thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-22--New Supreme Court Circuit Assignments Have Been Reassigned – Look Who’s In Charge of Swing States

New Supreme Court Circuit Assignments Have Been Reassigned – Look Who ’ s In Charge of Swing States So , here we go !
The supreme Court will more than likely get involved , as I predicted concerning the three justices on the court who were involved in the Bush v. Gore fiasco in 2000 .
• What do Amy Coney Barrett , Brett Kavanaugh & John Roberts Have In Common ?
Last night , Trump Team ’ s lead counsel Sidney Powell spoke of the “ most stunning , most egregious ” piece of evidence the campaign has .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ who saw it all done and was there when it was created.
” “ We ’ ve got all kinds of evidence that is mathematically irrefutable by experts , including three professors at Princeton , and it all proves the same thing , the evidence of individual poll watchers who saw votes come in , saw the machines manipulated , ” she added .
Here is the evidence .
BREAKING : Look who is now in charge of PA , WI , MI , and GA Liberals Go Full Deviant : Market @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Can Have Their Period on Donald Trump , Ted Cruz , Sarah Palin and others It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits , pursuant to Title 28 , United States Code , Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record , effective November 20 , 2020 .
• For the District of Columbia Circuit – John G. Roberts , Jr. , Chief Justice • For the First Circuit – Stephen Breyer , Associate Justice • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Associate Justice • For the Third Circuit – Samuel A. Alito , Jr. , Associate Justice • For the Fifth Circuit – Samuel A. Alito , Jr. , Associate Justice Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

New Supreme Court Circuit Assignments Have Been Reassigned – Look Who’s In Charge of Swing States
So, here we go! The supreme Court will more than likely get involved, as I predicted concerning the three justices on the court who were involved in the Bush v. Gore fiasco in 2000.
Pamela Geller writes:
Last night, Trump Team’s lead counsel Sidney Powell spoke of the “most stunning, most egregious” piece of evidence the campaign has. Powell referred to a young military officer “who saw it all done and was there when it was created.”
“We’ve got all kinds of evidence that is mathematically irrefutable by experts, including three professors at Princeton, and it all proves the same thing, the evidence of individual poll watchers who saw votes come in, saw the machines manipulated,” she added.
Here is the evidence.
BREAKING: Look who is now in charge of PA, WI, MI, and GA
Circuit Courts have been Reassigned
Effective November 20, 2020, ordered pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42
MI – Brett M. Kavanaugh
WI – Amy Coney Barrett
PA – Samuel A. Alito
GA – Clarence Thomas
BREAKING: Look who is now in charge of PA, WI, MI, and GA Circuit Courts have been Reassigned Effective November 20, 2020, ordered pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 MI – Brett M. Kavanaugh
WI – Amy Coney Barrett
PA – Samuel A. Alito
GA – Clarence Thomas pic.twitter.com/kMsRK5k54a — Alice (@themodalice) November 20, 2020
From the supreme Court’s website:
It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective November 20, 2020. For the District of Columbia Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
For the First Circuit – Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
For the Second Circuit – Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
For the Third Circuit – Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
For the Fourth Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
For the Fifth Circuit – Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice (Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
For the Sixth Circuit – Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
For the Seventh Circuit – Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
For the Eighth Circuit – Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
For the Ninth Circuit – Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
For the Tenth Circuit – Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
For the Eleventh Circuit – Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
For the Federal Circuit – John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-22--Analysis Busts Pelosi Sneaking $350 Million For 50 Richest Zip Codes Into COVID Relief Bill

Oh , but they claim they are for the little guy , right ?
Look , both parties are being used against the people , and this is just another example of the corruption in DC .
The HEROES Act is nothing more than the former COVID stimulus bill : unconstitutional wealth redistribution .
At some point , when the election chaos is finally settled , Congress will likely turn to passing another COVID-19 stimulus/relief bill .
( Despite the last one being plagued by rampant fraud and dysfunction ) .
One starting point for negotiations will be the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trillion bill the House passed in October on a party-line vote by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats .
One of the most significant aspects of the HEROES Act is that it allocates nearly $ 700 billion in federal money for state , local , and tribal governments .
Proponents say this gives localities the funds they need to pay emergency responders and fund programs necessary to protect their communities .
Critics point out that much of this money is used to “ bail out ” blue states that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up large unfunded pension programs before the pandemic .
Indeed , the left-leaning Brookings Institution has projected that “ state and local government revenues will decline $ 155 billion in 2020 , $ 167 billion in 2021 , and $ 145 billion in 2022.
” Simple math shows us that the CARES Act gives states and localities hundreds of billions more in federal money than they are actually projected to lose due to pandemic-related decreases in revenue .
This alone should be a red flag .
Yet a new analysis also reveals that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ snuck millions of dollars in cash for some of the nation ’ s wealthiest zip codes into their emergency COVID-19 package .
Watchdogs from OpenTheBooks.com inspected the fine print of the HEROES Act and found that it allocates $ 350 million to the 50 richest communities in America .
The average annual income in these areas ranged from $ 262,988 to $ 525,324 .
“ It ’ s unclear why such wealthy neighborhoods need so much money to weather the storm , ” Adam Andrzejewski of OpenTheBooks.com wrote .
“ Should American taxpayers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the rich and famous ?
Some might reasonably look at a figure like $ 350 million and conclude that , in the context of a $ 2.2 trillion bill , it is a relatively small amount of money .
But we mustn ’ t forget that this figure is only looking at a tiny sample size .
It is not all the money this bill allocates to wealthy zip codes , just a snapshot .
We can extrapolate from this figure that the HEROES Act would dole out many hundreds of millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towns and cities .
It ’ s not even the only provision of the bill that can be fairly characterized as a handout for the rich .
The package also includes items such as student debt relief , which further burdens cash-strapped taxpayers yet only helps a relatively well-educated and well-off subset of society .
But wait : Aren ’ t Democrats supposed to be the progressive party fighting for the working class ?
That ’ s certainly what their rhetoric would suggest .
Yet the Democrats included cash handouts for wealthy constituents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Mass.
, Malibu , California , and Old Greenwich , Conn. in their emergency response package nonetheless .
Humans are fallible beings—and power corrupts .
This is why , from tax loopholes to crony regulations to spending bills , sweeping government interventions will always end up skewing in favor of powerful constituencies .
However , when power is left to the individual level rather than government , that decentralization helps limit abuses .
It ’ s not a matter of electing the right people .
Fundamentally , progressive and conservative government officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The only way to really prevent the abuse of government power and expenditure of taxpayer resources in favor of the well-off and well-connected is to limit the scope of the government itself .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

Oh, but they claim they are for the little guy, right? Look, both parties are being used against the people, and this is just another example of the corruption in DC. The HEROES Act is nothing more than the former COVID stimulus bill: unconstitutional wealth redistribution.
The Foundation for Economic Education reports:
At some point, when the election chaos is finally settled, Congress will likely turn to passing another COVID-19 stimulus/relief bill. (Despite the last one being plagued by rampant fraud and dysfunction). One starting point for negotiations will be the “HEROES Act,” a $2.2 trillion bill the House passed in October on a party-line vote by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats.
One of the most significant aspects of the HEROES Act is that it allocates nearly $700 billion in federal money for state, local, and tribal governments.
Proponents say this gives localities the funds they need to pay emergency responders and fund programs necessary to protect their communities. Critics point out that much of this money is used to “bail out” blue states that were already mismanaging their budgets and running up large unfunded pension programs before the pandemic.
Indeed, the left-leaning Brookings Institution has projected that “state and local government revenues will decline $155 billion in 2020, $167 billion in 2021, and $145 billion in 2022.” Simple math shows us that the CARES Act gives states and localities hundreds of billions more in federal money than they are actually projected to lose due to pandemic-related decreases in revenue.
This alone should be a red flag. Yet a new analysis also reveals that Pelosi and her fellow “progressives” snuck millions of dollars in cash for some of the nation’s wealthiest zip codes into their emergency COVID-19 package.
BREAKING: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Heroes Act allocated huge coronavirus bailouts to many wealthy places in the country! Should the American taxpayers from lower-income areas be subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous? https://t.co/0vL5v56zMw — OpenTheBooks (@open_the_books) November 12, 2020
Watchdogs from OpenTheBooks.com inspected the fine print of the HEROES Act and found that it allocates $350 million to the 50 richest communities in America. The average annual income in these areas ranged from $262,988 to $525,324.
“It’s unclear why such wealthy neighborhoods need so much money to weather the storm,” Adam Andrzejewski of OpenTheBooks.com wrote. “Should American taxpayers from lower-income areas be subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous?
Some might reasonably look at a figure like $350 million and conclude that, in the context of a $2.2 trillion bill, it is a relatively small amount of money. But we mustn’t forget that this figure is only looking at a tiny sample size. It is not all the money this bill allocates to wealthy zip codes, just a snapshot.
We can extrapolate from this figure that the HEROES Act would dole out many hundreds of millions if not billions more to other wealthy towns and cities.
It’s not even the only provision of the bill that can be fairly characterized as a handout for the rich. The package also includes items such as student debt relief, which further burdens cash-strapped taxpayers yet only helps a relatively well-educated and well-off subset of society.
But wait: Aren’t Democrats supposed to be the progressive party fighting for the working class? That’s certainly what their rhetoric would suggest. Yet the Democrats included cash handouts for wealthy constituents in predominantly liberal areas such as Wellesley, Mass., Malibu, California, and Old Greenwich, Conn. in their emergency response package nonetheless.
t be avoided.”
Humans are fallible beings—and power corrupts. This is why, from tax loopholes to crony regulations to spending bills, sweeping government interventions will always end up skewing in favor of powerful constituencies. However, when power is left to the individual level rather than government, that decentralization helps limit abuses.
It’s not a matter of electing the right people. Fundamentally, progressive and conservative government officials alike face the same incentive structures.
The only way to really prevent the abuse of government power and expenditure of taxpayer resources in favor of the well-off and well-connected is to limit the scope of the government itself.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-23--“Nudged” Into Passive Compliance

“Nudged” Into Passive Compliance

Americans understand arguments over social issues depending on the way they are framed by the media , or government officials .
According to Cass Sunstein , author of the book , framing arguments work because people are mindless and passive in their decision making .
By framing arguments in terms controlled within a certain “ this or that ” paradigm , people are forced to make choices within that paradigm .
The parameters of the argument are set for them , controlled by what Sunstein refers to as a choice architect .
A perfect example is the development of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shifted in the minds of many Americans from whether we need one to who is going to take the credit for developing and delivering it .
Sunstein also claims that framing works as powerful “ nudge ” of social behavior because people tend to suffer from some cognitive dissonance when faced with contradictions in their thoughts and beliefs , and they don ’ t know how to deal with these contradictions , so they are more likely to work within the defined borders of the argument .
Framing an argument then , works @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change , while keeping the issue focused on certain elements that guide society towards a desired end .
Another example of framing an argument can be understood by examining the latest study concerning the effectiveness of facemasks in preventing the spread of Covid 19 .
To call this the latest study is an understatement .
It is the only study that focused on Covid 19 .
All other studies which focused on the use of facemasks in preventing infection rates were done with the flu .
In any case , the study found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went beyond the margin of error in populations that did or did not wear masks .
The infection rate was virtually the same .
Good news , right ?
After reading this study public officials are likely to reverse course and lift the unnecessary mask mandates and other ridiculous restrictions they have unconstitutionally placed on their communities , correct ?
Probably not .
What is most likely to happen is these public officials will accept that mask mandates are not stopping the spread and they will increase their restrictions .
This is because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perspective that it is indeed a deadly pandemic that is occurring despite all the admissions we have recently witnessed from the CDC .
Those are completely left out of the equation .
For example , in July the CDC quietly released a document admitting that an isolated sample of the Covid 19 virus does not exist .
The FDA also admitted that their test kits were developed under emergency protocol and , the standard that all tests must be confirmed against an isolated and purified form of the virus was dropped .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This information is not a part of the argument that is being presented to the public .
In fact , it is being hidden from the public because the issue is being framed from the perspective that it is a deadly disease spreading rapidly out of control .
Another point being left out is the fact that the CDC also admitted that hospitals had a financial incentive to label all deaths as Covid 19 deaths .
In fact , 26 , 557 heart attacks were fallaciously labeled as Covid 19 deaths .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ information within the context of the Covid 19 issue , it would be understood in an entirely different way , people would have a different frame of reference .
Therefore , the latest mask study will likely have no effect because it is being done from the perspective that masks are not stopping the spread , not from the perspective that Covid 19 has a minuscule death rate of .26 percent among the people that catch it .
Arguing from this frame of reference suggests that something must still be done .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep the fear message going to induce compliance of whatever policies they wish to enact .
Like mandatory vaccines for example .
Most people , as Sunstein claims , when presented with contradictory information do not how to respond to it and , because it is not being presented by the mainstream media , it comes across to them as nonsense , something they can not register .
Sunstein himself is a Harvard Law Professor who worked in the Obama administration as the head of Information and Regulatory Affairs office .
He believes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nudged ” in the right direction .
This is because he believes that we are not capable of making choices in our best interest and that we live complex lives where “ we accept questions as posed rather than trying to determine whether their answers would vary under alternative formulations ” ( Sunstein & Thaler , 2006 , pg .
37 ) .
In other words , there is an understanding about human behavior that suggests that people will accept the way an argument is framed because it is too difficult for them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to any conclusions based on their own cognitive efforts .
Social science thinks you are lazy and public officials , based on this so-called understanding , fully expect you to fall in lockstep with their objectives based on how they present the argument to you .
When it comes to responding to a fear stimulus , much of what social science knows about human behavior comes from the 1938 radio broadcast The War of the Worlds , by Orson Wells .
People reacted to this event as if it were real because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compare it to .
Hadley Cantril ’ s book , Invasion from Mars : A Study in the Psychology of Panic explains this event from the lens of behavioral psychologists that immediately began exploiting the opportunity to take advantage of this panicked reaction to a media broadcast .
Such rare occurrences provide opportunities for the social scientist to study mass behavior .
They must be exploited when they come .
Although the social scientist , unfortunately , can not usually predict such situations and have his tools of investigation ready to analyze the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wing , he can begin his work before the effects of the crisis are over and memories are blurred .
The situation created by the broadcast was one that shows us how the common man reacts in a time of stress and strain .
It gives us insights into his intelligence , his anxieties , and his needs , which we could never get by tests or strictly experimental studies .
The panic situation we have investigated had all the flavor of everyday life and , at the same time , provided a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the unique conditions giving rise to this particular panic , the writer has attempted to indicate throughout the study the pattern of the circumstances which , from a psychological point of view , might make this the prototype of any panic .
( Cantril , Invasion from Mars : A Study in the Psychology of Panic ) Read the rest at Defense Of Our Nation

Americans understand arguments over social issues depending on the way they are framed by the media, or government officials. According to Cass Sunstein, author of the book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness , framing arguments work because people are mindless and passive in their decision making. By framing arguments in terms controlled within a certain “this or that” paradigm, people are forced to make choices within that paradigm. The parameters of the argument are set for them, controlled by what Sunstein refers to as a choice architect. A perfect example is the development of the Covid 19 vaccine. The argument has shifted in the minds of many Americans from whether we need one to who is going to take the credit for developing and delivering it. Sunstein also claims that framing works as powerful “nudge” of social behavior because people tend to suffer from some cognitive dissonance when faced with contradictions in their thoughts and beliefs, and they don’t know how to deal with these contradictions, so they are more likely to work within the defined borders of the argument. Framing an argument then, works as a form of attitude and/or opinion change, while keeping the issue focused on certain elements that guide society towards a desired end.
Another example of framing an argument can be understood by examining the latest study concerning the effectiveness of facemasks in preventing the spread of Covid 19. To call this the latest study is an understatement. It is the only study that focused on Covid 19. All other studies which focused on the use of facemasks in preventing infection rates were done with the flu. In any case, the study found that there is no statistical difference that went beyond the margin of error in populations that did or did not wear masks. The infection rate was virtually the same. Good news, right? After reading this study public officials are likely to reverse course and lift the unnecessary mask mandates and other ridiculous restrictions they have unconstitutionally placed on their communities, correct? Probably not. What is most likely to happen is these public officials will accept that mask mandates are not stopping the spread and they will increase their restrictions. This is because the issue is being framed from the perspective that it is indeed a deadly pandemic that is occurring despite all the admissions we have recently witnessed from the CDC. Those are completely left out of the equation.
For example, in July the CDC quietly released a document admitting that an isolated sample of the Covid 19 virus does not exist. The FDA also admitted that their test kits were developed under emergency protocol and, the standard that all tests must be confirmed against an isolated and purified form of the virus was dropped. This is referred to as the gold standard. This information is not a part of the argument that is being presented to the public. In fact, it is being hidden from the public because the issue is being framed from the perspective that it is a deadly disease spreading rapidly out of control. Another point being left out is the fact that the CDC also admitted that hospitals had a financial incentive to label all deaths as Covid 19 deaths. In fact, 26, 557 heart attacks were fallaciously labeled as Covid 19 deaths.
If the mainstream media included the above information within the context of the Covid 19 issue, it would be understood in an entirely different way, people would have a different frame of reference. Therefore, the latest mask study will likely have no effect because it is being done from the perspective that masks are not stopping the spread, not from the perspective that Covid 19 has a minuscule death rate of .26 percent among the people that catch it. Arguing from this frame of reference suggests that something must still be done. It is being framed in a manner to keep the fear message going to induce compliance of whatever policies they wish to enact. Like mandatory vaccines for example.
Most people, as Sunstein claims, when presented with contradictory information do not how to respond to it and, because it is not being presented by the mainstream media, it comes across to them as nonsense, something they can not register. Sunstein himself is a Harvard Law Professor who worked in the Obama administration as the head of Information and Regulatory Affairs office. He believes that people are very persuadable if “nudged” in the right direction. This is because he believes that we are not capable of making choices in our best interest and that we live complex lives where “we accept questions as posed rather than trying to determine whether their answers would vary under alternative formulations” (Sunstein & Thaler, 2006, pg. 37). In other words, there is an understanding about human behavior that suggests that people will accept the way an argument is framed because it is too difficult for them to step outside of the parameters and come to any conclusions based on their own cognitive efforts. Social science thinks you are lazy and public officials, based on this so-called understanding, fully expect you to fall in lockstep with their objectives based on how they present the argument to you.
When it comes to responding to a fear stimulus, much of what social science knows about human behavior comes from the 1938 radio broadcast The War of the Worlds, by Orson Wells. People reacted to this event as if it were real because they had no frame of reference to compare it to. Hadley Cantril’s book, Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic explains this event from the lens of behavioral psychologists that immediately began exploiting the opportunity to take advantage of this panicked reaction to a media broadcast.
Such rare occurrences provide opportunities for the social scientist to study mass behavior. They must be exploited when they come. Although the social scientist, unfortunately, cannot usually predict such situations and have his tools of investigation ready to analyze the phenomenon while it is still on the wing, he can begin his work before the effects of the crisis are over and memories are blurred. The situation created by the broadcast was one that shows us how the common man reacts in a time of stress and strain. It gives us insights into his intelligence, his anxieties, and his needs, which we could never get by tests or strictly experimental studies. The panic situation we have investigated had all the flavor of everyday life and, at the same time, provided a semi-experimental condition for research. In spite of the unique conditions giving rise to this particular panic, the writer has attempted to indicate throughout the study the pattern of the circumstances which, from a psychological point of view, might make this the prototype of any panic. (Cantril, Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic)
Read the rest at Defense Of Our Nation


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-23--The Great Relocation: Americans Are Relocating By The Millions Because They Can Feel What Is Coming

The Great Relocation : Americans Are Relocating By The Millions Because They Can Feel What Is Coming This is a really odd time to be having a “ housing boom ” .
We are in the middle of the worst public health crisis in 100 years , endless civil unrest has been ravaging many of our largest cities , and we are experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
But even though more than 70 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits this year , home sales are absolutely rocking .
How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Well , this phenomenon is actually quite easy to explain .
As our society comes apart at the seams all around us , vast numbers of Americans are seeking greener pastures .
According to ABC News , the chaotic events of 2020 have caused “ millions of Americans ” to relocate .
In New York City alone , more than 300,000 former residents have permanently moved to new addresses .
We have never seen anything quite like this before , and it is anticipated that this trend will continue into 2021 .
Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exactly what is ahead , I think that on some level many of them can feel what is coming , and they are getting out of the big cities while they still can .
So even though we are literally in the midst of a horrifying economic depression , homes are selling like hotcakes right now… With so many interested buyers and such little inventory , it has definitely become a seller ’ s market… If you want to sell your home , now is a really good time to do so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ place .
This incredible surge in demand for housing has also fueled a tremendous boom in housing starts… So even though so many other sectors of the economy are deeply hurting at the moment , those that build homes are loving life right now .
Real estate websites are also doing extremely well .
In particular , “ Zillow surfing ” has become a new national pastime… If you can believe it , “ Zillow surfing ” has become “ especially popular among teenagers ” … When life is miserable , people like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Zillow surfing ” allows them to do that .
Personally , I have been hearing from so many people that have either recently relocated or that would like to move .
So many that I know are feeling an urgency like never before because they sense that really dark times are fast approaching .
Interestingly , one of the most important things that people look at when they are thinking of relocating is the political orientation of an area .
In fact , one recent survey found that 42 percent of Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an area where most people have political views different from their own ” … Increasingly , Democrats are moving to “ blue states ” and conservatives are moving to “ red states ” .
Could this potentially have some very serious implications down the road ?
I don ’ t know .
I am just asking the question .
For other Americans , leaving the country entirely seems like a promising option… As the economic suffering in the U.S. intensifies , the number of people wanting to leave will almost certainly go even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more new restrictions are being put in place to try to control the COVID pandemic , and these new restrictions are going to make our ongoing economic depression a whole lot worse .
Already , it has become clear that another huge wave of economic pain is upon us .
The Greater Los Angeles Food Bank says that demand is up 145 percent compared to last year , and the other day people waited in absolutely massive lines for up to 12 hours at a food bank in Texas just to get some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quantities of toilet paper and other supplies in anticipation of a very difficult winter .
No matter what happens with the election , things are about to get really crazy in this country .
Whatever you need to do to get prepared for what is ahead , I would do it as soon as possible .
The clock is ticking , and it appears that our day of reckoning is nearly here .

The Great Relocation: Americans Are Relocating By The Millions Because They Can Feel What Is Coming
This is a really odd time to be having a “housing boom”. We are in the middle of the worst public health crisis in 100 years, endless civil unrest has been ravaging many of our largest cities, and we are experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But even though more than 70 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits this year, home sales are absolutely rocking. How in the world is this possible?
Well, this phenomenon is actually quite easy to explain. As our society comes apart at the seams all around us, vast numbers of Americans are seeking greener pastures. According to ABC News, the chaotic events of 2020 have caused “millions of Americans” to relocate. In New York City alone, more than 300,000 former residents have permanently moved to new addresses.
We have never seen anything quite like this before, and it is anticipated that this trend will continue into 2021. Even though most Americans don’t know exactly what is ahead, I think that on some level many of them can feel what is coming, and they are getting out of the big cities while they still can.
So even though we are literally in the midst of a horrifying economic depression, homes are selling like hotcakes right now…
Home sales rose again in October, at their highest pace in 14 years, according to the National Association of Realtors. But a record low inventory of available homes and a greater number of luxury homes sold have pushed the median home price up to a record $313,000, almost 16% more than a year ago.
With so many interested buyers and such little inventory, it has definitely become a seller’s market…
At the current pace of sales, it would take just 2.5 months to clear the existing inventory — a record low.
If you want to sell your home, now is a really good time to do so.
But then good luck finding a new place.
This incredible surge in demand for housing has also fueled a tremendous boom in housing starts…
Single-family starts experienced continued gains in October, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau. Single-family construction is up 8.6% year-to-date, with notable gains in 2020 for the Midwest and other lower-density markets. The pace of single-family starts in October was the highest production rate since the spring of 2007.
So even though so many other sectors of the economy are deeply hurting at the moment, those that build homes are loving life right now.
Real estate websites are also doing extremely well. In particular, “Zillow surfing” has become a new national pastime…
Zillow usage has climbed since March, with online visitors to for-sale listings up more than 50 percent year-over-year in the early months of the pandemic. People bond over listings on Discord servers, group chats and “Zillow Twitter,” and their obsession has made many strange and obscure listings go viral. Curbed, a website covering city life, real estate and design, recently started a column called My Week in Zillow Saves, in which people (myself included) share the homes they’ve admired on the site.
If you can believe it, “Zillow surfing” has become “especially popular among teenagers”…
Zillow surfing is especially popular among teenagers. A TikTok meme over the summer consisted of users talking about knowing where the bathrooms were in their friend’s or crush’s house before ever visiting it because they had toured all of their classmates’ homes on Zillow. Many young people have extensive lists of saved homes and discuss and share listings with friends.
When life is miserable, people like to daydream about something better, and “Zillow surfing” allows them to do that.
Personally, I have been hearing from so many people that have either recently relocated or that would like to move. So many that I know are feeling an urgency like never before because they sense that really dark times are fast approaching.
Interestingly, one of the most important things that people look at when they are thinking of relocating is the political orientation of an area. In fact, one recent survey found that 42 percent of Americans “would be hesitant to move to an area where most people have political views different from their own”…
Forty-two percent of U.S. residents would be hesitant to move to an area where most people have political views different from their own, up from 32% in June, according to a new report from Redfin ( redfin.com ), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That’s the highest share since 2017, when Redfin began posing this question to survey respondents.
Increasingly, Democrats are moving to “blue states” and conservatives are moving to “red states”.
Could this potentially have some very serious implications down the road?
I don’t know. I am just asking the question.
For other Americans, leaving the country entirely seems like a promising option…
Americans are leaving the country or seeking foreign visas in record numbers, according to immigration lawyers and expatriate organizations, during an oppressive year of political violence, racial strife and an uncontrolled pandemic that has kept families locked in their homes for months – with no clear end in sight.
As the economic suffering in the U.S. intensifies, the number of people wanting to leave will almost certainly go even higher.
With each passing day, more new restrictions are being put in place to try to control the COVID pandemic, and these new restrictions are going to make our ongoing economic depression a whole lot worse.
Already, it has become clear that another huge wave of economic pain is upon us.
The Greater Los Angeles Food Bank says that demand is up 145 percent compared to last year, and the other day people waited in absolutely massive lines for up to 12 hours at a food bank in Texas just to get some food.
Other Americans are stockpiling huge quantities of toilet paper and other supplies in anticipation of a very difficult winter.
No matter what happens with the election, things are about to get really crazy in this country.
Whatever you need to do to get prepared for what is ahead, I would do it as soon as possible.
The clock is ticking, and it appears that our day of reckoning is nearly here.
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-24--Every Governor, Mayor, Sheriff, Policeman Or Representative Enforcing Unconstitutional COVID Mandate

Every Governor , Mayor , Sheriff , Policeman Or Representative Enforcing Unconstitutional COVID Mandates Could Be Subject To The Death Penalty Under Federal Law I wonder how these tyrants would react if the people knew the law , arrested them as the militia , gave them due process , found them guilty and immediately dispense with justice .
Already , we ’ ve seen judges rule against unconstitutional lockdowns and other mandates related to the COVID scamdemic .
Well , the law points out that infringements upon the people ’ s liberties can receive a death penalty .
• Are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Dust !
Judge Says Wisconsin Governor Oversteps His Authority !
• Judge Rules Against Lawless California Governor Over Coronavirus Directives – He Just didn ’ t Rein Him In On His Tyranny Of Infringing On The Rights Of The People • Federal Judge Strikes Down COVID Orders By Pennsylvania ’ s Governor & Health Secretary As Unconstitutional – Will The People Deal With Them As Criminals ?
• Another Federal Judge Rules That Coronavirus Shut Downs Are Unconstitutional – Of Course They Are !
• Federal Judge : ‘ There Is NO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Then Why Are Americans Going Along With It ?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among the list of tyrants who are guilty of usurping their authority and enacting executive orders , not law , against his people .
Watch how he justifies his lawlessness under the color of law .
“ I don ’ t believe as a law enforcement officer you have a right to pick and choose what laws you will enforce , ” Cuomo told reporters during an Albany-based press conference .
But a slew of upstate sheriffs have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ checking up on gatherings come Turkey Day , arguing limited resources and other public safety priorities trump “ counting cars ” in driveways and “ investigating ” how much turkey and dressing a household may purchase .
The third-term Democrat mimicked the defying cops : “ ‘ Well I don ’ t believe in that law and therefore I won ’ t enforce it.
’ ” “ That is frankly frightening to me as an individual , frightening to democracy , it ’ s arrogant and a violation of constitutional duty .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swear to uphold the laws that I agree with .
I didn ’ t say that , ” he continued .
“ ‘ If I don ’ t agree with a law , then I ’ m not gon na enforce that law.
’ No .
Doesn ’ t matter what my opinion is , I ’ m a law enforcement officer .
I enforce the laws .
I don ’ t get to pick and choose.
” Well , again , in a republican form of government , which is guaranteed under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders are not law .
And yes , people do determine whether the law is moral or not and we all know sheriff ’ s and officers have discretion as well .
However , Cuomo , along with California Governor Gavin Newsom , Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and others like Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy are all flirting with what carries the sentence of death .
As I pointed out in a previous article where business owners ran two sheriffs and a health inspector off due to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well for these tyrants .
According to 18 U.S. Code § 242 , can result in a death penalty .
Whoever , under color of any law , statute , ordinance , regulation , or custom , willfully subjects any person in any State , Territory , Commonwealth , Possession , or District to the deprivation of any rights , privileges , or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States , or to different punishments , pains , or penalties , on account of such person being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his color , or race , than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens , shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year , or both ; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use , attempted use , or threatened use of a dangerous weapon , explosives , or fire , shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years , or both ; and if death results from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap , aggravated sexual abuse , or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse , or an attempt to kill , shall be fined under this title , or imprisoned for any term of years or for life , or both , or may be sentenced to death .
Personally , I think the people should arrest every governor , mayor , cop , sheriff or representative who has engaged in this lawless behavior , give them due process and if found guilty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have done .
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Every Governor, Mayor, Sheriff, Policeman Or Representative Enforcing Unconstitutional COVID Mandates Could Be Subject To The Death Penalty Under Federal Law
I wonder how these tyrants would react if the people knew the law, arrested them as the militia, gave them due process, found them guilty and immediately dispense with justice. Already, we’ve seen judges rule against unconstitutional lockdowns and other mandates related to the COVID scamdemic. Well, the law points out that infringements upon the people’s liberties can receive a death penalty.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among the list of tyrants who are guilty of usurping their authority and enacting executive orders, not law, against his people. Watch how he justifies his lawlessness under the color of law.

“I don’t believe as a law enforcement officer you have a right to pick and choose what laws you will enforce,” Cuomo told reporters during an Albany-based press conference.
The New York Post reported:
But a slew of upstate sheriffs have already declared they won’t be checking up on gatherings come Turkey Day, arguing limited resources and other public safety priorities trump “counting cars” in driveways and “investigating” how much turkey and dressing a household may purchase.
The third-term Democrat mimicked the defying cops: “‘Well I don’t believe in that law and therefore I won’t enforce it.’”
“That is frankly frightening to me as an individual, frightening to democracy, it’s arrogant and a violation of constitutional duty. “I didn’t say: I swear to uphold the laws that I agree with. I didn’t say that,” he continued.
“‘If I don’t agree with a law, then I’m not gonna enforce that law.’ No. Doesn’t matter what my opinion is, I’m a law enforcement officer. I enforce the laws. I don’t get to pick and choose.”
Well, again, in a republican form of government, which is guaranteed under the US Constitution, Cuomo’s orders are not law. And yes, people do determine whether the law is moral or not and we all know sheriff’s and officers have discretion as well.
However, Cuomo, along with California Governor Gavin Newsom, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and others like Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy are all flirting with what carries the sentence of death.
As I pointed out in a previous article where business owners ran two sheriffs and a health inspector off due to their tyranny, the law does not bid well for these tyrants.
According to 18 U.S. Code § 242, can result in a death penalty.
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Personally, I think the people should arrest every governor, mayor, cop, sheriff or representative who has engaged in this lawless behavior, give them due process and if found guilty, administer the maximum sentence for what they have done.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-23--Separation of Church & State?  I Think Not!

There are many who wrongly believe there is some sort of separation of Church and State in the Constitution .
While the State is specifically barred from interfering in both the corporate and individual acts of Christian belief expressions , the Church is not barred from its influence upon the State .
Dr. John Diamond joins me in this episode to discuss the role of the Ekklesia in this matter .
Videos & other resources in this episode .
Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptists – Full Text The address of the Danbury Baptists Association in the state of Connecticut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To Thomas Jefferson , Esq.
, President of the United States of America .
Sir , Among the many million in America and Europe who rejoice in your election to office ; we embrace the first opportunity which we have enjoyed in our collective capacity , since your inauguration , to express our great satisfaction , in your appointment to the chief magistracy in the United States : And though our mode of expression may be less courtly and pompous than what many others clothe their addresses with , we beg you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more sincere .
Our sentiments are uniformly on the side of religious liberty‐‐that religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals‐‐that no man ought to suffer in name , person , or effects on account of his religious opinions‐‐that the legitimate power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man who works ill to his neighbors ; But , sir , our constitution of government is not specific .
Our ancient charter together with the law made coincident therewith , were adopted as the basis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our revolution ; and such had been our laws and usages , and such still are ; that religion is considered as the first object of legislation ; and therefore what religious privileges we enjoy ( as a minor part of the state ) we enjoy as favors granted , and not as inalienable rights ; and these favors we receive at the expense of such degrading acknowledgements as are inconsistent with the rights of freemen .
It is not to be wondered at therefore ; if those who seek after power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and religion should reproach their fellow men‐‐should reproach their order magistrate , as a enemy of religion , law , and good order , because he will not , dare not , assume the prerogatives of Jehovah and make laws to govern the kingdom of Christ .
Sir , we are sensible that the president of the United States is not the national legislator , and also sensible that the national government can not destroy the laws of each state ; but our hopes are strong that the sentiments of our beloved president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already , like the radiant beams of the sun , will shine and prevail through all these states and all the world , till hierarchy and tyranny be destroyed from the earth .
Sir , when we reflect on your past services , and see a glow of philanthropy and good will shining forth in a course of more than thirty years we have reason to believe that Americaʹs God has raised you up to fill the chair of state out of that goodwill which he bears to the millions which you preside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your arduous task which providence and the voice of the people have called you to sustain and support you enjoy administration against all the predetermined opposition of those who wish to raise to wealth and importance on the poverty and subjection of the people .
And may the Lord preserve you safe from every evil and bring you at last to his heavenly kingdom through Jesus Christ our Glorious Mediator .
Signed in behalf of the association , Nehemiah Dodge Ephraim Robbins Stephen S. Nelson Thomas Jefferson ’ s Letter to the Danbury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Ephraim Robbins , & Stephen S. Nelson , a committee of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut .
The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me , on behalf of the Danbury Baptist association , give me the highest satisfaction .
My duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my constituents , & in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties , the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter which lies solely between Man & his God , that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship , that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only , & not opinions , I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ʺmake no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof , ʺ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State .
Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of conscience , I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights , convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties .
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man , and tender you for yourselves & your religious association , assurances of my high respect & esteem .
William Henry Seward ’ s Higher Law Speech given before the US Senate in 1850 shows the Ekklesia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate ’ s own website [ HERE ] .
It is called an ( Appeal to a “ Higher Law ” ) .
Below [ link ] is the relevant portions of his speech.
” “ But there is yet another aspect in which this principle must be examined .
It regards the domain only as a possession , to be enjoyed either in common or by partition by the citizens of the old states .
It is true , indeed , that the national domain is ours .
It is true it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wealth of the whole nation .
But we hold , nevertheless , no arbitrary power over it .
We hold no arbitrary authority over anything , whether acquired lawfully or seized by usurpation .
The Congress regulates our stewardship ; the Constitution devotes the domain to union , to justice , to defence , to welfare , and to liberty .
But there is a higher law than the Constitution , which regulates our authority over the domain , and devotes it to the same noble purposes .
The territory is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the common heritage of mankind , bestowed upon them by the Creator if the universe .
We are his stewards , and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness.
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There are many who wrongly believe there is some sort of separation of Church and State in the Constitution. While the State is specifically barred from interfering in both the corporate and individual acts of Christian belief expressions, the Church is not barred from its influence upon the State. Dr. John Diamond joins me in this episode to discuss the role of the Ekklesia in this matter.
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Videos & other resources in this episode.
Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptists – Full Text
The address of the Danbury Baptists Association in the state of Connecticut, assembled October 7, 1801.
To Thomas Jefferson, Esq., President of the United States of America.
Sir,
Among the many million in America and Europe who rejoice in your election to office; we embrace the first opportunity which we have enjoyed in our collective capacity, since your inauguration, to express our great satisfaction, in your appointment to the chief magistracy in the United States: And though our mode of expression may be less courtly and pompous than what many others clothe their addresses with, we beg you, sir, to believe that none are more sincere.
Our sentiments are uniformly on the side of religious liberty‐‐that religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals‐‐that no man ought to suffer in name, person, or effects on account of his religious opinions‐‐that the legitimate power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man who works ill to his neighbors; But, sir, our constitution of government is not specific. Our ancient charter together with the law made coincident therewith, were adopted as the basis of our government, at the time of our revolution; and such had been our laws and usages, and such still are; that religion is considered as the first object of legislation; and therefore what religious privileges we enjoy (as a minor part of the state) we enjoy as favors granted, and not as inalienable rights; and these favors we receive at the expense of such degrading acknowledgements as are inconsistent with the rights of freemen. It is not to be wondered at therefore; if those who seek after power and gain under the pretense of government and religion should reproach their fellow men‐‐should reproach their order magistrate, as a enemy of religion, law, and good order, because he will not, dare not, assume the prerogatives of Jehovah and make laws to govern the kingdom of Christ.
Sir, we are sensible that the president of the United States is not the national legislator, and also sensible that the national government cannot destroy the laws of each state; but our hopes are strong that the sentiments of our beloved president, which have had such genial effect already, like the radiant beams of the sun, will shine and prevail through all these states and all the world, till hierarchy and tyranny be destroyed from the earth. Sir, when we reflect on your past services, and see a glow of philanthropy and good will shining forth in a course of more than thirty years we have reason to believe that Americaʹs God has raised you up to fill the chair of state out of that goodwill which he bears to the millions which you preside over. May God strengthen you for your arduous task which providence and the voice of the people have called you to sustain and support you enjoy administration against all the predetermined opposition of those who wish to raise to wealth and importance on the poverty and subjection of the people.
And may the Lord preserve you safe from every evil and bring you at last to his heavenly kingdom through Jesus Christ our Glorious Mediator.
Signed in behalf of the association, Nehemiah Dodge
Ephraim Robbins
Stephen S. Nelson
Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association
To messers. Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins, & Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut.
Gentlemen
The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of the Danbury Baptist association, give me the highest satisfaction. My duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my constituents, & in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing.
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ʺmake no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,ʺ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.
Th Jefferson
Jan. 1. 1802
William Henry Seward’s Higher Law Speech given before the US Senate in 1850 shows the Ekklesia In Action. According to the US Senate’s own website [HERE]. It is called an (Appeal to a “Higher Law”). Below [link] is the relevant portions of his speech.”
“But there is yet another aspect in which this principle must be examined. It regards the domain only as a possession, to be enjoyed either in common or by partition by the citizens of the old states. It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it. We hold no arbitrary authority over anything, whether acquired lawfully or seized by usurpation. The Congress regulates our stewardship; the Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator if the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness.”
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-11-23--7 Things That Used to Be “Crazy Conspiracy Theories” Until 2020 Happened

Remember back in the old days of , say , 2019 , when anyone who talked about microchip implants , Americans being forced to show travel papers , and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist ?
And then 2020 rolled around and voila !
It turns out those conspiracy theories weren ’ t so “ crazy ” after all .
And I ’ m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs .
We ’ re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you , burn your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you voted for the “ wrong ” presidential candidate .
We ’ re being subjected to curfews , our movement is restricted , and our businesses have been forcibly shut down .
One day , people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough .
Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now , when they ’ re becoming far too real .
Did you ever really think we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate ?
Where workers would be told , “ You can no longer go to work for your own good ?
” Well , welcome to 2020 .
22 million jobs were lost and only 42 % of those were recovered by last August , when the country began to reopen .
Millions of the lost jobs were permanent losses , as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don ’ t allow them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former customers .
Of the businesses that have closed , many will never reopen .
Most harshly affected were small businesses .
So we have not only people who became unemployed , but we also have business owners who ’ ve lost everything .
As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States , it ’ s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more people into poverty .
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible .
I ’ ve written about my own experiences with poverty here .
The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates , leaving even more Americans broke , hungry , and homeless .
But don ’ t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided a “ stimulus ” check to everyone in America , gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work , and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable .
In effect , they paid people not to work .
And it isn ’ t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “ essential.
” And that sounds a whole lot like Universal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to call it , modern feudalism .
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them .
They don ’ t think they ’ re giving up freedom .
They ’ re convinced that they are embracing a smart , fair system that eliminates poverty .
The greed , entitlement , and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly .
They feel like they deserve a living just for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headline reads , “ A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.
” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world .
Is it too crazy to believe in ?
We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins , outs , and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality .
The basic income movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year , $ 30 million pilot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ villagers a basic income and studying its effects .
As an anti-poverty solution , universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa , relatively well-off Scandinavians , and Americans automated out of their jobs alike .
( source ) Sure , money for nothing sounds great on the surface .
But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be ?
UBI would fast-track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages .
Sure , we ’ d be living in slick , modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor .
But , in the end , we wouldn ’ t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class .
We ’ d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life .
Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged .
People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity : food , shelter , water , clothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than to make compliance necessary for survival ?
( source ) With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes ?
What are all those people going to do for food ?
For rent ?
The government is going to give them money .
And we can ’ t even argue , really , because everyone knows someone who has lost a job they had for decades and who can ’ t find other work .
They might call it something else , but Universal Basic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s coming soon .
Don ’ t be ridiculous .
We ’ ll never have to show our “ papers ” to travel freely in the United States .
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred .
Back in March , days after I warned about the first lockdown , I wrote : For everyone who thought the article about the Lockdown of America was a “ hysterical overstatement ” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn ’ t really being enforced , what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ papers ” are being handed out ?
To me , this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see .
Yesterday , readers sent me photos of “ travel papers ” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work .
These are employees who work in industries like healthcare , pharmacies , and foodservice , as well as those who work in the production , transport , and sales of essential supplies .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble , to not argue and just go back home.
” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania , New York , Arizona , Michigan , North Carolina , Kansas , New Jersey , West Virginia , Virginia , Oregon , Florida , Louisiana , and Ohio .
Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking , grocery stores , medical clinics , hospitals , nursing homes , city transit workers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , gas stations , stores like Target and Walmart , and automotive repair facilities .
Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they ’ d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead .
( source ) You can see some of the papers that people sent me here .
“ Don ’ t be silly .
Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone .
You ’ re not Jason Bourne.
” Whoops .
2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you didn ’ t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test .
So…if you have a smartphone , rest assured , at some point you ’ re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates .
Of course , they ’ ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work .
Oh , wait , they already said that .
After installing “ the framework.
” Somehow , the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while .
Bloomberg reported in August : This had a lot of people concerned , especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society .
Here in the United States , the “ change shortage ” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause .
A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives .
See this article for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affect us .
Darpa got involved early on , touting it as a way to “ save ” us all from COVID .
Robert Wheeler wrote : But governments aren ’ t having to market the chip as a method to track , trace , and control their populations .
Instead , they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses .
Clearly , this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article , “ A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021 , ” where he writes , The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it , financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) and HHS ’ BARDA .
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident .
The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “ reprogram ” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body , not to mention all biological lifeforms .
These molecules are called ‘ messenger ribonucleic acid ’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Western medicine and science , even if no one has really noticed yet .
As Rossi , himself , puts it : “ The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA , and if you got it into the cells , then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells , and this was the big thing.
” ( Source ) The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling .
Anyway , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory .
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “ crazy conspiracy theorists ?
” Well , that day is coming sooner than many people expect .
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days .
Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market .
There are still many , many questions .
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The answers await more research into the vaccines , how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them .
“ A vaccine won ’ t be available immediately for everybody , ” says Arthur Reingold , a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California , Berkeley… … “ It probably will take four to six months , ” he says .
“ What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ magically different situation by February or March .
I don ’ t see how that can possibly happen.
” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves .
Scientists still don ’ t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last , for example , or whether inoculations can block actual infection , or only prevent the onset of disease .
If the latter turns out to be the case , meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick , but not infected , we still could be infectious to others .
Until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley , an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic ’ s covid-19 task force , says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors , including how many people get vaccinated .
“ The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies , ” he says .
He adds , however : “ I think it is unlikely we will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population by then.
” ( source ) And how will they make sure that “ the majority ” of the population gets the vaccines ?
It ’ ll start out easy – there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects .
And then , the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work , to a concert , to school , or into a public building without proof @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WALK TOWARD the arena , ready for a big game , tickets in hand .
But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper .
To be cleared to enter , you ’ ll also need that document—proof that you ’ ve received a COVID-19 vaccination .
This is the future as some experts see it : a world in which you ’ ll need to show you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus to attend a sports game , get a manicure , go to work , or hop on a train .
“ We ’ re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you , ” says Arthur Caplan , a bioethicist at New York University ’ s School of Medicine .
But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children , military personnel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be directed toward customers , as well .
Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants , salons , arenas , and stores , they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons , “ as long as they ’ re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws , ” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss , a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California , Hastings College of the Law .
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available , some experts think states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mandates for their employees , especially those we ’ ve come to know as “ essential workers.
” “ Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people , but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food , ” says Carmel Shachar , executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy , Biotechnology , and Bioethics at Harvard Law School .
Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants , bars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also see similar mandates .
“ It ’ s in an employer ’ s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can ’ t infect your colleagues , ” Shachar says .
“ Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients ’ behavior.
” And with a vaccinated workforce , “ you don ’ t need to worry if the people you ’ re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.
” Even the general public could be incentivized to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate , ” Caplan says .
For example , with proof of inoculation , you would be able to attend a sporting event “ as a reward for doing the right thing , ” he says .
“ And I can imagine people saying , If you want to go to my restaurant , my bowling alley , or my tattoo parlor , then I want to see a vaccine certificate , too.
” Booster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the efficacy of future vaccines .
( source ) Doesn ’ t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine ?
It ’ s all for our own good , you know .
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps ?
Well…..
Finally , for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us so we can rejoin society .
In a Twitter thread run amok , we saw the dark side of some “ well-educated ” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden .
Of course , he doesn ’ t really mean re-education camps .
Of course not .
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew .
So of course she blamed non-Americans .
( Probably those darned Russians , right ? )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 years , Laura .
Every time I have posted a pro-gun , pro-self-defense article , I ’ ve been barraged with “ creative ” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “ peaceful ” left .
People have wished my children dead in a school shooting .
So cry me a river , Laura , if your “ thoughtful discussion ” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position .
Trust me , you get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might even begin to understand why I ’ m a gun owner .
What other conspiracy theories have been proven true this year ?

Remember back in the old days of, say, 2019, when anyone who talked about microchip implants, Americans being forced to show travel papers, and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist? And then 2020 rolled around and voila! It turns out those conspiracy theories weren’t so “crazy” after all.
And I’m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs.
We’re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you, burn your house down, or even kill you if you voted for the “wrong” presidential candidate. We’re being subjected to curfews, our movement is restricted, and our businesses have been forcibly shut down. One day, people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough.
Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now, when they’re becoming far too real.
#1) Universal Basic Income
Did you ever really think we’d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate? Where workers would be told, “You can no longer go to work for your own good?”
Well, welcome to 2020.
22 million jobs were lost and only 42% of those were recovered by last August, when the country began to reopen. Millions of the lost jobs were permanent losses, as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don’t allow them to operate or the money problems of their former customers.
“It’s clear that the pandemic is doing some fundamental damage to the job market,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics. “A lot of the jobs lost aren’t coming back any time soon. The idea that the economy is going to snap back to where it was before the pandemic is clearly not going to happen.” …More than 10 million Americans are currently categorized as temporarily out of work. But historically, nearly 30% of people who tell the Labor Department that they are temporarily unemployed never get their job back, said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. “Even though we don’t know if the historical record will hold in this case, it’s an extremely valid concern that not all of those people are going to get called back,” she said. People who are counting on businesses reopening their doors may be surprised to find that a temporary loss has become permanent one, said Zandi. (source)
Of the businesses that have closed, many will never reopen. Most harshly affected were small businesses.
About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp. (source)
So we have not only people who became unemployed, but we also have business owners who’ve lost everything. As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States, it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty.
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible. I’ve written about my own experiences with poverty here. The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates, leaving even more Americans broke, hungry, and homeless.
But don’t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way. They provided a “stimulus” check to everyone in America, gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work, and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable.
In effect, they paid people not to work. And it isn’t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “essential.”
And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income. Or as I like to call it, modern feudalism.
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them. They don’t think they’re giving up freedom. They’re convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly. They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath. As Gawker’s headline reads, “A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world. Is it too crazy to believe in? We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins, outs, and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality. The basic income movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year, $30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects. As an anti-poverty solution, universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa, relatively well-off Scandinavians, and Americans automated out of their jobs alike. (source) Sure, money for nothing sounds great on the surface. But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be? Feudalism. Serfdom. Enslavement. UBI would fast-track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Sure, we’d be living in slick, modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks. We’d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor. But, in the end, we wouldn’t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class. We’d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life. Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged. People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity: food, shelter, water, clothing. What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival? (source)
With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes? What are all those people going to do for food? For rent? The government is going to give them money. And we can’t even argue, really, because everyone knows someone who has lost a job they had for decades and who can’t find other work.
They might call it something else, but Universal Basic Income is coming. And it’s coming soon.
#2) Travel Papers
Don’t be ridiculous. We’ll never have to show our “papers” to travel freely in the United States.
Doh.
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred. Back in March, days after I warned about the first lockdown, I wrote:
For everyone who thought the article about the Lockdown of America was a “hysterical overstatement” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn’t really being enforced, what are you thinking now that “travel papers” are being handed out? To me, this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see. Yesterday, readers sent me photos of “travel papers” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work. These are employees who work in industries like healthcare, pharmacies, and foodservice, as well as those who work in the production, transport, and sales of essential supplies. One reader wrote, “We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble, to not argue and just go back home.” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Kansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Oregon, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio. Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking, grocery stores, medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, city transit workers, railroads, food production plants, pharmacies, gas stations, stores like Target and Walmart, and automotive repair facilities. Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they’d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead. (source)
You can see some of the papers that people sent me here.
#3) Mandatory GPS tracking of humans
“Don’t be silly. Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone. You’re not Jason Bourne.”
Whoops. 2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn’t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test.
Not only do sick or potentially sick people need to worry about being phoned or questioned by contact tracers, but there’s also a whole new world of dystopian technology being rapidly developed. Apple and Google formed a partnership to develop a phone app with the potential to monitor one-third of the world’s population. The Australian government has developed an app called COVIDSafe to “protect you, your family and friends and save the lives of other Australians. The more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app, the quicker we can find the virus.” In fact, all sorts of potentially invasive new technology tools are springing up to “fight COVID.” Some use AI to detect signs of COVID and the Department of Defense is deploying thermal imaging to detect signs of COVID. These things won’t just go away when the pandemic is over. If they’re in use for a year or two years – however long this virus is with us – chances are, they’re here to stay. (source)
So…if you have a smartphone, rest assured, at some point you’re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates. Of course, they’ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work. Oh, wait, they already said that. After installing “the framework.”
#4) Cashless societies
Somehow, the United States ran out of change.
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while. Bloomberg reported in August:
As if a deep recession and a never-ending pandemic wasn’t enough, the U.S. now faces another crisis: a coin shortage. Thanks to the lockdowns, fewer coins are in circulation, leaving businesses unable to make change when customers hand over paper money. (source)
This had a lot of people concerned, especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society. Here in the United States, the “change shortage” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause. A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives. See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us.
#5) Microchips
Darpa got involved early on, touting it as a way to “save” us all from COVID. Robert Wheeler wrote:
But governments aren’t having to market the chip as a method to track, trace, and control their populations. Instead, they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses. Clearly, this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months. Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article, “A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021,” where he writes, The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA. The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident. The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “reprogram” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms. These molecules are called ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet. As Rossi, himself, puts it: “The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing.” (Source)
The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling. Anyway, after the initial microchip hubbub, the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory.
#6) Mandatory vaccines
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “crazy conspiracy theorists?” Well, that day is coming sooner than many people expect.
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days. Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market. There are still many, many questions.
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time, and how much time remains unclear. The answers await more research into the vaccines, how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them. “A vaccine won’t be available immediately for everybody,” says Arthur Reingold, a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley… …“It probably will take four to six months,” he says. “What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring. We won’t be in a magically different situation by February or March. I don’t see how that can possibly happen.” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves. Scientists still don’t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last, for example, or whether inoculations can block actual infection, or only prevent the onset of disease. If the latter turns out to be the case, meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick, but not infected, we still could be infectious to others. Until we know, don’t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley, an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic’s covid-19 task force, says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors, including how many people get vaccinated. “The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies,” he says. He adds, however: “I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.” (source)
And how will they make sure that “the majority” of the population gets the vaccines? It’ll start out easy – there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects. And then, the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work, to a concert, to school, or into a public building without proof we’ve been vaccinated.
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena, ready for a big game, tickets in hand. But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper. To be cleared to enter, you’ll also need that document—proof that you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination. This is the future as some experts see it: a world in which you’ll need to show you’ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game, get a manicure, go to work, or hop on a train. “We’re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you,” says Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University’s School of Medicine. But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children, military personnel, and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers, as well. Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants, salons, arenas, and stores, they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons, “as long as they’re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws,” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees, especially those we’ve come to know as “essential workers.” “Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people, but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food,” says Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, for example—could also see similar mandates. “It’s in an employer’s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can’t infect your colleagues,” Shachar says. “Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients’ behavior.” And with a vaccinated workforce, “you don’t need to worry if the people you’re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated. “Oddly enough, the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate,” Caplan says. For example, with proof of inoculation, you would be able to attend a sporting event “as a reward for doing the right thing,” he says. “And I can imagine people saying, If you want to go to my restaurant, my bowling alley, or my tattoo parlor, then I want to see a vaccine certificate, too.” Booster shots could also be required, depending on the efficacy of future vaccines. (source)
Doesn’t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine? It’s all for our own good, you know.
#7) Re-education camps
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps? Well…..
Finally, for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there’s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society.
In a Twitter thread run amok, we saw the dark side of some “well-educated” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden.
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
I know conservatives are upset by some of the responses here. And yeah, many are out of line. But what do you expect people to do in self-preservation? The Right has been running 4 years on “fuck your feelings, my conspiracy theories are valid opinions, and we have more guns.” — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
Thank you for starting this conversation. Ignoring the propaganda and disinformation problem would be a grave mistake. We should already have a plan to combat it. Simply replacing the President does nothing. We need actual deprogramming efforts, & we should consult cult experts. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 18, 2020
Of course, he doesn’t really mean re-education camps. Of course not.
And no, of course I’m not advocating “re-education camps” or anything like that. The point is that conservative infotainment is disinformation propaganda indistuinguishable from cult programming, and social media algorithms enable it. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew. So of course she blamed non-Americans. (Probably those darned Russians, right?)
If anyone is interested in how these attacks work, see the below tweets. Suggesting public health measures or combatting propaganda brings trolls by the hundreds. It’s not organic, it’s organized. Information warfare. It has a chilling effect on speech, which is the point. https://t.co/1rEwPsz8zB — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
I’m not really sure how we go about combatting propaganda, disinformation, & hate when those who speak out on social media are targeted with tsunamis of hate, death & rape threats. I’ve never encountered it at this magnitude. It started after the election. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years, Laura. Every time I have posted a pro-gun, pro-self-defense article, I’ve been barraged with “creative” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “peaceful” left. People have wished my children dead in a school shooting. So cry me a river, Laura, if your “thoughtful discussion” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position.
Trust me, you get used to it. Heck, you might even begin to understand why I’m a gun owner.
What other conspiracy theories have been proven true this year?
Article posted with permission from Daisy Luther