lewrockwell--2020-07-27--The Right of Self-Determination

The Right of Self-Determination

The right of self-determination in regard to the question of membership in a state thus means : whenever the inhabitants of a particular territory , whether it be a single village , a whole district , or a series of adjacent districts , make it known , by a freely conducted plebiscite , that they no longer wish to remain united to the state to which they belong at the time , but wish either to form an independent state or to attach themselves to some other state , their wishes are to be respected and complied with .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of preventing revolutions and civil and international wars .
– From part 2 of Chapter 3 , Liberalism : In the Classical Tradition , by Ludwig von Mises I would like to examine this passage from Mises through the lens of a real-world situation , one that has festered hot and cold for over thirty years , with roots that go back even centuries .
One that is virtually unsolvable in any manner other than total war and potential annihilation – unless it is solved in the manner described by Mises .
Armenian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NB : astute readers will note by my name that I might be biased on this topic .
You will be correct in this view .
On July 12 , skirmishes broke out on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan .
The fighting claimed at least sixteen lives in the most serious outbreak of hostilities in the South Caucasus since 2016 .
Since the late Soviet era , Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought over Nagorno-Karabakh , a mostly ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan .
After the Soviet Union collapsed , ethnic Armenians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azerbaijan .
But Azerbaijan still considers the area part of its sovereign territory .
You will forgive the extensive – yet broad-brushed – history lesson ; there is no story without it .
Armenians trace their history at least 3,000 years , continuously inhabiting the regions of eastern Anatolia and the southern Trans-Caucasus .
In 301 AD , the Armenian king converted to Christianity , well before Rome .
The Armenian alphabet was invented early in the fifth century .
Independent rarely , conquered often : Arabs , Persians , Mongols , Seljuk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Ani fell to the Byzantines in 1045 AD , then was razed by the Seljuk Turks in 1064 .
A Cilician kingdom , located northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta , ended in 1375 .
This kingdom played a role in the European Crusades ; Pope Gregory XIII would write , in his Ecclesia Romana : Among the good deeds which the Armenian people has done towards the church and the Christian world , it should especially be stressed that , in those times when the Christian princes and the warriors went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people or nation , with the same enthusiasm , joy and faith came to their aid as the Armenians did , who supplied the Crusaders with horses , provision and guidance .
The Armenians assisted these warriors with their utter courage and loyalty during the Holy wars .
Intermarriages would follow , with Armenian princesses being wed to the European nobles .
The last king of Cilicia , Levon ( or Leo ) V is buried in France in the Couvent des Célestins , near Place de la Bastille in Paris , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after Saint-Denis .
Liberalism Mises , Ludwig von Best Price : $ 11.95 Buy New $ 11.95 Armenians would thereafter live under divided rule : the western portion under Ottoman rule , the eastern under either Persia or Russia .
By the mid-nineteenth century , Armenians in both east and west grappled with issues of a nation divided , and issues of independence – with Armenian political movements taking hold both within and outside of the region .
The role of these political movements played some part in nineteenth and early twentieth century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bank ( resulting in the Ottoman slaughter of thousands of Armenians in retaliation ) , creating agitation on the border with Russia before and during the Great War ( a pretext for genocide ) .
Unfortunately for the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire , these events coincided with a rapid deterioration of the Empire , with losses of Greece and later the Balkans – to say nothing regarding much of North Africa and the Middle East by now under European colonial rule .
Those in the west were subject to occasional massacres and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the nineteenth century .
The largest of these was the Hamidian Massacres in 1894 – 1896 , when approximately 200,000 perished .
These events culminated in the well-known Genocide beginning in 1915 , committed by the Turks during the Great War .
Deaths are estimated at between 800,000 and 1.5 million out of a population estimated at approximately 2 million .
Some would convert to Islam to save their lives – often as servants , sometimes adopted .
Virtually all survivors were expelled into the deserts of Syria , my grandparents included @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside of Turkish reach , were spared from the worst of these atrocities ; being far more mountainous , these regions were not easily overrun .
These regions include what is today known as Nagorno ( Mountainous ) Karabagh , or Artsakh as Armenians refer to it .
This is the region under contention today .
Regardless of the imperial power , the Armenian princes here were able to maintain reasonable local rule – at least until the early nineteenth century and due to the Russian conquest .
Armenian Blend Vintage ... Buy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current conflict : Armenians have a continuous history in Artsakh dating back to the time before Christ , perhaps as early as the 7th century BC .
St. Gregory , the saint who converted Armenian King Tiridates III in 301 AD , established the Amaras Monastery in Artsakh in the fourth century .
This was the site of the first Armenian school , in the fifth century , to teach the alphabet invented by St. Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD .
With only the addition of three letters , it is the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this region the heart of Armenian culture .
Returning to the larger history , a brief independence was had in 1918 , until war , hunger , continued massacres of Armenians , and an economy in shambles – driven by the results of the Genocide , the Great War , and the communist revolution in Russia – resulted in absorption into the Soviet Union .
Of the three republics in the south Caucasus ( Armenia , Georgia , Azerbaijan ) , Armenia was in the worst shape : countless thousands of refugees , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accessible natural resources .
They held onto and somehow survived in an unforgiving land : brutally hot in the summer , unfathomably cold in the winter .
Lenin would soon sacrifice portions of western Armenia to Atatürk , the Soviets needing peace on at least some of its borders in order to secure the revolution .
Nagorno Karabagh was also ceded by the Soviets and Lenin to Azerbaijan in 1921 , despite the population being over 90 percent Armenian .
( At the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 75 % – 80 % . )
There is also the story of the territory of Nakhichevan , an area west of Armenia and adjacent to Turkey , under the government of Azerbaijan yet having no common border with it .
It was a region subject to intense fighting between Armenians and Azeris in the years following the Great War , with the Azeris ultimately taking control and slaughtering ten-thousand Armenians and razing dozens of Armenian villages .
In a statement that could be written today , British journalist C. E. Bechhofer Roberts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ History of Armenia : A ... History , Captivating Best Price : $ 6.64 Buy New $ 13.34 You can not persuade a party of frenzied nationalists that two blacks do not make a white ; consequently , no day went by without a catalogue of complaints from both sides , Armenians and Tartars [ Azeris ] , of unprovoked attacks , murders , village burnings and the like .
Specifically , the situation was a series of vicious cycles .
The British , seeing the hopelessness of the situation , left ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thereafter , a referendum was held , with the remaining population voting to join Azerbaijan .
Fast forward past the superficial calm of the Soviet control : Late February 1988 , the Supreme Soviet of Nagorno Karabagh called on the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to transfer the territory to Armenia .
Gorbachev would quash this idea .
In late spring , Gorbachev dismissed the First Secretaries of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Communist Parties .
The Soviets could find no solution , as – typical for Soviets – national considerations were irrelevant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Armenian capital , Yerevan ; hundreds of thousands of people would turn out in support of Armenians in Nagorno Karabagh – along with other issues of corruption in the Armenian Communist Party , environmental concerns , etc .
These protests regarding Karabagh resulted in pogroms against the Armenians in Sumgait , Azerbaijan ; several dozen – up to several hundred – Armenians were massacred , out of a local Armenian population of 18,000 in this city of 200,000 .
Azeri authorities did not intervene for several days .
Memories of Genocide at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azeris are also Turkic people – were close at hand .
In July , Armenian protestors seized the international airport in Yerevan ; it was soon retaken by Soviet troops .
By November , 1988 , thousands of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan would come pouring into Armenia .
But then ( as if it wasn ’ t bad enough ) : disaster .
December 7 , 1988 .
A massive earthquake , made worse due to the shoddy Soviet construction .
Estimates of up to 100,000 killed ( approximately 3 percent of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ injured ; countless thousands homeless , orphaned , or both .
Meanwhile in Azerbaijan , joy at the suffering of Armenia , with yet more pogroms against Armenians , especially in Karabagh .
American Grown Armenia ... Buy New $ 21.99 August 1990 , Armenia declared itself an independent state .
In September , 1991 , over 99 percent voted for independence .
With protests continuing in Armenia over Karabagh , Azerbaijan would interrupt or blockade goods from entering Armenia .
Armenia , a landlocked country , depended on 85 percent of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest from Georgia .
Armenians in Karabagh held their own referendum for independence in December 1991 .
It was overwhelmingly approved .
In the spring of 1992 , relentless Azerbaijani bombing of Stepanakert – the capital of Karabagh – reduced the city to rubble .
Armenian forces would retaliate – accusations of massacres by the Armenians of Azeris would follow .
The capture of Shusha by the Armenians – a city where Armenians were massacred seventy years before – proved decisive in the conflict .
During the brutal winters that followed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homes , or businesses .
No fuel , no raw materials , no component parts , no medical supplies .
This for a country still dealing with the ravages of the earthquake on top of the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
And war – ongoing war with Azerbaijan over Karabagh , with no enduring ( for the most part ) cease-fire until mid-1994 .
It is a unique cease-fire , one with no third party as guarantor .
It is a role uniquely suited for Moscow , and a role perhaps only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chosen not to do so .
Russian troops are already stationed in Armenia ; however , their duty regards the border with Turkey , not the border with Azerbaijan .
That Moscow does not guarantee the cease-fire says much , perhaps , of the impossibility of the situation .
Since 1994 , basically a diplomatic stalemate punctuated with short outbursts of violence between the parties .
Armenians in Artsakh are trapped by this stalemate .
Whatever one believes about my version of the history , two realities exist today : Azerbaijan wants a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Soviets ; Armenians who live on this land and who make up ( and have made up ) the vast majority of the population prefer independence or being under Armenian rule .
Mens Dad The Man The M ... Buy New $ 16.79 Further , Armenia must protect the Armenians living on this land today and continuously for thousands of years .
Ludwig von Mises had the answer – the only peaceful answer – for such situations : …the right of self-determination of which we speak is not the right of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right of self-determination of the inhabitants of every territory large enough to form an independent administrative unit .
If it were in any way possible to grant this right of self-determination to every individual person , it would have to be done .
There is no chance , of course , that Azerbaijan will accept the outcome of such a referendum .
There is also no chance that the Armenian government can stand if it allows Artsakh to be governed in any way by Baku ; the history of genocide and the virtual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes impossible this path .
For the Armenians – certainly in Artsakh , but also to a large degree , in Armenia proper – this issue is existential .
For the foreseeable future , war will be on the table – occasionally turning hot , just as it has in the last weeks .
This conflict has no peaceful solution possible other than that which is offered by Mises .
Even with this , troubles would not be over for Armenia .
On east and west , Turkic people ; Erdogan of Turkey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – dreams of a rebuilt Ottoman Empire , or worse , for Armenia , a Pan-Turkic region stretching from Istanbul east to the edges of China .
With Armenia , the lone Christian nation in its path .
It has survived in hostile territory for several millennia ; with strong people on the land and a dedicated diaspora , it will survive this as well .
The Best of Daniel Ajamian

The right of self-determination in regard to the question of membership in a state thus means: whenever the inhabitants of a particular territory, whether it be a single village, a whole district, or a series of adjacent districts, make it known, by a freely conducted plebiscite, that they no longer wish to remain united to the state to which they belong at the time, but wish either to form an independent state or to attach themselves to some other state, their wishes are to be respected and complied with. This is the only feasible and effective way of preventing revolutions and civil and international wars.
– From part 2 of Chapter 3, Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition, by Ludwig von Mises
I would like to examine this passage from Mises through the lens of a real-world situation, one that has festered hot and cold for over thirty years, with roots that go back even centuries. One that is virtually unsolvable in any manner other than total war and potential annihilation – unless it is solved in the manner described by Mises.
Armenian Ceramic Decor... Buy New $24.99 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details) NB: astute readers will note by my name that I might be biased on this topic. You will be correct in this view.
On July 12, skirmishes broke out on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The fighting claimed at least sixteen lives in the most serious outbreak of hostilities in the South Caucasus since 2016.
Since the late Soviet era, Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mostly ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan. After the Soviet Union collapsed, ethnic Armenians in the territory declared their independence from Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan still considers the area part of its sovereign territory.
You will forgive the extensive – yet broad-brushed – history lesson; there is no story without it.
Armenians trace their history at least 3,000 years, continuously inhabiting the regions of eastern Anatolia and the southern Trans-Caucasus. In 301 AD, the Armenian king converted to Christianity, well before Rome. The Armenian alphabet was invented early in the fifth century.
Independent rarely, conquered often: Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Seljuk Turks. The last eastern Armenian kingdom at Ani fell to the Byzantines in 1045 AD, then was razed by the Seljuk Turks in 1064. A Cilician kingdom, located northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta, ended in 1375. This kingdom played a role in the European Crusades; Pope Gregory XIII would write, in his Ecclesia Romana:
Among the good deeds which the Armenian people has done towards the church and the Christian world, it should especially be stressed that, in those times when the Christian princes and the warriors went to retake the Holy Land, no people or nation, with the same enthusiasm, joy and faith came to their aid as the Armenians did, who supplied the Crusaders with horses, provision and guidance. The Armenians assisted these warriors with their utter courage and loyalty during the Holy wars.
Intermarriages would follow, with Armenian princesses being wed to the European nobles. The last king of Cilicia, Levon (or Leo) V is buried in France in the Couvent des Célestins, near Place de la Bastille in Paris, the second most important burial site for royalty after Saint-Denis. Liberalism Mises, Ludwig von Best Price: $11.95 Buy New $11.95 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
Armenians would thereafter live under divided rule: the western portion under Ottoman rule, the eastern under either Persia or Russia. By the mid-nineteenth century, Armenians in both east and west grappled with issues of a nation divided, and issues of independence – with Armenian political movements taking hold both within and outside of the region.
The role of these political movements played some part in nineteenth and early twentieth century events: Armenians taking over an Ottoman bank (resulting in the Ottoman slaughter of thousands of Armenians in retaliation), creating agitation on the border with Russia before and during the Great War (a pretext for genocide).
Unfortunately for the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, these events coincided with a rapid deterioration of the Empire, with losses of Greece and later the Balkans – to say nothing regarding much of North Africa and the Middle East by now under European colonial rule.
Those in the west were subject to occasional massacres and the like beginning in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The largest of these was the Hamidian Massacres in 1894 – 1896, when approximately 200,000 perished. These events culminated in the well-known Genocide beginning in 1915, committed by the Turks during the Great War.
Deaths are estimated at between 800,000 and 1.5 million out of a population estimated at approximately 2 million. Some would convert to Islam to save their lives – often as servants, sometimes adopted. Virtually all survivors were expelled into the deserts of Syria, my grandparents included.
The regions to the east, outside of Turkish reach, were spared from the worst of these atrocities; being far more mountainous, these regions were not easily overrun. These regions include what is today known as Nagorno (Mountainous) Karabagh, or Artsakh as Armenians refer to it. This is the region under contention today. Regardless of the imperial power, the Armenian princes here were able to maintain reasonable local rule – at least until the early nineteenth century and due to the Russian conquest. Armenian Blend Vintage... Buy New $84.99 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
As background to the current conflict: Armenians have a continuous history in Artsakh dating back to the time before Christ, perhaps as early as the 7th century BC. St. Gregory, the saint who converted Armenian King Tiridates III in 301 AD, established the Amaras Monastery in Artsakh in the fourth century. This was the site of the first Armenian school, in the fifth century, to teach the alphabet invented by St. Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD. With only the addition of three letters, it is the same alphabet used today. Many Armenians consider this region the heart of Armenian culture.
Returning to the larger history, a brief independence was had in 1918, until war, hunger, continued massacres of Armenians, and an economy in shambles – driven by the results of the Genocide, the Great War, and the communist revolution in Russia – resulted in absorption into the Soviet Union.
Of the three republics in the south Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Armenia was in the worst shape: countless thousands of refugees, land-locked, and no oil or meaningfully accessible natural resources. They held onto and somehow survived in an unforgiving land: brutally hot in the summer, unfathomably cold in the winter.
Lenin would soon sacrifice portions of western Armenia to Atatürk, the Soviets needing peace on at least some of its borders in order to secure the revolution. Nagorno Karabagh was also ceded by the Soviets and Lenin to Azerbaijan in 1921, despite the population being over 90 percent Armenian. (At the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the region remained majority Armenian, at approximately 75% – 80%.)
There is also the story of the territory of Nakhichevan, an area west of Armenia and adjacent to Turkey, under the government of Azerbaijan yet having no common border with it. It was a region subject to intense fighting between Armenians and Azeris in the years following the Great War, with the Azeris ultimately taking control and slaughtering ten-thousand Armenians and razing dozens of Armenian villages.
In a statement that could be written today, British journalist C. E. Bechhofer Roberts described the situation in April 1920: History of Armenia: A ... History, Captivating Best Price: $6.64 Buy New $13.34 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
You cannot persuade a party of frenzied nationalists that two blacks do not make a white; consequently, no day went by without a catalogue of complaints from both sides, Armenians and Tartars [Azeris], of unprovoked attacks, murders, village burnings and the like. Specifically, the situation was a series of vicious cycles.
The British, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, left; the Russians came in their place. Thereafter, a referendum was held, with the remaining population voting to join Azerbaijan.
Fast forward past the superficial calm of the Soviet control: Late February 1988, the Supreme Soviet of Nagorno Karabagh called on the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to transfer the territory to Armenia. Gorbachev would quash this idea. In late spring, Gorbachev dismissed the First Secretaries of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Communist Parties. The Soviets could find no solution, as – typical for Soviets – national considerations were irrelevant.
Mass demonstrations would begin in the Armenian capital, Yerevan; hundreds of thousands of people would turn out in support of Armenians in Nagorno Karabagh – along with other issues of corruption in the Armenian Communist Party, environmental concerns, etc.
These protests regarding Karabagh resulted in pogroms against the Armenians in Sumgait, Azerbaijan; several dozen – up to several hundred – Armenians were massacred, out of a local Armenian population of 18,000 in this city of 200,000. Azeri authorities did not intervene for several days. Memories of Genocide at the hands of the Turks – and the Azeris are also Turkic people – were close at hand.
In July, Armenian protestors seized the international airport in Yerevan; it was soon retaken by Soviet troops. By November, 1988, thousands of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan would come pouring into Armenia.
But then (as if it wasn’t bad enough): disaster. December 7, 1988. A massive earthquake, made worse due to the shoddy Soviet construction. Estimates of up to 100,000 killed (approximately 3 percent of the population), and up to 130,000 injured; countless thousands homeless, orphaned, or both. Meanwhile in Azerbaijan, joy at the suffering of Armenia, with yet more pogroms against Armenians, especially in Karabagh. American Grown Armenia... Buy New $21.99 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
August 1990, Armenia declared itself an independent state. In September, 1991, over 99 percent voted for independence. With protests continuing in Armenia over Karabagh, Azerbaijan would interrupt or blockade goods from entering Armenia. Armenia, a landlocked country, depended on 85 percent of its imports to come through Azerbaijan, with the rest from Georgia.
Armenians in Karabagh held their own referendum for independence in December 1991. It was overwhelmingly approved. In the spring of 1992, relentless Azerbaijani bombing of Stepanakert – the capital of Karabagh – reduced the city to rubble. Armenian forces would retaliate – accusations of massacres by the Armenians of Azeris would follow. The capture of Shusha by the Armenians – a city where Armenians were massacred seventy years before – proved decisive in the conflict.
During the brutal winters that followed, no heat for hospitals, universities, homes, or businesses. No fuel, no raw materials, no component parts, no medical supplies. This for a country still dealing with the ravages of the earthquake on top of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. And war – ongoing war with Azerbaijan over Karabagh, with no enduring (for the most part) cease-fire until mid-1994.
It is a unique cease-fire, one with no third party as guarantor. It is a role uniquely suited for Moscow, and a role perhaps only Moscow can fulfill; yet it has chosen not to do so. Russian troops are already stationed in Armenia; however, their duty regards the border with Turkey, not the border with Azerbaijan. That Moscow does not guarantee the cease-fire says much, perhaps, of the impossibility of the situation.
Since 1994, basically a diplomatic stalemate punctuated with short outbursts of violence between the parties. Armenians in Artsakh are trapped by this stalemate.
Whatever one believes about my version of the history, two realities exist today: Azerbaijan wants a return of the land granted to it by the Soviets; Armenians who live on this land and who make up (and have made up) the vast majority of the population prefer independence or being under Armenian rule. Mens Dad The Man The M... Buy New $16.79 (as of 04:02 UTC - Details)
Further, Armenia must protect the Armenians living on this land today and continuously for thousands of years. Ludwig von Mises had the answer – the only peaceful answer – for such situations:
…the right of self-determination of which we speak is not the right of self-determination of nations, but rather the right of self-determination of the inhabitants of every territory large enough to form an independent administrative unit. If it were in any way possible to grant this right of self-determination to every individual person, it would have to be done.
There is no chance, of course, that Azerbaijan will accept the outcome of such a referendum. There is also no chance that the Armenian government can stand if it allows Artsakh to be governed in any way by Baku; the history of genocide and the virtual certainty of future genocide or forced expulsions makes impossible this path.
For the Armenians – certainly in Artsakh, but also to a large degree, in Armenia proper – this issue is existential. For the foreseeable future, war will be on the table – occasionally turning hot, just as it has in the last weeks. This conflict has no peaceful solution possible other than that which is offered by Mises.
Even with this, troubles would not be over for Armenia. On east and west, Turkic people; Erdogan of Turkey working to re-establish reach over the region – dreams of a rebuilt Ottoman Empire, or worse, for Armenia, a Pan-Turkic region stretching from Istanbul east to the edges of China.
With Armenia, the lone Christian nation in its path. It has survived in hostile territory for several millennia; with strong people on the land and a dedicated diaspora, it will survive this as well.
The Best of Daniel Ajamian


lewrockwell--2020-07-27--The Biggest Lie of This Coronavirus Hoax Is That the State Cares About Any of You

“ To choose one ’ s victims , to prepare one ’ s plan minutely , to slake an implacable vengeance , and then to go to bed… There is nothing sweeter in the world.
” The ‘ State ’ is and has always been an evil , heartless , cruel , and manipulative monster bent only on money , power , and control .
Once this truth is learned and accepted , the state is unmasked , and the claim that it is the defender and savior of the people is exposed as a lie .
Without the false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be easily recognizable as nothing more than a sinister enemy of all those under its rule .
THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT HERBERT , FRANK Best Price : $ 5.50 Buy New $ 14.73 According to research done by the late Professor R. J. Rummel , governments in just the twentieth century alone murdered 262 million innocent people .
This number does not include deaths due to internal and foreign wars .
There are two major points that should be questioned here .
The first is why were wars left out of this calculation since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all wars of aggression are pure murder , not defensive as in any explicit defense of country , so the state itself is responsible for all those that die , including those volunteers or those conscripted and under orders of the state .
With that said , the actual number of those killed due to state involvement is obviously much higher than calculated by Professor Rummel , in both the killing of citizens by their own governments , and due to killing through aggression .
It is also important to recognize that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every level of existence , and is the ruling entity , then no deaths from war or conflict should be left out of any reporting concerning death by government .
In addition , Rummel ’ s research was restricted only to the twentieth century , and nothing before or after that time was calculated .
The killing continues unabated , but much of the killing today is done by stealth .
Blame for these atrocities , especially when politically convenient , is directed away from the aggressor state .
All these deaths should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth of the carnage levied by governments .
What this boils down to is that the state is responsible for most all deaths other than those by natural causes .
So why would anyone not be anti-state ?
Why would any not support the elimination of the state , when it is responsible for so much death and destruction ?
Do most populations actually believe that their country and its political class are good , but that all others are bad ?
Has the propaganda been so effective in convincing most of humanity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but a benevolent protector and master ?
Is the truth never sought or seen , or even desired by the exploited masses ?
That seems to be the case , and this is not accidental or coincidental , it is a long-planned outcome , and one voluntarily accepted by the masses .
Due to the way this report was structured , the United States was pretty much left out of this conversation .
I found this troubling .
All concentration was centered on particularly oppressive governments or dictators mainly responsible for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if considering all deaths caused by governments , the conversation should not end there .
Notes to the Future : W ... Mandela , Nelson Best Price : $ 1.75 Buy New $ 15.00 The United States government is no less oppressive than many discussed by Rummel .
The American government today is the most aggressive and powerful on earth , far more deadly than most in the past .
U.S. wars of aggression , regime change policies , and proxy wars have been responsible for millions of deaths of innocents .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the twentieth century were blamed on the Soviet Union , Nazi Germany , and Communist China , as well as what are said to be lesser murderers like the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese War State , among many others .
The main culprits blamed would be Stalin , Hitler , Mao , and Pol Pot , but the U.S. had much to do with all these tyrants , much to do with massive death , and much to do with the murder of innocents .
The U.S. government was involved with all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even complicit in much of what was going on during those times when mass killing and genocide were more evident .
The U.S. has been an aggressor nation , a warring nation against innocents , and a facilitator in building brutal regimes and supporting brutal dictators , including Stalin Mao , Hitler , and many others .
This is not an innocent nation , and it never has been .
In fact , the U.S. has been at war in one form or another , all through aggression , for at least 93 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American government will always claim the high ground , but that high ground is just because the U.S. is on top of the killing pyramid , looking down on the rest of the world .
The saying that the victor writes the history rings true , and the U.S. has certainly been able to hide much of its atrocities due to this strategy .
In other words , the United States government is no better than any other government ; at least it has not been for a very long time .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ innocents mostly on Communism , and of course the idea of Communism is horrendous , but like any governmental system , it requires that the people accept it voluntarily .
Throughout history , most every political system has been based on master and slave , king and subjects , ruling class and proletariat .
If the people wanted a freer system , they could have it , but the common man of today is little different than in the past , as most continually look toward a ‘ leader ’ instead of looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Murray Rothbard Best Price : $ 5.00 Buy New $ 5.82 But with this fraudulent virus ‘ pandemic , ’ the real U.S. government is being exposed for what it truly is , and now is unclothed so that all can see the truth should they desire to do so .
America has gotten away with the lie that it is different , that it is better , and that it is innocent in the horrors of man , but that is all coming to a screeching halt , as the ruling class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are showing their true colors , and are aggressively seeking total control over all of humanity .
If they succeed in this effort , more will die in this country and worldwide than ever before , and genocide , democide , and mass murder by non-obvious means will occur .
Due to the government response to this fake virus hoax , there will be financial ruin , sickness , famine , poverty , vaccination poison , and suicide ; all caused by the state , but the state will not take blame for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be blamed on a virus , and on society as a whole for not complying with every draconian measure mandated by the despicable state .
Since this ordeal began earlier this year , the elderly have been targeted for death , and in many cases purposely left to die in isolation .
As this global reset continues however , it will not just be the old that are dying ; death will consume all ages , as life will be relegated to one of survival instead of joy .
The state cares nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children or your neighbors ; it cares only about using you to sustain its power and control .
Once the people allow total control to be achieved by the ruling class , there will be little need for the common man except to serve his master the state .
A change of this magnitude will leave in the entire global population under the thumb of the few , and worldwide technocratic Communism will have been established .
Is this our destiny ?
“ If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States of America.
” ~ Nelson Mandela ( 2012 ) .
“ Notes to the Future : Words of Wisdom ” , p.152 , Simon and Schuster Sources : Here , here , here , here , here , and here .
The Best of Gary D. Barnett

“To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed… There is nothing sweeter in the world.”
Joseph Stalin (1940) “Stalin’s Kampf: Joseph Stalin’s credo”
The ‘State’ is and has always been an evil, heartless, cruel, and manipulative monster bent only on money, power, and control. Once this truth is learned and accepted, the state is unmasked, and the claim that it is the defender and savior of the people is exposed as a lie. Without the false cover of legitimacy, any government will be easily recognizable as nothing more than a sinister enemy of all those under its rule.
THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT HERBERT, FRANK Best Price: $5.50 Buy New $14.73 (as of 03:06 UTC - Details) According to research done by the late Professor R. J. Rummel, governments in just the twentieth century alone murdered 262 million innocent people. This number does not include deaths due to internal and foreign wars. There are two major points that should be questioned here. The first is why were wars left out of this calculation since governments cause and prosecute wars? Secondly, all wars of aggression are pure murder, not defensive as in any explicit defense of country, so the state itself is responsible for all those that die, including those volunteers or those conscripted and under orders of the state. With that said, the actual number of those killed due to state involvement is obviously much higher than calculated by Professor Rummel, in both the killing of citizens by their own governments, and due to killing through aggression. It is also important to recognize that since government is now involved at most every level of existence, and is the ruling entity, then no deaths from war or conflict should be left out of any reporting concerning death by government. In addition, Rummel’s research was restricted only to the twentieth century, and nothing before or after that time was calculated. The killing continues unabated, but much of the killing today is done by stealth. Blame for these atrocities, especially when politically convenient, is directed away from the aggressor state. All these deaths should be considered in order to find the truth of the carnage levied by governments.
What this boils down to is that the state is responsible for most all deaths other than those by natural causes. So why would anyone not be anti-state? Why would any not support the elimination of the state, when it is responsible for so much death and destruction? Do most populations actually believe that their country and its political class are good, but that all others are bad? Has the propaganda been so effective in convincing most of humanity that the state is not only necessary, but a benevolent protector and master? Is the truth never sought or seen, or even desired by the exploited masses? That seems to be the case, and this is not accidental or coincidental, it is a long-planned outcome, and one voluntarily accepted by the masses.
Due to the way this report was structured, the United States was pretty much left out of this conversation. I found this troubling. All concentration was centered on particularly oppressive governments or dictators mainly responsible for the deaths of their own citizens, but if considering all deaths caused by governments, the conversation should not end there. Notes to the Future: W... Mandela, Nelson Best Price: $1.75 Buy New $15.00 (as of 04:03 UTC - Details)
The United States government is no less oppressive than many discussed by Rummel. The American government today is the most aggressive and powerful on earth, far more deadly than most in the past. U.S. wars of aggression, regime change policies, and proxy wars have been responsible for millions of deaths of innocents. The majority of the deaths by government during the twentieth century were blamed on the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and Communist China, as well as what are said to be lesser murderers like the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese War State, among many others. The main culprits blamed would be Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot, but the U.S. had much to do with all these tyrants, much to do with massive death, and much to do with the murder of innocents.
The U.S. government was involved with all those I mentioned above, and was even complicit in much of what was going on during those times when mass killing and genocide were more evident. The U.S. has been an aggressor nation, a warring nation against innocents, and a facilitator in building brutal regimes and supporting brutal dictators, including Stalin Mao, Hitler, and many others. This is not an innocent nation, and it never has been. In fact, the U.S. has been at war in one form or another, all through aggression, for at least 93% of its entire history. The American government will always claim the high ground, but that high ground is just because the U.S. is on top of the killing pyramid, looking down on the rest of the world. The saying that the victor writes the history rings true, and the U.S. has certainly been able to hide much of its atrocities due to this strategy.
In other words, the United States government is no better than any other government; at least it has not been for a very long time. Many will blame the deaths of so many innocents mostly on Communism, and of course the idea of Communism is horrendous, but like any governmental system, it requires that the people accept it voluntarily. Throughout history, most every political system has been based on master and slave, king and subjects, ruling class and proletariat. If the people wanted a freer system, they could have it, but the common man of today is little different than in the past, as most continually look toward a ‘leader’ instead of looking to self. Anatomy of the State Murray Rothbard Best Price: $5.00 Buy New $5.82 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
But with this fraudulent virus ‘pandemic,’ the real U.S. government is being exposed for what it truly is, and now is unclothed so that all can see the truth should they desire to do so. America has gotten away with the lie that it is different, that it is better, and that it is innocent in the horrors of man, but that is all coming to a screeching halt, as the ruling class eugenicists and the political elites in government are showing their true colors, and are aggressively seeking total control over all of humanity. If they succeed in this effort, more will die in this country and worldwide than ever before, and genocide, democide, and mass murder by non-obvious means will occur. Due to the government response to this fake virus hoax, there will be financial ruin, sickness, famine, poverty, vaccination poison, and suicide; all caused by the state, but the state will not take blame for this carnage. No, this will be blamed on a virus, and on society as a whole for not complying with every draconian measure mandated by the despicable state. Since this ordeal began earlier this year, the elderly have been targeted for death, and in many cases purposely left to die in isolation. As this global reset continues however, it will not just be the old that are dying; death will consume all ages, as life will be relegated to one of survival instead of joy.
The state cares nothing about you, your family, your children or your neighbors; it cares only about using you to sustain its power and control. Once the people allow total control to be achieved by the ruling class, there will be little need for the common man except to serve his master the state. A change of this magnitude will leave in the entire global population under the thumb of the few, and worldwide technocratic Communism will have been established. Is this our destiny?
“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.”
~ Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.152, Simon and Schuster
Sources: Here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-27--Manufactured Pandemic: Testing People for Any Strain of a Coronavirus, Not Specifically for COVID-19

First published by Global Research on March 27 , 2020 The following is from a medical forum .
The writer , who is a widely respected professional scientist in the US , prefers to stay anonymous , because presenting any narrative different than the official one can cause you a lot of stress in the toxic environment caused by the scam which surrounds COVID-19 these days .
– Julian Rose I work in the healthcare field .
Here ’ s the problem , we are testing people for any strain of a Coronavirus .
Not specifically for COVID-19 .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 virus .
There are no reliable agencies or media outlets for reporting numbers of actual COVID-19 virus cases .
This needs to be addressed first and foremost .
Every action and reaction to COVID-19 is based on totally flawed data and we simply can not make accurate assessments .
NatureBell Quercetin 1 ... Buy New $ 28.95 ( $ 0.12 / Count ) This is why you ’ re hearing that most people with COVID-19 are showing nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms .
That ’ s because most Coronavirus strains are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The few actual novel Coronavirus cases do have some worse respiratory responses , but still have a very promising recovery rate , especially for those without prior issues .
The ‘ gold standard ’ in testing for COVID-19 is laboratory isolated/purified coronavirus particles free from any contaminants and particles that look like viruses but are not , that have been proven to be the cause of the syndrome known as COVID-19 and obtained by using proper viral isolation methods and controls ( not the PCR that is currently being used or Serology /antibody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such ) .
PCR basically takes a sample of your cells and amplifies any DNA to look for ‘ viral sequences ’ , i.e .
bits of non-human DNA that seem to match parts of a known viral genome .
The problem is the test is known not to work .
It uses ‘ amplification ’ which means taking a very very tiny amount of DNA and growing it exponentially until it can be analyzed .
Obviously any minute contaminations in the sample will also be amplified leading to potentially gross errors of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only looking for partial viral sequences , not whole genomes , so identifying a single pathogen is next to impossible even if you ignore the other issues .
The New Coronavirus Outbreak , COVID-19 , Sounds Menacing and Is The Mickey Mouse test kits being sent out to hospitals , at best , tell analysts you have some viral DNA in your cells .
Which most of us do , most of the time .
It may tell you the viral sequence is related to a specific type of virus – say the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s all .
The idea these kits can isolate a specific virus like COVID-19 is nonsense .
The Vitamin D Solution ... Michael F. Holick Best Price : $ 2.01 Buy New $ 9.08 And that ’ s not even getting into the other issue – viral load .
If you remember the PCR works by amplifying minute amounts of DNA .
It therefore is useless at telling you how much virus you may have .
And that ’ s the only question that really matters when it comes to diagnosing illness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kicking round in their system at any time , and most will not cause illness because their quantities are too small .
For a virus to sicken you you need a lot of it , a massive amount of it .
But PCR does not test viral load and therefore can ’ t determine if it is present in sufficient quantities to sicken you .
If you feel sick and get a PCR test any random virus DNA might be identified even if they aren ’ t at all involved in your sickness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus are incredibly common .
A large percentage of the world human population will have covi DNA in them in small quantities even if they are perfectly well or sick with some other pathogen .
Do you see where this is going yet ?
If you want to create a totally false panic about a totally false pandemic – pick a coronavirus .
They are incredibly common and there ’ s tons of them .
A very high percentage of people who have become sick by other means ( flu , bacterial pneumonia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PCR test for covi even if you ’ re doing them properly and ruling out contamination , simply because covis are so common .
There are hundreds of thousands of flu and pneumonia victims in hospitals throughout the world at any one time .
All you need to do is select the sickest of these in a single location – say Wuhan – administer PCR tests to them and claim anyone showing viral sequences similar to a coronavirus ( which will inevitably be quite a few ) is suffering from a ‘ new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Real St ... Steve Hickey , Andrew W ... Best Price : $ 8.91 Buy New $ 12.47 Since you already selected the sickest flu cases a fairly high proportion of your sample will go on to die .
You can then say this ‘ new ’ virus has a CFR higher than the flu and use this to infuse more concern and do more tests which will of course produce more ‘ cases ’ , which expands the testing , which produces yet more ‘ cases ’ and so on and so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ pandemic ’ , and all you have done is use a simple test kit trick to convert the worst flu and pneumonia cases into something new that doesn ’ t actually exist .
Now just run the same scam in other countries .
Making sure to keep the fear message running high so that people will feel panicky and less able to think critically .
Your only problem is going to be that – due to the fact there is no actual new deadly pathogen but just regular sick people , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially your deaths , are going to be way too low for a real new deadly virus pandemic .
But you can stop people pointing this out in several ways .
Take these 4 simple steps and you can have your own entirely manufactured pandemic up and running in weeks .
They can not “ confirm ” something for which there is no accurate test .
The original source of this article is Global Research .

First published by Global Research on March 27, 2020
The following is from a medical forum. The writer, who is a widely respected professional scientist in the US, prefers to stay anonymous, because presenting any narrative different than the official one can cause you a lot of stress in the toxic environment caused by the scam which surrounds COVID-19 these days. – Julian Rose
***
I work in the healthcare field. Here’s the problem, we are testing people for any strain of a Coronavirus. Not specifically for COVID-19. There are no reliable tests for a specific COVID-19 virus. There are no reliable agencies or media outlets for reporting numbers of actual COVID-19 virus cases. This needs to be addressed first and foremost. Every action and reaction to COVID-19 is based on totally flawed data and we simply can not make accurate assessments. NatureBell Quercetin 1... Buy New $28.95 ($0.12 / Count) (as of 04:29 UTC - Details)
This is why you’re hearing that most people with COVID-19 are showing nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms. That’s because most Coronavirus strains are nothing more than cold/flu like symptoms. The few actual novel Coronavirus cases do have some worse respiratory responses, but still have a very promising recovery rate, especially for those without prior issues.
The ‘gold standard’ in testing for COVID-19 is laboratory isolated/purified coronavirus particles free from any contaminants and particles that look like viruses but are not, that have been proven to be the cause of the syndrome known as COVID-19 and obtained by using proper viral isolation methods and controls (not the PCR that is currently being used or Serology /antibody tests which do not detect virus as such). PCR basically takes a sample of your cells and amplifies any DNA to look for ‘viral sequences’, i.e. bits of non-human DNA that seem to match parts of a known viral genome.
The problem is the test is known not to work.
It uses ‘amplification’ which means taking a very very tiny amount of DNA and growing it exponentially until it can be analyzed. Obviously any minute contaminations in the sample will also be amplified leading to potentially gross errors of discovery.
Additionally, it’s only looking for partial viral sequences, not whole genomes, so identifying a single pathogen is next to impossible even if you ignore the other issues.
The New Coronavirus Outbreak, COVID-19, Sounds Menacing and Is
The Mickey Mouse test kits being sent out to hospitals, at best, tell analysts you have some viral DNA in your cells. Which most of us do, most of the time. It may tell you the viral sequence is related to a specific type of virus – say the huge family of coronavirus. But that’s all. The idea these kits can isolate a specific virus like COVID-19 is nonsense. The Vitamin D Solution... Michael F. Holick Best Price: $2.01 Buy New $9.08 (as of 10:55 UTC - Details)
And that’s not even getting into the other issue – viral load.
If you remember the PCR works by amplifying minute amounts of DNA. It therefore is useless at telling you how much virus you may have. And that’s the only question that really matters when it comes to diagnosing illness. Everyone will have a few virus kicking round in their system at any time, and most will not cause illness because their quantities are too small. For a virus to sicken you you need a lot of it, a massive amount of it. But PCR does not test viral load and therefore can’t determine if it is present in sufficient quantities to sicken you.
If you feel sick and get a PCR test any random virus DNA might be identified even if they aren’t at all involved in your sickness which leads to false diagnosis.
And coronavirus are incredibly common. A large percentage of the world human population will have covi DNA in them in small quantities even if they are perfectly well or sick with some other pathogen.
Do you see where this is going yet? If you want to create a totally false panic about a totally false pandemic – pick a coronavirus.
They are incredibly common and there’s tons of them. A very high percentage of people who have become sick by other means (flu, bacterial pneumonia, anything) will have a positive
PCR test for covi even if you’re doing them properly and ruling out contamination, simply because covis are so common.
There are hundreds of thousands of flu and pneumonia victims in hospitals throughout the world at any one time.
All you need to do is select the sickest of these in a single location – say Wuhan – administer PCR tests to them and claim anyone showing viral sequences similar to a coronavirus (which will inevitably be quite a few) is suffering from a ‘new’ disease. Vitamin C: The Real St... Steve Hickey, Andrew W... Best Price: $8.91 Buy New $12.47 (as of 10:10 UTC - Details)
Since you already selected the sickest flu cases a fairly high proportion of your sample will go on to die.
You can then say this ‘new’ virus has a CFR higher than the flu and use this to infuse more concern and do more tests which will of course produce more ‘cases’, which expands the testing, which produces yet more ‘cases’ and so on and so on.
Before long you have your ‘pandemic’, and all you have done is use a simple test kit trick to convert the worst flu and pneumonia cases into something new that doesn’t actually exist.
Now just run the same scam in other countries. Making sure to keep the fear message running high so that people will feel panicky and less able to think critically.
Your only problem is going to be that – due to the fact there is no actual new deadly pathogen but just regular sick people, you are mislabeling your case numbers, and especially your deaths, are going to be way too low for a real new deadly virus pandemic.
But you can stop people pointing this out in several ways.
1. You can claim this is just the beginning and more deaths are imminent. Use this as an excuse to quarantine everyone and then claim the quarantine prevented the expected millions of dead. 2. You can tell people that ‘minimizing’ the dangers is irresponsible and bully them into not talking about numbers. 3. You can talk crap about made up numbers hoping to blind people with pseudoscience. Vitamin D3, Zinc and M... Jeffers, Nancy Buy New $6.98 (as of 03:40 UTC - Details) 4. You can start testing well people (who, of course, will also likely have shreds of coronavirus DNA in them) and thus inflate your ‘case figures’ with ‘asymptomatic carriers’ (you will of course have to spin that to sound deadly even though any virologist knows the more symptom-less cases you have the less deadly is your pathogen.
Take these 4 simple steps and you can have your own entirely manufactured pandemic up and running in weeks.
They can not “confirm” something for which there is no accurate test.
The original source of this article is Global Research.


lewrockwell--2020-07-27--The Impact of Vaccines on Mortality Decline Since 1900—According to Published Science

But what if most of the history about the role vaccines played in declining mortality isn ’ t even true ?
In his famous speech , Dr. Kass took his infectious disease colleagues to task , warning them that drawing false conclusions about WHY mortality rates had declined so much could cause them to focus on the wrong things .
As he explained : “ …we had accepted some half truths and had stopped searching for the whole truths .
The principal half truths were that medical research had stamped out the great killers of the past —tuberculosis , diphtheria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
—and that medical research and our superior system of medical care were major factors extending life expectancy , thus providing the American people with the highest level of health available in the world .
That these are half truths is known but is perhaps not as well known as it should be.
” Dr. Kass then shared some eye-opening charts with his colleagues .
I ’ m trying to imagine a President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America sharing one of these charts today at a meeting of public health officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off for the room where he ’ s presenting and then he gets tackled and carried off the stage…here ’ s the first example of a chart Dr. Kass shared in 1970 : But wait a minute , Dr. Kass ’ chart doesn ’ t even include the measles vaccine…what gives ?
Well , in 1970 , the measles vaccine was just beginning to be rolled out , and as you can clearly see , measles had long since experienced a dramatic decline in mortality .
With Pertussis ( Whooping Cough ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this case , you can actually see when the Pertussis vaccine was introduced .
He also showed a chart for Scarlett Fever , which furthers the confusion about the role of vaccines , because there ’ s never been a Scarlett Fever vaccine , and yet the chart of a huge decline in mortality from Scarlett Fever looks very similar to measles and pertussis : Dr. Kass was trying to make a simple point to his colleagues , but one with profound implications for public health .
His point was so important , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in really big font to try and drive it home : “ This decline in rates of certain disorders , correlated roughly with socioeconomic circumstances , is merely the most important happening in the history of the health of man , yet we have only the vaguest and most general notions about how it happened and by what mechanisms socioeconomic improvement and decreased rates of certain diseases run in parallel.
” Vaccine Epidemic : How ... Best Price : $ 7.50 Buy New $ 12.99 Dr. Kass pled with his colleagues to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declined so dramatically in the U.S. ( as well as other first world countries ) .
Was it nutrition ?
Sanitary methods ?
A reduction in home crowding ?
( We ’ ve since learned the answer to all three questions is , “ Yes.
” ) He encouraged his colleagues to be careful not to jump to conclusions prematurely and to maintain objectivity and “ devote ourselves to new possibilities.
” Luckily for us , Dr. Kass ’ speech that day has been saved for posterity , as it was printed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , it ’ s a journal that Dr. Kass himself founded , The Journal of Infectious Diseases , and his speech is called , “ Infectious Disease and Social Change.
” There are a number of things about Dr. Kass ’ speech that I found breathtaking , especially given that he was the President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America .
Namely : • He never referred to vaccines as “ mankind ’ s greatest invention ” or one of the other many hyperbolic ways vaccines are described all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today .
Vaccines weren ’ t responsible for saving “ millions of lives ” in the United States , as Dr. Kass well knew .
• In fact , he never gave vaccines much credit AT ALL for the developed world ’ s dramatic mortality decline .
Which makes sense , because none of the data he had would have supported that view .
Which made me wonder , “ has anyone tried to put the contribution of vaccines to the decline in human mortality in the 20th century in context ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that measures exactly how much impact vaccines had in saving humanity ?
Yes , indeed there is .
Read on .
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If you hear the term “anti-vaxxer!” in your mind, or feel increased stress, as you begin reading, you are experiencing propaganda fatigue. Read on. Then watch Merchants of Doubt. Recovery is possible. – Ed.
Since 1900, there’s been a 74% decline in mortality rates in developed countries, largely due to a marked decrease in deaths from infectious diseases. How much of this decline was due to vaccines? The history and data provide clear answers that matter greatly in today’s vitriolic debate about vaccines.
But what if most of the history about the role vaccines played in declining mortality isn’t even true?
In his famous speech, Dr. Kass took his infectious disease colleagues to task, warning them that drawing false conclusions about WHY mortality rates had declined so much could cause them to focus on the wrong things. As he explained:
“…we had accepted some half truths and had stopped searching for the whole truths. The principal half truths were that medical research had stamped out the great killers of the past —tuberculosis, diphtheria, pneumonia, puerperal sepsis, etc. —and that medical research and our superior system of medical care were major factors extending life expectancy, thus providing the American people with the highest level of health available in the world. That these are half truths is known but is perhaps not as well known as it should be.”
Dr. Kass then shared some eye-opening charts with his colleagues. I’m trying to imagine a President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America sharing one of these charts today at a meeting of public health officials. I picture someone turning the power off for the room where he’s presenting and then he gets tackled and carried off the stage…here’s the first example of a chart Dr. Kass shared in 1970:
But wait a minute, Dr. Kass’ chart doesn’t even include the measles vaccine…what gives? Well, in 1970, the measles vaccine was just beginning to be rolled out, and as you can clearly see, measles had long since experienced a dramatic decline in mortality. With Pertussis (Whooping Cough), he produced a similar chart:
In this case, you can actually see when the Pertussis vaccine was introduced. He also showed a chart for Scarlett Fever, which furthers the confusion about the role of vaccines, because there’s never been a Scarlett Fever vaccine, and yet the chart of a huge decline in mortality from Scarlett Fever looks very similar to measles and pertussis:
What’s the point?
Dr. Kass was trying to make a simple point to his colleagues, but one with profound implications for public health. His point was so important, I’m going to quote him in really big font to try and drive it home:
“This decline in rates of certain disorders, correlated roughly with socioeconomic circumstances, is merely the most important happening in the history of the health of man, yet we have only the vaguest and most general notions about how it happened and by what mechanisms socioeconomic improvement and decreased rates of certain diseases run in parallel.”
Vaccine Epidemic: How ... Best Price: $7.50 Buy New $12.99 (as of 06:30 UTC - Details) Dr. Kass pled with his colleagues to be open to understanding WHY infectious diseases had declined so dramatically in the U.S. (as well as other first world countries). Was it nutrition? Sanitary methods? A reduction in home crowding? (We’ve since learned the answer to all three questions is, “Yes.”) He encouraged his colleagues to be careful not to jump to conclusions prematurely and to maintain objectivity and “devote ourselves to new possibilities.”
Luckily for us, Dr. Kass’ speech that day has been saved for posterity, as it was printed in its entirety in a medical journal. In fact, it’s a journal that Dr. Kass himself founded, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, and his speech is called, “Infectious Disease and Social Change.” There are a number of things about Dr. Kass’ speech that I found breathtaking, especially given that he was the President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Namely:
He never referred to vaccines as “mankind’s greatest invention” or one of the other many hyperbolic ways vaccines are described all the time by vaccine promoters in the press today. Vaccines weren’t responsible for saving “millions of lives” in the United States, as Dr. Kass well knew. In fact, he never gave vaccines much credit AT ALL for the developed world’s dramatic mortality decline. Which makes sense, because none of the data he had would have supported that view. Which made me wonder, “has anyone tried to put the contribution of vaccines to the decline in human mortality in the 20th century in context?” Said differently, is there any data that measures exactly how much impact vaccines had in saving humanity? Yes, indeed there is. Read on.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-27--The Problem With Lincoln

The Problem With Lincoln

The Problem With Lincoln , by Thomas J. DiLorenzo , Regnery History , 2020 , viii + 248 pages , hardcover .
Not only have more biographies and books been written about our 16th president , Abraham Lincoln , than any other president of the United States , I think it is safe to say that few men have had as much written about them as Abraham Lincoln .
The problem with most of these works about Lincoln is that they are more hagiographical than historical .
Thank God that Thomas J. DiLorenzo has devoted a good part of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Although DiLorenzo is an economist by education and training , he is also quite the historian of American history .
DiLorenzo is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn , Alabama , and former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland , where he is now professor emeritus .
DiLorenzo is also a prolific writer .
Not only has he written many scholarly articles for academic journals , he is also widely published in more popular outlets such as the Wall Street Journal , USA Today , Barron ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He is the author or coauthor of 17 books , including Hamilton ’ s Curse and How Capitalism Saved America : The Untold History of Our Country , from the Pilgrims to the Present .
Most notably , however , he has written three books on Lincoln .
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Buy New $ 29.99 In The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln , His Agenda , and an Unnecessary War ( 2002 ) , DiLorenzo portrayed Lincoln “ as a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralized — as the Founding Fathers intended — to a highly centralized , activist state.
” In Lincoln Unmasked : What You ’ re Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe ( 2006 ) , DiLorenzo presented “ a litany of stunning new revelations ” to explode the most enduring myths about Lincoln and offered “ an alarming portrait of a political manipulator and opportunist who bears little resemblance to the heroic , stoic , and principled figure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his newest book The Problem With Lincoln , DiLorenzo shows how Lincoln “ overturned our original constitutional order , violated the rights of Americans both North and South , massively inflated the federal government , and plunged the nation into a wholly unnecessary war.
” The Trouble With Lincoln contains 10 chapters and is supplemented by 10 valuable appendixes .
The book has no preface or introduction , but the first chapter , “ Un-Founding Father , ” serves as the book ’ s introduction since it contains brief synopses of chapters two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widely held myths about Lincoln as it presents the unvarnished truth about “ honest Abe.
” The appendixes are all documents from the Lincoln era that relate to Lincoln , slavery , or the ratification of the Constitution .
The book concludes with endnotes , the sources of the appendixes , and an index .
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” Although the truth about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scholarly publications and documents , ” the problem “ for the average citizen is that these facts are squirreled away in university libraries , the National Archives , and other such places , and they rarely make their way into the public school textbooks from which most Americans learn whatever they know — or think they know — about Abraham Lincoln.
” DiLorenzo remedies this glaring deficiency by pointing out , among many other things , how Lincoln did not invade the South to free the slaves , how he promised to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virulent racist , how he destroyed the Constitution , how his emancipation proclamation did not free a single slave , how he was a masterful lying politician , and how he was hated and reviled during his lifetime .
In chapter two , “ The Racial Saint , ” we learn that Lincoln “ was not just pandering to Northern racist voters with his racist rhetoric.
” Lincoln believed that “ black people were inferior to whites.
” He was not “ in favor of bringing about in any way the social and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ races.
” According to Lincoln , negroes should never be voters , jurors , office holders , or the spouse of a white person .
Lincoln thought it “ morally right ” to send all blacks — including free blacks — back to Africa or to a colony in Central America .
Lincoln , points out DiLorenzo , “ never opposed Southern slavery , only the extension of slavery into the territories ” “ so that the territories could be preserved for ‘ free white labor.
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The Problem With Lincoln, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Regnery History, 2020, viii + 248 pages, hardcover.
Not only have more biographies and books been written about our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, than any other president of the United States, I think it is safe to say that few men have had as much written about them as Abraham Lincoln. The problem with most of these works about Lincoln is that they are more hagiographical than historical. Thank God that Thomas J. DiLorenzo has devoted a good part of his life to rectifying this historical injustice.
Although DiLorenzo is an economist by education and training, he is also quite the historian of American history. DiLorenzo is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland, where he is now professor emeritus. DiLorenzo is also a prolific writer. Not only has he written many scholarly articles for academic journals, he is also widely published in more popular outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Barron’s, and other national media outlets. He is the author or coauthor of 17 books, including Hamilton’s Curse and How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present. Most notably, however, he has written three books on Lincoln. The Problem with Linco... DiLorenzo, Thomas J. Buy New $29.99 (as of 11:50 UTC - Details)
In The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War (2002), DiLorenzo portrayed Lincoln “as a man who devoted his political career to revolutionizing the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralized — as the Founding Fathers intended — to a highly centralized, activist state.” In Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe (2006), DiLorenzo presented “a litany of stunning new revelations” to explode the most enduring myths about Lincoln and offered “an alarming portrait of a political manipulator and opportunist who bears little resemblance to the heroic, stoic, and principled figure of mainstream history.” Now, in his newest book The Problem With Lincoln, DiLorenzo shows how Lincoln “overturned our original constitutional order, violated the rights of Americans both North and South, massively inflated the federal government, and plunged the nation into a wholly unnecessary war.”
The Trouble With Lincoln contains 10 chapters and is supplemented by 10 valuable appendixes. The book has no preface or introduction, but the first chapter, “Un-Founding Father,” serves as the book’s introduction since it contains brief synopses of chapters two through 10. Every chapter destroys numerous widely held myths about Lincoln as it presents the unvarnished truth about “honest Abe.” The appendixes are all documents from the Lincoln era that relate to Lincoln, slavery, or the ratification of the Constitution. The book concludes with endnotes, the sources of the appendixes, and an index.
King of Coin Rings Han... Buy New $114.99 (as of 04:16 UTC - Details) This book, says the author, is “intended to challenge the designation of Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president.” Although the truth about Lincoln “can be found in myriad scholarly publications and documents,” the problem “for the average citizen is that these facts are squirreled away in university libraries, the National Archives, and other such places, and they rarely make their way into the public school textbooks from which most Americans learn whatever they know — or think they know — about Abraham Lincoln.” DiLorenzo remedies this glaring deficiency by pointing out, among many other things, how Lincoln did not invade the South to free the slaves, how he promised to protect slavery forever, how he was a virulent racist, how he destroyed the Constitution, how his emancipation proclamation did not free a single slave, how he was a masterful lying politician, and how he was hated and reviled during his lifetime.
In chapter two, “The Racial Saint,” we learn that Lincoln “was not just pandering to Northern racist voters with his racist rhetoric.” Lincoln believed that “black people were inferior to whites.” He was not “in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.” According to Lincoln, negroes should never be voters, jurors, office holders, or the spouse of a white person. Lincoln thought it “morally right” to send all blacks — including free blacks — back to Africa or to a colony in Central America. Lincoln, points out DiLorenzo, “never opposed Southern slavery, only the extension of slavery into the territories” “so that the territories could be preserved for ‘free white labor.’”
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lewrockwell--2020-07-27--Immigration Is Cannibalization by the Elite

U.S. immigration policy is a form of cannibalism in which hungry elites devour Americans ’ wealth and civil rights , Eric Weinstein told Texas Sen. Ted Cruz .
“ Instead of seeing each other as a source of camaraderie , or military support , or innovation , we started using each other as a source of protein , and then we started out the process of American self-cannibalization , ” said Weinstein , who is the managing director of Peter Thiel ’ s venture capital fund , Thiel Capital .
The cannibalism was prompted by the elite ’ s failure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation ’ s economy , said Weinstein , who earned a PhD .
in mathematical physics from Harvard .
Defender in Chief : Don ... Yoo , John Buy New $ 25.99 The cannibalization is allowing Antifa and other extremists to emerge into the nation ’ s streets , just as AIDS first weakens the immune system and then allows underlying diseases to emerge and kill people , said Weinstein , who was invited by Cruz to talk on his July 23 discussion show , “ Verdict with Ted Cruz.
” The crazies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stage were present in every era .
The Ku Klux Klan was present , the anarchists were present … When we lost [ economic ] growth , we became immunocompromised and all the creepy crawlies are coming out from every particular place .
They ’ re coming up to the right , they ’ re coming from the left .
In the United States , the civil right that is being eaten by the elite cannibals is each Americans ’ right to make a living in their shared , American-only , national labor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How The Libe ... Margolis , Matt Best Price : $ 12.00 Buy New $ 15.99 You have the right to your own [ national ] labor market .
Given that your country maintains a right to conscript you [ for war , and ] to tax you , [ then one ] part of the social contract is that [ Americans ] get a share in your country ’ s wealth through having a right [ to work in the United States , without competition from foreign nationals ] .
Now the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we [ elites ] can just get your right declared [ to be ] an impediment to the free market , we can take your right [ by forcing you to compete against foreign workers in the United States ] without having to pay you anything for it .
The political disease began in the 1980s in the nation ’ s elite universities , where science employers tried to boost their slowing innovation by importing cheap labor to force down the wages of American scientists , he said .

U.S. immigration policy is a form of cannibalism in which hungry elites devour Americans’ wealth and civil rights, Eric Weinstein told Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
“Instead of seeing each other as a source of camaraderie, or military support, or innovation, we started using each other as a source of protein, and then we started out the process of American self-cannibalization,” said Weinstein, who is the managing director of Peter Thiel’s venture capital fund, Thiel Capital.
The cannibalism was prompted by the elite’s failure in the 1970s to keep growing the nation’s economy, said Weinstein, who earned a PhD. in mathematical physics from Harvard. Defender in Chief: Don... Yoo, John Buy New $25.99 (as of 04:22 UTC - Details)
The cannibalization is allowing Antifa and other extremists to emerge into the nation’s streets, just as AIDS first weakens the immune system and then allows underlying diseases to emerge and kill people, said Weinstein, who was invited by Cruz to talk on his July 23 discussion show, “Verdict with Ted Cruz.”
The crazies and creepies that are roaming the American stage were present in every era. The Ku Klux Klan was present, the anarchists were present … When we lost [economic] growth, we became immunocompromised and all the creepy crawlies are coming out from every particular place. They’re coming up to the right, they’re coming from the left.
In the United States, the civil right that is being eaten by the elite cannibals is each Americans’ right to make a living in their shared, American-only, national labor market, said Weinstein. Airborne: How The Libe... Margolis, Matt Best Price: $12.00 Buy New $15.99 (as of 04:20 UTC - Details)
You have the right to your own [national] labor market. Given that your country maintains a right to conscript you [for war, and] to tax you, [then one] part of the social contract is that [Americans] get a share in your country’s wealth through having a right [to work in the United States, without competition from foreign nationals]. Now the interesting part about it is, if we [elites] can just get your right declared [to be] an impediment to the free market, we can take your right [by forcing you to compete against foreign workers in the United States] without having to pay you anything for it.
Cruz listened carefully but made no comments.
The political disease began in the 1980s in the nation’s elite universities, where science employers tried to boost their slowing innovation by importing cheap labor to force down the wages of American scientists, he said.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-27--Post-Christian Vatican To Set Up New Parishes for a New Church

If you ’ ve been thinking the Bergoglian Vatican has been a bit quiet lately , today ’ s your day for some excitement .
The Congregation for Clergy has released an Instruction : “ The pastoral conversion of the parish community at the service of the evangelizing mission of the Church ” … and it only gets better from there .
Imagine the kind of mind that would think , in the middle of 2020 , that this was a good way to start : You don ’ t say !
Yep !
We ’ ve certainly had quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently !
Donald Trump 2020 Gift ... Buy New $ 8.95 I ’ ll see if I can do an approximate , on-the-fly translation : In the last 50 years , the Catholic Church has flowed merrily along with the secular world down the sewage pipe of Modernity .
We are now in such a calamitous state that the institutions of the Catholic Church are barely capable of even pretending to continue to function .
We are therefore dedicated to finding new ways to carry on toward our all-but-inevitable total collapse , without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in fact something we ourselves are responsible for .
“ Far from being deterred by our impending doom , and following the divine precept : ‘ Never let a crisis go to waste , ’ we are pleased to announce the next round of ‘ new experiences ’ that we know you ’ re going to love… ” Some pertinent quotes the mainstream media are certainly going to love : The Parish no longer being the primary gathering and social centre , as in former days , it is thus necessary to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ The current Parish model no longer adequately corresponds to the many expectations of the faithful.
” “ The Parish in a contemporary context , the aforesaid missionary conversion , which naturally leads to a reform of structures , concerns the Parish in particular , namely that community gathered around the Table of the Word and the Eucharist.
” And the money quote that is going to get all the attention : Shop4Ever Donald Trump ... Buy New $ 7.95 What is it actually about ?
In one sense – perhaps the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempt to reign in some of the abuses the Catholic world has been seeing recently , with bishops ordering “ amalgamations ” of parishes – often significantly reducing availability of the Sacraments – and replacing pastors with lay “ pastoral administrators ” or mixed clerical and lay “ pastoral teams ” .
But as always with the Vatican bureaucracy , it fails completely at addressing the actual problem : why is parish life dying out , and what can we do about that ?
And of course , the impenetrable language it uses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soul-deadening NuChurch Bergoglian buzzword gobbledygook – will give anyone incautious enough to actually read the thing without special breathing apparatus a potentially deadly case of hypoxia .
Which is why I consulted a professional .
A friend , who gave me permission to say he works for “ a Vatican Secretariat , ” told me that it ’ s not entirely a bad document , at least in its probable intentions .
But he adds that its impenetrable language is not just an annoyance for journalists but a genuine part of the problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an attempt by the Congregation for Clergy to get bishops to follow existing rules and preserve the traditional structures of the parish , including the genuine communities they foster .
They ’ re trying to protect pastors from arbitrary unilateral parish closures and especially amalgamations .
It ’ s about parishes being the focus of what the Church does.
” 86 45 2020 Anti Trump ... Buy New $ 18.99 Once you get past the thickets of verbiage , the purpose of the thing is to tell the ordinaries , “ You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parishes into amalgamations and putting these in the charge of ( usually lay ) parish administrators.
” He says it is probably a response to a recent rash of German attempts to drastically reduce the number of independent parishes .
In a couple of notable recent cases , ancient dioceses have proposed to amalgamate or suppress up to a thousand parishes down to a couple of dozen .
This way bishops are handling the priest shortage , which is a genuine problem , creates a toxic weed patch of potential abuses .
First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hands of unconsecrated persons , hired in a secular way as employees , who can ’ t help but think of the Church not as the mystical body of Christ , or even as a coherent community of believers , but merely as a corporate employer [ 1 ] .
My friend continued , “ The document says you have to have some regard to canon law which envisions a more ancient parish model that includes a pastor for each parish , not merely a corporate-style administrator .
You can ’ t simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nature of parishes or the role of priests as the head of a parish .
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Church of terminal tone deafness
If you’ve been thinking the Bergoglian Vatican has been a bit quiet lately, today’s your day for some excitement. The Congregation for Clergy has released an Instruction: “The pastoral conversion of the parish community at the service of the evangelizing mission of the Church” … and it only gets better from there.
Imagine the kind of mind that would think, in the middle of 2020, that this was a good way to start:
“The ecclesiological reflection of the Second Vatican Council, together with the considerable social and cultural changes of recent decades, has resulted in various Particular Churches having to reorganize the manner in which the pastoral care of Parish communities are assigned. This has made it possible to initiate new experiences…”
You don’t say! Yep! We’ve certainly had quite a lot of new experiences, especially recently! Donald Trump 2020 Gift... Buy New $8.95 (as of 04:23 UTC - Details)
I’ll see if I can do an approximate, on-the-fly translation:
In the last 50 years, the Catholic Church has flowed merrily along with the secular world down the sewage pipe of Modernity. We are now in such a calamitous state that the institutions of the Catholic Church are barely capable of even pretending to continue to function. We are therefore dedicated to finding new ways to carry on toward our all-but-inevitable total collapse, without ever admitting that the Big Giant Trouble is in fact something we ourselves are responsible for. “Far from being deterred by our impending doom, and following the divine precept: ‘Never let a crisis go to waste,’ we are pleased to announce the next round of ‘new experiences’ that we know you’re going to love…”
Some pertinent quotes the mainstream media are certainly going to love:
The Parish no longer being the primary gathering and social centre, as in former days, it is thus necessary to find new forms of accompaniment and closeness.” “The current Parish model no longer adequately corresponds to the many expectations of the faithful.” “The Parish in a contemporary context, the aforesaid missionary conversion, which naturally leads to a reform of structures, concerns the Parish in particular, namely that community gathered around the Table of the Word and the Eucharist.”
And the money quote that is going to get all the attention: Shop4Ever Donald Trump... Buy New $7.95 (as of 04:23 UTC - Details)
Where there is a lack of priests and deacons, the diocesan Bishop can delegate lay persons to assist at marriages.”
What is it actually about?
In one sense – perhaps the sense intended – it’s an attempt to reign in some of the abuses the Catholic world has been seeing recently, with bishops ordering “amalgamations” of parishes – often significantly reducing availability of the Sacraments – and replacing pastors with lay “pastoral administrators” or mixed clerical and lay “pastoral teams”. But as always with the Vatican bureaucracy, it fails completely at addressing the actual problem: why is parish life dying out, and what can we do about that?
And of course, the impenetrable language it uses – that special brand of brain-clogging, soul-deadening NuChurch Bergoglian buzzword gobbledygook – will give anyone incautious enough to actually read the thing without special breathing apparatus a potentially deadly case of hypoxia.
Which is why I consulted a professional. A friend, who gave me permission to say he works for “a Vatican Secretariat,” told me that it’s not entirely a bad document, at least in its probable intentions. But he adds that its impenetrable language is not just an annoyance for journalists but a genuine part of the problem.
“At its core this is an attempt by the Congregation for Clergy to get bishops to follow existing rules and preserve the traditional structures of the parish, including the genuine communities they foster. They’re trying to protect pastors from arbitrary unilateral parish closures and especially amalgamations. It’s about parishes being the focus of what the Church does.” 86 45 2020 Anti Trump ... Buy New $18.99 (as of 04:23 UTC - Details)
Once you get past the thickets of verbiage, the purpose of the thing is to tell the ordinaries, “You can’t just suppress pastors by bundling parishes into amalgamations and putting these in the charge of (usually lay) parish administrators.” He says it is probably a response to a recent rash of German attempts to drastically reduce the number of independent parishes. In a couple of notable recent cases, ancient dioceses have proposed to amalgamate or suppress up to a thousand parishes down to a couple of dozen.
This way bishops are handling the priest shortage, which is a genuine problem, creates a toxic weed patch of potential abuses. First, it places the church in the hands of unconsecrated persons, hired in a secular way as employees, who can’t help but think of the Church not as the mystical body of Christ, or even as a coherent community of believers, but merely as a corporate employer[1].
My friend continued, “The document says you have to have some regard to canon law which envisions a more ancient parish model that includes a pastor for each parish, not merely a corporate-style administrator. You can’t simply exercise your power as bishop to eliminate the nature of parishes or the role of priests as the head of a parish.”
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lewrockwell--2020-07-27--UK Covid-19 Deaths Have Dropped Off Sharply – So Why the Mask Mandate?

Fantastic video from Tony Heller – Coronavirus ‘ disappearing ’ so fast that Oxford vaccine has ‘ only 50 % @ @ @ @ @ say the virus is disappearing and very few people are getting infected .
So why @ @ @ @ @ masks ?
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Fantastic video from Tony Heller – Coronavirus ‘disappearing’ so fast that Oxford vaccine has ‘only 50% chance of working’
Researchers say the virus is disappearing and very few people are getting infected. So why would the government suddenly mandate masks?
“What the government is doing doesn’t make any sense,” says Tony.
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