lewrockwell--2020-12-05--China: a Cold Shower

China: a Cold Shower

In a sort of distributed Ouija board enterprise , intellectuals these days predict the likely evolution of relations between China and America .
These authorities do not wallow in consistency .
China will take over the world .
Alternatively , China will collapse because of a surfeit of men , because the different linguistic regions will become independent , because their debt bubble will explode , because the Chinese can ’ t “ innovate , ” and because the population is aging and there won ’ t be enough workers .
And of course , the American military will remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ space .
The US will always stay ahead .
Or it won ’ t .
This seems to cover the basses .
Well , maybe .
But if you watch what the Chinese are actually doing , you may get the impression that China is largely ignoring the American military and letting the US spend itself to death while Beijing focuses on commerce , business , R-and-D , commerce , the economy , education , technology , and more commerce .
You might additionally get the idea that China is a confident , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and doing quite well in the inventive department .
The snippets below may support this impression of technical and economic vitality .
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An asleep thought ( I presume this is the opposite of “ woke ” ) : demographics is destiny .
America draws its scientists and engineers from roughly 200,000,000 STEM-capable whites .
Blacks and Latinos contribute , if not negligibly , then almost so .
China depends on a billion STEM-capable Han Chinese .
These are the people who dominate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and universities .
Thus , it can potentially put five times as many scientists and engineers to work on tech work .
As America ’ s schools deteriorate under the assault of social-justice warriors , China expands its already-rigorous schooling .
Add that psychometricians put the East Asian IQ about five points higher than that of Eurowhites .
Thus , many more and somewhat smarter STEM people from demanding universities against fewer and less intelligent from inferior schools .
Then add stable , focused government versus rule by chaos .
Arguably , massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Increasingly America does not compete with China , but strongarms it because it can not compete .
For example , in Five G China is ahead in technology , manufacturing capacity , and turnkey systems .
Unable to produce an equivalent product , Washington banned Huawei Five G in the US and has twisted arms to keep countries that it controls from using Huawei .
Seeing that Huawei had very attractive smartphones that would have competed with Apple , it banned these also .
What America can ’ t do , it seeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WSJ : “ US vs. China in Five G : The Battle Isn ’ t Even Close HONG KONG—By most measures , China is no longer just leading the U.S. when it comes to 5G .
It is running away with the game .
China has more 5G subscribers than the U.S. , not just in total but per capita .
It has more 5G smartphones for sale , and at lower prices , and it has more-widespread 5G coverage .
Connections in China are , on average , faster than in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , China will have an estimated 690,000 5G base stations—boxes that blast 5G signals to consumers—up and running across the country .
” Techies can argue C band versus millimeter waves but I will bet that the Chinese , nothing if not commercially agile , will have Five G up and running in factories and the IoT and everywhere else while American pols rattle on about how China is an Existential Threat and the Pentagon needs more money for Space Command and diversity is more important than schooling anyway .
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For example , America used to make superb aircraft such as the SR-71 and the F-16 .
Now it has the F-35 , an engineering horror .
The Boeing 737 MAX , its flagship product , has been grounded internationally because of poor engineering , second-rate software , and corporate lying about both .
America invented the microcircuit , and once dominated its manufacture .
Today , American companies can not make the seven nanometer chips now used in high-end telephones , and certainly not the five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can China .
Both countries buy them from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company , TSMC , Interestingly , the Taiwanese are genetically and culturally Chinese .
Washington has strongarmed TSMC into ceasing to sell to Huawei—the US still can ’ t make high end chips .
Recently it strongarmed TSMC into agreeing to build a semiconductor fab in Arizona .
Because America can ’ t .
Then there is TikTok , a hugely popular Chinese video app that threatened to break America ’ s lock on social media .
Unable to compete , Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it might be used to spy on Americans .
( Chinese intelligence is deeply interested in your daughter ’ s video of her cat . )
Parenthetically , technology seems to be shifting toward East Asia , with America being less ahead in things in which it is ahead and behind in others .
Did I mention demographics ?
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China .
Airlines are looking hard at hydrogen as a replacement for petroleum with no carbon emission .
China chooses landing site for its Tianwen-1 Mars rover .
Whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will land or crash and burn remains to be seen—it is China ’ s first time out , so to speak .
In either case , that the country , forty years ago arguably the poorest in the world and thinking that making pencils was high-tech , has built a Mars lander is , well , weird .
• “ Electric planes closer to reality with China ’ s first flight ” “ Four-seater electric aircraft makes first flight in north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang ” BRANDSLOCK Cowboy Hat ... Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese , expect more with improvements in batteries .
Intended for short-haul flights , deliveries .
Impressive engineering , at least if it works , but not revolutionary .
What is impressive is that so many tech advances come rapidly .
at night and end up betting on a bar fight .
My guy loses .
How do I pay you a hundred bucks ?
Cash ?
Don ’ t have it .
Check ?
Don ’ t have one with me , and you would have to go to a bank @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at night in a probably dangerous city .
And so on .
With WeChat Pay or Alipay , my phone gives the money to your phone in perhaps as much as two minutes .
In China , four of five transactions are by mobile app .
It works , and is fantastically convenient , because everybody has one or the other , and they are universally accepted .
Those who follow China soon notice that when Beijing needs to decide something , it does , without fifteen years of talking , congressional infighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decides that something is important , it does it .
Right now .
Commercially , the Chinese are quick and cutthroat .
They have been called the Jews of Asia .
And only a billion of them .
“ Hualong One ( HPR 1000 ) is the 3rd-generation nuclear power brand to which China has exclusive intellectual property rights.
“ Washington tries to cripple Chinese technological advance by denying access to intellectual property , driving Beijing to design its own , thus creating a competitor for American firms .
• “ China Tops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Than a year ” “ The WS-10 Taihang is China ’ s first high-performance , high-thrust turbofan engine with intellectual property rights , Chinese Central Television reported.
” ( The J-10 is a fighter plane . )
A serious weakness of Chinese technology has been the inability to make jet engines .
It still can ’ t make engines for airliners .
Yet they advance .
“ Intellectual property rights ” matter because Washington will do anything it can to cripple the development of a country of which it is mortally terrified .
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What is impressive is that so many tech advances come rapidly .
• Lenovo ranks No .
1 with most supercomputers on Top500 List Various countries are toying with the idea of digital currency , but China seems most advanced , with several cities now in large-scale trials .
Payments will be by mobile phone , with which the Chinese are familiar .
It will not be a cryptocurrency , will not use blockchain , and will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would make it appealing to the billions around the world who have smartphones but no bank account , and would tie them into a sort of distributed virtual China .
Transfers will be instantaneous , avoiding the delays of the American-dominated SWIFT system and , at least potentially , allow bypassing of American sanctions .
The downside will be vulnerability to detailed surveillance by China .
For most people , to judge by online experience , convenience will outweigh concerns over privacy .
The digital yuan is typically Chinese in approach .
Beijing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how , tests it and , if it works , runs with it .
Boddaboom , boddabing , done .
America would spend thirty years arguing , Wall Street banks would bribe congress to get control , different companies would squabble over standards , the ACLU would wade in about disparate impact , and conservatives would worry that the digital dollar might contain microchips to make them into communist slaves .
( Wait .
Maybe it ’ s vaccines that have the chips to make communist slaves . )
Much more speculative : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a story on contract to Xinhua , email it to them , and payment in digital yuan appears in my phone .
Being distracted , I might forget to report this to IRS .
Let us say that hotels and stores serving Chinese tourists , who are getting thick on the ground , accept digital yuan .
I would then be part of an ecosystem opaque to and independent of the US government .
Wilder still : Say that China sends five thousand workers to Zimbabwe to build a railroad , pays them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a large company store .
Local merchants , wanting some of the lucre , begin accepting the currency and Zimbabwean banks , sensing gravy , turn it into whatever Zimbabwe uses for money , for a cut .
It becomes a de facto local currency as it is stable and usable outside of the country .
The government might even decide to make it the , or a , national currency since it would be ( a ) reliable and not inflatable and ( b ) out from under American control .
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And anyway , I am sure the Chinese haven ’ t thought of it .
• Xi sends congratulatory letter on success of 10,000-meter sea trial of manned submersible Fendouzhe That ’ s 33,000 feet .
This is not Guatemalan engineering .
A country that has the technology , money , and curiosity to undertake such projects is likely to be tough competition .
China can afford it because it has a for-profit economy while America runs a huge trade deficit and debases the coinage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ empire .
( Bloomberg ) – ” State Grid Corp. of China has started up the world ’ s longest and most-powerful ultra-high voltage power line from its far northwest to the heavily populated east…The 1,100-kV direct-current Changji-to-Guquan project stretches 2,046 miles… The project… was approved in December 2015 and construction started the next month ” Stories of this sort are not sexy , except maybe to power engineers , but they are common in China and embody a lot of technology .
Twelve gigawatts .
Another one , kind of techy : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Of RISC-V With XT910.
” Certainly interesting , possibly important , but too long to go into here .
All anecdotal , but enough anecdotes become a statistic , enough points a picture .
Nuff said .
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review .
The Best of Fred Reed

In a sort of distributed Ouija board enterprise, intellectuals these days predict the likely evolution of relations between China and America. These authorities do not wallow in consistency. China will take over the world. Alternatively, China will collapse because of a surfeit of men, because the different linguistic regions will become independent, because their debt bubble will explode, because the Chinese can’t “innovate,” and because the population is aging and there won’t be enough workers. And of course, the American military will remain regnant over the planet and nearby galactic space. The US will always stay ahead. Or it won’t. This seems to cover the basses.
Well, maybe. But if you watch what the Chinese are actually doing, you may get the impression that China is largely ignoring the American military and letting the US spend itself to death while Beijing focuses on commerce, business, R-and-D, commerce, the economy, education, technology, and more commerce. You might additionally get the idea that China is a confident, well-governed, energetic people on a roll and doing quite well in the inventive department. The snippets below may support this impression of technical and economic vitality.
Minnetonka Unisex Outb... Buy New $52.95 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details) The future? An asleep thought (I presume this is the opposite of “woke”): demographics is destiny. America draws its scientists and engineers from roughly 200,000,000 STEM-capable whites. Blacks and Latinos contribute, if not negligibly, then almost so. China depends on a billion STEM-capable Han Chinese. These are the people who dominate America’s elite technical high schools and universities. Thus, it can potentially put five times as many scientists and engineers to work on tech work. As America’s schools deteriorate under the assault of social-justice warriors, China expands its already-rigorous schooling. Add that psychometricians put the East Asian IQ about five points higher than that of Eurowhites. Thus, many more and somewhat smarter STEM people from demanding universities against fewer and less intelligent from inferior schools. Then add stable, focused government versus rule by chaos. Arguably, massive Chinese technological superiority might seem likely.
Increasingly America does not compete with China, but strongarms it because it cannot compete. For example, in Five G China is ahead in technology, manufacturing capacity, and turnkey systems. Unable to produce an equivalent product, Washington banned Huawei Five G in the US and has twisted arms to keep countries that it controls from using Huawei. Seeing that Huawei had very attractive smartphones that would have competed with Apple, it banned these also. What America can’t do, it seeks to keep anybody else from doing.
WSJ: “US vs. China in Five G: The Battle Isn’t Even Close
HONG KONG—By most measures, China is no longer just leading the U.S. when it comes to 5G. It is running away with the game. China has more 5G subscribers than the U.S., not just in total but per capita. It has more 5G smartphones for sale, and at lower prices, and it has more-widespread 5G coverage. Connections in China are, on average, faster than in the U.S., too…By year’s end, China will have an estimated 690,000 5G base stations—boxes that blast 5G signals to consumers—up and running across the country .”
Techies can argue C band versus millimeter waves but I will bet that the Chinese, nothing if not commercially agile, will have Five G up and running in factories and the IoT and everywhere else while American pols rattle on about how China is an Existential Threat and the Pentagon needs more money for Space Command and diversity is more important than schooling anyway. BestGiftEver Metal Sta... Buy New $46.99 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
The shifting balance may already be visible. For example, America used to make superb aircraft such as the SR-71 and the F-16. Now it has the F-35, an engineering horror. The Boeing 737 MAX, its flagship product, has been grounded internationally because of poor engineering, second-rate software, and corporate lying about both.
America invented the microcircuit, and once dominated its manufacture. Today, American companies cannot make the seven nanometer chips now used in high-end telephones, and certainly not the five nanometer chips now coming online. Neither can China. Both countries buy them from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC, Interestingly, the Taiwanese are genetically and culturally Chinese. Washington has strongarmed TSMC into ceasing to sell to Huawei—the US still can’t make high end chips. Recently it strongarmed TSMC into agreeing to build a semiconductor fab in Arizona. Because America can’t.
Then there is TikTok, a hugely popular Chinese video app that threatened to break America’s lock on social media. Unable to compete, Washington decided simply to confiscate it on grounds that it might be used to spy on Americans. (Chinese intelligence is deeply interested in your daughter’s video of her cat.)
Parenthetically, technology seems to be shifting toward East Asia, with America being less ahead in things in which it is ahead and behind in others. Did I mention demographics?
“COMAC’s Hydrogen Fuel Test Plane Completes Ten Flights”
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. Airlines are looking hard at hydrogen as a replacement for petroleum with no carbon emission.
China chooses landing site for its Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Whether the lander, currently en route, will land or crash and burn remains to be seen—it is China’s first time out, so to speak. In either case, that the country, forty years ago arguably the poorest in the world and thinking that making pencils was high-tech, has built a Mars lander is, well, weird.
“Electric planes closer to reality with China’s first flight”
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Good for 180 miles, say the Chinese, expect more with improvements in batteries. Intended for short-haul flights, deliveries.
“China rolls out Long March 5 rocket for Chang’e 5 moon sample-return mission launch”
Impressive engineering, at least if it works, but not revolutionary. What is impressive is that so many tech advances come rapidly. at night and end up betting on a bar fight. My guy loses. How do I pay you a hundred bucks? Cash? Don’t have it. Check? Don’t have one with me, and you would have to go to a bank to cash it. ATM? Late at night in a probably dangerous city. And so on. With WeChat Pay or Alipay, my phone gives the money to your phone in perhaps as much as two minutes. In China, four of five transactions are by mobile app. It works, and is fantastically convenient, because everybody has one or the other, and they are universally accepted.
Those who follow China soon notice that when Beijing needs to decide something, it does, without fifteen years of talking, congressional infighting, and interminable lawsuits. When it decides that something is important, it does it. Right now. Commercially, the Chinese are quick and cutthroat. They have been called the Jews of Asia. And only a billion of them.
“Hualong One (HPR 1000) is the 3rd-generation nuclear power brand to which China has exclusive intellectual property rights.“
Washington tries to cripple Chinese technological advance by denying access to intellectual property, driving Beijing to design its own, thus creating a competitor for American firms.
“China Tops 110 Million Five G Users in Less Than a year”
“China Replaces Russian Engine in J-10C Jet With Locally-made WS-10 Taihang”
“The WS-10 Taihang is China’s first high-performance, high-thrust turbofan engine with intellectual property rights, Chinese Central Television reported.” (The J-10 is a fighter plane.)
A serious weakness of Chinese technology has been the inability to make jet engines. It still can’t make engines for airliners. Yet they advance. “Intellectual property rights” matter because Washington will do anything it can to cripple the development of a country of which it is mortally terrified. San Andreas Exports, W... Buy New $37.99 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
Impressive engineering, at least if it works, but not revolutionary. What is impressive is that so many tech advances come rapidly.
Lenovo ranks No. 1 with most supercomputers on Top500 List
Chinese firm.
Various countries are toying with the idea of digital currency, but China seems most advanced, with several cities now in large-scale trials. Payments will be by mobile phone, with which the Chinese are familiar. It will not be a cryptocurrency, will not use blockchain, and will not require a bank account. This would make it appealing to the billions around the world who have smartphones but no bank account, and would tie them into a sort of distributed virtual China. Transfers will be instantaneous, avoiding the delays of the American-dominated SWIFT system and, at least potentially, allow bypassing of American sanctions. The downside will be vulnerability to detailed surveillance by China. For most people, to judge by online experience, convenience will outweigh concerns over privacy.
The digital yuan is typically Chinese in approach. Beijing decides to do something, figures out how, tests it and, if it works, runs with it. Boddaboom, boddabing, done. America would spend thirty years arguing, Wall Street banks would bribe congress to get control, different companies would squabble over standards, the ACLU would wade in about disparate impact, and conservatives would worry that the digital dollar might contain microchips to make them into communist slaves. (Wait. Maybe it’s vaccines that have the chips to make communist slaves.)
Much more speculative: suppose I go to Cancun, write a story on contract to Xinhua, email it to them, and payment in digital yuan appears in my phone. Being distracted, I might forget to report this to IRS. Let us say that hotels and stores serving Chinese tourists, who are getting thick on the ground, accept digital yuan. I would then be part of an ecosystem opaque to and independent of the US government.
Wilder still: Say that China sends five thousand workers to Zimbabwe to build a railroad, pays them in digital yuan that they can spend in a large company store. Local merchants, wanting some of the lucre, begin accepting the currency and Zimbabwean banks, sensing gravy, turn it into whatever Zimbabwe uses for money, for a cut. It becomes a de facto local currency as it is stable and usable outside of the country. The government might even decide to make it the, or a, national currency since it would be (a) reliable and not inflatable and (b) out from under American control. Melondipity’s Co... Buy New $48.99 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
But this may be delusional. And anyway, I am sure the Chinese haven’t thought of it.
Xi sends congratulatory letter on success of 10,000-meter sea trial of manned submersible Fendouzhe
That’s 33,000 feet. This is not Guatemalan engineering. A country that has the technology, money, and curiosity to undertake such projects is likely to be tough competition. China can afford it because it has a for-profit economy while America runs a huge trade deficit and debases the coinage by printing money to support a military empire.
World’s Biggest Ultra-High Voltage Line Powers Up Across China
(Bloomberg) –” State Grid Corp. of China has started up the world’s longest and most-powerful ultra-high voltage power line from its far northwest to the heavily populated east…The 1,100-kV direct-current Changji-to-Guquan project stretches 2,046 miles… The project… was approved in December 2015 and construction started the next month”
Stories of this sort are not sexy, except maybe to power engineers, but they are common in China and embody a lot of technology. Twelve gigawatts. Another one, kind of techy: “A libaba On The Bleeding Edge Of RISC-V With XT910.” Certainly interesting, possibly important, but too long to go into here.
All anecdotal, but enough anecdotes become a statistic, enough points a picture. Nuff said.
Reprinted with permission from The Unz Review.
The Best of Fred Reed


lewrockwell--2020-12-05--Thanks to Lockdowns, American Big Cities May Not Be Worth the Trouble Anymore

All due deference to Jerry Seinfeld , the man who is one of the geniuses behind the greatest American sitcom about nothing , but in the recent war/argument/discussion/exchange over the status and future of New York City , it is hard to award dear Jerry with a win .
Seinfeld took to the New York Times ( only the sophistication of the old Gray Lady would do ) to upbraid former Manhattan comedy club owner and entrepreneur James Altucher for declaring the New York as they once knew it , well , dead .
Frankly , Altucher makes a compelling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other seemingly existential threats of the past that might have appeared to compel the city that never sleeps to do just that—for good .
For Altucher , the heavy , onerous arm and boot of government have become too much for New Yorkers—residents and businesses alike—to bear .
The covid hysteria , inept lockdowns , and mismanagement by the likes of DeBlasio , Cuomo , and their sycophant ninnies have all led to , not only the snuffing out of the entrepreneurial spirit but very much destroyed , in the most direct means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that up with the New York police being ordered to stand down in front of BLM and Antifa rioters ( and asinine Ruth Bader Ginsberg riots ?
! )
looting stores and burning down their fronts , and the civil authorities have not held up their end of even the corrupt Rousseauan social contract .
Tricolor Love Knot Dai ... Buy New $ 84.99 Altucher is not the only sensible one to leave New York for greener and warmer pastures—many have , are , and will be doing so in the future .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive cities in the United States like my own formerly fair Chicago now face is a retraction of what had characterized the past few decades of people of means moving back into the inner cities .
Cities gentrified .
Formerly unattractive and even dangerous neighborhoods received an injection of interest and capital , and of course , the requisite Starbucks .
Hipster artist types faux lamented the increase of “ balconization ” as ever-increasing lofts and condos with balconies dotted the new façades of old buildings .
To be sure , they did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traditional , cultural neighborhood identification came with all of their suburban friends moving into the place as they sipped their chais and waxed unpoetic about how horrible all of the capitalism was from their iPhones .
Hypocrites and the genuine alike enjoyed and even relished the comforts of urban living .
The museums and parks were within walking distance .
Amazing restaurants .
Easy Uber to sporting events .
A new local favorite pub .
Now , pandemic hysteria and race riots have exposed the latent sore .
Without the culture , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy of the city , without the shopping and walks , the theater or a ball game , city life now has all of the dangers and inconveniences and none of the comforts .
High taxes , potholed roads , homeless encampments , no parking , and violent crime have rendered city life rather unlivable .
And to the politicians who have long contributed to cities ’ deterioration and the squandering of those previous local tax windfalls , shame on you—but the problem lies with the voters who put them into power .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 74.00 Will these same citizens be able to muster enough intestinal fortitude to resurrect these cities with much-needed integrity and sacrifice ?
Will the Phoenix City ( Chicago ’ s actual nickname ) rise again ?
I don ’ t think so .
We are witnessing the effects of a long and sustained decline .
Contrast the culture of the city of Chicago today ( or insert your city name here ) with that of the founders of the city back in 1837 .
Here ’ s the history lesson : Chicago was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trading posts in the West whose fortunes rested with their leaders ’ ability to attract capital from the East ; namely , from New York , Boston , and Philadelphia banks .
A founder and the first mayor of the city , William Butler Ogden , an Easterner himself , knew that if Chicago was to be great ( that means rich ) , it could not default on loans provided to the city ’ s enterprises and entrepreneurs during the epic Panic of 1837 .
In other words , Ogden tasked himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become the equivalent of a third-world , capital-starved nation among many other cities vying to become America ’ s next top metropolis .
He had some convincing to do .
The easy road would have been default and run .
Ogden advocated for the opposite as a public gathering convened intent on debt relief .
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“ Inflammatory speeches greatly excited and made desperate many of the crowd , and everything looked as if dishonor would crown the city ’ s brow , ” said an early city historian .
At that point , Ogden stepped forward to address the crowd , his first and only public talk as mayor .
Speaking in cool , reasoned tones , he urged his fellow citizens to have the “ courage of men ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ is ] so great as one ’ s own personal dishonor….Above all things…do not tarnish the honor of our infant city.
” Ogden ’ s measured eloquence carried the meeting .
Efforts to repudiate debts were voted down , and Chicago emerged with its credit image intact .
Later , this allowed Ogden to help put together a bond and loan package with Arthur Bronson and other outside investors that allowed the state to resume canal construction in 1845 .
Our contemporary urbanites do not—as a habit—display anything remotely akin to personal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” That would require some tough love about lowering collective time preference and ending the expectation that government can and will save the day .
Blue city mayors and blue state governors instead have their hands out to Congress and the Fed , begging them to bail them out of decades of disastrous , self-inflicted policies .
As a libertarian an-cap , I have no team in the fight , red or blue .
However , I do hope that the red state politicos have enough gumption and sense to understand that no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out the criminal blue politicians and their constituents .
Those are very , very bad loans that no bankers in 1837 or 2020 , for that matter , would issue .
And , who cares about L.A. ?
!
As a comely and insightful British lass exclaimed to me in Nice , France , in 1998 : “ Californians couldn ’ t grow culture in a Petri dish !
” As true then as it is now .
Note : The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute @

All due deference to Jerry Seinfeld, the man who is one of the geniuses behind the greatest American sitcom about nothing, but in the recent war/argument/discussion/exchange over the status and future of New York City, it is hard to award dear Jerry with a win.
Seinfeld took to the New York Times (only the sophistication of the old Gray Lady would do) to upbraid former Manhattan comedy club owner and entrepreneur James Altucher for declaring the New York as they once knew it, well, dead.
Frankly, Altucher makes a compelling case for this time being different than other seemingly existential threats of the past that might have appeared to compel the city that never sleeps to do just that—for good. For Altucher, the heavy, onerous arm and boot of government have become too much for New Yorkers—residents and businesses alike—to bear. The covid hysteria, inept lockdowns, and mismanagement by the likes of DeBlasio, Cuomo, and their sycophant ninnies have all led to, not only the snuffing out of the entrepreneurial spirit but very much destroyed, in the most direct means imaginable, the enterprises themselves. Back that up with the New York police being ordered to stand down in front of BLM and Antifa rioters (and asinine Ruth Bader Ginsberg riots?!) looting stores and burning down their fronts, and the civil authorities have not held up their end of even the corrupt Rousseauan social contract. Tricolor Love Knot Dai... Buy New $84.99 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
Altucher is not the only sensible one to leave New York for greener and warmer pastures—many have, are, and will be doing so in the future. Thus, what New York and other massive cities in the United States like my own formerly fair Chicago now face is a retraction of what had characterized the past few decades of people of means moving back into the inner cities. Cities gentrified. Formerly unattractive and even dangerous neighborhoods received an injection of interest and capital, and of course, the requisite Starbucks. Hipster artist types faux lamented the increase of “balconization” as ever-increasing lofts and condos with balconies dotted the new façades of old buildings. To be sure, they did not seem to recognize that loss of traditional, cultural neighborhood identification came with all of their suburban friends moving into the place as they sipped their chais and waxed unpoetic about how horrible all of the capitalism was from their iPhones.
Hypocrites and the genuine alike enjoyed and even relished the comforts of urban living. The museums and parks were within walking distance. Amazing restaurants. Easy Uber to sporting events. A new local favorite pub.
Now, pandemic hysteria and race riots have exposed the latent sore. Without the culture, the life, the hum, and the energy of the city, without the shopping and walks, the theater or a ball game, city life now has all of the dangers and inconveniences and none of the comforts. High taxes, potholed roads, homeless encampments, no parking, and violent crime have rendered city life rather unlivable. And to the politicians who have long contributed to cities’ deterioration and the squandering of those previous local tax windfalls, shame on you—but the problem lies with the voters who put them into power. Turkish Handmade Jewel... Buy New $74.00 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
Will these same citizens be able to muster enough intestinal fortitude to resurrect these cities with much-needed integrity and sacrifice? Will the Phoenix City (Chicago’s actual nickname) rise again? I don’t think so. We are witnessing the effects of a long and sustained decline. Contrast the culture of the city of Chicago today (or insert your city name here) with that of the founders of the city back in 1837. Here’s the history lesson: Chicago was one of scores of cow towns turned trading posts in the West whose fortunes rested with their leaders’ ability to attract capital from the East; namely, from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia banks. A founder and the first mayor of the city, William Butler Ogden, an Easterner himself, knew that if Chicago was to be great (that means rich), it could not default on loans provided to the city’s enterprises and entrepreneurs during the epic Panic of 1837. In other words, Ogden tasked himself with making sure that Chicago did not become the equivalent of a third-world, capital-starved nation among many other cities vying to become America’s next top metropolis. He had some convincing to do. The easy road would have been default and run.
Ogden advocated for the opposite as a public gathering convened intent on debt relief. From historian Donald Miller:
Handmade in Hawaii, Wi... Buy New $81.98 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details) The crisis peaked when large numbers of the city’s frightened debtors organized a mass movement for relief from their financial obligations. A public meeting was called to have “stay laws” passed for the suspension of court action on the collection of debts. “Inflammatory speeches greatly excited and made desperate many of the crowd, and everything looked as if dishonor would crown the city’s brow,” said an early city historian. At that point, Ogden stepped forward to address the crowd, his first and only public talk as mayor. Speaking in cool, reasoned tones, he urged his fellow citizens to have the “courage of men” and to remember “that no misfortune [is] so great as one’s own personal dishonor….Above all things…do not tarnish the honor of our infant city.” Ogden’s measured eloquence carried the meeting. Efforts to repudiate debts were voted down, and Chicago emerged with its credit image intact. Later, this allowed Ogden to help put together a bond and loan package with Arthur Bronson and other outside investors that allowed the state to resume canal construction in 1845.
Our contemporary urbanites do not—as a habit—display anything remotely akin to personal responsibility or the “courage of men.” That would require some tough love about lowering collective time preference and ending the expectation that government can and will save the day. Blue city mayors and blue state governors instead have their hands out to Congress and the Fed, begging them to bail them out of decades of disastrous, self-inflicted policies.
As a libertarian an-cap, I have no team in the fight, red or blue. However, I do hope that the red state politicos have enough gumption and sense to understand that no promises, no kickbacks are worth bailing out the criminal blue politicians and their constituents. Those are very, very bad loans that no bankers in 1837 or 2020, for that matter, would issue.
And, who cares about L.A.?! As a comely and insightful British lass exclaimed to me in Nice, France, in 1998: “Californians couldn’t grow culture in a Petri dish!”
As true then as it is now.
Note: The views expressed on Mises.org are not necessarily those of the Mises Institute.


lewrockwell--2020-12-05--A Hall of Smoke and Mirrors

A Hall of Smoke and Mirrors

If the drawn-out election melodrama were a movie , think : Seven Days in May meets Six Days in October meet Burn After Reading .
You get a nice serving of treason in high places with a side-dish of Cuban Missile Crisis end-of-the-world existential angst , and for dessert , a comic fiasco of bumbling government depravity as served up by the Coen Brothers .
The Democrats , you understand , are the party of chaos , yet President Trump ’ s attempt to impose order on the scene has the quality of clown car driving to put out a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see through the smoke-and-mirrors of all news media .
The captive Left media won ’ t cover , or even pursue , legitimate news stories that counter its precooked , self-serving narratives , while much of the alt.news on the Right seems to emanate from TinFoilHatLand .
Fact and emotion corrupt each other until truth itself is cancelled , disgraced , and deplatformed .
Meanwhile , authority hides offstage wringing its hands , affecting powerless impartiality .
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” A curious remark , with all the weight of DOJ authority , in a week that featured many broadcast spectacles of sworn testimony of ballot fraud before swing state committees plus videotape of vote-counting irregularities vividly in action .
Perhaps Mr. Barr is just stalling so as to not taint whatever case Mr. Trump ’ s lawyers bring before the Supreme Court .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his FBI — the investigative arm of his DOJ — suffers epic incompetence , Coen Brothers style , with a tinge of malice .
Of course , that state-of-things has been obvious for four years in the long , dirty epic of RussiaGate — another enormous , legitimacy-killing mess that Mr. Barr has appeared reluctant to resolve , even though he anointed US Attorney John Durham a “ special prosecutor ” this week .
Since his appointment two years ago , Mr. Barr has expressed more than once in formal speeches his keen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appears to be playing games with it at a crucial moment in political history .
Then there was the weird event on Wednesday in Alpharetta , Georgia , featuring freelance lawyers Sidney Powell and Lin Wood before a so-called rally , at which they told the rowdy crowd to boycott the January Senatorial runoff election – say , what… ?
There was a lot of whooping and hollering , though Miz Powell seemed a little unnerved by the lack of decorum .
One infers that they ’ re pissed off at Republican candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking a public stand on the Georgia voting mischief , and especially for not rebuking Republican Governor Brian Kemp and SoS Brad Raffensperger , who failed to do anything about all that in the month following the election .
But , really , what did it serve their case to go down that rabbit hole ?
The bigger questions for Mr. Wood and Miz Powell surround what kind of evidence they will bring into a courtroom .
Miz Powell , especially , because of her relationship with General Michael Flynn , the former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appears to have inside Department of Defense ( DOD ) information that goes deep into the Dominion vote tabulation company ’ s origins , history , and abnormal activities in the 2020 election .
That includes the seizure of Dominion servers at the giant US military complex outside Frankfurt , where the CIA maintains its chief cyberwarfare IT center outside the USA .
General Flynn has been bottled up since 2017 in a corrupt prosecution eventually dropped by the DOJ , but stalled for half a year by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Circuit to dismiss the case .
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On Wednesday , he joined with retired three-star general Thomas McInerney in calling for the president to declare martial law in order to use military tribunals to investigate and prosecute treason in the election .
They ’ re not the only ones chattering about that .
They allege that Dominion Systems — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ invited meddling by several foreign nations and , in fact enabled it through connections to the Internet .
There is evidence that Chinese companies linked to the CCP are majority investors in the holding company out of Switzerland , UBS Securities , that owns Dominion .
And lurking in the background of that is the evidence exposed from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop , of multi-million dollar deals for the Biden Family to represent Chinese companies affiliated with China ’ s Intel service .
Is it outlandish to wonder if Joe Biden is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at least , worth looking into , considering the evidence trail ?
Many people on the Left , who read and view only the captive Left news media , may know nothing about Hunter B ’ s laptop and the tales it told because social media blacked out all the news about it and the mainstream media went along with the blackout .
Meanwhile , Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave $ 350-million to a “ safe elections ” project run by the non-profit Center for Technology and Civic Life ( CTCL ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up Democratic vote-harvesting operations .
Could he be liable for prosecution in enabling ballot fraud ?
Has the FBI asked him any questions ?
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On Wednesday , acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that all special operations run by the CIA would henceforward report to the SecDef .
In effect , the President has ordered the dismantling of the CIA ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the task of intel analysis .
This means , for instance , ending the CIA ’ s ability to foment “ color revolutions ” ( coups d ’ état ) in foreign lands — with the implication that irregularities around the Dominion System may have amounted to an attempted color revolution in the USA .
Is it worth wondering whether former CIA Director John Brennan , a leftist activist and probably an architect of RussiaGate , was involved in any of the election ops ?
If the FBI won ’ t question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Answer : The Department of Defense . )
Ditto Gina Haspel , current CIA Director .
After all , what were the Dominion servers doing at the CIA ’ s server farm in Germany ?
Events are moving quickly under the plodding surface of the ongoing swing state hearings , which are largely concerned with on-site mail-in ballot fraud shenanigans .
Will the Supreme Court take a case in the few days left before the state vote certification deadline next Tuesday ?
Will Mr. Trump intervene with some extraordinary measure — martial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to actually abort the election and bring about some kind of do-over ?
Will the country survive its own feckless inability to hold a credible vote ?
Stand by with me on all that .
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If the drawn-out election melodrama were a movie, think: Seven Days in May meets Six Days in October meet Burn After Reading. You get a nice serving of treason in high places with a side-dish of Cuban Missile Crisis end-of-the-world existential angst, and for dessert, a comic fiasco of bumbling government depravity as served up by the Coen Brothers. The Democrats, you understand, are the party of chaos, yet President Trump’s attempt to impose order on the scene has the quality of clown car driving to put out a fire.
It’s almost impossible to see through the smoke-and-mirrors of all news media. The captive Left media won’t cover, or even pursue, legitimate news stories that counter its precooked, self-serving narratives, while much of the alt.news on the Right seems to emanate from TinFoilHatLand. Fact and emotion corrupt each other until truth itself is cancelled, disgraced, and deplatformed. Meanwhile, authority hides offstage wringing its hands, affecting powerless impartiality.
Genuine Green Jade Nec... Buy New $44.99 (as of 04:59 UTC - Details) Case in point: Mr. Barr, the Attorney General, who told the Associated Press on Tuesday, “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” A curious remark, with all the weight of DOJ authority, in a week that featured many broadcast spectacles of sworn testimony of ballot fraud before swing state committees plus videotape of vote-counting irregularities vividly in action. Perhaps Mr. Barr is just stalling so as to not taint whatever case Mr. Trump’s lawyers bring before the Supreme Court. But Mr. Barr must also be implying that his FBI — the investigative arm of his DOJ — suffers epic incompetence, Coen Brothers style, with a tinge of malice. Of course, that state-of-things has been obvious for four years in the long, dirty epic of RussiaGate — another enormous, legitimacy-killing mess that Mr. Barr has appeared reluctant to resolve, even though he anointed US Attorney John Durham a “special prosecutor” this week. Since his appointment two years ago, Mr. Barr has expressed more than once in formal speeches his keen concern for institutional integrity, yet he appears to be playing games with it at a crucial moment in political history.
Then there was the weird event on Wednesday in Alpharetta, Georgia, featuring freelance lawyers Sidney Powell and Lin Wood before a so-called rally, at which they told the rowdy crowd to boycott the January Senatorial runoff election – say, what…? There was a lot of whooping and hollering, though Miz Powell seemed a little unnerved by the lack of decorum. One infers that they’re pissed off at Republican candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue for not taking a public stand on the Georgia voting mischief, and especially for not rebuking Republican Governor Brian Kemp and SoS Brad Raffensperger, who failed to do anything about all that in the month following the election. But, really, what did it serve their case to go down that rabbit hole?
The bigger questions for Mr. Wood and Miz Powell surround what kind of evidence they will bring into a courtroom. Miz Powell, especially, because of her relationship with General Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, appears to have inside Department of Defense (DOD) information that goes deep into the Dominion vote tabulation company’s origins, history, and abnormal activities in the 2020 election. That includes the seizure of Dominion servers at the giant US military complex outside Frankfurt, where the CIA maintains its chief cyberwarfare IT center outside the USA. General Flynn has been bottled up since 2017 in a corrupt prosecution eventually dropped by the DOJ, but stalled for half a year by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan even after he was ordered by the DC Circuit to dismiss the case. Luxury! All Natural Op... Buy New $159.00 (as of 04:59 UTC - Details)
But now General Flynn has been liberated by presidential pardon to speak and act, and he’s doing both in startling terms. On Wednesday, he joined with retired three-star general Thomas McInerney in calling for the president to declare martial law in order to use military tribunals to investigate and prosecute treason in the election. They’re not the only ones chattering about that. They allege that Dominion Systems — which is not an American-owned company — invited meddling by several foreign nations and, in fact enabled it through connections to the Internet. There is evidence that Chinese companies linked to the CCP are majority investors in the holding company out of Switzerland, UBS Securities, that owns Dominion. And lurking in the background of that is the evidence exposed from Hunter Biden’s laptop, of multi-million dollar deals for the Biden Family to represent Chinese companies affiliated with China’s Intel service.
Is it outlandish to wonder if Joe Biden is a national security risk? Is it, at least, worth looking into, considering the evidence trail? Many people on the Left, who read and view only the captive Left news media, may know nothing about Hunter B’s laptop and the tales it told because social media blacked out all the news about it and the mainstream media went along with the blackout. Meanwhile, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave $350-million to a “safe elections” project run by the non-profit Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL), that was chiefly active in setting up Democratic vote-harvesting operations. Could he be liable for prosecution in enabling ballot fraud? Has the FBI asked him any questions?
Mother Daughter Neckla... Buy New $39.99 (as of 04:59 UTC - Details) Another story ‘out there’ says that behind the election hijinks a war is underway between the DOD and the CIA. On Wednesday, acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that all special operations run by the CIA would henceforward report to the SecDef. In effect, the President has ordered the dismantling of the CIA’s troublemaking capabilities, reducing the agency to the task of intel analysis. This means, for instance, ending the CIA’s ability to foment “color revolutions” (coups d’état) in foreign lands — with the implication that irregularities around the Dominion System may have amounted to an attempted color revolution in the USA. Is it worth wondering whether former CIA Director John Brennan, a leftist activist and probably an architect of RussiaGate, was involved in any of the election ops? If the FBI won’t question him about it, who will? (Answer: The Department of Defense.) Ditto Gina Haspel, current CIA Director. After all, what were the Dominion servers doing at the CIA’s server farm in Germany?
Events are moving quickly under the plodding surface of the ongoing swing state hearings, which are largely concerned with on-site mail-in ballot fraud shenanigans. Will the Supreme Court take a case in the few days left before the state vote certification deadline next Tuesday? Will Mr. Trump intervene with some extraordinary measure — martial law, the Insurrection Act? — to actually abort the election and bring about some kind of do-over? Will the country survive its own feckless inability to hold a credible vote? Stand by with me on all that.
Reprinted with permission from Kunstler.com.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-05--America’s Future Is Liberal Fascism Sporting a Smiley Shirt and Armed With a Syringe

The globalists responsible for engineering a medical tyranny across much of the Western world have something valuable to teach right-wing nationalists and would-be fascists , and that is you don ’ t sell your damaged product out of the barrel of a machine gun , but rather dripping from the end of a syringe that promises to end all pain and misery .
Patrick Henry , one of America ’ s more outspoken Founding Fathers , famously remarked “ give me liberty or give me death ” when the life of his nation was on the line .
Today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been replaced by a masked and muffled gasp that advises , without hope of a second opinion , “ give me lockdowns and keep me safe.
” So terrified is the American public of catching a virus that comes with a 99 percent survival rate that they are willing to forego Thanksgiving , the great national holiday commemorating – with no loss of irony – their Pilgrim ancestors ’ collective courage to overcome the wild , hostile conditions of their new land .
It must be said that no fascist party has ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sealing the collective fate of their people to a common enemy .
That ’ s because the threat facing mankind today , or so we are told , is not some nefarious ideology , like communism , or even a terrorist organization that the masses can be rallied to fight .
Rather , the threat is a microscopic contagion that is capable of invading every nook and cranny of our lives .
Already the age of manly handshakes is over , replaced by an emasculated majority , while an entire generation of youth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as infernal germ factories .
Handmade in Hawaii , Top ... Buy New $ 61.98 And unlike a traditional enemy that can be seen , attacked and eventually defeated , the coronavirus – we have been oddly forewarned – will make landfall again and again , while regularly morphing with comic book abilities into an increasingly deadlier villain .
In this landless battle , only the medical authorities are decorated as heroes , while the people , lacking the professional credentials , are forced to be passive and helpless onlookers , their freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the forces of nationalism have become irrelevant ; only a globalist , one-world-order response can defeat this pandemic .
There is very good reason to suspect , however , that either the science on all of this is half-baked , or we the people are being intentionally duped on a grand scale .
In fact , it ’ s probably a little bit of both .
First , relying on nothing more than empirical evidence , it does not seem unreasonable to suggest that there is no existential emergency confronting mankind .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to see decomposing bodies piling up in the streets , like in the medieval times during the Black Plague .
This would be especially the case among the homeless population , which is certainly not practicing social distancing etiquette as they pass around open containers on street corners .
Nor does there seem to be any massive queuing up at hospitals for emergency treatment .
In fact , as early as April , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told President Trump that the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort deployed to New York City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus outbreak was “ no longer needed ” .
Cuomo said the need for the support vessel “ didn ’ t reach the levels that had been projected.
” And I am certainly not the only one who has noticed that Covid cases seem to fluctuate curiously with the political climate .
Let ’ s not forget that the overwhelming majority of Covid ‘ victims ’ recover nicely at home , according to no less of an authority than Anthony Fauci .
At the same time , many people who acquire the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were infected .
Children , meanwhile , seem amazingly impervious to the virus .
That is not to say that there has been no sign of a virus this winter season .
Of course there has been , just like every year .
But while Covid cases may be on the rise in some places , and invisible in others , the death rate from this illness remains low and tumbling , predominantly hitting elderly people already suffering from comorbidities .
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Like maybe an excuse for rolling out a Western-made vaccine that carries a microchip implant with tracking technology ?
Such a claim will sound less fantastic when it is realized that it has already been developed .
It is no secret that just one month before Covid-19 made its dramatic landfall in the United States , purportedly from Wuhan , China , MIT researchers announced a new method for recording a patient ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the skin at the same time a vaccine is administered .
“ By selectively loading microparticles into microneedles , the patches deliver a pattern in the skin that is invisible to the naked eye but can be scanned with a smartphone that has the infrared filter removed , ” MIT News reported .
“ The patch can be customized to imprint different patterns that correspond to the type of vaccine delivered.
” Would it surprise anyone to know that the research was funded largely by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bulk of funding to the World Health Organization ?
Then , in September 2019 , ID2020 , a San Francisco-based biometric company that counts Microsoft as one of its founding members , announced a new project that involves the “ exploration of multiple biometric identification technologies for infants ” that is based on “ infant immunization.
” We could continue here with a long list of other disturbing technologies that would effectively turn people into walking antennae for the rest of their lives , but the point is hopefully clear : although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine against Covid-19 , they probably do not want the extra technological add-ons that people like Bill Gates , a man with zero medical qualifications , seem extremely anxious to include .
So what can Americans expect next ?
How about ‘ Freedom Passes ’ that Britons may need before they are able to return to some semblance of normalcy ?
Natural Lapis Lazuli G ... Buy New $ 84.95 According to the Daily Mail , “ Britons are set to be given Covid ‘ freedom passes ’ as long as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a week , it has been suggested…To earn the freedom pass , people will need to be tested regularly and , provided the results come back negative , they will then be given a letter , card or document they can show to people as they move around.
” And this is what they call a “ return to normalcy.
” Personally , I call those plans the approach of fascism .
And for those who doubt that it could not happen in America should heed the words of the late sagacious comedian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ when fascism comes to America , it will not be in brown and black shirts .
It will not be with jackboots .
It will be Nike sneakers and smiley shirts.
” Had Carlin been alive today to see the tremendous mess we ’ ve inherited , he would most likely have included a syringe in the neo-fascist ’ s toolkit .
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation .

The globalists responsible for engineering a medical tyranny across much of the Western world have something valuable to teach right-wing nationalists and would-be fascists, and that is you don’t sell your damaged product out of the barrel of a machine gun, but rather dripping from the end of a syringe that promises to end all pain and misery.
Patrick Henry, one of America’s more outspoken Founding Fathers, famously remarked “give me liberty or give me death” when the life of his nation was on the line. Today, America’s famous battle cry has been replaced by a masked and muffled gasp that advises, without hope of a second opinion, “give me lockdowns and keep me safe.” So terrified is the American public of catching a virus that comes with a 99 percent survival rate that they are willing to forego Thanksgiving, the great national holiday commemorating – with no loss of irony – their Pilgrim ancestors’ collective courage to overcome the wild, hostile conditions of their new land.
It must be said that no fascist party has ever been so adept when it came to sealing the collective fate of their people to a common enemy. That’s because the threat facing mankind today, or so we are told, is not some nefarious ideology, like communism, or even a terrorist organization that the masses can be rallied to fight. Rather, the threat is a microscopic contagion that is capable of invading every nook and cranny of our lives. Already the age of manly handshakes is over, replaced by an emasculated majority, while an entire generation of youth now looks at their fellow human beings as infernal germ factories. Handmade in Hawaii,Top... Buy New $61.98 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
And unlike a traditional enemy that can be seen, attacked and eventually defeated, the coronavirus – we have been oddly forewarned – will make landfall again and again, while regularly morphing with comic book abilities into an increasingly deadlier villain. In this landless battle, only the medical authorities are decorated as heroes, while the people, lacking the professional credentials, are forced to be passive and helpless onlookers, their freedom of movement severely constrained. More importantly, the forces of nationalism have become irrelevant; only a globalist, one-world-order response can defeat this pandemic.
There is very good reason to suspect, however, that either the science on all of this is half-baked, or we the people are being intentionally duped on a grand scale. In fact, it’s probably a little bit of both. First, relying on nothing more than empirical evidence, it does not seem unreasonable to suggest that there is no existential emergency confronting mankind. If there were, we would expect to see decomposing bodies piling up in the streets, like in the medieval times during the Black Plague. This would be especially the case among the homeless population, which is certainly not practicing social distancing etiquette as they pass around open containers on street corners.
Nor does there seem to be any massive queuing up at hospitals for emergency treatment. In fact, as early as April, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told President Trump that the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort deployed to New York City by the federal government to help fight the coronavirus outbreak was “no longer needed”. Cuomo said the need for the support vessel “didn’t reach the levels that had been projected.” And I am certainly not the only one who has noticed that Covid cases seem to fluctuate curiously with the political climate.
Plenty of hospital rooms. You’ve got that right! https://t.co/lg0Bb2Ai9j — Richard Hillbilly Chad (@DPotcner) October 28, 2020
Let’s not forget that the overwhelming majority of Covid ‘victims’ recover nicely at home, according to no less of an authority than Anthony Fauci. At the same time, many people who acquire the disease are asymptomatic and never even knew they were infected. Children, meanwhile, seem amazingly impervious to the virus. That is not to say that there has been no sign of a virus this winter season. Of course there has been, just like every year. But while Covid cases may be on the rise in some places, and invisible in others, the death rate from this illness remains low and tumbling, predominantly hitting elderly people already suffering from comorbidities. Tree of Life Celtic Kn... Buy New $30.00 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
There are other reasons to be suspicious that what we are dealing with is not a first-class medical emergency, but rather something much more sinister. Like maybe an excuse for rolling out a Western-made vaccine that carries a microchip implant with tracking technology? Such a claim will sound less fantastic when it is realized that it has already been developed.
It is no secret that just one month before Covid-19 made its dramatic landfall in the United States, purportedly from Wuhan, China, MIT researchers announced a new method for recording a patient’s vaccination history: storing the smartphone-readable data under the skin at the same time a vaccine is administered.
“By selectively loading microparticles into microneedles, the patches deliver a pattern in the skin that is invisible to the naked eye but can be scanned with a smartphone that has the infrared filter removed,” MIT News reported. “The patch can be customized to imprint different patterns that correspond to the type of vaccine delivered.”
Would it surprise anyone to know that the research was funded largely by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the same family venture that now provides the bulk of funding to the World Health Organization?
In a new interview, Bill Gates authoritatively states that mass public gatherings will not come back “at all” until we have mass vaccination. Who made him king of the world? https://t.co/siW7bZ9yGc … https://t.co/ivaCI8eAEl — Alternative News (@NewsAlternative) April 4, 2020
Then, in September 2019, ID2020, a San Francisco-based biometric company that counts Microsoft as one of its founding members, announced a new project that involves the “exploration of multiple biometric identification technologies for infants” that is based on “infant immunization.”
We could continue here with a long list of other disturbing technologies that would effectively turn people into walking antennae for the rest of their lives, but the point is hopefully clear: although many people might be willing to accept a vaccine against Covid-19, they probably do not want the extra technological add-ons that people like Bill Gates, a man with zero medical qualifications, seem extremely anxious to include.
“The food supply chain is breaking,” Tyson Foods warns in a full page ad in NYT today pic.twitter.com/5cyusH6L9V — Ana Swanson (@AnaSwanson) April 26, 2020
So what can Americans expect next? How about ‘Freedom Passes’ that Britons may need before they are able to return to some semblance of normalcy?
Natural Lapis Lazuli G... Buy New $84.95 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details) According to the Daily Mail, “Britons are set to be given Covid ‘freedom passes’ as long as they test negative for the virus twice in a week, it has been suggested…To earn the freedom pass, people will need to be tested regularly and, provided the results come back negative, they will then be given a letter, card or document they can show to people as they move around.”
And this is what they call a “return to normalcy.”
Personally, I call those plans the approach of fascism. And for those who doubt that it could not happen in America should heed the words of the late sagacious comedian George Carlin, who once quipped that “when fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jackboots. It will be Nike sneakers and smiley shirts.” Had Carlin been alive today to see the tremendous mess we’ve inherited, he would most likely have included a syringe in the neo-fascist’s toolkit.
The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation.


lewrockwell--2020-12-05--About Those Vaccine ID Cards…

About Those Vaccine ID Cards…

An idea that ’ s simple as an abstraction–vaccine ID cards–turns out to be extremely difficult once real-world operational realities must be dealt with .
Authorities around the world have made it clear that they will do “ whatever it takes ” to vaccinate their citizenry with one of the first available vaccines .
Authoritarian states may mandate universal vaccinations while less authoritarian states will favor a “ carrot and stick ” approach of offering benefits to the vaccinated and exclusions from employment , education , travel and most of everyday life for those who refuse to be vaccinated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ many nations are planning to issue ID cards or “ vaccine passports.
” As an abstraction , this seems straightforward , but if we start digging into the actual operational requirements of this mass ID card issuance and distribution , a number of common-sense issues arise .
Vaccination cards will be issued to everyone getting Covid-19 vaccine , health officials say ( CNN ) First and foremost , it ’ s unknown how long the immunity offered by the vaccines will last .
It ’ s still early days , so there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be longer-lasting than the natural immunity of those who caught the virus and recovered , while other evidence suggests the immunity might decay after six months .
Despite claims that natural immunity is long-lasting , a non-trivial number of people who had Covid have been re-infected .
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Given these intrinsic unknowns , how long will the ID card be valid ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in individual responses such that the vaccines ’ effectiveness decays more rapidly in 20 % of the vaccinated .
This variability would introduce tremendous unknowns that no ID card could reflect : is the holder of the card at Month 10 still immune or not ?
If the duration of the vaccine ’ s effectiveness is variable , then an ID card could be misleading .
In other words , being vaccinated with a variable-duration vaccine tells us nothing about the individual ’ s actual immunity down the road .
Given these unknowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the future , and the ID cards would have to be re-issued .
The task of keeping track of hundreds of millions of vaccination records , identities and then issuing ID cards is a non-trivial task .
To thwart black-market fake-ID cards , the security measures will have to be equivalent to a driver ’ s license or passport .
Have you applied recently for either of these forms of ID ?
The process is painfully slow .
The systems in place to process state drivers ’ licenses and U.S. passports are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared to verify the identity of 280 million adult citizens , confirm the validity of their vaccine and then issue ID cards–and then repeat this process in a year ?
If the procedures for issuing vaccine ID cards are slapdash due to time constraints–for example , downloading a digital record from the vaccine distributor or a printed card–these will likely be vulnerable to being duplicated or spoofed .
Fake vaccine distributors will pop up issuing bogus digital records , hackers might download and sell digital records from trusted sources , and so on @ @ @ @ @ @ @

An idea that’s simple as an abstraction–vaccine ID cards–turns out to be extremely difficult once real-world operational realities must be dealt with.
Authorities around the world have made it clear that they will do “whatever it takes” to vaccinate their citizenry with one of the first available vaccines. Authoritarian states may mandate universal vaccinations while less authoritarian states will favor a “carrot and stick” approach of offering benefits to the vaccinated and exclusions from employment, education, travel and most of everyday life for those who refuse to be vaccinated.
To identify the vaccinated and unvaccinated, many nations are planning to issue ID cards or “vaccine passports.” As an abstraction, this seems straightforward, but if we start digging into the actual operational requirements of this mass ID card issuance and distribution, a number of common-sense issues arise.
Vaccination cards will be issued to everyone getting Covid-19 vaccine, health officials say (CNN)
First and foremost, it’s unknown how long the immunity offered by the vaccines will last. It’s still early days, so there is conflicting evidence: some claim the vaccines will be longer-lasting than the natural immunity of those who caught the virus and recovered, while other evidence suggests the immunity might decay after six months. Despite claims that natural immunity is long-lasting, a non-trivial number of people who had Covid have been re-infected. Large Souffle Pearls S... Buy New $130.50 (as of 05:01 UTC - Details)
Nobody knows how long either natural or vaccine immunity will last because not enough time has elapsed to collect sufficient data.
Given these intrinsic unknowns, how long will the ID card be valid? It’s easy to imagine variations in individual responses such that the vaccines’ effectiveness decays more rapidly in 20% of the vaccinated. This variability would introduce tremendous unknowns that no ID card could reflect: is the holder of the card at Month 10 still immune or not?
If the duration of the vaccine’s effectiveness is variable, then an ID card could be misleading. In other words, being vaccinated with a variable-duration vaccine tells us nothing about the individual’s actual immunity down the road.
Given these unknowns, the vaccinated may need booster shots in the future, and the ID cards would have to be re-issued. The task of keeping track of hundreds of millions of vaccination records, identities and then issuing ID cards is a non-trivial task.
To thwart black-market fake-ID cards, the security measures will have to be equivalent to a driver’s license or passport. Have you applied recently for either of these forms of ID? The process is painfully slow. The systems in place to process state drivers’ licenses and U.S. passports are already strained, and which agency is prepared to verify the identity of 280 million adult citizens, confirm the validity of their vaccine and then issue ID cards–and then repeat this process in a year?
If the procedures for issuing vaccine ID cards are slapdash due to time constraints–for example, downloading a digital record from the vaccine distributor or a printed card–these will likely be vulnerable to being duplicated or spoofed. Fake vaccine distributors will pop up issuing bogus digital records, hackers might download and sell digital records from trusted sources, and so on.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-05--CoVid: A Manifesto for Communism, Fascism, and Marxism

The Cancel Culture has just elevated itself to extreme radicalism .
LA Mayor , Garcetti , has declared that all people should ‘ cancel everything ’ .
Existence is cancelled .
Life is cancelled .
According to Dr. Christina Ghally who has issued the dire warning of doom regarding available hospital beds , claims 12 % of cases require hospitalization and beds will be full within days .
LA County claims roughly 403,000 total cases .
That would equate to total hospitalizations of 48,000 .
LA County has 23,000 ‘ licensed ’ beds including ICU beds .
According to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 10,000 beds and 1500 ICU beds .
Other beds utilized where a patient is coronavirus related ( ie , with 2.6 other underlying diseases ) is 1257 and 456 respectively .
73 % of the patients are Hispanic , and 2 % are white .
Leaving 623 and 111 available .
So what happened to the Math ?
23,000 beds filled 11,500 nonCovid and 1713 with CoVid leaves nearly 9800 empty beds – 42.6 % vacancy rate .
Staffed beds .
Hospitals across the country have a massive staffing shortage .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is taking in patients from Mexico , hence the hugely overstated rate of CoVid presenting patients representing 73 % of all CoVid.. Aquamarine Crystal Jew ... Buy New $ 66.60 This isn ’ t the first time LA has misreported the hospital crisis .
In June the same overwhelmed surge occurred as US citizens and immigrants flooded across the border – most calling 911 at the border entry point .
LA County is 45 % Hispanic – yet 73 % of ‘ Covid Related ’ patients are Hispanic .
The obvious disparity is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Mexican patients taxing US hospitals .
It isn ’ t gatherings .
It isn ’ t shopping .
It isn ’ t spas , or hair salons .
It is immigrants .
The propaganda in reporting hysteria is core to the enforcement of Cancel Everything – Michigan ’ s governor Whitmer is essentially utilizing martial law to lockdown her state .
The orders come from the Health and Humans Services Department whose Director is Robert Gordon , an attorney .
His bio affectionately claims that he was Obama ’ s ‘ quarterback @ @ @ @ @ @ @ establish AmeriCorps , and clerked for Ruth Ginsberg .
One of his special affinities is working with children .
And today Governor Newsom is calling for a lockdown of ONLY small businesses and public schools .
That way his children will still be educated and small businesses don ’ t have the legal power to go to battle .
Who are these people ?
The rise of Fascism in Italy brought to power Mussolini who claimed the principles and writings of Georges Sorel were paramount in his forming his own philosophy .
Particularly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ .
The function of political myth can be understood as following two components : ( 1 ) myth provides the theoretical argument , which is incorporated into an ( 2 ) ideology that supports the myth by providing a practical argument .
In this , truth is unimportant .
Mussolini was quoted as stating : “ Men do not move mountains ; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move.
” The illusions are designed to create an emotional response .
In order to effectively rule , one must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shock troops called Arditi to usher in violence .
They wore Blackshirt uniforms and numbered 200,000 .
Blackshirts were considered a paramilitary group that was authorized to kill and destroy organizations connected with socialists , Catholics , Labour , Republicans and cooperatives .
Something similar to Antifa .
Special Design !
5 Line ... Buy New $ 67.00 Mao also operated a paramilitary group – the Red Guards .
Mao fervently believed that destruction and chaos could bring re-birth .
As such , he instructed his followers to : destroy buildings , sacred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , punish them , turn them in , and kill those who did not agree .
Similar to Antifa on BLM steroids .
It was called a Cultural Revolution .
Marx believed that after a feudal revolution of the working class , a dictatorship would necessarily take hold in order to ‘ ensure equality ’ .
Ultimately , that government would fall and somehow utopia would be unveiled .
Of course , that never played out quite like he envisioned .
Antonio Gramsci theorized that the failure was because a middle class had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroyed because it held power over the masses .
He concluded that the only means of an effective Marxist transition necessitated the destruction of : personal responsibility , truth , family , law , heredity , authority , patriotism , conservatism , language and tradition .
Antonio Gramsci stated , “ the media and academia had to issue a “ counter-hegemony ” message , which would help undermine these planks of Western culture .
That was why Marx failed .
Creating an illusion , a political and societal myth based truth within critical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through control over speech would support the means of attaining the – myth .
The myth prevails because of the Media .
We are not facing Socialism in the US – we are facing a Manifesto based on Communism , Fascism , and Marxism .
And in that Manifesto – only the few will survive .

The Cancel Culture has just elevated itself to extreme radicalism. LA Mayor, Garcetti, has declared that all people should ‘cancel everything’. Existence is cancelled. Life is cancelled. According to Dr. Christina Ghally who has issued the dire warning of doom regarding available hospital beds, claims 12% of cases require hospitalization and beds will be full within days.
LA County claims roughly 403,000 total cases. That would equate to total hospitalizations of 48,000. LA County has 23,000 ‘licensed’ beds including ICU beds. According to their government health report, nonCoVid patients account for 10,000 beds and 1500 ICU beds. Other beds utilized where a patient is coronavirus related (ie, with 2.6 other underlying diseases) is 1257 and 456 respectively. 73% of the patients are Hispanic, and 2% are white.
Leaving 623 and 111 available. So what happened to the Math? 23,000 beds filled 11,500 nonCovid and 1713 with CoVid leaves nearly 9800 empty beds – 42.6% vacancy rate.
Staffed beds. Hospitals across the country have a massive staffing shortage. In addition, like El Paso, LA is taking in patients from Mexico, hence the hugely overstated rate of CoVid presenting patients representing 73% of all CoVid.. Aquamarine Crystal Jew... Buy New $66.60 (as of 05:02 UTC - Details)
This isn’t the first time LA has misreported the hospital crisis. In June the same overwhelmed surge occurred as US citizens and immigrants flooded across the border – most calling 911 at the border entry point. LA County is 45% Hispanic – yet 73% of ‘Covid Related’ patients are Hispanic. The obvious disparity is not racist, or racial, it is Mexican patients taxing US hospitals. It isn’t gatherings. It isn’t shopping. It isn’t spas, or hair salons. It is immigrants.
The propaganda in reporting hysteria is core to the enforcement of Cancel Everything –
Michigan’s governor Whitmer is essentially utilizing martial law to lockdown her state. The orders come from the Health and Humans Services Department whose Director is Robert Gordon, an attorney. His bio affectionately claims that he was Obama’s ‘quarterback’, worked with Bill Clinton to establish AmeriCorps, and clerked for Ruth Ginsberg. One of his special affinities is working with children.
And today Governor Newsom is calling for a lockdown of ONLY small businesses and public schools. That way his children will still be educated and small businesses don’t have the legal power to go to battle.
Who are these people?
The rise of Fascism in Italy brought to power Mussolini who claimed the principles and writings of Georges Sorel were paramount in his forming his own philosophy. Particularly in the concept of ‘political myth’.
The function of political myth can be understood as following two components: (1) myth provides the theoretical argument, which is incorporated into an (2) ideology that supports the myth by providing a practical argument. In this, truth is unimportant.
Mussolini was quoted as stating: “Men do not move mountains; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move.”
The illusions are designed to create an emotional response. In order to effectively rule, one must create panic or fear.
Mussolini instituted shock troops called Arditi to usher in violence. They wore Blackshirt uniforms and numbered 200,000. Blackshirts were considered a paramilitary group that was authorized to kill and destroy organizations connected with socialists, Catholics, Labour, Republicans and cooperatives. Something similar to Antifa. Special Design! 5 Line... Buy New $67.00 (as of 05:02 UTC - Details)
Mao also operated a paramilitary group – the Red Guards. Mao fervently believed that destruction and chaos could bring re-birth. As such, he instructed his followers to: destroy buildings, sacred objects, talk back to ones elders, punish them, turn them in, and kill those who did not agree. Similar to Antifa on BLM steroids. It was called a Cultural Revolution.
Marx believed that after a feudal revolution of the working class, a dictatorship would necessarily take hold in order to ‘ensure equality’. Ultimately, that government would fall and somehow utopia would be unveiled. Of course, that never played out quite like he envisioned. Antonio Gramsci theorized that the failure was because a middle class had arisen and because Christianity needed to be destroyed because it held power over the masses. He concluded that the only means of an effective Marxist transition necessitated the destruction of: personal responsibility, truth, family, law, heredity, authority, patriotism, conservatism, language and tradition.
Antonio Gramsci stated, “the media and academia had to issue a “counter-hegemony” message, which would help undermine these planks of Western culture. That was why Marx failed.
Creating an illusion, a political and societal myth based truth within critical theory is the Manifesto. Policing language through control over speech would support the means of attaining the – myth. The myth prevails because of the Media.
We are not facing Socialism in the US – we are facing a Manifesto based on Communism, Fascism, and Marxism. And in that Manifesto – only the few will survive.
This originally appeared on HelenaGlass.wpcomstaging.com.


lewrockwell--2020-12-05--Clinton Gang Insider Spills Sleazy Secrets, Savages Chelsea

It begins .
With no prospect of Bill or Hillary Clinton resuming high office , one former key insider of the Clinton Machine is spilling his guts and telling very unflattering stories about the family business .
Doug Band , who began as a White House intern , moved on the become “ body man ” and then key aide , went on to mastermind the post-presidency enrichment of the Clintons and ( not incidentally ) himself .
But around 5 years ago , there was a great falling-out , predictably mostly about money , and now he has unburdened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton empire with a series of interviews that has resulted in long article in Vanity Fair authored by Gabriel Sherman .
I urge you to read the whole thing if you are interested in finally hearing some of the dirt that was such a huge part of the family of grifters that moved from Arkansas to the nation ’ s capital .
But if you are in a hurry , The UK Daily Mail and the New York Post select pieces of gossip to focus on , with Brit paper highlighting Bill ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential campaign and Chelsea ’ s suck-up to Ghislaine Maxwell to obtain access to yachts and cool homes , while the NYP focuses on Band ’ s rivalry with Chelsea and his disparagement of her abilities and her trading in her name .
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Copyright concerns prevent me from excerpting as many sections as I would like .
I will focus on Chelsea because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a Clinton political dynasty , Chelsea will be the standard-bearer .
Band ’ s allies say he is the victim of a whisper campaign by Clintonworld rivals—Chelsea Clinton most of all—who were jealous of his favorite-son status and business success , which , they point out , has continued after he cut ties with the Clintons .
“ Doug ’ s made a lot of money .
Was the Clinton connection helpful ?
One hundred percent .
But it discounts how smart Doug is , ” a Clinton donor said .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who would only speak on background .
“ The split is real and it is deep .
There ’ s nothing in it for me to get in the middle of it , ” a longtime Clinton adviser said , offering an explanation I heard echoed in my reporting .
( snip ) Handmade in Hawaii , & rd ... Buy New $ 53.98 In the spring of 2011 , Chelsea Clinton , then 31 , became vice chairman of what would be the renamed Bill , Hillary , and Chelsea Clinton Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stints at McKinsey , a hedge fund , and NBC News , it was as if she had finally claimed her birthright as heir to the family dynasty .
Clintonworld sources told me that Chelsea grew to resent Band .
“ Chelsea hated Doug because he was like a son to her father , ” a Clinton friend said .
Band took offense that Chelsea treated him at times like hired help .
It was a combustible mix that was about to explode into personal grievance .
“ As a board member , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Foundation activities she didn ’ t understand or had reservation about .
For some reason , Doug seemed to resent that , ” a Clinton spokesperson said .

It begins. With no prospect of Bill or Hillary Clinton resuming high office, one former key insider of the Clinton Machine is spilling his guts and telling very unflattering stories about the family business. Doug Band, who began as a White House intern, moved on the become “body man” and then key aide, went on to mastermind the post-presidency enrichment of the Clintons and (not incidentally) himself. But around 5 years ago, there was a great falling-out, predictably mostly about money, and now he has unburdened himself from various sleazy secrets of the Clinton empire with a series of interviews that has resulted in long article in Vanity Fair authored by Gabriel Sherman.
I urge you to read the whole thing if you are interested in finally hearing some of the dirt that was such a huge part of the family of grifters that moved from Arkansas to the nation’s capital. But if you are in a hurry, The UK Daily Mail and the New York Post select pieces of gossip to focus on, with Brit paper highlighting Bill’s sabotage of Hillary’s 2008 presidential campaign and Chelsea’s suck-up to Ghislaine Maxwell to obtain access to yachts and cool homes, while the NYP focuses on Band’s rivalry with Chelsea and his disparagement of her abilities and her trading in her name. Turkish Handmade Jewel... Buy New $74.00 (as of 05:02 UTC - Details)
Nobody comes out looking good here, which is exactly what one would expect from this bunch of crooks and schemers. Copyright concerns prevent me from excerpting as many sections as I would like. I will focus on Chelsea because if there is to be a future to a Clinton political dynasty, Chelsea will be the standard-bearer.
Band’s allies say he is the victim of a whisper campaign by Clintonworld rivals—Chelsea Clinton most of all—who were jealous of his favorite-son status and business success, which, they point out, has continued after he cut ties with the Clintons. “Doug’s made a lot of money. Was the Clinton connection helpful? One hundred percent. But it discounts how smart Doug is,” a Clinton donor said. The source was one of many Clintonworld insiders who would only speak on background. “The split is real and it is deep. There’s nothing in it for me to get in the middle of it,” a longtime Clinton adviser said, offering an explanation I heard echoed in my reporting. (snip) Handmade in Hawaii,&rd... Buy New $53.98 (as of 05:02 UTC - Details)
In the spring of 2011, Chelsea Clinton, then 31, became vice chairman of what would be the renamed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. After a peripatetic career that included stints at McKinsey, a hedge fund, and NBC News, it was as if she had finally claimed her birthright as heir to the family dynasty.
Clintonworld sources told me that Chelsea grew to resent Band. “Chelsea hated Doug because he was like a son to her father,” a Clinton friend said. Band took offense that Chelsea treated him at times like hired help. It was a combustible mix that was about to explode into personal grievance. “As a board member, Chelsea had a responsibility to ask questions about Foundation activities she didn’t understand or had reservation about. For some reason, Doug seemed to resent that,” a Clinton spokesperson said.
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A Worthy Apology

Eton College now stands just one apology away from being the first establishment institution to acknowledge that men and women are different .
A bulk of government ministers , media pundits , financiers , royals , and academics simply refer to Eton as “ School ” —the assumption being that anyone on their hallowed turf must have come from the same crucible of the elite .
Located in the shadow of Windsor Castle , the boys-only high school is now at the center of Britain ’ s gender-war debate .
The result will be impossible for the establishment to ignore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more stressful when covered by the national press—but there is a certain privilege in speaking truth to power at Eton : You at least get your day in court .
Once the word went out , it took just hours for Will Knowland ’ s ex-students to raise the tens of thousands necessary to appeal his dismissal .
Some of his ex-pupils were in positions to offer housing to the English teacher and his five children , having left his classroom just a few years earlier .
The whole country can now see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school banned from its intranet .
The jury is open .
What exactly is so offensive about the video that Simon Henderson—Eton ’ s headmaster—sacked him for gross misconduct ?
Plambag Canvas Duffle ... Best Price : $ 22.76 Buy New $ 32.99 In summary , the presentation merely reaffirms what any sane person already knows : Men and women are innately different and modern gender theory is a load of rubbish .
Are parents really paying the world ’ s most prestigious school £43,000 a year to teach their children how blue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not .
The existential purpose of Knowland ’ s lecture is to reveal how offensive the traditional view has become in a place where the nation ’ s elite forge their concept of reality .
It is both a wake-up call and a correction for a society that has tactfully avoided offending a radical minority for long enough that they are now in charge .
The hurdle we have to overcome is not mainstream falsehood but the type of censorship that “ alternative truths ” ( let ’ s be kind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Let everyone have their ideas , in other words , provided that they don ’ t shut other people up .
There is nothing new under the sun , of course , but narrations of truth must be updated to correspond with the fads of the era .
Though his presentation of the facts is well referenced , Knowland points out that scientific data has been brought to support feminist gender theories , too .
So , in describing the differences between the sexes , it is for a teacher of English ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the experience documented by nearly the whole of humanity ’ s literary output to set the record straight : Men and women are different , carry out different roles , and , for what it is worth , do so because of their innate advantages and limitations .
Knowland thus launches himself deep into a “ Red Pill ” discourse that has been hashing out the relationship between biology and society for almost as long as modern gender theory has been attempting to redefine it .

Eton College now stands just one apology away from being the first establishment institution to acknowledge that men and women are different.
A bulk of government ministers, media pundits, financiers, royals, and academics simply refer to Eton as “School”—the assumption being that anyone on their hallowed turf must have come from the same crucible of the elite. Located in the shadow of Windsor Castle, the boys-only high school is now at the center of Britain’s gender-war debate. The result will be impossible for the establishment to ignore.
A fall from grace is probably more stressful when covered by the national press—but there is a certain privilege in speaking truth to power at Eton: You at least get your day in court. Once the word went out, it took just hours for Will Knowland’s ex-students to raise the tens of thousands necessary to appeal his dismissal. Some of his ex-pupils were in positions to offer housing to the English teacher and his five children, having left his classroom just a few years earlier.
The whole country can now see Knowland’s lecture, which the school banned from its intranet. The jury is open. What exactly is so offensive about the video that Simon Henderson—Eton’s headmaster—sacked him for gross misconduct? Plambag Canvas Duffle ... Best Price: $22.76 Buy New $32.99 (as of 05:03 UTC - Details)
In summary, the presentation merely reaffirms what any sane person already knows: Men and women are innately different and modern gender theory is a load of rubbish. Are parents really paying the world’s most prestigious school £43,000 a year to teach their children how blue the sky is? No, they’re not. The existential purpose of Knowland’s lecture is to reveal how offensive the traditional view has become in a place where the nation’s elite forge their concept of reality. It is both a wake-up call and a correction for a society that has tactfully avoided offending a radical minority for long enough that they are now in charge.
The hurdle we have to overcome is not mainstream falsehood but the type of censorship that “alternative truths” (let’s be kind) need in order to survive. Let everyone have their ideas, in other words, provided that they don’t shut other people up.
There is nothing new under the sun, of course, but narrations of truth must be updated to correspond with the fads of the era. Though his presentation of the facts is well referenced, Knowland points out that scientific data has been brought to support feminist gender theories, too. So, in describing the differences between the sexes, it is for a teacher of English (rather than biology) to draw on the experience documented by nearly the whole of humanity’s literary output to set the record straight: Men and women are different, carry out different roles, and, for what it is worth, do so because of their innate advantages and limitations. Knowland thus launches himself deep into a “Red Pill” discourse that has been hashing out the relationship between biology and society for almost as long as modern gender theory has been attempting to redefine it.
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