One of the hardest things to come to grips with is the incongruity of “nice people.”
We all know them. They are our neighbors, co-workers; people we chit-chat with in a friendly way at the bank and other places where we become familiar. They seem like . . . nice people.
But we’re nonetheless profoundly dissimilar.
Some people only seem nice – superficially. Underneath the pleasantries, they’re not. They are the ones who will vote in secret ( a weird and scary thing when you consider what’s on the ballot in a “democracy”) to have someone else take your money – or your liberty. It is usually some combination of both.
“We” (they mean they) need or want this or that whatever it is. Vote for so-and-so and he’ll make it so.
Just pull the curtain – and pull the lever. It’s easy – because no one can see what you’re doing nor will they ever know you did it. Which is why it’s done without much regret and often, with a smile and a smug sense of satisfaction.
The same people who do that seem honest – superficially. They would probably never pocket your wallet if you left it on the table. Never leave a note in your mailbox telling you how much you “owe” them – and that if you don’t pay up, they’ll be over, later, to make sure you do. Perhaps by forcibly removing you from what, in your naivety, you considered to be your home – themselves.
They leave such dirty work to the government – this mentality-altering, morality inverting construct which allows people to steal and brutalize without having to admit to themselves that that is what they’re doing . . . because they didn’t actually do it, themselves. The “funding” just became available – via a vote. 
By pulling a lever (or – lately – tapping a touchscreen) one can participate in violence while pretending to be peaceful. A person can enter their neighbor’s home without leaving theirs; pocket the contents of his wallet without actually having to perform the act of theft in person.
This is the primary evil of the thing.
When a violent act is made to appear peaceful, it is easy to participate in – and profit from – because it is easy to not come to grips with what is being done.
People who kill their own food – hunters – often have a particular reverence for life.
Perhaps because they literally face up to the fact that in order for them to eat meat, a living animal must die. Our civilized way of life does its best to cover up this fact of life; most people only see “meat” – never the animal that dies to provide it.
Ergo, most don’t care much about the animals that do provide it.
It is not a coincidence that most of the meat that’s bought comes from animals who lived – and died – horribly. Their lives short, in unnatural conditions. Their end not easy or quick. Most spending their final days/hours in a state of terror even if they do not understand exactly what is coming. They do know they are packed together with others of their kind, in cages stacked high or in semis packed tight – for the long (and probably, cold) ride to the meat factory where they will be “processed” – as the euphemism (like “taxes”) has it.
The deer taken in the woods, on the other hand, lived a natural life until its death – which came swiftly and unannounced. Even backyard birds – like the chickens and ducks raised by this writer – enjoy living before they are killed. Not that this makes the killing something celebrate – even though we do have to eat and eating meat is as natural as drinking water.
But it is humbling. And there is an honesty in facing where your meat came from.
Nice people do not want to face where their (insert government benefit here) “meat” comes from. It just comes. It is all “free.” Government warehouses (these are styled “schools”) to get their kids off their hands for most of the day, so they can be free, to do other things. “Free” health care, so that they can be free to not take care of their health. Government-provided this and government-provided that. All of it seemingly free – or at least, at no cost to those receiving it.
And without any pangs of conscience regarding those made to provide it.
Is it any wonder that nice people want as much free stuff as they can vote for? Aren’t much restrained by taking away other people’s freedoms – since other people will do the taking for them? 
You can quickly find out just how “nice” they actually are by suggesting that, perhaps, they ought to pay for the things they’d like to have – and even for the things they need – since (surely) it is not the obligation of other people (who likely have needs of their own) to provide these things. This will cause their smiles to turn to frowns. Tell the nice government school lunch lady across the street that you think the parents of the kids in the school where she serves lunch should pay for their kids’ lunch and her salary . . . not everyone who just happens to live in the same county, via taxes applied to their property.
See how nice she becomes by taking it a little farther, explaining that you don’t approve of robbery – and very much disapprove of armed robbery.
This latter, suggestion by the way, will also raise the alarm among what are styled “conservatives” – who also support armed robbery – but for different reasons than the Leftists they object to. As for example to pay for aircraft carriers and Social Security rather than abortions and Obamacare.
It’d be funny were it not so tragically sad.
Historically, countries like Germany and Russia were full of nice people. China has billions of them, right now. These are not, by and large, people who would beat you up in an alley or break into your home and put a gun to your head so as to make you hand over the contents of your wallet.
But they’ll vote – in secret – to have it done.
The trouble, then, is not fundamentally the vote. It is all of those nice people who are perfectly willing to use the vote to do things to you they’d never do themselves but are eager to pull the lever to have done to you. They are very much like the person who buys a juicy steak at the supermarket but does not want to think about what it took to have that piece of peaceful-looking meat just sitting there in the butcher’s case.
With one important difference. Eating a steak does no violence to another human being.
Voting to treat people as if they were steers, does.
The road away from the abattoir is not via the ballot box. The abattoir recedes only when enough people decide they don’t want blood on their hands, even if it’s not their hands that get actually bloody.
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Voting is a fraud. We are given two controlled ‘choices’: communists or corporatists, a fancy name for fascists. Different cafeterias, same food served by the same psychopaths. Both destroy liberty. We never get a choice to change the system to zero theft, zero debt and zero initiated aggression.
I’m with Bill Buppert who stated, “Secession is the only vote in history that counts.”
If the Republic of Sovereign States had not been destroyed in 1865, we could effectively vote with our feet and our wallets as well. Which is akin to secession.
Even if voting could somehow be legitimate, it still wouldn’t result in dismantling the tyrannical system and restoring liberty unless the majority possessed the same values as we do- which, if that were the case, would mean that we would never have allowed this tyranny to materialize to begin with.
Top shelf work Eric. This is some of your best!
Thanks for the kind words, Zane!
Credit goes also to my coffee pot and my tuxedo cat, Beezy…
I’ll go you one better Zane. The best one-word description I can think of is profound*. As a believer in Natural Law, this is probably the best piece I’ve read on the net in the last 20 years. Nuff said.
*Profound – Adj.
having or showing great knowledge, understanding, or insight.
Thank you for the kind words, Dave – it’s such that keeps me at my keyboard!
Hello Eric,
In one of your previous articles, you wrote about George Carlin’s monologue about not voting so he wouldn’t be to blame for the idiots that got elected, and you said you agreed with him but still believed in voting yourself. Does this article represent a change of position in that you won’t vote any longer, or do you plan to still vote “strategically”?
I love you Eric. No homo…
subject: politics/government/the new world government being installed/ the power structure, pyramid of power, who is behind this grief. why it is dangerous to be white now……….a look at the nice people running the planet…….
the new world order, one world government
World Order…….written by Eustace Mullins , in 1985
Truth is, we are SLAVES, and our countries are open air prisons. The “great reset” is just a consolidation of power.
To maintain the present hegemony of parasitism, the World Order
program for the future, as drawn up by the foundations, is as follows
The gradual
annihilation of the populations of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. (looks like they are targeting the whites).
The reduction of world population from the present 4.85 billion to 1 billion (this was written in 1985).
deceased prince philip of england said the population should be reduced from 7 billion to one billion, his son charles agrees. they are the top elite nobility family on the planet, at the very top of the power pyramid, the centre of world control.
After the
“readjustment”, as the Five Masters term their program of extermination, the
world’s predominant race will be the Chinese (they are more used to authoritarian governments)
The African tribes
will be heavily armed, and allowed to settle their ancient tribal rivalries,
resulting in their almost complete extinction with conventional weapons. The
few survivors will be allowed to revert to their primitive conditions, which will
reduce their numbers even further.
The Five masters will then be able to
return to the “open continent” which had been enjoyed by King Leopold and
the Rothschilds in the 1880s, allowing them to renew their profitable trade in
copper, ivory and slaves.
The warfare being waged by the members of the World Order against
the peoples and institutions of every nation has now reached the point of
critical mass. Their determination to gradually weaken and destroy all the
institutions of all societies, governments, and religions, in order to wreak their
will on the helpless peoples of the world, is meeting more and more
opposition.
Dr Zelenko says:
The .0001%/bankster billionaire elite/nobility at the top think they have evolved and are on a higher level, they are god, so they can decide who lives or dies.
They say there is too many people so there has to be population reduction to save the planet. they say we are an invasive species so must be exterminated
Zelenko thinks they go to the world leaders and say: if you talk to us we will put 500 million dollars in a secret offshore bank account for you, if you don’t talk to us……..you and your family bye bye.
The .0001% elite/nobility satanists want the planet as a pristine playground just for them to enjoy.
They are carrying out their depop ulation (extermination) agenda, one method is the lethal experimental gene therapy inj//ection.
Dr. Zelenko makes it very clear that, in his opinion, the Cv//19 injections are neither safe nor effective nor necessary and that, in fact, forcing anyone to take the experimental injections equals gen ocide. zelenko said the injection is like the gas cham ber and people are running into it.
3000 elite nobility and billionaire satanists against 7.5 billion useless eaters (sheep) on the bottom, if the sheep are wimps they lose.
at the top the controllers the elite nobility in the background, always hiding, nobody talks about them, the control group.
one elite example……..Prince Phillip, late husband of Queen Elizabeth II said ….“In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.”
2nd level the banksters provide financing for the elite nobility
3rd level more banksters
4th level down the administrators, gates, schwab, etc..
5th level the political prostitutes in the foreground, corrupt , bribed, owned by the elite
the politicians just follow orders from their bosses the elite.
6th level down the enforcers
at the very bottom the little people, the common people, paying for everything, used and robbed.
Elite nobility families at the top:
• House of Bernadotte, Sweden, • House of Bourbon, France, • House of Braganza, Portugal, • House of Grimaldi, Monaco, • House of Guelph, Britain (the most important one), • House of Habsburg, Austria, • House of Hanover, Germany (the second most important one), House of Hohenzollern, Germany, • House of Karadjordjevic, Yugoslavia (former), • House of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein, • House of Nassau, Luxembourg, • House of Oldenburg, Denmark, • House of Orange, Netherlands, • House of Savoy, Italy, • House of Wettin, Belgium, • House of Wittelsbach, Germany, • House of Württemberg, Germany, • House of Zogu, Albania, • all the families you will find on the Windsor family tree
The elite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5JLVefhZk
politics/government/political agenda/eugenics/leftists/communists/satanists, our new one world government……..
endangered whites?…………..worried yet?
depopulation/eugenics….they started with Canada, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, eastern Europe first, 65%? injected, lots of countries have less than 1% injected, china is about 3%, looks like they are culling the whites first, why?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rutgers-professor-white-people-we-gotta-take-these-mfers-out
Without the whites, all the other races will die off. Those other races cannot provide for themselves without the intervention and assistance of the white race.
Of course they can. They’ve done it before they were subjected to European colonization. Their current problems arise from their lack of experience post colonization, and the West constantly interfering in their affairs. For God’s sake, the US has military bases in Africa, with CIA efforts included. The West is constantly engaged in bribing local leaders, which consequently gets the most easily bribed into seats of power.
Algebra is an Arabic word. We use Arabic numerals. They were not born morons, they were subjugated. First by Mongols, Bagdad did not reach its pre Mongolian population until the 70s, and then by post WWI Europeans. Your racial superiority stands on a weak foundation.
Not hardly. Oh, they can revert to their stone age roots and some will survive, but they will not maintain a functional society past their immediate tribe and will be slaves of the (((elites))) which is what (((they))) want. Whites have invented just about everything and are the only people holding anything resembling ordered, peaceful society[ies[ together. period. has always been that way and always will be. WHICH – along with genetic hatred of us – is exactly why (((they))) want rid of us. wake up.
Sorry, luke, going to have disagree with you on this one. There are thousands upon thousands inventions that were not invented by “white people”.
The written language
Math
Soap
Silk
Medicine
Coffee
Potato chips
Refrigerated trucks
Auto gear shifts
Peanut butter…..
just to name a few.
We do a disservice to us and our fellow man when we classify each other as anything other than human beings. We need to stop with the “this group, that group” BS. We are all in this together. Civilizations have been built and eroded since the Fertile Crescent (FYI not started by white people). I think we are in denial when we believe that the rest of the world could not survive without us. They have proven to do so over the last twelve thousand years.
“white” isn’t a skin color any more, it’s a set of traits, values, and so on. As such it covers practically all productive and inventive individuals regardless of their actual skin tone.
Some centuries ago “white” was only certain europeans but then more recently, before the prevailing leftist definition I referred to, it was caucasians, which would be broader than the definition you are using.
Hi Brent,
You may very well be right, but I refuse to participate in whatever the current “woke” monologue is at the moment. There are many hardworking people throughout various cultures. There are also many “whites” who can’t bother to get off their ass and be productive.
It is a disservice to everyone when we start cataloguing each other by groups. The only ones that win in this sorry game are the ones hoping to divide and conquer by forcing us to focus on anything other than someone’s integrity and work ethic.
Well-said, RG –
The worst of the Gesundheitsfuhrers have been non-Jewish whites; but that is beside the point. The point – as you’ve articulated – is that “when we start cataloguing each other by groups” we lose any basis to object to being catalogued by groups. I have deeply resented being catalogued as “sick” when I’m not. And a man or woman is worthy in my eyes not because of their sex or color or religion but on account of who they are.
they are culling the whites first, canada, U.S., australia, new zealand, europe, they hate them the most so they go first. they are keeping the narrative aligned with their actions…..https://www.zerohedge.com/political/atts-racial-re-education-program-asserts-white-people-you-are-problem
someone said the passports were designed to separate people into 2 opposing groups fighting each other, to prevent all people on the bottom getting together and taking out the elite nobility/.0001% billionaires/bankster control group at the top. they are outnumbered 7.5 billion to 3000. they could probably be taken out in 48 hours
The ‘woke’ is simply the latest form of what has been going on for a very long time, the question of who owns your productivity?
The woke construct is that white people are evil and productive people are white therefore it’s okay to take the fruits of the productive people’s labor. It’s just the newest way to get around people’s innate block of stealing from others. From enslaving others. The others have to be seen as not human.
the new unelected one world government being installed right now today is a fun bunch……..
gates and the nwo/ccp/wef/.0001% satanists believe in eugenics, racial hygiene, they believe they are a different species, they believe in selective breeding. one of the main goals of the great reset is a 7 billion cull, they call people on the bottom useless eaters. the inj//e….ctio ns are for sterilization and extermination, they don’t want useless eaters breeding.
After the war, eugenics-promoting organizations and think tanks changed their names while continuing their work, morphing into new forms by the 1960s such as the environmental movement, transhumanist movement, NOTE: including the pharmaceutical/healthcare sector. now we have the wef pushing this with the great reset.
ATTENTION: the environmental movement,
the climate change/global warming hoax is an excuse for a cull. the satanists will do it with their cull of useless eaters, they already warned you of the depopulation agenda,
ATTENTION: there was silence, that is implied consent, the cull progresses.
reset features: depopulation, genocide, so the planet will be the exclusive playground of the cabal super rich, elite nobility satanists.
hitler used zyklon b gas. gates is using deadly injections.
NOTE: researchers got 1000 vials of the mrna injections, among other things they found various metals in the injections
another cool feature of the injections:
the combination of injecting metal nano particles and then applying high intensity 5g emf which makes the metal move around to cause shearing (shearing rips apart your organs).
the mrna injection?
The bureaucrats behind this killer v……….e KNOW what happened in previous animal testing with m//r…na v………s. When animals were v……….d against the v,,,,,,,,,,s and then exposed to it after v…………n against it, ALL OF THEM WENT INTO A CYTOKINE STORM. This is when the immune system attacks itself destroying every organ in the body. It is a rapid death. IT KILLED EVERY ANIMAL IN THE STUDY. cool, a v………..e with a 100% death rate.
The only other R//N…A v……..e ever approved killed the horses it was supposed to save.
These new v…….s are not v,,,,,,,,,,,s, installing gmo technology, chips, wires, etc. is not a v,,,,,,,e, but they say it is to avoid liability, v………e manufacturers can not be sued. if they say it is a v…………e it can be mandated (forced), these new injections are not v,,,,,,,,,,s but they say they are so they can be forced.
Dr. Zelenko makes it very clear that, in his opinion, the Cv//19 injections are neither safe nor effective nor necessary and that, in fact, forcing anyone to take the experimental injections equals genocide. zelenko said the injection is like the gas chamber and people are running into it. jump into a gas chamber to get a passport to a restaurant……
the gas chamber feature is not optional, it is compulsory…….
really nice people running this new one world unelected government being put in place right now………
bankster/nwo/un/wef/ccp/.0001% satanist/nazi theocracy
Psychopathic members of an occult satanic death cult running the planet, planning your horrible future. a satanic cult that believe in eugenics, slavery,pedophilia, transhumanism and fake science.
wef runs the new bankster/nwo/wef/ccp/.0001% one world government being put in place worldwide right now, this will be your new government. the cv19 hoax is a cover, excuse, trap, to put it in place. covid cult: an occult satanic death cult run by fanatics.
some wef history
the World Economic Forum was co-founded by Maurice Strong, who was the main promoter of the climate change movement. the much more exclusive World Forum of 300 which was created by Maurice Strong in 1982 and that was co-founded with Klaus Schwab as his assistant.
The Origins of the World Economic Forum Go Back to the Third Reich nazis.
schwab runs the wef his family was connected to the nazis in germany.
World Forum leaves a blind spot to the alien agenda in the the creation of the plan, the blind spot also leaves out Dr Muller, creator of the UNESCO programs and the Common Core education system.
Muller and Strong created of the United Nations University at Mt Rasur where they communicate with a demon called Rasur,
Maurice Strong was creator of Agenda 21 along with his buddies Prince Phillip and Charles and Ted Turner. Persons will be coerced through lies, drugs, fear, and pain to surrender themselves, their egos to the collective consciousness.
The blind spot leaves out the involvement of Nazi German Vril psychics who were involved
at the Maurice Strong Baca Grande hippie commune where Laurence Rockefeller say’s he met the Devil just prior to presenting the plans to the first World Forum in 1982 in Vail Colorado.
we don’t associate Eugenics with David Rockefeller, like we do with Hitler, but it was actually the Rockefeller Foundation that first did the research,
their groundbreaking 1930 work on Eugenics, an idea that became so popular in Europe Hitler monetized it domestically to justify global domination.
Beginning in 1930 the Rockefeller Foundation provided financial support to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, which later inspired and conducted eugenics experiments in the Third Reich.
Rockefeller got his monopoly on drugs, and Big Pharma and Rockefeller Medicine were born – and has only grown bigger and more terrible since, now routinely bribing doctors to prescribe their toxic and side effect-laden pills, not to mention their autism-causing v………nes, all based on the j….er/m theory. Rockefeller, the AMA and Big Pharma are now all key aspects of the NWO (New World Order),
the nazis adopted it and promoted it. “The infection theories (j…e/rm theory) were only established as a global dogma through the concrete policies and eugenics of the Third Reich nazis. Before 1933, scientists dared to contradict this je…. rm th e .ory; after 1933, these critical scientists were silenced.”
now we have the allopathic j e/ r…m th e….ory nazi medicine used exclusively worldwide and big pharma is the most profitable business on the planet, thanks to pasteur, rockefeller and flexner.
now we have allopathic rockefeller nazi death medicine, a satanic occult death cult,with the new co/.. v,,,,,id religion theocracy and it’s ayatollahs.
the modern monetary system is based on keynesian beliefs.
Keynes is heralded as the guiding light of the New Deal (and, as such defended by modern “Green New Dealers” and Great Reset technocrats wishing to impose a top-down system of governance onto the world),
This will be seen clearly in 1) his devotion to the theories of Thomas Malthus, 2) his promotion of eugenics as a science of racial purification and population control, and 3) his general devotion to World Government as a leading member of the Fabian Society.
depopulation: The provable reality was that Indian famines were coordinated tools of population control by the Malthusian elite of the British establishment who considered “war, famine and disease” as the gifts nature gave the strong to manage the weak.
read again: “disease” as the gifts nature gave the strong to manage the weak. now the great reset wants to use poisonous injections for depopulation.
thomas Malthus (a British East India Company economist) stated in his famous 1799 Essay on Population:
“The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.” gates wants to use vaccines.
“We should facilitate, instead of foolishly and vainly endeavoring to impede, the operations of nature in producing this mortality; and if we dread the too frequent visitation of the horrid form of famine, we should sedulously encourage the other forms of destruction, which we compel nature to use. In our towns we should make the streets narrower, crowd more people into the houses, and court the return of the plague.” today: herding the useless eaters into large cities.
In his May 2, 1914 lecture Population, Keynes argued that government should “mould law and custom deliberately to bring about that density of population which there ought to be” and that “there would be more happiness in the world if the population of it were to be diminished.”
now the gates led nwo/ccp/wef globalists are saying after great depopulation reset you will own nothing and be happier.
Hitler himself was not only a devout eugenicist (whose racial purification policies emerged through the funding of the Rockefeller, Carnegie Foundations as well as British establishment), but was also a devout Malthusian saying:
“The day will certainly come when the whole of mankind will be forced to check the augmentation of the human species, because there will be no further possibility of adjusting the productivity of the soil to the perpetual increase in the population.”
now gates is saying the same thing, depopulation is good.
After the war, eugenics-promoting organizations and think tanks changed their names while continuing their work, morphing into new forms by the 1960s such as the environmental movement, transhumanist movement, including the pharmaceutical/healthcare sector. now we have the wef pushing this with the great reset.
c..v……..1 9 religion/climate change/depopulation agenda it sounds a bit like The church of euthanasia: The church of euthanasia “devoted to restoring the balance between Humans and the remaining species on Earth. “Save the Planet, Kill Yourself”
the climate change/global warming hoax is an excuse for a cull. the satanists will do it with their cull of useless eaters, they already warned you of the depopulation agenda, there was silence, that is implied consent, the cull progresses.
Get this: the two top psychos that are administrators for the banksters, gates and soros, have no education, they are morons.
The psychos running the planet: Mt Rasur where they communicate with a demon called Rasur.
Laurence Rockefeller say’s he met the Devil just prior to presenting the plans to the first World Forum in 1982 in Vail Colorado.
the pope is part of this cult.
Hi Larry,
First, welcome to the board.
I admire the dedication to your craft and your initiative on spreading information, but your posts are so long that the main point is getting lost in translation.
Have you thought about contributing to a thread that didn’t involve COVID related stuff? We still talk about other things – inflation, politics, cars, etc. Most of us are aware of the WEF including Schwab’s push of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Rockfeller’s push to add petroleum to vaccines, and the financial initiatives and power push behind COVID and the jabs.
Maybe tell us a bit about you. Feel free to add your input into other debates we have ongoing. We don’t have to focus on just one thing.
see thoughts under cars, government theft, governments, financial system, financial crimes,
before feb 2020 i only looked at economics, finance, the financial system, crypto, stock and option trading, which i did a lot of and for a very long time cars. cars: selling, wrenching, driving, understanding the technology, studying the history, collecting, tuning, etc.. i drive a super 7 clone the sign of a hard core crazy car freak.
after feb. 2020 i was turned into a researcher (lots of other people did the same thing), because of the cv19 hoax. i had an advantage because i studied and used alternate types of health aids for a long time, homeopathy, herbs, etc., and i was warned about the danger in vaccines a long time ago. 1200 hours of research later i have a pretty good idea about the current situation, this also involves looking at politics, world power structures, history, the medical system, etc..
Thank you, Larry, for replying. I, too, am a promoter in homeopathic medicines and agree with you wholeheartedly in your research. I just feel your message is getting lost in the shuffle.
I believe that you will find most of us in agreement with you.
I have posted links to zerohedge, it used to be a great site for economics, trading, the markets etc., it still is not bad, the best part is their comments section, i go there daily, great insights and info, links, etc..
Agreed. Zero Hedge isn’t what it used to be. That started after it was bought out. Its still some what useful, if one keeps their obvious agenda in mind. I also agree that the comments can be interesting and/or entertaining. But the level of censorship continues to increase. Not to mention the number of Hasbera trolls continues to increase as well.
Yes, zero hedge used to be great some very high level discussions on the markets, finance, etc., and like you say when it got new owners it really went downhill. The censorship there and everywhere is getting really bad, facebook, twitter, google is worse than zerohedge. zerohedge is usually good at getting the news out first and it has a conservative bias which is hard to find. zerohedge is aligned with the covid narrative (no anti vaccine/germ theory discussion allowed, like everywhere on planet earth) otherwise it would be shut down in 2 minutes. Trolls? yes everywhere, i like hammering the leftist bastards.
on alternate healing/health methods,
Dr. Kaufman says in feb. 2020 he believed everything they say was going on, he said this started him researching, now he has completely changed his mind about healing methods, health care, the medical system, i saw one of his videos and it got me looking deeper into the situation.
One of the big ones is the germ theory which was proven wrong 100 years ago (there is zero science behind it), but is the basis for all allopathic medicine (thanks to rockefeller, flexnor and pasteur the fraud), (this is the one that has been jammed into peoples minds for 100 years, 24/7 by big pharma, the most intense brainwashing ever).
belief in it will get you culled now, it is very dangerous and always was. before feb 2020 i probably still believed it, what a relief getting rid of that illusion. look at the terrain theory.
people get sick because of toxins or deficiencies.
kaufman covid video
https://www.eclassifie.com/2020/04/coronavirus-dr-andrew-kaufman-and-the-exosomes/
Dont throw the baby out with the bath water…
Virus theory is questionable and has a lot of problems. Pathogenic bacteria and toxic fungi are pretty well established however. You can see both under a microscope or naked eye.
And don’t get me started on various “syndromes”, academic expert for, “we have no idea but here are some collections of symptoms which we’re going to call a disease…”
you have lots of company….98%? of people still believe the germ theory, i did prior to feb 2020, 1200 hr of research later, i see things differently. politics, religion, germ theory are the most controversial subjects because none of them are based on science just beliefs = religions, zero science behind them. yet here we are force injecting everyone, this is run by satanists. they say you have a germ in you (the devil) so they have to inject you with their holy water (their poisonous injection). a satanic witch hunt.
Larry, RG – its interesting that when I moved back to Karachi first and heard about Homeopathy and other medical methods, I laughed and made fun of them…. Its crazy that ive completely changed my views. Though im not quite into homeopathy, ive realised what a big different to my health having some herbal and other supplements has made (particularly to hay fever).
Its crazy how much of what I felt “I know” has been proven wrong over the recent years…
people used other natural healing methods based on purification and similar methods for 1000’s of years, it is just since the late 1800’s that rockefeller allopathic medicine was forced into use and all other healing methods were banned or pushed out away.
The germ theory has been debunked numerous times, It is time to throw all of allopathic rockefeller nazi death medicine in the garbage
germ theory bs……Is there a big demon virus that is going to get you?
Piezoelectrical Repair Crews
This video which highlights aspects of the fake coronavirus pandemic also talks of viruses as entities created by the body that do not do any harm and are designed to carry waste. The video creator refers to viruses as a “piezoelectrical repair crew”, with a polysaccharide coating on their heads, who can travel to a damaged cell and facilitate glycolysis (the conversion of sugar into energy).
In other words, they go to a cell needing a repair and give it energy (sugar) and electricity (a kind of jump start). According to this viewpoint, blaming a virus for damage is like blaming an innocent helper at the scene of the crime; just because someone saw a crime and came to help does not mean they caused the crime.
Is it 100% Proven That Viruses Cause Disease in Humans?
Amazingly, no – it is not. Germ theory is just that: a theory. For those wanting a more technical explanation of this alternative understanding of viruses, check out Dr. Thomas Cowan, Dr. Andrew Kaufman and especially Dr. Stefan Lanka. Kaufman has given some recent interviews with Crrow777 and Richie from Boston where he elaborates upon the idea that viruses have never been proven to cause disease.
Both Cowan and Kaufman discuss the tests that were done after the 1918 Spanish Flu (an outbreak which it turns out was caused by EMFs/electrification and/or vaccines) where they had sick people breathe into healthy people’s mouths. The healthy people didn’t get sick. Likewise, they had sick horses sneeze and cough mucus, fluids, droplets, etc. into a bag, put food in that bag, then gave that food to healthy horses. They were unable to make the healthy horses sick.
Dr. Stefan Lanka is the king in this area. He is a German biologist and virologist who came to understand we have been lied to on a grand scale regarding the nature of the virus. He offered a reward of €100,000 for anyone who could scientifically prove that measles was a virus. That case that went all the way to the German Supreme Court where he won. Paul Fassa reports:
“At first it appeared he had lost. But Dr. Lanka took his loss to a higher court with more experts and the backing of two independent laboratories. He wound up not having to pay. It turned out that the “proof” provided was a composite of several different electron microscope images. And the composite involved different components of damaged cells. The composite could not be duplicated. The German Federal Supreme Court confirmed that there was not enough evidence to prove the existence of the measles virus.”
Dave Mihalovic reports in the article Biologist Proves Measles Isn’t A Virus, Wins Supreme Court Case Against Doctor:
“In a recent ruling, judges at the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) confirmed that the measles virus does not exist. Furthermore, there is not a single scientific study in the world which could prove the existence of the virus in any scientific literature. This raises the question of what was actually injected into millions over the past few decades.
Not a single scientist, immunologist, infectious disease specialist or medical doctor has ever been able to establish a scientific foundation, not only for the vaccination of measles but any vaccination for infants, pregnant women, the elderly and even many adult subgroups.”
germ theory nazi medicine
Lanka has spoken out against similar viral epidemics or pandemics, such as the H5N1 bird flu scare (which was being hyped in 2005). Finally, there are even other prominent virologists like professor Peter Duesberg who have stated with solid evidence that HIV does not cause AIDS. Here are some more quotes from Lanka (who speaks German, so translated into English):
“What viruses are there at all, then, and what are they doing?
Structures which you can characterize as viruses there are in many species of bacteria and in simple life forms, similar to the bacteria. They are elements of together-living of different cells in a common cell type which have remained independent. This is called a symbiosis, an endosymbiosis, which has arisen in the course of the process of different cell types’ and structures’ combining, an endosymbiosis which has brought forth the present cell type, that type of cells of which humans, animals and plants consist … Very important:
Viruses are component parts of very simple organisms, for instance of the confervacea type of algae, a particular species of a one-celled chlorella alga and of very many bacteria. As existing there, these viral component parts are called phages. In complex organisms however, in particular in humans, or in animals or plants, such structures which you might call viruses have never been seen.
In contrast to the bacteria in our cells, the mitochondria, or the bacteria in every plant, the chloroplasts, which cannot leave the common cell, since they are dependent on the metabolism of the common cell, viruses can leave the cell, since they are not carrying out any survival-vital tasks within the cell.
Viruses, thus, are component parts of the cell which have turned their entire metabolism over to the common cell and therefore can leave the cell. Outside the common cell, they are helping other cells, in that they are transferring construction and energy substances. Any other function of theirs has never been observed.
Those actual viruses which have been scientifically demonstrated to exist are performing, in the very complex processes of interactions of different cells, a helping, a supporting and in no case a destructive function.
Also in the case of diseases, actually neither in the diseased organism nor in a bodily fluid has any structure which you could characterize as a virus ever been seen or isolated. The proposition that there is any sick-making virus whatsoever is a transparent swindle, a fatal lie with dramatic consequences.”
“Why then are disease-causing viruses still being maintained to exist?
The school medicine protagonists/practitioners need the paralysing, stupid-making and destructive fear of disease causing phantom viruses as a central basis for their existence:
Firstly, in order to harm many people with vaccinations, in order to build up for themselves a clientele of chronically ill and ailing objects who will put up with anything being done to them.
Secondly, in order not to have to admit that they are failing totally in their treatment of chronical illnesses and have killed and are killing more people than all wars so far have made possible. Every school medicine practitioner is conscious of this, but only very few dare to speak about it. Therefore it’s no wonder either that among professional groups, it is that of the school medicine practitioners that has the highest suicide rate, far surpassing other professional groups.
“The infection theories (germ theory) were only established as a global dogma through the concrete policies and eugenics of the Third Reich. Before 1933, scientists dared to contradict this theory; after 1933, these critical scientists were silenced.”
By “infection theories” Lanka means germ theory, the prevailing theory of modern Western Medicine.
a quote: The germ theory has been debunked numerous times, It is time to throw all of allopathic rockefeller nazi death medicine in the garbage
weaponizing medicine: everybody believes in this bs, so it is easy to cull them.
Thirdly, the school medicine practitioners need the paralysing and stupid-making fear of diabolical viruses, in order to conceal their historical origin as an oppression and killing instrument of the Vatican’s when it was struggling to rise in the world, having developed out of the usurping West Roman army.”
To understand all this, we have to revisit germ theory and terrain theory.
inner terrain vs outer terrain-germ-theory-vaccines Germ Theory vs. Terrain Theory
https://thefreedomarticles.com/deep-down-virus-rabbit-hole-question-everything/
Hi Nasir,
I am a great admirer of homeopathic methods. I have been seriously studying them for now for about three years, although I was introduced to them about 6-7 years ago. What I have been surprised to find out are how many people are open to trying them especially if they are not getting any results via Western science. Most of them have been with excellent results. Something as simple as dipping three figs a day in extra virgin olive oil will reduce constipation, cholesterol, and asthma.
I have started taking classes identifying outside plants and ways to use them. I never knew the root of a black eyed Susan could treat an earache. They are also great for attracting pollinators (bees) to one’s greenhouse or vegetable garden. I am about 30 miles from an apothecary shop and it is one of my favorite places to visit. As some women fantasize about new shoes and a purse I fantasize about all of the herbs I could buy. 😉
..and notice that those mentioned as awful and instigators are all of a particular (((ethnicity….)))
Guessing public schools and a lot of TV there larry given your distortion of National Socialist policies. Or an agenda…
germ theory has nothing to do with any race, what is your point? public schools and TV promote the germ theory. are you a germ theory pusher? it sounds like it. the people behind the germ theory are a satanic cult, that is not a race.
rockefeller, flexnor and the fraud pasteur were the ones who brought us this germ theory bs, it doesn’t matter where they came from, they brought us this satanic cult allopathic death medicine. ethnicity what are you talking about, it sounds like a leftist response when they are trying to support fake science. so you believe in fake science?
National Socialist policies? yes a tool of the leftist/communist/socialist/satanists….agenda?….yes i am against leftists and the germ theory lie
yes i am against leftists and the germ theory lie, you are arguing against me so you are for leftist/satanists and their germ theory lie. why would a leftist hang around here, facebook is more friendly to them
nwo/ccp/wef/.0001% coup/reset
wef runs the new eite nobility/nwo/wef/ccp/.0001% one world government being put in place worldwide right now, this will be your new unelected government. the cv19 hoax is a cover, excuse, trap, to put it in place.
what was the deal between the nwo/wef/who/.0001% and the ccp/China government to bring ccp into the nwo?
They are Globalists. They are anti-nation state. They don’t believe in Nationalism. They believe that people are stupid, and that it’s their job to make the decisions for people. The only thing standing in their way of global domination was a strong United States, with Trump.
the Elite are using China to erode the US from within, preparing for the coup.
The cartel themselves simply doesn’t have the resources. They needed to make a deal with China and it was a very synergistic partnership because China want’s the same thing.
They want US property, they want to expand their Empire, they want a seat at the table of 12 seats, the group that will run the dictatorship woldwide.
Trump didn’t like nwo/wef/ccp/.0001%
nwo/ccp/wef/.0001% cabal to fight Trump they said Trump was a liar, and evil dictator, and needs to be removed ‘by any means necessary’ meaning even if by force or illegally. they said we need to throw the constitution out and legal system if needed.
nwo/ccp/wef/.0001% cabal wanted to remove Trump because without Trump it is easy to take control,
with Trump gone there are thousands of high level officials such as Joe xiden who is a ccp puppet being blackmailed, bribed, or bullied by the Chinese, who will allow the coup.
the msm is helping, are part of the coup……………. major news outlets like CNN, Fox and others have taken ‘private dinners’ and ‘special trips’ paid for by the Communist Chinese Government.
a foreign power like China was necessary. US military soldiers will never turn on their own no matter how much you pay them. You can pay Americans to kill Iraqis, but never their own brothers in another state. So for operation US Coup, China is the muscle, chinese soldiers will follow orders.
Solution: Global dictatorship, one single Crypto currency for the whole world, managed by not one dictator but a group of 12 wise men (Swiss system) where individual nations have no sovereignty or rights. All under the auspices of ‘saving the planet.
the Great Reset nwo/un/wef/.001% worldwide one world government features:
the totalitarianism of the CCP. a loss of individual rights—including property rights, free expression, freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom of religion, and the free enterprise system as we understand it.
5G-enabled smart city surveillance, the equivalent of social credit scores, medical passports, political imprisonment, and other means of social and political repression and control.
the cv19 hoax is an excuse to lockdown everyone while coup takes place.
The Origins of the World Economic Forum that will run your new government Go Back to the Third Reich nazis.
schwab runs the wef, his family was connected to the nazis in germany, his wife is chinese.
wef/nwo/cabal/ccp/globalists. who is in it? the .0001% billionaires and their huge corporations, big tech, big pharma, big oil, big media (all the media), twitter, facebook, google, big banks, etc, wef has roots from the nazis. china was chosen to lead it, they benefit a lot from it.
an occult communist/nazi satanic cult they are pedophiles and believe in slavery, eugenics, depopulation, transhumanism. they are religious fanatics with their new covid religion ayatollahs.
nazi: see origins of allopathic medicine and wef. satanists: see origin of wef. witches: see origin of allopathic medicine.
As paraphrased by a leading think tank of the new world order, the World Economic Forum,
for the ones left after the 7 billion cull……..“You will own nothing, have no privacy, and be much happier.”
the reality:
they will be turning people left into appliances plugged into an all-seeing internet, more transhuman robots than people, dutifully following orders but unable to produce anything beyond what is programmed into their quantum microchips, bereft of the sparks of inquiry, innovation and joy in a electric panopticon that’s sterile and joyless, you are better off dead.
they implant an operating system in you and connect you to the grid, they also connect an AI robot to the grid, this is so you can train the robot to do your job.
you won’t be needed then = soylent green.
quote from byrne……….(when you get your new nwo/ccp/un/.0001% government) “In 10 years, there’ll be prison camps with organs being harvested just as there are in western China,”
The Chinese regime has been killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs for more than 20 years, according to a panel of experts who attended a virtual conference hosted by the advocacy group Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) on Nov. 19, and independent investigations.
“The Nazis had a phrase that covered all abuses by the State: ‘Für euer sischerheit’ —> ‘It’s for your safety’” these satanist witches are nazis.
Auschwitz = Arbeit macht frei (Work will make you free)
Earth 2020 = Vaccine will make you free
People do not come to this site seeking extensive essays. They prefer simple truths that are as always easy to explain. We are well aware of the horrors governments have imposed, and continue to. Perhaps there are some who are not aware, but I suspect that number is quite small among those engaged here. Keep it shorter, and more to the point, and the more readers you will engage.
Except for those essays composed by the one who owns this forum. Salutations Eric.
Thanks, John – as always!
PS: I’ll be on with David Knight today at 11-ish…
I typically try to go the other direction. If I don’t know you, I will be short (but polite) but no nice-nice chit chat, fake smile bullshit. I will often come off as cold or harsh, people tell me.
That’s my goal. I won’t be a dick but no superficial bullshit. Stay away. You probably won’t like me anyway! (I’m mostly libertarian after all and don’t believe the bullshit.)
If I know you, it’s a completely different story. I still don’t do superficial chit chat but I will be my warm, accommodating, generous and helpful self. I will be there and help you with almost anything, especially the things that others shy away from.
These days, I don’t trust anyone I don’t know. With anything, period. These are “smiling face mask” times and I think the Karen’s are dangerous and not to be trusted one iota.
I always try and give the benefit of the doubt to the unknown, unless there is an immediate indication that they don’t deserve it. Treat people with warmth and humanity…hope it rubs off on them- it can give people a different outlook- even if not immediate; And even if it doesn’t, civility and warmth is rarely wasted, as it just bounces back and does you good, whereas being curt and impersonal tends to contribute to the overall detachment and impersonality and hostility we see so commonly around us.
Amen, Nunz. There is nothing wrong with being cordial to people. We win more bees with honey than vinegar. Also, I have learned if you are polite to people they usually tend to open up more and that is when impactful meaningful conversations can be introduced.
Indeed, there is no civilization without civility.
Well glad that works for you guys. No really. But it hasn’t worked for me. I’m not trying to make friends. I’m not trying to catch flies. I’m not trying to win over or convince. I’ve effed over too many times by superficial people whose real identity is reveal with how they vote.
I just want to be left alone. I just want to mind my own business.
Obviously if I know you and we have a friendly relationship, that’s a different story. And that’s the point. It is not “come one, come all”… I can’t be like “my brother Jesus” (Sam Kinison reference).
When the average person is not a raving covid lunatic, or a rabid liberal, or a big govt. “conservative”, or a “back the blue” moron, etc, etc, maybe I’ll change my approach.
Doesn’t look like that’ll be the case anytime soon. But yeah, you guys go ahead and evangelize and win over the world. Maybe that can work.
Hi Eure,
Different folks for different strokes. We aren’t criticizing. Some people are people persons and others aren’t. I have zero friends, but a gazillion acquaintances. I enjoy talking with people whether small talk or on a deeper level. We can’t change the tide without changing people’s minds and the only way to do that is through discussion. I find people much easier to deal with one on one or in a small intimate group. A large group of people and I have a tendency to clam up. We all work on our way and as long as it is comfortable for us, as individuals, should be the only thing that matters.
Eure – you know Ive made some of my best “friends” at times when im not trying to make friends (which is most times)….
Eeyore, I can appreciate both sides on this subject. Like yourself, I do prefer to just be left alone too, and I don’t have much in common with most people (Which is why I am a loner)…but when in a situation where I must be in close proximity to others, and those others do not show any obvious signs of being hostile, crazy, or offensive, and an interaction is forced or seems inevitable, I do try and treat others the way I would hope that they would treat me.
Grants, the above is easier in some places than others. Here in southern KY. it is easy and pleasant (usually) to be cordial and friendly (Not that I want to be friends with those I encounter)…as opposed to when I still lived in NYC metro area, where most people were utterly abhorrent, offensive, dishonest and or out to get you if they perceived that you possess any humanity, which they would interpret as gullibility, naivete, or weakness.
After having lived among both extremes, I certainly do enjoy the easy-goingness of the former much more, and am glad that I can be one them in that respect- even though such traits are in decline even here lately. I had wanted to be that way and to live among others who were so also when I was a NYer…but such was largely impossible there for many decades now- although in the past it wasn’t- But I certainly don’t want to be among the number who make such impossible- not just for the sake of others, but for my own benefit also, as I can remember as a young man in NYC actually starting to become like the jaundiced majority whom I abhor, from living among them- and it sucks to be that way! I did like the anonymity of a crowd which one has in such a big city, but one can still have relative anonymity and privacy and still be nice when in public. (Plus, maybe I’m just a natural ham- I like to make people laugh- even if I don’t like people in general ).
Just think of the times a stranger put a smile on your face by something they said or did. Dunno about you, but you tend to remember it all day..or for many days, or even years. It adds to your physical and mental well-being…and costs nothing. I look at it like playing a part- I likely wouldn’t like that stranger if i got to know them, but I’d rather put some good out there, and maybe just maybe it might actually do some good and help keep someone from becoming one of those inhuman zombies we see all around us.
I can be a hardass too (I’m pretty good at, being a former NYer!)- but I’ll avoid that unless it’s really called for, as it gives me no joy.
There is a very simple guide to moral behavior, that encompasses most religious and political virtues. It’s called the Golden Rule. If you prefer to live without any social interaction, then do so. If you prefer to have some, or even a lot, do that as well. Do not expect others to automatically sense your desire. Do not expect others to agree. Simply do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Easy.
Nunz, as you may have noticed I always attempt to be civil, unless provoked. 🙂 I always try to remember the old saying; Never be thoughtlessly rude. You are one of the few people I’ve run across who actually understands what that means. ^^ How have you been doing lately? Projects have been keeping me busy again, but its finally starting to slow down, as we head into the major holidays. I’ve posted a few comments over the last few weeks, but no response and nothing in my auto response feed shows up. Anywhere else, I’d think I’d been shadow banned. But I really can’t see Eric ever doing that, or tolerating it.
Hi BJ!
Ah, yes, I’d almost thought that you’d gone MIA, except for one or two comments I’d seen from you in the recent past! Glad that you’ve resurfaced! Same here…I’m always busy this time of year, trying to get everything finished up before the cold weather arrives- and in addition to thye usual, it seems everything’s been breaking lately- so I’m doubly busy. Doing well though. How have you been?
You’ve always struck me as being very conciliatory and diplomatic- a peacemaker (Almost typed ‘pacemaker’ there…I suppose that would’;ve worked too! 😀 ), so I know that you “get it” too!
I suppose that I may give the impression of coming on too strong in internet discussions sometimes, because I tend to cut right to the heart of the issues and rant a lot, but IRL I like to avoid confrontation- as it never tends to accomplish anything. At least here, our words remain and are can affect many people, and even present an opportunity for others to offer valid counterpoints, or at least make us think and modify our positions.
Good to hear. I’ve been doing well enough, all things considered. The first of the year and summer tend to be our busy times. The start of new projects, and the end of current ones as it turns out. I’ve been watching the Usual Suspects, running their dog and pony show for the benefit of the Cultists. Various players are moving their pieces around in the shadows, as usual.
By the way, Lind has gone active again. I suspect because of factors we have discussed in the past. We are well and truly living in “interesting” times. Lets hope that we make it through the winter without any major “incidents”.
Between the Usual Suspects and El Presidente’s (what else would you call the “leader” of the worlds largest banana republic?) Mandates, the global supply chain has been royally FUBAR’ed.
Thats not even counting the on going situation in Europe and China. What is funny as hell, is the only relatively sane person in power is Putin. That tells you just how far off the deep end the world in general has fallen. If someone had written a movie script about this sorry situation, no one would have ever believed it.
In closing let me just say; Lets Go Brandon!
Morning, Nunz!
Busy here as well – same kinds of things, I’m guessing. I got the roof done on the coop; just a window and electric yet to install. Then demo the old coop! And finish repairing the backside of the shed… before it gets too damned cold!
Ideally, I’m hoping to get started on the greenhouse… but the clock ticks and thermometer dips… my bane is time and not enough hands!
Hi Ya Eric!
Wow1 Glad to hear that you’re making such progress! I’ve kinda gotten sidetracked; I’m going in the opposite direction- I’ve fallen into a more ‘suburban-style’ lifestyle- which is ridiculous, since I moved here largely to pursue self-sufficiency, and used to be a good deal more self-sufficeint; having chickens and cows and a diverse garden, etc.I have to start imitating you!
People love doing rotten things to each other, especially when it’s legal to do so. I’ve been looking forward to the collapse as so many of these ghouls deserve whats coming to them. Just think back on all the rotten kids you were “schooled” with and realize they’re now adults tattletaleing and subverting better folks from the shadows.
Democracy shemocracy. When asked of the morality in the taking from one to give to another, implementing government programs, laws, police actions or invasions they all truly believe they occupy the moral high ground. They all know better than us. It’s for our own good. Nice is the mask that hides the disfunction. Nice shmice. Being cordial hides a lot of things. Keep your head up and your helmet on. Dissident realism allows us to know reality.
If one is to vote, I propose they gather at the courthouse, and when a candidate’s name is called, raise their hand or stand in that candidate’s area to be counted in public.
That, and only allowing property owners, who do not receive money from the government to vote, would change a lot of policy. (sorry social security recipients & govt/military employees)
Voting for all means the takers get a bigger voice than the givers.
Actually Dan, that is pretty close to the way America was set up/the only actual, legal vote. Voting was relegated to White land owning males over a certain age. ya know, the ones responsible for forming and maintaining the country who actually had a stake in the game…
You should see the shock and horror on these “nice” people when you tell them you intentionally don’t vote for people. Anger!
That’s irresponsible! How stupid could you be, it’s your civic duty! What if someone awful gets elected because you didn’t vote? Ha! Deluded.
I’ve had this discussion with lots of former friends, who refuse to talk to me due to political disagreements on the nature of the state. The only acceptable discussion with these people must stay within the Overton Window. When you question the legitimacy of the state, or bring up Lysander Spooner’s refutation of the horrifically named “social contract”, you get ostracized like someone toxic.
Politicians are brilliant, really. They’ve successfully convinced people to be at each other’s throats about insignificant minutia, and on the things that matter, they get whatever they want.
‘bring up Lysander Spooner’s refutation of the horrifically named “social contract” — OppositeLock
Political debate was far more wide ranging and robust in Lysander Spooner’s time, or even the early 20th century of H L Mencken. The very legitimacy of the system was up for debate. Presidents and Kongress Klowns were mercilessly mocked.
Importantly, this was before the income tax and the permanent intelligence state. People could speak their minds without threat of retaliation except by direct physical assault.
Now Chuck-the-Schmuck Schumer says the intel agencies have ‘six ways from Sunday of getting back at you.’
Freedumb ain’t free. Nor is it even on offer, at any price. Woody Wilson, Frank Roosevelt, Harry Truman sold us down the river to Ol’ Liberal Massa’s plantation, where we groan under our shackles as FJB gazes down benevolently from his big white house on the hill.
You left out Saint Lincoln.
Two things that keep ‘legal’ robbery enshrined:
1)The vast majority of people alive today believe that what ever Caesar declares to be his (Your money, your property, …) are indeed his, and that he thus has a ‘right’ to it, so therefore YOU are the criminal if you dare to try and keep what is yours. If you don’t pay your taxes, you are “cheating the government”. And since they believe this, the fact that such constitutes theft, oppression, and a violation of the most fundamental human right (The right to private property) they don’t acknowledge that it is stealing when they vote for their representatives to take what is yours and use it for what they desire. They all (From the most liberal SJW to the staunchest conservative) just take it for granted that taxes and coercion are legitimate and normal, and thus the only contention they have is how the loot will be divvied up- i.e. what will be done with this money.
2)The people who would rob you in alley also can vote, and their vote carries as much weight as that of a ‘nice person’.
Until and if people on a massive scale should come to believe in the sanctity of private property, there can be no real liberty, but rather just varying degrees of tyranny and theft, because no matter which side or ism wins, it still boils down to just a matter of how much they take and what they do with it.
‘They all just take it for granted that taxes and coercion are legitimate and normal.’ — Nunzio
Two or three thousand years ago, in various cultures, ten percent was considered a reasonable limit of taxation — probably because people have ten fingers, and we use base ten numbers.
Before the advent of the welfare state, ten percent actually was WAY more than needed to perform the functions of limited government, at least in peacetime.
Now an effective tax rate of 30 to 50 percent on the minority who pay federal taxes is not enough to stave off trillion-dollar deficits forever more. Big Gov is f*cked.
Oh, and FJB too.
I believe that the ten percent came about as it was stipulated as the tithe (literally ‘a tenth’) mandated by God (and thus recognized by all people of Abrahamic descent) for the support of the civil/worship [The two are inseparable] system among His covenant people (And not imposed by coercion and force, but rather by those who chose to be a part of that society and to seek the good graces of God).
The fact that men now claim much more than even God, shows their arrogance- how they elevate themselves (and are elevated by the people) above God, and how they in-fact think of themselves as gods, and how the people thus worship them as gods, accepting that they somehow have not only a ‘right’ to more than what even God Himself requires, but that they also have somehow have a right to require it of all at any cost- even to the point of death, though the state legitimately owns nothing- whereas God rightfully owns everything, being the creator of everything. Whom one obeys is who they serve and worship.
…and FJB…and FDJT too! Fthemall!
Lets go Brandon!…
Well said Nunz,
God warned about kings way back in 1Samuel8 what would happen if people chose earthly kings. To me it’s the ultimate “be careful what you wish for” example; they got their wish good and hard, and we’re paying for it to this day. I could almost live like a king myself if the PTB only stole 10% of my income.
I second your sentiments – F them all!
AMEN!!!
[and lets go brandon to get the word count up so the reply will show. 🙂 ]
A lot of comment on voting here today. Just let me point out that gang rape is democracy in action.
Democracy = Tyranny with the consent of the majority of the majority of the slaves, who are kept brainwashed and ignorant, but consider themselves enlightened and educated because the propaganda is called ‘education’, and bread and circuses are considered signs of prosperity.
“Democracy” is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner. In a sane system, voting isn’t allowed, and the sheep are heavily armed. 🙂
True, but I think Gang Rape begets a more visceral understanding, especially among women.
‘Is it any wonder that nice people want as much free stuff as they can vote for?’ — eric
Not really. Incentives matter.
In the early days of the USA, voting often was restricted to property owners — people who had skin in the game.
In limited bizarre instances, you can find deviants like fast friends Warren Buffett and Billy Gates, who urge, ‘Please, Big Gov, tax me more.’ (Presumably they enjoyed the bracing sting of the birch whip on their bare bottoms at boarding school, but’s that a different deviancy.)
Generally, though, a majority of property owners will vote to keep taxes moderate.
Now half or more of the electorate are net recipients of government benefits. It’s short-term rational for them to vote for MORE, MORE, MORE. Long term, it’s Rome burning, as the empire falls — first gradually (2021), then all at once.
Restoring the property qualification is impossible now, under a debauched definition of democracy where people who will only draw benefits are welcomed enthusiastically.
I agree with most of what you said, but Rome was burning gradually and accelerating in the 1970’s. The collapse is at our doorstep. Unfortunately what is waiting in the wings is absolute totaliarianism, and its being embraced by fools who think they will control it.
And Buffy the nation slayer and Bill the Gates of hell may ask to be taxed, after carefully constructing and bribing exemptions for themselves.
‘Rome was burning gradually and accelerating in the 1970’s.’ — Ernie
‘Your American dollar will buy just as much as before.‘ — Richard Nixon, as he pulled the plug on redemption into gold, August 1971
Precisely the moment when the republic began its fall to oblivion. Inflation is the purpose of fiat currency. There’s no other reason to use it.
Yeah, the super-rich ask for more taxation, and why not? They have so much money that it just becomes numbers on paper and is irrelevant- and considering that all the ones calling for more taxation are crony-capitalists, the more taxes that are collected from the majority of other rich folks who are below their level just ends up flowing to them, so thus they get even more.
The middle and working class are already looted…now the very top percent of the very wealthy are going after those who are just a step below them.
The super rich ask for more taxation knowing that they really will not be taxed more. Let’s be honest, the super wealthy retrieve their money from stock sales. Stock sales, held long term (more than a year), are subject to a top capital gains tax of 20% + 3.6% for the Obamacare tax on passive income. It is actually a tiered basis on a certain portion is taxed at 0%, then 15%, then 20%.
Many of us are taxed on wages (W2 salaries) or through pass through business income which is subject to current tax rates (which are usually higher than the 23.6% that the wealthy pay for their monies). Anyone that is paid via W2 and doesn’t have a business to write off their business expenses though are getting hosed. Honestly, I feel bad for a W2 employee, because the deductions that they have are so limited unless they have children or a very high mortgage. Interesting how both of these are made to put people into further debt.
The bouncing around of the unrealized gains tax is a joke and will never see the light of day (and it should not). Taxes that the legislature branch enact always seem to bypass the wealthiest and crater down to the middle class. We all remember getting hit with the AMT or even worse Obamacare earned and passive income tax rates.
As I have stated before the tax system is designed to reward risk takers, whether in stock investments, businesses, or real estate. It is designed to punish savers and employees. And it does just that.
‘Let’s be honest, the super wealthy retrieve their money from stock sales.’ — RG
Even better, they borrow against appreciated stock value and defer capital gains tax indefinitely.
A brother-in-law who works at Morgan Stanley was incredibly busy last year doing these collateralized loans … which were overwhelmingly used to buy real estate with no contingencies (cash purchase).
Thus the stock bull market feeds the property market at the high end … at the cost of tons of hidden leverage. Nothing could possibly go wrong. *wink*
Hi Jim,
I figured something like this was happening. It is reminiscent of 2008. I also had clients refinancing their main homes or rental properties and pulling cash proceeds out to fund new homes, boats, and cars.
As you clearly stated “what could go wrong.”
>Stock sales, held long term (more than a year), are subject to a top capital gains tax of 20%
Which just demonstrates that it is not “income”, but *PRODUCTIVITY* which is being taxed, i.e. financially punished.
And of course it is progressive, like a tractor pull.
The more productive you are, the higher the tax rate.
Hi RG,
My beef is how they keep chipping away at the few middle class deductions. Not sure how long you’ve been in business but years ago you could take full deductions for medical bills, any kind of interest, state/local taxes and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. The latest “reform” was a real screwing for me here in Taxachusetts by capping the state/local deduction at $10k.
I don’t know about property owners voting to keep taxes low. Every homeowner and mortgage slave I’ve met think it’s just dandy when property values go up. Whats so great about paying thousands of dollars a year in extortion to stay in the house you bought and pay to maintain? Fuggin idiots.
Property values go up because of Federal Reserve money printing. During the long deflation from the 1870s to the 1900s, property values fell about one percent annually. House prices’ 20 percent pop in the past 12 months is grossly pathological and destabilizing.
Government schools suck up about two-thirds of property taxes. Nevertheless, property taxes are radically lower in conservative states than liberal ones. Five times lower, in my case, for equivalent houses.
“from the 1870s to the 1900s, property values fell about one percent annually.” Which is precisely what happens with a commodity backed currency. Prices drop while quality rises. Given the limited availability of Gold/silver, as an economy grows it must be continuously divided into smaller fractions. Prices fall because there is more to buy, with less currency to buy it. Interest is unnecessary, as what you saved is worth more next year. What you borrowed is paid back with money worth more than that which you borrowed. The free market was created by God, there is no flaw in it.
Poor girl wants to marry, rich girl wants to flirt
Rich man goes to college, poor man goes to work
Drunkard wants another drink of wine, politician wants your vote
Charlie Daniels, Long-haired Country Boy
You know the rest of the lyrics, I’m sure of that.
What’s time to a hog?
What does the old cow think when you load her on the truck?
What’s time to a hog? – The Dillards
Not until you are hauled off to the Covid Gulag will you know you’ve been had.
The unvaccinated can be isolated, can fend for themselves says Noam Chumpsky.
What an idiot. Noam would take it all from you in a heartbeat.
A dangerous animal, no matter how weak and frail he is at his age.
>The unvaccinated can be isolated
Put in camps?
Required to wear an identifying symbol?
I propose a blue butterfly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_IWHw3z-U&t=58s
Noam is simply showing his true colors.
Some hideous animal needs to chomp down on chomsky real good.
Hi to5,
Well, worms soon will in re Chomsky – though I doubt they’ll enjoy the meal!
Eric – quite a pertinent article on budget day in the UK…. i guess on the bright side our benevolent leaders reduced the tax on beer by a couple pence a pint…. maybe they can have a sip more to drown their sorrow while looking at all they ways they got screwed by more levy and taxes…. (and BTW we have a “right wing” “conservative” government !)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Ranch
>The ranch is known to travelers for the “ripe, tangy odor of cow manure”, described alternately as a “horrible stench”[15] and “a good, honest, American smell”
Harris “Ranch” is actually a feedlot (big difference).
I can attest to the smell, as I lived in Coalinga for six months back in the 1970s.
Marked contrast between the sad animals awaiting their demise, standing on piles of their own manure, and the “upscale” restaurant which serves them to customers. I wonder how many restaurant patrons would eat the beef if there were an open window which overlooked the feedlot. Not many, I suspect.
Full disclosure: I do eat meat, including beef, although I prefer chicken or pork. My dad was a chicken farmer before he became a carpenter. When my mom said “I’ll wring his neck,” she knew exactly of what she spoke. I have never killed Bambi, but I have “harvested” Peter Cottontail. Very sweet meat.
“Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This process is the origin of property.
But it is also true that a man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.
Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain — and since labor is pain in itself — it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it….
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.
What are the consequences of such a perversion? It would require volumes to describe them all. Thus we must content ourselves with pointing out the most striking.
In the first place, it erases from everyone’s conscience the distinction between justice and injustice.
No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree. The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. These two evils are of equal consequence, and it would be difficult for a person to choose between them.”
Frédéric Bastiat in his seminal work, The Law, called “legalized plunder.”
Every single government on the planet is based on the notion that it has authority to kill you if you don’t go along. As long as this unassailable fact goes ignored, it will continue. All voting does is decide which gang of criminal psychopaths is holding the gun. I will start voting again when there is a “none of the above” box to check. The smallest, and by far most abused minority is the individual. As long as this minority is so severely abused, there can be no justice.
Yessir!
i have voted either green or Libertarian. maybe I will stop participating
Here in Australia the green party votes in line with Liberal and Labor to constitute what I call the MUPpet party. These are the main parties in Australia. The greens are indistinguishable from communists. Never vote for any greenie what ever their policies.
>All voting does is decide which gang of criminal psychopaths is holding the gun.
Priceless.
Thanks, John.
My pleasure, as always.
It’s taken 50-some years for me to go from Schoolhouse Rock naivety to outright cynicism. My own life experience plus thousands of years of human history has left me an outright skeptic on human nature. Thomas Hobbes or Jean Rousseau? I dunno.
I turned 18 in 1993, and voted for the first time in 1994, the midterm for Billy Jeff. I felt so dirty about voting, I went home and showered. I never voted again, and I never will. Voting is proxy violence, nothing more, nothing less.
It’s definitely a creepy behavior, but I think this problem is really more of a symptom of their statist indoctrination. Mob rule by vote is still mob rule, whether the mob are openly nasty people seeking to force others to live their way and pay for what they expect out of a society, or whether they’re willfully ignorant friendly people who like to pretend they’re not stabbing others in the back for their own comfort.
Voting simply ain’t civilized, especially when it comes to respecting individuals. Even if they were honest with themselves about it as they pulled the lever, about all the two-facedness and delegated violence of it (and I hope someday they will be) it still wouldn’t be just.
Indeed Moose, democracy is the descent to the lowest common denominator. Which is not especially high.
I’ve always just said it’s makers vs. takers. I think we’ve reached the tipping point where there are more takers than makers, and their ‘votes’ or even fake votes will be winning, at least in the near future.
All I’ve known how to combat this is by ‘making’ more and more. And it just continues to feed the beast. Going Galt has always intrigued me since I read Atlas Shrugged as a young man. We’ll see.
Something interesting happened to my wife and I the past few years. We actively ‘took our foot of the pedal’ to try and stop our companies growth. We liked it better when it was smaller. The company continues to grow on it’s own. Guessing because of how we set it up with the best people with ‘individualism’ in the forefront. Depending on your perspective it’s good/bad.
I believe most people truly have no idea who or why they are voting. Ask the majority of voters what issues they are voting for and you will find many one issue constituents. I have an aunt who votes on one issue…abortion. She is in her mid 60s. She and my uncle make a very hardy income, but such things as taxation, border security, and personal medical freedoms are irrelevant because they can’t hold a candle to being pro choice…. at 60. 😳
I love watching when someone like Mark Dice or Steven Crowder take to the streets to ask these same voters about current events or the politician that they are so gung ho about said in a recent news conference. These same people all of a sudden look like a deer caught in headlights. They are apathetic or maybe just plain dumb, that if you vote this way, this happens. Cause and effect is not something their mind computes. God forbid, ask them how their “politician” has helped them. All of a sudden they are voting the way that they do “to help others.” It makes me nausea listening to them.
Many just pull the R or D lever. Doesn’t matter who or what is listed. It’s why Bidet somehow still polls at even 38% approval in view of all the horrible things that happen on a daily basis promulgated by him. These 38% are the hard core controllers and beneficiaries of Team Blue. I remember a friend of mine telling me he votes Democrat because his dad did. That’s a reason? But it’s a scene that plays out every day – clueless lever pulling, like a trained monkey.
He was level on the level
Shaved even every door
He voted for Eisenhower
‘Cause Lincoln won the war.
– Grandpa Was a Carpenter, by John Prine
I will put this one on the list to listen to. I accidentally stumbled into Prine recently searching out a song by someone else (that he covered). I liked his cover and started listening to other stuff and was left wondering why in the world have I never heard of this guy. He was around for forever and I just hear about him after he passes? I should have heard about this guy a long time ago, but I never did. Crazy.
‘I accidentally stumbled into Prine recently searching out a song by someone else (that he covered).’ — JumpRKable
About a thousand times more often, others cover songs by John Prine, because he was such a great songwriter.
Dozens of times at live performances, I’ve heard musicians rave about his uncanny gift for honing perfect verses.
For my money, ‘Angel From Montgomery’ was John Prine’s best. And Bonnie Raitt, by popular acclaim, nailed it so bad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJ3ZYWRh24
I’m finding he was a great songwriter. I’m especially impressed with work he did in his older age. I Remember Everything and Summer’s End blew me away (lyrically). And now I keep listening to more and more to him.
It wasn’t long after I found Prine, I saw a quote from Roger Waters where he said he didn’t listen much to music when he was writing but if he did, it was John Prine. That makes so much sense as I was a huge Floyd fan and loved Waters’ lyrics.
Quotes from that YouTube link:
Paul Carr
“How the hell can a person, go to work in the morning, come home in the evening and have nothing to say” is one of the best lines ever. It gives me shivers.
Brian Harder
Prine wrote a great song and Bonnie sang the shit out of it. So damn good.
hoibsh
Willie Nelson said there are two types of men, those that fall in love with Bonnie Raitt, and those who never heard of her.
We really need a new category of music called “Prine”.
Any explanation of why a person did or did not, vote this way or that way is nothing more nor less than an apology for their infliction of mob rule on you.
Same with the cops you meet outside their “work”. They can be as nice as can be but, they never consider that their half a million dollar house and $150k pick-up/bass boat combo came from stolen goods. Be careful when you point it out to them.
O/T: That steak on top sure looks like it’s doing an impression of North Carolina…