thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The Pandemonium Began?

Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The Pandemonium Began ?
In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation , we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen .
And as you will see below , corporate insiders also sold off billions of dollars worth of shares in their own companies just before the stock market imploded .
In life , timing can be everything , and sometimes people simply get lucky .
But it does seem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite would be so exceedingly “ lucky ” all at the same time .
In this article , I am not claiming to know the motivations of any of these individuals , but I am pointing out certain patterns that I believe are worth investigating .
One financial publication is using the phrase “ the great CEO exodus ” to describe the phenomenon that we have been witnessing .
It all started last year when chief executives started resigning in numbers unlike anything that we have ever seen before .
The following was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ executives are leaving in record numbers this year , with more than 1,332 stepping aside in the period from January through the end of October , according to new data released on Wednesday .
While it ’ s not unusual to see CEOs fleeing in the middle of a recession , it is noteworthy to see such a rash of executive exits amid robust corporate earnings and record stock market highs .
Last month , 172 chief executives left their jobs , according to executive placement firm Challenger , Gray & Christmas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on record , and the year-to-date total outpaces even the wave of executive exits during the financial crisis .
By the end of the year , an all-time record high 1,480 CEOs had left their posts .
But to most people , it seemed like the good times were still rolling at the end of 2019 .
Corporate profits were rising and the stock market was setting record high after record high .
Yes , there were lots of signs that the global economy was really slowing down , but most experts were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why did so many chief executives suddenly decide that it was time to move on ?
The following are just a few of the big name CEOs that chose to step down in 2019… Of course , the mass exodus of chief executives did not end there .
In fact , a whopping 219 CEOs stepped down during the month of January 2020 alone .
By then , it was starting to become clear that the coronavirus that was ripping through China could potentially become a major global pandemic , and I certainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite would choose to abandon ship at that moment .
Some of these CEOs have made absolutely absurd salaries for many years , and it is much easier to take the money and run than it is to stick around and steer a major corporation through the most difficult global crisis that any of us have ever experienced .
The following are just a few of the well-known CEOs that have resigned so far in 2020… It is important for me to say that I do not have any special insight into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and every situation is different .
But I do think that it is quite strange that we have seen such an unprecedented corporate exodus at such a critical moment in our history .
Meanwhile , top corporate executives were dumping billions of dollars worth of shares in their own companies just before the market completely cratered .
The following comes from the Wall Street Journal… In the stock market , you only make money if you get out in time , and many among the corporate elite seem to have impeccable timing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Or perhaps they were reading my articles and understood that COVID-19 was going to cause the global economy to shut down .
In any event , things worked out really well for those that were able to dump their stocks before it was too late .
And it turns out that several members of Congress were also selling stocks just before the market went nuts… Of course , most ordinary Americans were not so “ lucky ” , and the financial losses for the country as a whole have been absolutely staggering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a tremendous rally on Wall Street on Tuesday , and that will provide some temporary relief for investors .
But the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to escalate at an exponential rate all over the globe , and this crisis appears to be a long way from over .

Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The Pandemonium Began?
In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen. And as you will see below, corporate insiders also sold off billions of dollars worth of shares in their own companies just before the stock market imploded. In life, timing can be everything, and sometimes people simply get lucky. But it does seem odd that so many among the corporate elite would be so exceedingly “lucky” all at the same time. In this article, I am not claiming to know the motivations of any of these individuals, but I am pointing out certain patterns that I believe are worth investigating.
One financial publication is using the phrase “the great CEO exodus” to describe the phenomenon that we have been witnessing. It all started last year when chief executives started resigning in numbers unlike anything that we have ever seen before. The following was published by NBC News last November…
Chief executives are leaving in record numbers this year, with more than 1,332 stepping aside in the period from January through the end of October, according to new data released on Wednesday. While it’s not unusual to see CEOs fleeing in the middle of a recession, it is noteworthy to see such a rash of executive exits amid robust corporate earnings and record stock market highs. Last month, 172 chief executives left their jobs, according to executive placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. It’s the highest monthly number on record, and the year-to-date total outpaces even the wave of executive exits during the financial crisis.
By the end of the year, an all-time record high 1,480 CEOs had left their posts.
But to most people, it seemed like the good times were still rolling at the end of 2019. Corporate profits were rising and the stock market was setting record high after record high.
Yes, there were lots of signs that the global economy was really slowing down, but most experts were not forecasting an imminent recession.
So why did so many chief executives suddenly decide that it was time to move on?
The following are just a few of the big name CEOs that chose to step down in 2019…
Dennis Muilenburg — Boeing
United Airlines — Oscar Munoz
Alphabet — Larry Page
Gap — Art Peck
McDonald’s — Steve Easterbrook
Wells Fargo — Tim Sloan
Under Armour — Kevin Plank
PG&E — Geisha Williams
Kraft Heinz — Bernardo Hees
HP — Dion Weisler
Bed, Bath & Beyond — Steven Temares
Warner Bros. — Kevin Tsujihara
Best Buy — Hubert Joly
New York Post — Jesse Angelo
Colgate-Palmolive — Ian Cook
MetLife — Steven Kandarian
eBay — Devin Wenig
Nike — Mark Parker
Of course, the mass exodus of chief executives did not end there.
In fact, a whopping 219 CEOs stepped down during the month of January 2020 alone.
By then, it was starting to become clear that the coronavirus that was ripping through China could potentially become a major global pandemic, and I certainly can understand why many among the corporate elite would choose to abandon ship at that moment.
Some of these CEOs have made absolutely absurd salaries for many years, and it is much easier to take the money and run than it is to stick around and steer a major corporation through the most difficult global crisis that any of us have ever experienced.
The following are just a few of the well-known CEOs that have resigned so far in 2020…
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM
Harley-Davidson CEO Matt Levatich
T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner
Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga
Keith Block, co-CEO of Salesforce
Tidjane Thiam, CEO of Credit Suisse
Hulu CEO Randy Freer
It is important for me to say that I do not have any special insight into the personal motivations of any of these individuals, and every situation is different.
But I do think that it is quite strange that we have seen such an unprecedented corporate exodus at such a critical moment in our history.
Meanwhile, top corporate executives were dumping billions of dollars worth of shares in their own companies just before the market completely cratered. The following comes from the Wall Street Journal…
Top executives at U.S.-traded companies sold a total of roughly $9.2 billion in shares of their own companies between the start of February and the end of last week, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows. The selling saved the executives—including many in the financial industry—potential losses totaling $1.9 billion, according to the analysis, as the S&P 500 stock index plunged about 30% from its peak on Feb. 19 through the close of trading March 20.
In the stock market, you only make money if you get out in time, and many among the corporate elite seem to have impeccable timing.
Perhaps they just got really lucky. Or perhaps they were reading my articles and understood that COVID-19 was going to cause the global economy to shut down. In any event, things worked out really well for those that were able to dump their stocks before it was too late.
And it turns out that several members of Congress were also selling stocks just before the market went nuts…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and three of her Senate colleagues reported selling off stocks worth millions of dollars in the days before the coronavirus outbreak crashed the market, according to reports. The data is listed on a U.S. Senate website containing financial disclosures from Senate members.
Of course, most ordinary Americans were not so “lucky”, and the financial losses for the country as a whole have been absolutely staggering.
The good news is that there was a tremendous rally on Wall Street on Tuesday, and that will provide some temporary relief for investors.
But the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to escalate at an exponential rate all over the globe, and this crisis appears to be a long way from over.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Medical Experts Contradict Both The Lying Politicians & The Mainstream Media On Coronavirus

In pulling out the stops to expose the lies of the mainstream media and politicians who are after more money for various businesses and Wall Street , as well as unconstitutional funding in our government , I came across a piece in which 12 medical experts have contradicted the politicians seeking to impose their tyranny and the useful idiots in the media who are carrying water for their narrative .
The following comes from Off-Guardian.com , and is their list of medical experts whose opinions contradict that which we are hearing today concerning the coronavirus .
Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history .
What he says : We are afraid that 1 million infections with the new virus will lead to 30 deaths per day over the next 100 days .
But we do not realise that 20 , 30 , 40 or 100 patients positive for normal coronaviruses are already dying every day .
[ The government ’ s anti-COVID19 measures ] are grotesque @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] The life expectancy of millions is being shortened .
The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people .
The consequences on medical care are profound .
Already services to patients in need are reduced , operations cancelled , practices empty , hospital personnel dwindling .
All this will impact profoundly on our whole society .
All these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide based on nothing but a spook .
Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is a German physician specialising in Pulmonology , politician and former chairman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Europe .
In 2009 he called for an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest surrounding the EU response to the Swine Flu pandemic .
What he says : Dr Joel Kettner s professor of Community Health Sciences and Surgery at Manitoba University , former Chief Public Health Officer for Manitoba province and Medical Director of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases .
What he says : I have never seen anything like this , anything anywhere near like this .
I ’ m not talking about the pandemic , because I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every year .
It is called influenza .
And other respiratory illness viruses , we don ’ t always know what they are .
But I ’ ve never seen this reaction , and I ’ m trying to understand why .
I worry about the message to the public , about the fear of coming into contact with people , being in the same space as people , shaking their hands , having meetings with people .
I worry about many , many consequences related to that .
In Hubei , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been the most cases and deaths by far , the actual number of cases reported is 1 per 1000 people and the actual rate of deaths reported is 1 per 20,000 .
So maybe that would help to put things into perspective .
Dr John Ioannidis Professor of Medicine , of Health Research and Policy and of Biomedical Data Science , at Stanford University School of Medicine and a Professor of Statistics at Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences .
He is director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stanford ( METRICS ) .
He is also the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation .
He was chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology , University of Ioannina School of Medicine as well as adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine .
As a physician , scientist and author he has made contributions to evidence-based medicine , epidemiology , data science and clinical research .
In addition , he pioneered the field of meta-research .
He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says : Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes .
As most health systems have limited testing capacity , selection bias may even worsen in the near future .
The one situation where an entire , closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers .
The case fatality rate there was 1.0 % , but this was a largely elderly population , in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher .
Could the Covid-19 case fatality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some say , pointing to the high rate in elderly people .
However , even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8 % when they infect elderly people in nursing homes .
If we had not known about a new virus out there , and had not checked individuals with PCR tests , the number of total deaths due to “ influenza-like illness ” would not seem unusual this year .
At most , we might have casually noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bit worse than average .
– “ A fiasco in the making ?
As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold , we are making decisions without reliable data ” , Stat News , 17th March 2020 Dr Yoram Lass is an Israeli physician , politician and former Director General of the Health Ministry .
He also worked as Associate Dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School and during the 1980s presented the science-based television show Tatzpit .
What he says : Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40-50 people have died of the coronavirus , most of them in a nursing home in Kirkland , Washington .
In every country , more people die from regular flu compared with those who die from the coronavirus .
…there is a very good example that we all forget : the swine flu in 2009 .
That was a virus that reached the world from Mexico and until today there is no vaccination against it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no Facebook or there maybe was but it was still in its infancy .
The coronavirus , in contrast , is a virus with public relations .
Whoever thinks that governments end viruses is wrong .
Dr Pietro Vernazza is a Swiss physician specialising Infectious Diseases at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and Professor of Health Policy .
What he says : We have reliable figures from Italy and a work by epidemiologists , which has been published in the renowned science journal ‹Science› , which examined the spread in China .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of all infections have occurred without anyone noticing the infection .
90 percent of the deceased patients are verifiably over 70 years old , 50 percent over 80 years .
In Italy , one in ten people diagnosed die , according to the findings of the Science publication , that is statistically one of every 1,000 people infected .
Each individual case is tragic , but often – similar to the flu season – it affects people who are at the end of their lives .
If we close the schools , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becoming immune .
We should better integrate the scientific facts into the political decisions .
Frank Ulrich Montgomery is German radiologist , former President of the German Medical Association and Deputy Chairman of the World Medical Association .
What he says : Prof. Hendrik Streeck is a German HIV researcher , epidemiologist and clinical trialist .
He is professor of virology , and the director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research , at Bonn University .
What he says : The new pathogen is not that dangerous , it is even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing is that Sars-CoV-2 replicates in the upper throat area and is therefore much more infectious because the virus jumps from throat to throat , so to speak .
But that is also an advantage : Because Sars-1 replicates in the deep lungs , it is not so infectious , but it definitely gets on the lungs , which makes it more dangerous .
You also have to take into account that the Sars-CoV-2 deaths in Germany were exclusively old people .
In Heinsberg , for example , a 78-year-old man with previous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that without Sars-2 lung involvement .
Since he was infected , he naturally appears in the Covid 19 statistics .
But the question is whether he would not have died anyway , even without Sars-2 .
Dr Yanis Roussel et .
al .
– A team of researchers from the Institut Hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection , Marseille and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement , Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille , conducting a peer-reviewed study on Coronavirus mortality for the government of France under the ‘ Investments for the Future ’ programme .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an American physician and founding director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center What he says : Michael T. Osterholm is regents professor and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota .
What he says : Dr Peter Goetzsche is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Cochrane Medical Collaboration .
He has written several books on corruption in the field of medicine and the power of big pharmaceutical companies .
What he says : Our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever get in trouble for measures that are too draconian .
They will only get in trouble if they do too little .
So , our politicians and those working with public health do much more than they should do .
No such draconian measures were applied during the 2009 influenza pandemic , and they obviously can not be applied every winter , which is all year round , as it is always winter somewhere .
We can not close down the whole world permanently .
Should it turn out that the epidemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a queue of people wanting to take credit for this .
And we can be damned sure draconian measures will be applied again next time .
But remember the joke about tigers .
“ Why do you blow the horn ?
” “ To keep the tigers away.
” “ But there are no tigers here.
” “ There you see !
” – “ Corona : an epidemic of mass panic ” , blog post on Deadly Medicines 21st March 2020 If you can find any other examples of noteworthy experts deviating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them below .
As always , this list have been impossible to build without Swiss Propaganda Research .
Follow their work and share widely .
An indispensable resource .
Everyone in the world is being played by this hoax and it ’ s past time it was called out , along with all those who have perpetrated it on the people .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

In pulling out the stops to expose the lies of the mainstream media and politicians who are after more money for various businesses and Wall Street, as well as unconstitutional funding in our government, I came across a piece in which 12 medical experts have contradicted the politicians seeking to impose their tyranny and the useful idiots in the media who are carrying water for their narrative.
The following comes from Off-Guardian.com, and is their list of medical experts whose opinions contradict that which we are hearing today concerning the coronavirus.
Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist in microbiology. He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history.
What he says:
We are afraid that 1 million infections with the new virus will lead to 30 deaths per day over the next 100 days. But we do not realise that 20, 30, 40 or 100 patients positive for normal coronaviruses are already dying every day. [The government’s anti-COVID19 measures] are grotesque, absurd and very dangerous […] The life expectancy of millions is being shortened. The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people. The consequences on medical care are profound. Already services to patients in need are reduced, operations cancelled, practices empty, hospital personnel dwindling. All this will impact profoundly on our whole society. All these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide based on nothing but a spook.
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Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is a German physician specialising in Pulmonology, politician and former chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In 2009 he called for an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest surrounding the EU response to the Swine Flu pandemic.
What he says:
Politicians are being courted by scientists…scientists who want to be important to get money for their institutions. Scientists who just swim along in the mainstream and want their part of it […] And what is missing right now is a rational way of looking at things. We should be asking questions like “How did you find out this virus was dangerous?”, “How was it before?”, “Didn’t we have the same thing last year?”, “Is it even something new?” That’s missing.
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Dr Joel Kettner s professor of Community Health Sciences and Surgery at Manitoba University, former Chief Public Health Officer for Manitoba province and Medical Director of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases.
What he says:
I have never seen anything like this, anything anywhere near like this. I’m not talking about the pandemic, because I’ve seen 30 of them, one every year. It is called influenza. And other respiratory illness viruses, we don’t always know what they are. But I’ve never seen this reaction, and I’m trying to understand why. […] I worry about the message to the public, about the fear of coming into contact with people, being in the same space as people, shaking their hands, having meetings with people. I worry about many, many consequences related to that. […] In Hubei, in the province of Hubei, where there has been the most cases and deaths by far, the actual number of cases reported is 1 per 1000 people and the actual rate of deaths reported is 1 per 20,000. So maybe that would help to put things into perspective.
Dr John Ioannidis Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy and of Biomedical Data Science, at Stanford University School of Medicine and a Professor of Statistics at Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences. He is director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS).
He is also the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation. He was chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine as well as adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
As a physician, scientist and author he has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, data science and clinical research. In addition, he pioneered the field of meta-research. He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good scientific standards of evidence.
What he says:
Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes. As most health systems have limited testing capacity, selection bias may even worsen in the near future. The one situation where an entire, closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers. The case fatality rate there was 1.0%, but this was a largely elderly population, in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher. […] Could the Covid-19 case fatality rate be that low? No, some say, pointing to the high rate in elderly people. However, even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8% when they infect elderly people in nursing homes. […] If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR tests, the number of total deaths due to “influenza-like illness” would not seem unusual this year. At most, we might have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average. – “A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data”, Stat News, 17th March 2020
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Dr Yoram Lass is an Israeli physician, politician and former Director General of the Health Ministry. He also worked as Associate Dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School and during the 1980s presented the science-based television show Tatzpit.
What he says:
Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems, more than three times any other European country. In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40-50 people have died of the coronavirus, most of them in a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. […] In every country, more people die from regular flu compared with those who die from the coronavirus. […] …there is a very good example that we all forget: the swine flu in 2009. That was a virus that reached the world from Mexico and until today there is no vaccination against it. But what? At that time there was no Facebook or there maybe was but it was still in its infancy. The coronavirus, in contrast, is a virus with public relations. Whoever thinks that governments end viruses is wrong. – Interview in Globes, March 22nd 2020
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Dr Pietro Vernazza is a Swiss physician specialising Infectious Diseases at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and Professor of Health Policy.
What he says:
We have reliable figures from Italy and a work by epidemiologists, which has been published in the renowned science journal ‹Science›, which examined the spread in China. This makes it clear that around 85 percent of all infections have occurred without anyone noticing the infection. 90 percent of the deceased patients are verifiably over 70 years old, 50 percent over 80 years. […] In Italy, one in ten people diagnosed die, according to the findings of the Science publication, that is statistically one of every 1,000 people infected. Each individual case is tragic, but often – similar to the flu season – it affects people who are at the end of their lives. […] If we close the schools, we will prevent the children from quickly becoming immune. […] We should better integrate the scientific facts into the political decisions. – Interview in St. Galler Tagblatt, 22nd March 2020
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Frank Ulrich Montgomery is German radiologist, former President of the German Medical Association and Deputy Chairman of the World Medical Association.
What he says:
I’m not a fan of lockdown. Anyone who imposes something like this must also say when and how to pick it up again. Since we have to assume that the virus will be with us for a long time, I wonder when we will return to normal? You can’t keep schools and daycare centers closed until the end of the year. Because it will take at least that long until we have a vaccine. Italy has imposed a lockdown and has the opposite effect. They quickly reached their capacity limits, but did not slow down the virus spread within the lockdown. – Interview in General Anzeiger, 18th March 2020
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Prof. Hendrik Streeck is a German HIV researcher, epidemiologist and clinical trialist. He is professor of virology, and the director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research, at Bonn University.
What he says:
The new pathogen is not that dangerous, it is even less dangerous than Sars-1. The special thing is that Sars-CoV-2 replicates in the upper throat area and is therefore much more infectious because the virus jumps from throat to throat, so to speak. But that is also an advantage: Because Sars-1 replicates in the deep lungs, it is not so infectious, but it definitely gets on the lungs, which makes it more dangerous. […] You also have to take into account that the Sars-CoV-2 deaths in Germany were exclusively old people. In Heinsberg, for example, a 78-year-old man with previous illnesses died of heart failure, and that without Sars-2 lung involvement. Since he was infected, he naturally appears in the Covid 19 statistics. But the question is whether he would not have died anyway, even without Sars-2. – Interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine, 16th March 2020
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Dr Yanis Roussel et. al. – A team of researchers from the Institut Hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, conducting a peer-reviewed study on Coronavirus mortality for the government of France under the ‘Investments for the Future’ programme.
What they say:
The problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably overestimated, as 2.6 million people die of respiratory infections each year compared with less than 4000 deaths for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of writing. […] This study compared the mortality rate of SARS-CoV-2 in OECD countries (1.3%) with the mortality rate of common coronaviruses identified in AP-HM patients (0.8%) from 1 January 2013 to 2 March 2020. Chi-squared test was performed, and the P-value was 0.11 (not significant). […] …it should be noted that systematic studies of other coronaviruses (but not yet for SARS-CoV-2) have found that the percentage of asymptomatic carriers is equal to or even higher than the percentage of symptomatic patients. The same data for SARS-CoV-2 may soon be available, which will further reduce the relative risk associated with this specific pathology. – “SARS-CoV-2: fear versus data”, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 19th March 2020
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Dr. David Katz is an American physician and founding director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center
What he says:
I am deeply concerned that the social, economic and public health consequences of this near-total meltdown of normal life — schools and businesses closed, gatherings banned — will be long-lasting and calamitous, possibly graver than the direct toll of the virus itself. The stock market will bounce back in time, but many businesses never will. The unemployment, impoverishment and despair likely to result will be public health scourges of the first order. – “Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?”, New York Times 20th March 2020
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Michael T. Osterholm is regents professor and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
What he says:
Consider the effect of shutting down offices, schools, transportation systems, restaurants, hotels, stores, theaters, concert halls, sporting events and other venues indefinitely and leaving all of their workers unemployed and on the public dole. The likely result would be not just a depression but a complete economic breakdown, with countless permanently lost jobs, long before a vaccine is ready or natural immunity takes hold. […] [T]he best alternative will probably entail letting those at low risk for serious disease continue to work, keep business and manufacturing operating, and “run” society, while at the same time advising higher-risk individuals to protect themselves through physical distancing and ramping up our health-care capacity as aggressively as possible. With this battle plan, we could gradually build up immunity without destroying the financial structure on which our lives are based. – “Facing covid-19 reality: A national lockdown is no cure”, Washington Post 21st March 2020
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Dr Peter Goetzsche is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Cochrane Medical Collaboration. He has written several books on corruption in the field of medicine and the power of big pharmaceutical companies.
What he says:
Our main problem is that no one will ever get in trouble for measures that are too draconian. They will only get in trouble if they do too little. So, our politicians and those working with public health do much more than they should do. No such draconian measures were applied during the 2009 influenza pandemic, and they obviously cannot be applied every winter, which is all year round, as it is always winter somewhere. We cannot close down the whole world permanently. Should it turn out that the epidemic wanes before long, there will be a queue of people wanting to take credit for this. And we can be damned sure draconian measures will be applied again next time. But remember the joke about tigers. “Why do you blow the horn?” “To keep the tigers away.” “But there are no tigers here.” “There you see!” – “Corona: an epidemic of mass panic”, blog post on Deadly Medicines 21st March 2020
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If you can find any other examples of noteworthy experts deviating from the mainstream narrative, please post them below. As always, this list have been impossible to build without Swiss Propaganda Research. Follow their work and share widely. An indispensable resource.
Everyone in the world is being played by this hoax and it’s past time it was called out, along with all those who have perpetrated it on the people.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Government Nazi-Style “Travel Papers” & PATRIOT ACT 2.0

Did you ever think we ’ d reach the point in the United States where you had to have papers to freely travel from one place to another ?
It appears we ’ re at the point .
The MTA issued “ travel papers ” to their workers On March 17th , a few days before New York issued a shelter in place order , the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued “ travel papers ” to their employees to prepare for a potential coronavirus curfew .
The NY Daily News reports : If non-emergency travel is restricted , workers can show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re stopped on the way to work .
“ This letter along with current New York City Transit identification identifies this individual as an essential employee who is required to travel during the curfew imposed due to the Coronavirus emergency , ” states the letter , which is signed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ’ s Police Department ’ s acting chief Joseph McGrann .
“ Please give this individual due consideration during this crisis.
” MTA spokeswoman Abbey Collins said the letter was distributed on Monday to a “ limited number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jersey ” because the state ’ s Gov .
Murphy suggested imposing a statewide curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. ( source ) Clearly , the wheels have been in motion for several days .
And it ’ s not just the MTA .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble , to not argue and just go back home.
” Here are some of the papers that people sent .
Identifying information has been redacted .
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 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
I wonder who ’ s going to be checking your “ travel papers.
” Will it be the local PD ?
The National Guard ?
The military ?
Maybe it ’ ll be all those TSA agents who are currently out of work but already accustomed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this mean for those told they ’ d be able to go to the store ?
We ’ ve been repeatedly told during task force press conferences that nobody needs to worry about buying extra supplies because the stores will remain open .
We were chastised about stocking up and “ hoarding ” supplies .
But if you need travel papers just to get to work , how will a person get to the store when they need to pick up some groceries ?
Will these papers only be required during certain hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you just went to the store when you have a bag of groceries in hand , but how do you prove you are going to the store ?
Will they just begin distributing the food to us as opposed to allowing people to shop for their own food ?
A little clarity and less subterfuge would go a lot further toward preventing concern that we ’ re about to go full Wuhan here in America .
If I didn ’ t have supplies already , I would head to the store today and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks at the very least .
Here are some ideas for finding supplies amidst the picked-over inventory that remains .
So , what happens if you get caught without your papers ?
I ’ m glad you asked .
It seems like the DoJ is itching to suspend the Constitution .
At this point , the “ Department of Justice ” sounds like one of those other phrases the government uses to mean the complete opposite .
Like the “ Patriot Act ” which is as far from patriotic as it gets .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government is now introducing what I ’ d like to dub the Pandemic Patriot Act 2.0 .
The DoJ has secretly asked Congress to draft legislation allowing them to indefinitely detain people without due process during the coronavirus pandemic .
Because who doesn ’ t want to add a little spice to our economic crisis with the added threat of indefinite detention ?
Documents reviewed by POLITICO detail the department ’ s requests to lawmakers on a host of topics , including the statute of limitations , asylum and the way court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and previously reported on documents seeking the authority to extend deadlines on merger reviews and prosecutions… …In one of the documents , the department proposed that Congress grant the attorney general power to ask the chief judge of any district court to pause court proceedings “ whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster , civil disobedience , or other emergency situation.
” The proposal would also grant those top judges broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies .
It would apply to “ any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pre-arrest , post-arrest , pre-trial , trial , and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings , ” according to draft legislative language the department shared with Congress .
In making the case for the change , the DOJ document wrote that individual judges can currently pause proceedings during emergencies , but that their proposal would make sure all judges in any particular district could handle emergencies “ in a consistent manner.
” ( source ) What the heck are “ pre-arrest ” procedures , anyway ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ go and set someone up to commit a crime like all those “ bombing plots ” the FBI keeps saving us from ?
I wouldn ’ t be surprised to see another 300-page legislation like the original Patriot Act that was rolled out just weeks after 911 , giving us the TSA , indefinite detention , and all sorts of other dystopian nonsense .
Never let a serious crisis go to waste .
In the infamous words of Rahm Emmanuel , the former mayor of Chicago , “ You never let a serious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I mean by that it ’ s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
” It looks like the government is taking those words to heart with travel papers and new draconian laws .
Since I wrote the article about America locking down yesterday , more states have joined in .
Now New York , California , Illinois , Connecticut , and New Jersey are all under restriction .
Is your state coming soon ?
Are these lockdowns being rolled out incrementally , starting out gently ( sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then moving on to the point where you can ’ t leave your house without “ travel papers ?
” So far , 2020 has brought us an out-of-control deadly pandemic , an economic collapse , statewide lockdowns , and now travel papers and a potential new law to eradicate the Fifth Amendment .
I hesitate to ask what ’ s next .

Did you ever think we’d reach the point in the United States where you had to have papers to freely travel from one place to another? It appears we’re at the point.
The MTA issued “travel papers” to their workers
On March 17th, a few days before New York issued a shelter in place order, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued “travel papers” to their employees to prepare for a potential coronavirus curfew. The NY Daily News reports:
If non-emergency travel is restricted, workers can show law enforcement officials the letter if they’re stopped on the way to work. “This letter along with current New York City Transit identification identifies this individual as an essential employee who is required to travel during the curfew imposed due to the Coronavirus emergency,” states the letter, which is signed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Police Department’s acting chief Joseph McGrann. “Please give this individual due consideration during this crisis.” MTA spokeswoman Abbey Collins said the letter was distributed on Monday to a “limited number of NYCT bus employees living in New Jersey” because the state’s Gov. Murphy suggested imposing a statewide curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. (source)
Clearly, the wheels have been in motion for several days. And it’s not just the MTA.
Your papers, please.
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.”
Here are some of the papers that people sent. Identifying information has been redacted.
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.
I wonder who’s going to be checking your “travel papers.” Will it be the local PD? The National Guard? The military? Maybe it’ll be all those TSA agents who are currently out of work but already accustomed to molesting innocent travelers.
What does this mean for those told they’d be able to go to the store?
We’ve been repeatedly told during task force press conferences that nobody needs to worry about buying extra supplies because the stores will remain open. We were chastised about stocking up and “hoarding” supplies. But if you need travel papers just to get to work, how will a person get to the store when they need to pick up some groceries? Will these papers only be required during certain hours?
It’s easy to prove you just went to the store when you have a bag of groceries in hand, but how do you prove you are going to the store? Will they just begin distributing the food to us as opposed to allowing people to shop for their own food?
A little clarity and less subterfuge would go a lot further toward preventing concern that we’re about to go full Wuhan here in America.
If I didn’t have supplies already, I would head to the store today and get enough for a couple of extra weeks at the very least. Here are some ideas for finding supplies amidst the picked-over inventory that remains.
So, what happens if you get caught without your papers? I’m glad you asked.
It seems like the DoJ is itching to suspend the Constitution.
At this point, the “Department of Justice” sounds like one of those other phrases the government uses to mean the complete opposite. Like the “Patriot Act” which is as far from patriotic as it gets.
And speaking of the Patriot Act, the government is now introducing what I’d like to dub the Pandemic Patriot Act 2.0.
The DoJ has secretly asked Congress to draft legislation allowing them to indefinitely detain people without due process during the coronavirus pandemic. Because who doesn’t want to add a little spice to our economic crisis with the added threat of indefinite detention?
Documents reviewed by POLITICO detail the department’s requests to lawmakers on a host of topics, including the statute of limitations, asylum and the way court hearings are conducted. POLITICO also reviewed and previously reported on documents seeking the authority to extend deadlines on merger reviews and prosecutions… …In one of the documents, the department proposed that Congress grant the attorney general power to ask the chief judge of any district court to pause court proceedings “whenever the district court is fully or partially closed by virtue of any natural disaster, civil disobedience, or other emergency situation.” The proposal would also grant those top judges broad authority to pause court proceedings during emergencies. It would apply to “any statutes or rules of procedure otherwise affecting pre-arrest, post-arrest, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures in criminal and juvenile proceedings and all civil process and proceedings,” according to draft legislative language the department shared with Congress. In making the case for the change, the DOJ document wrote that individual judges can currently pause proceedings during emergencies, but that their proposal would make sure all judges in any particular district could handle emergencies “in a consistent manner.” (source)
What the heck are “pre-arrest” procedures, anyway? Is that the part where government investigators go and set someone up to commit a crime like all those “bombing plots” the FBI keeps saving us from?
I wouldn’t be surprised to see another 300-page legislation like the original Patriot Act that was rolled out just weeks after 911, giving us the TSA, indefinite detention, and all sorts of other dystopian nonsense.
Never let a serious crisis go to waste.
In the infamous words of Rahm Emmanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”
It looks like the government is taking those words to heart with travel papers and new draconian laws.
Since I wrote the article about America locking down yesterday, more states have joined in. Now New York, California, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey are all under restriction.
Is your state coming soon? Are these lockdowns being rolled out incrementally, starting out gently (sure you can walk your dog!) and then moving on to the point where you can’t leave your house without “travel papers?”
So far, 2020 has brought us an out-of-control deadly pandemic, an economic collapse, statewide lockdowns, and now travel papers and a potential new law to eradicate the Fifth Amendment.
I hesitate to ask what’s next.
Article posted with permission from Daisy Luther


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Hypocrite Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Man, Wants Your Donations To Help Amazon Employees

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , the world ’ s first centibillionaire , a man who vies with Bill Gates for the title of the planet ’ s richest individual , is asking the public for donations to provide basic support to his 800,000 employees who are suffering in poverty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Bezos announced : “ We are establishing the Amazon Relief Fund with a $ 25 million initial contribution focused on supporting our independent delivery service partners and their drivers , Amazon Flex participants , and seasonal employees under financial distress during this challenging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both employees and contractors around the world that face economic hardship due to natural disasters or unforeseen personal circumstances .
Those who qualify can apply for a grant of up to $ 5,000 .
“ I ’ ve never been more proud of our teams around the world .
People are supporting one another , taking care of themselves and others while also doing what we do best , which is serving customers , ” said Beth Galetti , Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Amazon .
A man worth over $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average , $ 230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many .
Amazon itself is worth over $ 1 trillion , and some felt Bezos himself was in a better position than others , especially members of the public also economically hit by the COVID-19 pandemic , to help his own staff .
Furthermore , the company is notorious as a bad employer .
Forced to forego bathroom breaks , many company warehouse workers are effectively compelled to wear diapers during their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unsafe environments and being punished for injuries sustained on the job .
The company also does not provide its employees with regular access to clean water .
Amazon workers are poor .
Really poor .
In Arizona , for example , the company ’ s own data suggests that one in three employees depend upon food stamps to put food on the table .
It is the twenty-eighth largest employer in the state .
However , it ranked fifth on the list for most employees enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is a similar story .
In Pennsylvania , for instance , Amazon is the nineteenth largest employer but is in fifth place on the SNAP employees list of corporations .
And amidst the deadly COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe , the job is one of the more dangerous around , as workers are constantly on the move , handling a great number of packages and in close proximity to others .
Despite its poor pay , the job is considered essential to the upkeep of society .
Bezos ’ charitable donations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media .
His donation of one million Australian dollars to aid the bushfires in January generated headlines proclaiming his generosity .
But as MintPress reported , that was equivalent to just three minutes ’ income , as generous as a person making $ 20,000 per year donating a dime .
Linsey McGoey , Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex , UK , told MintPress that , “ philanthropy can and is being used deliberately to divert attention away from different forms of economic exploitation that underpin global inequality today.
” In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced yesterday that , through collective action , they had forced the company to agree to paid time off for all U.S. warehouse workers , something that will be especially useful in the current circumstances .
“ Almost a year ago , in the summer of 2019 , a small crew of us got fed up with Amazon ’ s bullshit and met up outside of work because we felt we had to do something , ” they said , proclaiming victory .
In the U.S. , the company is currently increasing recruitment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sales .
On the other hand , the government of France has suspended all non-essential Amazon deliveries in a bid to cut down on contagion rates .
The company has also been forced to halt price gouging on its website of key products like hand sanitizer .
While Bezos asks for donations , he appears to genuinely not have considered using his own wealth to help those in need .
In 2018 he lamented that “ the only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is basically it.
” His employees might have other ideas about how he could use his fortune .

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s first centibillionaire, a man who vies with Bill Gates for the title of the planet’s richest individual, is asking the public for donations to provide basic support to his 800,000 employees who are suffering in poverty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bezos announced:
“We are establishing the Amazon Relief Fund with a $25 million initial contribution focused on supporting our independent delivery service partners and their drivers, Amazon Flex participants, and seasonal employees under financial distress during this challenging time.”
The fund will also support both employees and contractors around the world that face economic hardship due to natural disasters or unforeseen personal circumstances. Those who qualify can apply for a grant of up to $5,000.
“I’ve never been more proud of our teams around the world. People are supporting one another, taking care of themselves and others while also doing what we do best, which is serving customers,” said Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Amazon.
Amazon set up a relief fund for its employees and is asking us to donate. Amazon is worth nearly $1 trillion. Amazon paid a negative federal income tax rate in 2018. They paid nothing but got millions in government subsidies. How is this real. https://t.co/MiLArAnTdA — Rob Hart (@robwhart) March 21, 2020
A man worth over $100 billion, who makes, on average, $230,000 per minute calling on the public to help his own impoverished employees was not met well by many. Amazon itself is worth over $1 trillion, and some felt Bezos himself was in a better position than others, especially members of the public also economically hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, to help his own staff. Furthermore, the company is notorious as a bad employer. Forced to forego bathroom breaks, many company warehouse workers are effectively compelled to wear diapers during their shifts. Other employees report working in unsafe environments and being punished for injuries sustained on the job. The company also does not provide its employees with regular access to clean water.
Amazon workers are poor. Really poor. In Arizona, for example, the company’s own data suggests that one in three employees depend upon food stamps to put food on the table. It is the twenty-eighth largest employer in the state. However, it ranked fifth on the list for most employees enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). Across the United States, it is a similar story. In Pennsylvania, for instance, Amazon is the nineteenth largest employer but is in fifth place on the SNAP employees list of corporations. And amidst the deadly COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, the job is one of the more dangerous around, as workers are constantly on the move, handling a great number of packages and in close proximity to others. Despite its poor pay, the job is considered essential to the upkeep of society.
I can’t even process this… Amazon — you know, the one run by the richest man, the one whose sales have shot up during a pandemic — is doing an online fundraiser. Asking all of us to donate to support its warehouse temps & flex drivers hit by Covid.
https://t.co/QWd851eXBk — Stacy Mitchell (@stacyfmitchell) March 20, 2020
Bezos’ charitable donations often garner him considerable praise in the media. His donation of one million Australian dollars to aid the bushfires in January generated headlines proclaiming his generosity. But as MintPress reported, that was equivalent to just three minutes’ income, as generous as a person making $20,000 per year donating a dime. Linsey McGoey, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, told MintPress that, “philanthropy can and is being used deliberately to divert attention away from different forms of economic exploitation that underpin global inequality today.”
In other news, Amazon employees in Chicago announced yesterday that, through collective action, they had forced the company to agree to paid time off for all U.S. warehouse workers, something that will be especially useful in the current circumstances. “Almost a year ago, in the summer of 2019, a small crew of us got fed up with Amazon’s bullshit and met up outside of work because we felt we had to do something,” they said, proclaiming victory.
In the U.S., the company is currently increasing recruitment to deal with a sharp surge in sales. On the other hand, the government of France has suspended all non-essential Amazon deliveries in a bid to cut down on contagion rates. The company has also been forced to halt price gouging on its website of key products like hand sanitizer.
While Bezos asks for donations, he appears to genuinely not have considered using his own wealth to help those in need. In 2018 he lamented that “the only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my Amazon winnings into space travel. That is basically it.” His employees might have other ideas about how he could use his fortune.
Article posted with permission from MintPress News


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Court Ruling Challenging Persons Having Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance &

Court Ruling Challenging Persons Having Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance & Justifies Excessive Force

DENVER , Colo. — Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed a federal court ’ s ruling that refused to hold police responsible for brutalizing an African-American man who , despite complying with police orders during an arrest , was subjected to excessive force and brutality , including being thrown to the ground , tasered , and placed in a chokehold that rendered him unconscious and required his hospitalization for three days .
In a brief filed in Edwards v. Harmon on behalf of Jeriel Edwards , Institute attorneys are asking the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and allow a jury to determine whether police used excessive and unreasonable force upon Edwards .
The brief argues that , as shown by dash cam video of the arrest , Edwards was not resisting and was subdued at the time he was tased and subjected to a chokehold , making the officers ’ actions a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment .
Affiliate attorney Wyatt Worden of The Worden Law Firm and David Lee of Riggs , Abney , Neal , Turpen , Orbison & Lewis are assisting in the defense of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you ask police what Americans should do to stay alive during encounters with law enforcement , they will tell you to comply , cooperate , obey , not resist , not argue , not make threatening gestures or statements , avoid sudden movements , and submit to a search of their person and belongings , ” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead , president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America : The War on the American People .
“ The problem is what to do when compliance is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illusion of freedom when daily , Americans are being shot , stripped , searched , choked , beaten and tasered by police for little more than daring to frown , smile , question , challenge an order or merely exist ?
” On October 25 , 2016 , Jeriel Edwards was sitting in his car in the parking lot of a Muskogee Wendy ’ s restaurant when he was approached by a City of Muskogee , Okla. , police officer who ordered Edwards to put the car in park and provide his identification @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the encounter shows that the officer made the request even though he already knew Edwards ’ identity .
The officer then ordered Edwards to get out of the vehicle and remove his hands from his pockets .
Edwards complied with all the officer ’ s orders .
At this time , a second Muskogee police officer arrived at the scene .
As Edwards exited the vehicle , he was ordered to face the vehicle and place his hands behind his back .
At this point one of the officers grabbed Edwards ’ right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the corner of the car door , followed by the officers aggressively grabbing Edwards ’ upper body and pushing his head into the corner of the car door as they attempted to place his hands behind his back .
One officer then told Edwards to get to the ground , but before he could do so , the officers slammed him to the pavement .
As the officers pushed Edwards ’ head and neck to the ground , they also placed a knee on his body to pin him to the ground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were abusing him , but got no answer .
Instead , the first officer fired a taser at Edwards as he lay on the ground .
A third officer arrived on the scene and made two striking motions at Edwards , the impact of which can be heard on the body camera video .
A fourth officer arrived at the scene and put Edwards in a chokehold .
As the four officers dragged Edwards to the ground , another joined the fray and held Edwards down by digging his knee into his body @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hospital , where he was admitted to the ICU .
Despite this brutality , the trial court dismissed Edwards ’ excessive force lawsuit against the police .
January 9 , 2020 • Oklahoma Federal Court Rules That Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance , Justifies Use of Excessive Force ( Taser , Chokehold ) November 1 , 2019 • Police Defend Use of Taser , Chokehold & Excessive Force Against Man Who Complied During Arrest November 1 , 2018 • Rutherford Institute Sues Oklahoma Police Over Taser , Chokehold , Use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ With Police Orders The brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Edwards v. Harmon The opinion and order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma granting the police officers ’ motion for summary judgment in Edwards v. Harmon The Rutherford Institute ’ s complaint in Edwards v. City of Muskogee

DENVER, Colo. — Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed a federal court’s ruling that refused to hold police responsible for brutalizing an African-American man who, despite complying with police orders during an arrest, was subjected to excessive force and brutality, including being thrown to the ground, tasered, and placed in a chokehold that rendered him unconscious and required his hospitalization for three days.
In a brief filed in Edwards v. Harmon on behalf of Jeriel Edwards, Institute attorneys are asking the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the dismissal of Edwards’ Fourth Amendment lawsuit and allow a jury to determine whether police used excessive and unreasonable force upon Edwards.
The brief argues that, as shown by dash cam video of the arrest, Edwards was not resisting and was subdued at the time he was tased and subjected to a chokehold, making the officers’ actions a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Affiliate attorney Wyatt Worden of The Worden Law Firm and David Lee of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis are assisting in the defense of Edwards’ Fourth Amendment rights.
“If you ask police what Americans should do to stay alive during encounters with law enforcement, they will tell you to comply, cooperate, obey, not resist, not argue, not make threatening gestures or statements, avoid sudden movements, and submit to a search of their person and belongings,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People . “The problem is what to do when compliance is not enough. How can you maintain the illusion of freedom when daily, Americans are being shot, stripped, searched, choked, beaten and tasered by police for little more than daring to frown, smile, question, challenge an order or merely exist?”
On October 25, 2016, Jeriel Edwards was sitting in his car in the parking lot of a Muskogee Wendy’s restaurant when he was approached by a City of Muskogee, Okla., police officer who ordered Edwards to put the car in park and provide his identification.
Body and dashboard camera video of the encounter shows that the officer made the request even though he already knew Edwards’ identity.
The officer then ordered Edwards to get out of the vehicle and remove his hands from his pockets.
Edwards complied with all the officer’s orders. At this time, a second Muskogee police officer arrived at the scene.
As Edwards exited the vehicle, he was ordered to face the vehicle and place his hands behind his back.
At this point one of the officers grabbed Edwards’ right arm while the other officer shoved him into the corner of the car door, followed by the officers aggressively grabbing Edwards’ upper body and pushing his head into the corner of the car door as they attempted to place his hands behind his back.
One officer then told Edwards to get to the ground, but before he could do so, the officers slammed him to the pavement.
As the officers pushed Edwards’ head and neck to the ground, they also placed a knee on his body to pin him to the ground.
Edwards repeatedly asked why the officers were abusing him, but got no answer.
Instead, the first officer fired a taser at Edwards as he lay on the ground.
A third officer arrived on the scene and made two striking motions at Edwards, the impact of which can be heard on the body camera video.
A fourth officer arrived at the scene and put Edwards in a chokehold.
As the four officers dragged Edwards to the ground, another joined the fray and held Edwards down by digging his knee into his body.
Edwards lost consciousness en route to the hospital, where he was admitted to the ICU.
Despite this brutality, the trial court dismissed Edwards’ excessive force lawsuit against the police.
Case History
January 9, 2020 • Oklahoma Federal Court Rules That Trouble Understanding Police Orders Constitutes Resistance, Justifies Use of Excessive Force (Taser, Chokehold)
November 1, 2019 • Police Defend Use of Taser, Chokehold & Excessive Force Against Man Who Complied During Arrest
November 1, 2018 • Rutherford Institute Sues Oklahoma Police Over Taser, Chokehold, Use of Excessive Force Against Man Who Complied Fully With Police Orders
The brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Edwards v. Harmon
The opinion and order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma granting the police officers’ motion for summary judgment in Edwards v. Harmon
The Rutherford Institute’s complaint in Edwards v. City of Muskogee
Article posted with permission from John Whitehead


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--Norway: Muslim Migrant Sets fire To Two Churches In Revenge For Alleged Qur’an-Burning By Norwegian

Norway : Muslim Migrant Sets fire To Two Churches In Revenge For Alleged Qur ’ an-Burning By Norwegian “ He has stated as a reason for his actions that he was angry and cursed because a Norwegian man had set fire to the Koran , without the police having done anything about it.
” Of course , the police did nothing about it , because Norway is not a Sharia state , not yet anyway , and the burning of any book , while a despicable and stupid act , is not illegal .
This migrant assumes that Norway should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Sharia state .
Norwegian authorities are likely to comply .
“ Those charged with the church fire ‘ were angry and cursed because a Norwegian man set fire to the Qur ’ an , ’ ” translated from “ Siktede for kirkebrannen ‘ var sint og forbannet fordi en norsk mann har satt fyr på Koranen , ” by Øyvind Thuestad , Document , March 21 , 2020 : The man ( 28 ) who is charged with the church fire at Dombås was avenging the fact that a Norwegian man had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was arrested on Saturday night in Dombås , and the same day imprisoned for four weeks for the fire at Dombås and attempted igniting of a church in Sel .
The fire in the Dombås church happened on February 20 .
The Sel church was the subject of attempted arson on March 19 .
The man has admitted to the criminal charges .
“ He has stated as a reason for his actions that he was angry and cursed because a Norwegian man had set fire to the Koran , without the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writes Hedmarken district court in the arrest warrant .
The 28-year-old “ lives [ in ] Nord-Gudbrandsdal ” , writes NTB , but his name indicates that he has an immigrant background from the Middle East or Africa .
The accused are without work and dependents… .
Hedmark District Court thought imprisonment was necessary “ to prevent the defendant from committing a criminal offense of a similar nature ” .
The police perceive the accused as mentally unstable , and “ this fact also means that there is a high degree of probability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released , ” the court writes .
The court believes that four-week imprisonment is not disproportionate and emphasizes , among other things , that “ it is a serious crime ” … .

Norway: Muslim Migrant Sets fire To Two Churches In Revenge For Alleged Qur’an-Burning By Norwegian
“He has stated as a reason for his actions that he was angry and cursed because a Norwegian man had set fire to the Koran, without the police having done anything about it.”
Of course, the police did nothing about it, because Norway is not a Sharia state, not yet anyway, and the burning of any book, while a despicable and stupid act, is not illegal. This migrant assumes that Norway should be, and should now become, a Sharia state. Norwegian authorities are likely to comply.
“Those charged with the church fire ‘were angry and cursed because a Norwegian man set fire to the Qur’an,’” translated from “Siktede for kirkebrannen ‘var sint og forbannet fordi en norsk mann har satt fyr på Koranen,” by Øyvind Thuestad, Document, March 21, 2020:
The man (28) who is charged with the church fire at Dombås was avenging the fact that a Norwegian man had set fire to the Quran.
He was arrested on Saturday night in Dombås, and the same day imprisoned for four weeks for the fire at Dombås and attempted igniting of a church in Sel. The fire in the Dombås church happened on February 20. The Sel church was the subject of attempted arson on March 19. The man has admitted to the criminal charges.
“He has stated as a reason for his actions that he was angry and cursed because a Norwegian man had set fire to the Koran, without the police having done anything about it,” writes Hedmarken district court in the arrest warrant.
The 28-year-old “lives [in] Nord-Gudbrandsdal”, writes NTB, but his name indicates that he has an immigrant background from the Middle East or Africa.
The accused are without work and dependents….
Hedmark District Court thought imprisonment was necessary “to prevent the defendant from committing a criminal offense of a similar nature”.
The police perceive the accused as mentally unstable, and “this fact also means that there is a high degree of probability of new criminal offenses if he is released,” the court writes.
The court believes that four-week imprisonment is not disproportionate and emphasizes, among other things, that “it is a serious crime”….
Article posted with permission Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--North Carolina:  Cop Arrested For Responding To ‘911 Hang Up’ Call By Sexually Assaulting A Woman

Winston Salem , NC — A Winston-Salem cop has been arrested and fired this week for alleged sexual battery while on duty .
Winston-Salem Police Department Patrol Officer Harry L. White III responded to a call for service at a local hotel and is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he encountered inside .
According to police , on Feb. 20 , White was responding to a ‘ 911 Hang Up ’ call at the Best Western Plus University Inn at 3050 University Parkway .
White was on the scene for an unspecified length of time before he cleared the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after White gave the all clear notification , the Winston-Salem Police Department received a call from a woman who encountered officer White while he was on the call .
The woman told officers that officer White had sexually assaulted her while responding to the call .
After the woman made the call , field commanders for the patrol division responded to the hotel to investigate .
The responsibility for the investigation into the allegation of criminal conduct against Officer White was assumed by detectives in the Special Victim ’ s Unit of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Division , reports FOX 8 .
Since Feb 20 , White had been on paid administrative leave as authorities investigated the alleged assault .
On Monday , authorities charged White with aggravated sexual battery and he was taken into custody at the Forsyth County Detention Center without incident .
He was then granted a $ 2,500 unsecured bond and released .
White was with the department for 12 years from 2005 to 2017 but resigned and moved to the Town of Chadbourn where he served as the chief of police .
After serving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , White resigned without explanation and returned to Winston-Salem .
After the arrest , Police Chief Catrina Thompson released the following statement : Good morning Winston-Salem , it is with deep regret that I must inform you that my trust , as well as the trust of the citizens of Winston-Salem and the City of Winston-Salem Government , has been violated by former Police Officer Harry L. White III .
In my commitment of transparency to you , I want to inform you of the circumstances that led to Mr. White ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his pending criminal charge .
On February 20 , 2020 at 1:38 am , Winston-Salem Police Department Officer Harry L. White was on duty and in uniform and responded to a “ 911 Hang Up ” call for service at the Best Western Plus University Inn , located at 3050 University Parkway .
Approximately four minutes after Officer White cleared from the call for service , the Winston-Salem Police Department was notified of an allegation of a sexual assault by an adult female committed by Mr. White during the call for service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responded to the hotel and based on the allegations , transitioned the investigation to Detectives from the Special Victim ’ s Unit of the Winston-Salem Police Department ’ s Criminal Investigations Division .
Mr. White was placed on administrative leave and the criminal investigation has been on-going and active since February 20 , 2020 .
In consultation with the Forsyth County District Attorney ’ s Office , our Detectives have criminally charged Mr. White with Sexual Battery .
Earlier today Mr. White was taken into custody at the Forsyth County Detention Center without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employment with the City of Winston-Salem Police Department .
I must apologize to you for this behavior of one of my former personnel , but I will not tolerate this type of assault on one of our citizens by a Police Officer .
Please rest assured that I hold our personnel to high standards , because I know that is what you expect of me and of your Police Officers .
Thank You for your continued support of your Winston-Salem Police Department and I , together with the leadership of the Police Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breach of your trust .
Sadly , as TFTP reports on a regular basis , White ’ s case is anything but isolated .
In a sample of 158 police officers who ’ ve been charged with sexual assault , sexual battery , or unlawful sexual contact with somebody under their control , at least 26 have been acquitted or had charges dropped based on the consent defense , according to a Buzzfeed review of a Buffalo News database of more than 700 law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct .
These numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen , but what we need to see is a policy shift , ” said Terra Burns , an advocate in Alaska who has worked to expand police sexual assault laws .
“ There ’ s a long entrenched history of institutionalized rape culture that has to change.
” Indeed , one need only browse through our archives to see the brutal reality that is police sexual misconduct .
Arguably , the reason it is so pervasive is the fact that they can get away with it with little to no consequences .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States against rape appear harsh , at first glance , in reality , the cops , the prosecutors , the judges , and eventually juries go soft on pedophiles , especially pedophiles who wear a badge .

Winston Salem, NC — A Winston-Salem cop has been arrested and fired this week for alleged sexual battery while on duty. Winston-Salem Police Department Patrol Officer Harry L. White III responded to a call for service at a local hotel and is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he encountered inside.
According to police, on Feb. 20, White was responding to a ‘911 Hang Up’ call at the Best Western Plus University Inn at 3050 University Parkway. White was on the scene for an unspecified length of time before he cleared the call for service. Only four minutes after White gave the all clear notification, the Winston-Salem Police Department received a call from a woman who encountered officer White while he was on the call.
The woman told officers that officer White had sexually assaulted her while responding to the call.
After the woman made the call, field commanders for the patrol division responded to the hotel to investigate. The responsibility for the investigation into the allegation of criminal conduct against Officer White was assumed by detectives in the Special Victim’s Unit of the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, reports FOX 8.
Since Feb 20, White had been on paid administrative leave as authorities investigated the alleged assault. On Monday, authorities charged White with aggravated sexual battery and he was taken into custody at the Forsyth County Detention Center without incident.
He was then granted a $2,500 unsecured bond and released.
White was with the department for 12 years from 2005 to 2017 but resigned and moved to the Town of Chadbourn where he served as the chief of police. After serving as police chief for less than a year, White resigned without explanation and returned to Winston-Salem.
After the arrest, Police Chief Catrina Thompson released the following statement:
Good morning Winston-Salem, it is with deep regret that I must inform you that my trust, as well as the trust of the citizens of Winston-Salem and the City of Winston-Salem Government, has been violated by former Police Officer Harry L. White III. In my commitment of transparency to you, I want to inform you of the circumstances that led to Mr. White’s separation from the Winston-Salem Police Department and his pending criminal charge. On February 20, 2020 at 1:38 am, Winston-Salem Police Department Officer Harry L. White was on duty and in uniform and responded to a “911 Hang Up” call for service at the Best Western Plus University Inn, located at 3050 University Parkway. Approximately four minutes after Officer White cleared from the call for service, the Winston-Salem Police Department was notified of an allegation of a sexual assault by an adult female committed by Mr. White during the call for service. Supervisors from my Patrol Division immediately responded to the hotel and based on the allegations, transitioned the investigation to Detectives from the Special Victim’s Unit of the Winston-Salem Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. Mr. White was placed on administrative leave and the criminal investigation has been on-going and active since February 20, 2020. In consultation with the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office, our Detectives have criminally charged Mr. White with Sexual Battery. Earlier today Mr. White was taken into custody at the Forsyth County Detention Center without incident, and has separated from his employment with the City of Winston-Salem Police Department. I must apologize to you for this behavior of one of my former personnel, but I will not tolerate this type of assault on one of our citizens by a Police Officer. Please rest assured that I hold our personnel to high standards, because I know that is what you expect of me and of your Police Officers. Thank You for your continued support of your Winston-Salem Police Department and I, together with the leadership of the Police Department, apologize again to you for this breach of your trust.
Sadly, as TFTP reports on a regular basis, White’s case is anything but isolated.
In a sample of 158 police officers who’ve been charged with sexual assault, sexual battery, or unlawful sexual contact with somebody under their control, at least 26 have been acquitted or had charges dropped based on the consent defense, according to a Buzzfeed review of a Buffalo News database of more than 700 law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct.
These numbers are indeed startling.
“Cultural shifts happen, but what we need to see is a policy shift,” said Terra Burns, an advocate in Alaska who has worked to expand police sexual assault laws. “There’s a long entrenched history of institutionalized rape culture that has to change.”
Indeed, one need only browse through our archives to see the brutal reality that is police sexual misconduct. Arguably, the reason it is so pervasive is the fact that they can get away with it with little to no consequences.
Unfortunately, while the actual laws written in the United States against rape appear harsh, at first glance, in reality, the cops, the prosecutors, the judges, and eventually juries go soft on pedophiles, especially pedophiles who wear a badge.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-25--To The Profane: Yes, National Days Of Prayer Are Needed

President Trump , who is doing everything he can to fight the coronavirus , called for a Day of Prayer recently .
He proclaimed , “ We are a Country that , throughout our history , has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these.
” But David Hogg , a Parkland shooting survivor , tweeted : “ Don ’ t let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence .
[ Expletive ] a National day of prayer , we need immediate comprehensive action.
” U. S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib , famous for her declaration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” even retweeted Hogg ’ s message .
Dr. William Donohue , the president of the Catholic League , notes : Tlaib , as a U.S. congresswoman , should be censured for her “ obscene assault on people of faith.
” Meanwhile , an honest survey of American history shows that Trump is much closer to America ’ s true history by calling for days of prayer than are Hogg and Tlaib .
David Barton , a walking encyclopedia on the spiritual heritage of America , once told me , “ Between 1633 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prayer proclamations issued in the colonies , where the governor would call the state to an annual day of prayer and fasting , annual day of prayer of and thanksgiving.
” For example , on May 31 , 1775 , one American colonist , Samuel Langdon , spoke before the Massachusetts Provincial Congress , calling on them to pray because of the ongoing crisis with Great Britain .
He lamented , “ We have rebelled against God .
We have lost the true spirit of Christianity , though we retain the outward profession @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neglected … the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and His holy commands and institutions.
” Who was this Langdon ?
Some backwoods rube ?
No .
This was the president of Harvard , where Hogg attends school now .
During the American War for Independence , on at least 15 separate occasions , Congress called for national days of prayer , humiliation and fasting .
These were not namby-pamby , “ To Whom It May Concern ” -type prayers .
Here are two examples of Days of Prayer called by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , opened in prayer on its first day ever ( in 1774 ) , and Congress has opened in prayer ever since .
Example 1 : On June 12 , 1775 , the Continental Congress called for “ a day of public humiliation , fasting and prayer ; that we may , with united hearts and voices , unfeignedly confess and deplore our many sins ; and offer up our joint supplications to the all-wise , omnipotent , and merciful Disposer of all events ; humbly beseeching him to forgive our iniquities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to avert those desolating judgments , with which we are threatened .
… And it is recommended to Christians , of all denominations , to assemble for public worship , and to abstain from servile labour and recreations on said day.
” At the end of the day , God answered the spirit of the prayer – that the crisis would be resolved .
They could assemble physically in those days .
With the coronavirus , at best we can “ assemble ” “ virtually ” for the moment .
Yet thank God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age .
Example 2 : On March 16 , 1776 , the Continental Congress proclaimed another day of “ humiliation , fasting and prayer ” : “ that we may , with united hearts , confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions , and , by a sincere repentance and amendment of life , appease his righteous displeasure , and , through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ , obtain his pardon and forgiveness ; humbly imploring his assistance to frustrate the cruel purposes of our unnatural enemies ; and by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , prevent the further effusion of kindred blood.
” They continued to pray , recognizing that more suffering may yet come , as they worked toward their noble goal : “ But if , continuing deaf to the voice of reason and humanity , and inflexibly bent , on desolation and war , they constrain us to repel their hostile invasions by open resistance , that it may please the Lord of Hosts , the God of Armies , to animate our officers and soldiers with invincible fortitude , to guard and protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and to crown the continental arms , by sea and land , with victory and success.
” This is quite an astounding prayer for an upstart , fledgling new “ nation , ” which for all practical purposes lacked a national army and navy .
But ultimately God answered their prayers – so much so that George Washington said that one would be “ worse than an infidel ” to not recognize the Lord ’ s help in our becoming an independent nation .
Earlier I quoted Harvard President Samuel Langdon in his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s help .
In that same speech , he made this petition – one that seems appropriate in our day , in our fight against the coronavirus : “ May the Lord hear us in this day of trouble .
… We will rejoice in His salvation.
” Well , maybe not all of us .

President Trump, who is doing everything he can to fight the coronavirus, called for a Day of Prayer recently. He proclaimed, “We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these.”
But David Hogg, a Parkland shooting survivor, tweeted: “Don’t let this administration address COVID-19 like our national gun violence. [Expletive] a National day of prayer, we need immediate comprehensive action.”
U. S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, famous for her declaration to “impeach the [expletive]” even retweeted Hogg’s message. Dr. William Donohue, the president of the Catholic League, notes: Tlaib, as a U.S. congresswoman, should be censured for her “obscene assault on people of faith.”
Meanwhile, an honest survey of American history shows that Trump is much closer to America’s true history by calling for days of prayer than are Hogg and Tlaib.
David Barton, a walking encyclopedia on the spiritual heritage of America, once told me, “Between 1633 and 1812, there were over 1,700 prayer proclamations issued in the colonies, where the governor would call the state to an annual day of prayer and fasting, annual day of prayer of and thanksgiving.”
Bill Federer’s book, “America’s God and Country ,” documents such historic practices.
For example, on May 31, 1775, one American colonist, Samuel Langdon, spoke before the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, calling on them to pray because of the ongoing crisis with Great Britain.
He lamented, “We have rebelled against God. We have lost the true spirit of Christianity, though we retain the outward profession and form of it. We have neglected … the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and His holy commands and institutions.”
Who was this Langdon? Some backwoods rube? No. This was the president of Harvard, where Hogg attends school now.
During the American War for Independence, on at least 15 separate occasions, Congress called for national days of prayer, humiliation and fasting. These were not namby-pamby, “To Whom It May Concern”-type prayers.
Here are two examples of Days of Prayer called by the Continental Congress – which, by the way, opened in prayer on its first day ever (in 1774), and Congress has opened in prayer ever since.
Example 1: On June 12, 1775, the Continental Congress called for “a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer; that we may, with united hearts and voices, unfeignedly confess and deplore our many sins; and offer up our joint supplications to the all-wise, omnipotent, and merciful Disposer of all events; humbly beseeching him to forgive our iniquities, to remove our present calamities, to avert those desolating judgments, with which we are threatened. … And it is recommended to Christians, of all denominations, to assemble for public worship, and to abstain from servile labour and recreations on said day.”
At the end of the day, God answered the spirit of the prayer – that the crisis would be resolved. They could assemble physically in those days. With the coronavirus, at best we can “assemble” “virtually” for the moment. Yet thank God for these modern tools in our internet age.
Example 2: On March 16, 1776, the Continental Congress proclaimed another day of “humiliation, fasting and prayer”: “that we may, with united hearts, confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and, by a sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his righteous displeasure, and, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness; humbly imploring his assistance to frustrate the cruel purposes of our unnatural enemies; and by inclining their hearts to justice and benevolence, prevent the further effusion of kindred blood.”
They continued to pray, recognizing that more suffering may yet come, as they worked toward their noble goal: “But if, continuing deaf to the voice of reason and humanity, and inflexibly bent, on desolation and war, they constrain us to repel their hostile invasions by open resistance, that it may please the Lord of Hosts, the God of Armies, to animate our officers and soldiers with invincible fortitude, to guard and protect them in the day of battle, and to crown the continental arms, by sea and land, with victory and success.”
This is quite an astounding prayer for an upstart, fledgling new “nation,” which for all practical purposes lacked a national army and navy.
But ultimately God answered their prayers – so much so that George Washington said that one would be “worse than an infidel” to not recognize the Lord’s help in our becoming an independent nation.
Earlier I quoted Harvard President Samuel Langdon in his 1775 speech, asking for God’s help. In that same speech, he made this petition – one that seems appropriate in our day, in our fight against the coronavirus: “May the Lord hear us in this day of trouble. … We will rejoice in His salvation.” Well, maybe not all of us.
Article posted with permission from Jerry Newcombe


thewashingtonstandard--2020-03-26--How Big Tech Companies & Corporate America Subvert the Second Amendment

As the American economy has become more corporatist – such that the market is controlled by the interrelation between monolithic mega-corporations , Wall Street and the state – and less capitalistic and dynamic , the American press and economy are now being dominated by forces hostile toward the American public and American values .
Sam Jacobs ( and no that is not his real picture in the video ) from Ammo.com joins me to discuss this important topic .
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As the American economy has become more corporatist – such that the market is controlled by the interrelation between monolithic mega-corporations, Wall Street and the state – and less capitalistic and dynamic, the American press and economy are now being dominated by forces hostile toward the American public and American values. Sam Jacobs (and no that is not his real picture in the video) from Ammo.com joins me to discuss this important topic.

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