lewrockwell--2020-05-29--The Delusion Called Fauci

The Delusion Called Fauci

This one was too good to pass up .
In an interview with the National Geographic , Tony Fauci made comments about “ alternative views ” of the origin of the coronavirus .
But he was really talking about all unorthodox medical information : “ Anybody can claim to be an expert even when they have no idea what they ’ re talking about—and it ’ s very difficult for the general public to distinguish .
So , make sure the study is coming from a reputable organization that generally gives you the truth—though even with some reputable organizations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s out there talking nonsense .
If something is published in places like New England Journal of Medicine , Science , Nature , Cell , or JAMA—you know , generally that is quite well peer-reviewed because the editors and the editorial staff of those journals really take things very seriously.
” Right you are , Tony .
The Truth About the Dr ... Marcia Angell Best Price : $ 1.50 Buy New $ 7.86 So , Tony , here is a very serious statement from a former editor of one of those “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Medicine : “ It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published , or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines .
I take no pleasure in this conclusion , which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
” ( Dr. Marcia Angell , NY Review of Books , January 15 , 2009 , “ Drug Companies & Doctors : A Story of Corruption ) And here is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the prestigious journal , The Lancet , founded in 1823 : “ The case against science is straightforward : much of the scientific literature , perhaps half , may simply be untrue .
Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes , tiny effects , invalid exploratory analyses , and flagrant conflicts of interest , together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance , science has taken a turn towards darkness… ” “ The apparent endemicity of bad research behaviour is alarming .
In their quest for telling a compelling story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fit their preferred theory of the world .
Or they retrofit hypotheses to fit their data .
Journal editors deserve their fair share of criticism too .
We aid and abet the worst behaviours .
Our acquiescence to the impact factor fuels an unhealthy competition to win a place in a select few journals .
Our love of ‘ significance ’ pollutes the literature with many a statistical fairy-tale…Journals are not the only miscreants .
Universities are in a perpetual struggle for money and talent… ” ( Dr. Richard Horton , editor-in-chief , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 April , 2015 , Vol 385 , “ Offline : What is medicine ’ s 5 sigma ?
” ) Why stop there ?
Let ’ s consult a late public-health expert whose shoes Fauci would have been lucky to shine : Dr. Barbara Starfield , Johns Hopkins School of Public Health .
On July 26 , 2000 , the US medical community received a titanic shock , when Starfield revealed her findings on healthcare in America .
Bad Pharma : How Drug C ... Ben Goldacre Best Price : $ 7.19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Is US health really the best in the world ?
” , published in the Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) , came to the following conclusion , among others : Every year in the US , correctly prescribed , FDA approved medical drugs kill 106,000 people .
Thus , every decade , these drugs kill more than a MILLION people .
On the heels of Starfield ’ s astonishing findings , media reporting was perfunctory , and it soon dwindled .
No major newspaper or television network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Neither the US Department of Justice nor federal health agencies undertook prolonged remedial action .
All in all , those parties who could have made effective steps to correct this ongoing tragedy preferred to ignore it .
On December 6-7 , 2009 , I interviewed Dr. Starfield by email .
Here is an excerpt from that interview .
Q : What has been the level and tenor of the response to your findings , since 2000 ?
A : The American public appears to have been hoodwinked into believing that more interventions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people that I meet are completely unaware that the US does not have the ‘ best health in the world ’ .
Q : In the medical research community , have your medically-caused mortality statistics been debated , or have these figures been accepted , albeit with some degree of shame ?
The Invisible Enemy Garrett , Mr. Gregory L ... Buy New $ 26.94 A : The findings have been accepted by those who study them .
There has been only one detractor , a former medical school dean , who has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the US health system is the best there is and we need more of it .
He has a vested interest in medical schools and teaching hospitals ( they are his constituency ) .
Q : Have health agencies of the federal government consulted with you on ways to mitigate the [ devastating ] effects of the US medical system ?
Q : Are you aware of any systematic efforts , since your 2000 JAMA study was published , to remedy the main categories of medically caused deaths in the US ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there have been a lot of studies .
Most of them indicate higher rates [ of death ] than I calculated .
Q : Did your 2000 JAMA study sail through peer review , or was there some opposition to publishing it ?
A : It was rejected by the first journal that I sent it to , on the grounds that ‘ it would not be interesting to readers ’ !
Physicians are trained to pay exclusive homage to peer-reviewed published drug studies .
These doctors unfailingly ignore the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million Americans per decade , the heraldic published studies on which those drugs are based must be fraudulent .
In other words , the medical literature is completely unreliable , and impenetrable .
JUST IMAGINE ... : A SEC ... Holmes , Dr Joel S Buy New $ 7.95 WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TWO ESTEEMED MEDICAL EDITORS I QUOTED ABOVE—MARCIA ANGELL AND RICHARD HORTON—ARE SAYING .
If you know a doctor who enjoys sitting up on his high horse dispensing the final word on modern medicine , you might give him the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , instruct him to read them , and suggest he get in touch with Angell and Horton , in order to discover what has happened to his profession .
But please , continue to believe everything Fauci is saying .
He must be right about the “ pandemic.
” After all , he has a very important position , and he ’ s on television .
So what if his policies have torpedoed the economy and devastated and destroyed lives across the country ?
So what if he accepted , without more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s computer projection of 500,000 deaths in the UK and two million in the US ?
In 2005 , Ferguson said 200 million people could die from bird flu .
The final official tally was a few hundred .
Fauci has an important position , and he ’ s on television .
And that ’ s the definition of science , right ?
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This one was too good to pass up.
In an interview with the National Geographic, Tony Fauci made comments about “alternative views” of the origin of the coronavirus. But he was really talking about all unorthodox medical information:
“Anybody can claim to be an expert even when they have no idea what they’re talking about—and it’s very difficult for the general public to distinguish. So, make sure the study is coming from a reputable organization that generally gives you the truth—though even with some reputable organizations, you occasionally get an outlier who’s out there talking nonsense. If something is published in places like New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Nature, Cell, or JAMA—you know, generally that is quite well peer-reviewed because the editors and the editorial staff of those journals really take things very seriously.”
Right you are, Tony.
The Truth About the Dr... Marcia Angell Best Price: $1.50 Buy New $7.86 (as of 12:15 UTC - Details) So, Tony, here is a very serious statement from a former editor of one of those “places,” the New England Journal of Medicine:
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.” (Dr. Marcia Angell, NY Review of Books, January 15, 2009, “Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption)
And here is another one, from the editor-in-chief of the prestigious journal, The Lancet, founded in 1823:
“The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness…”
“The apparent endemicity of bad research behaviour is alarming. In their quest for telling a compelling story, scientists too often sculpt data to fit their preferred theory of the world. Or they retrofit hypotheses to fit their data. Journal editors deserve their fair share of criticism too. We aid and abet the worst behaviours. Our acquiescence to the impact factor fuels an unhealthy competition to win a place in a select few journals. Our love of ‘significance’ pollutes the literature with many a statistical fairy-tale…Journals are not the only miscreants. Universities are in a perpetual struggle for money and talent…” (Dr. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief, The Lancet, in The Lancet, 11 April, 2015, Vol 385, “Offline: What is medicine’s 5 sigma?”)
Why stop there? Let’s consult a late public-health expert whose shoes Fauci would have been lucky to shine: Dr. Barbara Starfield, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
On July 26, 2000, the US medical community received a titanic shock, when Starfield revealed her findings on healthcare in America. Bad Pharma: How Drug C... Ben Goldacre Best Price: $7.19 Buy New $10.99 (as of 08:40 UTC - Details)
The Starfield review, “Is US health really the best in the world?”, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), came to the following conclusion, among others:
Every year in the US, correctly prescribed, FDA approved medical drugs kill 106,000 people. Thus, every decade, these drugs kill more than a MILLION people.
On the heels of Starfield’s astonishing findings, media reporting was perfunctory, and it soon dwindled. No major newspaper or television network mounted an ongoing “Medicalgate” investigation. Neither the US Department of Justice nor federal health agencies undertook prolonged remedial action.
All in all, those parties who could have made effective steps to correct this ongoing tragedy preferred to ignore it.
On December 6-7, 2009, I interviewed Dr. Starfield by email. Here is an excerpt from that interview.
Q: What has been the level and tenor of the response to your findings, since 2000?
A: The American public appears to have been hoodwinked into believing that more interventions lead to better health, and most people that I meet are completely unaware that the US does not have the ‘best health in the world’.
Q: In the medical research community, have your medically-caused mortality statistics been debated, or have these figures been accepted, albeit with some degree of shame? The Invisible Enemy Garrett, Mr. Gregory L... Buy New $26.94 (as of 05:21 UTC - Details)
A: The findings have been accepted by those who study them. There has been only one detractor, a former medical school dean, who has received a lot of attention for claiming that the US health system is the best there is and we need more of it. He has a vested interest in medical schools and teaching hospitals (they are his constituency).
Q: Have health agencies of the federal government consulted with you on ways to mitigate the [devastating] effects of the US medical system?
A: NO.
Q: Are you aware of any systematic efforts, since your 2000 JAMA study was published, to remedy the main categories of medically caused deaths in the US?
A: No systematic efforts; however, there have been a lot of studies. Most of them indicate higher rates [of death] than I calculated.
Q: Did your 2000 JAMA study sail through peer review, or was there some opposition to publishing it?
A: It was rejected by the first journal that I sent it to, on the grounds that ‘it would not be interesting to readers’!
—end of interview excerpt—
Physicians are trained to pay exclusive homage to peer-reviewed published drug studies. These doctors unfailingly ignore the fact that, if medical drugs are killing a million Americans per decade, the heraldic published studies on which those drugs are based must be fraudulent. In other words, the medical literature is completely unreliable, and impenetrable. JUST IMAGINE...: A SEC... Holmes, Dr Joel S Buy New $7.95 (as of 11:28 UTC - Details)
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TWO ESTEEMED MEDICAL EDITORS I QUOTED ABOVE—MARCIA ANGELL AND RICHARD HORTON—ARE SAYING.
If you know a doctor who enjoys sitting up on his high horse dispensing the final word on modern medicine, you might give him the quotes from Dr. Angell and Dr. Horton, instruct him to read them, and suggest he get in touch with Angell and Horton, in order to discover what has happened to his profession.
As in: DISASTER.
But please, continue to believe everything Fauci is saying. He must be right about the “pandemic.” After all, he has a very important position, and he’s on television.
So what if his policies have torpedoed the economy and devastated and destroyed lives across the country?
So what if he accepted, without more than a glance, that fraud Neil Ferguson’s computer projection of 500,000 deaths in the UK and two million in the US? In 2005, Ferguson said 200 million people could die from bird flu. The final official tally was a few hundred.
So what?
Fauci has an important position, and he’s on television.
And that’s the definition of science, right?
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-29--Smackdown! Homeschool Parents vs. County Playground Closers

As we ’ ve been saying on the Ron Paul Liberty Report for some time , in this period of coronavirus and the naked power-grabs by authoritarian politicians from all levels of government , if there is any hope to claw back some of our liberties it will come from the bottom up .
Politicians are drunk on power and they are not about to enter any kind of 12 step program .
But throughout the country it is the people who are fighting back .
And they are scoring tremendous victories .
On a small scale , a hundred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps yesterday were not at all political , or who went along to get along , are realizing what is at stake and are standing up .
The elites laughed at the “ flyover country ” folks in places like the Lake of the Ozarks who ignored demands that they practice “ social distancing ” and wear masks in public over Memorial Day weekend and simply went out and had a good time .
In fact the elites and the sycophants openly wished these people would contract Covid and die as punishment for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Balanced and Barefoot : ... Hanscom , Angela J .
Best Price : $ 11.07 Buy New $ 11.36 That ’ s how sick things have become .
Here in Texas the speaker of the house Dennis Bonnen – ostensibly a conservative Republican – has warned us lowly citizens that if we want big daddy government to allow us to conduct business again in this state , we need to bow down and scrape .
He told USA Today that if we don ’ t wear masks whenever we go outside , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back : The corrupt Dennis Bonnen may think he can push Texans around , but perhaps he ’ s had his own mask on too tight and is suffering from hypoxia .
Down here in Brazoria county a strong independent spirit runs through the vibrant and active homeschool movement .
In fact Texas homeschoolers and particularly Brazoria County homeschoolers have been the backbone of Ron Paul country .
Sunshine Vitamin D 2,0 ... Buy New $ 9.99 ( $ 0.17 / Count ) Earlier this month , a group of homeschoolers mobilized and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throughout Brazoria County through direct action .
It is the most outrageous abuse of power to deny children the ability to go outside in the sun , help virus-killing vitamin D to flow through their systems , and get the exercise that is most directly associated with a healthy immune system and resistance to coronavirus .
Government restricting children from that which keeps them healthy is not “ science ” – it ’ s criminal .
So this group , the “ Park Patriots , ” took action .
First they descended on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul ’ s hometown , and after the city workers called the police on them they gave the police a lesson in the law and law enforcement .
They ended up at city hall and successfully got the vice mayor to admit that there was no force of law behind the forced shutdown of parks .
Officials pretended they had the authority to deny citizens the facilities they were forced to pay for , but in the end a “ guideline ” is quite different than a law .
The mothers returned to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the playground .
Victory indeed .
Today the “ Park Patriots ” struck again , trudging up to Angleton ’ s “ Freedom Park ” to again let their homeschooled kids loose on the taped up playground – and to reclaim their freedom .
As they arrived they began dismantling the tape and the other impediments to children using the facilities : The orange fencing keeping children from enjoying the park that their parents paid for ended up exactly where it belonged : One of the children – in this case your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the idea of smashing through the ridiculous “ caution ” tape on the swings : Once again it was city workers who called the police on the people who pay their salaries – notice a pattern here ?
– and soon enough some squad cars showed up .
Ironic how the officer with “ We The People ” tattooed across his arm showed up with such contempt for the actual people .
One of the homeschool fathers hit the perfect note when he reminded the officer that it was in fact the park @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We The People ” he was wearing on his arm .
Also of interest is that when the officer ’ s falsely asserted authority to remove the children from the park was obliterated by the excellent rhetoric of the parents , how only response was the bizarre “ y ’ all anti-vaxxers ?
” Bad move , officer !
Finally , the officer , totally defeated by the arguments of the parents , turned heel and walked away , leaving his colleague dumbfounded and alone .
She also turned around and walked away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go to the city hall to directly challenge authorities and the other group remained at the park .
Eventually the officer returned to the homeschoolers remaining at the park .
He tried to act friendly at this point .
“ The chief of police has decided that you can remain at the park.
” And thanks to these brave and dedicated homeschoolers , “ Freedom Park ” is free again : We can all make a difference .
We can all fight for our freedom , one small battle at a time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tyrants .
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As we’ve been saying on the Ron Paul Liberty Report for some time, in this period of coronavirus and the naked power-grabs by authoritarian politicians from all levels of government, if there is any hope to claw back some of our liberties it will come from the bottom up.
Politicians are drunk on power and they are not about to enter any kind of 12 step program.
But throughout the country it is the people who are fighting back. And they are scoring tremendous victories. On a small scale, a hundred flowers are blooming daily as Americans who perhaps yesterday were not at all political, or who went along to get along, are realizing what is at stake and are standing up.
The elites laughed at the “flyover country” folks in places like the Lake of the Ozarks who ignored demands that they practice “social distancing” and wear masks in public over Memorial Day weekend and simply went out and had a good time. In fact the elites and the sycophants openly wished these people would contract Covid and die as punishment for ignoring the orders of their “betters.” Balanced and Barefoot:... Hanscom, Angela J. Best Price: $11.07 Buy New $11.36 (as of 04:57 UTC - Details)
That’s how sick things have become.
Here in Texas the speaker of the house Dennis Bonnen – ostensibly a conservative Republican – has warned us lowly citizens that if we want big daddy government to allow us to conduct business again in this state, we need to bow down and scrape.
He told USA Today that if we don’t wear masks whenever we go outside, we can’t have our freedom back:
I don’t know what message they are sending other than the message of stupidity that they’re not going to wear a face covering in public. Well, pick it. Either you want the economy open or you want to be selfish and not wear a face covering when you are out in the public.
The corrupt Dennis Bonnen may think he can push Texans around, but perhaps he’s had his own mask on too tight and is suffering from hypoxia.
Down here in Brazoria county a strong independent spirit runs through the vibrant and active homeschool movement. In fact Texas homeschoolers and particularly Brazoria County homeschoolers have been the backbone of Ron Paul country.
Sunshine Vitamin D 2,0... Buy New $9.99 ($0.17 / Count) (as of 04:57 UTC - Details) Earlier this month, a group of homeschoolers mobilized and began challenging the ridiculous closures of playgrounds throughout Brazoria County through direct action.
It is the most outrageous abuse of power to deny children the ability to go outside in the sun, help virus-killing vitamin D to flow through their systems, and get the exercise that is most directly associated with a healthy immune system and resistance to coronavirus.
Government restricting children from that which keeps them healthy is not “science” – it’s criminal.
So this group, the “Park Patriots,” took action. First they descended on a park in Lake Jackson, Ron Paul’s hometown, and after the city workers called the police on them they gave the police a lesson in the law and law enforcement. They ended up at city hall and successfully got the vice mayor to admit that there was no force of law behind the forced shutdown of parks. Officials pretended they had the authority to deny citizens the facilities they were forced to pay for, but in the end a “guideline” is quite different than a law.
The mothers returned to the park and let their kids loose on the playground. Victory indeed.
Today the “Park Patriots” struck again, trudging up to Angleton’s “Freedom Park” to again let their homeschooled kids loose on the taped up playground – and to reclaim their freedom.
As they arrived they began dismantling the tape and the other impediments to children using the facilities:
The orange fencing keeping children from enjoying the park that their parents paid for ended up exactly where it belonged:
One of the children – in this case your author’s own daughter – relished the idea of smashing through the ridiculous “caution” tape on the swings:
Once again it was city workers who called the police on the people who pay their salaries – notice a pattern here? – and soon enough some squad cars showed up.

Ironic how the officer with “We The People” tattooed across his arm showed up with such contempt for the actual people. One of the homeschool fathers hit the perfect note when he reminded the officer that it was in fact the park itself that belonged to the same “We The People” he was wearing on his arm.
Also of interest is that when the officer’s falsely asserted authority to remove the children from the park was obliterated by the excellent rhetoric of the parents, how only response was the bizarre “y’all anti-vaxxers?” Bad move, officer!
Finally, the officer, totally defeated by the arguments of the parents, turned heel and walked away, leaving his colleague dumbfounded and alone. She also turned around and walked away.
One group of parents broke off to go to the city hall to directly challenge authorities and the other group remained at the park.
Eventually the officer returned to the homeschoolers remaining at the park. He tried to act friendly at this point. “The chief of police has decided that you can remain at the park.”
Victory:
And thanks to these brave and dedicated homeschoolers, “Freedom Park” is free again:
We can all make a difference. We can all fight for our freedom, one small battle at a time. We can all help defeat the tyrants.
And finally: Don’t mess with Texas…homeschoolers!
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lewrockwell--2020-05-29--Why You Can’t Trust the CDC on Vaccines

Why You Can’t Trust the CDC on Vaccines

The major media dismiss public vaccine policy critics as “ conspiracy theorists ” , but no conspiracy is required to explain how it can be true that the CDC deceives about vaccines .
As I have covered in previous articles for Children ’ s Health Defense , the fundamental assumptions underlying the recommendation of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) that everyone aged six months and up should get an annual flu shot are unsupported by scientific evidence .
Examining a case study from the New York Times , we ’ ve seen how the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy by grossly misinforming their audiences about the science—and how , in doing so , the media are just following the CDC ’ s example .
We ’ ve seen how the CDC uses deceptive fear marketing to increase demand for influenza vaccines , and how the CDC ’ s claims that flu vaccination significantly reduces deaths among the elderly have been thoroughly discredited by the scientific community .
So what can explain the CDC ’ s behavior ?
As far as the discourse about vaccines goes in the mainstream media , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media treat the CDC as practically the most credible and authoritative source for information about vaccines on the planet and unquestioningly amplify the CDC ’ s public relations messaging .
We saw in our New York Times case study just how blatantly the media participate in misinforming the public , with health writer Aaron E. Carroll supporting his argument that everyone should follow the CDC ’ s recommendation to get a flu shot by citing a study whose authors actually concluded not only that the CDC ’ s policy is unsupported by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CDC deliberately misrepresents the science to support its policy !
Master Manipulator : Th ... James Ottar Grundvig Best Price : $ 14.15 Buy New $ 17.78 As far as the mainstream discourse is concerned , the idea that the public is being grossly misinformed about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines requires belief in “ conspiracy theories ” .
But no conspiracy theory is required to explain how it can be that the CDC is misinforming the public about vaccines .
The media is just demonstrably serving its usual function , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their book Manufacturing Consent : The Political Economy of the Mass Media , of advocating government policy rather than doing journalism .
This is not a conspiracy .
It ’ s just an institutionalized bias stemming from what Chomsky has called the “ state religion ” —an undying faith in the fundamental benevolence of the US government and its agencies .
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it .
Likewise , no conspiracy theory is required to explain how it can be that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy is misinforming the public about vaccine science .
On the contrary , the CDC ’ s behavior can be explained to a considerable degree solely by good intentions .
Public health officials generally are simply convinced that , in performing their individual function in the mechanisms of government , they are doing good and serving the public interest .
But as economist Milton Friedman once pertinently observed , “ Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
” The road to hell is paved with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; or , as reiterated in Psychology Today , “ If our interventions cause more harm than good , the interventions are not moral regardless of the loftiness of our intentions.
” Doctors working within the confines of the medical establishment , too , succumb to confirmation bias and fail to question the institutionalized way of doing things .
It is only human psychology to be resistant to ideas that challenge one ’ s own self-identity .
It ’ s not difficult to understand how public health officials might be unwilling to acknowledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they might be doing harm .
The idea that government officials are susceptible to what is known as “ confirmation bias ” , or the tendency to accept information supportive of one ’ s personal belief system while dismissive of information that contradicts it , should hardly be considered far-fetched or conspiratorial .
Doctors working within the confines of the medical establishment , too , succumb to confirmation bias and fail to question the institutionalized way of doing things .
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As Dave Sackett , “ the father of evidence based medicine ” , once quipped , “ Half of what you ’ ll learn in medical school will be shown to be either dead wrong or out of date within five years of your graduation ; the trouble is that nobody can tell you which half—so the most important thing to learn is how to learn on your own.
” Too many people just don ’ t think for themselves , but succumb to groupthink .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the pharmaceutical industry ’ s undue influence on the direction of science .
As BMJ editor Richard Horton has commented , “ Journals have devolved into information-laundering operations for the pharmaceutical industry.
” Studies examining this problem have shown that an alarming proportion of medical literature gets the science wrong .
As a 2013 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation concluded , “ To serve its interests , the industry masterfully influences evidence base production , evidence synthesis , understanding of harms issues , cost-effectiveness evaluations , clinical practice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exerts direct influences on professional decisions and health consumers.
” One of the authors of that study was John Ioannidis , who ’ s been described by The Atlantic as possibly “ one of the most influential scientists alive ” .
In a 2005 essay published in PLoS Medicine , Ioannidis wrote that , “ It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false.
” And false findings might not just be “ the majority ” , but could be “ the vast majority ” .
Rather than majority expert opinion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may often be simply accurate measures of the prevailing bias.
” Among the numerous other problems affecting the quality of research are financial conflicts of interests and institutionalized prejudices .
As Ioannidis elaborated : The Vaccine Court : The ... Rohde , Wayne Buy New $ 17.99 As The Atlantic noted , Ioannidis has estimated that “ as much as 90 percent of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed ” , and “ he worries that the field of medical research is so pervasively flawed , and so riddled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might be chronically resistant to change—or even to publicly admitting that there ’ s a problem.
” That certainly also applies to the CDC , where corruption and conflicts of interest are an endemic problem .
The Endemic Corruption at the CDC Perhaps the most infamous example is how the head of the CDC from 2002 to 2009 , Julie Gerberding , left her government job to go work as president of Merck ’ s $ 5 billion global vaccine division .
Merck ’ s CEO understandably described Gerberding as an “ ideal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until 2014 and currently holds the Merck job title of “ Executive Vice President & Chief Patent Officer , Strategic Communications , Global Public Policy and Population Health ” .
That is to say , the former CDC director is now in charge of Merck ’ s propaganda efforts .
One might say she ’ s basically doing the same job now that she did for the CDC , but even more lucratively .
Apart from her salary , in 2015 , Gerberding sold shares of Merck worth over $ 2.3 million dollars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January 2018 , when CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald was forced to resign after Politico reported that , after assuming leadership of the CDC on July 7 , 2017 , she “ bought tens of thousands of dollars in new stock holdings in at least a dozen companies ” —including Merck .
In August 1999 , the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform initiated an investigation into federal vaccine policy , the findings of which were reported in June 2000 .
As its report stated , “ The Committee ’ s investigation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the FDA and the CDC have been weak , enforcement has been lax , and committee members with substantial ties to pharmaceutical companies have been given waivers to participate in committee proceedings.
” Examples of the corruption included the following : • “ The CDC routinely grants waivers from conflict of interest rules to every member of its advisory committee.
” • “ CDC Advisory Committee members who are not allowed to vote on certain recommendations due to financial conflicts of interest are allowed to participate in committee deliberations and advocate specific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC ’ s advisory committee until very recently owned 600 shares of stock in Merck….
” Anyone Who Tells You V ... • “ Members of the CDC ’ s advisory Committee often fill out incomplete financial disclosure statements , and are not required to provide the missing information by CDC ethics officials.
” • “ Four out of eight CDC advisory committee members who voted to approve guidelines for the rotavirus vaccine in June 1998 had financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that were developing different versions of the vaccine.
” • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committee members who voted to approve the rotavirus vaccine in December 1997 had financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that were developing different versions of the vaccine.
” A US Senate report from June 2007 noted how surveys showed that Americans “ overwhelmingly ” viewed the CDC as doing a good job at keeping them healthy , as well as how the CDC took advantage of that perception by seeking ever increasing levels of funding year after year—and yet the CDC had little to show for its exorbitant spending .
The Senate report named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem .
Under her leadership , bonuses for the people managing the CDC increased dramatically .
The top three CDC financial officers , for example , had “ taken in more than a quarter million dollars in bonuses ” over the previous several years .
A New York Times analysis , the Senate report noted , had found that “ The share of premium bonuses given to those within the director ’ s office has risen at least tenfold under Dr. Gerberding ’ s leadership.
” …contractors who previously were employed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way to make their CDC connections pay off .
Another problem was the “ revolving door ” of Washington .
Citing examples , the Senate report commented that , “ While CDC employees ’ pay may not be equal to those in the private market , contractors who previously were employed by the CDC appear to have found a lucrative way to make their CDC connections pay off.
” The Senate report was appropriately subtitled , “ A review of how an agency tasked with fighting and preventing disease has spent hundreds of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts , international junkets , and lavish facilities , but can not demonstrate it is controlling disease.
” A 2009 report from the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services found that “ almost all ” financial disclosure forms for “ special Government employees ” —such as the people who sit on the CDC ’ s vaccine advisory committee—were not properly completed .
For 97 percent of them , there was at least one omission , and most of the forms “ had more than one type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year 2007 , 64 percent of such employees were found to have potential conflicts of interest that the CDC had either failed to identify or failed to resolve .
The CDC also failed to ensure that 41 percent of such employees received required ethics training , and 15 percent of such employees “ did not comply with ethics requirements during committee meetings in 2007.
” In sum , the Inspector General ’ s office found “ that CDC had a systemic lack of oversight of the ethics program ” for special government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Roman Best Price : $ 38.50 Buy New $ 21.60 A particularly salient example was the aforementioned June 1998 recommendation of the CDC ’ s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP ) that all infants receive the rotavirus vaccine .
We ’ ll examine that particular case in a forthcoming article .
Be sure to sign up for the Children ’ s Health Defense newsletter so you don ’ t miss it !
In sum , while the CDC is the mainstream media ’ s go-to source for information on any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reason to be skeptical of the information coming out of this agency .
It is certainly no “ conspiracy theory ” to claim that the CDC is misinforming the public about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines .
On the contrary , that the CDC does so is demonstrable and recognized in the scientific literature .
It also requires no “ conspiracy theory ” to explain how this can be so .
It certainly does not follow from the assumption that government officials in positions of power are acting out of benevolent intent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The institutionalized confirmation bias and endemic corruption are more than sufficient to explain how it can be that the CDC is misinforming the public about vaccines .

The major media dismiss public vaccine policy critics as “conspiracy theorists”, but no conspiracy is required to explain how it can be true that the CDC deceives about vaccines.
As I have covered in previous articles for Children’s Health Defense, the fundamental assumptions underlying the recommendation of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that everyone aged six months and up should get an annual flu shot are unsupported by scientific evidence. Examining a case study from the New York Times, we’ve seen how the corporate media manufacture consent for public vaccine policy by grossly misinforming their audiences about the science—and how, in doing so, the media are just following the CDC’s example. We’ve seen how the CDC uses deceptive fear marketing to increase demand for influenza vaccines, and how the CDC’s claims that flu vaccination significantly reduces deaths among the elderly have been thoroughly discredited by the scientific community.
So what can explain the CDC’s behavior?
As far as the discourse about vaccines goes in the mainstream media, this problem doesn’t exist. The media treat the CDC as practically the most credible and authoritative source for information about vaccines on the planet and unquestioningly amplify the CDC’s public relations messaging. We saw in our New York Times case study just how blatantly the media participate in misinforming the public, with health writer Aaron E. Carroll supporting his argument that everyone should follow the CDC’s recommendation to get a flu shot by citing a study whose authors actually concluded not only that the CDC’s policy is unsupported by the scientific evidence, but also that the CDC deliberately misrepresents the science to support its policy! Master Manipulator: Th... James Ottar Grundvig Best Price: $14.15 Buy New $17.78 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details)
As far as the mainstream discourse is concerned, the idea that the public is being grossly misinformed about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines requires belief in “conspiracy theories”. But no conspiracy theory is required to explain how it can be that the CDC is misinforming the public about vaccines. The media is just demonstrably serving its usual function, as outlined by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky in their book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, of advocating government policy rather than doing journalism. This is not a conspiracy. It’s just an institutionalized bias stemming from what Chomsky has called the “state religion”—an undying faith in the fundamental benevolence of the US government and its agencies.
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
Likewise, no conspiracy theory is required to explain how it can be that the government agency charged with formulating public vaccine policy is misinforming the public about vaccine science. On the contrary, the CDC’s behavior can be explained to a considerable degree solely by good intentions. Public health officials generally are simply convinced that, in performing their individual function in the mechanisms of government, they are doing good and serving the public interest.
But as economist Milton Friedman once pertinently observed, “Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” The road to hell is paved with good intentions, as the saying goes; or, as reiterated in Psychology Today, “If our interventions cause more harm than good, the interventions are not moral regardless of the loftiness of our intentions.”
Doctors working within the confines of the medical establishment, too, succumb to confirmation bias and fail to question the institutionalized way of doing things.
It is only human psychology to be resistant to ideas that challenge one’s own self-identity. It’s not difficult to understand how public health officials might be unwilling to acknowledge the possibility that they could be wrong—that they might be doing harm. The idea that government officials are susceptible to what is known as “confirmation bias”, or the tendency to accept information supportive of one’s personal belief system while dismissive of information that contradicts it, should hardly be considered far-fetched or conspiratorial. Doctors working within the confines of the medical establishment, too, succumb to confirmation bias and fail to question the institutionalized way of doing things. Vaccine Whistleblower:... Barry, Kevin Buy New $12.94 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details)
And it’s not as though the medical establishment has not been wrong before! As Dave Sackett, “the father of evidence based medicine”, once quipped, “Half of what you’ll learn in medical school will be shown to be either dead wrong or out of date within five years of your graduation; the trouble is that nobody can tell you which half—so the most important thing to learn is how to learn on your own.”
Too many people just don’t think for themselves, but succumb to groupthink. And this situation isn’t helped by the pharmaceutical industry’s undue influence on the direction of science. As BMJ editor Richard Horton has commented, “Journals have devolved into information-laundering operations for the pharmaceutical industry.”
Studies examining this problem have shown that an alarming proportion of medical literature gets the science wrong. As a 2013 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation concluded, “To serve its interests, the industry masterfully influences evidence base production, evidence synthesis, understanding of harms issues, cost-effectiveness evaluations, clinical practice guidelines and healthcare professional education and also exerts direct influences on professional decisions and health consumers.”
One of the authors of that study was John Ioannidis, who’s been described by The Atlantic as possibly “one of the most influential scientists alive”. In a 2005 essay published in PLoS Medicine, Ioannidis wrote that, “It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false.” And false findings might not just be “the majority”, but could be “the vast majority”. Rather than majority expert opinion representing scientific truths, claimed findings “may often be simply accurate measures of the prevailing bias.”
Among the numerous other problems affecting the quality of research are financial conflicts of interests and institutionalized prejudices. As Ioannidis elaborated:
“Conflicts of interest are very common in biomedical research, and typically they are inadequately and sparsely reported. Prejudice may not necessarily have financial roots. Scientists in a given field may be prejudiced purely because of their belief in a scientific theory or commitment to their own findings. Many otherwise seemingly independent, university-based studies may be conducted for no other reason than to give physicians and researchers qualifications for promotion or tenure. Such nonfinancial conflicts may also lead to distorted reported results and interpretations. Prestigious investigators may suppress via the peer review process the appearance and dissemination of findings that refute their findings, thus condemning their field to perpetuate false dogma. Empirical evidence on expert opinion shows that it is extremely unreliable.”
The Vaccine Court: The... Rohde, Wayne Buy New $17.99 (as of 04:05 UTC - Details) As The Atlantic noted, Ioannidis has estimated that “as much as 90 percent of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed”, and “he worries that the field of medical research is so pervasively flawed, and so riddled with conflicts of interest, that it might be chronically resistant to change—or even to publicly admitting that there’s a problem.”
That certainly also applies to the CDC, where corruption and conflicts of interest are an endemic problem.
The Endemic Corruption at the CDC
Perhaps the most infamous example is how the head of the CDC from 2002 to 2009, Julie Gerberding, left her government job to go work as president of Merck’s $5 billion global vaccine division. Merck’s CEO understandably described Gerberding as an “ideal choice”. She held that position until 2014 and currently holds the Merck job title of “Executive Vice President & Chief Patent Officer, Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health”. That is to say, the former CDC director is now in charge of Merck’s propaganda efforts. One might say she’s basically doing the same job now that she did for the CDC, but even more lucratively. Apart from her salary, in 2015, Gerberding sold shares of Merck worth over $2.3 million dollars.
A more recent example came in January 2018, when CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald was forced to resign after Politico reported that, after assuming leadership of the CDC on July 7, 2017, she “bought tens of thousands of dollars in new stock holdings in at least a dozen companies”—including Merck.
In August 1999, the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform initiated an investigation into federal vaccine policy, the findings of which were reported in June 2000. As its report stated, “The Committee’s investigation has determined that conflict of interest rules employed by the FDA and the CDC have been weak, enforcement has been lax, and committee members with substantial ties to pharmaceutical companies have been given waivers to participate in committee proceedings.”
Examples of the corruption included the following:
“The CDC routinely grants waivers from conflict of interest rules to every member of its advisory committee.”
“CDC Advisory Committee members who are not allowed to vote on certain recommendations due to financial conflicts of interest are allowed to participate in committee deliberations and advocate specific positions.”
“The Chairman of the CDC’s advisory committee until very recently owned 600 shares of stock in Merck….” Anyone Who Tells You V... Coleman, Dr Vernon Buy New $3.99 (as of 04:06 UTC - Details )
“Members of the CDC’s advisory Committee often fill out incomplete financial disclosure statements, and are not required to provide the missing information by CDC ethics officials.”
“Four out of eight CDC advisory committee members who voted to approve guidelines for the rotavirus vaccine in June 1998 had financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that were developing different versions of the vaccine.”
“3 out of 5 FDA advisory committee members who voted to approve the rotavirus vaccine in December 1997 had financial ties to pharmaceutical companies that were developing different versions of the vaccine.”
A US Senate report from June 2007 noted how surveys showed that Americans “overwhelmingly” viewed the CDC as doing a good job at keeping them healthy, as well as how the CDC took advantage of that perception by seeking ever increasing levels of funding year after year—and yet the CDC had little to show for its exorbitant spending.
The Senate report named Julie Gerberding as an example of the problem. Under her leadership, bonuses for the people managing the CDC increased dramatically. The top three CDC financial officers, for example, had “taken in more than a quarter million dollars in bonuses” over the previous several years. A New York Times analysis, the Senate report noted, had found that “The share of premium bonuses given to those within the director’s office has risen at least tenfold under Dr. Gerberding’s leadership.”
…contractors who previously were employed by the CDC appear to have found a lucrative way to make their CDC connections pay off.
Another problem was the “revolving door” of Washington. Citing examples, the Senate report commented that, “While CDC employees’ pay may not be equal to those in the private market, contractors who previously were employed by the CDC appear to have found a lucrative way to make their CDC connections pay off.”
The Senate report was appropriately subtitled, “A review of how an agency tasked with fighting and preventing disease has spent hundreds of millions of tax dollars for failed prevention efforts, international junkets, and lavish facilities, but cannot demonstrate it is controlling disease.”
A 2009 report from the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services found that “almost all” financial disclosure forms for “special Government employees”—such as the people who sit on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee—were not properly completed. For 97 percent of them, there was at least one omission, and most of the forms “had more than one type of omission.” Furthermore, looking at the year 2007, 64 percent of such employees were found to have potential conflicts of interest that the CDC had either failed to identify or failed to resolve. The CDC also failed to ensure that 41 percent of such employees received required ethics training, and 15 percent of such employees “did not comply with ethics requirements during committee meetings in 2007.” In sum, the Inspector General’s office found “that CDC had a systemic lack of oversight of the ethics program” for special government employees. Dissolving Illusions: ... Bystrianyk, Roman Best Price: $38.50 Buy New $21.60 (as of 11:00 UTC - Details)
A particularly salient example was the aforementioned June 1998 recommendation of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that all infants receive the rotavirus vaccine. We’ll examine that particular case in a forthcoming article. Be sure to sign up for the Children’s Health Defense newsletter so you don’t miss it!
Conclusion
In sum, while the CDC is the mainstream media’s go-to source for information on any vaccine-related story, the public has every reason to be skeptical of the information coming out of this agency. It is certainly no “conspiracy theory” to claim that the CDC is misinforming the public about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. On the contrary, that the CDC does so is demonstrable and recognized in the scientific literature.
It also requires no “conspiracy theory” to explain how this can be so. It certainly does not follow from the assumption that government officials in positions of power are acting out of benevolent intent that therefore their policies are not harmful. The institutionalized confirmation bias and endemic corruption are more than sufficient to explain how it can be that the CDC is misinforming the public about vaccines.
This originally appeared on Children’s Health Defense.


China Derangement Syndrome

Friendly reminder that we ’ ve invented weapons which can end all life on earth and we ’ re in steadily increasing danger of setting them all off because some guys in a think tank wrote some words .
Believing cold war is no big deal because nuclear war hasn ’ t happened yet is the same as believing your game of Russian roulette is safe because the gun hasn ’ t gone off yet .
There ’ s no legitimate reason why nations can ’ t just mind their own affairs and care for their own people .
Having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government and its allies scheming to destroy nations which disobey them is severely disordered , and we should oppose it ferociously .
China Rx : Exposing the ... Singh , Janardan Prasad Buy New $ 13.99 1 .
We are in the middle of a slow-motion third world war between the US power alliance and the remaining nations which have resisted its aggressive attempts to absorb them .
2 .
Propaganda is used to move this world war along .
3 .
Points 1 and 2 explain current anti-China sentiment .
China Derangement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affliction where someone who has overdosed on mainstream narratives suddenly starts believing a nation on the other side of the planet is a very big problem that “ we ” need to “ do something about ” .
CDS victims often try to justify their hysteria by saying it ’ s about ending their country ’ s economic relationship with China and bringing the jobs and the wealth back home .
Which is absolutely adorable .
You think that ’ s where the money will go ?
To you ?
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Midler , Paul Best Price : $ 3.96 Buy New $ 9.84 Trump supporters are exactly as moronic , brainwashed and hysterical about China as Democrats are about Russia .
They ’ ve forever forfeited all legitimacy in criticizing Russiagate .
Every single time the narrative managers shift to a new imperialism target I start writing about it using the same exact logic and understanding that I use to write about all their other propaganda campaigns , and every single time I get a deluge of people saying “ Oh my God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that horrible government now !
Usually I agree with her but now she ’ s gone right off the rails !
” Every single time , without exception .
“ Caitlin , this Official Bad Guy is completely different from all the others !
” Syria , Russia , North Korea , Iran , Venezuela , China , over and over again .
It gets really tedious .
Yes , you ’ ve lived in an echo chamber that opposes some imperialist agendas but supports others .
That ’ s how propaganda works @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as America , Caitlin.
” Yes , yes exerting regional power and making deals is exactly the same as dominating the whole planet with hundreds of military bases and endless acts of mass murder , because all things are exactly the same as all other things .
Deceiving the Sky : Ins ... Gertz , Bill Best Price : $ 14.63 Buy New $ 18.19 “ Caitlin you need to understand that the CCP are not the good guys.
” It will never stop being weird to me how many grown adults respond @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ good guys ” and “ bad guys ” like children watching a cartoon show .
Hollywood is brain poison .
“ What are you saying Caitlin ?
We can ’ t criticize China ?
” You can criticize whoever you want .
I just think it ’ s an amazing coincidence how you all became very very interested in “ criticizing ” that nation at the exact same time the mass media started shrieking about it constantly .
Before accusing someone of being an apologist for a foreign government , first contemplate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re just being neutral and you ’ ve been propagandized into believing everyone needs to hate that foreign government .
Beginning sincere research into what ’ s really going on with our world behind the veils of propaganda and government secrecy reveals many experts with a profound understanding of our actual circumstances .
Further research reveals that no , actually they ’ re all mostly faking it .
Everything Under the H ... French , Howard W. Best Price : $ 6.94 Buy New $ 19.94 The neoconservative ideology of maintaining unipolar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become so mainstream over the last two decades that “ neoconservative ” is a mostly meaningless term now .
Murder the same number of people for the same amount of money by selling the weapons used to murder them after lobbying for needless military interventionism : You ’ re a businessman .
Trump could have run as a Democrat in 2016 with a liberal-sounding platform , enacted the exact same policies he ’ s enacted as president , and , as long as he kept saying nice-sounding things , Democrats would think he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be a problem as long as ecocide remains profitable .
War will be a problem as long as war remains profitable .
Politicians will cater to profit-seeking sociopaths as long as profit determines what drives human behavior .
You ’ ve probably heard it said that you ’ ll never find love if you don ’ t love yourself , but have you ever thought about why it ’ s true ?
It ’ s true because if you don ’ t love yourself , someone loving you instantly puts you at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quote , “ I refuse to join any club that would have me for a member.
” You can ’ t build on that kind of foundation .
For love to work , you have to love yourself , and you also have to commit to loving yourself more and more .
Your lover will always be finding new parts of you to love , many of them parts you dislike , so you ’ ve got to learn to love those parts too to avoid shutting them out .
This is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad boys ’ and fall prey to negging .
If you don ’ t love yourself and someone falls for you , then they appear pathetic because they fell in love with you , so wow .
Yuck .
You know you ’ re disgusting so they must be disgusting to fall for you .
If you truly love yourself , you ’ ll welcome someone who truly loves you .
When they show up they ’ ll slide right in , with no rejection and no bouncer at the door , just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you !
I ’ ve got a place here all ready for you.
” You can learn to love yourself by making a practice of continually bringing an intimate , enthusiastic “ yes ” to whatever feels like the core of your being in each moment .
I wrote an article on how to do this a while back if you ’ re interested .
Thanks for reading !
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Friendly reminder that we’ve invented weapons which can end all life on earth and we’re in steadily increasing danger of setting them all off because some guys in a think tank wrote some words.
~
Believing cold war is no big deal because nuclear war hasn’t happened yet is the same as believing your game of Russian roulette is safe because the gun hasn’t gone off yet.
~
There’s no legitimate reason why nations can’t just mind their own affairs and care for their own people. Having to read news every day about our government and its allies scheming to destroy nations which disobey them is severely disordered, and we should oppose it ferociously. China Rx: Exposing the... Singh, Janardan Prasad Buy New $13.99 (as of 04:38 UTC - Details)
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1. We are in the middle of a slow-motion third world war between the US power alliance and the remaining nations which have resisted its aggressive attempts to absorb them.
2. Propaganda is used to move this world war along.
3. Points 1 and 2 explain current anti-China sentiment.
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China Derangement Syndrome (CDS) is a terrible affliction where someone who has overdosed on mainstream narratives suddenly starts believing a nation on the other side of the planet is a very big problem that “we” need to “do something about”.
~
CDS victims often try to justify their hysteria by saying it’s about ending their country’s economic relationship with China and bringing the jobs and the wealth back home. Which is absolutely adorable. You think that’s where the money will go? To you? That’s precious. Poorly Made in China: ... Midler, Paul Best Price: $3.96 Buy New $9.84 (as of 03:00 UTC - Details)
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Trump supporters are exactly as moronic, brainwashed and hysterical about China as Democrats are about Russia. They’ve forever forfeited all legitimacy in criticizing Russiagate.
~
Every single time the narrative managers shift to a new imperialism target I start writing about it using the same exact logic and understanding that I use to write about all their other propaganda campaigns, and every single time I get a deluge of people saying “Oh my God I can’t believe Caitlin loves that horrible government now! Usually I agree with her but now she’s gone right off the rails!”
Every single time, without exception. “Caitlin, this Official Bad Guy is completely different from all the others!” Syria, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, China, over and over again. It gets really tedious. Yes, you’ve lived in an echo chamber that opposes some imperialist agendas but supports others. That’s how propaganda works.
~
“China is just as imperialist as America, Caitlin.”
Yes, yes exerting regional power and making deals is exactly the same as dominating the whole planet with hundreds of military bases and endless acts of mass murder, because all things are exactly the same as all other things.
~
Deceiving the Sky: Ins... Gertz, Bill Best Price: $14.63 Buy New $18.19 (as of 05:00 UTC - Details) “Caitlin you need to understand that the CCP are not the good guys.”
It will never stop being weird to me how many grown adults respond to mature geopolitical analysis by babbling about “good guys” and “bad guys” like children watching a cartoon show. Hollywood is brain poison.
~
“What are you saying Caitlin? We can’t criticize China?”
You can criticize whoever you want. I just think it’s an amazing coincidence how you all became very very interested in “criticizing” that nation at the exact same time the mass media started shrieking about it constantly.
~
Before accusing someone of being an apologist for a foreign government, first contemplate whether it’s possible that they’re just being neutral and you’ve been propagandized into believing everyone needs to hate that foreign government.
~
Beginning sincere research into what’s really going on with our world behind the veils of propaganda and government secrecy reveals many experts with a profound understanding of our actual circumstances. Further research reveals that no, actually they’re all mostly faking it. Everything Under the H... French, Howard W. Best Price: $6.94 Buy New $19.94 (as of 05:00 UTC - Details)
~
The neoconservative ideology of maintaining unipolar US world domination at all cost has become so mainstream over the last two decades that “neoconservative” is a mostly meaningless term now.
~
Murder a thousand people and make a fortune selling their organs: You’re a monster.
Murder the same number of people for the same amount of money by selling the weapons used to murder them after lobbying for needless military interventionism: You’re a businessman.
~
Trump could have run as a Democrat in 2016 with a liberal-sounding platform, enacted the exact same policies he’s enacted as president, and, as long as he kept saying nice-sounding things, Democrats would think he’s awesome right now.
~
Ecocide will be a problem as long as ecocide remains profitable. War will be a problem as long as war remains profitable. Politicians will cater to profit-seeking sociopaths as long as profit determines what drives human behavior.
~
You’ve probably heard it said that you’ll never find love if you don’t love yourself, but have you ever thought about why it’s true? It’s true because if you don’t love yourself, someone loving you instantly puts you at odds with them.Like that old Groucho Marx quote, “I refuse to join any club that would have me for a member.” You can’t build on that kind of foundation.
For love to work, you have to love yourself, and you also have to commit to loving yourself more and more. Your lover will always be finding new parts of you to love, many of them parts you dislike, so you’ve got to learn to love those parts too to avoid shutting them out.
This is the main reason why women go for ‘bad boys’ and fall prey to negging. If you don’t love yourself and someone falls for you, then they appear pathetic because they fell in love with you, so wow. Yuck. You know you’re disgusting so they must be disgusting to fall for you.
If you truly love yourself, you’ll welcome someone who truly loves you. When they show up they’ll slide right in, with no rejection and no bouncer at the door, just a smooth “Oh it’s you! I’ve got a place here all ready for you.”
You can learn to love yourself by making a practice of continually bringing an intimate, enthusiastic “yes” to whatever feels like the core of your being in each moment. I wrote an article on how to do this a while back if you’re interested.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-29--From Open Skies to Open Season for Nukes

Another one bites the dust .
In less two years , President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties – quite a record for undermining decades of international security architecture .
First there was the nuclear accord with Iran ( 2018 ) , then the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty ( 2019 ) , and now the Open Skies Treaty .
There is growing concern that the Trump administration will let the last-remaining arms-control treaty fall – the New START ( 2010 ) which limits strategic nuclear missiles held by the U.S. and Russia .
If it goes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race not seen since the Cold War .
It will be open season for nukes .
Into the malign mix are the current heightened tensions between the U.S. , NATO , Russia and China .
Confrontation could spin out of control with catastrophic consequences for the planet .
There is a grim sense that risk of nuclear conflagration is greater than at any time since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis more than half a century ago .
The Second Nuclear Age ... Bracken , Paul Best Price : $ 3.98 Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration is deliberately playing the mad man as a negotiating tactic .
It ’ s an unconscionable and extremely dangerous gamble with world security , but this would seem to be Trump ’ s diabolical art of the deal .
What the U.S. president wants is to tie China into arms-control treaties along with Russia .
China ’ s nuclear arsenal is a mere fraction of either the U.S. ’ s or Russia ’ s – reckoned at one-twentieth of their combined stockpile .
Beijing has stated over and over that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. or Russia until the two nuclear superpowers first make drastic reductions in their number of warheads .
That seems reasonable .
The onus is on Washington and Moscow to first demonstrate progress on disarmament , as they are obliged to do under the 1970-founded Non-Proliferation Treaty .
Trump has repeatedly indicated possible extension of the New START with Russia , but only if China is brought into a trilateral deal .
He therefore seems to be using the threat of an arms race as a way to lever Russia and China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ START is a bilateral treaty between Washington and Moscow .
By pushing the trilateral idea to include China , Trump is trying to rewrite the deal with Russia out of Washington ’ s desire to control Beijing .
Trump is affecting to show that he is prepared to throw away America ’ s signature – and jeopardize global security – in order to force China to the negotiating table on Washington ’ s terms .
When the Trump administration walked away from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces ( INF ) treaty last year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Moscow denied those claims as unfounded .
It later emerged that the real reason for Washington rescinding the 1987 treaty was its desire to deploy short and medium-range missiles against China in its rivalry over Asia-Pacific .
European Missile Defen ... Giles , Keir Buy New $ 11.00 In ditching the INF , the Trump administration is destabilizing European security and putting pressure on Moscow over potential threats from the return of U.S. short and medium-range missiles to European territory .
The ratcheting up of insecurity and the specter of an arms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for bringing China into arms limitations along with Russia .
The scrapping of the INF and the threatened abandonment of the New START are all part of the same negotiating ploy .
This is not just serial loosening of arms controls for its own sake , but rather as a way to lever both Russia and China .
Perhaps , the Trump administration is calculating that it can unnerve Moscow so that the latter will in turn put pressure on Beijing to accept Trump ’ s “ grand bargain ” .
The announcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OST ) appears to fit into this game plan .
The treaty was signed in 1992 and became effective in 2002 with some 35 member nations as signatories , most of them European states .
The treaty allows for reconnaissance flights over territories to build trust .
Like the INF treaty , the Trump administration is using alleged violations of the OST by Russia as a pretext to jettison another arms-control accord .
Again , the real objective is to create insecurity and latent threats in order to apply pressure on Moscow for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration and Washington state planners is to maneuver China into trilateral arms control .
Fallout : Nuclear Bribe ... Bruner , Seamus Buy New $ 25.20 When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal of the Open Skies Treaty , it was done with noticeable ambiguity .
“ Russia didn ’ t adhere to the treaty .
So until they adhere , we will pull out , but there ’ s a very good chance we ’ ll make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together , ” said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week .
His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also dropped hints at deal-making with Russia while declaring an end to U.S. participation in the OST .
It seems more than coincidence that in the same week , Trump ’ s envoy on arms control , Marshall Billingslea , made a pointed offer to Moscow of extending the New START – but only if China were brought into a trilateral nuclear limitation treaty .
War with Russia ?
: From ... Cohen , Stephen F. Best Price : $ 8.99 Buy New $ 8.50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arms-control regime now precisely to prevent a full-blown arms race .
It ’ s for all of these reasons that President Trump has expressed his strong desire to see China included in future nuclear arms-control agreements , ” Billingslea is quoted as saying during a virtual conference at the Hudson Institute .
“ A three-way arms-control agreement will provide the best way to avoid an unpredictable three-way arms race.
” It might be asked : what is wrong with seeking a trilateral accord on nuclear weapons involving the U.S. , Russia and China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that might be deemed as making progress towards general nuclear disarmament .
But such rationale is putting the horse before the cart .
The U.S. and Russia must first significantly reduce their arsenals as they are obligated to do .
Moreover , arms controls and disarmament is all about trust and integrity .
Washington is destroying trust and integrity by deliberately creating insecurity in order to achieve its geopolitical objective of controlling China .
How can Trump build trust and do a genuine deal when he is doing all he can to kill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obtaining international security and peace ?
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Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties – quite a record for undermining decades of international security architecture. First there was the nuclear accord with Iran (2018), then the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty (2019), and now the Open Skies Treaty.
There is growing concern that the Trump administration will let the last-remaining arms-control treaty fall – the New START (2010) which limits strategic nuclear missiles held by the U.S. and Russia. If it goes, then the world is facing an arms race not seen since the Cold War. It will be open season for nukes.
Into the malign mix are the current heightened tensions between the U.S., NATO, Russia and China. Confrontation could spin out of control with catastrophic consequences for the planet. There is a grim sense that risk of nuclear conflagration is greater than at any time since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis more than half a century ago. The Second Nuclear Age... Bracken, Paul Best Price: $3.98 Buy New $10.90 (as of 03:48 UTC - Details)
There is strong suspicion that the Trump administration is deliberately playing the mad man as a negotiating tactic. It’s an unconscionable and extremely dangerous gamble with world security, but this would seem to be Trump’s diabolical art of the deal.
What the U.S. president wants is to tie China into arms-control treaties along with Russia. China’s nuclear arsenal is a mere fraction of either the U.S.’s or Russia’s – reckoned at one-twentieth of their combined stockpile. Beijing has stated over and over that it will not enter into arms limitations with the U.S. or Russia until the two nuclear superpowers first make drastic reductions in their number of warheads. That seems reasonable. The onus is on Washington and Moscow to first demonstrate progress on disarmament, as they are obliged to do under the 1970-founded Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Trump has repeatedly indicated possible extension of the New START with Russia, but only if China is brought into a trilateral deal. He therefore seems to be using the threat of an arms race as a way to lever Russia and China into a trilateral accord. But New START is a bilateral treaty between Washington and Moscow. By pushing the trilateral idea to include China, Trump is trying to rewrite the deal with Russia out of Washington’s desire to control Beijing.
Trump is affecting to show that he is prepared to throw away America’s signature – and jeopardize global security – in order to force China to the negotiating table on Washington’s terms.
When the Trump administration walked away from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty last year, it accused Russia of breaching that accord. Moscow denied those claims as unfounded. It later emerged that the real reason for Washington rescinding the 1987 treaty was its desire to deploy short and medium-range missiles against China in its rivalry over Asia-Pacific. European Missile Defen... Giles, Keir Buy New $11.00 (as of 03:48 UTC - Details)
In ditching the INF, the Trump administration is destabilizing European security and putting pressure on Moscow over potential threats from the return of U.S. short and medium-range missiles to European territory.
The ratcheting up of insecurity and the specter of an arms race is Trump’s calculated tactic for bringing China into arms limitations along with Russia. The scrapping of the INF and the threatened abandonment of the New START are all part of the same negotiating ploy. This is not just serial loosening of arms controls for its own sake, but rather as a way to lever both Russia and China. Perhaps, the Trump administration is calculating that it can unnerve Moscow so that the latter will in turn put pressure on Beijing to accept Trump’s “grand bargain”.
The announcement on quitting the Open Skies Treaty (OST) appears to fit into this game plan. The treaty was signed in 1992 and became effective in 2002 with some 35 member nations as signatories, most of them European states. The treaty allows for reconnaissance flights over territories to build trust.
Like the INF treaty, the Trump administration is using alleged violations of the OST by Russia as a pretext to jettison another arms-control accord. Again, the real objective is to create insecurity and latent threats in order to apply pressure on Moscow for concessions. The ultimate prize for the Trump administration and Washington state planners is to maneuver China into trilateral arms control. Fallout: Nuclear Bribe... Bruner, Seamus Buy New $25.20 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal of the Open Skies Treaty, it was done with noticeable ambiguity.
“Russia didn’t adhere to the treaty. So until they adhere, we will pull out, but there’s a very good chance we’ll make a new agreement or do something to put that agreement back together,” said Trump said at a press briefing last week.
His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also dropped hints at deal-making with Russia while declaring an end to U.S. participation in the OST.
It seems more than coincidence that in the same week, Trump’s envoy on arms control, Marshall Billingslea, made a pointed offer to Moscow of extending the New START – but only if China were brought into a trilateral nuclear limitation treaty.
War with Russia?: From... Cohen, Stephen F. Best Price: $8.99 Buy New $8.50 (as of 02:15 UTC - Details) “We intend to establish a new arms-control regime now precisely to prevent a full-blown arms race. It’s for all of these reasons that President Trump has expressed his strong desire to see China included in future nuclear arms-control agreements,” Billingslea is quoted as saying during a virtual conference at the Hudson Institute. “A three-way arms-control agreement will provide the best way to avoid an unpredictable three-way arms race.”
It might be asked: what is wrong with seeking a trilateral accord on nuclear weapons involving the U.S., Russia and China? Surely, a grand bargain like that might be deemed as making progress towards general nuclear disarmament.
But such rationale is putting the horse before the cart. The U.S. and Russia must first significantly reduce their arsenals as they are obligated to do. Moreover, arms controls and disarmament is all about trust and integrity. Washington is destroying trust and integrity by deliberately creating insecurity in order to achieve its geopolitical objective of controlling China. How can Trump build trust and do a genuine deal when he is doing all he can to kill any trust in a genuine commitment to obtaining international security and peace?
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation.


lewrockwell--2020-05-29--Archbishop Viganò: Dictatorships Arise Because Not Enough Voices Oppose Them

May 26 , 2020 – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has responded to a German Rabbi , Jehoschua Ahrens , who called the Viganò Appeal concerning the corona crisis and its dangers for constitutional liberties a “ shock , ” adding that he is glad that the German bishops have distanced themselves from it .
The Italian prelate defended issuing the May 7 appeal , stating : “ I think it is the duty of each one of us to express our concerns about a situation that , taking advantage of the Covid crisis , goes far beyond reasonable safety measures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of constitutional freedoms.
” Archbishop Viganò warned that recent German history has much to teach about the rise of a “ hellish dictatorship ” that few opposed and spoke out against at the time it was happening .
Obedience to Authority ... Milgram , Stanley Best Price : $ 2.21 Buy New $ 9.34 “ There was a time when , with the obedience of the masses , a hellish dictatorship committed a very serious crime , making itself responsible for the deportation and death of millions of innocent people , only because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said .
“ Even then the mainstream media praised those in power and remained silent about their crimes ; even then doctors and scientists lent their work to a delusional plan of domination ; even then those who dared to raise their voices were accused of ‘ conspiracy theories.
’ One had to wait until the end of the Second World War to discover with horror the truth about which many had hitherto remained silent , ” he added .
The Archbishop warned that those who today “ delegitimize ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theories ” do not “ realize the real dangers to which the entire human family is exposed.
” “ But I am certain that both Catholics and all men of good will – and among them I think I can include the children of Abraham – have at heart the greater glory of God , the respect for the dignity of individuals , and the freedoms of peoples , ” he said .
Rabbi Ahrens ’ criticism of Viganò ’ s Appeal was reported on May 20 by Katholisch.de , the German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rabbi ’ s original words first appeared in the newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine .

May 26, 2020 – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has responded to a German Rabbi, Jehoschua Ahrens, who called the Viganò Appeal concerning the corona crisis and its dangers for constitutional liberties a “shock,” adding that he is glad that the German bishops have distanced themselves from it.
The Italian prelate defended issuing the May 7 appeal, stating: “I think it is the duty of each one of us to express our concerns about a situation that, taking advantage of the Covid crisis, goes far beyond reasonable safety measures, imposing on entire nations the deprivation of constitutional freedoms.”
Archbishop Viganò warned that recent German history has much to teach about the rise of a “hellish dictatorship” that few opposed and spoke out against at the time it was happening.
Obedience to Authority... Milgram, Stanley Best Price: $2.21 Buy New $9.34 (as of 06:19 UTC - Details) “There was a time when, with the obedience of the masses, a hellish dictatorship committed a very serious crime, making itself responsible for the deportation and death of millions of innocent people, only because of their faith and line of descent,” he said.
“Even then the mainstream media praised those in power and remained silent about their crimes; even then doctors and scientists lent their work to a delusional plan of domination; even then those who dared to raise their voices were accused of ‘conspiracy theories.’ One had to wait until the end of the Second World War to discover with horror the truth about which many had hitherto remained silent,” he added.
The Archbishop warned that those who today “delegitimize” the Appeal as an expression of “conspiracy theories” do not “realize the real dangers to which the entire human family is exposed.”
“But I am certain that both Catholics and all men of good will – and among them I think I can include the children of Abraham – have at heart the greater glory of God, the respect for the dignity of individuals, and the freedoms of peoples,” he said.
Rabbi Ahrens’ criticism of Viganò’s Appeal was reported on May 20 by Katholisch.de, the German bishops’ official news website. The Rabbi’s original words first appeared in the newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine.
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lewrockwell--2020-05-29--The Untold Story of Quitman Cemetery

The Untold Story of Quitman Cemetery

Don ’ t make the erroneous assumption that Abe Lincoln ’ s hired killers and arsonists only destroyed larger towns in the War to Prevent Southern Independence .
An example of their hooliganism and destruction of very small towns is the Yankee assault on Quitman , Mississippi in February , 1864 .
My family and I recently visited the Confederate Cemetery just south of the Quitman city limits , roughly 25 miles from our home in Wayne County .
It lies down a narrow dirt road , just off Highway 145 , nestled among the pine trees , and just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Railroad ( formerly known as Mobile and Ohio ; Gulf , Mobile , and Ohio ; and Illinois Central Gulf . )
This cemetery contains the remains of approximately 300 Confederate soldiers .
Although each tombstone is marked ‘ Unknown Confederate Soldier , ’ there are quite a few names of Rebel soldiers engraved in a granite slab at the site .
The cemetery is associated with what was known as the ‘ Texas Hospital ’ which was constructed nearby .
Citizens of Galveston and Houston helped to construct the hospital in July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other Confederate soldiers who were wounded , or seriously ill , could be treated and taken care of .
They sent Dr. Louis Bryan with wagon loads of medicine which had been purchased in Mexico .
Medicine was hard to come by in the CSA during the war , for obvious reasons .
Dr. Enos Thomas Bonney , a well-respected surgeon from Enterprise , Mississippi , ( a little hamlet about 12 miles north of Quitman ) assisted Dr. Bryan , and eventually took charge of the hospital .
Confederate Cemeteries ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 19.99 Buy New $ 32.00 In January , 1864 , Sherman received approval from U.S. Grant to commence with a raid into the heart of Mississippi in Meridian , meaning , of course , to destroy everything in the Yankee army ’ s path .
Sherman had been planning to make such a raid since October , 1863 , when he wrote to General James McPherson about the ‘ destruction in toto of a large section of the railroad at Meridian , the larger and more perfect , the better.
’ On February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces departed Vicksburg in two wings ; the right wing commanded by McPherson , and the left wing commanded by Major General Stephen Hurlbut .
This army marched through Jackson , Brandon , Morton , and Decatur , and arrived in Meridian on February 14 .
On February 16 , Major General Crocker ordered Brigadier General Walter Q. Gresham to invade Quitman , destroy the railroad bridge across the Chickasawhay River , and the trestle work across Alligator Swamp .
In an interesting side note , Gresham became Secretary of State in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , military heroes were often rewarded with cushy federal positions in Washington , D.C. for ‘ jobs well done.
’ Gresham did everything he was instructed to do , and more .
His forces arrived in Quitman and proceeded to burn the railroad depot , the Methodist Church , ( which was doubling as a hospital ) , the city jail , the courthouse , general stores , a sawmill , and a gristmill , in addition to many other buildings .
Gresham ’ s troops then tore up over four miles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Part of Gresham ’ s force then proceeded to the Chickasawhay River , where they destroyed the 200-foot covered railroad bridge which spanned the river .
Not quite finished with their destruction , the Yankee troops then marched to the Texas Hospital and set fire to all the buildings .
The hospital complex consisted of two large buildings , in addition to at least 12 wooden barracks , and a drug store .
Providentially , the staff had received word of the impending U.S. Army invasion , and the staff and Rebel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arrival of Gresham ’ s forces .
Fifteen miles south , at the Langsdale Plantation ( the Langsdale antebellum home is still intact today ) , residents could see the smoke from the fires in Quitman and the Texas Hospital as it burned to the ground .
The Quitman ‘ Texas ’ hospital serving Confederate soldiers was never rebuilt .
Inexplicably , the cemetery became forgotten for over 50 years , when a farmer in the 1930s , breaking ground to put in a corn crop , turned up buttons from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had discovered the long-forgotten Confederate cemetery .
The cemetery was formally dedicated on May 25 , 1987 .
For those interested in the history of our CSA , a visit to the Confederate Cemetery in Clarke County , Mississippi is highly recommended .
*Excerpts of this story were taken from www.Civilwarhome.com .

Don’t make the erroneous assumption that Abe Lincoln’s hired killers and arsonists only destroyed larger towns in the War to Prevent Southern Independence. An example of their hooliganism and destruction of very small towns is the Yankee assault on Quitman, Mississippi in February, 1864.
My family and I recently visited the Confederate Cemetery just south of the Quitman city limits, roughly 25 miles from our home in Wayne County. It lies down a narrow dirt road, just off Highway 145, nestled among the pine trees, and just a few yards from the Meridian Southern Railroad (formerly known as Mobile and Ohio; Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio; and Illinois Central Gulf.) This cemetery contains the remains of approximately 300 Confederate soldiers. Although each tombstone is marked ‘Unknown Confederate Soldier,’ there are quite a few names of Rebel soldiers engraved in a granite slab at the site.
The cemetery is associated with what was known as the ‘Texas Hospital’ which was constructed nearby. Citizens of Galveston and Houston helped to construct the hospital in July, 1862, to ensure that Texans and other Confederate soldiers who were wounded, or seriously ill, could be treated and taken care of. They sent Dr. Louis Bryan with wagon loads of medicine which had been purchased in Mexico. Medicine was hard to come by in the CSA during the war, for obvious reasons. Dr. Enos Thomas Bonney, a well-respected surgeon from Enterprise, Mississippi, (a little hamlet about 12 miles north of Quitman) assisted Dr. Bryan, and eventually took charge of the hospital. Confederate Cemeteries... Hughes, Mark Best Price: $19.99 Buy New $32.00 (as of 05:02 UTC - Details)
In January, 1864, Sherman received approval from U.S. Grant to commence with a raid into the heart of Mississippi in Meridian, meaning, of course, to destroy everything in the Yankee army’s path.
Sherman had been planning to make such a raid since October, 1863, when he wrote to General James McPherson about the ‘destruction in toto of a large section of the railroad at Meridian, the larger and more perfect, the better.’
On February 3, 1864, Sherman’s forces departed Vicksburg in two wings; the right wing commanded by McPherson, and the left wing commanded by Major General Stephen Hurlbut.
This army marched through Jackson, Brandon, Morton, and Decatur, and arrived in Meridian on February 14. On February 16, Major General Crocker ordered Brigadier General Walter Q. Gresham to invade Quitman, destroy the railroad bridge across the Chickasawhay River, and the trestle work across Alligator Swamp. In an interesting side note, Gresham became Secretary of State in the Grover Cleveland administration. Then, as now, military heroes were often rewarded with cushy federal positions in Washington, D.C. for ‘jobs well done.’
Gresham did everything he was instructed to do, and more. His forces arrived in Quitman and proceeded to burn the railroad depot, the Methodist Church, (which was doubling as a hospital), the city jail, the courthouse, general stores, a sawmill, and a gristmill, in addition to many other buildings.
Gresham’s troops then tore up over four miles of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad track. Part of Gresham’s force then proceeded to the Chickasawhay River, where they destroyed the 200-foot covered railroad bridge which spanned the river. Not quite finished with their destruction, the Yankee troops then marched to the Texas Hospital and set fire to all the buildings. The hospital complex consisted of two large buildings, in addition to at least 12 wooden barracks, and a drug store. Providentially, the staff had received word of the impending U.S. Army invasion, and the staff and Rebel soldiers had evacuated into Alabama prior to the arrival of Gresham’s forces. Fifteen miles south, at the Langsdale Plantation (the Langsdale antebellum home is still intact today), residents could see the smoke from the fires in Quitman and the Texas Hospital as it burned to the ground. The Quitman ‘Texas’ hospital serving Confederate soldiers was never rebuilt.
Inexplicably, the cemetery became forgotten for over 50 years, when a farmer in the 1930s, breaking ground to put in a corn crop, turned up buttons from a Confederate soldier’s uniform. He had discovered the long-forgotten Confederate cemetery. The cemetery was formally dedicated on May 25, 1987.
For those interested in the history of our CSA, a visit to the Confederate Cemetery in Clarke County, Mississippi is highly recommended.
*Excerpts of this story were taken from www.Civilwarhome.com.
This originally appeared on Reckonin’.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.