""We need more money to plan for the second pandemic.
There is going to be another pandemic."
Monday, April 03, 2023
OK, long. But one of the most important articles ever!-----A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century - Tablet Magazine
A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century - Tablet Magazine - BY JACOB SIEGEL 
- Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation
PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR
...In his last days in office, President Barack Obama made the decision to set the country on a new course. On Dec. 23, 2016, he signed into law the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act, which used the language of defending the homeland to launch an open-ended, offensive information war.
...Disinformation, a half-forgotten relic of the Cold War, was newly spoken of as an urgent, existential threat.
...In his last days in office, President Barack Obama made the decision to set the country on a new course. On Dec. 23, 2016, he signed into law the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act, which used the language of defending the homeland to launch an open-ended, offensive information war.
...Disinformation, a half-forgotten relic of the Cold War, was newly spoken of as an urgent, existential threat.
Russia was said to have exploited the vulnerabilities of the open internet to bypass U.S. strategic defenses by infiltrating private citizens’ phones and laptops...
The point was echoed by Michael Lumpkin, who headed the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), the agency Obama designated to run the U.S. counter-disinformation campaign.
Lumpkin singled out the Privacy Act of 1974, a post-Watergate law protecting U.S. citizens from having their data collected by the government, as antiquated.
“The 1974 act was created to make sure that we aren’t collecting data on U.S. citizens. Well, … by definition the World Wide Web is worldwide. There is no passport that goes with it. If it’s a Tunisian citizen in the United States or a U.S. citizen in Tunisia, I don’t have the ability to discern that … If I had more ability to work with that [personally identifiable information] and had access … I could do more targeting, more definitively, to make sure I could hit the right message to the right audience at the right time.”The message from the U.S. defense establishment was clear: To win the information war—an existential conflict taking place in the borderless dimensions of cyberspace—the government needed to dispense with outdated legal distinctions between foreign terrorists and American citizens...
Explains Why Fauci Had Such a Problem With Early Treatment
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Explains Why Fauci Had Such a Problem With Early Treatment
"Tony Fauci's problem is this: there's a little-known Federal law that says, 'You cannot give an emergency use authorization to a vaccine if there is any medication approved for any purpose that is shown effective against the target disease.'
So if Tony Fauci or anybody had admitted that hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin are effective against COVID, it would have been illegal for them to give the emergency use authorization to the vaccines, and they could have never gotten them approved.
And a 200 billion dollar enterprise would have collapsed."
Maryland school district says parents cannot opt children out of gender identity lessons - TheBlaze
Maryland school district says parents cannot opt children out of gender identity lessons - TheBlaze:
Parents with children enrolled at a Maryland school district were outraged after the district announced that it would not allow students to opt out of gender identity lessons.
In a March 23 email, the Montgomery County Public Schools informed parents that it would no longer notify them about gender identity lessons. In an effort to promote an “inclusive environment,” the district also stated that children could not be opted out of the curriculum.
The FBI had more people in the Proud Boys than the Proud Boys
The FBI had more people in the Proud Boys than the Proud Boys 
"...Their “witness” turned out to be a confidential informant for the FBI who had been spying on the defense team.
That brought the trial to a screeching halt “until these issues have been considered and resolved.”...
Critics of the harsh prosecutions in the January 6th debacle continue to be vindicated. Those who have said the whole thing was a setup keep getting proved right by our own Department of Justice. According to lawyers for Zachary Rehl, a Proud Boys chapter leader charged with seditious conspiracy, the government failed to disclose that one of the witnesses scheduled to testify was actually a confidential informant for the FBI. Surprisingly, the Associated Press reported it...
Pentagon disperses education wing's DEI unit across multiple departments to further push inclusion agenda - TheBlaze
Pentagon disperses education wing's DEI unit across multiple departments to further push inclusion agenda - TheBlaze:
The Pentagon quietly announced that it plans to disband its education wing's diversity, equity, and inclusion unit to disperse DEI specialists throughout existing departments, Fox News Digital revealed Friday.
The Pentagon's education branch, the Department of Defense Education Activity, is a federally-operated school system responsible for educating service members' children. Currently, there are roughly 70,000 children enrolled in DOD schools.
Citi-cide!-----PHILLY’S “PAY-TO-RIOT” GIVES $9 MILLION TO BLM PROTESTERS
PHILLY’S “PAY-TO-RIOT” GIVES $9 MILLION TO BLM PROTESTERS - Daniel Greenfield "Between May and June 2020, heroic PPD police officers, outnumbered, outmatched and with no support from local officials, battled the violent hateful BLM mobs rampaging through West Philly.
- The racist mobs looted small businesses in the mostly black area, destroying lives and livelihoods, while assaulting police officers and anyone who tried to get in their way.
- Buildings were set on fire and mobs shrieking “Black Lives Matter” and other racist slogans hurled rocks, bricks and Molotov cocktails at officers who were risking their lives to stop the violence.
...Now the payoff is coming, not for the small business owners, but for the rioting mobs.
New York City offered a record $6 million payout to “F___ the Police” protesters because while restraining them the NYPD officers “frequently failed to wear masks”, now Philly is offering another record $9.25 million payoff to the racist mobs in West Philly.
New York City offered a record $6 million payout to “F___ the Police” protesters because while restraining them the NYPD officers “frequently failed to wear masks”, now Philly is offering another record $9.25 million payoff to the racist mobs in West Philly.
Not to their victims.
“We hope this settlement will provide some healing from the harm experienced by people in their neighborhoods in West Philadelphia,” Mayor Jim Kenney, who has presided over record crime rates, said of the $9 million payoff snatched from the mouths of hungry children...
“We hope this settlement will provide some healing from the harm experienced by people in their neighborhoods in West Philadelphia,” Mayor Jim Kenney, who has presided over record crime rates, said of the $9 million payoff snatched from the mouths of hungry children...
The Energy Transition Is a Delusion Indeed
The Energy Transition Is a Delusion Indeed - By Benjamin Zycher 
"...The “energy transition” is a massive shift, wholly artificial and politicized, from conventional energy inexpensive (Table 1b and here), reliable, and very clean given the proper policy environment, toward such unconventional energy technologies as wind and solar power.
They are expensive, unreliable, and deeply problematic environmentally in terms of
- toxic metal pollution,
- wildlife destruction,
- land use massive and
- unsightly, emissions of conventional pollutants,
- and in a broader context large and inexorable reductions in aggregate wealth and thus the social willingness to invest in environmental protection.
But the Beltway being what it is, the fantasists are impervious to reality, until the massive costs and dislocations and absurdities become impossible to ignore. (Witness, for example, California.)...
FedEx to transfer LAX airport maintenance to Indianapolis - FreightWaves
FedEx to transfer LAX airport maintenance to Indianapolis - "FedEx will close its heavy maintenance hangar at Los Angeles International Airport next summer and consolidate operations in Indianapolis to reduce costs, ending a piece of aviation history rooted in the acquisition of Flying Tiger Line 35 years ago.
The company said the decision to terminate maintenance activity at the LAX hangar was triggered by the expiration of the lease in June 2024, creating the opportunity to gain cost savings by combining resources at the Indianapolis hub...
The company said the decision to terminate maintenance activity at the LAX hangar was triggered by the expiration of the lease in June 2024, creating the opportunity to gain cost savings by combining resources at the Indianapolis hub...
CBS News execs ban staffers from reporting on transgender identity of Nashville school killer: Report - TheBlaze
CBS News execs ban staffers from reporting on transgender identity of Nashville school killer: Report - TheBlaze:
CBS News reportedly instructed its newsroom not to refer to the perpetrator of the Covenant School massacre as "transgender."
Top executives at the network told staffers in a memo Tuesday that because CBS News has not corroborated the perpetrator's gender identity, reporters should not include that detail in stories about the massacre.
Taxpayers to pay ALL union dues!!!-----Lansing’s friends-and-family plan will hasten exodus from Michigan
A Michigan run for the few will continue to lose people. Both young and old people flee the state - By James David Dickson
Related reading: Two Michigan House bills shower favors on unions
The Mackinac Center’s Steve Delie and Michael LaFaive explained what’s at stake in House Bill 4235 in a Detroit News op-ed.
- Stop me if you’ve heard it before: Michigan is shrinking. Decaying. Dying, even.
- We got more bad news this week from the U.S. Census Bureau. Michigan’s population fell by 3,000 people between 2021 and 2022.
- For the second straight year, Michigan had more deaths than births. About 18% of Michigan is 65 or older.
Related reading: Two Michigan House bills shower favors on unions
The Mackinac Center’s Steve Delie and Michael LaFaive explained what’s at stake in House Bill 4235 in a Detroit News op-ed.
- This proposal means taxpayers, not union members, will be paying 100% of union dues ― and the dues themselves will most likely increase once the bill is enacted.
- Union members get a full dollar’s worth of refundable credits for every dollar they spend on union dues.
- Union dues would cease to be a financial obligation of the union’s members and instead would become a Michigan taxpayer obligation.
History for April 3
History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com
William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed (DEMOCRAT) 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
- 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
- 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
- 1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
- 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion.
Sunday, April 02, 2023
Michigan State University's 'inclusive language guide' discourages using words like 'America,' 'gifts,' 'bunnies' - TheBlaze
Michigan State University's 'inclusive language guide' discourages using words like 'America,' 'gifts,' 'bunnies' - TheBlaze:
The guide aligns with the university's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy and provides language recommendations for students and staff to "support belonging."
It advises Spartans to avoid "seemingly innocuous idioms or words" that could be perceived as "racist, sexist or ableist in nature, such as 'cake walk,' ‘peanut gallery,' ‘grandfather clause,' 'tipping point,' 'rule of thumb' or 'bonkers.'"
Trump Isn’t A Special Case, He’s A Test Case
Trump Isn’t A Special Case, He’s A Test Case - I & I Editorial Board"Liberals might be scratching their heads over why potential Donald Trump rivals are rushing to denounce his indictment.
The reason is simple.
The reason is simple.
Conservative Republicans know that if this assault is allowed to stand, they will be next.
...But the lie at the center of all this is that Trump is a special case that justifies such previously unimaginable antics.
He’s not.
Trump is a test case....
That is why as soon as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started appearing as a possible new threat to the left’s established order, it immediately pointed its weapons at him.
...But the lie at the center of all this is that Trump is a special case that justifies such previously unimaginable antics.
He’s not.
Trump is a test case....
That is why as soon as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started appearing as a possible new threat to the left’s established order, it immediately pointed its weapons at him.
And so we started seeing headlines such as:
- “Who’s more dangerous — Trump or DeSantis?”
- “A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One”
- “DeSantis is a ‘very dangerous individual’ an expert on fascism argues”
- “Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump”
- “Branding expert explains why Ron DeSantis is way scarier than Donald Trump”
Read it all!-----The Death of the Republic
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Death of the Republic
( If you don't like a parallel history parable, this post isn't for you)
I was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to draft this post. It will appear at the end.
I studied the line and the play, several aspects about Shakespeare and the play, pushed me to do some research about the author and the assassination.
( If you don't like a parallel history parable, this post isn't for you)
I was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to draft this post. It will appear at the end.
I studied the line and the play, several aspects about Shakespeare and the play, pushed me to do some research about the author and the assassination.
In the end, those in power, those with money, those with prestige split the country apart by unthinkable acts, by selfish ambition, by self serving self centered crossing of untouchable lines with little or delusional thought, destroying the very system trying to be preserved or corrected.Caesar was murdered March 15, 44 BC by a cabal of Roman Senators( perhaps as many as 60 were involved , privy to it, or approved it.) The Senate consisted of two houses, Patricians ( the nobility) and the Plebeians ( commoners). At the time, there were upwards of 600 Senators.
Many Roman authors wrote about the event, the causes, the aftermath, and gave opinions about it.
Shakespeare himself drew heavily upon these writings, and then embellished by adding dialogue in character to the person's, perspectives, and events.
Caesar and Pompey had fought a brief private war a few years before, with control of the Senate's affairs at stake. Caesar portrayed himself as a man of the people and a reformer. Pompey as the protector of tradition.
Caesar won as Pompey was murdered by Cleopatra's brother.
Caesar crossed the Rubicon River with his army in violation of Senate edicts and tradition, and was to declare himself Consul for life.
Shakespeare wrote his dramas as allegories and social lessons for his time. By cloaking them as historical plays, he was able to issue object lessons without invoking too much heat from those in power
Shakespeare knew the death of Caesar would lead to civil war. He died @ 25 years before the English Civil War erupted.
The play itself doesn't catch the entirety or flavor of the event. In all fairness, it was written at a time where almost all nations were ruled by monarchies and the common people were subject to all the power grabs and intrigues as normal and routine.
The Old Roman Republic had been dead for at least a generation prior to Caesar's death. The Slave Revolt had been put down. The old ideal of doing public service for the good of the nation was now a cliche. Nobility based on historic clan was replaced with wealth, power, and political allegiance. Marriage was often about maneuvering. The gods weren't revered but invoked for posturing..
Patricians held office for life. The plebians sought election by winning anyway possible, inorder to gain power and wealth to become a new patrician.
The commoner sold his vote for money or favor. A writer later wrote of them :" all they care about is bread and circuses ( chariot races). Food was subsidized because Rome couldn't grow enough grain. A dole system began to be set up. The Senate spent more than it had. Much spending was done for lobbyists, merchant guilds, and public works. The military usually favored their leaders who paid them and allowed spoils. In essence, they were privatized..
The Roman Republic had devolved into a cesspool, a swamp, a den of vipers.
So the death of Caesar basically boiled down to the Republican elites killing a Populist elite. One group was trying to save the illusion that was the Republic , and one trying to " reform" the system.
The people were against Caesar becoming a dictator, but were outraged by one group engaging in a heretofore unspeakable and untouchable taboo of political gain through assassination.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The use of absolute power destroys absolutely.
The seeking of absolutism is absolutely devoid of reason.
Caesar's assassins had a multitude of different reasons to kill him.
Caesar's assassins had a multitude of different reasons to kill him.
Yet in the end, they were totally obsessed with ridding themselves and secondarily the nation of Julius Caesar.
Many had focused on this obsession for years.
Their blinders prevented them from seeing the real consequences.
When an authoritarian group acts unilaterally in the name of the people, by invoking public safety and for the public good, when this group uses public power without public consent, they become no better than the " tyrants" they seek to destroy..
As Anthony says in Act 3, scene 1, lines 299-301
" Cry ' Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men groaning for burial"
Or another way: " put your sword back in its place, for those who draw the sword shall die by it"
Once blood is spilled upon drawing the sword, a course is set, and a reckoning beckoned."
As Anthony says in Act 3, scene 1, lines 299-301
" Cry ' Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men groaning for burial"
Or another way: " put your sword back in its place, for those who draw the sword shall die by it"
Once blood is spilled upon drawing the sword, a course is set, and a reckoning beckoned."
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