thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--Wisconsin:  Decorated Lt. Col. Exposes Cops Who Murdered His Son By Releasing Audio Evidence

If you believe one of your children was murdered by someone , what would you do ?
To what lengths would you go to prove the murderer ’ s guilt ?
One Wisconsin father , a decorated Lt .
Colonel got hold of audio evidence and discovered that it wasn ’ t a common street criminal that murdered his son , but it was an officer with the Kenosha Police Department .
The story comes by way of an exclusive from Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project .
Burns does mention District Attorney Michael Graveley in this one as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prostitute who murdered her john , but to be clear , what Burns references as her being sex trafficked was simply not true and all of the evidence of that claim is pretty much non-existent .
We even pulled the previous article on the murder due to a reader pointing that out for which we are thankful .
Michael Bell , Sr. will never give in on his attempt to get justice for his son ’ s homicide by Kenosha PD .
As TFTP has consistently reported , Bell is on mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pilot for the Air Force .
In brief , Michael Bell Jr. was killed by Kenosha PD Officer Alberto Gonzalez in the driveway of his home , in front of his mother , sister , and several other witnesses .
What is not disputed is the fact Bell , Jr. was unarmed and a Kenosha Police Department officer shot him in the head .
Cops claimed the young man was attempting to take one of the officer ’ s weapons .
Predictably , Kenosha PD investigated the officer-involved shooting and cleared themselves of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But that conclusion was not good enough for Bell Sr. who told TFTP he was incensed when the officers involved were given commendations weeks after his son was killed .
The trigger-happy cop , who later attempted to intimidate Bell Sr. , to his face , said he would have done it all over again the same way he did it ( when he killed his son ) had the circumstances remained the same .
Bell recorded the tension filled face to face encounter with his son ’ s killer , put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kenosha , successfully lobbied to get the state law changed to keep police from investigating themselves , and won a multi-million dollar lawsuit which he used to keep putting pressure on Kenosha PD to reopen his son ’ s case .
Late last year , Bell held a press conference and claimed he had new evidence , which included discovery of a bullet indention believed to be fired from Gonzalez , proving the cops were lying about the direction with which the bullet was fired .
Now , the mission-minded pilot turned justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun evidence and is applying , yet again , additional pressure on Kenosha District Attorney Michael Graveley to either recuse himself , and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting , or directly reopen the case .
Bell paid investigators to filter out the sounds of sirens and background noise and transcribe just exactly what cops said to each other in a hot mic situation immediately following the shooting .
In a series of Facebook posts and in an exclusive conversation with TFTP , Bell claims to be getting close to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died at the hands of Kenosha PD and killer cop Alberto Gonzalez .
Bell passed along some of the conversation he ’ s already uncovered by using the Freedom of Information Act to get the audio recordings of the day his son was killed by cops .
The following is a transcript Bell provided to TFTP .
He says there ’ s more but is hoping this is enough to put pressure on embattled District Attorney Michael Graveley who recently made international headlines for charging a sex trafficking victim with murder for killing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her out and attacked her one night after allegedly giving her drugs ( most likely LSD ) .
Graveley , who now desperately needs some good public relations stories , has resisted every effort to reopen Michael Bell , Jr ’ s death investigation .
In just the last few months , Bell has criticized Graveley at a press conference , has located what he believes is the bullet indention from the round used to kill his son , and now has audio recordings of that fateful night all the way back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s conversation between an officer who just arrived at the scene and was questioning the shooting : Bell promises the filtered audio will reveal the chaos among police officers present when his son was dispatched with a bullet to the head .
The retired Lt .
Colonel and decorated pilot/veteran believes new evidence will corroborate eye witness testimony that a fight broke out among officers with anger being on full display backing up Bell ’ s claim the cops killed his unarmed son in cold blood and worked very hard to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ veteran who ’ s now on a new and painful mission to get justice for his son has been successful in getting state law changed to disallow police departments from taking the lead in investigating themselves when an officer-involved shooting takes place .
However , so far , Bell has been unsuccessful in getting his son ’ s case reopened despite mounting pressure from billboard campaigns , newspaper articles , press conferences .
Calls to reopen his son ’ s murder investigation have fallen on deaf ears .
Perhaps now , with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to hear very clearly what Bell has been shouting for over a decade and a half .
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

If you believe one of your children was murdered by someone, what would you do? To what lengths would you go to prove the murderer’s guilt? One Wisconsin father, a decorated Lt. Colonel got hold of audio evidence and discovered that it wasn’t a common street criminal that murdered his son, but it was an officer with the Kenosha Police Department.
The story comes by way of an exclusive from Jack Burns at The Free Thought Project. Burns does mention District Attorney Michael Graveley in this one as the man who sought to deal with a prostitute who murdered her john, but to be clear, what Burns references as her being sex trafficked was simply not true and all of the evidence of that claim is pretty much non-existent. We even pulled the previous article on the murder due to a reader pointing that out for which we are thankful.
Burns writes:
Michael Bell, Sr. will never give in on his attempt to get justice for his son’s homicide by Kenosha PD. As TFTP has consistently reported, Bell is on mission, just as he was as a pilot for the Air Force.
In brief, Michael Bell Jr. was killed by Kenosha PD Officer Alberto Gonzalez in the driveway of his home, in front of his mother, sister, and several other witnesses. What is not disputed is the fact Bell, Jr. was unarmed and a Kenosha Police Department officer shot him in the head. Cops claimed the young man was attempting to take one of the officer’s weapons.
Predictably, Kenosha PD investigated the officer-involved shooting and cleared themselves of all wrongdoing in a matter of days. But that conclusion was not good enough for Bell Sr. who told TFTP he was incensed when the officers involved were given commendations weeks after his son was killed.
The trigger-happy cop, who later attempted to intimidate Bell Sr., to his face, said he would have done it all over again the same way he did it (when he killed his son) had the circumstances remained the same. Bell recorded the tension filled face to face encounter with his son’s killer, put up billboards all across Wisconsin including in Kenosha, successfully lobbied to get the state law changed to keep police from investigating themselves, and won a multi-million dollar lawsuit which he used to keep putting pressure on Kenosha PD to reopen his son’s case.
Late last year, Bell held a press conference and claimed he had new evidence, which included discovery of a bullet indention believed to be fired from Gonzalez, proving the cops were lying about the direction with which the bullet was fired. Now, the mission-minded pilot turned justice advocate is confident he has found smoking gun evidence and is applying, yet again, additional pressure on Kenosha District Attorney Michael Graveley to either recuse himself, and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting, or directly reopen the case.
Bell paid investigators to filter out the sounds of sirens and background noise and transcribe just exactly what cops said to each other in a hot mic situation immediately following the shooting.
In a series of Facebook posts and in an exclusive conversation with TFTP, Bell claims to be getting close to the bottom of how and why his son died at the hands of Kenosha PD and killer cop Alberto Gonzalez.
Siren noise filtered away from 11/9/04 police dashcam audio. We now have recordings of the officer's conversation immediately following their shooting of 21-year-old Michael Bell. Posted by Michael Bell on Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Bell passed along some of the conversation he’s already uncovered by using the Freedom of Information Act to get the audio recordings of the day his son was killed by cops.
The following is a transcript Bell provided to TFTP. He says there’s more but is hoping this is enough to put pressure on embattled District Attorney Michael Graveley who recently made international headlines for charging a sex trafficking victim with murder for killing her trafficker who she says was pimping her out and attacked her one night after allegedly giving her drugs (most likely LSD).
Graveley, who now desperately needs some good public relations stories, has resisted every effort to reopen Michael Bell, Jr’s death investigation. In just the last few months, Bell has criticized Graveley at a press conference, has located what he believes is the bullet indention from the round used to kill his son, and now has audio recordings of that fateful night all the way back in 2004. Bell told us, “It’s conversation between an officer who just arrived at the scene and was questioning the shooting:
Officer 1: What went down here? Who shot him? Officer 2: Gonzo. Gonzo shot him. Officer 1. I didn’t know he was here. Officer 2: Yeah Officer 1. What happened?
Bell promises the filtered audio will reveal the chaos among police officers present when his son was dispatched with a bullet to the head. The retired Lt. Colonel and decorated pilot/veteran believes new evidence will corroborate eye witness testimony that a fight broke out among officers with anger being on full display backing up Bell’s claim the cops killed his unarmed son in cold blood and worked very hard to cover it up.
The Air Force veteran who’s now on a new and painful mission to get justice for his son has been successful in getting state law changed to disallow police departments from taking the lead in investigating themselves when an officer-involved shooting takes place. However, so far, Bell has been unsuccessful in getting his son’s case reopened despite mounting pressure from billboard campaigns, newspaper articles, press conferences. Calls to reopen his son’s murder investigation have fallen on deaf ears. Perhaps now, with the sirens filtered out, people will be able to hear very clearly what Bell has been shouting for over a decade and a half.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--Scientists Discover Coronavirus Has Incubation Period Of Up To 24 Days – Can Survive For 9 Days On S

Scientists Discover Coronavirus Has Incubation Period Of Up To 24 Days – Can Survive For 9 Days On Smooth Surface The more we learn about this mysterious new coronavirus , the more alarming this outbreak becomes .
When the virus first began to spread , authorities insisted that it was very unlikely that human to human transmission was taking place .
Of course , we soon found out that this virus spreads from person to person incredibly easily .
Initially , we were also told that we shouldn ’ t be afraid to touch a surface that an infected person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be spread in that manner .
But as you will see below , scientists have now discovered that the virus can actually live for quite a few days on a smooth surface .
Based on what we now know , this outbreak is going to be exceedingly difficult to contain , and that has very serious implications for all of us .
Most of the confirmed cases and deaths are still in China , but the numbers elsewhere in the world have really started to escalate .
On January 20th , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus outside China .
Now that is 464 .
That is a hundredfold increase in less than a month , and obviously , if the numbers continue to escalate at that rate we are going to be in a massive amount of trouble .
At this point , the World Health Organization is recommending a 14 day quarantine period for those suspected of having the virus , but a new report suggests that may not be enough .
This new report was produced by 37 Chinese experts that are directly involved in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is making headlines all over the globe… According to the report , the maximum incubation period for this virus is not 14 days as previously believed .
Instead , researchers discovered that the incubation period for some patients can be up to 24 days… That means that victims can potentially be walking around for more than three weeks without even realizing that they are infected .
And since it isn ’ t necessary to exhibit any symptoms in order to spread the virus , these “ stealth carriers ” could end up infecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new study has found that a coronavirus “ can survive on doorknobs and train handrails for up to nine days ” … Just think about how many surfaces you touch on a daily basis .
If you are like most people , you are constantly touching things with your fingers .
The ability to leave this virus almost anywhere will make it really easy for “ super spreaders ” to spread this virus around like wildfire .
In essence , we are potentially facing a “ stealth outbreak ” unlike anything we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything else , Chinese officials are also now claiming that this coronavirus can also be spread via aerosol transmission… That means that you don ’ t even have to touch anything to catch this virus .
If authorities are able to keep this very dangerous outbreak from spreading wildly outside of China , we may still be okay .
But with each passing day , the number of cases around the rest of the world just continues to climb .
For example , the number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , and so far the North Korean government says that there have been no confirmed cases in their country .
But intel that has been leaking out of North Korea indicates that a major outbreak is now erupting .
In fact , it is being reported that the virus has claimed five lives in the city of Sinuiju… Here in the United States , there have only been 13 confirmed cases so far and most Americans don ’ t seem too alarmed about what may happen .
And President Trump is insisting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a problem once the weather warms up… Hopefully , President Trump is right .
But what if he is not ?
As a nation , we are not prepared for this sort of an outbreak , and even before this outbreak began our society was teetering on the edge of disaster .
We still don ’ t know if this is the major global pandemic that many people have been anticipating .
But it has become clear that this is a very , very dangerous virus , and trying to contain it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global authorities .

Scientists Discover Coronavirus Has Incubation Period Of Up To 24 Days – Can Survive For 9 Days On Smooth Surface
The more we learn about this mysterious new coronavirus, the more alarming this outbreak becomes. When the virus first began to spread, authorities insisted that it was very unlikely that human to human transmission was taking place. Of course, we soon found out that this virus spreads from person to person incredibly easily. Initially, we were also told that we shouldn’t be afraid to touch a surface that an infected person may have touched because the virus cannot be spread in that manner. But as you will see below, scientists have now discovered that the virus can actually live for quite a few days on a smooth surface. Based on what we now know, this outbreak is going to be exceedingly difficult to contain, and that has very serious implications for all of us.
Most of the confirmed cases and deaths are still in China, but the numbers elsewhere in the world have really started to escalate.
On January 20th, there were just four confirmed cases of this coronavirus outside China.
Now that is 464.
That is a hundredfold increase in less than a month, and obviously, if the numbers continue to escalate at that rate we are going to be in a massive amount of trouble.
At this point, the World Health Organization is recommending a 14 day quarantine period for those suspected of having the virus, but a new report suggests that may not be enough. This new report was produced by 37 Chinese experts that are directly involved in the fight against this coronavirus, and it is making headlines all over the globe…
The new revelation emerged in a study published yesterday by a group of Chinese researchers on medRxiv, a preprint site for scientific medical papers. The report was written by 37 specialists, including Dr Zhong Nanshan, who is the leader of a team of medical experts appointed by China’s National Health Commission to deal with the novel coronavirus.
According to the report, the maximum incubation period for this virus is not 14 days as previously believed.
Instead, researchers discovered that the incubation period for some patients can be up to 24 days…
The team collected data from 1,099 confirmed coronavirus patients at 552 hospitals in 31 Chinese provinces and municipalities, the report said. Analysis found that the average incubation period was three days – shorter than 5.2 days suggested in a previous paper – but the range of the a patient’s incubation period could extend from zero to 24 days.
That means that victims can potentially be walking around for more than three weeks without even realizing that they are infected.
And since it isn’t necessary to exhibit any symptoms in order to spread the virus, these “stealth carriers” could end up infecting countless others.
In addition, another new study has found that a coronavirus “can survive on doorknobs and train handrails for up to nine days”…
Coronaviruses such as the killer Wuhan strain can survive on doorknobs and train handrails for up to nine days, research has found. Unless surfaces are disinfected the virus may lurk on them and stay contagious for more than four times as long as the flu, which survives for two days.
Just think about how many surfaces you touch on a daily basis.
If you are like most people, you are constantly touching things with your fingers.
The ability to leave this virus almost anywhere will make it really easy for “super spreaders” to spread this virus around like wildfire.
In essence, we are potentially facing a “stealth outbreak” unlike anything we have ever seen before.
On top of everything else, Chinese officials are also now claiming that this coronavirus can also be spread via aerosol transmission…
Zeng Qun, the deputy head of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, told a press briefing on Saturday that the virus can be spread via direct transmission, which involves contact with the infected person. However, the China Daily newspaper reported Zeng also suggested the new member of the large coronavirus family—which includes infections like the common cold as well as SARS—is capable of aerosol transmission. At a briefing held by the municipal government on the bug which has killed over 900 people, Zeng said: “Aerosol transmission refers to the mixing of the virus with droplets in the air to form aerosols, which causes infection after inhalation, according to medical experts.”
That means that you don’t even have to touch anything to catch this virus.
Wow.
If authorities are able to keep this very dangerous outbreak from spreading wildly outside of China, we may still be okay.
But with each passing day, the number of cases around the rest of the world just continues to climb.
For example, the number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom just doubled…
The U.K. has confirmed four new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number in the country to eight. The new cases are all known contacts of a previously confirmed U.K. case, with the virus passed on in France, the Department of Health and Social Care said Monday.
North Korea shares a border with China, and so far the North Korean government says that there have been no confirmed cases in their country.
But intel that has been leaking out of North Korea indicates that a major outbreak is now erupting. In fact, it is being reported that the virus has claimed five lives in the city of Sinuiju…
Among the first to report fatalities in North Korea, the Seoul-based website Daily NK said five people had died in the critical northwestern city of Sinuiju, on the Yalu River across road and rail bridges from Dandong, which is the largest Chinese city in the region and a key point for commerce with North Korea despite sanctions. Daily NK, which relies on sources inside North Korea that send reports via Chinese mobile phone networks to contacts in China, said authorities had “ordered public health officials in Sinuiju to quickly dispose of the bodies and keep the deaths secret from the public.”
Here in the United States, there have only been 13 confirmed cases so far and most Americans don’t seem too alarmed about what may happen.
And President Trump is insisting that this outbreak will no longer be a problem once the weather warms up…
The president continued to suggest the Coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 1,000 lives as of Monday, will be gone by April. He told the crowd that “in theory” once the weather warms up Coronavirus, which he referred to as “the virus,” will “miraculously” go away. Trump did not offer any scientific explanation to back up his claim. “I think it’s all gonna work out fine,” he said. “Rough stuff, rough stuff.”
Hopefully, President Trump is right.
But what if he is not?
As a nation, we are not prepared for this sort of an outbreak, and even before this outbreak began our society was teetering on the edge of disaster.
We still don’t know if this is the major global pandemic that many people have been anticipating.
But it has become clear that this is a very, very dangerous virus, and trying to contain it is going to be a real headache for global authorities.
Article posted with permission from Dean Garrison


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--In China, the Doctor Who Warned About the Coronavirus Was An Enemy of the People

In China , the Doctor Who Warned About the Coronavirus Was An Enemy of the People Li Wenliang , 34 , the doctor in Wuhan , China who warned about the coronavirus , has died of the virus , after becoming an enemy of the people in China for sounding that warning .
USA Today reported Friday that “ Li had already become a national hero for alerting fellow doctors Dec. 30 in an online post about the emergence of a SARS-like illness , warning them to wear protective clothing to avoid infection .
Li , along with seven others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local security police on charges of spreading rumors and forced to sign a document disavowing his statements and agreeing to quit speaking out.
” You probably didn ’ t realize how much the People ’ s Republic of China was like the U.S. today , did you ?
No , I am not referring to President Trump dubbing the establishment media the Enemy of the People .
Their smug elitism , contempt for the American people , or at least for those in flyover country , and their fawning support for all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appellation abundantly justified .
There is no sense whatsoever in which those craven and dishonest hacks are like Li Wenliang – that is , someone who called attention to a genuine problem and was punished for doing so by authorities whose sole concern was the bottom line .
There are , however , many , many people in America today who are like the late Dr. Li , in that they have suffered demonization , defamation , vilification , marginalization , deplatforming , and a great deal of what Hillary Clinton termed “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” for daring to state manifest truths that the Leftist political and media elites want to cover up .
Among them are those who stand up to the Leftist social agenda , those who oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women , those who oppose the unquestionable dogma of climate change , and more .
The Southern Poverty Law Center ’ s list of people whom Leftists should hate is widely received as if it were an objective , non-biased evaluation .
The people on it are as much enemies of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Li was in China .
The process of becoming an enemy of the people works the same way today as it did when the phrase originated , in the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen ’ s 1882 play An Enemy of the People .
An Enemy of the People tells the story of Dr. Thomas Stockmann , who lives in a small town in Norway that is visited by people from far and wide because of its baths , which are said to have healing properties .
Because of the baths , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing and prospering .
But then Stockmann discovers , to his surprise , that the baths are , in fact , not only not medicinal , but contaminated , and are making those who bathe in them ill .
Ever the good citizen , Stockmann sends a report on this to the town ’ s mayor , recommending that the baths be closed temporarily and costly repairs undertaken to render the waters truly medicinal and not deadly .
He expects that the townspeople will be grateful to him for pointing out this looming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But to his shock , the town leaders are dismissive , even contemptuous , of his findings .
They refuse to say anything publicly about what he has discovered , for fear of causing panic and demoralization among the townspeople and ruining the reputation of the baths , which could bankrupt the town .
They warn Stockmann to keep quiet and go along as well , but he refuses , calling a town meeting on his own .
There , he is shocked again as the townspeople show themselves no more receptive to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were .
They see that the baths are making the town rich , and that Stockmann ’ s findings will hurt the town ’ s reputation and cost a great deal of money to implement — and they don ’ t care that the benefits of implementing the repairs he recommends will outweigh the liabilities in the long run .
They make fun of him and denounce him , calling him an enemy of the people .
And with Stockmann thoroughly discredited , they continue happily on their pathway to their own destruction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of other people .
In the course of the play , there are numerous telling phrases that could have come from today ’ s controversies .
Stockmann says : “ Oh , yes–you can shout me down , I know !
But you can not answer me .
The majority has might on its side–unfortunately ; but right it has not.
” And : “ There is so much falsehood both at home and at school .
At home one must not speak , and at school we have to stand and tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ I have already told you that what I want to speak about is the great discovery I have made lately–the discovery that all the sources of our moral life are poisoned and that the whole fabric of our civic community is founded on the pestiferous soil of falsehood.
” Yes indeed .
And it isn ’ t happening just in China .

In China, the Doctor Who Warned About the Coronavirus Was An Enemy of the People
Li Wenliang, 34, the doctor in Wuhan, China who warned about the coronavirus, has died of the virus, after becoming an enemy of the people in China for sounding that warning. USA Today reported Friday that “Li had already become a national hero for alerting fellow doctors Dec. 30 in an online post about the emergence of a SARS-like illness, warning them to wear protective clothing to avoid infection. Li, along with seven others in Wuhan, were later arrested by local security police on charges of spreading rumors and forced to sign a document disavowing his statements and agreeing to quit speaking out.” You probably didn’t realize how much the People’s Republic of China was like the U.S. today, did you?
No, I am not referring to President Trump dubbing the establishment media the Enemy of the People.
Their smug elitism, contempt for the American people, or at least for those in flyover country, and their fawning support for all the enemies of the United States make that appellation abundantly justified.
There is no sense whatsoever in which those craven and dishonest hacks are like Li Wenliang – that is, someone who called attention to a genuine problem and was punished for doing so by authorities whose sole concern was the bottom line.
There are, however, many, many people in America today who are like the late Dr. Li, in that they have suffered demonization, defamation, vilification, marginalization, deplatforming, and a great deal of what Hillary Clinton termed “old-fashioned techniques of peer pressure and shaming” for daring to state manifest truths that the Leftist political and media elites want to cover up.
Among them are those who stand up to the Leftist social agenda, those who oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women, those who oppose the unquestionable dogma of climate change, and more.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of people whom Leftists should hate is widely received as if it were an objective, non-biased evaluation.
The people on it are as much enemies of the people in the United States today as Dr. Li was in China.
The process of becoming an enemy of the people works the same way today as it did when the phrase originated, in the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People.
An Enemy of the People tells the story of Dr. Thomas Stockmann, who lives in a small town in Norway that is visited by people from far and wide because of its baths, which are said to have healing properties.
Because of the baths, which Stockmann has championed, the town is growing and prospering.
But then Stockmann discovers, to his surprise, that the baths are, in fact, not only not medicinal, but contaminated, and are making those who bathe in them ill.
Ever the good citizen, Stockmann sends a report on this to the town’s mayor, recommending that the baths be closed temporarily and costly repairs undertaken to render the waters truly medicinal and not deadly.
He expects that the townspeople will be grateful to him for pointing out this looming disaster and helping them avert it.
But to his shock, the town leaders are dismissive, even contemptuous, of his findings.
They refuse to say anything publicly about what he has discovered, for fear of causing panic and demoralization among the townspeople and ruining the reputation of the baths, which could bankrupt the town.
They warn Stockmann to keep quiet and go along as well, but he refuses, calling a town meeting on his own.
There, he is shocked again as the townspeople show themselves no more receptive to his discoveries and recommendations than the authorities were.
They see that the baths are making the town rich, and that Stockmann’s findings will hurt the town’s reputation and cost a great deal of money to implement — and they don’t care that the benefits of implementing the repairs he recommends will outweigh the liabilities in the long run.
They make fun of him and denounce him, calling him an enemy of the people.
And with Stockmann thoroughly discredited, they continue happily on their pathway to their own destruction, and the destruction of untold numbers of other people.
In the course of the play, there are numerous telling phrases that could have come from today’s controversies.
Stockmann says: “Oh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.” And: “There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.” And another: “I have already told you that what I want to speak about is the great discovery I have made lately–the discovery that all the sources of our moral life are poisoned and that the whole fabric of our civic community is founded on the pestiferous soil of falsehood.”
Yes indeed. And it isn’t happening just in China.
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--We’re All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream

We ’ re All in This Together : A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream Listen : we don ’ t have to agree about everything .
We don ’ t even have to agree about most things .
We don ’ t have to love each other .
We don ’ t even have to like each other .
And we certainly don ’ t need to think alike or dress alike or worship alike or vote alike or love alike .
But if this experiment in freedom is to succeed—and there are some days the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got to find some way of relating to one another that is not toxic or partisan or hateful or so self-righteous that we ’ re doomed to failure before we even start .
America has been a warring nation—a military empire intent on occupation and conquest—for so long that perhaps we , the citizens of this warring nation , have forgotten what it means to live in peace , with the world and one another .
We ’ d better get back to the fundamentals of what it means to be human beings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have any hope of restoring some semblance of sanity , civility and decency to what is progressively being turned into a foul-mouthed , hot-headed free-for-all bar fight by politicians for whom this is all one big , elaborate game designed to increase their powers and fatten their bank accounts .
Maybe Robert Fulghum , author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten , was right : maybe all we really need to know about “ how to live and what to do and how to be ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lessons we were taught as children .
What were those lessons ?
Fulghum reminds us : Share everything .
Play fair .
Don ’ t hit people .
Put things back where you found them .
Clean up your own mess .
Don ’ t take things that aren ’ t yours .
Say you ’ re sorry when you hurt somebody… .
When you go out into the world , watch out for traffic , hold hands , and stick together… .
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So do we .
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned—the biggest word of all—LOOK .
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere .
The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation .
Ecology and politics and equality and sane living .
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm .
Think what a better world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world—had cookies and milk about three o ’ clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap .
Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess .
And it is still true , no matter how old you are—when you go out into the world , it is best to hold hands and stick together .
The powers-that-be want us to forget these basic lessons in how to get along .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be so consumed with fighting the so-called enemies in our midst that we never notice the prison walls closing in around us .
No matter what happens in the next presidential election , no matter how many ways the powers-that-be attempt to sow division and distrust among the populace , no matter how many shouting commentators perpetuate the belief that there is only one “ right ” view and one “ wrong ” view in politics , the only “ us vs. them ” that will matter is whether “ we the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our commitment to the principles on which this nation was founded : freedom , justice , and equality for all .
The rest is just noise intended to distract us from the fact that life in America has become a gut-wrenching , soul-sucking , misery-drenched , demoralizing existence , and it ’ s the government that is responsible .
Even so , here ’ s why I ’ m not giving up on the American dream of freedom , and—despite all the reasons to the contrary—why you shouldn ’ t either : because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m outraged at what has been done to our freedoms and our country .
You should be , too .
We have been subjected to crackdowns , clampdowns , shutdowns , showdowns , shootdowns , standdowns , knockdowns , putdowns , breakdowns , lockdowns , takedowns , slowdowns , meltdowns , and never-ending letdowns .
We ’ ve been held up , stripped down , faked out , photographed , frisked , fracked , hacked , tracked , cracked , intercepted , accessed , spied on , zapped , mapped , searched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , tackled , trussed up , tricked , lied to , labeled , libeled , leered at , shoved aside , saddled with debt not of our own making , sold a bill of goods about national security , tuned out by those representing us , tossed aside , and taken to the cleaners .
We ’ ve had our freedoms turned inside out , our democratic structure flipped upside down , and our house of cards left in a shambles .
We ’ ve had our children burned by flashbang grenades , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ folks hospitalized after “ accidental ” encounters with marauding SWAT teams .
We ’ ve been told that as citizens we have no rights within 100 miles of our own border , now considered “ Constitution-free zones.
” We ’ ve had our faces filed in government databases , our biometrics crosschecked against criminal databanks , and our consumerist tendencies catalogued for future marketing overtures .
We ’ ve seen the police transformed from community peacekeepers to point guards for the militarized corporate state .
The police continue to push , prod , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and intimidate the very individuals—we the taxpayers—whose rights they were hired to safeguard .
Networked together through fusion centers , police have surreptitiously spied on our activities and snooped on our communications , using hi-tech devices provided by the Department of Homeland Security .
We ’ ve been deemed suspicious for engaging in such dubious activities as talking too long on a cell phone and stretching too long before jogging , dubbed extremists and terrorists for criticizing the government and suggesting it is tyrannical or oppressive , and subjected to forced colonoscopies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop sign .
We ’ ve been arrested for all manner of “ crimes ” that never used to be considered criminal , let alone uncommon or unlawful , behavior : letting our kids walk to the playground alone giving loose change to a homeless man , feeding the hungry , and living off the grid .
We ’ ve been sodomized , victimized , jeopardized , demoralized , traumatized , stigmatized , vandalized , demonized , polarized and terrorized , often without having done anything to justify such treatment .
Blame it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilty before we ’ ve even been charged , let alone convicted , of any wrongdoing .
In this way , law-abiding individuals have had their homes mistakenly raided by SWAT teams that got the address wrong .
One accountant found himself at the center of a misguided ( armed ) police standoff after surveillance devices confused his license plate with that of a drug felon .
We ’ ve been railroaded into believing that our votes count , that we live in a republic or a democracy , that elections make a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote Republican or Democrat , and that our elected officials are looking out for our best interests .
Truth be told , we live in an oligarchy , politicians represent only the profit motives of the corporate state , whose leaders know all too well that there is no discernible difference between red and blue politics , because there is only one color that matters in politics : green .
We ’ ve gone from having privacy in our inner sanctums to having nowhere to hide , with smart pills that monitor the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spy on us ( with smart meters that monitor our electric usage and thermostats and light switches that can be controlled remotely ) and cars that listen to our conversations , track our whereabouts and report them to the police .
Even our cities have become wall-to-wall electronic concentration camps , with police now able to record hi-def video of everything that takes place within city limits .
We ’ ve had our schools locked down and turned into prisons , our students handcuffed , shackled and arrested for engaging in childish behavior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s biometrics stored , their school IDs chipped , their movements tracked , and their data bought , sold and bartered for profit by government contractors , all the while they are treated like criminals and taught to march in lockstep with the police state .
We ’ ve been rendered enemy combatants in our own country , denied basic due process rights , held against our will without access to an attorney or being charged with a crime , and left to waste away in jail until such a time as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go or allow us to defend ourselves .
We ’ ve had the very military weapons we funded with our hard-earned tax dollars used against us , from unpiloted , weaponized drones tracking our movements on the nation ’ s highways and byways and armored vehicles , assault rifles , sound cannons and grenade launchers in towns with little to no crime to an arsenal of military-grade weapons and equipment given free of charge to schools and universities .
We ’ ve been silenced , censored and forced to conform , shut up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate crime laws , stifled by political correctness , muzzled by misguided anti-bullying statutes , and pepper sprayed for taking part in peaceful protests .
We ’ ve been shot by police for reaching for a license during a traffic stop , reaching for a baby during a drug bust , carrying a toy sword down a public street , and wearing headphones that hamper our ability to hear .
We ’ ve had our tax dollars spent on $ 30,000 worth of Starbucks for Department of Homeland Security employees , $ 630,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” for the State Department , and close to $ 25 billion to fund projects ranging from the silly to the unnecessary , such as laughing classes for college students and programs teaching monkeys to play video games and gamble .
We ’ ve been treated like guinea pigs , targeted by the government and social media for psychological experiments on how to manipulate the masses .
We ’ ve been tasered for talking back to police , tackled for taking pictures of police abuses , and threatened with jail time for invoking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been arrested by undercover cops stationed in public bathrooms who interpret men ’ s “ shaking off ” motions after urinating to be acts of lewdness .
We ’ ve had our possessions seized and stolen by law enforcement agencies looking to cash in on asset forfeiture schemes , our jails privatized and used as a source of cheap labor for megacorporations , our gardens smashed by police seeking out suspicious-looking plants that could be marijuana , and our buying habits turned into suspicious behavior by a government readily inclined to view its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had our cities used for military training drills , with Black Hawk helicopters buzzing the skies , Urban Shield exercises overtaking our streets , and active shooter drills wreaking havoc on unsuspecting bystanders in our schools , shopping malls and other “ soft target ” locations .
We ’ ve been told that national security is more important than civil liberties , that police dogs ’ noses are sufficient cause to carry out warrantless searches , that the best way not to get raped by police is to “ follow the law , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in court will be given preference over what video footage shows , that an upright posture and acne are sufficient reasons for a cop to suspect you of wrongdoing , that police can stop and search a driver based solely on an anonymous tip , and that police officers have every right to shoot first and ask questions later if they feel threatened .
Are you outraged yet ?
You should be .
So what are you waiting for ?
Get out there and right these wrongs .
Stop waiting patiently for change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politician to rescue you , and take responsibility for your freedoms : start by fixing what ’ s broken in your lives , in your communities , and in this country .
Get mad , get outraged , get off your duff and get out of your house , get in the streets , get in people ’ s faces , get down to your local city council , get over to your local school board , get your thoughts down on paper , get your objections plastered on protest signs , get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ join their voices to yours , get your representatives to pay attention to your grievances , get your kids to know their rights , get your local police to march in lockstep with the Constitution , get your media to act as watchdogs for the people and not lapdogs for the corporate state , get your act together , and get your house in order .
Appearances to the contrary , this country does not belong exclusively to the corporations or the special interest groups or the oligarchs or the war profiteers or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demographic .
This country belongs to all of us : each and every one of us— “ we the people ” —but most especially , this country belongs to those of us who love freedom enough to stand and fight for it .
As I point out in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we are fast approaching the point at which we will have nothing left to lose .
Don ’ t wait for things to get that bad before you find your voice and your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be too late .
Take your stand now—using every nonviolent means at your disposal—while you still can .
Don ’ t wait to reflect back on missed opportunities to push back against tyranny .
Don ’ t wait until you ’ re the last one standing .

We’re All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream
“We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”—Benjamin Franklin
Listen: we don’t have to agree about everything.
We don’t even have to agree about most things.
We don’t have to love each other. We don’t even have to like each other. And we certainly don’t need to think alike or dress alike or worship alike or vote alike or love alike. But if this experiment in freedom is to succeed—and there are some days the outlook is decidedly grim—then we’ve got to find some way of relating to one another that is not toxic or partisan or hateful or so self-righteous that we’re doomed to failure before we even start.
America has been a warring nation—a military empire intent on occupation and conquest—for so long that perhaps we, the citizens of this warring nation, have forgotten what it means to live in peace, with the world and one another.
We’d better get back to the fundamentals of what it means to be human beings who can get along if we want to have any hope of restoring some semblance of sanity, civility and decency to what is progressively being turned into a foul-mouthed, hot-headed free-for-all bar fight by politicians for whom this is all one big, elaborate game designed to increase their powers and fatten their bank accounts.
Maybe Robert Fulghum, author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, was right: maybe all we really need to know about “how to live and what to do and how to be” is as simple as remembering the basic life lessons we were taught as children.
What were those lessons? Fulghum reminds us:
Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody…. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together…. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup—they all die. So do we. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned—the biggest word of all—LOOK. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living. Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all—the whole world—had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess. And it is still true, no matter how old you are—when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
The powers-that-be want us to forget these basic lessons in how to get along. They want us to fume and rage and be so consumed with fighting the so-called enemies in our midst that we never notice the prison walls closing in around us.
Don’t be distracted.
No matter what happens in the next presidential election, no matter how many ways the powers-that-be attempt to sow division and distrust among the populace, no matter how many shouting commentators perpetuate the belief that there is only one “right” view and one “wrong” view in politics, the only “us vs. them” that will matter is whether “we the people” care enough to stand united in our commitment to the principles on which this nation was founded: freedom, justice, and equality for all.
The rest is just noise intended to distract us from the fact that life in America has become a gut-wrenching, soul-sucking, misery-drenched, demoralizing existence, and it’s the government that is responsible.
Even so, here’s why I’m not giving up on the American dream of freedom, and—despite all the reasons to the contrary—why you shouldn’t either: because this is still our country.
I’m outraged at what has been done to our freedoms and our country. You should be, too.
We have been subjected to crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, takedowns, slowdowns, meltdowns, and never-ending letdowns.
We’ve been held up, stripped down, faked out, photographed, frisked, fracked, hacked, tracked, cracked, intercepted, accessed, spied on, zapped, mapped, searched, shot at, tasered, tortured, tackled, trussed up, tricked, lied to, labeled, libeled, leered at, shoved aside, saddled with debt not of our own making, sold a bill of goods about national security, tuned out by those representing us, tossed aside, and taken to the cleaners.
We’ve had our freedoms turned inside out, our democratic structure flipped upside down, and our house of cards left in a shambles.
We’ve had our children burned by flashbang grenades, our dogs shot, and our old folks hospitalized after “accidental” encounters with marauding SWAT teams.
We’ve been told that as citizens we have no rights within 100 miles of our own border, now considered “Constitution-free zones.”
We’ve had our faces filed in government databases, our biometrics crosschecked against criminal databanks, and our consumerist tendencies catalogued for future marketing overtures.
We’ve seen the police transformed from community peacekeepers to point guards for the militarized corporate state. The police continue to push, prod, poke, probe, scan, shoot and intimidate the very individuals—we the taxpayers—whose rights they were hired to safeguard. Networked together through fusion centers, police have surreptitiously spied on our activities and snooped on our communications, using hi-tech devices provided by the Department of Homeland Security.
We’ve been deemed suspicious for engaging in such dubious activities as talking too long on a cell phone and stretching too long before jogging, dubbed extremists and terrorists for criticizing the government and suggesting it is tyrannical or oppressive, and subjected to forced colonoscopies and anal probes for allegedly rolling through a stop sign.
We’ve been arrested for all manner of “crimes” that never used to be considered criminal, let alone uncommon or unlawful, behavior: letting our kids walk to the playground alone , giving loose change to a homeless man, feeding the hungry, and living off the grid.
We’ve been sodomized, victimized, jeopardized, demoralized, traumatized, stigmatized, vandalized, demonized, polarized and terrorized, often without having done anything to justify such treatment. Blame it on a government mindset that renders us guilty before we’ve even been charged, let alone convicted, of any wrongdoing. In this way, law-abiding individuals have had their homes mistakenly raided by SWAT teams that got the address wrong. One accountant found himself at the center of a misguided (armed) police standoff after surveillance devices confused his license plate with that of a drug felon.
We’ve been railroaded into believing that our votes count, that we live in a republic or a democracy, that elections make a difference, that it matters whether we vote Republican or Democrat, and that our elected officials are looking out for our best interests. Truth be told, we live in an oligarchy, politicians represent only the profit motives of the corporate state, whose leaders know all too well that there is no discernible difference between red and blue politics, because there is only one color that matters in politics: green.
We’ve gone from having privacy in our inner sanctums to having nowhere to hide, with smart pills that monitor the conditions of our bodies, homes that spy on us (with smart meters that monitor our electric usage and thermostats and light switches that can be controlled remotely) and cars that listen to our conversations, track our whereabouts and report them to the police. Even our cities have become wall-to-wall electronic concentration camps, with police now able to record hi-def video of everything that takes place within city limits.
We’ve had our schools locked down and turned into prisons, our students handcuffed, shackled and arrested for engaging in childish behavior such as food fights, our children’s biometrics stored, their school IDs chipped, their movements tracked, and their data bought, sold and bartered for profit by government contractors, all the while they are treated like criminals and taught to march in lockstep with the police state.
We’ve been rendered enemy combatants in our own country, denied basic due process rights, held against our will without access to an attorney or being charged with a crime, and left to waste away in jail until such a time as the government is willing to let us go or allow us to defend ourselves.
We’ve had the very military weapons we funded with our hard-earned tax dollars used against us, from unpiloted, weaponized drones tracking our movements on the nation’s highways and byways and armored vehicles, assault rifles, sound cannons and grenade launchers in towns with little to no crime to an arsenal of military-grade weapons and equipment given free of charge to schools and universities.
We’ve been silenced, censored and forced to conform, shut up in free speech zones, gagged by hate crime laws, stifled by political correctness, muzzled by misguided anti-bullying statutes, and pepper sprayed for taking part in peaceful protests.
We’ve been shot by police for reaching for a license during a traffic stop, reaching for a baby during a drug bust, carrying a toy sword down a public street, and wearing headphones that hamper our ability to hear.
We’ve had our tax dollars spent on $30,000 worth of Starbucks for Department of Homeland Security employees, $630,000 in advertising to increase Facebook “likes” for the State Department, and close to $25 billion to fund projects ranging from the silly to the unnecessary, such as laughing classes for college students and programs teaching monkeys to play video games and gamble.
We’ve been treated like guinea pigs, targeted by the government and social media for psychological experiments on how to manipulate the masses. We’ve been tasered for talking back to police, tackled for taking pictures of police abuses, and threatened with jail time for invoking our rights. We’ve even been arrested by undercover cops stationed in public bathrooms who interpret men’s “shaking off” motions after urinating to be acts of lewdness.
We’ve had our possessions seized and stolen by law enforcement agencies looking to cash in on asset forfeiture schemes, our jails privatized and used as a source of cheap labor for megacorporations, our gardens smashed by police seeking out suspicious-looking plants that could be marijuana, and our buying habits turned into suspicious behavior by a government readily inclined to view its citizens as terrorists.
We’ve had our cities used for military training drills, with Black Hawk helicopters buzzing the skies, Urban Shield exercises overtaking our streets, and active shooter drills wreaking havoc on unsuspecting bystanders in our schools, shopping malls and other “soft target” locations.
We’ve been told that national security is more important than civil liberties, that police dogs’ noses are sufficient cause to carry out warrantless searches, that the best way not to get raped by police is to “follow the law,” that what a police officer says in court will be given preference over what video footage shows, that an upright posture and acne are sufficient reasons for a cop to suspect you of wrongdoing, that police can stop and search a driver based solely on an anonymous tip, and that police officers have every right to shoot first and ask questions later if they feel threatened.
Are you outraged yet?
You should be. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and right these wrongs.
Stop waiting patiently for change to happen, stop waiting for some politician to rescue you, and take responsibility for your freedoms: start by fixing what’s broken in your lives, in your communities, and in this country.
Get mad, get outraged, get off your duff and get out of your house, get in the streets, get in people’s faces, get down to your local city council, get over to your local school board, get your thoughts down on paper, get your objections plastered on protest signs, get your neighbors, friends and family to join their voices to yours, get your representatives to pay attention to your grievances, get your kids to know their rights, get your local police to march in lockstep with the Constitution, get your media to act as watchdogs for the people and not lapdogs for the corporate state, get your act together, and get your house in order.
Appearances to the contrary, this country does not belong exclusively to the corporations or the special interest groups or the oligarchs or the war profiteers or any particular religious, racial or economic demographic.
This country belongs to all of us: each and every one of us—“we the people”—but most especially, this country belongs to those of us who love freedom enough to stand and fight for it.
As I point out in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People , we are fast approaching the point at which we will have nothing left to lose.
Don’t wait for things to get that bad before you find your voice and your conscience. By then, it will be too late.
As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s character reflects in The Gulag Archipelago :
How we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if … during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?… The cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If…if…We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation…. We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.
Take your stand now—using every nonviolent means at your disposal—while you still can.
Don’t wait to reflect back on missed opportunities to push back against tyranny.
Don’t wait until you’re the last one standing.
Time is running out.
Article posted with permission from John Whitehead


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--Mayor Pete: The CIA’s Choice for President

It should be obvious by now , even for the semi-attentive , that USG elections are fixed .
This arrangement failed stupendously in 2016 and the establishment has spent the last three years trying to unseat an elected president they revile and want to be removed from office , even if the interloper must be assassinated .
Now that the dysfunctional efforts by Democrats to remove Trump by way of impeachment have failed , the president may indeed have an unfortunate accident or be offed by a “ lone wolf ” patsy if it looks like he will be reelected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of its own into the White House .
The Iowa Caucus , despite its hilarious malfunction blamed on a smartphone app , hoisted Mayor Pete Buttigieg to the top of the heap , although we know many ground-level Democrats prefer the socialist Bernie Sanders .
As The Grayzone documents , Mayor Pete appears to be a CIA asset .
He worked with the agency in Afghanistan and the national security folks endorse his campaign .
In addition to assisting the illegal occupation and murder of tens of thousands in Afghanistan , CIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal agency responsible for untold misery and murder in its failed war on ( some ) drugs .
There DEA has not stopped the record flow of heroin produced from Afghan opium into the United States .
During the bankster engineered “ subprime crisis , ” illegal drugs floated the banks .
This was pointed out by none other than Antonio Maria Costa , head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime , more than a decade ago .
“ In 2004 , the proceeds of the Afghan heroin trade yielded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 90 billion dollars .
This estimate was based on retail sales corresponding to a total supply of the order of 340,000 kg of pure heroin ( corresponding to Afghanistan ’ s 3400 tons of opium production ) .
” Michel Chossudovsky wrote in 2005 .
The Taliban—created whole fabric by Pakistani and USG intelligence—is routinely blamed by the propaganda media as the source of the world ’ s illicit heroin supply .
Left out of this wild distortion of reality is the fact the Taliban worked with the United Nations to eradicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neocon invasion reversed this trend .
The Afghan government ’ s drug eradication program was repealed .
The 2001 war on Afghanistan served to restore as well as boost the multibillion dollar drug trade .
It has also contributed to the surge in heroin addiction in the US .
Opium production had declined by more than 90 per cent in 2001 as a result of the Taliban government ’ s drug eradication program .
Immediately following the invasion ( October 7 , 2001 ) and the occupation of Afghanistan by US-NATO troops , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels .
Mayor CIA , if the following tweet can be believed , has an interest in Afghanistan ’ s wealth of natural resources , the sort of minerals the neoliberals are addicted to stealing , never mind the staggering cost in human life .
I have long argued the CIA is by far the most subversive force at work in the USG and around the world .
It has performed as a hitman and violent regime change facilitator for the national security state beginning with the presidency of Harry Truman .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1950s—the “ Mighty Wurlitzer ” of propaganda—and influences Hollywood media productions and video games , thus thoroughly brainwashing the public with lies and disinformation ( nobody beats the CIA at “ fake news ” ) .
The CIA vets governors and other politicians .
This was substantiated by the former governor of Minnesota , Jesse Ventura , who was visited by CIA spooks shortly after taking office .
“ On occasion CIA officers meet with senior state government officials , as they did in this case , to discuss issues of mutual interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2008 .
More accurately , no doubt , such visits—in this case by nearly two dozen agents—are designed to scare the hell out popularly elected politicians not vetted by the elite .
Mayor Pete the former CIA operative is a near-perfect candidate ( although I am betting the full weight of DNC will fall behind the control freak billionaire Michael Bloomberg or a late entry Hillary Clinton ) .
Pete is said to be a homosexual .
He fully endorses the identity politics agenda , and he has stated repeatedly he will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ although he can not beat Bloomberg on this count ( former Mayor Mike also wants to dictate what you can eat and drink ) .
The CIA , of course , is not liberal , or conservative for that matter .
It covertly supports whatever political ideology it believes will effectively bamboozle politically naive Americans .
Identity politics fits the ticket .
Philip II of Macedon and later Niccolò Machiavelli understood the most effective way to undercut the threat posed by political opposition is divide and rule ( divide et impera ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ enduring—a wholly artificial war between statist factions that is rending the political and social fabric of America and distracting it from real issues .
The national security state and its master of subversion , lies , and murder must recapture the White House and Congress—sweeping away the unacceptable on both the right and left—and although Mayor CIA probably will not be nominated , a similar person will be selected and appointed .
Bernie Sanders will be cheated out of the nomination for a second time and Elizabeth Warren ’ s promise to address @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paved over with the insipidity of identity politics that completely ignores the locus of our rapidly approaching serfdom–the financial elite .
Meanwhile , the wars , wholesale theft of natural resources , and mass murder will continue .

It should be obvious by now, even for the semi-attentive, that USG elections are fixed. This arrangement failed stupendously in 2016 and the establishment has spent the last three years trying to unseat an elected president they revile and want to be removed from office, even if the interloper must be assassinated. Now that the dysfunctional efforts by Democrats to remove Trump by way of impeachment have failed, the president may indeed have an unfortunate accident or be offed by a “lone wolf” patsy if it looks like he will be reelected.
The establishment desperately needs to insert one of its own into the White House. The Iowa Caucus, despite its hilarious malfunction blamed on a smartphone app, hoisted Mayor Pete Buttigieg to the top of the heap, although we know many ground-level Democrats prefer the socialist Bernie Sanders.
As The Grayzone documents, Mayor Pete appears to be a CIA asset. He worked with the agency in Afghanistan and the national security folks endorse his campaign.
The spook's choice: Coup plotters and CIA agents fill Mayor Pete's list of national security endorsers@Cancel_Sam looks at Buttigieg's new roster of endorsements from high-ranking spies, regime-change architects, and global financiershttps://t.co/RBQTnDKu7g — The Grayzone (@TheGrayzoneNews) December 30, 2019
In addition to assisting the illegal occupation and murder of tens of thousands in Afghanistan, CIA Pete teamed up with the DEA, the federal agency responsible for untold misery and murder in its failed war on (some) drugs.
There DEA has not stopped the record flow of heroin produced from Afghan opium into the United States. During the bankster engineered “subprime crisis,” illegal drugs floated the banks. This was pointed out by none other than Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, more than a decade ago.
If you ever ever had the feeling Buttigieg was the CIA's candidate, your instincts were right on the money. Military who "work with" the CIA are often CIA in military clothing and when they're working on the drug side of things, you can bet 99.9% CIAhttps://t.co/IRkEOA67Ku — Ken McCarthy (@KenMcCarthy) February 9, 2020
“In 2004, the proceeds of the Afghan heroin trade yielded an estimated global revenue of the order of 90 billion dollars. This estimate was based on retail sales corresponding to a total supply of the order of 340,000 kg of pure heroin (corresponding to Afghanistan’s 3400 tons of opium production).” Michel Chossudovsky wrote in 2005.
The Taliban—created whole fabric by Pakistani and USG intelligence—is routinely blamed by the propaganda media as the source of the world’s illicit heroin supply. Left out of this wild distortion of reality is the fact the Taliban worked with the United Nations to eradicate the cultivation of opium. The Bush neocon invasion reversed this trend.
The Afghan government’s drug eradication program was repealed. The 2001 war on Afghanistan served to restore as well as boost the multibillion dollar drug trade. It has also contributed to the surge in heroin addiction in the US. Opium production had declined by more than 90 per cent in 2001 as a result of the Taliban government’s drug eradication program. Immediately following the invasion (October 7, 2001) and the occupation of Afghanistan by US-NATO troops, the production of opium regained its historical levels.
Mayor CIA, if the following tweet can be believed, has an interest in Afghanistan’s wealth of natural resources, the sort of minerals the neoliberals are addicted to stealing, never mind the staggering cost in human life.
Pete Definitely-Not-A-CIA-Agent Buttigieg has in his living room a huge map of the natural resources and minerals in Afghanistan, a country he helped militarily occupy (which has trillions of dollars worth of minerals, by the way) Extremely normal thing to have in your house https://t.co/0ScyPk8ti6 — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) February 6, 2020
I have long argued the CIA is by far the most subversive force at work in the USG and around the world. It has performed as a hitman and violent regime change facilitator for the national security state beginning with the presidency of Harry Truman. It captured the major news media in the 1950s—the “Mighty Wurlitzer” of propaganda—and influences Hollywood media productions and video games, thus thoroughly brainwashing the public with lies and disinformation (nobody beats the CIA at “fake news”).
The CIA vets governors and other politicians. This was substantiated by the former governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, who was visited by CIA spooks shortly after taking office. “On occasion CIA officers meet with senior state government officials, as they did in this case, to discuss issues of mutual interest,” admitted CIA Spokesman George Little in 2008.
More accurately, no doubt, such visits—in this case by nearly two dozen agents—are designed to scare the hell out popularly elected politicians not vetted by the elite.
Mayor Pete the former CIA operative is a near-perfect candidate (although I am betting the full weight of DNC will fall behind the control freak billionaire Michael Bloomberg or a late entry Hillary Clinton). Pete is said to be a homosexual. He fully endorses the identity politics agenda, and he has stated repeatedly he will steal the firearms of law-abiding Americans, although he cannot beat Bloomberg on this count (former Mayor Mike also wants to dictate what you can eat and drink).
The CIA, of course, is not liberal, or conservative for that matter. It covertly supports whatever political ideology it believes will effectively bamboozle politically naive Americans. Identity politics fits the ticket.
Philip II of Macedon and later Niccolò Machiavelli understood the most effective way to undercut the threat posed by political opposition is divide and rule (divide et impera). This is precisely what we are now enduring—a wholly artificial war between statist factions that is rending the political and social fabric of America and distracting it from real issues.
The national security state and its master of subversion, lies, and murder must recapture the White House and Congress—sweeping away the unacceptable on both the right and left—and although Mayor CIA probably will not be nominated, a similar person will be selected and appointed. Bernie Sanders will be cheated out of the nomination for a second time and Elizabeth Warren’s promise to address crony corporate influence in government will be paved over with the insipidity of identity politics that completely ignores the locus of our rapidly approaching serfdom–the financial elite.
Meanwhile, the wars, wholesale theft of natural resources, and mass murder will continue.
Article posted with permission from Kurt Nimmo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--Was Coronavirus a “Plan-Demic” As Part Of Population Control?  These Videos Certainly Make One Consi

Was Coronavirus a “ Plan-Demic ” As Part Of Population Control ?
These Videos Certainly Make One Consider That Possibility A friend who covers news on vaccinations sent me a series of videos that were posted in early November 2019 .
However , they were recorded at an event that took place on October 18 , 2019 .
The first Wuhan case was recorded in December 2019 .
They discuss the coronavirus and its effects .
Keep in mind , I ’ m not asking if this is a pandemic .
That has already been established .
I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Was it , in fact , planned ?
Mostly , those in the videos speak with regards to the economic impact versus actually aiding those who are sick , but nevertheless , several see government intervention , even hinting at martial law , as the solution when for the most part , it has been the problem .
The obvious question that should be asked , given that many of those organizations and entities promote population control and even depopulation , is this coronavirus weaponized for the purpose of depopulation ?
So far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Doctor Who Tried To Warn About Coronavirus Is Dead • Creator of US Bioweapons Act Claims Coronavirus is a Biological Weapon • Coincidence ?
US Patent For ‘ An Attenuated Coronavirus ’ Filed In 2015 Was Granted In 2018 We also know this : • 45 Population Control Quotes : The Elite Are Eager To Eliminate People On Earth • Vaccine Industry-Tied Bill Gates Warns of Doomsday ‘ Global Pandemic ’ : Could Kill 30 Million in Under a Year The series of videos was provided via YouTube by the Center For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Event 201 is a pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on October 18 , 2019 , in New York , NY .
The exercise illustrated the pandemic preparedness efforts needed to diminish the large-scale economic and societal consequences of a severe pandemic .
Drawing from actual events , Event 201 identifies important policy issues and preparedness challenges that could be solved with sufficient political will and attention .
These issues were designed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the participants and the audience .
Here are the videos .
Judge for yourself whether coronavirus was planned or just happened organically .
• Call To Wuhan Hospital For Help Gets This Response : “ No Medical Staff Anymore .
They Are Dead Or Sick !
” • Coronavirus Nightmare : No Room In Chinese Hospitals For Thousands Of Sick People • The Numbers for the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Just Don ’ t Add Up • Wuhan Resident On Coronavirus Outbreak : “ Hospitals are packed… you are just left for dead…a million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • China : Video Out Of Wuhan Hospital Shows The Truth Of The Coronavirus ’ Horrifying Effects • Mainstream Media Hasn ’ t Been Telling Us The Truth About This Coronavirus Outbreak • The True Number Of Coronavirus Victims Is Far Larger Than You Are Being Told • Mysterious “ SARS-Like Virus ” Killing People In China Has Spread To Japan Additionally , we ’ ve reported on whether or not governments are putting the boot down on the people as hinted at in these videos .
Again , you judge for yourself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Coverup ?
China Arrested Doctors Who Warned About Coronavirus As Death Tolls Rise & Stocks Plummet • Coronavirus Coverup ?
China Threatens Social Media Users With 7 Years In Prison For Reporting “ Pandemic News ” • Social Media Vows To Censor What They Deem “ Misinformation ” About Coronavirus • Coronavirus – Doctor & Former Congressman Asks , “ Are The Chinese Telling The Truth ?
( Video ) • China Is Not Only Arresting Those Covering Coronavirus , But Will Literally Drag People From Their Homes & Send Them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Video ) And now , we are dealing with it in the US .
• Department Of Defense : Military Has Mass Quarantine Camps Set Up In US • If Coronavirus Isn ’ t A Serious Threat To The US , Why Is Our Government Turning 11 Military Bases Into Quarantine Camps ?
• 5th Diagnosed Case of Coronavirus in America Confirmed on Sunday However , probably the most curious thing about the coronavirus is in the parts of the world that don ’ t large numbers of medical facilities or records that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points to that very problem in determining just how widespread this virus may have gotten and no one would be the wiser about it .
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

Was Coronavirus a “Plan-Demic” As Part Of Population Control? These Videos Certainly Make One Consider That Possibility
A friend who covers news on vaccinations sent me a series of videos that were posted in early November 2019. However, they were recorded at an event that took place on October 18, 2019. The first Wuhan case was recorded in December 2019.
They discuss the coronavirus and its effects.
Keep in mind, I’m not asking if this is a pandemic. That has already been established.
I’m asking is this a “Plan-demic.” Was it, in fact, planned?
Mostly, those in the videos speak with regards to the economic impact versus actually aiding those who are sick, but nevertheless, several see government intervention, even hinting at martial law, as the solution when for the most part, it has been the problem.
The obvious question that should be asked, given that many of those organizations and entities promote population control and even depopulation, is this coronavirus weaponized for the purpose of depopulation?
So far, we know this:
We also know this:
The series of videos was provided via YouTube by the Center For Health Security.
According to the description:
Event 201 is a pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY.
The exercise illustrated the pandemic preparedness efforts needed to diminish the large-scale economic and societal consequences of a severe pandemic.
Drawing from actual events, Event 201 identifies important policy issues and preparedness challenges that could be solved with sufficient political will and attention.
These issues were designed in a narrative to engage and educate the participants and the audience.
Here are the videos. Judge for yourself whether coronavirus was planned or just happened organically.
Additionally, we’ve reported on whether or not governments are putting the boot down on the people as hinted at in these videos.
Again, you judge for yourself whether or not that is the case.
And now, we are dealing with it in the US.
However, probably the most curious thing about the coronavirus is in the parts of the world that don’t large numbers of medical facilities or records that can be easily checked. This commenter points to that very problem in determining just how widespread this virus may have gotten and no one would be the wiser about it.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-11--George W. & Laura Bush Contribute To Documented Criminal & Unethical Florida Sheriff’s Campaign

We have documented and covered the story of the criminal and unethical behavior of Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno for close to a year now .
We have also chronicled his desire to have his own unborn child murdered as well as threatened the life of the mother .
We have also documented how Southwest Florida media , for the most part , failed to report on Marceno ’ s crimes and investigate thoroughly .
Additionally , we have reported on the whitewashing of investigations into Marceno by Flordia Department of Law Enforcement and , no doubt , there has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governor ’ s office and the attorney general ’ s office as well as the state attorney ’ s office .
Now , right on cue , former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura contributed money to Marceno ’ s first election campaign .
The appointed sheriff has been dazzling Lee County with Deputy Dogs and slick talk , but has failed to actually refute the documented evidence of his drug use , which was a reason he was not recommended to be hired by Collier County Sheriff ’ s Office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a police officer , his failure to meet state law standards to be a police officer in the state of Florida and his unethical behavior with crime victim Deanna Williams , as well as other women who have gone on record about his abuse of power to coerce them into sex .
It ’ s interesting how News-Press.com can report on things like this but failed to do their due diligence in reporting the facts and documentation on Marceno ’ s crimes .
However , they were proud of this one .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ out-collected his nearest Republican rival in the 2020 race to be county ’ s top cop by nearly $ 10 to $ 1 .
And it certainly doesn ’ t make it any easier for challengers when Marceno receives $ 1,000 checks from high-profile Republicans such as George and Laura Bush .
The 43rd U.S. president recently sent a check in that amount to Marceno for his election campaign .
“ What an amazing man .
I ’ m overwhelmed and humbled , ” Marceno said .
“ It ’ s an absolute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Florida for years and has friends in Boca Grande .
We think of him as family.
” Well , considering that Bush signed into “ law ” one of the most unconstitutional and tyrannical bills , the PATRIOT Act , in our history , I can see why Marceno considers him family .
Furthermore , Marceno ’ s is most definitely a false humility because right after saying how humbled he was , he added that whether the check was cashed or not , “ I will frame it.
” At any rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ story of corruption in Lee County that began with my reporting on Deanna Williams , check out the links below .
• Florida : Buying & Selling for Profit The Right to Sue a Rape Victim – The Deanna Williams Story • Judge Tossed Right To Sue Rape Victim – Florida Attorneys Still Pursue Her , Threaten Arrest • Rape Victim Pursued By Attorney , Who Bought Right To Sue Her , Threatened With Arrest Within 24 Hours – Here ’ s Why • Rape Victim Claims Gloria Allred Failed To Honor Agreement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ & Judgments Of Over $ 1 Million • Why Did The Florida Judicial System Render A Final Judgment Against A Rape Victim Without Giving Her Time To Defend Herself ?
• What Do Gloria Allred & A Florida Judge Busted In A Prostitution Sting Have In Common ?
• Ousted Oklahoma Judge Turned Florida Attorney Michael Chionopoulos Involved In Possible Malpractice In Depriving Rape Victim Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars • 1 Person Now Dead In Case Against Rape Victim – When Will Governor DeSantis , the Attorney General & Florida Bar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sean Hannity Drop Support Of Florida Sheriff Carmine Marceno Because He Abused His Power To Pursue Women For Sex & Wanted His Baby Murdered ?
• Florida State-Controlled Media Provides Cover For FDLE Report On Lee County Sheriff Regarding Threats In Paternity Suit – Here ’ s What They Didn ’ t Report • Exclusive : Why Is Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno Perpetrating This Fraud On The People ?
• Exclusive : The Fraud In Lee County Continues – Documents Indicate Sheriff Never Met The Requirements To Be A Police Officer • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Same Fashion As Dictators Of The Past • The Next Tier In Lee County , Florida Corruption : State Attorney Amira Fox • Is The State Of Florida Going To Quietly Stand By As This Woman ’ s Life Hangs In The Balance As They Did With Terri Schiavo ?
• The Documents SW Florida Media Are Afraid To Show Lee County Citizens About Sheriff Carmine Marceno • Is “ Women ’ s Rights ” Attorney Gloria Allred Responsible For Leaving This Woman To Face Over A $ 1 Million Judgment ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ 88 Presidential Election For Embellishing His – Why Doesn ’ t Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno Drop Out Of His Campaign ?
• What Is With Florida Republicans Supporting Frauds , Police Impersonators & Those Tied To Islamic Terrorism ?
• Gloria Allred Leaves Florida Woman Hanging Out To Dry While Greedy , Money Hungry Attorneys & Enabling , Corrupt Judges Pursue Her For Over $ 1 Million ( Video ) • Florida Bar Drops The Ball On Attorney Grand Theft Of $ 200,000… Again !
• Florida Attorney Scott Mager Seems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Himself Against Rape Victim • Why is Michael Avenatti ’ s Indictment For Ripping Off A Porn Star National News , But This Story Involving Gloria Allred Faces Blackout ?
• Florida Department Of Law Enforcement Or Department of Whitewashing & Coverup ?
• More Evidence Of Florida Corruption In Case Of Attorney Suing Rape Victim For Profit • Former Florida State Attorney Refused To Prosecute Rape & Grand Theft From Rape Victim – Sued Local TV Station Over “ Hurt Feelings ” • Southwest Florida Media Is Finally Reporting On Corruption We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Tonight ’ s The Night Lee County Sheriff Gets Exposed For The Fraud He Is By Local Media • Florida County Gets Rocked By Explosive Report Over Fraudulent Sheriff • Rape Victim Files Bar Complaint Against Florida Attorney Scott Mager Alleging He ’ s Knowingly In Possession of Six-Figures Of Stolen Funds • Bombshell : Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno Puts People In Danger By Violating Florida Law Concerning Illegals • Former Lee County Sheriff To File Formal Complaint With Florida Commission On Ethics – Calls For Investigation Of Lee County Sheriff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Receives Complaint Against Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno From Former Sheriff • Epstein Victims Should Be Wary Of Gloria Allred & Here ’ s Why • Documents : Lee County Sheriff ’ s Office & Florida State Attorney ’ s Office Completely Dropped The Ball On Victim Of Grand Theft • Lee County Arrests Police Captain For Prostitution & Perjury – Criminal Sheriff Carmine Marceno Still In Place • Florida : “ Constitutional ” “ Republicans ” To Turn Out In “ Support ” & “ Honor ” Of A Documented Felon Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lee County Sheriff Urges Senator Rick Scott To Back Off Support For Criminal Sheriff He Appointed • Former Lee County Sheriff to FDLE : Sheriff Carmine Marceno Has Engaged In “ The Biggest Fraud Perpetrated On Police Officer Standards & Training I Have Ever Seen ” • The Guardian Finally Makes A National Story About Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno ’ s Crimes That We ’ ve Reported On For Months !
– Will Gloria Allred Be Next ?
• Is This The Reason SouthWest Florida Media Is Silent About The Crimes & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Former Sheriff Provides Florida Ethics Investigator Additional Evidence Of Criminal & Ethics Violations By Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno • Florida : Sheriff That Violated Ethics & State Law Fires Clerk After Her Arrest & Policy Violations • Florida : Attorneys Could Collectively Face Over 100 Years In Prison For Grand Theft , Possession Of Stolen Funds & Fraud • Former Lee County Sheriff Files “ Police Officer Certification Fraud ” Complaint With FDLE Against Appointed Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno • Did Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno Obstruct Justice Or Was This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Audio ) • Former Sheriff Files Fraud Complaint With Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission Against Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno • Office Of Executive Investigations Launches Investigation Into Fraud Concerning Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno • # MeToo Florida : Woman Pleads For Florida AG Ashley Moody To Give Her Access To Law Enforcement After Corrupt Sheriff Took Advantage Of Her • Florida : Is The State Attorney , The Lee County Sheriff ’ s Office Or The Judge To Blame For Releasing A Criminal Who Committed A Double Murder ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Entire Carmine Marceno Criminal File On Florida Governor , AG & FDLE In Stunning New Letter • Retired Major Joins Chorus In Calling For Resignation Of “ Corrupt ” Lee County Sheriff Over Fraud & Ethics Violations • Gloria Allred & Florida Attorney Scott Mager Take More Money From Rape Victim Than She Got In Civil Settlement – Leaves Her Owing Over $ 600,000 !
• Like Father , Like Son : Lee County Sheriff ’ s Father Threatens Son Of Crime Victim – Explosive Video Sent To Governor , AG & FDLE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Victim Not Only Pay More Than Her Settlement , But Force Her To Pay For A Deposition They Want • Documents Reveal Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno Was “ Not Recommended ” To Be Hired At Previous Sheriff ’ s Office • Florida : Judge Disbarred For Soliciting Prostitution & Resisting Arrest – May Open Up Opportunity For Reversal Of Rape Victim Being Sued For More Than She Settled • Is Florida Department Of Law Enforcement Covering Up A Crime By Lee County Sheriff ?
• Former Lee County Sheriff Calls Out Lazy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County Sheriff Carmine Marceno & Calls On Criminal Justice Professionalism Division To Pull His Certification Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

We have documented and covered the story of the criminal and unethical behavior of Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno for close to a year now. We have also chronicled his desire to have his own unborn child murdered as well as threatened the life of the mother. We have also documented how Southwest Florida media, for the most part, failed to report on Marceno’s crimes and investigate thoroughly. Additionally, we have reported on the whitewashing of investigations into Marceno by Flordia Department of Law Enforcement and, no doubt, there has been a coverup extending up into the governor’s office and the attorney general’s office as well as the state attorney’s office. Now, right on cue, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura contributed money to Marceno’s first election campaign.
The appointed sheriff has been dazzling Lee County with Deputy Dogs and slick talk, but has failed to actually refute the documented evidence of his drug use, which was a reason he was not recommended to be hired by Collier County Sheriff’s Office, his fraudulent certification, his impersonation of a police officer, his failure to meet state law standards to be a police officer in the state of Florida and his unethical behavior with crime victim Deanna Williams, as well as other women who have gone on record about his abuse of power to coerce them into sex.
It’s interesting how News-Press.com can report on things like this but failed to do their due diligence in reporting the facts and documentation on Marceno’s crimes. However, they were proud of this one.
Incumbent Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno has out-collected his nearest Republican rival in the 2020 race to be county’s top cop by nearly $10 to $1.
And it certainly doesn’t make it any easier for challengers when Marceno receives $1,000 checks from high-profile Republicans such as George and Laura Bush.
The 43rd U.S. president recently sent a check in that amount to Marceno for his election campaign.
“What an amazing man. I’m overwhelmed and humbled,” Marceno said. “It’s an absolute honor. He’s visited Southwest Florida for years and has friends in Boca Grande. We think of him as family.”
Well, considering that Bush signed into “law” one of the most unconstitutional and tyrannical bills, the PATRIOT Act, in our history, I can see why Marceno considers him family.
Furthermore, Marceno’s is most definitely a false humility because right after saying how humbled he was, he added that whether the check was cashed or not, “I will frame it.”
That’s not humility! It’s bragging rights!
At any rate, for more documentation on the ongoing story of corruption in Lee County that began with my reporting on Deanna Williams, check out the links below.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media