lewrockwell--2020-12-12--Is It Prudent To Confront Strangers for Wearing a Face Mask?

“ Tacit approval ” is the allowing of a lie in your presence .
It is not you lying by omission or commission , but it is you giving your support to a lie by saying nothing .
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer asks people to not allow tacit approval and to do so peacefully .
Unfortunately her version is based on bad science .
I ’ ll edit her to help her out : Is it prudent to “ politely , but forcefully assertively ” confront another person not wearing a face mask in public ?
That ’ s what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do at a July 9 press conference .
a thriving desire for honesty asks free people to do .
“ But at the end of the day , i It ’ s on all of us to do our part to educate the people around us whether it is in the store or it ’ s in our household or it is in our neighborhood or in our work place , ” Whitmer said .
“ We ’ ve got to implore one another to step up and do the right thing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re tough .
We can figure out how to do it politely , but also forcefully assertively .
Because it is on all of us.
” My thanks to an LRC reader for finding the above and to Gov .
Whitmer for delivering it , before I fixed it .
Face Masks Are A Scam Based On Junk Science & Dictatorial Dreams Of Total Control I ’ ve read many dozens of mask studies this year .
I ’ ve also watched some good ones get scrubbed from the Internet .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world spoken in venue after venue to find me a study that clearly says masks or lockdowns have a net benefit has gone entirely unanswered .
It gets answered by lots of emotion , but I continue to await the studies .
If you think a mask reduces Covid-19 transmission , you are being scammed .
I heartily invite you to prove me wrong .
It is my joy in every intellectual stance I hold to be proven wrong .
There are mechanistic studies that say that masks should work in theory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trials go , with laboratory confirmed results , masks do not work to stop the spread of a respiratory virus .
Dr. Jingyi Xiao and her team says this unequivocally in May 2020 and in a CDC journal of epidemiology nonetheless .
Xiao takes it a step further , citing WHO data on the topic .
“ Using a mask incorrectly however , may actually increase the risk of transmission , rather than reduce it.
” The following from WHO is listed as behavior in the circular “ Advice on the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A ( H1N1 ) outbreaks ” that can increase transmission : • Not washing hands every time after touching a dirty mask • Wearing a mask that is not new and clean • Continuing to wear a mask after it has become damp , instead of immediately replacing it • Not discarding a single-use mask immediately upon removal , as opposed to leaving it in the immediate environment Have you seen even one person follow that protocol in 2020 ?
Proper mask protocol doesn ’ t stop there either .
Rather than informing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help spread Covid , the most vocal instead demand that everyone be masked , regardless of the potential negative impact it may have in INCREASING the transmission of Covid-19 .
In The Face Of This Total Lie , What Is An Honest Person To Do ?
Call it out , every time you see it .
There must be no tacit approval , no smiling and nodding in response to total lies .
Don ’ t waste your day on such undervalued antics in our day such as demanding veracity from others , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is personally fulfilling to you .
You might not believe me how fulfilling it is to call out a maskhole innocently walking down the street , minding their own business , and adjusting their mask in fear as they see you unmasked , bugging their eyes out , giving wide berth around you .
Not everyone can engage in a rational conversation right now .
Some people are frightened by them .
Some people are unfortunately more interested in being told what to do .
You can help someone like that live a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the details of studies like the above-mentioned Xiao , 2020 , and World Health Organization guidance from 2009 on how to properly wear a face mask , you can have a lot of fun with the obedient flock of masked folks separated from the flock .
It goes a little something like this .
The Most Fun You ’ ll Have Today You : Are you going to change that mask ?
You : When was the last time you changed it ?
You : Studies show masks help spread disease especially when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your hands sterile ?
You : When was the last time you washed them ?
Other : Just now .
You : This is so disgusting , I can ’ t believe you behave with such disregard for society .
You : Will you take off your mask until you find a clean one please ?
You : And don ’ t leave it in your grubby hands or your nasty pocket , you ’ ve got to throw it away right away .
You : There ’ s a garbage right there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Let me see you throw it away .
You : That ’ s right .
Throw it away .
Throw it away right now in that garbage can .
You : And don ’ t leave it hanging over the top where a child might grab it and be contaminated by your inferior hygiene practices .
You : No .
Deeper .
Put it deeper .
Deeper under the garbage .
Stick your arm in there .
You don ’ t want it blowing away and harming a child .
You : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Next time follow masking practices better .
No mask is safer for society than a dirty mask , and wearing no mask is far better for society .
You : Don ’ t let me see you behaving this way again .
Your Bravery Is All It Takes It ’ s fun to watch women do this to sheepish men who are total strangers .
It ’ s fun to watch assertive men small-in-stature doing it to far more physically intimidating men .
It ’ s really a very effective response to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can keep the rhythm going , you can really deflate even a tyrannical person and leave them reeling .
They won ’ t even be able to collect themselves .
There are sheepish people in the world who want a brave authority figure to tell them what to do .
An authority figure who promotes liberty can do that just as well as the authority figures who dominate this moment in time .
The sheepish people just want a leader in life .
If you don ’ t rise to that occasion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will follow vile leaders who will encourage the most ugly lynch mob style behavior , such as that being witnessed in our day .
“ Twain wrote : I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home .
Where is that moral man today ?
” My dear friend , one person at a time we will shout down this lynch mob and set the world on a proper course again .
The # 1 Amazon bestselling “ Face Masks in One Lesson ” is available at Amazon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others .
It ’ s a treatise on why and how every free man can shout down a lynch mob and continue through life unmasked .
Bulk orders over 10 copies are available by writing Sales @ RadioRemnant.com .
The Best of Allan Stevo

“Tacit approval” is the allowing of a lie in your presence. It is not you lying by omission or commission, but it is you giving your support to a lie by saying nothing.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer asks people to not allow tacit approval and to do so peacefully. Unfortunately her version is based on bad science.
I’ll edit her to help her out:
Is it prudent to “politely, but forcefully assertively” confront another person not wearing a face mask in public? That’s what Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked Michigan residents to do at a July 9 press conference. a thriving desire for honesty asks free people to do.
“But at the end of the day, i It’s on all of us to do our part to educate the people around us whether it is in the store or it’s in our household or it is in our neighborhood or in our work place,” Whitmer said. “We’ve got to implore one another to step up and do the right thing. And Michigandersfree people are smart. We’re tough. We can figure out how to do it politely, but also forcefully assertively. Because it is on all of us.”
My thanks to an LRC reader for finding the above and to Gov. Whitmer for delivering it, before I fixed it.
Face Masks Are A Scam Based On Junk Science & Dictatorial Dreams Of Total Control
I’ve read many dozens of mask studies this year. I’ve also watched some good ones get scrubbed from the Internet.
For months, my kind request to the world spoken in venue after venue to find me a study that clearly says masks or lockdowns have a net benefit has gone entirely unanswered. It gets answered by lots of emotion, but I continue to await the studies.
If you think a mask reduces Covid-19 transmission, you are being scammed. I heartily invite you to prove me wrong. It is my joy in every intellectual stance I hold to be proven wrong.
There are mechanistic studies that say that masks should work in theory, but as far as controlled randomized trials go, with laboratory confirmed results, masks do not work to stop the spread of a respiratory virus. Dr. Jingyi Xiao and her team says this unequivocally in May 2020 and in a CDC journal of epidemiology nonetheless.
Xiao takes it a step further, citing WHO data on the topic. “Using a mask incorrectly however, may actually increase the risk of transmission, rather than reduce it.”
The following from WHO is listed as behavior in the circular “Advice on the use of masks in the community setting in Influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks” that can increase transmission:
Touching mouth and nose
Touching a mask in use
Touching a clean mask with unwashed hands
Not washing hands every time after touching a dirty mask
Wearing a mask that is not new and clean
Continuing to wear a mask after it has become damp, instead of immediately replacing it
Re-using a single-use mask
Not discarding a single-use mask immediately upon removal, as opposed to leaving it in the immediate environment
Have you seen even one person follow that protocol in 2020? Proper mask protocol doesn’t stop there either. Rather than informing the public that such behaviors may actually help spread Covid, the most vocal instead demand that everyone be masked, regardless of the potential negative impact it may have in INCREASING the transmission of Covid-19.
In The Face Of This Total Lie, What Is An Honest Person To Do?
Call out a lie.
Call it out, every time you see it.
There must be no tacit approval, no smiling and nodding in response to total lies.
Don’t waste your day on such undervalued antics in our day such as demanding veracity from others, but engage in it as much as is personally fulfilling to you. You might not believe me how fulfilling it is to call out a maskhole innocently walking down the street, minding their own business, and adjusting their mask in fear as they see you unmasked, bugging their eyes out, giving wide berth around you.
Not everyone can engage in a rational conversation right now. Some people are frightened by them. Some people are unfortunately more interested in being told what to do. You can help someone like that live a more free life today.
Armed with the details of studies like the above-mentioned Xiao, 2020, and World Health Organization guidance from 2009 on how to properly wear a face mask, you can have a lot of fun with the obedient flock of masked folks separated from the flock.
It goes a little something like this.
The Most Fun You’ll Have Today
You: Excuse me!
(This must be directed loudly and insistently enough for them to realize you are talking to them and to remove their earbuds.)
Other: Uh…me?
(Looks behind their back at an empty space.)
You: Are you going to change that mask?
Other: Uh.
You: When was the last time you changed it?
You: Studies show masks help spread disease especially when they are dirty.
You: Are your hands sterile?
You: When was the last time you washed them?
Other: Just now.
You: Be honest!
Other: Yesterday morning!
You: This is so disgusting, I can’t believe you behave with such disregard for society.
You: Will you take off your mask until you find a clean one please?
(They hesitantly remove it and fold it gently in their hands.)
You: And don’t leave it in your grubby hands or your nasty pocket, you’ve got to throw it away right away.
You: There’s a garbage right there.
(Point to the nearest garbage can.)
You: Go!
You: Go now!
You: Let me see you throw it away.
You: That’s right. Throw it away. Throw it away right now in that garbage can.
You: And don’t leave it hanging over the top where a child might grab it and be contaminated by your inferior hygiene practices.
You: No. Deeper. Put it deeper. Deeper under the garbage. Stick your arm in there. You don’t want it blowing away and harming a child.
You: That’s better.
You: You should be ashamed of yourself. Next time follow masking practices better. No mask is safer for society than a dirty mask, and wearing no mask is far better for society.
You: Don’t let me see you behaving this way again.
(Assertively walk away.)
Your Bravery Is All It Takes
It’s fun to watch women do this to sheepish men who are total strangers. It’s fun to watch assertive men small-in-stature doing it to far more physically intimidating men. It’s really a very effective response to a masked person if delivered right.
If you can keep the rhythm going, you can really deflate even a tyrannical person and leave them reeling. They won’t even be able to collect themselves.
There are sheepish people in the world who want a brave authority figure to tell them what to do. An authority figure who promotes liberty can do that just as well as the authority figures who dominate this moment in time. The sheepish people just want a leader in life. If you don’t rise to that occasion among the people around you, they will follow vile leaders who will encourage the most ugly lynch mob style behavior, such as that being witnessed in our day.
“Twain wrote: I watched a man shout down a lynch mob and make it go home. Where is that moral man today?”
My dear friend, one person at a time we will shout down this lynch mob and set the world on a proper course again.
The #1 Amazon bestselling “Face Masks in One Lesson” is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, & many others. It’s a treatise on why and how every free man can shout down a lynch mob and continue through life unmasked. Bulk orders over 10 copies are available by writing [email protected].
The Best of Allan Stevo


lewrockwell--2020-12-12--OPCW Executives Praised Whistleblower and Criticized Syria Cover-Up, Leaks Reveal

Exclusive : Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe , and supported a dissenting veteran inspector .
One official , however , feared helping the “ Russian narrative.
” These private admissions further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up , and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it .
Since the explosive revelation that an investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) in Syria was manipulated , a smear campaign has been waged against a pair of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The two whistleblowers have been dismissed as rogue , uninformed , and duplicitous actors .
Their detractors include the current OPCW director general ; NATO member state ambassadors ; and anonymous , self-described OPCW officials laundering fabricated claims through NATO member state-funded outlets .
Bruno Marc Men ’ s ... Buy New $ 40.99 OPCW documents and correspondence obtained by The Grayzone offer a stark contrast to these public attacks .
Among several revelations , they show that before the attempts to discredit the whistleblowers , OPCW directors privately criticized the chemical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and supported the inspector who vocally protested it .
One of these executives , however , feared that raising alarm about the scientific fraud would help the “ Russian narrative ” — a tacit admission that the organization ’ s independence and impartiality have become subordinate to geopolitics .
The dissenting inspector , 16-year OPCW veteran Dr. Brendan Whelan , was a member of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission ( FFM ) that investigated an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma on April 7 , 2018 .
The team ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Syrian government culpability , the pretext for a US-led bombing of Syria one week later .
But senior OPCW officials , in conjunction with a US attempt to influence the investigation , censored the evidence and released unsupported conclusions .
A series of damning leaks later exposed the deception .
Sangean WR-15WL AM/FM ... Buy New $ 79.58 Rather than having their complaints addressed , Whelan and the other known dissenting inspector , 12-year OPCW veteran Ian Henderson , have been subjected to a second deceit : false claims about them and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public attacks , the private OPCW emails and documents obtained by The Grayzone further undermine them .
In addition to revealing initial praise by OPCW brass for Whelan ’ s attempt to protect the investigation , these leaks provide a new window into how other officials compromised it : • One top official acknowledged the doctoring of the Douma evidence .
But rather than order an investigation into how it occurred , this official sought to have an email protesting the censorship erased from the OPCW ’ s servers .
• Another executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involved in the scientific fraud , sidelined the inspectors who collected the evidence in Syria .
This same OPCW official also engineered a delay that ensured that the most vocal dissenter , Whelan , would no longer be in the picture .

Exclusive: Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the “Russian narrative.” These private admissions further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up, and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it.
Since the explosive revelation that an investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Syria was manipulated, a smear campaign has been waged against a pair of veteran OPCW scientists who challenged the cover-up.
The two whistleblowers have been dismissed as rogue, uninformed, and duplicitous actors. Their detractors include the current OPCW director general; NATO member state ambassadors; and anonymous, self-described OPCW officials laundering fabricated claims through NATO member state-funded outlets. Bruno Marc Men’s... Buy New $40.99 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details)
OPCW documents and correspondence obtained by The Grayzone offer a stark contrast to these public attacks. Among several revelations, they show that before the attempts to discredit the whistleblowers, OPCW directors privately criticized the chemical watchdog’s suppression of the investigation, and supported the inspector who vocally protested it.
One of these executives, however, feared that raising alarm about the scientific fraud would help the “Russian narrative”— a tacit admission that the organization’s independence and impartiality have become subordinate to geopolitics.
The dissenting inspector, 16-year OPCW veteran Dr. Brendan Whelan, was a member of the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) that investigated an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma on April 7, 2018. The team’s findings raised major doubts about allegations of Syrian government culpability, the pretext for a US-led bombing of Syria one week later.
But senior OPCW officials, in conjunction with a US attempt to influence the investigation, censored the evidence and released unsupported conclusions. A series of damning leaks later exposed the deception.
Sangean WR-15WL AM/FM ... Buy New $79.58 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details) Rather than having their complaints addressed, Whelan and the other known dissenting inspector, 12-year OPCW veteran Ian Henderson, have been subjected to a second deceit: false claims about them and their investigation.
Whoever is behind these public attacks, the private OPCW emails and documents obtained by The Grayzone further undermine them. In addition to revealing initial praise by OPCW brass for Whelan’s attempt to protect the investigation, these leaks provide a new window into how other officials compromised it:
• One top official acknowledged the doctoring of the Douma evidence. But rather than order an investigation into how it occurred, this official sought to have an email protesting the censorship erased from the OPCW’s servers.
• Another executive, who appears to have been deeply involved in the scientific fraud, sidelined the inspectors who collected the evidence in Syria. This same OPCW official also engineered a delay that ensured that the most vocal dissenter, Whelan, would no longer be in the picture.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-12--Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Warns: Don’t Take a Covid-19 Vaccine Under Any Circumstances

If you are even just considering getting vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a message for you : don ’ t do it !
The nephew of former president John F. Kennedy recently issued a public statement urging people everywhere to avoid the COVID-19 jab at all costs because it contains an untested new technology known as mRNA , the long-term side effects of which are completely unknown .
mRNA directly alters the genetic material of those who receive it , much like what happens when “ scientists ” genetically engineer ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corn to make them resistant to bugs or drought .
Retekess TR604 AM FM R ... Buy New $ 32.99 “ This intervention can be compared to genetically modified foods , which are also very controversial , ” Kennedy says .
Unlike all other vaccines , the genetic damage of which is not necessarily permanent , mRNA genetic damage is “ irreversible and irreparable , ” Kennedy notes .
You can learn more about mRNA vaccine technology at this link .
“ Even though the media and politicians are currently trivializing the problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ type of vaccine to return to normality , this vaccination is problematic in terms of health , morality and ethics , but also in terms of genetic damage , ” Kennedy says .

If you are even just considering getting vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a message for you: don’t do it!
The nephew of former president John F. Kennedy recently issued a public statement urging people everywhere to avoid the COVID-19 jab at all costs because it contains an untested new technology known as mRNA, the long-term side effects of which are completely unknown.
mRNA directly alters the genetic material of those who receive it, much like what happens when “scientists” genetically engineer (GMO) food crops like soybeans or corn to make them resistant to bugs or drought.
Retekess TR604 AM FM R... Buy New $32.99 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details) “This intervention can be compared to genetically modified foods, which are also very controversial,” Kennedy says.
Unlike all other vaccines, the genetic damage of which is not necessarily permanent, mRNA genetic damage is “irreversible and irreparable,” Kennedy notes.
You can learn more about mRNA vaccine technology at this link.
“Even though the media and politicians are currently trivializing the problem and even foolishly calling for a new type of vaccine to return to normality, this vaccination is problematic in terms of health, morality and ethics, but also in terms of genetic damage,” Kennedy says.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-12--Impeachment Should Start With Kamala Harris

A few weeks back , we made the case for impeaching Joe Biden , should he become the next president .
While we stacked up the evidence against him , we also acknowledged that removing him from office would elevate Kamala Harris to the presidency , an even worse alternative than the former Obama vice president .
The way around this dilemma is to impeach Harris first .
Then take down Biden .
The founders wisely intended for impeachment to be difficult , and removal from office an steeper even climb .
But the Democrats changed the game , frivolously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he withheld aid to Ukraine for political reasons , which is what Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to have done with pandemic relief funds – blocked them to hurt a political rival .
Touch Control Table La ... Buy New $ 35.99 The impeachment case against the California senator doesn ’ t line up as solidly as does for Biden .
He ’ s had a nearly 35-year head start in “ public service ” – enough time to pile up a mountain of corruption .
But it appears she ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to have some involvement in the Huntergate scandal .
According to PJ Media , an email from Biden ’ s son Hunter , “ Reportedly Names Kamala Harris , Others as Key Contacts for ‘ Joint Venture ’ With China Energy Co. ” So far , all we have there is suspicion .
Yet some things about Harris are known .
She was an abusive prosecutor in California .
She was scolded by a superior court judge for violating defendants ’ rights “ by covering up detrimental information about a drug-lab technician @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and was supportive of a jailhouse snitch program which “ tainted more than a dozen criminal cases , several of them murder trials.
” Then there were the moments when Harris simply failed to do her duty .
She has been accused of refusing to prosecute some sexual abuse cases , possibly due to the involvement of powerful people who had donated to her San Francisco district attorney campaign .
Imagine someone who ’ s been described as “ indifferent and even hostile to the basic principles of the Constitution ” holding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
How long will she be in the executive branch before she ’ s violated the Constitution in a fashion that demands impeachment a dozen or more times ?

A few weeks back, we made the case for impeaching Joe Biden, should he become the next president. While we stacked up the evidence against him, we also acknowledged that removing him from office would elevate Kamala Harris to the presidency, an even worse alternative than the former Obama vice president. The way around this dilemma is to impeach Harris first. Then take down Biden.
The founders wisely intended for impeachment to be difficult, and removal from office an steeper even climb. But the Democrats changed the game, frivolously impeaching President Donald Trump on charges that he withheld aid to Ukraine for political reasons, which is what Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to have done with pandemic relief funds – blocked them to hurt a political rival.
Touch Control Table La... Buy New $35.99 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details) The impeachment case against the California senator doesn’t line up as solidly as does for Biden. He’s had a nearly 35-year head start in “public service” – enough time to pile up a mountain of corruption. But it appears she’s not far behind, given that she seems to have some involvement in the Huntergate scandal. According to PJ Media, an email from Biden’s son Hunter, “Reportedly Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for ‘Joint Venture’ With China Energy Co.”
So far, all we have there is suspicion. Yet some things about Harris are known. She was an abusive prosecutor in California. She was scolded by a superior court judge for violating defendants’ rights “by covering up detrimental information about a drug-lab technician,” says the New York Post, and was supportive of a jailhouse snitch program which “tainted more than a dozen criminal cases, several of them murder trials.”
Then there were the moments when Harris simply failed to do her duty. She has been accused of refusing to prosecute some sexual abuse cases, possibly due to the involvement of powerful people who had donated to her San Francisco district attorney campaign.
Imagine someone who’s been described as “indifferent and even hostile to the basic principles of the Constitution” holding the second-most powerful government post in the country. How long will she be in the executive branch before she’s violated the Constitution in a fashion that demands impeachment a dozen or more times?
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America’s Deceitful Elite

Lying is the new normal as far as our governing elite are concerned .
Of course , I ’ m talking about the news organizations , Big Tech , “ woke ” billionaires , and the celebrity class of illiterate know-nothings on social media .
I smelled a rat way back in 2015 when I read the opening remarks of Hillary Clinton ’ s address to the Women in the World Summit .
“ Deep seated cultural codes and religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed , ” she said .
I was not surprised to hear her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not surprised that so many of her ilk have followed her advice .
We have a society that has lost faith in faith , and which relies on spin doctors for the cleansing of their souls .
Satan , whose chief enemy is the church , seems to be winning , at least in times such as these .
I spent election night giving a party at my home in New York ’ s Park Avenue .
My guest of honor was Prince Pavlos of Greece , heir to the Greek throne that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mailer , son of Norman and a very close friend of mine , was my cohost and the only lefty of the group .
The rest were a couple of Anglo-Americans , a beautiful Russian artist , and a very close childhood buddy who fathered children with both model Elle Macpherson and actress Uma Thurman .
Sterling silver moon e ... Buy New $ 35.00 My only rule was that no politics would be discussed until after dinner , which began around 9 o ’ clock and ended at midnight .
By that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to even turn on the idiot box .
It was just as well because the results were hardly forthcoming .
None of us lied or judged each other , and no one went over the top about Trump or Biden , yet every single person there was highly politicized and very well informed .
I ’ d say we were evenly divided , four for Trump and four for Biden .
Incidentally , everyone at dinner was college educated and successful , but more importantly , they were all brought up to respect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in contrast to the behavior of the mouthpieces of our elites .
America has a cancer gnawing away at its system called the Fourth Estate—the elite media .
It is a ghastly cancer that eats away at America ’ s organs and produces puss instead of healthy red blood cells .
It ’ s time for Americans of every political persuasion to take notice and take action against it .
The Best of Taki Theodoracopulos

Lying is the new normal as far as our governing elite are concerned. Of course, I’m talking about the news organizations, Big Tech, “woke” billionaires, and the celebrity class of illiterate know-nothings on social media.
I smelled a rat way back in 2015 when I read the opening remarks of Hillary Clinton’s address to the Women in the World Summit. “Deep seated cultural codes and religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed,” she said. I was not surprised to hear her say that then, and I am not surprised that so many of her ilk have followed her advice. We have a society that has lost faith in faith, and which relies on spin doctors for the cleansing of their souls. Satan, whose chief enemy is the church, seems to be winning, at least in times such as these.
I spent election night giving a party at my home in New York’s Park Avenue. My guest of honor was Prince Pavlos of Greece, heir to the Greek throne that has not existed since 1974. Michael Mailer, son of Norman and a very close friend of mine, was my cohost and the only lefty of the group. The rest were a couple of Anglo-Americans, a beautiful Russian artist, and a very close childhood buddy who fathered children with both model Elle Macpherson and actress Uma Thurman. Sterling silver moon e... Buy New $35.00 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details)
My only rule was that no politics would be discussed until after dinner, which began around 9 o’clock and ended at midnight. By that time everyone was so drunk we forgot to even turn on the idiot box. It was just as well because the results were hardly forthcoming.
None of us lied or judged each other, and no one went over the top about Trump or Biden, yet every single person there was highly politicized and very well informed. I’d say we were evenly divided, four for Trump and four for Biden. Incidentally, everyone at dinner was college educated and successful, but more importantly, they were all brought up to respect the opinions of others.
Which is in contrast to the behavior of the mouthpieces of our elites. America has a cancer gnawing away at its system called the Fourth Estate—the elite media. It is a ghastly cancer that eats away at America’s organs and produces puss instead of healthy red blood cells. It’s time for Americans of every political persuasion to take notice and take action against it.
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lewrockwell--2020-12-12--In Stunning Rebuke, LA Judge Strikes Down ‘Abusive’ Outdoor Dining Ban As Lacking “Science, Evidence

In Stunning Rebuke, LA Judge Strikes Down ‘Abusive’ Outdoor Dining Ban As Lacking “Science, Evidence, or Logic’

A Los Angeles judge has tentatively struck down the county ’ s ban on outdoor dining after the Public Health Department – led by Director Barbara Ferrer – failed to provide a scientific basis for the order .
According to The Real Deal , LA County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant overturned the county ’ s outdoor dining ban which went into effect on Nov. 25 , calling it an “ abuse ” of powers that are “ unsupported by any findings.
” “ The Restaurant Closure Order is an abuse of the Department ’ s emergency powers , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or logic , and should be adjudicated to be unenforceable as a matter of law , ” wrote Chalfant in a 73-page assessment which found that the county failed to perform a required risk-benefit analysis about the restriction .
As Politico notes , “ The tentative ruling to block the indefinite ban won ’ t have immediate practical consequences for Los Angeles-area restaurants , as the county is now under a temporary stay-home order tied to the region ’ s quickly diminishing ICU capacity .
But it marks a symbolic and legal victory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by state and local officials — and a rare setback for public health authorities facing a worsening crisis.
” Simple Real Black Onyx ... Buy New $ 94.99 Chalfant also noted in his assessment that COVID-19 cases traced back to bars and restaurants accounted for just 3.1 % of non-residential outbreaks , “ the vast majority of which were chain/fast food type restaurants , ” and were almost exclusively between employees rather than customers .
The closure “ ingores the outdoor nature of the activity , which the CDC says carries only moderate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer , who was named in the lawsuit , declined to comment about the case when asked during a briefing Monday .
A spokesperson for Los Angeles County said in a statement Tuesday that “ Los Angeles County is committed to protecting the health and safety of its residents from a deadly virus that has claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 of our friends , family and neighbors and that has sickened more than 450,000 people just in L.A. County.
” The nation ’ s most populous county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , reported 8,547 new cases on Tuesday alone .
Its five-day average shot to nearly 9,000 , almost double the five-day average for the day after Thanksgiving that triggered the local order .
The county also for the first time reported a daily hospitalization tally exceeding 3,000 .
–Politico Chalfant ’ s comments come days after a viral video highlighting how arbitrary and absurd restrictions are killing businesses , when the owner of the Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill pointed out that the city had granted NBC permission to set up outdoor dining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shuttered business – due to the outdoor dining ban .
Reprinted with permission from Zero Hedge .
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A Los Angeles judge has tentatively struck down the county’s ban on outdoor dining after the Public Health Department – led by Director Barbara Ferrer – failed to provide a scientific basis for the order.
According to The Real Deal, LA County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant overturned the county’s outdoor dining ban which went into effect on Nov. 25, calling it an “abuse” of powers that are “unsupported by any findings.”
“The Restaurant Closure Order is an abuse of the Department’s emergency powers, is not grounded in science, evidence, or logic, and should be adjudicated to be unenforceable as a matter of law,” wrote Chalfant in a 73-page assessment which found that the county failed to perform a required risk-benefit analysis about the restriction.
As Politico notes, “The tentative ruling to block the indefinite ban won’t have immediate practical consequences for Los Angeles-area restaurants, as the county is now under a temporary stay-home order tied to the region’s quickly diminishing ICU capacity. But it marks a symbolic and legal victory for those challenging the emergency powers flexed by state and local officials — and a rare setback for public health authorities facing a worsening crisis.” Simple Real Black Onyx... Buy New $94.99 (as of 04:50 UTC - Details)
Chalfant also noted in his assessment that COVID-19 cases traced back to bars and restaurants accounted for just 3.1% of non-residential outbreaks, “the vast majority of which were chain/fast food type restaurants,” and were almost exclusively between employees rather than customers.
The closure “ingores the outdoor nature of the activity, which the CDC says carries only moderate risk,” he added.
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, who was named in the lawsuit, declined to comment about the case when asked during a briefing Monday. A spokesperson for Los Angeles County said in a statement Tuesday that “Los Angeles County is committed to protecting the health and safety of its residents from a deadly virus that has claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 of our friends, family and neighbors and that has sickened more than 450,000 people just in L.A. County.” The nation’s most populous county, with more than 10 million residents, reported 8,547 new cases on Tuesday alone. Its five-day average shot to nearly 9,000, almost double the five-day average for the day after Thanksgiving that triggered the local order. The county also for the first time reported a daily hospitalization tally exceeding 3,000. –Politico
Chalfant’s comments come days after a viral video highlighting how arbitrary and absurd restrictions are killing businesses, when the owner of the Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill pointed out that the city had granted NBC permission to set up outdoor dining tents across the parking lot from her shuttered business – due to the outdoor dining ban.
Bar owner in Los Angeles CA is livid to see that mayor Garcetti has approved an outdoor dining area for a movie company directly across from her outdoor dining area (which was shut down) pic.twitter.com/jkUP2CWg35 — Jake Coco 💙🇺🇸🎶🐻 (@jakecoco) December 4, 2020
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lewrockwell--2020-12-12--Belt and Road Paranoia Will Rumble on Under Biden

Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping , first in Astana and then in Jakarta , the New Silk Roads , or Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI ) increasingly drive the American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts .
The relentless paranoia about the Chinese “ threat ” has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation .
In the old order , politico-military elites were routinely bribed in exchange for unfettered corporate access to their nations ’ resources , coupled with go-go privatization schemes and outright @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This went on for decades until BRI became the new game in town in terms of infrastructure building – offering an alternative to the imperial footprint .
The Chinese model allows all manner of parallel taxes , sales , rents , leases – and profits .
This means extra sources of income for host governments – with an important corollary : freedom from the hardcore neoliberal diktats of IMF/World Bank .
This is what is at the heart of the notorious Chinese “ win-win ” .
Amazon.com Gift Card i ... Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s overall strategic focus on infrastructure development not only across Eurasia but also Africa encompasses a major geopolitical game-changer .
BRI is positioning vast swathes of the Global South to become completely independent from the Western-imposed debt trap .
For scores of nations , this is a matter of national interest .
In this sense BRI should be regarded as the ultimate post-colonialist mechanism .
BRI in fact bristles with Sun Tzu simplicity applied to geoeconomics .
Never interrupt the enemy when he ’ s making a mistake – in this case enslaving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then use his own weapons – in this case financial “ help ” – to destabilize his preeminence .
Hit the road with the Mongols None of the above , of course , is bound to serenade the paranoid volcano , which will keep spitting out a 24/7 deluge of red alerts deriding BRI as “ poorly defined , badly mismanaged and visibly failing ” .
“ Visibly ” , of course , only for the exceptionalists .
Predictably , the paranoid volcano feeds on a toxic mix of arrogance and crass ignorance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Li , director of the Department of International Strategy at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , has shown how “ after the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed in 2013 , China ’ s diplomacy has changed from maintaining a low profile to becoming more proactive in global affairs .
But the policy of ‘ partnership rather than alliance ’ has not changed , and it is unlikely to change in the future .
The indisputable fact is that the system of alliance diplomacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a few countries in the world , and most countries choose non-aligned diplomacy .
Besides , the vast majority of them are developing countries in Asia , Africa and Latin America.
” Atlanticists are desperate because the “ system of alliance diplomacy ” is on the wane .
The overwhelming majority of the Global South is now being reconfigured as a newly energized Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ) – as if Beijing had found a way to revive the Spirit of Bandung in 1955 .
Chinese scholars are fond of quoting a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which policy changes should be “ beneficial for the people ” .
If they only benefit corrupt officials , the result is luan ( “ chaos ” ) .
Thus the 21st century Chinese emphasis on pragmatic policy instead of ideology .
Rivaling informed parallels with the Tang and Ming dynasties , it ’ s actually the Yuan dynasty that offers a fascinating introduction to the inner workings of BRI .
Fire 7 Kids Edition Ta ... Buy New $ 69.99 So let ’ s go for a short trip back to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s immense empire was replaced by four khanates .
We had the Khanate of the Great Khan – which turned into the Yuan dynasty – ruling over China , Mongolia , Tibet , Korea and Manchuria .
We had the Ilkhanate , founded by Hulagu ( the conqueror of Baghdad ) ruling Iran , Iraq , Azerbaijan , Turkmenistan , parts of Anatolia and the Caucasus .
We had the Golden Horde ruling the northwestern Eurasian steppe , from eastern Hungary to Siberia , and most of all the Russian principalities .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after Genghis Khan ’ s second son ) ruling Central Asia , from eastern Xinjiang to Uzbekistan , until Tamerlane ’ s rise to power in 1370 .
This era saw an enormous acceleration of trade along the Mongol Silk Roads .
All these Mongol-controlled governments privileged local and international commerce .
That translated into a boom in markets , taxes , profits – and prestige .
The khanates competed to get the best trading minds .
They laid out the necessary infrastructure for transcontinental travel ( 13th century BRI , anyone ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ multiple East-West , trans-civilizational exchanges .
When the Mongols conquered the Song in southern China they even expanded overland Silk Roads trade into Maritime Silk Roads .
The Yuan dynasty was now controlling China ’ s powerful southern ports .
So when there was any kind of turbulence overland , trade switched to the seas .
The key axes were through the Indian Ocean , between south China and India , and between India and the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea .
Cargo was traveling overland to Iran , Iraq , Anatolia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Egypt and the Mediterranean , to Europe ; and from Aden to east Africa .
A slave trade maritime route between the Golden Horde ’ s ports on the Black Sea and Egypt – run by Muslim , Italian and Byzantine traders – was also in effect .
The Black Sea ports transited luxury merchandise arriving overland from the East .
And caravans traveled inland from the Indian coast during dangerous monsoon seasons .
ThinkFun Gravity Maze ... Buy New $ 29.95 This frantic commercial activity was the proto-BRI , which reached its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way to the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 in parallel to the Black Death in Europe and the Middle East .
The key point : all the overland and maritime roads were interlinked .
21st century BRI planners benefit from a long historical memory .
Now compare this wealth of trade and cultural interchange with the pedestrian , provincial , anti-BRI and overall anti-China paranoia in the US .
What we get is the State Dept .
under exiting Mike “ We Lie , We Cheat , We Steal ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ China challenge ” .
Or the US Navy recommissioning the First Fleet , probably to be based in Perth , to “ have an Indo-Pac footprint ” and thus maintain “ maritime dominance in an era of great power competition ” .
More ominously , here is a summary of the humongous , 4,517-page , $ 740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) 2021 , just approved by the House by 335 to 78 ( Trump threatened to veto it ) .
This is about funding for the Pentagon next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the new Raytheon General , Lloyd Austin , the last “ commanding General ” of the US in Iraq who run CENTCOM from 2013 to 2016 and then retired for some juicy revolving door gigs such as the board of Raytheon and crucially , the board of ultra-toxic air , water , soil polluter Nucor .
Austin is a revolving door character who supported the war on Iraq , the destruction of Libya , and supervised the training of Syrian “ moderate rebels ” – a.k.a .
recycled al-Qaeda – who killed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predictably , is heavy on “ tools to deter China ” .
• A so-called “ Pacific Deterrence Initiative ( PDI ) , code for containment of China in the Indo-Pacific by boosting the Quad .
• An offensive against “ debt diplomacy ” .
That ’ s nonsense : BRI deals are voluntary , on a win-win basis , and open to renegotiation .
Global South nations privilege them because loans are low-interest and long-term .
• Restructuring global supply chains which lead to the US .
Good luck with that .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Across the board pressure forcing nations not to use Huawei 5G .
• Reinforcing Hong Kong and Taiwan as Trojan Horses to destabilize China .
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has already set the tone : “ Beijing intends to dominate the US and the rest of the planet economically , militarily and technologically ” .
Be afraid , very much afraid of the evil Chinese Communist Party , “ the greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War II ” .
There you go : Xi is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fundamentally change after January 2021 – as officially promised by Biden-Harris : it ’ s gon na be Hybrid War on China all over again , deployed all over the spectrum , as Beijing has perfectly understood .
So what ?
China ’ s industrial production will continue to grow while in the US it will continue to decline .
There will be more breakthroughs by Chinese scientists such as the photonic quantum computing – which performed 2.6 billion years of computation in 4 minutes .
And the 13th century Yuan dynasty spirit @ @ @ @ @

Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping, first in Astana and then in Jakarta, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly drive the American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts.
The relentless paranoia about the Chinese “threat” has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation.
In the old order, politico-military elites were routinely bribed in exchange for unfettered corporate access to their nations’ resources, coupled with go-go privatization schemes and outright austerity (“structural adjustment”).
This went on for decades until BRI became the new game in town in terms of infrastructure building – offering an alternative to the imperial footprint.
The Chinese model allows all manner of parallel taxes, sales, rents, leases – and profits. This means extra sources of income for host governments – with an important corollary: freedom from the hardcore neoliberal diktats of IMF/World Bank. This is what is at the heart of the notorious Chinese “win-win”. Amazon.com Gift Card i... Buy New $25.00 (as of 06:10 UTC - Details)
Moreover, BRI’s overall strategic focus on infrastructure development not only across Eurasia but also Africa encompasses a major geopolitical game-changer. BRI is positioning vast swathes of the Global South to become completely independent from the Western-imposed debt trap. For scores of nations, this is a matter of national interest. In this sense BRI should be regarded as the ultimate post-colonialist mechanism.
BRI in fact bristles with Sun Tzu simplicity applied to geoeconomics. Never interrupt the enemy when he’s making a mistake – in this case enslaving the Global South via perpetual debt. Then use his own weapons – in this case financial “help” – to destabilize his preeminence.
Hit the road with the Mongols
None of the above, of course, is bound to serenade the paranoid volcano, which will keep spitting out a 24/7 deluge of red alerts deriding BRI as “poorly defined, badly mismanaged and visibly failing”. “Visibly”, of course, only for the exceptionalists.
Predictably, the paranoid volcano feeds on a toxic mix of arrogance and crass ignorance of Chinese history and culture.
Xue Li, director of the Department of International Strategy at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has shown how “after the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed in 2013, China’s diplomacy has changed from maintaining a low profile to becoming more proactive in global affairs. But the policy of ‘partnership rather than alliance’ has not changed, and it is unlikely to change in the future. The indisputable fact is that the system of alliance diplomacy preferred by Western countries is the choice of a few countries in the world, and most countries choose non-aligned diplomacy. Besides, the vast majority of them are developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.”
Atlanticists are desperate because the “system of alliance diplomacy” is on the wane. The overwhelming majority of the Global South is now being reconfigured as a newly energized Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) – as if Beijing had found a way to revive the Spirit of Bandung in 1955.
Chinese scholars are fond of quoting a 13th century imperial handbook, according to which policy changes should be “beneficial for the people”. If they only benefit corrupt officials, the result is luan (“chaos”). Thus the 21st century Chinese emphasis on pragmatic policy instead of ideology.
Rivaling informed parallels with the Tang and Ming dynasties, it’s actually the Yuan dynasty that offers a fascinating introduction to the inner workings of BRI. Fire 7 Kids Edition Ta... Buy New $69.99 (as of 05:15 UTC - Details)
So let’s go for a short trip back to the 13th century, when Genghis Khan’s immense empire was replaced by four khanates.
We had the Khanate of the Great Khan – which turned into the Yuan dynasty – ruling over China, Mongolia, Tibet, Korea and Manchuria.
We had the Ilkhanate, founded by Hulagu (the conqueror of Baghdad) ruling Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, parts of Anatolia and the Caucasus.
We had the Golden Horde ruling the northwestern Eurasian steppe, from eastern Hungary to Siberia, and most of all the Russian principalities.
And we had the Chaghadaid Khanate (named after Genghis Khan’s second son) ruling Central Asia, from eastern Xinjiang to Uzbekistan, until Tamerlane’s rise to power in 1370.
This era saw an enormous acceleration of trade along the Mongol Silk Roads.
All these Mongol-controlled governments privileged local and international commerce. That translated into a boom in markets, taxes, profits – and prestige. The khanates competed to get the best trading minds. They laid out the necessary infrastructure for transcontinental travel (13th century BRI, anyone?) And they opened the way for multiple East-West, trans-civilizational exchanges.
When the Mongols conquered the Song in southern China they even expanded overland Silk Roads trade into Maritime Silk Roads. The Yuan dynasty was now controlling China’s powerful southern ports. So when there was any kind of turbulence overland, trade switched to the seas.
The key axes were through the Indian Ocean, between south China and India, and between India and the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea.
Cargo was traveling overland to Iran, Iraq, Anatolia and Europe; by sea, through Egypt and the Mediterranean, to Europe; and from Aden to east Africa.
A slave trade maritime route between the Golden Horde’s ports on the Black Sea and Egypt – run by Muslim, Italian and Byzantine traders – was also in effect. The Black Sea ports transited luxury merchandise arriving overland from the East. And caravans traveled inland from the Indian coast during dangerous monsoon seasons. ThinkFun Gravity Maze ... Buy New $29.95 (as of 05:15 UTC - Details)
This frantic commercial activity was the proto-BRI, which reached its apex in the 1320s and 1330s all the way to the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 in parallel to the Black Death in Europe and the Middle East. The key point: all the overland and maritime roads were interlinked. 21st century BRI planners benefit from a long historical memory.
“Nothing will fundamentally change”
Now compare this wealth of trade and cultural interchange with the pedestrian, provincial, anti-BRI and overall anti-China paranoia in the US. What we get is the State Dept. under exiting Mike “We Lie, We Cheat, We Steal” Pompeo issuing a paltry diatribe on the “China challenge”. Or the US Navy recommissioning the First Fleet, probably to be based in Perth, to “have an Indo-Pac footprint” and thus maintain “maritime dominance in an era of great power competition”.
More ominously, here is a summary of the humongous, 4,517-page, $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2021, just approved by the House by 335 to 78 (Trump threatened to veto it).
This is about funding for the Pentagon next year – to be supervised in theory by the new Raytheon General, Lloyd Austin, the last “commanding General” of the US in Iraq who run CENTCOM from 2013 to 2016 and then retired for some juicy revolving door gigs such as the board of Raytheon and crucially, the board of ultra-toxic air, water, soil polluter Nucor.
Austin is a revolving door character who supported the war on Iraq, the destruction of Libya, and supervised the training of Syrian “moderate rebels” – a.k.a. recycled al-Qaeda – who killed countless Syrian civilians.
The NDAA, predictably, is heavy on “tools to deter China”.
That will include:
A so-called “Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI), code for containment of China in the Indo-Pacific by boosting the Quad. Massive counter-intel operations. An offensive against “debt diplomacy”. That’s nonsense: BRI deals are voluntary, on a win-win basis, and open to renegotiation. Global South nations privilege them because loans are low-interest and long-term. Restructuring global supply chains which lead to the US. Good luck with that. Sanctions on China will remain in place. Wyze Cam 1080p HD Indo... Buy New $25.00 (as of 06:07 UTC - Details ) Across the board pressure forcing nations not to use Huawei 5G. Reinforcing Hong Kong and Taiwan as Trojan Horses to destabilize China.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has already set the tone: “Beijing intends to dominate the US and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically”. Be afraid, very much afraid of the evil Chinese Communist Party, “the greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War II”.
There you go: Xi is the new Hitler.
So nothing will fundamentally change after January 2021 – as officially promised by Biden-Harris: it’s gonna be Hybrid War on China all over again, deployed all over the spectrum, as Beijing has perfectly understood.
So what? China’s industrial production will continue to grow while in the US it will continue to decline. There will be more breakthroughs by Chinese scientists such as the photonic quantum computing – which performed 2.6 billion years of computation in 4 minutes. And the 13th century Yuan dynasty spirit will keep inspiring BRI.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-12-12--German Lawyers Initiate Class-Action Coronavirus Litigation

Reiner Fuellmich,1 who has been a consumer protection trial lawyer in California and Germany2 for 26 years , is a founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee ( Außerparlamentarischer Corona Untersuchungsausschuss,3 or ACU ) ,4,5 launched July 10 , 2020 .
Fuellmich is leading the committee ’ s corona crisis tort case — an international class-action lawsuit that will be filed against those responsible for using fraudulent testing to engineer the appearance of a dangerous pandemic in order to implement economically devastating lockdowns around the world .
He estimates more than 50 other countries will be following suit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bet-David interviews Fuellmich about how and why the group was formed and the status of this work .
# followme Polar Fleece ... Buy New $ 19.99 Early on , as Fuellmich started hearing concerns from family and friends in Germany about a new respiratory virus , one particular name kept popping up : professor Christian Drosten , Ph.D. , a German virologist .
As head of the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Centre , Drosten is best known for developing the first diagnostic test for SARS in 2003 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the swine flu,6 and in 2009 helped drum up panic with doomsday prophesies about H1N1 .
When COVID-19 initially emerged in early 2020 , Drosten kept saying there was no cause for concern .
Then , seemingly overnight , he changed his tune , “ as though someone had given him a signal.
” All of a sudden , Drosten was saying that this virus was extremely dangerous and that drastic measures to contain it had to be implemented .
Based on whistleblower testimony , the German government relied on the opinion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic response , which included the lockdown of healthy citizens and the suspension of constitutional rights for an indefinite period of time .
Interestingly , Fuellmich ’ s team recently discovered that Drosten ’ s Ph.D. dissertation is a fraud .
It was only created this year when people began investigating his background .
Aside from Drosten , other individuals who have prominent roles include Lothar H. Wieler , the head of the German equivalent of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , head of the World Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ College of London .
Unsure of what was going on , Fuellmich contacted an old friend , Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg , a former member of the German Congress and the Council of Europe .
Wodarg urged him to investigate and suggested some names of experts to look into , such as professor John Ioannidis at Stanford University and professor and Nobel Prize winner Michael Levitt .
The more he investigated the facts available , the more Fuellmich realized COVID-19 was being grossly oversold .
Eventually , he started making inquiries to see if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raising questions about the legality of the pandemic and the global response to it .
Dickies Men ’ s Pe ... Buy New $ 27.99 He discovered that Beate Bahner , an attorney specializing in medical law , had in fact spoken out , arguing that Germany ’ s quarantine measures were unconstitutional .
She was arrested and held in a psychiatric ward for a number of days .
Needless to say , that wasn ’ t an encouraging start .
Separation of Power Has Been Breached Disturbingly , while the governments of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power as the U.S. , where you have separate legislative , judiciary and executive branches , we are now finding that this separation has been breached and nearly destroyed in most places .
Rather than being run by the legislators that we voted into power ( and who have the legal power to make law ) , we ’ re being ruled by the executive branch , such as our local governors , who are creating rules and regulations without having the legal and constitutional power to do so .
They may issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but really that ’ s the extent of their legal power .
After that , the legislature must be brought in .
Yet here we are , several months into the pandemic , and local governors and mayors all over the world are still issuing long-term mandatory mask and social distancing orders , many of which call for the arrest of those who don ’ t follow the rules .
As noted by Fuellmich , the judiciary branch must step in , and now , finally , they are starting to do so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issued an order November 12 , 2020 , not only clarifying the separation of powers and stressing that the legislative branch must be involved , but also that there must be a comprehensive discussion where both sides are heard .
There are other scientists besides those anointed by the government , and their opinions must be considered as well .
As noted by Bet-David , there are several important questions that must be answered : C. Crane CC Pocket AM ... Buy New $ 64.99 • Who needs to be held accountable ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ held accountable ?
Fuellmich agrees , saying that answering these questions is the reason for why ACU was formed .
Governments appear unwilling to investigate the answers to these questions , and that ’ s why he and three other attorneys decided to take on the task of preparing class-action lawsuits .
The primary questions the ACU seeks to answer are : • How dangerous is the virus , really ?
• How trustworthy is the PCR test ; what does a positive test really mean ?
• How much damage do the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the health and well-being of the population ?
What Do We Now Know ?
The last question is easily answered , Fuellmich says .
Evidence shows pandemic measures have caused tremendous harm , killing more people than the virus itself by restricting routine medical care to people with acute and chronic health conditions that have nothing to do with COVID-19 .
As for the danger of SARS-CoV-2 , we now have plenty of data showing its lethality is on par with the common flu7,8,9,10,11 and that the absolute risk of death is equivalent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car accident.12,13 It may be different in terms of symptoms and complications , but the actual lethality is about the same .
According to Fuellmich , even the WHO has now admitted that the mortality of COVID-19 is on par with seasonal influenza .
In October 2020 , the WHO also reversed its stance on lockdowns , stating they no longer recommend using lockdowns as a primary control method.14 Several experts have also stressed that there is no excess mortality,15,16 meaning we ’ ve had an average number of deaths during the pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if there ’ s no excess mortality , how can there be a lethal pandemic ?
It doesn ’ t add up .
Of the three questions , the second one is perhaps the most important , as mass testing is driving the narrative that we ’ re in a lethal pandemic .
As explained by Fuellmich , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR ) tests have several weaknesses that appear to be taken advantage of to create needless fear .
The fact is , the PCR test is not designed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it can not distinguish between inactive viruses and “ live ” or reproductive ones.17 This is a crucial point , since inactive and reproductive viruses are not interchangeable in terms of infectivity .
If you have a nonreproductive virus in your body , you will not get sick and you can not spread it to others .
Secondly , many if not most laboratories amplify the RNA collected far too many times , which results in healthy people testing “ positive.
” The video above explains how the PCR test works and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C. Crane CC Buds-Pro F ... Buy New $ 19.99 In summary , the PCR swab collects RNA from your nasal cavity .
This RNA is then reverse transcribed into DNA .
However , they must be amplified to become discernible .
Each round of amplification is called a cycle , and the number of amplification cycles used by any given test or lab is called a cycle threshold .
When you go above 30 cycles , even insignificant sequences of viral DNA end up being magnified to the point that the test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is extremely low or the virus is inactive and poses no threat to you or anyone else .
According to Fuellmich , the consensus is that anything over 35 cycles is scientifically indefensible .
Yet Drosten ’ s test and tests recommended by the World Health Organization are set to 45 cycles.18,19,20 When labs use these excessive cycle thresholds , you end up with a far higher number of positive tests than you would otherwise .
At present , and going back a number of months now , what we ’ re really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” 21,22 meaning an epidemic of false positives .
Remember , in medical terminology , when used accurately , a “ case ” refers to someone who has symptoms of a disease .
By erroneously reporting positive tests as “ cases , ” the pandemic appears magnitudes worse than it actually is .
For this reason , Fuellmich and his team are primarily focused on the PCR test issue .
They ’ ve taken testimony from a number of well-respected immunologists from around the world , all of whom agree that the PCR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the transmission of COVID-19 .
According to Fuellmich , the sole reason the PCR test is used , and used in an incorrect way , is to create enough fear that no one will question the pandemic measures being put into place and simply do as they ’ re told .
He goes on to review the so-called “ Panic Paper , ” 23,24 written by the German Department of the Interior .
This classified paper , which was leaked to the press , reveals there was an intentional plan at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people into a panic .
Motorola Talkabout T46 ... Best Price : $ 48.39 Buy New $ 54.99 One of the strategies laid out in the paper was to guilt children into compliance , to make them feel responsible “ for the tortured death of their parents and grandparents if they do not follow the anti-corona regulations.
” According to Fuellmich , what we have is a staged PCR test pandemic .
It ’ s not a lethal virus pandemic , “ and I can prove this in court , ” he says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more people around the world are now starting to wake up to the fact that the restrictions put into place under the guise of protecting public health are not going away anytime soon .
They ’ re part of a much larger , long-term plan , and the end goal is to usher in a new way of life , devoid of our previous freedoms .
The judicial branch is “ the last anchor of democracy , ” Fuellmich says .
He brings up an important point .
The WHO , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are all private corporations , yet they wield tremendous power over the governments of the world .
The World Economic Forum , founded by Klaus Schwab , is incredibly influential and lobbies politicians around the globe .
Together , private corporations and politicians have in some instances usurped power from the government and are acting above the law of the land .
Big Tech plays an important part in this usurpation of power .
The most important human right around the world is the right to free speech .
It ’ s foundational @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giants have all banded together to censor certain segments of the global population .
While the full picture is still being put together , Fuellmich and his team have some ideas of who the key players are , at least in Germany .
They include the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) of Germany , Drosten , Wieler ( the head of the German equivalent of the CDC ) , Ghebreyesus ( head of the WHO ) , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust .
These individuals have repeatedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May 2019 , at which time they discussed plans for a coming pandemic .
During this meeting , Drosten explained how his PCR test would be used to identify infections — “ A blatant lie , as we now know it , ” Fuellmich says .
These were the same individuals who in 2020 rolled out the narrative for the COVID-19 pandemic and pushed for the global implementation of PCR testing , mask wearing , social distancing and the shut-down of economies around the world .
According to Fuellmich , Germany is at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and three of the key criminals in this case appear to be Drosten , Wieler and Ghebreyesus — and the organizations behind them .
That said , he also admits there must be others behind these public marionettes that are pulling the strings .
Fuellmich believes that through pretrial discovery , these shadowy figures will eventually come to light .
As mentioned earlier , we must now push the judicial branch of our government to step in .
Fuellmich explains : At present , class-action lawsuits are being prepared in the U.S. and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Germany .
Germany does not permit class-actions so , there , the process is being done a bit differently .
ACU is also working on the creation of legal guidelines and data caches that attorneys around the world will be able to use to file their own lawsuits .
As for the average person , Fuellmich urges everyone to , first of all , don ’ t give up , and secondly , ask lots of questions .
Continue asking questions because the more questions are asked , the more answers will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the censorship by asking questions .
Once court hearings begin , the information will start to spread more quickly .
To learn more , all ACU meetings are live-streamed and available on the Committee ’ s YouTube channel25 ( at least for now ) .
Fuellmich can be contacted via www.fuellmich.com , and the Corona Inquiry Committee via corona-ausschuss.de .
Information in multiple languages should also be available on www.ACU2020.org .
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Reiner Fuellmich,1 who has been a consumer protection trial lawyer in California and Germany2 for 26 years, is a founding member of the German Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (Außerparlamentarischer Corona Untersuchungsausschuss,3 or ACU),4,5 launched July 10, 2020.
Fuellmich is leading the committee’s corona crisis tort case — an international class-action lawsuit that will be filed against those responsible for using fraudulent testing to engineer the appearance of a dangerous pandemic in order to implement economically devastating lockdowns around the world.
He estimates more than 50 other countries will be following suit. In the video above, Patrick Bet-David interviews Fuellmich about how and why the group was formed and the status of this work.
The Backstory
#followme Polar Fleece... Buy New $19.99 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details) Early on, as Fuellmich started hearing concerns from family and friends in Germany about a new respiratory virus, one particular name kept popping up: professor Christian Drosten, Ph.D., a German virologist.
As head of the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Centre, Drosten is best known for developing the first diagnostic test for SARS in 2003. He also developed a diagnostic test for the swine flu,6 and in 2009 helped drum up panic with doomsday prophesies about H1N1.
When COVID-19 initially emerged in early 2020, Drosten kept saying there was no cause for concern. Then, seemingly overnight, he changed his tune, “as though someone had given him a signal.” All of a sudden, Drosten was saying that this virus was extremely dangerous and that drastic measures to contain it had to be implemented.
Based on whistleblower testimony, the German government relied on the opinion of Drosten alone when deciding on their pandemic response, which included the lockdown of healthy citizens and the suspension of constitutional rights for an indefinite period of time.
Interestingly, Fuellmich’s team recently discovered that Drosten’s Ph.D. dissertation is a fraud. It was only created this year when people began investigating his background.
Aside from Drosten, other individuals who have prominent roles include Lothar H. Wieler, the head of the German equivalent of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization and Neil Ferguson of the Imperial College of London.
Unsure of what was going on, Fuellmich contacted an old friend, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, a former member of the German Congress and the Council of Europe. Wodarg urged him to investigate and suggested some names of experts to look into, such as professor John Ioannidis at Stanford University and professor and Nobel Prize winner Michael Levitt.
The more he investigated the facts available, the more Fuellmich realized COVID-19 was being grossly oversold. Eventually, he started making inquiries to see if there were any other lawyers out there raising questions about the legality of the pandemic and the global response to it. Dickies Men’s Pe... Buy New $27.99 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
He discovered that Beate Bahner, an attorney specializing in medical law, had in fact spoken out, arguing that Germany’s quarantine measures were unconstitutional. She was arrested and held in a psychiatric ward for a number of days. Needless to say, that wasn’t an encouraging start.
Separation of Power Has Been Breached
Disturbingly, while the governments of many nations have the same separation of power as the U.S., where you have separate legislative, judiciary and executive branches, we are now finding that this separation has been breached and nearly destroyed in most places.
Rather than being run by the legislators that we voted into power (and who have the legal power to make law), we’re being ruled by the executive branch, such as our local governors, who are creating rules and regulations without having the legal and constitutional power to do so.
They may issue emergency orders for a few days, but really that’s the extent of their legal power. After that, the legislature must be brought in. Yet here we are, several months into the pandemic, and local governors and mayors all over the world are still issuing long-term mandatory mask and social distancing orders, many of which call for the arrest of those who don’t follow the rules.
We now have plenty of data showing its lethality is on par with the common flu and that the absolute risk of death is equivalent to the risk of dying in a car accident.
As noted by Fuellmich, the judiciary branch must step in, and now, finally, they are starting to do so. In Austria, the constitutional court issued an order November 12, 2020, not only clarifying the separation of powers and stressing that the legislative branch must be involved, but also that there must be a comprehensive discussion where both sides are heard. There are other scientists besides those anointed by the government, and their opinions must be considered as well.
Suing the World Over Faux Pandemic
As noted by Bet-David, there are several important questions that must be answered: C. Crane CC Pocket AM ... Buy New $64.99 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
What caused the pandemic?
Who started it?
Who needs to be held accountable?
In what way must they be held accountable?
Fuellmich agrees, saying that answering these questions is the reason for why ACU was formed. Governments appear unwilling to investigate the answers to these questions, and that’s why he and three other attorneys decided to take on the task of preparing class-action lawsuits. The primary questions the ACU seeks to answer are:
How dangerous is the virus, really? How trustworthy is the PCR test; what does a positive test really mean? How much damage do the anti-COVID measures inflict to the economy and the health and well-being of the population?
What Do We Now Know?
The last question is easily answered, Fuellmich says. Evidence shows pandemic measures have caused tremendous harm, killing more people than the virus itself by restricting routine medical care to people with acute and chronic health conditions that have nothing to do with COVID-19.
As for the danger of SARS-CoV-2, we now have plenty of data showing its lethality is on par with the common flu7,8,9,10,11 and that the absolute risk of death is equivalent to the risk of dying in a car accident.12,13 It may be different in terms of symptoms and complications, but the actual lethality is about the same.
According to Fuellmich, even the WHO has now admitted that the mortality of COVID-19 is on par with seasonal influenza. In October 2020, the WHO also reversed its stance on lockdowns, stating they no longer recommend using lockdowns as a primary control method.14
Several experts have also stressed that there is no excess mortality,15,16 meaning we’ve had an average number of deaths during the pandemic as would normally die anyway. And, if there’s no excess mortality, how can there be a lethal pandemic? It doesn’t add up.
Fraudulent Testing Is Driving Pandemic Narrative
Of the three questions, the second one is perhaps the most important, as mass testing is driving the narrative that we’re in a lethal pandemic. As explained by Fuellmich, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests have several weaknesses that appear to be taken advantage of to create needless fear.
The fact is, the PCR test is not designed to be used as a diagnostic tool as it cannot distinguish between inactive viruses and “live” or reproductive ones.17 This is a crucial point, since inactive and reproductive viruses are not interchangeable in terms of infectivity. If you have a nonreproductive virus in your body, you will not get sick and you cannot spread it to others.
Secondly, many if not most laboratories amplify the RNA collected far too many times, which results in healthy people testing “positive.” The video above explains how the PCR test works and how we are interpreting results incorrectly. C. Crane CC Buds-Pro F... Buy New $19.99 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
In summary, the PCR swab collects RNA from your nasal cavity. This RNA is then reverse transcribed into DNA. However, they must be amplified to become discernible. Each round of amplification is called a cycle, and the number of amplification cycles used by any given test or lab is called a cycle threshold.
When you go above 30 cycles, even insignificant sequences of viral DNA end up being magnified to the point that the test reads positive even if your viral load is extremely low or the virus is inactive and poses no threat to you or anyone else.
According to Fuellmich, the consensus is that anything over 35 cycles is scientifically indefensible. Yet Drosten’s test and tests recommended by the World Health Organization are set to 45 cycles.18,19,20
When labs use these excessive cycle thresholds, you end up with a far higher number of positive tests than you would otherwise. At present, and going back a number of months now, what we’re really dealing with is a “casedemic,”21,22 meaning an epidemic of false positives.
Remember, in medical terminology, when used accurately, a “case” refers to someone who has symptoms of a disease. By erroneously reporting positive tests as “cases,” the pandemic appears magnitudes worse than it actually is. For this reason, Fuellmich and his team are primarily focused on the PCR test issue.
They’ve taken testimony from a number of well-respected immunologists from around the world, all of whom agree that the PCR test is incapable of telling us anything about the transmission of COVID-19.
The Panic Paper
According to Fuellmich, the sole reason the PCR test is used, and used in an incorrect way, is to create enough fear that no one will question the pandemic measures being put into place and simply do as they’re told. He goes on to review the so-called “Panic Paper,”23,24 written by the German Department of the Interior.
This classified paper, which was leaked to the press, reveals there was an intentional plan at the level of the German government to drive people into a panic. Motorola Talkabout T46... Best Price: $48.39 Buy New $54.99 (as of 05:17 UTC - Details)
One of the strategies laid out in the paper was to guilt children into compliance, to make them feel responsible “for the tortured death of their parents and grandparents if they do not follow the anti-corona regulations.” According to Fuellmich, what we have is a staged PCR test pandemic. It’s not a lethal virus pandemic, “and I can prove this in court,” he says.
What’s the End Game?
As noted by Fuellmich, more and more people around the world are now starting to wake up to the fact that the restrictions put into place under the guise of protecting public health are not going away anytime soon. They’re part of a much larger, long-term plan, and the end goal is to usher in a new way of life, devoid of our previous freedoms.
The judicial branch is “the last anchor of democracy,” Fuellmich says. He brings up an important point. The WHO, the World Economic Forum and the United Nations are all private corporations, yet they wield tremendous power over the governments of the world.
The World Economic Forum, founded by Klaus Schwab, is incredibly influential and lobbies politicians around the globe. Together, private corporations and politicians have in some instances usurped power from the government and are acting above the law of the land.
Big Tech plays an important part in this usurpation of power. The most important human right around the world is the right to free speech. It’s foundational for any democracy. Yet the tech giants have all banded together to censor certain segments of the global population.
“We have to take back the power from them and put it back where it belongs, with the government, and we have to take a really close look at who is in government and who became too close to these corporations,” Fuellmich says.
Key Players
While the full picture is still being put together, Fuellmich and his team have some ideas of who the key players are, at least in Germany. They include the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany, Drosten, Wieler (the head of the German equivalent of the CDC), Ghebreyesus (head of the WHO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.
These individuals have repeatedly met over the years, including in May 2019, at which time they discussed plans for a coming pandemic. During this meeting, Drosten explained how his PCR test would be used to identify infections — “A blatant lie, as we now know it,” Fuellmich says.
These were the same individuals who in 2020 rolled out the narrative for the COVID-19 pandemic and pushed for the global implementation of PCR testing, mask wearing, social distancing and the shut-down of economies around the world.
According to Fuellmich, Germany is at the center of this global fraud, and three of the key criminals in this case appear to be Drosten, Wieler and Ghebreyesus — and the organizations behind them.
That said, he also admits there must be others behind these public marionettes that are pulling the strings. Fuellmich believes that through pretrial discovery, these shadowy figures will eventually come to light.
Battle Plan
As mentioned earlier, we must now push the judicial branch of our government to step in. Fuellmich explains:
“We have the power [to ask] courts of law to step in, but we have to show in a court of law that this is not a corona pandemic but rather a staged PCR pandemic, which was made up — invented — for completely different purposes, for these corporations.
We do not know exactly who is responsible, but we see that some of the corporations that are now censoring us are in part responsible; we know some people — such as Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab or Blackrock — were investing their money into pharmaceutical and technical companies. Also, the mainstream media, they [have been] brought into line and are not going to report on the other side of the story.
In order to bring out this story, we have to have a court of law that will take a look at the evidence that is there … And that’s what we’re doing right now. We’re doing this both in Germany and in the United States … The U.S. and Canada are so important in this because they are the two countries that have class-actions.”
At present, class-action lawsuits are being prepared in the U.S. and Canada. Lawsuits are also being prepared in Germany. Germany does not permit class-actions so, there, the process is being done a bit differently. ACU is also working on the creation of legal guidelines and data caches that attorneys around the world will be able to use to file their own lawsuits.
As for the average person, Fuellmich urges everyone to, first of all, don’t give up, and secondly, ask lots of questions. Continue asking questions because the more questions are asked, the more answers will come to light. Continue to counter the censorship by asking questions. Once court hearings begin, the information will start to spread more quickly.
To learn more, all ACU meetings are live-streamed and available on the Committee’s YouTube channel25 (at least for now). Fuellmich can be contacted via www.fuellmich.com, and the Corona Inquiry Committee via corona-ausschuss.de. Information in multiple languages should also be available on www.ACU2020.org.
Sources and References
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lewrockwell--2020-12-14--How Lincoln Created Two New States for Partisan Political Advantage

The Democrat party hopes to add Washington , D.C. and Puerto Rico as the 51st and 52nd states of the American union .
Since both are completely dominated by Leftist politics and politicians , that would guarantee four more Democrat senators , additional Democrat members of Congress , and additional guaranteed Democrat electoral college votes in future presidential elections .
If they succeed , they may well give up all of their belly aching and complaining about the electoral college and threats of abolishing it .
It will become yet another constitutional rubber stamp of approval for any and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats , who I prefer to label Demo-Bolsheviks succeed , they will be following a precedent established by Lincoln and the Republicans during the War to Prevent Southern Independence .
Lincoln first orchestrated the addition of the last slave state to enter the union – West Virginia .
His policy was always that any state could keep its slaves as long as its citizens kept paying federal taxes and obeying Washington , D.C. ’ s dictates , especially those that called for higher taxes .
West Virginia was explicitly exempted from the Emancipation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documnt , as were all other areas of the South where the Union Army was in control at the time .
This guaranteed that the Proclamation would emancipate no one .
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Buy New $ 29.99 The way in which West Virginia was created was blatantly unconstitutional , but then so was nearly everything else Lincoln did , from shutting down opposition newspapers in the North , imprisoning newspaper editors and owners , suspending the writ of habeas corpus and mass arresting and imprisoning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Northern-state political dissenters , and committing treason by invading the South .
Article 3 , Section 3 of the Constitution defines treason as “ only ” levying war upon “ the United States ” or giving aid and comfort to “ their enemies ( emphasis added ) .
The word “ their ” signifies “ United States ” is in the plural , meaning the individual , free and independent states — as they are called in the Declaration of Independence — and not something called “ The United States government in Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war upon the Southern states was the precise definition of treason in the U.S. Constitution .
The Constitution allows for the creation of new states and even the carving out of a state from an existing state .
However , it requires a vote of the existing state legislature as well as the legislature of the proposed new state .
Article 4 , Section 3 states : “ No new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state ; nor any state be formed by the junction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consent of the legislature of the states concerned .
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The Confederate government in Richmond did not approve the confiscation of Western Virginia from Virginia .
It was stolen from the state of Virginia literally at gunpoint , as soon as the U.S. government gained an overwhelming military advantage in the region during the war .
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The creation of West Virginia was obviously unconstitutional , he admitted , but “ the absolute power which the laws of war give us ” supposedly justified it all .
That was always Lincoln ’ s novel theory of the Constitution as well : that it needed to be destroyed in order to save it because military might makes right .
When cornered with mountains of historical facts that demolish their Lincoln idolatry the Lincoln cult always retreats to the military might makes right mantra .
As I said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their court historians .
The new puppet government of West Virginia was then run by the Republican party out of Alexandria , Virginia , guaranteeing the Republican party two more senators , additional members of Congress , and most importantly , more electoral college votes in the 1864 election .
Lincoln obviously felt compelled to rig the 1864 election in this and other ways since , as historian Larry Tagg wrote in The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln , during his lifetime Lincoln was by far the most hated and reviled of all American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , people of the North .
He had only won 39 % of the popular vote in the 1860 election , which he nevertheless claimed gave him a mandate to invade the Southern states .
It goes without saying that he was hated even more by the Southern civilian population , which he waged total war on for four years , killing them by the thousands , bombing their cities and towns into smoldering ruins , plundering their property , and worse .
Lincoln Unmasked : What ... DiLorenzo , Thomas Best Price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then there ’ s the case of Nevada , which became a state on October 31 , 1864 , just in time to add a few more electoral college votes for Lincoln in the following week ’ s election .
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Nevada was a last-minute addition to the union despite the fact that it only had a population of 40,000 when all other states had been required to have 60,000 people as a condition of statehood .
For several years Lincoln had been flooding all of the state and local “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political hacks , guaranteeing that they would do whatever he instructed them to do .
They dutifully rewarded their benefactor with three more electoral college votes with Lincoln ’ s opponent , General George McClellan , breathing down Lincoln ’ s neck advocating an end to the most murderous war in American history ( to this day ) and the resumption of peaceful relations with the South .
Lincoln ’ s creation of new states and other heavy-handed vote fraud tactics , such as having ballots printed in different colors for different political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat voters with the “ wrong ” colored ballots in their hands , brought him his electoral victory .
The Republican party would essentially monopolize national politics in America for the next half century .
In his book Yankee Leviathan , historian Richard Bensel wrote that such a political monopoly was only rivaled by the Bolsheviks in Russia in the twentieth century , or perhaps the Mexican government ’ s political monopoly of that era .
That of course is the openly-stated goal of today ’ s Demo-Bolsheviks as well now that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future opposition party presidential candidates .
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The Democrat party hopes to add Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as the 51st and 52nd states of the American union. Since both are completely dominated by Leftist politics and politicians, that would guarantee four more Democrat senators, additional Democrat members of Congress, and additional guaranteed Democrat electoral college votes in future presidential elections. If they succeed, they may well give up all of their belly aching and complaining about the electoral college and threats of abolishing it. It will become yet another constitutional rubber stamp of approval for any and all acts of governmental tyranny.
If the Democrats, who I prefer to label Demo-Bolsheviks succeed, they will be following a precedent established by Lincoln and the Republicans during the War to Prevent Southern Independence. Lincoln first orchestrated the addition of the last slave state to enter the union – West Virginia. His policy was always that any state could keep its slaves as long as its citizens kept paying federal taxes and obeying Washington, D.C.’s dictates, especially those that called for higher taxes. West Virginia was explicitly exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation right in the text of the documnt, as were all other areas of the South where the Union Army was in control at the time. This guaranteed that the Proclamation would emancipate no one. The Problem with Linco... DiLorenzo, Thomas J. Buy New $29.99 (as of 11:50 UTC - Details)
The way in which West Virginia was created was blatantly unconstitutional, but then so was nearly everything else Lincoln did, from shutting down opposition newspapers in the North, imprisoning newspaper editors and owners, suspending the writ of habeas corpus and mass arresting and imprisoning without due process tens of thousands of Northern-state political dissenters, and committing treason by invading the South. Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution defines treason as “only” levying war upon “the United States” or giving aid and comfort to “their enemies (emphasis added). The word “their” signifies “United States” is in the plural, meaning the individual, free and independent states — as they are called in the Declaration of Independence — and not something called “The United States government in Washington, D.C.” Lincoln’s levying war upon the Southern states was the precise definition of treason in the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitution allows for the creation of new states and even the carving out of a state from an existing state. However, it requires a vote of the existing state legislature as well as the legislature of the proposed new state. Article 4, Section 3 states: “No new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, without the consent of the legislature of the states concerned . . .” (emphasis added). The Confederate government in Richmond did not approve the confiscation of Western Virginia from Virginia. It was stolen from the state of Virginia literally at gunpoint, as soon as the U.S. government gained an overwhelming military advantage in the region during the war.
Yankee Leviathan: The ... Bensel, Richard Franklin Best Price: $12.99 Buy New $25.76 (as of 03:54 UTC - Details) Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens spoke the words of the tyrant when he represented the position of the Lincoln Republicans on this matter. The creation of West Virginia was obviously unconstitutional, he admitted, but “the absolute power which the laws of war give us” supposedly justified it all. That was always Lincoln’s novel theory of the Constitution as well: that it needed to be destroyed in order to save it because military might makes right. When cornered with mountains of historical facts that demolish their Lincoln idolatry the Lincoln cult always retreats to the military might makes right mantra. As I said, these are the words of tyrants and their court historians.
The new puppet government of West Virginia was then run by the Republican party out of Alexandria, Virginia, guaranteeing the Republican party two more senators, additional members of Congress, and most importantly, more electoral college votes in the 1864 election.
Lincoln obviously felt compelled to rig the 1864 election in this and other ways since, as historian Larry Tagg wrote in The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln, during his lifetime Lincoln was by far the most hated and reviled of all American presidents by his own citizens, i.e., people of the North. He had only won 39% of the popular vote in the 1860 election, which he nevertheless claimed gave him a mandate to invade the Southern states. It goes without saying that he was hated even more by the Southern civilian population, which he waged total war on for four years, killing them by the thousands, bombing their cities and towns into smoldering ruins, plundering their property, and worse.
Lincoln Unmasked: What... DiLorenzo, Thomas Best Price: $6.58 Buy New $46.41 (as of 04:52 UTC - Details) Then there’s the case of Nevada, which became a state on October 31, 1864, just in time to add a few more electoral college votes for Lincoln in the following week’s election. Happy Halloween! Nevada was a last-minute addition to the union despite the fact that it only had a population of 40,000 when all other states had been required to have 60,000 people as a condition of statehood. For several years Lincoln had been flooding all of the state and local “territorial official” jobs with Republican party political hacks, guaranteeing that they would do whatever he instructed them to do. They dutifully rewarded their benefactor with three more electoral college votes with Lincoln’s opponent, General George McClellan, breathing down Lincoln’s neck advocating an end to the most murderous war in American history (to this day) and the resumption of peaceful relations with the South.
Lincoln’s creation of new states and other heavy-handed vote fraud tactics, such as having ballots printed in different colors for different political parties and posting armed soldiers to intimidate Democrat voters with the “wrong” colored ballots in their hands, brought him his electoral victory. The Republican party would essentially monopolize national politics in America for the next half century. In his book Yankee Leviathan, historian Richard Bensel wrote that such a political monopoly was only rivaled by the Bolsheviks in Russia in the twentieth century, or perhaps the Mexican government’s political monopoly of that era. That of course is the openly-stated goal of today’s Demo-Bolsheviks as well now that they have discovered the recipe for vote-frauding all future opposition party presidential candidates.
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