50 years ago this Friday, Richard E. Nixon declared a “war on drugs”.
* Drugs won.
* Prisons won.
* Cartels won.
* Cops won.
* Gangs won.
* Big pHARMa won.
* Fear won.
* Control won.
* Self-righteousness won.
* Unintended consequences won
.Just because Problem X exists, does not mean that Solution Y is The Answer and that anybody who questions it has the absolute worst motives and intentions imaginable.
If you question the official narrative, there must be something wrong with you.
It doesn’t matter the issue. 9/11, climate change, managing covid, gun control measures, effects of cannabis, gerrymandering and election reform, immigration, erasing historical events, weapons of mass destruction, monitoring private citizen communications without a warrant, the patriot act, regulatory corruption and incompetence, reverse discrimination, cronyism, mass shootings, events leading up to war, guilt or innocence, or anything else you are instructed to believe…
Don’t question authority. Comply with it. Don’t evaluate the evidence on your own. Don’t circulate your own theories. The government is always honest and credible. Anyone who questions state communications is an enemy of the state. Don’t be an enemy of the state.
Be a good citizen. Be subservient. You should cheer on the politicians on your team because they are always right, upstanding and perfect. You should call out the other team because they are always wrong, sleazy and never tell the truth… they hate America and want to destroy it. Good… good… But never question government communications or you will be labeled obsolete, crazy, ignorant or subversive. If you circulate opposing views or evidence, you will be fact checked and censored… or prosecuted. Do as you are told. Keep your reputation intact. Believe as you are instructed to believe.
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This is from one of its many victims, courtesy of an email from Tom Woods dated 10/12/20.
Three months since i saw another human face besides [my partner’s]
7 months since [my partner] and I had a little break together in the form of going and having a coffee down the street
Over a year since i last sat out in nature
Sitting staring at the wall for 2 hours, again.. unable to move
Despair
Horrible negative emotions virtually all day
Awake entire nights, distress
I cant think of anything to look forward to because i dont know when we will be allowed to do anything
Just go for a drive, go to the forest
Just go somewhere together, far from all of this
We are not allowed
The police could enter our homes at any point and arrest us if we say the ‘wrong’ thing online
This doesnt feel human
I don’t smile
I dont laugh
I worked out the other day and felt nothing, no pain
Nothing would register as pain
I couldn’t feel anything
I feel far away from myself
Sometimes i forget how long the day has been going for
Does it matter?
You’re not allowed to leave? Even if family members are terminally ill? They could die before we are let out of Melbourne, got told it isnt a good enough reason to be let out of the state
Literally not allowed to move house
I think WA is letting Victorians in now but we cant get to the airport to fly out of here because the airport is more than 5ks from our house
You arent allowed more than 5ks from your house
You arent allowed to buy a takeaway coffee and sit under a tree or on the ground anywhere that isnt your house
Inhuman
This isnt human
This isnt human
This isnt human
This isnt human
There is no empathy here
No price is too high
Suicide is not too great a price to pay
Self harm is not too great a price to pay
Structural brain changes in large portions of the population is not too high a price to pay
Do you know what prolonged social isolation does to the brain?
We are made to feel it does not matter
Because all we are, are numbers
We are not people we are the masses without a say
Without a time period to look forward to when we can hug again
I am sharing my experience because you should know the truth
Once upon a time there was a great leader named Mao. His country was very poor and all the people had to work very hard in order to live. (to be honest though, the Party bosses didn’t work very hard, but hey somebody had to be the ‘Vanguard of the People’!) Anyway, word came to Mao that sparrows were eating some of the seed grain.
Mao was outraged. How dare those feathered parasites steal the people’s grain and fly away as happy as a lark, so to speak. Mao decreed that the evil sparrows be killed forthwith! Community organizers got to doing their thing and soon throngs of peasants were shooting the wicked creatures, smashing eggs in their nests and generally laying waste to the avian population. (Some folks objected, saying “This is nuts!” They were quickly arrested, taken out back, and shot for questioning the wisdom of the Dear Leader)The triumphant campaign continued until scarcely a chirp could be heard throughout all the land. “Hurrah for Chairman Mao” shouted the people! “Now there will be more grain for us!”
Soon the people began to notice that there seemed to be an awful lot more insects around than there used to be. They were right! As it so happens, sparrows not only steal grain but also eat bugs. Lots of bugs! Soon there were so many bugs that they ate up all the peasants crops and 30 million people died. The End.
By Doug Newman – email me here. If you would like to post this elsewhere, please link to this URL. Thanks in advance. ______________________________________________________________________________________
My response to someone on Team Lockdown today who tried to guilt trip me about my opposition to mask mandates. This was totally the product of stream of consciousness.
I am terribly sorry about anyone who has died of covid or has lost someone to covid. Yes, I have lost 2 people I knew casually.
However, there is no evidence that any of the lockdowns, masks, etc etc etc have stopped any of this.
If allowing people to live like normal human beings means death, Florida would have several times the body count of NJ or NY. In reality, they are 26th in deaths per million. TX is 24th in DPM.
And Sweden is #33 of all countries in DPM. Why don’t they lead the world?
Peru ran a vicious lockdown and has far higher DPM than Sweden.
In the grand scheme of things, my PTSD challenges and the attacks are minor. However, I have several friends who simply cannot medically tolerate wearing a mask.
The human body is designed to inhale & exhale a certain level of oxygen with each breath. Masks interfere with this – wearing them all day every day cannot be healthy.
And don’t get me going on the depression, suicide, drug addiction, bankruptcies, business failures, and unemployment that resulted from the lockdowns.
You can’t slam the brakes on society like this and expect that there will be no unintended consequences, or that people won’t resist.
If anyone has been reckless & irresponsible, it is Fauci, Gates, Cuomo & the rest of them. And don’t even get me going on the vax. Most vax take 3-5 years to get to market. This was ramrodded through in 6-9 months.
And then there is social distancing. On the 1 hand they have to shove something up your nose to see if you have it. On the other hand they tell you to keep 6 feet distance. Why can’t they wave a device within 6 feet of you to see if you are sick?
I’m done with all of it.
The control.
The lockdowns.
The masks.
The social distancing.
The verbal & mental abuse.
The vaccines.
The fear, the fear, the fear that is constantly being pumped out 247.
The bullying.
The incivility.
The rudeness.
The guilt trips.
I’m done.
And there has never been any evidence that any of this has worked.
Again, why doesn’t FL has 10x the fatalities as NJ or NY? And why aren’t dead bodies piled up everywhere in Sweden and Florida?
And why didn’t Walmart & grocery workers die en masse because of covid? They were around lots of people every day. And if you’ll remember a year ago, almost nobody was wearing masks.
And why isn’t it mandatory to dispose of masks in special Hazmat bins?
I also lost 4 friends to cancer last fall – all were under 65. We have known for years that much of our cancers are behaviorally induced. If reordering human life is The Answer to covid, why don’t we fight cancer just as aggressively? And what about heart disease & diabetes?
Again: I am done with all the bullying & guilt tripping & fearmongering from people who absolutely insist that Fauci, Gates, Cuomo, etc know what is best for all of us and that anyone who dares question any of it wants grandma to die.
Just because Problem X exists doesn’t mean that Solution Y, as promoted by the government, media & corporate elites is The Answer, and that anybody who dares question any of it wants people to die or doesn’t value human life.
New United States COVID cases, because of the record-breaking development of the vaccine and its early purchase and distribution by the Trump Administration, has hit its lowest level in more than one year, and falling fast. I want to thank all within the Trump Administration who pushed so hard for a vaccine and got it done in less than nine months when everybody was saying it would take at least 3-5 years, and probably not happen. Without the vaccine the world would be a much different place right now. Thank you also to the U.S. Military for its incredible distribution and logistical planning. Operation Warp Speed and our decision to purchase billions of dollars of vaccine before it was even approved, has been “One of the greatest miracles of the ages,” according to many. Thank you!
Food for the Thinkers