lewrockwell--2020-06-23--Masks in a Free Society

Masks in a Free Society

I think the idea of healthy people wearing face masks when they are out in public is ridiculous , stupid , silly , ludicrous , comical , unhealthy , and harmful , but I offer here a qualified defense of masks in the context of a free society and private property rights .
Not content with playing dictator and issuing decrees for their subjects to stay at home , close their unessential businesses , stop going to parks and playgrounds , and practice anti-social distancing , governors and mayors all around the country are now starting to mandate that all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when going out in public ( unless they are protesting , rioting , or looting ) .
The Free Society Laurence M. Vance Best Price : $ 13.55 Buy New $ 17.54 On June 18 , California governor Gavin Newsom ordered California residents statewide to wear a mask when out in public .
“ Simply put , we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered — putting at risk the real progress we have made in fighting the disease , ” said Newsom .
“ California ’ s strategy to restart the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will only be successful if people act safely and follow health recommendations .
That means wearing a face covering , washing your hands and practicing physical distancing.
” In my county—Orange County , Florida—the fascist mayor Jerry Demings issued an executive order on June 18 mandating mask wearing beginning on June 20 : “ Every person working , living , visiting , or doing business in Orange County is required to wear a Face Covering consistent with the current CDC guideline [ s ] while in any public place.
” All businesses are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry standards ( if any ) on face coverings and social distancing .
Businesses are reminded that Executive Order 2020-12 requires that both employees and patrons of businesses that require employees and patrons to be within six ( 6 ) feet must wear a face mask or covering , unless the wearing of the patron ’ s face mask or covering would impede the patron ’ s service , in which case only the service provider must wear a face mask or covering .
All businesses are encouraged to prohibit entry of each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covering with the exception of those below listed persons .
Face coverings are not required for the following : Foundations of a Free ... Mayhew , Robert Best Price : $ 44.79 Buy New $ 52.69 But notice also who is exempt from the mayor ’ s order : “ This Order does not apply to employees and patrons of first response , government , healthcare or medical , veterinarian , shelter or rehabilitation , childcare , utility providers , construction , or transit agencies.
” Regarding penalties for violating his order , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no criminal penalties yet and that “ our goal is to gain voluntary compliance.
” Since this order took effect , I have visited several local businesses .
All of them have new signs posted saying that wearing a mask is required to enter their establishment .
I have entered several of them without a mask to test the waters and no employees in any of the businesses have said anything to me .
However , I do believe that the mayor has gained almost universal voluntary compliance—at least when it comes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stores I went into , I saw hardly anyone without a mask on .
Meanwhile , in New York , Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving store owners the right to deny entry to those who do not wear masks .
The Origins of Totalit ... Hannah Arendt Best Price : $ 8.49 Buy New $ 12.90 But in Wisconsin , after the state supreme court overturned the governor ’ s state lockdown order and mandated that all future statewide restrictions to battle the coronavirus must be approved by the legislature @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people from wearing masks at her place of business : Masks are NOT allowed in the buildings for safety sake .
They are viewed as a robbery in progress and will be handled that way .
I added no masks when entering my main building because this is the perfect time for the bad guys to take advantage of any small business and rob them because it is now “ normal ” to wear a mask .
Now , I do understand that there are people who wear a mask because of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recent surgery .
I know these people and their stature is much different that a 6 ’ 2″ male entering an establishment aggressively with intent to do harm .
And in Texas , a bar owner is prohibiting patrons from wearing masks as an attempt to “ push back ” on the “ snitches ” and “ contact tracers ” during the coronavirus pandemic .
The bar posted a notice reading : “ Due to our concern for our citizens , if they feel the need to wear a mask , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s safe.
” I support business owners in Florida and New York .
But I also support business owners in Wisconsin and Texas .
The Land We Love : The ... Boyd D Cathey Best Price : $ 22.00 Buy New $ 27.73 Even though I think the idea of healthy people wearing masks when they are out in public is ridiculous , stupid , silly , ludicrous , comical , unhealthy , and harmful , I support the right of businesses to require or prohibit masks on their patrons even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or based on government propaganda or misinformation .
Why ?
Because I support the right of businesses to require or prohibit red shirts , green shirts , blue shirts , yellow shirts , pink shirts , black shirts , or no shirts at all .
Just like I support the right of businesses to discriminate against anyone on the basis on race , color , religion , national origin , gender , sexual orientation , gender identity , hairstyle , hair color , facial hair , tattoos , scars , height , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covering , political ideology , or disability .
This is true no matter how irrational , illogical , unreasonable , or nonsensical the discrimination is .
And even if it is based on stereotypes , prejudice , hatred , bigotry , racism , intolerance , sexism , zenophobia , homophobia , or nothing at all .
And even if it appears to be arbitrary , capricious , subjective , unfair , or unjustified .
I support these things because I believe in a free society and private property rights .
In a free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He who owns the property establishes the rules for entry , employment , and activity .
That is true whether the property is a private residence or a place of business .
In a free society , property owners would have the absolute right to refuse entrance , service , or employment to anyone for any reason .
How Capitalism Saved A ... Dilorenzo , Thomas J .
Best Price : $ 2.18 Buy New $ 7.37 If a business mandates that I wear a mask to enter the premises ( assuming that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will take my business elsewhere .
I may not like the business ’ s decision .
I may complain about it .
I may try to get others to boycott the business .
But the business should have the right to require masks just like it should also have the right to prohibit them .
Consistency requires that one accept both premises .
In a free society , this is exactly the way things ought to work for everything .
If a business wants to sell to or serve only patrons of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national origin , gender , sexual orientation , political ideology , age , or IQ , or exclude only patrons of a particular race , color , religion , national origin , gender , sexual orientation , political ideology , age , or IQ , then it should have the right to do so .
And in a free society , it would have the right to do so .
The problem is , we don ’ t live in a free society , as I have written about many times and will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be clear , a government mandate to businesses that they must require their patrons to wear masks is the antithesis of a free society .
The Best of Laurence M. Vance

I think the idea of healthy people wearing face masks when they are out in public is ridiculous, stupid, silly, ludicrous, comical, unhealthy, and harmful, but I offer here a qualified defense of masks in the context of a free society and private property rights.
Not content with playing dictator and issuing decrees for their subjects to stay at home, close their unessential businesses, stop going to parks and playgrounds, and practice anti-social distancing, governors and mayors all around the country are now starting to mandate that all of their subjects wear a face mask when going out in public (unless they are protesting, rioting, or looting).
The Free Society Laurence M. Vance Best Price: $13.55 Buy New $17.54 (as of 04:55 UTC - Details) On June 18, California governor Gavin Newsom ordered California residents statewide to wear a mask when out in public. “Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered — putting at risk the real progress we have made in fighting the disease,” said Newsom. “California’s strategy to restart the economy and get people back to work will only be successful if people act safely and follow health recommendations. That means wearing a face covering, washing your hands and practicing physical distancing.”
In my county—Orange County, Florida—the fascist mayor Jerry Demings issued an executive order on June 18 mandating mask wearing beginning on June 20: “Every person working, living, visiting, or doing business in Orange County is required to wear a Face Covering consistent with the current CDC guideline[s] while in any public place.”
Regarding businesses, the order states:
All businesses are strongly encouraged to follow CDC guidelines or industry standards (if any) on face coverings and social distancing. Businesses are reminded that Executive Order 2020-12 requires that both employees and patrons of businesses that require employees and patrons to be within six (6) feet must wear a face mask or covering, unless the wearing of the patron’s face mask or covering would impede the patron’s service, in which case only the service provider must wear a face mask or covering. All businesses are encouraged to prohibit entry of each person who is not wearing a face covering with the exception of those below listed persons.
Face coverings are not required for the following: Foundations of a Free ... Mayhew, Robert Best Price: $44.79 Buy New $52.69 (as of 06:40 UTC - Details)
i.) Persons under the age of two years old; or
ii.) Persons for whom a face covering would cause impairment due to an existing health condition; or
iii.) Persons working in a profession who do not have any face-to-face interactions with the public; or
iv.) Persons working in a profession where use of a face covering will not be compatible with the duties of the profession; or
v.) Persons exercising while observing social distancing in accordance with the CDC guidelines.
But notice also who is exempt from the mayor’s order: “This Order does not apply to employees and patrons of first response, government, healthcare or medical, veterinarian, shelter or rehabilitation, childcare, utility providers, construction, or transit agencies.”
Regarding penalties for violating his order, the mayor says that there’s no criminal penalties yet and that “our goal is to gain voluntary compliance.”
Since this order took effect, I have visited several local businesses. All of them have new signs posted saying that wearing a mask is required to enter their establishment. I have entered several of them without a mask to test the waters and no employees in any of the businesses have said anything to me. However, I do believe that the mayor has gained almost universal voluntary compliance—at least when it comes to people going to stores. In the stores I went into, I saw hardly anyone without a mask on.
Meanwhile, in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving store owners the right to deny entry to those who do not wear masks. The Origins of Totalit... Hannah Arendt Best Price: $8.49 Buy New $12.90 (as of 06:35 UTC - Details)
But in Wisconsin, after the state supreme court overturned the governor’s state lockdown order and mandated that all future statewide restrictions to battle the coronavirus must be approved by the legislature, the owner of a campground banned people from wearing masks at her place of business:
Masks are NOT allowed in the buildings for safety sake. They are viewed as a robbery in progress and will be handled that way. I added no masks when entering my main building because this is the perfect time for the bad guys to take advantage of any small business and rob them because it is now “normal” to wear a mask. Now, I do understand that there are people who wear a mask because of their delicate health situation, like cancer or a recent surgery. I know these people and their stature is much different that a 6’2″ male entering an establishment aggressively with intent to do harm.
And in Texas, a bar owner is prohibiting patrons from wearing masks as an attempt to “push back” on the “snitches” and “contact tracers” during the coronavirus pandemic. The bar posted a notice reading: “Due to our concern for our citizens, if they feel the need to wear a mask, then they should probably stay home until it’s safe.”
I support business owners in Florida and New York. But I also support business owners in Wisconsin and Texas.
The Land We Love: The ... Boyd D Cathey Best Price: $22.00 Buy New $27.73 (as of 06:20 UTC - Details) Even though I think the idea of healthy people wearing masks when they are out in public is ridiculous, stupid, silly, ludicrous, comical, unhealthy, and harmful, I support the right of businesses to require or prohibit masks on their patrons even if their decisions are unscientific, politically motivated, or based on government propaganda or misinformation.
Why? Because I support the right of businesses to require or prohibit red shirts, green shirts, blue shirts, yellow shirts, pink shirts, black shirts, or no shirts at all. Just like I support the right of businesses to discriminate against anyone on the basis on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, hairstyle, hair color, facial hair, tattoos, scars, height, weight, age, complexion, head covering, political ideology, or disability.
This is true no matter how irrational, illogical, unreasonable, or nonsensical the discrimination is. And even if it is based on stereotypes, prejudice, hatred, bigotry, racism, intolerance, sexism, zenophobia, homophobia, or nothing at all. And even if it appears to be arbitrary, capricious, subjective, unfair, or unjustified.
I support these things because I believe in a free society and private property rights.
In a free society, property rights are paramount. He who owns the property establishes the rules for entry, employment, and activity. That is true whether the property is a private residence or a place of business. In a free society, property owners would have the absolute right to refuse entrance, service, or employment to anyone for any reason. How Capitalism Saved A... Dilorenzo, Thomas J. Best Price: $2.18 Buy New $7.37 (as of 12:45 UTC - Details)
If a business mandates that I wear a mask to enter the premises (assuming that this will be enforced), I will take my business elsewhere. I may not like the business’s decision. I may complain about it. I may try to get others to boycott the business. But the business should have the right to require masks just like it should also have the right to prohibit them. Consistency requires that one accept both premises.
In a free society, this is exactly the way things ought to work for everything.
If a business wants to sell to or serve only patrons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political ideology, age, or IQ, or exclude only patrons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political ideology, age, or IQ, then it should have the right to do so. And in a free society, it would have the right to do so. The problem is, we don’t live in a free society, as I have written about many times and will continue to do so.
But just to be clear, a government mandate to businesses that they must require their patrons to wear masks is the antithesis of a free society.
The Best of Laurence M. Vance


lewrockwell--2020-06-23--The Deep State Is Responsible for All Economic Turmoil

I ’ d like to address some aspects of the Greater Depression in this essay .
I ’ m here to tell you that the inevitable became reality in 2008 .
We ’ ve had an interlude over the last few years financed by trillions of new currency units .
However , the economic clock on the wall is reading the same time as it was in 2007 , and the Black Horsemen of your worst financial nightmares are about to again crash through the doors and end the party .
And this time , they won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armored Percherons .
To refresh your memory , let me recount what a depression is .
The best general definition is : A period of time when most people ’ s standard of living drops significantly .
By that definition , the Greater Depression started in 2008 , although historians may someday say it began in 1971 , when real wages started falling .
America ’ s Great ... Rothbard , Murray Buy New $ 12.95 It ’ s also a period of time when distortions and misallocations of capital are liquidated , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is caused exclusively by currency debasement ( also known as inflation ) , climaxes .
That results in high unemployment , business failures , uncompleted construction , bond defaults , stock market crashes , and the like .
Fortunately , for those who benefit from the status quo , and members of something called the Deep State , the trillions of new currency units delayed the liquidation .
But they also ensured it will now happen on a much grander scale .
The Deep State is an extremely powerful network that controls nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t read about it in the news because it controls the news .
Politicians won ’ t talk about it publicly .
That would be like a mobster discussing murder and robbery on the six o ’ clock news .
You could say the Deep State is hidden , but it ’ s only hidden in plain sight .
The Deep State is the source of every negative thing that ’ s happening right now .
To survive the coming rough times , it ’ s essential for you to know what it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what causes economic problems ?
With the exception of natural events like fires , floods , and earthquakes , they ’ re all caused directly and indirectly by the State , through its wars , taxes , regulations , and inflation .
Yes , yes , I know this is an oversimplification , that human nature is really at fault , and the institution of the State is only a mass dramatization of the psychological aberrations and demons that lie within us all .
But we don ’ t have time to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so let ’ s just talk about the proximate rather than the ultimate causes of the Greater Depression .
And here , I want to talk about the nature of the State , in general , and then something called the Deep State , in particular .
History of the Deep St ... Stone , Jeremy Buy New $ 14.99 A key takeaway ( and I emphasize that because I expect it to otherwise bounce off the programmed psyches of most people ) is that the very idea of the State itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destructive .
But , like so many bad ideas , people have come to assume it ’ s part of the cosmic firmament , when it ’ s really just a monstrous scam .
It ’ s a fraud , like your belief that you have a right to free speech because of the First Amendment , or a right to be armed because of the Second Amendment .
No , you don ’ t .
The U.S. Constitution is just an arbitrary piece of paper… entirely apart from the fact the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You have a right to free speech and to be armed because they ’ re necessary parts of being a free person , not because of what a political document says .
Even though the essence of the State is coercion , people have been taught to love and respect it .
Most people think of the State in the quaint light of a grade school civics book .
They think it has something to do with “ We the People ” electing a Jimmy Stewart character to represent them .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because it idealizes , sanitizes , and legitimizes an intrinsically evil and destructive institution , which is based on force .
As Mao once said , political power comes out of the barrel of a gun .
But things have gone far beyond that .
We ’ re now in the Deep State .
The concept of the Deep State originated in Turkey , which is appropriate , since it ’ s the heir to the totally corrupt Byzantine and Ottoman empires .
And in the best Byzantine manner , the Deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of what once was America .
Its tendrils reach from Washington down to every part of civil society .
Like a metastasized cancer , it can no longer be easily eradicated .
Foolsu2019 Crusade : Yu ... Diana Johnstone Best Price : $ 2.51 Buy New $ 7.55 I used to joke that there was nothing wrong with Washington that 10 megatons on the capital couldn ’ t cure .
But I don ’ t say that anymore .
Partially because it ’ s too dangerous , but mainly because it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed is 10 megatons on the capital , and four more bursts in a quadrant 10 miles out .
In many ways , Washington models itself after another city with a Deep State , ancient Rome .
Here ’ s how a Victorian freethinker , Winwood Reade , accurately described it : The Deep State controls the political and economic essence of the U.S .
This is much more than observing that there ’ s no real difference between the left and right wings of the Demopublican Party .
It ’ s well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is , by everybody except the average voter ) that although the Republicans say they believe in economic freedom ( but don ’ t ) , they definitely don ’ t believe in social freedom .
And the Democrats say they believe in social freedom ( but don ’ t ) , but they definitely don ’ t believe in economic freedom .
Who Is Part of the Deep State ?
The American Deep State is a real , but informal , structure that has arisen to not just profit from , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deep State has a life of its own , like the government itself .
It ’ s composed of top-echelon employees of a dozen Praetorian agencies , like the FBI , CIA , and NSA… top generals , admirals , and other military operatives… long-term congressmen and senators… and directors of important regulatory agencies .
Queen of Chaos : The Mi ... Diana Johnstone Best Price : $ 3.10 Buy New $ 2.99 But the Deep State is much broader than just the government .
It includes the heads of major corporations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ selling to the State and enabling it .
That absolutely includes Silicon Valley , although those guys at least have a sense of humor , evidenced by their “ Don ’ t Be Evil ” motto .
It also includes all the top people in the Fed , and the heads of all the major banks , brokers , and insurers .
Add the presidents and many professors at top universities , which act as Deep State recruiting centers… all the top media figures , of course… and many regulars at things like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Relations .
They epitomize the status quo , held together by power , money , and propaganda .
Altogether , I ’ ll guess these people number 1,000 or so .
You might analogize the structure of the Deep State with a huge pack of dogs .
The people I ’ ve just described are the top dogs .
But there are hundreds of thousands more who aren ’ t at the nexus , but who directly depend on them , have considerable clout , and support the Deep State because it supports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealthy , especially those who got that way thanks to their State connections… the more than 1.5 million people who have top secret clearances ( that ’ s a shocking , but accurate , number ) … plus top players in organized crime , especially the illegal drug business , little of which would exist without the State .
Plus , mid-level types in the police and military , corporations , and non-governmental organizations .
These are what you might call the running dogs .
Deep State Target : How ... Papadopoulos , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New $ 8.96 Beyond that are the scores and scores of millions who depend on things remaining the way they are .
Like the 50 % -plus of Americans who are net recipients of benefits from the State… the 60 million on Social Security… the 66 million on Medicaid… the 50 million on food stamps… the many millions on hundreds of other programs… the 23 million government employees and most of their families .
In fact , let ’ s include the many millions of average Joes and Janes who are just getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people , the vast majority of the population , whipped dogs .
They both love and fear their master , they ’ ll do as they ’ re told , and they ’ ll roll over on their backs and wet themselves if confronted by a top dog or running dog who feels they ’ re out of line .
These three types of dogs make up the vast majority of the U.S. population .
I trust you aren ’ t among them .
I consider myself a Lone Wolf in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Unfortunately , however , dogs are enemies of wolves , and tend to hunt them down .
The Deep State is destructive , but it ’ s great for the people in it .
And , like any living organism , its prime directive is : Survive !
It survives by indoctrinating the fiction that it ’ s both good and necessary .
However , it ’ s a parasite that promotes the ridiculous notion that everyone can live at the expense of society .
Is it a conspiracy , headed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think not .
I find it ’ s hard enough to get a bunch of friends to agree on what movie to see , much less a bunch of power-hungry miscreants bent on running everyone ’ s lives .
But , on the other hand , the top dogs all know each other , went to the same schools , belong to the same clubs , socialize , and , most important , have common interests , values , and philosophies .
The American Deep State rotates around the Washington Beltway .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax revenue .
A lot of that wealth is consumed there by useless mouths .
And then , it exports things that reinforce the Deep State , including wars , fiat currency , and destructive policies .
This is unsustainable simply because nothing of value comes out of the city .
The Best of Doug Casey

I’d like to address some aspects of the Greater Depression in this essay.
I’m here to tell you that the inevitable became reality in 2008. We’ve had an interlude over the last few years financed by trillions of new currency units.
However, the economic clock on the wall is reading the same time as it was in 2007, and the Black Horsemen of your worst financial nightmares are about to again crash through the doors and end the party. And this time, they won’t be riding children’s ponies, but armored Percherons.
To refresh your memory, let me recount what a depression is.
The best general definition is: A period of time when most people’s standard of living drops significantly. By that definition, the Greater Depression started in 2008, although historians may someday say it began in 1971, when real wages started falling. America’s Great ... Rothbard, Murray Buy New $12.95 (as of 06:14 UTC - Details)
It’s also a period of time when distortions and misallocations of capital are liquidated, and when the business cycle, which is caused exclusively by currency debasement (also known as inflation), climaxes. That results in high unemployment, business failures, uncompleted construction, bond defaults, stock market crashes, and the like.
Fortunately, for those who benefit from the status quo, and members of something called the Deep State, the trillions of new currency units delayed the liquidation. But they also ensured it will now happen on a much grander scale.
The Deep State is an extremely powerful network that controls nearly everything around you. You won’t read about it in the news because it controls the news. Politicians won’t talk about it publicly. That would be like a mobster discussing murder and robbery on the six o’clock news. You could say the Deep State is hidden, but it’s only hidden in plain sight.
The Deep State is the source of every negative thing that’s happening right now. To survive the coming rough times, it’s essential for you to know what it’s all about.
The State
Now, what causes economic problems? With the exception of natural events like fires, floods, and earthquakes, they’re all caused directly and indirectly by the State, through its wars, taxes, regulations, and inflation.
Yes, yes, I know this is an oversimplification, that human nature is really at fault, and the institution of the State is only a mass dramatization of the psychological aberrations and demons that lie within us all.
But we don’t have time to go all the way down the rabbit hole, so let’s just talk about the proximate rather than the ultimate causes of the Greater Depression. And here, I want to talk about the nature of the State, in general, and then something called the Deep State, in particular. History of the Deep St... Stone, Jeremy Buy New $14.99 (as of 06:14 UTC - Details)
A key takeaway (and I emphasize that because I expect it to otherwise bounce off the programmed psyches of most people) is that the very idea of the State itself is poisonous, evil, and intrinsically destructive. But, like so many bad ideas, people have come to assume it’s part of the cosmic firmament, when it’s really just a monstrous scam.
It’s a fraud, like your belief that you have a right to free speech because of the First Amendment, or a right to be armed because of the Second Amendment. No, you don’t. The U.S. Constitution is just an arbitrary piece of paper… entirely apart from the fact the whole thing is now just a dead letter. You have a right to free speech and to be armed because they’re necessary parts of being a free person, not because of what a political document says.
Even though the essence of the State is coercion, people have been taught to love and respect it. Most people think of the State in the quaint light of a grade school civics book. They think it has something to do with “We the People” electing a Jimmy Stewart character to represent them.
That ideal has always been a pernicious fiction, because it idealizes, sanitizes, and legitimizes an intrinsically evil and destructive institution, which is based on force. As Mao once said, political power comes out of the barrel of a gun. But things have gone far beyond that. We’re now in the Deep State.
The Deep State
The concept of the Deep State originated in Turkey, which is appropriate, since it’s the heir to the totally corrupt Byzantine and Ottoman empires. And in the best Byzantine manner, the Deep State has insinuated itself throughout the fabric of what once was America. Its tendrils reach from Washington down to every part of civil society. Like a metastasized cancer, it can no longer be easily eradicated. Foolsu2019 Crusade: Yu... Diana Johnstone Best Price: $2.51 Buy New $7.55 (as of 10:10 UTC - Details)
I used to joke that there was nothing wrong with Washington that 10 megatons on the capital couldn’t cure. But I don’t say that anymore. Partially because it’s too dangerous, but mainly because it’s now untrue. What’s now needed is 10 megatons on the capital, and four more bursts in a quadrant 10 miles out.
In many ways, Washington models itself after another city with a Deep State, ancient Rome. Here’s how a Victorian freethinker, Winwood Reade, accurately described it:
“Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia road was crowded with carts and muleteers, carrying to the great city the silks and spices of the East, the marble of Asia Minor, the timber of the Atlas, the grain of Africa and Egypt; and the carts brought out nothing but loads of dung. That was their return cargo.”
The Deep State controls the political and economic essence of the U.S. This is much more than observing that there’s no real difference between the left and right wings of the Demopublican Party.
It’s well known by anyone with any sense (that is, by everybody except the average voter) that although the Republicans say they believe in economic freedom (but don’t), they definitely don’t believe in social freedom. And the Democrats say they believe in social freedom (but don’t), but they definitely don’t believe in economic freedom.
Who Is Part of the Deep State?
The American Deep State is a real, but informal, structure that has arisen to not just profit from, but control, the State.
The Deep State has a life of its own, like the government itself. It’s composed of top-echelon employees of a dozen Praetorian agencies, like the FBI, CIA, and NSA… top generals, admirals, and other military operatives… long-term congressmen and senators… and directors of important regulatory agencies. Queen of Chaos: The Mi... Diana Johnstone Best Price: $3.10 Buy New $2.99 (as of 11:38 UTC - Details)
But the Deep State is much broader than just the government. It includes the heads of major corporations, all of whom are heavily involved in selling to the State and enabling it. That absolutely includes Silicon Valley, although those guys at least have a sense of humor, evidenced by their “Don’t Be Evil” motto.
It also includes all the top people in the Fed, and the heads of all the major banks, brokers, and insurers. Add the presidents and many professors at top universities, which act as Deep State recruiting centers… all the top media figures, of course… and many regulars at things like Bohemian Grove and the Council on Foreign Relations. They epitomize the status quo, held together by power, money, and propaganda.
Altogether, I’ll guess these people number 1,000 or so. You might analogize the structure of the Deep State with a huge pack of dogs. The people I’ve just described are the top dogs.
But there are hundreds of thousands more who aren’t at the nexus, but who directly depend on them, have considerable clout, and support the Deep State because it supports them.
This includes many of the wealthy, especially those who got that way thanks to their State connections… the more than 1.5 million people who have top secret clearances (that’s a shocking, but accurate, number)… plus top players in organized crime, especially the illegal drug business, little of which would exist without the State. Plus, mid-level types in the police and military, corporations, and non-governmental organizations.
These are what you might call the running dogs. Deep State Target: How... Papadopoulos, George Best Price: $4.43 Buy New $8.96 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details)
Beyond that are the scores and scores of millions who depend on things remaining the way they are. Like the 50%-plus of Americans who are net recipients of benefits from the State… the 60 million on Social Security… the 66 million on Medicaid… the 50 million on food stamps… the many millions on hundreds of other programs… the 23 million government employees and most of their families. In fact, let’s include the many millions of average Joes and Janes who are just getting by.
You might call this level of people, the vast majority of the population, whipped dogs. They both love and fear their master, they’ll do as they’re told, and they’ll roll over on their backs and wet themselves if confronted by a top dog or running dog who feels they’re out of line.
These three types of dogs make up the vast majority of the U.S. population. I trust you aren’t among them. I consider myself a Lone Wolf in this context and hope you are, too. Unfortunately, however, dogs are enemies of wolves, and tend to hunt them down.
The Deep State is destructive, but it’s great for the people in it. And, like any living organism, its prime directive is: Survive! It survives by indoctrinating the fiction that it’s both good and necessary. However, it’s a parasite that promotes the ridiculous notion that everyone can live at the expense of society.
Is it a conspiracy, headed by a man stroking a white cat? I think not. I find it’s hard enough to get a bunch of friends to agree on what movie to see, much less a bunch of power-hungry miscreants bent on running everyone’s lives. But, on the other hand, the top dogs all know each other, went to the same schools, belong to the same clubs, socialize, and, most important, have common interests, values, and philosophies.
The American Deep State rotates around the Washington Beltway. It imports America’s wealth as tax revenue. A lot of that wealth is consumed there by useless mouths. And then, it exports things that reinforce the Deep State, including wars, fiat currency, and destructive policies. This is unsustainable simply because nothing of value comes out of the city.
Reprinted with permission from Casey Research.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-23--Advice on Entering Adult Life

Advice on Entering Adult Life

The Inner Ring : The Memorial Oration at King ’ s College , the University of London , 1944 , by C.S .
Lewis ( Chapter 5 from this collection ) This is one of the more valuable works from Lewis .
It is advice , given to the graduating students of the College .
Lewis understands that what is expected of a “ middle-aged moralist ” at such times is advice “ against the World , the Flesh , and the Devil.
” Lewis is going to stick to the World in this one – speaking on the Devil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he suspects his audience knows as much about the flesh as he does !
In the passage above , Boris discovers that there are two hierarchies in this world : the official one , on paper , and a second one – more important .
Not on paper , not even a formally organized group .
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But all will face , at one point or another – for some , almost continuously – the desire to be inside the ring and the terror of being left outside .
Not all of the rings are rings of snobbery .
Lewis offers an artistic community of four or five , huddled in an attic , as the temptation for some .
We are living the year 2020 with examples in our faces – first the corona , then the protests – that can not be described @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide opportunity for the masses to feel part of an inner ring ( or , perhaps , merely not wanting to feel as if they were outside ) .
That such rings exist can not be described as Evil ; they are unavoidable .
Lewis offers a warning : “ …this desire is one of the great permanent mainsprings of human action.
” It takes action and vigilance .
Lewis advises that these students take such actions ; he offers two reasons .
For many , the chance to move inside a ring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – a hint , a small statement buried in a larger conversation .
It will not come from obviously bad men , offering an obviously evil path .
Something not quite in accordance with fair play , but not really so terrible either .
It is something “ we ” do , and you will get drawn in by that “ we.
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That cup can never be filled .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ quartet for the love of playing music , you can find satisfaction .
If , however , you want inside just “ to be in the know , ” you will never be satisfied .
If all you want is “ in , ” there is always another “ in ” beyond .
Once inside one ring , you will lust after the next .
There will always be one more .
Hone your craft ; in your spare time , spend it with people you enjoy .
Do these things , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleasurable and wholesome inner ring .
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May I read you a few lines from Tolstoi’s War and Peace? The moment he noticed Boris he stopped listening to the general who trotted imploringly after him and begged to be heard, while Prince Andrey turned to Boris with a cheerful smile and a nod of the head.
The Inner Ring: The Memorial Oration at King’s College, the University of London, 1944, by C.S. Lewis (Chapter 5 from this collection)
This is one of the more valuable works from Lewis. It is advice, given to the graduating students of the College. Lewis understands that what is expected of a “middle-aged moralist” at such times is advice “against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil.” Lewis is going to stick to the World in this one – speaking on the Devil has got him I too much trouble, and he suspects his audience knows as much about the flesh as he does!
In the passage above, Boris discovers that there are two hierarchies in this world: the official one, on paper, and a second one – more important. Not on paper, not even a formally organized group. The Complete C. S. Lew... C. S. Lewis Best Price: $72.05 Buy New $44.99 (as of 06:15 UTC - Details)
You are never formally and explicitly admitted by anyone. You discover gradually, in almost indefinable ways, that it exists and that you are outside it; and then later, perhaps, that you are inside it.
Even once you are in it, you discover that there is another ring – even further “in.” All of this Lewis describes as rather obvious. But all will face, at one point or another – for some, almost continuously – the desire to be inside the ring and the terror of being left outside.
Not all of the rings are rings of snobbery. Lewis offers an artistic community of four or five, huddled in an attic, as the temptation for some. We are living the year 2020 with examples in our faces – first the corona, then the protests – that cannot be described as snobbish, yet, nevertheless, provide opportunity for the masses to feel part of an inner ring (or, perhaps, merely not wanting to feel as if they were outside).
That such rings exist cannot be described as Evil; they are unavoidable. Lewis offers a warning: “…this desire is one of the great permanent mainsprings of human action.”
Unless you take measures to prevent it, this desire is going to be one of the chief motives of your life, from the first day on which you enter your profession until the day when you are too old to care.
It takes action and vigilance. Lewis advises that these students take such actions; he offers two reasons. For many, the chance to move inside a ring will come in a very subtle way – a hint, a small statement buried in a larger conversation. It will not come from obviously bad men, offering an obviously evil path. Something not quite in accordance with fair play, but not really so terrible either. It is something “we” do, and you will get drawn in by that “we.”
That is my first reason. of all passions the passion for the inner ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things
C. S. Lewis’ Lit... Lewis, C.S. Best Price: $4.72 Buy New $7.79 (as of 06:15 UTC - Details) The second reason? That cup can never be filled. If you want to be in a quartet for the love of playing music, you can find satisfaction. If, however, you want inside just “to be in the know,” you will never be satisfied. If all you want is “in,” there is always another “in” beyond. Once inside one ring, you will lust after the next. There will always be one more.
You are trying to peel an onion: if you succeed there will be nothing left. Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.
Conclusion
The quest of the inner ring will break your hearts unless you break it.
Hone your craft; in your spare time, spend it with people you enjoy. Do these things, and you will find yourself in the most pleasurable and wholesome inner ring.
This is friendship. Aristotle placed it among the virtues. It causes perhaps half of all the happiness in the world, and no inner ringer can ever have it.
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lewrockwell--2020-06-23--Black Is the New Black in Color Revolutions

The U.S. is in a Civil War .
It began four years ago after Donald Trump ’ s election and has finally boiled over into open warfare here in 2020 .
From the moment the protests against the killing of George Floyd were hijacked into looting and rioting I worried about this turning into something far greater , something with a far higher purpose .
Within a couple of days it was obvious the U.S. was now the subject of a color revolution of the same type and build up that occurred in places like Ukraine , Georgia , Egypt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s pretty clear the color for our revolution isn ’ t orange or brown or violet , it ’ s black .
The questions I have are why this is happening now ?
The obvious answer is the full court press to deny Trump a second term .
That ’ s a practically stated goal at this point .
The Phoenix Program Douglas Valentine Best Price : $ 14.55 Buy New $ 11.00 But I feel this is far deeper than that , and likely has to do with knowing that Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to upset the Deep State ’ s apple cart .
And that brings me to why I ’ m interested in Hungary again .
I haven ’ t spoken much about Hungary in recent months but maybe I should have been .
For me the two big stories of the week are : 1 ) Trump explicitly going after the Southern District of New York ( SDNY ) and the removal of U.S. Attorney Geoff Berman .
2 ) The European Court of Justice striking down Hungary ’ s Anti-NGO law which targets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups within Hungary .
The through line here is that both of these stories attack the heart of the Color Revolution process… the monied interests behind them .
Useful idiots shooting each other in downtown Seattle or knocking down statues to Thomas Jefferson are not the story .
They are the means to power to be discarded ( they hope ) .
Useful idiots eventually become useless eaters in any post-Marxist revolution worth discussing .
But for the people who foment these things .
They have to start with laying the groundwork .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and local economic power the longer and harder they have to work to undermine it .
NATO ’ s Secret Ar ... Daniele , Ganser Best Price : $ 70.25 Buy New $ 53.31 The U.S. has been under constant attack this way since before even World War II , going back to Commintern ( which never ended , it just morphed into today ’ s NGO ’ s ) Trump and Orban represent leaders who understand this problem explicitly and are trying to dismantle the apparatus arrayed against them .
Let ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is close to the most lawless place in the world for all practical purposes because the highest crimes committed there , those of finance and systemic looting by the banks who are the financiers of The Davos Crowd ’ s push for transnational control , go unpunished .
Headline grabbing fines which are 0.1 % of the money and power stolen by Wall St. is not effective government oversight .
Regulatory capture is real and the SDNY is the poster child for it .
For those wanting Trump to make good on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SDNY is the source of the Swamp ’ s lifeblood , money .
It allows the worst crimes to go unpunished , fueling the Marxist rants of the Occupy Wall St. crowd who have morphed into Black Lives Matter and are actively moving towards open warfare with the U.S. government .
And , true to their Marxist teachings , these folks are too dumb they are being played like cheap flutes found at a Medieval Faire .
Trump removing Berman is a clear case of payback for his string of prosecutions paving the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past winter .
But , again , it ’ s far deeper than that .
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In the process they will rein in the SDNY and create a real climate of fear for those put in power to protect it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to happen if the SDNY is not under their control .
From the outrage and the response from key players like Nancy Pelosi , Chuck Schumer , Jerry Nadler and even Berman himself , it ’ s clear that ’ s what is on the table now — they are scared Trump and Barr got close here .
No less than ultimate anti-Trumper , king Neocon himself Bill Kristol tweeted out this tidbit from , of all places , a fact-free screed from The Atlantic : This is the Swamp in high gear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one in the U.S. even cared about .
And now , firing a U.S. attorney is beyond the pale , an example of lawlessness , rampant authoritarianism and all the rest of the usual bromides .
Every time Trump opens his mouth is one of these ‘ wow , just wow ’ moments and it ’ s tiresome .
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Best Price : $ 15.54 Buy New $ 18.79 After a series of setbacks in the Supreme Court , where it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compromised in a fundamental way , Trump and Barr going after Berman makes sense .
It was Berman oversaw the raid on Jeffrey Epstein ’ s home and who is , apparently , still in control over what can be done with the materials gained .
You can see how forcefully this defense of Berman is turning into a circus , quickly , as they flip this into another round of ‘ Impeach Trump ’ for doing his job .
Nadler ’ s already saying Berman will testify in front of the House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spinning this as an own goal strong enough to impeach both Barr and Trump .
That ’ s nonsense .
This was a direct shot at the biggest target and even if it didn ’ t completely hit the mark , forcing Berman out and having his assistant Audrey Strauss take over in the interim , it did move the ball forward .
Since now a new Senate confirmation process can begin for Berman ’ s real replacement .
This is the third U.S. attorney in the SDNY under Trump .
He fired @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s appointment because the Senate refused to confirm anyone .
They are hoping to play the same game again , allowing the SDNY to set its own rules .
Berman was appointed by judicial fiat , not Senate confirmation .
Dismantling the cover of the SDNY is key to uncovering , officially , what ’ s really going on in the U.S. ’ s Black Revolution as well as everything else and that ’ s why they are circling the wagons here .
The same way that the European Court of Justice is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going on through NGO ’ s in Europe .
For Hungary , the fight that Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been at the forefront of for years is an existential one .
Orban must stop any further destabilization of Eastern Europe on behalf of the European Union .
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Best Price : $ 8.82 Buy New $ 13.08 The infiltration into the younger generations of Hungarians of neoliberalism is deep enough that staying in front of it is becoming increasingly difficult for Orban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , passed the so-called Anti-NGO law which made public all sources of money to foreign organizations operating in Hungary .
The purpose was to out , publicly , George Soros and the rest of The Davos Crowd who operate in Hungary .
It would take away their funding the future takeover of the country , either through the ballot box or color revolution if the former doesn ’ t doesn ’ t work .
With Orban being one of the few sovereigntists in power in Europe with a clear majority in his parliament @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the EU .
But , at the same time , Hungary is too small to stand on its own .
It can neither alienate the West completely , as represented by the EU , nor fully turn East and look to Russia to protect it .
This is why Orban , like Trump , talks a big game , makes some moves to declare Hungary sovereign but ultimately yields to the jackals in Brussels when they push back because he can not afford to exist outside of that apparatus lest the country be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which play well at home , shoring up his popular support while making deft economic and infrastructure moves which just skirt the wrath of the European Union .
I don ’ t expect Orban to fight the EU over the ECJ striking down the Anti-Soros law .
But he will force open some transparency , gaining a real win but nothing on par with what Vladimir Putin achieved in Russia .
For now , Soros ’ Open Society Foundation and Central European University are gone from Hungary but you can see the intensity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Davos Crowd is fought .
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It is these fights that happen away from the front lines in places like Atlanta and Seattle , that highlight just how big the stakes are and how deep the problems are .
What ’ s also clear is that Trump just confirmed for us that he understands these stakes and he ’ s willing to take on the biggest racketeering operation in the world today , the people protected by the SDNY , as he stares at an unbridled assault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Western world .
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The U.S. is in a Civil War. It began four years ago after Donald Trump’s election and has finally boiled over into open warfare here in 2020.
From the moment the protests against the killing of George Floyd were hijacked into looting and rioting I worried about this turning into something far greater, something with a far higher purpose.
Within a couple of days it was obvious the U.S. was now the subject of a color revolution of the same type and build up that occurred in places like Ukraine, Georgia, Egypt, Serbia and others.
And it’s pretty clear the color for our revolution isn’t orange or brown or violet, it’s black.
The questions I have are why this is happening now? The obvious answer is the full court press to deny Trump a second term. That’s a practically stated goal at this point. The Phoenix Program Douglas Valentine Best Price: $14.55 Buy New $11.00 (as of 04:30 UTC - Details)
But I feel this is far deeper than that, and likely has to do with knowing that Trump has pieces in place post-Jeffrey Epstein raid/murder to upset the Deep State’s apple cart.
And that brings me to why I’m interested in Hungary again.
I haven’t spoken much about Hungary in recent months but maybe I should have been. For me the two big stories of the week are:
1) Trump explicitly going after the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the removal of U.S. Attorney Geoff Berman.
2) The European Court of Justice striking down Hungary’s Anti-NGO law which targets George Soros’ ability to fund revolutionary groups within Hungary.
The through line here is that both of these stories attack the heart of the Color Revolution process… the monied interests behind them. Useful idiots shooting each other in downtown Seattle or knocking down statues to Thomas Jefferson are not the story.
They are the means to power to be discarded (they hope).
Useful idiots eventually become useless eaters in any post-Marxist revolution worth discussing.
But for the people who foment these things. They have to start with laying the groundwork. And the stronger the local cultural institutions and local economic power the longer and harder they have to work to undermine it. NATO’s Secret Ar... Daniele, Ganser Best Price: $70.25 Buy New $53.31 (as of 03:43 UTC - Details)
The U.S. has been under constant attack this way since before even World War II, going back to Commintern (which never ended, it just morphed into today’s NGO’s)
Trump and Orban represent leaders who understand this problem explicitly and are trying to dismantle the apparatus arrayed against them.
Let’s start with the SDNY. It is close to the most lawless place in the world for all practical purposes because the highest crimes committed there, those of finance and systemic looting by the banks who are the financiers of The Davos Crowd’s push for transnational control, go unpunished.
Headline grabbing fines which are 0.1% of the money and power stolen by Wall St. is not effective government oversight. Regulatory capture is real and the SDNY is the poster child for it.
For those wanting Trump to make good on his promises to Drain the Swamp, the SDNY is the source of the Swamp’s lifeblood, money. It allows the worst crimes to go unpunished, fueling the Marxist rants of the Occupy Wall St. crowd who have morphed into Black Lives Matter and are actively moving towards open warfare with the U.S. government.
And, true to their Marxist teachings, these folks are too dumb they are being played like cheap flutes found at a Medieval Faire.
Trump removing Berman is a clear case of payback for his string of prosecutions paving the way for the impeachment debacle from this past winter. But, again, it’s far deeper than that. Empires of the Weak: T... Sharman, J C Best Price: $10.17 Buy New $14.12 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
Trump and William Barr have to go after the funding sources of Antifa, Black Lives Matter and all the other NGO’s operating to funnel money into this brewing civil war. In the process they will rein in the SDNY and create a real climate of fear for those put in power to protect it.
And that’s not going to happen if the SDNY is not under their control. From the outrage and the response from key players like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler and even Berman himself, it’s clear that’s what is on the table now — they are scared Trump and Barr got close here.
No less than ultimate anti-Trumper, king Neocon himself Bill Kristol tweeted out this tidbit from, of all places, a fact-free screed from The Atlantic:
“Why replace Berman? The answer lies in the firing earlier this year of Jessie Liu, the former U.S. Attorney for D.C…Once they seized control, Barr’s team…interceded in the sentencing of Stone, and made an effort to dismiss the case against Flynn…”https://t.co/SToSRyf8Zj — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 21, 2020
This is the Swamp in high gear protecting someone who, until Friday, no one in the U.S. even cared about.
And now, firing a U.S. attorney is beyond the pale, an example of lawlessness, rampant authoritarianism and all the rest of the usual bromides.
Every time Trump opens his mouth is one of these ‘wow, just wow’ moments and it’s tiresome. The Narrow Corridor: S... Robinson, James A. Best Price: $15.54 Buy New $18.79 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
After a series of setbacks in the Supreme Court, where it’s clear Chief Justice John Roberts is compromised in a fundamental way, Trump and Barr going after Berman makes sense. It was Berman oversaw the raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s home and who is, apparently, still in control over what can be done with the materials gained.
You can see how forcefully this defense of Berman is turning into a circus, quickly, as they flip this into another round of ‘Impeach Trump’ for doing his job.
Nadler’s already saying Berman will testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee. And the Twitterati are spinning this as an own goal strong enough to impeach both Barr and Trump.
That’s nonsense. This was a direct shot at the biggest target and even if it didn’t completely hit the mark, forcing Berman out and having his assistant Audrey Strauss take over in the interim, it did move the ball forward.
Since now a new Senate confirmation process can begin for Berman’s real replacement. This is the third U.S. attorney in the SDNY under Trump. He fired Preet Bharaha which led to Berman’s appointment because the Senate refused to confirm anyone.
They are hoping to play the same game again, allowing the SDNY to set its own rules. Berman was appointed by judicial fiat, not Senate confirmation.
Dismantling the cover of the SDNY is key to uncovering, officially, what’s really going on in the U.S.’s Black Revolution as well as everything else and that’s why they are circling the wagons here.
The same way that the European Court of Justice is covering up for the obvious money laundering going on through NGO’s in Europe.
For Hungary, the fight that Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been at the forefront of for years is an existential one. Orban must stop any further destabilization of Eastern Europe on behalf of the European Union. Why Nations Fail: The ... Robinson, James A. Best Price: $8.82 Buy New $13.08 (as of 06:17 UTC - Details)
The infiltration into the younger generations of Hungarians of neoliberalism is deep enough that staying in front of it is becoming increasingly difficult for Orban.
This is why Orban, loudly, passed the so-called Anti-NGO law which made public all sources of money to foreign organizations operating in Hungary. The purpose was to out, publicly, George Soros and the rest of The Davos Crowd who operate in Hungary. It would take away their funding the future takeover of the country, either through the ballot box or color revolution if the former doesn’t doesn’t work.
With Orban being one of the few sovereigntists in power in Europe with a clear majority in his parliament he’s under constant attack from the EU. But, at the same time, Hungary is too small to stand on its own.
It can neither alienate the West completely, as represented by the EU, nor fully turn East and look to Russia to protect it. This is why Orban, like Trump, talks a big game, makes some moves to declare Hungary sovereign but ultimately yields to the jackals in Brussels when they push back because he cannot afford to exist outside of that apparatus lest the country be completely destroyed.
So he fights skirmishes which play well at home, shoring up his popular support while making deft economic and infrastructure moves which just skirt the wrath of the European Union.
I don’t expect Orban to fight the EU over the ECJ striking down the Anti-Soros law. But he will force open some transparency, gaining a real win but nothing on par with what Vladimir Putin achieved in Russia.
For now, Soros’ Open Society Foundation and Central European University are gone from Hungary but you can see the intensity with which this war against independence from The Davos Crowd is fought.
Extreme Prejudice: The... Susan Lindauer Best Price: $3.87 Buy New $12.64 (as of 07:05 UTC - Details) Even lowly Hungary, a country of no great importance and just 10 million people, must be crushed under the boot heel of these pigs who are, obviously, more equal than the rest of us, just like their new shocktroops in the Black Revolution here in the U.S.
At some point Orban, like Trump, will have to make a major move which changes the direction of his country permanently, but this Anti-NGO law is not the hill to fight that battle on.
It is these fights that happen away from the front lines in places like Atlanta and Seattle, that highlight just how big the stakes are and how deep the problems are.
What’s also clear is that Trump just confirmed for us that he understands these stakes and he’s willing to take on the biggest racketeering operation in the world today, the people protected by the SDNY, as he stares at an unbridled assault on both his presidency and the future of the Western world.
Reprinted with permission from Gold Goats ‘n Guns.
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Storm Warning

For all his apparent clownishness and crudity , Mr. Trump ’ s counter-resistance may be all that stands , for the moment , between the DNC-sponsored Jacobin jihad , and what remains of a coherent consensus of genuine American values .
History is a prankster , of course , and the joke is that Mr. Trump expresses that defense of coherence so incoherently , as in Tulsa the other night .
Alas , the joke is on us , but among the many lost lessons of public education in our time is the comprehension that life is tragic .
Things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t always work out .
Mischief is everywhere and America is overwhelmed by that mischief , and the next two weeks are liable to be an awful test to see if we have anything definable as some national purpose left .
Is it not obvious that in this time of danger nobody besides the beleaguered president even wants to lead ?
The cowardly and dishonest Left is too busy kneeling to a mob .
Nobody mistakes Chuck Schumer , Mrs. Pelosi , Jerrold Nadler , and Adam Schiff for leaders , and Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over events than the ghost of Norman Bates ’ s mother .
The only other figure exercising any legitimate authority is the Attorney General , Mr. Barr — functionally an extension of the president — who has to do it with the utmost finesse , since the essence of the DNC Jacobin jihad is a cavalier disregard for law at the same time they weaponize it under the banner of Lawfare .
Mr. Barr ’ s implacable stolidity drives them nuts , such as when he quietly said to Maria Bartiromo yesterday : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 5.35 …I do believe there were two standards of justice during a period of time toward the end of the Obama administration… .
And all I can do about it is apply one standard of justice , the right standard of justice , and make sure we apply it to everybody equally .
And that ’ s what I ’ m trying to do… .
[ I ] t ’ s been stunning that all we have gotten from the mainstream media is sort of bovine silence in the face of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which they did all they could to sensationalize and drive .
And it ’ s , like , not even a whoops .
They ’ re just onto the next false scandal… .
I think it is the closest we have come to an organized effort to push a president out of office.
” Clearly Mr. Barr is onto the game being played .
It ’ s probably hard to overstate the degree of anxiety this stirs up among the leftovers of Robert Mueller ’ s core Jacobin cadre , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Obama and his inner circle .
The sensitivity of the matter also can ’ t be overstated , since the obvious implication in Mr. Barr ’ s carefully chosen phrases is that this is a case of sedition , which could send some of them to prison for a long time , and blow up some cherished narratives of the Resistance .
And he is pursuing it in the face of a coming election — which presents additional new opportunities for Jacobin mischief in messing with the voting process .
All this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imploding economy .
The looting and arson of recent days hugely aggravated a central feature of it : the destruction of small business .
In Minneapolis alone , the damage stands at $ 100-million .
Things were difficult enough under the strictures of Covid-19 , but this guarantees that many cities will not see the return of commerce — and there are only a few other reasons for cities to even exist .
Not only did the Democratic Party fail to object to the mayhem , but the city governments they controlled abetted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Authentic $ 100 Preside ... Buy New $ 1.99 Saturday in Tulsa , Mr. Trump made the signal error of bragging on the latest highs in the stock markets .
Hasn ’ t he learned by now what a flimsy representation of reality that is ?
Evidently not .
The air may be coming out of that lifebuoy in the next couple of weeks , and his election prospects will sink with it .
This will happen as the nation approaches the dark moment when the postponement of debt repayments ends .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and small business loan defaults will crackle across the land , and how that will thunder through the banking system .
Anyone with half a brain knows that only the strenuous manipulations of the Federal Reserve have kept stocks levitating , doing the only trick they know how to do : printing money by digital keystrokes .
There are so many dimensions to that blunder , it could hasten a more complete economic , civil and social collapse before November 3 .
If markets somehow magically stayed elevated , would all those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and businesses not feel more resentful than ever about the skullduggery of the elites ?
And might they form a third faction in a burgeoning civil war against both the Woke Left and the Trump-led government ?
And what if the Federal Reserve ’ s stupid trick of money-printing destroys the value of the dollar per se ?
That ’ s hardly a far-out scenario .
Meanwhile , there ’ s the sinister joker-in-the-deck these next couple of weeks .
It ’ s called the Fourth of July .
It ’ s hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are truly intent on making things as bad as possible than that particular holiday .
Hey , they ’ ve already torn down statues of George Washington .
What else is left to trash ?
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For all his apparent clownishness and crudity, Mr. Trump’s counter-resistance may be all that stands, for the moment, between the DNC-sponsored Jacobin jihad, and what remains of a coherent consensus of genuine American values. History is a prankster, of course, and the joke is that Mr. Trump expresses that defense of coherence so incoherently, as in Tulsa the other night. Alas, the joke is on us, but among the many lost lessons of public education in our time is the comprehension that life is tragic. Things work mysteriously, and they don’t always work out.
Mischief is everywhere and America is overwhelmed by that mischief, and the next two weeks are liable to be an awful test to see if we have anything definable as some national purpose left. Is it not obvious that in this time of danger nobody besides the beleaguered president even wants to lead? The cowardly and dishonest Left is too busy kneeling to a mob. Nobody mistakes Chuck Schumer, Mrs. Pelosi, Jerrold Nadler, and Adam Schiff for leaders, and Joe Biden in his basement has less influence over events than the ghost of Norman Bates’s mother.
The only other figure exercising any legitimate authority is the Attorney General, Mr. Barr — functionally an extension of the president — who has to do it with the utmost finesse, since the essence of the DNC Jacobin jihad is a cavalier disregard for law at the same time they weaponize it under the banner of Lawfare. Mr. Barr’s implacable stolidity drives them nuts, such as when he quietly said to Maria Bartiromo yesterday: Donald Trump Coin 2020... Buy New $5.35 (as of 05:19 UTC - Details)
…I do believe there were two standards of justice during a period of time toward the end of the Obama administration…. And all I can do about it is apply one standard of justice, the right standard of justice, and make sure we apply it to everybody equally. And that’s what I’m trying to do…. [I]t’s been stunning that all we have gotten from the mainstream media is sort of bovine silence in the face of the complete collapse of the so-called Russiagate scandal, which they did all they could to sensationalize and drive. And it’s, like, not even a whoops. They’re just onto the next false scandal…. I think it is the closest we have come to an organized effort to push a president out of office.”
Clearly Mr. Barr is onto the game being played. It’s probably hard to overstate the degree of anxiety this stirs up among the leftovers of Robert Mueller’s core Jacobin cadre, and the puppet-masters who unleashed them, including former President Obama and his inner circle. The sensitivity of the matter also can’t be overstated, since the obvious implication in Mr. Barr’s carefully chosen phrases is that this is a case of sedition, which could send some of them to prison for a long time, and blow up some cherished narratives of the Resistance. And he is pursuing it in the face of a coming election — which presents additional new opportunities for Jacobin mischief in messing with the voting process.
All this goes on against the background of the imploding economy. The looting and arson of recent days hugely aggravated a central feature of it: the destruction of small business. In Minneapolis alone, the damage stands at $100-million. Things were difficult enough under the strictures of Covid-19, but this guarantees that many cities will not see the return of commerce — and there are only a few other reasons for cities to even exist. Not only did the Democratic Party fail to object to the mayhem, but the city governments they controlled abetted, incited, and applauded the anarchy. Authentic $100 Preside... Buy New $1.99 (as of 06:23 UTC - Details)
Saturday in Tulsa, Mr. Trump made the signal error of bragging on the latest highs in the stock markets. Hasn’t he learned by now what a flimsy representation of reality that is? Evidently not. The air may be coming out of that lifebuoy in the next couple of weeks, and his election prospects will sink with it. This will happen as the nation approaches the dark moment when the postponement of debt repayments ends. Imagine how many mortgage, car payments, and small business loan defaults will crackle across the land, and how that will thunder through the banking system. Anyone with half a brain knows that only the strenuous manipulations of the Federal Reserve have kept stocks levitating, doing the only trick they know how to do: printing money by digital keystrokes.
There are so many dimensions to that blunder, it could hasten a more complete economic, civil and social collapse before November 3. If markets somehow magically stayed elevated, would all those Americans dispossessed of houses, cars, and businesses not feel more resentful than ever about the skullduggery of the elites? And might they form a third faction in a burgeoning civil war against both the Woke Left and the Trump-led government? And what if the Federal Reserve’s stupid trick of money-printing destroys the value of the dollar per se? That’s hardly a far-out scenario.
Meanwhile, there’s the sinister joker-in-the-deck these next couple of weeks. It’s called the Fourth of July. It’s hard to imagine a fatter target for those who are truly intent on making things as bad as possible than that particular holiday. Hey, they’ve already torn down statues of George Washington. What else is left to trash?
Reprinted with permission from Kunstler.com.
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How Long Will the Vandals Run Amok?

The left ’ s war on America ’ s past crossed several new frontiers last week .
Portland ’ s statue of George Washington , the Father of his Country and the first president of the United States , the greatest man of his age , was toppled and desecrated .
While the statue stood , an American flag was draped over its head and set ablaze .
After it was pulled down , a new fire was set on another American flag spread across the statue , and also burned .
The vacated pedestal was painted with the words @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Land.
” In Portland also , a statue of Thomas Jefferson that stood at the entrance of a high school named for the author of the Declaration of Independence was torn down .
In New York , city council members demanded that the Jefferson statue in city hall be removed .
Anticipating what was coming , the New York Museum of Natural History got the permission of city hall to have the giant statue of Theodore Roosevelt astride a horse , flanked by an African and a Native American , removed from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong with the 80-year-old statue ?
Said museum president Ellen Futter , the problem is its “ hierarchical composition.
” Only Roosevelt was mounted .
With Washington , Jefferson and Roosevelt all under attack , three of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore are now repudiated by the left .
Our Taliban have moved on , past Columbus and the Confederate generals , to dislodge and dishonor the Founding Fathers and their patriot sons .
In Philadelphia , the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution , with its statue of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the final resting place for thousands of soldiers , known but to God , who died in the struggle for American independence .
“ Committed Genocide ” is the charge scrawled on the memorial .
Local authorities or police did not stop the vandals .
One wonders what will happen should the haters of Washington and Jefferson decide to torch their ancestral homes at Mount Vernon and Monticello .
Still another line was crossed last week in the war against the past .
A statue of Ulysses S. Grant in San Francisco @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Police watched as hundreds gathered to take down the general and 18th president , who accepted the surrender of General Robert E. Lee ’ s Army of Northern Virginia .
Also pulled down in Golden Gate Park was a statue of Francis Scott Key , who wrote our national anthem , “ The Star-Spangled Banner , ” after he watched all through the night in 1814 as British warships bombarded Fort McHenry .
A third statue torn down in Golden Gate Park was that of Father Junipero Serra , the Franciscan priest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missions in California that run from San Diego to San Francisco .
Serra lived in the 18th century , long before the U.S. acquired California and decades before Mexico won its independence .
Pope Francis canonized him in 2015 .
At the end of last week , the last statue of a Confederate soldier in the nation ’ s capital , that of Gen. Albert Pike , who spent his years after the war doing good works , was pulled down , while Mayor Muriel Bowser ’ s D.C. cops watched from police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , revere and honor those whom we memorialize .
And what is the motivation of the people who tear them down and desecrate them ?
In a word , it is hate .
A goodly slice of America ’ s young hates this country ’ s history and the men who made it .
It hates the discoverers and explorers like Columbus , the conquistadores and colonists .
It hates the Founding Fathers and the first 15 presidents , all of whom either had slaves or coexisted with the injustice of slavery .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tearing down the statues of the men who made that history does not change history .
So , where are we going ?
Today , as was true in the 1960s , the American establishment is on the run .
It recoils from mob action but can not bring itself to condemn those tearing down the statues , for it basically agrees with them and seeks to marshal their energy to help it get back into power in November .
But this can not go on .
The political and propaganda war on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statues and memorials , the disgracing and dishonoring of American heroes can not go on indefinitely .
At some point , in the near future , the establishment , and its questionable political instrument , Joe Biden , will have to have his Sister Souljah moment , and stand up and stay , “ This should stop.
” For , whatever happens in this election , the American people will not stay united around a party and a movement built on the proposition that America has been , from before its birth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not lead a people whose history and heroes you hate .
A house divided against itself can not stand .
And a society whose history is hated by millions of its members will not survive .
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The left’s war on America’s past crossed several new frontiers last week.
Portland’s statue of George Washington, the Father of his Country and the first president of the United States, the greatest man of his age, was toppled and desecrated.
While the statue stood, an American flag was draped over its head and set ablaze. After it was pulled down, a new fire was set on another American flag spread across the statue, and also burned. The vacated pedestal was painted with the words, “You’re on Native Land.”
In Portland also, a statue of Thomas Jefferson that stood at the entrance of a high school named for the author of the Declaration of Independence was torn down. In New York, city council members demanded that the Jefferson statue in city hall be removed.
Anticipating what was coming, the New York Museum of Natural History got the permission of city hall to have the giant statue of Theodore Roosevelt astride a horse, flanked by an African and a Native American, removed from the front of the museum.
What was wrong with the 80-year-old statue?
Said museum president Ellen Futter, the problem is its “hierarchical composition.” Only Roosevelt was mounted.
With Washington, Jefferson and Roosevelt all under attack, three of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore are now repudiated by the left.
Our Taliban have moved on, past Columbus and the Confederate generals, to dislodge and dishonor the Founding Fathers and their patriot sons.
In Philadelphia, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, with its statue of Washington, was defaced. The tomb is the final resting place for thousands of soldiers, known but to God, who died in the struggle for American independence.
“Committed Genocide” is the charge scrawled on the memorial.
Local authorities or police did not stop the vandals. One wonders what will happen should the haters of Washington and Jefferson decide to torch their ancestral homes at Mount Vernon and Monticello.
Still another line was crossed last week in the war against the past.
A statue of Ulysses S. Grant in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was toppled. Police watched as hundreds gathered to take down the general and 18th president, who accepted the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
Also pulled down in Golden Gate Park was a statue of Francis Scott Key, who wrote our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” after he watched all through the night in 1814 as British warships bombarded Fort McHenry.
A third statue torn down in Golden Gate Park was that of Father Junipero Serra, the Franciscan priest who founded nine of the 21 Spanish missions in California that run from San Diego to San Francisco.
Serra lived in the 18th century, long before the U.S. acquired California and decades before Mexico won its independence. Pope Francis canonized him in 2015.
At the end of last week, the last statue of a Confederate soldier in the nation’s capital, that of Gen. Albert Pike, who spent his years after the war doing good works, was pulled down, while Mayor Muriel Bowser’s D.C. cops watched from police cruisers.
We erect statues to remember, revere and honor those whom we memorialize. And what is the motivation of the people who tear them down and desecrate them?
In a word, it is hate. A goodly slice of America’s young hates this country’s history and the men who made it. It hates the discoverers and explorers like Columbus, the conquistadores and colonists. It hates the Founding Fathers and the first 15 presidents, all of whom either had slaves or coexisted with the injustice of slavery. But hating history and denying history and tearing down the statues of the men who made that history does not change history.
So, where are we going?
Today, as was true in the 1960s, the American establishment is on the run. It recoils from mob action but cannot bring itself to condemn those tearing down the statues, for it basically agrees with them and seeks to marshal their energy to help it get back into power in November.
But this cannot go on. The political and propaganda war on the cops, the vandalism of the statues and memorials, the disgracing and dishonoring of American heroes cannot go on indefinitely.
At some point, in the near future, the establishment, and its questionable political instrument, Joe Biden, will have to have his Sister Souljah moment, and stand up and stay, “This should stop.”
For, whatever happens in this election, the American people will not stay united around a party and a movement built on the proposition that America has been, from before its birth, a racist criminal enterprise.
You cannot lead a people whose history and heroes you hate.
A house divided against itself cannot stand. And a society whose history is hated by millions of its members will not survive.
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Cancelling America

The presstitutes ’ story is that George Floyd died from asphyxiation— “ I can ’ t breathe ” —from a police officer ’ s knee on his neck .
This story is not supported by the autopsy and toxicology reports .
The autopsy report says Floyd died of a heart attack and that no life-threatening injuries were inflicted by police restraint .
The medical examiner found no physical evidence to “ support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.
” The toxicology report says that the concentration of Fentanyl in Floyd ’ s blood was more than three times the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opioid .
Reports that the coroner ruled Floyd ’ s death a homicide are incorrect .
The word “ homicide ” does not appear in the report .
As for Floyd ’ s neck , the autopsy report states there are “ no areas of contusion or hemorrhage .
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The cervical spinal column is palpably stable and free of hemorrhage.
” Excited Delirium Syndrome ( EXD ) typically results from fatal drug overdose .
The condition results in breathing problems and cardiopulmonary arrest .
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Did you hear about this in the news ?
No , of course not .
And neither did billionaire Chick-Fil-A owner Dan Cathy .
Cathy assumed responsibility for white racism by humbling himself on his knee and polishing the shoes of a black rapper .
Whether this was a well-scripted public relations move to save Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurants from being burned down or a genuine act of self-deprecation by an uninformed Christian is beside the point .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ authorities have done by assuming white responsibility for the rioting and looting is to hand blacks carte blanche .
Violence and theft are now justified responses to alleged white racism .
Corporations are racing to atone for white racism by removing black images from food packaging .
Suddenly long established famous brand names such as Aunt Jemima ’ s pancake mix , Uncle Ben ’ s rice , the black chef on the Cream of Wheat package , and Eskimo Pie , have become signs of “ systemic racism.
” American Overdose : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : $ 7.13 Buy New $ 13.15 It seems to me that the real racism is removing pictures of black people from packaging .
Does this mean we can only have images of white people on packaging ?
Wouldn ’ t that be racist ?
How can we reconcile the woke idea that images of blacks are racist with the long-time push to have more black models and more black actors on TV ?
Would it be racist to have an image of an Asian on a package ?
How did Eskimo , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a language , become racist ?
It seems so mindlessly silly .
It reminds me of Stanford University students in 1971 demanding that the name of the football team , the Stanford Indians , be changed ( currently the Stanford Cardinals ) .
Stanford ’ s honoring the memory of Indians was given an unintended meaning of racism or mockery , whereas in fact the university wanted its team associated with the fighting prowess of native Americans .
Blacks were associated with good home cooking .
Their images on food products was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ products .
I am certain that Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were never intended as racist images , but by removing pictures of blacks corporate PR hacks have accepted the assertion that black images are racist .
The external costs of these corporate PR hacks are high .
By accepting the charge that its packaging is racist , corporate public relations is enabling the rewriting of American history as a story of white racism .
Everything American is racist , even packaging .
Pills , Powder , and Smo ... Loewenstein , Antony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 13.99 Public authorities and celebrities everywhere are taking a knee and apologizing for George Floyd ’ s death as if they are responsible for him overdosing on narcotics .
These apologies reinforce the idea that whites are the reason all blacks aren ’ t multi-millionaires .
Guilt by association is also rampant .
The stepmother of the Atlanta policeman , who shot the intoxicated black man who grabbed a taser from the police and aimed it at police , was fired from her job as human resources director at Equity Prime Mortgage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color.
” The country music group , Lady Antebellum , has announced a name change to Lady A .
The definition of antebellum is “ existing before a war , ” but the music group thinks the word has racist connotations like the movie , Gone With The Wind .
All of this can only end by making the United States a country without a history .
America is being cancelled .
According to the New York Times , the US is a country based on white racism .
Therefore , American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than Aunt Jemima or a statue of Robert E. Lee .
Tell Your Children : Th ... Berenson , Alex Buy New $ 13.85 Indeed , Western culture , being offensive , is itself being cancelled .
How can our cancellation be reconciled with the neoconservative claim that Americans are an exceptional and indispensable people entitled to hegemony over the world ?
White liberals have taught black and white Americans that slavery is what whites do to blacks .
This is a lie .
Slavery has nothing to do with race .
Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wars of the black king of Dahomey .
Robert Davis , professor of history at Ohio State University , concludes from his research that from 1500 to 1650 more white Christian slaves were taken to Barbary than black African slaves to the Americas .
This fact-based information is kept under wraps .
Consequently , neither black nor white Americans have a clue that whites were enslaved by people of color .
This allows blacks to claim to be the only victims of slavery , just as Jews claim special privileges as the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ holocaust on Palestinians .
The evidence is clear .
George Floyd was not killed by racist police .
But try getting that fact acknowledged .
The agenda is to cancel America , and facts are not permitted to get in the way .
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The presstitutes’ story is that George Floyd died from asphyxiation—“I can’t breathe”—from a police officer’s knee on his neck. This story is not supported by the autopsy and toxicology reports.
The autopsy report says Floyd died of a heart attack and that no life-threatening injuries were inflicted by police restraint. The medical examiner found no physical evidence to “support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.” The toxicology report says that the concentration of Fentanyl in Floyd’s blood was more than three times the fatal dose. Fentanyl is a dangerous opioid. Reports that the coroner ruled Floyd’s death a homicide are incorrect. The word “homicide” does not appear in the report.
As for Floyd’s neck, the autopsy report states there are “no areas of contusion or hemorrhage . . . The cervical spinal column is palpably stable and free of hemorrhage.”
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John-Paul Leonard provides an analysis here.
Did you hear about this in the news? No, of course not. And neither did billionaire Chick-Fil-A owner Dan Cathy. Cathy assumed responsibility for white racism by humbling himself on his knee and polishing the shoes of a black rapper.
Whether this was a well-scripted public relations move to save Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurants from being burned down or a genuine act of self-deprecation by an uninformed Christian is beside the point. What Cathy, celebrities, and public authorities have done by assuming white responsibility for the rioting and looting is to hand blacks carte blanche. Violence and theft are now justified responses to alleged white racism.
Corporations are racing to atone for white racism by removing black images from food packaging. Suddenly long established famous brand names such as Aunt Jemima’s pancake mix, Uncle Ben’s rice, the black chef on the Cream of Wheat package, and Eskimo Pie, have become signs of “systemic racism.” American Overdose: The... McGreal, Chris Best Price: $7.13 Buy New $13.15 (as of 05:34 UTC - Details)
It seems to me that the real racism is removing pictures of black people from packaging. Does this mean we can only have images of white people on packaging? Wouldn’t that be racist? How can we reconcile the woke idea that images of blacks are racist with the long-time push to have more black models and more black actors on TV? Would it be racist to have an image of an Asian on a package? How did Eskimo, an indigenous people inhabiting cold regions and a language, become racist?
It seems so mindlessly silly. It reminds me of Stanford University students in 1971 demanding that the name of the football team, the Stanford Indians, be changed (currently the Stanford Cardinals). Stanford’s honoring the memory of Indians was given an unintended meaning of racism or mockery, whereas in fact the university wanted its team associated with the fighting prowess of native Americans.
Blacks were associated with good home cooking. Their images on food products was an effort to associate goodness with the food products. I am certain that Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were never intended as racist images, but by removing pictures of blacks corporate PR hacks have accepted the assertion that black images are racist. The external costs of these corporate PR hacks are high. By accepting the charge that its packaging is racist, corporate public relations is enabling the rewriting of American history as a story of white racism. Everything American is racist, even packaging. Pills, Powder, and Smo... Loewenstein, Antony Best Price: $3.59 Buy New $13.99 (as of 05:36 UTC - Details)
Public authorities and celebrities everywhere are taking a knee and apologizing for George Floyd’s death as if they are responsible for him overdosing on narcotics. These apologies reinforce the idea that whites are the reason all blacks aren’t multi-millionaires. Guilt by association is also rampant. The stepmother of the Atlanta policeman, who shot the intoxicated black man who grabbed a taser from the police and aimed it at police, was fired from her job as human resources director at Equity Prime Mortgage as proof that EPM supports “communities of color.”
The country music group, Lady Antebellum, has announced a name change to Lady A. The definition of antebellum is “existing before a war,” but the music group thinks the word has racist connotations like the movie, Gone With The Wind.
All of this can only end by making the United States a country without a history. America is being cancelled. According to the New York Times, the US is a country based on white racism. Therefore, American history is entirely racist and more disturbing than Aunt Jemima or a statue of Robert E. Lee. Tell Your Children: Th... Berenson, Alex Buy New $13.85 (as of 05:32 UTC - Details)
Indeed, Western culture, being offensive, is itself being cancelled. How can our cancellation be reconciled with the neoconservative claim that Americans are an exceptional and indispensable people entitled to hegemony over the world?
White liberals have taught black and white Americans that slavery is what whites do to blacks. This is a lie. Slavery has nothing to do with race. Black slavery originated in Africa in the slave wars of the black king of Dahomey. Robert Davis, professor of history at Ohio State University, concludes from his research that from 1500 to 1650 more white Christian slaves were taken to Barbary than black African slaves to the Americas.
This fact-based information is kept under wraps. Consequently, neither black nor white Americans have a clue that whites were enslaved by people of color. This allows blacks to claim to be the only victims of slavery, just as Jews claim special privileges as the only people to experience holocaust while they inflict holocaust on Palestinians.
The evidence is clear. George Floyd was not killed by racist police. But try getting that fact acknowledged. The agenda is to cancel America, and facts are not permitted to get in the way.
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