lewrockwell--2020-11-20--Now Is the Time for Americans To Rebel Against Lockdowns, Mask Laws, And Forced Vaccinations

With the presidential election highly contested and the mainstream media hyping the rising infection numbers , the public is now facing important questions regarding the future of the pandemic response .
Some states have decided to unilaterally introduce “ executive orders ” to restrict citizen movements , business openings and public activities .
Anthony Fauci is on the news constantly , calling for families to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas and telling Americans to just “ do what we are told ” .
The media is generally trying to drum up fear in the minds of the populace and paint images @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden does actually end up in the White House , a federalized and national high level lockdown is on the table starting in January .
In April of this year I published an article titled ‘ Waves Of Mutilation : Medical Tyranny And The Cashless Society ’ , which outlined a social engineering model put forward by globalists at MIT and the Imperial College of London which I called “ wave theory ” .
The model essentially works like this : Governments must use the pandemic as a rationale for “ waves ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re-openings of the economy and of normal human activity .
Globalists claim that this will “ slow ” the spread of the coronavirus and save lives .
However , they also openly admit that these cycles of closures and openings have other uses .
Over time , the citizenry becomes acclimated to governmental intrusion in their everyday lives , and they get used to the idea of bureaucracy telling them what they are not allowed to do when it comes to the simplest activities .
The system thus bottlenecks all human interactions to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for permission .
We become slaves to the Covid response .
As globalist Gideon Lichfield from MIT stated in his article ‘ We ’ re Not Going Back To Normal ’ : “ Ultimately , however , I predict that we ’ ll restore the ability to socialize safely by developing more sophisticated ways to identify who is a disease risk and who isn ’ t , and discriminating—legally—against those who are .
…one can imagine a world in which , to get on a flight , perhaps you ’ ll have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tracks your movements via your phone .
The airline wouldn ’ t be able to see where you ’ d gone , but it would get an alert if you ’ d been close to known infected people or disease hot spots .
There ’ d be similar requirements at the entrance to large venues , government buildings , or public transport hubs .
There would be temperature scanners everywhere , and your workplace might demand you wear a monitor that tracks your temperature or other vital signs .
Where nightclubs ask for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might ask for proof of immunity—an identity card or some kind of digital verification via your phone , showing you ’ ve already recovered from or been vaccinated against the latest virus strains.
” Note that Lichfield suggested that in order to participate in the normal economy you might need to show verification that you have been “ vaccinated against the latest virus strains ” .
In other words , the elites expect there to be many more viral events or mutations AFTER Covid 19 has run its course , and the restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to continue , possibly FOREVER .
The reality is that the wave model is not a very practical plan for stopping viral spread , but it is a perfect method for conditioning people to submit to a high level of control over their personal lives that they never would have accepted otherwise .
The Covid response has also been heralded by elites at the World Economic Forum as a perfect “ opportunity ” to initiate what they call the “ Great Reset ” .
The reset is a plan to deconstruct what ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system , introduce carbon controls in the name of the global warming fraud , institute a global cashless monetary system , and finally , move humanity into what they call a “ shared economy ” in which the average person is no longer allowed to own private property of any kind and is completely dependent on the system for their basic necessities .
Of course , such a complex system of “ solutions ” ( dominance ) over every individual would need to be managed in a highly centralized way .
Meaning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the end result .
Naturally….the globalists would reluctantly take the reins of power for “ the greater good ” .
This is the bigger picture , the underlying threat at the core of the lockdowns and Covid laws .
That said , there are also numerous arguments based on logic and evidence as to why there is no reason for people to submit to such restrictions .
Let ’ s outline them in a simple list : The Coronavirus Kills Less Than 1 % Of The People It Infects Medical studies in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate for citizens NOT living in nursing homes has been holding well below 1 % on average .
The largest percentage of deaths by far in the US has been in nursing homes among elderly people with preexisting conditions .
People in long term care facilities make up 8 % of Covid infection cases but they are 45 % of all covid deaths .
Pneumonia alone kills around 50,000 Americans each year according to the CDC , and that ’ s with vaccinations , yet , we are supposed to panic and hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of stopping a disease which affects a tiny percentage of the population ?
This is why the media and governments have decided to hyperfocus on infection numbers rather than deaths .
The death numbers do not warrant the amount of panic the establishment is trying to foment .
It ’ s basic math and finance ; the small business sector of the US economy is dying .
Small businesses make up around 50 % of US employment .
The Covid bailout money , handled by international banks like JP Morgan , did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses that were supposed to receive it .
Those businesses that did get bailouts are still on the verge of closure or bankruptcy .
Any further lockdowns will be the final nail in the coffin for the US economy , except for major corporations which are enjoying the lion ’ s share of stimulus cash .
How many lives will be damaged or lost due to poverty and economic collapse if the current trend continues ?
I suspect far more than any lives lost because of Covid .
Why is no one in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solution to the pandemic ?
The small percentage of people who are most at risk can STAY HOME and take precautions as necessary , while the rest of us get on with our lives .
Why are we being ordered to do the exact opposite just to make less than 1 % of the population feel safer ?
How is this logical , reasonable or scientific ?
The only answer that makes sense is that the lockdown response is about control , not saving lives .
State Governors Have No Authority To Take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Does The President Restrictions based on executive orders have no legal authority under the Constitution .
They are color of law , not true law .
Laws are debated and passed by state legislatures , not by state governors .
Executive orders only apply to state employees and have no bearing on the citizenry .
Leftists and statists argue that during a national crisis the governor has emergency powers and states can do whatever they want .
This is false .
Under the constitution and the Bill of Rights , state governors do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on their personal opinion and then declare themselves dictators in response .
Any “ laws ” exerted because of such a process are therefor null and void ; they are meaningless .
If the states have the ability to do whatever they want without oversight , then they would be able to bring back Jim Crow laws ( among other things ) .
Do leftists support that idea as well ?
If the federal government and the president have the power to violate the Bill of Rights during a national emergency , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bring in martial law across the country because of leftist riots .
Do leftists agree with that outcome ?
It is interesting to me that the political left in particular is so keen on defending the idea of states and governors having the power to unilaterally enforce pandemic restrictions without oversight or checks and balances .
Yet , they have been aggressively opposed to state powers in the past when they had a Democratic president like Obama in office .
The left has also been staunchly opposed to executive orders applied by Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of executive orders on lockdowns being instituted by Biden .
So , leftists support unilateral state power only when it works in favor of their agenda , and they support unilateral federal and presidential power only when it works in favor of their agenda .
What a surprise… The bottom line is this : State government powers do not supersede the Bill of Rights .
Federal government powers do not supersede the Bill of Rights .
NO ONE has the legal power to take away your inherent liberties .
Those that claim otherwise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The majority of masks being used by the public today are cloth masks .
Not even the CDC recommends the use of cloth masks for their own employees or medical workers .
They only recommend N95 masks .
They also admit that cloth masks are much less effective at preventing contact with the virus .
Yet , the CDC supports the enforcement of cloth masks for the public .
On top of that , some states and countries with the most stringent mask laws continue to see huge spikes in coronavirus infections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been one of the most tyrannical enforcers of mask laws and lockdowns in the US , but in November the state has witnessed extensive infection increases .
California , Michigan and Illinois have also seen dramatic infection spikes this month despite hard enforcement of masks .
So , where is the science ?
It would appear that masks are a placebo ; if they actually worked , then the states with the most aggressive enforcement should be seeing a dramatic downturn in cases , not exponential increases .
Furthermore , why are many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wear masks outside in open air and sunlight when viruses can not survive in such conditions ?
UV light from the sun is nature ’ s sterilizer , but no one in the mainstream or in government acknowledges this scientific fact .
Again , this shows that mask laws are about control , not about science or saving lives .
Why should people get vaccinated for a virus that over 99 % of them will easily survive anyway ?
Why not simply attain “ herd immunity ” through natural infection spread and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignore these questions because they are inconvenient to the wider agenda .
Also , why should anyone trust a vaccine that was rushed out in less than a year ’ s time ?
China and the rest of the world spent over a decade trying to develop a vaccine for SARS unsuccessfully , but we are supposed to believe that they created a vaccine for SARS related Covid 19 within months ?
The last time the government rushed out a vaccine for a viral epidemic was the 1976 swine flu scare , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dead individuals due to faulty vaccines .
As I noted in my article ‘ Why The Public Should Rebel Against Forced Vaccinations ’ , published in May , there are numerous examples of vaccine tests and implementation going very wrong , from Bill Gates and the World Health Organization giving people polio in various countries through vaccines , to Novartis and their deadly testing of a Bird Flu vaccine on homeless people in Poland , to GlaxoSmithCline and the deaths of children due to their pneumonia vaccine .
Again , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus that over 99 % of people will survive .
The idea of such risk being forced on the public is completely unacceptable , but many government officials have supported the idea over the past six months .
It is important for the public to make it clear now that they will NOT be allowing state or federal governments to make vaccination mandatory .
Rebellion Is Needed To Put A Stop To The Fear Machine In closing , there are endless reasons why we must end the pandemic lockdown agenda once and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , mask orders and vaccine plans are a stepping stone to something much worse – Medical tyranny and centralization on an unprecedented scale .
I will not personally follow such rules because they are not scientifically or morally sound .
They are nonsense designed to frighten the public into complacency and consent .
A rebellion against such measures would be very easy to win .
All we have to do is refuse to follow their mandates .
What are they going to do ?
Lock up millions of people ?
Shoot us ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ purpose of the very measures they demand we follow .
And , if it comes to violence , so be it .
I have no problem fighting to defend my freedoms and the freedoms of future generations .
Perhaps it is time for conservatives and moderates that stand against the lockdowns to organize for this possible future .

With the presidential election highly contested and the mainstream media hyping the rising infection numbers, the public is now facing important questions regarding the future of the pandemic response. Some states have decided to unilaterally introduce “executive orders” to restrict citizen movements, business openings and public activities.
Anthony Fauci is on the news constantly, calling for families to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas and telling Americans to just “do what we are told”. The media is generally trying to drum up fear in the minds of the populace and paint images of plague and death everywhere. If Biden does actually end up in the White House, a federalized and national high level lockdown is on the table starting in January.
In April of this year I published an article titled ‘Waves Of Mutilation: Medical Tyranny And The Cashless Society’, which outlined a social engineering model put forward by globalists at MIT and the Imperial College of London which I called “wave theory”. The model essentially works like this:
Governments must use the pandemic as a rationale for “waves” of restrictive lockdowns, followed by controlled re-openings of the economy and of normal human activity. Globalists claim that this will “slow” the spread of the coronavirus and save lives. However, they also openly admit that these cycles of closures and openings have other uses.
Over time, the citizenry becomes acclimated to governmental intrusion in their everyday lives, and they get used to the idea of bureaucracy telling them what they are not allowed to do when it comes to the simplest activities. The system thus bottlenecks all human interactions to the point that we are constantly asking for permission. We become slaves to the Covid response.
As globalist Gideon Lichfield from MIT stated in his article ‘We’re Not Going Back To Normal’:
“Ultimately, however, I predict that we’ll restore the ability to socialize safely by developing more sophisticated ways to identify who is a disease risk and who isn’t, and discriminating—legally—against those who are.
…one can imagine a world in which, to get on a flight, perhaps you’ll have to be signed up to a service that tracks your movements via your phone. The airline wouldn’t be able to see where you’d gone, but it would get an alert if you’d been close to known infected people or disease hot spots. There’d be similar requirements at the entrance to large venues, government buildings, or public transport hubs. There would be temperature scanners everywhere, and your workplace might demand you wear a monitor that tracks your temperature or other vital signs. Where nightclubs ask for proof of age, in future they might ask for proof of immunity—an identity card or some kind of digital verification via your phone, showing you’ve already recovered from or been vaccinated against the latest virus strains.”
Note that Lichfield suggested that in order to participate in the normal economy you might need to show verification that you have been “vaccinated against the latest virus strains”. In other words, the elites expect there to be many more viral events or mutations AFTER Covid 19 has run its course, and the restrictions and controls we see today are meant to continue, possibly FOREVER.
The reality is that the wave model is not a very practical plan for stopping viral spread, but it is a perfect method for conditioning people to submit to a high level of control over their personal lives that they never would have accepted otherwise. The Covid response has also been heralded by elites at the World Economic Forum as a perfect “opportunity” to initiate what they call the “Great Reset”. The reset is a plan to deconstruct what’s left of the free market capitalist system, introduce carbon controls in the name of the global warming fraud, institute a global cashless monetary system, and finally, move humanity into what they call a “shared economy” in which the average person is no longer allowed to own private property of any kind and is completely dependent on the system for their basic necessities.
Of course, such a complex system of “solutions” (dominance) over every individual would need to be managed in a highly centralized way. Meaning, global governance by the elitist establishment would be the end result. Naturally….the globalists would reluctantly take the reins of power for “the greater good”.
This is the bigger picture, the underlying threat at the core of the lockdowns and Covid laws. That said, there are also numerous arguments based on logic and evidence as to why there is no reason for people to submit to such restrictions. Let’s outline them in a simple list:
The Coronavirus Kills Less Than 1% Of The People It Infects
Medical studies in the US indicate that the coronavirus deaths rate for citizens NOT living in nursing homes has been holding well below 1% on average. The largest percentage of deaths by far in the US has been in nursing homes among elderly people with preexisting conditions. People in long term care facilities make up 8% of Covid infection cases but they are 45% of all covid deaths.
Pneumonia alone kills around 50,000 Americans each year according to the CDC, and that’s with vaccinations, yet, we are supposed to panic and hand over all our freedoms in the name of stopping a disease which affects a tiny percentage of the population? This is why the media and governments have decided to hyperfocus on infection numbers rather than deaths. The death numbers do not warrant the amount of panic the establishment is trying to foment.
Lockdowns Destroy The Economy
It’s basic math and finance; the small business sector of the US economy is dying. Small businesses make up around 50% of US employment. The Covid bailout money, handled by international banks like JP Morgan, did not get to the vast majority of small businesses that were supposed to receive it. Those businesses that did get bailouts are still on the verge of closure or bankruptcy. Any further lockdowns will be the final nail in the coffin for the US economy, except for major corporations which are enjoying the lion’s share of stimulus cash.
How many lives will be damaged or lost due to poverty and economic collapse if the current trend continues? I suspect far more than any lives lost because of Covid.
Why is no one in the mainstream talking about the most practical solution to the pandemic? The small percentage of people who are most at risk can STAY HOME and take precautions as necessary, while the rest of us get on with our lives. Why are we being ordered to do the exact opposite just to make less than 1% of the population feel safer? How is this logical, reasonable or scientific? The only answer that makes sense is that the lockdown response is about control, not saving lives.
State Governors Have No Authority To Take Away Your Civil Liberties, And Neither Does The President
Restrictions based on executive orders have no legal authority under the Constitution. They are color of law, not true law. Laws are debated and passed by state legislatures, not by state governors. Executive orders only apply to state employees and have no bearing on the citizenry.
Leftists and statists argue that during a national crisis the governor has emergency powers and states can do whatever they want. This is false. Under the constitution and the Bill of Rights, state governors do not get to proclaim a national emergency based on their personal opinion and then declare themselves dictators in response. Any “laws” exerted because of such a process are therefor null and void; they are meaningless.
If the states have the ability to do whatever they want without oversight, then they would be able to bring back Jim Crow laws (among other things). Do leftists support that idea as well? If the federal government and the president have the power to violate the Bill of Rights during a national emergency, then Donald Trump has the authority to bring in martial law across the country because of leftist riots. Do leftists agree with that outcome?
It is interesting to me that the political left in particular is so keen on defending the idea of states and governors having the power to unilaterally enforce pandemic restrictions without oversight or checks and balances. Yet, they have been aggressively opposed to state powers in the past when they had a Democratic president like Obama in office. The left has also been staunchly opposed to executive orders applied by Donald Trump, but they applaud the idea of executive orders on lockdowns being instituted by Biden.
So, leftists support unilateral state power only when it works in favor of their agenda, and they support unilateral federal and presidential power only when it works in favor of their agenda. What a surprise…
The bottom line is this: State government powers do not supersede the Bill of Rights. Federal government powers do not supersede the Bill of Rights. NO ONE has the legal power to take away your inherent liberties. Those that claim otherwise have something to gain from your enslavement.
Mask Laws Are Unscientific
The majority of masks being used by the public today are cloth masks. Not even the CDC recommends the use of cloth masks for their own employees or medical workers. They only recommend N95 masks. They also admit that cloth masks are much less effective at preventing contact with the virus. Yet, the CDC supports the enforcement of cloth masks for the public.
On top of that, some states and countries with the most stringent mask laws continue to see huge spikes in coronavirus infections. For example, New York has been one of the most tyrannical enforcers of mask laws and lockdowns in the US, but in November the state has witnessed extensive infection increases. California, Michigan and Illinois have also seen dramatic infection spikes this month despite hard enforcement of masks. So, where is the science?
It would appear that masks are a placebo; if they actually worked, then the states with the most aggressive enforcement should be seeing a dramatic downturn in cases, not exponential increases.
Furthermore, why are many states and countries trying to force citizens to wear masks outside in open air and sunlight when viruses cannot survive in such conditions? UV light from the sun is nature’s sterilizer, but no one in the mainstream or in government acknowledges this scientific fact. Again, this shows that mask laws are about control, not about science or saving lives.
Covid Vaccination Is Unnecessary And Potentially Dangerous
Why should people get vaccinated for a virus that over 99% of them will easily survive anyway? Why not simply attain “herd immunity” through natural infection spread and antibodies? The mainstream will continue to ignore these questions because they are inconvenient to the wider agenda.
Also, why should anyone trust a vaccine that was rushed out in less than a year’s time? China and the rest of the world spent over a decade trying to develop a vaccine for SARS unsuccessfully, but we are supposed to believe that they created a vaccine for SARS related Covid 19 within months?
The last time the government rushed out a vaccine for a viral epidemic was the 1976 swine flu scare, and that ended with numerous permanently damaged or dead individuals due to faulty vaccines.
As I noted in my article ‘Why The Public Should Rebel Against Forced Vaccinations’, published in May, there are numerous examples of vaccine tests and implementation going very wrong, from Bill Gates and the World Health Organization giving people polio in various countries through vaccines, to Novartis and their deadly testing of a Bird Flu vaccine on homeless people in Poland, to GlaxoSmithCline and the deaths of children due to their pneumonia vaccine.
Again, it’s simply not worth the risk over a virus that over 99% of people will survive. The idea of such risk being forced on the public is completely unacceptable, but many government officials have supported the idea over the past six months. It is important for the public to make it clear now that they will NOT be allowing state or federal governments to make vaccination mandatory.
Rebellion Is Needed To Put A Stop To The Fear Machine
In closing, there are endless reasons why we must end the pandemic lockdown agenda once and for all. Most importantly, the lockdowns, mask orders and vaccine plans are a stepping stone to something much worse – Medical tyranny and centralization on an unprecedented scale. I will not personally follow such rules because they are not scientifically or morally sound. They are nonsense designed to frighten the public into complacency and consent.
A rebellion against such measures would be very easy to win. All we have to do is refuse to follow their mandates. What are they going to do? Lock up millions of people? Shoot us? That would sort of defeat the supposed purpose of the very measures they demand we follow. And, if it comes to violence, so be it. I have no problem fighting to defend my freedoms and the freedoms of future generations. Perhaps it is time for conservatives and moderates that stand against the lockdowns to organize for this possible future.
Reprinted with permission from Alt-Market.us


lewrockwell--2020-11-20--Media Celebrate After Trump’s Pro-Gold Fed Nominee Is Blocked

It was only after he entered politics that President Donald Trump began to fully grasp the bias , dishonesty , and fakeness that runs throughout the so-called mainstream media .
But gold bugs and sound money advocates have long known to distrust the reporting of establishment news sources .
Journalists ’ anti-gold and anti-Trump biases converged this week as the Senate took up President Trump ’ s nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board .
Shelton , a fierce Fed critic and past supporter of a gold standard , drew intense opposition from Senate Democrats .
She also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Susan Collins , and Mitt Romney .
A path to her confirmation appeared to exist earlier this week , but that path was blocked , at least temporarily , on Tuesday .
Two Republican Senators had gone into quarantine and Democrat Kamala Harris shuttled in from her Vice President in-waiting training to cast a “ no ” vote .
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took procedural steps which enable him to bring Shelton back up for another vote when the two quarantined Republicans return .
But that didn ’ t stop the press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kamala Harris Rushes Back to Washington to Block Trump From Putting a Crank on the Fed Board , ” blared a headline from Slate .
The article smeared Shelton as a “ crank who wants to return to the gold standard and get rid of deposit insurance.
” NPR , somewhat more diplomatically , derided Shelton for “ her unorthodox support for the gold standard , a theory long discarded by mainstream economists.
” Meanwhile , NBC News also parroted the party line about Shelton .
She is , we are told , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gold standard , an archaic policy concept to which no developed economies today adhere.
” For those of us in the precious metals community , it ’ s all too familiar – the personal attacks , the equating of gold to a “ barbarous ” relic of the past , the invocation of “ mainstream economists ” as authority figures , etc .
The vast majority of financial journalists lack the intellectual curiosity to seek out the actual views of sound money advocates .
Those who tread too indelicately on the gold-suppressing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media outlets – as has been the fate of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee .
A classical gold standard does have potential drawbacks , to be sure .
For one , it would empower the government to “ fix ” the price of gold in terms of U.S. currency and enable it to cheat the system by subsequently raising the gold price – devaluing the dollar – as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt infamously did .
Many sound money advocates believe gold and silver should instead be allowed to circulate freely as money without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find their true free market value .
Precious metals , along with cryptocurrencies and other alternatives , would have the opportunity to supplant government-issued fiat currencies that are mismanaged .
Judy Shelton as a lone voice at the Federal Reserve would obviously lack the ability to reshape U.S. monetary policy on her own .
But the keepers of the prevailing Keynesian , inflationist orthodoxy want to make sure no dissenting voices have a seat at the table .
Otherwise the media might have to actually take their perspectives seriously .
Journalists constantly condition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” – no matter how often reality proves them wrong or how often they give contradictory advice .
For example , the top health experts have proven themselves to be clueless when it comes to forecasting or mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus .
First they said travel bans were a bad idea .
Then they said masks were a bad idea .
Then they said we had to lock down the economy and be forced to wear masks .
Now they can ’ t seem to point to compelling evidence on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their policy recommendations where adopted have been effective .
But no matter what , the media tells us the anointed public health authorities have to be believed and the skeptics dismissed , demonized , and censored .
After months of fomenting economically crippling virus hysteria and pushing inflammatory racial narratives that led to rioting and crime spikes in cities across the country , the mainstream media managed to sink its credibility to even lower lows on election night .
Fox News joined other networks ( though not all ) in prematurely calling states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats would increase their majority in Congress .
In fact , President Trump is still contesting some of those states and Republicans defied the media ’ s faulty polling models to shrink Nancy Pelosi ’ s majority and pick up at least nine seats in Congress .
The biggest source of election-related misinformation in 2020 was the fake news pumped out by the legacy media and their pollsters .
Regardless of how President Trump ’ s policy successes and failures are ultimately judged , one of his most significant accomplishments was to single-handedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much of the public .
The public should also know that financial journalists are just as biased and error-prone as political journalists .
They seem to have a special disdain for precious metals .
Many openly sneer at the sorts of people who buy gold and silver coins instead of entrusting all their wealth to banks and brokerages .
Investors would be wise to seek out a true market of information , including from alternative , non- “ mainstream ” sources , when it comes to deciding where to allocate capital .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ selling what everyone else wants to buy , buying what everyone else wants to sell .
The fact that sound money principles are so out of favor among policymakers and economists may be a contrarian signal that they are needed now more than ever .

It was only after he entered politics that President Donald Trump began to fully grasp the bias, dishonesty, and fakeness that runs throughout the so-called mainstream media.
But gold bugs and sound money advocates have long known to distrust the reporting of establishment news sources.
Journalists’ anti-gold and anti-Trump biases converged this week as the Senate took up President Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board.
Shelton, a fierce Fed critic and past supporter of a gold standard, drew intense opposition from Senate Democrats. She also faced opposition from Republicans Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, and Mitt Romney.
A path to her confirmation appeared to exist earlier this week, but that path was blocked, at least temporarily, on Tuesday.
Two Republican Senators had gone into quarantine and Democrat Kamala Harris shuttled in from her Vice President in-waiting training to cast a “no” vote.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took procedural steps which enable him to bring Shelton back up for another vote when the two quarantined Republicans return. But that didn’t stop the press from pronouncing her nomination dead.
“Kamala Harris Rushes Back to Washington to Block Trump From Putting a Crank on the Fed Board,” blared a headline from Slate. The article smeared Shelton as a “crank who wants to return to the gold standard and get rid of deposit insurance.”
NPR, somewhat more diplomatically, derided Shelton for “her unorthodox support for the gold standard, a theory long discarded by mainstream economists.”
Meanwhile, NBC News also parroted the party line about Shelton. She is, we are told, “known for her unorthodox support for the gold standard, an archaic policy concept to which no developed economies today adhere.”
For those of us in the precious metals community, it’s all too familiar – the personal attacks, the equating of gold to a “barbarous” relic of the past, the invocation of “mainstream economists” as authority figures, etc.
The vast majority of financial journalists lack the intellectual curiosity to seek out the actual views of sound money advocates. Those who tread too indelicately on the gold-suppressing banking cartel are simply blacklisted by major media outlets – as has been the fate of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.
A classical gold standard does have potential drawbacks, to be sure.
For one, it would empower the government to “fix” the price of gold in terms of U.S. currency and enable it to cheat the system by subsequently raising the gold price – devaluing the dollar – as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt infamously did.
Many sound money advocates believe gold and silver should instead be allowed to circulate freely as money without any tax impediments so that they can find their true free market value.
Precious metals, along with cryptocurrencies and other alternatives, would have the opportunity to supplant government-issued fiat currencies that are mismanaged.
Judy Shelton as a lone voice at the Federal Reserve would obviously lack the ability to reshape U.S. monetary policy on her own. But the keepers of the prevailing Keynesian, inflationist orthodoxy want to make sure no dissenting voices have a seat at the table.
Otherwise the media might have to actually take their perspectives seriously.
Journalists constantly condition the public to trust the “experts” – no matter how often reality proves them wrong or how often they give contradictory advice.
For example, the top health experts have proven themselves to be clueless when it comes to forecasting or mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus.
First they said travel bans were a bad idea. Then they said masks were a bad idea. Then they said we had to lock down the economy and be forced to wear masks. Now they can’t seem to point to compelling evidence on the region-by-region case trendlines that any of their policy recommendations where adopted have been effective.
But no matter what, the media tells us the anointed public health authorities have to be believed and the skeptics dismissed, demonized, and censored.
After months of fomenting economically crippling virus hysteria and pushing inflammatory racial narratives that led to rioting and crime spikes in cities across the country, the mainstream media managed to sink its credibility to even lower lows on election night.
Fox News joined other networks (though not all) in prematurely calling states for Joe Biden and falsely projecting that Democrats would increase their majority in Congress.
In fact, President Trump is still contesting some of those states and Republicans defied the media’s faulty polling models to shrink Nancy Pelosi’s majority and pick up at least nine seats in Congress.
The biggest source of election-related misinformation in 2020 was the fake news pumped out by the legacy media and their pollsters.
Regardless of how President Trump’s policy successes and failures are ultimately judged, one of his most significant accomplishments was to single-handedly discredit the media in the eyes of much of the public.
The public should also know that financial journalists are just as biased and error-prone as political journalists. They seem to have a special disdain for precious metals.
Many openly sneer at the sorts of people who buy gold and silver coins instead of entrusting all their wealth to banks and brokerages.
Investors would be wise to seek out a true market of information, including from alternative, non-“mainstream” sources, when it comes to deciding where to allocate capital. The most successful investors are often contrarians – selling what everyone else wants to buy, buying what everyone else wants to sell.
The fact that sound money principles are so out of favor among policymakers and economists may be a contrarian signal that they are needed now more than ever.
Reprinted with permission from Money Metals Exchange.


lewrockwell--2020-11-21--What If the Whole of Modern American History You Know Is Wrong? And What of Covid-19?

I know Americans young and old haven ’ t the time to listen to the late Professor Antony C. Sutton ’ s 39-minute interview that runs counter to what has been taught in school about America , the land of the free .
Modern history schoolbooks portray the U.S. as a hero country that saved millions from despots that dominated foreign lands .
So , allow me to summarize what Dr. Sutton said a few years ago : US industry was behind the re-arming of Russia – -the “ cold war ” was contrived ; and U.S. companies financially and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to power in Germany .
America profits from both sides of wars .
Young American army soldiers were dying for what ?
Understanding these facts may provide Americans a better understanding of the pre-planned COVID-19 pandemic now underway .
There are muffled voices that the COVID-19 pandemic has been pre-planned and ushered in as a contrived event to overthrow western democracies and destroy American free-enterprise , along with the right to own property , and even freedom of movement .
Believable ?
The Best Enemy Money C ... Sutton , Antony C. Best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 24.50 The New York Times says it is all a “ conspiracy theory.
” Denial of the obvious .
See the socialist manifesto on video .
It predicts America will turn to dust very soon .
Are you on board ?
You are if you don ’ t resist .
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci now says “ American vaccine skeptics pose a serious threat to public health.
” But these rushed-to-market vaccine trials are based upon a flawed polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) test that causes pseudoepidemics .
Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a phony test .
Dr. Stan Monteith ( 1929-2014 ) used to lead off his radio broadcast by saying : “ America has the best enemies money can buy ?
” That coined statement was derived from late professor Antony C Sutton ’ s book by that same title .
Think Antifa and BLM .
U.S. security agencies like the FBI and National Security Administration certainly have the intelligence to know the license plate numbers of all the members of Antifa and BLM .
What havoc these groups produce is being allowed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news media , a propaganda agent in this whole deception .
Can Americans be bought off ?
Can Americans be bought off by false promises of socialists ?
You bet !
Was there even one American restaurant worker who refused to accept the free money handed out by government ?
Being paid more than what they could make as waiters and waitresses , these workers were being given an incentive to NOT go back to work and thus betray their employers .
Not one restaurant worker saw through this .
Inquisitive know-it-all young @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to more knowledge than their forefathers , wouldn ’ t know where to look to investigate the veracity of Dr. Monteith ’ s statement .
So , I will lead readers to the trough of truth .
But it is said : “ You can lead a horse to water , but you can ’ t make him drink.
” You may be an American by birth , but you aren ’ t a real American until you stand up to those who would take away your freedoms .
What one fights for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall Street and the Bo ... Sutton , Antony C. Best Price : $ 13.40 Buy New $ 14.32 Bravery of a few in the midst of betrayers Let ’ s not forget that many colonists dined with the British while George Washington was running from one campfire to next to escape the British .
Not every American will buy into the fight , but they will certainly all benefit afterwards .
It was Gideon of Old Testament fame , overwhelmingly outnumbered , was instructed by God to find “ just a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army .
Following instructions , Gideon ’ s small army operated by stealth of night to trick the enemy to fight among themselves .
When we see Americans fighting among themselves , we can smell the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) that has overthrown many foreign governments in the same manner .
Wouldn ’ t the CIA know best how to overthrow American government ?
Americans are battling among themselves , using voting machines the very CIA has used to stage takeovers of foreign regimes .
Dr. Stan Monteith had occasion to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Antony C. Sutton ( 1925-2002 ) .
• America ’ s background in the financing of communism in the Soviet Union • Without this U.S. aid , there would be no significant Soviet military threat .
Wall Street and the Ri ... Sutton , Antony C. Best Price : $ 14.25 Buy New $ 14.00 Fascism is defined as when industry owns government ( the current situation ) .
Communism is defined as a political theory derived from Karl Marx , advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is paid according to their abilities and needs .
Currently there are over 22 billion-dollar U.S. companies backing BLM .
American fascism ?
Professor Sutton pointed out in his interview : • In 1972 the U.S. was in Vietnam and we were supplying the Soviets who were in turn supplying the North Vietnamese with trucks .
• In 1933 U.S. industry and banking funded Hitler ’ s rise to power , which includes General Electric , Osram , Ford Motor , Standard Oil , the latter supplied tetraethyl to raise the octane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s aviation .
• American corporations used subsidiaries to transfer technology , materials , before the Germans could manufacture these themselves .
Germany did not have access to natural oil resources and used synthetics from coal , which came from the U.S. G. Farben , a German company , obtained from Standard Oil technology to make explosives .
• S. saturation bombing targeted German industrial and electrical plants , but the U.S.-owned plants were not bombed .
Why aren ’ t American institutions opposing the takeover of the U.S. by socialists , operating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forum ( WEF ) in Europe , to overthrow the American free enterprise/competition way of life ?
Why do American bankers go along with the WEFs agenda , which is to control the U.S. population via the elimination of paper money and coerced digital money that will be used to control Americans ; that will eliminate private property and private ownership of any business ?
The War on Gold Sutton , Antony Best Price : $ 11.12 Buy New $ 15.95 It was the comic book POGO who said : “ We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Without this realization , Americans remain naïve and deceived .
Young Americans wouldn ’ t know fascism if they say it Professor Sutton wrote a number of books how American industry fostered socialism/Marxism throughout the world .
College-educated Americans couldn ’ t recognize Marxism if they saw it because they have never been taught about it .
Only those Americans who immigrated from Europe and South America who lived under such regimes that suddenly came to power recognize the fascism and Marxism that are now being deceivingly used to overthrow our American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ belong to the patriots or the globalists ?
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I know Americans young and old haven’t the time to listen to the late Professor Antony C. Sutton’s 39-minute interview that runs counter to what has been taught in school about America, the land of the free. Modern history schoolbooks portray the U.S. as a hero country that saved millions from despots that dominated foreign lands.
So, allow me to summarize what Dr. Sutton said a few years ago: US industry was behind the re-arming of Russia – -the “cold war” was contrived; and U.S. companies financially and industrially backed Adolph Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. America profits from both sides of wars. Young American army soldiers were dying for what? Understanding these facts may provide Americans a better understanding of the pre-planned COVID-19 pandemic now underway.
There are muffled voices that the COVID-19 pandemic has been pre-planned and ushered in as a contrived event to overthrow western democracies and destroy American free-enterprise, along with the right to own property, and even freedom of movement. Believable? The Best Enemy Money C... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $12.99 Buy New $24.50 (as of 03:31 UTC - Details)
The New York Times says it is all a “conspiracy theory.” Denial of the obvious. See the socialist manifesto on video. It predicts America will turn to dust very soon. Are you on board? You are if you don’t resist.
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci now says “American vaccine skeptics pose a serious threat to public health.” But these rushed-to-market vaccine trials are based upon a flawed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that causes pseudoepidemics. Americans may be forced to vaccinate based upon a phony test.
Dr. Stan Monteith (1929-2014) used to lead off his radio broadcast by saying: “America has the best enemies money can buy?” That coined statement was derived from late professor Antony C Sutton’s book by that same title. Think Antifa and BLM.
U.S. security agencies like the FBI and National Security Administration certainly have the intelligence to know the license plate numbers of all the members of Antifa and BLM. What havoc these groups produce is being allowed by American authorities and aired by the complicit news media, a propaganda agent in this whole deception.
Can Americans be bought off?
Can Americans be bought off by false promises of socialists? You bet! Was there even one American restaurant worker who refused to accept the free money handed out by government? Being paid more than what they could make as waiters and waitresses, these workers were being given an incentive to NOT go back to work and thus betray their employers. Not one restaurant worker saw through this.
Inquisitive know-it-all young Americans, growing up with electronic access to more knowledge than their forefathers, wouldn’t know where to look to investigate the veracity of Dr. Monteith’s statement. So, I will lead readers to the trough of truth.
But it is said: “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” You may be an American by birth, but you aren’t a real American until you stand up to those who would take away your freedoms. What one fights for is different than what one inherits. Wall Street and the Bo... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $13.40 Buy New $14.32 (as of 04:32 UTC - Details)
Bravery of a few in the midst of betrayers
Let’s not forget that many colonists dined with the British while George Washington was running from one campfire to next to escape the British. Not every American will buy into the fight, but they will certainly all benefit afterwards.
It was Gideon of Old Testament fame, overwhelmingly outnumbered, was instructed by God to find “just a few brave men” to repel an opposing army. Following instructions, Gideon’s small army operated by stealth of night to trick the enemy to fight among themselves.
When we see Americans fighting among themselves, we can smell the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that has overthrown many foreign governments in the same manner. Wouldn’t the CIA know best how to overthrow American government? Americans are battling among themselves, using voting machines the very CIA has used to stage takeovers of foreign regimes.
What Antony C. Sutton revealed
Dr. Stan Monteith had occasion to interview British-American economist, historian and author Antony C. Sutton (1925-2002).
What Sutton reported:
American industry and banking financed Adolph Hitler
America’s background in the financing of communism in the Soviet Union
Without this U.S. aid, there would be no significant Soviet military threat.
Definition
Wall Street and the Ri... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $14.25 Buy New $14.00 (as of 05:09 UTC - Details) Fascism is defined as when industry owns government (the current situation).
Communism is defined as a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Currently there are over 22 billion-dollar U.S. companies backing BLM. American fascism?
Exposed in Sutton’s interview
Professor Sutton pointed out in his interview:
In 1972 the U.S. was in Vietnam and we were supplying the Soviets who were in turn supplying the North Vietnamese with trucks.
In 1933 U.S. industry and banking funded Hitler’s rise to power, which includes General Electric, Osram, Ford Motor, Standard Oil, the latter supplied tetraethyl to raise the octane level of gasoline essential for Germany’s aviation.
American corporations used subsidiaries to transfer technology, materials, before the Germans could manufacture these themselves. Germany did not have access to natural oil resources and used synthetics from coal, which came from the U.S. G. Farben, a German company, obtained from Standard Oil technology to make explosives.
S. saturation bombing targeted German industrial and electrical plants, but the U.S.-owned plants were not bombed.
Why no opposition?
Why aren’t American institutions opposing the takeover of the U.S. by socialists, operating under the banner of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Europe, to overthrow the American free enterprise/competition way of life? Why do American bankers go along with the WEFs agenda, which is to control the U.S. population via the elimination of paper money and coerced digital money that will be used to control Americans; that will eliminate private property and private ownership of any business? The War on Gold Sutton, Antony Best Price: $11.12 Buy New $15.95 (as of 03:31 UTC - Details)
It was the comic book POGO who said: “We have met the enemy and he is us.”
Without this realization, Americans remain naïve and deceived.
Young Americans wouldn’t know fascism if they say it
Professor Sutton wrote a number of books how American industry fostered socialism/Marxism throughout the world. College-educated Americans couldn’t recognize Marxism if they saw it because they have never been taught about it. Only those Americans who immigrated from Europe and South America who lived under such regimes that suddenly came to power recognize the fascism and Marxism that are now being deceivingly used to overthrow our American way of life.
Will the future belong to the patriots or the globalists?
Among Sutton’s titled works:
Energy: The Created Cr... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $10.92 Buy New $17.95 (as of 03:31 UTC - Details) The Federal Reserve Co... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $7.49 Buy New $13.99 (as of 03:31 UTC - Details)


lewrockwell--2020-11-21--Every Political Conversation Right Now

Every Political Conversation Right Now

There has been a total breakdown in communication between conservatives and liberals .
Perhaps it is more accurate to say between the “ awake ” and the “ woke , ” or the Red Pilled and the Normie .
We are separated by an abyss , a fact that becomes most obvious through online interactions , when your third grade violin teacher makes a comment on your Facebook post and then your former landlord ’ s son decides to reply , people who would never and will never meet , because they don ’ t run in the same circles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook page , trading links and hitting the “ laughing emoji ” on each other ’ s comments and generally being nasty and sniping at one another .
Over the summer , I had to deactivate my Facebook account for 40 days and 40 nights after a “ conversation ” about Black Lives Matter degenerated to the point where my brother ’ s friend from elementary school , a self-described anarchist , told a former colleague of mine to “ go suck a bag of d*cks.
” Yikes !
Why do I continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ online and “ share ” things of a controversial nature when I know full well it is the equivalent of pulling a pin on a social media grenade ?
Prone as I am to stirring the pot , I am also motivated by something like a hope in humanity , a belief that we are all prone to reason , and with enough information , anyone can see the light , and with enough goodwill , even the most ardent of political opponents can find some kind of common ground .
I am @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Other ... Lewis Carroll Best Price : $ 1.69 Buy New $ 1.76 I think it has something to do with a breakdown in language , or the politicization of it .
George Orwell knew more about this than I , so I won ’ t try to explain it , but I thought I might try to illustrate it .
As I was teaching “ Jabberwocky ” to my students this week , I was thinking about Lewis Carroll ’ s use of neologisms .
Perhaps certain terms these days have become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cultural baggage .
Just utter the words “ systemic racism ” and half the country will tune you out ; utter “ deep state ” and the other half mentally shuts down .
So I thought I might take the approach of writing a dialogue and removing specific “ trigger ” words which upon their utterance tend to shutter the mind , and replace them with words of my own invention .
The logic of a language is in its grammar , after all , not its definitions .
So here is my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as I see it , inspired by my recent online conversations with “ Normies , ” written in such a way that people from both sides might actually be able to see the problem .
One can hope .
Beegolum : I value tolerance and compassion above all .
The problem is , we all live in an echo chamber and suffer from confirmation bias .
I like to have conversations with people who think differently from me , who have different backgrounds and experiences .
Like , this summer .
I invited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a “ circle of trust ” with my wooncie friends .
We wooncies sat in a circle at the feet of the booncies and the booncies spoke to us of their personal experiences , how those personal experiences had informed their views of the world , and affected the way they see things .
It was enlightening , life-changing , really .
I feel like my journey of personal enlightenment is just beginning !
There is so much I don ’ t know .
Tiddysat : That ’ s great .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try to understand where other people are coming from , especially in this time of division .
In the end , there is more that unites us than divides us .
We just have to remember that .
Beegolum : So true !
So let me pick your brain about something , because we go way back , and I know you ’ re a good person , even though we don ’ t always agree on political matters .
Beegolum : I read today that Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t understand how anyone can ’ t see by now that Presidoo Houncian is a flossing yokuss !
Tiddysat : Yeah .
I can see how that might be flithering .
Where did you hear that ?
Beegolum : In the flitherdigibbits .
We can ’ t stand for this !
We need to string Presidoo Houcian up by a meat hook !
Anyone who thinks otherwise also needs to be strung up by a meat hook !
Flockin fascsimiles !
Tiddysat : So , here ’ s the thing : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Houncian as a “ van flossing yokass , ” though he is at times a yahoo duncio .
Beegolum : Explain !
I literally can not understand how you are not flithered , as I am , by this story !
How can people can support this orange-gooshamered fascsimile ?
I can ’ t understand where your ’ e coming from !
Tiddysat : Well , I don ’ t necessarily “ support ” him , but here ’ s how I see it : I read that the whatsodibits weren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per floy , cool nay per deckum .
You see , the Gooberjackels in the past se juggernatum .
And the “ floahooied ” Sikums were not actually flaohooied , but instead they sicto flahooied the Sookums .
Both eerie say plasto .
So… Beegolum : Wait , wait .
Where did you hear all this ?
Because I ’ ve read all the flitherdigibbits .
That ’ s all I do all day long is read the flitherdigibbits .
I ’ ve read the purple flitherdigibbits and the blue flitherdigibbits and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the green flitherdigibbits .
They all same the same thing : Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the whatsodibits and floahooied the Sikums !
Who could contest any of that ?
These are ts !
All this nonsense about the Sookums — I ’ m not buying it .
What do the Sookums have to do with it ?
That sounds like conspiracy theory .
Tiddysat : I just sent you a plink .
Beegolum : [ Pauses to look at it . ]
This isn ’ t from the flitherdigibbits !
Tervis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 16.99 Beegolum : I ’ m not going to read that .
Beegolum : Because it ’ s not reliable !
Who even wrote this ?
[ Clicks into plink . ]
Jostus Finnian ?
Who ’ s that ?
Just some random dude on the Internet .
Tiddysat : Well , send me your source .
Beegolum : [ Growing flithered . ]
I ’ ll send you ten sources , and they ’ ll all say the same thing !
Tiddysat : [ Scans plinks . ]
All ten of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ll overlook that for the moment .
[ Clicks into one . ]
It looks like this one was written by a guy named Weir Crenshaw .
Tiddysat : So he ’ s just some random dude ?
Beegolum : No !
He ’ s a journalist .
For Flibberdigibit Today .
You might have heard of them .
Been around for , like , 100 years .
Tiddysat : What does a journalist do ?
Beegolum : Interviews people , reads and researches things , attends press conferences , investigates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it so we can all be informed about the world around us .
Beegolum : Ha !
Jostus Finnian could never get into a press conference !
He doesn ’ t have the credentials !
Tiddysat : Well , he doesn ’ t need to .
If he wants to know what the politicians and CEOs and military generals and NGO ’ s have to say about what they ’ re doing , he can just read the flitherdigibbits or press releases put out by those particular institutions and organizations .
Finnian is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re actually doing , which they don ’ t always aim to admit in press conferences .
Tiddysat : Do you believe that people in positions of power are always upfront with the people , that they only have good plans , are motived solely by altruism , always do the right thing and always tell the truth ?
If that were the case , why would we even need journalists ?
Beegolum : Well , if Finnian were any good at journalism , he ’ d get paid for it and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of peddling conspiracy theories on the Internet .
Ihopes Alice in Wonder ... Buy New $ 10.99 Tiddysat : I think Finnian spent a large part of his career in the Navaheo Fleetum .
I think now he ’ s a comptoobor by day but he also writes and makes videos .
His past experience gives him credibility in my mind .
I find his analysis interesting .
Does Crenshaw even have any experience outside of the flitherdigibbits ?
Look , I ’ ve been reading Finnian for years .
I wouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t think he was more or less reliable .
He knows his stuff .
You should check it out .
Beegolum : Because if what you say about the Sikum and the Sookum and Gooberjackels is true , I would have read about it in the flitherdigibits !
Tiddysat : I think that ’ s an erroneous assumption .
I know there is a lot of garbage out there online .
But there is a lot of garbage in the flitherdigibbits too .
Hardly anyone trusts the flitherdigibbits anymore , because they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are entire ideas , stories , issues that they won ’ t even touch , and when they do “ go there , ” it ’ s so superficial and biased that it seems like propaganda and disinformation .
A lot of people think they are just mouthpieces for the Establishment .
So they don ’ t read them .
They get their information from elsewhere .
I ’ m not saying don ’ t read the flitherdigibbits .
I ’ m just saying : Don ’ t limit yourself to reading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do , you ’ re getting a very limited and I would say biased view of the world .
Beegolum : Oh , you think your sources are unbiased ?
I just looked up the website that Finnian publishes on !
One media watchdog site labels it “ far right ” and it is classified as “ mixed ” when it comes to being factual .
You are just reading stuff in your own echo chamber .
Tiddysat : In part maybe that ’ s true , but the thing is : I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group to tell me that .
Go to the top of the website .
Do you see a big banner that says : ANTI-STATE , ANTI-WAR , PRO-MARKET ?
So it ’ s pretty clear where they ’ re coming from .
Are the flitherdigibbits that transparent ?
But here , I ’ ll send you a plink from a different source .
It talks more specifically about the Gooberjackels .
Alice in Wonderland 11 ... Buy New $ 9.69 Beegolum : [ Looks at plink . ]
A NewTube video ?
Are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t get my news from NewTube .
Tiddysat : NewTube isn ’ t a news source .
It ’ s a medium .
It ’ s just a way of communicating .
If Flitherdigibbit Today had a channel on NewTube , I think you ’ d probably be willing to watch it .
Beegolum : Yeah , because they have journalistic practices and protocols and standards that require them to have legit sources .
They have teams of people to do fact-checking to make sure their information is legit .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ like these yokels .
Tiddysat : Well , you said you wanted to know why some people are not be totally flithered by the story that Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the whatsodibits and floahooied the Sikums .
I ’ m trying to explain it to you : There is other information out there that causes some people to doubt that the story , as it is being told , is 100 percent true .
There seems to be more to the story .
I ’ m trying to share with you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me see that story in a different light , that puts it in some context .
Tiddysat : How can you call it “ fake news ” when you haven ’ t even listened to it yet ?
Tiddysat : You ’ ll like this : You see , there are a lot of screenshots of headlines , most of them being from the flitherdigibits .
So all he ’ s doing is compiling them in one place .
He does speculate about possible connections between them , but he makes a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are real .
And he includes links in the video that point to the primary sources were he got other information that leads him to ask certain questions , like government documents , scientific reports , articles in medical journals , and organizations ’ official documents .
For example , the WHOOFEL has a whole website where they publish their plans and agendas .
Most people never read that stuff , don ’ t have time .
But he reads it and reports on what ’ s in there and he links to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it for yourself .
I ’ ve looked into it a bit myself .
I think the questions he raises are worth asking .
Beegolum : He ’ s clearly pro-Gooberjackel .
This is completely biased .
I don ’ t have time for this .
Tiddysat : Well , no one ’ s entirely objective .
I think that ’ s where you err with regard to the flibbgerdigibbets .
But a little subjectivity doesn ’ t bother me as long as no one is trying to conceal their opinions or agendas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to separate the facts from his interpretation and commentary , because he has so many links to his sources .
And by the way , he does make money doing this .
People find his information and point of view so valuable that they independently support him with donations .
Beegolum : I don ’ t want some dude ’ s “ interpretation ” of the world .
I want just the facts , thank you very much !
Disney Store Exclusive ... Buy New $ 23.08 Tiddysat : It ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fifty different sources !
Now look at Crenshaw ’ s article in Flibberdigibit Today , on the other hand .
I don ’ t see any links to sources .
Not one .
Most of it is white space because there are no proper paragraphs and it ’ s about 450 words long .
The rest of the page is ads .
There is very little content here .
Think about that for a minute : How free is he to report on what he wants to report on when he is beholden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other sources of funding ?
There ’ s no way to see where his information is coming from .
It appears to just be coming from anonymous sources and government officials .
Like here , in this article called “ How Americans Came to Believe in Sharpiegate , ” he gives ninety percent of the article ’ s attention to quoting the election officials .
Beegolum : What ’ s wrong with that ?
They ’ re the ones who know how the elections actually work .
Tiddysat : Well , if there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election officials immediately admit to it , if they knew about it or were involved ?
Probably not .
Sometimes people lie .
Crenshaw didn ’ t do much digging .
He just “ reported ” ( i.e .
repeated ) the denials of the election “ officials ” and left it at that .
He doesn ’ t even bother to get ahold of any of the witnesses who had firsthand experience and could testify to what they saw !
He doesn ’ t interview any of them .
They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That seems a bit skewed , doesn ’ t it ?
Beegolum : Oh , please don ’ t tell me you believe there was election fraud .
Tiddysat : There is a lot of evidence to suggest there was .
Beegolum : WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE ?
Tiddysat : There .
I just sent you a compilation of , like , 25 different videos that people made on Election Day showing the shenanigans going on : poll watchers who had to “ watch ” from 30 feet away , poll watchers being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the counting was being done , election officials filling out ballots , undercover videos taken of people straight up admitting to the fraud and explaining how it was done .
Setting aside for a second all of the statistical anomalies , and atypical election procedures like universal mail-in ballots , and sketchy counting procedures , and the fact that Booben was hiding in his basement for the entire year while Houncian was jet-setting around the country throwing rallies that looked like rock concerts , you know , setting aside all the commonsense stuff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they have to at least make you wonder .
Beegolum : But this is from AlternativeNews !
Tiddysat : Yes , it is .
AlternativeNews didn ’ t create the videos , though , you understand ?
They are just compiling them .
The videos came from all over the Internet , Twitter , Facebook , from all over the country .
So , focus on the content .
They certainly appear to be real people with firsthand testimony of what they saw on Election Day and in the days following .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you wonder ?
Shouldn ’ t it be investigated ?
Have you seen none of this in the flibberdigibbets ?
Beegolum : They are probably lying .
I wouldn ’ t put it past AlternativeNews to create fake videos in order to undermine faith in the election .
All these people were probably working with Presidoo Houncian .
Beegolum : Presidoo Houncian did an interview with AlternativeNews before he was elected .
Tiddysat : Houncian granted many interviews to the flitherdigibits before he was elected , too .
Beegolum : But we know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dog-whistle for racists and white supremacists and the alt right patriarchy .
Tiddysat : Did you know that Houncian did better among almost every single demographic in the election except white men ?
I know the flitherdigibbits have been trying to convince Americans that Houncian ’ s main base of support was white male supremacists .
Does the outcome of the election make you doubt that narrative at all ?
Beegolum : No .
Back to the election .
Where ’ s your evidence of fraud ?
Because I think it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt on the election if you don ’ t have evidence .
The flitherdigibits have been fact-checking every stupid “ report ” of fraud and showing it to be baseless .
So where ’ s your proof ?
Tiddysat : I just tried to show you .
Beegolum : Real evidence .
Not some stupid videos from AlternativeNews .
You probably believe that COVID is fake , too .
Tiddysat : Well , there are a lot of questions .
Tiddysat : Like what ?
!
Like where did it come from ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this testing ?
Why do they keep reporting on cases instead of deaths ?
Why shut down the global economy to prevent the spread of a respiratory virus that has about the same death rate as the flu ?
Why are masks being mandated now when they weren ’ t being mandated last year for flu season , or even back in the spring when the virus first started spreading , and especially when there is no evidence or data to suggest that masks prevent the spread of a respiratory virus , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in places that mandate masks and places that don ’ t ?
Why is there such a rush to make a multibillion dollar vaccine when other treatments are effective , cheaper , widely available ?
Why is the military going to be involved in dispensing the vaccine ?
And , you know , all the creepy authoritarian measures they are taking like shutting down travel , entertainment , and all social gatherings , especially churches , locking people in their homes , requiring you to “ show your papers ” if you leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soon requiring a “ health pass ” to participate in society , using this as an excuse to do away with cash and implement The Great Reset , and of course all the devastating effects , like the eradication of small businesses , skyrocketing unemployment , depression , suicides , deaths from delayed medical treatment , to name a few .
The cure certainly seems to be worse than the disease .
Tiddysat : Not necessarily , but there are a lot of risks associated with vaccines and , as they say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : They ’ re doing tests .
So far it ’ s effective and safe .
Trust the scientists .
Read this .
Tiddysat : Psht !
This is plink is from NonprofitNews !
Beegolum : So ?
They ’ re a reliable news source !
That article says that the vaccine is highly effective and it is not dangerous .
Tiddysat : Why would I read anything NonprofitNews writes about the vaccine ?
Beegolum : Why wouldn ’ t you ?
Only ten percent of their money comes from the government and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organizations , just like that Josus Finnian guy .
Tiddysat : Read the note at the end of the story .
It says : “ Made possible by a generous donation from the Gates-of-Hell Foundation.
” The Gates-of-Hell founder is the one pushing the vaccine !
Beegolum : So what !
It ’ s not like he ’ s sitting in the editing room reading every article they publish .
They still have journalistic freedom .
Tiddysat : Read that .
It will explain everything you need to know about the questions around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Children foundation ?
I ’ m not reading that !
That organization is just a bunch of conspiracy theorists and quacks !
Tiddysat : Remember when you said that you like to listen to people “ speak of their personal experiences and how those personal experiences had informed their views of the world ” ?
What if I told you that I ’ ve been reading the flibbertigibbets and AlternativeNews and the stuff put out by the Protect the Children foundation and many other sources of information for many years now .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sources that just seemed , well , kind of “ out there , ” especially because none of it was even mentioned in the flibberdigibbets , or if it was , it was only talked about with total scorn and dismissiveness .
But I ’ ve started realizing that almost everything these alternative sources have been reporting on for the past twenty years is all proving to be true , especially this year .
I don ’ t believe everything AlternativeNews says or Jostus Finnian says or anyone else says for that matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of experience , when these sources have undoubtedly been proven right about so many things , while the flibbertigibbets have been proven wrong , I can say that I tend to listen to the people who have been proven right over and over again instead of putting my trust in sources that have lied and been proven wrong , over and over again .
That ’ s one personal experience that has informed my view of the world .
Beegolum : Cool story .
So you are a conspiracy theorist .
Where ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Does the evidence have to come from the flitherdigibits ?
Tiddysat : Then I can ’ t provide what you ’ re asking for .
Beegolum : No evidence !
You have no evidence !
I can ’ t believe you listen to fake news and I really can ’ t be friends with someone who would support what you support .
Maybe after Booben gets elected we can be friends again and have some kind of reconciliation , but only if all of you admit that you were wrong and apologize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
[ Walks away screaming into the night ] I just CAN ’ T UNDERSTAND how people could have voted for HOUNCIAN !
How can they THINK that there was fraud in the election ?
I DO NOT GET IT !
I can ’ t understand how anyone can ’ t see by now that Presidoo Houncian is a FLOSSING YOKUSS !
How can people be so oblivious to an obvious reality ?
We can ’ t stand for this !
We need to string Presidoo Houcian up by a meat hook !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be strung up by a meat hook !
And anyone who supported him needs to be strung up by a meathook !
Floockin fascsimiles !
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There has been a total breakdown in communication between conservatives and liberals. Perhaps it is more accurate to say between the “awake” and the “woke,” or the Red Pilled and the Normie. We are separated by an abyss, a fact that becomes most obvious through online interactions, when your third grade violin teacher makes a comment on your Facebook post and then your former landlord’s son decides to reply, people who would never and will never meet, because they don’t run in the same circles, but here they are on your Facebook page, trading links and hitting the “laughing emoji” on each other’s comments and generally being nasty and sniping at one another.
Over the summer, I had to deactivate my Facebook account for 40 days and 40 nights after a “conversation” about Black Lives Matter degenerated to the point where my brother’s friend from elementary school, a self-described anarchist, told a former colleague of mine to “go suck a bag of d*cks.” Yikes! Why do I continue to “talk politics” with people online and “share” things of a controversial nature when I know full well it is the equivalent of pulling a pin on a social media grenade? Prone as I am to stirring the pot, I am also motivated by something like a hope in humanity, a belief that we are all prone to reason, and with enough information, anyone can see the light, and with enough goodwill, even the most ardent of political opponents can find some kind of common ground. I am beginning to doubt that. Jabberwocky and Other ... Lewis Carroll Best Price: $1.69 Buy New $1.76 (as of 03:33 UTC - Details)
I think it has something to do with a breakdown in language, or the politicization of it. George Orwell knew more about this than I, so I won’t try to explain it, but I thought I might try to illustrate it. As I was teaching “Jabberwocky” to my students this week, I was thinking about Lewis Carroll’s use of neologisms. Perhaps certain terms these days have become ineffective signifiers because they carry too much cultural baggage. Just utter the words “systemic racism” and half the country will tune you out; utter “deep state” and the other half mentally shuts down. So I thought I might take the approach of writing a dialogue and removing specific “trigger” words which upon their utterance tend to shutter the mind, and replace them with words of my own invention. The logic of a language is in its grammar, after all, not its definitions. So here is my attempt to illustrate our current state, as I see it, inspired by my recent online conversations with “Normies,” written in such a way that people from both sides might actually be able to see the problem. One can hope.
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Beegolum: I value tolerance and compassion above all. The problem is, we all live in an echo chamber and suffer from confirmation bias. I like to have conversations with people who think differently from me, who have different backgrounds and experiences. Like, this summer. I invited all of my booncie friends over to have a “circle of trust” with my wooncie friends. We wooncies sat in a circle at the feet of the booncies and the booncies spoke to us of their personal experiences, how those personal experiences had informed their views of the world, and affected the way they see things. It was enlightening, life-changing, really. I feel like my journey of personal enlightenment is just beginning! There is so much I don’t know.
Tiddysat: That’s great. I agree: It’s important to try to understand where other people are coming from, especially in this time of division. In the end, there is more that unites us than divides us. We just have to remember that.
Beegolum: So true! So let me pick your brain about something, because we go way back, and I know you’re a good person, even though we don’t always agree on political matters.
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Beegolum: I read today that Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the whatsodibits and floahooied the Sikums. I can’t understand how anyone can’t see by now that Presidoo Houncian is a flossing yokuss!
Tiddysat: Yeah. I can see how that might be flithering. Where did you hear that?
Beegolum: In the flitherdigibbits. We can’t stand for this! We need to string Presidoo Houcian up by a meat hook! Anyone who thinks otherwise also needs to be strung up by a meat hook! Flockin fascsimiles!
Tiddysat: So, here’s the thing: I don’t personally see Presidoo Houncian as a “van flossing yokass,” though he is at times a yahoo duncio.
Beegolum: Explain! I literally cannot understand how you are not flithered, as I am, by this story! How can people can support this orange-gooshamered fascsimile? I can’t understand where your’e coming from!
Tiddysat: Well, I don’t necessarily “support” him, but here’s how I see it: I read that the whatsodibits weren’t really yokel, and the Sikums, per floy, cool nay per deckum. You see, the Gooberjackels in the past se juggernatum. And the “floahooied” Sikums were not actually flaohooied, but instead they sicto flahooied the Sookums. Both eerie say plasto. So…
Beegolum: Wait, wait. Where did you hear all this? Because I’ve read all the flitherdigibbits. That’s all I do all day long is read the flitherdigibbits. I’ve read the purple flitherdigibbits and the blue flitherdigibbits and the orange flitherdigibbits and the yellow flitherdigibbits and the green flitherdigibbits. They all same the same thing: Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the whatsodibits and floahooied the Sikums! Who could contest any of that? These are fac ts! All this nonsense about the Sookums — I’m not buying it. What do the Sookums have to do with it? That sounds like conspiracy theory.
Plink!
Tiddysat: I just sent you a plink.
Beegolum: [Pauses to look at it.] This isn’t from the flitherdigibbits! Tervis Disney - Alice ... Buy New $16.99 (as of 03:33 UTC - Details)
Tiddysat: Yeah, I know.
Beegolum: I’m not going to read that.
Tiddysat: Why not?
Beegolum: Because it’s not reliable! Who even wrote this? [Clicks into plink.] Jostus Finnian? Who’s that? Just some random dude on the Internet.
Tiddysat: Well, send me your source.
Beegolum: [Growing flithered.] I’ll send you ten sources, and they’ll all say the same thing!
Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink! Plink!!
Tiddysat: [Scans plinks.] All ten of these sources are from the flitherdigibbits. But I’ll overlook that for the moment. [Clicks into one.] It looks like this one was written by a guy named Weir Crenshaw.
Beegolum: So?
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Beegolum: I don’t know. Read his byline.
Tiddysat: So he’s just some random dude?
Beegolum: No! He’s a journalist. For Flibberdigibit Today. You might have heard of them. Been around for, like, 100 years.
Tiddysat: What does a journalist do?
Beegolum: Interviews people, reads and researches things, attends press conferences, investigates things, finds facts, reports on it so we can all be informed about the world around us.
Tiddysat: Yeah, that’s what Jostus Finnian does.
Beegolum: Ha! Jostus Finnian could never get into a press conference! He doesn’t have the credentials!
Tiddysat: Well, he doesn’t need to. If he wants to know what the politicians and CEOs and military generals and NGO’s have to say about what they’re doing, he can just read the flitherdigibbits or press releases put out by those particular institutions and organizations. Finnian is more interested in finding out what they’re actually doing, which they don’t always aim to admit in press conferences.
Beegolum: Sounds like conspiracy theory.
Tiddysat: Do you believe that people in positions of power are always upfront with the people, that they only have good plans, are motived solely by altruism, always do the right thing and always tell the truth? If that were the case, why would we even need journalists?
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Tiddysat: I think Finnian spent a large part of his career in the Navaheo Fleetum. I think now he’s a comptoobor by day but he also writes and makes videos. His past experience gives him credibility in my mind. I find his analysis interesting. Does Crenshaw even have any experience outside of the flitherdigibbits? Look, I’ve been reading Finnian for years. I wouldn’t recommend him if I didn’t think he was more or less reliable. He knows his stuff. You should check it out.
Beegolum: Uh, no thanks.
Tiddysat: Why?
Beegolum: Because if what you say about the Sikum and the Sookum and Gooberjackels is true, I would have read about it in the flitherdigibits!
Tiddysat: I think that’s an erroneous assumption. I know there is a lot of garbage out there online. But there is a lot of garbage in the flitherdigibbits too. Hardly anyone trusts the flitherdigibbits anymore, because they’ve been wrong so many times. There are entire ideas, stories, issues that they won’t even touch, and when they do “go there,” it’s so superficial and biased that it seems like propaganda and disinformation. A lot of people think they are just mouthpieces for the Establishment. So they don’t read them. They get their information from elsewhere. I’m not saying don’t read the flitherdigibbits. I’m just saying: Don’t limit yourself to reading only the flitherdigibits, because if you do, you’re getting a very limited and I would say biased view of the world.
Beegolum: Oh, you think your sources are unbiased? I just looked up the website that Finnian publishes on! One media watchdog site labels it “far right” and it is classified as “mixed” when it comes to being factual. You are just reading stuff in your own echo chamber.
Tiddysat: In part maybe that’s true, but the thing is: I didn’t need a media watchdog group to tell me that. Go to the top of the website. Do you see a big banner that says: ANTI-STATE, ANTI-WAR, PRO-MARKET? So it’s pretty clear where they’re coming from. Are the flitherdigibbits that transparent? But here, I’ll send you a plink from a different source. It talks more specifically about the Gooberjackels.
Plink!
Alice in Wonderland 11... Buy New $9.69 (as of 03:33 UTC - Details) Beegolum: [Looks at plink.] A NewTube video? Are you sheeshing me? Thanks, but I don’t get my news from NewTube.
Tiddysat: NewTube isn’t a news source. It’s a medium. It’s just a way of communicating. If Flitherdigibbit Today had a channel on NewTube, I think you’d probably be willing to watch it.
Beegolum: Yeah, because they have journalistic practices and protocols and standards that require them to have legit sources. They have teams of people to do fact-checking to make sure their information is legit. They can’t just say anything like these yokels.
Tiddysat: Well, you said you wanted to know why some people are not be totally flithered by the story that Presidoo Houcian truncled the Gooberjackels with the whatsodibits and floahooied the Sikums. I’m trying to explain it to you: There is other information out there that causes some people to doubt that the story, as it is being told, is 100 percent true. There seems to be more to the story. I’m trying to share with you some information that I learned that makes me see that story in a different light, that puts it in some context.
Beegolum: Fake news!
Tiddysat: How can you call it “fake news” when you haven’t even listened to it yet?
Beegolum: [Rolls eyes. Presses play.]
Tiddysat: You’ll like this: You see, there are a lot of screenshots of headlines, most of them being from the flitherdigibits. So all he’s doing is compiling them in one place. He does speculate about possible connections between them, but he makes a good case, and the news stories themselves are real. And he includes links in the video that point to the primary sources were he got other information that leads him to ask certain questions, like government documents, scientific reports, articles in medical journals, and organizations’ official documents. For example, the WHOOFEL has a whole website where they publish their plans and agendas. Most people never read that stuff, don’t have time. But he reads it and reports on what’s in there and he links to all of it so you can confirm it for yourself. I’ve looked into it a bit myself. I think the questions he raises are worth asking.
Beegolum: He’s clearly pro-Gooberjackel. This is completely biased. I don’t have time for this.
Tiddysat: Well, no one’s entirely objective. I think that’s where you err with regard to the flibbgerdigibbets. But a little subjectivity doesn’t bother me as long as no one is trying to conceal their opinions or agendas, and it’s so easy to separate the facts from his interpretation and commentary, because he has so many links to his sources. And by the way, he does make money doing this. People find his information and point of view so valuable that they independently support him with donations.
Beegolum: I don’t want some dude’s “interpretation” of the world. I want just the facts, thank you very much! Disney Store Exclusive... Buy New $23.08 (as of 03:33 UTC - Details)
Tiddysat: It’s a forty-minute video and he links to about fifty different sources! Now look at Crenshaw’s article in Flibberdigibit Today, on the other hand. I don’t see any links to sources. Not one. Most of it is white space because there are no proper paragraphs and it’s about 450 words long. The rest of the page is ads. There is very little content here. Think about that for a minute: How free is he to report on what he wants to report on when he is beholden to the company’s advertisers or other sources of funding? There’s no way to see where his information is coming from. It appears to just be coming from anonymous sources and government officials. Like here, in this article called “How Americans Came to Believe in Sharpiegate,” he gives ninety percent of the article’s attention to quoting the election officials.
Beegolum: What’s wrong with that? They’re the ones who know how the elections actually work.
Tiddysat: Well, if there was something fishy going on, would the election officials immediately admit to it, if they knew about it or were involved? Probably not. Sometimes people lie. Crenshaw didn’t do much digging. He just “reported” (i.e. repeated) the denials of the election “officials” and left it at that. He doesn’t even bother to get ahold of any of the witnesses who had firsthand experience and could testify to what they saw! He doesn’t interview any of them. They are left out of the story completely. That seems a bit skewed, doesn’t it?
Beegolum: Oh, please don’t tell me you believe there was election fraud.
Tiddysat: There is a lot of evidence to suggest there was.
Beegolum: WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?
Plink!
Tiddysat: There. I just sent you a compilation of, like, 25 different videos that people made on Election Day showing the shenanigans going on: poll watchers who had to “watch” from 30 feet away, poll watchers being illegally blocked from entering the facilities where the counting was being done, election officials filling out ballots, undercover videos taken of people straight up admitting to the fraud and explaining how it was done. Setting aside for a second all of the statistical anomalies, and atypical election procedures like universal mail-in ballots, and sketchy counting procedures, and the fact that Booben was hiding in his basement for the entire year while Houncian was jet-setting around the country throwing rallies that looked like rock concerts, you know, setting aside all the commonsense stuff, these firsthand witnesses and their testimonies, they have to at least make you wonder.
Beegolum: But this is from AlternativeNews!
Tiddysat: Yes, it is. AlternativeNews didn’t create the videos, though, you understand? They are just compiling them. The videos came from all over the Internet, Twitter, Facebook, from all over the country. So, focus on the content. They certainly appear to be real people with firsthand testimony of what they saw on Election Day and in the days following. Doesn’t that at least make you wonder? Shouldn’t it be investigated? Have you seen none of this in the flibberdigibbets?
Beegolum: They are probably lying. I wouldn’t put it past AlternativeNews to create fake videos in order to undermine faith in the election. All these people were probably working with Presidoo Houncian.
Tiddysat: Who’s a conspiracy theorist now?
Beegolum: Presidoo Houncian did an interview with AlternativeNews before he was elected.
Tiddysat: Houncian granted many interviews to the flitherdigibits before he was elected, too.
Beegolum: But we know that the interview with AlternativeNews was a dog-whistle for racists and white supremacists and the alt right patriarchy.
Tiddysat: Did you know that Houncian did better among almost every single demographic in the election except white men? I know the flitherdigibbits have been trying to convince Americans that Houncian’s main base of support was white male supremacists. Does the outcome of the election make you doubt that narrative at all?
Beegolum: No. Back to the election. Where’s your evidence of fraud? Because I think it’s extremely irresponsible of you to be casting doubt on the election if you don’t have evidence. The flitherdigibits have been fact-checking every stupid “report” of fraud and showing it to be baseless. So where’s your proof?
Tiddysat: I just tried to show you.
Beegolum: Real evidence. Not some stupid videos from AlternativeNews. You probably believe that COVID is fake, too.
Tiddysat: Well, there are a lot of questions.
Beegolum: Like what?
Tiddysat: Like what?! Like where did it come from? What is the point of all of this testing? Why do they keep reporting on cases instead of deaths? Why shut down the global economy to prevent the spread of a respiratory virus that has about the same death rate as the flu? Why are masks being mandated now when they weren’t being mandated last year for flu season, or even back in the spring when the virus first started spreading, and especially when there is no evidence or data to suggest that masks prevent the spread of a respiratory virus, and when rates of infection are no different in places that mandate masks and places that don’t? Why is there such a rush to make a multibillion dollar vaccine when other treatments are effective, cheaper, widely available? Why is the military going to be involved in dispensing the vaccine? And, you know, all the creepy authoritarian measures they are taking like shutting down travel, entertainment, and all social gatherings, especially churches, locking people in their homes, requiring you to “show your papers” if you leave, implementing “contact tracing” and soon requiring a “health pass” to participate in society, using this as an excuse to do away with cash and implement The Great Reset, and of course all the devastating effects, like the eradication of small businesses, skyrocketing unemployment, depression, suicides, deaths from delayed medical treatment, to name a few. The cure certainly seems to be worse than the disease.
Beegolum: You’re an anti-vaxer!
Tiddysat: Not necessarily, but there are a lot of risks associated with vaccines and, as they say, rushed science is bad science.
Beegolum: They’re doing tests. So far it’s effective and safe. Trust the scientists. Read this.
Plink!
Tiddysat: Psht! This is plink is from NonprofitNews!
Beegolum: So? They’re a reliable news source! That article says that the vaccine is highly effective and it is not dangerous.
Tiddysat: Why would I read anything NonprofitNews writes about the vaccine?
Beegolum: Why wouldn’t you? Only ten percent of their money comes from the government and the rest comes from independent listeners and organizations, just like that Josus Finnian guy.
Tiddysat: Read the note at the end of the story. It says: “Made possible by a generous donation from the Gates-of-Hell Foundation.” The Gates-of-Hell founder is the one pushing the vaccine!
Beegolum: So what! It’s not like he’s sitting in the editing room reading every article they publish. They still have journalistic freedom.
Plink!
Tiddysat: Read that. It will explain everything you need to know about the questions around this vaccine.
Beegolum: Protect the Children foundation? I’m not reading that! That organization is just a bunch of conspiracy theorists and quacks!
Tiddysat: Remember when you said that you like to listen to people “speak of their personal experiences and how those personal experiences had informed their views of the world”? What if I told you that I’ve been reading the flibbertigibbets and AlternativeNews and the stuff put out by the Protect the Children foundation and many other sources of information for many years now. I received a lot of information from non-flibberdigibbet sources that just seemed, well, kind of “out there,” especially because none of it was even mentioned in the flibberdigibbets, or if it was, it was only talked about with total scorn and dismissiveness. But I’ve started realizing that almost everything these alternative sources have been reporting on for the past twenty years is all proving to be true, especially this year. I don’t believe everything AlternativeNews says or Jostus Finnian says or anyone else says for that matter, but going based of two decades of experience, when these sources have undoubtedly been proven right about so many things, while the flibbertigibbets have been proven wrong, I can say that I tend to listen to the people who have been proven right over and over again instead of putting my trust in sources that have lied and been proven wrong, over and over again. That’s one personal experience that has informed my view of the world.
Beegolum: Cool story. So you are a conspiracy theorist. Where’s the evidence of fraud?
Tiddysat: Does the evidence have to come from the flitherdigibits?
Beeegolum: Yes.
Tiddysat: Then I can’t provide what you’re asking for.
Beegolum: No evidence! You have no evidence! I can’t believe you listen to fake news and I really can’t be friends with someone who would support what you support. Maybe after Booben gets elected we can be friends again and have some kind of reconciliation, but only if all of you admit that you were wrong and apologize for being wrong and for supporting evil!
[Walks away screaming into the night]
I just CAN’T UNDERSTAND how people could have voted for HOUNCIAN! How can they THINK that there was fraud in the election? I DO NOT GET IT! I can’t understand how anyone can’t see by now that Presidoo Houncian is a FLOSSING YOKUSS! How can people be so oblivious to an obvious reality? We can’t stand for this! We need to string Presidoo Houcian up by a meat hook! Anyone who thinks otherwise also needs to be strung up by a meat hook! And anyone who supported him needs to be strung up by a meathook! Floockin fascsimiles!
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