strawman , while the state is enacting exactly that which they fear – a theocracy , but based on a deformed concept of what it means to be a human being .
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I have written extensively on the necessity of natural law as the foundation for a society grounded in liberty. What of natural rights? How are the two related?
Murray Rothbard addresses this question in chapter four of his book, The Ethics of Liberty, pointing to John Locke:
From the Lockean emphasis on the individual as the unit of action, as the entity who thinks, feels, chooses, and acts, stemmed his conception of natural law in politics as establishing the natural rights of each individual.
It is in a grounding of natural rights that the American experiment began, and it is the examination of natural rights that is the purpose of the remainder of Rothbard’s book:
It is this tradition of natural-rights libertarianism upon which the present volume attempts to build.
The Ethics of Liberty Rothbard, Murray N. Best Price: $9.63 Buy New $19.00 (as of 02:25 UTC - Details) This distinction of natural law and natural rights has caused confusion for many – certainly me. For example, how can Rothbard open the first three chapters of this book describing the necessity of natural law to liberty and then spend the bulk of the book focusing only on the libertarian analysis of property rights? What of the “moral” stuff inherent in natural law? That’s what I want to get at here.
To begin, while it is true (as Rothbard suggests) that many of the earlier scholars of natural law placed emphasis on the king or state as opposed to the individual, Locke was not the first to demonstrate a distinction between natural law and natural rights. One could find this distinction in Aquinas (emphasis added):
Now human law is framed for a number of human beings, the majority of whom are not perfect in virtue. Wherefore human laws do not forbid all vices, from which the virtuous abstain, but only the more grievous vices, from which it is possible for the majority to abstain; and chiefly those that are to the hurt of others, without the prohibition of which human society could not be maintained: thus human law prohibits murder, theft and such like.
So, while natural law described how humans ought to act toward others (and, in my opinion, describes the type of behavior necessary if one is to expect any form of sustainable liberty on this earth), natural rights describe how others (society) ought to act toward the individual rights-holder.
It is this area of natural rights where Rothbard spends the bulk of his time in this book, all-the-while not discounting his strong statements in the opening chapters regarding the necessity of natural law toward liberty. The individual has a natural right to life and property. While natural law demands certain moral behaviors beyond this, I as an individual have no natural right to force others to behave toward me in such respects.
For a simple example, natural law is grounded in other-regarding action – call it the Golden Rule for simplicity. Yet I have no natural right to demand that others treat me in a loving manner – to feed me if hungry, to shelter me if homeless, or to clothe me if cold.
Natural law describes proper moral behavior – and, in my opinion, the behavior necessary if society is to sustain the natural rights in human law of life and property.
Conclusion
I do have a natural right to demand that others respect my property and my physical body: don’t hit first; don’t take my stuff. And it is here where human law plays a role – as touched on by Aquinas, further developed in Locke, and expanded upon significantly by Rothbard. The Light That Binds: ... Brock, Rev. Stephen L. Best Price: $41.82 Buy New $29.92 (as of 06:03 UTC - Details)
But none of these had the gumption to turn all of natural law into natural rights (and, therefore, human law). I have a right to my property and my physical body. Beyond this – whatever natural law demands – I have no right to claim, in human law, other actions. I have no right to demand that others treat me in a loving manner.
Epilogue
I find it quite interesting that one of the strong pushbacks against natural law is the idea that proponents of natural law wish to arrive at a theocracy. Yet it is clear, as early as Aquinas, that this was never the purpose.
At the same time, society today is taking a bastardized version of natural law and turning this into natural rights through human law. By law, others have a right to claim from me food if hungry, a home if without shelter, and clothes if cold.
Critics such as these are attacking a strawman, while the state is enacting exactly that which they fear – a theocracy, but based on a deformed concept of what it means to be a human being.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-25--J.K. Rowling’s Publisher Refuses To Require Trans ‘Re-education’ Classes, so a Bunch of Crybabies Qu

J.K. Rowling’s Publisher Refuses To Require Trans ‘Re-education’ Classes, so a Bunch of Crybabies Quit

J.K. Rowling is turning out to be the unlikely savior of free speech after withstanding the mob for her belief that being female is a biological reality and not a mental mindset .
She continues to stand against the constant onslaught of the thought police , who insist everyone conform to far-left radical ideas .
The latest act of bravery is her publishing company ’ s decision to let authors go who demanded the company send their employees to pro-transgender re-education for the crime of supporting an author who has different opinions than the mob does .
Instead , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publisher .
Bravo !
Blair Partnership , the publisher , said in a statement reported in The Guardian , Springtime for Snowfla ... Michael Rectenwald Best Price : $ 10.51 Buy New $ 14.65 In its response , the Blair Partnership said it took pride in the diversity of views represented by their authors but it could not compromise on the “ fundamental freedom ” of allowing authors the right to express their thoughts and beliefs .
A spokeswoman said it would always champion diverse voices and believe in freedom of speech for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have staff “ re-educated ” to meet the demands of a small group of clients .
This is exactly how the mob should be treated in any situation .
Some people are noticing it .

J.K. Rowling is turning out to be the unlikely savior of free speech after withstanding the mob for her belief that being female is a biological reality and not a mental mindset. She continues to stand against the constant onslaught of the thought police, who insist everyone conform to far-left radical ideas. The latest act of bravery is her publishing company’s decision to let authors go who demanded the company send their employees to pro-transgender re-education for the crime of supporting an author who has different opinions than the mob does. Instead, the social-justice warrior authors can go find another publisher. Bravo!
Exc: Authors quit JK Rowling’s literary agency after company declined to issue a statement of support for transgender rights and pledge action. The agency says it is not willing to have staff “re-educated” to meet the demands of a small group of clients. https://t.co/VbY1dcQ0xP — Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 22, 2020
Blair Partnership, the publisher, said in a statement reported in The Guardian, Springtime for Snowfla... Michael Rectenwald Best Price: $10.51 Buy New $14.65 (as of 10:49 UTC - Details)
In its response, the Blair Partnership said it took pride in the diversity of views represented by their authors but it could not compromise on the “fundamental freedom” of allowing authors the right to express their thoughts and beliefs. A spokeswoman said it would always champion diverse voices and believe in freedom of speech for all but it was not willing to have staff “re-educated” to meet the demands of a small group of clients.
This is exactly how the mob should be treated in any situation. Some people are noticing it.
Exactly how you treat the mob. Show them the door. https://t.co/RAMk86zYnA — Nick Cole (@RealNickCole) June 22, 2020
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