lewrockwell--2020-09-01--Escalation of Force: How To Choose the Appropriate Response to Potential Violence

“ I ’ ll just pull out my Glock/HK/Ruger and deal with those punks .
Once they see their buddies drop , they ’ ll back off soon enough.
” “ We could end this by just killing anyone who sets foot on our block.
” “ All good Americans need to do is start mowing down protesters with their cars if the roads get blocked.
” Chances are , if you ever read the comments or visit any type of social media outlet online , you ’ ve read some comments pretty similar to the ones above .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the free , home of the brave .
It ’ s up to all good patriots to defend our property and our country from scumbags with deadly force .
But not so fast .
Scaling Force : Dynamic ... Lawrence A. Kane Best Price : $ 9.69 Buy New $ 10.00 Things are never as cut and dried as people with 3-second solutions like to make it seem in the comments .
You can ’ t escalate directly to lethal force in every situation .
Let ’ s take a look at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other day , where the lady was sitting in a restaurant having dinner when she got surrounded by an unruly mob who insisted she raise her fist in the air in support of a group of activists .
The comments section is filled with people who are apparently ready to open fire on a city street into a crowd of people .
Is that really the appropriate response ?
While I absolutely agree that the behavior of that mob is horrible and that these things shouldn ’ t happen , is this a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deadly force ?
Have any of these folks stopped to think about what happens after they open fire ?
Because I can tell you what is very likely to occur if you unload a magazine in a public space in the middle of downtown Washington DC .
At best , you will be arrested and charged with brandishing a weapon or illegal discharge of a weapon .
At worst , one of your bullets will go through its intended target and hit an innocent bystander – maybe a child – maybe even your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back from the bathroom .
Or you ’ ll kill a member of the angry mob and someone will take the gun away and turn it on you and you ’ ll be dead .
Or you ’ ll valiantly take down three attackers and find yourself awaiting trial for homicide , among other charges .
And you know what else ?
Every idiotic off-hand comment you ever made online about blowing people away will come back to haunt you in court .
If you think you ’ re anonymous online , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Even when you use a VPN , your actual IP can be traced given enough resources and time .
Facing Violence : Prepa ... Miller , Rory Best Price : $ 7.94 Buy New $ 11.95 Choosing how you escalate your response We ’ ve all heard the saying , “ When your only tool is a hammer , you treat everything like it ’ s a nail.
” The same is true when your only tool is deadly force .
Obviously there are life and death situations in which deadly force is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to live .
When someone bursts into your home waving a gun screaming that they ’ re going to kill you , when someone in a mask is trying to drag you into a van with dark-tinted windows , when someone is clearly intent on beating the crap out of you until you ’ re dead – all of these things are situations in which your use of a lethal response is entirely justified .
But… a lot of situations require more finesse unless you want to risk a ) spending the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you don ’ t drop the soap or b ) vengeance from your adversary ’ s friends or family or c ) criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits forever and ever until you die .
You need to have an understanding of the appropriate escalation of force .
A book I read last year has a place on everyone ’ s shelf during these times in which a conflict can arise for just about anyone , just about anywhere .
That book is Scaling Force : Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violenceand it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you ’ ve been around here for a while , you may have seen my review of another of Miller ’ s books , and you may have seen Toby Cowern and Terry Trahan reference him as well .
That ’ s because , in my opinion , nobody knows more about the science of violence than Miller .
As well , he spent years working in law enforcement settings , so he knows a lot about what happens after the violence takes place .
To make a long story short , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lowest amount of force possible to get yourself safely out of the situation .
Your ability to do this depends on understanding the different strategies you can employee and your skill at reading your opponent .
Conflict Communication ... Miller , Rory Best Price : $ 9.25 Buy New $ 9.25 Identify what the threat actually is .
If you are in a situation in which you may have to defend yourself , it ’ s important that you understand what the threat really is .
• Are you just being yelled at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to intimidate or embarrass you ?
• Are they trying to have an actual discussion or just shout over you ?
• Are they threatening to physically attack you ?
• Are they capable of physically attacking you ?
• Are they armed with firearms , items that could be used as bludgeons , or knives ?
While all of these things may make you angry , if you are not in physical danger , you have to temper your response accordingly .
Part of the book is a detailed description of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a potentially violent encounter before it happens .
This goes a long way toward reducing the likelihood of you being injured , killed , or imprisoned due to your response .
Here are some key steps to take during a potentially violent encounter .
When Violence Is the A ... Larkin , Tim Best Price : $ 11.68 Buy New $ 11.14 In Miller ’ s book – which I strongly recommend – he suggests a pattern that begins with simply leaving the situation , to verbal de-escalation when you are not in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way up to and including lethal force .
He discusses in detail how to rapidly assess your situation to see where you should start .
You can find these steps on the internet but they ’ re not detailed .
You should truly read the book to get a deep understanding of them – and you need that now more than ever .
This is my personal take on what he wrote .
Any mistakes or misinterpretations are mine alone .
Presence : The encounter requires your presence and there are two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , don ’ t be there .
Any time you ask Selco and Toby what you should do in a dangerous situation , their immediate response is “ don ’ t be there.
” And that is true of many of the things happening right now .
Going to a protest , for example , is automatically putting you at high risk of being involved in a violent encounter .
Your second option is to leave the situation .
If you find yourself in a scenario in which you could be embroiled in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is like “ don ’ t be there ” but in action form .
If you see a crowd gathering up ahead chanting and raising their fists in the air , turn around and go a different way .
If you are in a setting in which someone makes you feel uncomfortable , trust your instincts and leave .
Don ’ t talk yourself out of listening to your gut .
You ’ re not being silly .
( This is especially true for women . )
Use your voice .
First , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If you can ’ t avoid it and you can ’ t leave , verbal de-escalation is your next best bet .
This depends heavily upon your understanding of psychology .
You want to calm the situation down and one of the best ways to do that is setting up what Miller refers to as a “ face-saving exit.
” If you are dealing with one member of a crowd , that person will have a lot of personal investment in not being embarrassed in front of his or her friends .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a way to defuse things while sparing the person from that humiliation .
This , of course , sucks , because we all want to kick the butts of someone who is treating us unreasonably .
However , your goal is to get away from this encounter without being hurt or killed .
If you are alive and uninjured , you ’ ve won .
Your other voice option is a sharp command if you seem like the kind of person who can back this up .
Take me , for example , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me is unlikely to have a huge effect on an angry group .
However , a command from me backed up by a gun in my hand would be a lot more convincing .
( This is something that has actually happened to me – you can read about it here . )
Touch .
In some situations , touch can be used to de-escalate a conflict .
Touch can be soothing , it can help to distract someone fixated on potentially hurting you , and it can help to defuse situations that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you are not stronger than your potential opponent , this should be used very cautiously , as touching them puts you within their reach as well .
For many women , this is not going to be a viable option .
Meditations on Violenc ... Rory Miller Best Price : $ 8.45 Buy New $ 11.76 Physical control .
This is another thing that won ’ t work for everyone .
But if it is within your wheelhouse , you might be able to prevent the violence from escalating by physically controlling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harming you or anyone else around you .
At this point , you ’ re beginning to get into territory that could have legal consequences .
This is also another thing that may not be particularly viable for women against a male assailant .
Use less than lethal force .
The next step up the ladder is less than lethal force .
This might mean pepper spray , a taser , or a physical blow , to name a few options .
This can be a defensive preventative that will work in some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stun your attacker , it can be the thing that allows you to move back down the ladder to step one – not being there .
Physically overpowering an assailant and injuring them to the extent they can no longer hurt you is an option but , again , you ’ ll very likely face legal consequences unless it is well-witnessed or provable that you had no less violent options .
Use lethal force .
The final solution in this hierarchy is lethal force .
This should not be your first choice unless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You can ’ t just shoot someone because you decide they “ deserve ” it or because you feel they ’ re inflicting an injustice upon you .
Well , you can , but you can also expect a trial that will empty out your bank accounts and cause your family to potentially lose their home and any other assets while you finance your defense .
Then , if you win , you get to start all over again economically .
If you lose , you spend five years to the rest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must be legally justified and even then , you can end up suffering immensely for having used it .
Again – I strongly recommend you read Rory Miller ’ s book on this topic , as it is far more detailed than I can be in a quick article and filled with personal anecdotes that make it a very interesting read .
You really do have far more options than just killing someone and most of the time , the other options will be better for your future as well as the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plan to respond to the threat of violence ?
We ’ re living in a world where unruly groups of people are spending their evenings out trying to intimidate people who they feel “ deserve ” it , without actually knowing anything about their targets .
Any of us could become a target .
Understand that I sincerely believe in the right to armed self-defense .
It is our basic human right to protect ourselves , our families , and our property .
But I urge you to use temperance when making rapid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These aren ’ t problems with three-second solutions , and to look at them that way is both ignorant and short-sighted .
Have you considered how you would respond to the threat of violence ?
To intimidation by an angry mob ?
To the looting of your property ?
It ’ s good to think these things through ahead of time and consider what your own options are .
You ’ ll need to weigh your personal abilities and limitations against these steps .
Remember that your response to potential violence can affect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your decisions with this in mind .
Reprinted with permission from The Organic Prepper .
The Best of Daisy Luther

“I’ll just pull out my Glock/HK/Ruger and deal with those punks. Once they see their buddies drop, they’ll back off soon enough.”
“We could end this by just killing anyone who sets foot on our block.”
“All good Americans need to do is start mowing down protesters with their cars if the roads get blocked.”
Chances are, if you ever read the comments or visit any type of social media outlet online, you’ve read some comments pretty similar to the ones above. After all, this is America, land of the free, home of the brave. It’s up to all good patriots to defend our property and our country from scumbags with deadly force.
But not so fast. Scaling Force: Dynamic... Lawrence A. Kane Best Price: $9.69 Buy New $10.00 (as of 04:27 UTC - Details)
Things are never as cut and dried as people with 3-second solutions like to make it seem in the comments.
You can’t escalate directly to lethal force in every situation.
Let’s take a look at the situation Terry Trahan wrote about the other day, where the lady was sitting in a restaurant having dinner when she got surrounded by an unruly mob who insisted she raise her fist in the air in support of a group of activists. The comments section is filled with people who are apparently ready to open fire on a city street into a crowd of people.
Is that really the appropriate response? While I absolutely agree that the behavior of that mob is horrible and that these things shouldn’t happen, is this a moment that requires the use of uncensored deadly force?
Have any of these folks stopped to think about what happens after they open fire?
Because I can tell you what is very likely to occur if you unload a magazine in a public space in the middle of downtown Washington DC. At best, you will be arrested and charged with brandishing a weapon or illegal discharge of a weapon. At worst, one of your bullets will go through its intended target and hit an innocent bystander – maybe a child – maybe even your own child who is making his way back from the bathroom. Or you’ll kill a member of the angry mob and someone will take the gun away and turn it on you and you’ll be dead. Or you’ll valiantly take down three attackers and find yourself awaiting trial for homicide, among other charges.
And you know what else? Every idiotic off-hand comment you ever made online about blowing people away will come back to haunt you in court. If you think you’re anonymous online, I assure you that you are not. Even when you use a VPN, your actual IP can be traced given enough resources and time. Facing Violence: Prepa... Miller, Rory Best Price: $7.94 Buy New $11.95 (as of 04:16 UTC - Details)
Choosing how you escalate your response
We’ve all heard the saying, “When your only tool is a hammer, you treat everything like it’s a nail.” The same is true when your only tool is deadly force.
Obviously there are life and death situations in which deadly force is the only possible response if you want to live. When someone bursts into your home waving a gun screaming that they’re going to kill you, when someone in a mask is trying to drag you into a van with dark-tinted windows, when someone is clearly intent on beating the crap out of you until you’re dead – all of these things are situations in which your use of a lethal response is entirely justified.
But… a lot of situations require more finesse unless you want to risk a) spending the rest of your life in prison and praying you don’t drop the soap or b) vengeance from your adversary’s friends or family or c) criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits forever and ever until you die.
You need to have an understanding of the appropriate escalation of force.
A book I read last year has a place on everyone’s shelf during these times in which a conflict can arise for just about anyone, just about anywhere. That book is Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violenceand it’s by Rory Miller. If you’ve been around here for a while, you may have seen my review of another of Miller’s books, and you may have seen Toby Cowern and Terry Trahan reference him as well. That’s because, in my opinion, nobody knows more about the science of violence than Miller. As well, he spent years working in law enforcement settings, so he knows a lot about what happens after the violence takes place.
To make a long story short, your goal should always be to use the lowest amount of force possible to get yourself safely out of the situation. Your ability to do this depends on understanding the different strategies you can employee and your skill at reading your opponent. Conflict Communication... Miller, Rory Best Price: $9.25 Buy New $9.25 (as of 04:27 UTC - Details)
Identify what the threat actually is.
If you are in a situation in which you may have to defend yourself, it’s important that you understand what the threat really is.
Are you just being yelled at or mocked?
Are people just trying to intimidate or embarrass you?
Are they trying to have an actual discussion or just shout over you?
Are you outnumbered?
Are they threatening to physically attack you?
Are they capable of physically attacking you?
Are they armed with firearms, items that could be used as bludgeons, or knives?
While all of these things may make you angry, if you are not in physical danger, you have to temper your response accordingly.
Part of the book is a detailed description of pre-assault indicators that can help you identify a potentially violent encounter before it happens. This goes a long way toward reducing the likelihood of you being injured, killed, or imprisoned due to your response.
Here are some key steps to take during a potentially violent encounter.
When Violence Is the A... Larkin, Tim Best Price: $11.68 Buy New $11.14 (as of 04:27 UTC - Details) In Miller’s book – which I strongly recommend – he suggests a pattern that begins with simply leaving the situation, to verbal de-escalation when you are not in imminent danger, with other steps all the way up to and including lethal force. He discusses in detail how to rapidly assess your situation to see where you should start. You can find these steps on the internet but they’re not detailed. You should truly read the book to get a deep understanding of them – and you need that now more than ever.
This is my personal take on what he wrote. Any mistakes or misinterpretations are mine alone.
Presence: The encounter requires your presence and there are two components to this. First, is, don’t be there. Any time you ask Selco and Toby what you should do in a dangerous situation, their immediate response is “don’t be there.” And that is true of many of the things happening right now. Going to a protest, for example, is automatically putting you at high risk of being involved in a violent encounter.
Your second option is to leave the situation. If you find yourself in a scenario in which you could be embroiled in a violent encounter, leave. This is like “don’t be there” but in action form. If you see a crowd gathering up ahead chanting and raising their fists in the air, turn around and go a different way. If you are in a setting in which someone makes you feel uncomfortable, trust your instincts and leave. Don’t talk yourself out of listening to your gut. You’re not being silly. (This is especially true for women.)
Use your voice. First, you can try to de-escalate the situation. If you can’t avoid it and you can’t leave, verbal de-escalation is your next best bet. This depends heavily upon your understanding of psychology. You want to calm the situation down and one of the best ways to do that is setting up what Miller refers to as a “face-saving exit.” If you are dealing with one member of a crowd, that person will have a lot of personal investment in not being embarrassed in front of his or her friends. You’ll want to think of a way to defuse things while sparing the person from that humiliation. This, of course, sucks, because we all want to kick the butts of someone who is treating us unreasonably. However, your goal is to get away from this encounter without being hurt or killed. If you are alive and uninjured, you’ve won.
Your other voice option is a sharp command if you seem like the kind of person who can back this up. Take me, for example, a middle-aged mama. A command from me is unlikely to have a huge effect on an angry group. However, a command from me backed up by a gun in my hand would be a lot more convincing. (This is something that has actually happened to me – you can read about it here.)
Touch. In some situations, touch can be used to de-escalate a conflict. Touch can be soothing, it can help to distract someone fixated on potentially hurting you, and it can help to defuse situations that haven’t gone too far. If you are not stronger than your potential opponent, this should be used very cautiously, as touching them puts you within their reach as well. For many women, this is not going to be a viable option. Meditations on Violenc... Rory Miller Best Price: $8.45 Buy New $11.76 (as of 04:27 UTC - Details)
Physical control. This is another thing that won’t work for everyone. But if it is within your wheelhouse, you might be able to prevent the violence from escalating by physically controlling the attacker. This prevents them from harming you or anyone else around you. At this point, you’re beginning to get into territory that could have legal consequences. This is also another thing that may not be particularly viable for women against a male assailant.
Use less than lethal force. The next step up the ladder is less than lethal force. This might mean pepper spray, a taser, or a physical blow, to name a few options. This can be a defensive preventative that will work in some cases. If you are able to stun your attacker, it can be the thing that allows you to move back down the ladder to step one – not being there. Physically overpowering an assailant and injuring them to the extent they can no longer hurt you is an option but, again, you’ll very likely face legal consequences unless it is well-witnessed or provable that you had no less violent options.
Use lethal force. The final solution in this hierarchy is lethal force. This should not be your first choice unless your life is in imminent danger. You can’t just shoot someone because you decide they “deserve” it or because you feel they’re inflicting an injustice upon you. Well, you can, but you can also expect a trial that will empty out your bank accounts and cause your family to potentially lose their home and any other assets while you finance your defense. Then, if you win, you get to start all over again economically. If you lose, you spend five years to the rest of your life in prison. Lethal force must be legally justified and even then, you can end up suffering immensely for having used it.
Again – I strongly recommend you read Rory Miller’s book on this topic, as it is far more detailed than I can be in a quick article and filled with personal anecdotes that make it a very interesting read. You really do have far more options than just killing someone and most of the time, the other options will be better for your future as well as the future of your family.
How do you plan to respond to the threat of violence?
We’re living in a world where unruly groups of people are spending their evenings out trying to intimidate people who they feel “deserve” it, without actually knowing anything about their targets. Any of us could become a target.
Understand that I sincerely believe in the right to armed self-defense. It is our basic human right to protect ourselves, our families, and our property. But I urge you to use temperance when making rapid decisions that could have long-term consequences. These aren’t problems with three-second solutions, and to look at them that way is both ignorant and short-sighted.
Have you considered how you would respond to the threat of violence? To intimidation by an angry mob? To the looting of your property?
It’s good to think these things through ahead of time and consider what your own options are. You’ll need to weigh your personal abilities and limitations against these steps. Remember that your response to potential violence can affect the rest of your life and make your decisions with this in mind.
Reprinted with permission from The Organic Prepper.
The Best of Daisy Luther


College Chaos

Masochistic statism , its twin handmaidens to the left and right – those who war against us for the world , and those who war against the world for us – has come alive .
Today , it is only a parody of what will come for the bulk of people living in America .
It is also a warning , and I suspect some are waking up to it .
College students , aiming for four or more years of subsidized liberty , some libertine fun , possibly even preparation for a future of service and prosperity , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the kisser .
Even those accustomed to being bossed , manhandled , lied to and abused by public and often private schooling for over a dozen years are starting to question it .
The injustice and sheer stupidity of it all is becoming obvious them .
I doubt these dear young people are thinking about the oh-so-real health risk they pose to their professors and administrators .
God Bless Zoom .
The Silver Disobedienc ... Griesel , Dian Best Price : $ 17.96 Buy New $ 23.14 Many , with their parents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly discover the glorious racket of traditional higher ed – politically correct campuses with light filled architecture , yet in many ways filled with addicts , walking suicides , sexual predators and others driven by physical and ideological urges rather than intellectual … and that ’ s just the administrative and teaching class !
Statism is the problem here , because statism is the melding of men , morality , market and monopoly on the use of force into a single blob .
To be relevant , you must be inside it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used to be Mussolini ’ s definition of fascism , but no need for history here .
History is so irrelevant .
Imprisonment of speech and expression – we ’ ve observed and lived this for decades as political correctness , maturing into blanking , canceling , me-tooing and doxxing the other .
Strait-jacketing critical thought and destruction of the tools of debate , complete .
Instead of looking forward we look at the fearful horde beside us and wonder what it is thinking and what direction it will take in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to conform with it , lest we become oblivion .
To not conform is to be intellectually , financially , and even physically ruined .
Because there is no history , we think we only get one ruination in life , making the threat a monstrous one .
Better to go along , to be imprisoned , to sit in our dorm rooms alone watching a babbling screen .
The Power of Now : A Gu ... Tolle , Eckhart Best Price : $ 3.40 Buy New $ 9.94 I can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our coronavirus statism – and it is difficult not to get carried away .
I mean , it used to be illegal to wear masks in Virginia except on Halloween – now it ’ s the law to cover your face 24/7 .
We must continue this theme to require masks on all REAL ID driver ’ s licenses , as it certainly would be unsafe for an officer to be exposed to our drooling mugs in a casual traffic stop to check our papers .
We are all bank robbers now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at it in the right light !
It occurs to me that a longer term benefit to us , to America , ideally for many American republics and independent states in the empire ’ s post-financial collapse , will be in art .
Solzenitsyn , Pasternak , and Russian novelists and poets under the tsars left a legacy of , and for , humanity .
Much of the angst and the art was a reaction to injustice and sheer massive stupidity of the state – its wars , its rules , its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Many of the most influential authors experienced abuse and imprisonment by the state , and a theme of individualism emerges .
Unlike Marx and even Rousseau , and our modern American rioters , whose angst relates to how little they were given compared to how much they deserved , we see the poetry and the remedies of actual victims of the state lean away from joining it , and towards abandoning it .
The Four Agreements : A ... Don Miguel Ruiz Best Price : $ 2.24 Buy New $ 4.98 I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s great leaps forward produced the kind of stories , poetry and art that we know of Russia .
Indeed they did – a new kind of poetry , hated by the state , and valued by those who lived under the state ’ s irrationality , abuse and arrogance was produced by the so-called “ Misty Poets.
” Turns out , this is a well-known form and style of communication that undermines the state .
It ’ s a thousand jesters blooming , and novels and poetry from all over the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the same characteristics .
Misty because they wouldn ’ t , and couldn ’ t just come out and say what they were complaining about .
Poetic and artful because it required the observer , the listener , the reader and the recipient to process a little something , and to personalize the recipe for each individual , creating in the process an alternate definition of society than that offered by the state , than that society permitted by the state .
Creating in the process a gift that honors the recipient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a gift that can be shared again and again , a gift intended to be shared , and a weapon against which no state can fight .
A weapon because the poetry , art and communication goes just far enough to antagonize but not far enough for the state – resting like a plate on a juggler ’ s cane , in constant fear of loss of balance and control , a shattering collapse in front of everyone – to act without looking ridiculous .
One of the worst things that can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ridiculous .
Especially in the eyes of the young , who have had their expectations disappointed , their plans disrupted by mandate , their elders shown to be idiotic and frightened , their government greedy , avaricious , sadistic .
The state itself has assisted the liberty movement , with its lumbering broad-brush sadism .
It far prefers physical destruction , marches and riots , police brutality and the outright rage of its citizens to the cuts of a thousand poems – and 40 million awakening children who suddenly become aware that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ angry , vile , and simultaneously weak and wasted .
At this point , students can still walk away , and experiment with disobedience to the state , test the boundaries of what may be allowed , test state relevance to their own lives .
They are being presented with a wild kind of freedom many have not yet experienced , nor even dreamed .
Regardless of what they do , the future is theirs , and I expect great things .
The Best of Karen Kwiatkowski

Masochistic statism, its twin handmaidens to the left and right – those who war against us for the world, and those who war against the world for us – has come alive.
Today, it is only a parody of what will come for the bulk of people living in America. It is also a warning, and I suspect some are waking up to it.
College students, aiming for four or more years of subsidized liberty, some libertine fun, possibly even preparation for a future of service and prosperity, have gotten a little smack of statism right in the kisser.
Even those accustomed to being bossed, manhandled, lied to and abused by public and often private schooling for over a dozen years are starting to question it. The injustice and sheer stupidity of it all is becoming obvious them. I doubt these dear young people are thinking about the oh-so-real health risk they pose to their professors and administrators. God Bless Zoom. The Silver Disobedienc... Griesel, Dian Best Price: $17.96 Buy New $23.14 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
Many, with their parents and benefactors, are also beginning to directly discover the glorious racket of traditional higher ed – politically correct campuses with light filled architecture, yet in many ways filled with addicts, walking suicides, sexual predators and others driven by physical and ideological urges rather than intellectual … and that’s just the administrative and teaching class!
Statism is the problem here, because statism is the melding of men, morality, market and monopoly on the use of force into a single blob. To be relevant, you must be inside it, of it and for it. This used to be Mussolini’s definition of fascism, but no need for history here. History is so irrelevant.
Imprisonment of speech and expression – we’ve observed and lived this for decades as political correctness, maturing into blanking, canceling, me-tooing and doxxing the other. Strait-jacketing critical thought and destruction of the tools of debate, complete. Instead of looking forward we look at the fearful horde beside us and wonder what it is thinking and what direction it will take in order to inform our decisions – which will be to conform with it, lest we become oblivion.
To not conform is to be intellectually, financially, and even physically ruined. Because there is no history, we think we only get one ruination in life, making the threat a monstrous one. Better to go along, to be imprisoned, to sit in our dorm rooms alone watching a babbling screen. The Power of Now: A Gu... Tolle, Eckhart Best Price: $3.40 Buy New $9.94 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
I can’t help but look for the wonderful side of our coronavirus statism – and it is difficult not to get carried away. I mean, it used to be illegal to wear masks in Virginia except on Halloween – now it’s the law to cover your face 24/7. We must continue this theme to require masks on all REAL ID driver’s licenses, as it certainly would be unsafe for an officer to be exposed to our drooling mugs in a casual traffic stop to check our papers. We are all bank robbers now! It’s liberating if you look at it in the right light!
It occurs to me that a longer term benefit to us, to America, ideally for many American republics and independent states in the empire’s post-financial collapse, will be in art. Solzenitsyn, Pasternak, and Russian novelists and poets under the tsars left a legacy of, and for, humanity. Much of the angst and the art was a reaction to injustice and sheer massive stupidity of the state – its wars, its rules, its corruption, its sadism, its inhumanity. Many of the most influential authors experienced abuse and imprisonment by the state, and a theme of individualism emerges.
Unlike Marx and even Rousseau, and our modern American rioters, whose angst relates to how little they were given compared to how much they deserved, we see the poetry and the remedies of actual victims of the state lean away from joining it, and towards abandoning it. The Four Agreements: A... Don Miguel Ruiz Best Price: $2.24 Buy New $4.98 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
I wondered if the victims of Mao’s great leaps forward produced the kind of stories, poetry and art that we know of Russia. Indeed they did – a new kind of poetry, hated by the state, and valued by those who lived under the state’s irrationality, abuse and arrogance was produced by the so-called “Misty Poets.”
Turns out, this is a well-known form and style of communication that undermines the state. It’s a thousand jesters blooming, and novels and poetry from all over the world, in many eras, share some of the same characteristics.
Misty because they wouldn’t, and couldn’t just come out and say what they were complaining about. Poetic and artful because it required the observer, the listener, the reader and the recipient to process a little something, and to personalize the recipe for each individual, creating in the process an alternate definition of society than that offered by the state, than that society permitted by the state. Creating in the process a gift that honors the recipient’s mind, experience and judgement, a gift that can be shared again and again, a gift intended to be shared, and a weapon against which no state can fight.
A weapon because the poetry, art and communication goes just far enough to antagonize but not far enough for the state – resting like a plate on a juggler’s cane, in constant fear of loss of balance and control, a shattering collapse in front of everyone – to act without looking ridiculous.
One of the worst things that can happen to a state is to appear ridiculous.
Especially in the eyes of the young, who have had their expectations disappointed, their plans disrupted by mandate, their elders shown to be idiotic and frightened, their government greedy, avaricious, sadistic.
The state itself has assisted the liberty movement, with its lumbering broad-brush sadism. It far prefers physical destruction, marches and riots, police brutality and the outright rage of its citizens to the cuts of a thousand poems – and 40 million awakening children who suddenly become aware that the King is buck naked, ugly, angry, vile, and simultaneously weak and wasted.
At this point, students can still walk away, and experiment with disobedience to the state, test the boundaries of what may be allowed, test state relevance to their own lives. They are being presented with a wild kind of freedom many have not yet experienced, nor even dreamed. Regardless of what they do, the future is theirs, and I expect great things.
The Best of Karen Kwiatkowski


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Nonsense

Check out any professional and most college basketball teams .
Their starting five , and most of their other 10 players , are black , as is 80 % of the NBA .
This does not come anywhere close to the diversity and inclusion sought by the nation ’ s social justice warriors .
Both professional and college coaches have ignored and threw any pretense of seeking diversity and inclusiveness .
My question to you is : Would a basketball team be improved if coaches were required to include ethnically diverse players for the sake of equity ?
I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be but mine would be : “ The hell with diversity , equity and inclusion .
I am going to recruit the best players and do not care if most of them turn out to be black players.
” Another question : Do you think that any diversity-crazed college president would chastise his basketball coach for lack of diversity and inclusiveness ?
The Assault on America ... Kronman , Anthony T. Best Price : $ 13.24 Buy New $ 12.27 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ( National Accelerator Laboratory ) is home to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fastest supercomputers and top-notch physics researchers .
Much of SLAC ’ s research is on particle accelerators that are complicated machines that are designed , engineered and operated to produce high-quality particle beams and develop clues to the fundamental structure of matter and the forces between subatomic particles .
You can bet that their personnel makeup exhibits very little concern about racial diversity , equity and inclusion .
The bulk of their scientists is not only Americans of European and Asian ancestry but mostly men .
My question to you is : What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illustrative of the racial , ethnic and sexual diversity of America ?
As for me , my answer would be the same one that I gave in the basketball example : I am going to recruit the brightest scientists and I do not care if most of them turn out to be men of European and Asian ancestry .
In the hard sciences , one will find black Americans underrepresented .
For example , a 2018 survey of the American Astronomical Society , which includes undergraduates , graduate students , faculty members and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of members identified as white and only 2 % as black or African American .
Only 3 % of bachelor ’ s degrees in physics go to black students .
In 2017 , some fields , such as structural engineering and atmospheric physics , graduated not a single black Ph.D .
The conspicuous absence of black Americans in the sciences have little or nothing to do with racism .
It has to do with academic preparation .
If one graduates from high school and has not mastered a minimum proficiency in high school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is likely that high-paying careers such as engineering , medicine , physics and computer technology are hermetically sealed off for life .
The Coddling of the Am ... Haidt , Jonathan Best Price : $ 12.68 Buy New $ 13.39 There are relatively few black fighter jet pilots .
There are stringent physical , character and mental requirements , which many black applicants could meet .
But fighter pilots must also have a strong knowledge of air navigation , aircraft operating procedures , flight theory , fluid mechanics , meteorology and engineering .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a career as a fighter pilot include mathematics , physical science and engineering .
But if one graduates from high school without elementary training in math , it is not likely that he will enroll in the college courses that would qualify him for fighter pilot training .
At many predominantly black high schools , not a single black student tests proficient in math and a very low percentage test proficient in reading ; however , these schools confer a diploma that attests that the students can read , write and compute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often boast that they have a 70 % and higher graduation rate .
They mislead students , their families and others by conferring fraudulent diplomas .
What explains the fact that over 80 % of professional basketball players are black , as are about 70 % of professional football players ?
Only an idiot would chalk it up to diversity and inclusion .
Instead , it is excellence that explains the disproportionate numbers .
Jewish Americans , who are just 3 % of our population , win over 35 % of the Nobel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans .
Again , it is excellence that explains the disproportionality , not diversity and inclusion .
As my stepfather often told me , “ To do well in this world , you have to come early and stay late.
” The Best of Walter E. Williams

Check out any professional and most college basketball teams. Their starting five, and most of their other 10 players, are black, as is 80% of the NBA. This does not come anywhere close to the diversity and inclusion sought by the nation’s social justice warriors. Both professional and college coaches have ignored and threw any pretense of seeking diversity and inclusiveness. My question to you is: Would a basketball team be improved if coaches were required to include ethnically diverse players for the sake of equity? I have no idea of what your answer might be but mine would be: “The hell with diversity, equity and inclusion. I am going to recruit the best players and do not care if most of them turn out to be black players.” Another question: Do you think that any diversity-crazed college president would chastise his basketball coach for lack of diversity and inclusiveness?
The Assault on America... Kronman, Anthony T. Best Price: $13.24 Buy New $12.27 (as of 05:18 UTC - Details) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (National Accelerator Laboratory) is home to the world’s most powerful experiments, fastest supercomputers and top-notch physics researchers. Much of SLAC’s research is on particle accelerators that are complicated machines that are designed, engineered and operated to produce high-quality particle beams and develop clues to the fundamental structure of matter and the forces between subatomic particles. You can bet that their personnel makeup exhibits very little concern about racial diversity, equity and inclusion. The bulk of their scientists is not only Americans of European and Asian ancestry but mostly men. My question to you is: What would you do to make SLAC more illustrative of the racial, ethnic and sexual diversity of America? As for me, my answer would be the same one that I gave in the basketball example: I am going to recruit the brightest scientists and I do not care if most of them turn out to be men of European and Asian ancestry.
In the hard sciences, one will find black Americans underrepresented. For example, a 2018 survey of the American Astronomical Society, which includes undergraduates, graduate students, faculty members and retired astronomers, found that 82% of members identified as white and only 2% as black or African American. Only 3% of bachelor’s degrees in physics go to black students. In 2017, some fields, such as structural engineering and atmospheric physics, graduated not a single black Ph.D. The conspicuous absence of black Americans in the sciences have little or nothing to do with racism. It has to do with academic preparation. If one graduates from high school and has not mastered a minimum proficiency in high school algebra, geometry and precalculus, it is likely that high-paying careers such as engineering, medicine, physics and computer technology are hermetically sealed off for life.
The Coddling of the Am... Haidt, Jonathan Best Price: $12.68 Buy New $13.39 (as of 02:43 UTC - Details) There are relatively few black fighter jet pilots. There are stringent physical, character and mental requirements, which many black applicants could meet. But fighter pilots must also have a strong knowledge of air navigation, aircraft operating procedures, flight theory, fluid mechanics, meteorology and engineering. The college majors that help prepare undergraduates for a career as a fighter pilot include mathematics, physical science and engineering. But if one graduates from high school without elementary training in math, it is not likely that he will enroll in the college courses that would qualify him for fighter pilot training.
At many predominantly black high schools, not a single black student tests proficient in math and a very low percentage test proficient in reading; however, these schools confer a diploma that attests that the students can read, write and compute at a 12th-grade level and these schools often boast that they have a 70% and higher graduation rate. They mislead students, their families and others by conferring fraudulent diplomas.
What explains the fact that over 80% of professional basketball players are black, as are about 70% of professional football players? Only an idiot would chalk it up to diversity and inclusion. Instead, it is excellence that explains the disproportionate numbers. Jewish Americans, who are just 3% of our population, win over 35% of the Nobel prizes in science that are awarded to Americans. Again, it is excellence that explains the disproportionality, not diversity and inclusion. As my stepfather often told me, “To do well in this world, you have to come early and stay late.”
The Best of Walter E. Williams


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--The World Banking System Has A New Competitor

A self-proclaimed Hindu godman is thumbing his nose at the world ’ s fiat money system .
( Fiat money being backed by government decree without a tangible asset for collateral . )
He is showcasing his new gold-backed money online .
If he actually gets away with this , he could control the world ’ s most valuable currency .
That ’ s because an investor of any repute would realize a gold-backed currency would be preferred over a world awash in Monopoly-game paper money which is about to be replaced by digital money , another imaginary form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... Haynes , Bill Buy New $ 28.00 While printed paper with pictures of historical figures can exude public confidence and be a medium of exchange , it is not real money .
Rare precious metals like gold and silver are examples of real money .
This Hindu godman doesn ’ t explain how much gold he has , but even the threat of establishing a gold-backed currency gets the U.S. military to place an aircraft carrier off the coast of any country that dares to do so .
To have the hubris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country and print your own sacred paper money laced with 11.66 grams of gold , you have to have some higher authority .
So , 39-year old East Indian Nithyananda self-proclaims he is a Hindu godman .
A fugitive from Justice , Nithyananda is being sought after by police in India for child trafficking and gang rape .
News reports say he fled to an island off the coast of South America , an island he purchased from Ecuador , to set up his own country as a platform to launch the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being the name of his new country .
Of course , how much of this is true is in question .
Nithyananda is shown on video displaying his new gold-back currencies .
God ’ s Bankers : A ... Posner , Gerald Best Price : $ 6.85 Buy New $ 16.57 Nithyananda says , after reading many books , he has established his reserve bank on the model of the Vatican Bank , which is located in the smallest country of the world ( just 0.2 square miles ) , in Vatican City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a digital entity that is the greatest and only Hindu nation on earth .
He invites Hindus to go to his website and sign up for free citizenship and a Kailaasa email passport .
He says his country will accept donations .
Just imagine the amount of money Nithyananda could raise from Hindus via an online platform .
There are an estimated 1 billion adherents of Hinduism worldwide .
Nithyananda says his country has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with another nation to host his bank .
How much of this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is unknown .
Is there really an island country called Kailaasa ?
It is described in a report published at IndianExpress.com as a “ nation without borders created by dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practice Hinduism authentically in their own countries.
” Some news reports claim Kailaase is a private island near Trinidad & Tobago and has its own flag and passport .
Kailaasa intends to do business with 56 other nations where Hinduism is practiced .

A self-proclaimed Hindu godman is thumbing his nose at the world’s fiat money system. (Fiat money being backed by government decree without a tangible asset for collateral.) He is showcasing his new gold-backed money online. If he actually gets away with this, he could control the world’s most valuable currency.
That’s because an investor of any repute would realize a gold-backed currency would be preferred over a world awash in Monopoly-game paper money which is about to be replaced by digital money, another imaginary form of pretend money.
The Last Gold Rushu202... Haynes, Bill Buy New $28.00 (as of 04:04 UTC - Details) While printed paper with pictures of historical figures can exude public confidence and be a medium of exchange, it is not real money. Rare precious metals like gold and silver are examples of real money.
This Hindu godman doesn’t explain how much gold he has, but even the threat of establishing a gold-backed currency gets the U.S. military to place an aircraft carrier off the coast of any country that dares to do so.
To have the hubris to do this, start your own country and print your own sacred paper money laced with 11.66 grams of gold, you have to have some higher authority. So, 39-year old East Indian Nithyananda self-proclaims he is a Hindu godman.
A fugitive from Justice, Nithyananda is being sought after by police in India for child trafficking and gang rape.
News reports say he fled to an island off the coast of South America, an island he purchased from Ecuador, to set up his own country as a platform to launch the “Hindu Reserve Bank of Kailaasa.” Kailaasa being the name of his new country.
Of course, how much of this is true is in question. Nithyananda is shown on video displaying his new gold-back currencies. God’s Bankers: A... Posner, Gerald Best Price: $6.85 Buy New $16.57 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
Nithyananda says, after reading many books, he has established his reserve bank on the model of the Vatican Bank, which is located in the smallest country of the world (just 0.2 square miles), in Vatican City.
Nithyananda describes his newly founded country as a digital entity that is the greatest and only Hindu nation on earth. He invites Hindus to go to his website and sign up for free citizenship and a Kailaasa email passport.
He says his country will accept donations. Just imagine the amount of money Nithyananda could raise from Hindus via an online platform. There are an estimated 1 billion adherents of Hinduism worldwide.
Nithyananda says his country has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with another nation to host his bank.
How much of this is just in Nithyananda’s mind only is unknown. Is there really an island country called Kailaasa? It is described in a report published at IndianExpress.com as a “nation without borders created by dispossessed Hindus from around the world who lost the right to practice Hinduism authentically in their own countries.”
Some news reports claim Kailaase is a private island near Trinidad & Tobago and has its own flag and passport. Kailaasa intends to do business with 56 other nations where Hinduism is practiced.


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Did Trump’s Federalism Just Win Him the Election?

For months we ’ ve been told that President Trump has trailed Democrat Joe Biden in the opinion polls .
His odds of winning were vanishingly small .
From the moment the George Floyd protests turned into violent riots Trump refused the call of conservative pundits like Mike Cernovich and Ann Coulter to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1878 in Minneapolis .
They were wrong to jump the gun .
Trump was being goaded into acting like a dictator which the Democrats would have pounced on him for .
It was too early in the cycle .
He had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mouth and allow things to get out of hand .
There was no good decision for him back in May .
Donald Trump 2020 Coll ... Buy New $ 37.94 The people were still fighting with the shock of the Coronapocalypse , stimulus checks were being mailed out and unemployment offices around the country were so overwhelmed they couldn ’ t process the claims quickly enough to make the weekly report even close to accurate .
Trump , rightly , prioritized that while making his opposition to the looting and rioting plain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feed , while allowing the local officials the leeway to deal with the problems as they saw fit .
During two major concomitant crises Donald Trump acted as a President we ’ re supposed to have , one that governs via the principles of Federalism as laid out in the Constitution , rather than as a dictator .
He may have publicly upbraided New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak , but he didn ’ t usurp Cuomo ’ s authority .
Defender in Chief : Don ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio may have purposefully allowed parts of his city to burn and undermine the authority and legitimacy of his police force , but Trump didn ’ t send in Federal troops to quell the situation .
Rather he let DeBlasio and Cuomo hang themselves .
Cuomo is done as he is now revealed to be a “ Grandma Killer ” for political reasons and under Dept .
of Justice investigation for his actions .
DeBlasio is now finished , revealed as a hyper-sympathizer with BLM who has now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mass exodus out of the city which was already underway thanks to Trump ’ s SALT deduction removal under the tax cut from 2017 and the new normal of people working from home thanks to the official story that COVID-19 will kill us all .
The same thing happened in Minneapolis with the George Floyd riots and now Trump , according to the latest polling is up 5 points in Minnesota and six mayors of major cities there openly endorsed Trump ’ s re-election .
This segment from Tim Pool is really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the polling ( polling stuff begins at 4:16 ) .
Weeks ago , I told you that I thought Trump was set to win re-election based solely on the DNC choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden ’ s running mate .
At that point , the polling map , according to 270 to Win had Trump with just 107 Electoral College Votes locked down .
Today , after weeks of continued riots and escalating violence which , I hope , crested in Kenosha , Wisconsin last week with Kyle Rittenhouse ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely different .
And the Democrats are officially freaking out .
This map is far closer to what the truth was back in July if the polls were anything close to accurate , which they most certainly are not .
Between Democrat over-sampling , bad pools of potential respondents and clear suppression of voter preference for fear of reprisal , most of these polls are still skewed between 3 and 5 points in Biden ’ s favor .
Look , it ’ s bad for the media ’ s business if the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate .
So the polls are primarily used to shape public opinion rather than reflect it to keep the story relevant .
The last thing the Democrats and their allies in the media actually want is for people to accept as fait accompli that Trump will win .
American Art Classics ... Buy New $ 15.90 But with the abject panic on the faces of every major political operative in league with or campaigning as a Democrat , it ’ s clear this story is one they can ’ t create out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden is talking about finally coming out of his gimp cellar to campaign in battleground states like Wisconsin , Minnesota , Pennsylvania and Arizona .
But it won ’ t work .
He ’ s already lost those states to the angry mob he sat back and encouraged .
Trapped by his own incompetence , shrinking mental faculties and bad advice Biden is now facing the same problem that Hillary Clinton faced in 2016 .
He ’ s having to play clean up in states he thought he had won rather rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden going to Pennsylvania ensures Florida goes for Trump .
Trump , like he did in 216 , campaigning in Wisconsin , Michigan and Pennsylvania , can now go into supposed Blue Wall states and really force the issue there .
If the DNC has to spend one dollar in places like New Jersey , Oregon or New York , it ’ s a net win for Trump to go after those places , even if all he does is tweet a bit and show up for an event or two .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because Dopey Weed Guy , Gary Johnson , isn ’ t pulling big numbers away from Trump there .
Sometimes the best thing a leader can do is nothing at all .
It flies against modern political doctrine that a leader needs to be seen as pro active and engaged all the time .
By keeping his hand n the crisis at hand while staying it in local affairs Trump gained political points with people who were betrayed by the people they voted for .
Remember , all politics is local .
Political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forget this .
They think nationally , as Tim Pool pointed out in the video linked above .
They forget that people in Portland Oregon voted for Ted Wheeler .
People in New York voted for Bill DeBlasio and Andrew Cuomo .
And voting for someone is a psychological barrier .
People vote first for the person they most identify with or aspire to have in their lives .
Upper middle class , midwit ( H/T Michael Malice ) , Democrats hate Donald Trump because he is vulgar to them .
Their votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same time , they also won ’ t abide someone failing to protect them from looting and rioting .
Liberal Privilege : Joe ... Trump Jr , Donald Buy New $ 9.99 And there is nothing worse than a voter scorned , especially a female voter scorned .
This has been the real dynamic at play here .
Trump doesn ’ t have to turn those folks to his side to win this fight , he just has to allow voters to feel betrayed by their people .
Many of them will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those less committed will pull the lever for Trump and refuse to vote Democrat locally ever again .
And it was clear that a few of Trump ’ s advisers understood what was really happening far better than the Twitterati who only play at being strategic thinkers .
Jumping into the fray early , betraying the Constitution and undermining the authority of local officials was the advice of panicky losers , not those with a Gorilla Mindset .
It takes a hard heart to let cities burn and people ’ s lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gain a strategic advantage in the longer term .
Both sides thought they were doing this .
Only one of them would be right about the outcome .
The stage is set , now all that is left is to shore up how the votes are counted to put this insurrection to bed properly , peacefully .
The Best of Thomas Luongo

For months we’ve been told that President Trump has trailed Democrat Joe Biden in the opinion polls. His odds of winning were vanishingly small.
From the moment the George Floyd protests turned into violent riots Trump refused the call of conservative pundits like Mike Cernovich and Ann Coulter to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1878 in Minneapolis.
They were wrong to jump the gun. Trump was being goaded into acting like a dictator which the Democrats would have pounced on him for. It was too early in the cycle.
He had to, politically, take a punch in the mouth and allow things to get out of hand. There was no good decision for him back in May.
Donald Trump 2020 Coll... Buy New $37.94 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details) The people were still fighting with the shock of the Coronapocalypse, stimulus checks were being mailed out and unemployment offices around the country were so overwhelmed they couldn’t process the claims quickly enough to make the weekly report even close to accurate.
Trump, rightly, prioritized that while making his opposition to the looting and rioting plain for everyone to see on his Twitter feed, while allowing the local officials the leeway to deal with the problems as they saw fit.
During two major concomitant crises Donald Trump acted as a President we’re supposed to have, one that governs via the principles of Federalism as laid out in the Constitution, rather than as a dictator.
He may have publicly upbraided New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak, but he didn’t usurp Cuomo’s authority.
Defender in Chief: Don... Yoo, John Buy New $25.99 (as of 04:22 UTC - Details) New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio may have purposefully allowed parts of his city to burn and undermine the authority and legitimacy of his police force, but Trump didn’t send in Federal troops to quell the situation.
Rather he let DeBlasio and Cuomo hang themselves. Cuomo is done as he is now revealed to be a “Grandma Killer” for political reasons and under Dept. of Justice investigation for his actions.
DeBlasio is now finished, revealed as a hyper-sympathizer with BLM who has now left Manhattan out to dry, sparking a mass exodus out of the city which was already underway thanks to Trump’s SALT deduction removal under the tax cut from 2017 and the new normal of people working from home thanks to the official story that COVID-19 will kill us all.
The same thing happened in Minneapolis with the George Floyd riots and now Trump, according to the latest polling is up 5 points in Minnesota and six mayors of major cities there openly endorsed Trump’s re-election.
This segment from Tim Pool is really good, going over the dramatic shift in the polling (polling stuff begins at 4:16).
Weeks ago, I told you that I thought Trump was set to win re-election based solely on the DNC choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate.
At that point, the polling map, according to 270 to Win had Trump with just 107 Electoral College Votes locked down.
Today, after weeks of continued riots and escalating violence which, I hope, crested in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week with Kyle Rittenhouse’s life-changing evening, that map looks completely different. And the Democrats are officially freaking out.
This map is far closer to what the truth was back in July if the polls were anything close to accurate, which they most certainly are not. Between Democrat over-sampling, bad pools of potential respondents and clear suppression of voter preference for fear of reprisal, most of these polls are still skewed between 3 and 5 points in Biden’s favor.
Look, it’s bad for the media’s business if the election narrative is a blow out for either candidate. So the polls are primarily used to shape public opinion rather than reflect it to keep the story relevant.
The last thing the Democrats and their allies in the media actually want is for people to accept as fait accompli that Trump will win. American Art Classics ... Buy New $15.90 (as of 05:20 UTC - Details)
But with the abject panic on the faces of every major political operative in league with or campaigning as a Democrat, it’s clear this story is one they can’t create out of whole cloth and staged events.
Now Biden is talking about finally coming out of his gimp cellar to campaign in battleground states like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Arizona. But it won’t work.
He’s already lost those states to the angry mob he sat back and encouraged. Trapped by his own incompetence, shrinking mental faculties and bad advice Biden is now facing the same problem that Hillary Clinton faced in 2016.
He’s having to play clean up in states he thought he had won rather rather than attack states he needs to win. Biden going to Pennsylvania ensures Florida goes for Trump.
Trump, like he did in 216, campaigning in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, can now go into supposed Blue Wall states and really force the issue there.
If the DNC has to spend one dollar in places like New Jersey, Oregon or New York, it’s a net win for Trump to go after those places, even if all he does is tweet a bit and show up for an event or two.
Meanwhile, New Mexico comes back into play because Dopey Weed Guy, Gary Johnson, isn’t pulling big numbers away from Trump there.
Sometimes the best thing a leader can do is nothing at all. It flies against modern political doctrine that a leader needs to be seen as pro active and engaged all the time.
By keeping his hand n the crisis at hand while staying it in local affairs Trump gained political points with people who were betrayed by the people they voted for.
Remember, all politics is local. Political strategists removed from the scene tend to forget this. They think nationally, as Tim Pool pointed out in the video linked above. They forget that people in Portland Oregon voted for Ted Wheeler. People in New York voted for Bill DeBlasio and Andrew Cuomo.
And voting for someone is a psychological barrier. People vote first for the person they most identify with or aspire to have in their lives. Upper middle class, midwit (H/T Michael Malice), Democrats hate Donald Trump because he is vulgar to them. Their votes won’t change, but at the same time, they also won’t abide someone failing to protect them from looting and rioting. Liberal Privilege: Joe... Trump Jr, Donald Buy New $9.99 (as of 05:18 UTC - Details)
And there is nothing worse than a voter scorned, especially a female voter scorned. This has been the real dynamic at play here. Trump doesn’t have to turn those folks to his side to win this fight, he just has to allow voters to feel betrayed by their people.
Many of them will stay home, or vote third party. Those less committed will pull the lever for Trump and refuse to vote Democrat locally ever again.
And it was clear that a few of Trump’s advisers understood what was really happening far better than the Twitterati who only play at being strategic thinkers.
Jumping into the fray early, betraying the Constitution and undermining the authority of local officials was the advice of panicky losers, not those with a Gorilla Mindset.
It takes a hard heart to let cities burn and people’s lives be destroyed in the short term to gain a strategic advantage in the longer term. Both sides thought they were doing this. Only one of them would be right about the outcome.
The stage is set, now all that is left is to shore up how the votes are counted to put this insurrection to bed properly, peacefully.
Reprinted with permission from Gold Goats ‘n Guns.
The Best of Tom Luongo


lewrockwell--2020-09-02--The Whole Scam Just Fell Apart

The Whole Scam Just Fell Apart

Townhall.com , August 29 : “ According to The New York Times , potentially 90 percent of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 have such insignificant amounts of the virus present in their bodies that such individuals do not need to isolate nor are they candidates for contact tracing .
Leading public health experts are now concerned that overtesting is responsible for misdiagnosing a huge number of people with harmless amounts of the virus in their systems.
” “ ’ Most of these people are not likely to be contagious… ’ warns The Times.
” Yes , that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 8/29 ) : “ Some of the nation ’ s leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing in the United States : The standard tests are diagnosing huge numbers of people who may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus .
Most of these people are not likely to be contagious… ” Unreported Truths abou ... Berenson , Alex Buy New $ 5.99 “ In three sets of testing data…compiled by officials in Massachusetts , New York and Nevada , up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barely any virus , a review by The Times found.
” Let me break this down for you , because it ’ s a lot worse than the Times admits .
The rabbit hole goes much deeper—and I ’ ve been reporting on the deeper facts for months .
The issue appears to be the ballooning sensitivity of the PCR test .
It ’ s so sensitive that it picks up inconsequential tiny , tiny amounts of virus that couldn ’ t harm a flea—and it calls these amounts “ positive.
” Therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive/infected ” who carry so little virus that no harm would come to them or anyone they come in contact with .
That would be bad enough .
But the truth is , the PCR test is not able to produce ANY reliable number that reflects how much virus a person is carrying .
A lot , a little , it doesn ’ t matter .
The test has never been validated , in a large-scale study , for the ability to quantify the amount of virus a person is carrying .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be done IN THE REAL WORLD , NOT IN THE LAB .
You take 1000 people and remove tissue samples from them .
A lab puts these samples through its PCR and announces which virus it found in each case and how much virus it found in each case .
It says : “ All right , in patients 23 , 46 , 76 , 89 , 265 we found a high amount of virus.
” COVID-19 : Lockdowns on ... Betrus , Michael Buy New $ 16.99 That should mean these particular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have obvious clinical symptoms .
Why ?
Because actual illness requires millions of millions of a virus replicating in the body .
So now we unblind these particular patients with high amounts of virus , according to the PCR .
Are they , in fact , sick ?
Or are they running marathons and swimming five miles a day ?
Let ’ s see .
For real .
THIS VALIDATION OF THE PCR HAS NEVER BEEN DONE .
Therefore , the claim that the PCR can determine how much virus is in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Period .
Therefore , ALL the PCR tests being done on people all over the world reflect NOTHING about illness , infection , contagion , or transmission .
The scam is wall to wall .
The PCR isn ’ t even testing for a particular virus in the first place .
It ’ s using a piece of RNA assumed to be part of a virus .
The assumption is unproven .
Contagion Myth : Why Vi ... Fallon Morell , Sally Buy New $ 22.49 And finally , as I ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is no evidence that researchers used proper procedure to discover “ a new coronavirus that is causing a pandemic.
” Therefore , the PCR test , as worthless as it already is , aims to show the presence of a germ that has never been shown to exist .
But let ’ s lock down the planet , destroy economies and untold numbers of lives in the process .
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Townhall.com, August 29: “According to The New York Times, potentially 90 percent of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 have such insignificant amounts of the virus present in their bodies that such individuals do not need to isolate nor are they candidates for contact tracing. Leading public health experts are now concerned that overtesting is responsible for misdiagnosing a huge number of people with harmless amounts of the virus in their systems.”
“’Most of these people are not likely to be contagious…’ warns The Times.”
Yes, that’s what the NY Times is confessing (8/29): “Some of the nation’s leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing in the United States: The standard tests are diagnosing huge numbers of people who may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus. Most of these people are not likely to be contagious…” Unreported Truths abou... Berenson, Alex Buy New $5.99 (as of 03:17 UTC - Details)
“In three sets of testing data…compiled by officials in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada, up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus, a review by The Times found.”
Let me break this down for you, because it’s a lot worse than the Times admits. The rabbit hole goes much deeper—and I’ve been reporting on the deeper facts for months.
The issue appears to be the ballooning sensitivity of the PCR test. It’s so sensitive that it picks up inconsequential tiny, tiny amounts of virus that couldn’t harm a flea—and it calls these amounts “positive.”
Therefore, millions of people are labeled “positive/infected” who carry so little virus that no harm would come to them or anyone they come in contact with.
That would be bad enough. But the truth is, the PCR test is not able to produce ANY reliable number that reflects how much virus a person is carrying. A lot, a little, it doesn’t matter.
The test has never been validated, in a large-scale study, for the ability to quantify the amount of virus a person is carrying. I’ve proposed how that study should be done IN THE REAL WORLD, NOT IN THE LAB.
You take 1000 people and remove tissue samples from them. A lab puts these samples through its PCR and announces which virus it found in each case and how much virus it found in each case.
It says: “All right, in patients 23, 46, 76, 89, 265 we found a high amount of virus.” COVID-19: Lockdowns on... Betrus, Michael Buy New $16.99 (as of 03:38 UTC - Details)
That should mean these particular patients are visibly sick. They will have obvious clinical symptoms. Why? Because actual illness requires millions of millions of a virus replicating in the body.
So now we unblind these particular patients with high amounts of virus, according to the PCR. Are they, in fact, sick? Or are they running marathons and swimming five miles a day? Let’s see. For real.
THIS VALIDATION OF THE PCR HAS NEVER BEEN DONE.
Therefore, the claim that the PCR can determine how much virus is in a human is completely and utterly unproven. Period.
Therefore, ALL the PCR tests being done on people all over the world reflect NOTHING about illness, infection, contagion, or transmission.
The scam is wall to wall.
But there’s more.
The PCR isn’t even testing for a particular virus in the first place. It’s using a piece of RNA assumed to be part of a virus. The assumption is unproven.
Contagion Myth: Why Vi... Fallon Morell, Sally Buy New $22.49 (as of 04:23 UTC - Details) And finally, as I’ve been writing and demonstrating for months, there is no evidence that researchers used proper procedure to discover “a new coronavirus that is causing a pandemic.”
Therefore, the PCR test, as worthless as it already is, aims to show the presence of a germ that has never been shown to exist.
But let’s lock down the planet, destroy economies and untold numbers of lives in the process.
SOURCES:
townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/08/29/it-looks-like-a-lot-of-those-positive-covid-tests-should-have-been-negative-n2575305
nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html
Reprinted with permission from Jon Rappoport’s blog.
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lewrockwell--2020-09-02--Media Blackout: Massive Gathering In Germany as RFK Jr. Exposes Bill Gates & Big Pharma

What Happened : Children ’ s Health Defense Director and renowned lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently spoke to a very large crowd in Berlin , Germany in what was a gathering of of tens of thousands of people who came together to create awareness and protest against what Kennedy referred to as Bill Gates ’ “ bio-security agenda , the rise of the authoritarian surveillance state and the Big Pharma sponsored coup d ’ etat against liberal democracy.
” According to Kennedy , and many others around the globe , “ the pandemic is a crisis of convenience for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago , my uncle John F. Kennedy came to this city .
He came to this land , because Berlin was the frontline against global totalitarianism .
And today again , Berlin is the frontline against global totalitarianism.
” We also published an article written by Kennedy a couple of years ago that also provides more about Gates ’ relationship with big pharma .
It ’ s hard to really know how many people showed up , but judging by the pictures it seems like a lot were in attendance .
Mainstream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Kennedy , “ This was one of 40 sites scattered around Berlin where where some 1.5 million people gathered around separate stages to evade police harassment and peacefully protest the alarming global rise of Medical & Digital Totalitarianism.
” A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO ... Holmes , Dr Joel S Buy New $ 9.95 If mainstream media covered a gathering of one thousand , they could make it a big spectacle and make it seem as the “ majority ” feel a certain way .
When they don ’ t cover something that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which in this case is big pharma , they can make it seem like it never happened , no matter how big the gathering is .
Mainstream media can make it seem as if the majority is the minority , and the minority is the majority .
Bill Gates has also recently been dubbed the ‘ journalism gatekeeper.
’ Not only does he practically own the WHO and Big Pharma , the same goes for mainstream media .
A recent Instagram post made by Kennedy expresses his feelings about the event , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Siegesäule Monument where I spoke .
This was one of 40 sites scattered around Berlin where where some 1.5 million people gathered around separate stages to evade police harassment and peacefully protest the alarming global rise of Medical & Digital Totalitarianism .
As I said in my speech , the government strategy is to portray the protestors as right wing extremists or “ Covid Deniers ” ( a euphemism , in the official narrative for Holocaust deniers ) none of which is true .
The government issued three proclamations declaring the protest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyers successfully appealed each of these declarations in court .
The Pharma-controlled main stream media blacked out all coverage the main event altogether-ignoring what were perhaps the largest crowds in German history .
No main stream media covered this momentous gathering .
The only media reports claimed only 38,000 people & showed clips of a staged incident where 100 riot police colluded in a false flag show with some 50 agents provocateurs in Nazi regalia near the Reichtag miles from our protest .
The obsequious Pharmedia dutifully conflated that phony fascist Kabuki play @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we were allied with violent far right extremists 6 ) World Futbol champion ( 1990 ) Thomas Bartholdi and his wife Britta Protest 7 ) German National Team Basketball Star Joshiko Saibou and Olympic long jump champion Alexandra Westore .
8 ) Organizer Attorney Marcus Haintz and program moderator Nana from Ghana .
KP Below is a brief clip of him speaking I found on YouTube .
Why This Is Important : The number of activists from all walks of life , from all professions , including thousands of doctors and scientists who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and are being taken by governments around the world for a long time is quite large and continues to grow .
Speaking of Germany , for example , More than 500 German doctors & scientists have signed on as representatives of an organization called the “ Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee ” to investigate what ’ s happening on our planet with regards to COVID-19 .
They also believe that the measures and actions being taken by governments worldwide represent a draconian totalitarian agenda that ’ s continuing to play out under the guise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are completely unnecessary , unscientific and even harmful according to them and many others .
Fauci : The Bernie Mado ... Ortleb , Charles Buy New $ 5.99 A couple of years ago , Kennedy explained the power big pharma has in the United States , let alone the world : Those of you who have been involved in the past in the battle to protect our children from poorly made vaccines or toxic chemicals in our food or in our water know the power of these industries and how they ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is supposed to protect little children from powerful , greedy corporations .
Even the pharmaceutical companies have been able to purchase congress .
They ’ re the largest lobbying entity in Washington D.C..
They have more lobbyists in Washington D.C. than there are congressman and senators combined .
They give twice to congress what the next largest lobbying entity is , which is oil and gas… Imagine the power they exercise over both republicans and democrats .
They ’ ve captured them ( our regulatory agencies ) and turned them into sock puppets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they destroy the publications that publish real science .
( source ) The question is , why are so many people who share these opinions completely censored ?
Even when there are thousands of them , when it comes to covid the list of renowned doctors and scientists is quite long .
Master Manipulator : Th ... James Ottar Grundvig Best Price : $ 14.15 Buy New $ 17.78 I ’ ve written numerous articles expressing the feelings , opinions , research and data of many explaining why lockdown measures and more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s one of many that goes into the infection fatality rate , for example , the article linked above with regards to the more than 500 German doctors and scientist is another example .
To read more of our coverage throughout this pandemic , you can click here .
The Takeaway : Why is there a digital authoritarian Orwellian “ fact-checker ” going around the internet that is censoring information that ’ s clearly not false ?
Why are they censoring information that doesn ’ t fit the narrative of the World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the leaked documents from Wikileaks showing the influence that Big Pharma has within the WHO completely ignored ?
Why does mainstream media constantly use ridicule , character assassination and words like “ conspiracy theory ” instead of actually addressing and countering the points being made by so many doctors , scientists and activists ?
Why can ’ t we have these discussions openly and transparently ?
What is going on here ?
Our world is going through a massive shift in consciousness , and the COVID-19 pandemic has and is serving as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to start questioning exactly what is going on here instead of simply believing what they are hearing and seeing on their television screens .
This questioning and critical inquiry results in a perception shift , and the world people once thought was becomes something completely different .
Not everything is as we ’ ve been told and taught , and in order to change things for the better we have to be able to identify and see the problem .
This is exactly the process we are going through , and the more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effort there is from those who are threatened by our ‘ awakening ’ to silence and control us .
We are living in exciting times !
It ’ s great to see an event like covid spark such a massive gathering of people who desire a better and more transparent world for all .
We saw similar things after 9/11 .

What Happened: Children’s Health Defense Director and renowned lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently spoke to a very large crowd in Berlin, Germany in what was a gathering of of tens of thousands of people who came together to create awareness and protest against what Kennedy referred to as Bill Gates’ “bio-security agenda, the rise of the authoritarian surveillance state and the Big Pharma sponsored coup d’etat against liberal democracy.” According to Kennedy, and many others around the globe, “the pandemic is a crisis of convenience for the elite who are dictating these policies…Fifty years ago, my uncle John F. Kennedy came to this city. He came to this land, because Berlin was the frontline against global totalitarianism. And today again, Berlin is the frontline against global totalitarianism.” We also published an article written by Kennedy a couple of years ago that also provides more about Gates’ relationship with big pharma.
It’s hard to really know how many people showed up, but judging by the pictures it seems like a lot were in attendance. Mainstream media completely ignored the gathering. According to Kennedy, “This was one of 40 sites scattered around Berlin where where some 1.5 million people gathered around separate stages to evade police harassment and peacefully protest the alarming global rise of Medical & Digital Totalitarianism.”
A VOYAGE IN IMAGINATIO... Holmes, Dr Joel S Buy New $9.95 (as of 04:21 UTC - Details) If mainstream media covered a gathering of one thousand, they could make it a big spectacle and make it seem as the “majority” feel a certain way. When they don’t cover something that threatens their and their partners interests, which in this case is big pharma, they can make it seem like it never happened, no matter how big the gathering is. Mainstream media can make it seem as if the majority is the minority, and the minority is the majority.
Bill Gates has also recently been dubbed the ‘journalism gatekeeper.’ Not only does he practically own the WHO and Big Pharma, the same goes for mainstream media.
A recent Instagram post made by Kennedy expresses his feelings about the event, and the resistance the gatherings faced:
Beneath the Siegesäule Monument where I spoke. This was one of 40 sites scattered around Berlin where where some 1.5 million people gathered around separate stages to evade police harassment and peacefully protest the alarming global rise of Medical & Digital Totalitarianism. As I said in my speech, the government strategy is to portray the protestors as right wing extremists or “Covid Deniers”(a euphemism, in the official narrative for Holocaust deniers) none of which is true. The government issued three proclamations declaring the protest illegal. Our Rapid Response team of lawyers successfully appealed each of these declarations in court. The Pharma-controlled main stream media blacked out all coverage the main event altogether-ignoring what were perhaps the largest crowds in German history. No main stream media covered this momentous gathering. The only media reports claimed only 38,000 people & showed clips of a staged incident where 100 riot police colluded in a false flag show with some 50 agents provocateurs in Nazi regalia near the Reichtag miles from our protest. The obsequious Pharmedia dutifully conflated that phony fascist Kabuki play with our peaceful democratic event to claim we were allied with violent far right extremists 6)World Futbol champion (1990)Thomas Bartholdi and his wife Britta Protest 7)German National Team Basketball Star Joshiko Saibou and Olympic long jump champion Alexandra Westore. 8)Organizer Attorney Marcus Haintz and program moderator Nana from Ghana. KP
Below is a brief clip of him speaking I found on YouTube.
Why This Is Important: The number of activists from all walks of life, from all professions, including thousands of doctors and scientists who have been questioning actions that have been and are being taken by governments around the world for a long time is quite large and continues to grow. Speaking of Germany, for example, More than 500 German doctors & scientists have signed on as representatives of an organization called the “Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee” to investigate what’s happening on our planet with regards to COVID-19. They also believe that the measures and actions being taken by governments worldwide represent a draconian totalitarian agenda that’s continuing to play out under the guise of goodwill. These are actions that are completely unnecessary, unscientific and even harmful according to them and many others. Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
“The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it’s disgraceful.” – Arnold Seymour Relman (1923-2014), Harvard professor of medicine and former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Medical Journal (source)
A couple of years ago, Kennedy explained the power big pharma has in the United States, let alone the world:
Those of you who have been involved in the past in the battle to protect our children from poorly made vaccines or toxic chemicals in our food or in our water know the power of these industries and how they’ve undermined every institution in our democracy that is supposed to protect little children from powerful, greedy corporations. Even the pharmaceutical companies have been able to purchase congress. They’re the largest lobbying entity in Washington D.C.. They have more lobbyists in Washington D.C. than there are congressman and senators combined. They give twice to congress what the next largest lobbying entity is, which is oil and gas… Imagine the power they exercise over both republicans and democrats. They’ve captured them (our regulatory agencies) and turned them into sock puppets. They’ve compromised the press… and they destroy the publications that publish real science. (source)
The question is, why are so many people who share these opinions completely censored? Even when there are thousands of them, when it comes to covid the list of renowned doctors and scientists is quite long.
As authoritarianism spreads, as emergency laws proliferate, as we sacrifice our rights, we also sacrifice our capability to arrest the slide into a less liberal and less free world. Do you truly believe that when the first wave, this second wave, the 16th wave of the coronavirus is a long forgotten memory, that these capabilities will not be kept? – Edward Snowden (source)
Master Manipulator: Th... James Ottar Grundvig Best Price: $14.15 Buy New $17.78 (as of 05:25 UTC - Details) I’ve written numerous articles expressing the feelings, opinions, research and data of many explaining why lockdown measures and more for covid seem quite ridiculous. Here’s one of many that goes into the infection fatality rate, for example, the article linked above with regards to the more than 500 German doctors and scientist is another example. To read more of our coverage throughout this pandemic, you can click here.
The Takeaway: Why is there a digital authoritarian Orwellian “fact-checker” going around the internet that is censoring information that’s clearly not false? Why are they censoring information that doesn’t fit the narrative of the World Health Organization (WHO). Why are the leaked documents from Wikileaks showing the influence that Big Pharma has within the WHO completely ignored? Why does mainstream media constantly use ridicule, character assassination and words like “conspiracy theory” instead of actually addressing and countering the points being made by so many doctors, scientists and activists? Why can’t we have these discussions openly and transparently? What is going on here?
Our world is going through a massive shift in consciousness, and the COVID-19 pandemic has and is serving as a catalyst for more and more people to start questioning exactly what is going on here instead of simply believing what they are hearing and seeing on their television screens. This questioning and critical inquiry results in a perception shift, and the world people once thought was becomes something completely different. Not everything is as we’ve been told and taught, and in order to change things for the better we have to be able to identify and see the problem. This is exactly the process we are going through, and the more we ‘wake up’ the more effort there is from those who are threatened by our ‘awakening’ to silence and control us.
We are living in exciting times! It’s great to see an event like covid spark such a massive gathering of people who desire a better and more transparent world for all. We saw similar things after 9/11.
Reprinted with permission from Collective Evolution.