A Totalitarian Virus

A virus is not exactly alive itself .
It is a bundle of chemicals so arranged that they attach to a living host ’ s cell membranes and are transported into the cell .
The cell ’ s own metabolic machinery then begins to use the viral genetic blueprint to make more viruses .
The raw materials , the chemical energy , the milieu that permits the synthesis of viral components to occur ( such as pH and temperature ) are all supplied by the host cell , bringing about its own destruction .
The virus released into the environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hosts , until there are no more receptive hosts because they are isolated , immune , or dead .
As viruses are replicated , many errors ( mutations ) occur , especially in RNA viruses , so that progeny may be more or less effective in causing infection .
All viral pandemics have come to an end , even those that have been far more devastating than the current COVID-19 .
Fauci : The Bernie Mado ... Ortleb , Charles Buy New $ 5.99 The world is full of pathogenic organisms .
Animals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rid them of the invaders or keep them in check .
At times , an over-exuberant immune reaction , instead of the virus itself , kills the host .
Many deaths in COVID-19 are attributed to a cytokine storm , a term coined in the context of graft-versus-host disease and popularized for avian H5N1 influenza virus infection .
It applies in many infectious and noninfectious diseases ( e.g .
pancreatitis ) .
Cytokines are proteins serving as hormone-like messengers that coordinate the immune response .
They can be pro- or anti-inflammatory .
Infiltration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respiratory distress syndrome and multi-organ failure in COVID-19 ( tinyurl.com/y9hd7n5m ) .
Balance in the coagulation system is also disturbed ; many die with microthrombi blocking capillaries or clots in major vessels ( tinyurl.com/yapo24xv ) .
The incidence of blood clotting problems in seriously ill COVID-19 patients is remarkably high .
A series of 12 autopsies from Hamburg , Germany , showed that 58 % had unsuspected deep vein thrombosis , and in four patients , pulmonary emboli were the direct cause of death ( https : //tinyurl.com/ybaqfjno ) .
Initially , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have arrived recently and to be confined to a few hotspots , restrictions for the duration of the incubation period made sense .
But when the computer projections of lethality were found to be wildly inaccurate , and the virus had in fact been widely circulating , probably at least since November , the unprecedented quarantine appeared to be both unnecessary and futile .
Rather than lifting the restrictions and protecting those at greatest risk—tacitly admitting to an egregious error , government kept extending the lockdowns , month after month .
The healthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their livelihoods destroyed , and the arteries of commerce were clotted off , with wreckage up and down the whole supply chain .
Has their oxygen been cut off too long to permit resuscitation ?
Unreported Truths abou ... Berenson , Alex Buy New $ 5.99 Good citizens have complied with very little resistance , if not out of fear for themselves , out of a wish to protect others in case they were asymptomatic carriers .
Those who dared to venture out , especially without a mask , have been shamed for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killer.
” Snitch lines to report noncompliance have lighted up .
As re-opening is being “ phased in , ” the “ suspension ” of personal liberty may become permanent .
A massive surveillance system is being developed , using smartphone and Bluetooth technology .
It could alert everyone who pinged within range of an infected person during the contagious period—and tell that person to self-isolate .
A huge army of up to 100,000 “ contact tracers ” is proposed ; New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo announced plans to hire 17,000 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the MTX Group , which soon plans to staff up with 4,000 Texas employees , including case investigators , epidemiologists , and contact tracers .
Applicants will need to pass a six-hour-long online training course offered by an authorized organization such as Johns Hopkins University .
Such a person might be empowered to make a quarantine decision for an exposed individual deemed incapable of “ voluntarily ” deciding that for himself , writes Larry Bell ( https : //tinyurl.com/ybd8ulxd ) .
Governments did not have an open discussion that included economists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who for 20 years was the head of biostatistics , epidemiology , and research design at the Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science .
“ In Britain , it was the voice of one person—Neil Ferguson.
” His fundamental flaw was “ the assumption that one per cent of all people who became infected would die .
There is no justification anywhere for that.
” If governments claim they are “ following the science , ” why didn ’ t scientists speak out ?
Wittkowski notes that most depend on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Policy has been dictated by technocratic planners , “ self-appointed tyranny experts , ” writes Douglas Wilson .
If the results are disastrous , they claim things would have been much worse without their interventions ( tinyurl.com/y8v9hmgp ) .
As Thomas Sowell writes , “ No matter what happens , the vision of the anointed always succeeds , if not by the original criteria , then by criteria extemporized later—and if not by empirical criteria , then by criteria sufficiently subjective to escape even the possibility of refutation .
Evidence becomes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 OUTBREAK : How ... O'Donnel , Kevin Buy New $ 7.99 “ The shutdown ’ s goal was not eradicating the [ corona ] virus .
That ’ s not possible , ” writes Betsy McCaughey .
“ Shutting down won ’ t stop the virus , but it will destroy our rights and the nation we love ” ( https : //tinyurl.com/ybr2tn8s ) .
Czech physicist Luboš Motl asks whether freedom and prosperity can return at all ( tinyurl.com/yaaxlyh5 ) .
There is no exit strategy from the extreme measures .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to martial law or a similar type of heavily centrally regulated regime “ because of such numbers of infections that are still a tiny percentage of the population , …then it means that the switch to these de facto totalitarian regimes is basically unavoidable.
” Now that the totalitarian virus nurtured in our system has become visible to all , will we develop immunity—or succumb ?
Between the crosses , row on row , That mark our place ; and in the sky We are the Dead .
Short days ago Loved and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Take up our quarrel with the foe : To you from failing hands we throw The torch ; be yours to hold it high .
If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep , though poppies grow We Have Been Harmonize ... Strittmatter , Kai Buy New $ 30.99 In Saxony , Germany , rooms in psychiatric hospitals are being freed up to confine , under police supervision , persons who resist home-quarantine orders .
It is supposed to be a last resort , when all other measures have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not yet a totalitarian state , writes Dennis Prager ( tinyurl.com/yd8gon39 ) ; if we were his articles ( and this newsletter ) could not be published .
But we are “ living with all four of the key hallmarks of a police state ” : ( 1 ) Draconian laws depriving citizens of elementary civil rights .
( 2 ) A mass media supportive of the state ’ s messaging and deprivation of rights .
“ In fact , there is almost no more dissent in The New York Times than there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tech platforms are removing posts about the virus and potential treatments they deem ‘ misinformation.
’ ” ( 3 ) Use of police .
The police must respond to every dispatch , and they are dispatched to the scene of persons jogging on the beach by ( 4 ) Snitches .
“ On the CNN website… , Bill Weir , CNN chief climate correspondent , wrote an open letter to his new born son , [ describing ] his idealized future for America : ‘ completely new forms of power , food , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics.
’ “ You can not get there without a police state.
” It is asserted that the “ lockdowns worked ” —despite evidence that the progress of the epidemic was about the same in nations that did and did not impose them ( https : //wmbriggs.com/post/30833/ ) —but how do we get to shore from our “ life raft ” ?
University of Hong Kong modeler Gabriel Leung states : “ Governments will have to realize that there are basically three control knobs on the dashboard ” : isolating patients and tracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social distancing .
Admittedly , there are huge costs and no controlled experiments .
A “ suppress and lift ” strategy is proposed to “ ease discontent and economic damage ” ( Science 4/17/20 ) .
According to its website , the Draganfly™ unmanned aerial vehicle can detect fever , heart and respiratory rate , and coughing and sneezing from a distance of 190 ft. Drones are the “ go-to technology for reaching the most remote areas with little to no manpower needed.
” It also guides officers ’ decision-making .
It was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Westport , Conn. , police force to monitor social distancing ( tinyurl.com/y8pblp7s ) , but the plan was dropped because of popular resistance .
About 1,100 law enforcement agencies have acquired drones over the past few years .
At least 18 states require law enforcement agencies to get a search warrant to use a drone for surveillance or to conduct a search ( https : //tinyurl.com/yb7ffgyv ) .
· Canada : About 48 hours after its introduction , Alberta Bill 10 , the Public Health ( Emergency Powers ) Amendment Act , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This allows cabinet ministers to unilaterally create new laws ( https : //tinyurl.com/yax4wv5e ) .
· Germany : According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung ( tinyurl.com/y9gg57cv ) , the federal government plans to introduce a coronavirus “ immunity card ” as part of its “ Infection Protection Law , ” which will grant the authorities the power to round up anyone “ suspected to be contagious ” and “ forbid them from entering certain public places ” ( https : //tinyurl.com/y72jgu3j ) .
· U.S. : Policymakers , invoking “ science ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same letter that Cardinal Richelieu purportedly gave to his agents in 17th century France : “ The Bearer of This Letter Has Acted Under My Orders and for the Good of the State.
” This placed murders and other crimes above the law and beyond reproach ( https : //tinyurl.com/ya5jctwl ) .
Religious services , political campaign events , and protests against lockdowns—as well as playing outside even alone—can be suppressed with full force of the law .
However , if the cause is protesting racism or social injustice , or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died while being arrested rather than for your mother , the rules are suspended .
Large crowds can stand shoulder to shoulder and sing , shout , or chant , with or without masks .
For 10 days , Anthony Fauci said nothing ( tinyurl.com/y938cwez ) .
A letter signed by 1,200 health professionals said that protests should not be shut down over fears of COVID-19 transmission .
Since “ systemic racism ” harms people ’ s health , “ protest is a profound public health intervention ” ( tinyurl.com/yakzonyx ) .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat that predates and contributes to COVID-19.
” The “ four stages of ideological subversion ” are well underway : ( 1 ) demoralization ( guilt ) ; ( 2 ) destabilization of the economy , political system , and culture ; ( 3 ) crisis ; ( 4 ) “ normalization ” —a cynical Soviet propaganda term ( tinyurl.com/yb8xaz4d ) .
“ Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity… .
In the new order , Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools , universities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consciousness of society.
” Antonio Gramsci This originally appeared on Physicians for Civil Defense .

Civil Defense Perspectives May 2020 (vol. 35 #3)
A virus is not exactly alive itself. It is a bundle of chemicals so arranged that they attach to a living host’s cell membranes and are transported into the cell. The cell’s own metabolic machinery then begins to use the viral genetic blueprint to make more viruses. The raw materials, the chemical energy, the milieu that permits the synthesis of viral components to occur (such as pH and temperature) are all supplied by the host cell, bringing about its own destruction. The virus released into the environment can then repeat the cycle in other hosts, until there are no more receptive hosts because they are isolated, immune, or dead.
As viruses are replicated, many errors (mutations) occur, especially in RNA viruses, so that progeny may be more or less effective in causing infection.
All viral pandemics have come to an end, even those that have been far more devastating than the current COVID-19. Fauci: The Bernie Mado... Ortleb, Charles Buy New $5.99 (as of 02:55 UTC - Details)
The world is full of pathogenic organisms. Animals survive only because their immune defense mechanisms rid them of the invaders or keep them in check. At times, an over-exuberant immune reaction, instead of the virus itself, kills the host.
Many deaths in COVID-19 are attributed to a cytokine storm, a term coined in the context of graft-versus-host disease and popularized for avian H5N1 influenza virus infection. It applies in many infectious and noninfectious diseases (e.g. pancreatitis). Cytokines are proteins serving as hormone-like messengers that coordinate the immune response. They can be pro- or anti-inflammatory. Infiltration of excess inflammatory cells can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi-organ failure in COVID-19 (tinyurl.com/y9hd7n5m). Balance in the coagulation system is also disturbed; many die with microthrombi blocking capillaries or clots in major vessels (tinyurl.com/yapo24xv).
The incidence of blood clotting problems in seriously ill COVID-19 patients is remarkably high. A series of 12 autopsies from Hamburg, Germany, showed that 58% had unsuspected deep vein thrombosis, and in four patients, pulmonary emboli were the direct cause of death (https://tinyurl.com/ybaqfjno).
Lockdown Nation
Initially, when an extraordinarily lethal virus was thought to have arrived recently and to be confined to a few hotspots, restrictions for the duration of the incubation period made sense. But when the computer projections of lethality were found to be wildly inaccurate, and the virus had in fact been widely circulating, probably at least since November, the unprecedented quarantine appeared to be both unnecessary and futile. Rather than lifting the restrictions and protecting those at greatest risk—tacitly admitting to an egregious error, government kept extending the lockdowns, month after month.
The healthy parts of the population were attacked, their livelihoods destroyed, and the arteries of commerce were clotted off, with wreckage up and down the whole supply chain. Has their oxygen been cut off too long to permit resuscitation? Unreported Truths abou... Berenson, Alex Buy New $5.99 (as of 03:17 UTC - Details)
Good citizens have complied with very little resistance, if not out of fear for themselves, out of a wish to protect others in case they were asymptomatic carriers. Those who dared to venture out, especially without a mask, have been shamed for being “no better than a serial killer.” Snitch lines to report noncompliance have lighted up.
As re-opening is being “phased in,” the “suspension” of personal liberty may become permanent. A massive surveillance system is being developed, using smartphone and Bluetooth technology. It could alert everyone who pinged within range of an infected person during the contagious period—and tell that person to self-isolate. A huge army of up to 100,000 “contact tracers” is proposed; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to hire 17,000. Texas signed a $295 million contract with the MTX Group, which soon plans to staff up with 4,000 Texas employees, including case investigators, epidemiologists, and contact tracers. Applicants will need to pass a six-hour-long online training course offered by an authorized organization such as Johns Hopkins University. Such a person might be empowered to make a quarantine decision for an exposed individual deemed incapable of “voluntarily” deciding that for himself, writes Larry Bell (https://tinyurl.com/ybd8ulxd).
Who Decided?
Governments did not have an open discussion that included economists, biologists and epidemiologists, writes Kurt Wittkowski, who for 20 years was the head of biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design at the Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science. “In Britain, it was the voice of one person—Neil Ferguson.” His fundamental flaw was “the assumption that one per cent of all people who became infected would die. There is no justification anywhere for that.”
If governments claim they are “following the science,” why didn’t scientists speak out? Wittkowski notes that most depend on government for funding (https://tinyurl.com/y83jh4sh).
Policy has been dictated by technocratic planners, “self-appointed tyranny experts,” writes Douglas Wilson. If the results are disastrous, they claim things would have been much worse without their interventions (tinyurl.com/y8v9hmgp). As Thomas Sowell writes, “No matter what happens, the vision of the anointed always succeeds, if not by the original criteria, then by criteria extemporized later—and if not by empirical criteria, then by criteria sufficiently subjective to escape even the possibility of refutation. Evidence becomes irrelevant” [emphasis added].
The Last Battle?
COVID-19 OUTBREAK: How... O'Donnel, Kevin Buy New $7.99 (as of 05:05 UTC - Details) “The shutdown’s goal was not eradicating the [corona]virus. That’s not possible,” writes Betsy McCaughey. “Shutting down won’t stop the virus, but it will destroy our rights and the nation we love” (https://tinyurl.com/ybr2tn8s).
Czech physicist Luboš Motl asks whether freedom and prosperity can return at all (tinyurl.com/yaaxlyh5). There is no exit strategy from the extreme measures. If a society is ready to switch to martial law or a similar type of heavily centrally regulated regime “because of such numbers of infections that are still a tiny percentage of the population,…then it means that the switch to these de facto totalitarian regimes is basically unavoidable.”
Now that the totalitarian virus nurtured in our system has become visible to all, will we develop immunity—or succumb?
For Memorial Day
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
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In Flanders fields.
John McCrae (1872-1918)
Quarantine Enforcement
In Saxony, Germany, rooms in psychiatric hospitals are being freed up to confine, under police supervision, persons who resist home-quarantine orders. It is supposed to be a last resort, when all other measures have failed (tinyurl.com/utdf5q8).
Dress Rehearsal for a Police State
We are not yet a totalitarian state, writes Dennis Prager (tinyurl.com/yd8gon39); if we were his articles (and this newsletter) could not be published. But we are “living with all four of the key hallmarks of a police state”:
(1) Draconian laws depriving citizens of elementary civil rights. (2) A mass media supportive of the state’s messaging and deprivation of rights. “In fact, there is almost no more dissent in The New York Times than there was in Pravda. And the Big Tech platforms are removing posts about the virus and potential treatments they deem ‘misinformation.’” (3) Use of police. The police must respond to every dispatch, and they are dispatched to the scene of persons jogging on the beach by (4) Snitches.
“On the CNN website…, Bill Weir, CNN chief climate correspondent, wrote an open letter to his new born son, [describing] his idealized future for America: ‘completely new forms of power, food, construction, transportation, economics, and politics.’
“You cannot get there without a police state.”
The ‘Control Knobs’
It is asserted that the “lockdowns worked”—despite evidence that the progress of the epidemic was about the same in nations that did and did not impose them (https://wmbriggs.com/post/30833/)—but how do we get to shore from our “life raft”? University of Hong Kong modeler Gabriel Leung states: “Governments will have to realize that there are basically three control knobs on the dashboard”: isolating patients and tracing their contacts, border restrictions, and social distancing. Admittedly, there are huge costs and no controlled experiments. A “suppress and lift” strategy is proposed to “ease discontent and economic damage” (Science 4/17/20).
The ‘Pandemic Drone’
According to its website, the Draganfly™ unmanned aerial vehicle can detect fever, heart and respiratory rate, and coughing and sneezing from a distance of 190 ft. Drones are the “go-to technology for reaching the most remote areas with little to no manpower needed.” It also guides officers’ decision-making. It was to be tested in cooperation with the Westport, Conn., police force to monitor social distancing (tinyurl.com/y8pblp7s), but the plan was dropped because of popular resistance. About 1,100 law enforcement agencies have acquired drones over the past few years. At least 18 states require law enforcement agencies to get a search warrant to use a drone for surveillance or to conduct a search (https://tinyurl.com/yb7ffgyv).
Worldwide Destruction of Rights
· Canada: About 48 hours after its introduction, Alberta Bill 10, the Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, was passed 14-7, a quorum being 20. This allows cabinet ministers to unilaterally create new laws (https://tinyurl.com/yax4wv5e).
· Germany: According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung (tinyurl.com/y9gg57cv), the federal government plans to introduce a coronavirus “immunity card” as part of its “Infection Protection Law,” which will grant the authorities the power to round up anyone “suspected to be contagious” and “forbid them from entering certain public places” (https://tinyurl.com/y72jgu3j).
· U.S.: Policymakers, invoking “science” and “data,” have written themselves the same letter that Cardinal Richelieu purportedly gave to his agents in 17th century France: “The Bearer of This Letter Has Acted Under My Orders and for the Good of the State.” This placed murders and other crimes above the law and beyond reproach (https://tinyurl.com/ya5jctwl).
Some Mass Gatherings Are “Essential”
Religious services, political campaign events, and protests against lockdowns—as well as playing outside even alone—can be suppressed with full force of the law. However, if the cause is protesting racism or social injustice, or the funeral is for a black man who died while being arrested rather than for your mother, the rules are suspended. Large crowds can stand shoulder to shoulder and sing, shout, or chant, with or without masks. For 10 days, Anthony Fauci said nothing (tinyurl.com/y938cwez). A letter signed by 1,200 health professionals said that protests should not be shut down over fears of COVID-19 transmission. Since “systemic racism” harms people’s health, “protest is a profound public health intervention” (tinyurl.com/yakzonyx). “White supremacy is a lethal public health threat that predates and contributes to COVID-19.”
The “four stages of ideological subversion” are well underway: (1) demoralization (guilt); (2) destabilization of the economy, political system, and culture; (3) crisis; (4) “normalization”—a cynical Soviet propaganda term (tinyurl.com/yb8xaz4d).
“Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity…. In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society.”Antonio Gramsci
This originally appeared on Physicians for Civil Defense.


lewrockwell--2020-07-02--Putting Out the Fire With Lighter Fluid

Putting Out the Fire With Lighter Fluid

After race car driver Bubba Wallace ’ s NooseCAR debacle last week , it would have taken somebody truly dumb and publicity-crazed to breathe life into this week ’ s even more absurd hate-crime allegation : biracial 18-year-old Althea Bernstein ’ s assertion that four “ classic Wisconsin frat boys ” squirted lighter fluid on her and set her ablaze by tossing a lighter into her car in downtown Madison , Wis. , during an Antifa riot .
While nobody in the national press has dared express any skepticism about this hilariously unlikely tale , it hadn ’ t been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been expected if anybody of any importance were convinced this whopper were true .
After all , if Bernstein ’ s yarn about roving racist frat boys in Hawaiian shirts randomly incinerating a Jewish-Unitarian Woman of Color actually happened , it would be gigantic news , far bigger than , as Joe Biden would say , what ’ s his name—Pink Floyd ?
Boy George ?
—that drugged-up bouncer who wound up dead while resisting arrest and suddenly became history ’ s greatest saint , or that drunk driver who got himself shot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and lighting him up with it .
Hate Crime Hoax : How t ... Reilly , Wilfred Best Price : $ 11.58 Buy New $ 17.27 But , c ’ mon… Frat boys setting a semi-black girl on fire in super-liberal Madison is , obviously , Tawana Brawley/Jackie Coakley-level hate hoaxery , a silly teenager ’ s attempt to improvise an excuse for being where she shouldn ’ t have been .
Showing more caution than is typical in these circumstances , the national press reported Bernstein ’ s claims with a straight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimum to follow up on them .
Most newspapers just ran an initial wire service report , then a brief article about Bernstein ’ s appearance Friday on ABC ’ s Good Morning America .
But then , just as the Althea Bernstein story was being allowed to quietly fade away over the weekend , that special someone—Meghan Markle , the Duchess of Sussex , wife of Prince Harry—stepped forward to make a really futile and stupid gesture to keep this latest Hate Hoax from being allowed to be forgotten the way the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
By Monday , society , fashion , and Jewish magazines like Town & Country , ELLE , Cosmopolitan , and Forward were all over the story .
As I ’ ve often pointed out , progressive Madison has some of the biggest racial disparities in the country , in part because the U. of Wisconsin attracts smart whites , but also because Madison , like nearby Milwaukee , has unusually dysfunctional blacks due to Wisconsin ’ s high welfare in the 1970s having attracted single mothers .

After race car driver Bubba Wallace’s NooseCAR debacle last week, it would have taken somebody truly dumb and publicity-crazed to breathe life into this week’s even more absurd hate-crime allegation: biracial 18-year-old Althea Bernstein’s assertion that four “classic Wisconsin frat boys” squirted lighter fluid on her and set her ablaze by tossing a lighter into her car in downtown Madison, Wis., during an Antifa riot.
While nobody in the national press has dared express any skepticism about this hilariously unlikely tale, it hadn’t been getting the giant push that would have been expected if anybody of any importance were convinced this whopper were true.
After all, if Bernstein’s yarn about roving racist frat boys in Hawaiian shirts randomly incinerating a Jewish-Unitarian Woman of Color actually happened, it would be gigantic news, far bigger than, as Joe Biden would say, what’s his name—Pink Floyd? Boy George?—that drugged-up bouncer who wound up dead while resisting arrest and suddenly became history’s greatest saint, or that drunk driver who got himself shot after stealing a cop’s Taser and lighting him up with it.
Hate Crime Hoax: How t... Reilly, Wilfred Best Price: $11.58 Buy New $17.27 (as of 07:00 UTC - Details) But, c’mon… Frat boys setting a semi-black girl on fire in super-liberal Madison is, obviously, Tawana Brawley/Jackie Coakley-level hate hoaxery, a silly teenager’s attempt to improvise an excuse for being where she shouldn’t have been.
Showing more caution than is typical in these circumstances, the national press reported Bernstein’s claims with a straight face, but then did only the minimum to follow up on them. Most newspapers just ran an initial wire service report, then a brief article about Bernstein’s appearance Friday on ABC’s Good Morning America.
No progressive pundit has yet written up Bernstein’s tall tale yet, presumably in the hope that when law enforcement eventually debunks it, nobody will remember it the way too many citizens remember Jussie Smollett
But then, just as the Althea Bernstein story was being allowed to quietly fade away over the weekend, that special someone—Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry—stepped forward to make a really futile and stupid gesture to keep this latest Hate Hoax from being allowed to be forgotten the way the cooler heads in the media had wished.
By Monday, society, fashion, and Jewish magazines like Town & Country, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Forward were all over the story.
As I’ve often pointed out, progressive Madison has some of the biggest racial disparities in the country, in part because the U. of Wisconsin attracts smart whites, but also because Madison, like nearby Milwaukee, has unusually dysfunctional blacks due to Wisconsin’s high welfare in the 1970s having attracted single mothers.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-02--Seattle’s ‘Summer of Love’ Spoiled by Murder, Robberies, Assaults

Jenny Durken , the dumbshit mayor of Seattle , has decided that CHAZ/CHOP is not a “ summer of love ” “ block party ” after all .
“ Four shootings—two fatal – robberies , assaults , violence and countless property crimes have occurred in this several block area ” of CHOP , declared police chief Carmen Best , who closed down the lawlessness permitted by mayor Jenny Durken .
Indeed , it is the mayor herself who bears the responsibility for the “ four shootings—two fatal—robberies , assaults , violence and countless property crimes.
” It was the mayor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white people that allowed the crimes to be committed .
If Seattle had a rule of law , the mayor would be indicted as an accessory to the crimes .
Moutec Large Electroni ... Buy New $ 339.99 How do such incompetent stupid people as Jenny Durken get elected to public office ?
An obvious answer is that Seattle ’ s population is unintelligent .
The lack of an intelligent population seems to be the case in many American cities .
And now the populations are paying for their stupidity as businesses are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are left defenceless .
In St. Louis a couple who protected themselves and their home by brandishing firearms are threatened with indictment by the racist black female prosecutor Kimberly Gardner elected by the St. Louis voters .
Whether governments are white or black , there is refusal to protect white and Asian property and lives .
Evidence ?
You want evidence ?
OK. See evidence here , here , here , here and here .
As has been reported numerous times , black violence never results in a hate crime .
Only whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is blacks who are privileged , not whites .
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Jenny Durken, the dumbshit mayor of Seattle, has decided that CHAZ/CHOP is not a “summer of love” “block party” after all. “Four shootings—two fatal – robberies, assaults, violence and countless property crimes have occurred in this several block area” of CHOP, declared police chief Carmen Best, who closed down the lawlessness permitted by mayor Jenny Durken.
Indeed, it is the mayor herself who bears the responsibility for the “four shootings—two fatal—robberies, assaults, violence and countless property crimes.” It was the mayor’s refusal to defend property of white people that allowed the crimes to be committed. If Seattle had a rule of law, the mayor would be indicted as an accessory to the crimes. Moutec Large Electroni... Buy New $339.99 (as of 05:07 UTC - Details)
How do such incompetent stupid people as Jenny Durken get elected to public office? An obvious answer is that Seattle’s population is unintelligent. The lack of an intelligent population seems to be the case in many American cities.
And now the populations are paying for their stupidity as businesses are ruined, buildings burned, and people are left defenceless. In St. Louis a couple who protected themselves and their home by brandishing firearms are threatened with indictment by the racist black female prosecutor Kimberly Gardner elected by the St. Louis voters. Whether governments are white or black, there is refusal to protect white and Asian property and lives. Evidence? You want evidence? OK. See evidence here, here, here, here and here.
As has been reported numerous times, black violence never results in a hate crime. Only whites can commit a hate crime. Obviously, it is blacks who are privileged, not whites.
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lewrockwell--2020-07-02--The Purge: The Natural Progression of Woke’ Censorship Is Tyranny

As I have noted in the past , in order to be a conservative one has to stick to certain principles .
For example , you have to stand against big government and state intrusions into individual lives , you have to support our constitutional framework and defend civil liberties , and you also have to uphold the rights of private property .
Websites are indeed private property , as much as a person ’ s home is private property .
There is no such thing as free speech rights in another person ’ s home , and there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a website .
That said , there are some exceptions .
When a corporation or a collective of corporations holds a monopoly over a certain form of communication , then legal questions come into play when they try to censor the viewpoints of an entire group of people .
Corporations exist due to government sponsored charters ; they are creations of government and enjoy certain legal protections through government , such as limited liability and corporate personhood .
Corporations are a product of socialism , not free market capitalism ; and when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to regulation and possible demarcation .
Beyond Woke Michael Rectenwald Buy New $ 19.99 Many corporations have also received extensive government bailouts ( taxpayer money ) and corporate welfare .
Google and Facebook , for example rake in billions in state and federal subsidies over the course of a few years .
Google doesn ’ t even pay for the massive bandwidth it uses .
So , it is not outlandish to suggest that if a company receives the full protection of government from the legal realm to the financial realm then they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ service .
If they are allowed to continue to monopolize communication while also being coddled by the government as “ too big to fail ” , then they become a public menace instead .
This is not to say that I support the idea of nationalization .
On the contrary , the disasters of socialism can not be cured with even more socialism .
However , monopolies are a poison to free markets and to free speech and must be deconstructed or abolished .
Beyond corporate monopolies , there is also the danger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The vast majority of silicon valley companies that control the lion ’ s share of social media platforms are run by extreme political leftists and globalists that are openly hostile to conservative and moderate values .
Case in point : Three of the largest platforms on the internet – Reddit , Twitch , and YouTube just acted simultaneously in a single day to shut down tens of thousands of forums , streamers and video channels , the majority of which espouse conservative arguments which the media refers to as “ hate speech ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few of the outlets shut down probably argue from a position of race superiority .
However , I keep seeing the mainstream media making accusations that all the people being silenced right now deserve it due to “ racism ” and “ calls for violence ” , and I have yet to see them offer a single piece of evidence supporting any of these claims .
Dissenters Project : Th ... Collection , Essay Best Price : $ 16.66 Buy New $ 9.95 A recent article from the hyper-leftist Salon is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the social justice left in action .
It ’ s titled ‘ Twitch , YouTube And Reddit Punished Trump And Other Racists – And That ’ s A Great Thing For Freedom ’ .
Here are a few excerpts with my commentary : Salon : “ Freedom is impossible for everyone when viewpoints prevail that dehumanize anyone .
And it appears that several big social media platforms agree , judging from recent bans or suspensions of racist accounts across YouTube , Twitch , and Reddit.
” Freedom can not be taken away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Every individual has complete control over whether or not they “ feel ” marginalized and no amount of disapproval can silence a person unless they allow it to .
If you are weak minded or weak willed , then grow a backbone instead of expecting the rest of the world to stay quiet and keep you comfortable .
Remember when the political left was the bastion of the free speech debate against the censorship of the religious right ?
Well , now the leftists have a religion ( or cult ) of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the importance of open dialogue .
Salon : “ For those who are dehumanized — whether by racism , sexism , classism , ableism , anti-LGBTQ sentiment or any other prejudices — their voices are diminished or outright silenced , and in the process they lose their ability to fully participate in our democracy .
We all need to live in a society where hate is discouraged , discredited and whenever possible scrubbed out completely from our discourse .
This doesn ’ t mean we should label all ideas as hateful simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do that runs afoul of President Dwight Eisenhower ’ s famous statement , “ In a democracy debate is the breath of life ” .
When actual hate enters the dialogue , however , it acts as a toxic smoke in the air of debate , suffocating some voices and weakening the rest.
” CANCEL CULTURE : How to ... Reich , Alexander Buy New $ 12.99 Where do I begin with this steaming pile of woke nonsense ?
First , it ’ s impossible to be “ dehumanized ” by another person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are wrong , or an idiot , then their opinion carries no weight and should be ignored .
Your value is not determined by their opinion .
No one can be “ silenced ” by another person ’ s viewpoint unless they allow themselves to be silenced .
If they are right about you and are telling you something you don ’ t want to hear , then that is your problem , not theirs .
No one in this world is entitled to protection from other people ’ s opinions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ though that leftists are actively attempting to silence all dissent while accusing conservatives of stifling free speech .
This is what they do ; they play the victim while they seek to victimize .
They have no principles .
They do not care about being right , they only care about “ winning ” .
Under the 1st Amendment , ALL speech is protected , including what leftists arbitrarily label “ hate speech ” .
Unless you are knowingly defaming a specific person or threatening specific violence against a specific person , your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a “ threat ” because of how it might make certain people feel simply will not hold up in a court of law .
Or at least , it should not hold up… Political leftists have declared themselves the arbiters of what constitutes “ hate speech ” , the problem is they see EVERYTHING that is conservative as racist , sexist , misogynistic , etc .
No human being or group of human beings is pure enough or objective enough to sit in judgment of what encompasses fair or acceptable speech .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to avoid tyranny .
If an idea is unjust , then by all means , the political left has every right to counter it with their own ideas and arguments .
“ Scrubbing ” all opposing ideas from the public discourse is unacceptable , and this is exactly what the social justice movement is attempting to do .
If you want to erase these ideas from your own home , or your personal website , then you are perfectly within your rights to do so , but you DO NOT have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech and the political narrative .
Unassailable : Protect ... Jeftovic , Mark E Best Price : $ 26.03 Buy New $ 14.95 Generally , when a group of zealots is trying to erase opposing ideals from the discussion , it usually means their own ideals don ’ t hold up to scrutiny .
If your ideology is so pure and correct in its form , there should be no need to trick the masses into accepting it by scrubbing the internet .
Finally , America was not founded as a democracy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good reason .
A democracy is tyranny by the majority ; a collectivist hell where power is centralized into the hands of whoever can con 51 % of the population to their side .
Marxists and communists love the idea of “ democracy ” and speak about it often because they think they are keenly equipped to manipulate the masses and form a majority .
But , in a republic , individual rights are protected REGARDLESS of what the majority happens to believe at any given time , and this includes the right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breath , Solon pretends to value free discussion , then calls for the destruction of free speech and opposing ideas in the name of protecting people ’ s thin-skinned sensitivities .
In other words , free speech is good , unless it ’ s a viewpoint they don ’ t like , then it becomes hate speech and must be suppressed .
Solon : “ Reddit referred Salon to a statement explaining , ” We committed to closing the gap between our values and our policies to explicitly address hate ” and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibility to support our communities by taking stronger action against those who try to weaponize parts of Reddit against other people.
” ” In other words , they don ’ t like conservatives using their platforms against them , and since the political left is unable to present any valid arguments to defend their beliefs and they are losing the culture war , they are going for broke and seeking to erase all conservatives from their platforms instead .
The “ hate speech ” excuse is merely a false rationale .
Social justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heap and pretend it ’ s the moral high ground .
Awan Minutes To Midnig ... Webb , George Buy New $ 0.99 Solon : “ No one who understands Constitutional law can argue that these corporate decisions violate the First Amendment which only protects speech from government repression .
Professor Rick Hasen at the University of California , Irvine Law School told Salon by email that “ private companies running websites are not subject to being sued for violating the First Amendment .
The companies are private actors who can include whatever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law preventing them from doing so.
” Again , this is not entirely true .
Corporations are constructs of government and receive special privileges from government .
If corporations form a monopoly over a certain form of communication and they attempt to censor all opposing views from that platform then they can be broken up by government to prevent destruction of the marketplace .
Also , government can rescind the limited liability and corporate personhood of these companies as punishment for violating the public trust .
And finally , any company that relies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incentives to survive can and should have those dollars taken away when attempting to assert a monopoly .
Yes , there are alternative platforms for people to go to , but what is to stop leftist/globalist monopolies from buying up every other social media and standard media platform ( as they have been doing for the past decade ) ?
What is to stop leftist/globalist interests from using the “ hate speech ” argument to put pressure on ALL other web platforms including service and domain providers to cancel conservatives ?
Finally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not necessarily make it right .
Corporations exploit government protection , yet claim they are not subject to government regulation ?
The left hates corporate America , yet they happily defend corporations when they are censoring conservatives ?
This is insane .
The Salon author then goes on a blathering diatribe about how he was once a victim of racism ( all SJWs measure personal value according to how much more victimized someone is compared to others ) .
His claims are irrelevant to the argument at hand , then he continues… Four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Steven Best Price : $ 11.98 Buy New $ 17.97 Salon : “ Trump threatening to use the government power to retaliate against those companies , on the other hand , is a threat to both the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment .
He and his supporters are not being stopped from disseminating their views on other platforms… ” Here is the only area where I partially agree with Salon .
All of my readers know I do not put any faith in Donald Trump to do the right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he surrounds himself with in his cabinet .
When it comes down to it , Trump will act in THIER best interests , not in the public ’ s best interests .
Giving him ( or the FCC ) the power to dictate speech rules on the internet is a bad idea .
Also , for those that think the election process still matters , what if we gift such powers to the government today and then the political left enters the White House tomorrow ?
Yikes !
Then we ’ ll have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most certainly flip-flop and use government power to silence their opposition .
Of course , if the roles were reversed and corporations were deplatforming thousands of social justice forums and videos , the leftists would be screaming bloody murder about “ corporate censorship ” and “ discrimination ” .
For now , in their minds , racial discrimination = bad .
Politicial discrimination = good .
The monopoly issue still stands , though , and an ideological monopoly coupled with a unified corporate monopoly is a monstrosity that can not be tolerated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ monopolies without going down the rabbit hole of nationalization .
Yes , we can go to small startup platforms and leave Twitter , Facebook , Reddit , YouTube , etc .
behind .
I have been saying for years that conservatives with the capital should start their own alternative social media .
In fact , that is exactly what is fianlly happening .
There has been a mass exodus of users from mainstream websites lately .
I say , let the SJWs have their echo chambers and maybe these companies will collapse .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ But , government can no longer protect these corporations , either .
With the government raining down bailout cash and corporate welfare on media companies , voting with your feet and your wallet does not have the same effect or send the same message .
The future of this situation is bleak .
I have no doubt that leftists and globalists will attempt to purge ALL conservative discussion from the internet , to the point of attempting to shut down private conservative websites through service providers .
The final outcome of the purge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue I will be discussing in my next article .
Leftists accuse conservatives of hate , but social justice adherents seem to hate almost everything .
I don ’ t think I ’ ve ever witnessed a group of people more obsessed with visiting misery on others , and they will never be satisfied or satiated .
That which is normal speech today will be labeled as hate speech tomorrow .
The cult must continue to justify its own existence .
I for one am not going to live my life walking on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Cancel culture is mob rule , and mob rule is at its core the true evil here ; far more evil than any mere words spoken by any “ white supremacist ” on any forum or video ever .
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As I have noted in the past, in order to be a conservative one has to stick to certain principles. For example, you have to stand against big government and state intrusions into individual lives, you have to support our constitutional framework and defend civil liberties, and you also have to uphold the rights of private property. Websites are indeed private property, as much as a person’s home is private property. There is no such thing as free speech rights in another person’s home, and there is no such thing as free speech rights on a website.
That said, there are some exceptions. When a corporation or a collective of corporations holds a monopoly over a certain form of communication, then legal questions come into play when they try to censor the viewpoints of an entire group of people. Corporations exist due to government sponsored charters; they are creations of government and enjoy certain legal protections through government, such as limited liability and corporate personhood. Corporations are a product of socialism, not free market capitalism; and when they become monopolies, they are subject to regulation and possible demarcation.
Beyond Woke Michael Rectenwald Buy New $19.99 (as of 11:37 UTC - Details) Many corporations have also received extensive government bailouts (taxpayer money) and corporate welfare. Google and Facebook, for example rake in billions in state and federal subsidies over the course of a few years. Google doesn’t even pay for the massive bandwidth it uses. So, it is not outlandish to suggest that if a company receives the full protection of government from the legal realm to the financial realm then they fall under the category of a public service. If they are allowed to continue to monopolize communication while also being coddled by the government as “too big to fail”, then they become a public menace instead.
This is not to say that I support the idea of nationalization. On the contrary, the disasters of socialism cannot be cured with even more socialism. However, monopolies are a poison to free markets and to free speech and must be deconstructed or abolished.
Beyond corporate monopolies, there is also the danger of ideological monopolies. Consider this – The vast majority of silicon valley companies that control the lion’s share of social media platforms are run by extreme political leftists and globalists that are openly hostile to conservative and moderate values.
Case in point: Three of the largest platforms on the internet – Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube just acted simultaneously in a single day to shut down tens of thousands of forums, streamers and video channels, the majority of which espouse conservative arguments which the media refers to as “hate speech”.
To be sure, at least a few of the outlets shut down probably argue from a position of race superiority. However, I keep seeing the mainstream media making accusations that all the people being silenced right now deserve it due to “racism” and “calls for violence”, and I have yet to see them offer a single piece of evidence supporting any of these claims. Dissenters Project: Th... Collection, Essay Best Price: $16.66 Buy New $9.95 (as of 05:08 UTC - Details)
A recent article from the hyper-leftist Salon is a perfect example of the hypocrisy and madness of the social justice left in action. It’s titled ‘Twitch, YouTube And Reddit Punished Trump And Other Racists – And That’s A Great Thing For Freedom’. Here are a few excerpts with my commentary:
Salon: “Freedom is impossible for everyone when viewpoints prevail that dehumanize anyone. And it appears that several big social media platforms agree, judging from recent bans or suspensions of racist accounts across YouTube, Twitch, and Reddit.”
My Response
Freedom cannot be taken away by another person’s viewpoint. Every individual has complete control over whether or not they “feel” marginalized and no amount of disapproval can silence a person unless they allow it to. If you are weak minded or weak willed, then grow a backbone instead of expecting the rest of the world to stay quiet and keep you comfortable.
Remember when the political left was the bastion of the free speech debate against the censorship of the religious right? Well, now the leftists have a religion (or cult) of their own and they have changed their minds on the importance of open dialogue.
Salon: “For those who are dehumanized — whether by racism, sexism, classism, ableism, anti-LGBTQ sentiment or any other prejudices — their voices are diminished or outright silenced, and in the process they lose their ability to fully participate in our democracy. We all need to live in a society where hate is discouraged, discredited and whenever possible scrubbed out completely from our discourse. This doesn’t mean we should label all ideas as hateful simply because we disagree with them; to do that runs afoul of President Dwight Eisenhower’s famous statement, “In a democracy debate is the breath of life”. When actual hate enters the dialogue, however, it acts as a toxic smoke in the air of debate, suffocating some voices and weakening the rest.” CANCEL CULTURE: How to... Reich, Alexander Buy New $12.99 (as of 04:40 UTC - Details)
My Response
Where do I begin with this steaming pile of woke nonsense? First, it’s impossible to be “dehumanized” by another person’s opinion of you. If they are wrong, or an idiot, then their opinion carries no weight and should be ignored. Your value is not determined by their opinion. No one can be “silenced” by another person’s viewpoint unless they allow themselves to be silenced. If they are right about you and are telling you something you don’t want to hear, then that is your problem, not theirs. No one in this world is entitled to protection from other people’s opinions. Period.
It should not surprise anyone though that leftists are actively attempting to silence all dissent while accusing conservatives of stifling free speech. This is what they do; they play the victim while they seek to victimize. They have no principles. They do not care about being right, they only care about “winning”.
Under the 1st Amendment, ALL speech is protected, including what leftists arbitrarily label “hate speech”. Unless you are knowingly defaming a specific person or threatening specific violence against a specific person, your rights are protected. Interpreting broad speech as a “threat” because of how it might make certain people feel simply will not hold up in a court of law. Or at least, it should not hold up…
Political leftists have declared themselves the arbiters of what constitutes “hate speech”, the problem is they see EVERYTHING that is conservative as racist, sexist, misogynistic, etc. No human being or group of human beings is pure enough or objective enough to sit in judgment of what encompasses fair or acceptable speech. Therefore, all speech must be allowed in order to avoid tyranny.
If an idea is unjust, then by all means, the political left has every right to counter it with their own ideas and arguments. “Scrubbing” all opposing ideas from the public discourse is unacceptable, and this is exactly what the social justice movement is attempting to do. If you want to erase these ideas from your own home, or your personal website, then you are perfectly within your rights to do so, but you DO NOT have the right to assert a monopoly on speech and the political narrative. Unassailable: Protect ... Jeftovic, Mark E Best Price: $26.03 Buy New $14.95 (as of 05:08 UTC - Details)
Generally, when a group of zealots is trying to erase opposing ideals from the discussion, it usually means their own ideals don’t hold up to scrutiny. If your ideology is so pure and correct in its form, there should be no need to trick the masses into accepting it by scrubbing the internet.
Finally, America was not founded as a democracy, we are a republic, and with good reason. A democracy is tyranny by the majority; a collectivist hell where power is centralized into the hands of whoever can con 51% of the population to their side. Marxists and communists love the idea of “democracy” and speak about it often because they think they are keenly equipped to manipulate the masses and form a majority. But, in a republic, individual rights are protected REGARDLESS of what the majority happens to believe at any given time, and this includes the right to free speech.
In the same breath, Solon pretends to value free discussion, then calls for the destruction of free speech and opposing ideas in the name of protecting people’s thin-skinned sensitivities. In other words, free speech is good, unless it’s a viewpoint they don’t like, then it becomes hate speech and must be suppressed.
Solon: “Reddit referred Salon to a statement explaining,”We committed to closing the gap between our values and our policies to explicitly address hate” and that “ultimately, it’s our responsibility to support our communities by taking stronger action against those who try to weaponize parts of Reddit against other people.””
My Response
In other words, they don’t like conservatives using their platforms against them, and since the political left is unable to present any valid arguments to defend their beliefs and they are losing the culture war, they are going for broke and seeking to erase all conservatives from their platforms instead. The “hate speech” excuse is merely a false rationale. Social justice warriors stand on top of a dung heap and pretend it’s the moral high ground. Awan Minutes To Midnig... Webb, George Buy New $0.99 (as of 05:08 UTC - Details)
Solon: “No one who understands Constitutional law can argue that these corporate decisions violate the First Amendment which only protects speech from government repression. Professor Rick Hasen at the University of California, Irvine Law School told Salon by email that “private companies running websites are not subject to being sued for violating the First Amendment. The companies are private actors who can include whatever content they want unless there is a law preventing them from doing so.”
My Response
Again, this is not entirely true. Corporations are constructs of government and receive special privileges from government. If corporations form a monopoly over a certain form of communication and they attempt to censor all opposing views from that platform then they can be broken up by government to prevent destruction of the marketplace. Also, government can rescind the limited liability and corporate personhood of these companies as punishment for violating the public trust. And finally, any company that relies on taxpayer dollars or special tax break incentives to survive can and should have those dollars taken away when attempting to assert a monopoly.
Yes, there are alternative platforms for people to go to, but what is to stop leftist/globalist monopolies from buying up every other social media and standard media platform (as they have been doing for the past decade)? What is to stop leftist/globalist interests from using the “hate speech” argument to put pressure on ALL other web platforms including service and domain providers to cancel conservatives?
Finally, just because something is technically legal does not necessarily make it right. Corporations exploit government protection, yet claim they are not subject to government regulation? The left hates corporate America, yet they happily defend corporations when they are censoring conservatives? This is insane.
The Salon author then goes on a blathering diatribe about how he was once a victim of racism (all SJWs measure personal value according to how much more victimized someone is compared to others). His claims are irrelevant to the argument at hand, then he continues… Four Cardinal Errors: ... Yates, Ph.D., Steven Best Price: $11.98 Buy New $17.97 (as of 05:08 UTC - Details)
Salon: “Trump threatening to use the government power to retaliate against those companies, on the other hand, is a threat to both the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment. He and his supporters are not being stopped from disseminating their views on other platforms…”
My Response
Here is the only area where I partially agree with Salon. All of my readers know I do not put any faith in Donald Trump to do the right thing, mostly because of the elitists he surrounds himself with in his cabinet. When it comes down to it, Trump will act in THIER best interests, not in the public’s best interests. Giving him (or the FCC) the power to dictate speech rules on the internet is a bad idea. Also, for those that think the election process still matters, what if we gift such powers to the government today and then the political left enters the White House tomorrow? Yikes! Then we’ll have no room to complain as they will most certainly flip-flop and use government power to silence their opposition.
Of course, if the roles were reversed and corporations were deplatforming thousands of social justice forums and videos, the leftists would be screaming bloody murder about “corporate censorship” and “discrimination”. For now, in their minds, racial discrimination = bad. Politicial discrimination = good.
The monopoly issue still stands, though, and an ideological monopoly coupled with a unified corporate monopoly is a monstrosity that cannot be tolerated. Government can and should break up such monopolies without going down the rabbit hole of nationalization.
Yes, we can go to small startup platforms and leave Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, etc. behind. I have been saying for years that conservatives with the capital should start their own alternative social media. In fact, that is exactly what is fianlly happening. There has been a mass exodus of users from mainstream websites lately. I say, let the SJWs have their echo chambers and maybe these companies will collapse. Get Woke Go Broke still applies.
But, government can no longer protect these corporations, either. With the government raining down bailout cash and corporate welfare on media companies, voting with your feet and your wallet does not have the same effect or send the same message.
The future of this situation is bleak. I have no doubt that leftists and globalists will attempt to purge ALL conservative discussion from the internet, to the point of attempting to shut down private conservative websites through service providers. The final outcome of the purge is predictable: Civil war; an issue I will be discussing in my next article.
Leftists accuse conservatives of hate, but social justice adherents seem to hate almost everything. I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a group of people more obsessed with visiting misery on others, and they will never be satisfied or satiated. That which is normal speech today will be labeled as hate speech tomorrow. The cult must continue to justify its own existence. I for one am not going to live my life walking on eggshells around a clique of narcissistic sociopaths. Cancel culture is mob rule, and mob rule is at its core the true evil here; far more evil than any mere words spoken by any “white supremacist” on any forum or video ever.
Reprinted with permission from Alt-Market.com.
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Russiagate’s Last Gasp

One can read this most recent flurry of Russia , Russia , Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate ’ s origins .
On Friday The New York Times featured a report based on anonymous intelligence officials that the Russians were paying bounties to have U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan with President Donald Trump refusing to do anything about it .
The flurry of Establishment media reporting that ensued provides further proof , if such were needed , that the erstwhile “ paper of record ” has earned a new moniker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Over the weekend , the Times ’ dubious allegations grabbed headlines across all media that are likely to remain indelible in the minds of credulous Americans — which seems to have been the main objective .
To keep the pot boiling this morning , The New York Times ’ David Leonhardt ’ s daily web piece , “ The Morning ” calls prominent attention to a banal article by a Heather Cox Richardson , described as a historian at Boston College , adding specific charges to the general indictment of Trump by showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to treat Russia favorably.
” The following is from Richardson ’ s newsletter on Friday : Witch Hunt : The Story ... Jarrett , Gregg Best Price : $ 15.38 Buy New $ 13.99 — “ On April 1 a Russian plane brought ventilators and other medical supplies to the United States … a propaganda coup for Russia ; — “ On April 25 Trump raised eyebrows by issuing a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the historic meeting between American and Soviet troops on the bridge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signaled the final defeat of the Nazis ; — “ On May 3 , Trump called Putin and talked for an hour and a half , a discussion Trump called ‘ very positive ’ ; — “ On May 21 , the U.S. sent a humanitarian aid package worth $ 5.6 million to Moscow to help fight coronavirus there .
The shipment included 50 ventilators , with another 150 promised for the next week ; … — “ On June 15 , news broke that Trump has ordered the removal of 9,500 troops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Russian aggression .
… ” Hear the siren ?
Children , get under your desks !
The Tall Tale About Russia Paying for Dead U.S .
Troops Times print edition readers had to wait until this morning to learn of Trump ’ s statement last night that he was not briefed on the cockamamie tale about bounties for killing , since it was , well , cockamamie .
Late last night the president tweeted : “ Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible , and therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the VP .
… ” For those of us distrustful of the Times — with good reason — on such neuralgic issues , the bounty story had already fallen of its own weight .
As Scott Ritter pointed out yesterday : And who can forget how “ successful ” interrogators can be in getting desired answers .
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A Taliban spokesman called the story “ baseless , ” adding with apparent pride that “ we ” have done “ target killings ” for years “ on our own resources.
” Russia is no friend of the Taliban .
At the same time , it has been clear for several years that the U.S. would have to pull its troops out of Afghanistan .
Think back five decades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Vietnam .
Giving rhetorical support to a fraternal Communist nation was de rigueur and some surface-to-air missiles gave some substance to that support .
But Moscow recognized from the start that Washington was embarked on a fool ’ s errand in Vietnam .
There would be no percentage in getting directly involved .
And so , the Soviets sat back and watched smugly as the Vietnamese Communists drove U.S. forces out on their “ own resources.
” As was the case with the Viet Cong , the Taliban needs no bounty inducements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew painfully well — from their own bitter experience in Afghanistan , what the outcome of the most recent fool ’ s errand would be for the U.S. What point would they see in doing what The New York Times and other Establishment media are breathlessly accusing them of ?
Former CIA Director William Casey said : “ We ’ ll know when our disinformation program is complete , when everything the American public believes is false.
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Honegger was there , took notes , and told then Senior White House correspondent Sarah McClendon , who in turn made it public .
If Casey ’ s spirit is somehow observing the success of the disinformation program called Russiagate , one can imagine how proud he must be .
But sustained propaganda success can be a serious challenge .
The Russiagate canard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This last gasp effort , spearheaded by the Times , to breathe more life into it is likely to last little more than a weekend — the redoubled efforts of Casey-dictum followers notwithstanding .
Russiagate itself has been unraveling , although one would hardly know it from the Establishment media .
No collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia .
Even the sacrosanct tenet that the Russians hacked the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks has been disproven , with the head of the DNC-hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike admitting that there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hacked — by Russia or anyone else .
How long will it take the Times to catch up with the CrowdStrike story , available since May 7 ?
The media is left with one sacred cow : the misnomered “ Intelligence Community ” Assessment of Jan. 6 , 2017 , claiming that President Putin himself ordered the hacking of the DNC .
That “ assessment ” done by “ hand-picked analysts ” from only CIA , FBI and NSA ( not all 17 intelligence agencies of the “ intelligence community ” ) reportedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ S. Attorney John Durham , appointed by the attorney general to investigate Russiagate ’ s origins .
If Durham finds it fraudulent ( not a difficult task ) , the heads of senior intelligence and law enforcement officials may roll .
That would also mean a still deeper dent in the credibility of Establishment media that are only too eager to drink the Kool Aid and to leave plenty to drink for the rest of us .
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Nevertheless , the corporate media is likely to play up the Trump administration ’ s rejection of what the media is calling the “ intelligence assessment ” about Russia offering — as Rachel Maddow indecorously put it on Friday — “ bounty for the scalps of American soldiers in Afghanistan.
” I am not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she seemed unhinged — actually , well over the top .
The media asks , “ Why does Trump continue to disrespect the assessments of the intelligence community ?
” There he goes again — not believing our “ intelligence community ; siding , rather , with Putin.
” In other words , we can expect no let up from the media and the national security miscreant leakers who have served as their life ’ s blood .
As for the anchors and pundits , their level of sophistication was reflected yesterday in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Chuck Todd , who Aaron Mate reminds us , is a “ grown adult and professional media person.
” Todd asked guest John Bolton : “ Do you think that the president is afraid to make Putin mad because maybe Putin did help him win the election , and he doesn ’ t want to make him mad for 2020 ?
” “ This is as bad as it gets , ” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday , adding the aphorism she memorized several months ago : “ All roads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performance of Establishment media is as bad as it gets , though that , of course , was not what Pelosi meant .
She apparently lifted a line right out of the Times about how Trump is too “ accommodating ” toward Russia .
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia , Russia , Russia as a reflection of the need to pre-empt the findings likely to issue from Durham and Attorney General William Barr in the coming months — on the theory that the best defense is a pre-emptive offense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporate media to continue to disgrace itself .
Caitlin Johnstone , typically , pulls no punches regarding the Russian bounty travesty : “ All parties involved in spreading this malignant psyop are absolutely vile , but a special disdain should be reserved for the media class who have been entrusted by the public with the essential task of creating an informed populace and holding power to account .
How much of an unprincipled whore do you have to be to call yourself a journalist and uncritically parrot the completely unsubstantiated assertions of spooks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work did these empire fluffers put into killing off every last shred of their dignity ?
It boggles the mind .
It really is funny how the most influential news outlets in the Western world will uncritically parrot whatever they ’ re told to say by the most powerful and depraved intelligence agencies on the planet , and then turn around and tell you without a hint of self-awareness that Russia and China are bad because they have state media .
Sometimes all you can do is laugh.
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One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins.
On Friday The New York Times featured a report based on anonymous intelligence officials that the Russians were paying bounties to have U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan with President Donald Trump refusing to do anything about it. The flurry of Establishment media reporting that ensued provides further proof, if such were needed, that the erstwhile “paper of record” has earned a new moniker — Gray Lady of easy virtue.
Over the weekend, the Times’ dubious allegations grabbed headlines across all media that are likely to remain indelible in the minds of credulous Americans — which seems to have been the main objective. To keep the pot boiling this morning, The New York Times’ David Leonhardt’s daily web piece, “The Morning” calls prominent attention to a banal article by a Heather Cox Richardson, described as a historian at Boston College, adding specific charges to the general indictment of Trump by showing “how the Trump administration has continued to treat Russia favorably.” The following is from Richardson’s newsletter on Friday: Witch Hunt: The Story ... Jarrett, Gregg Best Price: $15.38 Buy New $13.99 (as of 03:20 UTC - Details)
— “On April 1 a Russian plane brought ventilators and other medical supplies to the United States … a propaganda coup for Russia; — “On April 25 Trump raised eyebrows by issuing a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the historic meeting between American and Soviet troops on the bridge of the Elbe River in Germany that signaled the final defeat of the Nazis; — “On May 3, Trump called Putin and talked for an hour and a half, a discussion Trump called ‘very positive’; — “On May 21, the U.S. sent a humanitarian aid package worth $5.6 million to Moscow to help fight coronavirus there. The shipment included 50 ventilators, with another 150 promised for the next week; … — “On June 15, news broke that Trump has ordered the removal of 9,500 troops from Germany, where they support NATO against Russian aggression. …”
Historian Richardson added:
Fallout: Nuclear Bribe... Bruner, Seamus Buy New $25.20 (as of 04:53 UTC - Details) “All of these friendly overtures to Russia were alarming enough when all we knew was that Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. election and is doing so again in 2020. But it is far worse that those overtures took place when the administration knew that Russia had actively targeted American soldiers. … this bad news apparently prompted worried intelligence officials to give up their hope that the administration would respond to the crisis, and instead to leak the story to two major newspapers.”
Hear the siren? Children, get under your desks!
The Tall Tale About Russia Paying for Dead U.S. Troops
Times print edition readers had to wait until this morning to learn of Trump’s statement last night that he was not briefed on the cockamamie tale about bounties for killing, since it was, well, cockamamie.
Late last night the president tweeted: “Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or the VP. …”
Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP. Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!! https://t.co/cowOmP7T1S — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2020
For those of us distrustful of the Times — with good reason — on such neuralgic issues, the bounty story had already fallen of its own weight. As Scott Ritter pointed out yesterday:
“Perhaps the biggest clue concerning the fragility of the New York Times’ report is contained in the one sentence it provides about sourcing — “The intelligence assessment is said to be based at least in part on interrogations of captured Afghan militants and criminals.” That sentence contains almost everything one needs to know about the intelligence in question, including the fact that the source of the information is most likely the Afghan government as reported through CIA channels. …”
And who can forget how “successful” interrogators can be in getting desired answers. Wall Street and the Bo... Sutton, Antony C. Best Price: $13.40 Buy New $14.32 (as of 04:32 UTC - Details)
Russia & Taliban React
The Kremlin called the Times reporting “nonsense … an unsophisticated plant,” and from Russia’s perspective the allegations make little sense; Moscow will see them for what they are — attempts to show that Trump is too “accommodating” to Russia.
A Taliban spokesman called the story “baseless,” adding with apparent pride that “we” have done “target killings” for years “on our own resources.”
Russia is no friend of the Taliban. At the same time, it has been clear for several years that the U.S. would have to pull its troops out of Afghanistan. Think back five decades and recall how circumspect the Soviets were in Vietnam. Giving rhetorical support to a fraternal Communist nation was de rigueur and some surface-to-air missiles gave some substance to that support.
But Moscow recognized from the start that Washington was embarked on a fool’s errand in Vietnam. There would be no percentage in getting directly involved. And so, the Soviets sat back and watched smugly as the Vietnamese Communists drove U.S. forces out on their “own resources.” As was the case with the Viet Cong, the Taliban needs no bounty inducements from abroad.
Besides, the Russians knew painfully well — from their own bitter experience in Afghanistan, what the outcome of the most recent fool’s errand would be for the U.S. What point would they see in doing what The New York Times and other Establishment media are breathlessly accusing them of?
CIA Disinformation; Casey at Bat
Former CIA Director William Casey said: “We’ll know when our disinformation program is complete, when everything the American public believes is false.” Profiles in Corruption... Schweizer, Peter Best Price: $17.98 Buy New $17.99 (as of 03:27 UTC - Details)
Casey made that remark at the first cabinet meeting in the White House under President Ronald Reagan in early 1981, according to Barbara Honegger, who was assistant to the chief domestic policy adviser. Honegger was there, took notes, and told then Senior White House correspondent Sarah McClendon, who in turn made it public.
If Casey’s spirit is somehow observing the success of the disinformation program called Russiagate, one can imagine how proud he must be. But sustained propaganda success can be a serious challenge. The Russiagate canard has lasted three and a half years. This last gasp effort, spearheaded by the Times, to breathe more life into it is likely to last little more than a weekend — the redoubled efforts of Casey-dictum followers notwithstanding.
Russiagate itself has been unraveling, although one would hardly know it from the Establishment media. No collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Even the sacrosanct tenet that the Russians hacked the DNC emails published by WikiLeaks has been disproven, with the head of the DNC-hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike admitting that there is no evidence that the DNC emails were hacked — by Russia or anyone else.
How long will it take the Times to catch up with the CrowdStrike story, available since May 7?
The media is left with one sacred cow: the misnomered “Intelligence Community” Assessment of Jan. 6, 2017, claiming that President Putin himself ordered the hacking of the DNC. That “assessment” done by “hand-picked analysts” from only CIA, FBI and NSA (not all 17 intelligence agencies of the “intelligence community”) reportedly is being given close scrutiny by U. S. Attorney John Durham, appointed by the attorney general to investigate Russiagate’s origins.
If Durham finds it fraudulent (not a difficult task), the heads of senior intelligence and law enforcement officials may roll. That would also mean a still deeper dent in the credibility of Establishment media that are only too eager to drink the Kool Aid and to leave plenty to drink for the rest of us. Clinton Cash: The Unto... Schweizer, Peter Best Price: $4.38 Buy New $10.56 (as of 01:15 UTC - Details)
Do not expect the media to cease and desist, simply because Trump had a good squelch for them last night — namely, the “intelligence” on the “bounties” was not deemed good enough to present to the president.
(As a preparer and briefer of The President’s Daily Brief to Presidents Reagan and HW Bush, I can attest to the fact that — based on what has been revealed so far — the Russian bounty story falls far short of the PDB threshold.)
Rejecting Intelligence Assessments
Nevertheless, the corporate media is likely to play up the Trump administration’s rejection of what the media is calling the “intelligence assessment” about Russia offering — as Rachel Maddow indecorously put it on Friday — “bounty for the scalps of American soldiers in Afghanistan.”
I am not a regular Maddow-watcher, but to me she seemed unhinged — actually, well over the top.
The media asks, “Why does Trump continue to disrespect the assessments of the intelligence community?” There he goes again — not believing our “intelligence community; siding, rather, with Putin.”
In other words, we can expect no let up from the media and the national security miscreant leakers who have served as their life’s blood. As for the anchors and pundits, their level of sophistication was reflected yesterday in the sage surmise of Face the Nation’s Chuck Todd, who Aaron Mate reminds us, is a “grown adult and professional media person.” Todd asked guest John Bolton: “Do you think that the president is afraid to make Putin mad because maybe Putin did help him win the election, and he doesn’t want to make him mad for 2020?”
“This is as bad as it gets,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday, adding the aphorism she memorized several months ago: “All roads lead to Putin.” The unconscionably deceitful performance of Establishment media is as bad as it gets, though that, of course, was not what Pelosi meant. She apparently lifted a line right out of the Times about how Trump is too “accommodating” toward Russia.
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia as a reflection of the need to pre-empt the findings likely to issue from Durham and Attorney General William Barr in the coming months — on the theory that the best defense is a pre-emptive offense. Meanwhile, we can expect the corporate media to continue to disgrace itself.
Vile
Caitlin Johnstone, typically, pulls no punches regarding the Russian bounty travesty:
“All parties involved in spreading this malignant psyop are absolutely vile, but a special disdain should be reserved for the media class who have been entrusted by the public with the essential task of creating an informed populace and holding power to account. How much of an unprincipled whore do you have to be to call yourself a journalist and uncritically parrot the completely unsubstantiated assertions of spooks while protecting their anonymity? How much work did these empire fluffers put into killing off every last shred of their dignity? It boggles the mind. It really is funny how the most influential news outlets in the Western world will uncritically parrot whatever they’re told to say by the most powerful and depraved intelligence agencies on the planet, and then turn around and tell you without a hint of self-awareness that Russia and China are bad because they have state media. Sometimes all you can do is laugh.”
The views expressed are solely those of the author and may or may not reflect those of Consortium News.
Reprinted with the author’s permission.


lewrockwell--2020-07-02--The Ideal of Humility

The Ideal of Humility

In this chapter , Chesterton is examining H.G .
Wells and his book , A Modern Utopia .
When one rids himself of the idea of merit – merit in the Christian sense – one frees himself for all possibilities : “ …the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages , ” as Chesterton puts it .
This humility – taking ourselves lightly , while seeing the possibility of unmerited triumphs – is taken by many as something sinister : A Modern Utopia ( Pengu ... Wells , H. G. Best Price : $ 3.39 Buy New $ 9.77 Humility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the man immersed in the scientism that has afflicted all of the globe .
This causes him to look in all the wrong places : There is so much in this one sentence .
I will only summarize one aspect : we live in a story , not in the details of facts too trivial for the concern of most .
People live in and act on a narrative , not in an idea – and for sure not in the most obscure and hidden reaches of an idea .
If this isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narrative of destruction and evil that turns ordinary men into sycophants demanding mask wearing and abnormal men into burning and looting everything in sight – then it will never be obvious .
Certainly for the new atheists – those like Richard Dawkins , Sam Harris , Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett – the game is up .
Religion ( a narrative ) is a permanent condition for humans – in the West we have traded the Christian religion for the bastardized religion witnessed on the streets in the last month .
What is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just one question : which , or what type , of religion .
One that aims at peace – albeit , always moving in fits and starts – or one that aims to destroy .
There will be no inventing a “ religion that is not a religion ” of peace .
It is a hopeless and even futile quest .
Why ?
In Defense of Sainty : ... Chesterton , G.K. Best Price : $ 10.00 Buy New $ 13.99 I have been seeing this verse pop up a lot lately in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it more often myself .
If the last 125 years of history didn ’ t convince you that the powers we battle are both dark and spiritual , then hopefully the last 125 days finally has .
If this doesn ’ t humble you – knowing where and what the battle is – nothing will .
If it doesn ’ t cause you to understand where and how this fight must be fought , you deserve your fate .
Returning to Chesterton and those afflicted with the scientific fallacy : Oh my .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ sin.
” I am fine if you choose a different term and a different way to describe the fallen nature of man – all men and all women .
Pick any standard of “ good ” that you want , and then start explaining why no one meets it perfectly .
In other words , whether one takes the concept to mean we are all damned because of Adam and Eve , or whether one believes we all , inherent in our nature , will fall short of a standard of good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Again , get past what you think you know about the term .
We all fall short of the “ good.
” By focusing on protoplasm , we lose sight of the nature of man .
This exposes completely the utopia of Progressivism based on scientism .
They tell us that man is perfectible , and his perfection will be brought on by…man .
Both parts of that sentence lead us to hell .
The H. G. Wells Collec ... Wells , Herbert George Best Price : $ 49.23 Buy New $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , is universal – therefore fully cosmopolitan .
It is borderless and boundaryless in every sense of these words .
All must be included ; none may be excluded .
Not excluded from your country , not excluded from your income and wealth , not excluded from your values , not excluded from your home , not excluded from your private life , not excluded from your body .
The only thing to be excluded is exclusion – in other words , no borders and no boundaries .
( Watch this 18-minute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the best 18 minutes you spend on understanding the religiosity and symbolism and new world religion of inclusivity as demonstrated in the last four months of insanity . )
Which brings us back to the utopian vision of Wells .
From the Wikipedia description of this utopia : The abolition of man .
No boundaries , no borders .
No one or no thing or no value or no idea may be excluded…except exclusion .
As Chesterton describes it : Then , citing Wells : 12 Rules for Life : An ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8.00 Buy New $ 11.56 “ There is no abiding thing in what we know.
” Except , as Chesterton notes , the abiding thing we know that nothing is…abiding .
It is true , Chesterton says , that the North Pole may be unattainable ; but this doesn ’ t mean that the North Pole does not exist .
( At the time of Chesterton ’ s writing , the physical North Pole had not been achieved , but I believe the metaphorical understanding of these words is more meaningful . )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is true that manifest and material things change ; what does not change is the abstract quality , the invisible idea .
Plato ’ s Form of the Good .
Returning to humility…with this humility – a recognition of the unmerited , gaining merit only through the perfect sacrifice – comes the greatest courage : We need many such humble men and women today .
Instead , the primary response when presented with evidence that contradicts the prevailing narrative is either a blank stare or a scream : “ everybody ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ , Plato ’ s Form of the Good made manifest as Aristotle demanded , showed the way – what was necessary .
It ’ s scary , I know .
Jordan Peterson would respond when asked why he is speaking out on issues in a manner that offers him nothing but abuse in reply : Yes , there is a cost to speaking out ; there is , at times , a greater cost not to speak out .
Now is most definitely one of those times .
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The whole secret of the practical success of Christendom lies in the Christian humility, however imperfectly fulfilled.
Heretics, Gilbert K. Chesterton (eBook)
In this chapter, Chesterton is examining H.G. Wells and his book, A Modern Utopia.
When one rids himself of the idea of merit – merit in the Christian sense – one frees himself for all possibilities: “…the soul is suddenly released for incredible voyages,” as Chesterton puts it. This humility – taking ourselves lightly, while seeing the possibility of unmerited triumphs – is taken by many as something sinister: A Modern Utopia (Pengu... Wells, H. G. Best Price: $3.39 Buy New $9.77 (as of 05:13 UTC - Details)
Humility is so practical a virtue that men think it must be a vice. Humility is so successful that it is mistaken for pride.
Humility is lost on the modern man – the man immersed in the scientism that has afflicted all of the globe. This causes him to look in all the wrong places:
He is still slightly affected with the great scientific fallacy; I mean the habit of beginning not with the human soul, which is the first thing a man learns about, but with some such thing as protoplasm, which is about the last.
There is so much in this one sentence. I will only summarize one aspect: we live in a story, not in the details of facts too trivial for the concern of most. People live in and act on a narrative, not in an idea – and for sure not in the most obscure and hidden reaches of an idea. If this isn’t obvious today – with the narrative of destruction and evil that turns ordinary men into sycophants demanding mask wearing and abnormal men into burning and looting everything in sight – then it will never be obvious.
Certainly for the new atheists – those like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett – the game is up. Religion (a narrative) is a permanent condition for humans – in the West we have traded the Christian religion for the bastardized religion witnessed on the streets in the last month.
What is left to us, therefore, is just one question: which, or what type, of religion. One that aims at peace – albeit, always moving in fits and starts – or one that aims to destroy. There will be no inventing a “religion that is not a religion” of peace. It is a hopeless and even futile quest. Why? In Defense of Sainty: ... Chesterton, G.K. Best Price: $10.00 Buy New $13.99 (as of 04:28 UTC - Details)
Ephesians 6: 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
I have been seeing this verse pop up a lot lately in the dialogue. I have been using it more often myself. If the last 125 years of history didn’t convince you that the powers we battle are both dark and spiritual, then hopefully the last 125 days finally has. If this doesn’t humble you – knowing where and what the battle is – nothing will. If it doesn’t cause you to understand where and how this fight must be fought, you deserve your fate.
Returning to Chesterton and those afflicted with the scientific fallacy:
In his new Utopia [Wells] says, for instance, that a chief point of the Utopia will be a disbelief in original sin.
Oh my. What a controversial term: “original sin.” I am fine if you choose a different term and a different way to describe the fallen nature of man – all men and all women. Pick any standard of “good” that you want, and then start explaining why no one meets it perfectly. In other words, whether one takes the concept to mean we are all damned because of Adam and Eve, or whether one believes we all, inherent in our nature, will fall short of a standard of good, you end up in the same place.
If he had begun with the human soul—that is, if he had begun on himself—he would have found original sin almost the first thing to be believed in.
Again, get past what you think you know about the term. We all fall short of the “good.” By focusing on protoplasm, we lose sight of the nature of man. This exposes completely the utopia of Progressivism based on scientism. They tell us that man is perfectible, and his perfection will be brought on by…man. Both parts of that sentence lead us to hell. The H. G. Wells Collec... Wells, Herbert George Best Price: $49.23 Buy New $39.95 (as of 05:13 UTC - Details)
This utopian vision, Chesterton points out, is universal – therefore fully cosmopolitan. It is borderless and boundaryless in every sense of these words. All must be included; none may be excluded. Not excluded from your country, not excluded from your income and wealth, not excluded from your values, not excluded from your home, not excluded from your private life, not excluded from your body.
The only thing to be excluded is exclusion – in other words, no borders and no boundaries. (Watch this 18-minute video by Jonathan Pageau – it will be the best 18 minutes you spend on understanding the religiosity and symbolism and new world religion of inclusivity as demonstrated in the last four months of insanity.)
Which brings us back to the utopian vision of Wells. From the Wikipedia description of this utopia:
The world shares the same language, coinage, customs, and laws, and freedom of movement is general. Some personal property is allowed, but “all natural sources of force, and indeed all strictly natural products” are “inalienably vested in the local authorities” occupying “areas as large sometimes as half England.” The World State is “the sole landowner of the earth.” Units of currency are based on units of energy, so that “employment would constantly shift into the areas where energy was cheap.” Humanity has been almost entirely liberated from the need for physical labor: “There appears to be no limit to the invasion of life by the machine.”
The abolition of man. No boundaries, no borders. No one or no thing or no value or no idea may be excluded…except exclusion. As Chesterton describes it:
But I think the main mistake of Mr. Wells’s philosophy is a somewhat deeper one, one that he expresses in a very entertaining manner in the introductory part of the new Utopia. His philosophy in some sense amounts to a denial of the possibility of philosophy itself. At least, he maintains that there are no secure and reliable ideas upon which we can rest with a final mental satisfaction.
Then, citing Wells: 12 Rules for Life: An ... Jordan B. Peterson Best Price: $8.00 Buy New $11.56 (as of 10:53 UTC - Details)
“Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant) …. Being indeed! —there is no being, but a universal becoming of individualities, and Plato turned his back on truth when he turned towards his museum of specific ideals.”
“There is no abiding thing in what we know.”
Except, as Chesterton notes, the abiding thing we know that nothing is…abiding. It is true, Chesterton says, that the North Pole may be unattainable; but this doesn’t mean that the North Pole does not exist. (At the time of Chesterton’s writing, the physical North Pole had not been achieved, but I believe the metaphorical understanding of these words is more meaningful.)
Plato turns his back on Wells. It is true that manifest and material things change; what does not change is the abstract quality, the invisible idea. Plato’s Form of the Good.
Conclusion
Returning to humility…with this humility – a recognition of the unmerited, gaining merit only through the perfect sacrifice – comes the greatest courage:
It is only the last and wildest kind of courage that can stand on a tower before ten thousand people and tell them that twice two is four.
We need many such humble men and women today. Instead, the primary response when presented with evidence that contradicts the prevailing narrative is either a blank stare or a scream: “everybody’s doing it.”
Or a bullet. Jesus Christ, Plato’s Form of the Good made manifest as Aristotle demanded, showed the way – what was necessary. It’s scary, I know.
Jordan Peterson would respond when asked why he is speaking out on issues in a manner that offers him nothing but abuse in reply: Yes, there is a cost to speaking out; there is, at times, a greater cost not to speak out.
Now is most definitely one of those times.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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