thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--Adventures in Homeschooling Open Up New Possibilities

The threat of mandatory temperature checks and mask wearing in schools has some parents at the tipping point , where they start to plot a future with tutelage of their kids moved firmly under their supervision and roof .
This was preceded by evidence of extreme liberal agendas being added to curriculums in some states , where traditional notions of sexuality and gender are being challenged or overturned completely .
Divisive and disturbing statements made by academics from elite universities on race and gender have further undermined confidence in the educational system in the US and Europe .
When Pink @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need no education ” , they were lamenting the harsh and industrial nature of the schools of the 1960s and ‘ 70s , where cynicism and the cane were the order of the day .
The pendulum of western society has now swung towards parental paranoia around safety and an indulgence in the requisite metrics to achieve success for their children in the academic sphere .
The lockdowns of the past few months haven given families a crash course in juggling work , domestic duties and added teaching roles , often with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with nowhere to go and no outside help available , due to pandemic concerns .
This sudden disruption to the pattern of life has caused anxiety and tensions within the home , with some people questioning the viability of long-term home-schooling , while others have had eureka moments of discovery as they see their children more assured and prolific under there direct guidance .
If the company I was working for hadn ’ t dropped its freelance staff in one fell swoop three months ago , I too would have been struggling to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ daughter ’ s online school activity .
However , instead of worrying about where the next dollar was going to come from , I have been subsumed in this new and exciting project that has evolved into something much bigger than just writing essays and working out equations .
The curriculum set out by the school was intellectually challenging but allowed scope for both creative and physical expeditions into unconventional realms , as we completed the allocated tasks in good time .
In between visits to a nearby horse ranch , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( utilizing the elegant and unified theories of William Tifft , Harold Aspden and Aleskey Dmitriev ) and scoured the night sky for constellations and shooting stars .
While tuning in to the International Space Station live feed one morning , we encountered an anomalous object entering Earth ’ s outer atmosphere .
At that moment the feed was cut , but my daughter was left questioning the narrow premise that life only exists on this planet .
The existing notions of dark matter and red shift to explain the scope and distances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and unverifiable .
Each day we visit our allotment to water the crops .
All that work has come to fruition now , as my daughter joyfully plucks raspberries , cucumbers and broad beans from their stalks and unearths a bounty of potatoes , garlic and onions , with the satisfaction that they were all nurtured and given life by her .
We say a prayer of thanks before eating them , to assuage her instincts that the plants might feel pain or distress .
She would never eat “ anything that has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perspective and conscientious stance I had never heard of before .
We have also found time to take up polo , albeit in an isolated manner , and have watched fouls being born and stallions being shod .
By walking my daughter through the schooling process , I have been forced to re-learn the fundamentals of math , and brush up on my terminology around grammar and English .
It has allowed me to also recontextualize my own experiences as a child , as I view my earlier life through her prism of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of my school life to the dustbin of the memory banks , but many of the pleasant and loving experiences that had been forgotten have begun to surface .
The scary and demeaning scenarios of my youth have also lost much of their power , as I look again with a restored sense of humour and hard-won sovereignty .
For other children , however , a good , caring school is preferable to home life .
By the age of nine , I had been to seven different schools , as my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ First Wellington , New Zealand , then Carlisle in England , then Winnipeg and Montreal in Canada , followed by Newton Mearns in Scotland .
I found most of those schools to be deeply patronizing , but for the most part not cruel in the way teachers had been to my parents ’ generation .
My mother would regale me with horror stories about how school masters would beat children with rulers and canes , in some cases breaking their bones .
Her brothers faced a Jesuit education , where trauma-based indoctrination was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My own wanderings on the streets of downtown Montreal as a seven-year-old were not a far cry from John Singleton ’ s “ Boyz n the Hood ” — except without the guns .
Much else in that film was familiar ; the bleak concretized industrial landscape either side of the freeways and the hierarchy of street urchins , who would always be looking to hustle something from you , whether it was candy or emotional loosh .
This was an education in street dynamics , where your mood and demeanor would determine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on any given day .
Someone once described my childhood as “ being left to your own devices ” .
She wasn ’ t wrong .
As my school in West Mount , Montreal , shifted from English-French to French-English , under the auspices of the ascendant Parti Quebecois , it felt like I was a sheep being passed from one nondescript farmer to another .
I honestly do not recall ever having been acknowledged by a teacher in that school .
But having a non-identity — or feeling like a nobody — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scope for me to explore who I was as an individual , although ultimately that was going to take a few decades to make sense .
There were two boxes that I could tick as we left Canada and set off for Scotland in the early 1980s — I was physically brave , and I could see through the veil of the system .
For those parents with little time and who feel intimidated by the prospect of taking on the national or other curriculum , co-operatives are opening up , where teachers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system have broken away , and now offer small groups of children tutelage in the basic subjects .
There are also websites , such as The Confident Homeschooler , which offer guidance and online teaching courses .
Perhaps inspired by the stories around Paramahansa Yogananda ’ s Ranchi schools , my daughter and I pursue the rudiments of Kriya Yoga , where we discuss philosophical and practical applications of the yogic life — including psychic development and pranic breathing .
In his book , Autobiography of a Yogi , Yogananda said : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had always been very close to my heart .
I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction , aimed at the development of body and intellect only .
Moral and spiritual values , without whose appreciation no man can approach happiness , were yet lacking in the formal curriculum.
” In 1918 , Yogananda founded a school he called the Yogoda Satsanga Brahmacharya Vidyala .
“ I organized a program for both grammar and high school grades , ” he said .
“ It includes agricultural , industrial , commercial and academic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rishis , I arranged that most class instruction be given outdoors.
” His Ranchi students were taught yoga meditations , and a unique system of health and physical development , he explained , called “ Yogoda ” .
In India , at that time it seems it was only boys who could receive such coaching .
“ The boys at Ranchi responded well to Yogoda training , developing extraordinary abilities to shift the life force from one part of the body to the another part and to sit in perfect poise in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performed feats of strength and endurance that many powerful adults could not equal.
” A group of his students traveled to the West in the late 1930s , giving exhibitions of strength and muscular control .
Professors at universities across America and Europe were amazed by the demonstrations of the power of the mind over the body .
This sounds all very well for yogis with advanced training and wealthy benefactors , but for the rest of us , such ambitious goals seem far-fetched .
But assuming more people do manage this integration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spheres , we can only speculate on what effect this will have on the academic benchmarks that for now seek hegemony and one-size-fits-all criteria for measurement .
If some of us manage to equip our children with advanced knowledge of quantum mechanics , spirituality , languages , and direct interface with the natural world , then the priorities and agendas of the academic institutions may also fall into line with this holistic and organic world view — repositioning the individual ’ s creative freedoms over the compliance standards of industry .
This utopian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all parents , but the supernatural abilities of children who have been given the focus and tools to elevate their consciousness and wider knowledge are well documented .
At the end of the day , preserving the happiness and spontaneity of our younger generation is what matters , so that they are poised to realize their unique abilities and contribution to society .
As things stand in state schools , the outdated and narrow notions of Newtonian physics still prevail , while the empowering and transformative narratives from quantum physics continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due a revision , in light of recent revelations from the worlds of archaeology and independent academia .
Vortex math , which conveys the connectedness of all life , in comparison with the isolated , uncontextualized formulas of trigonometry or calculus , would also no doubt enthuse many more kids to do their sums .
When schools are used as extensions of the medical industrial complex , where the spectre of controversial jabs and mask mandates and social distancing measures are growing , one might be forgiven for thinking that the education boards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of nameless policymakers in the halls of power than they are about making assessments about the welfare of the children in their charge .
Hopefully , the determination of some parents to put their children ’ s individuality and sovereignty first will trickle out and influence educationalists , as the exam results speak for themselves .
It takes time to develop and understand and appreciate your function in life ( assuming you ever do ) , and that this diversity is part of an elegant jigsaw puzzle .
The machinery of government might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robots out of convenience , but that approach is anathema to societal progress .
As someone posted on their Twitter feed this morning : “ A screwdriver is a lousy hammer , and a hammer is terrible screwdriver .
Surely we each have our own roles to play.
” The technocratic mediascape revolves around vapid celebrity culture and crude depictions of sex and violence .
How can the straitjacket framework that is social media be a launchpad for new paradigms and expansion for the next generation when these platforms — which are shamelessly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be trusted as custodians of our children ’ s minds ?
As Martin Geddes said this week on social media : “ Our education system rewards ‘ drag racers ’ — people who can go in a straight line as fast as possible with maximum traction horsepower .
The world we currently live in is best for ‘ rally drivers ’ — people who can corner at speed and change direction constantly without crashing.
” As rough and neglected as it was , I ’ m glad that my childhood happened before technology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doting parents and sibling camaraderie , I had at times the trees to embrace me and the animals to console me .
My daughter will hopefully get the best of both worlds , with the help of a daddy who was forced to question , and embrace , those worlds on his own terms .
My daughter got straight A ’ s in her end-of-year school report — achieved in a third of the time spent at school .
The teachers ’ comments ran something like “ XXXXXXX turned in some exceptional work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ answers to the self-reflection questions .
We will test her when she returns to the classroom , to gauge her progress.
” They might be doubting that such stellar results were all hers , although I know better .
Total belief in your child and a flexible , broad approach to the curriculum can produce spectacular results .
It really is possible to have your cake and eat it with homeschooling , so much so , that I am setting my sights on seeking out a job that will allow these adventures and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permission from Corey Lynn , originally published at CoreysDigs.com

The threat of mandatory temperature checks and mask wearing in schools has some parents at the tipping point, where they start to plot a future with tutelage of their kids moved firmly under their supervision and roof. This was preceded by evidence of extreme liberal agendas being added to curriculums in some states, where traditional notions of sexuality and gender are being challenged or overturned completely. Divisive and disturbing statements made by academics from elite universities on race and gender have further undermined confidence in the educational system in the US and Europe.
When Pink Floyd sang “we don’t need no education”, they were lamenting the harsh and industrial nature of the schools of the 1960s and ‘70s, where cynicism and the cane were the order of the day. The pendulum of western society has now swung towards parental paranoia around safety and an indulgence in the requisite metrics to achieve success for their children in the academic sphere.
The lockdowns of the past few months haven given families a crash course in juggling work, domestic duties and added teaching roles, often with the whole family co-existing under the same roof with nowhere to go and no outside help available, due to pandemic concerns. This sudden disruption to the pattern of life has caused anxiety and tensions within the home, with some people questioning the viability of long-term home-schooling, while others have had eureka moments of discovery as they see their children more assured and prolific under there direct guidance.
If the company I was working for hadn’t dropped its freelance staff in one fell swoop three months ago, I too would have been struggling to oversee the daily demands of my eight-year-old daughter’s online school activity. However, instead of worrying about where the next dollar was going to come from, I have been subsumed in this new and exciting project that has evolved into something much bigger than just writing essays and working out equations.
The curriculum set out by the school was intellectually challenging but allowed scope for both creative and physical expeditions into unconventional realms, as we completed the allocated tasks in good time. In between visits to a nearby horse ranch, we have had discussions on quantum physics and cosmology (utilizing the elegant and unified theories of William Tifft, Harold Aspden and Aleskey Dmitriev) and scoured the night sky for constellations and shooting stars. While tuning in to the International Space Station live feed one morning, we encountered an anomalous object entering Earth’s outer atmosphere. At that moment the feed was cut, but my daughter was left questioning the narrow premise that life only exists on this planet. The existing notions of dark matter and red shift to explain the scope and distances in space are, in contrast confusing and unverifiable.
Each day we visit our allotment to water the crops. All that work has come to fruition now, as my daughter joyfully plucks raspberries, cucumbers and broad beans from their stalks and unearths a bounty of potatoes, garlic and onions, with the satisfaction that they were all nurtured and given life by her. We say a prayer of thanks before eating them, to assuage her instincts that the plants might feel pain or distress. She would never eat “anything that has a face”, which was a perspective and conscientious stance I had never heard of before. We have also found time to take up polo, albeit in an isolated manner, and have watched fouls being born and stallions being shod.
By walking my daughter through the schooling process, I have been forced to re-learn the fundamentals of math, and brush up on my terminology around grammar and English. It has allowed me to also recontextualize my own experiences as a child, as I view my earlier life through her prism of goodness and inquisitiveness. I had banished most of my school life to the dustbin of the memory banks, but many of the pleasant and loving experiences that had been forgotten have begun to surface. The scary and demeaning scenarios of my youth have also lost much of their power, as I look again with a restored sense of humour and hard-won sovereignty.
For other children, however, a good, caring school is preferable to home life. By the age of nine, I had been to seven different schools, as my parents dragged us around the world. First Wellington, New Zealand, then Carlisle in England, then Winnipeg and Montreal in Canada, followed by Newton Mearns in Scotland. I found most of those schools to be deeply patronizing, but for the most part not cruel in the way teachers had been to my parents’ generation. My mother would regale me with horror stories about how school masters would beat children with rulers and canes, in some cases breaking their bones. Her brothers faced a Jesuit education, where trauma-based indoctrination was administered with skill and ruthless detachment.
My own wanderings on the streets of downtown Montreal as a seven-year-old were not a far cry from John Singleton’s “Boyz n the Hood” — except without the guns. Much else in that film was familiar; the bleak concretized industrial landscape either side of the freeways and the hierarchy of street urchins, who would always be looking to hustle something from you, whether it was candy or emotional loosh. This was an education in street dynamics, where your mood and demeanor would determine whether you were a victim or victor on any given day.
Someone once described my childhood as “being left to your own devices”. She wasn’t wrong. As my school in West Mount, Montreal, shifted from English-French to French-English, under the auspices of the ascendant Parti Quebecois, it felt like I was a sheep being passed from one nondescript farmer to another. I honestly do not recall ever having been acknowledged by a teacher in that school. But having a non-identity — or feeling like a nobody — had one benefit; it provided the scope for me to explore who I was as an individual, although ultimately that was going to take a few decades to make sense. There were two boxes that I could tick as we left Canada and set off for Scotland in the early 1980s — I was physically brave, and I could see through the veil of the system.
For those parents with little time and who feel intimidated by the prospect of taking on the national or other curriculum, co-operatives are opening up, where teachers who have become jaded with the institutional system have broken away, and now offer small groups of children tutelage in the basic subjects. There are also websites, such as The Confident Homeschooler, which offer guidance and online teaching courses.
Perhaps inspired by the stories around Paramahansa Yogananda’s Ranchi schools, my daughter and I pursue the rudiments of Kriya Yoga, where we discuss philosophical and practical applications of the yogic life — including psychic development and pranic breathing. In his book, Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda said: “The ideal of right education for youth had always been very close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed at the development of body and intellect only. Moral and spiritual values, without whose appreciation no man can approach happiness, were yet lacking in the formal curriculum.”
In 1918, Yogananda founded a school he called the Yogoda Satsanga Brahmacharya Vidyala. “I organized a program for both grammar and high school grades,” he said. “It includes agricultural, industrial, commercial and academic subjects. Following the educational ideals of the rishis, I arranged that most class instruction be given outdoors.”
His Ranchi students were taught yoga meditations, and a unique system of health and physical development, he explained, called “Yogoda”. In India, at that time it seems it was only boys who could receive such coaching. “The boys at Ranchi responded well to Yogoda training, developing extraordinary abilities to shift the life force from one part of the body to the another part and to sit in perfect poise in difficult asanas (postures). They performed feats of strength and endurance that many powerful adults could not equal.” A group of his students traveled to the West in the late 1930s, giving exhibitions of strength and muscular control. Professors at universities across America and Europe were amazed by the demonstrations of the power of the mind over the body.
This sounds all very well for yogis with advanced training and wealthy benefactors, but for the rest of us, such ambitious goals seem far-fetched. But assuming more people do manage this integration of the educational curriculum into their domestic spheres, we can only speculate on what effect this will have on the academic benchmarks that for now seek hegemony and one-size-fits-all criteria for measurement. If some of us manage to equip our children with advanced knowledge of quantum mechanics, spirituality, languages, and direct interface with the natural world, then the priorities and agendas of the academic institutions may also fall into line with this holistic and organic world view — repositioning the individual’s creative freedoms over the compliance standards of industry.
This utopian benchmark will not be possible or desirable for all parents, but the supernatural abilities of children who have been given the focus and tools to elevate their consciousness and wider knowledge are well documented. At the end of the day, preserving the happiness and spontaneity of our younger generation is what matters, so that they are poised to realize their unique abilities and contribution to society.
As things stand in state schools, the outdated and narrow notions of Newtonian physics still prevail, while the empowering and transformative narratives from quantum physics continue to be ignored. World history is also due a revision, in light of recent revelations from the worlds of archaeology and independent academia. Vortex math, which conveys the connectedness of all life, in comparison with the isolated, uncontextualized formulas of trigonometry or calculus, would also no doubt enthuse many more kids to do their sums.
When schools are used as extensions of the medical industrial complex, where the spectre of controversial jabs and mask mandates and social distancing measures are growing, one might be forgiven for thinking that the education boards are more interested in following the edicts of nameless policymakers in the halls of power than they are about making assessments about the welfare of the children in their charge.
Hopefully, the determination of some parents to put their children’s individuality and sovereignty first will trickle out and influence educationalists, as the exam results speak for themselves. It takes time to develop and understand and appreciate your function in life (assuming you ever do), and that this diversity is part of an elegant jigsaw puzzle. The machinery of government might be motivated to favor compliant and docile robots out of convenience, but that approach is anathema to societal progress. As someone posted on their Twitter feed this morning: “A screwdriver is a lousy hammer, and a hammer is terrible screwdriver. Surely we each have our own roles to play.”
The technocratic mediascape revolves around vapid celebrity culture and crude depictions of sex and violence. How can the straitjacket framework that is social media be a launchpad for new paradigms and expansion for the next generation when these platforms — which are shamelessly targeting and curtailing independent thought online — be trusted as custodians of our children’s minds?
As Martin Geddes said this week on social media: “Our education system rewards ‘drag racers’ — people who can go in a straight line as fast as possible with maximum traction horsepower. The world we currently live in is best for ‘rally drivers’ — people who can corner at speed and change direction constantly without crashing.”
As rough and neglected as it was, I’m glad that my childhood happened before technology took over. In the absence of doting parents and sibling camaraderie, I had at times the trees to embrace me and the animals to console me. My daughter will hopefully get the best of both worlds, with the help of a daddy who was forced to question, and embrace, those worlds on his own terms.
My daughter got straight A’s in her end-of-year school report — achieved in a third of the time spent at school. The teachers’ comments ran something like “XXXXXXX turned in some exceptional work last term and gave some very interesting answers to the self-reflection questions. We will test her when she returns to the classroom, to gauge her progress.” They might be doubting that such stellar results were all hers, although I know better. Total belief in your child and a flexible, broad approach to the curriculum can produce spectacular results. It really is possible to have your cake and eat it with homeschooling, so much so, that I am setting my sights on seeking out a job that will allow these adventures and exploration to continue.
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn, originally published at CoreysDigs.com


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Brace For Worst Election In US History

Brace For Worst Election In US History

This time , it literally won ’ t matter who wins , loses , is selected , or elected .
The elitists have already made it clear this election will be a contested one that will seal the division they seek in order to conquer us all .
Now they are mixing in a potential world war narrative that should alert everyone that it ’ s all set up .
Back in April , journalist Caitlin Johnstone began alerting the public to the plans for this “ election.
” She said , “ China ’ s gon na be so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the November election.
” Now , three months ahead of schedule China is already getting its surprise , alongside Iran and Russia .
We have also been attempting to warn the public that this election is going to be one that will play us like fiddles .
And yet , Americans , rather than stand up for real rights , liberty , and justice , will go vote in November , in an election that ’ s already been decided to they feel like they did their duty the ruling class told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have already modeled this election , months before it will happen , just like they did with Event 201 for the coronavirus scamdemic .
What this completely unsubstantiated narrative means , of course , is that no matter who wins in November America ’ s opaque government agencies will have already primed the nation for more dangerous escalations against countries which have resisted being absorbed into the blob of the US-centralized empire .
If Trump wins we can expect his administration to continue its escalations against Russia in retaliation for its 2020 “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wins we can expect his cabinet of Obama administration holdovers to ramp up escalations against China in the same way while Joe mumbles to himself off to the side as his brain turns to chowder .
–Caitlin Johnstone Can you really not see what ’ s happening ?
They are setting up the voting pawns to react regardless of the outcome , with potential violence that could lead to civil war , or even worse , another world war by blaming other countries for the election results .
If you are easily triggered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To actually believe your vote matters is the height of delusion .
We don ’ t choose the president or any of the other political puppets .
The Federal Reserve does , and they are trying to take over the world right now .
To assume they will allow you a say in the matter when they know all they have to do is tell you to vote , is naive .
They have already decided which puppet will win the selection .
We are being played like a grand piano and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media uses this type of propaganda to control the narrative .
They do this for the central banks and political puppets because all of those entities understand that whoever controls the narrative controls the world , and there is no amount of evil they won ’ t do to ensure that they continue to control the world .
The reason sociopaths are able to insert themselves so easily into positions of power and influence in human civilization is that highly manipulative people with no empathy quickly learn that society is dominated by narrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not understand this .
This must change before we will be able to create a healthy world .
We all have to wake up to what has been done to us .
There ’ s no other option unless you want to be a slave for the foreseeable future .
The best way to prepare at this point in human history is to be aware that this is a war for your mind .
There are no amount of preps I could suggest if you choose to remain blind to the reality that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a spiritual and mental battle .
Prepare by exercising critical thinking , and you ’ ll soon be able to see through the facade .

This time, it literally won’t matter who wins, loses, is selected, or elected. The elitists have already made it clear this election will be a contested one that will seal the division they seek in order to conquer us all. Now they are mixing in a potential world war narrative that should alert everyone that it’s all set up.
Back in April, journalist Caitlin Johnstone began alerting the public to the plans for this “election.” She said, “China’s gonna be so surprised when it finds out it interfered in the November election.” Now, three months ahead of schedule China is already getting its surprise, alongside Iran and Russia.
Mass media throughout the western world are uncritically passing along a press release from the US intelligence community because that’s what passes for journalism in a world where God is dead and everything is stupid. –Caitlin Johnstone
U.S. intelligence agencies say China and Iran are working to sway voters against Trump while Russia is working against Biden https://t.co/enFRpMEBkr — Bloomberg (@business) August 7, 2020
We have also been attempting to warn the public that this election is going to be one that will play us like fiddles. And yet, Americans, rather than stand up for real rights, liberty, and justice, will go vote in November, in an election that’s already been decided to they feel like they did their duty the ruling class told them they had to fulfill. They have already modeled this election, months before it will happen, just like they did with Event 201 for the coronavirus scamdemic.
Another Secret Model: A Contested 2020 Election
What this completely unsubstantiated narrative means, of course, is that no matter who wins in November America’s opaque government agencies will have already primed the nation for more dangerous escalations against countries which have resisted being absorbed into the blob of the US-centralized empire. If Trump wins we can expect his administration to continue its escalations against Russia in retaliation for its 2020 “election interference,” and if Biden wins we can expect his cabinet of Obama administration holdovers to ramp up escalations against China in the same way while Joe mumbles to himself off to the side as his brain turns to chowder. –Caitlin Johnstone
Can you really not see what’s happening? They are setting up the voting pawns to react regardless of the outcome, with potential violence that could lead to civil war, or even worse, another world war by blaming other countries for the election results. If you are easily triggered by political truths, stop reading here.
The dumbest thing about believing foreign nations are interfering in American democracy is believing America has any democracy to interfere with. The integrity of US elections ranks dead last among all western democracies, public opinion is constantly manipulated by the media-owning plutocratic class which has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo which keeps them rich and powerful, and it’s a two-headed one-party system where both corporate-owned parties advance the same establishment agendas. –Caitlin Johnstone
To actually believe your vote matters is the height of delusion. We don’t choose the president or any of the other political puppets. The Federal Reserve does, and they are trying to take over the world right now. To assume they will allow you a say in the matter when they know all they have to do is tell you to vote, is naive. They have already decided which puppet will win the selection.
We are being played like a grand piano and most have no idea.
The mainstream media uses this type of propaganda to control the narrative. They do this for the central banks and political puppets because all of those entities understand that whoever controls the narrative controls the world, and there is no amount of evil they won’t do to ensure that they continue to control the world.
The reason sociopaths are able to insert themselves so easily into positions of power and influence in human civilization is that highly manipulative people with no empathy quickly learn that society is dominated by narrative, while the rest of us do not understand this. This must change before we will be able to create a healthy world. We all have to wake up to what has been done to us. There’s no other option unless you want to be a slave for the foreseeable future.
The best way to prepare at this point in human history is to be aware that this is a war for your mind. There are no amount of preps I could suggest if you choose to remain blind to the reality that your perception is being altered. This is a spiritual and mental battle. Prepare by exercising critical thinking, and you’ll soon be able to see through the facade.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--The Big One?  San Andreas Fault Earthquake Swarms

In the aftermath of a recent swarm of earthquakes on the San Andreas fault , seismologists say the chance of larger quake is “ significantly elevated.
” The “ Big One ” is making headlines once again .
According to the U.S. Geological Survey , the dozens of tremors began in the early morning on Monday , ranging in size from a 2.6 magnitude quake to a 4.6 magnitude quake northwest of Palm Springs and the Salton Sea .
This swarm has reignited the fears of the “ big one.
” The area is overdue for a “ Big One.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fault are expected every 200 years on average , and the southern area has not seen action since 1680 to 1690 , according to a report by Fox News .
The swarm marks only the fourth time in almost 90 years of modern seismology records that such an incident has occurred in that part of the Golden State .
“ During this earthquake swarm , the probability of larger earthquakes in this region is significantly greater than usual .
The southernmost section of the San Andreas Fault is capable of rupturing in large-magnitude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last earthquake that strong was more than 300 years ago , ” the Geological Survey said in a Monday statement .
“ In a typical week , there is approximately a 1-in-10,000 chance of a magnitude 7+ earthquake on the southernmost San Andreas Fault .
That probability is significantly elevated while swarm activity remains high , ” they wrote .
A calculated 1-in-100 chance of a high-magnitude quake in the next week is a worrying rise from the normal 1-in-10,000 odds .
Earthquakes : What To Expect , What To Do During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Be prepared for anything .
While this could be fear-mongering , if you live in the area of this swarm , it may something you should pay attention to .
Get your bug out bag ready and make sure your entire family knows what to do if a massive earthquake hits .
Brace yourselves for a crazy end to 2020 .
I have no idea if there will be an earthquake or not on the San Andres , however , other events the mainstream media is attempting to control the narrative on will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s important to be as prepared as you can be for almost anything .

In the aftermath of a recent swarm of earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, seismologists say the chance of larger quake is “significantly elevated.” The “Big One” is making headlines once again.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the dozens of tremors began in the early morning on Monday, ranging in size from a 2.6 magnitude quake to a 4.6 magnitude quake northwest of Palm Springs and the Salton Sea. This swarm has reignited the fears of the “big one.”
The area is overdue for a “Big One.” Larger-scale quakes on the San Andreas Fault are expected every 200 years on average, and the southern area has not seen action since 1680 to 1690, according to a report by Fox News. The swarm marks only the fourth time in almost 90 years of modern seismology records that such an incident has occurred in that part of the Golden State.
“During this earthquake swarm, the probability of larger earthquakes in this region is significantly greater than usual. The southernmost section of the San Andreas Fault is capable of rupturing in large-magnitude earthquakes (magnitude 7+), but the last earthquake that strong was more than 300 years ago,” the Geological Survey said in a Monday statement.
“In a typical week, there is approximately a 1-in-10,000 chance of a magnitude 7+ earthquake on the southernmost San Andreas Fault. That probability is significantly elevated while swarm activity remains high,” they wrote. A calculated 1-in-100 chance of a high-magnitude quake in the next week is a worrying rise from the normal 1-in-10,000 odds.
Earthquakes: What To Expect, What To Do During A Quake, And How To Prepare
Be prepared for anything. While this could be fear-mongering, if you live in the area of this swarm, it may something you should pay attention to. Get your bug out bag ready and make sure your entire family knows what to do if a massive earthquake hits.
Forgetting Something? 5 Overlooked Bug Out Bag Items
Brace yourselves for a crazy end to 2020. I have no idea if there will be an earthquake or not on the San Andres, however, other events the mainstream media is attempting to control the narrative on will surface later this year, and it’s important to be as prepared as you can be for almost anything.
Article posted with permission from Mac Slavo


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Kamala Harris’ Wikipedia Page Scrubbed – Prosecutorial Record Wiped Out

True to form – Democrats outright lie , scrub and revise history in order to trick the American people .
It ’ s how they roll .
One person has made hundreds of edits to Kamala Harris ’ page in just a few months .
The pattern of rewrites and revisionism was first reported by The Intercept .
According to the revision history of the Harris article on Wikipedia , there have been 500 revisions to the page since May 9 , most of which have been made by one highly prolific editor .
That editor first started significantly changing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that led another editor to say on the Kamala Harris “ talk ” page , “ [ y ] ou seem to have gone through a database of press releases from Harris ’ s office , cataloging every single one and adding it to the article .
That is not how we write encyclopedic articles.
” California Democrat Senator Kamala Harris , a former presidential rival to Joe Biden and now a possible Vice-Presidential pick , has an interesting past that may not play well with the party ’ s woke Leftist base @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prosecutor and Attorney General of California included many controversial “ tough-on-crime ” incidents , and now they are being scrubbed from her Wikipedia page , as to not upset the Left ’ s voters .
The Intercept reported that her decision to support Orange County prosecutors for “ rampant misconduct ” and her saying that “ it is not progressive to be soft on crime ” could turn off voters should she get on the national stage as the Vice-Presidential nominee .
According to the Intercept : At least one highly dedicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Harris ’ s “ tough-on-crime ” record from her Wikipedia page , her decision not to prosecute Steve Mnuchin for mortgage fraud-related crimes , her strong support of prosecutors in Orange County who engaged in rampant misconduct , and other tidbits — such as her previous assertion that “ it is not progressive to be soft on crime ” — that could prove unflattering to Harris as the public first gets to know her on the national stage .
The edits , according to the page history , have elicited strong pushback @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and have drawn the page into controversy , though it ’ s a fight the pro-Harris editor is currently winning .
The piece continues that on June 11 , the Wikipedia user removed this section about the Orange County scandal , saying that they were proofreading for length : Later that year , Harris appealed a judge ’ s order to take over the prosecution of a high-profile mass murder case and to eject all 250 prosecutors from the Orange County District Attorney ’ s office over allegations of misconduct by Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alleged to have illegally employed jailhouse informants and concealed evidence .
Harris noted that it was unnecessary to ban all 250 prosecutors from working on the case , as only a few had been directly involved , later promising a narrower criminal investigation .
The U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation into Rackauckas in December 2016 , but he was not re-elected .
The Intercept also talks about how Harris ’ s first bid for public office running for San Francisco DA , where she lambasted her opponent , Terence Hallinan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : In her first bid for public office , Harris embraced a “ tough-on-crime ” approach in the San Francisco district attorney race and unseated Terence Hallinan , who was considered one of the “ most left-wing politicians in the country.
” Under Hallinan , the district attorney ’ s office focused on rehabilitative justice initiatives instead of incarceration , which led to the lowest felony conviction rates of any county in California .
While campaigning in the Mission District , SF Weekly reported at the time , Harris slammed Hallinan for failing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It is not progressive to be soft on crime , ” she said .
On June 8 , the Wikipedia user removed this quote from the page , saying that the changes made were “ minor edits for length.
” Kamala , in reality , is obviously on the hard Left , but it is still truly telling that they would seemingly rather people in power who would rather let criminals run wild than crack down on them .

True to form – Democrats outright lie, scrub and revise history in order to trick the American people. It’s how they roll.
One person has made hundreds of edits to Kamala Harris’ page in just a few months.
An online battle has erupted over the Wikipedia page for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., with a significant uptick in edits that reflects a pattern that’s been seen ahead of past vice-presidential announcements and led Wikipedia to put the page under “discretionary sanctions.”
The pattern of rewrites and revisionism was first reported by The Intercept. According to the revision history of the Harris article on Wikipedia, there have been 500 revisions to the page since May 9, most of which have been made by one highly prolific editor.
That editor first started significantly changing the article in April, making additions that led another editor to say on the Kamala Harris “talk” page, “[y]ou seem to have gone through a database of press releases from Harris’s office, cataloging every single one and adding it to the article. That is not how we write encyclopedic articles.”
Attempted Erasing of Kamala Harris’s Prosecutorial Record From Wikipedia
By Jeremy Frankel, Bongino, July 2020:
California Democrat Senator Kamala Harris, a former presidential rival to Joe Biden and now a possible Vice-Presidential pick, has an interesting past that may not play well with the party’s woke Leftist base.
Harris’s former career as a prosecutor and Attorney General of California included many controversial “tough-on-crime” incidents, and now they are being scrubbed from her Wikipedia page, as to not upset the Left’s voters. The Intercept reported that her decision to support Orange County prosecutors for “rampant misconduct” and her saying that “it is not progressive to be soft on crime” could turn off voters should she get on the national stage as the Vice-Presidential nominee.
According to the Intercept:
At least one highly dedicated Wikipedia user has been scrubbing controversial aspects of Harris’s “tough-on-crime” record from her Wikipedia page, her decision not to prosecute Steve Mnuchin for mortgage fraud-related crimes, her strong support of prosecutors in Orange County who engaged in rampant misconduct, and other tidbits — such as her previous assertion that “it is not progressive to be soft on crime” — that could prove unflattering to Harris as the public first gets to know her on the national stage. The edits, according to the page history, have elicited strong pushback from Wikipedia’s volunteer editor brigade, and have drawn the page into controversy, though it’s a fight the pro-Harris editor is currently winning.
The piece continues that on June 11, the Wikipedia user removed this section about the Orange County scandal, saying that they were proofreading for length:
Later that year, Harris appealed a judge’s order to take over the prosecution of a high-profile mass murder case and to eject all 250 prosecutors from the Orange County District Attorney’s office over allegations of misconduct by Republican D.A. Tony Rackauckas. Rackauckas was alleged to have illegally employed jailhouse informants and concealed evidence. Harris noted that it was unnecessary to ban all 250 prosecutors from working on the case, as only a few had been directly involved, later promising a narrower criminal investigation. The U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation into Rackauckas in December 2016, but he was not re-elected.
The Intercept also talks about how Harris’s first bid for public office running for San Francisco DA, where she lambasted her opponent, Terence Hallinan, for not being tough enough on crime:
In her first bid for public office, Harris embraced a “tough-on-crime” approach in the San Francisco district attorney race and unseated Terence Hallinan, who was considered one of the “most left-wing politicians in the country.” Under Hallinan, the district attorney’s office focused on rehabilitative justice initiatives instead of incarceration, which led to the lowest felony conviction rates of any county in California.
While campaigning in the Mission District, SF Weekly reported at the time, Harris slammed Hallinan for failing to prosecute anti-war protesters for property destruction. “It is not progressive to be soft on crime,” she said.
On June 8, the Wikipedia user removed this quote from the page, saying that the changes made were “minor edits for length.”
Kamala, in reality, is obviously on the hard Left, but it is still truly telling that they would seemingly rather people in power who would rather let criminals run wild than crack down on them.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--War Against The Core:  Satanism, Earth Worship & UN Indoctrination Coming Into Public Schools

War Against The Core : Satanism , Earth Worship & UN Indoctrination Coming Into Public Schools If you think you have no socialism already present in America , please pay attention .
You do , I do..we all do !
Our window of opportunity to fight this WILL NOT depend on our current Administration or future Administrations .
If socialism doesn ’ t bother you , as far as your children from EVERY aspect of living and education , being exposed , then I hope the Gaia/Satanic/UN proof will !
Articles and websites mentioned in this episode .
Link to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Billy Graham will be there ) https : //www.lausanne.org/our- legacy How Lausanne Covenant is working with the UN ’ s SDGs in Jesus ’ name : https : //www.lausanne.org/ content/lga/2020-01/following- jesus-globally Link to article about Occupy Wall Street helping the fallacious ‘ school choice ’ Opt Out movement : https : //www.washingtonpost .
com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/ education-activists-seek-to- collaborate-with-occupy-wall- street/2011/10/15/gIQAbrDZmL_ blog.html Link to Occupy Wall Street being tied to Antifa : https : //legalinsurrection .
com/2020/08/group-behind- occupy-wall-street-planning- 50-day-white-house-siege- through-election-day/ Link to CCSS aligned curriculum using Occupy Wall Street for social justice change agents in education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : https : //learning.blogs .
nytimes.com/2011/10/11/who- are-the-99-ways-to-teach- about-occupy-wall-street/ Google Drive Document with more CCSS aligned social justice ( based off Occupy Wall Street **Note : if you can ’ t open it , let me know ahead of time so I can email it to you . )
: https : //drive.google.com/file/ d/ 1cPiR7zwzsIBrWAZAeiicWH3pem6y- XIH/view Article was published 6/17/2020 by Toni Harrison , if the link wants to act up .
Here ’ s a very ‘ politically correct ’ take on emoji use : https : //www.refinery29.com/en- us/2017/12/176027/white- people-black-emojis-skin-tone- racism This website @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of the Instagram images : https : //blog.emojipedia.org/ emojis-of-blacklivesmatter/ Lastly , this one supports emoji use can be automatic racism if used incorrectly : https : //a-desk.org/en/ magazine/racismo-por-defecto- los-emojis-la-normatividad-y- el-big-fail-del-usuario- universal-predeterminado/ # Occupy Literature !
_ Lasting Lessons of the Occupy Movement by Tim Brown on Scribd Partner with us as a Son or Daughter of Liberty : https : //thesonsofliberty.squarespace.com/membership/ Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

War Against The Core: Satanism, Earth Worship & UN Indoctrination Coming Into Public Schools
If you think you have no socialism already present in America, please pay attention. You do, I do..we all do! Our window of opportunity to fight this WILL NOT depend on our current Administration or future Administrations. If socialism doesn’t bother you, as far as your children from EVERY aspect of living and education, being exposed, then I hope the Gaia/Satanic/UN proof will!
Articles and websites mentioned in this episode.
http://arkofhope.org/
Link to the History of Lausanne Covenant (Rev. Billy Graham will be there)
https://www.lausanne.org/our- legacy
How Lausanne Covenant is working with the UN’s SDGs in Jesus’ name:
https://www.lausanne.org/ content/lga/2020-01/following- jesus-globally
Link to UN Dec. of Human Rights:
https://www.un.org/en/ universal-declaration-human- rights/
Link to article about Occupy Wall Street helping the fallacious ‘school choice’ Opt Out movement:
https://www.washingtonpost. com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/ education-activists-seek-to- collaborate-with-occupy-wall- street/2011/10/15/gIQAbrDZmL_ blog.html
Link to Occupy Wall Street being tied to Antifa:
https://legalinsurrection. com/2020/08/group-behind- occupy-wall-street-planning- 50-day-white-house-siege- through-election-day/
Link to CCSS aligned curriculum using Occupy Wall Street for social justice change agents in education (even used in community settings):
https://learning.blogs. nytimes.com/2011/10/11/who- are-the-99-ways-to-teach- about-occupy-wall-street/
Google Drive Document with more CCSS aligned social justice (based off Occupy Wall Street **Note: if you can’t open it, let me know ahead of time so I can email it to you.):
https://drive.google.com/file/ d/ 1cPiR7zwzsIBrWAZAeiicWH3pem6y- XIH/view
Link to Occupy Wall Street curricula from higher education:
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article= 2423&context=ulj
https://www.prnewsonline.com/ identifiers-emojis-diversity
Article was published 6/17/2020 by Toni Harrison, if the link wants to act up.
Here’s a very ‘politically correct’ take on emoji use:
https://www.refinery29.com/en- us/2017/12/176027/white- people-black-emojis-skin-tone- racism
This website, if I remember correctly, was part of the Instagram images:
https://blog.emojipedia.org/ emojis-of-blacklivesmatter/
Lastly, this one supports emoji use can be automatic racism if used incorrectly:
https://a-desk.org/en/ magazine/racismo-por-defecto- los-emojis-la-normatividad-y- el-big-fail-del-usuario- universal-predeterminado/
#Occupy Literature!_ Lasting Lessons of the Occupy Movement by Tim Brown on Scribd
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Food Bank Strains Emerge As Economy Falls Off Fiscal Cliff

There is no recovery .
No man is coming to save you , including many people ’ s political idol , President Donald Trump .
We continue in downward spiral and it isn ’ t just the fault of Democrats .
After all , President Trump set forward the guidelines in this entire coronavirus hoax .
But he is not fully to blame .
Yet , pretty soon , the united States is going to learn that not only is God ’ s Word true , regarding His judgments ( Deuteronomy 28 ; Leviticus 26 ) , but that what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go without justice as we are moving towards what can only be explained as a period of famine in the land of plenty .
Tyler Durden has the story at Zero Hedge .
The latest economic data suggest the US recovery stalled .
One look at the Citi US econ surprise index , as of this week , shows the recovery ran out of steam last month .
A fiscal cliff is already underway , set to enter the second week on Friday ( Aug. 14 ) as tens of millions of Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their stimulus checks .
The recovery , so far , is a massive economic sugar rush , entirely a function of the Trump administration on a reckless spending spree .
One way the administration can artificially supercharge consumption is through issuing direct transfer payments to the working poor .
The extra money has been used by households to pay down credit card bills , put food on the table , and pay housing expenses , while others used the free money to buy automobiles and FANG stocks .
President Trump signed an executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ round of stimulus checks of approximately $ 400 per week , a reduction from the $ 600 federal aid seen in the first round from March to the end of July .
Massive federal spending has transformed America into a welfare state under the GOP watch .
Tea Party politicians aren ’ t pleased with the Republican establishment ’ s wild spending spree .
With a fiscal cliff coming up on the second week , tens of millions of folks are unable to consume because they are insolvent and jobless , and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government .
We ’ ve noted before , a quarter of all household income is derived from the government .
And with no stimulus checks in the mail , that means Americans are returning to food banks .
Claudia Raymer , who manages a network of food-security groups in Ohio County , West Virginia , told Bloomberg when stimulus checks stopped arriving in late July , there was an immediate impact on households , resulting in rising food bank activity among the working poor .
See : 177 Different Ways to Generate Extra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ damaging in lower-income communities ( than major metros ) , such as small towns in West Virginia , where folks were being paid handsomely by the federal government to sit at home .
The problem is , once the payments end , consumption plunges , and the local communities return to a recessionary environment .
With federal aid already running out for the stimulus program , the fiscal cliff has already been realized in West Virginia : Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday the next round of stimulus checks could take a couple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggest households might not receive their stimulus checks until the end of August .
Days before the stimulus program ended ( late July ) , a sizeable food bank line appeared in Baltimore , Maryland .
The economic crisis is far from over .
Households are entirely screwed as depressionary unemployment levels will continue into the election .
Many folks are dependent on direct transfer payments from the government and food banks for survival .
Who would ’ ve ever thought this would be the case in the “ greatest economy ever .
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There is no recovery. No man is coming to save you, including many people’s political idol, President Donald Trump. We continue in downward spiral and it isn’t just the fault of Democrats. After all, President Trump set forward the guidelines in this entire coronavirus hoax. But he is not fully to blame. Yet, pretty soon, the united States is going to learn that not only is God’s Word true, regarding His judgments (Deuteronomy 28; Leviticus 26), but that what we have been saying about letting lawlessness go without justice as we are moving towards what can only be explained as a period of famine in the land of plenty.
Tyler Durden has the story at Zero Hedge.
The latest economic data suggest the US recovery stalled. One look at the Citi US econ surprise index, as of this week, shows the recovery ran out of steam last month. A fiscal cliff is already underway, set to enter the second week on Friday (Aug. 14) as tens of millions of Americans are unemployed and have yet to receive their stimulus checks.
The recovery, so far, is a massive economic sugar rush, entirely a function of the Trump administration on a reckless spending spree. One way the administration can artificially supercharge consumption is through issuing direct transfer payments to the working poor. The extra money has been used by households to pay down credit card bills, put food on the table, and pay housing expenses, while others used the free money to buy automobiles and FANG stocks.
President Trump signed an executive order over the weekend to fund another round of stimulus checks of approximately $400 per week, a reduction from the $600 federal aid seen in the first round from March to the end of July.
Massive federal spending has transformed America into a welfare state under the GOP watch. Tea Party politicians aren’t pleased with the Republican establishment’s wild spending spree.
With a fiscal cliff coming up on the second week, tens of millions of folks are unable to consume because they are insolvent and jobless, and their amount of consumption is dependent on the government. We’ve noted before, a quarter of all household income is derived from the government. And with no stimulus checks in the mail, that means Americans are returning to food banks.
Claudia Raymer, who manages a network of food-security groups in Ohio County, West Virginia, told Bloomberg when stimulus checks stopped arriving in late July, there was an immediate impact on households, resulting in rising food bank activity among the working poor.
The fiscal cliff will be more damaging in lower-income communities (than major metros), such as small towns in West Virginia, where folks were being paid handsomely by the federal government to sit at home. The problem is, once the payments end, consumption plunges, and the local communities return to a recessionary environment. With federal aid already running out for the stimulus program, the fiscal cliff has already been realized in West Virginia:
“We’ve definitely already seen food-security needs increase, just in a week, since the extra unemployment has ended,” Raymer said.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday the next round of stimulus checks could take a couple of weeks to distribute, which would suggest households might not receive their stimulus checks until the end of August.
Days before the stimulus program ended (late July), a sizeable food bank line appeared in Baltimore, Maryland.
behind the scenes: food bank line in Baltimore just getting started – a lot of hungry and broke families as fiscal cliff begins pic.twitter.com/30C1OBJDSP https://twitter.com/StockBoardAsset/status/1287360649589383168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The economic crisis is far from over. Households are entirely screwed as depressionary unemployment levels will continue into the election. Many folks are dependent on direct transfer payments from the government and food banks for survival. Who would’ve ever thought this would be the case in the “greatest economy ever.”


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Millions Of Acres Of Crops In Central US Destroyed By Series Of Historic Disasters

Millions Of Acres Of Crops In Central US Destroyed By Series Of Historic Disasters While the mainstream media focuses on the upcoming election , COVID-19 and the endless protests going on in our major cities , another great tragedy is unfolding all across the middle of the country .
A nightmarish drought , horrific flooding along the Mississippi River and a giant “ derecho ” that just hit the farm belt have combined to make this one of the toughest years for farmers ever .
And this comes at a particularly bad time because the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already created periodic shortages of certain items around the nation .
We definitely could have used an uneventful growing season this year , and unfortunately , we didn ’ t get it .
On Monday , an absolutely massive “ derecho ” roared through the Midwest .
According to USA Today , the storm had winds of up to 112 miles per hour… Most hurricanes don ’ t have winds that high once they finally reach shore , and I have personally never experienced wind speeds of such magnitude .
Needless to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastation .
According to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds , approximately 10 million acres of crops were destroyed in Iowa alone… Early estimates say the derecho flattened at least one-third of Iowa ’ s crops – about 10 million acres , according to Iowa Gov .
Kim Reynolds .
In addition , tens of millions of bushels of grain that were stored at co-ops and on farms were damaged or destroyed as bins blew away .
And it rocked Marshalltown , Iowa , where an EF-3 tornado destroyed the town ’ s business district @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 99 mph , Monday ’ s storm damaged some businesses that had recently recovered , even damaging the scaffolding being used to repair the historic courthouse dome .
I can ’ t remember a storm ever causing this much damage in the middle of the summer .
If about 10 million acres were flattened just in Iowa , how many more acres did this storm destroy in Nebraska , Wisconsin , Indiana and Illinois ?
Sadly , this one storm is going to completely financially ruin some farmers .
For example , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that could potentially exceed one million dollars… How would you feel if you lost a million dollars because of one storm ?
Further south , many farmers along the southern Mississippi Delta have already had their growing seasons wiped out by historic flooding for the second year in a row… The flooding of 2019 was a complete and utter nightmare , and this was the year when the recovery was supposed to begin .
But instead , “ hundreds of thousands of acres ” are currently entirely buried by water… Meanwhile , countless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruined by a crippling drought .
I know that many of you are reading this article and are thinking that what I am saying sounds contradictory .
After all , how can there be severe flooding and severe drought at the same time ?
I know that this sounds very strange , but it is actually happening .
We are witnessing severe flooding right along the Mississippi River , and at the same time historic drought conditions are creating massive problems across much of the western half of the nation .
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions in some areas have already become the worst “ in almost a decade ” … Things are particularly bad in the Southwest , and this is making life very difficult for many ranchers… If you look at the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map , you will see that the drought is the worst in the areas where the original “ Dust Bowl ” developed back in the 1930s .
Those that follow my work regularly know that I have been warning about a return of “ the Dust Bowl ” for many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to happen .
2020 seems to be a year when the bad news never ends .
First , we were hit by the worst public health crisis in 100 years , then the U.S. economy collapsed , then massive riots erupted in our major cities , and now farms are being absolutely devastated all across the United States .
All throughout 2019 , I warned that a “ perfect storm ” was coming , and what we have experienced so far is just the leading edge of that storm .
So I would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the month of August to get prepared for what is ahead , because the month of September is almost here , and the presidential election is right around the corner .

Millions Of Acres Of Crops In Central US Destroyed By Series Of Historic Disasters
While the mainstream media focuses on the upcoming election, COVID-19 and the endless protests going on in our major cities, another great tragedy is unfolding all across the middle of the country. A nightmarish drought, horrific flooding along the Mississippi River and a giant “derecho” that just hit the farm belt have combined to make this one of the toughest years for farmers ever. And this comes at a particularly bad time because the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on food distribution systems has already created periodic shortages of certain items around the nation. We definitely could have used an uneventful growing season this year, and unfortunately, we didn’t get it.
On Monday, an absolutely massive “derecho” roared through the Midwest. According to USA Today, the storm had winds of up to 112 miles per hour…
The storm had winds of up to 112 mph near Cedar Rapids, Iowa – as powerful as an inland hurricane – as it tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois, including Chicago and its suburbs.
Most hurricanes don’t have winds that high once they finally reach shore, and I have personally never experienced wind speeds of such magnitude.
Needless to say, this very unusual storm caused immense devastation. According to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, approximately 10 million acres of crops were destroyed in Iowa alone…
Early estimates say the derecho flattened at least one-third of Iowa’s crops – about 10 million acres, according to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. In addition, tens of millions of bushels of grain that were stored at co-ops and on farms were damaged or destroyed as bins blew away. And it rocked Marshalltown, Iowa, where an EF-3 tornado destroyed the town’s business district just two years ago. With winds of 99 mph, Monday’s storm damaged some businesses that had recently recovered, even damaging the scaffolding being used to repair the historic courthouse dome.
I can’t remember a storm ever causing this much damage in the middle of the summer.
If about 10 million acres were flattened just in Iowa, how many more acres did this storm destroy in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois?
Sadly, this one storm is going to completely financially ruin some farmers. For example, Iowa farmer Tim Bardole is facing losses that could potentially exceed one million dollars…
Corn that used to stand upright on Bardole’s farm is now laying on its side. Some stalks snapped off, others ripped out of the ground at the roots. Bardole estimated he’ll be out $200 an acre, which is $500,000 total. Worst-case scenario, that could go up to $500 per acre. That would equate to $1.25 million.
How would you feel if you lost a million dollars because of one storm?
Further south, many farmers along the southern Mississippi Delta have already had their growing seasons wiped out by historic flooding for the second year in a row…
The southern Mississippi Delta is home to some of the most fertile farmland in the United States. But not a single crop of soybeans, cotton, corn, or rice has been planted at many farms in the region — one of the poorest in the country.
This wasn’t supposed to happen.
The flooding of 2019 was a complete and utter nightmare, and this was the year when the recovery was supposed to begin. But instead, “hundreds of thousands of acres” are currently entirely buried by water…
For the second year in a row, widespread flooding has left hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland underwater, ruining entire harvests. And now, with their fields submerged, farmers are bracing for another year of no income.
Meanwhile, countless other farmers are having their growing seasons ruined by a crippling drought.
I know that many of you are reading this article and are thinking that what I am saying sounds contradictory.
After all, how can there be severe flooding and severe drought at the same time?
I know that this sounds very strange, but it is actually happening. We are witnessing severe flooding right along the Mississippi River, and at the same time historic drought conditions are creating massive problems across much of the western half of the nation.
In fact, we are being told that drought conditions in some areas have already become the worst “in almost a decade”…
Drought conditions throughout the country are reaching their worst levels in almost a decade. This summer, drought has hit large portions of the United States, especially slamming key pasture and ranges for ranchers. But crops are also seeing downward trends in quality thanks to the hot, dry weather.
Things are particularly bad in the Southwest, and this is making life very difficult for many ranchers…
The worst-hit section of the country, with the highest levels of drought, are in cattle country: West Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. That’s led to really damaged, dry topsoil and grazing land, which could force ranchers to invest in other feeding options for livestock. Only 36 percent of the country’s pasture and range land is rated good or excellent; 30 percent is rated poor or very poor, reports FarmFutures.
If you look at the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, you will see that the drought is the worst in the areas where the original “Dust Bowl” developed back in the 1930s. Those that follow my work regularly know that I have been warning about a return of “the Dust Bowl” for many years, and now it is starting to happen.
2020 seems to be a year when the bad news never ends. First, we were hit by the worst public health crisis in 100 years, then the U.S. economy collapsed, then massive riots erupted in our major cities, and now farms are being absolutely devastated all across the United States.
All throughout 2019, I warned that a “perfect storm” was coming, and what we have experienced so far is just the leading edge of that storm.
So I would encourage you to use the relative tranquility of the month of August to get prepared for what is ahead, because the month of September is almost here, and the presidential election is right around the corner.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Planned Parenthood Continues To Get More Than 600 Million Dollars A Year From Federal Government

The amount of funding that Planned Parenthood receives from the federal government continues to explode .
When Barack Obama ’ s second term ended , Planned Parenthood was getting about 500 million dollars from the federal government each year , but now that number has risen to more than 600 million dollars each year .
As a candidate for president in 2016 , Donald Trump said that he would defund Planned Parenthood , but that has not happened .
In fact , it is not even an issue that is being debated on the national stage in 2020 .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with money from the federal government no matter who wins the election in November , and hardly anyone in America is still talking about how deeply wrong this is .
Planned Parenthood gets more money from the federal government than anyone else by far .
If that funding ever stopped , more than a third of Planned Parenthood ’ s budget would be wiped out and the organization would instantly be in massive financial trouble .
By handing them hundreds of millions of dollars a year , the federal government is implicitly endorsing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a national disgrace which will never be erased .
Of course , some people are pointing to the fact that Planned Parenthood is no longer receiving Title X funding as a major victory .
Last year , new regulations instituted by the Trump administration caused Planned Parenthood to decide to opt out of the Title X program… Title X is a federal program that focuses on providing family planning and related preventive services to low-income Americans at little or no cost .
Last week , Planned Parenthood announced that rather than comply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regulations relating to Title X ’ s federal family planning program , the abortion giant would stop participating in the program altogether unless the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in to block the regulations .
The court did no such thing , and now Planned Parenthood will no longer participate in the program .
By opting out of Title X , Planned Parenthood lost about 60 million dollars a year .
And that is certainly a good thing .
But that reduction in funding has been more than made up for by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The following comes from a piece authored by Warren Cole Smith… In Planned Parenthood ’ s FY 2018 , the first year that would reflect a Trump Administration budget , Planned Parenthood received about $ 563.8-million in taxpayer funding .
That level was a record for any administration in history , significantly more funding than Planned Parenthood got during any year of the Obama Administration .
In fact , during the last year of the Obama Administration , funding had actually dropped by about $ 10-million , to the lowest level since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump Administration broke its own record by a wide margin .
Government reimbursements and grants to Planned Parenthood went up by more than $ 50-million , to $ 616.8-million .
That funding level represents the single largest one-year jump in funding for Planned Parenthood in history .
So what this means is that Planned Parenthood is getting much more money from the federal government under the Trump administration than it ever did under the Obama administration .
Just think about that for a moment .
I used to tell people that it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was getting about 500 million dollars a year under the Obama administration , but until I did some research I did not even realize that Planned Parenthood is now getting more than 600 million dollars a year from the federal government under the Trump administration .
So yes , we should be thankful that Planned Parenthood has opted out of Title X funding , but with overall federal funding still rising we are in even worse shape then we were before .
I really like how Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins summarized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican members of Congress have gotten our votes by pledging to be “ pro-life ” , but every year most of those Republicans vote for budget bills that give Planned Parenthood hundreds of millions of dollars .
Every time they vote for such budget bills , they are literally cursing America .
I have said it before and I will say it again .
You are not “ pro-life ” if you support budgets that fund Planned Parenthood .
This is not just another political issue .
Since Roe v. Wade was decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children have been killed in America ’ s abortion clinics .
Globally , more than 1.5 billion children have been slaughtered over the past 50 years .
That is a crime against humanity that is unmatched in all of human history .
This should be a central issue this election season because if we stay on the path that we are currently on the United States of America is no longer going to exist .
The only hope we have for national survival is to stop killing babies on an industrial scale .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are going to get away with it ?
If so , I would love to hear your reasoning .
More than 60 million children have already died , more are dying every single day , and the vast majority of Americans treat this issue like it is no big deal .
And our “ pro-life ” politicians keep forking over giant mountains of money to the people primarily responsible for doing the killing year after year .
There is no possible way that this is going to end well , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .

The amount of funding that Planned Parenthood receives from the federal government continues to explode. When Barack Obama’s second term ended, Planned Parenthood was getting about 500 million dollars from the federal government each year, but now that number has risen to more than 600 million dollars each year. As a candidate for president in 2016, Donald Trump said that he would defund Planned Parenthood, but that has not happened. In fact, it is not even an issue that is being debated on the national stage in 2020. So Planned Parenthood will continue to be showered with money from the federal government no matter who wins the election in November, and hardly anyone in America is still talking about how deeply wrong this is.
Planned Parenthood gets more money from the federal government than anyone else by far. If that funding ever stopped, more than a third of Planned Parenthood’s budget would be wiped out and the organization would instantly be in massive financial trouble.
By handing them hundreds of millions of dollars a year, the federal government is implicitly endorsing what they are doing, and that is a national disgrace which will never be erased.
Of course, some people are pointing to the fact that Planned Parenthood is no longer receiving Title X funding as a major victory. Last year, new regulations instituted by the Trump administration caused Planned Parenthood to decide to opt out of the Title X program…
Title X is a federal program that focuses on providing family planning and related preventive services to low-income Americans at little or no cost. Last week, Planned Parenthood announced that rather than comply with the Trump administration’s new regulations relating to Title X’s federal family planning program, the abortion giant would stop participating in the program altogether unless the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stepped in to block the regulations. The court did no such thing, and now Planned Parenthood will no longer participate in the program.
By opting out of Title X, Planned Parenthood lost about 60 million dollars a year.
And that is certainly a good thing.
But that reduction in funding has been more than made up for by a massive increase in other federal funding. The following comes from a piece authored by Warren Cole Smith…
In Planned Parenthood’s FY 2018, the first year that would reflect a Trump Administration budget, Planned Parenthood received about $563.8-million in taxpayer funding. That level was a record for any administration in history, significantly more funding than Planned Parenthood got during any year of the Obama Administration. In fact, during the last year of the Obama Administration, funding had actually dropped by about $10-million, to the lowest level since 2014. But in 2019, the Trump Administration broke its own record by a wide margin. Government reimbursements and grants to Planned Parenthood went up by more than $50-million, to $616.8-million. That funding level represents the single largest one-year jump in funding for Planned Parenthood in history.
So what this means is that Planned Parenthood is getting much more money from the federal government under the Trump administration than it ever did under the Obama administration.
Just think about that for a moment.
I used to tell people that it was such a horrible thing that Planned Parenthood was getting about 500 million dollars a year under the Obama administration, but until I did some research I did not even realize that Planned Parenthood is now getting more than 600 million dollars a year from the federal government under the Trump administration.
So yes, we should be thankful that Planned Parenthood has opted out of Title X funding, but with overall federal funding still rising we are in even worse shape then we were before. I really like how Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins summarized where things currently stand…
“The Trump Administration needs to uphold their promise to pro-life Americans and re-direct all current taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, to community health care centers that practice only non-violent healthcare. While we are grateful the Trump administration cut off the abortion Goliath’s illegal access to Title X funding, $600 million is left to go. The nation’s number one abortion vendor broke all previous records in taking money from taxpayers this year. Our Healthcare dollars should be invested with those who extend life and end suffering, not kill for a living,” she observed.
For decades, Republican members of Congress have gotten our votes by pledging to be “pro-life”, but every year most of those Republicans vote for budget bills that give Planned Parenthood hundreds of millions of dollars.
Every time they vote for such budget bills, they are literally cursing America.
I have said it before and I will say it again. You are not “pro-life” if you support budgets that fund Planned Parenthood.
This is not just another political issue. Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, more than 60 million children have been killed in America’s abortion clinics.
Globally, more than 1.5 billion children have been slaughtered over the past 50 years. That is a crime against humanity that is unmatched in all of human history.
This should be a central issue this election season because if we stay on the path that we are currently on the United States of America is no longer going to exist.
The only hope we have for national survival is to stop killing babies on an industrial scale.
Does anyone out there actually believe that we are going to get away with it? If so, I would love to hear your reasoning.
More than 60 million children have already died, more are dying every single day, and the vast majority of Americans treat this issue like it is no big deal.
And our “pro-life” politicians keep forking over giant mountains of money to the people primarily responsible for doing the killing year after year.
There is no possible way that this is going to end well, and I think that most of you already realize that.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Biden Selected, Not Elected – Look For The Dirtiest Election In US History

The Biden campaign and the DNC finally announced Kamala Harris as their Vice President pick .
Joe Biden had nothing to do with the decision since he isn ’ t mentally capable of making that choice , given he is in full-blown Dementia and getting worse each passing day .
This is due in part to his two brain surgeries in 1988 , the first to repair an aneurism in an artery that supplies blood to the right side of the brain , the second was a precautionary surgical procedure .
These surgeries certainly didn ’ t help him in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As it is , Biden is hardly able to put a sentence together and is clearly more deteriorated than he was at the beginning of his campaign in 2019 .
Everyone in the government of all political parties and most of the voting public knows Biden isn ’ t capable of holding down a job at a gift shop , much less holding the toughest job in the world of being the president of the United States .
Biden has only reached as far as he has by a planned design of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a figurehead for their presidential candidate .
Then later , they have him supposedly pick a VP running mate who is the real presidential candidate and have him either drop out of the race or quickly resign after getting elected .
This plan also allows full-blown Socialists like Bernie Sanders and AOC to become integral parts of the new anti-American Regime .
This elaborate plan by the Left could never have been possible with a fair election process , hence why there are so many cases of voter fraud and manipulation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of just how dirty the elections process has become in this country is Biden beating Sanders in the primary .
Biden has struggled in every rally he has had to even get over 100 people in attendance , while Sanders has had thousands at every one of his .
This in itself says there is no way Biden could have beat Sanders at the polls .
In a fair election , Biden would have been lucky to win one state .
Kamala Harris was so disliked by voters , donors , and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bid in the early going in 2019 , which speaks volumes for her support as VP and likely presidential candidate , now .
So , we have the Biden/Harris ticket , two of the most unpopular people with voters to ever run for the Oval Office , who got to where they are by being selected , not elected .
The Socialist Left is even more confident of winning this November than they were in 16 when Obama had the Department of Homeland Security rig electronic ballots in most major cities under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton win .
In hopes of sealing the deal of a win by completely rigging the ballots , the Dems are pushing for an all-mail-in election in November .
This , despite the massive evidence that mail-in ballots are very easily manipulated to favor a certain candidate or ballot measure .
The only way to defeat the Socialist coup attempt at the ballot box in November is for everyone who believes in the United States as a sovereign constitutional nation , independent of the NWO globalist influence of the United Nations to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought they had the 16 elections in the bag for Clinton , by having every major city ’ s ballots rigged for her , but we managed to defeat them by having massive turnouts in all rural areas of the country .
They have had 4 years to perfect their massive voter fraud and manipulation since then , thus a Donald Trump win is even going to be harder to come by this time around .
This is why it is essential for everyone who believes in America to get out and vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in such numbers for President Trump that it overwhelms the system .
This is the only way to save the US from a total takeover from Nazi core Socialists , who want to transform the country into a totalitarian Hell hole .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

The Biden campaign and the DNC finally announced Kamala Harris as their Vice President pick. Joe Biden had nothing to do with the decision since he isn’t mentally capable of making that choice, given he is in full-blown Dementia and getting worse each passing day. This is due in part to his two brain surgeries in 1988, the first to repair an aneurism in an artery that supplies blood to the right side of the brain, the second was a precautionary surgical procedure. These surgeries certainly didn’t help him in his current state of mental deterioration. As it is, Biden is hardly able to put a sentence together and is clearly more deteriorated than he was at the beginning of his campaign in 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/ 05/04/us/biden-resting-after- surgery-for-second-brain- aneurysm.html
Everyone in the government of all political parties and most of the voting public knows Biden isn’t capable of holding down a job at a gift shop, much less holding the toughest job in the world of being the president of the United States.
Biden has only reached as far as he has by a planned design of the Socialist Left in which they chose him as a figurehead for their presidential candidate. Then later, they have him supposedly pick a VP running mate who is the real presidential candidate and have him either drop out of the race or quickly resign after getting elected. This plan also allows full-blown Socialists like Bernie Sanders and AOC to become integral parts of the new anti-American Regime.
This elaborate plan by the Left could never have been possible with a fair election process, hence why there are so many cases of voter fraud and manipulation in the 3-19/2020 primaries.
https://www.heritage.org/ voterfraud/search?state=CA
The main example of just how dirty the elections process has become in this country is Biden beating Sanders in the primary. Biden has struggled in every rally he has had to even get over 100 people in attendance, while Sanders has had thousands at every one of his. This in itself says there is no way Biden could have beat Sanders at the polls. In a fair election, Biden would have been lucky to win one state.
Kamala Harris was so disliked by voters, donors, and other support bases that she suspended her presidential bid in the early going in 2019, which speaks volumes for her support as VP and likely presidential candidate, now.
https://reason.com/2019/12/03/ harris-suspends-campaign-puts- presidential-ambitions-in- lockup/
So, we have the Biden/Harris ticket, two of the most unpopular people with voters to ever run for the Oval Office, who got to where they are by being selected, not elected. The Socialist Left is even more confident of winning this November than they were in 16 when Obama had the Department of Homeland Security rig electronic ballots in most major cities under the guise of preventing election fraud for a Clinton win.
http://www.conservativehq.com/ article/23977-obama-clinton- coup-dhs-takeover-elections
https://www.cyberscoop.com/ georgia-hack-dhs-brian-kemp- jeh-johnson/
In hopes of sealing the deal of a win by completely rigging the ballots, the Dems are pushing for an all-mail-in election in November. This, despite the massive evidence that mail-in ballots are very easily manipulated to favor a certain candidate or ballot measure.
https://www.realclearpolitics. com/articles/2020/04/24/28_ million_mail-in_ballots_went_ missing_in_last_four_ elections_143033.html#!
The only way to defeat the Socialist coup attempt at the ballot box in November is for everyone who believes in the United States as a sovereign constitutional nation, independent of the NWO globalist influence of the United Nations to get out and vote. The Socialist Left thought they had the 16 elections in the bag for Clinton, by having every major city’s ballots rigged for her, but we managed to defeat them by having massive turnouts in all rural areas of the country. They have had 4 years to perfect their massive voter fraud and manipulation since then, thus a Donald Trump win is even going to be harder to come by this time around. This is why it is essential for everyone who believes in America to get out and vote this November. We must come out in such numbers for President Trump that it overwhelms the system. This is the only way to save the US from a total takeover from Nazi core Socialists, who want to transform the country into a totalitarian Hell hole.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--New Report Reveals US Special Forces Active in 22 African Countries

The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa .
A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa .
Last year , elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries .
This accounts for 14 percent of all American commandos deployed overseas , the largest number for any region besides the Middle East .
American troops had also seen combat in 13 African nations .
The U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ African nation , and the continent is barely discussed in reference to American exploits around the globe .
Therefore , when U.S. operatives die in Africa , as happened in Niger , Mali , and Somalia in 2018 , the response from the public , and even from the media is often “ why are American soldiers there in the first place ?
” The presence of the U.S. military , especially commandos , is rarely publicly acknowledged , either by Washington or by African governments .
What they are doing remains even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AFRICOM ) generally claims that special forces go no further than so-called “ AAA ” ( advise , assist and accompany ) missions .
Yet in combat , the role between observer and participant can become distinctly blurry .
The United States has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent , with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa .
Earlier this year , The Intercept reported that the military operates 29 bases on the continent .
One of these is a huge drone hub in Niger , something The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Force-led construction project of all time.
” The construction cost alone was over $ 100 million , with total operating costs expected to top $ 280 billion by 2024 .
Equipped with Reaper drones , the U.S. can now conduct cross border bombing raids all over the North and West of Africa .

The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa. A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa. Last year, elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries. This accounts for 14 percent of all American commandos deployed overseas, the largest number for any region besides the Middle East. American troops had also seen combat in 13 African nations.
The U.S. is not formally at war with an African nation, and the continent is barely discussed in reference to American exploits around the globe. Therefore, when U.S. operatives die in Africa, as happened in Niger, Mali, and Somalia in 2018, the response from the public, and even from the media is often “why are American soldiers there in the first place?”
The presence of the U.S. military, especially commandos, is rarely publicly acknowledged, either by Washington or by African governments. What they are doing remains even more opaque. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) generally claims that special forces go no further than so-called “AAA” (advise, assist and accompany) missions. Yet in combat, the role between observer and participant can become distinctly blurry.
The United States has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent, with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa. Earlier this year, The Intercept reported that the military operates 29 bases on the continent. One of these is a huge drone hub in Niger, something The Hill called “the largest U.S. Air Force-led construction project of all time.” The construction cost alone was over $100 million, with total operating costs expected to top $280 billion by 2024. Equipped with Reaper drones, the U.S. can now conduct cross border bombing raids all over the North and West of Africa.