Will CNN change its tune? There’s quite an interesting dynamic playing out at the Atlanta network, and you probably know the details. The fact that there is so much money for them to grapple over is a scandal in itself. It might be entertaining to watch two Trump haters trying to ruin each other. But with the kind of money that is at stake, they’ll survive. Makes you wonder who the advertisers are, if only we were willing to watch long enough to find out.

But that is the crux of the problem with China. You’re no doubt aware of the fact of the diplomatic boycott of the Olympics. Putin and Xi are already there, but no American government officials on account of “human rights abuses.” We occasionally hear about the Muslim Uyghur population, re-educated at a bare minimum, in camps constructed for that purpose. Chairman Xi fixed that for you. Apparently an Uyghur helped light the Olympic torch. The immediate question is, what would have happened if he’d refused? Athletes who chose to compete have had warnings about saying anything that might be construed as critical of the Chinese. Even the old bat has issued a statement.

Back to the point, apparently the corporations see their growth potential as being in China. If something’s not good for America, too bad. The almighty dollar is the top priority. You’ll notice there hasn’t been a lot of talk about the debt, but the cabal in charge has been running it up through the roof. It’s enough to make you feel, and act, hopeless about the future. On top of the debt, the occupant’s scriptwriter is subtly doing everything imaginable to hobble Americans because of the environment, social justice or whatever.

There are some things the government can’t do to us on account of the Constitution and the Bill or Rights. But the corporations are doing whatever the government recommends. They’re doing it to their employees, they’re making demands of their clients. Two years after the fact, the CDC has finally admitted that natural immunity is at least as good as the vaccine. But don’t worry, the places that are staying open will still demand your papers.

Some of the arguments being made are downright comical. Shaq says the mandates and lockdown orders are the dumbest thing he’s ever heard of. Uh-oh. The interview with CBS, which incidentally enforces the vaccine on employees, did not go well. There are respected studies showing that the lock-downs did more harm than good. If you’re not seeing that on the mainstream news, it’s because they pushed, shamed the non-complaint and brought in lackeys to call the non-compliant guilty of “not caring.” And potentially manslaughter if not murder. No wonder we can’t watch.

It’s beginning to look like every household name we know and love has cast it’s lot with China. It’s a financial decision and one that doesn’t bode well for the future of the U. S. The vast upwardly mobile market just represents unlimited riches. Why should they worry about America when they can dominate one sector or another in China? There is evidence, documentation and e-mails suggesting that the occupant has taken advantage of, shall we say, financial help from his son who is on corporate boards operated by the Chinese government. Ever heard of Peter Schweitzer? We’re all but scared to read his book. The mainstream and the occupant himself says it’s a smear job. Russian disinformation.

We’ve been through infuriating cycles before, but nothing quite rose to the current level. It would be easy to be hopeless and beaten, but maybe we’re not beaten. There may be a lot of rabble-rousers who demand that “society” make them rich, while they rage about racism. The most daring are smashing jewelry cases at retail stores. Who’s betting that every one of them is out on bail. We may never know. Unless…

Unless some of the lies get jammed down the mainstream media’s throat. It’s not nice to lie to everyone, particularly if you present yourself as America’s Most Trusted Name in News, or whatever.

Ukraine is still hanging fire. Troops are being publicly put on high alert in nearby NATO countries. Germany has bowed out. The pipeline, you know. Everybody saw this coming, we just didn’t expect it to happen so fast. A quick look at the “diplomats” who have our future all figured out says it all. At their recent planning session in Davos, they admitted to respecting and trusting each other even though nobody else does. Now that the public everywhere in the Western world has shown a willingness to comply with each and every mandate, logical or otherwise, they’ve got big plans for us.

What’s going on in Israel? The people have complied. The population is double and triple-vaxed at the highest rate on record, and having the greatest Corona virus crisis on earth. Maybe it’s good that Netanyahu is out of office, for now. He is being pursued by prosecutors for crimes aplenty, and has been mighty quiet, unlike somebody we know. But the analogy is eerily accurate.

Trouble is brewing among the Arab nations, some of which have made buddies with Israel and others that are standing by their historical posture. The war in Yemen continues, but somebody’s hitting the UAE with drone-launched explosives, and they think it’s in support of the Houthis that are fighting in Yemen. It’ll never end. Not in this era.

Who could have expected the Canadian truckers to shut down the Capitol in Ottawa over health rules and mandates. They have my respect, even though the Prime Minster so often photographed in blackface, has called them racist and evil. What a dork.

A couple of things you’ll remember my Dad saying from time to time. One is that Israel will tear itself apart internally in the absence of an outside enemy. He also said that end-time events would be brought about by a worldwide financial collapse. There’s astonishingly good news on the other side. If the media displayed some honesty there might be good news on this side. We can take comfort in the knowledge of how it ends. God will only put up with the success of evil for so long. We’re more fragile.

Mark

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“I had COVID-19 in May. My doctor tells me I’m better protected than any vaccine. What law gives this president the authority to tell my employer (an airline) to fire me next month if I don’t get vaccinated?” That question was posed this weekend while we waited for a delayed flight.

There is no law. President Joe Biden’s mendacious mandate is merely an unprecedented executive power grab. This is the kind of government coercion and socialist tyranny we explain in our book, “We Didn’t Fight for Socialism: America’s Veterans Speak Up.”

In it, we warn how government control over the lives of citizens is the ultimate goal of socialist regimes. The freedoms in our Bill of Rights and the individual liberty that is the cornerstone of our Constitution are anathema to socialists. Freedom and liberty are the antithesis of government coercion and control. When the elected officials and bureaucrats who run the government work for the people, socialist tyranny is impossible.

We also describe how socialists use “emergency situations” to take control over the lives of citizens. In 2008, President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that is (it’s) an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” His use of the word “you” was wrong. He meant “we.”

Apparently, then-Vice President Biden understood. He and the leftist ideologues now pulling his strings took Emanuel’s advice. COVID-19 gave them the “serious crisis” they craved.

Once government gains control over any aspect of individual citizens’ lives, it does not easily surrender such power. Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution, in an interview with Dinesh D’Souza on Oct. 17, stated the left has “declared war” on the very idea of citizenship.

According to our Constitution, elected officials serve at the pleasure of our citizens. But to Biden and his “progressive” minions, individual citizens are but mindless chess pieces to be manipulated by government.

Emanuel admitted a crisis allows government to do things it otherwise could not do. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a president might well have been impeached for insisting employers fire pilots, flight attendants, police officers, firemen, truck drivers and heroic first responders, et al, for “violating” an unconstitutional mandate.

But, like all his socialist predecessors, Biden unleashed a powerful propaganda campaign to deceive, distort, divide and destroy opponents with fear. His pliant allies in the so-called mainstream media aided this strategy. That’s why he used an executive order instead of congressional legislation to impose his “fire them” rule.

Sadly, it’s not over yet. Our book also warns about the terrible history of socialist tyrants’ unrelenting pursuit of government control even when results are disastrous. This is most likely the case with Biden’s vaccine mandate. Today, businesses are shutting down because they cannot attract or keep a sufficient number of employees while Biden’s mandate is wreaking havoc on our already faltering economy by causing irreplaceable personnel to quit or be fired.

This is unconscionable. Americans cannot be fired for their religion, skin color, age, medical condition or sexual orientation, but Biden orders them fired for refusing the so-called COVID inoculation. This is socialist tyranny.

Oliver L. North is a combat-decorated U.S. Marine, No.1 bestselling author, founder and CEO of Fidelis Publishing LLC and Fidelis Media LLC. David Goetsch is a Marine Corps veteran, member of the Florida Veteran’s Hall of Fame, professor of business, Christian counselor, and author of 77 books.

Source: https://www.yankton.net/opinion/editorials/article_bdadf342-3860-11ec-8bd1-77fbcea83759.html

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The Dreaded Third Wave!  (With several more coming)

Canadian Lockdown has teeth!

Australian Freedoms Withdrawn

America, well forget it ever happened

FEAR SELLS!

That hidden video of the CNN technical director told us part of what we need to know.  At present, the news is wall to wall with COVID reports.  They think we’re not overhearing about it all day every day.  What will they do when a sizable percentage of the population declines their “vaccine”?  Though it’s not mainstream news, a large segment of the public is having second thoughts about “taking their turn.”

Maybe the commercials will work.  We’ve got them all over the internet, radio and television.  “Do your part!”  “Plan to be ready when it’s your turn.”  The masters of the universe simply will not rest until everybody has submitted to their shots.  Not just one shot.  It will take two, maybe three before you’re “safe.”  Even after you’ve submitted to the shots, don’t think you can just go somewhere without a mask on your face.  You might need two.

If we’d not seen it with our own eyes, we’d never have believed that people would bow down to the likes of the tiny doctor.  Following his guidance would have you going in several directions at the same time.  But he’s very sure of himself, and doesn’t understand any criticism at all.  Not surprisingly, it goes right over his head, which isn’t saying a whole lot.

Anyway, the British are finding out that their nonsensical effort to “save the planet” is in conflict with many species that call the North Sea home.  The racket and vibrations emitted underwater interferes with whales’ navigation.  Migratory birds are knocked or blown out of the air by the very turbines designed to save the planet.  Underwater cables that carry power ashore interfere with critters that live down there.  Some of those critters are food for other critters, and the off-shore windfarms threaten the whole ecosystem.  How’s that for saving the planet?

British legislators know something about all this, having been briefed.  But they’re intent on “saving the planet” anyway.  If it results in the deaths of whales, migratory birds and the creatures that make a living at the bottom of the sea, they presumably think that’s an acceptable price.  But you, dear reader, are not authorized to hear of any of this.  You think the mainstream news would report such a thing?  Not on your life.

But “renewable energy” in the form of wind turbines appears to be on its way out, in of all places, Germany.  The nation was way out front on saving the planet with wind turbines.  But there are, shall we say, problems.  The only way a wind turbine pays for itself is with government subsidies, no matter where on earth it is located.  It will never produce enough energy to pay for its manufacture, transport, installation and maintenance.  Its miserable life may be ended prematurely, in which case it must be removed and scrapped and another monstrosity put in its place.  Scrapping a wind turbine is no easy, or cheap, feat.  But it sure does feel good (to imbeciles) to drive by a wind farm and believe that the planet is being saved.  Like everything else these days, it makes no sense.  You know something is amiss when Germany is quietly exiting the wind-farm debacle.

Having just written the monthly letter, depression is starting to set in.  The “news” is simply intolerable.  Our national leaders seem to hate the United States at least as much as our enemies, maybe more.  The new UN Ambassador despises America and insists white supremacy is folded into our Constitution and Bill of Rights.  China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have gone back on offense, and the puppet’s advisors have even worse things to say about us.

We’re in a type of captivity right now.  Domestic captivity, and it is being carried out by the big corporate entities and applauded by the government.  Can we boycott them all?  Or can they afford to run us all off?  Surely none but the most radical can put up with much more authoritarianism from these corporations determined that we all take a knee, to BLM, to COVID-19, to the social media bosses or the government.  They think they’re god, but they’ll find out otherwise.  Sooner or later.

Mark

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This should never happen in America. The Constitution gives government agents no such power.

Given the draconian measures used by Democratic governors denying civil liberties in their states, many Americans wonder why the Constitution isn’t protecting them as before. But today, elected officials are largely constitutional illiterates, as are their constituents. Virtually no one has read fully and recently the less-than-10-page document. For years I had to tell students that Democrats overwhelmingly ignore the Constitution, and Republicans carry it with them but seldom read it — neither party defending it against actions of their own political party.

Hence some governors have turned into little tyrants in regard to the First Amendment.

When Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey was asked if his actions were not violating the Constitution he answered, “That’s above my pay grade.”

But it shouldn’t be! It is Government 101 and all governors took an oath to preserve it. The Constitution requires it.

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath … to support this Constitution” (Article 6, Clause 3 ). All elected leaders and all military personnel swear an oath to preserve the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.

The First Amendment that Democrat governors and some mayors are threatening reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

The 14th Amendment makes it applicable to all state offices as well.

Simply put, for those with tyrannical tendencies, no governor, legislature (including city and county), congress or president shall make or enforce any law or decree respecting religion, speech, press, or peaceable assembly. Nor may they deny citizens petitioning the government for a redress of grievances when civil liberties are offended.

We will walk on public places, including beaches, when and where we please. We will attend any church where, when and in any size allowed by the pastor of the attended congregation as we please. You may not regulate the distance between walking or communicating with people. We will wear face coverings at the request of the owner of buildings we visit but not at your order, as you do not own us. You may not require us to stay in our homes or yards. You may not collectively shut down our workplaces without individual due process. You may not use drones above our heads, taking photos and shouting instructions, monitoring and enforcing a collective behavior. We are a free people. These rights are not negotiable and do not disappear in times of national emergencies. These rights come from God — not from you. Yes, the Constitution also gives us due process on the parts of the above where contested.

The remainder of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Governor Phil Murphy follows.

Tucker: “Fifteen congregants at a synagogue in New Jersey were arrested and charged for being in a synagogue together. Now the Bill of Rights, as you well know, protects Americans’ … right to practice their religion as they see fit and to congregate together to assemble peacefully. By what authority did you nullify the Bill of Rights in issuing this order? How do you have the power to do that?”

Governor: “That’s above my pay grade, Tucker. I wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights when we did this.”

Tucker: “Since you are an elected official, a leader in the government, an executive, how do you have the authority to order something that so clearly contravenes the Bill of Rights of the United States, the Constitution? Where do you get the authority to do that?”

Governor: “Well, here’s the thing. We know we need to stay away from each other, number one. Number two, we do have broad authority within the state. Number three, we would never do that without coordinating, discussing, and hashing it out with the variety of the leaders of the faiths in New Jersey.”

Tucker: “You can’t just, as the governor of a state, tell people who they can talk to, when and where, because the Constitution of the United States, upon which all this is based, prohibits you from doing this; so you clearly decided that you could do it.”

Governor: “We have to find a different way to worship.”

Tucker: “Government is not allowed to tell people how to worship” (Tucker Carlson Tonight, April 15, 2020).

Unfortunately, the same conversation could have been held with almost any of the other First-Amendment-violating governors, or worse, Third World dictators.

Harold W. Pease, Ph.D., is a syndicated columnist and an expert on the United States Constitution. He has dedicated his career to studying the writings of the Founding Fathers and applying that knowledge to current events. He taught history and political science from this perspective for more than 30 years at Taft College. To read more of his weekly articles, visit www.LibertyUnderFire.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

Source: https://www.eagleobserver.com/news/2020/may/13/constitution-above-pay-grade-say-offend/

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Whoever suspected that it would be DOCTORS in Federal agencies that would cripple the United States of America?  How did this happen?  Suddenly we’ve had governors, mayors, and county commissioners issuing unconstitutional “orders,” which if disobeyed can land you in jail as demonstrated by the lady salon owner in Dallas, Texas of all places.

Suddenly governors and other “local officials” have powers none of us ever realized.  They cannot be overturned by a court, at least not now.  And woe be to whoever considers “disobeying.”  In several instances, they’ve become angry and set out to accuse, humiliate, and punish anybody who steps out of line.  We don’t have or didn’t have, people with King-like powers over we little children, waiting patiently to find out what we can and can’t do; what we can and can’t think or say.

The President has been criticized and accused for supposedly behaving dictatorially.  There’s been no shortage of outrage on all the mainstream outlets, because Trump thinks he can make dictatorial decisions on any number of issues (true or otherwise), and we’re told we’re in danger of coming under a third-world dictatorship.  But now he’s not dictatorial enough, and the very same critics are outraged that he’s not issued national, uniform orders “to keep everybody safe.”  Oh yeah, we need to be led around by the hand, waiting for the latest “order,” or we’re guilty of endangering ourselves and everybody else.

Our founders never sanctioned this kind of power being exercised by any agency of federal or local government.  Our Constitution and Bill of Rights were drafted to make sure the public would never become subservient to the whims, fears, or aspirations of officials.  Not that they might not try to justify the use of “emergency powers” for sake of public safety.  But here’s an analogy that is worth considering.  How many times have we seen “mandatory” evacuation orders based on the approach of a powerful hurricane?  Several if not many times, right?  But people sometimes choose not to abandon their property, whether they’re worried about looting, or they just reject the forecast.  Do you know of any circumstance where people have been prosecuted and jailed for failing to obey a “mandatory” evacuation?  No!  Because this is the United States of America!  Officials don’t get to punish people for things that are not, and could not be established as Constitutional law.  They’ve never even tried.  But as we all are reminded several times daily, these are “unprecedented times.”  Do tell.

One of the primary hurdles that any proposed law must clear in order to be declared Constitutional is that it apply to everyone equally.  How on earth do officials have the authority to declare some jobs “essential” and others not?  Is that hidden somewhere in the fine print of our Constitution?  No, it isn’t.  So there will be an explosion of lawsuits, with the resulting damages liable to bankrupt every city and state that imposed legal (or illegal) punishments for people and their jobs declared “non-essential.”  Millions (so far 20 million-plus) are unemployed because their line of work was declared “non-essential.”  If and when the judicial system ever figures out how to hold court again there will be legal challenges, probably thousands of them.  Legislatures are going to have to get busy and pass laws that prohibit suing states, counties, and cities for damages resulting from this.

None other than Ronald L. Dart stood before a church congregation some years back and related that one of the worst things that can happen to you is to have doctors or lawyers in control of your life.  Well, it seems that is exactly what has happened to all of us. Officials have had to take the nation to the brink of destruction in order to “keep everybody safe.”

Life wouldn’t have been much fun at all if Dr. Fauci had been keeping us all “safe.”  Think about it.  If you’ve ever enjoyed any activity during which some get injured or killed, and about 20 come to mind immediately, the doctors would undoubtedly recommend against it.  Thankfully, they haven’t been making our decisions for us, or life wouldn’t have been nearly so fulfilling.

But it turns out that the little doctor has quite a history of destroying those who dare disagree with him.  The social media giants are banning testimony that tells those stories from the victims’ perspective, but they’re making the rounds anyway. Surely the President cannot be unaware of these things.  Though he did declare a state of emergency under what was undoubtedly unbearable pressure, it was the governors and other local officials who’ve “mandated a shutdown.”  Whether the nation survives it, how many years it takes to compensate for the damage done we’ll just have to see.  Some governors had the good sense not to “mandate” everybody stay home.  Too bad there weren’t more.

The U. S. is not the only nation to have “shutdown” economically over the panic.  Britain is in historically dire straits.  The EU was already in big economic trouble and some believe this will further weaken the European Union to the point of collapse. Australia, Canada, and every so-called western nation is on the brink of economic collapse and it’s all somehow justified by the queer “numbers” of COVID cases and the purported death toll?

We’re all going to die someday, and we hope that day is way off in the unforeseeable future.  But this might be a good time to remember that the first lie ever told was in the garden of Eden when Satan told Eve, “You shall not surely die…”   Unless we’re alive at the Second Coming, we’re all going to die sooner or later.  But this is unacceptable in popular culture.  “People are dying!”  And they claim everybody who is dying is dying from you know what.  But, look it up if you must.  The death rate in nearly every circumstance is equal to or lower than the statistics from every other year.  How can that be when the bat flu is killing people right and left?  Shouldn’t the death rates increase by at least as many COVID deaths they’re reporting?  Kind of makes you go, hmmm, doesn’t it?  Maybe it’s the decrease in traffic deaths with so many “sheltering in place,” but it’s doubtful that makes up the difference.

The corruption of the alphabet agencies is coming to light through the belated release of notes and documents that have been purposely hidden (corruptly Classified).  Not that we hadn’t figured out exactly the unthinkable truth three years ago, but the media wouldn’t admit what was up.  They were lying through their teeth and pitying those of us who didn’t believe them.  Well, time’s up.  We’ve only waited three years, and the mainstream media still won’t accept what is plain on its face.  But it’s finally safe to respect General Flynn, who’s been completely exonerated (finally) thanks to one brilliant, no-nonsense lady attorney, Sidney Powell.  Thank God that there’s one fearless lady, unafraid to demand the truth and use the system to expose those who were running “the system.”  But that’s for another day, and a little good news is welcome.  But it’s not good news to the news anchors, and that’s good news too!  Thanks to all, and have a great Sabbath.

Mark

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