thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--20 Numbers From 2020 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

2020 has been a year that none of us will ever forget .
We experienced the worst global pandemic in 100 years , we witnessed the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s , civil unrest erupted in major cities all over America , and we had one of the wildest presidential elections in our history .
Other than that , it was a pretty quiet year .
For a few moments , let ’ s take one more look back at the past 12 months .
The following are 20 numbers from 2020 that are almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 began , nobody had ever heard of “ COVID-19 ” because that term had not even been invented yet .
But by the end of the year , there had been more than 83 million confirmed cases around the globe and more than 1.8 million deaths .
Here in the United States , there have been more than 20 million confirmed cases so far and more than 350,000 deaths according to the official numbers .
Of course , nobody is sure if we can trust the official numbers or not , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a cup of Coca-Cola can test positive for COVID-19 .
# 2 All of the masks that we have been wearing and discarding during this pandemic have taken a heavy toll on the environment .
According to one study , more than 1.5 billion ( with a “ b ” ) masks will be dumped into the oceans of the world this year alone .
# 3 The lockdowns that our politicians instituted to control the spread of COVID-19 resulted in an unemployment shock that was absolutely unprecedented .
Since the beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 70 million new claims for unemployment benefits .
That means that we have been averaging well over a million new claims per week since the first lockdowns went into effect .
To put that into perspective , the old all-time record for a single week was just 695,000 and that was set all the way back in 1982 .
During this pandemic , we have been above that old record every single week , and now unemployment claims are starting to rise higher once again .
# 4 Almost four out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get a COVID-19 vaccine , but the federal government is going to spend 250 million dollars on an “ information campaign ” that is designed to convince them otherwise .
# 5 The civil unrest that erupted all over America following the death of George Floyd ultimately sparked a crime wave that seems as if it will never end .
According to an analysis of data from 57 big city police departments , the number of murders in those cities is up 36.7 percent compared to last year .
In quite a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ records are being established in 2020 , and many Americans are anticipating even more violence in 2021 .
# 6 Recent data from Moody ’ s Analytics indicates that approximately 12 million U.S. renters are now “ at least $ 5,850 behind in rent and utilities payments ” .
Landlords all over the nation are in financial distress because of unpaid rent , and we could potentially see the greatest tsunami of evictions in all of U.S. history if and when all of the rent moratoriums are finally lifted in 2021 .
# @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines at food banks all across America .
In some cases , people were lining up as early as 2 AM in order to make sure that they would get something before the supplies were gone .
Feeding America runs the largest network of food banks in the entire nation , and they were estimating that approximately one out of every four children in the U.S. would suffer from hunger by the time that 2020 was finally done .
# 8 We haven ’ t seen an economic downturn this severe since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the middle class has been hit particularly hard .
According to one recent survey , 2020 was a “ personal financial disaster ” for 55 percent of all Americans .
# 9 But 2020 hasn ’ t been a financial disaster for everyone .
In fact , Forbes recently published an article which celebrated 50 doctors , scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs that become “ pandemic billionaires ” in 2020 .
# 10 The U.S. government continues to waste money in some of the most crazy ways imaginable .
I know that I shared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just had to include it in this article as well .
According to U.S .
Senator Rand Paul , the federal government has spent 6.9 million dollars to develop a “ smart toilet ” which uses a very small camera to identify your “ analprint ” .
# 11 One of the reasons why so much crazy spending happens is because our politicians don ’ t actually read the bills that they pass .
For example , the spending bill that the House of Representatives recently passed was 5,593 pages long , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few hours to look it over .
Unsurprisingly , the bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53 .
# 12 When Barack Obama first entered the White House , the U.S. was 10.6 trillion dollars in debt .
Now we are 27.5 trillion dollars in debt , and soon that total will hit the 30 trillion dollar mark .
Needless to say , this is a recipe for national financial suicide .
# 13 The decline of the U.S. family continued to accelerate in 2020 .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of Americans believe that “ it is very important for couples who have children together to be married ” .
# 14 Americans have continued to get even bigger in 2020 as well .
At this point , 73 percent of the entire U.S. population is either overweight or obese .
# 15 The amount of control that the big tech companies have over our lives has gotten more than just a little bit frightening , but most Americans don ’ t seem to mind .
In fact , one recent survey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans do not care if their smart devices are recording what they say and do at all times .
# 16 But if anyone tried to take our smart devices away , then most of us would suddenly become very angry .
Another recent survey found that the average person will spend a total of 44 years looking at digital devices during their lifetimes .
# 17 The recent presidential election has deeply divided our nation .
96 percent of Democrats believe that Joe Biden was elected fairly , but only 20 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # 18 Joe Biden only won 16.7 percent of all counties in the United States .
That was a new record low for a winning candidate , beating the previous record low of 22 percent which Barack Obama established in 2012 .
# 19 But Joe Biden also somehow won the most overall votes in U.S. history by a very wide margin .
He received more than 81 million votes , which was about 12 million more votes than Barack Obama got in 2008 when he set the old record .
# 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voted to make Joe Biden the next president of the United States .
Amazingly , that date is precisely halfway between the “ Great American Eclipse ” of 2017 and the “ Great American Eclipse ” of 2024 .
If you plot the paths of those two eclipses on a map of the United States , you will see that they combine to form a giant “ X ” across the heartland of America .

2020 has been a year that none of us will ever forget. We experienced the worst global pandemic in 100 years, we witnessed the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, civil unrest erupted in major cities all over America, and we had one of the wildest presidential elections in our history. Other than that, it was a pretty quiet year. For a few moments, let’s take one more look back at the past 12 months. The following are 20 numbers from 2020 that are almost too crazy to believe…
#1 When 2020 began, nobody had ever heard of “COVID-19” because that term had not even been invented yet. But by the end of the year, there had been more than 83 million confirmed cases around the globe and more than 1.8 million deaths. Here in the United States, there have been more than 20 million confirmed cases so far and more than 350,000 deaths according to the official numbers. Of course, nobody is sure if we can trust the official numbers or not, because just recently a politician in Austria showed that a cup of Coca-Cola can test positive for COVID-19.
#2 All of the masks that we have been wearing and discarding during this pandemic have taken a heavy toll on the environment. According to one study, more than 1.5 billion (with a “b”) masks will be dumped into the oceans of the world this year alone.
#3 The lockdowns that our politicians instituted to control the spread of COVID-19 resulted in an unemployment shock that was absolutely unprecedented. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been more than 70 million new claims for unemployment benefits. That means that we have been averaging well over a million new claims per week since the first lockdowns went into effect. To put that into perspective, the old all-time record for a single week was just 695,000 and that was set all the way back in 1982. During this pandemic, we have been above that old record every single week, and now unemployment claims are starting to rise higher once again.
#4 Almost four out of every ten Americans do not plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but the federal government is going to spend 250 million dollars on an “information campaign” that is designed to convince them otherwise.
#5 The civil unrest that erupted all over America following the death of George Floyd ultimately sparked a crime wave that seems as if it will never end. According to an analysis of data from 57 big city police departments, the number of murders in those cities is up 36.7 percent compared to last year. In quite a few of those cities, new all-time records are being established in 2020, and many Americans are anticipating even more violence in 2021.
#6 Recent data from Moody’s Analytics indicates that approximately 12 million U.S. renters are now “at least $5,850 behind in rent and utilities payments”. Landlords all over the nation are in financial distress because of unpaid rent, and we could potentially see the greatest tsunami of evictions in all of U.S. history if and when all of the rent moratoriums are finally lifted in 2021.
#7 In 2020 we witnessed massively long lines at food banks all across America. In some cases, people were lining up as early as 2 AM in order to make sure that they would get something before the supplies were gone. Feeding America runs the largest network of food banks in the entire nation, and they were estimating that approximately one out of every four children in the U.S. would suffer from hunger by the time that 2020 was finally done.
#8 We haven’t seen an economic downturn this severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the middle class has been hit particularly hard. According to one recent survey, 2020 was a “personal financial disaster” for 55 percent of all Americans.
#9 But 2020 hasn’t been a financial disaster for everyone. In fact, Forbes recently published an article which celebrated 50 doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs that become “pandemic billionaires” in 2020.
#10 The U.S. government continues to waste money in some of the most crazy ways imaginable. I know that I shared this the other day, but I just had to include it in this article as well. According to U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the federal government has spent 6.9 million dollars to develop a “smart toilet” which uses a very small camera to identify your “analprint”.
#11 One of the reasons why so much crazy spending happens is because our politicians don’t actually read the bills that they pass. For example, the spending bill that the House of Representatives recently passed was 5,593 pages long, and members of the House were only given a few hours to look it over. Unsurprisingly, the bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53.
#12 When Barack Obama first entered the White House, the U.S. was 10.6 trillion dollars in debt. Now we are 27.5 trillion dollars in debt, and soon that total will hit the 30 trillion dollar mark. Needless to say, this is a recipe for national financial suicide.
#13 The decline of the U.S. family continued to accelerate in 2020. According to a recent Gallup survey, only 29 percent of Americans believe that “it is very important for couples who have children together to be married”.
#14 Americans have continued to get even bigger in 2020 as well. At this point, 73 percent of the entire U.S. population is either overweight or obese.
#15 The amount of control that the big tech companies have over our lives has gotten more than just a little bit frightening, but most Americans don’t seem to mind. In fact, one recent survey found that 2 out of every 3 Americans do not care if their smart devices are recording what they say and do at all times.
#16 But if anyone tried to take our smart devices away, then most of us would suddenly become very angry. Another recent survey found that the average person will spend a total of 44 years looking at digital devices during their lifetimes.
#17 The recent presidential election has deeply divided our nation. 96 percent of Democrats believe that Joe Biden was elected fairly, but only 20 percent of Republicans feel the same way.
#18 Joe Biden only won 16.7 percent of all counties in the United States. That was a new record low for a winning candidate, beating the previous record low of 22 percent which Barack Obama established in 2012.
#19 But Joe Biden also somehow won the most overall votes in U.S. history by a very wide margin. He received more than 81 million votes, which was about 12 million more votes than Barack Obama got in 2008 when he set the old record.
#20 On December 14th, the Electoral College voted to make Joe Biden the next president of the United States. Amazingly, that date is precisely halfway between the “Great American Eclipse” of 2017 and the “Great American Eclipse” of 2024. If you plot the paths of those two eclipses on a map of the United States, you will see that they combine to form a giant “X” across the heartland of America.
Article posted with permission from v


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--When We Teach Our Kids That Life Has No Value, This Is How They Act…

When We Teach Our Kids That Life Has No Value , This Is How They Act… The endless chaos in our streets is directly related to how we have been raising our children for the past couple of decades .
Bad beliefs lead to bad actions , and we have been teaching our kids values that are fundamentally flawed .
In particular , our children are endlessly taught that life has no value in a multitude of ways .
They view thousands of murders on television and in the movies as they grow up , the news glorifies politicians that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing to slaughter the unborn , and western nations are increasingly embracing the idea that older people should be willing to ask for the “ plug to be pulled ” once their “ usefulness ” is over .
Throughout their lives , our kids are trained to believe that they evolved from animals and that there is nothingness after they die , and the logical conclusion of such a worldview is that the period of time between birth and death is rather meaningless .
If life has no value and our existence is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do whatever you feel like doing because tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us .
Sadly , millions upon millions of our young people have adopted such an outlook at this point , and so we shouldn ’ t be surprised that many of them are completely out of control .
Yesterday , I wrote about how murder rates are absolutely skyrocketing all over the nation .
You might think that this is a bad thing , but if life has no value , what is the big deal ?
Today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of wild youths stopped a BMW on Fifth Avenue in New York City and began brutally attacking it… Max Torgovnick , 36 , was driving in the BMW with his mom when they encountered the large group of youngsters biking up Fifth Avenue near 21st Street .
The pair had just dropped off a holiday donation to a local charity when their vehicle was viciously set upon .
According to eyewitnesses , the teens began blocking traffic and started to attack the luxury car .
Shocking video shows several teens punching the BMW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hood .
That account really doesn ’ t capture the true horror of the assault .
To really appreciate what happened , you really need to watch video footage of the incident .
If those young people valued the lives of the two people inside that BMW , they would have not attacked them like that .
But they don ’ t , and the reason they don ’ t is because the system raised them to not have any respect for life .
This kind of thing doesn ’ t happen everywhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Belarus young people are dressing up in formal attire and are attending extremely elaborate balls instead of torching buildings and terrorizing their fellow citizens .
So who is more civilized , them or us ?
Of course , we have been trying to undermine the government of Belarus for years , and our stated goal is to replace it with a form of government that is more similar to our own because we want them to be more like us .
But maybe our goal should be to become more like them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is only going to intensify as our economy continues to deteriorate .
According to one recent report , we just witnessed the largest one year increase in poverty in this country that has ever been recorded… Sadly , as our system continues to melt down it is going to fuel even more civil unrest .
The more desperate people become , the worse the violence in the streets is going to get .
Honestly , I don ’ t want to be anywhere around the hordes of young people that have been rioting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year long .
If our founders could see us today , they would wonder how things could have possibly gone so wrong .
Of course , there are still people out there that have solid values and that are trying to do the right thing .
For instance , I was greatly encouraged when I came across a news story about a homeless man that ran into a burning animal shelter to save the cats and dogs that were trapped inside… I wish that our society would produce more people like Keith Walker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way that we raise kids these days is completely and totally messed up .
Instead , we are producing lots of self-centered idiots like this well-known divorce lawyer… John Liquori probably believed that suicide would be an easy way out because he was taught from a very young age to believe that there is nothing after death .
But instead , he quickly found out that he had a date with the big divorce court in the sky .
What we teach our kids when they are young really matters because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make for the rest of their lives .
As a nation , we have been failing our children for a very long time , and now there is chaos in our streets as a result .

When We Teach Our Kids That Life Has No Value, This Is How They Act…
The endless chaos in our streets is directly related to how we have been raising our children for the past couple of decades. Bad beliefs lead to bad actions, and we have been teaching our kids values that are fundamentally flawed. In particular, our children are endlessly taught that life has no value in a multitude of ways. They view thousands of murders on television and in the movies as they grow up, the news glorifies politicians that tell them that it is a good thing to slaughter the unborn, and western nations are increasingly embracing the idea that older people should be willing to ask for the “plug to be pulled” once their “usefulness” is over. Throughout their lives, our kids are trained to believe that they evolved from animals and that there is nothingness after they die, and the logical conclusion of such a worldview is that the period of time between birth and death is rather meaningless.
If life has no value and our existence is essentially meaningless, you might as well do whatever you feel like doing because tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us.
Sadly, millions upon millions of our young people have adopted such an outlook at this point, and so we shouldn’t be surprised that many of them are completely out of control.
Yesterday, I wrote about how murder rates are absolutely skyrocketing all over the nation. You might think that this is a bad thing, but if life has no value, what is the big deal?
Today, many Americans were absolutely shocked when dozens of wild youths stopped a BMW on Fifth Avenue in New York City and began brutally attacking it…
Max Torgovnick, 36, was driving in the BMW with his mom when they encountered the large group of youngsters biking up Fifth Avenue near 21st Street. The pair had just dropped off a holiday donation to a local charity when their vehicle was viciously set upon. According to eyewitnesses, the teens began blocking traffic and started to attack the luxury car. Shocking video shows several teens punching the BMW’s windows and stomping on its hood.
That account really doesn’t capture the true horror of the assault.
To really appreciate what happened, you really need to watch video footage of the incident.
NYC is magical this time of year. pic.twitter.com/vRchtTnmmj — GrantB911 (@GrantB911) December 30, 2020
If those young people valued the lives of the two people inside that BMW, they would have not attacked them like that.
But they don’t, and the reason they don’t is because the system raised them to not have any respect for life.
This kind of thing doesn’t happen everywhere on the planet.
For example, in Belarus young people are dressing up in formal attire and are attending extremely elaborate balls instead of torching buildings and terrorizing their fellow citizens.
So who is more civilized, them or us?
After months of protests and a year of pandemic, Lukashenko held "a ball for the youth" last night in Minsk. Unreal. pic.twitter.com/iJUwV61Rom — Scott Rose (@rprose) December 30, 2020
Of course, we have been trying to undermine the government of Belarus for years, and our stated goal is to replace it with a form of government that is more similar to our own because we want them to be more like us.
But maybe our goal should be to become more like them.
And the chaos in our streets is only going to intensify as our economy continues to deteriorate. According to one recent report, we just witnessed the largest one year increase in poverty in this country that has ever been recorded…
Due to the coronavirus pandemic’s decimation of the labor market and the months-long expiration of benefits from the government relief package keeping families afloat, the poverty rate in the United States surged from 9.3% in June to 11.7% in November, according to a report released Wednesday by analysts at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, creating the biggest increase in a single year since the government began tracking poverty in 1960.
Sadly, as our system continues to melt down it is going to fuel even more civil unrest. The more desperate people become, the worse the violence in the streets is going to get.
Honestly, I don’t want to be anywhere around the hordes of young people that have been rioting, looting and burning buildings almost all year long.
If our founders could see us today, they would wonder how things could have possibly gone so wrong.
Of course, there are still people out there that have solid values and that are trying to do the right thing. For instance, I was greatly encouraged when I came across a news story about a homeless man that ran into a burning animal shelter to save the cats and dogs that were trapped inside…
A homeless man is being hailed as a hero after he risked his life to rescue several dogs and cats from a fire at an animal shelter. The man, Keith Walker, rushed inside the W-Underdogs shelter after a fire broke out Dec. 18, the facility said in a Facebook post. “Tonight we thank our guardian angels. The homeless man that ran into our burning house and rescued our animals,” it said. “Our animals are safe and thanks to the incredible response from the community, everyone is settled and safe warm and secure.”
I wish that our society would produce more people like Keith Walker, but it doesn’t because the way that we raise kids these days is completely and totally messed up.
Instead, we are producing lots of self-centered idiots like this well-known divorce lawyer…
Cindy Liquori, 55, was dog-sitting at her mother’s home in Windsor Locks on Friday when her husband, 59-year-old John Liquori, gunned her down in her sleep, police sources told the Hartford Courant. John Liquori then lay next to his wife and shot himself to death, according to the source.
John Liquori probably believed that suicide would be an easy way out because he was taught from a very young age to believe that there is nothing after death.
But instead, he quickly found out that he had a date with the big divorce court in the sky.
What we teach our kids when they are young really matters because it will heavily influence the decisions that they make for the rest of their lives.
As a nation, we have been failing our children for a very long time, and now there is chaos in our streets as a result.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--Gearing Public Up With More Mind Control:  Colorado Man With No Travel History/ Close Contacts First

Gearing Public Up With More Mind Control : Colorado Man With No Travel History/ Close Contacts First In US “ Diagnosed ” With “ Mutant COVID ” According to the mainstream media and their fear-mongering propaganda campaign designed to get the public in line to be vaccinated , the “ scary mutant COVID ” strain is in the United States .
A Colorado man is the first to be diagnosed with this newer , more contagious variant , says the “ expert authoritarians.
” The man , who lives in Elbert County , is in his 20s , with no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified , state officials said in a Tuesday news release , adding that a news conference Wednesday morning would provide more details .
The man remains in isolation , and contact tracing continues .
Does anyone else see a problem here ?
If this thing is “ highly contagious , ” shouldn ’ t it be easy to figure out where it came from if he has no travel history ?
Of course , mainstream media can not be bothered to ask any questions of the ruling class , who desperately needs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out what ’ s truly happening .
Time Magazine reported that this is the strain found in the United Kingdom that had the ruling class masters there use force and violence to lockdown people under a system more dystopian than even George Orwell could have imagined .
Colorado Governor Jared Polis didn ’ t miss his cue either .
Polis did what all the rulers have done , and took to promoting the Big Pharma vaccine and more tyranny .
He added there ’ s now an urgency to vaccinate Americans .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. , but the lack of travel history in the first case means it is spreading , probably seeded by travelers from Britain in November or December , said scientist Trevor Bedford , who studies the spread of COVID-19 at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle .
“ Now I ’ m worried there will be another spring wave due to the variant , ” Bedford said .
“ It ’ s a race with the vaccine , but now the virus has just gotten a little bit faster.
” –Time Magazine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s coming .
Be prepared to be banned from traveling across state lines if you can not show proof of vaccination for the COVID-19 scam .

Gearing Public Up With More Mind Control: Colorado Man With No Travel History/ Close Contacts First In US “Diagnosed” With “Mutant COVID”
According to the mainstream media and their fear-mongering propaganda campaign designed to get the public in line to be vaccinated, the “scary mutant COVID” strain is in the United States. A Colorado man is the first to be diagnosed with this newer, more contagious variant, says the “expert authoritarians.”
The man, who lives in Elbert County, is in his 20s, with no travel history and no close contacts yet identified, state officials said in a Tuesday news release, adding that a news conference Wednesday morning would provide more details. The man remains in isolation, and contact tracing continues. Does anyone else see a problem here? If this thing is “highly contagious,” shouldn’t it be easy to figure out where it came from if he has no travel history?
Of course, mainstream media cannot be bothered to ask any questions of the ruling class, who desperately needs to enslave the public before more people figure out what’s truly happening.
Time Magazine reported that this is the strain found in the United Kingdom that had the ruling class masters there use force and violence to lockdown people under a system more dystopian than even George Orwell could have imagined. Colorado Governor Jared Polis didn’t miss his cue either. Polis did what all the rulers have done, and took to promoting the Big Pharma vaccine and more tyranny. He added there’s now an urgency to vaccinate Americans.
The variant is likely still rare in the U.S., but the lack of travel history in the first case means it is spreading, probably seeded by travelers from Britain in November or December, said scientist Trevor Bedford, who studies the spread of COVID-19 at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. “Now I’m worried there will be another spring wave due to the variant,” Bedford said. “It’s a race with the vaccine, but now the virus has just gotten a little bit faster.” –Time Magazine
This is gearing up the public for what’s coming. Be prepared to be banned from traveling across state lines if you cannot show proof of vaccination for the COVID-19 scam.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--Kamala & Kwanzaa: 2 Fakes For A Dubious Future

Earlier this week , U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris posted a bunch of wistful tweets supposedly detailing her childhood Kwanzaa celebrations .
It didn ’ t take long for critics and detractors to unload on the alleged vice president-elect for having likely fabricated these cherished “ childhood memories ” – and with very good reason .
“ Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories , ” one tweet said .
“ The whole family would gather around across multiple generations and we ’ d tell stories and light the candles.
” As a bunch of Twitterites indicated , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was born in 1964 , and Kwanzaa wasn ’ t even “ a thing ” until 1966 .
I was born in 1961 .
As I ’ ve mentioned previously in this space , I grew up on a first-name basis with the children of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X. I vividly remember seeing the newspaper and TV reports of Rev .
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ’ s assassination .
I also had a mother who was singularly focused on the education of black youth in our community throughout my childhood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was very conscious of things that were going on at that time in the area of race relations and civil rights , and the changes that were taking place .
I didn ’ t even hear about Kwanzaa until the late 1970s , and at that time , I saw it exactly for what it was : a contrived , pretentious bunch of garbage calculated by the political left to sow racial division .
Later on , of course , I learned how fake Kwanzaa truly was , having been invented from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informant , Ron Karenga , who also founded a violent black nationalist group that rivaled the Black Panthers back in the day – the Crips to the Black Panthers ’ Bloods , you might say .
So it ’ s pretty much impossible that the half-black , half-Indian Harris ever celebrated Kwanzaa as a child , a notion reinforced by photos released of Harris as a child and her family celebrating … Christmas !
But let us not allow facts to get in the way of crafting a bogus legacy , shall we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as myself and our readers screamed from the rooftops as regards the counterfeit origin story and bona fides of one Barack Hussein Obama .
It didn ’ t seem to matter to those enamored of Obama at the time , and even a birth certificate so carelessly crafted that even a junior high school student could have recognized it as a forgery upon cursory examination did nothing to diminish the cult of Obama .
Neither the press nor Obama ’ s supposed adversaries in the Republican Party had any desire to even consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; over the next eight years , it became chillingly apparent that both the press and the GOP leadership were solidly behind the ( Deep State ) oligarchy .
So there ’ s really no need to get into the fact that Kamala Harris has never been more than an over-educated prostitute and identity politics-hustling hypocrite who threw blacks under the bus in order to advance her career .
And there ’ s probably no point in sounding alarms over the danger attendant to this vile , cackling witch potentially being one embolism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Kamala Harris to ingratiate herself to those on social media do give rise to a question many have asked about some of the more audacious false claims made by prominent leftists over the last few years , however : Why are these people so quick and so willing to make statements that can so easily be proven false ?
One would think that such people would harbor concern for damaging their credibility , but apparently , credibility now matters as little as the truth .
Elected Democrats and leftist political operatives are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propagandized , low-information masses ; any inconsistencies concerning their rhetoric will be handily spun away by the press and managed by their Big Tech cronies .
So , Kamala Harris can say anything she likes about Kwanzaa or anything else , since we ’ re a nation that ’ s apparently all right with rewriting history .
Barack Obama is now an elder statesman and our celebrated first black president ; he flies around the world spouting the same anti-American bilge he spouted as president , while receiving all of the fortune and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our nation .
The fact that he and his cabal spent eight years dedicatedly decimating our economy , military , domestic tranquility and international standing has been conveniently forgotten .
Worse , Obama ’ s efforts toward weaponizing federal agencies and cementing the power of the Washington establishment figured prominently in the underhanded political resistance President Trump ’ s administration has faced , as well as – in all likelihood – the death of free and fair elections in America .

Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris posted a bunch of wistful tweets supposedly detailing her childhood Kwanzaa celebrations. It didn’t take long for critics and detractors to unload on the alleged vice president-elect for having likely fabricated these cherished “childhood memories” – and with very good reason.
“Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories,” one tweet said. “The whole family would gather around across multiple generations and we’d tell stories and light the candles.” As a bunch of Twitterites indicated, this is highly unlikely, since Harris was born in 1964, and Kwanzaa wasn’t even “a thing” until 1966.
I was born in 1961. As I’ve mentioned previously in this space, I grew up on a first-name basis with the children of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X. I vividly remember seeing the newspaper and TV reports of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. I also had a mother who was singularly focused on the education of black youth in our community throughout my childhood. What all this means is that I was very conscious of things that were going on at that time in the area of race relations and civil rights, and the changes that were taking place.
I didn’t even hear about Kwanzaa until the late 1970s, and at that time, I saw it exactly for what it was: a contrived, pretentious bunch of garbage calculated by the political left to sow racial division. Later on, of course, I learned how fake Kwanzaa truly was, having been invented from whole cloth by black radical and FBI informant, Ron Karenga, who also founded a violent black nationalist group that rivaled the Black Panthers back in the day – the Crips to the Black Panthers’ Bloods, you might say.
So it’s pretty much impossible that the half-black, half-Indian Harris ever celebrated Kwanzaa as a child, a notion reinforced by photos released of Harris as a child and her family celebrating … Christmas!
But let us not allow facts to get in the way of crafting a bogus legacy, shall we? From 2007 on, commentators such as myself and our readers screamed from the rooftops as regards the counterfeit origin story and bona fides of one Barack Hussein Obama. It didn’t seem to matter to those enamored of Obama at the time, and even a birth certificate so carelessly crafted that even a junior high school student could have recognized it as a forgery upon cursory examination did nothing to diminish the cult of Obama. Neither the press nor Obama’s supposed adversaries in the Republican Party had any desire to even consider the truth, let alone disseminate same; over the next eight years, it became chillingly apparent that both the press and the GOP leadership were solidly behind the (Deep State) oligarchy.
So there’s really no need to get into the fact that Kamala Harris has never been more than an over-educated prostitute and identity politics-hustling hypocrite who threw blacks under the bus in order to advance her career. And there’s probably no point in sounding alarms over the danger attendant to this vile, cackling witch potentially being one embolism away from the presidency.
The efforts of Kamala Harris to ingratiate herself to those on social media do give rise to a question many have asked about some of the more audacious false claims made by prominent leftists over the last few years, however: Why are these people so quick and so willing to make statements that can so easily be proven false?
One would think that such people would harbor concern for damaging their credibility, but apparently, credibility now matters as little as the truth. Elected Democrats and leftist political operatives are only playing to their base and the propagandized, low-information masses; any inconsistencies concerning their rhetoric will be handily spun away by the press and managed by their Big Tech cronies.
So, Kamala Harris can say anything she likes about Kwanzaa or anything else, since we’re a nation that’s apparently all right with rewriting history. Barack Obama is now an elder statesman and our celebrated first black president; he flies around the world spouting the same anti-American bilge he spouted as president, while receiving all of the fortune and glory due a former chief executive of our nation. The fact that he and his cabal spent eight years dedicatedly decimating our economy, military, domestic tranquility and international standing has been conveniently forgotten.
Worse, Obama’s efforts toward weaponizing federal agencies and cementing the power of the Washington establishment figured prominently in the underhanded political resistance President Trump’s administration has faced, as well as – in all likelihood – the death of free and fair elections in America.
Article posted with permission from Erik Rush


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--UK Woman Arrested For Documenting COVID Lies OF Ruling Class’ Official Narrative

A woman from the United Kingdom has been arrested after she blew the ruling class ’ s official narrative out of the water .
The 46-year-old used a camera to film the inside of an EMPTY hospital after weeks of the media reporting that “ tier 5 lockdown ” is needed as the hospitals are overrun with COVID patients .
These lies about this scamdemic won ’ t stop and the totalitarian New World Order rollout will continue until people wake up to the reality of what ’ s being done .
This has never been about health ; it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a woman has been arrested for proving the ruling class and its lapdog media continue to lie to us to stoke the fear needed for our permanent enslavement .
In spite of the media ’ s lies , public data shows that hospitals are indeed emptier than at this time last year , with beds being at 89 % occupancy compared to 95 % occupancy in December 2019 .
In regions across the country , critical care occupancy rates are also lower than the 3-year average , according to a report by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 46-year-old woman was arrested by police ( at the commands of the ruling class ) for filming the video .
She has been charged on suspicion of a public order offense .
Whose side are the police really on ?
That ’ s for you to decide .
Watch now , before Twitter censors and scrubs this video .
The woman expressed shock at how quiet the hospital was , saying she expected there to be “ a few more people around , there ’ s absolutely nobody.
” Almost all of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cost of £220million to handle overflow COVID patients were never used and are now being dismantled .
New York ’ s COVID-19 Field Hospital Dismantled After Treating ZERO Patients Army ’ s Seattle Field Hospital Closed After 3 Days & Without Seeing A Single Patient Many have also questioned why nurses have had time to perform carefully rehearsed and choreographed dances for social media clout , with family members of cancer victims who have been denied treatment complaining about their insensitivity .
Pay attention , and stay alert .
The lies will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us to read , learn , and be able to discern these falsehoods and stand for those who have suffered under the boot of tyranny .

A woman from the United Kingdom has been arrested after she blew the ruling class’s official narrative out of the water. The 46-year-old used a camera to film the inside of an EMPTY hospital after weeks of the media reporting that “tier 5 lockdown” is needed as the hospitals are overrun with COVID patients.
These lies about this scamdemic won’t stop and the totalitarian New World Order rollout will continue until people wake up to the reality of what’s being done. This has never been about health; it has always been about control. Now, a woman has been arrested for proving the ruling class and its lapdog media continue to lie to us to stoke the fear needed for our permanent enslavement.
In spite of the media’s lies, public data shows that hospitals are indeed emptier than at this time last year, with beds being at 89% occupancy compared to 95% occupancy in December 2019. In regions across the country, critical care occupancy rates are also lower than the 3-year average, according to a report by ZeroHedge.
According to reports, a 46-year-old woman was arrested by police (at the commands of the ruling class) for filming the video. She has been charged on suspicion of a public order offense. Whose side are the police really on? That’s for you to decide.
“The woman has been bailed to return to police on 21 January, with conditions that she cannot enter any NHS premises or the grounds of any such premises, unless in the case of an emergency or to attend a pre-arranged NHS appointment,” said a statement by Gloucestershire Police.
This is the video pic.twitter.com/dBnf9WqHKq — KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (@mikeylusmusic) December 30, 2020
Watch now, before Twitter censors and scrubs this video.
The woman expressed shock at how quiet the hospital was, saying she expected there to be “a few more people around, there’s absolutely nobody.”
Almost all of the emergency Nightingale hospitals that were built at a cost of £220million to handle overflow COVID patients were never used and are now being dismantled.
New York’s COVID-19 Field Hospital Dismantled After Treating ZERO Patients
Army’s Seattle Field Hospital Closed After 3 Days & Without Seeing A Single Patient
Many have also questioned why nurses have had time to perform carefully rehearsed and choreographed dances for social media clout, with family members of cancer victims who have been denied treatment complaining about their insensitivity.
Pay attention, and stay alert. The lies will not stop. It’s up to us to read, learn, and be able to discern these falsehoods and stand for those who have suffered under the boot of tyranny.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--US: 2.1 Million Have Apparently Bought Into the Vaccine Propaganda

The United States has vaccinated 2.1 million people with the COIVD-19 inoculation so far .
If the numbers presented by the mainstream media are to be believed , that ’ s far more than those who have allegedly died of this hoax pandemic since it began .
Again , the numbers are probably straight-up lies just like the death toll statistics .
If we have learned anything at all in 2020 , it ’ s that the media will lie repeatedly to provoke an emotional fear-based response so the ruling class can swoop in and eliminate more basic human rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Operation Warp Speed , ” the federal program created to accelerate the development of treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 , according to Kavita Patel , a primary-care physician , and health-policy expert who served in the Obama White House .
And the government aka , the ruling class , is not too happy that only a few million have been willing to take this concoction .
Patel ’ s clinic is one of the sites that is part of the vaccination strategy in the District of Columbia , she said in an interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best now to convince Americans to take the shot .
“ In October , we heard from Operation Warp Speed that we would have 100 million doses by year-end , ” she said .
“ We kind of thought that was unreasonable .
Then the expectation dropped to 40 million and then to 20 million by the end of December .
We have dosed 2.2 million , which is far short of that 20 million.
” The failure to meet vaccine targets , “ feels like a let-down in so many ways , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sadly , given how testing has gone , tracing is not existing at all , and how we ’ re getting caught off-guard by this new [ virus ] variant because of our lack of genomic surveillance , ” she said .
Nurse Who Took COVID-19 Vaccine Tests Positive For COVID-19 Israel has now vaccinated more people against COVID-19 than have been infected with the virus since the start of the outbreak , the Jerusalem Post reported , citing data from Health Minister Yuli Edelstein .
Just nine days into the country ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been vaccinated , compared with 407,285 confirmed cases of the illness .
Israel is expecting to vaccinate 150,000 people a day , allowing it to vaccinate 2.25 million people in a month and a half , or about a quarter of the full population .
WHO Chief Scientist : There Is NO EVIDENCE That The Vaccine Will Prevent Infection

The United States has vaccinated 2.1 million people with the COIVD-19 inoculation so far. If the numbers presented by the mainstream media are to be believed, that’s far more than those who have allegedly died of this hoax pandemic since it began.
Again, the numbers are probably straight-up lies just like the death toll statistics. If we have learned anything at all in 2020, it’s that the media will lie repeatedly to provoke an emotional fear-based response so the ruling class can swoop in and eliminate more basic human rights.
Under President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed,” the federal program created to accelerate the development of treatments and vaccines against COVID-19, according to Kavita Patel, a primary-care physician, and health-policy expert who served in the Obama White House. And the government aka, the ruling class, is not too happy that only a few million have been willing to take this concoction.
For all those social media posts of people gathering over the holidays that are making me cringe- send them this article: If one person with you has COVID-19, how long are you safe? https://t.co/y1C1NtXytK — Kavita Patel M.D. (@kavitapmd) December 29, 2020
Patel’s clinic is one of the sites that is part of the vaccination strategy in the District of Columbia, she said in an interview on MSNBC. Patel is doing her best now to convince Americans to take the shot.
“In October, we heard from Operation Warp Speed that we would have 100 million doses by year-end,” she said. “We kind of thought that was unreasonable. Then the expectation dropped to 40 million and then to 20 million by the end of December. We have dosed 2.2 million, which is far short of that 20 million.”
The failure to meet vaccine targets, “feels like a let-down in so many ways, but I’m not surprised, sadly, given how testing has gone, tracing is not existing at all, and how we’re getting caught off-guard by this new [virus] variant because of our lack of genomic surveillance,” she said.
Nurse Who Took COVID-19 Vaccine Tests Positive For COVID-19
Israel has now vaccinated more people against COVID-19 than have been infected with the virus since the start of the outbreak, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing data from Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. Just nine days into the country’s vaccination campaign, 495,000 Israelis have been vaccinated, compared with 407,285 confirmed cases of the illness. Israel is expecting to vaccinate 150,000 people a day, allowing it to vaccinate 2.25 million people in a month and a half, or about a quarter of the full population.
WHO Chief Scientist: There Is NO EVIDENCE That The Vaccine Will Prevent Infection
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--2020 Ends as It Began: With the Looming Threat of a US War With Iran

Amid increasing hostility towards Tehran , the United States is building up its military presence on Iran ’ s borders .
In the past three weeks alone , the U.S. has flown in a squadron of fighter jets and extra B-52 bombers while deploying the U.S.S .
Nimitz aircraft carrier ( with its strike group ) and a large submarine to the Persian Gulf .
This comes on top of the 2,500 troops it sent to Saudi Arabia earlier in the year , the first build-up of forces in the country in 17 years .
The nuclear powered Nimitz is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and has also long been rumored to carry nuclear weapons .
The military insists that all the new measures are purely “ in the name of deterrence.
” However , the few journalists who have paid attention to the news appear skeptical .
“ That ’ s provocation !
” wrote Rania Khalek .
“ You ’ re sending this shit thousands of miles away from your border to try to provoke Iran and then playing the victim.
” The move comes in the midst of worsening hostilities between the United States and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ embassy in Baghdad ( a massive citadel in the center of the city , almost as large as the Vatican ) was hit by a rocket strike that the Trump administration blames on Iranian-sponsored groups .
On Wednesday , Trump gave “ some friendly health advice ” to Iran , tweeting that “ If one American is killed , I will hold Iran responsible .
Think it over.
” The U.S. also recently upped its already extensive sanctions on the Islamic Republic , with Trump ’ s Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thanks to the success of our sanctions , Iran is looking to come back to the negotiating table to get relief , ” even as he imposed new ones .
The sanctions have indeed caused serious hardship on Iran , sending the prices of consumer goods soaring and the value of its currency , the rial , in the opposite direction .
Like in Venezuela , oil production has slowed , as Tehran can find few buyers for its principal national export .
The price of food has also become a serious issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ target ordinary Iranians , women , and children , ” Seyed Mohammad Marandi , Professor of English Literature at the University of Tehran told MintPress earlier this year .
“ They are designed to kill hospital patients and to create poverty .
They have had partial success.
” Iran was one of the earliest hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic , and the U.S. government used it as an opportunity to try to overthrow the government , hindering its attempts to import medical equipment and personal protective equipment , a move condemned by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ senior politicians alike appeared to be relishing the prospect of an insurrection in Tehran .
“ With aging rulers and a weak health system , could the coronavirus lead to a regime change in Iran ?
” asked former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich .
Eventually , the World Health Organization stepped in directly , donating large quantities of supplies — one reason why the Trump administration decided to leave the organization .
2020 started with the U.S. assassination of Iranian statesman Qassem Soleimani as he was in Iraq attending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi .
Also present were representatives from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies with antagonistic relationships with Tehran .
The move sparked uproar in Iraq , especially after Abdul-Mahdi revealed he had sought and received Trump ’ s blessing to invite Soleimani .
The result was an enormous march of up to 2.5 million Iraqis parading through Baghdad insisting that the U.S. leave the country for good .
Instead , the U.S. announced it was building three new military bases , all of them on the Iranian border .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked hard to build a united front against Iran amongst its client regimes in the region , with experts suggesting to MintPress that the Abraham Accords ( the Israel-UAE-Bahrain agreement ) were far more about war with Tehran than peace , as they were sold to the public .
2020 also ended with another high profile assassination ; that of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh , a crime Iran suggested Israel or the United States must have committed .
The incoming Biden administration has signaled its intent to return to the nuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with the 2020 Democratic National Platform categorically stating that , However , with the U.S. showing its ability to rapidly change political direction and break its own treaties , it is not clear whether Iran will see any American agreement as credible in the long term .
Nevertheless , with the threat of a hot conflict increasing , any de-escalatory actions can not come soon enough .

Amid increasing hostility towards Tehran, the United States is building up its military presence on Iran’s borders. In the past three weeks alone, the U.S. has flown in a squadron of fighter jets and extra B-52 bombers while deploying the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier (with its strike group) and a large submarine to the Persian Gulf. This comes on top of the 2,500 troops it sent to Saudi Arabia earlier in the year, the first build-up of forces in the country in 17 years. The nuclear powered Nimitz is home to nine squadrons of fighting aircraft and has also long been rumored to carry nuclear weapons.
The military insists that all the new measures are purely “in the name of deterrence.” However, the few journalists who have paid attention to the news appear skeptical. “That’s provocation!” wrote Rania Khalek. “You’re sending this shit thousands of miles away from your border to try to provoke Iran and then playing the victim.”
The move comes in the midst of worsening hostilities between the United States and Iran. Last week, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad (a massive citadel in the center of the city, almost as large as the Vatican) was hit by a rocket strike that the Trump administration blames on Iranian-sponsored groups. On Wednesday, Trump gave “some friendly health advice” to Iran, tweeting that “If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over.”
The U.S. also recently upped its already extensive sanctions on the Islamic Republic, with Trump’s Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, claiming that “Thanks to the success of our sanctions, Iran is looking to come back to the negotiating table to get relief,” even as he imposed new ones.
The sanctions have indeed caused serious hardship on Iran, sending the prices of consumer goods soaring and the value of its currency, the rial, in the opposite direction. Like in Venezuela, oil production has slowed, as Tehran can find few buyers for its principal national export. The price of food has also become a serious issue for many. “The sanctions deliberately target ordinary Iranians, women, and children,” Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Professor of English Literature at the University of Tehran told MintPress earlier this year. “They are designed to kill hospital patients and to create poverty. They have had partial success.”
Iran was one of the earliest hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the U.S. government used it as an opportunity to try to overthrow the government, hindering its attempts to import medical equipment and personal protective equipment, a move condemned by human rights groups. Hawkish media and senior politicians alike appeared to be relishing the prospect of an insurrection in Tehran. “With aging rulers and a weak health system, could the coronavirus lead to a regime change in Iran?” asked former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich. Eventually, the World Health Organization stepped in directly, donating large quantities of supplies — one reason why the Trump administration decided to leave the organization.
2020 started with the U.S. assassination of Iranian statesman Qassem Soleimani as he was in Iraq attending a peace conference at the invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Also present were representatives from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies with antagonistic relationships with Tehran. The move sparked uproar in Iraq, especially after Abdul-Mahdi revealed he had sought and received Trump’s blessing to invite Soleimani. The result was an enormous march of up to 2.5 million Iraqis parading through Baghdad insisting that the U.S. leave the country for good. Instead, the U.S. announced it was building three new military bases, all of them on the Iranian border.
Throughout 2020, the Trump administration has worked hard to build a united front against Iran amongst its client regimes in the region, with experts suggesting to MintPress that the Abraham Accords (the Israel-UAE-Bahrain agreement) were far more about war with Tehran than peace, as they were sold to the public. 2020 also ended with another high profile assassination; that of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a crime Iran suggested Israel or the United States must have committed.
The incoming Biden administration has signaled its intent to return to the nuclear deal that Trump and his team abandoned, with the 2020 Democratic National Platform categorically stating that,
Democrats will call off the Trump Administration’s race to war with Iran and prioritize nuclear diplomacy, de-escalation, and regional dialogue. Democrats believe the United States should not impose regime change on other countries and reject that as the goal of U.S. policy toward Iran.”
However, with the U.S. showing its ability to rapidly change political direction and break its own treaties, it is not clear whether Iran will see any American agreement as credible in the long term. Nevertheless, with the threat of a hot conflict increasing, any de-escalatory actions cannot come soon enough.
Article posted with permission from MintPress News


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--10 Worst Mainstream Media Abuses in 2020

Here are some of the worst cases of malpractice from the mainstream media in 2020 .
It ’ s horrendous .
From the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic to the riots to the 2020 election , the left-leaning legacy media has twisted , subverted , and outright suppressed the news it is supposedly tasked with reporting .
It is impossible to cover every instance of media bias against President Donald Trump , for Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. , or propping up the far-Left ’ s increasingly stifling orthodoxy , but I have compiled what I believe to be the ten most egregious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weep for the objectivity of the free press .
At the outset of the annus horribilis of 2020 , President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani after Iran-backed militias attacked the U.S. Embassy in Iraq .
Soleimani orchestrated the Islamic Republic ’ s terrorist activity throughout the Middle East and was reportedly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers , but many legacy media outlets condemned Trump for killing Soleimani and predicted the assassination would start a war .
The Washington Post hailed Soleimani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The New Yorkerran an article from actress Robin Wright describing Soleimani as “ a flamboyant former construction worker and bodybuilder with snowy white hair , a dapper beard , and arching salt-and-pepper eyebrows.
” She described the Quds Force as “ an Iranian unit of commandos comparable to the U.S .
Seals , Delta Force , and Rangers combined.
” The View ‘ s Joy Behar even celebrated a white nationalist — because he rejected Trump over the Soleimani strike .
CNN gave a friendly interview to a woman who helped lead the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1979 — and said at the time that she would kill U.S. hostages if troops attacked the embassy — and who described America ’ s actions as terrorism .
The New York Times ‘ Maggie Haberman claimed that Trump killed Soleimani to distract from impeachment .
A Times op-ed predicted that Soleimani ’ s death would “ unleash chaos.
” Author and commentator Reza Aslan said Trump ’ s plan “ from day one ” was “ war with Iran , ” because Trump withdrew from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ severe revenge ” against the U.S. for the strike , his resulting rocket attacks on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers failed to kill a single Iraqi or U.S. soldier .
Instead , it seems they destroyed a Ukrainian plane carrying Canadians — a tragedy that is all Iran ’ s making .
Similarly , Iran brought in troops from across the country to Tehran for Soleimani ’ s funeral — and the stampede killed fifty people and wounded 200 more .
The Soleimani strike destabilized Iran and weakened its influence in the Middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s historic Middle East peace deals with Israel .
VIP : The Liberal Media ’ s Terrible , Horrible , No Good , Very Bad Week In March , legacy media figures started attacking Trump and other Republicans for referring to COVID-19 as the “ Chinese coronavirus ” or the “ Wuhan coronavirus , ” suggesting that such terms were insensitive or racist .
When Rep. Paul Gosar ( R-Ariz. ) referred to the virus as the “ Wuhan Virus , ” liberals accused him of supporting “ white supremacy.
” A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call it the Wuhan Virus.
” MSNBC ’ s Chris Hayes called Gosar ’ s use of the term “ astoundingly gross.
” Gosar responded by noting that many legacy media outlets had used the term “ Wuhan Virus ” or mentioned the coronavirus as coming from Wuhan or China .
CNN ’ s Chris Cuomo recently attacked Trump for using geographic terms .
“ You ’ re starting to hear the Republicans , especially Trump co. , calling it the ‘ Wuhan ’ or the ‘ Chinese coronavirus , ’ ” Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those terms , the Media Research Center ( MRC ) tracked down at least 35 video clips in which legacy media figures referred to the coronavirus as the “ Wuhan coronavirus ” or the “ Chinese coronavirus.
” This 2-minute video shows the utter hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of our media “ betters ” lecturing us about supposed racism .
DeSantis has a solid track-record on COVID-19 , but it seems much of the legacy media can ’ t admit it because the governor has an “ R ” after his name .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in police custody inspired protests across the country , and many of those protests devolved into destructive and deadly riots .
Yet legacy media outlets repeatedly branded the riots as “ mostly peaceful protests , ” in many cases signifying their tacit agreement with the dangerous ideology behind the violence .
Perhaps the most egregious example came from CNN .
As a fire raged amid riots in Kenosha , Wisc.
, the CNN chyron read , “ FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING.
” While Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutional racism , ” the riots disproportionately damaged black communities in Kenosha , Wisc.
, Minneapolis , and Chicago .
The riots destroyed black lives , black livelihoods , and black monuments .
At least 26 Americans have died in the riots , most of them black .
The New York Times propped up the destructive ideology fueling the riots .
The paper ’ s “ 1619 Project ” originally claimed that the true founding of the United States came with the arrival of the first black slaves in 1619 , rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In September , the Times attempted to shove this fact down the memory hole , deleting the key text from its interactive website and sending the project ’ s founder , Nikole Hannah-Jones , on television to claim she never said 1619 was America ’ s true founding .
When vandals toppled a statue of George Washington in Portland , they spray-painted “ 1619 ” on the statue .
When Claremont ’ s Charles Kesler wrote in The New York Post , “ Call them the 1619 riots , ” 1619 Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since-deleted tweet ) that “ it would be an honor ” to claim responsibility for the destructive riots .
Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-Minn. ) called for the “ dismantling ” of America ’ s “ economy and political system , ” in order to root out supposed racist oppression .
In September , the Times published a report suggesting that any violence in the riots came from police and “ right-wing activists.
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Here are some of the worst cases of malpractice from the mainstream media in 2020. It’s horrendous.
The 10 Worst Legacy Media Abuses in 2020
By PJ Media, December 31, 2020
From the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic to the riots to the 2020 election, the left-leaning legacy media has twisted, subverted, and outright suppressed the news it is supposedly tasked with reporting. It is impossible to cover every instance of media bias against President Donald Trump, for Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., or propping up the far-Left’s increasingly stifling orthodoxy, but I have compiled what I believe to be the ten most egregious examples from 2020.
Enjoy, and weep for the objectivity of the free press.
10. The death of Soleimani
At the outset of the annus horribilis of 2020, President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani after Iran-backed militias attacked the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Soleimani orchestrated the Islamic Republic’s terrorist activity throughout the Middle East and was reportedly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers, but many legacy media outlets condemned Trump for killing Soleimani and predicted the assassination would start a war.
The Washington Post hailed Soleimani as a “revered military leader.” The New Yorkerran an article from actress Robin Wright describing Soleimani as “a flamboyant former construction worker and bodybuilder with snowy white hair, a dapper beard, and arching salt-and-pepper eyebrows.” She described the Quds Force as “an Iranian unit of commandos comparable to the U.S. Seals, Delta Force, and Rangers combined.”
The View‘s Joy Behar even celebrated a white nationalist — because he rejected Trump over the Soleimani strike.
CNN gave a friendly interview to a woman who helped lead the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 — and said at the time that she would kill U.S. hostages if troops attacked the embassy — and who described America’s actions as terrorism. The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman claimed that Trump killed Soleimani to distract from impeachment. A Times op-ed predicted that Soleimani’s death would “unleash chaos.”
Author and commentator Reza Aslan said Trump’s plan “from day one” was “war with Iran,” because Trump withdrew from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.
While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed “severe revenge” against the U.S. for the strike, his resulting rocket attacks on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers failed to kill a single Iraqi or U.S. soldier. Instead, it seems they destroyed a Ukrainian plane carrying Canadians — a tragedy that is all Iran’s making. Similarly, Iran brought in troops from across the country to Tehran for Soleimani’s funeral — and the stampede killed fifty people and wounded 200 more.
The Soleimani strike destabilized Iran and weakened its influence in the Middle East, opened the door for Trump’s historic Middle East peace deals with Israel.
9. Condemning Trump for saying “Wuhan coronavirus.”
In March, legacy media figures started attacking Trump and other Republicans for referring to COVID-19 as the “Chinese coronavirus” or the “Wuhan coronavirus,” suggesting that such terms were insensitive or racist.
When Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) referred to the virus as the “Wuhan Virus,” liberals accused him of supporting “white supremacy.” A Hollywood screenwriter tweeted, “Only racists call it the Wuhan Virus.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes called Gosar’s use of the term “astoundingly gross.”
Gosar responded by noting that many legacy media outlets had used the term “Wuhan Virus” or mentioned the coronavirus as coming from Wuhan or China.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo recently attacked Trump for using geographic terms. “You’re starting to hear the Republicans, especially Trump co., calling it the ‘Wuhan’ or the ‘Chinese coronavirus,’” Cuomo said.
Since Cuomo attacked Trump for those terms, the Media Research Center (MRC) tracked down at least 35 video clips in which legacy media figures referred to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan coronavirus” or the “Chinese coronavirus.” This 2-minute video shows the utter hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of our media “betters” lecturing us about supposed racism.
Liberal media pundits want you to think referring to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan" or "Chinese" virus is racist. Here's just a few of the times the liberal media did just that. pic.twitter.com/ss3kV5smSP — MRCTV (@mrctv) March 12, 2020
Here is how the media chose to report Illinois now (left) vs Florida in July (right). Unfortunately, no national news outlet is covering the situation in Illinois. pic.twitter.com/8VJ4fMIya4 — Youyang Gu (@youyanggu) November 24, 2020
DeSantis has a solid track-record on COVID-19, but it seems much of the legacy media can’t admit it because the governor has an “R” after his name.
6. “Mostly peaceful” riots
Outrage over the death of George Floyd in police custody inspired protests across the country, and many of those protests devolved into destructive and deadly riots. Yet legacy media outlets repeatedly branded the riots as “mostly peaceful protests,” in many cases signifying their tacit agreement with the dangerous ideology behind the violence.
Perhaps the most egregious example came from CNN. As a fire raged amid riots in Kenosha, Wisc., the CNN chyron read, “FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING.”
For anyone doubting this is real: pic.twitter.com/3VGuGCDfAi — Tristan Justice (@JusticeTristan) August 27, 2020
While Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters may have intended to fight alleged “institutional racism,” the riots disproportionately damaged black communities in Kenosha, Wisc., Minneapolis, and Chicago. The riots destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 26 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black.
The New York Times propped up the destructive ideology fueling the riots. The paper’s “1619 Project” originally claimed that the true founding of the United States came with the arrival of the first black slaves in 1619, rather than with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In September, the Times attempted to shove this fact down the memory hole, deleting the key text from its interactive website and sending the project’s founder, Nikole Hannah-Jones, on television to claim she never said 1619 was America’s true founding.
When vandals toppled a statue of George Washington in Portland, they spray-painted “1619” on the statue. When Claremont’s Charles Kesler wrote in The New York Post, “Call them the 1619 riots,” 1619 Project Founder Nikole Hannah-Jones responded (in a since-deleted tweet) that “it would be an honor” to claim responsibility for the destructive riots. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called for the “dismantling” of America’s “economy and political system,” in order to root out supposed racist oppression.
In September, the Times published a report suggesting that any violence in the riots came from police and “right-wing activists.” Read More
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--Police & FBI Were Told In 2019 Alleged Nashville Bomber Was Building Bomb In RV – Did Nothing

Police & FBI Were Told In 2019 Alleged Nashville Bomber Was Building Bomb In RV – Did Nothing Nashville , TN — Over the years , TFTP has reported on multiple instances of police arresting people for jokes made online , random statements insulting police , and criticizing politicians .
For non-criminal , non-threatening free speech , individuals have been pulled from their homes and jailed .
Given the myriad of examples of police acting on non-threatening posts and statements , one would think that a report of a man making bombs would have been on the top of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report shows , one would be wrong .
A little over 16 months ago , police were told that Anthony Quinn Warner , the man who blew up an RV in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning , was making a bomb .
They did not stop him .
On Friday , outside the AT & T switch facility in Nashville , Warner blew up an entire city block at 6:30 a.m .
While little was known about who carried it out , over the past several days , more information has come out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Investigation said Warner was “ not on our radar ” prior to the bombing .
However , that is not true .
According to a report in the Tennessean , on August 21 , 2019 , police received a call from an attorney representing Pamela Perry , the woman who said she was the girlfriend of the bomber Anthony Warner .
Perry ’ s attorney , Raymond Throckmorton , said she had made “ suicidal threats to him via telephone.
” When police arrived , officers discovered two unloaded pistols and Perry told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She related that the guns belonged to a ‘ Tony Warner ’ and that she did not want them in the house any longer , ” MNPD spokesman Don Aaron said in a statement to The Tennessean .
After telling police about the guns , she also told them that Warner “ building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence , ” according to a “ matter of record ” report from the MNPD .
The police also spoke to Throckmorton , who once represented Warner and was also present at Perry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warner “ frequently talks about the military and bomb-making .
( Throckmorton ) stated that he believes that the suspect knows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb , ” the report said .
These are de facto threats of doing harm to individuals , yet police did not follow through on them .
After they were warned about Warner making a bomb in his RV , police went to his home to talk with Warner but he never answered the door .
“ They saw no evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enter his home or fenced property , ” Aaron said of officers ’ unsuccessful attempt to make contact with Warner or look inside the RV .
Despite the man ’ s girlfriend and attorney telling authorities that Warner was making a bomb , they never obtained a warrant to search his residence .
Instead , they forwarded the report to the FBI to check their databases .
Later that day , Aaron said , “ the FBI reported back that they checked their holdings and found no records on Warner at all.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Throckmorton said .
But police maintain they had no evidence of wrongdoing by Warner .
“ At no time was there any evidence of a crime detected and no additional action was taken , ” he said .
“ No additional information about Warner came to the department ’ s or the FBI ’ s attention after August 2019.
” We ’ d be willing to bet that had Perry told police that Warner was growing marijuana in the RV , rest assured they would ’ ve kicked in his door @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since it was just a bomb , police failed to investigate it any further .
In fact , Warner ’ s only police record happened to be from a marijuana possession back in 1978 .
Ironic indeed .
Another example comes to mind in regard to this incident as well .
As TFTP reported in 2015 , a 14-year-old boy of Middle Eastern descent , Ahmed Mohamed , was kidnapped and thrown in juvenile detention when cops thought he was building a bomb .
However , it turned out that Mohamed had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a clock that he wanted to show off .
Had Warner had brown skin , perhaps Nashville wouldn ’ t have been bombed at all .
Shameful .

Police & FBI Were Told In 2019 Alleged Nashville Bomber Was Building Bomb In RV – Did Nothing
Nashville, TN — Over the years, TFTP has reported on multiple instances of police arresting people for jokes made online, random statements insulting police, and criticizing politicians. For non-criminal, non-threatening free speech, individuals have been pulled from their homes and jailed. Given the myriad of examples of police acting on non-threatening posts and statements, one would think that a report of a man making bombs would have been on the top of their list. However, as a recent report shows, one would be wrong.
A little over 16 months ago, police were told that Anthony Quinn Warner, the man who blew up an RV in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, was making a bomb. They did not stop him.
On Friday, outside the AT&T switch facility in Nashville, Warner blew up an entire city block at 6:30 a.m. While little was known about who carried it out, over the past several days, more information has come out. Originally, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Warner was “not on our radar” prior to the bombing. However, that is not true.
According to a report in the Tennessean, on August 21, 2019, police received a call from an attorney representing Pamela Perry, the woman who said she was the girlfriend of the bomber Anthony Warner. Perry’s attorney, Raymond Throckmorton, said she had made “suicidal threats to him via telephone.”
When police arrived, officers discovered two unloaded pistols and Perry told them they belonged to Warner.
“She related that the guns belonged to a ‘Tony Warner’ and that she did not want them in the house any longer,” MNPD spokesman Don Aaron said in a statement to The Tennessean.
After telling police about the guns, she also told them that Warner “building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence,” according to a “matter of record” report from the MNPD.
The police also spoke to Throckmorton, who once represented Warner and was also present at Perry’s home. He told authorities Warner “frequently talks about the military and bomb-making. (Throckmorton) stated that he believes that the suspect knows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb,” the report said.
These are de facto threats of doing harm to individuals, yet police did not follow through on them.
After they were warned about Warner making a bomb in his RV, police went to his home to talk with Warner but he never answered the door.
“They saw no evidence of a crime and had no authority to enter his home or fenced property,” Aaron said of officers’ unsuccessful attempt to make contact with Warner or look inside the RV.
Despite the man’s girlfriend and attorney telling authorities that Warner was making a bomb, they never obtained a warrant to search his residence. Instead, they forwarded the report to the FBI to check their databases.
Later that day, Aaron said, “the FBI reported back that they checked their holdings and found no records on Warner at all.”
Case closed.
Throckmorton told The Tennessean authorities could’ve stopped the bombing.
“Somebody, somewhere dropped the ball,” Throckmorton said.
But police maintain they had no evidence of wrongdoing by Warner.
“At no time was there any evidence of a crime detected and no additional action was taken,” he said. “No additional information about Warner came to the department’s or the FBI’s attention after August 2019.”
We’d be willing to bet that had Perry told police that Warner was growing marijuana in the RV, rest assured they would’ve kicked in his door and searched the entire property. But since it was just a bomb, police failed to investigate it any further.
In fact, Warner’s only police record happened to be from a marijuana possession back in 1978. Ironic indeed.
Another example comes to mind in regard to this incident as well. As TFTP reported in 2015, a 14-year-old boy of Middle Eastern descent, Ahmed Mohamed, was kidnapped and thrown in juvenile detention when cops thought he was building a bomb. However, it turned out that Mohamed had been interested in electronics and had only made a clock that he wanted to show off.
Had Warner had brown skin, perhaps Nashville wouldn’t have been bombed at all. Shameful.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--Swiss Patient Dead After Receiving Pfizer COVID Vaccine

People can not say they have not been warned , but over and over they let the media and lying politicians inundate them with fear propaganda and mind control .
Now , another man has died after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine .
Following a handful of reports , including one involving a priest from the Philadelphia area who volunteered as a trial participant , about patients who received a vaccine dying in the weeks following the second dose , one man in Israel has died 2 hours after receiving the vaccine .
According to reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from a hear attack about 2 hours after receiving the vaccine .
The patient has received the vaccine at 0830 in the morning , then waited for the customary time at the health clinic before he was released to his home after reportedly feeling well .
Some time after that , the man lost consciousness , then was pronounced dead .
The Israeli Health Ministry released a statement on the death : “ A 75-year-old man from the north of the country suffering from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who has undergone a number of heart attacks , was vaccinated this morning against the coronavirus and died at home shortly after the procedure.
” An investigation into the man ’ s death has been ordered by the Director General of the Ministry of Health , Prof. Hezi Levy , who has appointed a case investigation committee to be led by the head of the MoH ’ s Safety and Quality Division .
News of the man ’ s death follows reports that 5K out of the first 215K recipients of the vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ adverse health impact event ” , which could be anything that seriously limits an individual ’ s ability to function and/or complete daily tasks .
These events should be severe enough to require medical attention , but exact details are unclear .
Well , no matter how the Big Pharma companies attempt to cover up the numbers in their “ testing ” and no matter how the media attempts to cover for the adverse side effects of these vaccines , they are real , including death .
Article posted with permission from @ @ @ @

People cannot say they have not been warned, but over and over they let the media and lying politicians inundate them with fear propaganda and mind control. Now, another man has died after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Tyler Durden has the story:
Following a handful of reports, including one involving a priest from the Philadelphia area who volunteered as a trial participant, about patients who received a vaccine dying in the weeks following the second dose, one man in Israel has died 2 hours after receiving the vaccine.
According to reports in the Israeli press, a 75 year old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from a hear attack about 2 hours after receiving the vaccine.
The patient has received the vaccine at 0830 in the morning, then waited for the customary time at the health clinic before he was released to his home after reportedly feeling well. Some time after that, the man lost consciousness, then was pronounced dead.
The Israeli Health Ministry released a statement on the death: “A 75-year-old man from the north of the country suffering from active heart disease and malignant disease, who has undergone a number of heart attacks, was vaccinated this morning against the coronavirus and died at home shortly after the procedure.”
An investigation into the man’s death has been ordered by the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, who has appointed a case investigation committee to be led by the head of the MoH’s Safety and Quality Division.
News of the man’s death follows reports that 5K out of the first 215K recipients of the vaccine in the US reported some kind of “adverse health impact event”, which could be anything that seriously limits an individual’s ability to function and/or complete daily tasks. These events should be severe enough to require medical attention, but exact details are unclear.
Well, no matter how the Big Pharma companies attempt to cover up the numbers in their “testing” and no matter how the media attempts to cover for the adverse side effects of these vaccines, they are real, including death.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-12-31--What All Is In That Unconstitutional “COVID Relief” Bill Just Signed By Trump?

Wondering what ’ s in that “ COVID Relief ” bill just signed by President Trump ?
Well , we ’ ve got a bit of the money being unconstitutionally spent on your behalf as relief from “ COVID.
” It ’ s nothing but a scam and the joke is on you , America .
4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah .
5 They said to him , “ You are old , and your sons do not follow your ways ; now appoint a king to lead [ b @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other nations have.
” 6 But when they said , “ Give us a king to lead us , ” this displeased Samuel ; so he prayed to the Lord .
7 And the Lord told him : “ Listen to all that the people are saying to you ; it is not you they have rejected , but they have rejected me as their king .
8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day , forsaking me and serving other gods , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9 Now listen to them ; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.
” 10 Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king .
11 He said , “ This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights : He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses , and they will run in front of his chariots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties , and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest , and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots .
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers .
14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants .
15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants .
16 Your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of your cattle [ c ] and donkeys he will take for his own use .
17 He will take a tenth of your flocks , and you yourselves will become his slaves .
18 When that day comes , you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen , but the Lord will not answer you in that day.
” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel .
“ No !
” they said .
“ We want a king over us .
20 Then we will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.
” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said , he repeated it before the Lord .
22 The Lord answered , “ Listen to them and give them a king.
” -1 Samuel 8:4-22

Wondering what’s in that “COVID Relief” bill just signed by President Trump? Well, we’ve got a bit of the money being unconstitutionally spent on your behalf as relief from “COVID.” It’s nothing but a scam and the joke is on you, America.
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4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead[b] us, such as all the other nations have.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
10 Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[c] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” -1 Samuel 8:4-22