lewrockwell--2020-09-25--Sinophobia, Lies, and Hybrid War

Sinophobia, Lies, and Hybrid War

It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly , blasting “ the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world ” .
And then it all went downhill .
Even as Trump was essentially delivering a campaign speech and could not care less about the multilateral UN , at least the picture was clear enough for all the socially distant “ international community ” to see .
Here is President Xi ’ s full statement .
And here is President Putin ’ s full statement .
And here ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s the “ indispensable nation ” versus the Russia-China strategic partnership .
As he stressed the importance of the UN , Xi could not be more explicit that no nation has the right to control the destiny of others : “ Even less should one be allowed to do whatever it likes and be the hegemon , bully , or boss of the world .
” China : The Bubble that ... Orlik , Thomas Best Price : $ 22.20 Buy New $ 21.99 The US ruling class obviously won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down .
The full spectrum of Hybrid War techniques will continue to be relentlessly turbo-charged against China , coupled with rampant Sinophobia , even as it dawns on many Dr. Strangelove quarters that the only way to really “ deter ” China would be Hot War .
Alas , the Pentagon is overstretched – Syria , Iran , Venezuela , South China Sea .
And every analyst knows about China ’ s cyber warfare capabilities , integrated aerial defense systems , and carrier-killer Dongfeng missiles .
For perspective , it ’ s always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Last year , China spent $ 261 billion while the US spent $ 732 billion ( 38 % of the global total ) .
Rhetoric , at least for the moment , prevails .
The key talking point , incessantly hammered , is always about China as an existential threat to the “ free world ” , even as the myriad declinations of what was once Obama ’ s “ pivot to Asia ” not so subtly accrue the manufacture of consent for a future war .
This report by the Qiao Collective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call it Sinophobia , Inc. – an information industrial complex where Western state funding , billion dollar weapons manufacturers , and right-wing think tanks coalesce and operate in sync to flood the media with messages that China is public enemy number one .
Armed with state funding and weapons industry sponsors , this handful of influential think tanks are setting the terms of the New Cold War on China .
The same media ecosystem that greased the wheels of perpetual war towards disastrous intervention in the Middle East is now busy manufacturing consent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of China , infused with blatant racism and rabid anti-communism , is displayed across a full , multicolored palette : Hong Kong , Xinjiang ( “ concentration camps ) , Tibet ( “ forced labor ” ) , Taiwan , “ China virus ” ; the Belt and Road ’ s “ debt trap ” .
The trade war runs in parallel – glaring evidence of how “ socialism with Chinese characteristics ” is beating Western capitalism at its own high-tech game .
Thus the sanctioning of over 150 companies that manufacture chips @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attempt to ruin TikTok ’ s business in the US ( “ But you can ’ t rob it and turn it into a US baby ” , as Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin tweeted ) .
Still , SMIC ( Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ) , China ’ s top chip company , which recently profited from a $ 7.5 billion IPO in Shanghai , sooner or later may jump ahead of US chip manufacturers .
On the military front , “ maximum pressure ” on China ’ s eastern rim proceeds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Quad to a scramble to boost the Indo-Pacific strategy .
” Socialism Is Gr ... Zhang , Lijia Best Price : $ 1.94 Buy New $ 12.11 Think Tankland is essential in coordinating the whole process , via for instance the Center for Strategic & International Studies , with “ corporation and trade association donors ” featuring usual suspects such as Raytheon , Lockheed Martin , Boeing , General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman .
So here we have what Ray McGovern brilliantly describes as MICIMATT – the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex – as the comptrollers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a Dem victory in November , nothing will change .
The next Pentagon head will probably be Michele Flournoy , former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy ( 2009-2012 ) and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security , which is big on both the “ China challenge ” and the “ North Korean threat ” .
Flournoy is all about boosting the “ U.S .
military ’ s edge ” in Asia .
So what is China doing ?
China ’ s top foreign policy principle is to advance a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
That is written in the constitution , and implies that Cold War 2.0 is an imposition from foreign actors .
China ’ s top three priorities post-Covid-19 are to finally eradicate poverty ; solidify the vast domestic market ; and be back in full force to trade/investment across the Global South .
China ’ s “ existential threat ” is also symbolized by the drive to implement a non-Western trade and investment system , including everything from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ( AIIB ) and the Silk Road Fund to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harvard Kennedy School report at least tried to understand how Chinese “ authoritarian resilience ” appeals domestically .
The report found out that the CCP actually benefitted from increased popular support from 2003 to 2016 , reaching an astonishing 93 % , essentially due to social welfare programs and the battle against corruption .
By contrast , when we have a MICCIMAT investing in Perpetual War – or “ Long War ” ( Pentagon terminology since 2001 ) – instead of health , education and infrastructure upgrading , what ’ s left is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is perfect to blame the abysmal response to Covid-19 , the extinction of small businesses and the looming New Great Depression on the Chinese “ existential threat ” .
The whole process has nothing to do with “ moral defeat ” and complaining that “ we risk losing the competition and endangering the world ” .
Trade Wars Are Class W ... Pettis , Michael Best Price : $ 19.09 Buy New $ 19.36 The world is not “ endangered ” because at least vast swathes of the Global South are fully aware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” is nothing but a quite appealing euphemism for Pax Americana – or Exceptionalism .
What was designed by Washington for post-WWII , the Cold War and the “ unilateral moment ” does not apply anymore .
As President Putin has made it very clear over and over again , the US is no longer “ agreement capable ” .
As for the “ rules-based international order ” , at best is a euphemism for privately controlled financial capitalism on a global scale .
The Russia-China strategic partnership has made it very clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against NATO and Quad expansion their project hinges on Eurasia-wide trade , development and diplomatic integration .
Unlike the case from the 16th century to the last decades of the 20th century , now the initiative is not coming from the West , but from East Asia ( that ’ s the beauty of “ initiative ” incorporated to the BRI acronym ) .
Enter continental corridors and axes of development traversing Southeast Asia , Central Asia , the Indian Ocean , Southwest Asia and Russia all the way to Europe , coupled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ South Asian rimland .
For the very first time in its millenary history , China is able to match ultra-dynamic political and economic expansion both overland and across the seas .
This reaches way beyond the short era of the Zheng He maritime expeditions during the Ming dynasty in the early 15th century .
No wonder the West , and especially the Hegemon , simply can not comprehend the geopolitical enormity of it all .
And that ’ s why we have so much Sinophobia , so many Hybrid War techniques deployed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eurasia , in the recent past , was either a Western colony , or a Soviet domain .
Now , it stands on the verge of finally getting rid of Mackinder , Mahan and Spykman scenarios , as the heartland and the rimland progressively and inexorably integrate , on their own terms , all the way to the middle of the 21st century .

It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly, blasting “the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world”.
And then it all went downhill.
Even as Trump was essentially delivering a campaign speech and could not care less about the multilateral UN, at least the picture was clear enough for all the socially distant “international community” to see.
Here is President Xi’s full statement. And here is President Putin’s full statement. And here’s the geopolitical chessboard, once again; it’s the “indispensable nation” versus the Russia-China strategic partnership.
As he stressed the importance of the UN, Xi could not be more explicit that no nation has the right to control the destiny of others: “Even less should one be allowed to do whatever it likes and be the hegemon, bully, or boss of the world .” China: The Bubble that... Orlik, Thomas Best Price: $22.20 Buy New $21.99 (as of 04:15 UTC - Details)
The US ruling class obviously won’t take this act of defiance lying down. The full spectrum of Hybrid War techniques will continue to be relentlessly turbo-charged against China, coupled with rampant Sinophobia, even as it dawns on many Dr. Strangelove quarters that the only way to really “deter” China would be Hot War.
Alas, the Pentagon is overstretched – Syria, Iran, Venezuela, South China Sea. And every analyst knows about China’s cyber warfare capabilities, integrated aerial defense systems, and carrier-killer Dongfeng missiles.
For perspective, it’s always very instructive to compare military expenditure. Last year, China spent $261 billion while the US spent $732 billion (38% of the global total).
Rhetoric, at least for the moment, prevails. The key talking point, incessantly hammered, is always about China as an existential threat to the “free world”, even as the myriad declinations of what was once Obama’s “pivot to Asia” not so subtly accrue the manufacture of consent for a future war.
This report by the Qiao Collective neatly identifies the process: “We call it Sinophobia, Inc. – an information industrial complex where Western state funding, billion dollar weapons manufacturers, and right-wing think tanks coalesce and operate in sync to flood the media with messages that China is public enemy number one. Armed with state funding and weapons industry sponsors, this handful of influential think tanks are setting the terms of the New Cold War on China. The same media ecosystem that greased the wheels of perpetual war towards disastrous intervention in the Middle East is now busy manufacturing consent for conflict with China.”
That “US military edge”
The demonization of China, infused with blatant racism and rabid anti-communism, is displayed across a full, multicolored palette: Hong Kong, Xinjiang (“concentration camps), Tibet (“forced labor”), Taiwan, “China virus”; the Belt and Road’s “debt trap”.
The trade war runs in parallel – glaring evidence of how “socialism with Chinese characteristics” is beating Western capitalism at its own high-tech game. Thus the sanctioning of over 150 companies that manufacture chips for Huawei and ZTE, or the attempt to ruin TikTok’s business in the US (“But you can’t rob it and turn it into a US baby”, as Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin tweeted).
Still, SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation), China’s top chip company, which recently profited from a $7.5 billion IPO in Shanghai, sooner or later may jump ahead of US chip manufacturers.
On the military front, “maximum pressure” on China’s eastern rim proceeds unabated – from the revival of the Quad to a scramble to boost the Indo-Pacific strategy. ”Socialism Is Gr... Zhang, Lijia Best Price: $1.94 Buy New $12.11 (as of 04:18 UTC - Details)
Think Tankland is essential in coordinating the whole process, via for instance the Center for Strategic & International Studies, with “corporation and trade association donors” featuring usual suspects such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman.
So here we have what Ray McGovern brilliantly describes as MICIMATT – the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex – as the comptrollers of Sinophobia Inc.
Assuming there would be a Dem victory in November, nothing will change. The next Pentagon head will probably be Michele Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2009-2012) and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security, which is big on both the “China challenge” and the “North Korean threat”. Flournoy is all about boosting the “U.S. military’s edge” in Asia.
So what is China doing?
China’s top foreign policy principle is to advance a “community of shared future for mankind”. That is written in the constitution, and implies that Cold War 2.0 is an imposition from foreign actors.
China’s top three priorities post-Covid-19 are to finally eradicate poverty; solidify the vast domestic market; and be back in full force to trade/investment across the Global South.
China’s “existential threat” is also symbolized by the drive to implement a non-Western trade and investment system, including everything from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund to trade bypassing the US dollar.
A Harvard Kennedy School report at least tried to understand how Chinese “authoritarian resilience” appeals domestically. The report found out that the CCP actually benefitted from increased popular support from 2003 to 2016, reaching an astonishing 93%, essentially due to social welfare programs and the battle against corruption.
By contrast, when we have a MICCIMAT investing in Perpetual War – or “Long War” (Pentagon terminology since 2001) – instead of health, education and infrastructure upgrading, what’s left is a classic wag the dog. Sinophobia is perfect to blame the abysmal response to Covid-19, the extinction of small businesses and the looming New Great Depression on the Chinese “existential threat”.
The whole process has nothing to do with “moral defeat” and complaining that “we risk losing the competition and endangering the world”. Trade Wars Are Class W... Pettis, Michael Best Price: $19.09 Buy New $19.36 (as of 04:24 UTC - Details)
The world is not “endangered” because at least vast swathes of the Global South are fully aware that the much-ballyhooed “rules-based international order” is nothing but a quite appealing euphemism for Pax Americana – or Exceptionalism. What was designed by Washington for post-WWII, the Cold War and the “unilateral moment” does not apply anymore.
Bye, bye Mackinder
As President Putin has made it very clear over and over again, the US is no longer “agreement capable” . As for the “rules-based international order”, at best is a euphemism for privately controlled financial capitalism on a global scale.
The Russia-China strategic partnership has made it very clear, over and over again, that against NATO and Quad expansion their project hinges on Eurasia-wide trade, development and diplomatic integration.
Unlike the case from the 16th century to the last decades of the 20th century, now the initiative is not coming from the West, but from East Asia (that’s the beauty of “initiative” incorporated to the BRI acronym).
Enter continental corridors and axes of development traversing Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Indian Ocean, Southwest Asia and Russia all the way to Europe, coupled with a Maritime Silk Road across the South Asian rimland.
For the very first time in its millenary history, China is able to match ultra-dynamic political and economic expansion both overland and across the seas. This reaches way beyond the short era of the Zheng He maritime expeditions during the Ming dynasty in the early 15th century.
No wonder the West, and especially the Hegemon, simply cannot comprehend the geopolitical enormity of it all. And that’s why we have so much Sinophobia, so many Hybrid War techniques deployed to snuff out the “threat”.
Eurasia, in the recent past, was either a Western colony, or a Soviet domain. Now, it stands on the verge of finally getting rid of Mackinder, Mahan and Spykman scenarios, as the heartland and the rimland progressively and inexorably integrate, on their own terms, all the way to the middle of the 21st century.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-09-25--Deutsche Bank Scandal Could Create Greatest Economic Crisis in History

eutsche Bank , along with several of the world ’ s biggest commercial banks , are embroiled in a global money laundering scandal that spans over two decades , as documents leaked to BuzzFeed show the movement of $ 2 Trillion in illicit cash through the Western banking establishment .
The cache of Suspicious Activity Reports ( SARs ) detailing years of potentially illegal banking transactions were shared with 108 news organizations in 88 countries , according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ( ICIJ ) .
These records are a requirement for any financial institution that engages in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are filed with the Treasury Department ’ s intelligence unit , the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network or FinCEN .
The more than 2,100 SARs released to the press are considered “ historical ” documents by the implicated banks , who responded with their usual Pontius Pilate routine when reached for comment by the media and washed their hands of the matter by claiming to have fulfilled their legal obligation before the U.S. Treasury “ as part of our partnership with regulators and law enforcement to protect the global financial system , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
TBMPOY Men ’ s Out ... Buy New $ 28.99 The Trump-linked German bank is , by far , the most beset by the suspicious activity records totaling well over half of the $ 2 Trillion-dollar sum the FinCEN Files trace , with approximately $ 1.3 Trillion of it moving through the scandal-plagued financial institution .
Most of the press coverage in the U.S. , so far , has focused on the ties to Russian oligarchs and assorted narratives that are hovering over election-year American political discourse .
Deutsche Bank ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far greater problem as the bank ’ s potential collapse could send the financial world into a tailspin and result in the greatest economic crisis in history .
As European bank stocks tumble amid the revelations , FinCEN condemned the unlawful disclosure of the SARs to the press and warned that it could “ impact the national security of the United States.
” Meanwhile , the U.S. Justice Department is in the middle of the largest asset-recovery effort in U.S. history , filing its latest complaint regarding $ 300 Million the department is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Billion Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1MDB , one of the major cases highlighted by ICIJ in its report on the leaked SARs .
YLOVAN Outdoor Camping ... Buy New $ 18.88 Absent from most coverage of the FinCEN leaks , however , is how all of these banks and financial institutions are not only laundering trillions , but are doing so together and in consort with each other , as is plainly demonstrated in the 1MDB fraud case .
Most publications point the finger at JP Morgan Chase as the entity that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jho Low , one of the 1MDB ’ s central figures , but they fail to mention the role of Goldman Sachs , which orchestrated a significant part of the scheme that defrauded the Malaysian people and led to criminal charges against 17 of its current and former executives , including Goldman Sachs former vice-chairman and now president of Chinese mega eCommerce platform Alibaba , Michael Evans .
The Malaysian government recently agreed to drop charges against Goldman Sachs after a $ 2.5 Billion-dollar settlement was reached with the giant investment bank ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion-dollar debt hole it created for Malaysia ’ s ruling coalition , resulting in the cancelation of major infrastructure projects .
Deutsche Bank was also involved in the multi-pronged attack of the Western financial vultures on the Malay through the provision of hundreds of millions in stock-buy-back loans through the 1MDB fund for the former prime minister , who was convicted in July of graft .
Portable Camping Kitch ... Buy New $ 69.99 The ostensible purpose of the 1MDB fund was to finance infrastructure projects , like the oil and gas pipeline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a report by Business Insider , the money “ veered into lavish spending , ” such as art purchases , and , quite fittingly , to the production of the “ The Wolf of Wall Street ” – a story about the unmitigated fraud and graft that the very same people and institutions ensnared in this scandal carry out day in and day out .
It is reported that former Goldman Sachs CEO , Lloyd Blankfein , met with the disgraced Malaysian PM and the fugitive businessman , Jho Low @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2009 .
Another lawsuit brought against Goldman Sachs details the investment bank ’ s “ central role in a long-running effort to corrupt former executives ” of An Abu Dhabi wealth fund called International Petroleum Investment Corporation and its subsidiary , Aabar Investments , which partnered with the 1MDB , calling it “ a massive , international conspiracy to embezzle billions of dollars.
” Few can argue with that characterization , but as the chickens come home to roost , it is important to keep an eye on who gets exposed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punished and who doesn ’ t .
The FinCEN Files are meant to draw most of the attention to Deutsche Bank and has all the hallmarks of a premeditated hit on one of the lynchpins of the prevailing financial structure .
Much like Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns were sacrificed for the subprime mortgage crisis and opened the door for even greater consolidation among the “ too-big-to-fail ” banks , a calculated take-down of Deutsch Bank will , no doubt , allow for a similar consolidation to occur at a far larger scale @

eutsche Bank, along with several of the world’s biggest commercial banks, are embroiled in a global money laundering scandal that spans over two decades, as documents leaked to BuzzFeed show the movement of $2 Trillion in illicit cash through the Western banking establishment.
The cache of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) detailing years of potentially illegal banking transactions were shared with 108 news organizations in 88 countries, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). These records are a requirement for any financial institution that engages in dollar-denominated transactions anywhere in the world and are filed with the Treasury Department’s intelligence unit, the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network or FinCEN.
The more than 2,100 SARs released to the press are considered “historical” documents by the implicated banks, who responded with their usual Pontius Pilate routine when reached for comment by the media and washed their hands of the matter by claiming to have fulfilled their legal obligation before the U.S. Treasury “as part of our partnership with regulators and law enforcement to protect the global financial system,” as a Deutsche Bank statement puts it. TBMPOY Men’s Out... Buy New $28.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details)
The Trump-linked German bank is, by far, the most beset by the suspicious activity records totaling well over half of the $2 Trillion-dollar sum the FinCEN Files trace, with approximately $1.3 Trillion of it moving through the scandal-plagued financial institution. Most of the press coverage in the U.S., so far, has focused on the ties to Russian oligarchs and assorted narratives that are hovering over election-year American political discourse. Deutsche Bank’s central role, nevertheless, betrays a far greater problem as the bank’s potential collapse could send the financial world into a tailspin and result in the greatest economic crisis in history.
1MDB
As European bank stocks tumble amid the revelations, FinCEN condemned the unlawful disclosure of the SARs to the press and warned that it could “impact the national security of the United States.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department is in the middle of the largest asset-recovery effort in U.S. history, filing its latest complaint regarding $300 Million the department is attempting to recover for an $11.7 Billion Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1MDB, one of the major cases highlighted by ICIJ in its report on the leaked SARs.
YLOVAN Outdoor Camping... Buy New $18.88 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) Absent from most coverage of the FinCEN leaks, however, is how all of these banks and financial institutions are not only laundering trillions, but are doing so together and in consort with each other, as is plainly demonstrated in the 1MDB fraud case. Most publications point the finger at JP Morgan Chase as the entity that moved more than $1 Billion for Jho Low, one of the 1MDB’s central figures, but they fail to mention the role of Goldman Sachs, which orchestrated a significant part of the scheme that defrauded the Malaysian people and led to criminal charges against 17 of its current and former executives, including Goldman Sachs former vice-chairman and now president of Chinese mega eCommerce platform Alibaba, Michael Evans.
The Malaysian government recently agreed to drop charges against Goldman Sachs after a $2.5 Billion-dollar settlement was reached with the giant investment bank; nearly a fourth of the $10.5 billion-dollar debt hole it created for Malaysia’s ruling coalition, resulting in the cancelation of major infrastructure projects. Deutsche Bank was also involved in the multi-pronged attack of the Western financial vultures on the Malay through the provision of hundreds of millions in stock-buy-back loans through the 1MDB fund for the former prime minister, who was convicted in July of graft.
A Hit Job?
Portable Camping Kitch... Buy New $69.99 (as of 04:54 UTC - Details) The ostensible purpose of the 1MDB fund was to finance infrastructure projects, like the oil and gas pipeline projects shelved as a result. But, according to a report by Business Insider, the money “veered into lavish spending,” such as art purchases, and, quite fittingly, to the production of the “The Wolf of Wall Street” – a story about the unmitigated fraud and graft that the very same people and institutions ensnared in this scandal carry out day in and day out.
It is reported that former Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, met with the disgraced Malaysian PM and the fugitive businessman, Jho Low, before the fund’s debut in 2009. Another lawsuit brought against Goldman Sachs details the investment bank’s “central role in a long-running effort to corrupt former executives” of An Abu Dhabi wealth fund called International Petroleum Investment Corporation and its subsidiary, Aabar Investments, which partnered with the 1MDB, calling it “a massive, international conspiracy to embezzle billions of dollars.”
Few can argue with that characterization, but as the chickens come home to roost, it is important to keep an eye on who gets exposed and who doesn’t; who gets punished and who doesn’t. The FinCEN Files are meant to draw most of the attention to Deutsche Bank and has all the hallmarks of a premeditated hit on one of the lynchpins of the prevailing financial structure. Much like Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns were sacrificed for the subprime mortgage crisis and opened the door for even greater consolidation among the “too-big-to-fail” banks, a calculated take-down of Deutsch Bank will, no doubt, allow for a similar consolidation to occur at a far larger scale.


lewrockwell--2020-09-25--Huxley’s Brave New World Arrived in 2020

The more we learn about the corona narrative , the more bizarre and unbelievable it becomes .
In several past columns , I documented how the medical , media and political establishments have been deliberately lying , fudging numbers , exaggerating and manipulating data and covering up the truth about this virus from day number one .
See this page as well .
Well , hold onto your seats , boys and girls , because it gets even worse .
With the major pharmaceutical companies—many of which are among the most corrupt corporations on earth—rushing frantically to be selected as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring a corona vaccine to market , we learn that the government standard to determine a potential drug ’ s readiness to be injected into people ’ s bodies is a—hang on—50 % “ effective ” rating .
Brave New World and Br ... Aldous Huxley Best Price : $ 1.65 Buy New $ 5.06 You read it right .
When the test protocols meet the 50 % “ effective ” rate , the drug will be ready for FDA approval , and mass injections of the American people may commence .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 50 % of the human guinea pigs that take the experimental vaccine must be positively affected by the shot .
Of course , that means that 50 % of people will NOT be positively affected by the shot .
What does that mean ?
Well , it could mean anything from a neutral effect to downright negative effects .
And negative effects could be anything from having an adverse reaction to the drug such as getting a mild sickness or a serious disease or being paralyzed or suffering brain disorders or even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Would you be willing to ride in a vehicle or on an airplane where you knew you had a 50 % chance of NOT arriving safely at your destination ?
If you had a 50 % chance of minor breakages or mishaps or even major accidents or mechanical failures that would result in serious injuries or even death , would you get in that vehicle or on that plane ?
Well , would you ?
Yet , a 50 % “ effective ” rating is what is required for these pharmaceutical companies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring their vaccine to market .
And , remember , Donald Trump has commissioned the U.S. military ( guns and all ) with the duty of delivering this “ amazing ” drug to you .
Now , what could go wrong with that ?
But , so far , the billionaire drug dealers have not even been able to achieve the 50 % “ effective ” threshold .
In fact , many of the test subjects are not doing well at all .
KIPIDA Solar Shower Ba ... Buy New $ 20.69 AstraZeneca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trials on Saturday , the third in a wave of rare disclosures by drug companies under pressure to be more transparent about how they are testing products that are the world ’ s best hope for ending the pandemic .
The release comes after a second vaccine test volunteer “ Developed neurological problems.
” According to sources who claim to be familiar with the vaccine trials , the second volunteer suddenly started saying “ They ’ ve killed God ; I can ’ t feel God anymore – my Soul is dead ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans increasingly wary of accepting a coronavirus vaccine .
And scientists inside and outside the government are worried that regulators , pressured by the president for results before Election Day on Nov. 3 , might release an unproven or unsafe vaccine .
“ The release of these protocols seems to reflect some public pressure to do so , ” said Natalie Dean , a biostatistician and expert in clinical trial design for vaccines at the University of Florida .
“ This is an unprecedented situation , and public confidence is such a huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Experts have been particularly concerned about AstraZeneca ’ s vaccine trials , which began in April in Britain , because of the company ’ s refusal to provide details about serious neurological illnesses in two participants , both women , who received its experimental vaccine in Britain .
Those cases spurred the company to halt its trials twice , the second time earlier this month .
The studies have resumed in Britain , Brazil , India and South Africa , but are still on pause in the U.S. About 18,000 people worldwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far .
AstraZeneca ’ s 111-page trial blueprint , known as a protocol , states that its goal is a vaccine with 50 percent effectiveness — the same threshold that the Food and Drug Administration has set in its guidance for coronavirus vaccines .
To determine with statistical confidence whether the company has met that target , there will have to be 150 people ill with confirmed coronavirus among participants who were vaccinated or received placebo shots .
However , the plan anticipates that a safety board will perform an early analysis after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If the vaccine is 50 percent effective at that point , it might be possible for the company to stop the trial early and apply for authorization from the government to release the vaccine for emergency use .
Columbia Men ’ s S ... Buy New $ 26.24 The company did not immediately inform the public about the neurological problems of either participant .
Nor did it promptly alert the F.D.A .
that it was again pausing its trials after the second U.K. volunteer developed illness and an independent safety board called for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people familiar with the situation .
The company ’ s chief executive told investors about the problems but did not discuss them publicly until the information was leaked and reported by STAT .
This is the corona drug that Donald Trump keeps calling “ wonderful , ” “ terrific , ” “ amazing , ” etc.
, and with which he plans to inject “ hundreds of millions ” of Americans .
But there ’ s more .
Did you know that a new federal court has been created to handle all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Well , it has .
The simple truth is : the US government is anticipating many people will be filing claims for compensation , when their family members are harmed or killed by a new COVID vaccine .
Of course , the government isn ’ t coming right out and admitting that .
The press will tout the usual excuses for injury and death .
“ He died from COVID , not the vaccine.
” “ Well , there was just one bad batch of vaccines.
” “ Because COVID is such a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rushing to save lives , a few mistakes are inevitable.
” Anything but the truth : GUESS WHAT , THE VACCINE IS HIGHLY TOXIC .
This new federal vaccine court for COVID will operate exactly like the present system for paying out claims for vaccine injury to children .
Citizens have to jump through many absurd hoops and navigate all sorts of red tape , to try to squeeze money out of the federal government .
The system is set up that way .
It ’ s your basic bureaucratic nightmare .
Dorfman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 39.95 The language that establishes the new COVID vaccine court is found in the Federal Register , 3/17/20 , buried in section 14 of a document titled : “ Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19.
” Here is the relevant passage in that document : “ Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program…Section 319F-4 of the PHS Act , 42 U.S.C .
247d-6e , authorizes the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program ( CICP ) to provide benefits to eligible individuals who sustain a serious physical injury or die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or use of a Covered [ COVID ] Countermeasure [ e.g.
, a vaccine ] .
Compensation under the CICP for an injury directly caused by a Covered Countermeasure is based on the requirements set forth in this Declaration , the administrative rules for the Program , and the statute .
To show direct causation between a Covered Countermeasure and a serious physical injury , the statute requires ‘ compelling , reliable , valid , medical and scientific evidence.
’ The administrative rules for the Program further explain the necessary requirements for eligibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of important history .
In the mid-1980s , vaccine manufacturers were facing a blizzard of law suits from parents of vaccine-injured children .
The very nervous manufacturers told the government they were going to get out of the vaccine business .
The financial hit was going to be too deep .
The government said WAIT .
Meetings were held .
A plan was devised .
A law was passed exempting the manufacturers from financial liability .
Instead , for any of the recommended childhood vaccines , parents had to go to a government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , after their children had been injured or killed by a vaccine .
And the government made this court a VERY tough place to win compensation .
That ’ s the precise model for this new COVID vaccine court .
And it ’ s based on the same unstated confession that existed in the 1980s : there are MANY vaccine injuries .
Bottom line : the government expects many COVID vaccine injuries .
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To handle injury and death of children and adults .
That should not give you a warm secure feeling .
“ We know—and don ’ t ask us how—that millions of you are going to get headaches .
To prevent that , we ’ re going to hit all of you on the head with a very heavy sledgehammer .
If , ahem , a few of you happen to sustain an injury or die , we have a court where your relatives can try to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , in this court , we ’ ll do everything we can to deny you money .
Good luck.
” Yes , the government knows exactly what ’ s coming when they approve a COVID vaccine .
And now , so do you .
This entire coronavirus scamdemic is a planned exercise in government control over the lives of the American people .
This has never been about our safety ; it has always been about our enslavement .
Mask mandates , social distancing mandates , forced church closures , forced business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are merely the first steps in this villainous PSYOPS exercise .
And the vaccine is the Big Prize .
After a majority of Americans are injected with this Bill Gates/Anthony Fauci clandestine chemical cocktail , the REAL agenda will start unfolding with real-time contact tracing and surveillance and mandatory government passports and IDs—perhaps including digital tattoos and implanted computer chips—for essential living , such as working , school attendance , traveling , recreational and entertainment gatherings and even attendance at worship services .
Huxley ’ s “ Brave New World ” arrived in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full maturation in 2021—unless the American people stop it .
And you are not going to stop it by simply voting for either presidential candidate .
You are going to stop it at your local school board meetings , health department meetings , county commission meetings , city council meetings and in your State legislatures .
You can also help stop it by NOT taking the infernal corona shot .
I like what Don Boys said in this column last week : One of my readers said if Trump ’ s federal troops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with mercury , he will inject the injecter with lead .
Both mercury and lead are lethal .
Forced vaccinations mean many will be shot , really shot !
Each of us needs to decide RIGHT NOW where our line in the sand is drawn , because if we don ’ t identify those lines , we ’ ll be a slave before we even know what happened to us .
As for me and my house , our lines are the attempted confiscation of our guns and the attempted forced vaccination of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for that matter .
The success rate of the corona vaccine may be 50 % , but I can assure you , when it comes to gun confiscation and forced vaccinations at my house , the success rate is 0 % .
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The more we learn about the corona narrative, the more bizarre and unbelievable it becomes. In several past columns, I documented how the medical, media and political establishments have been deliberately lying, fudging numbers, exaggerating and manipulating data and covering up the truth about this virus from day number one.
See this page as well.
Well, hold onto your seats, boys and girls, because it gets even worse.
With the major pharmaceutical companies—many of which are among the most corrupt corporations on earth—rushing frantically to be selected as the federal government’s choice to bring a corona vaccine to market, we learn that the government standard to determine a potential drug’s readiness to be injected into people’s bodies is a—hang on—50% “effective” rating. Brave New World and Br... Aldous Huxley Best Price: $1.65 Buy New $5.06 (as of 01:20 UTC - Details)
You read it right. When the test protocols meet the 50% “effective” rate, the drug will be ready for FDA approval, and mass injections of the American people may commence.
By “effective” I assume they mean that 50% of the human guinea pigs that take the experimental vaccine must be positively affected by the shot. Of course, that means that 50% of people will NOT be positively affected by the shot. What does that mean? Well, it could mean anything from a neutral effect to downright negative effects. And negative effects could be anything from having an adverse reaction to the drug such as getting a mild sickness or a serious disease or being paralyzed or suffering brain disorders or even dying.
Let me ask you something: Would you be willing to ride in a vehicle or on an airplane where you knew you had a 50% chance of NOT arriving safely at your destination? If you had a 50% chance of minor breakages or mishaps or even major accidents or mechanical failures that would result in serious injuries or even death, would you get in that vehicle or on that plane?
Well, would you?
Yet, a 50% “effective” rating is what is required for these pharmaceutical companies to be granted the green light to bring their vaccine to market. And, remember, Donald Trump has commissioned the U.S. military (guns and all) with the duty of delivering this “amazing” drug to you. Now, what could go wrong with that?
But, so far, the billionaire drug dealers have not even been able to achieve the 50% “effective” threshold. In fact, many of the test subjects are not doing well at all.
Here’s the report:
KIPIDA Solar Shower Ba... Buy New $20.69 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details) AstraZeneca revealed details of its large coronavirus vaccine trials on Saturday, the third in a wave of rare disclosures by drug companies under pressure to be more transparent about how they are testing products that are the world’s best hope for ending the pandemic.
The release comes after a second vaccine test volunteer “Developed neurological problems.” According to sources who claim to be familiar with the vaccine trials, the second volunteer suddenly started saying “They’ve killed God; I can’t feel God anymore – my Soul is dead” after the vaccine.
Polls are finding Americans increasingly wary of accepting a coronavirus vaccine. And scientists inside and outside the government are worried that regulators, pressured by the president for results before Election Day on Nov. 3, might release an unproven or unsafe vaccine.
“The release of these protocols seems to reflect some public pressure to do so,” said Natalie Dean, a biostatistician and expert in clinical trial design for vaccines at the University of Florida. “This is an unprecedented situation, and public confidence is such a huge part of the success of this endeavor.”
Experts have been particularly concerned about AstraZeneca’s vaccine trials, which began in April in Britain, because of the company’s refusal to provide details about serious neurological illnesses in two participants, both women, who received its experimental vaccine in Britain. Those cases spurred the company to halt its trials twice, the second time earlier this month. The studies have resumed in Britain, Brazil, India and South Africa, but are still on pause in the U.S. About 18,000 people worldwide have received AstraZeneca’s vaccine so far.
AstraZeneca’s 111-page trial blueprint, known as a protocol, states that its goal is a vaccine with 50 percent effectiveness — the same threshold that the Food and Drug Administration has set in its guidance for coronavirus vaccines. To determine with statistical confidence whether the company has met that target, there will have to be 150 people ill with confirmed coronavirus among participants who were vaccinated or received placebo shots.
However, the plan anticipates that a safety board will perform an early analysis after there have been just 75 cases. If the vaccine is 50 percent effective at that point, it might be possible for the company to stop the trial early and apply for authorization from the government to release the vaccine for emergency use. Columbia Men’s S... Buy New $26.24 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details)
The company did not immediately inform the public about the neurological problems of either participant. Nor did it promptly alert the F.D.A. that it was again pausing its trials after the second U.K. volunteer developed illness and an independent safety board called for a temporary halt, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. The company’s chief executive told investors about the problems but did not discuss them publicly until the information was leaked and reported by STAT.
This is the corona drug that Donald Trump keeps calling “wonderful,” “terrific,” “amazing,” etc., and with which he plans to inject “hundreds of millions” of Americans.
But there’s more. Did you know that a new federal court has been created to handle all of the anticipated corona vaccine injury claims? Well, it has.
Here’s this report:
The simple truth is: the US government is anticipating many people will be filing claims for compensation, when their family members are harmed or killed by a new COVID vaccine.
Of course, the government isn’t coming right out and admitting that.
The press will tout the usual excuses for injury and death. “He died from COVID, not the vaccine.” “Well, there was just one bad batch of vaccines.” “Because COVID is such a dire situation, and we’re rushing to save lives, a few mistakes are inevitable.”
Anything but the truth: GUESS WHAT, THE VACCINE IS HIGHLY TOXIC.
This new federal vaccine court for COVID will operate exactly like the present system for paying out claims for vaccine injury to children. Citizens have to jump through many absurd hoops and navigate all sorts of red tape, to try to squeeze money out of the federal government. The system is set up that way. It’s your basic bureaucratic nightmare. Dorfman Pacific Men&rs... Buy New $39.95 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details)
The language that establishes the new COVID vaccine court is found in the Federal Register, 3/17/20, buried in section 14 of a document titled: “Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19.”
Here is the relevant passage in that document:
“Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program…Section 319F-4 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 247d-6e, authorizes the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) to provide benefits to eligible individuals who sustain a serious physical injury or die as a direct result of the administration or use of a Covered [COVID] Countermeasure [e.g., a vaccine]. Compensation under the CICP for an injury directly caused by a Covered Countermeasure is based on the requirements set forth in this Declaration, the administrative rules for the Program, and the statute. To show direct causation between a Covered Countermeasure and a serious physical injury, the statute requires ‘compelling, reliable, valid, medical and scientific evidence.’ The administrative rules for the Program further explain the necessary requirements for eligibility under the CICP…”
(The US military’s webpage that explains the CICP to US soldiers is here.)
A quick piece of important history. In the mid-1980s, vaccine manufacturers were facing a blizzard of law suits from parents of vaccine-injured children. The very nervous manufacturers told the government they were going to get out of the vaccine business. The financial hit was going to be too deep.
The government said WAIT. Meetings were held. A plan was devised. A law was passed exempting the manufacturers from financial liability.
Instead, for any of the recommended childhood vaccines, parents had to go to a government court to file a claim for compensation, after their children had been injured or killed by a vaccine.
And the government made this court a VERY tough place to win compensation.
That’s the precise model for this new COVID vaccine court. And it’s based on the same unstated confession that existed in the 1980s: there are MANY vaccine injuries.
Bottom line: the government expects many COVID vaccine injuries. DRI Duck Men’s 5... Buy New $54.88 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details)
That’s what they aren’t saying. They’re just preparing. With a new vaccine court. To handle injury and death of children and adults.
That should not give you a warm secure feeling.
Quite the opposite.
“We know—and don’t ask us how—that millions of you are going to get headaches. To prevent that, we’re going to hit all of you on the head with a very heavy sledgehammer. If, ahem, a few of you happen to sustain an injury or die, we have a court where your relatives can try to get money out of us. By the way, in this court, we’ll do everything we can to deny you money. Good luck.”
Yes, the government knows exactly what’s coming when they approve a COVID vaccine. And now, so do you.
This entire coronavirus scamdemic is a planned exercise in government control over the lives of the American people. This has never been about our safety; it has always been about our enslavement. Mask mandates, social distancing mandates, forced church closures, forced business closures, government lockdowns, etc., are merely the first steps in this villainous PSYOPS exercise. And the vaccine is the Big Prize.
After a majority of Americans are injected with this Bill Gates/Anthony Fauci clandestine chemical cocktail, the REAL agenda will start unfolding with real-time contact tracing and surveillance and mandatory government passports and IDs—perhaps including digital tattoos and implanted computer chips—for essential living, such as working, school attendance, traveling, recreational and entertainment gatherings and even attendance at worship services.
Huxley’s “Brave New World” arrived in 2020, and it will burgeon into full maturation in 2021—unless the American people stop it.
And you are not going to stop it by simply voting for either presidential candidate. You are going to stop it at your local school board meetings, health department meetings, county commission meetings, city council meetings and in your State legislatures.
You can also help stop it by NOT taking the infernal corona shot.
I like what Don Boys said in this column last week:
One of my readers said if Trump’s federal troops try to force him to be injected with mercury, he will inject the injecter with lead. Both mercury and lead are lethal. Forced vaccinations mean many will be shot, really shot!
Each of us needs to decide RIGHT NOW where our line in the sand is drawn, because if we don’t identify those lines, we’ll be a slave before we even know what happened to us. As for me and my house, our lines are the attempted confiscation of our guns and the attempted forced vaccination of the corona shot—or any other shot, for that matter.
The success rate of the corona vaccine may be 50%, but I can assure you, when it comes to gun confiscation and forced vaccinations at my house, the success rate is 0%.
Reprinted with permission from Chuck Baldwin.
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lewrockwell--2020-09-25--How I Obtained a Conscientious Exemption From Mask-Wearing at School for My Child

I have studied the principles of natural law , and I am clear that the inherent freedom of choice of every individual is the ultimate foundation of life on Earth .
How these principles became the basis for real-world action occurred when I heard that my school board had decided , quite of their own accord , while professing to be ‘ following the direction ’ of the public health office of a neighboring district , that children in grades 1-3 in their schools would also be required to wear masks in school .
I will give you the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exemption from mask-wearing for my son as I am not entirely sure which of my actions actually turned the result in my favor .
I do this to empower everyone with a full understanding of what we are dealing with in terms of school mask mandates and the manner in which school boards are trying to implement them .
I am in Ontario , Canada so things might be different in different countries , but I believe that the ultimate application of natural law and our natural freedom of choice can and should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PUMA Men ’ s Everc ... Buy New $ 20.10 My journey began with an internet search of my school board , a phone number of the communications office which undersigned the announcement of the mandate , and my phone call to that office asking how I would apply for a conscientious exemption .
Through voice mail the officer said I should be in touch with the principal , who said I should be in touch with the superintendent , who said I should speak to the trustee , who said I should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a process that went on for two weeks and ultimately gets us to the first day of school and this letter I sent to all the trustees who , it seemed to me , made up the school board and hence collectively made the ultimate decision that was affecting me .
My Letter to the Trustees Here it is , Tuesday , September 8th , 2020 , the day that DPCDSB schools open , and I have not received the information I need to make an informed decision on whether or not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He is slated to begin the Grade 1 French Immersion program at St. Pio de Pietrelcina .
After initially voicing my concerns about mandatory masking and applying for an exemption on conscientious grounds to a school board representative I was directed to the principal of St. Pio de Pietrelcina .
She was polite and took my concerns seriously , but said that she had no latitude to make any decisions on exemptions on conscientious grounds .
She suggested I speak to the superintendant .
I spoke first to the superintendant ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my concerns seriously , and said I would have to speak to the superintendant .
I spoke to the superintendant , who was polite and took my concerns seriously , but said that they had not received any ‘ direction ’ from health officials about qualification for medical exemptions .
When I reiterated the point that I am seeking a conscientious , and not a medical exemption , she said that I should talk to the trustee for my school ’ s area .
I spoke to the trustee , who was polite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t feel he was in any position to advance my cause .
He referred me back to the superintendant , who , according to him , would contact me to let me know how I can make my request for an exemption to the school board .
Helinox Chair One Orig ... Buy New $ 99.95 I understand that these are trying times and things are changing rapidly , but I still believe you would agree that I ’ m getting the runaround .
And the school year has already started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case in this letter , and I hope this letter will be able to cut through the bureaucracy and be read by all DPCDSB trustees , to whom it is addressed .
I am requesting an official response undersigned by at least a majority of the school board members , who are directly responsible for the fact that , at present , my son is being forced to wear a mask at school in order to receive a public education .
Request for a Conscientious Exemption for my son from wearing a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all directives related to ‘ mandatory ’ mask wearing in Canada are illegal and infringe on the rights of individual Canadians , based on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms .
However , in this letter I will speak specifically to my son ’ s case .
At present , the DPCDSB has decided to unilaterally mandate mask-wearing for Grade 1 students ( this particular decision was not imposed upon them by Peel Public Health ) .
And so my son , who is supposed to begin the Grade 1 French Immersion program @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few days , is being forced to wear a mask in order to get a public education .
I will cite a small portion of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and explain how it applies in this case : 1 .
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society .
2 .
Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms : ( a ) freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Slee ... Buy New $ 49.99 I believe that forcing my 6-year old son to wear a mask may cause psychological and physical harm to him .
Therefore , as his legal guardian , I can not in good conscience allow this to happen .
In mandating mask-wearing for my son , you violate my freedom of conscience as well as my son ’ s freedom of conscience , as he does not want to wear a mask .
Two more points , while not essential to my argument , serve to highlight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DPCDSB to mandate masks for young children in school shows an egregious lack of responsibility and concern for the health and well-being of the children who have been entrusted under their care : 1 .
There is NO science , meaning no randomized control trials , which suggest that wearing a mask might have any impact in reducing the spread of a virus .
In fact , any studies investigating the ability of masks to stop the spread of a virus have concluded that masks are not effective at all in this regard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on the ‘ opinions ’ of Public Health Officers ( political appointees ) that ‘ mask-wearing may have benefits ’ , opinions which are not grounded in the science .
2 .
The statistics , which clearly show that low infectivity rates and a virtually zero mortality rate among children , would suggest that what would really be in the best interest of children ’ s health and well-being would be a normal return to school , without masks , distancing , cohorting , sanitizing , and any other measures .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and scientists in that very field of study whose views have been suppressed or marginalized in the media .
In other words , going back to section 1 of the Charter , I do not believe these measures have been ‘ demonstrably justified.
’ That being said , the main point of this letter is to get an answer to my request that my son be permitted to attend school without a mask , based on my conscientious objection .
If denied , my son will not be going to school and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to those on the DPCDSB responsible for implementing policy , who in my opinion have far overstepped their authority in attempting to enforce mandatory masking in their schools , especially for students in Grades 1-3 which was not imposed upon them by Peel Public Health and was a unilateral decision .
Now it becomes interesting , when you are going about the business of standing up for your inherent rights , to wonder what drives otherwise busy and difficult-to-reach people into responding and suddenly having answers .
It was either the same day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the school contacted me and told me he was going to send the exemption form to me and that I should fill it out .
I made it clear to him that I was requesting a conscientious and not a medical exemption , and he told me that I should fill it out nonetheless so that the school authority would have on record exactly what kind of exemption I am seeking , and I agreed I would do so .
Meanwhile , one of the trustees forwarded my email to the school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying that this would end the ‘ runaround ’ I had been experiencing .
And sure enough , the director of education sent me an email the same day , saying the following : Now I was intrigued by the phrasing ‘ you have identified the adverse negative psychological impact… ’ given that all I said was that I believed wearing a mask ‘ may cause psychological and physical harm to him.
’ So in essence , she reframes my conscientious exemption as a medical exemption .
I nonetheless filled out my exemption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibly could that I was filing a conscientious objection .
In fact , reading it , I don ’ t think that anyone can confuse this with a ‘ medical ’ exemption ( the part I wrote is in bold and italics ) .
I am requesting an exemption for my child from wearing a non-medical face mask while at school , ( which includes indoor during the school day , transportation and in any before and after school program for the following reason ( s ) : I believe wearing a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s psychological and physical health .
I can not in good conscience allow my son to be required to wear a mask while in school .
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms indicates the following : • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society .
• Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms : a ) freedom of conscience and religion ; Based on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researched ( I do not include them here but would be willing to provide them if requested ) , I contend that mandating mask-wearing for children in school has not been ‘ demonstrably justified , ’ thereby liberating me to act in good conscience and demand that my son be exempt from having to wear a mask while in school .
ⅅ I have attached supporting documentation ( please note that medical documentation is not required ) I sent the document and reminded the vice-principal in my email that my son would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been confirmed .
Lo and behold , this message from the school was in my inbox the next morning : But this is not the end of the story .
I found this email to be oddly informal for a matter of such obvious importance to me .
It was not undersigned by anyone , only the school signature was underneath , and there was no signed copy of the exemption form attached , which on the second page had checkboxes indicating who had been informed of my son ’ s exemption ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ etc . )
This was Wednesday , September 9th , and because of staggered entry my son was only to start the following Monday , having already missed his orientation day .
I immediately sent a reply stating that I wanted to know who actually sent me the email , and who had approved the exemption .
By Monday I had not heard back from the school , and consequently I kept my son home .
The school called and left a message inquiring about my son ’ s absence .
In response @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explaining that I will not be sending my son to school until my questions were answered .
I received a phone call a few hours later from a very agitated principal .
I got her to say that the email was ‘ from the school , ’ and therefore , yes , ‘ from her ’ .
As to who approved the exemption , she said she didn ’ t know .
She said she sent the exemption form to the superintendent and was later sent a curt email that the exemption had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s all she knew .
She was not at all happy with the general lack of information she was receiving from the school board .
I did my best to help bring a conciliatory tone to the conversation and noted that it seemed like the principal was more a victim than a cause of this confusion .
And so I was left to assume that the Director of Education must have approved the exemption , since the Superintendent told me that she herself didn ’ t have the power to approve an exemption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ email to the Director of Education , demanding to know who had approved my son ’ s exemption .
You wouldn ’ t believe what her answer was : Where I am at Now This email was the final nail in the coffin for me .
I spoke with my wife and we both agreed that we didn ’ t feel comfortable having my son in an institution that demonstrated such a lack of accountability from top to bottom .
We have pulled our son out of public school and have begun homeschooling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not an option for many , especially for those whose children indicate that they want to go to school and see their friends .
So this article is more for those parents , to come to an understanding of what they are dealing with and what their rights are .
The way I see it , these bureaucrats are all part of a top-down control structure , from the Ministry of Education through the public health offices , and down through the school boards ’ director of education , trustees , superintendents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessary qualifications for these jobs is a willingness to take and implement orders from above , rather than asserting critical and independent thought .
At all levels people know that opposing directives from above based on their independent thought would likely mean termination .
Consequently , I see these people are acting ( and reacting ) from the state of fear that they have been subjected to .
I ’ m not really interested in continuing to investigate these people to try to figure out who is lying and who might be liable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me the reality that this whole interlocked , top-down system of education , as with other systems under government control , has a clear and specific agenda to augment their control and to willingly deceive people about their rights and freedoms protected by the charter .
The way they are doing it is by forcing those lower down the ladder to actually assume the legal responsibility for enacting and enforcing these measures , without giving those people any choice as to whether or not they actually believe it is good to implement them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school board was an exercise in a perpetual ‘ passing of the buck ’ where I could not find a single person willing to stand behind or take ownership of any of these mandates or the justification for them .
The good news here is that this is a situation ripe for all individuals , and particularly parents of young children , to exercise their rights of conscience and request ( read : demand ) a conscientious exemption from mask-wearing for their child .
Of course it requires courage and persistence , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ child out of school as I did until the matter is resolved .
But if you feel within you a burning desire to stand up for your rights under these circumstances , I hope my story has helped to equip you to do just that .
This article was originally published on my own website daocoaching.com .

I have studied the principles of natural law, and I am clear that the inherent freedom of choice of every individual is the ultimate foundation of life on Earth. How these principles became the basis for real-world action occurred when I heard that my school board had decided, quite of their own accord, while professing to be ‘following the direction’ of the public health office of a neighboring district, that children in grades 1-3 in their schools would also be required to wear masks in school.
I will give you the whole story of my quest for a conscientious exemption from mask-wearing for my son as I am not entirely sure which of my actions actually turned the result in my favor. I do this to empower everyone with a full understanding of what we are dealing with in terms of school mask mandates and the manner in which school boards are trying to implement them. I am in Ontario, Canada so things might be different in different countries, but I believe that the ultimate application of natural law and our natural freedom of choice can and should be pursued anywhere in the world.
PUMA Men’s Everc... Buy New $20.10 (as of 04:57 UTC - Details) My journey began with an internet search of my school board, a phone number of the communications office which undersigned the announcement of the mandate, and my phone call to that office asking how I would apply for a conscientious exemption. Through voice mail the officer said I should be in touch with the principal, who said I should be in touch with the superintendent, who said I should speak to the trustee, who said I should go back to the superintendent. This is a process that went on for two weeks and ultimately gets us to the first day of school and this letter I sent to all the trustees who, it seemed to me, made up the school board and hence collectively made the ultimate decision that was affecting me.
My Letter to the Trustees
Dear Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board Trustees,
Here it is, Tuesday, September 8th, 2020, the day that DPCDSB schools open, and I have not received the information I need to make an informed decision on whether or not I should send my son to school. He is slated to begin the Grade 1 French Immersion program at St. Pio de Pietrelcina.
After initially voicing my concerns about mandatory masking and applying for an exemption on conscientious grounds to a school board representative I was directed to the principal of St. Pio de Pietrelcina. She was polite and took my concerns seriously, but said that she had no latitude to make any decisions on exemptions on conscientious grounds. She suggested I speak to the superintendant.
I spoke first to the superintendant’s assistant, who was polite and took my concerns seriously, and said I would have to speak to the superintendant.
I spoke to the superintendant, who was polite and took my concerns seriously, but said that they had not received any ‘direction’ from health officials about qualification for medical exemptions. When I reiterated the point that I am seeking a conscientious, and not a medical exemption, she said that I should talk to the trustee for my school’s area.
I spoke to the trustee, who was polite and took my concerns seriously, but didn’t feel he was in any position to advance my cause. He referred me back to the superintendant, who, according to him, would contact me to let me know how I can make my request for an exemption to the school board. Helinox Chair One Orig... Buy New $99.95 (as of 04:57 UTC - Details)
I understand that these are trying times and things are changing rapidly, but I still believe you would agree that I’m getting the runaround. And the school year has already started.
So I will simply make my case in this letter, and I hope this letter will be able to cut through the bureaucracy and be read by all DPCDSB trustees, to whom it is addressed. I am requesting an official response undersigned by at least a majority of the school board members, who are directly responsible for the fact that, at present, my son is being forced to wear a mask at school in order to receive a public education.
Request for a Conscientious Exemption for my son from wearing a mask in school
My fervent belief is that all directives related to ‘mandatory’ mask wearing in Canada are illegal and infringe on the rights of individual Canadians, based on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
However, in this letter I will speak specifically to my son’s case. At present, the DPCDSB has decided to unilaterally mandate mask-wearing for Grade 1 students (this particular decision was not imposed upon them by Peel Public Health). And so my son, who is supposed to begin the Grade 1 French Immersion program at St. Pio de Pietrelcina in a few days, is being forced to wear a mask in order to get a public education.
I will cite a small portion of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and explain how it applies in this case:
1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
(a) freedom of conscience and religion;
Jivan Rectangular Slee... Buy New $49.99 (as of 04:57 UTC - Details) I believe that forcing my 6-year old son to wear a mask may cause psychological and physical harm to him. Therefore, as his legal guardian, I cannot in good conscience allow this to happen. In mandating mask-wearing for my son, you violate my freedom of conscience as well as my son’s freedom of conscience, as he does not want to wear a mask.
Two more points, while not essential to my argument, serve to highlight my belief that the decision by the DPCDSB to mandate masks for young children in school shows an egregious lack of responsibility and concern for the health and well-being of the children who have been entrusted under their care:
1. There is NO science, meaning no randomized control trials, which suggest that wearing a mask might have any impact in reducing the spread of a virus. In fact, any studies investigating the ability of masks to stop the spread of a virus have concluded that masks are not effective at all in this regard. (source) Mask mandates are based on the ‘opinions’ of Public Health Officers (political appointees) that ‘mask-wearing may have benefits’, opinions which are not grounded in the science.
2. The statistics, which clearly show that low infectivity rates and a virtually zero mortality rate among children, would suggest that what would really be in the best interest of children’s health and well-being would be a normal return to school, without masks, distancing, cohorting, sanitizing, and any other measures. This has been the belief of many researchers and scientists in that very field of study whose views have been suppressed or marginalized in the media.
In other words, going back to section 1 of the Charter, I do not believe these measures have been ‘demonstrably justified.’
That being said, the main point of this letter is to get an answer to my request that my son be permitted to attend school without a mask, based on my conscientious objection. If denied, my son will not be going to school and I will begin to consider notices of liability to those on the DPCDSB responsible for implementing policy, who in my opinion have far overstepped their authority in attempting to enforce mandatory masking in their schools, especially for students in Grades 1-3 which was not imposed upon them by Peel Public Health and was a unilateral decision.
Thank you,
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The Response
Now it becomes interesting, when you are going about the business of standing up for your inherent rights, to wonder what drives otherwise busy and difficult-to-reach people into responding and suddenly having answers.
It was either the same day or the next morning that the vice-principal of the school contacted me and told me he was going to send the exemption form to me and that I should fill it out. I made it clear to him that I was requesting a conscientious and not a medical exemption, and he told me that I should fill it out nonetheless so that the school authority would have on record exactly what kind of exemption I am seeking, and I agreed I would do so.
Meanwhile, one of the trustees forwarded my email to the school board’s director of education, saying that this would end the ‘runaround’ I had been experiencing. And sure enough, the director of education sent me an email the same day, saying the following:
I am aware that the school has recently reached out to you to provide you with the documentation required to request an exemption. Given that you have identified the adverse negative psychological impact of wearing a mask on your child, I would encourage you to request an exemption.
Now I was intrigued by the phrasing ‘you have identified the adverse negative psychological impact…’ given that all I said was that I believed wearing a mask ‘may cause psychological and physical harm to him.’ So in essence, she reframes my conscientious exemption as a medical exemption.
I nonetheless filled out my exemption form, being as explicit as I possibly could that I was filing a conscientious objection. In fact, reading it, I don’t think that anyone can confuse this with a ‘medical’ exemption (the part I wrote is in bold and italics).
My Exemption Request
MASK ACCOMMODATION/EXEMPTION REQUEST FORM
I am requesting an exemption for my child from wearing a non-medical face mask while at school, (which includes indoor during the school day, transportation and in any before and after school program for the following reason(s):
REASON
I believe wearing a mask is potentially harmful to my son’s psychological and physical health. I cannot in good conscience allow my son to be required to wear a mask while in school. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms indicates the following:
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: a) freedom of conscience and religion;
Based on the current science and current statistics I have researched (I do not include them here but would be willing to provide them if requested), I contend that mandating mask-wearing for children in school has not been ‘demonstrably justified,’ thereby liberating me to act in good conscience and demand that my son be exempt from having to wear a mask while in school.
ⅅ I have attached supporting documentation (please note that medical documentation is not required)
The Response
I sent the document and reminded the vice-principal in my email that my son would not be attending school until this exemption had been confirmed.
Lo and behold, this message from the school was in my inbox the next morning:
Hello Kellen’s mask exemption has been approved. His first day back at school will be Monday September 14th 2020
But this is not the end of the story. I found this email to be oddly informal for a matter of such obvious importance to me. It was not undersigned by anyone, only the school signature was underneath, and there was no signed copy of the exemption form attached, which on the second page had checkboxes indicating who had been informed of my son’s exemption (teacher, bus driver, librarian, etc.)
This was Wednesday, September 9th, and because of staggered entry my son was only to start the following Monday, having already missed his orientation day. I immediately sent a reply stating that I wanted to know who actually sent me the email, and who had approved the exemption. By Monday I had not heard back from the school, and consequently I kept my son home. The school called and left a message inquiring about my son’s absence. In response, I wrote a rather sharply-worded email explaining that I will not be sending my son to school until my questions were answered.
I received a phone call a few hours later from a very agitated principal. I got her to say that the email was ‘from the school,’ and therefore, yes, ‘from her’. As to who approved the exemption, she said she didn’t know. She said she sent the exemption form to the superintendent and was later sent a curt email that the exemption had been ‘approved’. That’s all she knew. She was not at all happy with the general lack of information she was receiving from the school board. I did my best to help bring a conciliatory tone to the conversation and noted that it seemed like the principal was more a victim than a cause of this confusion.
And so I was left to assume that the Director of Education must have approved the exemption, since the Superintendent told me that she herself didn’t have the power to approve an exemption based on conscience. I sent an email to the Director of Education, demanding to know who had approved my son’s exemption. You wouldn’t believe what her answer was:
I regret the experience you are having regarding your request for a mask exemption. The principal is the individual who has the authority to approve a mask exemption. That said, it is ultimately my responsibility to ensure principals have all the necessary information to carry out the responsibilities we task them with. I will continue to work to ensure that our principals have a fulsome understanding of the process and support them in implementation.
Where I am at Now
This email was the final nail in the coffin for me. I spoke with my wife and we both agreed that we didn’t feel comfortable having my son in an institution that demonstrated such a lack of accountability from top to bottom. We have pulled our son out of public school and have begun homeschooling him. However, I know this is not an option for many, especially for those whose children indicate that they want to go to school and see their friends. So this article is more for those parents, to come to an understanding of what they are dealing with and what their rights are.
The way I see it, these bureaucrats are all part of a top-down control structure, from the Ministry of Education through the public health offices, and down through the school boards’ director of education, trustees, superintendents, and principals. One of the necessary qualifications for these jobs is a willingness to take and implement orders from above, rather than asserting critical and independent thought. At all levels people know that opposing directives from above based on their independent thought would likely mean termination.
Consequently, I see these people are acting (and reacting) from the state of fear that they have been subjected to. I’m not really interested in continuing to investigate these people to try to figure out who is lying and who might be liable for damages. My experience confirms for me the reality that this whole interlocked, top-down system of education, as with other systems under government control, has a clear and specific agenda to augment their control and to willingly deceive people about their rights and freedoms protected by the charter.
The way they are doing it is by forcing those lower down the ladder to actually assume the legal responsibility for enacting and enforcing these measures, without giving those people any choice as to whether or not they actually believe it is good to implement them. Speaking to all levels of the school board was an exercise in a perpetual ‘passing of the buck’ where I could not find a single person willing to stand behind or take ownership of any of these mandates or the justification for them.
The good news here is that this is a situation ripe for all individuals, and particularly parents of young children, to exercise their rights of conscience and request (read: demand) a conscientious exemption from mask-wearing for their child. Of course it requires courage and persistence, and perhaps even a willingness to keep their child out of school as I did until the matter is resolved. But if you feel within you a burning desire to stand up for your rights under these circumstances, I hope my story has helped to equip you to do just that.
This article was originally published on my own website daocoaching.com.


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Boris’s New Covid Restrictions Are Unscientific Mumbo Jumbo and an Exercise in Futility That Will Wreak Havoc on Millions

I accept my dissenting voice may not be heeded by the UK government , but when a former Supreme Court judge delivers a damning verdict that the rules are ‘ pointless , arbitrary and unnecessary ’ , shouldn ’ t they be listening ?
The UK has announced a fresh suite of draconian Covid restrictions , with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning they could be in place for six months .
But , like all previous attempts , the new rules are worse than useless .
You ’ ve all heard the new rules by now , so I won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the individual implications will be .
Just as poring over a government white paper based on astrology would be pointless , tepid nit-picking within the nascent pseudoscience of ‘ Covidology ’ is an exercise in futility .
It ’ s also an immediate acceptance of the quacks ’ terms of the argument .
‘ The rule of six ’ could be ‘ the rule of seven ’ , the pubs could close at midnight or 10pm , level 4 , 5 or 75 could be enforced – none of this would make any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The fiddled numbers , the fake compromises , the newspeak – all of it is misdirection .
In a nutshell , this doubling down means nothing less than the acceleration of an end to the free , decent life to which all human beings are born entitled .
Only a total return to normality should be demanded , and it ’ s non-negotiable .
Plandemic : Exposing th ... Fife , Dr. Bruce Buy New $ 8.95 Just ask former Supreme Court justice Lord Jonathan Sumption , who has been making waves this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s madcap plot .
He ’ s dubbed Johnson ’ s ‘ rule of six ’ “ pointless , arbitrary and unnecessary ” .
It ’ s pointless , he says , because , without a Stasi-like secret army of citizen spies , it can not be enforced .
He is correct , of course ( although I don ’ t consider the likelihood of an army of snitchers quite as unlikely as he seems to ) .
It ’ s arbitrary because it ’ s far from universal – people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and workplaces , on public transport and in the streets , all of which is essential .
And it ’ s unnecessary because the increase in positive tests is being driven – as Health Secretary Matt Hancock is so fond of reminding us – by the young , to whom the disease poses relatively little threat .
Lord Sumption ’ s verdict is a pretty comprehensive takedown of the prime minister by one of the finest legal minds in the country , and every word of it is right .
I would add @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to apply to all Covid restrictions from national lockdowns to hand-washing : unscientific .
That ’ s not to claim that alcoholic soap , say , does not kill viral particles .
I have no doubt that it does .
But my question to any scientist would be “ why are we trying to kill viral particles ?
” A reason for pitting state power against an endemic respiratory virus is never asked for or given .
If you think the answer is self-evident , then please briefly and clearly outline it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ words of the Hippocratic Oath , and first do no harm .
The Vaccine Race : Scie ... Wadman , Meredith Best Price : $ 3.59 Buy New $ 11.02 A large part of the problem is that the government has stopped declaring what it is that it ’ s trying to do .
Is it flattening the curve , getting to zero cases of Covid , or what ?
As 32 top scientists wrote in their open letter to the government leadership this week , without a clearly stated objective , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy choices within it , can be evaluated ” .
But this is no oversight .
It is a low trick the mandarins have conjured to avoid the consequences of their actions – they can always change the story post hoc .
Like so much else of modern Britain , it could have come straight out of Orwell .
Unsurprisingly , those 32 brave dissenters suffered personal abuse and their calls were ignored , as the government announced their half-baked scheme that very evening .
I try never to wave my scientific education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and , not being a devoted scholar , would never claim to be truly expert in any realm of science .
But one thing a scientific education does teach you is that scientists can be just as irrational , cultish and politically compromised as everybody else .
Do not ‘ trust the experts ’ .
Never ‘ follow the science ’ .
These are often PR canards designed to boondoggle people into horrible conditions that their instincts scream against .
Trust your instincts , and believe in evidence , not politics dressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

I accept my dissenting voice may not be heeded by the UK government, but when a former Supreme Court judge delivers a damning verdict that the rules are ‘pointless, arbitrary and unnecessary’, shouldn’t they be listening?
The UK has announced a fresh suite of draconian Covid restrictions, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning they could be in place for six months. But, like all previous attempts, the new rules are worse than useless.
You’ve all heard the new rules by now, so I won’t analyse the details of what the individual implications will be. Just as poring over a government white paper based on astrology would be pointless, tepid nit-picking within the nascent pseudoscience of ‘Covidology’ is an exercise in futility. It’s also an immediate acceptance of the quacks’ terms of the argument.
‘The rule of six’ could be ‘the rule of seven’, the pubs could close at midnight or 10pm, level 4, 5 or 75 could be enforced – none of this would make any difference. Nor is it acceptable. The fiddled numbers, the fake compromises, the newspeak – all of it is misdirection. In a nutshell, this doubling down means nothing less than the acceleration of an end to the free, decent life to which all human beings are born entitled. Only a total return to normality should be demanded, and it’s non-negotiable. Plandemic: Exposing th... Fife, Dr. Bruce Buy New $8.95 (as of 02:15 UTC - Details)
Heavyweight opposition
Just ask former Supreme Court justice Lord Jonathan Sumption, who has been making waves this week with his scathing analysis of the government’s madcap plot. He’s dubbed Johnson’s ‘rule of six’ “pointless, arbitrary and unnecessary”.
It’s pointless, he says, because, without a Stasi-like secret army of citizen spies, it cannot be enforced. He is correct, of course (although I don’t consider the likelihood of an army of snitchers quite as unlikely as he seems to). It’s arbitrary because it’s far from universal – people mix in much larger numbers in schools and workplaces, on public transport and in the streets, all of which is essential. And it’s unnecessary because the increase in positive tests is being driven – as Health Secretary Matt Hancock is so fond of reminding us – by the young, to whom the disease poses relatively little threat.
Lord Sumption’s verdict is a pretty comprehensive takedown of the prime minister by one of the finest legal minds in the country, and every word of it is right.
I would add one more adjective to the list, to apply to all Covid restrictions from national lockdowns to hand-washing: unscientific. That’s not to claim that alcoholic soap, say, does not kill viral particles. I have no doubt that it does. But my question to any scientist would be “why are we trying to kill viral particles?” A reason for pitting state power against an endemic respiratory virus is never asked for or given. If you think the answer is self-evident, then please briefly and clearly outline it. Otherwise, I suggest you recall the words of the Hippocratic Oath, and first do no harm.
What’s the plan?
The Vaccine Race: Scie... Wadman, Meredith Best Price: $3.59 Buy New $11.02 (as of 04:58 UTC - Details) A large part of the problem is that the government has stopped declaring what it is that it’s trying to do. Is it flattening the curve, getting to zero cases of Covid, or what? As 32 top scientists wrote in their open letter to the government leadership this week, without a clearly stated objective, “neither the overarching strategy, nor individual policy choices within it, can be evaluated”.
But this is no oversight. It is a low trick the mandarins have conjured to avoid the consequences of their actions – they can always change the story post hoc. Like so much else of modern Britain, it could have come straight out of Orwell. Unsurprisingly, those 32 brave dissenters suffered personal abuse and their calls were ignored, as the government announced their half-baked scheme that very evening.
I try never to wave my scientific education in people’s faces in arguments, and, not being a devoted scholar, would never claim to be truly expert in any realm of science. But one thing a scientific education does teach you is that scientists can be just as irrational, cultish and politically compromised as everybody else. Do not ‘trust the experts’. Never ‘follow the science’. These are often PR canards designed to boondoggle people into horrible conditions that their instincts scream against. Trust your instincts, and believe in evidence, not politics dressed up as science.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.