thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-14--Why Many Police Officers Like Me Are Quitting The Force

The nasty words we , the police , get called all the time have now turned into rocks , bottles and gunfire .
It ’ s over , America : we are leaving .
This is the hardest thing I have written .
I grew up in a law enforcement family .
My father worked his way up to the rank of Captain at the Fort Smith , Arkansas Police Department .
As a kid , I remember going with him on Friday to pick up his check and I was in awe of these superheroes he worked around .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cool what my dad did and while he sometimes asked if anyone gave me a hard time , they never did .
There was respect among all .
I didn ’ t grow up wanting to be a cop but one fateful night , as a freshman in college , that all changed .
I went on a ride-along and my life ’ s journey would never be the same .
All I knew was what I saw my dad do : work hard and treat people with respect .
I saw a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well and doing all they could to keep the community safe .
Twenty-seven years have passed and if you would have told me the condition of law enforcement today , I would have never believed you .
The mentally ill used to get treatment and now they just send cops .
Kids used to be taught respect and now it ’ s cool to be disrespectful .
Supervisors used to back you when you were right but now they accuse you of being wrong in order to appease crazy people .
Parents used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting arrested and now they get mad at us .
The media used to highlight the positive contribution our profession gave to society and now they either ignore it or twist the truth for controversy to line their own pockets .
If someone attacked a cop , they were seen as such .
Now we martyr them and sue for millions .
We used to be able to testify in court and we were believed .
Now , unless there is video from three different angles , no one cares what you have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that cowards that have never done this job will call me racist for saying it , all I ’ ve ever seen was criminal behavior and cops trying to stop it and they didn ’ t give a rip what their skin color was .
I ’ ve seen cops help and save any type of race , gender or ethnicity you can think of and while that used to mean something , no one cares anymore .
I ’ ve been called every name you can think of and many of them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never come from cops .
I ’ ve watched African-American cops take the brunt of this and even talked one rookie out of quitting after he was berated by a lot of cowards that had the same skin color as him .
I ’ ve heard words I never heard before being a cop .
Uncle Tom , Cracker , Pig and the N Word just to name a few .
I ’ ve heard them thousands of times and never once did I see a police officer retaliate .
They just took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s been the greatest opportunity of my life to do this job .
I would have recommended it to anyone and I secretly hoped one of my kids would do it one day .
But today , all of that is over .
I wouldn ’ t wish this job on my worst enemy .
I would never send anyone I cared about into the hell that this profession has become .
It ’ s the only job you can do everything right and lose everything .
It ’ s the only job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life for hate you for it .
You never get to explain .
You can never reason with them .
The nasty words have now turned into rocks and bottles and gunfire .
I ’ ve watched it happen to those around me and I have seen the total destruction of their life .
This job is a walking time bomb and you could get cancelled or prosecuted on the very next call , even if you do everything right .
No profession has to deal with that .
Doctors kill 250,000 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical mistakes ” because society understands that they do a very difficult job under high stress and they must make the best possible decision in the moment .
Law enforcement is tasked with the same and we are highly successful .
Despite the most violent society we have ever seen , less than 1,000 suspects are killed a year .
96 % are attacking us with weapons and all but a few others are attacking us with their cars or their fists and more and more with simulated guns so Benjamin Crump ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help their family win the lottery .
I used to talk cops out of leaving the job .
Now I ’ m encouraging them .
It ’ s over America .
You finally did it .
You aren ’ t going to have to abolish the police ; we won ’ t be around for it .
And while I know most Americans still appreciate us , it ’ s not enough and the risk is too high .
But to those of you that were silent while the slow turning of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cowards , this is on you .
If you think Minneapolis will never turn into Mogadishu – it ’ s coming .
And when it does , remember what your complicity did .
This is the America that you made .
Travis Yates is a police commander in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
He is a doctoral student in Strategic Leadership , a graduate of the FBI National Academy , and author .
See full article , first published on lawofficer.com The Language of Liberty series is an outreach project of Center for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of liberty .
The views expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect the views of CSG .

The nasty words we, the police, get called all the time have now turned into rocks, bottles and gunfire. It’s over, America: we are leaving.
This is the hardest thing I have written.
I grew up in a law enforcement family. My father worked his way up to the rank of Captain at the Fort Smith, Arkansas Police Department. As a kid, I remember going with him on Friday to pick up his check and I was in awe of these superheroes he worked around.
The kids at school thought it was cool what my dad did and while he sometimes asked if anyone gave me a hard time, they never did. There was respect among all.
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a cop but one fateful night, as a freshman in college, that all changed. I went on a ride-along and my life’s journey would never be the same.
All I knew was what I saw my dad do: work hard and treat people with respect. I saw a lot of other cops working hard as well and doing all they could to keep the community safe.
Twenty-seven years have passed and if you would have told me the condition of law enforcement today, I would have never believed you.
The mentally ill used to get treatment and now they just send cops. Kids used to be taught respect and now it’s cool to be disrespectful. Supervisors used to back you when you were right but now they accuse you of being wrong in order to appease crazy people. Parents used to get mad at their kids for getting arrested and now they get mad at us. The media used to highlight the positive contribution our profession gave to society and now they either ignore it or twist the truth for controversy to line their own pockets.
If someone attacked a cop, they were seen as such. Now we martyr them and sue for millions. We used to be able to testify in court and we were believed. Now, unless there is video from three different angles, no one cares what you have to say.
And while I know that cowards that have never done this job will call me racist for saying it, all I’ve ever seen was criminal behavior and cops trying to stop it and they didn’t give a rip what their skin color was. I’ve seen cops help and save any type of race, gender or ethnicity you can think of and while that used to mean something, no one cares anymore.
I’ve been called every name you can think of and many of them with racial overtones and it’s never come from cops. I’ve watched African-American cops take the brunt of this and even talked one rookie out of quitting after he was berated by a lot of cowards that had the same skin color as him.
I’ve heard words I never heard before being a cop. Uncle Tom, Cracker, Pig and the N Word just to name a few. I’ve heard them thousands of times and never once did I see a police officer retaliate. They just took it.
Despite that, it’s been the greatest opportunity of my life to do this job. I would have recommended it to anyone and I secretly hoped one of my kids would do it one day.
But today, all of that is over. I wouldn’t wish this job on my worst enemy. I would never send anyone I cared about into the hell that this profession has become.
It’s the only job you can do everything right and lose everything. It’s the only job where the same citizens you risk your life for hate you for it.
You never get to explain. You can never reason with them. The nasty words have now turned into rocks and bottles and gunfire.
I’ve watched it happen to those around me and I have seen the total destruction of their life. This job is a walking time bomb and you could get cancelled or prosecuted on the very next call, even if you do everything right. No profession has to deal with that.
Doctors kill 250,000 people a year. They call them “medical mistakes” because society understands that they do a very difficult job under high stress and they must make the best possible decision in the moment.
Law enforcement is tasked with the same and we are highly successful. Despite the most violent society we have ever seen, less than 1,000 suspects are killed a year. 96% are attacking us with weapons and all but a few others are attacking us with their cars or their fists and more and more with simulated guns so Benjamin Crump (an American civil rights attorney) can help their family win the lottery.
I used to talk cops out of leaving the job. Now I’m encouraging them.
It’s over America. You finally did it. You aren’t going to have to abolish the police; we won’t be around for it.
And while I know most Americans still appreciate us, it’s not enough and the risk is too high. But to those of you that were silent while the slow turning of the knives in our backs happened by thugs and cowards, this is on you.
If you think Minneapolis will never turn into Mogadishu – it’s coming. And when it does, remember what your complicity did.
This is the America that you made.
Travis Yates is a police commander in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a doctoral student in Strategic Leadership, a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and author. See full article, first published on lawofficer.com
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--2020-07-14--“Lockdown 2.0”: New Wave Of Lockdowns Will Ensure US Remains In Economic Depression Through 2020 Ele

“Lockdown 2.0”: New Wave Of Lockdowns Will Ensure US Remains In Economic Depression Through 2020 Elections

Another wave of lockdowns has begun , and that is really bad news for the U.S. economy .
The first wave of lockdowns resulted in the permanent closing of more than 100,000 U.S. businesses , colossal lines at food banks around the nation , and the loss of tens of millions of jobs .
Needless to say , this new wave of lockdowns will make things even worse , and some are speculating that this is precisely what Democrats want .
If the U.S. economy continues to fall apart as we approach the election in November , the thinking is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad and will make it more likely that people will cast votes for Democrats .
But there is also the possibility that this could backfire in a huge way for the left .
If millions of Americans start to identify the Democrats as “ the party of the lockdowns ” , that could actually greatly help President Trump in November .
At this point , the battle lines are becoming quite clear .
President Trump and other top Republicans are strongly against more lockdowns , but Democratic politicians in many areas of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In fact , we just learned that all schools in Los Angeles , San Diego , Atlanta and Nashville will be closed at the beginning of the new school year… Other major cities are expected to follow suit .
Of course , considering the quality of education in most of our public schools , most of those kids won ’ t exactly be missing too much .
Ultimately , closing the schools won ’ t have too much of an economic impact , but shutting down most of the businesses in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a comprehensive lockdown for 30 California counties which account for “ about 80 percent of California ’ s population ” … Newsom is a political opportunist , and I guarantee you that he wouldn ’ t be doing this unless he truly believed that it would help Democrats in November .
But I think that Newsom and other top Democrats have greatly underestimated how much the American people detest COVID-19 restrictions at this point .
We have been witnessing a huge backlash all over the country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberal than most other states , a backlash has been brewing there as well .
If the Democrats are not very careful , they are going to lose an election that they could have very easily won .
First of all , they should have never nominated Joe Biden .
It is obvious to everyone that he is physically and mentally declining at a very rapid pace , and videos of him “ acting creepy ” will be viewed millions upon millions of times over the coming months .
Democrats have known about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , but they decided to give the nomination to him anyway .
Secondly , most top Democrats have refused to strongly denounce the rioting , looting and violence that have happened around the nation , and this is going to push a whole lot of people toward the Republicans .
Thirdly , the backlash against these new lockdowns is going to be directed primarily toward Democrats .
If Democratic politicians push too far , this will be an issue that deeply hurts them in November .
But despite all of these mistakes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could still come out on top because Trump and the Republicans are making lots of political mistakes as well .
If Trump wants to make a comeback in the polls , he really needs to fully embrace an anti-lockdown message , because that would strongly resonate with tens of millions of voters .
The first wave of lockdowns certainly didn ’ t stop the spread of the virus , and more lockdowns will not stop it from spreading either .
And now three separate scientific studies have shown that COVID-19 antibodies disappear very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a vaccine is not going to end this crisis and we will never reach a point of “ herd immunity ” .
So we are going to have to find a way to function effectively as this virus circulates around the globe year after year because it isn ’ t going to go away .
We simply can not shut down the economy every time the number of cases starts to surge again .
The damage that we have already done to the U.S. economy has been incalculable , and now these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But the WHO continues to insist that more restrictions are needed… What would the WHO have us do ?
Would they like us to all lock ourselves in our homes indefinitely ?
The WHO keeps touting a future vaccine , but if COVID-19 antibodies disappear after just a few months , there is no way that a vaccine is going to end this pandemic .
And many Americans will never , ever take any COVID-19 vaccine under any circumstances .
As I discussed in an article that I posted earlier , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to accept the fact that COVID-19 is going to be around year after year .
It is easy for the “ experts ” to tell us that everyone should just stay home , but the price tag for the first wave of lockdowns was astronomical .
Thanks to all of the emergency measures that Congress passed , the U.S. government ran a budget deficit of 864 billion dollars in the month of June… To put that in perspective , it took from the founding of our nation until 1980 for the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion dollars of debt .
And now we have added that much to the national debt in just one month .
We simply can not keep doing this .
No matter what we do , COVID-19 is going to keep spreading , and we are going to have to learn how to deal with this virus for a very long time to come .
More lockdowns are definitely not the answer , but unfortunately , many of our politicians are convinced otherwise .
So U.S. economic conditions will continue to deteriorate , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year will continue through the end of 2020 and beyond .

Another wave of lockdowns has begun, and that is really bad news for the U.S. economy. The first wave of lockdowns resulted in the permanent closing of more than 100,000 U.S. businesses, colossal lines at food banks around the nation, and the loss of tens of millions of jobs. Needless to say, this new wave of lockdowns will make things even worse, and some are speculating that this is precisely what Democrats want. If the U.S. economy continues to fall apart as we approach the election in November, the thinking is that this will make President Trump look bad and will make it more likely that people will cast votes for Democrats. But there is also the possibility that this could backfire in a huge way for the left. If millions of Americans start to identify the Democrats as “the party of the lockdowns”, that could actually greatly help President Trump in November.
At this point, the battle lines are becoming quite clear. President Trump and other top Republicans are strongly against more lockdowns, but Democratic politicians in many areas of the country are starting to institute them anyway. In fact, we just learned that all schools in Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta and Nashville will be closed at the beginning of the new school year…
Resisting pressure from President Donald Trump, three of the nation’s largest school districts said Monday that they will begin the new school year with all students learning from home. Schools in Los Angeles, San Diego and Atlanta will begin entirely online, officials said Monday. Schools in Nashville plan to do the same, at least through Labor Day.
Other major cities are expected to follow suit. Of course, considering the quality of education in most of our public schools, most of those kids won’t exactly be missing too much.
Ultimately, closing the schools won’t have too much of an economic impact, but shutting down most of the businesses in our largest state certainly will. On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a comprehensive lockdown for 30 California counties which account for “about 80 percent of California’s population”…
Newsom, a Democrat, announced during a press briefing that all bars across the state must close up shop and that restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and card rooms must suspend indoor activities. The governor also announced that all gyms, places of worship, malls, personal care services, barbershops, salons, and non-critical offices in counties on the state’s “monitoring list” had to shut down under the new order. The order affects more than 30 counties which are home to about 80 percent of California’s population.
Newsom is a political opportunist, and I guarantee you that he wouldn’t be doing this unless he truly believed that it would help Democrats in November.
But I think that Newsom and other top Democrats have greatly underestimated how much the American people detest COVID-19 restrictions at this point. We have been witnessing a huge backlash all over the country, and even though California is far more liberal than most other states, a backlash has been brewing there as well.
If the Democrats are not very careful, they are going to lose an election that they could have very easily won.
First of all, they should have never nominated Joe Biden. It is obvious to everyone that he is physically and mentally declining at a very rapid pace, and videos of him “acting creepy” will be viewed millions upon millions of times over the coming months. Democrats have known about Biden’s creepy behavior for many years, but they decided to give the nomination to him anyway.
Secondly, most top Democrats have refused to strongly denounce the rioting, looting and violence that have happened around the nation, and this is going to push a whole lot of people toward the Republicans.
Thirdly, the backlash against these new lockdowns is going to be directed primarily toward Democrats. If Democratic politicians push too far, this will be an issue that deeply hurts them in November.
But despite all of these mistakes, it is possible that the Democrats could still come out on top because Trump and the Republicans are making lots of political mistakes as well.
If Trump wants to make a comeback in the polls, he really needs to fully embrace an anti-lockdown message, because that would strongly resonate with tens of millions of voters.
The first wave of lockdowns certainly didn’t stop the spread of the virus, and more lockdowns will not stop it from spreading either. And now three separate scientific studies have shown that COVID-19 antibodies disappear very, very rapidly, and that means that a vaccine is not going to end this crisis and we will never reach a point of “herd immunity”. So we are going to have to find a way to function effectively as this virus circulates around the globe year after year because it isn’t going to go away.
We simply cannot shut down the economy every time the number of cases starts to surge again. The damage that we have already done to the U.S. economy has been incalculable, and now these new lockdowns will do even more damage.
But the WHO continues to insist that more restrictions are needed…
“Let me be blunt, too many countries are headed in the wrong direction, the virus remains public enemy number one,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from the U.N. agency’s headquarters in Geneva. “If basics are not followed, the only way this pandemic is going to go – it is going to get worse and worse and worse.”
What would the WHO have us do?
Would they like us to all lock ourselves in our homes indefinitely?
The WHO keeps touting a future vaccine, but if COVID-19 antibodies disappear after just a few months, there is no way that a vaccine is going to end this pandemic.
And many Americans will never, ever take any COVID-19 vaccine under any circumstances.
As I discussed in an article that I posted earlier, it looks like we are just going to have to accept the fact that COVID-19 is going to be around year after year.
It is easy for the “experts” to tell us that everyone should just stay home, but the price tag for the first wave of lockdowns was astronomical. Thanks to all of the emergency measures that Congress passed, the U.S. government ran a budget deficit of 864 billion dollars in the month of June…
The US budget deficit surged to a record-breaking $864 billion in June, the Treasury Department said on Monday. The increase is the product of the federal government’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. The government collected about $240 billion in tax revenue in June, the Treasury said, and federal spending overall reached $1.1 trillion.
To put that in perspective, it took from the founding of our nation until 1980 for the U.S. government to accumulate a total of 864 billion dollars of debt.
And now we have added that much to the national debt in just one month.
We simply cannot keep doing this.
No matter what we do, COVID-19 is going to keep spreading, and we are going to have to learn how to deal with this virus for a very long time to come.
More lockdowns are definitely not the answer, but unfortunately, many of our politicians are convinced otherwise.
So U.S. economic conditions will continue to deteriorate, and the economic depression that began earlier this year will continue through the end of 2020 and beyond.
Article posted with permission from Micahel Snyder


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-15--Iran Jails Christians – Holds Ceremony for Book on US ‘Islamophobia’

The mullahs know their American Leftist friends will neither notice nor care about the hypocrisy .
“ War is deceit , ” according to a statement attributed to Muhammad , the prophet of Islam , and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran were taking notes .
After stepping up the persecution of Christians and even carrying out raids and arrests against them , Iranian authorities paused long enough to unveil , with great fanfare , a “ scholarly ” book about “ Islamophobia ” in the United States .
Yes , that ’ s the real problem – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along in agreement .
Evangelical Focus reported Tuesday that agents of Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ( IRGC ) “ arrested at least twelve Christians , in a coordinated operation that took place in three different cities .
The first arrest took place on 30 June , in Tehran , when ten intelligence agents raided the home of a Christian convert where there were around 30 Christians gathered.
” The agents recorded that raid , but at a certain point , they turned off their cameras and began abusing the Christians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and taken away in a van with blacked-out windows .
They were taken to their homes , where the IRGC agents searched for Christian material and beat some of them , along with some of their family members , including some who had not converted to Christianity .
Evangelical Focus noted : “ It is believed that , in both raids , the agents were helped by an informant , who had infiltrated the group of Christians within the past few months and gained their trust.
” All this followed a report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Christianity had been sentenced to prison or other punishments , including exile , fines , and work restrictions , for the crime of exercising their freedom of conscience .
According to Article18.com , “ they were each convicted of the same charge – ‘ propaganda against the state ’ – under Article 500 of the Islamic Penal Code , which provides for up to a year in prison for anyone found guilty of engaging in ‘ any type of propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran or in support of opposition groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the human rights advocacy group Article18 stated : “ Condemning these people to prison because of their possession of Bibles and Christian symbols is a clear demonstration that Iran ’ s Foreign Minister and others aren ’ t telling the truth when they say that ‘ no-one is put in prison in Iran simply because of their beliefs.
’ These people have done nothing that could be construed as ‘ propaganda against the state ’ or ‘ acting against national security ’ , but nevertheless they have been treated so unjustly.
” Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ a book on political Islamophobia in the US was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Monday , ” that is , the day before the raids and arrest of twelve Christians .
The book in question is entitled Political Islamophobia at American Institutes : Battling the Power of Islamic Resistance , and is the masterwork of University of Tehran Professor Hakimeh Saghaye-Biriya .
The Islamic Human Rights Commission not in Tehran , but in London , has published the book .
According to the International Quran News Agency , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tanks in institutionalizing and fueling Islamophobia in the US government ’ s domestic and foreign policies.
” During the ceremony at the International Quran News Agency in Tehran , Saghaye-Biriya “ described Islamophobia as a branch of racism in the West .
She said at a time when protests against racism have spread globally , there is a good opportunity to make a bridge between Islamic resistance and anti-racism movements in the world.
” During the ceremony , a video message from Wayne State University ’ s Saeed Khan was played ; it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good analysis of the role of political think thanks in US policymaking and understanding the roots of Islamophobia in the country.
” Back in the real world , “ Islamophobia ” is a propaganda neologism designed to intimidate people into thinking it wrong to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women .
Meanwhile , this book , and the accompanying ceremony , reveals the insidious nature of the entire “ Islamophobia ” enterprise .
The Iranian endorsement and propagation of this term , with the participation of Wayne State University ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in academic propaganda : Carl Ernst , the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill pseudo-academic whose work on Islam is so whitewashed , so fawningly apologetic , so complete in its denial of the jihad doctrine and Sharia oppression , that he was given an award in 2008 by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , the genocide-minded anti-Semite who was at that time President of the Islamic Republic of Iran .
Ernst happily flew to Tehran to accept .
The incident was emblematic of how much American academia has degenerated .
After all , when was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discuss the Muslim persecution of Christians , or Iran ’ s treatment of religious minorities , or the inconsistency of Iranian authorities in persecuting Christians while complaining about “ Islamophobia ” ?
That ’ s right : never .
That ’ s not what they do in the Antifa indoctrination factories known as universities these days ; they ’ re too busy recording video messages applauding Iranian propaganda .

The mullahs know their American Leftist friends will neither notice nor care about the hypocrisy. “War is deceit,” according to a statement attributed to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, and the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran were taking notes. After stepping up the persecution of Christians and even carrying out raids and arrests against them, Iranian authorities paused long enough to unveil, with great fanfare, a “scholarly” book about “Islamophobia” in the United States. Yes, that’s the real problem – and the American establishment media will nod along in agreement.
Evangelical Focus reported Tuesday that agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) “arrested at least twelve Christians, in a coordinated operation that took place in three different cities. The first arrest took place on 30 June, in Tehran, when ten intelligence agents raided the home of a Christian convert where there were around 30 Christians gathered.”
The agents recorded that raid, but at a certain point, they turned off their cameras and began abusing the Christians, who were finally handcuffed, blindfolded, and taken away in a van with blacked-out windows. They were taken to their homes, where the IRGC agents searched for Christian material and beat some of them, along with some of their family members, including some who had not converted to Christianity.
Evangelical Focus noted: “It is believed that, in both raids, the agents were helped by an informant, who had infiltrated the group of Christians within the past few months and gained their trust.”
All this followed a report in late June that seven other converts to Christianity had been sentenced to prison or other punishments, including exile, fines, and work restrictions, for the crime of exercising their freedom of conscience. According to Article18.com, “they were each convicted of the same charge – ‘propaganda against the state’ – under Article 500 of the Islamic Penal Code, which provides for up to a year in prison for anyone found guilty of engaging in ‘any type of propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran or in support of opposition groups and associations.’”
Mansour Borji of the human rights advocacy group Article18 stated: “Condemning these people to prison because of their possession of Bibles and Christian symbols is a clear demonstration that Iran’s Foreign Minister and others aren’t telling the truth when they say that ‘no-one is put in prison in Iran simply because of their beliefs.’ These people have done nothing that could be construed as ‘propaganda against the state’ or ‘acting against national security’, but nevertheless they have been treated so unjustly.”
Meanwhile, the International Quran News Agency reported that “a book on political Islamophobia in the US was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Monday,” that is, the day before the raids and arrest of twelve Christians.
The book in question is entitled Political Islamophobia at American Institutes: Battling the Power of Islamic Resistance, and is the masterwork of University of Tehran Professor Hakimeh Saghaye-Biriya. The Islamic Human Rights Commission not in Tehran, but in London, has published the book.
According to the International Quran News Agency, “it analyses the role of US think tanks in institutionalizing and fueling Islamophobia in the US government’s domestic and foreign policies.” During the ceremony at the International Quran News Agency in Tehran, Saghaye-Biriya “described Islamophobia as a branch of racism in the West. She said at a time when protests against racism have spread globally, there is a good opportunity to make a bridge between Islamic resistance and anti-racism movements in the world.”
During the ceremony, a video message from Wayne State University’s Saeed Khan was played; it “hailed the book for providing a good analysis of the role of political think thanks in US policymaking and understanding the roots of Islamophobia in the country.”
Back in the real world, “Islamophobia” is a propaganda neologism designed to intimidate people into thinking it wrong to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women.
Meanwhile, this book, and the accompanying ceremony, reveals the insidious nature of the entire “Islamophobia” enterprise. The Iranian endorsement and propagation of this term, with the participation of Wayne State University’s Saeed Khan, recalls another Iranian initiative in academic propaganda: Carl Ernst, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill pseudo-academic whose work on Islam is so whitewashed, so fawningly apologetic, so complete in its denial of the jihad doctrine and Sharia oppression, that he was given an award in 2008 by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the genocide-minded anti-Semite who was at that time President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ernst happily flew to Tehran to accept. The incident was emblematic of how much American academia has degenerated.
After all, when was the last time you saw an American academic discuss the Muslim persecution of Christians, or Iran’s treatment of religious minorities, or the inconsistency of Iranian authorities in persecuting Christians while complaining about “Islamophobia”? That’s right: never. That’s not what they do in the Antifa indoctrination factories known as universities these days; they’re too busy recording video messages applauding Iranian propaganda.
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Video: BLM Mob Got Shipment Of Bats Before Attacking Police On Brooklyn Bridge

Video : BLM Mob Got Shipment Of Bats Before Attacking Police On Brooklyn Bridge In all , four cops , including Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD ’ s highest-ranking uniformed officer — and one civilian were injured in the clash , sources said .
Video shows BLM protesters get shipment of bats before Brooklyn Bridge brawl Surveillance video from outside City Hall appears to show protesters receiving a small shipment of bats before anti-cops activists clashed with officers on the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday morning .
The delivery was made by a car parked on the street near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retrieving six bats from the trunk , according to the footage provided by sources .
Police sources said the bats were delivered so the anti-cop activists could confront a “ unity ” rally proceeding over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan .
It ’ s unclear if the City Hall protesters used the bats in the wild Brooklyn Bridge brawl between opposing protesters .
But at least one was recovered after the dust settled , police sources said .
A cane was also used in the melee , with one counter-demonstrator seen on video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the head during the melee on the bridge .
In all , four cops , including Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD ’ s highest-ranking uniformed officer — and one civilian were injured in the clash , sources said .
The NYPD said 37 people were arrested .

Video: BLM Mob Got Shipment Of Bats Before Attacking Police On Brooklyn Bridge
In all, four cops, including Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer — and one civilian were injured in the clash, sources said.
Video shows BLM protesters get shipment of bats before Brooklyn Bridge brawl https://t.co/vG7LOBuHcX pic.twitter.com/NGXxXh5Z39 — Blazing CatFur (@Blazingcatfur) July 16, 2020
Video shows BLM protesters get shipment of bats before Brooklyn Bridge brawl
NY Post July 16, 2020:
Surveillance video from outside City Hall appears to show protesters receiving a small shipment of bats before anti-cops activists clashed with officers on the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday morning.
The delivery was made by a car parked on the street near City Hall, with one man seen retrieving six bats from the trunk, according to the footage provided by sources.
Police sources said the bats were delivered so the anti-cop activists could confront a “unity” rally proceeding over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan.
The unity rally included clergy, law enforcement and community activists.
It’s unclear if the City Hall protesters used the bats in the wild Brooklyn Bridge brawl between opposing protesters. But at least one was recovered after the dust settled, police sources said.
A cane was also used in the melee, with one counter-demonstrator seen on video using the object to whack cops over the head during the melee on the bridge.
In all, four cops, including Chief of Department Terence Monahan — the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer — and one civilian were injured in the clash, sources said.
The NYPD said 37 people were arrested.
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Why the Marxist Left Loves Lincoln

Why the Marxist Left Loves Lincoln

“ No leader of a powerful nation ” should allow such a thing as “ the dismemberment of the Soviet Union.
” A July 27 , 2019 article in the Washington Post by Gillian Brockell was headlined , “ You Know Who Was into Karl Marx ?
No , not AOC .
Abraham Lincoln.
” Following up on the New York Times ’ 2017 weeks-long celebration of the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia , the Post was doing its part to celebrate and promote Marxian socialism by crowing that “ the first Republican president .
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was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for counsel.
” The message being conveyed by the Post was that this is what all American presidents should do .
They should listen to and obey the Washington Post , in other words .
Much of Lincoln ’ s socialilstic “ counsel ” came from Horace Greeley ’ s New York Tribune , described by the Post as “ the newspaper largely responsible for transmitting the ideals and ideas that formed the Republican Party in 1854 , ” many of which were “ overtly socialist.
” It is little wonder that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the mouthpiece of the Republican Party , were overtly socialist : Karl Marx himself was a twice-weekly columnist for the paper from 1852 to 1862 , contributing over 500 articles .
An April 1957 article in American Heritage magazine entitled “ When Marx Worked for Horace Greeley ” spoke of how “ the organ of .
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the new Republican party , sustained Karl Marx over the years when he was mapping out his crowning tract of overthrow , Das Kapital .
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The Tribune was not only Marx ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for agitation and ideas during the most creative period of his life.
” Without this financial support , “ there might possibly – who knows ?
—have been no Das Kapital ” and maybe even no “ Lenin and a Stalin as the master ’ s disciples .
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” Much of what was written in The New York Tribune by Karl Marx “ went bodily into Das Kapital.
” Lincoln was an avid reader of the Tribune since it was “ the ” voice first of “ respectable Whig opinion ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He addressed his letters to Greeley as “ Dear Friend Greeley.
” Lincoln and Karl Marx personally communicated as well and had a sort of mutual admiration society .
Upon being reelected , Lincoln received a letter from Marx saying , “ We congratulate the American people upon your reelection by a large majority.
” Lincoln responded with a thank-you letter .
The Washington Post , meanwhile sounded absolutely giddy in noting that “ Once in office , [ Lincoln ’ s ] alliance with socialists didn ’ t stop.
” That “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ literary : Lincoln ’ s army was filled with so-called “ 48ers , ” German immigrants to America who had participated in failed socialist revolutions in Europe in 1848 , the year of publication of by Marx and Engels ( See by Al Benson , Jr. and Walter Kennedy ) .
The Post brings all of this up in order to make the point that , despite President Trump ’ s occasional references to Abraham Lincoln in support of his populist agenda , the most appropriate use of the Lincoln myth would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America .
There is nothing new about this .
At their 1939 national convention , the American Communist Party adorned its stage with a gigantic image of Abraham Lincoln alongside a large image of Vladimir Lenin and held Lincoln-Lenin Day rallies in New York City .
In other words , far from defacing the Lincoln Memorial or other Zeus-like images of Lincoln around the country , the radical , violent , and often criminal communists of Antifa and Only Black Lives Matter ( “ We are trained Marxists , ” one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely to continue using the image , words , and deeds of Lincoln to assist in their crusade to destroy American civilization and replace it with another communist hell .
If they ever get control of the government it is not beyond the imagination that they would follow Lincoln ’ s footsteps and suspend habeas corpus , mass arrest and imprison dissenters , censor communications , shut down conservative newspapers , withdraw licenses from conservative talk radio and television stations , deport or imprison some opposition members of Congress to send a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the separation of powers , confiscate firearms , and use the military to wage total war on the civilian population of areas of the country where “ deplorable ” political dissent is strongest .

“No leader of a powerful nation” should allow such a thing as “the dismemberment of the Soviet Union.”
–Marxist “Civil War” historian Eric Foner, The Nation, Feb. 11, 1991
A July 27, 2019 article in the Washington Post by Gillian Brockell was headlined, “You Know Who Was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln.” Following up on the New York Times’ 2017 weeks-long celebration of the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the Post was doing its part to celebrate and promote Marxian socialism by crowing that “the first Republican president . . . was surrounded by socialists and looked to them for counsel.” The message being conveyed by the Post was that this is what all American presidents should do. They should listen to and obey the Washington Post, in other words.
Much of Lincoln’s socialilstic “counsel” came from Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune, described by the Post as “the newspaper largely responsible for transmitting the ideals and ideas that formed the Republican Party in 1854,” many of which were “overtly socialist.”
It is little wonder that the ideas promulgated by the New York Tribune, the mouthpiece of the Republican Party, were overtly socialist: Karl Marx himself was a twice-weekly columnist for the paper from 1852 to 1862, contributing over 500 articles. An April 1957 article in American Heritage magazine entitled “When Marx Worked for Horace Greeley” spoke of how “the organ of . . . the new Republican party, sustained Karl Marx over the years when he was mapping out his crowning tract of overthrow, Das Kapital . . . The Tribune was not only Marx’s meal ticket but his experimental outlet for agitation and ideas during the most creative period of his life.” Without this financial support, “there might possibly – who knows?—have been no Das Kapital” and maybe even no “Lenin and a Stalin as the master’s disciples . . .” Much of what was written in The New York Tribune by Karl Marx “went bodily into Das Kapital.”
Lincoln was an avid reader of the Tribune since it was “the” voice first of “respectable Whig opinion” and then of the Republican Party. He addressed his letters to Greeley as “Dear Friend Greeley.” Lincoln and Karl Marx personally communicated as well and had a sort of mutual admiration society. Upon being reelected, Lincoln received a letter from Marx saying, “We congratulate the American people upon your reelection by a large majority.” Lincoln responded with a thank-you letter. The Washington Post, meanwhile sounded absolutely giddy in noting that “Once in office, [Lincoln’s] alliance with socialists didn’t stop.” That “alliance” was not only political or literary: Lincoln’s army was filled with so-called “48ers,” German immigrants to America who had participated in failed socialist revolutions in Europe in 1848, the year of publication of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels (See Lincoln’s Marxists by Al Benson, Jr. and Walter Kennedy). The Post brings all of this up in order to make the point that, despite President Trump’s occasional references to Abraham Lincoln in support of his populist agenda, the most appropriate use of the Lincoln myth would be to promote their crusade for socialism in America.
There is nothing new about this. At their 1939 national convention, the American Communist Party adorned its stage with a gigantic image of Abraham Lincoln alongside a large image of Vladimir Lenin and held Lincoln-Lenin Day rallies in New York City.
In other words, far from defacing the Lincoln Memorial or other Zeus-like images of Lincoln around the country, the radical, violent, and often criminal communists of Antifa and Only Black Lives Matter (“We are trained Marxists,” one of the founders of OBLM has said) are more likely to continue using the image, words, and deeds of Lincoln to assist in their crusade to destroy American civilization and replace it with another communist hell. If they ever get control of the government it is not beyond the imagination that they would follow Lincoln’s footsteps and suspend habeas corpus, mass arrest and imprison dissenters, censor communications, shut down conservative newspapers, withdraw licenses from conservative talk radio and television stations, deport or imprison some opposition members of Congress to send a message to all the rest, abolish the separation of powers, confiscate firearms, and use the military to wage total war on the civilian population of areas of the country where “deplorable” political dissent is strongest.
Article posted under Creative Commons License From LewRockwell.com


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Dana Coverstone Presents Another Dream About The Month Of September: “Something Big Is Coming”

God says : The prophet that hath a dream , let him tell a dream ; and he that hath my word , let him speak my word faithfully .
What is the chaff to the wheat ?
saith the LORD ( Jeremiah 23:38 ) .
The Bible also says : And it shall come to pass in the last days , saith God , I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , and your young men shall see visions , and your old men shall dream dreams @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when men speak of dreams and visions .
The Word of God is what is to be spoken faithfully .
However , it may be that God is attempting to get people ’ s attention through dreams and visions , but they will always be pointed back to the Word of God .
If that is not happening , it clearly is not of God .
• Kentucky Pastor Claims His Dreams May Be Warning Of What Is Coming To US In November • When America Runs Out Of Warnings – No More @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Video ) With that said , Michael Snyder wrote : Christians all over America are talking about Pastor Dana Coverstone , and he just had another prophetic dream about the month of September that everyone should hear .
He is warning that “ something big is coming ” , and he is calling Christians all over the country to pray for our nation from the beginning of the month of September to the end .
Hopefully many will heed this call because we are definitely at a major turning point in our history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many readers lately that feel such an urgency about the second half of this year and beyond , and I think that is a big reason why Pastor Coverstone ’ s original video resonated so strongly with so many people .
What he shared in that video exactly matches what countless believers have been feeling , and it also perfectly lines up with experiences that other prophetic voices have been having .
Pastor Coverstone ’ s original video on YouTube has now been viewed over 1.5 million times .
In that video , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in December 2019 in which the Lord showed him that a great pandemic and tremendous civil unrest would erupt in America during the first half of this year , and events have played out in real life just as he saw in that dream .
Subsequently , Pastor Coverstone had another dream in late June in which the month of September was specifically singled out as having special significance… I saw a calendar .
Start with the calendar .
As I was having this , the calendar was up , a white figure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a representing God the Holy Spirit , something pure , something righteous , something true , something Holy because there was nothing sinister about it .
Nothing evil , but I heard the voice say , “ part two , part two ” .
I saw June , go , I saw July .
I saw August , and then I saw September , and I saw the finger underneath the word September and I like like emphasizing it and tap the three times .
We don ’ t know exactly what will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remainder of that dream it certainly sounds like great chaos is coming in November and in the months beyond .
Now , again , I ’ m not going to get into a lengthy theological diatribe here , though I could , but I ’ ll remind people that true prophecy is simply the expounding and preaching of the Word of God , pointing to the law and the prophets and the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ .
Yet , we are also told : Pastor Coverstone doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ son of a prophet and neither do I .
He simply has told his dream as Jeremiah tells us a man should do , but separates it from the Word of God , at least that ’ s what I heard the man say .
With all this put in place , understand that I do believe there are bigger judgments on the horizon for us in the US .
Take a listen to Pastor Coverstone ’ s latest dream .
Then , search the Scriptures ( Deuteronomy 28 ; Leviticus 26 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see an alignment with what lies just ahead of us unless we repent before a just and holy God .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

God says: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD (Jeremiah 23:38).
The Bible also says: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams (Acts 2:17).
Be discerning when men speak of dreams and visions. The Word of God is what is to be spoken faithfully. However, it may be that God is attempting to get people’s attention through dreams and visions, but they will always be pointed back to the Word of God. If that is not happening, it clearly is not of God.
With that said, Michael Snyder wrote:
Christians all over America are talking about Pastor Dana Coverstone, and he just had another prophetic dream about the month of September that everyone should hear. He is warning that “something big is coming”, and he is calling Christians all over the country to pray for our nation from the beginning of the month of September to the end. Hopefully many will heed this call because we are definitely at a major turning point in our history. I have been hearing from so many readers lately that feel such an urgency about the second half of this year and beyond, and I think that is a big reason why Pastor Coverstone’s original video resonated so strongly with so many people. What he shared in that video exactly matches what countless believers have been feeling, and it also perfectly lines up with experiences that other prophetic voices have been having.
Pastor Coverstone’s original video on YouTube has now been viewed over 1.5 million times. In that video, he shared a dream that he had in December 2019 in which the Lord showed him that a great pandemic and tremendous civil unrest would erupt in America during the first half of this year, and events have played out in real life just as he saw in that dream.
Subsequently, Pastor Coverstone had another dream in late June in which the month of September was specifically singled out as having special significance…
Here’s what I saw. I saw a calendar. Start with the calendar. As I was having this, the calendar was up, a white figure appeared. To me, it was a representing God the Holy Spirit, something pure, something righteous, something true, something Holy because there was nothing sinister about it. Nothing evil, but I heard the voice say, “part two, part two”. I saw June, go, I saw July. I saw August, and then I saw September, and I saw the finger underneath the word September and I like like emphasizing it and tap the three times.
We don’t know exactly what will happen in September, but from the remainder of that dream it certainly sounds like great chaos is coming in November and in the months beyond.
Now, again, I’m not going to get into a lengthy theological diatribe here, though I could, but I’ll remind people that true prophecy is simply the expounding and preaching of the Word of God, pointing to the law and the prophets and the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, we are also told:
“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” -Amos 3:7
Pastor Coverstone doesn’t claim to be a prophet nor the son of a prophet and neither do I. He simply has told his dream as Jeremiah tells us a man should do, but separates it from the Word of God, at least that’s what I heard the man say.
With all this put in place, understand that I do believe there are bigger judgments on the horizon for us in the US. Take a listen to Pastor Coverstone’s latest dream. Then, search the Scriptures (Deuteronomy 28; Leviticus 26) and see if you don’t see an alignment with what lies just ahead of us unless we repent before a just and holy God.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo:  From Hamilton’s Curse To Lincoln’s Tyranny To The Federal Reserve Of Today

Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo : From Hamilton ’ s Curse To Lincoln ’ s Tyranny To The Federal Reserve Of Today On July 7 , 2020 , Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo released his latest book “ The Problem With Lincoln.
” DiLorenzo has been at the forefront of exposing the Marxist agenda of Abraham Lincoln to usurp the US Constitution .
However , even among the founding fathers , there were those who basically wanted to go right back into the trap of tyranny that they had just waged a war against Britain over .
Among those was Alexander Hamilton .
Hamilton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultimately came true in 1913 after Abraham Lincoln paved the way via the War of Northern Aggression , or the War to Enslave the States .
He joins me in this episode .
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Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo: From Hamilton’s Curse To Lincoln’s Tyranny To The Federal Reserve Of Today
On July 7, 2020, Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo released his latest book “The Problem With Lincoln.” DiLorenzo has been at the forefront of exposing the Marxist agenda of Abraham Lincoln to usurp the US Constitution. However, even among the founding fathers, there were those who basically wanted to go right back into the trap of tyranny that they had just waged a war against Britain over. Among those was Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton’s dream of a central bank ultimately came true in 1913 after Abraham Lincoln paved the way via the War of Northern Aggression, or the War to Enslave the States. He joins me in this episode.
Books, events and articles mentioned in this episode, including Dr. DiLorenzo’s latest, The Problem with Lincoln, which you can pick up by clicking here.
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thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Florida Labs Acknowledge “Major Errors” After Reporting Positivity Rates Of 100%

There ’ s a reason for this , you know ?
It ’ s because the alleged virus and COVID-19 were never actually separated out and determined to be any sort of new disease .
Dr. Andrew Kaufman pointed this out as he sifted through the scientific papers that were written regarding what the American people are being told and for which they submitted to tyranny in a blink of an eye .
Still , we continue to get bad information from scientists , doctors and politicians who apparently don ’ t know a thing about viruses or how they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indoctrinated via the Rockefeller takeover of medicine .
The latest is that Florida labs are acknowledging that there are major errors after reporting 100 % positivity rates .
See ?
It ’ s the biggest hoax in history , people !
• The Virus Lies & What They Are Leading Towards With Dr. Andrew Kaufman • Decade-Old Document Describes Exactly What We Are Seeing Today • Nurse Kate Shemirani Targeted In The UK For Telling The Truth & Documenting It • Former CBSHealthwatch Reporter : “ ‘ The Virus ’ Is One Of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge has the story : Florida health officials left COVID-19 trackers slackjawed on Sunday when it reported more than 15k new infections in just 24 hours on Sunday ( the data were gleaned from the prior day ) .
But as hospitalizations surge , questions have grown about whether the state is still trying to ‘ juke ’ its data , something that a now infamous whistleblower alleged before she was fired ( she has since started her own COVID-19 data portal relying on public info ) .
Journalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discrepancies have apparently happened upon bombshell they had been hoping for : Orlando Health has just confirmed that some of the data it shared over the weekend were wrong , after journalists reported more than 50 labs showing 100 % positivity rate , or roughly around there .
One local Fox affiliate looked into the numbers and contacted a few of the labs to confirm that their internal data matched the public data released by the state .
As it turned out , some of these discrepancies were pretty extreme : Orlando Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fox , confirmed that its positivity rate was actually 9.8 % , not the 98 % that had been reported to the state .
FOX 35 is still waiting to hear back from the Florida Department of Health about an explanation for these errors .
Readers can maybe find some comfort in the fact that these errors likely exaggerated the statewide positivity rate , but still : With the state ’ s handling of the response coming under such intense scrutiny – and with Gov DeSantis admitting that reopening bars so quickly was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a culture of carelessness that Floridians might find extremely discouraging , especially now that their state is home to the new national epicenter ( Miami ) .
Watch the clip below for more from FOX 35 .
So , there you have it .
You can ’ t trust any of these people when it comes to the so-called “ virus.
” Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

There’s a reason for this, you know? It’s because the alleged virus and COVID-19 were never actually separated out and determined to be any sort of new disease. Dr. Andrew Kaufman pointed this out as he sifted through the scientific papers that were written regarding what the American people are being told and for which they submitted to tyranny in a blink of an eye. Still, we continue to get bad information from scientists, doctors and politicians who apparently don’t know a thing about viruses or how they actually work because they have been too indoctrinated via the Rockefeller takeover of medicine. The latest is that Florida labs are acknowledging that there are major errors after reporting 100% positivity rates. See? It’s the biggest hoax in history, people!
Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge has the story:
Florida health officials left COVID-19 trackers slackjawed on Sunday when it reported more than 15k new infections in just 24 hours on Sunday (the data were gleaned from the prior day). But as hospitalizations surge, questions have grown about whether the state is still trying to ‘juke’ its data, something that a now infamous whistleblower alleged before she was fired (she has since started her own COVID-19 data portal relying on public info).
Journalists scouring the reams of daily data for discrepancies have apparently happened upon bombshell they had been hoping for: Orlando Health has just confirmed that some of the data it shared over the weekend were wrong, after journalists reported more than 50 labs showing 100% positivity rate, or roughly around there. One local Fox affiliate looked into the numbers and contacted a few of the labs to confirm that their internal data matched the public data released by the state.
As it turned out, some of these discrepancies were pretty extreme: Orlando Health, one of the organizations contacted by Fox, confirmed that its positivity rate was actually 9.8%, not the 98% that had been reported to the state.
Coronavirus Cases Up The report showed that Orlando Health had a 98 percent positivity rate. However, when FOX 35 News contacted the hospital, they confirmed errors in the report. Orlando Health’s positivity rate is only 9.4 percent, not 98 percent as in the report.
The Orlando VA confirmed a similar discrepancy.
The report also showed that the Orlando Veteran’s Medical Center had a positivity rate of 76%. A spokesperson for the VA told FOX 35 News on Tuesday that this does not reflect their numbers and that the positivity rate for the center is actually 6 percent.
FOX 35 is still waiting to hear back from the Florida Department of Health about an explanation for these errors. Readers can maybe find some comfort in the fact that these errors likely exaggerated the statewide positivity rate, but still: With the state’s handling of the response coming under such intense scrutiny – and with Gov DeSantis admitting that reopening bars so quickly was a mistake – sees errors point to a culture of carelessness that Floridians might find extremely discouraging, especially now that their state is home to the new national epicenter (Miami).
Watch the clip below for more from FOX 35.
So, there you have it. You can’t trust any of these people when it comes to the so-called “virus.”
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--The Left’s Sexual Deviance Agenda Comes Full Circle

This week , I thought we ’ d take a respite from the Chinese coronavirus , communist agitators , ginned-up charges of racism and juvenile public-policy proposals , and examine a couple of items that made news over the last few weeks .
These garnered less attention than they otherwise might have given the above stories , which of course have dominated news cycles for many weeks .
On July 2 , Ghislaine Maxwell – girlfriend and confidante of the late Democratic mega-donor and procurer to liberal elites , Jeffrey Epstein – was arrested by the FBI on multiple sex-abuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to engage in sexual acts .
Maxwell has been accused of running a sex-trafficking operation that brought girls – some as young as 14 – to Epstein ’ s Manhattan home and other venues , where they were reportedly violated by Epstein , high-profile politicos and celebrities .
Obviously , given the gravity of the story and the controversy surrounding Epstein ’ s highly suspicious jailhouse death on Aug. 10 , 2019 , a lot of people are concerned for Maxwell ’ s safety and what she will ultimately have to say about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then , on July 10 , Sports Illustrated announced that Brazilian-born Valentina Sampaio will be the first “ transgender ” model to appear in the magazine ’ s annual Swimsuit Issue “ as part of the magazine ’ s attempts to diversify its roster of swimwear models.
” The wispy Sampaio , 23 , has racked up a number of “ trans firsts ” in recent years , being the first to appear on a Vogue magazine cover in 2017 , and the first to represent the Victoria ’ s Secret lingerie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories may appear more or less unrelated , I beg a moment ’ s indulgence .
Believe me – there ’ s definitely a connection .
Vis-à-vis the Sampaio story : I seldom warn my readers when I ’ m about to say something controversial , because I do this fairly often .
However , since so many otherwise reasonable parties have been cowed into accepting aspects of LGBTQ+ sensibilities over the years , I believe that a warning is merited .
I have previously articulated in this space that there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ person .
Here , I ’ ll go as far as to say there is no such thing as a gay or lesbian person either .
People engage in lifestyles and behaviors that one might label as sexually deviant because they are psychologically scarred – period .
Now , I ’ m sure the argument that will arise , perhaps even among those who aren ’ t particularly sympathetic to the LGBTQ+ cause , is as follows : I am neither a psychologist , a psychiatrist , a sociologist nor an anthropologist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statements ?
To which I would respond with a couple of salient points : In practical application , anecdotal or circumstantial evidence trumps empirical evidence at least as often as it is contradicted by the latter .
In our society , academics in particular love to downplay the validity of anecdotal and circumstantial evidence , either because it does not support their own agenda , or because there are no peer-reviewed studies at hand .
The second point I would make is this : If you ’ re planning to wait on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with an honest , scientific appraisal of the nature of the behavior of those who self-identify as LGBTQ+ , you ’ d better plan on waiting a long damned time .
So , say you ’ re willing to bite .
Just how do I support my contentions ?
Since we ’ ll probably always have a certain segment of society being raised in dysfunctional environments sufficient to produce psychological scarring , it ’ s likely that we ’ ll always have a certain segment of society that develops these proclivities .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that actually makes my proposition self-evident .
Despite Sampaio ’ s contention that he – I absolutely refuse to call someone wielding male sex organs a “ she ” – grew up in a remote fishing village in Brazil where his biggest problem was a lack of acceptance of “ trans ” people , the fact is that we ’ re not seeing this proliferation of such people anywhere but in the West , where post-1960s Sexual Revolution sensibilities abound .
During the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s – which was driven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of sexual libertinism were aggressively promoted .
Even more damaging was the fact that the early sexualization of children began at that time .
Teens became sexually active sooner , leading to unwanted pregnancies and injurious emotional entanglements that , in many cases , dramatically impacted the individuals involved for the remainder of their lives .
It is well worth mentioning that in similar fashion to the catty invective liberals ’ opponents face today , those who balked at adopting the new sexual paradigm were threatened with being called big fat prudes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s so harmful in being called a prude , but it ’ s safe to say that as a nation , we capitulated completely .
Subsequently , the divorce rate soared to around 50 % and remains in this area to this day .
Liberals are often eager to point out that the divorce rate is equally high among those who self-identify as Christian .
This should be no surprise , however : In the 1960s , Christians – who are part of the general population , after all – went from being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that had been safe , to media , press and education that was patent leftist social engineering .
Thus , many of these folks were insidiously subverted along with everyone else .
So , we have a 50 % divorce rate , which means more disharmony , psychological stress and dysfunction in homes , fewer boys bonding with healthy male role models and more girls abused by Mom ’ s new husband or the string of predatory boyfriends .
We have homosexuals legally adopting children , because to prohibit them from doing so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And it only got worse over time .
The normalization of homosexuality gave rise to the inclusion of “ gay ” viewpoints in media , press and education .
The levels of deviance increased , and activists ’ cries grew louder and more confrontational .
Children who grew up twisted as a result of the new sexual sensibilities began having children of their own , and , as a poem popularized by the peace-and-love crowd during the 1960s intoned , “ children learn what they live.
” As any family therapist will affirm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once it has been established is a damnably difficult thing to do .
Fast-forward to 2020 , and is it at all surprising that we now have people claiming that there are literally dozens of genders , pushes for pedophilia to be recognized as a sexual orientation , young men purchasing feminine hygiene products , young women queuing up to have their breasts removed and 350-pound transvestites demanding the right to work as birthing coaches ?
So , how does this tie in to the story of Ghislaine Maxwell ’ s recent arrest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the saga of a wealthy , well-connected pervert and his girlfriend coordinating the serial rape of children is hardly the real story , in my estimation .
What Maxwell may reveal about Epstein ’ s powerful political cronies is certainly of great interest , but the real takeaway from this should be the fact that from British royalty to former presidents to entertainers , the people who attended Epstein ’ s Manhattan soirées and private island retreats are among those who govern us , mold the worldview of millions and decide the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Sexual Revolution , the Epstein-Maxwell phenomenon represents the point at which the left ’ s sexual deviance agenda has come full circle .
We can learn a lot from seeing how these elites play when they think they can do it with impunity ; it is now up to us to determine if such parties should remain in positions of power , trust and influence in our society , or be cast unceremoniously out .

This week, I thought we’d take a respite from the Chinese coronavirus, communist agitators, ginned-up charges of racism and juvenile public-policy proposals, and examine a couple of items that made news over the last few weeks. These garnered less attention than they otherwise might have given the above stories, which of course have dominated news cycles for many weeks.
On July 2, Ghislaine Maxwell – girlfriend and confidante of the late Democratic mega-donor and procurer to liberal elites, Jeffrey Epstein – was arrested by the FBI on multiple sex-abuse charges, including conspiracy to entice minors to engage in sexual acts. Maxwell has been accused of running a sex-trafficking operation that brought girls – some as young as 14 – to Epstein’s Manhattan home and other venues, where they were reportedly violated by Epstein, high-profile politicos and celebrities.
Obviously, given the gravity of the story and the controversy surrounding Epstein’s highly suspicious jailhouse death on Aug. 10, 2019, a lot of people are concerned for Maxwell’s safety and what she will ultimately have to say about the aforementioned elites who associated with Epstein.
Then, on July 10, Sports Illustrated announced that Brazilian-born Valentina Sampaio will be the first “transgender” model to appear in the magazine’s annual Swimsuit Issue “as part of the magazine’s attempts to diversify its roster of swimwear models.” The wispy Sampaio, 23, has racked up a number of “trans firsts” in recent years, being the first to appear on a Vogue magazine cover in 2017, and the first to represent the Victoria’s Secret lingerie line last year.
Although these two stories may appear more or less unrelated, I beg a moment’s indulgence. Believe me – there’s definitely a connection.
Vis-à-vis the Sampaio story: I seldom warn my readers when I’m about to say something controversial, because I do this fairly often. However, since so many otherwise reasonable parties have been cowed into accepting aspects of LGBTQ+ sensibilities over the years, I believe that a warning is merited.
I have previously articulated in this space that there is no such thing as a “trans” person. Here, I’ll go as far as to say there is no such thing as a gay or lesbian person either. People engage in lifestyles and behaviors that one might label as sexually deviant because they are psychologically scarred – period.
Now, I’m sure the argument that will arise, perhaps even among those who aren’t particularly sympathetic to the LGBTQ+ cause, is as follows: I am neither a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a sociologist nor an anthropologist, so how can I credibly make such statements?
To which I would respond with a couple of salient points: In practical application, anecdotal or circumstantial evidence trumps empirical evidence at least as often as it is contradicted by the latter. In our society, academics in particular love to downplay the validity of anecdotal and circumstantial evidence, either because it does not support their own agenda, or because there are no peer-reviewed studies at hand.
The second point I would make is this: If you’re planning to wait on the scientific or medical communities to be forthcoming with an honest, scientific appraisal of the nature of the behavior of those who self-identify as LGBTQ+, you’d better plan on waiting a long damned time.
So, say you’re willing to bite. Just how do I support my contentions?
Since we’ll probably always have a certain segment of society being raised in dysfunctional environments sufficient to produce psychological scarring, it’s likely that we’ll always have a certain segment of society that develops these proclivities. It’s the matter of degree however, that actually makes my proposition self-evident.
Despite Sampaio’s contention that he – I absolutely refuse to call someone wielding male sex organs a “she” – grew up in a remote fishing village in Brazil where his biggest problem was a lack of acceptance of “trans” people, the fact is that we’re not seeing this proliferation of such people anywhere but in the West, where post-1960s Sexual Revolution sensibilities abound.
During the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s – which was driven by the far left – all forms of sexual libertinism were aggressively promoted. Even more damaging was the fact that the early sexualization of children began at that time. Teens became sexually active sooner, leading to unwanted pregnancies and injurious emotional entanglements that, in many cases, dramatically impacted the individuals involved for the remainder of their lives.
It is well worth mentioning that in similar fashion to the catty invective liberals’ opponents face today, those who balked at adopting the new sexual paradigm were threatened with being called big fat prudes. I’m not sure what’s so harmful in being called a prude, but it’s safe to say that as a nation, we capitulated completely.
Subsequently, the divorce rate soared to around 50% and remains in this area to this day. Liberals are often eager to point out that the divorce rate is equally high among those who self-identify as Christian. This should be no surprise, however: In the 1960s, Christians – who are part of the general population, after all – went from being exposed to media, press and education that had been safe, to media, press and education that was patent leftist social engineering. Thus, many of these folks were insidiously subverted along with everyone else.
So, we have a 50% divorce rate, which means more disharmony, psychological stress and dysfunction in homes, fewer boys bonding with healthy male role models and more girls abused by Mom’s new husband or the string of predatory boyfriends. We have homosexuals legally adopting children, because to prohibit them from doing so would be bigoted, of course.
And it only got worse over time. The normalization of homosexuality gave rise to the inclusion of “gay” viewpoints in media, press and education. The levels of deviance increased, and activists’ cries grew louder and more confrontational.
Children who grew up twisted as a result of the new sexual sensibilities began having children of their own, and, as a poem popularized by the peace-and-love crowd during the 1960s intoned, “children learn what they live.” As any family therapist will affirm, breaking the cycle of familial dysfunction once it has been established is a damnably difficult thing to do.
Fast-forward to 2020, and is it at all surprising that we now have people claiming that there are literally dozens of genders, pushes for pedophilia to be recognized as a sexual orientation, young men purchasing feminine hygiene products, young women queuing up to have their breasts removed and 350-pound transvestites demanding the right to work as birthing coaches?
So, how does this tie in to the story of Ghislaine Maxwell’s recent arrest? Salacious though it all may be, the saga of a wealthy, well-connected pervert and his girlfriend coordinating the serial rape of children is hardly the real story, in my estimation.
What Maxwell may reveal about Epstein’s powerful political cronies is certainly of great interest, but the real takeaway from this should be the fact that from British royalty to former presidents to entertainers, the people who attended Epstein’s Manhattan soirées and private island retreats are among those who govern us, mold the worldview of millions and decide the fates of nations.
In reference to the Sexual Revolution, the Epstein-Maxwell phenomenon represents the point at which the left’s sexual deviance agenda has come full circle. We can learn a lot from seeing how these elites play when they think they can do it with impunity; it is now up to us to determine if such parties should remain in positions of power, trust and influence in our society, or be cast unceremoniously out.
Article posted with permission from Erik Rush


thewashingtonstandard--2020-07-16--Soon, Virtually Every Major Retail Store Will Require You To Wear A Mask Even Though You Don’t Have

Soon , Virtually Every Major Retail Store Will Require You To Wear A Mask Even Though You Don ’ t Have To By Law Editor ’ s Note : According to law , you have the right to tell every store requiring masks to take a flying leap .
Here ’ s the article I wrote pertaining to that .
Citizens For Free Speech : Mandatory Facemasks Are An Egregious Violation Of The First Amendment… & It ’ s Potentially Harmful To Your Health If you are adamant about not wearing a mask , you are not going to like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this week , Costco , Starbucks , Best Buy and Panera Bread were requiring customers to wear masks to come into their stores , but most other major retailers were still giving people the freedom to choose whether they wanted to wear a mask or not .
I know that a lot of people appreciated this freedom to choose , but it is about to come to an abrupt end .
On Wednesday , Walmart and Kroger announced that they will be starting to require consumers to wear masks in all of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is pushing all of the rest of their members to do the same thing .
In the days ahead it is expected that most of them will follow suit , and that means that soon there will be very few major retail stores that you are able to enter without wearing a mask .
Walmart says that they decided to make this change in order to “ bring consistency ” across all of their stores .
The following comes from the official Walmart website… In the region of the country where I live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that feel very strongly about not wearing masks , and this announcement is going to hit them really hard .
There is only one Walmart within a 90-minute drive of where I live , and virtually everyone in the region pops in there at some point .
But now those that do not want to wear masks will be excluded , and there will be some very hard feelings over this .
If you try to enter a Walmart without a mask next week , you will be greeted at the door by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black shirt .
I find it very interesting that they specifically chose the color black , and I think that it would have been helpful if they had chosen a more friendly color .
In any event , these new positions are being created in order to ensure that only people wearing masks are able to get into the stores .
Of course Walmart is trying to make this sound as non-threatening as possible… Needless to say , this announcement by Walmart is likely to spark an avalanche of other announcements by major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an announcement just hours after Walmart did… And as I mentioned above , the National Retail Federation is already pushing all of their members to fall in line… We will be told that this is just a “ temporary ” thing , but at what point will we be able to start shopping without masks again ?
It certainly won ’ t be any time in 2020 .
This week , CDC director Robert Redfield said that he anticipated that this fall and winter “ are probably going to be one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experienced in American public health ” … I am worried .
I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are probably going to be one of the most difficult times that we ’ ve experienced in American public health because of what you said — the co-occurrence of Covid and influenza , and this is where I ’ d like to continue to work with you to get the American public to embrace the influenza vaccine so we can try to minimize the impact of inluenza , because I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the same time do have the potential to stress our health system .
Ultimately , we will probably be forced to wear masks until the pandemic ends .
But what if this pandemic lasts for years ?
A couple days ago , I authored an article in which I discussed three separate scientific studies which all showed that COVID-19 antibodies disappear very , very rapidly .
In fact , some patients no longer had detectable antibodies just weeks after originally testing positive for antibodies .
What this means is that it appears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other less dangerous coronaviruses that are floating around out there .
Just like there is no lasting immunity to “ the common cold ” , there also appears to be no lasting immunity to COVID-19 .
That means that no “ vaccine ” is going to save us , we will never get to the point of “ herd immunity ” , and this virus will circulate all over the globe year after year .
So does this mean that wearing masks will now become a permanent requirement in our society ?
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the case , but unfortunately , we aren ’ t the ones making the decisions .

Soon, Virtually Every Major Retail Store Will Require You To Wear A Mask Even Though You Don’t Have To By Law
Editor’s Note: According to law, you have the right to tell every store requiring masks to take a flying leap. Here’s the article I wrote pertaining to that.
If you are adamant about not wearing a mask, you are not going to like this news one bit. Coming into this week, Costco, Starbucks, Best Buy and Panera Bread were requiring customers to wear masks to come into their stores, but most other major retailers were still giving people the freedom to choose whether they wanted to wear a mask or not. I know that a lot of people appreciated this freedom to choose, but it is about to come to an abrupt end. On Wednesday, Walmart and Kroger announced that they will be starting to require consumers to wear masks in all of their stores, and the National Retail Federation is pushing all of the rest of their members to do the same thing. In the days ahead it is expected that most of them will follow suit, and that means that soon there will be very few major retail stores that you are able to enter without wearing a mask.
Walmart says that they decided to make this change in order to “bring consistency” across all of their stores. The following comes from the official Walmart website…
As the number of confirmed cases has spiked in communities across the country recently, so too have the number and types of face covering mandates being implemented. Currently about 65 percent of our more than 5,000 stores and clubs are located in areas where there is some form of government mandate on face coverings. To help bring consistency across stores and clubs, we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering starting Monday, July 20. This will give us time to inform customers and members of the changes, post signage and train associates on the new protocols.
In the region of the country where I live, there are a ton of people that feel very strongly about not wearing masks, and this announcement is going to hit them really hard.
There is only one Walmart within a 90-minute drive of where I live, and virtually everyone in the region pops in there at some point. But now those that do not want to wear masks will be excluded, and there will be some very hard feelings over this.
If you try to enter a Walmart without a mask next week, you will be greeted at the door by a “Health Ambassador” wearing a black shirt. I find it very interesting that they specifically chose the color black, and I think that it would have been helpful if they had chosen a more friendly color. In any event, these new positions are being created in order to ensure that only people wearing masks are able to get into the stores. Of course Walmart is trying to make this sound as non-threatening as possible…
In addition to posting clear signage at the front of our stores, Walmart has created the role of Health Ambassador and will station them near the entrance to remind those without a mask of our new requirements. Our ambassadors will receive special training to help make the process as smooth as possible for customers. The ambassadors, identifiable by their black polo shirts, will work with customers who show up at a store without a face covering to try and find a solution. We are currently considering different solutions for customers when this requirement takes effect on July 20.
Needless to say, this announcement by Walmart is likely to spark an avalanche of other announcements by major retailers.
In fact, Kroger made an announcement just hours after Walmart did…
Within hours, Kroger — the largest U.S. supermarket chain — said it will also require shoppers to wear masks starting July 22.
And as I mentioned above, the National Retail Federation is already pushing all of their members to fall in line…
The president of the National Retail Federation trade group wants retailers to adopt a nationwide policy that requires customers to wear masks, and hopes Walmart’s decision to do so would galvanize other companies to take similar action, reports Reuters. “Shopping in a store is a privilege, not a right. If a customer refuses to adhere to store policies, they are putting employees and other customers at undue risk,” the NRF says.
We will be told that this is just a “temporary” thing, but at what point will we be able to start shopping without masks again?
It certainly won’t be any time in 2020. This week, CDC director Robert Redfield said that he anticipated that this fall and winter “are probably going to be one of the most difficult times that we’ve experienced in American public health”…
I am worried. I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are probably going to be one of the most difficult times that we’ve experienced in American public health because of what you said — the co-occurrence of Covid and influenza, and this is where I’d like to continue to work with you to get the American public to embrace the influenza vaccine so we can try to minimize the impact of inluenza, because I think those two respiratory pathogens hitting us at the same time do have the potential to stress our health system.
Ultimately, we will probably be forced to wear masks until the pandemic ends.
But what if this pandemic lasts for years?
A couple days ago, I authored an article in which I discussed three separate scientific studies which all showed that COVID-19 antibodies disappear very, very rapidly. In fact, some patients no longer had detectable antibodies just weeks after originally testing positive for antibodies.
What this means is that it appears that COVID-19 is very similar to many other less dangerous coronaviruses that are floating around out there. Just like there is no lasting immunity to “the common cold”, there also appears to be no lasting immunity to COVID-19.
That means that no “vaccine” is going to save us, we will never get to the point of “herd immunity”, and this virus will circulate all over the globe year after year.
So does this mean that wearing masks will now become a permanent requirement in our society?
We should certainly hope that won’t be the case, but unfortunately, we aren’t the ones making the decisions.
Article posted with permission from Michael Snyder