lewrockwell--2020-08-19--Don’t Believe Anything the Government Says About Vaccines and Viruses

In this article , I ’ m putting together several pieces I wrote in years past , to reveal scandals on a scale most people have never considered .
Why ?
Because the credibility of information you ’ re getting now , from government agencies , about COVID , is connected to the credibility of information you ’ ve received from the same government agencies in years gone by .
If they lied to you then—in mind-boggling ways—there is no reason to think they ’ re telling the truth now .
SCANDAL ONE : In 2013 , Dr. Peter Doshi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British Medical Journal ) , revealed this monstrosity .
Fear of the Invisible Roberts , Janine Best Price : $ 41.22 Buy New $ 18.31 As Doshi states , every year , hundreds of thousands of respiratory samples are taken from flu patients in the US and tested in labs .
Here is the kicker : only a small percentage of these samples show the presence of a flu virus .
This means : most of the people in America who are diagnosed by doctors with the flu have no flu virus in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t have the flu .
Therefore , even if you assume the flu vaccine is useful and safe , it couldn ’ t possibly prevent all those “ flu cases ” that aren ’ t flu cases .
The vaccine isn ’ t designed to prevent fake flu , unless pigs can fly .
Here ’ s the exact quote from Peter Doshi ’ s BMJ review , “ Influenza : marketing vaccines by marketing disease ” ( BMJ 2013 ; 346 : f3037 ) : “ …even the ideal influenza vaccine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influenza and capable of stopping all influenza viruses , can only deal with a small part of the ‘ flu ’ problem because most ‘ flu ’ appears to have nothing to do with influenza .
Every year , hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US .
Of those tested , on average 16 % are found to be influenza positive .
“ …It ’ s no wonder so many people feel that ‘ flu shots ’ don ’ t work : for most flus , they can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Janine Best Price : $ 13.95 Buy New $ 12.99 Because most diagnosed cases of the flu aren ’ t the flu .
So even if you ’ re a true believer in mainstream vaccine theory , you ’ re on the short end of the stick here .
They ’ re conning your socks off .
But the mainstream press can ’ t report any of this .
It would topple the flu-treatment money machine .
It would topple public health agencies .
SCANDAL TWO : Widely reported in the press , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be only 10 % effective in a given year .
But of course , they urge you to take the vaccine anyway .
Why is this vaccine ineffective ?
Because it ’ s made using chicken eggs , and researchers have discovered that the flu virus—which is placed in the vaccine—mutates in chicken eggs .
Therefore , by the time a person takes the flu shot , he ’ s not being protected against this year ’ s seasonal flu virus .
He ’ s being protected against a mutated virus that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
This is the conventional explanation .
If you think it ’ s the whole story , I have condos for sale on the moon .
You see , vaccines have been made using chicken eggs…for the past 70 years .
Dissolving Illusions : ... Bystrianyk , Roman Best Price : $ 38.50 Buy New $ 21.60 That would mean the flu vaccine has been ineffective for decades .
Healthline.com : “ The majority of flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs , a method of vaccine development that ’ s been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : In December of 2005 , the British Medical Journal ( online ) published another shocking Peter Doshi report , which created tremors through the halls of the Centers for Disease Control ( CDC ) , where “ the experts ” used to tell the press that 36,000 people in the US die every year from the flu .
Here is a quote from Doshi ’ s report , “ Are US flu death figures more PR than science ?
” ( BMJ 2005 ; 331:1412 ) : “ [ According to CDC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ took 62,034 lives in 2001—61,777 of which were attributable to pneumonia and 257 to flu , and in only 18 cases was the flu virus positively identified.
” You see , the CDC created one overall category that combines both flu and pneumonia deaths .
Why do they do this ?
Because they disingenuously assume that the pneumonia deaths are complications stemming from the flu .
This is an absurd assumption .
Pneumonia has a number of causes .
But even worse , in all the flu and pneumonia deaths , only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus .
Thimerosal : Let the Sc ... Kennedy Jr. , Robert F. Best Price : $ 18.01 Buy New $ 15.93 Therefore , the CDC could not say , with assurance , that more than 18 people died of influenza in 2001 .
Not 36,000 deaths .
18 deaths .
Doshi continued his assessment of published CDC flu-death statistics : “ Between 1979 and 2001 , [ CDC ] data show an average of 1348 [ flu ] deaths per year ( range 257 to 3006 ) .
” These figures refer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This death toll is obviously far lower than the old parroted 36,000 figure .
However , when you add the sensible condition that lab tests have to actually find the flu virus in patients , the numbers of flu deaths plummet even further .
In other words , it ’ s all promotion and hype .
“ Well , uh , we used to say that 36,000 people die from the flu every year in the US .
But actually , all we can prove is about 20 deaths .
However , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we did , we ’ d be exposing our gigantic psyop .
The whole campaign to scare people into getting a flu shot would have about the same effect as warning people to carry iron umbrellas , in case toasters fall out of upper-story windows…and , by the way , we ’ d be put in prison for fraud.
” SCANDAL FOUR : The so-called Swine Flu pandemic of 2009 .
This one is a real eye-opener .
The CDC was caught with its pants down .
Swine Flu was hyped to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Agency was calling for all Americans to take the Swine Flu vaccine .
Remember ?
The problem was , the CDC was concealing a very dirty secret .
Vaccine Epidemic : How ... Best Price : $ 7.50 Buy New $ 12.99 At the time , star CBS investigative reporter , Sharyl Attkisson , was working on the Swine Flu story .
She discovered that the CDC had secretly stopped counting cases of the illness—while , of course , continuing to warn Americans about its unchecked spread .
Understand that the CDC ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporting the numbers .
What was the Agency up to ?
Here is an excerpt from my 2014 interview with Sharyl Attkisson : Rappoport : In 2009 , you spearheaded coverage of the so-called Swine Flu pandemic .
You discovered that , in the summer of 2009 , the Centers for Disease Control , ignoring their federal mandate , [ secretly ] stopped counting Swine Flu cases in America .
Yet they continued to stir up fear about the “ pandemic , ” without having any real measure of its impact .
Wasn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that was shut down ?
Wasn ’ t there more to find out ?
Attkisson : The implications of the story were even worse than that .
We discovered through our FOI efforts that before the CDC mysteriously stopped counting Swine Flu cases , they had learned that almost none of the cases they had counted as Swine Flu was , in fact , Swine Flu or any sort of flu at all !
The interest in the story from one [ CBS ] executive was very enthusiastic .
He said it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ d seen on the whole Swine Flu epidemic .
But others pushed to stop it [ after it was published on the CBS News website ] and , in the end , no [ CBS television news ] broadcast wanted to touch it .
We aired numerous stories pumping up the idea of an epidemic , but not the one that would shed original , new light on all the hype .
It was fair , accurate , legally approved and a heck of a story .
With the CDC keeping the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meant that many in the public took and gave their children an experimental vaccine that may not have been necessary .
It was routine for doctors all over America to send blood samples from patients they ’ d diagnosed with Swine Flu , or the “ most likely ” Swine Flu patients , to labs for testing .
And overwhelmingly , those samples were coming back with the result : not Swine Flu , not any kind of flu .
That was the big secret .
That ’ s what the CDC was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stopped reporting Swine Flu case numbers .
That ’ s what Attkisson had discovered .
That ’ s why she was shut down .
But it gets even worse .
Because about three weeks after Attkisson ’ s findings were published on the CBS News website , the CDC , obviously in a panic , decided to double down .
If one lie is exposed , tell an even bigger one .
A much bigger one .
Here , from a November 12 , 2009 , WebMD article is the CDC ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 34 million U.S. residents — the CDC ’ s best guess is 22 million — came down with H1N1 swine flu by Oct. 17 [ 2009 ] .
” ( “ 22 million cases of Swine Flu in US , ” by Daniel J. DeNoon ) .
Are your eyeballs popping ?
They should be .
In the summer of 2009 , the CDC secretly stops counting Swine Flu cases in America , because the overwhelming percentage of lab tests from likely Swine Flu patients shows no sign of Swine Flu or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no Swine Flu epidemic .
Then , the CDC estimates there are 22 MILLION cases of Swine Flu in the US .
SCANDAL FIVE : This one involves a vaccine manufacturer .
It goes back to at least 2016 , and it keeps unfolding .
—The Philippines , where drug giant Sanofi ’ s Dengvaxia , was given to prevent Dengue Fever .
Sanofi is facing enormous pushback from government officials , who stopped the national vaccination campaign , after thousands of children already received the shot .
FiercePharma : “ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warned that Dengvaxia can cause more serious infections in those who previously hadn ’ t had exposure to the virus .
The country also kicked off a probe and plans legal action , according to health secretary Francisco Duque.
” Did you get that ?
The company ( Sanofi ) itself warned that vaccine might not be safe .
FiercePharma : “ …the [ Philippine ] Department of Health didn ’ t heed warnings from an advisory group of doctors and pharmacologists , who concluded early last year that the vaccine ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let ’ s dig even deeper .
Sanofi saying is saying the vaccine might be dangerous for those who haven ’ t been exposed to the Dengue virus before getting the shot .
What on Earth does that mean ?
It means a child who had naturally come in contact with the virus would have developed his own antibodies to it .
And later , those antibodies would protect him against the Dengue virus IN THE VACCINE .
Otherwise , the virus in the vaccine could give him a case of Dengue or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is saying , “ If a child is ALREADY immune to Dengue Fever , because his immune system has successfully dealt with the virus , then the vaccine won ’ t damage him.
” And THAT is saying , “ If the child has naturally developed an immunity to Dengue , then the vaccine , WHICH HE DOESN ’ T NEED , won ’ t harm him.
” Of course , the press isn ’ t getting the picture .
If any reporters are seeing the light , they ’ re keeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too big and too crazy .
Between the lines , a vaccine company is admitting their vaccine is only safe for children who don ’ t need it .
A tree just fell in the forest .
Who heard it ?
Mainstream reporters don ’ t want to uncover the true meaning of vaccine scandals .
Therefore , they cultivate ignorance as a defense against admitting their own unconscionable bias .
And that ’ s the essence of their own mental “ vaccine , ” which works very well .
For them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are , are just a brief sampling from the recent history of governments and pharma .
The titanic load of nonsense and lies about COVID now being dropped on the population is one more chapter of business as usual : In 2019 , a new and unique coronavirus was discovered through the application of proper scientific procedures .
LIE .
The diagnostic test ( PCR ) is dependable and highly accurate .
LIE .
The case numbers and deaths numbers are accurate and meaningful .
LIE .
The destruction of national economies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LIE .
In over 150 articles , I ’ ve provided evidence to support the assertion that these are all egregious lies .
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In this article, I’m putting together several pieces I wrote in years past, to reveal scandals on a scale most people have never considered.
Why? Because the credibility of information you’re getting now, from government agencies, about COVID, is connected to the credibility of information you’ve received from the same government agencies in years gone by.
If they lied to you then—in mind-boggling ways—there is no reason to think they’re telling the truth now.
Buckle up.
SCANDAL ONE: In 2013, Dr. Peter Doshi, writing in the online BMJ (British Medical Journal), revealed this monstrosity. Fear of the Invisible Roberts, Janine Best Price: $41.22 Buy New $18.31 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
As Doshi states, every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory samples are taken from flu patients in the US and tested in labs. Here is the kicker: only a small percentage of these samples show the presence of a flu virus.
This means: most of the people in America who are diagnosed by doctors with the flu have no flu virus in their bodies.
So they don’t have the flu.
Therefore, even if you assume the flu vaccine is useful and safe, it couldn’t possibly prevent all those “flu cases” that aren’t flu cases.
The vaccine couldn’t possibly work.
The vaccine isn’t designed to prevent fake flu, unless pigs can fly.
Here’s the exact quote from Peter Doshi’s BMJ review, “Influenza: marketing vaccines by marketing disease” (BMJ 2013; 346:f3037):
“…even the ideal influenza vaccine, matched perfectly to circulating strains of wild influenza and capable of stopping all influenza viruses, can only deal with a small part of the ‘flu’ problem because most ‘flu’ appears to have nothing to do with influenza. Every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory specimens are tested across the US. Of those tested, on average 16% are found to be influenza positive.
“…It’s no wonder so many people feel that ‘flu shots’ don’t work: for most flus, they can’t.” The Vaccine Papers Roberts, Janine Best Price: $13.95 Buy New $12.99 (as of 06:21 UTC - Details)
Because most diagnosed cases of the flu aren’t the flu.
So even if you’re a true believer in mainstream vaccine theory, you’re on the short end of the stick here. They’re conning your socks off.
But the mainstream press can’t report any of this.
It would topple the flu-treatment money machine. It would topple public health agencies.
SCANDAL TWO: Widely reported in the press, health authorities admit the seasonal flu vaccine may be only 10% effective in a given year.
But of course, they urge you to take the vaccine anyway.
Why is this vaccine ineffective? Because it’s made using chicken eggs, and researchers have discovered that the flu virus—which is placed in the vaccine—mutates in chicken eggs.
Therefore, by the time a person takes the flu shot, he’s not being protected against this year’s seasonal flu virus. He’s being protected against a mutated virus that isn’t causing the flu this year.
This is the conventional explanation. If you think it’s the whole story, I have condos for sale on the moon.
You see, vaccines have been made using chicken eggs…for the past 70 years. Dissolving Illusions: ... Bystrianyk, Roman Best Price: $38.50 Buy New $21.60 (as of 11:00 UTC - Details)
Oops.
That would mean the flu vaccine has been ineffective for decades.
Healthline.com: “The majority of flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs, a method of vaccine development that’s been used for 70 years.”
SCANDAL THREE: In December of 2005, the British Medical Journal (online) published another shocking Peter Doshi report, which created tremors through the halls of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), where “the experts” used to tell the press that 36,000 people in the US die every year from the flu.
Here is a quote from Doshi’s report, “Are US flu death figures more PR than science?” (BMJ 2005; 331:1412):
“[According to CDC statistics], ‘influenza and pneumonia’ took 62,034 lives in 2001—61,777 of which were attributable to pneumonia and 257 to flu, and in only 18 cases was the flu virus positively identified.”
Boom.
You see, the CDC created one overall category that combines both flu and pneumonia deaths. Why do they do this? Because they disingenuously assume that the pneumonia deaths are complications stemming from the flu.
This is an absurd assumption. Pneumonia has a number of causes.
But even worse, in all the flu and pneumonia deaths, only 18 revealed the presence of an influenza virus. Thimerosal: Let the Sc... Kennedy Jr., Robert F. Best Price: $18.01 Buy New $15.93 (as of 02:45 UTC - Details)
Therefore, the CDC could not say, with assurance, that more than 18 people died of influenza in 2001. Not 36,000 deaths. 18 deaths.
Doshi continued his assessment of published CDC flu-death statistics: “Between 1979 and 2001, [CDC] data show an average of 1348 [flu] deaths per year (range 257 to 3006).” These figures refer to flu separated out from pneumonia.
This death toll is obviously far lower than the old parroted 36,000 figure.
However, when you add the sensible condition that lab tests have to actually find the flu virus in patients, the numbers of flu deaths plummet even further.
In other words, it’s all promotion and hype.
“Well, uh, we used to say that 36,000 people die from the flu every year in the US. But actually, all we can prove is about 20 deaths. However, we can’t admit that, because if we did, we’d be exposing our gigantic psyop. The whole campaign to scare people into getting a flu shot would have about the same effect as warning people to carry iron umbrellas, in case toasters fall out of upper-story windows…and, by the way, we’d be put in prison for fraud.”
SCANDAL FOUR: The so-called Swine Flu pandemic of 2009. This one is a real eye-opener. The CDC was caught with its pants down.
Swine Flu was hyped to the sky by the CDC. The Agency was calling for all Americans to take the Swine Flu vaccine. Remember?
The problem was, the CDC was concealing a very dirty secret. Vaccine Epidemic: How ... Best Price: $7.50 Buy New $12.99 (as of 06:30 UTC - Details)
At the time, star CBS investigative reporter, Sharyl Attkisson, was working on the Swine Flu story. She discovered that the CDC had secretly stopped counting cases of the illness—while, of course, continuing to warn Americans about its unchecked spread.
Understand that the CDC’s main job is counting cases and reporting the numbers.
What was the Agency up to?
Here is an excerpt from my 2014 interview with Sharyl Attkisson:
Rappoport: In 2009, you spearheaded coverage of the so-called Swine Flu pandemic. You discovered that, in the summer of 2009, the Centers for Disease Control, ignoring their federal mandate, [secretly] stopped counting Swine Flu cases in America. Yet they continued to stir up fear about the “pandemic,” without having any real measure of its impact. Wasn’t that another investigation of yours that was shut down? Wasn’t there more to find out?
Attkisson: The implications of the story were even worse than that. We discovered through our FOI efforts that before the CDC mysteriously stopped counting Swine Flu cases, they had learned that almost none of the cases they had counted as Swine Flu was, in fact, Swine Flu or any sort of flu at all! The interest in the story from one [CBS] executive was very enthusiastic. He said it was “the most original story” he’d seen on the whole Swine Flu epidemic. But others pushed to stop it [after it was published on the CBS News website] and, in the end, no [CBS television news] broadcast wanted to touch it. We aired numerous stories pumping up the idea of an epidemic, but not the one that would shed original, new light on all the hype. It was fair, accurate, legally approved and a heck of a story. With the CDC keeping the true Swine Flu stats secret, it meant that many in the public took and gave their children an experimental vaccine that may not have been necessary.
–—end of interview excerpt—–
It was routine for doctors all over America to send blood samples from patients they’d diagnosed with Swine Flu, or the “most likely” Swine Flu patients, to labs for testing. And overwhelmingly, those samples were coming back with the result: not Swine Flu, not any kind of flu.
That was the big secret. That’s what the CDC was hiding. That’s why they stopped reporting Swine Flu case numbers. That’s what Attkisson had discovered. That’s why she was shut down.
But it gets even worse.
Because about three weeks after Attkisson’s findings were published on the CBS News website, the CDC, obviously in a panic, decided to double down. If one lie is exposed, tell an even bigger one. A much bigger one.
Here, from a November 12, 2009, WebMD article is the CDC’s response: “Shockingly, 14 million to 34 million U.S. residents — the CDC’s best guess is 22 million — came down with H1N1 swine flu by Oct. 17 [2009].” (“22 million cases of Swine Flu in US,” by Daniel J. DeNoon).
Are your eyeballs popping? They should be.
In the summer of 2009, the CDC secretly stops counting Swine Flu cases in America, because the overwhelming percentage of lab tests from likely Swine Flu patients shows no sign of Swine Flu or any other kind of flu.
There is no Swine Flu epidemic.
Then, the CDC estimates there are 22 MILLION cases of Swine Flu in the US.
SCANDAL FIVE: This one involves a vaccine manufacturer. It goes back to at least 2016, and it keeps unfolding.
—The Philippines, where drug giant Sanofi’s Dengvaxia, was given to prevent Dengue Fever. Sanofi is facing enormous pushback from government officials, who stopped the national vaccination campaign, after thousands of children already received the shot.
The issue? Safety.
FiercePharma: “The Philippines stopped vaccinations shortly after the company warned that Dengvaxia can cause more serious infections in those who previously hadn’t had exposure to the virus. The country also kicked off a probe and plans legal action, according to health secretary Francisco Duque.”
Did you get that? The company (Sanofi) itself warned that vaccine might not be safe.
FiercePharma: “…the [Philippine] Department of Health didn’t heed warnings from an advisory group of doctors and pharmacologists, who concluded early last year that the vaccine’s safety and efficacy were unproven.”
My, my.
But let’s dig even deeper. Sanofi saying is saying the vaccine might be dangerous for those who haven’t been exposed to the Dengue virus before getting the shot. What on Earth does that mean?
It means a child who had naturally come in contact with the virus would have developed his own antibodies to it. And later, those antibodies would protect him against the Dengue virus IN THE VACCINE. Otherwise, the virus in the vaccine could give him a case of Dengue or cause some other form of damage.
This is saying, “If a child is ALREADY immune to Dengue Fever, because his immune system has successfully dealt with the virus, then the vaccine won’t damage him.”
And THAT is saying, “If the child has naturally developed an immunity to Dengue, then the vaccine, WHICH HE DOESN’T NEED, won’t harm him.”
Of course, the press isn’t getting the picture. If any reporters are seeing the light, they’re keeping their mouths shut. The scandal is too big and too crazy.
Between the lines, a vaccine company is admitting their vaccine is only safe for children who don’t need it.
A tree just fell in the forest. Who heard it?
Mainstream reporters don’t want to uncover the true meaning of vaccine scandals. Therefore, they cultivate ignorance as a defense against admitting their own unconscionable bias. And that’s the essence of their own mental “vaccine,” which works very well. For them.
These five scandals, as boggling as they are, are just a brief sampling from the recent history of governments and pharma.
History matters.
The titanic load of nonsense and lies about COVID now being dropped on the population is one more chapter of business as usual:
In 2019, a new and unique coronavirus was discovered through the application of proper scientific procedures. LIE.
The diagnostic test (PCR) is dependable and highly accurate. LIE.
The case numbers and deaths numbers are accurate and meaningful. LIE.
The containment measures are effective. LIE.
The destruction of national economies, through lockdowns, is necessary. LIE.
In over 150 articles, I’ve provided evidence to support the assertion that these are all egregious lies.
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-19--The Progressive Racism of the Ivy League

If the definition of racism is deliberate discrimination based on race , color or national origin , Yale University appears to be a textbook case of “ systemic racism.
” And , so , the Department of Justice contends .
Last week , Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband charged , “ Yale discriminates based on race… in its undergraduate admissions process and race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year .
“ Asian Americans and whites have only one-tenth to one-fourth of the likelihood of admission as African American applicants with comparable academic credentials… “ Yale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect of race on an applicant ’ s likelihood of admission .
Progressive Racism Horowitz , David Best Price : $ 9.96 Buy New $ 16.96 Yale defends this admissions policy by claiming it considers the “ whole person ” — leadership , a likelihood students “ will contribute to the Yale Community and the world , ” and , says Yale President Peter Salovey , “ a student body whose diversity is a mark of its excellence.
” Yet , somehow , when all these factors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white students invariably come up short , because the racial composition of Yale ’ s incoming classes remains roughly the same every year .
The Justice Department refused to wave its big stick — a threat to cut off tax dollars that go yearly to Yale .
Incidentally , Yale sits on an endowment of some $ 30 billion — second only to Harvard ’ s .
A court case alleging that Harvard emulates Yale , or vice versa , and admits Black and brown students whose test scores would instantly disqualify white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court .
At the heart of this dispute over diversity are basic questions , the resolution of which will affect the long-term unity of the American nation .
Is discrimination against white students in favor of Black students with far lower test scores morally acceptable if done to advance racial “ diversity ” ?
And , if so , for how long ?
Forever ?
Is it praiseworthy to advance Hispanic applicants over Asian applicants with far higher test scores and academic achievements ?
Why ?
What did these Chinese , Korean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do to deserve discrimination in the country to which their parents came where , supposedly , “ All men are created equal ” ?
President Lyndon Johnson first formally introduced this notion of benevolent racial discrimination .
Addressing D.C. ’ s Howard University in 1965 , LBJ said in a speech written by Richard Goodwin , “ We seek… not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result.
” But what if equality of opportunity , an equal chance at the starting line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
What if Black Americans dominate America ’ s most richly rewarded sports such as the NBA and NFL , while Asians and whites excel in academic pursuits and on admissions exams at Yale and Harvard ?
Why is it right to discriminate against working-class white kids from Middle America in favor of urban and middle-class Black kids in admissions to prestige colleges ?
If so , what does social justice mean ?
Who defines it ?
DARK AGENDA : The War t ... Horowitz , David Best Price : $ 16.84 Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state legislature has put on the ballot a measure to overturn the ban on all racial and ethnic discrimination that was voted into California ’ s Constitution in Proposition 209 in 1996 .
“ The state shall not discriminate against , or grant preferential treatment to , any individual or group on the basis of race , sex , color , ethnicity , or national origin in the operation of public employment , public education , or public contracting.
” What Californians said in 1996 was : No discrimination means no discrimination .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is fighting the repeal of Prop 209 , argues that while street mobs may be tearing down statues , West Coast liberals are tearing down the principle of equality .
It is the character of the republic that is at issue here .
If Asian Americans , outnumbered 5 to 1 by Black and Hispanic Americans , can be indefinitely discriminated against , this would appear to be the very definition of “ un-American.
” And if white Americans , the shrinking majority of the nation and a minority in our most populous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in favor of people of color , they will eventually embrace the tribal politics of race and identity that would risk the breakup of the union , as is happening in Europe and around the world .
The taproot of progressive racism is LBJ ’ s Executive Order 11246 .
This altered the meaning of “ affirmative action ” from guaranteeing the equality of opportunity to bringing about an equality of “ results.
” President Donald Trump , before or after Nov. 3 , should convene with Ward Connerly and ask him to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exactly what its original author , JFK , intended it to mean .
As for Yale and other Ivy League universities , it is an indictment of conservatives who have held executive power often in the past 50 years that they have not chopped federal funding for these bastions of progressive racism .
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If the definition of racism is deliberate discrimination based on race, color or national origin, Yale University appears to be a textbook case of “systemic racism.”
And, so, the Department of Justice contends.
Last week, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband charged, “Yale discriminates based on race… in its undergraduate admissions process and race is the determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year.
“Asian Americans and whites have only one-tenth to one-fourth of the likelihood of admission as African American applicants with comparable academic credentials…
“Yale uses race at multiple steps of its admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect of race on an applicant’s likelihood of admission. Progressive Racism Horowitz, David Best Price: $9.96 Buy New $16.96 (as of 07:19 UTC - Details)
“Yale racially balances its classes.”
Yale defends this admissions policy by claiming it considers the “whole person” — leadership, a likelihood students “will contribute to the Yale Community and the world,” and, says Yale President Peter Salovey, “a student body whose diversity is a mark of its excellence.”
Yet, somehow, when all these factors are considered, the higher-scoring Asian and white students invariably come up short, because the racial composition of Yale’s incoming classes remains roughly the same every year.
The Justice Department refused to wave its big stick — a threat to cut off tax dollars that go yearly to Yale. Incidentally, Yale sits on an endowment of some $30 billion — second only to Harvard’s.
A court case alleging that Harvard emulates Yale, or vice versa, and admits Black and brown students whose test scores would instantly disqualify white and Asian students is headed for the Supreme Court.
At the heart of this dispute over diversity are basic questions, the resolution of which will affect the long-term unity of the American nation.
Is discrimination against white students in favor of Black students with far lower test scores morally acceptable if done to advance racial “diversity”?
And, if so, for how long? Forever?
Is it praiseworthy to advance Hispanic applicants over Asian applicants with far higher test scores and academic achievements?
Why? What did these Chinese, Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese high school seniors do to deserve discrimination in the country to which their parents came where, supposedly, “All men are created equal”?
President Lyndon Johnson first formally introduced this notion of benevolent racial discrimination. Addressing D.C.’s Howard University in 1965, LBJ said in a speech written by Richard Goodwin, “We seek… not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result.”
But what if equality of opportunity, an equal chance at the starting line, fails to produce equality of results?
What if Black Americans dominate America’s most richly rewarded sports such as the NBA and NFL, while Asians and whites excel in academic pursuits and on admissions exams at Yale and Harvard?
Why is it right to discriminate against working-class white kids from Middle America in favor of urban and middle-class Black kids in admissions to prestige colleges?
If so, what does social justice mean? Who defines it? DARK AGENDA: The War t... Horowitz, David Best Price: $16.84 Buy New $18.39 (as of 03:16 UTC - Details)
In California, the state legislature has put on the ballot a measure to overturn the ban on all racial and ethnic discrimination that was voted into California’s Constitution in Proposition 209 in 1996.
That prohibition reads:
“The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.”
What Californians said in 1996 was: No discrimination means no discrimination.
Civil rights activist Ward Connerly, who is fighting the repeal of Prop 209, argues that while street mobs may be tearing down statues, West Coast liberals are tearing down the principle of equality.
It is the character of the republic that is at issue here.
If Asian Americans, outnumbered 5 to 1 by Black and Hispanic Americans, can be indefinitely discriminated against, this would appear to be the very definition of “un-American.”
And if white Americans, the shrinking majority of the nation and a minority in our most populous states, can indefinitely be discriminated against in favor of people of color, they will eventually embrace the tribal politics of race and identity that would risk the breakup of the union, as is happening in Europe and around the world.
The taproot of progressive racism is LBJ’s Executive Order 11246. This altered the meaning of “affirmative action” from guaranteeing the equality of opportunity to bringing about an equality of “results.”
President Donald Trump, before or after Nov. 3, should convene with Ward Connerly and ask him to redefine “affirmative action” to mean exactly what its original author, JFK, intended it to mean.
As for Yale and other Ivy League universities, it is an indictment of conservatives who have held executive power often in the past 50 years that they have not chopped federal funding for these bastions of progressive racism.
The Best of Patrick J. Buchanan


lewrockwell--2020-08-19--The Great Election Fraud: Will Our Freedoms Survive Another Election?

And so it begins again , the never-ending , semi-delusional , train-wreck of an election cycle in which the American people allow themselves to get worked up into a frenzy over the misguided belief that the future of this nation—nay , our very lives—depends on who we elect as president .
For the next three months , Americans will be dope-fed billions of dollars ’ worth of political propaganda aimed at keeping them glued to their television sets and persuading them that 1 ) their votes count and 2 ) electing the right candidate will fix everything that is wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Left Pl ... Eggers , Eric Best Price : $ 7.24 Buy New $ 12.43 Incredible , isn ’ t it , that in a country of more than 330 million people , we are given only two choices for president ?
How is it that in a country teeming with creative , intelligent , productive , responsible , moral people , our vote too often comes down to pulling the lever for the lesser of two evils ?
The system is rigged , of course .
It is a heavily scripted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , mass-marketed , costly exercise in how to sell a product—in this case , a presidential candidate—to dazzled consumers who will choose image over substance almost every time .
As author Noam Chomsky rightly observed , “ It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.
” In other words , we ’ re being sold a carefully crafted product by a monied elite who are masters in the art of making the public believe that they need exactly what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the latest high-tech gadget , the hottest toy , or the most charismatic politician .
This year ’ s presidential election , much like every other election in recent years , is what historian Daniel Boorstin referred to as a “ pseudo-event ” : manufactured , contrived , confected and devoid of any intrinsic value save the value of being advertised .
After all , who wants to talk about police shootings , SWAT team raids , asset forfeiture schemes , private prisons , school-to-prison pipelines , overcriminalization , censorship or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our nation when you can tune into a reality show carefully calibrated to appeal to the public ’ s need for bread and circuses , diversion and entertainment , and pomp and circumstance .
But make no mistake : Americans only think they ’ re choosing the next president .
Why We Need the Electo ... Ross , Tara Best Price : $ 14.06 Buy New $ 13.99 In truth , however , they ’ re engaging in the illusion of participation culminating in the reassurance ritual of voting .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality conjured up by the matrix in order to keep the populace compliant and convinced that their vote counts and that they still have some influence over the political process .
The nation is drowning in debt , crippled by a slowing economy , overrun by militarized police , swarming with surveillance , besieged by endless wars and a military industrial complex intent on starting new ones , and riddled with corrupt politicians at every level of government .
All the while , we ’ re arguing over which corporate puppet will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , invading our privacy , abusing our trust , undermining our freedoms , and shackling us with debt and misery for years to come .
Nothing taking place on Election Day will alleviate the suffering of the American people .
Unless we do something more than vote , the government as we have come to know it—corrupt , bloated and controlled by big-money corporations , lobbyists and special interest groups—will remain unchanged .
And “ we the people ” —overtaxed , overpoliced , overburdened by big government , underrepresented by those who should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the prison walls closing in on us—will continue to trudge along a path of misery .
With roughly 22 lobbyists per Congressman , corporate greed will continue to call the shots in the nation ’ s capital , while our so-called representatives will grow richer and the people poorer .
And elections will continue to be driven by war chests and corporate benefactors rather than such values as honesty , integrity and public service .
The Stakes : The 2020 E ... Anton , Michael Buy New $ 28.99 Just consider : while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this year , not a dime of that money will actually help the average American in their day-to-day struggles to just get by .
Conveniently , politicians only seem to remember their constituents in the months leading up to an election , and yet “ we the people ” continue to take the abuse , the neglect , the corruption and the lies .
We make excuses for the shoddy treatment , we cover up for them when they cheat on us , and we keep hoping that if we just stick with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll treat us right .
When a country spends billions of dollars to select what is , for all intents and purposes , a glorified homecoming king or queen to occupy the White House , while tens of millions of its people live in poverty , nearly 18 million Americans are out of work , and most of the country and its economy remain in a state of semi-lockdown due to COVID-19 restrictions , that ’ s a country whose priorities are out of step with the needs of its people .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deserve .
No matter who wins the presidential election come November , it ’ s a sure bet that the losers will be the American people if all we ’ re prepared to do is vote .
As political science professor Gene Sharp notes in starker terms , “ Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.
” To put it another way , the Establishment—the shadow government and its corporate partners that really run the show , pull the strings and dictate the policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Office—are not going to allow anyone to take office who will unravel their power structures .
Those who have attempted to do so in the past have been effectively put out of commission .
So what is the solution to this blatant display of imperial elitism disguising itself as a populist exercise in representative government ?
# DELETED : Big Tech & rsq ... Bokhari , Allum Buy New $ 28.00 Stop playing the game .
Stop supporting the system .
Stop defending the insanity .
Just stop .
Washington thrives on money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stop throwing your hard-earned dollars away on politicians and Super PACs who view you as nothing more than a means to an end .
There are countless worthy grassroots organizations and nonprofits working in your community to address real needs like injustice , poverty , homelessness , etc .
Support them and you ’ ll see change you really can believe in in your own backyard .
Politicians depend on votes , so stop giving them your vote unless they have a proven track record of listening to their constituents , abiding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earn and keep their trust .
It ’ s comforting to believe that your vote matters , but Franklin Delano Roosevelt was right : “ Presidents are selected , not elected.
” Despite what is taught in school and the propaganda that is peddled by the media , a presidential election is not a populist election for a representative .
Rather , it ’ s a gathering of shareholders to select the next CEO , a fact reinforced by the nation ’ s archaic electoral college system .
In other words , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Despite the fact that there are 218 million eligible voters in this country ( only half of whom actually vote ) , it is the electoral college , made up of 538 individuals handpicked by the candidates ’ respective parties , that actually selects the next president .
The only thing you ’ re accomplishing by taking part in the “ reassurance ritual ” of voting is sustaining the illusion that we have a democratic republic .
In actuality , we are suffering from what political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domination ” in which the economic elite ( lobbyists , corporations , monied special interest groups ) dominate and dictate national policy .
As an in-depth Princeton University study confirms , democracy has been replaced by oligarchy , a system of government in which elected officials represent the interests of the rich and powerful rather than the average citizen .
We did it to ourselves .
We said nothing while our elections were turned into popularity contests populated by individuals better suited to be talk-show hosts rather than intelligent , reasoned debates on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individuals with solid experience , proven track records and tested integrity .
We turned our backs on things like wisdom , sound judgment , morality and truth , shrugging them off as old-fashioned , only to find ourselves saddled with lying politicians incapable of making fair and impartial decisions .
We let ourselves be persuaded that those yokels in Washington could do a better job of running this country than we could .
It ’ s not a new problem .
As former Senator Joseph S. Clark Jr. acknowledged in a 1955 article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” : “ [ W ] e have too much mediocrity in the business of running the government of the country , and it troubles me that this should be so at a time of such complexity and crisis… Government by amateurs , semi-pros , and minor-leaguers will not meet the challenge of our times .
We must realize that it takes great competence to run a country which , in spite of itself , has succeeded to world leadership in a time of deadly peril.
” We indulged our craving for entertainment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for balanced reporting by a news media committed to asking the hard questions of government officials .
The result , as former congressman Jim Leach points out , leaves us at a grave disadvantage : “ At a time when in-depth analysis of the issues of the day has never been more important , quality journalism has been jeopardized by financial considerations and undercut by purveyors of ideology who facilely design news , like clothes , to appeal to a market segment.
” We bought into the fairytale that politicians are saviors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with our communities and our lives , when in fact , most politicians lead such sheltered lives that they have no clue about what their constituents must do to make ends meet .
As political scientists Morris Fiorina and Samuel Abrams conclude , “ In America today , there is a disconnect between an unrepresentative political class and the citizenry it purports to represent .
The political process today not only is less representative than it was a generation ago and less supported by the citizenry , but the outcomes of that process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We let ourselves be saddled with a two-party system and fooled into believing that there ’ s a difference between the Republicans and Democrats , when in fact , the two parties are exactly the same .
As one commentator noted , both parties support endless war , engage in out-of-control spending , ignore the citizenry ’ s basic rights , have no respect for the rule of law , are bought and paid for by the corporate elite , care most about their own power , and have a long record of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when faced with the prospect of voting for the lesser of two evils , many simply compromise their principles and overlook the fact that the lesser of two evils is still evil .
Perhaps worst of all , we allowed the cynicism of our age and the cronyism and corruption of Washington , DC , to discourage us from believing that there was any hope for the American experiment in liberty .
Granted , it ’ s easy to become discouraged about the state of our nation .
We ’ re drowning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , too many wars , too much power in the hands of a centralized government , too many militarized police , too many laws , too many lobbyists , and generally too much bad news .
It ’ s harder to believe that change is possible , that the system can be reformed , that politicians can be principled , that courts can be just , that good can overcome evil , and that freedom will prevail .
Yet I truly believe that change is possible , that the system can be reformed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that courts can be just , that good can overcome evil , and that freedom can prevail but it will take each and every one of us committed to doing the hard work of citizenship that extends beyond the act of voting .
A healthy , representative government is hard work .
It takes a citizenry that is informed about the issues , educated about how the government operates , and willing to make the sacrifices necessary to stay involved .
Most of all , it takes a citizenry willing to do more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want us to believe that our job as citizens begins and ends on Election Day .
They want us to believe that we have no right to complain about the state of the nation unless we ’ ve cast our vote one way or the other .
They want us to remain divided over politics , hostile to those with whom we disagree politically , and intolerant of anyone or anything whose solutions to what ails this country differ from our own .
What they don ’ t want us doing is presenting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pathetic excuse for government that is being fobbed off on us .
So where does that leave us ?
We ’ d better stop hanging our hopes on a political savior to rescue us from the clutches of an imperial president .
It ’ s possible that the next president might be better , but then again , he or she could be far worse .
Remember , presidential elections merely serve to maintain the status quo .
Once elected president , that person becomes part of the dictatorial continuum that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are to return to a constitutional presidency , “ we the people ” must recalibrate the balance of power .
The first step is to start locally—in your own communities , in your schools , at your city council meetings , in newspaper editorials , at protests—by pushing back against laws that are unjust , police departments that overreach , politicians that don ’ t listen to their constituents , and a system of government that grows more tyrannical by the day .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the only thing that will save us now is a concerted , collective commitment to the Constitution ’ s principles of limited government , a system of checks and balances , and a recognition that they—the president , Congress , the courts , the military , the police , the technocrats and plutocrats and bureaucrats—answer to and are accountable to “ we the people.
” This will mean that Americans will have to stop letting their personal politics and party allegiances blind them to government misconduct and power grabs .
It will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accountable to the Constitution ( i.e.
, vote them out of office if they abuse their powers ) .
And it will mean calling on Congress to put an end to the use of presidential executive orders , decrees , memorandums , proclamations , national security directives and legislative signing statements as a means of getting around Congress and the courts .
In other words , we ’ ve got to stop treating the president like a god and start making both the office of the president and the occupant play by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of John W. Whitehead

“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
And so it begins again, the never-ending, semi-delusional, train-wreck of an election cycle in which the American people allow themselves to get worked up into a frenzy over the misguided belief that the future of this nation—nay, our very lives—depends on who we elect as president.
For the next three months, Americans will be dope-fed billions of dollars’ worth of political propaganda aimed at keeping them glued to their television sets and persuading them that 1) their votes count and 2) electing the right candidate will fix everything that is wrong with this country.
Fraud: How the Left Pl... Eggers, Eric Best Price: $7.24 Buy New $12.43 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details) Incredible, isn’t it, that in a country of more than 330 million people, we are given only two choices for president? How is it that in a country teeming with creative, intelligent, productive, responsible, moral people, our vote too often comes down to pulling the lever for the lesser of two evils?
The system is rigged, of course.
It is a heavily scripted, tightly choreographed, star-studded, ratings-driven, mass-marketed, costly exercise in how to sell a product—in this case, a presidential candidate—to dazzled consumers who will choose image over substance almost every time.
As author Noam Chomsky rightly observed, “It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.”
In other words, we’re being sold a carefully crafted product by a monied elite who are masters in the art of making the public believe that they need exactly what is being sold to them, whether it’s the latest high-tech gadget, the hottest toy, or the most charismatic politician.
This year’s presidential election, much like every other election in recent years, is what historian Daniel Boorstin referred to as a “pseudo-event”: manufactured, contrived, confected and devoid of any intrinsic value save the value of being advertised.
After all, who wants to talk about police shootings, SWAT team raids, asset forfeiture schemes, private prisons, school-to-prison pipelines, overcriminalization, censorship or any of the other evils that plague our nation when you can tune into a reality show carefully calibrated to appeal to the public’s need for bread and circuses, diversion and entertainment, and pomp and circumstance.
But make no mistake: Americans only think they’re choosing the next president. Why We Need the Electo... Ross, Tara Best Price: $14.06 Buy New $13.99 (as of 07:20 UTC - Details)
In truth, however, they’re engaging in the illusion of participation culminating in the reassurance ritual of voting. It’s just another Blue Pill, a manufactured reality conjured up by the matrix in order to keep the populace compliant and convinced that their vote counts and that they still have some influence over the political process.
It’s all an illusion.
The nation is drowning in debt, crippled by a slowing economy, overrun by militarized police, swarming with surveillance, besieged by endless wars and a military industrial complex intent on starting new ones, and riddled with corrupt politicians at every level of government.
All the while, we’re arguing over which corporate puppet will be given the honor of stealing our money, invading our privacy, abusing our trust, undermining our freedoms, and shackling us with debt and misery for years to come.
Nothing taking place on Election Day will alleviate the suffering of the American people.
Unless we do something more than vote, the government as we have come to know it—corrupt, bloated and controlled by big-money corporations, lobbyists and special interest groups—will remain unchanged. And “we the people”—overtaxed, overpoliced, overburdened by big government, underrepresented by those who should speak for us and blissfully ignorant of the prison walls closing in on us—will continue to trudge along a path of misery.
With roughly 22 lobbyists per Congressman, corporate greed will continue to call the shots in the nation’s capital, while our so-called representatives will grow richer and the people poorer. And elections will continue to be driven by war chests and corporate benefactors rather than such values as honesty, integrity and public service. The Stakes: The 2020 E... Anton, Michael Buy New $28.99 (as of 03:16 UTC - Details)
Just consider: while billions will be spent on the elections this year, not a dime of that money will actually help the average American in their day-to-day struggles to just get by.
Conveniently, politicians only seem to remember their constituents in the months leading up to an election, and yet “we the people” continue to take the abuse, the neglect, the corruption and the lies. We make excuses for the shoddy treatment, we cover up for them when they cheat on us, and we keep hoping that if we just stick with them long enough, eventually they’ll treat us right.
When a country spends billions of dollars to select what is, for all intents and purposes, a glorified homecoming king or queen to occupy the White House, while tens of millions of its people live in poverty, nearly 18 million Americans are out of work, and most of the country and its economy remain in a state of semi-lockdown due to COVID-19 restrictions, that’s a country whose priorities are out of step with the needs of its people.
Then again, people get the government they deserve.
No matter who wins the presidential election come November, it’s a sure bet that the losers will be the American people if all we’re prepared to do is vote.
As political science professor Gene Sharp notes in starker terms, “Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.”
To put it another way, the Establishment—the shadow government and its corporate partners that really run the show, pull the strings and dictate the policies, no matter who occupies the Oval Office—are not going to allow anyone to take office who will unravel their power structures. Those who have attempted to do so in the past have been effectively put out of commission.
So what is the solution to this blatant display of imperial elitism disguising itself as a populist exercise in representative government? #DELETED: Big Tech&rsq... Bokhari, Allum Buy New $28.00 (as of 04:48 UTC - Details)
Stop playing the game. Stop supporting the system. Stop defending the insanity. Just stop.
Washington thrives on money, so stop giving them your money. Stop throwing your hard-earned dollars away on politicians and Super PACs who view you as nothing more than a means to an end. There are countless worthy grassroots organizations and nonprofits working in your community to address real needs like injustice, poverty, homelessness, etc. Support them and you’ll see change you really can believe in in your own backyard.
Politicians depend on votes, so stop giving them your vote unless they have a proven track record of listening to their constituents, abiding by their wishes and working hard to earn and keep their trust.
It’s comforting to believe that your vote matters, but Franklin Delano Roosevelt was right: “Presidents are selected, not elected.”
Despite what is taught in school and the propaganda that is peddled by the media, a presidential election is not a populist election for a representative. Rather, it’s a gathering of shareholders to select the next CEO, a fact reinforced by the nation’s archaic electoral college system. In other words, your vote doesn’t elect a president. Despite the fact that there are 218 million eligible voters in this country (only half of whom actually vote), it is the electoral college, made up of 538 individuals handpicked by the candidates’ respective parties, that actually selects the next president.
The only thing you’re accomplishing by taking part in the “reassurance ritual” of voting is sustaining the illusion that we have a democratic republic.
In actuality, we are suffering from what political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page more accurately term an “economic élite domination” in which the economic elite (lobbyists, corporations, monied special interest groups) dominate and dictate national policy.
No surprise there.
As an in-depth Princeton University study confirms, democracy has been replaced by oligarchy, a system of government in which elected officials represent the interests of the rich and powerful rather than the average citizen.
We did it to ourselves.
We said nothing while our elections were turned into popularity contests populated by individuals better suited to be talk-show hosts rather than intelligent, reasoned debates on issues of domestic and foreign policy by individuals with solid experience, proven track records and tested integrity.
We turned our backs on things like wisdom, sound judgment, morality and truth, shrugging them off as old-fashioned, only to find ourselves saddled with lying politicians incapable of making fair and impartial decisions.
We let ourselves be persuaded that those yokels in Washington could do a better job of running this country than we could. It’s not a new problem. As former Senator Joseph S. Clark Jr. acknowledged in a 1955 article titled, “Wanted: Better Politicians”: “[W]e have too much mediocrity in the business of running the government of the country, and it troubles me that this should be so at a time of such complexity and crisis… Government by amateurs, semi-pros, and minor-leaguers will not meet the challenge of our times. We must realize that it takes great competence to run a country which, in spite of itself, has succeeded to world leadership in a time of deadly peril.”
We indulged our craving for entertainment news at the expense of our need for balanced reporting by a news media committed to asking the hard questions of government officials. The result, as former congressman Jim Leach points out, leaves us at a grave disadvantage: “At a time when in-depth analysis of the issues of the day has never been more important, quality journalism has been jeopardized by financial considerations and undercut by purveyors of ideology who facilely design news, like clothes, to appeal to a market segment.”
We bought into the fairytale that politicians are saviors, capable of fixing what’s wrong with our communities and our lives, when in fact, most politicians lead such sheltered lives that they have no clue about what their constituents must do to make ends meet. As political scientists Morris Fiorina and Samuel Abrams conclude, “In America today, there is a disconnect between an unrepresentative political class and the citizenry it purports to represent. The political process today not only is less representative than it was a generation ago and less supported by the citizenry, but the outcomes of that process are at a minimum no better.”
We let ourselves be saddled with a two-party system and fooled into believing that there’s a difference between the Republicans and Democrats, when in fact, the two parties are exactly the same. As one commentator noted, both parties support endless war, engage in out-of-control spending, ignore the citizenry’s basic rights, have no respect for the rule of law, are bought and paid for by the corporate elite, care most about their own power, and have a long record of expanding government and shrinking liberty.
Then, when faced with the prospect of voting for the lesser of two evils, many simply compromise their principles and overlook the fact that the lesser of two evils is still evil.
Perhaps worst of all, we allowed the cynicism of our age and the cronyism and corruption of Washington, DC, to discourage us from believing that there was any hope for the American experiment in liberty.
Granted, it’s easy to become discouraged about the state of our nation. We’re drowning under the weight of too much debt, too many wars, too much power in the hands of a centralized government, too many militarized police, too many laws, too many lobbyists, and generally too much bad news.
It’s harder to believe that change is possible, that the system can be reformed, that politicians can be principled, that courts can be just, that good can overcome evil, and that freedom will prevail.
Yet I truly believe that change is possible, that the system can be reformed, that politicians can be principled, that courts can be just, that good can overcome evil, and that freedom can prevail but it will take each and every one of us committed to doing the hard work of citizenship that extends beyond the act of voting.
A healthy, representative government is hard work. It takes a citizenry that is informed about the issues, educated about how the government operates, and willing to make the sacrifices necessary to stay involved.
Most of all, it takes a citizenry willing to do more than grouse and complain.
The powers-that-be want us to believe that our job as citizens begins and ends on Election Day. They want us to believe that we have no right to complain about the state of the nation unless we’ve cast our vote one way or the other. They want us to remain divided over politics, hostile to those with whom we disagree politically, and intolerant of anyone or anything whose solutions to what ails this country differ from our own.
What they don’t want us doing is presenting a united front in order to reject the pathetic excuse for government that is being fobbed off on us.
So where does that leave us?
We’d better stop hanging our hopes on a political savior to rescue us from the clutches of an imperial president.
It’s possible that the next president might be better, but then again, he or she could be far worse.
Remember, presidential elections merely serve to maintain the status quo. Once elected president, that person becomes part of the dictatorial continuum that is the American imperial presidency today.
If we are to return to a constitutional presidency, “we the people” must recalibrate the balance of power.
The first step is to start locally—in your own communities, in your schools, at your city council meetings, in newspaper editorials, at protests—by pushing back against laws that are unjust, police departments that overreach, politicians that don’t listen to their constituents, and a system of government that grows more tyrannical by the day.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, the only thing that will save us now is a concerted, collective commitment to the Constitution’s principles of limited government, a system of checks and balances, and a recognition that they—the president, Congress, the courts, the military, the police, the technocrats and plutocrats and bureaucrats—answer to and are accountable to “we the people.”
This will mean that Americans will have to stop letting their personal politics and party allegiances blind them to government misconduct and power grabs. It will mean holding all three branches of government accountable to the Constitution (i.e., vote them out of office if they abuse their powers). And it will mean calling on Congress to put an end to the use of presidential executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements as a means of getting around Congress and the courts.
As historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. concludes:
“I would argue that what the country needs today is a little serious disrespect for the office of the presidency; a refusal to give any more weight to a President’s words than the intelligence of the utterance, if spoken by anyone else, would command… If the nation wants to work its way back to a constitutional presidency, there is only one way to begin. That is by showing Presidents that, when their closest associates place themselves above the law and the Constitution, such transgressions will be not forgiven or forgotten for the sake of the presidency but exposed and punished for the sake of the presidency.”
In other words, we’ve got to stop treating the president like a god and start making both the office of the president and the occupant play by the rules of the Constitution.
The Best of John W. Whitehead


lewrockwell--2020-08-19--Deep State Smashes Journalist for Truth-Telling

The link I posted to the ShadowGate Documentary was taken down by Youtube .
The documentary is embedded in this article .
I recommend that you watch it and save it .
There is a full press attempt underway to keep the documentary from the public .
Youtube lied that the documentary violated their policy on hate speech .
There is no hate in the documentary .
The film violated social media ’ s policy of withholding truth from the people .
HATE : Why We Should Re ... Strossen , Nadine Best Price : $ 9.35 Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were involved in the collection and use of illicitly obtained information .
This type of information was used in the attempt to derail Trump ’ s presidency .
The documentary shows that the Deep State includes private security firms who have access to the information that NSA collects allegedly for national security purposes , but really in order to control our perceptions and behavior .
When chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and high ranking members of the national security apparatus leave their position they become heads of private security firms to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documentary will give you an idea of the size and depth of the Deep State .
You can see the details of The Matrix into which they have put us .
The journalist who produced the video and her husband have been arrested on false charges .
Unlike Julian Assange they released no classified information .
Both whistleblowers are clearly identified .
The Deep State is simply shutting down any information about it .
Whatever the United States is , it most certainly is not a democracy with an accountable government .
The @ @ @ @ @

The link I posted to the ShadowGate Documentary was taken down by Youtube. The documentary is embedded in this article.
I recommend that you watch it and save it.
There is a full press attempt underway to keep the documentary from the public. Youtube lied that the documentary violated their policy on hate speech. There is no hate in the documentary. The film violated social media’s policy of withholding truth from the people.
HATE: Why We Should Re... Strossen, Nadine Best Price: $9.35 Buy New $11.00 (as of 05:59 UTC - Details) The documentary presents two whistleblowers who were involved in the collection and use of illicitly obtained information. This type of information was used in the attempt to derail Trump’s presidency.
The documentary shows that the Deep State includes private security firms who have access to the information that NSA collects allegedly for national security purposes, but really in order to control our perceptions and behavior. When chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and high ranking members of the national security apparatus leave their position they become heads of private security firms to which NSA data is diverted. The documentary will give you an idea of the size and depth of the Deep State. You can see the details of The Matrix into which they have put us.
The journalist who produced the video and her husband have been arrested on false charges. Unlike Julian Assange they released no classified information. Both whistleblowers are clearly identified. The Deep State is simply shutting down any information about it. Whatever the United States is, it most certainly is not a democracy with an accountable government.
The Best of Paul Craig Roberts


lewrockwell--2020-08-19--Willie Brown Admits It: Kamala Harris Slept Her Way to the Top

Kamala Harris , that vaunted self-righteous feminist candidate who ’ s using her ‘ year of the woman ’ chops to challenge President Trump in 2020 , has a little problem : She slept her way to the top .
You know , the mistress thing , not exactly moving on up based on hard work or merit , that little advantage of good looks ( President Obama called her the ‘ best-looking ‘ state attorney general ) , employed to their optimal practical use .
Her political patron , former lawyer to pimps , Mayor of San Francisco , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admitted he helped her get her political start , writing in his bloggy San Francisco Chronicle column : Yesterday ’ s Man : ... Marcetic , Branko Best Price : $ 12.00 Buy New $ 13.46 Yes , we dated .
It was more than 20 years ago .
Yes , I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker .
And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco .
I have also helped the careers of House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Newsom , Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians .
Now you know where we get these people from .
Somehow Harris , who was in her late 20s or at most 30 when she dated the 60-year-old married Brown around 1994 did so because he was just so very irresistable .
Here ’ s how the San Francisco Chronicle reported it on Twitter : That of course , was in exchange for certain kinds of favors .
Her rival , Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren got her start playing fake Indian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sleeping her way to the top .
Democrats have some pool of candidates here in this ‘ it ’ s our turn ’ year of the woman and out to Get Trump offerings .

Kamala Harris, that vaunted self-righteous feminist candidate who’s using her ‘year of the woman’ chops to challenge President Trump in 2020, has a little problem: She slept her way to the top.
You know, the mistress thing, not exactly moving on up based on hard work or merit, that little advantage of good looks (President Obama called her the ‘best-looking‘ state attorney general), employed to their optimal practical use. Her political patron, former lawyer to pimps, Mayor of San Francisco, and State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, admitted he helped her get her political start, writing in his bloggy San Francisco Chronicle column: Yesterday’s Man:... Marcetic, Branko Best Price: $12.00 Buy New $13.46 (as of 03:45 UTC - Details)
Yes, we dated. It was more than 20 years ago. Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker. And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco. I have also helped the careers of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a host of other politicians.
Now you know where we get these people from. Somehow Harris, who was in her late 20s or at most 30 when she dated the 60-year-old married Brown around 1994 did so because he was just so very irresistable. Here’s how the San Francisco Chronicle reported it on Twitter:
WILLIE BROWN: “I’ve been peppered with calls from the national media about my ‘relationship’ with Kamala Harris, particularly since it became obvious that she was going to run for president. Yes, we dated.”https://t.co/xkzR0YhIl0 — San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) January 26, 2019
That of course, was in exchange for certain kinds of favors. Her rival, Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren got her start playing fake Indian. Kamala went the old fashioned way, sleeping her way to the top. Democrats have some pool of candidates here in this ‘it’s our turn’ year of the woman and out to Get Trump offerings.
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lewrockwell--2020-08-19--Connecting the Dots: the Three 1960’s Patsy-Assassins to CIA’s MK-ULTRA

Within my books relating to the three “ major ” 1960s assassinations , we establish that Lee Harvey Oswald , [ 1 ] James Earl Ray , [ 2 ] and Sirhan Sirhan [ 3 ] had all been subjected to various sorts of mind control under the CIA/MI operation known as MK-ULTRA and its numerous related sub-sets .
Many other essays , magazine articles and books have documented this point , as well as can be expected given that in the mid-1970s the most detailed CIA records were destroyed on the orders of Richard Helms , then-Director of Central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action to do his part in covering up some of the worst of Lyndon Johnson ’ s treacheries , helping to sanitize his records and ensuring his contrived “ legacy ” would be salvaged .
In the post-Watergate period , he foresaw the dilemma and took that action before the congressional committees – beginning with the ironically-named Rockefeller Committee , the Church Committee and the House Select Committee on Assassination ( HSCA ) – began clamoring for the release of those records .
Poisoner in Chief : Sid ... Stephen Kinzer Best Price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ An excellent new resource that summarizes and encapsulates practically everything known about this horrid chapter in U.S. History is an article published in The Unz Review by Larry Romanoff , “ CIA Project MK-ULTRA , ” [ 4 ] which can be found HERE .
Its comprehensiveness is reflected in its length ( 22,100 words ) , however given the subject matter , it qualifies for the term “ succinct ” regardless .
The following excerpts summarize the general scope of the findings , including the single most salient point : One-half a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grinder , funded by unwitting taxpayers and such well-respected institutions as the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations with the assistance of numerous “ top level ” universities .
MK-ULTRA was an umbrella for a large number of clandestine activities that formed part of the CIA ’ s psychological warfare research and development , consisting of about 150 projects and sub-projects , many of them very large in their own right , with research and human experimentation occurring at more than 80 institutions that included about 50 of America ’ s best-known colleges and universities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Rockefeller , dozens of major hospitals , a great many prisons and mental institutions , and many chemical and pharmaceutical companies .
At least 200 well-known private scientific researchers were part of this program , as were many thousands of physicians , psychiatrists , psychologists and other similar .
Many of these institutions and individuals received their funding through so-called “ grants ” from what were clearly CIA front companies .
In 1994 a Congressional subcommittee revealed that up to 500,000 unwitting Americans were endangered , damaged or destroyed by secret CIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Given the deliberate destruction of all the records , the full truth of the MK-ULTRA victims will never be known , and certainly not the death toll .
As the inspector general of the US Army later stated in a report to a Senate committee : “ In universities , hospitals and research institutions , an unknown number of chemical tests and experiments … were carried out with healthy adults , with mentally ill and with prison inmates.
” According to one government report , “ In 149 separate mind-control experiments on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hypnosis , electroshock treatments , LSD , marijuana , morphine , Benzedrine , mescaline , seconal , atropine and other drugs.
” Test subjects were usually people who could not easily object – prisoners , mental patients and members of minority groups – but the agency also performed many experiments on normal , healthy civilians without their knowledge or consent .
There were 149 subprojects listed under the umbrella of MKULTRA .
Project MONARCH has not been officially identified by any government documentation as one of the corresponding subprojects , but is used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phrase ” by survivors , therapists , and possible “ insiders ” .
MONARCH may in fact , have culminated from MKSEARCH subprojects such as operation SPELLBINDER , which was set up to create “ sleeper ” assassins ( i.e .
“ Manchurian candidates ” ) who could be activated upon receiving a key word or phrase while in a post-hypnotic trance .
Who REALLY Killed Mart ... Nelson , Phillip F. Best Price : $ 4.76 Buy New $ 11.23 The most appalling aspects of this subject begin with how such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the then-well respected highest-level men in government leadership positions , funded by unwitting taxpayers and certain well-respected research foundations purportedly on missions to serve the public good , and executed by military and intelligence agencies supposedly erected for the purpose of protecting the liberties and freedoms of citizens – all actions contrary to the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America .
And above all else , using those devices to carry out multiple assassinations of opposition leaders – then putting into place unwitting “ Manchurian ” programmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to place the blame , and finally neutralizing their voices by officially-sanctioned murder or setting them up to serve the rest of their lives in prison .
As JFK said , upon being briefed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on their horrific proposal for terrorizing – or murdering – random U.S. citizens in Operation Northwoods : “ And they call us the human race !
” [ 1 ] See LBJ : The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination , pp .
332-334 ( Ref .
James Douglass , JFK and the Unspeakable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ See Who REALLY Killed Martin Luther King Jr. ?
pp .
97-98 , 232-234 [ 3 ] See LBJ : From Mastermind to The Colossus , p. 303 [ 4 ] See : The Unz Review , “ CIA Project MK-ULTRA ” by Larry Romanoff , July 2 , 2020 ( https : //www.unz.com/lromanoff/cia-project-mk-ultra/ # unit-731 ) The Best of Phillip F. Nelson

Within my books relating to the three “major” 1960s assassinations, we establish that Lee Harvey Oswald,[1] James Earl Ray,[2] and Sirhan Sirhan[3] had all been subjected to various sorts of mind control under the CIA/MI operation known as MK-ULTRA and its numerous related sub-sets.
Many other essays, magazine articles and books have documented this point, as well as can be expected given that in the mid-1970s the most detailed CIA records were destroyed on the orders of Richard Helms, then-Director of Central Intelligence. Evidently, he took that action to do his part in covering up some of the worst of Lyndon Johnson’s treacheries, helping to sanitize his records and ensuring his contrived “legacy” would be salvaged.
In the post-Watergate period, he foresaw the dilemma and took that action before the congressional committees – beginning with the ironically-named Rockefeller Committee, the Church Committee and the House Select Committee on Assassination (HSCA) – began clamoring for the release of those records. Poisoner in Chief: Sid... Stephen Kinzer Best Price: $17.03 Buy New $17.07 (as of 10:56 UTC - Details)
An excellent new resource that summarizes and encapsulates practically everything known about this horrid chapter in U.S. History is an article published in The Unz Review by Larry Romanoff, “CIA Project MK-ULTRA,”[4] which can be found HERE. Its comprehensiveness is reflected in its length (22,100 words), however given the subject matter, it qualifies for the term “succinct” regardless.
The following excerpts summarize the general scope of the findings, including the single most salient point: One-half a million unwitting Americans were put through this grinder, funded by unwitting taxpayers and such well-respected institutions as the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations with the assistance of numerous “top level” universities.
MK-ULTRA was an umbrella for a large number of clandestine activities that formed part of the CIA’s psychological warfare research and development, consisting of about 150 projects and sub-projects, many of them very large in their own right, with research and human experimentation occurring at more than 80 institutions that included about 50 of America’s best-known colleges and universities, 15 or 20 major research Foundations including Rockefeller, dozens of major hospitals, a great many prisons and mental institutions, and many chemical and pharmaceutical companies.
At least 200 well-known private scientific researchers were part of this program, as were many thousands of physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and other similar. Many of these institutions and individuals received their funding through so-called “grants” from what were clearly CIA front companies. In 1994 a Congressional subcommittee revealed that up to 500,000 unwitting Americans were endangered, damaged or destroyed by secret CIA and military tests between 1940 and 1974.
Given the deliberate destruction of all the records, the full truth of the MK-ULTRA victims will never be known, and certainly not the death toll. As the inspector general of the US Army later stated in a report to a Senate committee: “In universities, hospitals and research institutions, an unknown number of chemical tests and experiments … were carried out with healthy adults, with mentally ill and with prison inmates.” According to one government report, “In 149 separate mind-control experiments on thousands of people, CIA researchers used hypnosis, electroshock treatments, LSD, marijuana, morphine, Benzedrine, mescaline, seconal, atropine and other drugs.” Test subjects were usually people who could not easily object – prisoners, mental patients and members of minority groups – but the agency also performed many experiments on normal, healthy civilians without their knowledge or consent.
There were 149 subprojects listed under the umbrella of MKULTRA. Project MONARCH has not been officially identified by any government documentation as one of the corresponding subprojects, but is used rather, as a descriptive “catch phrase” by survivors, therapists, and possible “insiders”. MONARCH may in fact, have culminated from MKSEARCH subprojects such as operation SPELLBINDER, which was set up to create “sleeper” assassins (i.e. “Manchurian candidates”) who could be activated upon receiving a key word or phrase while in a post-hypnotic trance.
Who REALLY Killed Mart... Nelson, Phillip F. Best Price: $4.76 Buy New $11.23 (as of 12:55 UTC - Details) The most appalling aspects of this subject begin with how such a hideous and evil program could be conceived by the then-well respected highest-level men in government leadership positions, funded by unwitting taxpayers and certain well-respected research foundations purportedly on missions to serve the public good, and executed by military and intelligence agencies supposedly erected for the purpose of protecting the liberties and freedoms of citizens – all actions contrary to the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
And above all else, using those devices to carry out multiple assassinations of opposition leaders – then putting into place unwitting “Manchurian” programmed and/or robotic “patsies” upon whom to place the blame, and finally neutralizing their voices by officially-sanctioned murder or setting them up to serve the rest of their lives in prison.
As JFK said, upon being briefed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on their horrific proposal for terrorizing – or murdering – random U.S. citizens in Operation Northwoods: “And they call us the human race!”
End Notes:
[1] See LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination, pp. 332-334 (Ref. James Douglass, JFK and the Unspeakable, pp. 40-41
[2] See Who REALLY Killed Martin Luther King Jr.? pp. 97-98, 232-234
[3] See LBJ: From Mastermind to The Colossus, p. 303
[4] See: The Unz Review, “CIA Project MK-ULTRA” by Larry Romanoff, July 2, 2020 (https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/cia-project-mk-ultra/#unit-731)
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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