thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--Biden/Harris – This Isn’t Going To Be Good At All

By now I am sure that you have heard the news .
Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate , and the mainstream media is lavishing her with praise .
Of course , the focus of the election coverage will soon return to Biden and President Trump , but the American people will want to keep a very close eye on Harris because she could soon be the president of the United States .
And I am not talking about in 2024 or 2028 .
At this point , Joe Biden ’ s mental and physical health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolutely no guarantee that he will even make it to November .
And even if he makes it to November and is able to win the election , there is no guarantee that he will be able to make it through his first term .
Even the mainstream media is openly admitting that due to his advanced age Biden will probably only be “ a one-term president ” and that he will likely hand the reins over to someone else in 2024 .
Everyone can see that Biden is not what he once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could move up to the top position sooner rather than later .
Biden and Harris are both being described as “ moderates ” by the mainstream media , and their similarities are being emphasized , but the truth is that they have vastly different temperaments .
Biden is a very “ friendly ” creepy old man that likes to sniff hair and rub up against people at awkward moments .
He very much wants people to like him , and he tends to try to get along with everyone as much as he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand , is a deeply ambitious “ politician ” in the worst sense of the word .
She really , really , really wanted to be Biden ’ s running mate , because she believes that it is a major step toward becoming president herself .
As soon as the 2020 election ends , her 2024 campaign for president will begin .
But far more concerning are her authoritarian tendencies .
When she was the attorney general of California , she ruthlessly abused the power of her office , and as a candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders to implement a brutal nationwide gun control program .
So if Joe Biden wins in November you better pray relentlessly for his health , because Kamala Harris would be just one heartbeat away from the presidency .
A lot of conservative pundits are trying to characterize Harris as “ very liberal ” , and it is true that she has one of the most liberal voting records in the entire Senate… She also has supported the “ Medicare for All ” bill that was written by Bernie Sanders .
But it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a true believer in liberal causes .
Harris is just like so many other politicians that I have known over the years .
She will literally say or do anything if she believes that it will further her political career .
If she thought that running commercials saying that “ Kamala Harris is the conservative fighter that President Trump needs in Washington ” would help her political career , she would run such commercials .
And no , I am not exaggerating .
Back during the Democratic primaries , Harris said that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden of inappropriately touching them… But now she can ’ t say enough good things about Joe Biden , and that will last until it becomes expedient for her to turn on Biden .
Just ask Willie Brown .
Kamala Harris would have never ascended so rapidly in California politics without her married boyfriend ’ s help , but once Harris didn ’ t need his help anymore she viciously turned on him .
She is one of the most power-hungry politicians that I have ever seen , and she will do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goal of becoming the president of the United States .
When she was running against Biden , Harris and her team spent hours evaluating exactly how to eviscerate Biden , and that resulted in that famous debate moment that everyone is still talking about… While walking through her planned exchange with Biden over busing , Harris ’ campaign planned for a variety of answers from him , from contrition to a more measured approach to the more forceful denial of the position that he ended up giving — a stance that was called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past quotes rejecting the wisdom of busing .
Harris herself ended up settling on a line that within minutes would appear in social media memes and just a few hours later would be screen printed on t-shirts selling for $ 29 on her website : “ That little girl was me , ” she said , of her desegregated class .
But now all is forgiven , and Harris is Biden ’ s running mate .
Sadly , what Biden doesn ’ t realize is that he may be putting a female version @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the presidency .
In part two of this series , I am going to detail some of the reasons why so many people use the term “ authoritarian ” when describing Kamala Harris .
And considering the fact that we are moving into one of the most troubled chapters in American history , having an extremely authoritarian president during this time could be a complete and utter nightmare .
In 2016 , we certainly dodged a bullet when Hillary Clinton lost the election .
Unfortunately , we may not be so lucky @ @ @

By now I am sure that you have heard the news. Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate, and the mainstream media is lavishing her with praise. Of course, the focus of the election coverage will soon return to Biden and President Trump, but the American people will want to keep a very close eye on Harris because she could soon be the president of the United States. And I am not talking about in 2024 or 2028. At this point, Joe Biden’s mental and physical health are declining so rapidly that there is absolutely no guarantee that he will even make it to November. And even if he makes it to November and is able to win the election, there is no guarantee that he will be able to make it through his first term. Even the mainstream media is openly admitting that due to his advanced age Biden will probably only be “a one-term president” and that he will likely hand the reins over to someone else in 2024. Everyone can see that Biden is not what he once was, and that means that Harris could move up to the top position sooner rather than later.
Biden and Harris are both being described as “moderates” by the mainstream media, and their similarities are being emphasized, but the truth is that they have vastly different temperaments. Biden is a very “friendly” creepy old man that likes to sniff hair and rub up against people at awkward moments. He very much wants people to like him, and he tends to try to get along with everyone as much as he can.
Harris, on the other hand, is a deeply ambitious “politician” in the worst sense of the word. She really, really, really wanted to be Biden’s running mate, because she believes that it is a major step toward becoming president herself. As soon as the 2020 election ends, her 2024 campaign for president will begin.
But far more concerning are her authoritarian tendencies. When she was the attorney general of California, she ruthlessly abused the power of her office, and as a candidate for president, she proposed using executive orders to implement a brutal nationwide gun control program. So if Joe Biden wins in November you better pray relentlessly for his health, because Kamala Harris would be just one heartbeat away from the presidency.
A lot of conservative pundits are trying to characterize Harris as “very liberal”, and it is true that she has one of the most liberal voting records in the entire Senate…
The non-partisan GovTrack.us website ranked Harris the 4th most liberal member of the Senate, based on an analysis of legislation that she sponsored or co-sponsored through 2018, the first two years she spent in Congress. In early 2019, Harris became one of the first Senator to support the Green New Deal, the radical proposal from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to end all fossil fuel use in the United States by 2030.
She also has supported the “Medicare for All” bill that was written by Bernie Sanders.
But it is important to understand that she is not a true believer in liberal causes.
Harris is just like so many other politicians that I have known over the years. She will literally say or do anything if she believes that it will further her political career.
If she thought that running commercials saying that “Kamala Harris is the conservative fighter that President Trump needs in Washington” would help her political career, she would run such commercials.
And no, I am not exaggerating.
Back during the Democratic primaries, Harris said that she fully believed the women that were accusing Joe Biden of inappropriately touching them…
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she believes women who say they felt uncomfortable after receiving unwanted touching from former Vice President Joe Biden. “I believe them and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it,” Harris said at a presidential campaign event in Nevada.
But now she can’t say enough good things about Joe Biden, and that will last until it becomes expedient for her to turn on Biden.
Just ask Willie Brown. Kamala Harris would have never ascended so rapidly in California politics without her married boyfriend’s help, but once Harris didn’t need his help anymore she viciously turned on him.
She is one of the most power-hungry politicians that I have ever seen, and she will do whatever it takes to achieve her ultimate goal of becoming the president of the United States.
When she was running against Biden, Harris and her team spent hours evaluating exactly how to eviscerate Biden, and that resulted in that famous debate moment that everyone is still talking about…
While walking through her planned exchange with Biden over busing, Harris’ campaign planned for a variety of answers from him, from contrition to a more measured approach to the more forceful denial of the position that he ended up giving — a stance that was called out by fact-checkers as untrue given his past quotes rejecting the wisdom of busing. Harris herself ended up settling on a line that within minutes would appear in social media memes and just a few hours later would be screen printed on t-shirts selling for $29 on her website: “That little girl was me,” she said, of her desegregated class.
But now all is forgiven, and Harris is Biden’s running mate.
Sadly, what Biden doesn’t realize is that he may be putting a female version of Frank Underwood just a heartbeat away from the presidency.
In part two of this series, I am going to detail some of the reasons why so many people use the term “authoritarian” when describing Kamala Harris. And considering the fact that we are moving into one of the most troubled chapters in American history, having an extremely authoritarian president during this time could be a complete and utter nightmare.
In 2016, we certainly dodged a bullet when Hillary Clinton lost the election.
Unfortunately, we may not be so lucky this time.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--Elon Musk’s Common Sense Economic Truth Bomb

Elon Musk dropped an economic truth bomb on Joe Rogan ’ s podcast a couple of months ago .
“ If you don ’ t make stuff , there ’ s no stuff.
” Obvious ?
You ’ d think so .
But , as Musk pointed out , our economic policies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have ignored that simple truth .
The prevailing assumption is that the government can press “ pause ” on the economy throughout the pandemic , throwing millions out of work , and then simply tide everyone over with relief checks .
“ This notion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can just sort of send checks out to everybody and things will be fine is not true .
They ’ ve become detached from reality , ” he added .
“ You can ’ t just legislate money and solve these things.
” Musk ’ s point is indisputable .
Government checks are only valuable to the extent that there is enough actual “ stuff ” ( goods and services ) available for those dollars to buy .
The more you lock down production , the more our stock of “ stuff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our living standards will worsen .
No amount of zeros added to those government checks can change that .
When “ stuff ” dwindles , printing government checks can not magically reverse that impoverishment .
It can only do two things : • None gets impoverished by redistributing wealth ( that is , access to the remaining “ stuff ” ) , and • None Delay the drop in living standards by enabling higher consumer spending .
Higher consumer spending means burning through our remaining “ stuff ” faster instead of investing it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ stuff ” down the road .
It ’ s like if you lost your job and cheer yourself up by splurging on an expensive new TV .
Government checks merely make us feel less poor by inducing us to further impoverish ourselves in reality .
It postpones the pain today by condemning us to much greater pain tomorrow .
America has a lot of “ stuff ” to shift around and burn through , so we can delay the pain of impoverishment for quite a while .
The same can not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People there have so little “ stuff ” that they feel the pain of production lockdowns immediately .
“ If you don ’ t make the food , ” Musk warned months ago , “ if you don ’ t process the food , you don ’ t transport the food… there ’ s no stuff.
” And now , for hundreds of millions of people around the world , the stark truth of that statement is manifesting as empty stomachs and ruined lives .
According to a new report from World Vision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many as 110 million children in Asia alone are facing hunger , and 85 million households across Asia have little or no food stocks as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19 and the lockdowns .
The report also found that as many as eight million children in Asia are being exposed to begging , child labor , and child marriage since parents are unable to buy food in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic .
“ Our rapid assessments in countries across Latin America , Sub-Saharan Africa , and Asia show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the cusp of a catastrophe for children , ” said Norbert Hsu , World Vision ’ s partnership leader for global impact .
“ Without urgent action , we risk an increase in extreme poverty and hunger not seen for decades.
” World Vision ’ s numbers are no outlier .
Similar figures were recently reported by the World Bank .
Hsu doesn ’ t explain precisely what “ urgent action ” should be taken .
It wouldn ’ t be surprising if it involved massive amounts of foreign aid , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But international “ relief ” is not a real solution for them , any more than domestic “ relief ” is for us .
As Musk said , “ You can ’ t just legislate money and solve these things.
” To meet these massive problems without making them worse , we need to come to grips with economic reality : especially the concept of scarcity , and how it pertains to production and money .
Only then will we fully understand just what we are setting ourselves up for by locking down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Only then will we be able to make truly informed judgments about the trade-offs involved .
The crisis facing the global poor is a heart-rending tragedy .
It is also an ominous warning , the proverbial canary in a coal mine .
If we keep burning through our “ stuff ” faster than we ’ re replacing it , we will eventually descend into an economic crisis that dwarfs what we have been through so far , and our fraying social fabric may not be able to handle it .
Like gravity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it can not be defied .
“ If you don ’ t make stuff , there ’ s no stuff.
” Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content and Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education ( FEE ) .
See full article , published with permission , fee.org The Language of Liberty series is an outreach project of Center for Self Governance to educate citizens in principles of liberty .
The views expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect the views of CSG .

Elon Musk dropped an economic truth bomb on Joe Rogan’s podcast a couple of months ago. “If you don’t make stuff, there’s no stuff.”
Obvious? You’d think so. But, as Musk pointed out, our economic policies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have ignored that simple truth. The prevailing assumption is that the government can press “pause” on the economy throughout the pandemic, throwing millions out of work, and then simply tide everyone over with relief checks.
“This notion,” said Musk, “that you can just sort of send checks out to everybody and things will be fine is not true. They’ve become detached from reality,” he added. “You can’t just legislate money and solve these things.”
Musk’s point is indisputable. Government checks are only valuable to the extent that there is enough actual “stuff” (goods and services) available for those dollars to buy. The more you lock down production, the more our stock of “stuff” will shrink, and the more our living standards will worsen. No amount of zeros added to those government checks can change that.
When “stuff” dwindles, printing government checks cannot magically reverse that impoverishment. It can only do two things:
Shift who gets impoverished by redistributing wealth (that is, access to the remaining “stuff”), and Delay the drop in living standards by enabling higher consumer spending.
Higher consumer spending means burning through our remaining “stuff” faster instead of investing it in production. This means even less “stuff” down the road.
It’s like if you lost your job and cheer yourself up by splurging on an expensive new TV. Government checks merely make us feel less poor by inducing us to further impoverish ourselves in reality. It postpones the pain today by condemning us to much greater pain tomorrow.
America has a lot of “stuff” to shift around and burn through, so we can delay the pain of impoverishment for quite a while. The same cannot be said for poor countries, however. People there have so little “stuff” that they feel the pain of production lockdowns immediately.
“If you don’t make the food,” Musk warned months ago, “if you don’t process the food, you don’t transport the food… there’s no stuff.”
And now, for hundreds of millions of people around the world, the stark truth of that statement is manifesting as empty stomachs and ruined lives. According to a new report from World Vision, a global humanitarian organization, as many as 110 million children in Asia alone are facing hunger, and 85 million households across Asia have little or no food stocks as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19 and the lockdowns.
The report also found that as many as eight million children in Asia are being exposed to begging, child labor, and child marriage since parents are unable to buy food in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Our rapid assessments in countries across Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia show that it’s clear we are on the cusp of a catastrophe for children,” said Norbert Hsu, World Vision’s partnership leader for global impact. “Without urgent action, we risk an increase in extreme poverty and hunger not seen for decades.”
World Vision’s numbers are no outlier. Similar figures were recently reported by the World Bank.
Hsu doesn’t explain precisely what “urgent action” should be taken. It wouldn’t be surprising if it involved massive amounts of foreign aid, the usual remedy prescribed by such organizations. But international “relief” is not a real solution for them, any more than domestic “relief” is for us. As Musk said, “You can’t just legislate money and solve these things.”
To meet these massive problems without making them worse, we need to come to grips with economic reality: especially the concept of scarcity, and how it pertains to production and money. Only then will we fully understand just what we are setting ourselves up for by locking down the economy indefinitely to combat the pandemic. Only then will we be able to make truly informed judgments about the trade-offs involved.
The crisis facing the global poor is a heart-rending tragedy. It is also an ominous warning, the proverbial canary in a coal mine.
If we keep burning through our “stuff” faster than we’re replacing it, we will eventually descend into an economic crisis that dwarfs what we have been through so far, and our fraying social fabric may not be able to handle it.
Like gravity, scarcity can be denied, but it cannot be defied. “If you don’t make stuff, there’s no stuff.”
Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content and Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). See full article, published with permission, fee.org
The Language of Liberty series is an outreach project of Center for Self Governance to educate citizens in principles of liberty. The views expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect the views of CSG.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--The Irony Of Bible Burning On Behalf Of Black Lives Matter

Bible burning on the streets of Portland may be old news by now , but there is an irony lost to many in burning the Scriptures .
All these protests are presumably part of the Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) movement .
But if one truly believed that black lives matter ( or all lives , really ) , the last book you would want to burn is the Bible .
Slavery has been around since the dawn of time .
However , as African American scholar Dr. Walter Williams , professor of economics at George Mason University , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant thing about the Western world is that we have spent so many resources to uproot slavery and abolish it .
And the Bible played a key role in that abolition .
One man , in particular , converted by the Bible , played the vital role in abolishing slavery .
William Wilberforce ( 1759-1833 ) was a longtime member of Parliament , who spent the last 50 years of life-fighting against slavery in the British Empire .
Wilberforce grew up in the lap of luxury and wealth .
He became a member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 21 , a position he held for 45 years .
At first , his life in politics was just a cushy job with lots of perks .
But about five years into his service in Parliament , Wilberforce became a devout Christian , and he became much more serious about trying to have a positive impact on the world .
Soon after his conversion in 1787 , this young member of Parliament wrote in his diary , “ Almighty God has set before me two great objectives , the abolition of the slave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And so he formed two societies : The Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade , and The Society for the Reformation of Manners ( what we would call today morals ) .
Wilberforce gathered around him like-minded men and even one woman ( Christian tract writer Hannah More ) in order to gather research and to influence society about the evils of slavery .
Much of this is captured in the movie , “ Amazing Grace.
” His anti-slavery campaign had two successive goals .
First , to get the slave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the slaves .
Together these efforts took many decades ( roughly 25 years for each ) .
He finally received word on his death bed , in 1833 , that the slaves were free .
In 1791 , after Wilberforce ’ s campaign to end slavery began in earnest , John Wesley , the great preacher and founder of the Methodist Church , wrote to Wilberforce to encourage him .
His letter is a classic : “ MY DEAR SIR , Unless the Divine Power has raised you up to be as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world ] , I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that execrable villainy which is the scandal of religion , of England , and of human nature .
Unless God has raised you up for this very thing , you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils ; but if God be for you , who can be against you ?
Are all of them stronger than God ?
Oh , be not weary of well-doing .
Go on in the name of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His might , till even American slavery , the vilest that ever saw the sun , shall vanish away before it .
That He who has guided you from your youth up may continue to strengthen you in this and all things , is the prayer of , dear sir , Your affectionate servant , JOHN WESLEY.
” Wilberforce persisted in his half-century of work because of the Bible .
In a 2015 prayer breakfast , President Obama said , “ Remember William Wilberforce , whose Christian faith led him to seek slavery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was vilified , derided , attacked ; but he called for ‘ lessening prejudices [ and ] conciliating good-will , and thereby making way for the less obstructed progress of truth . '
” Although some people have used the Bible to justify slavery , the important point is that the Bible provided the death-knell against slavery .
For example , the Underground Railroad , which provided a lifeline for runaway slaves , was run by people who believed and taught the Bible .
For Christian television I have interviewed many times Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Western Michigan University .
After discussing Wilberforce , Maier once told me , “ And then we also in our country on the basis of Christian principles , Abraham Lincoln and others , were able to do the same thing.
” Lincoln believed that apart from the Bible we would not know right from wrong .
Those burning the Bible , supposedly because Black Lives Matter , are just as ignorant as those “ social justice warriors ” who tore down the statue of another famous Bible reader , the abolitionist Frederick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bible burning and statue toppling .
We should learn from history , not rewrite or abolish it .
British poet Steve Turner once said , “ History repeats itself .
It has to .
No one is listening .
”

Bible burning on the streets of Portland may be old news by now, but there is an irony lost to many in burning the Scriptures.
All these protests are presumably part of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. But if one truly believed that black lives matter (or all lives, really), the last book you would want to burn is the Bible.
Slavery has been around since the dawn of time. However, as African American scholar Dr. Walter Williams, professor of economics at George Mason University, told me in an interview: The significant thing about the Western world is that we have spent so many resources to uproot slavery and abolish it.
And the Bible played a key role in that abolition.
One man, in particular, converted by the Bible, played the vital role in abolishing slavery. William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a longtime member of Parliament, who spent the last 50 years of life-fighting against slavery in the British Empire.
Wilberforce grew up in the lap of luxury and wealth. He became a member of the House of Commons at age 21, a position he held for 45 years. At first, his life in politics was just a cushy job with lots of perks.
But about five years into his service in Parliament, Wilberforce became a devout Christian, and he became much more serious about trying to have a positive impact on the world.
Soon after his conversion in 1787, this young member of Parliament wrote in his diary, “Almighty God has set before me two great objectives, the abolition of the slave trade and the reformation of morals.” And so he formed two societies: The Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and The Society for the Reformation of Manners (what we would call today morals).
Wilberforce gathered around him like-minded men and even one woman (Christian tract writer Hannah More) in order to gather research and to influence society about the evils of slavery. Much of this is captured in the movie, “Amazing Grace.”
His anti-slavery campaign had two successive goals. First, to get the slave trade abolished. Second, to free all the slaves. Together these efforts took many decades (roughly 25 years for each). He finally received word on his death bed, in 1833, that the slaves were free.
In 1791, after Wilberforce’s campaign to end slavery began in earnest, John Wesley, the great preacher and founder of the Methodist Church, wrote to Wilberforce to encourage him. His letter is a classic:
“MY DEAR SIR, Unless the Divine Power has raised you up to be as Athanasius contra mundum [Athanasius against the world], I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that execrable villainy which is the scandal of religion, of England, and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils; but if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them stronger than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God, and in the power of His might, till even American slavery, the vilest that ever saw the sun, shall vanish away before it. That He who has guided you from your youth up may continue to strengthen you in this and all things, is the prayer of, dear sir, Your affectionate servant, JOHN WESLEY.”
Wilberforce persisted in his half-century of work because of the Bible. In a 2015 prayer breakfast, President Obama said, “Remember William Wilberforce, whose Christian faith led him to seek slavery’s abolition in Britain; he was vilified, derided, attacked; but he called for ‘lessening prejudices [and] conciliating good-will, and thereby making way for the less obstructed progress of truth.'”
Although some people have used the Bible to justify slavery, the important point is that the Bible provided the death-knell against slavery. For example, the Underground Railroad, which provided a lifeline for runaway slaves, was run by people who believed and taught the Bible.
For Christian television I have interviewed many times Dr. Paul L. Maier, history professor emeritus at Western Michigan University. After discussing Wilberforce, Maier once told me, “And then we also in our country on the basis of Christian principles, Abraham Lincoln and others, were able to do the same thing.” Lincoln believed that apart from the Bible we would not know right from wrong.
Those burning the Bible, supposedly because Black Lives Matter, are just as ignorant as those “social justice warriors” who tore down the statue of another famous Bible reader, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Enough with cancel culture, Bible burning and statue toppling.
We should learn from history, not rewrite or abolish it. British poet Steve Turner once said, “History repeats itself. It has to. No one is listening.”
Article posted with permission from Jerry Newcombe


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-13--Rioters Threaten: “This Isn’t Your World Anymore”

Rioters have again converged on Portland neighborhoods chanting , “ Every city , every town .
Burn the precincts to the ground.
” This time , on the 70th night of their lawless attacks , a pair of elderly women met these leftists head-on in Portland , Oregon .
The target this time was the city ’ s east precinct .
The station reported that an elderly woman who said she lives in the neighborhood pleaded with the group to stop the vandalism and stood in the way of those who were splashing paint on the plywood outside the building @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anarchist would do : they splashed paint on her and wrapped crime scene tape around her head .
As I read an article highlighting the story , the part that got my attention wasn ’ t the behavior of these humans acting like animals .
No , there was something more to the story that stood out to me .
It was the words that this mob yelled at the woman , “ This isn ’ t your world anymore !
” Let that sink in for second… “ This isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t your world anymore !
” The reality is , these criminals are right .
This old woman ’ s sense of virtue , honor , respect for law , and plain humanity no longer have a place in the “ new world ” lawless rioters are creating .
Thankfully at this point and time these grown children are only throwing silly temper tantrums .
However , while we focus energy and anger on them , I believe we are being sidetracked from paying attention to the orchestrators of this chaos .
Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under control ?
Why are the governors , mayors , council members , and civil magistrates not cleaning this mess up when it could be done quickly and efficiently ?
Why is the President excoriated for offering aid and assistance to citizens in these war zones that he swore an oath to protect ?
It is almost like these lawless leaders are proud , like proud parents .
Make no mistake , the behavior of the mobs in the streets are not only encouraged by their parent figures in office , they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nanny state .
Consider the numerous governors right now , in concert across these United States , that have assumed powers not allowed them by the terms of their office and misuse the police power to enforce their unlawful edicts , mandates and orders that destroy the livelihood , businesses , property of the law-abiding Americans .
Rather than invoking special emergency powers when their cities are on fire , they invoked power where there is no emergency in order to suspend the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens .
What we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ willing to suppress , oppress , and deny the God-given rights of people like our brave elderly woman .
The reality today is the same reality that has always existed in our world : the two greatest threats to liberty are criminals and government .
Thomas Jefferson believed , “ In questions of power then , let no more be heard of confidence in man , but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution , ” or else the later will become a legalized version of the first .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , our cause is tied in with the Creator… Sign up for a FREE U.S. Constitution course with Jake MacAulay and the Institute on the Constitution .

Rioters have again converged on Portland neighborhoods chanting, “Every city, every town. Burn the precincts to the ground.”
This time, on the 70th night of their lawless attacks, a pair of elderly women met these leftists head-on in Portland, Oregon. The target this time was the city’s east precinct.
The station reported that an elderly woman who said she lives in the neighborhood pleaded with the group to stop the vandalism and stood in the way of those who were splashing paint on the plywood outside the building.
So the rioters did what any anarchist would do: they splashed paint on her and wrapped crime scene tape around her head.
As I read an article highlighting the story, the part that got my attention wasn’t the behavior of these humans acting like animals.
No, there was something more to the story that stood out to me. It was the words that this mob yelled at the woman, “This isn’t your world anymore!”
Let that sink in for second…
“This isn’t your world anymore! This isn’t your world anymore!”
The reality is, these criminals are right. This old woman’s sense of virtue, honor, respect for law, and plain humanity no longer have a place in the “new world” lawless rioters are creating.
Thankfully at this point and time these grown children are only throwing silly temper tantrums. However, while we focus energy and anger on them, I believe we are being sidetracked from paying attention to the orchestrators of this chaos.
Ask yourself:
Why are police not encouraged to get this under control?
Why are the governors, mayors, council members, and civil magistrates not cleaning this mess up when it could be done quickly and efficiently?
Why is the President excoriated for offering aid and assistance to citizens in these war zones that he swore an oath to protect?
It is almost like these lawless leaders are proud, like proud parents.
Make no mistake, the behavior of the mobs in the streets are not only encouraged by their parent figures in office, they have learned this behavior from their parents, the nanny state.
Consider the numerous governors right now, in concert across these United States, that have assumed powers not allowed them by the terms of their office and misuse the police power to enforce their unlawful edicts, mandates and orders that destroy the livelihood, businesses, property of the law-abiding Americans.
Rather than invoking special emergency powers when their cities are on fire, they invoked power where there is no emergency in order to suspend the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens.
What we are seeing is hateful power structures that are willing to suppress, oppress, and deny the God-given rights of people like our brave elderly woman.
The reality today is the same reality that has always existed in our world: the two greatest threats to liberty are criminals and government.
Thomas Jefferson believed, “In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution,” or else the later will become a legalized version of the first.
Don’t lose your fight Americans, our cause is tied in with the Creator…
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--A Constitution-Usurping Government United Against Parents

Regardless of COVID-19 or not , the federal government has long been overreaching into your family and mine .
Somehow , through their corruption , the members of Congress and federal agencies have decided they can run families across America much better than We the People can .
We ’ ll talk about their latest criminal efforts in this episode of Rotten to the Core on Sons of Liberty with Lynne Taylor .
our God is one thy God with all thine heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy might .
And these words , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shall be in thine heart : And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children , and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house , and when thou walkest by the way , and when thou liest down , and when thou risest up .
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand , and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes .
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house , and on thy gates .
And it shall be , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the land which he sware unto thy fathers , to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , to give thee great and goodly cities , which thou buildedst not , And houses full of all good things , which thou filledst not , and wells digged , which thou diggedst not , vineyards and olive trees , which thou plantedst not ; when thou shalt have eaten and be full ; Then beware lest thou forget the , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt , from @ @ @ @ @

Regardless of COVID-19 or not, the federal government has long been overreaching into your family and mine. Somehow, through their corruption, the members of Congress and federal agencies have decided they can run families across America much better than We the People can. We’ll talk about their latest criminal efforts in this episode of Rotten to the Core on Sons of Liberty with Lynne Taylor.
Information mentioned with additional resources provided by Lynne.
Deuteronomy 6
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord :
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--Bill Gates Claims Coronavirus Will End “For The Rich World” By End Of 2021″

Microsoft CEO turned vaccine promoter Bill Gates told Wired Magazine on Friday that he estimates that coronavirus will be over for the “ rich world ” by the end of 2021 .
“ The innovation pipeline on scaling up diagnostics , on new therapeutics , on vaccines is actually quite impressive , ” Gates told Wired magazine in an interview published Friday .
“ And that makes me feel like , for the rich world , we should largely be able to end this thing by the end of 2021 , and for the world at large by the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been warning us about a global pandemic for years .
Now that it has happened just as you predicted , are you disappointed with the performance of the United States ?
Bill Gates : Yeah .
There ’ s three time periods , all of which have disappointments .
There is 2015 until this particular pandemic hit .
If we had built up the diagnostic , therapeutic , and vaccine platforms , and if we ’ d done the simulations to understand what the key steps were , we ’ d be dramatically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time period of the first few months of the pandemic , when the US actually made it harder for the commercial testing companies to get their tests approved , the CDC had this very low volume test that didn ’ t work at first , and they weren ’ t letting people test .
The travel ban came too late , and it was too narrow to do anything .
Then , after the first few months , eventually , we figured out about masks , and that leadership is important .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are you surprised ?
I ’ m surprised at the US situation because the smartest people on epidemiology in the world , by a lot , are at the CDC .
I would have expected them to do better .
You would expect the CDC to be the most visible , not the White House or even Anthony Fauci .
But they haven ’ t been the face of the epidemic .
They are trained to communicate and not try to panic people but get people to take things seriously .
They have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We called the CDC , but they told us we had to talk to the White House a bunch of times .
Now they say , “ Look , we ’ re doing a great job on testing , we don ’ t want to talk to you.
” Even the simplest things , which would greatly improve this system , they feel would be admitting there is some imperfection and so they are not interested .
Do you think it ’ s the agencies that fell down or just the leadership at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We can do the postmortem at some point .
We still have a pandemic going on , and we should focus on that .
The White House didn ’ t allow the CDC to do its job after March .
There was a window where they were engaged , but then the White House didn ’ t let them do that .
So the variance between the US and other countries isn ’ t that first period , it ’ s the subsequent period where the messages—the opening up , the leadership on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s fault .
They said not to open back up ; they said that leadership has to be a model of face mask usage .
I think they have done a good job since April , but we haven ’ t had the benefit of it .
At this point , are you optimistic ?
Yes .
You have to admit there ’ s been trillions of dollars of economic damage done and a lot of debts , but the innovation pipeline on scaling up diagnostics , on new therapeutics , on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that makes me feel like , for the rich world , we should largely be able to end this thing by the end of 2021 , and for the world at large by the end of 2022 .
That is only because of the scale of the innovation that ’ s taking place .
Now whenever we get this done , we will have lost many years in malaria and polio and HIV and the indebtedness of countries of all sizes and instability .
It ’ ll take you years beyond that before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where you were at the start of 2020 .
It ’ s not World War I or World War II , but it is in that order of magnitude as a negative shock to the system .
In March it was unimaginable that you ’ d be giving us that timeline and saying it ’ s great .
Well , it ’ s because of innovation that you don ’ t have to contemplate an even sadder statement , which is this thing will be raging for five years until natural immunity is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about natural immunity , the reality is that he has sunk billions into vaccines and that is where he really wants things to go .
After all , he said that he can make a 20 to 1 return on his investment .
Let ’ s talk vaccines , which your foundation is investing in .
Is there anything that ’ s shaping up relatively quickly that could be safe and effective ?
Before the epidemic came , we saw huge potential in the RNA vaccines—Moderna , Pfizer/BioNTech , and CureVac .
Right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacture them , and the difficulty of scaling up , they are more likely—if they are helpful—to help in the rich countries .
They won ’ t be the low-cost , scalable solution for the world at large .
There you ’ d look more at AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson .
This disease , from both the animal data and the phase 1 data , seems to be very vaccine preventable .
There are questions still .
It will take us awhile to figure out the duration [ of protection ] , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we think that ’ s going to be quite good .
Are there any side effects , which you really have to get out in those large phase 3 groups and even after that through lots of monitoring to see if there are any autoimmune diseases or conditions that the vaccine could interact with in a deleterious fashion .
Are you concerned that in our rush to get a vaccine we are going to approve something that isn ’ t safe and effective ?
Yeah .
In China and Russia they are moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll be some vaccines that will get out to lots of patients without the full regulatory review somewhere in the world .
We probably need three or four months , no matter what , of phase 3 data , just to look for side effects .
The FDA , to their credit , at least so far , is sticking to requiring proof of efficacy .
So far they have behaved very professionally despite the political pressure .
There may be pressure , but people are saying no , make sure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ irony is that this is a president who is a vaccine skeptic .
Every meeting I have with him he is like , “ Hey , I don ’ t know about vaccines , and you have to meet with this guy Robert Kennedy Jr. who hates vaccines and spreads crazy stuff about them.
” Wasn ’ t Kennedy Jr. talking about you using vaccines to implant chips into people ?
Yeah , you ’ re right .
He , Roger Stone , Laura Ingraham .
They do it in this kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lots of people say X , Y , Z.
” That ’ s kind of Trumpish plausible deniability .
Anyway , there was a meeting where Francis Collins , Tony Fauci , and I had to [ attend ] , and they had no data about anything .
When we would say , “ But wait a minute , that ’ s not real data , ” they ’ d say , “ Look , Trump told you you have to sit and listen , so just shut up and listen anyway.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the president is now trying to have some benefit from a vaccine .
Of course , Gates isn ’ t just putting his own money into vaccines .
He ’ s also looking to get it from other resources , including you through GAVI .
“ It ’ s very important to be able to tell the vaccine companies to build extra factories for the billions of doses , that there is procurement money to buy those for the marginal cost , ” he said .
“ So in this supplemental bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can to get 4 billion through GAVI for vaccines and 4 billion through a global fund for therapeutics .
That ’ s less than 1 percent to the bill , but in terms of saving lives and getting us back to normal , that under 1 percent is by far the most important thing if we can get it in there.
” Keep in mind that it is no big deal to have nearly a million people effected negatively by his vaccines in some way or another .
Bill Gates couldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the blue screen of death nor getting infected with computer viruses yet , he somehow is playing doctor to tell you to trust him concerning his vaccines which are rushed through a process without any significant testing as required by law ?
I think I ’ ll pass , Billy .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

Microsoft CEO turned vaccine promoter Bill Gates told Wired Magazine on Friday that he estimates that coronavirus will be over for the “rich world” by the end of 2021.
“The innovation pipeline on scaling up diagnostics, on new therapeutics, on vaccines is actually quite impressive,” Gates told Wired magazine in an interview published Friday. “And that makes me feel like, for the rich world, we should largely be able to end this thing by the end of 2021, and for the world at large by the end of 2022.”

Wired reports:
WIRED: You have been warning us about a global pandemic for years. Now that it has happened just as you predicted, are you disappointed with the performance of the United States?
Bill Gates: Yeah. There’s three time periods, all of which have disappointments. There is 2015 until this particular pandemic hit. If we had built up the diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccine platforms, and if we’d done the simulations to understand what the key steps were, we’d be dramatically better off. Then there’s the time period of the first few months of the pandemic, when the US actually made it harder for the commercial testing companies to get their tests approved, the CDC had this very low volume test that didn’t work at first, and they weren’t letting people test. The travel ban came too late, and it was too narrow to do anything. Then, after the first few months, eventually, we figured out about masks, and that leadership is important.
So you’re disappointed, but are you surprised?
I’m surprised at the US situation because the smartest people on epidemiology in the world, by a lot, are at the CDC. I would have expected them to do better. You would expect the CDC to be the most visible, not the White House or even Anthony Fauci. But they haven’t been the face of the epidemic. They are trained to communicate and not try to panic people but get people to take things seriously. They have basically been muzzled since the beginning. We called the CDC, but they told us we had to talk to the White House a bunch of times. Now they say, “Look, we’re doing a great job on testing, we don’t want to talk to you.” Even the simplest things, which would greatly improve this system, they feel would be admitting there is some imperfection and so they are not interested.
Do you think it’s the agencies that fell down or just the leadership at the top, the White House?
We can do the postmortem at some point. We still have a pandemic going on, and we should focus on that. The White House didn’t allow the CDC to do its job after March. There was a window where they were engaged, but then the White House didn’t let them do that. So the variance between the US and other countries isn’t that first period, it’s the subsequent period where the messages—the opening up, the leadership on masks, those things—are not the CDC’s fault. They said not to open back up; they said that leadership has to be a model of face mask usage. I think they have done a good job since April, but we haven’t had the benefit of it.
At this point, are you optimistic?
Yes. You have to admit there’s been trillions of dollars of economic damage done and a lot of debts, but the innovation pipeline on scaling up diagnostics, on new therapeutics, on vaccines is actually quite impressive. And that makes me feel like, for the rich world, we should largely be able to end this thing by the end of 2021, and for the world at large by the end of 2022. That is only because of the scale of the innovation that’s taking place. Now whenever we get this done, we will have lost many years in malaria and polio and HIV and the indebtedness of countries of all sizes and instability. It’ll take you years beyond that before you’d even get back to where you were at the start of 2020. It’s not World War I or World War II, but it is in that order of magnitude as a negative shock to the system.
In March it was unimaginable that you’d be giving us that timeline and saying it’s great.
Well, it’s because of innovation that you don’t have to contemplate an even sadder statement, which is this thing will be raging for five years until natural immunity is our only hope.
While he speaks about natural immunity, the reality is that he has sunk billions into vaccines and that is where he really wants things to go. After all, he said that he can make a 20 to 1 return on his investment.
Let’s talk vaccines, which your foundation is investing in. Is there anything that’s shaping up relatively quickly that could be safe and effective?
Before the epidemic came, we saw huge potential in the RNA vaccines—Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, and CureVac. Right now, because of the way you manufacture them, and the difficulty of scaling up, they are more likely—if they are helpful—to help in the rich countries. They won’t be the low-cost, scalable solution for the world at large. There you’d look more at AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson. This disease, from both the animal data and the phase 1 data, seems to be very vaccine preventable. There are questions still. It will take us awhile to figure out the duration [of protection], and the efficacy in elderly, although we think that’s going to be quite good. Are there any side effects, which you really have to get out in those large phase 3 groups and even after that through lots of monitoring to see if there are any autoimmune diseases or conditions that the vaccine could interact with in a deleterious fashion.
Are you concerned that in our rush to get a vaccine we are going to approve something that isn’t safe and effective?
Yeah. In China and Russia they are moving full speed ahead. I bet there’ll be some vaccines that will get out to lots of patients without the full regulatory review somewhere in the world. We probably need three or four months, no matter what, of phase 3 data, just to look for side effects. The FDA, to their credit, at least so far, is sticking to requiring proof of efficacy. So far they have behaved very professionally despite the political pressure. There may be pressure, but people are saying no, make sure that that’s not allowed. The irony is that this is a president who is a vaccine skeptic. Every meeting I have with him he is like, “Hey, I don’t know about vaccines, and you have to meet with this guy Robert Kennedy Jr. who hates vaccines and spreads crazy stuff about them.”
Wasn’t Kennedy Jr. talking about you using vaccines to implant chips into people?
Yeah, you’re right. He, Roger Stone, Laura Ingraham. They do it in this kind of way: “I’ve heard lots of people say X, Y, Z.” That’s kind of Trumpish plausible deniability. Anyway, there was a meeting where Francis Collins, Tony Fauci, and I had to [attend], and they had no data about anything. When we would say, “But wait a minute, that’s not real data,” they’d say, “Look, Trump told you you have to sit and listen, so just shut up and listen anyway.” So it’s a bit ironic that the president is now trying to have some benefit from a vaccine.
Of course, Gates isn’t just putting his own money into vaccines. He’s also looking to get it from other resources, including you through GAVI.
“It’s very important to be able to tell the vaccine companies to build extra factories for the billions of doses, that there is procurement money to buy those for the marginal cost,” he said. “So in this supplemental bill, I’m calling everyone I can to get 4 billion through GAVI for vaccines and 4 billion through a global fund for therapeutics. That’s less than 1 percent to the bill, but in terms of saving lives and getting us back to normal, that under 1 percent is by far the most important thing if we can get it in there.”
Keep in mind that it is no big deal to have nearly a million people effected negatively by his vaccines in some way or another.
Bill Gates couldn’t keep his own Windows software from presenting the blue screen of death nor getting infected with computer viruses yet, he somehow is playing doctor to tell you to trust him concerning his vaccines which are rushed through a process without any significant testing as required by law? I think I’ll pass, Billy.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--The Real Kamala Harris

The Real Kamala Harris

Could the White House soon be occupied by a power-hungry authoritarian that will not hesitate to use the full power of the presidency to absolutely crush political enemies ?
And no , I am not talking about Joe Biden .
There are certainly a whole lot of negative things that you can say about Joe Biden , but I wouldn ’ t call him an “ authoritarian ” .
In part one of this series , I called him a “ creepy old man that likes to sniff hair and rub up against people at awkward moments ” , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is in an advanced state of decline .
In fact , one recent survey found that 59 percent of likely voters do not believe that he will even finish a single term in the White House… In another illustration of how many Americans are concerned about Joe Biden ’ s advancing age and declining mental faculties , a new Rasmussen poll has found that 59 percent of likely voters don ’ t believe he ’ ll finish a 4 year term in the White House .
Broken down along party lines , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t make it through his first term while 49 percent of Democrats agree .
Of course , that survey question assumed that Biden will make it to election day , and there is absolutely no guarantee that will actually happen considering how rapidly he is deteriorating .
In any event , it appears that Kamala Harris will take over for Biden at some point , and that should deeply alarm all of us .
There are some people that get into politics because they truly want to serve the American people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics for the fame and the power .
Tom Del Beccaro actually ran against Kamala Harris in California , and he assures us that she is squarely in the latter category… And once she gets her hands on power , she is not afraid to abuse it .
During her time as attorney general of California , she ruthlessly went after pro-life activist David Daleiden .
You may remember that Daleiden had filmed numerous undercover videos in which Planned Parenthood employees admitted that they make huge profits from the sale of tissue from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so greatly that she sent a team of heavily armed agents to his home to seize all of his footage… Throughout her tenure , Harris seemed to think that the solution to just about any problem was to throw someone in jail .
In fact , at one point she even supported a bill which would have put “ parents of truant children ” in prison… During the Democratic debates , Tulsi Gabbard used her record to attack Harris repeatedly .
In one very memorable moment , Gabbard pointed out that Harris put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marijuana violations even though Harris basically admitted that she had used marijuana herself… I want to bring the conversation back to the broken criminal justice system that is disproportionately negatively impacting black and brown people all across this country today .
Now Senator Harris says she ’ s proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she ’ ll be a prosecutor president .
But I ’ m deeply concerned about this record .
There are too many examples to cite but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was asked if she ever smoked marijuana .
She blocked evidence — she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so .
She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California .
I don ’ t know about you , but that certainly does not sound like someone that I want in the White House .
And when she was running for president , Harris actually mocked Biden when he suggested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ control via executive order would not be constitutional… As bad as Hillary Clinton was , she never proposed using an executive order to institute a nationwide gun grab .
If Harris really does become president , I anticipate that there will actually be discussion in some red states about the possibility of declaring independence from the federal government .
Yes , I do think that things could really get that bad .
As our society continues to literally come apart at the seams , one of the last things that we need is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I don ’ t understand why Joe Biden would make such a choice , and if he wins in November we are going to be stuck with her .
Having Kamala Harris just one heartbeat away from the presidency is truly a nightmare scenario because Joe Biden ’ s health would be the only thing standing in the way of a reign of terror , unlike anything America has ever seen before .

Could the White House soon be occupied by a power-hungry authoritarian that will not hesitate to use the full power of the presidency to absolutely crush political enemies? And no, I am not talking about Joe Biden. There are certainly a whole lot of negative things that you can say about Joe Biden, but I wouldn’t call him an “authoritarian”. In part one of this series, I called him a “creepy old man that likes to sniff hair and rub up against people at awkward moments”, and at this point everyone can see that he is in an advanced state of decline. In fact, one recent survey found that 59 percent of likely voters do not believe that he will even finish a single term in the White House…
In another illustration of how many Americans are concerned about Joe Biden’s advancing age and declining mental faculties, a new Rasmussen poll has found that 59 percent of likely voters don’t believe he’ll finish a 4 year term in the White House. Broken down along party lines, 74 percent of Republicans believe Biden won’t make it through his first term while 49 percent of Democrats agree.
Of course, that survey question assumed that Biden will make it to election day, and there is absolutely no guarantee that will actually happen considering how rapidly he is deteriorating.
In any event, it appears that Kamala Harris will take over for Biden at some point, and that should deeply alarm all of us.
There are some people that get into politics because they truly want to serve the American people, and there are others that get into politics for the fame and the power. Tom Del Beccaro actually ran against Kamala Harris in California, and he assures us that she is squarely in the latter category…
For Harris, politics is a game of ambition not something of substance. She is not a policy person. Her convictions aren’t with respect to the issues; they are with respect to power and the limelight.
And once she gets her hands on power, she is not afraid to abuse it.
During her time as attorney general of California, she ruthlessly went after pro-life activist David Daleiden. You may remember that Daleiden had filmed numerous undercover videos in which Planned Parenthood employees admitted that they make huge profits from the sale of tissue from aborted fetuses, and that upset Harris so greatly that she sent a team of heavily armed agents to his home to seize all of his footage…
Daleiden, the founder of the pro-life Center for Medical Progress and a self-described citizen journalist, made headlines last summer with a series of “sting” videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood clinic employees discussing the illegal sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. The videos prompted a congressional investigation and an attempt by GOP lawmakers to defund Planned Parenthood. The women’s health provider also sued the Center for Medical Progress, claiming the videos were deceptively edited.
Throughout her tenure, Harris seemed to think that the solution to just about any problem was to throw someone in jail. In fact, at one point she even supported a bill which would have put “parents of truant children” in prison…
Harris was also fond of overcriminalization. She supported legislation that would jail the parents of truant children. She strongly opposed criminal justice reform measures throughout her tenure in California. She also supported the Golden State’s unconstitutional law muzzling crisis pregnancy centers, which the Supreme Court struck down last year as a clear violation of the First Amendment and an attempt to criminalize the moral and political viewpoints of others.
During the Democratic debates, Tulsi Gabbard used her record to attack Harris repeatedly.
In one very memorable moment, Gabbard pointed out that Harris put more than 1,500 people in prison for marijuana violations even though Harris basically admitted that she had used marijuana herself…
I want to bring the conversation back to the broken criminal justice system that is disproportionately negatively impacting black and brown people all across this country today. Now Senator Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she’ll be a prosecutor president. But I’m deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite but she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence — she blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California.
I don’t know about you, but that certainly does not sound like someone that I want in the White House.
And when she was running for president, Harris actually mocked Biden when he suggested that her plan to impose nationwide gun control via executive order would not be constitutional…
Last year, Senator Kamala Harris may have become the first presidential candidate in history to laugh derisively at the idea that the Constitution limits what a president can do. When former Vice President Joe Biden said that her plan for gun control by executive fiat didn’t pass constitutional muster, she scoffed and deployed one of her canned one-liners, “I would just say, ‘Hey, Joe, instead of saying no we can’t, let’s say yes we can!’”
As bad as Hillary Clinton was, she never proposed using an executive order to institute a nationwide gun grab.
If Harris really does become president, I anticipate that there will actually be discussion in some red states about the possibility of declaring independence from the federal government.
Yes, I do think that things could really get that bad.
As our society continues to literally come apart at the seams, one of the last things that we need is a power-hungry authoritarian in the White House.
I don’t understand why Joe Biden would make such a choice, and if he wins in November we are going to be stuck with her.
Having Kamala Harris just one heartbeat away from the presidency is truly a nightmare scenario because Joe Biden’s health would be the only thing standing in the way of a reign of terror, unlike anything America has ever seen before.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--In The Midst Of A Police Brutality Epidemic, Tone Deaf Democrats Nominate Queen Of Police State For

In The Midst Of A Police Brutality Epidemic, Tone Deaf Democrats Nominate Queen Of Police State For Vice President

Someone intuitive once said that insanity can be defined by doing the same thing over and over again , and expecting a different result .
This pretty much describes the United States political process in 2020 perfectly .
Every four years , most Americans rally at the polls , get behind their political football team and claim that if their person wins , all we be good .
If their person does not win , it will be four years of hell .
In reality , however , no matter who wins , the police state grows , wars continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nothing highlights this scenario quite like the Democratic nomination of Kamala Harris — who made her career cheerleading the police state — in the middle of a police brutality epidemic .
In short , Harris ’ entire political career can be summed up in five simple words : Kamala Harris is a cop .
Unless you have been under a rock for the last three months , you have probably noticed the nightly clashes across the country between protesters and police .
While there are certainly a handful of violent agitators among the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peaceful .
However , the fact that they are peaceful has been no deterrent from more police brutality .
As Americans take to the street to protest police brutality that unfolds across the country on a daily basis , they are being met with even more of it .
There is no end in sight and the situation keeps escalating .
One would think that the Democratic party would see this and seek to nominate someone who has a track record of fighting for civil rights and not the police state .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President illustrates , one would be wrong .
Harris has catapulted herself into political stardom by stepping on the backs of those she locked away , some under false pretense , and countless others for victimless crimes .
Though she claims to be against the drug war now , Harris spent over a decade ruining lives by systematically kidnapping and caging nonviolent people for possessing substances deemed illegal by the state .
She not only bragged about it , but she mocked those who sought to reform the system suggesting they are naive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As the attorney general of California , Harris vehemently opposed the legalization of marijuana .
She wrongly attributed drug use to an increase in murder rates , only to be proven wrong .
But it did not stop her from locking up those pesky pot smokers .
In just three years as attorney general , Harris increased convictions of drug dealers from 56 percent to 74 percent .
Harris wasn ’ t only a staunch advocate of the drug war , but she also took her police state tactics into the homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Harris advocated for and followed through with a program that locked parents in cages if their children had too many unexcused absences .
To be considered truant , a student needed to only be more than 30 minutes late without an approved excuse on more than two occasions .
“ Violators ” faced anywhere between $ 150 fine , to weeks in a cage .
This queen of the police state was so proud of her program to arrest parents that she gloated about it .
As the Guardian pointed out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recounts the story of sending an attorney from her office to intimidate a homeless single mother whose children were missing school .
She smiles as she recalls how she instructed her subordinates to “ look really mean ” so that the mother would take the threat of jail seriously .
One of Harris ’ worst acts during her tenure as San Francisco ’ s District Attorney was committed against Jamal Trulove , who spent years in violent prisons after being wrongly convicted in the murder of his friend , Seu Kuka .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ San Francisco cops framed Trulove for Kuka ’ s murder and despite a complete lack of any physical evidence , Trulove was convicted and caged .
An appellate court would later find that San Francisco cops tasked with solving Kuka ’ s murder worked to frame Trulove as the killer within hours of the shooting .
Harris ’ role in Trulove ’ s wrongful conviction came in the form of her office bribing the alleged eyewitness with more than $ 60,000 in housing and relocation benefits in exchange for her testimony .
Fortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and expose his wrongful conviction and go on to win a $ 13.1 million payout from San Francisco after he was framed by them .
When Harris announced her bid for president last year , Trulove decided it was time to speak out .
In an article in Vice , Trulove said Harris was present at the hearings announcing both the verdict and the sentencing in his case .
She even briefly locked eyes with him at one of the proceedings , offering what seemed like a “ smirk , ” he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a celebration of a conviction , ” Trulove said .
“ That ’ s what it felt like—a celebration.
” Instead of apologizing for her past atrocities , Harris draws on the above police state tactics she facilitated and implemented as “ experience.
” With her police state experience , it ’ s a wonder she wasn ’ t pegged by the Trump administration for Attorney General .
Despite her hardcore past being in lockstep with pro-law enforcement Republicans , she will now lead the left into their “ progressive ” form @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , not only has the tone deaf Democratic party nominated a cop—an authority figure who likes to use government force to inflict punishment—for VP in the midst of a policing crisis , they have also nominated a ruthless and corrupt career politician who has jettison her political aspirations forward by laying waste to the lives of innocent people .
This is 2020 in the land of the free .

Someone intuitive once said that insanity can be defined by doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. This pretty much describes the United States political process in 2020 perfectly. Every four years, most Americans rally at the polls, get behind their political football team and claim that if their person wins, all we be good. If their person does not win, it will be four years of hell. In reality, however, no matter who wins, the police state grows, wars continue, and your rights are diminished. Nothing highlights this scenario quite like the Democratic nomination of Kamala Harris — who made her career cheerleading the police state — in the middle of a police brutality epidemic.
In short, Harris’ entire political career can be summed up in five simple words: Kamala Harris is a cop.
Unless you have been under a rock for the last three months, you have probably noticed the nightly clashes across the country between protesters and police. While there are certainly a handful of violent agitators among the protesters, the majority of them are peaceful. However, the fact that they are peaceful has been no deterrent from more police brutality.
As Americans take to the street to protest police brutality that unfolds across the country on a daily basis, they are being met with even more of it. There is no end in sight and the situation keeps escalating. One would think that the Democratic party would see this and seek to nominate someone who has a track record of fighting for civil rights and not the police state. However, as Harris’ nomination for Vice President illustrates, one would be wrong.
Harris has catapulted herself into political stardom by stepping on the backs of those she locked away, some under false pretense, and countless others for victimless crimes. Though she claims to be against the drug war now, Harris spent over a decade ruining lives by systematically kidnapping and caging nonviolent people for possessing substances deemed illegal by the state.
She not only bragged about it, but she mocked those who sought to reform the system suggesting they are naive sloganeers who do not understand crime prevention.
Harris' beliefs in retributive justice are deeply held. Here's a video of Harris from 2013 at the Chicago Ideas Week mocking criminal justice reformers as unrealistic and ideological. pic.twitter.com/DWk6bliLmw — Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) January 29, 2019
As the attorney general of California, Harris vehemently opposed the legalization of marijuana. She wrongly attributed drug use to an increase in murder rates, only to be proven wrong. But it did not stop her from locking up those pesky pot smokers. In just three years as attorney general, Harris increased convictions of drug dealers from 56 percent to 74 percent.
Harris wasn’t only a staunch advocate of the drug war, but she also took her police state tactics into the homes of innocent families with her anti-truancy initiative. Harris advocated for and followed through with a program that locked parents in cages if their children had too many unexcused absences. To be considered truant, a student needed to only be more than 30 minutes late without an approved excuse on more than two occasions. “Violators” faced anywhere between $150 fine, to weeks in a cage.
This queen of the police state was so proud of her program to arrest parents that she gloated about it. As the Guardian pointed out, in the video below, Harris cheerfully recounts the story of sending an attorney from her office to intimidate a homeless single mother whose children were missing school. She smiles as she recalls how she instructed her subordinates to “look really mean” so that the mother would take the threat of jail seriously.
Kamala Harris at an event hosted by the Commonwealth Club in 2010, explaining her decision as San Francisco DA to get tough on truancy. Critics of truancy crackdowns say such efforts unfairly target poor parents and children without actually helping students. pic.twitter.com/GKkDpayxuv — Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) January 28, 2019
One of Harris’ worst acts during her tenure as San Francisco’s District Attorney was committed against Jamal Trulove, who spent years in violent prisons after being wrongly convicted in the murder of his friend, Seu Kuka.
In 2008, under Harris’ watch, San Francisco cops framed Trulove for Kuka’s murder and despite a complete lack of any physical evidence, Trulove was convicted and caged. An appellate court would later find that San Francisco cops tasked with solving Kuka’s murder worked to frame Trulove as the killer within hours of the shooting.
Harris’ role in Trulove’s wrongful conviction came in the form of her office bribing the alleged eyewitness with more than $60,000 in housing and relocation benefits in exchange for her testimony.
Fortunately, Trulove would eventually appeal his case and expose his wrongful conviction and go on to win a $13.1 million payout from San Francisco after he was framed by them.
When Harris announced her bid for president last year, Trulove decided it was time to speak out. In an article in Vice, Trulove said Harris was present at the hearings announcing both the verdict and the sentencing in his case. She even briefly locked eyes with him at one of the proceedings, offering what seemed like a “smirk,” he said.
“She wanted to be present for a celebration of a conviction,” Trulove said. “That’s what it felt like—a celebration.”
Instead of apologizing for her past atrocities, Harris draws on the above police state tactics she facilitated and implemented as “experience.” With her police state experience, it’s a wonder she wasn’t pegged by the Trump administration for Attorney General. Despite her hardcore past being in lockstep with pro-law enforcement Republicans, she will now lead the left into their “progressive” form of tyranny.
To sum it up, not only has the tone deaf Democratic party nominated a cop—an authority figure who likes to use government force to inflict punishment—for VP in the midst of a policing crisis, they have also nominated a ruthless and corrupt career politician who has jettison her political aspirations forward by laying waste to the lives of innocent people. This is 2020 in the land of the free.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--The Progressives’ Inner Totalitarianism Is Showing More By The Day

Totalitarianism is just what it says it is : total .
In a totalitarian state , the government ’ s power is absolutely unfettered and unlimited : it either controls the means of production or owns them outright .
It controls what can be said and what can not be .
It asserts authority over every aspect of the citizen ’ s life .
Most Americans complacently assume that totalitarianism could never come to the United States .
But today it is advancing here at a rapid clip .
The totalitarian impulse is not coming today from the U.S. government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrats win in November , but it is coming nonetheless , and coming quickly .
Yesterday I spoke with a young person who works in an industry that has nothing whatsoever to do with politics ; she told me that anyone in her circle who expressed support for Trump and/or skepticism about the agenda and goals of Black Lives Matter risked being fired , and not just losing the one job , but become unhirable .
Supporting Trump means career ruin .
We knew that already , but its totalitarian implications have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany , in America today , only one point of view , only one political perspective , can be stated openly and freely in public without consequences .
In America today , armed police won ’ t pound on your door at 3AM and haul you away to a camp for dissenting , at least not yet ( unless you ’ re Roger Stone or the filmmaker that the Obama administration blamed for the Benghazi massacre ) , but it is increasingly taken for granted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views without fear of personal , professional , and/or even physical harm .
The implications of that , and the consequences of that , are ominous .
Not long after the riots began , I decided to forget about it all for a while and find a good movie .
But when I went to Amazon to find one , the top , most prominent row was a series of racial grievance propaganda films designed to reinforce the Left ’ s claim that America , the freest and most egalitarian society the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and criminally racist entity .
Totalitarian , it means total control , as in , you must be beaten over the head with the Left ’ s ideology even when you want to watch a lousy movie .
Did Amazon care that some of its customers might think that highlighting such material would do more harm than good , and intensify , rather than heal , racial strife ?
Obviously not .
It was demanding that the totality of its audience be Leftists who had contempt for America and a healthy appreciation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the same .
Did baseball fans of the past know or care whether Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays was a Republican or a Democrat ?
Baseball fans certainly know the politics of the players now , and surprise , they ’ re all hard-Leftists ( or carefully and prudently silent ) .
The 2020 baseball season started late and continues to limp along , but I am not paying attention for the first time since 1970 .
At MLB.com there is now a section headed “ Social Justice , ” providing “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-racism and advocacy.
” It is filled with Marxist agitprop from the likes of Angela Davis and Ta-Nehisi Coates , as well as guidelines on “ how to have conversations about race ” and the like .
What does any of that have to do with baseball ?
Nothing .
Nothing whatsoever .
But it is there because it has to be .
Totalitarianism , remember – it ’ s total .
The Left now allows for no aspect of life to be free from politicization and propagandizing .
For Amazon , MLB @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are now retailing Black Lives Matter propaganda , this is also a form of paying protection .
Display your wokeness , and the baseball stadiums won ’ t go up in flames .
Recently a friend told me that every house in his neighborhood had put Black Lives Matter signs on the lawn , at the behest of young activists who knocked on the door .
He told me that when they got around to knocking on his door , he would put up a sign , too , because he understood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You got a nice house , mister .
Would be a shame if it turned out to be owned by a “ racist.
” The BLM signs on the lawn are the modern American equivalent of Chinese having photos of Xi or Germans during the Nazi days having copies of Mein Kampf prominently displayed in their homes : they may have never read the book , they may have hated the dictator , but it was a prudent thing to have if one cared about one ’ s safety and didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s face , forever .
That ’ s totalitarianism , and it ’ s here .
There is no escaping from the Left ’ s propaganda today .
The advance of totalitarianism in America has been swift and , indeed , total .
There is nowhere one can go , nothing one can do , that will not require one to pay obeisance to the Left ’ s new gods .
“ Imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.
” That ’ s how George Orwell in 1984 described living in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I thought that meant that totalitarian states always hung the threat of violence over their citizens ’ heads .
But now that totalitarianism is coming to the United States , I see that it involves much more than that .
There are all sorts of ways to apply a boot to a face .
But one aspect of the old totalitarian regimes is conspicuously lacking , at least thus far : the charismatic leader .
There is no personality cult on the Left , no secular god , no Xi , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the totalitarianism , we just don ’ t have the Führer .
Joe Biden certainly isn ’ t it ; he is just a placeholder .
But given the trajectory of totalitarian movements , one is likely to emerge , a rough beast who even now may be slouching toward Portland to be born .

Totalitarianism is just what it says it is: total. In a totalitarian state, the government’s power is absolutely unfettered and unlimited: it either controls the means of production or owns them outright. It controls what can be said and what cannot be. It asserts authority over every aspect of the citizen’s life. Most Americans complacently assume that totalitarianism could never come to the United States. But today it is advancing here at a rapid clip.
The totalitarian impulse is not coming today from the U.S. government, although that will quickly change if the Democrats win in November, but it is coming nonetheless, and coming quickly. Yesterday I spoke with a young person who works in an industry that has nothing whatsoever to do with politics; she told me that anyone in her circle who expressed support for Trump and/or skepticism about the agenda and goals of Black Lives Matter risked being fired, and not just losing the one job, but become unhirable. Supporting Trump means career ruin.
We knew that already, but its totalitarian implications have not been sufficiently highlighted. Just like in the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, in America today, only one point of view, only one political perspective, can be stated openly and freely in public without consequences.
In America today, armed police won’t pound on your door at 3AM and haul you away to a camp for dissenting, at least not yet (unless you’re Roger Stone or the filmmaker that the Obama administration blamed for the Benghazi massacre), but it is increasingly taken for granted in America that only Leftists may enunciate their views without fear of personal, professional, and/or even physical harm. The implications of that, and the consequences of that, are ominous.
Not long after the riots began, I decided to forget about it all for a while and find a good movie. But when I went to Amazon to find one, the top, most prominent row was a series of racial grievance propaganda films designed to reinforce the Left’s claim that America, the freest and most egalitarian society the world has ever known, is an inveterately and criminally racist entity. Totalitarian, it means total control, as in, you must be beaten over the head with the Left’s ideology even when you want to watch a lousy movie.
Did Amazon care that some of its customers might think that highlighting such material would do more harm than good, and intensify, rather than heal, racial strife? Obviously not. It was demanding that the totality of its audience be Leftists who had contempt for America and a healthy appreciation for Marxism.
With sports, it’s the same. Did baseball fans of the past know or care whether Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays was a Republican or a Democrat? Baseball fans certainly know the politics of the players now, and surprise, they’re all hard-Leftists (or carefully and prudently silent). The 2020 baseball season started late and continues to limp along, but I am not paying attention for the first time since 1970. At MLB.com there is now a section headed “Social Justice,” providing “resources” for “understanding allyship, anti-racism and advocacy.” It is filled with Marxist agitprop from the likes of Angela Davis and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as well as guidelines on “how to have conversations about race” and the like.
What does any of that have to do with baseball? Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. But it is there because it has to be. Totalitarianism, remember – it’s total. The Left now allows for no aspect of life to be free from politicization and propagandizing.
For Amazon, MLB, and the multitudes of other businesses that are now retailing Black Lives Matter propaganda, this is also a form of paying protection. Display your wokeness, and the baseball stadiums won’t go up in flames. Recently a friend told me that every house in his neighborhood had put Black Lives Matter signs on the lawn, at the behest of young activists who knocked on the door. He told me that when they got around to knocking on his door, he would put up a sign, too, because he understood the hint of menace behind the request. You got a nice house, mister. Would be a shame if it turned out to be owned by a “racist.”
The BLM signs on the lawn are the modern American equivalent of Chinese having photos of Xi or Germans during the Nazi days having copies of Mein Kampf prominently displayed in their homes: they may have never read the book, they may have hated the dictator, but it was a prudent thing to have if one cared about one’s safety and didn’t want the boot on one’s face, forever.
That’s totalitarianism, and it’s here. There is no escaping from the Left’s propaganda today. The advance of totalitarianism in America has been swift and, indeed, total. There is nowhere one can go, nothing one can do, that will not require one to pay obeisance to the Left’s new gods. “Imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” That’s how George Orwell in 1984 described living in a totalitarian regime. Up until recently, I thought that meant that totalitarian states always hung the threat of violence over their citizens’ heads. But now that totalitarianism is coming to the United States, I see that it involves much more than that. There are all sorts of ways to apply a boot to a face.
But one aspect of the old totalitarian regimes is conspicuously lacking, at least thus far: the charismatic leader. There is no personality cult on the Left, no secular god, no Xi, no Stalin, no Hitler. We have the totalitarianism, we just don’t have the Führer. Joe Biden certainly isn’t it; he is just a placeholder. But given the trajectory of totalitarian movements, one is likely to emerge, a rough beast who even now may be slouching toward Portland to be born.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-08-12--Flu Deaths Five Times Higher Than COVID Deaths

Coronavirus deaths are at the lowest level since the beginning of March , figures have revealed .
Democrat autocrats continue to hold blue state hostage despite the lack of any real threat .
DEATHS DWINDLE More people have died of the FLU than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row FLU has killed more people in the UK than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row , new stats reveal today .
Almost five times as many people are now dying of influenza or pneumonia than Covid-19 , according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ since the beginning of March , figures have revealed In the seven weeks up to July 31 , the latest date for which figures are available , 2,992 people died of coronavirus – but 6,626 died of flu or pneumonia .
A total of 1,002 died of influenza in the week up to June 19 – compared to 783 Covid-19 deaths .
The gap has widened each week up to the end of last month when flu killed 928 people – almost five times as many as the 193 who lost their lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time frame , 6,626 people died of flu – and 2,992 died of coronavirus .
Flu deaths are also lower than the five-year average – highlighting the drop in coronavirus fatalities .
The reason for the drop in flu deaths isn ’ t yet known , although it ’ s believed it could be the result of increased hand-washing and mask wearing .
Some of those who die with coronavirus and flu will have the final cause of death recorded as ‘ pneumonia ’ – the illness which ultimately causes death .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result , there will be some overlap in figures .
However , even with that as a factor , more people are now dying of pneumonia caused by flu – and not coronavirus .
It comes as figures show coronavirus deaths in England and Wales are at the lowest level since before lockdown began in late March .
The number of people dying from the deadly bug has dropped drastically .
Fatalities are now around the same as they were 19 weeks ago .
Lockdown began in the UK on March 23 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ stages .
Across the whole of the UK , there have now been more than 56,800 deaths involving coronavirus , officials say .
The number is higher than the total released by the Government , which currently records the total as 46,595 .
Most of those who lost their lives were 75 or older , with 38,578 people in this age group dying with the illness in total .

Coronavirus deaths are at the lowest level since the beginning of March, figures have revealed. Democrat autocrats continue to hold blue state hostage despite the lack of any real threat.
DEATHS DWINDLE More people have died of the FLU than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row
By: Alex Winter, The Sun, 11 Aug 2020:
FLU has killed more people in the UK than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row, new stats reveal today.
Almost five times as many people are now dying of influenza or pneumonia than Covid-19, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.
Coronavirus deaths are at the lowest level since the beginning of March, figures have revealed
In the seven weeks up to July 31, the latest date for which figures are available, 2,992 people died of coronavirus – but 6,626 died of flu or pneumonia.
A total of 1,002 died of influenza in the week up to June 19 – compared to 783 Covid-19 deaths.
The gap has widened each week up to the end of last month when flu killed 928 people – almost five times as many as the 193 who lost their lives to coronavirus.
Overall during that seven-week time frame, 6,626 people died of flu – and 2,992 died of coronavirus.
Flu deaths are also lower than the five-year average – highlighting the drop in coronavirus fatalities.
The reason for the drop in flu deaths isn’t yet known, although it’s believed it could be the result of increased hand-washing and mask wearing.
Some of those who die with coronavirus and flu will have the final cause of death recorded as ‘pneumonia’ – the illness which ultimately causes death.
It’s likely that, as a result, there will be some overlap in figures.
However, even with that as a factor, more people are now dying of pneumonia caused by flu – and not coronavirus.
It comes as figures show coronavirus deaths in England and Wales are at the lowest level since before lockdown began in late March.
The number of people dying from the deadly bug has dropped drastically.
Fatalities are now around the same as they were 19 weeks ago.
Lockdown began in the UK on March 23. The strict laws are being eased in stages.
Across the whole of the UK, there have now been more than 56,800 deaths involving coronavirus, officials say.
The number is higher than the total released by the Government, which currently records the total as 46,595.
Most of those who lost their lives were 75 or older, with 38,578 people in this age group dying with the illness in total.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller