Craig Peterson Jr.'s Blog, page 6
January 12, 2022
Will Russia Prove Blinken Incorrect by Leaving Kazakhstan and Refraining From Invading Ukraine?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, of course, had to comment on the Russian deployment to Kazakhstan by stating, “I think one lesson in recent history is that once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to get them to leave,” to which the Russian Foreign Ministry, led by Sergey Lavrov, responded, “If Antony Blinken loves history lessons so much, then he should take the following into account: when Americans are in your house, it can be difficult to stay alive and not be robbed or raped.” Clearly, the United States government is interested in keeping Russian influence out of European and Asian countries, but there is more at stake for Russia in the tensions between the two powers, especially being that NATO expansion is knocking at Russia’s door and that no Russian allies are included among Latin American nations.
If Russia had its military stationed in Mexico or Canada, American officials would be singing a different tune, and Russian troops near Ukraine’s border is no different than if the United States put armed Americans in Texas because Russia threatened to admit Mexico into its own alliance. Russia does not want Ukraine to be included in NATO, and as part of recent peace talks, it proposed the termination of the policy to welcome any more countries into the alliance, as well as the withdrawal of American forces on countries that are near Russia’s border (in exchange for not engaging in war games near European countries and not flying its military aircraft close to NATO planes). Of course, the United States told its rival to go to hell, but the fact that despite Russia’s assurances that it would not invade its neighbor, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told Russia to prove its intentions.
Johnny: Teacher, Tommy raised his hand in the air. I am afraid that he might punch me, and even though he said that he was not going to, the fact that his hand is near my face, proves that he intends to hurt me.
Teacher: Johnny, Tommy is just raising his hand to answer the question. He is not going to hit you.
Johnny: Can you make him prove it, please?
Now, I understand that geopolitics is much more complex than a typical classroom setting and that the Russian government is certainly capable of lying and being out for its own interests, but why does the United States feel entitled to the entire Eurasian landmass? Why does Russia have to prove anything to the United States? It is a sovereign country, and Ukraine is not a territory of the United States, nor is it even an ally. It is none of our business what happens to it.
Why does NATO even still exist? It is just a war-making entity that intends on being aggressive towards Russia and giving weaker European countries confidence to act like they are tough. It also gives the United States the opportunity to expand its empire and control an entire continent.
Why should we not give peace a try? Withdraw from these NATO countries, and if Russia were to actually invade any of them, we could always send troops back there. Why should American lives and dollars be put on the line for nations that can barely scrape up money to have their own defense?
In Kazakhstan, after the government lifted price controls on liquified gasoline, protests erupted in the largest city of Almaty, and then they transitioned into anti-corruption demonstrations and a civil conflict between President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev and head of the National Security Council, Nursultan Nazarbayev (the former president who led the country from its independence from the Soviet Union to 2019). Nazarbayev was forced to step aside when Kazakhstan’s government was dissolved in failed concessions that did not prevent the riots from continuing to get out of hand, and Tokayev’s security forces were given free rein to terrorize those that did not disband (including “kill without warning” orders).
Since Tokayev was unable to control the situation, he called on the Collective Security Treaty Organization, led by Russia (but also includes Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan), to assist. Enter Antony Blinken to comment about how Russia will never leave, yet just recently, Tokayev announced that Russian troops will be required to transition out of the country within the next couple of weeks, to which the Kremlin responded, “It is their analysis, and we have no right to interfere.” So much for Blinken’s saber-rattling and idea that Russian troops will be difficult to pry out of Kazakhstan, but the question should be: how many countries around the world do Americans troops still exist in after “temporary” deployments? How many countries has the United States government destroyed in an attempt to spread democracy and fight terrorism (or Communism)?
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
If Russia had its military stationed in Mexico or Canada, American officials would be singing a different tune, and Russian troops near Ukraine’s border is no different than if the United States put armed Americans in Texas because Russia threatened to admit Mexico into its own alliance. Russia does not want Ukraine to be included in NATO, and as part of recent peace talks, it proposed the termination of the policy to welcome any more countries into the alliance, as well as the withdrawal of American forces on countries that are near Russia’s border (in exchange for not engaging in war games near European countries and not flying its military aircraft close to NATO planes). Of course, the United States told its rival to go to hell, but the fact that despite Russia’s assurances that it would not invade its neighbor, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told Russia to prove its intentions.
Johnny: Teacher, Tommy raised his hand in the air. I am afraid that he might punch me, and even though he said that he was not going to, the fact that his hand is near my face, proves that he intends to hurt me.
Teacher: Johnny, Tommy is just raising his hand to answer the question. He is not going to hit you.
Johnny: Can you make him prove it, please?
Now, I understand that geopolitics is much more complex than a typical classroom setting and that the Russian government is certainly capable of lying and being out for its own interests, but why does the United States feel entitled to the entire Eurasian landmass? Why does Russia have to prove anything to the United States? It is a sovereign country, and Ukraine is not a territory of the United States, nor is it even an ally. It is none of our business what happens to it.
Why does NATO even still exist? It is just a war-making entity that intends on being aggressive towards Russia and giving weaker European countries confidence to act like they are tough. It also gives the United States the opportunity to expand its empire and control an entire continent.
Why should we not give peace a try? Withdraw from these NATO countries, and if Russia were to actually invade any of them, we could always send troops back there. Why should American lives and dollars be put on the line for nations that can barely scrape up money to have their own defense?
In Kazakhstan, after the government lifted price controls on liquified gasoline, protests erupted in the largest city of Almaty, and then they transitioned into anti-corruption demonstrations and a civil conflict between President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev and head of the National Security Council, Nursultan Nazarbayev (the former president who led the country from its independence from the Soviet Union to 2019). Nazarbayev was forced to step aside when Kazakhstan’s government was dissolved in failed concessions that did not prevent the riots from continuing to get out of hand, and Tokayev’s security forces were given free rein to terrorize those that did not disband (including “kill without warning” orders).
Since Tokayev was unable to control the situation, he called on the Collective Security Treaty Organization, led by Russia (but also includes Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan), to assist. Enter Antony Blinken to comment about how Russia will never leave, yet just recently, Tokayev announced that Russian troops will be required to transition out of the country within the next couple of weeks, to which the Kremlin responded, “It is their analysis, and we have no right to interfere.” So much for Blinken’s saber-rattling and idea that Russian troops will be difficult to pry out of Kazakhstan, but the question should be: how many countries around the world do Americans troops still exist in after “temporary” deployments? How many countries has the United States government destroyed in an attempt to spread democracy and fight terrorism (or Communism)?
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
January 3, 2022
A Summary of The 2021 Covid Narrative and An Idea of What Is to Come
With the CDC's recent change in quarantine duration from ten to five days, is the agency inadvertently admitting that Omicron is not really something that is worth freaking out about and that we need to learn to live with this now endemic virus and that the pandemic is, in reality, over? The Biden administration came out and said that there is little that can be done at the federal level to end the pandemic (despite his vaccine mandates through OSHA that were not passed by Congress).
The fact that the CDC felt pressure by businesses and medical experts to change their quarantine guidelines shows that the agency is bending to the political needs of the country and not acting for public health concerns (and also that people are growing tired of the arbitrary rules). This whole pandemic has been politicized, and this is just one example of how the government has pretended that it was the knight in shining armor to save us mere damsels in distress by solely listening to the science and putting those selfish hicks who questioned the narrative in their place.
Yet, at every turn, lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates failed to contain the virus, and even after those failures, politicians, who were self-interested, pushed those policies to strengthen their power. The politicians resorted to threatening their citizens with their livelihoods for making a choice over their bodies and not consuming a product by vaccine manufacturers that had deep and unhealthy connections to the federal government (for example, Pfizer and the FDA, or Moderna and the NIH).
New York Back Under A Dictatorship
Using the mildest variant yet as justification, the unelected governor of New York has issued another edict (extending her previous emergency declaration and building on it), and as a result, she is giving herself the authority to arbitrarily modify or suspend any law that she determines to be an obstacle to fighting Omicron. "Democracy" (or a republican form of government), as guaranteed by Article IV Section IV of the U.S. Constitution, is being threatened by a power-hungry tyrant. Do not expect the Biden administration to care about this, and rather, it will likely encourage it for partisan reasons. The majority of the people will ignore this and continue living life like everything is fine, but lucky for us, roughly 60% of counties in New York have refused to enforce the mask mandate (she is resorting to bribing the counties to enforce it with cash incentives amounting to $65 million).
We have been conditioned to see the executive branch as the appropriate law-making entity when the legislature does not act the way that that administration views as correct or timely. Perhaps the whole nation, particularly politicians, need to go back and retake their high school government class, since nobody seems to understand the concept of separation of powers anymore. Declaring an emergency to usurp powers that would otherwise not be acceptable to the population is one of the oldest tricks in the authoritarian playbook, and this new Covid precedent will continue to be used for anything under the sun, long after this current pandemic is over. If we do not stop this now, our democracy (or republic) will die. It starts in New York, but this is a trend that will affect all Americans in due time.
What Is Happening In Africa?
Many African countries remain largely unvaccinated with people attending large social gatherings and not wearing masks, and yet the pandemic has not affected them to the extent that it has in the West? Nigeria, a densely populated country of 200 million, only has 3,000 deaths from Covid-19? How could it be? Let us investigate for any reason that does not result in the commonsense conclusion that the vaccines and masks do not stop the spread of the virus.
All of the draconian measures of forced shutdowns, stay-at-home orders, hardships for millions of people, destruction of contracts, destruction of the concept of separation of powers among the political branches, prohibitions against free association and assembly, and the creation of a society of obedience could not be for nothing, right? No, we have to at least find a way to justify the tyranny.
To African leaders and the people in those countries, perhaps you want to continue doing what you are doing and not let the West intervene with its experimental vaccines that might make your lives more miserable, and perhaps you should avoid the fearmongering of another wave that will not actually occur. Just live your lives without the strings attached.
To American and European leaders and the people in those countries, perhaps we should learn from the example of Africa and other places that have not been devastated by Covid-19. Perhaps we need to get healthier and walk a few more blocks a day. Perhaps we should be promoting natural living instead of coercing people into getting vaccines that do not work. Perhaps we should leave other countries alone and not market and distribute Big Pharma's failed products there (we already distribute the military-industrial complex's products overseas as it is). Let us not make a situation that is not bad many times worse with our intervention.
I fear that all of this will fall on deaf ears, but someday the data and government and corporate documents will reveal the truth.
Silencing Unpopular Scientists
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Director of the NIH Francis Colins got caught conspiring against epidemiologists that had a different hypothesis to test, but Dr. Science will get a pass because he represents the very essence of forming independent and provable ideas and is not beholden to any type of profit motive or anything, of course. In regards to the Great Barrington Declaration, Fauci and Colins said,
“there needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises. I don't see anything like that online yet - is it underway?”
The attacks against Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University), Martin Kulldorff (Harvard University), and Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford) were made to discredit their work for disagreeing with the consensus, downplay herd immunity, and elevate lockdown (and later vaccine) policies.
This about sums up the Covid narrative in a nutshell. As a society, we have been subject to censorship, draconian policies, and the labelling of anything that does not conform to the narrative as misinformation. Now, we have even more emails proving that this pandemic is about more than public health and that there have been active campaigns to silence dissidents. I thought science was about questioning things and testing hypotheses, not dogma and manipulating the situation to a preferred narrative, but I guess we will let Dr. Science himself decide what the definition should be. After all, it is our patriotic duty to blindly follow authority and certain select experts, while classifying others as lunatics.
Are the Pandemic Policies Based on Science or Profit?
Clearly, the vaccine does not prevent spread of the virus. Is it really a pandemic of the unvaccinated, or is this baseless propaganda? There have been several “rare” breakthrough cases, like the 1,442 recent cases among Cornell University students on a campus with a 97% vaccination rate. Even though the CDC just admitted that 80% of Omicron cases are among the fully vaccinated, let us continue to believe the official narrative that the vaccine stops the spread and that punitive measures are necessary against people making a choice over their own bodies. This makes perfect ethical sense.
With Israel getting ready to administer fourth doses of the Pfizer vaccine (four months after the third dose), Dr. Fauci will soon consider this for the United States. Imagine being a government-connected vaccine manufacturer that is making billions of dollars off of the partnership and producing an infective product that requires frequent boosters (sometimes through mandates) but is classified as effective by the well-orchestrated propaganda. We are just waiting for the definition of fully vaccinated to change, so we can divide society into classes based on personal choices over our bodies.
A new study (hardly the first of its kind) out of Israel shows that natural immunity is better than artificial immunity (for Delta) and that those with vaccination had waning immunity after months, while natural immunity lasted much longer. According to journalist Alex Berenson, the study seems to show that those with natural immunity have less severe infections on average than those with vaccination, and vaccinated individuals that were later infected were less likely to ward off the virus in the future than those that had natural immunity without vaccination, suggesting that the vaccine may actually hinder future immunity. Pfizer and Moderna, which have connections to the federal government, are now looking to potentially increase profit with Omicron-specific boosters, in addition to receiving large sums from regular boosters that exist because of convenient vaccine failures. Are we really going to follow the Almighty dollar and consolidation of power, as politicians and the corporate media ramp up the fearmongering, over science?
Doctors and scientists were forced to go along with the narrative in order to receive funding and not be discredited, and experts (and really anyone at all) who spoke out were censored or ridiculed. Ivermectin (listed as a potential treatment for Covid on the NIH website) was quickly dismissed and replaced by the more dangerous Remdesivir through the bribing of hospitals with add-on payments. If this pandemic were really about following the science, we would have allowed free speech and the testing of hypotheses instead of dismissing and censoring anything that threatened the nationalistic narrative that benefited politicians, drug companies, and the corporate media.
We will see how long power-hungry politicians keep this fading pandemic going in order to prop up their ability to push profits on behalf of vaccine manufacturers and to control us with mask and vaccine mandates, threats of lockdowns, and perpetual fearmongering and propaganda (in conjunction with the corporate media). They know that this is all political and a joke (politicians were frequently caught at large gatherings or without masks), but as long as people continue to comply, they will not relinquish that power that they have over us.
How long will we continue to coerce people into taking a medical product that may be unnecessary for some and does not prevent communal spread? This is unethical, and the majority of the population will buy into the propaganda and continue to fall as they hit every variant down the Covid staircase. Meanwhile, Big Pharma is laughing their way to the bank. When will this pandemic end? It will only end when the people say that they have had enough. If you live in a state like Florida, enjoy your relative freedom. If you live in a state like New York, you need to show courage and stop complying until they can no longer get away with this.
The fact that the CDC felt pressure by businesses and medical experts to change their quarantine guidelines shows that the agency is bending to the political needs of the country and not acting for public health concerns (and also that people are growing tired of the arbitrary rules). This whole pandemic has been politicized, and this is just one example of how the government has pretended that it was the knight in shining armor to save us mere damsels in distress by solely listening to the science and putting those selfish hicks who questioned the narrative in their place.
Yet, at every turn, lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates failed to contain the virus, and even after those failures, politicians, who were self-interested, pushed those policies to strengthen their power. The politicians resorted to threatening their citizens with their livelihoods for making a choice over their bodies and not consuming a product by vaccine manufacturers that had deep and unhealthy connections to the federal government (for example, Pfizer and the FDA, or Moderna and the NIH).
New York Back Under A Dictatorship
Using the mildest variant yet as justification, the unelected governor of New York has issued another edict (extending her previous emergency declaration and building on it), and as a result, she is giving herself the authority to arbitrarily modify or suspend any law that she determines to be an obstacle to fighting Omicron. "Democracy" (or a republican form of government), as guaranteed by Article IV Section IV of the U.S. Constitution, is being threatened by a power-hungry tyrant. Do not expect the Biden administration to care about this, and rather, it will likely encourage it for partisan reasons. The majority of the people will ignore this and continue living life like everything is fine, but lucky for us, roughly 60% of counties in New York have refused to enforce the mask mandate (she is resorting to bribing the counties to enforce it with cash incentives amounting to $65 million).
We have been conditioned to see the executive branch as the appropriate law-making entity when the legislature does not act the way that that administration views as correct or timely. Perhaps the whole nation, particularly politicians, need to go back and retake their high school government class, since nobody seems to understand the concept of separation of powers anymore. Declaring an emergency to usurp powers that would otherwise not be acceptable to the population is one of the oldest tricks in the authoritarian playbook, and this new Covid precedent will continue to be used for anything under the sun, long after this current pandemic is over. If we do not stop this now, our democracy (or republic) will die. It starts in New York, but this is a trend that will affect all Americans in due time.
What Is Happening In Africa?
Many African countries remain largely unvaccinated with people attending large social gatherings and not wearing masks, and yet the pandemic has not affected them to the extent that it has in the West? Nigeria, a densely populated country of 200 million, only has 3,000 deaths from Covid-19? How could it be? Let us investigate for any reason that does not result in the commonsense conclusion that the vaccines and masks do not stop the spread of the virus.
All of the draconian measures of forced shutdowns, stay-at-home orders, hardships for millions of people, destruction of contracts, destruction of the concept of separation of powers among the political branches, prohibitions against free association and assembly, and the creation of a society of obedience could not be for nothing, right? No, we have to at least find a way to justify the tyranny.
To African leaders and the people in those countries, perhaps you want to continue doing what you are doing and not let the West intervene with its experimental vaccines that might make your lives more miserable, and perhaps you should avoid the fearmongering of another wave that will not actually occur. Just live your lives without the strings attached.
To American and European leaders and the people in those countries, perhaps we should learn from the example of Africa and other places that have not been devastated by Covid-19. Perhaps we need to get healthier and walk a few more blocks a day. Perhaps we should be promoting natural living instead of coercing people into getting vaccines that do not work. Perhaps we should leave other countries alone and not market and distribute Big Pharma's failed products there (we already distribute the military-industrial complex's products overseas as it is). Let us not make a situation that is not bad many times worse with our intervention.
I fear that all of this will fall on deaf ears, but someday the data and government and corporate documents will reveal the truth.
Silencing Unpopular Scientists
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Director of the NIH Francis Colins got caught conspiring against epidemiologists that had a different hypothesis to test, but Dr. Science will get a pass because he represents the very essence of forming independent and provable ideas and is not beholden to any type of profit motive or anything, of course. In regards to the Great Barrington Declaration, Fauci and Colins said,
“there needs to be a quick and devastating published takedown of its premises. I don't see anything like that online yet - is it underway?”
The attacks against Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University), Martin Kulldorff (Harvard University), and Sunetra Gupta (University of Oxford) were made to discredit their work for disagreeing with the consensus, downplay herd immunity, and elevate lockdown (and later vaccine) policies.
This about sums up the Covid narrative in a nutshell. As a society, we have been subject to censorship, draconian policies, and the labelling of anything that does not conform to the narrative as misinformation. Now, we have even more emails proving that this pandemic is about more than public health and that there have been active campaigns to silence dissidents. I thought science was about questioning things and testing hypotheses, not dogma and manipulating the situation to a preferred narrative, but I guess we will let Dr. Science himself decide what the definition should be. After all, it is our patriotic duty to blindly follow authority and certain select experts, while classifying others as lunatics.
Are the Pandemic Policies Based on Science or Profit?
Clearly, the vaccine does not prevent spread of the virus. Is it really a pandemic of the unvaccinated, or is this baseless propaganda? There have been several “rare” breakthrough cases, like the 1,442 recent cases among Cornell University students on a campus with a 97% vaccination rate. Even though the CDC just admitted that 80% of Omicron cases are among the fully vaccinated, let us continue to believe the official narrative that the vaccine stops the spread and that punitive measures are necessary against people making a choice over their own bodies. This makes perfect ethical sense.
With Israel getting ready to administer fourth doses of the Pfizer vaccine (four months after the third dose), Dr. Fauci will soon consider this for the United States. Imagine being a government-connected vaccine manufacturer that is making billions of dollars off of the partnership and producing an infective product that requires frequent boosters (sometimes through mandates) but is classified as effective by the well-orchestrated propaganda. We are just waiting for the definition of fully vaccinated to change, so we can divide society into classes based on personal choices over our bodies.
A new study (hardly the first of its kind) out of Israel shows that natural immunity is better than artificial immunity (for Delta) and that those with vaccination had waning immunity after months, while natural immunity lasted much longer. According to journalist Alex Berenson, the study seems to show that those with natural immunity have less severe infections on average than those with vaccination, and vaccinated individuals that were later infected were less likely to ward off the virus in the future than those that had natural immunity without vaccination, suggesting that the vaccine may actually hinder future immunity. Pfizer and Moderna, which have connections to the federal government, are now looking to potentially increase profit with Omicron-specific boosters, in addition to receiving large sums from regular boosters that exist because of convenient vaccine failures. Are we really going to follow the Almighty dollar and consolidation of power, as politicians and the corporate media ramp up the fearmongering, over science?
Doctors and scientists were forced to go along with the narrative in order to receive funding and not be discredited, and experts (and really anyone at all) who spoke out were censored or ridiculed. Ivermectin (listed as a potential treatment for Covid on the NIH website) was quickly dismissed and replaced by the more dangerous Remdesivir through the bribing of hospitals with add-on payments. If this pandemic were really about following the science, we would have allowed free speech and the testing of hypotheses instead of dismissing and censoring anything that threatened the nationalistic narrative that benefited politicians, drug companies, and the corporate media.
We will see how long power-hungry politicians keep this fading pandemic going in order to prop up their ability to push profits on behalf of vaccine manufacturers and to control us with mask and vaccine mandates, threats of lockdowns, and perpetual fearmongering and propaganda (in conjunction with the corporate media). They know that this is all political and a joke (politicians were frequently caught at large gatherings or without masks), but as long as people continue to comply, they will not relinquish that power that they have over us.
How long will we continue to coerce people into taking a medical product that may be unnecessary for some and does not prevent communal spread? This is unethical, and the majority of the population will buy into the propaganda and continue to fall as they hit every variant down the Covid staircase. Meanwhile, Big Pharma is laughing their way to the bank. When will this pandemic end? It will only end when the people say that they have had enough. If you live in a state like Florida, enjoy your relative freedom. If you live in a state like New York, you need to show courage and stop complying until they can no longer get away with this.
December 13, 2021
With Human Rights Abuses During the Pandemic, Does the United States Have a Leg to Stand On With the Beijing Olympics Boycott?
Many Americans have applauded the Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics as a bipartisan effort to condemn China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province, the Tibetans, and political reformers in Hong Kong. Although this issue should certainly be raised and the actions of the Chinese Communist Party should not be tolerated, is the United States government in a moral position to be able to cast judgment on this? From covert operations that result in brutal dictatorships that are friendly with American interests, to drone warfare that results in mass civilian casualties, to torture at Guantanamo Bay and black sites, to surveillance of the international and domestic population, to civil asset forfeiture, to the militarization of law enforcement and home invasions for drugs, to unconditional support of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, to support of Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses, to the overt invasions of countries that do not comply; human rights abuses are really only something that the United States condemns for political purposes and when it is convenient. None of the human rights hypocrisy is clearer than with COVID-19.
Austria has implemented a vaccine mandate, requiring all citizens to receive the jab by February 2022, or face a fine equivalent to $15,000 per year through January 2024. The country has also segregated society into vaccinated and unvaccinated for the purposes of daily life, being that the unvaccinated are only allowed to leave their homes under certain circumstances. Germany, a NATO ally of the United States, has also banned unvaccinated citizens from participating in society and is considering a mandatory vaccination program like in Austria. As more countries begin to scare the living daylights out of their citizens because of Omicron, do not expect a condemnation from the United States on treatment of ordinary people just trying to live their lives.
Australia has built itself a nice police state during the pandemic, and over the course of two years, the relatively free society has descended into an authoritarian nightmare, where many citizens were forced to stay at home or face fines or arrests. Each state or territory is allowed to set its own Covid policies (like in the United States), but many have been strict and taken the liberty of preventing rights from being exercised. Early on in the pandemic, Victoria (and later New South Wales joined in on the fun) was the worst when it came to human rights abuses, with reports of arrests for even being associated with protests and the flying of drones overhead to search for people driving too far from their homes or walking about without masks. The Australian military was deployed to Sydney to assist local police in brutally arresting protesters (rubber bullets have been frequently used), and the fine for leaving one’s house was set to the equivalent of $3,700 (per occurrence). South Australia, which had its own strict stay-at-home orders and made arrests accordingly, had a required phone app for those quarantining, where if the person did not provide sufficient proof of them being at home within fifteen minutes, they would receive a visit from police.
In addition, Australia has been notorious for its Covid concentration camps, and although they might not be as bad as those under Nazi Germany, the fact that a supposedly free country has anything of the sort is disturbing. A video of an Australian woman who was forced from her home and dragged off to one such camp has surfaced, showing guards harassing and threatening her with a hefty fine if she left her balcony. Many of the people in this Northern Territory camp tested negative for Covid, but they were still forced to temporarily live there. Similarly, in the same territory, Aboriginees were also taken to quarantine camps, with an elderly woman in the community claiming that her people were forced away against their will and have not been able to be contacted. Although the claim about people being forced into the camp is disputed, those who have not moved to the camp have been confined to their homes under constant lock and key, without even the ability to go grocery shopping or exercise outdoors. While an American invasion against Australia to free them from tyranny would seem unlikely, in part because most Americans would likely agree with what is happening there, it is astounding how far Australians, who no longer have guns to ward off this type of unreasonableness, have allowed their country to go in “protecting” them.
Back in the United States, Americans have allowed authoritarianism to creep in as well, albeit to a lesser extent. Still, during the height of the pandemic, people were prohibited from practicing their religion in physical buildings; assembling at bars, restaurants, gyms, and other businesses; being guaranteed a republican form of government (as legislatures were temporarily dissolved in favor of executive mandates); exercising their right to carry out contracts voluntarily between parties; having gatherings in their own residences; and travelling anywhere besides work (with a permission slip) or to the store. Even now, vaccine mandates have taken effect, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has enacted mandatory proof of vaccination for all restaurants and other forms of indoor recreation, and he has recently gone even further requiring all employers, regardless of size, to have all of their employees vaccinated (with no test-out option). These vaccine passport systems, which are currently only in a few cities but will grow in popularity with Omicron, divide society into two classes and prohibit the free exercise of rights to certain citizens in violation of the Constitution. President Joe Biden has enacted his own vaccine mandate for all private businesses with over 100 employees (with a test-out option). Because of Omicron, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared her own state of emergency (before the first case of the variant had even been discovered in the state) and is now forcing all businesses within the state to become her own personal law enforcement agents and require masks for all patrons, or face a $1,000 fine per infraction. The executive branch has become just another law-making body, and most Americans are perfectly fine with it.
These mandates are just the beginning of what is to come, if we as Americans do not step up and say that we have had enough through our boycotts, resignations, and civil disobedience. If we do not want to go the Australian, Austrian, or Chinese route, now is the time to refuse to comply with unconstitutional violations and human rights abuses. This is our time to decide if a free country is worth fighting for, or whether we will descend to the very same tyranny that our founding fathers faced in their time. While taking a stand against China’s genocide against the Uyghurs is noble, the United States government does not have much of a moral leg to stand on when it comes to this type of condemnation.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website to read more about the United States government’s support and policies of human rights abuses.
Austria has implemented a vaccine mandate, requiring all citizens to receive the jab by February 2022, or face a fine equivalent to $15,000 per year through January 2024. The country has also segregated society into vaccinated and unvaccinated for the purposes of daily life, being that the unvaccinated are only allowed to leave their homes under certain circumstances. Germany, a NATO ally of the United States, has also banned unvaccinated citizens from participating in society and is considering a mandatory vaccination program like in Austria. As more countries begin to scare the living daylights out of their citizens because of Omicron, do not expect a condemnation from the United States on treatment of ordinary people just trying to live their lives.
Australia has built itself a nice police state during the pandemic, and over the course of two years, the relatively free society has descended into an authoritarian nightmare, where many citizens were forced to stay at home or face fines or arrests. Each state or territory is allowed to set its own Covid policies (like in the United States), but many have been strict and taken the liberty of preventing rights from being exercised. Early on in the pandemic, Victoria (and later New South Wales joined in on the fun) was the worst when it came to human rights abuses, with reports of arrests for even being associated with protests and the flying of drones overhead to search for people driving too far from their homes or walking about without masks. The Australian military was deployed to Sydney to assist local police in brutally arresting protesters (rubber bullets have been frequently used), and the fine for leaving one’s house was set to the equivalent of $3,700 (per occurrence). South Australia, which had its own strict stay-at-home orders and made arrests accordingly, had a required phone app for those quarantining, where if the person did not provide sufficient proof of them being at home within fifteen minutes, they would receive a visit from police.
In addition, Australia has been notorious for its Covid concentration camps, and although they might not be as bad as those under Nazi Germany, the fact that a supposedly free country has anything of the sort is disturbing. A video of an Australian woman who was forced from her home and dragged off to one such camp has surfaced, showing guards harassing and threatening her with a hefty fine if she left her balcony. Many of the people in this Northern Territory camp tested negative for Covid, but they were still forced to temporarily live there. Similarly, in the same territory, Aboriginees were also taken to quarantine camps, with an elderly woman in the community claiming that her people were forced away against their will and have not been able to be contacted. Although the claim about people being forced into the camp is disputed, those who have not moved to the camp have been confined to their homes under constant lock and key, without even the ability to go grocery shopping or exercise outdoors. While an American invasion against Australia to free them from tyranny would seem unlikely, in part because most Americans would likely agree with what is happening there, it is astounding how far Australians, who no longer have guns to ward off this type of unreasonableness, have allowed their country to go in “protecting” them.
Back in the United States, Americans have allowed authoritarianism to creep in as well, albeit to a lesser extent. Still, during the height of the pandemic, people were prohibited from practicing their religion in physical buildings; assembling at bars, restaurants, gyms, and other businesses; being guaranteed a republican form of government (as legislatures were temporarily dissolved in favor of executive mandates); exercising their right to carry out contracts voluntarily between parties; having gatherings in their own residences; and travelling anywhere besides work (with a permission slip) or to the store. Even now, vaccine mandates have taken effect, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has enacted mandatory proof of vaccination for all restaurants and other forms of indoor recreation, and he has recently gone even further requiring all employers, regardless of size, to have all of their employees vaccinated (with no test-out option). These vaccine passport systems, which are currently only in a few cities but will grow in popularity with Omicron, divide society into two classes and prohibit the free exercise of rights to certain citizens in violation of the Constitution. President Joe Biden has enacted his own vaccine mandate for all private businesses with over 100 employees (with a test-out option). Because of Omicron, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared her own state of emergency (before the first case of the variant had even been discovered in the state) and is now forcing all businesses within the state to become her own personal law enforcement agents and require masks for all patrons, or face a $1,000 fine per infraction. The executive branch has become just another law-making body, and most Americans are perfectly fine with it.
These mandates are just the beginning of what is to come, if we as Americans do not step up and say that we have had enough through our boycotts, resignations, and civil disobedience. If we do not want to go the Australian, Austrian, or Chinese route, now is the time to refuse to comply with unconstitutional violations and human rights abuses. This is our time to decide if a free country is worth fighting for, or whether we will descend to the very same tyranny that our founding fathers faced in their time. While taking a stand against China’s genocide against the Uyghurs is noble, the United States government does not have much of a moral leg to stand on when it comes to this type of condemnation.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website to read more about the United States government’s support and policies of human rights abuses.
December 9, 2021
Will the Russian Bear Chase Down Its Ukrainian Prey?
Most people who are paying attention to what is currently going on in Europe are concerned that the Russian bear may be stalking its Ukrainian prey, but lucky for Americans, Eurasian brown bears have a largely plant-based diet (and if you were wondering, the American black bear is also mostly, but not entirely, herbivorous), contrary to popular belief. Likewise, the hype posed by the Biden administration and the corporate media is exaggerated, and a Russian invasion of Ukraine is not probable. Although it appears that roughly 90,000 Russian troops have been deployed near Ukraine, this is not the first time that Russian President Vladimir Putin has done something like this in order to gauge the situation and see what the response will be from the West. If a war does break out between the United States and Russia over Ukraine, it is more than likely that it will be a misunderstanding, or an attack provoked by the Ukrainian government and backed by the United States. Russia is very aware that an attack against Ukraine could have deadly consequences.
What? Tell me that you are joking. Russia is the enemy, right? It is the country that invaded a sovereign nation and stole part of its territory back in 2014, after all.
This is the narrative that we are told as Americans, but like with almost everything, there are two sides to the story. The United States is not innocent in all of this (and neither are the Russians, but this particular article is a critique of the American government). If you would like to refresh your memory (or learn, if you are not familiar with what has been occurring since the Obama administration), feel free to check out this and this (or any number of writings that I have on the topic). There, you will learn how the United States government backed a coup against the democratically-elected leader of Ukraine, which led to Russia annexing Crimea (the people of Crimea overwhelmingly voted to join Russia, despite what the American government will tell you) and a war of aggression waged by the Ukrainian government (supported by $2.5 billion in American military aid, so far) against Russian-backed separatist forces in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Russia has claimed that the potential invasion that the Biden administration keeps shouting about is baseless and that the larger issue is that NATO has been expanding and sending troops and resources into countries that border Russia for years. His claim is valid in that NATO has been including former Soviet-influenced nations into the alliance, and if Russia started an alliance with Latin American countries and stationed troops there, the United States would probably not be too thrilled.
Vladimir Putin also condemned a Ukrainian ship that appears to be headed to the Kerch Strait in defiance of Russian warnings and protocol for navigating the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is suspicious as to why a naval ship would be headed towards the Donbas region of Ukraine, which is the area where intense fighting between the government and separatists had occurred (and skirmishes still happen from time to time). Could it be, as the Russian government has suggested, that the Ukrainian government is looking to make a move against the separatists and end the war, and that the West is planning to use Russia’s troop buildup as an excuse or justification for the attack?
It is difficult to know what is going on in Putin’s head, but President Biden wasted no time in threatening his enemy with potential economic sanctions, the cutting off of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline (the United States will pressure Germany to retract its deal with Russia to build the pipeline and supply Europe with oil), and the idea that the American military may make a presence in the region in a combat role (was this the reason for the withdrawal in Afghanistan?). The federal government is also warning that Russia is planning an attack with upwards of 175,000 troops, several armored vehicles, and artillery. However, the Biden administration has not provided evidence that this is the case and has even suggested that Putin has not made up his mind yet. Therefore, perhaps the government should relax before making swift statements.
After the poor performance in the Afghanistan withdrawal, the president is eager to beat his chest and act like he is in charge and will stand up to one of the bullies of the East. In the end, though, this pointless saber-rattling will only bring us closer to a conflict that is not in the best interests of the American people. Ukraine is a non-ally and located thousands of miles away. Ultimately, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine (which was once part of Russia, and the Soviet Union gifted Crimea to Ukraine and then revoked the deal in 2014) is not the business of the United States. However, since the federal government likes to intervene in every corner of the planet and intimidate any country that does not comply, whatever happens in Ukraine will likely become America’s problem.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website, where you can find much more on Ukraine and other topics.
What? Tell me that you are joking. Russia is the enemy, right? It is the country that invaded a sovereign nation and stole part of its territory back in 2014, after all.
This is the narrative that we are told as Americans, but like with almost everything, there are two sides to the story. The United States is not innocent in all of this (and neither are the Russians, but this particular article is a critique of the American government). If you would like to refresh your memory (or learn, if you are not familiar with what has been occurring since the Obama administration), feel free to check out this and this (or any number of writings that I have on the topic). There, you will learn how the United States government backed a coup against the democratically-elected leader of Ukraine, which led to Russia annexing Crimea (the people of Crimea overwhelmingly voted to join Russia, despite what the American government will tell you) and a war of aggression waged by the Ukrainian government (supported by $2.5 billion in American military aid, so far) against Russian-backed separatist forces in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Russia has claimed that the potential invasion that the Biden administration keeps shouting about is baseless and that the larger issue is that NATO has been expanding and sending troops and resources into countries that border Russia for years. His claim is valid in that NATO has been including former Soviet-influenced nations into the alliance, and if Russia started an alliance with Latin American countries and stationed troops there, the United States would probably not be too thrilled.
Vladimir Putin also condemned a Ukrainian ship that appears to be headed to the Kerch Strait in defiance of Russian warnings and protocol for navigating the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is suspicious as to why a naval ship would be headed towards the Donbas region of Ukraine, which is the area where intense fighting between the government and separatists had occurred (and skirmishes still happen from time to time). Could it be, as the Russian government has suggested, that the Ukrainian government is looking to make a move against the separatists and end the war, and that the West is planning to use Russia’s troop buildup as an excuse or justification for the attack?
It is difficult to know what is going on in Putin’s head, but President Biden wasted no time in threatening his enemy with potential economic sanctions, the cutting off of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline (the United States will pressure Germany to retract its deal with Russia to build the pipeline and supply Europe with oil), and the idea that the American military may make a presence in the region in a combat role (was this the reason for the withdrawal in Afghanistan?). The federal government is also warning that Russia is planning an attack with upwards of 175,000 troops, several armored vehicles, and artillery. However, the Biden administration has not provided evidence that this is the case and has even suggested that Putin has not made up his mind yet. Therefore, perhaps the government should relax before making swift statements.
After the poor performance in the Afghanistan withdrawal, the president is eager to beat his chest and act like he is in charge and will stand up to one of the bullies of the East. In the end, though, this pointless saber-rattling will only bring us closer to a conflict that is not in the best interests of the American people. Ukraine is a non-ally and located thousands of miles away. Ultimately, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine (which was once part of Russia, and the Soviet Union gifted Crimea to Ukraine and then revoked the deal in 2014) is not the business of the United States. However, since the federal government likes to intervene in every corner of the planet and intimidate any country that does not comply, whatever happens in Ukraine will likely become America’s problem.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website, where you can find much more on Ukraine and other topics.
November 8, 2021
Prepare for January 4th and the Growing Medical Tyranny
In an era when science has become a religion and common sense has been replaced with blind faith in institutions, all that the people who love freedom can hope for is a mass awakening. The overwhelming majority of people have been conditioned to accept the growing medical tyranny that has engulfed the country, and now the authoritarians, represented by government officials and the corporate media, are moving towards child sacrifice with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the Pfizer vaccine for kids between the ages of five and eleven and a manipulation of reality by labeling people who call the Biden administration’s new executive order a vaccine mandate as spreaders of misinformation (the last time that I checked, a mandate is an order to compel some type of action, and the “choice” allowed under the order’s guidance is get vaccinated, require employees to get tested weekly at the employees’ expense and wear a face mask, or face hefty fines; so the reality is that the president is attempting to make life so miserable for both employers and employees that people cave and get vaccinated, thus, it is a vaccine mandate, or at the very least, a mandate that coerces people into vaccination).
For those who believe in bodily autonomy, as outlined in the Bill of Rights, this is a dark time. The Biden administration has provoked the populace into a coming civil conflict, as twenty-four states (Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas) have attempted to invoke the Tenth Amendment and challenge the unconstitutional mandate in court and many employees across the nation are refusing to comply and resigning. The same Democrats that claimed that President Trump was such a threat to democracy are sure quiet when it comes to the separation of powers concept from the U.S. Constitution that clearly states that the legislature (Congress) creates the laws and the president executes them. When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) act as alternative legislatures of the king’s court, the whole republican form of government (or democracy, if that is the preferred term) falls on its face, but the “Trump is a fascist” crowd would merrily trade freedom and choice for the iron fist of the executive branch when it comes to their preferred issues.
Saying that OSHA has the authority to regulate the workplace by requiring a vaccine under a 1970 law passed in Congress is like arguing that the president can declare war on any country it wants under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) because Congress no longer feels like declaring war itself. The legislature, under the separation of powers, is not permitted to delegate its constitutional duties to other branches, regardless of whether there is massive support for the measure or there is a perceived emergency. If Congress passed a law fifty years ago that stated that potatoes had to be shaped like hearts before being sold, could we now use that same law to say, “well, if we do not mandate the vaccine, the pandemic will continue forever, thus hurting the sale of potatoes that are sold in heart shapes and meaning that people need to be vaccinated to bring the sale of potatoes to their full potential?” Most people would say that this scenario is absurd, but when OSHA was put into effect, vaccine requirements were not on the minds of lawmakers, and requiring it under such a law is just as absurd.
Just because there is precedent for utilizing the executive branch in this manner does not mean that it is acceptable (there are lots of other events in American history that there is precedent for that we probably should not revisit). Not only does this vaccine mandate violate the separation of powers concept, but it also violates the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments’ guarantee of freedom of religion (if religious exemptions are denied); freedom of association (this violates employers’ ability to voluntarily contract with their employees); privacy; protection from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law (refusing a vaccine is not a crime, and even if it were made one, it would have to be passed by Congress as a law); the right to one’s own body; the right to pursue happiness; and the right of healthy and unhealthy individuals to refuse medical treatment.
Unfortunately, genuine religious exemptions will likely be the only escape from the orders of the dictator. In a de facto free country, a person would be free to decline an experimental drug therapy under any excuse or circumstance that one chooses, but since we do not live in a free country, people will be forced to choose between losing their jobs, and thus their livelihoods in the twenty-first century, or complying to the whim of a single leader. This is unethical.
As the January 4th deadline approaches, there will be initial resistance, but as the smoke settles, the federal government will likely have its way with the American people and bring the states to their knees by cutting off funding for those that do not comply (why do you think that the drinking age of every state is twenty-one?). When this happens, a federal vaccine mandate on private businesses will just become the status quo position, and in the future, we will be arguing about how new draconian measures should be adopted because of the precedents set during this pandemic.
However, there is some good news, as a federal court (the Fifth Circuit of the Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana) has temporarily blocked the mandate from taking effect. We will see how long this will last or how effective it will ultimately be (will this lead to other successes in the courts?), as the president continues to urge businesses to comply nonetheless. Fighting this in the courts, although a good start and something that should be done, cannot be the only course of action for those who believe that freedom is important. Employees need to step down from their jobs and put pressure on their companies. If standard operating procedures are disrupted and business grinds to a halt, there might be some hope that the federal government’s actions will be reversed. Just like Samuel Adams and other patriots in Boston, at times, forced the hands of the British government through boycotts, protests, and other disruptive actions, we the employees of America should be striving to do the same. Without courageous men and women stepping up in our country’s time of need to organize resistance to the medical tyranny (which will eventually be replaced by climate change tyranny) that has been forced upon us, I fear that we will become mere subjects of the federal government. We cannot rely on the courts, as they are part of the system and are controlled by fallible individuals who can succumb to pressure. We need to stand up together and fight whatever madness comes our way before it is too late.
For those who believe in bodily autonomy, as outlined in the Bill of Rights, this is a dark time. The Biden administration has provoked the populace into a coming civil conflict, as twenty-four states (Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas) have attempted to invoke the Tenth Amendment and challenge the unconstitutional mandate in court and many employees across the nation are refusing to comply and resigning. The same Democrats that claimed that President Trump was such a threat to democracy are sure quiet when it comes to the separation of powers concept from the U.S. Constitution that clearly states that the legislature (Congress) creates the laws and the president executes them. When the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Labor (DOL), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) act as alternative legislatures of the king’s court, the whole republican form of government (or democracy, if that is the preferred term) falls on its face, but the “Trump is a fascist” crowd would merrily trade freedom and choice for the iron fist of the executive branch when it comes to their preferred issues.
Saying that OSHA has the authority to regulate the workplace by requiring a vaccine under a 1970 law passed in Congress is like arguing that the president can declare war on any country it wants under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) because Congress no longer feels like declaring war itself. The legislature, under the separation of powers, is not permitted to delegate its constitutional duties to other branches, regardless of whether there is massive support for the measure or there is a perceived emergency. If Congress passed a law fifty years ago that stated that potatoes had to be shaped like hearts before being sold, could we now use that same law to say, “well, if we do not mandate the vaccine, the pandemic will continue forever, thus hurting the sale of potatoes that are sold in heart shapes and meaning that people need to be vaccinated to bring the sale of potatoes to their full potential?” Most people would say that this scenario is absurd, but when OSHA was put into effect, vaccine requirements were not on the minds of lawmakers, and requiring it under such a law is just as absurd.
Just because there is precedent for utilizing the executive branch in this manner does not mean that it is acceptable (there are lots of other events in American history that there is precedent for that we probably should not revisit). Not only does this vaccine mandate violate the separation of powers concept, but it also violates the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments’ guarantee of freedom of religion (if religious exemptions are denied); freedom of association (this violates employers’ ability to voluntarily contract with their employees); privacy; protection from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law (refusing a vaccine is not a crime, and even if it were made one, it would have to be passed by Congress as a law); the right to one’s own body; the right to pursue happiness; and the right of healthy and unhealthy individuals to refuse medical treatment.
Unfortunately, genuine religious exemptions will likely be the only escape from the orders of the dictator. In a de facto free country, a person would be free to decline an experimental drug therapy under any excuse or circumstance that one chooses, but since we do not live in a free country, people will be forced to choose between losing their jobs, and thus their livelihoods in the twenty-first century, or complying to the whim of a single leader. This is unethical.
As the January 4th deadline approaches, there will be initial resistance, but as the smoke settles, the federal government will likely have its way with the American people and bring the states to their knees by cutting off funding for those that do not comply (why do you think that the drinking age of every state is twenty-one?). When this happens, a federal vaccine mandate on private businesses will just become the status quo position, and in the future, we will be arguing about how new draconian measures should be adopted because of the precedents set during this pandemic.
However, there is some good news, as a federal court (the Fifth Circuit of the Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana) has temporarily blocked the mandate from taking effect. We will see how long this will last or how effective it will ultimately be (will this lead to other successes in the courts?), as the president continues to urge businesses to comply nonetheless. Fighting this in the courts, although a good start and something that should be done, cannot be the only course of action for those who believe that freedom is important. Employees need to step down from their jobs and put pressure on their companies. If standard operating procedures are disrupted and business grinds to a halt, there might be some hope that the federal government’s actions will be reversed. Just like Samuel Adams and other patriots in Boston, at times, forced the hands of the British government through boycotts, protests, and other disruptive actions, we the employees of America should be striving to do the same. Without courageous men and women stepping up in our country’s time of need to organize resistance to the medical tyranny (which will eventually be replaced by climate change tyranny) that has been forced upon us, I fear that we will become mere subjects of the federal government. We cannot rely on the courts, as they are part of the system and are controlled by fallible individuals who can succumb to pressure. We need to stand up together and fight whatever madness comes our way before it is too late.
November 1, 2021
The Tulsa Race Massacre and Reflections for Today
This year marked the 100th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack committed against the people in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event, later called the Tulsa Race Massacre, resulted in hundreds of deaths, over one thousand homes, churches, businesses, and schools destroyed, and the homelessness of over 10,000 residents in an affluent area that had been created by the black community. During a time of segregation and systemic racism, having a beacon of hope for a marginalized group of people was an invaluable asset (this community was dubbed “Black Wall Street”). Yet, a mob used the false accusation of a young man raping a white girl as justification to burn down the progress that had been made in Greenwood.
On May 30, 1921, the culprits involved (backed by local police) were enraged by the situation that resulted from a brawl between white men who gathered outside of the courthouse where the young man was being held by police and black men who attempted to protect him. The adrenaline began to pump as the mobsters became interested in burning the whole community to the ground and killing any black people that they could find. This overtly racist act intensified with some airplanes flying overhead to hurl bombs below (although the degree of this is still a matter of debate, it is very likely that some destruction was reigned from the sky), but it appears that most of the damage occurred from fighting on the ground (including destruction through explosives and looting). The ironic part was that even though the white men who stormed the district were culpable, many black men and women were detained by the National Guard when order was restored.
It was also ironic that J. Edgar Hoover and his Bureau of Investigations and the subsequent FBI chose not to monitor white individuals and groups who were committing acts of violence against the black community, but the agencies did surveil notable black figures like Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King, Jr. (under Cointelpro, which was a deliberate campaign to stir fear among black leaders that they would be arrested for their activism). Under the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, the FBI continued to target the black community by interpreting its authority to base its searches on race and ethnicity. After the Michael Brown incident in 2014, the FBI began to monitor, and even threaten, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, and this led to a new program to target the “Black Identity Extremism” movement under the suspicion that black activists were committing violence against police officers. The protests after the Freddie Gray killing in 2018 even saw FBI air surveillance prioritized. Much of this surveillance was unjustified and unconstitutional, but the fact that black protesters have been disproportionately targeted makes it all that much worse.
Fast-forward to today, after the George Floyd protests, we saw an onslaught of police brutality against black protesters, sometimes with rubber bullets and arrests for violating curfew (as if the government can tell you what time of the day that you are allowed to protest). Although some of the BLM protesters did destroy businesses, trespass on federal courthouses, and capture several city blocks in Portland, the majority were peaceful. Yet, CNN and other news outlets capitalized on this by suggesting that one side of the political aisle was peaceful, while simultaneously and erroneously implying that the majority of pro-Trump demonstrators on January 6th were not. The media and government narrative currently is moving against right-wing groups (the DHS even went as far as to name those who disagree with the Covid narrative and do not believe that Joe Biden truly won the 2020 election as potential terrorists), and when the government favors one political faction over another and intimidates those who have a particular point of view by causing them to have to censor their speech for fear of retribution, the freedom of speech has been violated. Hopefully the party currently in power can understand that someday the tables could be turned and they could be the ones to transform into political enemies of the state, which is why this tit for tat targeting (whether based on race or political persuasion) is something that we should condemn, as we strive to treat all people equally in society.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
On May 30, 1921, the culprits involved (backed by local police) were enraged by the situation that resulted from a brawl between white men who gathered outside of the courthouse where the young man was being held by police and black men who attempted to protect him. The adrenaline began to pump as the mobsters became interested in burning the whole community to the ground and killing any black people that they could find. This overtly racist act intensified with some airplanes flying overhead to hurl bombs below (although the degree of this is still a matter of debate, it is very likely that some destruction was reigned from the sky), but it appears that most of the damage occurred from fighting on the ground (including destruction through explosives and looting). The ironic part was that even though the white men who stormed the district were culpable, many black men and women were detained by the National Guard when order was restored.
It was also ironic that J. Edgar Hoover and his Bureau of Investigations and the subsequent FBI chose not to monitor white individuals and groups who were committing acts of violence against the black community, but the agencies did surveil notable black figures like Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King, Jr. (under Cointelpro, which was a deliberate campaign to stir fear among black leaders that they would be arrested for their activism). Under the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, the FBI continued to target the black community by interpreting its authority to base its searches on race and ethnicity. After the Michael Brown incident in 2014, the FBI began to monitor, and even threaten, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, and this led to a new program to target the “Black Identity Extremism” movement under the suspicion that black activists were committing violence against police officers. The protests after the Freddie Gray killing in 2018 even saw FBI air surveillance prioritized. Much of this surveillance was unjustified and unconstitutional, but the fact that black protesters have been disproportionately targeted makes it all that much worse.
Fast-forward to today, after the George Floyd protests, we saw an onslaught of police brutality against black protesters, sometimes with rubber bullets and arrests for violating curfew (as if the government can tell you what time of the day that you are allowed to protest). Although some of the BLM protesters did destroy businesses, trespass on federal courthouses, and capture several city blocks in Portland, the majority were peaceful. Yet, CNN and other news outlets capitalized on this by suggesting that one side of the political aisle was peaceful, while simultaneously and erroneously implying that the majority of pro-Trump demonstrators on January 6th were not. The media and government narrative currently is moving against right-wing groups (the DHS even went as far as to name those who disagree with the Covid narrative and do not believe that Joe Biden truly won the 2020 election as potential terrorists), and when the government favors one political faction over another and intimidates those who have a particular point of view by causing them to have to censor their speech for fear of retribution, the freedom of speech has been violated. Hopefully the party currently in power can understand that someday the tables could be turned and they could be the ones to transform into political enemies of the state, which is why this tit for tat targeting (whether based on race or political persuasion) is something that we should condemn, as we strive to treat all people equally in society.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
October 18, 2021
Is It Our Civic Duty to Get Vaccinated and To Be Mandated To Do So?
I keep hearing people say that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is our civic duty and that because people refuse the science and are selfish, we need mandates to coerce people to do so. Yet, we hear on a regular basis how the vaccine causes all kinds of adverse reactions and that the immunity starts to wane after about six to eight months (even according to Israeli studies, since that country is ahead of us on the timing of the pandemic and it uses Pfizer). Even if the vaccine does prevent hospitalization for a few-month window, do we really need the jab when the severity of the virus itself is extremely low for those who are not elderly or do not have comorbidities? Is it our civic duty to get vaccinated with an experimental drug that does not have a proven record and does not seem to prevent the spread of the virus? Should we morally and ethically require mandates across society, and if so, do they work?
“My Mandates Are Working,” Says the President
When people's livelihoods are threatened, they tend to be intimidated into bowing to the monarch's whim. This does not, however, mean that you have won on the battlefield of ideas, and to the contrary, coercion is the method of authoritarians and cowards that hide behind an iron fist and ignore the proper channels of government. So, if by mandates working you mean that you have forced people into compliance against their will in order to drive the numbers up, perhaps that will turn out to be true; but if the standard is convincing people through voluntary means, which a free society requires, that your desired outcome is for the public's interest, perhaps success is not what is being displayed.
You have bragged about how vaccine mandates work because 99% of employees at workplaces that will be subject to your unconstitutional edict have now been vaccinated. Yet, common sense would tell us that if these companies fired employees that refused to get vaccinated, of course the vaccination rates would be almost as high as they can get. Is it that more people are getting vaccinated or that people are leaving their jobs, thus meaning that the remaining workers have been injected? You could get 100% compliance by mandating that everyone get vaccinated or be killed, but would that mean that the mandates were successful or that the government has armed agents working on its behalf to violently convince people to submit? Under the current environment, people are being threatened with the loss of their means of survival, and because of this, many people will likely give in to the power of the federal government.
Is It Our Civic Duty to Get Vaccinated and Why Should We Not Use Mandates?
Why do you and the authoritarians in charge get to determine what our civic duty is? I do not believe that anyone alive today had a say in the government and society in which they were born, nor has everyone necessarily consented to the powerful government that has arisen and disregarded the Bill of Rights on many occasions, so the concept of civic duty is a matter of perspective. Many people believe that the vaccines are harmful and unnecessary (based on actual data) and that the Covid narrative does not match the reality of the situation, so forcing an experimental medical procedure on people is unethical.
Was it the civic duty of the Tuskegee Airmen to participate in the Syphilis Study? Was it the civic duty of Japanese Americans to be locked up in concentration camps during World War II (something that the overwhelming majority of Americans supported) in order to prevent espionage and "protect" Americans? Was it the civic duty of our founders to just shut up and pay their taxes to the Crown for the protection that the British Empire afforded? Many people believe that this is similar and that the push for vaccination, which ignores the science of natural immunity and promotes government-corporate partnerships that lead to profit and corruption and increased control over people's lives, is being done for reasons other than public health. Why is it our civic duty to support these ulterior motives?
If we really lived in a free country, we would be debating these issues, not censoring information, and attempting to convince people of the merits of our arguments. Instead, those in charge and the majority of people want to force their will on others, which runs contrary to the founding of our nation. Therefore, it is actually patriotic and our civic duty to resist the tyranny that desires our full compliance and blind faith in institutions and threatens to destroy our liberty, freedom of choice, and republic (executive orders and mandates issued without legislatures are really just the acts of monarchs).
“My Mandates Are Working,” Says the President
When people's livelihoods are threatened, they tend to be intimidated into bowing to the monarch's whim. This does not, however, mean that you have won on the battlefield of ideas, and to the contrary, coercion is the method of authoritarians and cowards that hide behind an iron fist and ignore the proper channels of government. So, if by mandates working you mean that you have forced people into compliance against their will in order to drive the numbers up, perhaps that will turn out to be true; but if the standard is convincing people through voluntary means, which a free society requires, that your desired outcome is for the public's interest, perhaps success is not what is being displayed.
You have bragged about how vaccine mandates work because 99% of employees at workplaces that will be subject to your unconstitutional edict have now been vaccinated. Yet, common sense would tell us that if these companies fired employees that refused to get vaccinated, of course the vaccination rates would be almost as high as they can get. Is it that more people are getting vaccinated or that people are leaving their jobs, thus meaning that the remaining workers have been injected? You could get 100% compliance by mandating that everyone get vaccinated or be killed, but would that mean that the mandates were successful or that the government has armed agents working on its behalf to violently convince people to submit? Under the current environment, people are being threatened with the loss of their means of survival, and because of this, many people will likely give in to the power of the federal government.
Is It Our Civic Duty to Get Vaccinated and Why Should We Not Use Mandates?
Why do you and the authoritarians in charge get to determine what our civic duty is? I do not believe that anyone alive today had a say in the government and society in which they were born, nor has everyone necessarily consented to the powerful government that has arisen and disregarded the Bill of Rights on many occasions, so the concept of civic duty is a matter of perspective. Many people believe that the vaccines are harmful and unnecessary (based on actual data) and that the Covid narrative does not match the reality of the situation, so forcing an experimental medical procedure on people is unethical.
Was it the civic duty of the Tuskegee Airmen to participate in the Syphilis Study? Was it the civic duty of Japanese Americans to be locked up in concentration camps during World War II (something that the overwhelming majority of Americans supported) in order to prevent espionage and "protect" Americans? Was it the civic duty of our founders to just shut up and pay their taxes to the Crown for the protection that the British Empire afforded? Many people believe that this is similar and that the push for vaccination, which ignores the science of natural immunity and promotes government-corporate partnerships that lead to profit and corruption and increased control over people's lives, is being done for reasons other than public health. Why is it our civic duty to support these ulterior motives?
If we really lived in a free country, we would be debating these issues, not censoring information, and attempting to convince people of the merits of our arguments. Instead, those in charge and the majority of people want to force their will on others, which runs contrary to the founding of our nation. Therefore, it is actually patriotic and our civic duty to resist the tyranny that desires our full compliance and blind faith in institutions and threatens to destroy our liberty, freedom of choice, and republic (executive orders and mandates issued without legislatures are really just the acts of monarchs).
October 11, 2021
The Biden Administration Begins to Turn the War on Terror Inward
After New York Governor Kathy Hochul decided to become an ordained pastor on behalf of the one, true god of Covid Science and our lord and savior Fauci by spewing a sermon on becoming a missionary for the gospel of vaccination and Project Veritas released an investigative journalism video on behalf of the American people confirming that the Pfizer vaccine narrative is currently disregarding natural immunity and pushing mass vaccination for profits via a governmental-corporate partnership, it is astonishing (or perhaps not so much) that the majority of Americans still hold the Covid narrative near and dear to their hearts. This stubbornness, ignorance, and ego (one cannot stand the idea that all of this tyranny was conducted for nothing or fathom the totality of the situation) has dragged the pandemic of a now-endemic virus longer than it ever should have gone. Meanwhile, those who continue to question the narrative have been censored and potentially classified as domestic terrorists. Holding a viewpoint that espouses liberty can now land you a spot as an enemy of the state.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released a memorandum looking into the possibility of violence against school board members, and although any threat against elected members of a school district is deplorable, the fact that the federal government is now considering labelling those who speak out against mask mandates at school board meetings as domestic terrorists should show you all that you need to know about the Covid narrative, the authoritarian Left, and censorship that has plagued this entire pandemic. Anti-maskers are automatically assumed, according to the narrative, to be selfish, unscientific, and reckless; and yet, sending armed agents of the state (likely the FBI in conjunction with state and local law enforcement) to intimidate political rivals and interfere with local affairs is not only hypocritical (the “abolish the police” crowd were livid when law enforcement hindered Black Lives Matter, or BLM, demonstrations and violated the rights of the protesters involved), but it threatens free speech. Yes, the Right has authoritarian tendencies at times as well, but political retribution is not acceptable in a free society.
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a bulletin that suggests that those embracing conspiracy theories and “false narratives” are more likely to utilize violent tactics and could be considered dangerous (advocating against mask and vaccine mandates or not believing that Joe Biden truly won the 2020 presidential election are included as such). Since you now have to walk on eggshells when expressing your beliefs (if you have viewpoints that are contrary to the “correct narrative”) and self-censor as to not be flagged, freedom of speech is no longer being practiced in reality (and this is discriminatory since it currently only applies to certain segments of the population). This McCarthyist-style witch hunt could get far worse, and it could evolve into something like the executive order (not passed by Congress) to detain Japanese Americans during World War II, which by the way, was extremely popular among the American people and now has legal precedence (pro-vaccine-mandate people like to use the precedence argument to coerce people into getting an experimental medical procedure). Under the President Obama-initiated provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that gets renewed every year and the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) “authority”, the federal government can indefinitely detain American citizens “without due process at the discretion of the President” or force-quarantine those suspected of being guilty of having a disease.
After the January 6th incident, some of the trespassers on the Capitol grounds have been held in solitary confinement in an almost political prisoner scenario. This is ironic, being that some of the BLM rioters looted and burned down buildings, attempted to trespass on federal courthouse grounds, and captured a few city blocks of Portland, but these rioters were classified as “mostly peaceful protests,” and although most of the protesters were, in fact, peaceful, so too were most of the Trump-supporters on January 6th (the narrative does not reflect this reality, however). Even the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (the frameworks of our government) are not safe from being considered “harmful” under the National Archives Records Administration’s rewriting of history.
These concepts all merged together under one policy have the potential to create concentration camps across the country under a growing police and surveillance state that has been created as a result of declared emergencies after 9-11 and Covid-19. Will the refusal of the vaccine ultimately cause the internment of some Americans? As the federal government increasingly looks inward in its War on Terror after January 6th and the termination of the War in Afghanistan, we should be suspicious of what is planned next.
Ultimately, you either have a right to protest, or you do not, and you either have a right to speak your mind without having to worry about the federal government arresting you or prohibiting your free expression, or you do not. You either have natural rights, or your rights are collectively held and distributed by governments. Democrats and "Progressives" who are willing to sacrifice their political opponents’ First Amendment rights should think about the implications of this. Today, the authoritarian government is controlled by the Left and is targeting people on the Right, but if the tables are someday turned, who do you think will be crying the loudest when liberals become the targets? As unvaccinated Americans meet difficult times and scapegoating by a nationalistic narrative brought on by pre-totalitarianism, we should ask if the fascist route is really the best one for the United States. We must resist the urge as a nation to become more divisive and consider our fellow Americans as enemies of the state, because if we do not, I fear that the end of our republic (or representative democracy, if you prefer) may be on the horizon.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released a memorandum looking into the possibility of violence against school board members, and although any threat against elected members of a school district is deplorable, the fact that the federal government is now considering labelling those who speak out against mask mandates at school board meetings as domestic terrorists should show you all that you need to know about the Covid narrative, the authoritarian Left, and censorship that has plagued this entire pandemic. Anti-maskers are automatically assumed, according to the narrative, to be selfish, unscientific, and reckless; and yet, sending armed agents of the state (likely the FBI in conjunction with state and local law enforcement) to intimidate political rivals and interfere with local affairs is not only hypocritical (the “abolish the police” crowd were livid when law enforcement hindered Black Lives Matter, or BLM, demonstrations and violated the rights of the protesters involved), but it threatens free speech. Yes, the Right has authoritarian tendencies at times as well, but political retribution is not acceptable in a free society.
In addition, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a bulletin that suggests that those embracing conspiracy theories and “false narratives” are more likely to utilize violent tactics and could be considered dangerous (advocating against mask and vaccine mandates or not believing that Joe Biden truly won the 2020 presidential election are included as such). Since you now have to walk on eggshells when expressing your beliefs (if you have viewpoints that are contrary to the “correct narrative”) and self-censor as to not be flagged, freedom of speech is no longer being practiced in reality (and this is discriminatory since it currently only applies to certain segments of the population). This McCarthyist-style witch hunt could get far worse, and it could evolve into something like the executive order (not passed by Congress) to detain Japanese Americans during World War II, which by the way, was extremely popular among the American people and now has legal precedence (pro-vaccine-mandate people like to use the precedence argument to coerce people into getting an experimental medical procedure). Under the President Obama-initiated provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that gets renewed every year and the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) “authority”, the federal government can indefinitely detain American citizens “without due process at the discretion of the President” or force-quarantine those suspected of being guilty of having a disease.
After the January 6th incident, some of the trespassers on the Capitol grounds have been held in solitary confinement in an almost political prisoner scenario. This is ironic, being that some of the BLM rioters looted and burned down buildings, attempted to trespass on federal courthouse grounds, and captured a few city blocks of Portland, but these rioters were classified as “mostly peaceful protests,” and although most of the protesters were, in fact, peaceful, so too were most of the Trump-supporters on January 6th (the narrative does not reflect this reality, however). Even the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (the frameworks of our government) are not safe from being considered “harmful” under the National Archives Records Administration’s rewriting of history.
These concepts all merged together under one policy have the potential to create concentration camps across the country under a growing police and surveillance state that has been created as a result of declared emergencies after 9-11 and Covid-19. Will the refusal of the vaccine ultimately cause the internment of some Americans? As the federal government increasingly looks inward in its War on Terror after January 6th and the termination of the War in Afghanistan, we should be suspicious of what is planned next.
Ultimately, you either have a right to protest, or you do not, and you either have a right to speak your mind without having to worry about the federal government arresting you or prohibiting your free expression, or you do not. You either have natural rights, or your rights are collectively held and distributed by governments. Democrats and "Progressives" who are willing to sacrifice their political opponents’ First Amendment rights should think about the implications of this. Today, the authoritarian government is controlled by the Left and is targeting people on the Right, but if the tables are someday turned, who do you think will be crying the loudest when liberals become the targets? As unvaccinated Americans meet difficult times and scapegoating by a nationalistic narrative brought on by pre-totalitarianism, we should ask if the fascist route is really the best one for the United States. We must resist the urge as a nation to become more divisive and consider our fellow Americans as enemies of the state, because if we do not, I fear that the end of our republic (or representative democracy, if you prefer) may be on the horizon.
September 27, 2021
Will the United States’ New Submarine Deal with Australia Lead to More Conflict?
As tensions flare in the South China Sea due to China’s military drills signaling a possible invasion of Taiwan, territorial disputes in the area, American intervention in China’s sphere of influence, and condemnations over China’s genocide against the Uyghurs and handling of COVID-19; the United States government has decided that it would be prudent to antagonize China further by initiating a new treaty (without senatorial approval) with Australia (now more or less a police state because of the handling of the pandemic) and the United Kingdom in order to counter Chinese influence in the region. The most important hallmark of this agreement was for the United States to assist Australia in acquiring nuclear submarines under the guise of peace and security, and although government talking points usually sound excellent upon delivery, this is really just code for more intervention and the potential for an arms race or a hot war.
Does Australia really need a deterrent to keep China at bay? Is China realistically going to invade Australia under the current environment and constant threats from the United States? The American military already has routine carrier operations in the South China Sea that China regularly condemns, including that of a second deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan this year, and the United States has vowed to protect Taiwan in case of invasion and has provided weapons to the island (in addition to being the world’s largest arms dealer and transferring weapons to 96 countries). When the United States patrols the sea on “freedom of navigation” missions, it is pretty clear that it is sending a signal to China that it better move out of the way and not challenge the global superpower. No doubt China is nervous about American intervention in its sphere of influence, but at the same time, the world’s most populous nation will likely not take too kindly to bullying.
The nuclear submarine deal with Australia was also quickly condemned by both North Korea and France, albeit for two completely different reasons. North Korea stated that it will take action against the new partnership if it views that its security is threatened and that this is setting the stage for an arms race in the region (the North just recently tested a new nuclear-capable cruise missile). Although tensions between the United States and North Korea have generally been rocky, creating a new excuse for the North’s condemnation seems imprudent.
Although France and the United States are unlikely to go to war any time soon, the French were insulted by the fact that the United States offered a superior submarine arrangement with Australia, which cancelled the French deal already in place from 2016. Australia seemed to prefer American-equipped submarines with much better capabilities than the French diesel-electric ones, but in a sign of protest, France removed its ambassadors from the United States.
Anyone who is paying attention to foreign policy knows that there is a balancing act going on in the South China Sea, and although this has been occurring for years, this United States-Australia agreement has the potential to mark the beginning of an arms race, as the United States strives to keep China from surpassing it as the global economic and military power in the world. The United States has not seen a rivalry in the contest for global hegemony since the Soviet Union, and it appears that it does not like to be challenged at its own game. Time will tell which power will ultimately win, but for the sake of the American people and in order to avoid catastrophe, one can only hope that the United States steers its carrier ships clear of yet another war.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
Does Australia really need a deterrent to keep China at bay? Is China realistically going to invade Australia under the current environment and constant threats from the United States? The American military already has routine carrier operations in the South China Sea that China regularly condemns, including that of a second deployment of the USS Ronald Reagan this year, and the United States has vowed to protect Taiwan in case of invasion and has provided weapons to the island (in addition to being the world’s largest arms dealer and transferring weapons to 96 countries). When the United States patrols the sea on “freedom of navigation” missions, it is pretty clear that it is sending a signal to China that it better move out of the way and not challenge the global superpower. No doubt China is nervous about American intervention in its sphere of influence, but at the same time, the world’s most populous nation will likely not take too kindly to bullying.
The nuclear submarine deal with Australia was also quickly condemned by both North Korea and France, albeit for two completely different reasons. North Korea stated that it will take action against the new partnership if it views that its security is threatened and that this is setting the stage for an arms race in the region (the North just recently tested a new nuclear-capable cruise missile). Although tensions between the United States and North Korea have generally been rocky, creating a new excuse for the North’s condemnation seems imprudent.
Although France and the United States are unlikely to go to war any time soon, the French were insulted by the fact that the United States offered a superior submarine arrangement with Australia, which cancelled the French deal already in place from 2016. Australia seemed to prefer American-equipped submarines with much better capabilities than the French diesel-electric ones, but in a sign of protest, France removed its ambassadors from the United States.
Anyone who is paying attention to foreign policy knows that there is a balancing act going on in the South China Sea, and although this has been occurring for years, this United States-Australia agreement has the potential to mark the beginning of an arms race, as the United States strives to keep China from surpassing it as the global economic and military power in the world. The United States has not seen a rivalry in the contest for global hegemony since the Soviet Union, and it appears that it does not like to be challenged at its own game. Time will tell which power will ultimately win, but for the sake of the American people and in order to avoid catastrophe, one can only hope that the United States steers its carrier ships clear of yet another war.
Thank you for reading, and please check out my book, The Global Bully, and website.
September 21, 2021
Who Really Controls the Covid Narrative and the Public Health-Industrial Complex?
It is clear from Dr. Fauci’s inability to answer a simple question about whether COVID-19 natural immunity is better than unnatural immunity (which could indicate that vaccinations may not be necessary for everyone) that he cares more about pushing vaccinations from pharmaceutical companies than he does about investigating the science behind prior infection (something that has been historically important in immunology), especially since data out of Israel would suggest that prior infection is actually more effective than vaccination. After the Associated Press, Rolling Stone, MSNBC, and the New York Times ran with a blatantly false story about Ivermectin being solely a horse de-wormer (the developers of the drug were given a Nobel Peace Prize, and its common use in humans is well documented) that was the cause of overdose deaths and calls to poison control in Oklahoma, the stories had to be retracted due to the source of the information being unreliable (I specifically remember listening to Rachel Maddow’s report on this before I found out that it was false). However, the objective of intentionally misleading people away from such drugs and towards vaccines had been accomplished, and now many Americans still erroneously believe the misinformation pushed by the corporate media that became a mainstream hit.
Likewise, when Nicki Minaj spoke out about her concerns of the vaccine, she was ridiculed by Dr. Fauci, the White House, and many news organizations. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared a war against misinformation (misinformation that comes from governments or the mainstream media is acceptable, of course), and Press Secretary Jen Psaki was caught suggesting that the government is targeting Facebook posts that it does not want on the platform. This terrifying 1984-style propaganda campaign put on by the government is stealthy, as it sneaks past the public’s suspicions because there are still multiple news outlets to “choose” from.
The covert fascism that is being pushed on us gives us the illusion of a free press, but in reality, roughly 90% of all media is owned by just six corporations (Disney, Comcast, Viacom, News Corporation, CBS, and AT&T/TimeWarner). In turn, BlackRock and The Vanguard Group have large ownership interests in these six corporations, so what you see and read is largely a reflection of a few powerful billionaires who are connected to the government. Hitler or Stalin would be jealous because information today can be controlled without anyone perceiving it as such.
What is worse is that not only do BlackRock and Vanguard own the corporate media, but in conjunction with State Street Corporation, they have the largest stakes in 88% of all of the S&P 500 companies. This means that they control most of the products that we consume, and their combined assets are roughly equal to about three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy. Whether you are discussing Coca Cola, General Electric, Apple, Microsoft, ExxonMobile, American Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, or Citigroup; BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street are able to influence almost everything. They have connections to the Federal Reserve System (the U.S. central bank that consists of twelve private banks and a quasi-government board of governors) and have assisted the federal government during two recessions, and BlackRock even has a former Federal Reserve vice chairman and a former head of the Swiss National Bank among its ranks. BlackRock (and to a lesser extent Vanguard and State Street) has also sold billions of dollars in exchange-traded funds to the Federal Reserve, and it therefore has strong connections and partnerships with the government (perhaps some sway in how the government acts?).
If you thought Big Pharma was exempt from the influences of BlackRock and Vanguard, think again. The fascist narrative that has been pushed by the Biden administration to segregate, ridicule, and scapegoat the unvaccinated citizens of the country through the arrogant “our patience is wearing thin” mentality is attempting to coerce millions of Americans by unethical means to consume a corporate-manufactured product (this is essentially forcing people out of work with no means to provide basic necessities simply for not receiving an experimental injection). BlackRock and Vanguard have some of the largest shares in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, while the mRNA vaccine under Moderna largely came from government funding. When you find out that roughly two-thirds of Congress received campaign funding from Big Pharma and that former FDA commissioner, Scott Gotlieb, is on the board of directors at Pfizer and that almost half of the FDA’s funding comes directly from the very pharmaceutical companies that it regulates and approves products for (with lots of cases of drugs with adverse effects after full approval), you start to make the connections that can be followed along the money trail. Then, when it becomes clear that the vaccines are waning (perhaps intentionally), the government starts pushing for boosters (perhaps even before the FDA is ready to approve them), even for kids (a group already at a low risk level from the virus), that make Big Pharma billions of dollars more than they initially made.
This crony capitalist (far from a free-market) system that is full of corruption is what largely governs American politics and treats profit over the public’s best interests. How many free-market companies do you know get to have the government market, administer, and coerce their products on people? Yet, Americans still naively believe that the Covid measures and the vaccine rollout is about public health and not about the almighty dollar (1 Timothy 6:10 - “for the love of money is the root of all evil”), and this is not unlike the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin or former Vice President Dick Cheney with their connections to Raytheon and Haliburton, respectively, and the never-ending wars for profit that center around the military-industrial complex.
It should not be difficult, then, to understand that most of the products and services that Americans consume are consolidated in a few hands, and if these billionaires are able to manipulate our thoughts and perspectives by showing us what they want us to see in the media or purchase to keep us entertained and too busy to partake in the “trivial” concerns of politics and the true workings of the elite, totalitarianism may be an appropriate term. Although it may be impossible to sway public opinion completely and control every scenario and aspect of people’s thoughts and actions, it is easy to manipulate them. No better example of this exists than with the current pandemic that has pitted the masked against the unmasked, the vaccinated against the unvaccinated, lockdowners against anti-lockdowners, Black Lives Matter against the Proud Boys, and blue states against red states. Division certainly works to the advantage of those seeking control, and if we were united, there would be no way that any sinister plans could come into fruition. How likely do you think this type of scenario is under the current political environment? How much fight do Americans have left?
Likewise, when Nicki Minaj spoke out about her concerns of the vaccine, she was ridiculed by Dr. Fauci, the White House, and many news organizations. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared a war against misinformation (misinformation that comes from governments or the mainstream media is acceptable, of course), and Press Secretary Jen Psaki was caught suggesting that the government is targeting Facebook posts that it does not want on the platform. This terrifying 1984-style propaganda campaign put on by the government is stealthy, as it sneaks past the public’s suspicions because there are still multiple news outlets to “choose” from.
The covert fascism that is being pushed on us gives us the illusion of a free press, but in reality, roughly 90% of all media is owned by just six corporations (Disney, Comcast, Viacom, News Corporation, CBS, and AT&T/TimeWarner). In turn, BlackRock and The Vanguard Group have large ownership interests in these six corporations, so what you see and read is largely a reflection of a few powerful billionaires who are connected to the government. Hitler or Stalin would be jealous because information today can be controlled without anyone perceiving it as such.
What is worse is that not only do BlackRock and Vanguard own the corporate media, but in conjunction with State Street Corporation, they have the largest stakes in 88% of all of the S&P 500 companies. This means that they control most of the products that we consume, and their combined assets are roughly equal to about three-quarters of the entire U.S. economy. Whether you are discussing Coca Cola, General Electric, Apple, Microsoft, ExxonMobile, American Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, or Citigroup; BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street are able to influence almost everything. They have connections to the Federal Reserve System (the U.S. central bank that consists of twelve private banks and a quasi-government board of governors) and have assisted the federal government during two recessions, and BlackRock even has a former Federal Reserve vice chairman and a former head of the Swiss National Bank among its ranks. BlackRock (and to a lesser extent Vanguard and State Street) has also sold billions of dollars in exchange-traded funds to the Federal Reserve, and it therefore has strong connections and partnerships with the government (perhaps some sway in how the government acts?).
If you thought Big Pharma was exempt from the influences of BlackRock and Vanguard, think again. The fascist narrative that has been pushed by the Biden administration to segregate, ridicule, and scapegoat the unvaccinated citizens of the country through the arrogant “our patience is wearing thin” mentality is attempting to coerce millions of Americans by unethical means to consume a corporate-manufactured product (this is essentially forcing people out of work with no means to provide basic necessities simply for not receiving an experimental injection). BlackRock and Vanguard have some of the largest shares in Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, while the mRNA vaccine under Moderna largely came from government funding. When you find out that roughly two-thirds of Congress received campaign funding from Big Pharma and that former FDA commissioner, Scott Gotlieb, is on the board of directors at Pfizer and that almost half of the FDA’s funding comes directly from the very pharmaceutical companies that it regulates and approves products for (with lots of cases of drugs with adverse effects after full approval), you start to make the connections that can be followed along the money trail. Then, when it becomes clear that the vaccines are waning (perhaps intentionally), the government starts pushing for boosters (perhaps even before the FDA is ready to approve them), even for kids (a group already at a low risk level from the virus), that make Big Pharma billions of dollars more than they initially made.
This crony capitalist (far from a free-market) system that is full of corruption is what largely governs American politics and treats profit over the public’s best interests. How many free-market companies do you know get to have the government market, administer, and coerce their products on people? Yet, Americans still naively believe that the Covid measures and the vaccine rollout is about public health and not about the almighty dollar (1 Timothy 6:10 - “for the love of money is the root of all evil”), and this is not unlike the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin or former Vice President Dick Cheney with their connections to Raytheon and Haliburton, respectively, and the never-ending wars for profit that center around the military-industrial complex.
It should not be difficult, then, to understand that most of the products and services that Americans consume are consolidated in a few hands, and if these billionaires are able to manipulate our thoughts and perspectives by showing us what they want us to see in the media or purchase to keep us entertained and too busy to partake in the “trivial” concerns of politics and the true workings of the elite, totalitarianism may be an appropriate term. Although it may be impossible to sway public opinion completely and control every scenario and aspect of people’s thoughts and actions, it is easy to manipulate them. No better example of this exists than with the current pandemic that has pitted the masked against the unmasked, the vaccinated against the unvaccinated, lockdowners against anti-lockdowners, Black Lives Matter against the Proud Boys, and blue states against red states. Division certainly works to the advantage of those seeking control, and if we were united, there would be no way that any sinister plans could come into fruition. How likely do you think this type of scenario is under the current political environment? How much fight do Americans have left?
