lewrockwell--2020-10-08--Round Up the ‘Anti-Vaxxers’?

Round Up the ‘Anti-Vaxxers’?

Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has urged the US to prepare for a Covid-19 vaccine rollout by deputizing trusted community leaders to “ reduce vaccine hesitancy , ” bemoaning the rapid spread of “ conspiracy theories ” online .
The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “ rich countries ” back to normal by the end of 2021 in an interview during the Wall Street Journal ’ s CEO Council on Tuesday .
However , with less than half of Americans saying they ’ d get a Covid jab – even if paid $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survey , Gates then focused his talk on enlisting the nation ’ s “ trust network ” to overcome the skeptics .
Lamenting that “ vaccine hesitancy is in all countries and predates the pandemic , ” Gates suggested American health officials start “ thinking about which voices will help reduce the hesitancy , so we can get a level of vaccination that really has a chance of stopping ” the virus .
The Rothbard Reader Murray N Rothbard Best Price : $ 11.66 Buy New $ 12.73 Gates provided the example of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries – and the cunning lengths some were willing to go to get their populations jabbed .
Coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci hinted back in June that he was already on the task , revealing the government had a PR blitz planned in which “ people [ vaccine-hesitant Americans ] can relate to in the community – sports figures , community heroes , people that they look up to ” – will spread the pro-vaccine gospel .
Gates had typically harsh words for both conspiracy theorists and the social media platforms he believes enable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things ” like the notion that “ somebody intentionally made this virus , or that there ’ s some conspiracy ” spread online “ so much faster than the truth , which is that it comes from a bat.
” Gates called on social media to “ slow down or annotate things that actually cause huge damage , like not wearing masks or not being willing to take the vaccine if it proves that it is this key tool to getting back to normal.
” While he stressed he wasn ’ t suggesting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese solution ” of telling companies what they must censor , the billionaire has previously called conspiracy theories about his funding of global vaccination schemes “ a big problem , ” and on Tuesday he slammed platforms for the absence of “ smart solutions ” to that problem .
For a New Liberty : The ... Murray Rothbard Best Price : $ 9.51 Buy New $ 10.50 Gates saved some barbs for the Trump administration , disparaging the government ’ s preparation for and response to the pandemic , accusing it of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by pulling out of the World Health Organization .
Among other failings , “ we didn ’ t do [ pandemic ] simulations ” like some countries , he complained , referencing his now-famous 2015 TED Talk about the importance of comprehensive state-level planning for epidemics .
However , his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation actually staged one of the best-known pandemic simulations , Event 201 , in conjunction with the World Economic Forum and Johns Hopkins University in New York last October .
The barely-fictional scenario involved a deadly coronavirus originating in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economies and triggering the imposition of strict behavioral controls while leaving a trail of 65 million bodies in its wake .
The narrative was so close to the subsequent outbreak of the novel coronavirus that Johns Hopkins was forced to include a disclaimer on the event website .
Indeed , the US government has run several such simulations in conjunction with representatives of local governments , hospitals , and various other private sector interests over the years .
“ Crimson Contagion , ” one such exercise held from January to August last year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a chaotic and disorganized fashion to an outbreak , exposing weaknesses that were apparently not remedied in time for Covid-19 .
A 2017 Pentagon report similarly warned that a “ novel respiratory disease ” emanating from , among other places , a Chinese wet market could spread throughout the world , hurting the military ’ s readiness and national security for as long as two years and prescribing correctives – which apparently fell on deaf ears .
What Has Government Do ... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price : $ 7.04 Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ final hurdle ” to a vaccine-fueled return to normalcy is convincing the population to actually roll up their sleeves and take the jab ( s ) , and the World Health Organization – of which his foundation is the single largest funder , following the US ’ departure – declared “ vaccine hesitancy ” one of the biggest threats to world health last year .
The billionaire has stated he hopes to have seven billion humans vaccinated with whatever formula proves safe and effective , but has suggested a mandate would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Gates is far from the only voice urging governments to soft-pedal their inoculation demands .
Noting that a straight-up mandate would probably be challenged and nullified in court , a paper published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine instead suggested at-risk populations be threatened with “ penalties ” like job loss for failure to get vaccinated .
Australian PM Scott Morrison similarly had to walk back comments that vaccination should be “ as mandatory as possible ” after intense public outcry , and US President Donald Trump has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he tasked the military with delivering it .
Gates is funding the development of six leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates , and told the conference Phase III clinical trial data would be in before the year ’ s end .
Acknowledging “ we still don ’ t know whether these vaccines will succeed , ” he nevertheless pooh-poohed Russian and Chinese vaccine development efforts , predicting that once ‘ his ’ – the Western – jabs were widely available at low cost , “ I doubt there will be a lot of Russian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has urged the US to prepare for a Covid-19 vaccine rollout by deputizing trusted community leaders to “reduce vaccine hesitancy,” bemoaning the rapid spread of “conspiracy theories” online.
The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “rich countries” back to normal by the end of 2021 in an interview during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday.
However, with less than half of Americans saying they’d get a Covid jab – even if paid $100 for it – in a recent survey, Gates then focused his talk on enlisting the nation’s “trust network” to overcome the skeptics.
Lamenting that “vaccine hesitancy is in all countries and predates the pandemic,” Gates suggested American health officials start “thinking about which voices will help reduce the hesitancy, so we can get a level of vaccination that really has a chance of stopping” the virus. The Rothbard Reader Rothbard, Murray N Best Price: $5.39 Buy New $12.95 (as of 07:47 UTC - Details)
Gates provided the example of challenges the polio vaccine faced in some countries – and the cunning lengths some were willing to go to get their populations jabbed.
In places like Nigeria we had to go to the religious leaders, talk to them, have them speak out, you know, vaccinate their children. So [it is about] understanding the trust network – who is it that you view as an expert. Very few people can look at the formulation or data directly.
Coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci hinted back in June that he was already on the task, revealing the government had a PR blitz planned in which “people [vaccine-hesitant Americans] can relate to in the community – sports figures, community heroes, people that they look up to” – will spread the pro-vaccine gospel.
Gates had typically harsh words for both conspiracy theorists and the social media platforms he believes enable them, complaining that “very titillating things” like the notion that “somebody intentionally made this virus, or that there’s some conspiracy” spread online “so much faster than the truth, which is that it comes from a bat.” Gates called on social media to “slow down or annotate things that actually cause huge damage, like not wearing masks or not being willing to take the vaccine if it proves that it is this key tool to getting back to normal.”
While he stressed he wasn’t suggesting Facebook and its peers go for “the Chinese solution” of telling companies what they must censor, the billionaire has previously called conspiracy theories about his funding of global vaccination schemes “a big problem,” and on Tuesday he slammed platforms for the absence of “smart solutions” to that problem. For a New Liberty: The... Murray Rothbard Best Price: $9.51 Buy New $10.50 (as of 02:10 UTC - Details)
Gates saved some barbs for the Trump administration, disparaging the government’s preparation for and response to the pandemic, accusing it of creating a “vacuum of leadership” by pulling out of the World Health Organization. Among other failings, “we didn’t do [pandemic] simulations” like some countries, he complained, referencing his now-famous 2015 TED Talk about the importance of comprehensive state-level planning for epidemics.
However, his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation actually staged one of the best-known pandemic simulations, Event 201, in conjunction with the World Economic Forum and Johns Hopkins University in New York last October. The barely-fictional scenario involved a deadly coronavirus originating in geese spreading around the world, devastating economies and triggering the imposition of strict behavioral controls while leaving a trail of 65 million bodies in its wake. The narrative was so close to the subsequent outbreak of the novel coronavirus that Johns Hopkins was forced to include a disclaimer on the event website.
Indeed, the US government has run several such simulations in conjunction with representatives of local governments, hospitals, and various other private sector interests over the years. “Crimson Contagion,” one such exercise held from January to August last year, predicted the US would respond in a chaotic and disorganized fashion to an outbreak, exposing weaknesses that were apparently not remedied in time for Covid-19. A 2017 Pentagon report similarly warned that a “novel respiratory disease” emanating from, among other places, a Chinese wet market could spread throughout the world, hurting the military’s readiness and national security for as long as two years and prescribing correctives – which apparently fell on deaf ears.
What Has Government Do... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $7.04 Buy New $6.50 (as of 05:50 UTC - Details) Gates has previously warned that the “final hurdle” to a vaccine-fueled return to normalcy is convincing the population to actually roll up their sleeves and take the jab(s), and the World Health Organization – of which his foundation is the single largest funder, following the US’ departure – declared “vaccine hesitancy” one of the biggest threats to world health last year. The billionaire has stated he hopes to have seven billion humans vaccinated with whatever formula proves safe and effective, but has suggested a mandate would be counterproductive and actually increase resistance to vaccines.
Gates is far from the only voice urging governments to soft-pedal their inoculation demands. Noting that a straight-up mandate would probably be challenged and nullified in court, a paper published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine instead suggested at-risk populations be threatened with “penalties” like job loss for failure to get vaccinated. Australian PM Scott Morrison similarly had to walk back comments that vaccination should be “as mandatory as possible” after intense public outcry, and US President Donald Trump has promised the shot will be optional even as he tasked the military with delivering it.
Gates is funding the development of six leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates, and told the conference Phase III clinical trial data would be in before the year’s end. Acknowledging “we still don’t know whether these vaccines will succeed,” he nevertheless pooh-poohed Russian and Chinese vaccine development efforts, predicting that once ‘his’ – the Western – jabs were widely available at low cost, “I doubt there will be a lot of Russian or Chinese vaccine going outside these countries.”
Reprinted from RT News.


lewrockwell--2020-10-08--Finally, Freedom in Michigan

Finally, Freedom in Michigan

“ If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort , they may as well be abandoned.
” — Justice George Sutherland ( 1862 to 1942 ) Late last week , the Supreme Court of Michigan — the state ’ s highest and final court — invalidated the pandemic executive orders of Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer as well as the statute on which she based those orders .
The opinion was a sweeping victory for personal liberty in a free society and was exceptionally gratifying for those of us who believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what they say .
Whitmer ’ s orders were the most draconian in the union , and numerous efforts to dislodge them in state courts had failed until three primary care physicians sued the governor in a federal court in Michigan .
The federal judge to whom the case was assigned certified questions of law to the Michigan Supreme Court .
This is a rarely used procedure that federal judges employ when they need to know how a state court of last resort will rule on a question of state law .
Suicide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Andrew P. Best Price : $ 0.25 Buy New $ 2.84 Under our federal system , the state court of last resort — not the U.S. Supreme Court — has the final say on the meaning of the state ’ s constitution and the laws written pursuant to it .
The Michigan Supreme Court accepted the certification , meaning it agreed to inform the federal judge what the relevant clauses of the Michigan Constitution mean and whether the statute on which the governor relied is constitutional .
In so doing , it ruled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unconstitutional and thus the governor ’ s executive orders are void .
Here is the backstory .
Whitmer made herself a one-woman government when she purported both to write the laws during the early days of the pandemic and to enforce them .
She did so in a staggering series of executive orders issued in April and May .
Among other orders , Whitmer required residents to stay home unless their travel was immediately necessary to preserve human life , to wear face masks in all indoor and outdoor public places and to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people outside the home .
She closed all restaurants , food courts , cafes , coffeehouses , bars , taverns , brewpubs , breweries , distilleries , wineries , tasting rooms , clubs , hookah bars , cigar bars , vaping lounges , barbershops , hair salons , nail salons , tanning salons , tattoo parlors , schools , churches , theaters , cinemas , libraries , museums , gymnasiums , fitness centers , public swimming pools , recreation centers , indoor sports facilities , indoor exercise facilities , spas , casinos and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bingo halls , bowling alleys , indoor climbing facilities , skating rinks and trampoline parks .
She closed all places of employment not immediately necessary to sustain human life .
She banned advertisements for nonessential goods and services .
She prohibited visitors at hospitals , nursing facilities and jails .
She shut down all veterinary facilities .
The Freedom Answer Boo ... Napolitano , Andrew P. Best Price : $ 0.10 Buy New $ 3.70 In short , the governor of Michigan made up her own laws , reordered human life , displaced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a scale not seen in America since the Civil War ; although the governor ’ s orders in New Jersey are a close second .
The physicians who challenged Whitmer ’ s executive orders argued that under the U.S. Constitution ’ s Guarantee Clause , the states are required to have and employ a republican form of government ( lowercase “ r ” ) .
That means in all state governments there must be three separate branches of government — a legislature that writes the laws , an executive that enforces them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is known as the separation of powers .
When any governmental executive — a mayor , governor or president — takes , receives or exercises legislative power , that violates the separation of powers .
A violation of the separation of powers ordinarily renders the violating governmental behavior null and void .
Stated differently , if the courts acted as a legislature or if the governor acted as a court or the legislature took command of the police , all acts done in those scenarios would be void .
Were this not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one branch from relinquishing its powers to another or from seizing the powers of another branch .
The result would be a catastrophic loss of personal liberties .
The governor called this argument novel .
It is not novel .
It is bedrock American constitutional law , just as James Madison intended .
The governor also argued that in a state of emergency , she could assume the powers of the legislature in order to preserve human life .
She pointed to a 1945 Michigan statute that said she could do so for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went well beyond 28 days .
It Is Dangerous to Be ... Andrew P. Napolitano Best Price : $ 1.10 Buy New $ 5.51 The Michigan Supreme Court rejected the governor ’ s arguments .
It ruled that any efforts by the legislative branch — no matter its motivations — to give away its powers and any efforts by the executive branch to take or exercise legislative powers violates the separation of powers .
The court reasoned that just as no branch of government may exercise the powers of another branch , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may breach its own authority by relinquishing it to another branch .
The separation of powers is both uniquely American and at the core of the freedom-protecting functions of our federal and state constitutions .
The separation of powers does not exist to preserve the hegemony of each branch , but rather to assure that power does not accumulate in one branch , thereby threatening personal liberties .
Regrettably , sometimes the courts look the other way when this happens because the outcome is politically desired .
The better courts — like Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the bud lest we be ruled by dictators claiming to keep us safe .
How much longer will courageous courts keep our liberties safe ?
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“If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.”
— Justice George Sutherland (1862 to 1942)
Late last week, the Supreme Court of Michigan — the state’s highest and final court — invalidated the pandemic executive orders of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as well as the statute on which she based those orders. The opinion was a sweeping victory for personal liberty in a free society and was exceptionally gratifying for those of us who believe that the U.S. and state constitutions mean what they say.
Whitmer’s orders were the most draconian in the union, and numerous efforts to dislodge them in state courts had failed until three primary care physicians sued the governor in a federal court in Michigan. The federal judge to whom the case was assigned certified questions of law to the Michigan Supreme Court. This is a rarely used procedure that federal judges employ when they need to know how a state court of last resort will rule on a question of state law. Suicide Pact: The Radi... Napolitano, Andrew P. Best Price: $0.25 Buy New $2.84 (as of 04:15 UTC - Details)
Under our federal system, the state court of last resort — not the U.S. Supreme Court — has the final say on the meaning of the state’s constitution and the laws written pursuant to it. The Michigan Supreme Court accepted the certification, meaning it agreed to inform the federal judge what the relevant clauses of the Michigan Constitution mean and whether the statute on which the governor relied is constitutional. In so doing, it ruled that the Michigan statute in question was unconstitutional and thus the governor’s executive orders are void.
Here is the backstory.
Whitmer made herself a one-woman government when she purported both to write the laws during the early days of the pandemic and to enforce them. She did so in a staggering series of executive orders issued in April and May.
Among other orders, Whitmer required residents to stay home unless their travel was immediately necessary to preserve human life, to wear face masks in all indoor and outdoor public places and to stay six feet away from all other people outside the home.
She closed all restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, bars, taverns, brewpubs, breweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting rooms, clubs, hookah bars, cigar bars, vaping lounges, barbershops, hair salons, nail salons, tanning salons, tattoo parlors, schools, churches, theaters, cinemas, libraries, museums, gymnasiums, fitness centers, public swimming pools, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities, indoor exercise facilities, spas, casinos and racetracks.
She also closed arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor climbing facilities, skating rinks and trampoline parks. She closed all places of employment not immediately necessary to sustain human life. She banned advertisements for nonessential goods and services. She prohibited visitors at hospitals, nursing facilities and jails. She shut down all veterinary facilities. The Freedom Answer Boo... Napolitano, Andrew P. Best Price: $0.10 Buy New $3.70 (as of 02:50 UTC - Details)
In short, the governor of Michigan made up her own laws, reordered human life, displaced nearly all livelihoods and trampled civil liberties on a scale not seen in America since the Civil War; although the governor’s orders in New Jersey are a close second.
The physicians who challenged Whitmer’s executive orders argued that under the U.S. Constitution’s Guarantee Clause, the states are required to have and employ a republican form of government (lowercase “r”). That means in all state governments there must be three separate branches of government — a legislature that writes the laws, an executive that enforces them and a judiciary that interprets them. This is known as the separation of powers.
When any governmental executive — a mayor, governor or president — takes, receives or exercises legislative power, that violates the separation of powers.
A violation of the separation of powers ordinarily renders the violating governmental behavior null and void. Stated differently, if the courts acted as a legislature or if the governor acted as a court or the legislature took command of the police, all acts done in those scenarios would be void. Were this not so, then nothing would prevent any one branch from relinquishing its powers to another or from seizing the powers of another branch. The result would be a catastrophic loss of personal liberties.
The governor called this argument novel. It is not novel. It is bedrock American constitutional law, just as James Madison intended.
The governor also argued that in a state of emergency, she could assume the powers of the legislature in order to preserve human life. She pointed to a 1945 Michigan statute that said she could do so for 28 days. Yet, her orders went well beyond 28 days.
It Is Dangerous to Be ... Andrew P. Napolitano Best Price: $1.10 Buy New $5.51 (as of 11:50 UTC - Details) The Michigan Supreme Court rejected the governor’s arguments. It ruled that any efforts by the legislative branch — no matter its motivations — to give away its powers and any efforts by the executive branch to take or exercise legislative powers violates the separation of powers. The court reasoned that just as no branch of government may exercise the powers of another branch, so, too, no branch of government may breach its own authority by relinquishing it to another branch.
The separation of powers is both uniquely American and at the core of the freedom-protecting functions of our federal and state constitutions.
The separation of powers does not exist to preserve the hegemony of each branch, but rather to assure that power does not accumulate in one branch, thereby threatening personal liberties.
Regrettably, sometimes the courts look the other way when this happens because the outcome is politically desired. The better courts — like Michigan’s Supreme Court — nip it in the bud lest we be ruled by dictators claiming to keep us safe.
How much longer will courageous courts keep our liberties safe?
Reprinted with the author’s permission.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-08--The Fascist America That Kamala Promises

I do not use the term “ fascist ” lightly , but when even the liberal Los Angeles Times opens an article with a paragraph like the one that follows , I think fascist is apt : The activist is David Daleiden , 27 at the time of the April 2016 raid on his Huntington Beach apartment .
In 2016 , Harris was running for California ’ s open U.S. Senate seat .
At the time of the raid , Harris ’ s campaign website was asking supporters “ to take a stand and join Kamala in defending Planned Parenthood.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s history , no one had presented a greater threat to the organization ’ s federal funding than the young journalist whose apartment Harris ’ s agents had just raided .
Anatomy of the State Murray N. Rothbard , Mu ... Best Price : $ 8.12 Buy New $ 4.75 In the way of background , Daleiden and his partner Sandra Merritt had gone undercover for two years posing as the brokers in the fetal tissue market .
In July 2015 Daleiden started dropping the undercover videos the pair had shot at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including California .
The combination of callow words and cruel images , repeated in one video after another , rocked Washington .
The timing was good .
The 2016 presidential campaigns were revving up , and many Republicans spoke out about what they saw .
“ The out-of-sight , out-of-mind mantra that propelled the pro-choice movement for decades is forever gone , ” Kellyanne Conway , then a Republican pollster , told the New York Times .
Reeling from the blow , even the Times had to wonder whether “ the new offensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama , the first president to speak at Planned Parenthood ’ s national convention , kept his distance from the hubbub .
An indifferent media got no closer to the president than his press secretary , Josh Earnest .
The Betrayal of the Am ... Murray Rothbard Best Price : $ 18.83 Buy New $ 18.00 On July 30 , 2015 , a young reporter asked Earnest if Obama had seen the video that was released on that day .
The video in question begins with interview footage of harried Planned Parenthood president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not a fee .
It ’ s not a fee .
It ’ s just the cost of trans- mitting this material.
” The undercover footage that follows undercuts everything Richards said .
A doctor at a Planned Parenthood megaclinic in Colorado is seen explaining the clinic ’ s traffic in body parts .
Aware that it is illegal to transfer “ human fetal tissue ” for “ valuable consideration , ” the doctor plays semantic games with the would-be purchasers .
“ We don ’ t want to get called on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across states , ” she jokes , unaware she is being recorded .
This interview is followed by an on-site review of actual body parts with the doctor and a clinician .
What is impressive is how well Daleiden and Merritt play their roles as buyers .
What is unnerving is how casually the doctor and clinician pick through trays of baby parts — a heart , a brain , a lung — while talking about the commercial viability of the “ fetal cadaver .
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I do not use the term “fascist” lightly, but when even the liberal Los Angeles Times opens an article with a paragraph like the one that follows, I think fascist is apt:
“California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris is drawing fire from supporters of an anti-abortion activist whose undercover videos and identity cards were seized by the state Department of Justice this week after Harris’ political campaign sought to drum up support for Planned Parenthood.”
The activist is David Daleiden, 27 at the time of the April 2016 raid on his Huntington Beach apartment. In 2016, Harris was running for California’s open U.S. Senate seat. At the time of the raid, Harris’s campaign website was asking supporters “to take a stand and join Kamala in defending Planned Parenthood.”
In the course of Planned Parenthood’s history, no one had presented a greater threat to the organization’s federal funding than the young journalist whose apartment Harris’s agents had just raided. Anatomy of the State Murray N. Rothbard, Mu... Best Price: $8.12 Buy New $4.75 (as of 07:55 UTC - Details)
In the way of background, Daleiden and his partner Sandra Merritt had gone undercover for two years posing as the brokers in the fetal tissue market.
In July 2015 Daleiden started dropping the undercover videos the pair had shot at Planned Parenthood clinics in several states, including California.
The combination of callow words and cruel images, repeated in one video after another, rocked Washington. The timing was good. The 2016 presidential campaigns were revving up, and many Republicans spoke out about what they saw.
“The out-of-sight, out-of-mind mantra that propelled the pro-choice movement for decades is forever gone,” Kellyanne Conway, then a Republican pollster, told the New York Times. Reeling from the blow, even the Times had to wonder whether “the new offensive will succeed in crippling Planned Parenthood.”
Obama, the first president to speak at Planned Parenthood’s national convention, kept his distance from the hubbub. An indifferent media got no closer to the president than his press secretary, Josh Earnest.
The Betrayal of the Am... Murray Rothbard Best Price: $18.83 Buy New $18.00 (as of 04:10 UTC - Details) On July 30, 2015, a young reporter asked Earnest if Obama had seen the video that was released on that day. The video in question begins with interview footage of harried Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards insisting, “It’s not a fee. It’s not a fee. It’s just the cost of trans- mitting this material.” The undercover footage that follows undercuts everything Richards said.
A doctor at a Planned Parenthood megaclinic in Colorado is seen explaining the clinic’s traffic in body parts. Aware that it is illegal to transfer “human fetal tissue” for “valuable consideration,” the doctor plays semantic games with the would-be purchasers.
“We don’t want to get called on, you know, selling fetal parts across states,” she jokes, unaware she is being recorded. This interview is followed by an on-site review of actual body parts with the doctor and a clinician.
What is impressive is how well Daleiden and Merritt play their roles as buyers. What is unnerving is how casually the doctor and clinician pick through trays of baby parts — a heart, a brain, a lung — while talking about the commercial viability of the “fetal cadaver.”
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lewrockwell--2020-10-08--As Boris Johnson Announces Britain’s ‘Great Reset,’ Were the Covid ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Right All

As Boris Johnson Announces Britain’s ‘Great Reset,’ Were the Covid ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ Right All Along?

The UK Prime Minister ’ s remote speech to his party conference saw him dismiss the idea of returning to normality .
Is he using Covid-19 to follow the World Economic Forum ’ s ‘ Great Reset ’ agenda , as many have warned ?
‘ It ’ s not really about public health or a virus .
They have another agenda.
’ That ’ s what the so-called ‘ conspiracy theorists ’ have been saying since March , when the first British lockdowns were imposed and our lives were turned upside down .
Those ‘ conspiracy theorists ’ were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cranks ’ and ‘ flat-Earthers ’ but here we are in October , and , let ’ s face it , there is absolutely no sign , despite very low numbers of deaths ‘ with ’ Coronavirus , that we are returning to anything like normal .
In fact , in his keynote speech yesterday , Prime Minister Boris Johnson specifically ruled out a return to normal , not even with a vaccine .
“ After all we have been through , it isn ’ t enough just to go back to normal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ History teaches us that things of this magnitude – wars , famines , plagues , events that affect the vast bulk of humanity , as this virus has – they do not just come and go .
They can be the trigger for economic and social change.
” Economic Thought Befor ... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price : $ 13.41 Buy New $ 4.61 When I heard Johnson utter those words I thought , ‘ where have I heard this stuff before ?
’ Well , the answer is in the book ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klaus Schwab , the executive chairman of the World Economic Forum , and Thierry Malleret .
They too , like Johnson , invoked the Second World War as the trigger for fundamental changes , not only to the global order and global economy , but to society and the way human beings interact with one another .
Like Johnson , they don ’ t want to return to normal .
“ Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal .
The short response is never.
” Instead , Schwab and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a virus which they admit is only ‘ mild ’ compared to others in history .
Covid-19 is seen as the catalyst for the ‘ Fourth Industrial Revolution ’ .
As to where all this is heading , I recommend you read Schwab ’ s ‘ Great Reset ’ , and his earlier ‘ The Fourth Industrial Revolution ’ , but please don ’ t do so late at night , because they will probably give you nightmares .
Schwab ’ s elitist Davos-man utopia is a trans-human , socially distanced , utterly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Think of the most terrifying sci-film you ’ ve ever watched and that still doesn ’ t go anywhere near it .
And the worst thing is that it is sold to us as some kind of ‘ progressive ’ vision .
Johnson , in his speech yesterday , showed he ’ s a fully-signed up ‘ Great Resetter ’ .
It was , for me , the most chilling oration ever made by any British prime minister at a party conference .
The man who justified a national lockdown in March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ flatten the curve ’ , and ‘ protect the NHS ’ , and who said in the summer , after the lockdown had lasted three months , that he hoped Britain would return to ‘ significant normality ’ by November , now tells us : “ We have been through too much frustration and hardship just to settle for the status quo ante – to think that life can go on as it was before the plague ; and it will not… We are resolving not to go back to 2019.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phrase ‘ Build Back Better ’ , this is the time to launch Britain on the ‘ Fourth Industrial Revolution ’ .
“ From internet shopping to working from home , it looks as though Covid has massively accelerated changes in the world of work… as old jobs are lost and as new ones are created… The Covid crisis is a catalyst for change… ” he said .
Did Schwab actually write his speech ?
It looks like it .
Although Johnson didn ’ t use the phrase ‘ The Fourth Industrial Revolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Green Industrial Revolution ’ twice .
Johnson foresees a future in which every home in Britain relies on wind power ( he certainly produces a lot of that ) , and “ instead of being dragged on big commutes to the city ” people can “ start a business in their home town… and bring up their children in the neighbourhoods where they grew up themselves.
” Working from home is here to stay , with “ gigabit broadband , ” shopping from home , conferencing from home… in fact , let ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needs to meet other human beings ?
Not that there ’ d be anywhere to meet , with pubs , cinemas and theatres all closed down due to the never-ending coronavirus restrictions .
Conceived in Liberty , ... Murray N Rothbard Best Price : $ 9.00 Buy New $ 15.39 Johnson pledged to make Britain “ the greatest place on Earth ” but to me it sounds more like hell .
The question , as ever , is who benefits ?
The World Economic Forum , founded by Schwab , has been incredibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve already seen in 2020 , and what is being openly planned for the future .
It was the WEF which co-hosted the ‘ Event 201 ’ conference in New York in October 2019 , which modelled a fictional global pandemic .
It was at the WEF ’ s annual meeting in Davos on January 24 , 2020 that Bill Gates ’ Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations ( CEPI ) held a press conference to announce a ‘ new partnership ’ to develop vaccines for the virus , when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the hundreds .
It was the WEF ’ s Schwab who declared in June : “ The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect , reimagine and reset our world.
” It was the WEF that in July was promoting a Covid-19 ‘ Health Passport ’ app , the ‘ brainchild ’ of one of its ‘ Young Global Leaders ’ , as the future for travel and attending events .
And for those who don ’ t have the app or a ‘ negative ‘ test result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at home .
If you take a look at the ‘ founding partners ’ of the WEF ’ s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution you ’ ll see names such as Microsoft , Palantir , Facebook , Netflix and Gavi , The Vaccine Alliance , founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
America ’ s Great ... Rothbard , Murray Buy New $ 12.95 Yes , that ’ s right , hi-tech online giants and hi-tech multi-billionaires supporting a big shift towards a stay-at-home , ‘ do everything on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ conspiracy theory ’ to say that Covid-19 is being used as a convenient opportunity to introduce long-planned changes to the economy and society , when those pushing for such changes like Schwab openly talk of there being a “ rare but narrow window ” for a major ‘ reset ’ ?
Actually , after Johnson ’ s speech yesterday , the biggest ‘ conspiracy theorists ’ now are those who DON ’ T think the British government is working to another agenda .
The statements , views and opinions expressed in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and do not necessarily represent those of RT .

The UK Prime Minister’s remote speech to his party conference saw him dismiss the idea of returning to normality. Is he using Covid-19 to follow the World Economic Forum’s ‘Great Reset’ agenda, as many have warned?
‘It’s not really about public health or a virus. They have another agenda.’ That’s what the so-called ‘conspiracy theorists’ have been saying since March, when the first British lockdowns were imposed and our lives were turned upside down.
Those ‘conspiracy theorists’ were denounced, as always, as ‘cranks’ and ‘flat-Earthers’ but here we are in October, and, let’s face it, there is absolutely no sign, despite very low numbers of deaths ‘with’ Coronavirus, that we are returning to anything like normal. In fact, in his keynote speech yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson specifically ruled out a return to normal, not even with a vaccine.
“After all we have been through, it isn’t enough just to go back to normal. We have lost too much. History teaches us that things of this magnitude – wars, famines, plagues, events that affect the vast bulk of humanity, as this virus has – they do not just come and go. They can be the trigger for economic and social change.”
Economic Thought Befor... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $13.41 Buy New $4.61 (as of 05:40 UTC - Details) When I heard Johnson utter those words I thought, ‘where have I heard this stuff before?’ Well, the answer is in the book ‘Covid-19: The Great Reset’ by Klaus Schwab, the executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, and Thierry Malleret. They too, like Johnson, invoked the Second World War as the trigger for fundamental changes, not only to the global order and global economy, but to society and the way human beings interact with one another. Like Johnson, they don’t want to return to normal. “Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal. The short response is never.”
Instead, Schwab and Malleret want a world changed forever by a virus which they admit is only ‘mild’ compared to others in history. Covid-19 is seen as the catalyst for the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
As to where all this is heading, I recommend you read Schwab’s ‘Great Reset’, and his earlier ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’, but please don’t do so late at night, because they will probably give you nightmares. Schwab’s elitist Davos-man utopia is a trans-human, socially distanced, utterly soulless dystopia for the rest of us. Think of the most terrifying sci-film you’ve ever watched and that still doesn’t go anywhere near it. And the worst thing is that it is sold to us as some kind of ‘progressive’ vision.
Johnson, in his speech yesterday, showed he’s a fully-signed up ‘Great Resetter’. It was, for me, the most chilling oration ever made by any British prime minister at a party conference.
The man who justified a national lockdown in March on a purely temporary three-week basis to ‘flatten the curve’, and ‘protect the NHS’, and who said in the summer, after the lockdown had lasted three months, that he hoped Britain would return to ‘significant normality’ by November, now tells us: “We have been through too much frustration and hardship just to settle for the status quo ante – to think that life can go on as it was before the plague; and it will not… We are resolving not to go back to 2019.”
For Johnson, using the globalists’ phrase ‘Build Back Better’, this is the time to launch Britain on the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. “From internet shopping to working from home, it looks as though Covid has massively accelerated changes in the world of work… as old jobs are lost and as new ones are created… The Covid crisis is a catalyst for change…” he said.
Did Schwab actually write his speech? It looks like it. Although Johnson didn’t use the phrase ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’, he did mention a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ twice.
Johnson foresees a future in which every home in Britain relies on wind power (he certainly produces a lot of that), and “instead of being dragged on big commutes to the city” people can “start a business in their home town… and bring up their children in the neighbourhoods where they grew up themselves.”
Working from home is here to stay, with “gigabit broadband,” shopping from home, conferencing from home… in fact, let’s do everything from home. Who needs to meet other human beings? Not that there’d be anywhere to meet, with pubs, cinemas and theatres all closed down due to the never-ending coronavirus restrictions. Conceived in Liberty, ... Murray N Rothbard Best Price: $9.00 Buy New $15.39 (as of 08:05 UTC - Details)
Johnson pledged to make Britain “the greatest place on Earth” but to me it sounds more like hell. The question, as ever, is who benefits?
The World Economic Forum, founded by Schwab, has been incredibly influential when it comes to the changes we’ve already seen in 2020, and what is being openly planned for the future. It was the WEF which co-hosted the ‘Event 201’ conference in New York in October 2019, which modelled a fictional global pandemic.
It was at the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos on January 24, 2020 that Bill Gates’ Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) held a press conference to announce a ‘new partnership’ to develop vaccines for the virus, when the number of confirmed worldwide cases was still in the hundreds.
It was the WEF’s Schwab who declared in June: “The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine and reset our world.”
It was the WEF that in July was promoting a Covid-19 ‘Health Passport’ app, the ‘brainchild’ of one of its ‘Young Global Leaders’, as the future for travel and attending events.
And for those who don’t have the app or a ‘negative‘ test result? Well, you can just stay at home.
Conspiracy theorists eh? “The World Economic Forum-backed project aims to create the first globally recognised proof that a passenger has tested negative for the virus before a flight, using a digital certificate downloaded to a mobile phone” https://t.co/4RHLzeXeCv — Simon Dolan #KBF (@simondolan) October 7, 2020
If you take a look at the ‘founding partners’ of the WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution you’ll see names such as Microsoft, Palantir, Facebook, Netflix and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. America’s Great ... Rothbard, Murray Buy New $12.95 (as of 06:14 UTC - Details)
Yes, that’s right, hi-tech online giants and hi-tech multi-billionaires supporting a big shift towards a stay-at-home, ‘do everything on the Internet’ society.
Is it a ‘conspiracy theory’ to say that Covid-19 is being used as a convenient opportunity to introduce long-planned changes to the economy and society, when those pushing for such changes like Schwab openly talk of there being a “rare but narrow window” for a major ‘reset’?
Actually, after Johnson’s speech yesterday, the biggest ‘conspiracy theorists’ now are those who DON’T think the British government is working to another agenda.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.


Asian Supremacy

The more we get lectured about White Supremacy , the even less supreme whites get , both quantitatively and qualitatively .
Is this merely because whites are losing power demographically and thus it ’ s ever more risk-free to insult them ?
Or is it also that white performance is being depressed by all the libels ?
For example , one of the most striking but least mentioned stories of the 21st century has been that Asian-Americans have been pulling away from whites on a variety of measures .
But Asians are the great unmentionable during the Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fit into the fashionable narratives of White Privilege and Systemic Racism .
Conceived in Liberty V ... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price : $ 35.13 Buy New $ 29.95 The College Board recently released the average SAT college admission test scores for high school seniors in 2019–2020 .
The results don ’ t fit in with the usual journalistic portrayal of whites as effortlessly dominant both in numbers and in rankings .
Whites are down to only 41 percent of high school seniors taking the SAT .
Here is the graph by The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note , this graph is a rare one in using colors that are easy to remember for the different races .
I don ’ t know how well you can compare scores over time ; the SAT is modified fairly frequently .
This graph is supposed to be adjusted for changes in scoring , such as the big inflation of verbal scores in 1995 , but who knows how precisely that can be done ?
Still , comparing groups at any single point in time is reasonable .
A History of Money and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : $ 5.53 Buy New $ 42.06 But that original mean of 1000 was based on a study of New England prep schools , which had wealthy student bodies and were good at teaching verbal skills .
So a 1000 back in Holden Caulfield ’ s day was roughly equivalent to 1150 today .
Average scores declined in the 1960s–1970s as less select students took the SAT and as students ( and teachers ) smoked more dope .
But the 1980s and 1990s saw a modest rally in performance , followed by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hispanics and blacks took the test , followed by a sharp fall in recent years among all groups other than Asians .
In 2020 , the overall mean is 1051 , the lowest average score in the eight decades of SAT testing .
But the expansion of testing in recent years makes the fall in the average somewhat less worrisome .
Asian SAT scores have increased fairly steadily since about 1980 , with one sharp drop in 2017 when the College Board introduced a revamped SAT .
But then , unlike everybody else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps owing to test-prep consultants cracking the code of how to beat the new SAT on their second try .

The more we get lectured about White Supremacy, the even less supreme whites get, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Is this merely because whites are losing power demographically and thus it’s ever more risk-free to insult them? Or is it also that white performance is being depressed by all the libels?
For example, one of the most striking but least mentioned stories of the 21st century has been that Asian-Americans have been pulling away from whites on a variety of measures. But Asians are the great unmentionable during the Black Lives Matter mania, because they don’t fit into the fashionable narratives of White Privilege and Systemic Racism. Conceived in Liberty V... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $35.13 Buy New $29.95 (as of 08:10 UTC - Details)
The College Board recently released the average SAT college admission test scores for high school seniors in 2019–2020.
The results don’t fit in with the usual journalistic portrayal of whites as effortlessly dominant both in numbers and in rankings.
Whites are down to only 41 percent of high school seniors taking the SAT.
Even more strikingly, the gap between the mean scores of Asians and whites has grown from only 6 points in 2000 to 113 in 2020. The standard deviation is around 210 . So the median Asian in 2020 would score about the 70th percentile among whites.
Here is the graph by The Unsilenced Science:
As you’ll note, this graph is a rare one in using colors that are easy to remember for the different races.
I don’t know how well you can compare scores over time; the SAT is modified fairly frequently. This graph is supposed to be adjusted for changes in scoring, such as the big inflation of verbal scores in 1995, but who knows how precisely that can be done? Still, comparing groups at any single point in time is reasonable. A History of Money and... Rothbard, Murray N. Best Price: $5.53 Buy New $42.06 (as of 08:00 UTC - Details)
How do SAT scores work?
The SAT, one of the U.S.’s two college admissions tests (along with the ACT), is usually scored on a 400- to 1600-point scale. The original goal in the mid–20th century was to make the average score 1000, with a standard deviation of 200, so that a 1200 is one standard deviation above normal (84th percentile), 1400 is two (98th percentile), and a perfect 1600 is three (99th+ percentile).
But that original mean of 1000 was based on a study of New England prep schools, which had wealthy student bodies and were good at teaching verbal skills. So a 1000 back in Holden Caulfield’s day was roughly equivalent to 1150 today. Average scores declined in the 1960s–1970s as less select students took the SAT and as students (and teachers) smoked more dope. But the 1980s and 1990s saw a modest rally in performance, followed by a drift downward in the 2000s as more Hispanics and blacks took the test, followed by a sharp fall in recent years among all groups other than Asians.
In 2020, the overall mean is 1051, the lowest average score in the eight decades of SAT testing. But the expansion of testing in recent years makes the fall in the average somewhat less worrisome.
Asian SAT scores have increased fairly steadily since about 1980, with one sharp drop in 2017 when the College Board introduced a revamped SAT. But then, unlike everybody else, Asians rebounded vigorously in 2018, perhaps owing to test-prep consultants cracking the code of how to beat the new SAT on their second try.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-08--Comey’s Amnesia Makes Senate Session an Unforgettable Hop, Skip, & Jump to Fraud

Former FBI Director James Comey testified to Congress last Wednesday that he did not remember much about what was going on when the FBI deceived the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) Court into approving four warrants for surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page .
Few outsiders are aware that those warrants covered not only Page but also anyone Page was in contact with as well as anyone Page ’ s contacts were in contact with — under the so-called two-hop surveillance procedure .
In other words , the warrants extend coverage two hops from the target — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and anyone they , in turn , talk to .
At the hearing , Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsay Graham reviewed the facts ( most of them confirmed by the Department of Justice inspector general ) showing that none of the four FISA warrants were warranted .
Graham gave a chronological rundown of the evidence that Comey and his “ folks ” either knew , or should have known , that by signing fraudulent FISA warrant applications they were perpetrating a fraud on the court .
America ’ s Great ... Rothbard , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ evidence ” used by Comey and his “ folks ” to “ justify ” warrants included Page ’ s contacts with Russian officials ( CIA had already told the FBI those contacts had been approved ) and the phony as a three-dollar bill “ Steele dossier ” paid for by the Democrats .
Two Hops to the World But let ’ s not hop over the implications of two-hop surveillance , which apparently remains in effect today .
Few understand the significance of what is known in the trade as “ two-hop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NSA technical director , Bill Binney , when President Barack Obama approved the current version of “ two hops , ” the NSA was ecstatic — and it is easy to see why .
Let ’ s say Page was in touch with Donald Trump ( as candidate or president ) ; Trump ’ s communications could then be surveilled , as well .
Or , let ’ s say Page was in touch with Google .
That would enable NSA to cover pretty much the entire world .
A thorough read of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , particularly the Q-and-A , shows that this crucial two-hop dimension never came up — or that those aware of it , were too afraid to mention it .
It was as if Page were the only one being surveilled .
Here is a sample of The New York Times ’ s typical coverage of such a hearing : Flawed process ?
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz pinpointed no few than 17 “ serious performance failures ” related to the four FISA warrant applications on Page .
Left unsaid is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tightly circumscribed .
Basically , he asked the major players “ Were you biased ?
” And they said “ No.
” Does the NYT believe we were all born yesterday ?
When the Horowitz report was released in early December 2019 , Fox News ’ Chris Wallace found those serious performance failures “ pretty shocking.
” He quoted an earlier remark by Rep. Will Hurd ( R , TX ) a CIA alumnus : Throughout the four-hour hearing on Wednesday , Comey was politely smug — a hair short of condescending .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought he would ever be held accountable for what happened under his watch .
You see , four years ago , Comey “ knew ” Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in ; that explains how he , together with CIA Director John Brennan and National Intelligence Director James Clapper , felt free to take vast liberties with the Constitution and the law before the election , and then launched a determined effort to hide their tracks post election .
Trump had been forewarned .
On Jan. 3 , 2017 , Senate Minority Leader Chuck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assist from Rachel Maddow , warned Trump not to get crosswise with the “ intelligence community , ” noting the IC has six ways to Sunday to get back at you .
Three days later , Comey told President-elect Trump , in a one-on-one conversation , what the FBI had on him — namely , the “ Steele Dossier.
” The media already had the dossier , but were reluctant ( for a host of obvious reasons ) to publish it .
When it leaked that Comey had briefed Trump on it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Austrian School Busine ... Murray Rothbard Best Price : $ 15.14 Buy New $ 12.56 After the tete-a-tete with Comey on Jan. 6 , 2017 , newcomer Trump didn ’ t know what hit him .
Perhaps no one told him of Schumer ’ s warning ; or maybe he dismissed it out of hand .
Is that what Comey was up to on Jan. 6 , 2017 ?
Was the former FBI director protesting too much in his June 2017 testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee when he insisted he ’ d @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that briefing him on the unverified but scurrilous information in the dossier wasn ’ t intended to be threatening ?
It took Trump several months to figure out what was being done to him .
In a long Oval Office interview with the Times on July 19 , 2017 , Trump said he thought Comey was trying to hold the dossier over his head .
“ …Look what they did to me with Russia , and it was totally phony stuff .
… the dossier … Now , that was totally made-up stuff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went there [ to Moscow ] for one day for the Miss Universe contest , I turned around , I went back .
It was so disgraceful .
It was so disgraceful .
“ When he [ Comey ] brought it [ the dossier ] to me , I said this is really made-up junk .
I didn ’ t think about anything .
I just thought about , man , this is such a phony deal .
… I said , this is — honestly , it was so wrong , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just there for a very short period of time .
It was so wrong , and I was with groups of people .
It was so wrong that I really didn ’ t , I didn ’ t think about motive .
I didn ’ t know what to think other than , this is really phony stuff.
” The Steele dossier , paid for by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele , includes a tale of Trump cavorting with prostitutes , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same bed the Obamas had slept in at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton hotel .
Trump told the Times : “ I think [ Comey ] shared it so that … I would think he had it out there .
… As leverage.
” Even with that lesson in hand , Trump still proved virtually powerless in dealing with the National Security State/intelligence community .
The president has evidenced neither the skill nor the guts to even attempt to keep the National Security State in check .
Comey , no doubt doesn ’ t want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cop , ” With Trump in power and Attorney General William Barr his enforcer , there was always the latent threat that they would use the tools at their disposal to expose and even prosecute Comey and his National Security State colleagues for what the president now knows was done during his candidacy and presidency .
The Case Against the Fed Murray N Rothbard Best Price : $ 3.12 Buy New $ 6.50 Despite their braggadocio about taking on the Deep State , and the continuing investigations , it seems doubtful that anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day , Nov. 3 .
On Wednesday , Comey had the air of one who is equally sure , this time around , who will be the next president .
No worries .
Comey could afford to be politely vapid for five more weeks , and then be off the hook for any and all “ serious performance failures ” — some of them felonies .
Thus , a significant downside to a Biden victory is that the National Security State will escape accountability for unconscionable misbehavior , running from misdemeanors to insurrection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concluded the hearing with a pious plea : “ Somebody needs to be held accountable.
” Yet , surely , he has been around long enough to know the odds .
Given his disastrous presidency , either way the prospects are bleak : no accountability for the National Security State , which is to be expected , or four more years of Trump .

Former FBI Director James Comey testified to Congress last Wednesday that he did not remember much about what was going on when the FBI deceived the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court into approving four warrants for surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Few outsiders are aware that those warrants covered not only Page but also anyone Page was in contact with as well as anyone Page’s contacts were in contact with — under the so-called two-hop surveillance procedure. In other words, the warrants extend coverage two hops from the target — that is, anyone Page talks to and anyone they, in turn, talk to.
At the hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsay Graham reviewed the facts (most of them confirmed by the Department of Justice inspector general) showing that none of the four FISA warrants were warranted.
Graham gave a chronological rundown of the evidence that Comey and his “folks” either knew, or should have known, that by signing fraudulent FISA warrant applications they were perpetrating a fraud on the court. America’s Great ... Rothbard, Murray N. Buy New $9.74 (as of 11:37 UTC - Details)
The “evidence” used by Comey and his “folks” to “justify” warrants included Page’s contacts with Russian officials (CIA had already told the FBI those contacts had been approved) and the phony as a three-dollar bill “Steele dossier” paid for by the Democrats.
Two Hops to the World
But let’s not hop over the implications of two-hop surveillance, which apparently remains in effect today. Few understand the significance of what is known in the trade as “two-hop” coverage. According to a former NSA technical director, Bill Binney, when President Barack Obama approved the current version of “two hops,” the NSA was ecstatic — and it is easy to see why.
Let’s say Page was in touch with Donald Trump (as candidate or president); Trump’s communications could then be surveilled, as well. Or, let’s say Page was in touch with Google. That would enable NSA to cover pretty much the entire world. A thorough read of the transcript of Wednesday’s hearing, particularly the Q-and-A, shows that this crucial two-hop dimension never came up — or that those aware of it, were too afraid to mention it. It was as if Page were the only one being surveilled.
Here is a sample of The New York Times’s typical coverage of such a hearing:
“Senate Republicans sought on Wednesday to promote their efforts to rewrite the narrative of the Trump-Russia investigation before Election Day, using a hearing with the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to cast doubt on the entire inquiry by highlighting problems with a narrower aspect of it. “Led by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee spent hours burrowing into mistakes and omissions made by the F.B.I. when it applied for court permission to wiretap the former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016 and 2017. Republicans drew on that flawed process to renew their claims that Mr. Comey and his agents had acted with political bias, ignoring an independent review that debunked the notion of a plot against President Trump.”
Flawed process? Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz pinpointed no few than 17 “serious performance failures” related to the four FISA warrant applications on Page. Left unsaid is the fact that Horowitz’s investigation was tightly circumscribed. Basically, he asked the major players “Were you biased?” And they said “No.”
Chutzpah-full Disingenuousness
Does the NYT believe we were all born yesterday? When the Horowitz report was released in early December 2019, Fox News’ Chris Wallace found those serious performance failures “pretty shocking.” He quoted an earlier remark by Rep. Will Hurd (R,TX) a CIA alumnus:
“Why is it when you have 17 mistakes — 17 things that are misrepresented or lapses — and every one of them goes against the president and for investigating him, you have to say, ‘Is that a coincidence’? … it is either gross incompetence or intentionality.”
Throughout the four-hour hearing on Wednesday, Comey was politely smug — a hair short of condescending.
There was not the slightest sign he thought he would ever be held accountable for what happened under his watch. You see, four years ago, Comey “knew” Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in; that explains how he, together with CIA Director John Brennan and National Intelligence Director James Clapper, felt free to take vast liberties with the Constitution and the law before the election, and then launched a determined effort to hide their tracks post election.
Trump had been forewarned. On Jan. 3, 2017, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with an assist from Rachel Maddow, warned Trump not to get crosswise with the “intelligence community,” noting the IC has six ways to Sunday to get back at you.
Three days later, Comey told President-elect Trump, in a one-on-one conversation, what the FBI had on him — namely, the “Steele Dossier.” The media already had the dossier, but were reluctant (for a host of obvious reasons) to publish it. When it leaked that Comey had briefed Trump on it, they finally had the needed peg. Austrian School Busine... Murray Rothbard Best Price: $15.14 Buy New $12.56 (as of 08:07 UTC - Details)
New Parvenu in Washington
After the tete-a-tete with Comey on Jan. 6, 2017, newcomer Trump didn’t know what hit him. Perhaps no one told him of Schumer’s warning; or maybe he dismissed it out of hand. Is that what Comey was up to on Jan. 6, 2017?
Was the former FBI director protesting too much in his June 2017 testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee when he insisted he’d tried to make it clear to Trump that briefing him on the unverified but scurrilous information in the dossier wasn’t intended to be threatening?
It took Trump several months to figure out what was being done to him.
Trump to NYT: ‘Leverage’ (aka Blackmail)
In a long Oval Office interview with the Times on July 19, 2017, Trump said he thought Comey was trying to hold the dossier over his head.
“…Look what they did to me with Russia, and it was totally phony stuff. … the dossier … Now, that was totally made-up stuff,” Trump said. “I went there [to Moscow] for one day for the Miss Universe contest, I turned around, I went back. It was so disgraceful. It was so disgraceful.
“When he [Comey] brought it [the dossier] to me, I said this is really made-up junk. I didn’t think about anything. I just thought about, man, this is such a phony deal. … I said, this is — honestly, it was so wrong, and they didn’t know I was just there for a very short period of time. It was so wrong, and I was with groups of people. It was so wrong that I really didn’t, I didn’t think about motive. I didn’t know what to think other than, this is really phony stuff.”
The Steele dossier, paid for by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, includes a tale of Trump cavorting with prostitutes, who supposedly urinated on each other before the same bed the Obamas had slept in at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton hotel.
Trump told the Times: “I think [Comey] shared it so that … I would think he had it out there. … As leverage.”
Still Anemic
Even with that lesson in hand, Trump still proved virtually powerless in dealing with the National Security State/intelligence community. The president has evidenced neither the skill nor the guts to even attempt to keep the National Security State in check.
Comey, no doubt doesn’t want to be seen as a “dirty cop,” With Trump in power and Attorney General William Barr his enforcer, there was always the latent threat that they would use the tools at their disposal to expose and even prosecute Comey and his National Security State colleagues for what the president now knows was done during his candidacy and presidency. The Case Against the Fed Murray N Rothbard Best Price: $3.12 Buy New $6.50 (as of 07:45 UTC - Details)
Despite their braggadocio about taking on the Deep State, and the continuing investigations, it seems doubtful that anything serious is likely to happen before Election Day, Nov. 3.
On Wednesday, Comey had the air of one who is equally sure, this time around, who will be the next president. No worries. Comey could afford to be politely vapid for five more weeks, and then be off the hook for any and all “serious performance failures” — some of them felonies.
Thus, a significant downside to a Biden victory is that the National Security State will escape accountability for unconscionable misbehavior, running from misdemeanors to insurrection. No small thing.
Sen. Graham concluded the hearing with a pious plea: “Somebody needs to be held accountable.” Yet, surely, he has been around long enough to know the odds.
Given his disastrous presidency, either way the prospects are bleak: no accountability for the National Security State, which is to be expected, or four more years of Trump.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-10-08--The Wallacization of Fox News

The Wallacization of Fox News

If there was any doubt in your mind that Fox News was on a trajectory to becoming a full-fledged , left-leaning media company , it should have evaporated after Chris Wallace ’ s brazen attacks on Donald Trump last week at the presidential debate .
Wallace dropped any pretense of impartiality and made it clear to all that he ’ s nothing more than a sniveling Democratic hack .
Watching him team up with comatose Joe to make blatantly false claims about Trump and prevent the president from engaging Biden head-on was appalling .
Having alienated millions of its own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would swiftly apologize for Wallace ’ s obnoxious , hate-filled performance , but that would have been wishful thinking .
Instead , Fox executives immediately came out with an internal memo congratulating Wallace for his handling of the debate and praising his “ professionalism , skill , and fortitude.
” What a croc .
Whatever else you may think about Wallace , the one thing that is undeniable is that he was totally biased and unprofessional in his role as moderator of last week ’ s debate .
After stating at the outset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( the only true statement he made all night ) , he then proceeded not only to be highly visible , but to become an active participant on behalf of Sleepy Joe .
Wall Street , Banks , an ... Murray N Rothbard Best Price : $ 5.39 Buy New $ 4.00 That he would be willing to expose himself as a complete fraud by injecting the repeatedly debunked Charlottesville lie into the debate had to be a surprise even to Trump ’ s harshest critics .
You ’ ve seen the full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ fine people on both sides ” comment .
I ’ ve seen the full video .
And tens of millions of others have seen the full video .
So , does Fox News expect us to believe that Chris Wallace , a supposed professional journalist who lives and breathes this stuff day in and day out , has never seen the full video ?
C ’ mon , man .
At one point in the video , to make certain he would not be misunderstood , President Trump unequivocally states , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neo-Nazis and white nationalists , because they should be condemned totally.
” Clearly , Chris Wallace knew before he confronted Trump yet again with the “ renounce ” question that the entire thing was a lie and that by once again bringing it up he would be aiding and abetting Joe Biden ’ s repeated false claims about what Trump actually said .
But perhaps the most annoying thing Wallace did was repeatedly cut off Trump from responding to Biden ’ s nonstop lies .
For crying out loud , the whole purpose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to mix it up with their opponent .
Watching them in action is the only way viewers can judge the merits of the candidates .
Wallace , of course , knew that Biden had no chance against Trump , that his only weapons were his childish sneering and name-calling , so he focused on making certain that Trump was not able to challenge him with the facts .
Since his shameful , partisan performance as moderator of the first debate , Wallace , secure in the knowledge that Fox execs would protect him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defending himself .
And things were going along quite smoothly for him until he made the mistake of having Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortes as a guest on “ Fox News Sunday.
” “ Chris , the way you ’ re starting to harangue me now actually reminds me of what you did to the president during that debate on Tuesday night , ” Cortes said .
Embarrassed , Wallace shot back , in a sarcastic tone , “ Oh , yeah , I harangued him.
” Keynes , the Man Murray N. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New $ 5.50 Cortes then accused Wallace of being an “ effective opposition to the president , ” adding that Trump “ had to debate not just Joe Biden , but you as well .
You were not a neutral moderator.
” Trying hard to keep his composure , it looked for all the world like Wallace was peeing his pants on live TV .
By contrast , Newsmax ’ s Chris Salcedo unmercifully tore into Wallace and his disingenuousness .
He rightly wanted to know why Wallace had no interest in asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comments he has made over the years , his sponsorship of the 1994 Crime Bill that led to the mass incarceration of minorities , his close relationship with former Klansman Robert Byrd , or his statement about not wanting his kids to grow up in a “ racial jungle ” ( in regards to desegregation ) .
Which brings me to uber-nasty , uber-liberal John Roberts , Fox News chief White House correspondent who exhibits pretty much the same liberal values as his namesake on the Supreme Court .
The vitriol coming from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Last week , frustrated by his party ’ s failure to take down the president , he tore off his mask and openly unleashed his hatred for the president .
Like Wallace , Roberts had a Trump Derangement Syndrome meltdown and started badgering White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany yet again about why President Trump still refuses to clearly condemn so-called white-supremacist groups , even though he has done so more than 20 times .
Seemingly on the verge of tears , Roberts shouted , “ Stop deflecting .
Stop blaming the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” It ’ s been very sad watching the once-great Fox News sink into the media swamp .
It is now as corrupt as the deep state , going so far as to protect anti-American , pro-antifa/Black Lives Matter billionaire George Soros .
The good news is that it is creating an incredible opportunity for Newsmax TV to become the most important voice in conservative news .
With anchors Chris Salcedo and Greg Kelly leading the way , Newsmax is a real threat to Fox News ’ dominance if it does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” trap and sticks with a proven formula : all conservative , all the time .
Egalitarianism as a Re ... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price : $ 3.44 Buy New $ 8.95 It ’ s also an opportunity for Fox ’ s big three — Tucker , Hannity , and Laura — to step into starring roles at Newsmax in the not-too-distant future .
I believe all three of them are on the way out at Fox , and I have a hunch they ’ ve known it for quite some time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have loved to rake Chris Wallace over the coals , but , with the exception of a modest tweet from Laura Ingraham ( “ Trump is debating the moderator and Biden ” ) , they realize that criticizing him would only hastened their departure .
That said , it ’ s time to hold our noses and watch the undercard event tonight between one of the most dignified , accomplished , eloquent statesmen of our time , Mike Pence , and a repulsive hyena who is devoid of principle , slept her way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say or do absolutely anything to get ahead .
In a fair fight , Pence would annihilate Harris far more than even Tulsi Gabbard did , but who knows what will happen with an ex-Biden intern , Steve Scully , posing as the moderator .
No stacked deck here , right ?
As the great Chris Plante has so often mused , “ Ah , it ’ s good to be a Democrat , isn ’ t it ?
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If there was any doubt in your mind that Fox News was on a trajectory to becoming a full-fledged, left-leaning media company, it should have evaporated after Chris Wallace’s brazen attacks on Donald Trump last week at the presidential debate. Wallace dropped any pretense of impartiality and made it clear to all that he’s nothing more than a sniveling Democratic hack. Watching him team up with comatose Joe to make blatantly false claims about Trump and prevent the president from engaging Biden head-on was appalling.
Having alienated millions of its own viewers, you would have thought Fox would swiftly apologize for Wallace’s obnoxious, hate-filled performance, but that would have been wishful thinking. Instead, Fox executives immediately came out with an internal memo congratulating Wallace for his handling of the debate and praising his “professionalism, skill, and fortitude.” What a croc.
Whatever else you may think about Wallace, the one thing that is undeniable is that he was totally biased and unprofessional in his role as moderator of last week’s debate. After stating at the outset that his job was to be invisible (the only true statement he made all night), he then proceeded not only to be highly visible, but to become an active participant on behalf of Sleepy Joe. Wall Street, Banks, an... Murray N Rothbard Best Price: $5.39 Buy New $4.00 (as of 05:45 UTC - Details)
That he would be willing to expose himself as a complete fraud by injecting the repeatedly debunked Charlottesville lie into the debate had to be a surprise even to Trump’s harshest critics. You’ve seen the full video of Trump’s now infamous “fine people on both sides” comment. I’ve seen the full video. And tens of millions of others have seen the full video. So, does Fox News expect us to believe that Chris Wallace, a supposed professional journalist who lives and breathes this stuff day in and day out, has never seen the full video? C’mon, man.
At one point in the video, to make certain he would not be misunderstood, President Trump unequivocally states, “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.” Clearly, Chris Wallace knew before he confronted Trump yet again with the “renounce” question that the entire thing was a lie and that by once again bringing it up he would be aiding and abetting Joe Biden’s repeated false claims about what Trump actually said.
But perhaps the most annoying thing Wallace did was repeatedly cut off Trump from responding to Biden’s nonstop lies. For crying out loud, the whole purpose of a debate is for the combatants to mix it up with their opponent. Watching them in action is the only way viewers can judge the merits of the candidates. Wallace, of course, knew that Biden had no chance against Trump, that his only weapons were his childish sneering and name-calling, so he focused on making certain that Trump was not able to challenge him with the facts.
Since his shameful, partisan performance as moderator of the first debate, Wallace, secure in the knowledge that Fox execs would protect him, has been all over Fox News defending himself. And things were going along quite smoothly for him until he made the mistake of having Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortes as a guest on “Fox News Sunday.”
“Chris, the way you’re starting to harangue me now actually reminds me of what you did to the president during that debate on Tuesday night,” Cortes said. Embarrassed, Wallace shot back, in a sarcastic tone, “Oh, yeah, I harangued him.” Keynes, the Man Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $10.38 Buy New $5.50 (as of 07:55 UTC - Details)
Cortes then accused Wallace of being an “effective opposition to the president,” adding that Trump “had to debate not just Joe Biden, but you as well. You were not a neutral moderator.” Trying hard to keep his composure, it looked for all the world like Wallace was peeing his pants on live TV.
By contrast, Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo unmercifully tore into Wallace and his disingenuousness. He rightly wanted to know why Wallace had no interest in asking Joe Biden about the plethora of racist comments he has made over the years, his sponsorship of the 1994 Crime Bill that led to the mass incarceration of minorities, his close relationship with former Klansman Robert Byrd, or his statement about not wanting his kids to grow up in a “racial jungle” (in regards to desegregation).
Which brings me to uber-nasty, uber-liberal John Roberts, Fox News chief White House correspondent who exhibits pretty much the same liberal values as his namesake on the Supreme Court. The vitriol coming from this hyperbolic Trump hater is breathtaking. Last week, frustrated by his party’s failure to take down the president, he tore off his mask and openly unleashed his hatred for the president.
Like Wallace, Roberts had a Trump Derangement Syndrome meltdown and started badgering White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany yet again about why President Trump still refuses to clearly condemn so-called white-supremacist groups, even though he has done so more than 20 times. Seemingly on the verge of tears, Roberts shouted, “Stop deflecting. Stop blaming the media. I’m tired of it,”
It’s been very sad watching the once-great Fox News sink into the media swamp. It is now as corrupt as the deep state, going so far as to protect anti-American, pro-antifa/Black Lives Matter billionaire George Soros. The good news is that it is creating an incredible opportunity for Newsmax TV to become the most important voice in conservative news. With anchors Chris Salcedo and Greg Kelly leading the way, Newsmax is a real threat to Fox News’ dominance if it does not fall into the “fair and balanced” trap and sticks with a proven formula: all conservative, all the time.
Egalitarianism as a Re... Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $3.44 Buy New $8.95 (as of 07:55 UTC - Details) It’s also an opportunity for Fox’s big three — Tucker, Hannity, and Laura — to step into starring roles at Newsmax in the not-too-distant future. I believe all three of them are on the way out at Fox, and I have a hunch they’ve known it for quite some time. I’m sure they would have loved to rake Chris Wallace over the coals, but, with the exception of a modest tweet from Laura Ingraham (“Trump is debating the moderator and Biden”), they realize that criticizing him would only hastened their departure.
That said, it’s time to hold our noses and watch the undercard event tonight between one of the most dignified, accomplished, eloquent statesmen of our time, Mike Pence, and a repulsive hyena who is devoid of principle, slept her way up the political ladder, and will say or do absolutely anything to get ahead. In a fair fight, Pence would annihilate Harris far more than even Tulsi Gabbard did, but who knows what will happen with an ex-Biden intern, Steve Scully, posing as the moderator. No stacked deck here, right?
As the great Chris Plante has so often mused, “Ah, it’s good to be a Democrat, isn’t it?”
Reprinted with permission from RobertRinger.com.
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Welcome to Bergeron!

America is becoming Bergeron – a new country based on the principles laid out in Kurt Vonnegut ’ s depressingly prescient short story , Harrison Bergeron .
It is a country in which – as in the book – you may not act if anyone of lesser strength or ability or drive can not act at the same level .
You must accommodate yourself to their level .
Everything is leveled – ever downward .
Until all are depressingly .
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equal .
In misery .
In poverty .
In thrall to suffocating edicts limiting what they are permitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not do – on the basis of what others can ’ t do .
Or resent you for being able to do , which they can ’ t .
One of the most obvious expressions of this principle is on the road , where the law punishes competence as a kind of affront to the incompetent .
If some people can ’ t handle making a right turn on red without creeping out in front of right-of-way traffic and causing a wreck thereby , no one else is allowed to make a right-on-red @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it and makes a right-on-red safely and competently , by judging the flow of traffic and applying the necessary degree of acceleration to merge with it smoothly , he is punished for being competent .
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Some will say that , no , the offender ignored the law .
True – but only superficially .
Consider that the competent execution of the action isn ’ t a mitigating factor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for not Diapering .
Which is proof positive that the true offense – not mentioned but nonetheless – is lack of obedience premised on the acceptance of incompetence ( and sickness ) even in its absence .
At the first hint of snow , the roads are now inundated with liquid brine – if they ’ re not closed outright , as in my part of Virginia – where the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed even before it snows , stays closed if it doesn ’ t actually snow .
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because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t deal with snow .
Highway speed limits are today what they were 60 years go – notwithstanding 60 years of improvements in tire/brake/suspension technology and half a dozen “ safety assists ” in addition to that .
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America is becoming Bergeron – a new country based on the principles laid out in Kurt Vonnegut’s depressingly prescient short story, Harrison Bergeron.
It is a country in which – as in the book – you may not act if anyone of lesser strength or ability or drive cannot act at the same level. You must accommodate yourself to their level.
Everything is leveled – ever downward.
Until all are depressingly . . . equal.
In misery. In poverty. In thrall to suffocating edicts limiting what they are permitted to do – and told they must not do – on the basis of what others can’t do. Or resent you for being able to do, which they can’t.
One of the most obvious expressions of this principle is on the road, where the law punishes competence as a kind of affront to the incompetent. If some people can’t handle making a right turn on red without creeping out in front of right-of-way traffic and causing a wreck thereby, no one else is allowed to make a right-on-red. If someone ignores the law forbidding it and makes a right-on-red safely and competently, by judging the flow of traffic and applying the necessary degree of acceleration to merge with it smoothly, he is punished for being competent. Making Economic Sense Murray N. Rothbard Best Price: $8.45 Buy New $1.99 (as of 06:00 UTC - Details)
For having ability – and daring to use it.
Some will say that, no, the offender ignored the law. True – but only superficially.
Consider that the competent execution of the action isn’t a mitigating factor. Just as health is no excuse for not Diapering.
Which is proof positive that the true offense – not mentioned but nonetheless – is lack of obedience premised on the acceptance of incompetence (and sickness) even in its absence.
At the first hint of snow, the roads are now inundated with liquid brine – if they’re not closed outright, as in my part of Virginia – where the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed even before it snows, stays closed if it doesn’t actually snow . . . because it might snow.
Because some people can’t deal with snow.
Highway speed limits are today what they were 60 years go – notwithstanding 60 years of improvements in tire/brake/suspension technology and half a dozen “safety assists” in addition to that.
Glaucomic granny sets the pace.
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lewrockwell--2020-10-08--Ex-OPCW Chief Jose Bustani Reads Syria TestimonyThat US, UK Blocked at UN

At the UN Security Council , the US , UK , France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani , the OPCW ’ s first Director General , on the chemical watchdog ’ s Syria cover-up scandal .
The Grayzone has obtained Bustani ’ s prepared statement and is publishing it in full .
Jose Bustani was invited to brief the Security Council on the OPCW ’ s cover-up of an investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma , Syria in April 2018 .
The US , UK , and France bombed Syria after accusing the Syrian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
OPCW inspectors later found evidence that undermined the official narrative , but were censored by their superiors under US pressure .
Education : Free & Comp ... Rothbard , Murray N. Best Price : $ 4.00 Buy New $ 19.95 As the OPCW ’ s first Director General , Bustani experienced first-hand the costs of challenging pro-war narratives .
In 2002 , he was personally threatened by John Bolton and ousted as OPCW chief after he facilitated inspections that stood in the way of the Bush administration ’ s drive to invade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voices support for the OPCW inspectors and urges the current Director General , Fernando Arias , to let them air their suppressed evidence in a transparent manner .
“ At great risk to themselves , [ the inspectors ] have dared to speak out against possible irregular behaviour in your Organisation , and it is without doubt in your , in the Organisation ’ s , and in the world ’ s interest that you hear them out , ” Bustani says .
“ Regardless of whether or not there is substance to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s behaviour in the Douma investigation , hearing what your own inspectors have to say would be an important first step in mending the Organisation ’ s damaged reputation .
The dissenting inspectors are not claiming to be right , but they do want to be given a fair hearing .
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At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW’s first Director General, on the chemical watchdog’s Syria cover-up scandal. The Grayzone has obtained Bustani’s prepared statement and is publishing it in full.
Jose Bustani was invited to brief the Security Council on the OPCW’s cover-up of an investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. The US, UK, and France bombed Syria after accusing the Syrian government of dropping toxic gas in Douma. OPCW inspectors later found evidence that undermined the official narrative, but were censored by their superiors under US pressure.
Education: Free & Comp... Rothbard, Murray N. Best Price: $4.00 Buy New $19.95 (as of 07:55 UTC - Details) As the OPCW’s first Director General, Bustani experienced first-hand the costs of challenging pro-war narratives. In 2002, he was personally threatened by John Bolton and ousted as OPCW chief after he facilitated inspections that stood in the way of the Bush administration’s drive to invade Iraq.
In his comments, Bustani voices support for the OPCW inspectors and urges the current Director General, Fernando Arias, to let them air their suppressed evidence in a transparent manner.
“At great risk to themselves, [the inspectors] have dared to speak out against possible irregular behaviour in your Organisation, and it is without doubt in your, in the Organisation’s, and in the world’s interest that you hear them out,” Bustani says. “Regardless of whether or not there is substance to the concerns raised about the OPCW’s behaviour in the Douma investigation, hearing what your own inspectors have to say would be an important first step in mending the Organisation’s damaged reputation. The dissenting inspectors are not claiming to be right, but they do want to be given a fair hearing.”
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lewrockwell--2020-10-08--Five Quick Things: The Polls, or the Fundamentals?

This week it ’ s all the rage among the legacy media types and even a few of the old-time conservative pundit class to screech about poll numbers and declare that President Trump ’ s campaign is as sick as he supposedly was with COVID-19 over the weekend .
And boy , they have the poll numbers to prove it , don ’ t they ?
NBC has a poll with Joe Biden up by 14 points .
Not to be outdone , CNN says the margin is 16 .
They ’ re polling registered voters because they say this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history and everybody ’ s coming out to vote .
Well , OK .
The Origins of the Fed ... Rothbard , Murray N Buy New $ 5.95 Monday , former RedState editor Erick Erickson wrote that the poll numbers are sending Republican operatives he knows into a panic : This is why , if you know where to look , panic is starting to set in with Republicans .
The public polling now is reflecting internal Republican polling from last week .
Multiple campaign strategists and pollsters from states as diverse as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even South Carolina are starting to see the bottom falling out .
Senior citizens , suburban women , and white men from up north are drifting to Biden .
The President ’ s debate performance excited a portion of his base but alienated more .
He has not grown his base nor done enough to offset it with Hispanic voters and black men .
We are less than thirty days from the election .
The President is battling COVID-19 and unable to campaign .
His best hope is that Mike Pence has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trail in lieu of the President .
This kind of talk seems to be everywhere .
But is all of this real ?
Here are five things to consider that might make you doubt those polls .

This week it’s all the rage among the legacy media types and even a few of the old-time conservative pundit class to screech about poll numbers and declare that President Trump’s campaign is as sick as he supposedly was with COVID-19 over the weekend.
And boy, they have the poll numbers to prove it, don’t they?
NBC has a poll with Joe Biden up by 14 points. Not to be outdone, CNN says the margin is 16. They’re polling registered voters because they say this will be the highest-turnout election in American history and everybody’s coming out to vote.
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Monday, former RedState editor Erick Erickson wrote that the poll numbers are sending Republican operatives he knows into a panic:
This is why, if you know where to look, panic is starting to set in with Republicans. The public polling now is reflecting internal Republican polling from last week. Multiple campaign strategists and pollsters from states as diverse as Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and even South Carolina are starting to see the bottom falling out. Senior citizens, suburban women, and white men from up north are drifting to Biden. The President’s debate performance excited a portion of his base but alienated more. He has not grown his base nor done enough to offset it with Hispanic voters and black men. We are less than thirty days from the election. The President is battling COVID-19 and unable to campaign. His best hope is that Mike Pence has a stellar debate performance and hits the campaign trail in lieu of the President.
This kind of talk seems to be everywhere.
But is all of this real? Here are five things to consider that might make you doubt those polls.
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