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  • Major medical journal 'The Lancet' shows Covid lockdowns had NO EFFECT on reducing deaths

    05/26/2023 5:20:24 PM PDT · by Twotone · 14 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | May 24, 2023 | Hannah Nightingale
    A new study published in The Lancet, a medical journal, has revealed that Covid-19 mandates such as lockdowns, mask mandates, and business closures, had no effect on the total number of deaths experienced as a result of the pandemic. The study found that "Mandate propensity (a summary measure that captures a state's use of physical distancing and mask mandates) was associated with a statistically significant and meaningfully large reduction in the cumulative infection rate, but not the cumulative death rate." While vaccines, masking, and restrictions on where people could go were associated with lower infection rates, only vaccines were associated...
  • PSA: RON DESANTIS CANNOT HIDE FROM HIS RECORD

    05/25/2023 5:01:37 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 59 replies
    Twitter ^ | Taylor Budowich, MAGA Inc
    PSA: RON DESANTIS CANNOT HIDE FROM HIS RECORD—Ron DeSantis is flailing on the eve of his “big” day. No wonder his billionaire backers are running for the hills—and into the arms of his 2nd place competition. He just isn’t ready for the moment. https://t.co/ne7Mlv4vYR pic.twitter.com/6mlir0QMPF— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) May 23, 2023
  • The Four Pillars of Medical Ethics Were Destroyed in the Covid Response

    05/12/2023 6:17:26 PM PDT · by DeweyCA · 21 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | 5-12-23 | Clayton Baker
    Much like a Bill of Rights, a principal function of any Code of Ethics is to set limits, to check the inevitable lust for power, the libido dominandi, that human beings tend to demonstrate when they obtain authority and status over others, regardless of the context. Though it may be difficult to believe in the aftermath of COVID, the medical profession does possess a Code of Ethics. The four fundamental concepts of Medical Ethics – its 4 Pillars – are Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, and Justice. Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, and Justice These ethical concepts are thoroughly established in the profession of...
  • “A Prologue to a Tragedy”: History and Civics Scores Drop to Record Lows

    05/06/2023 4:45:28 AM PDT · by george76 · 54 replies
    Jonathan Turley ^ | May 5, 2023 | Jonathan Turley
    This week, history and civics scores across the nation plummeted to record lows among eighth graders. Just 13% of students performed at or above the “proficient” level in U.S. history. It is the latest appalling report on our declining educational system — a matter that should be treated as a national crisis of literally historic proportions. As discussed in prior columns, we are graduating students from high school who cannot proficiently read or do math. School districts have responded by solving the problem by simply lowering standards and eliminating gifted programs. Now we are producing citizens who know little about...
  • What Happened in Hospitals During Covid?

    05/03/2023 7:45:41 AM PDT · by george76 · 35 replies
    American Thinker ^ | April 25, 2023 | Stella Paul
    Hospitals should be places you can trust to provide comfort and healing when you’re most vulnerable. But that trust may have been shattered by brutal Covid protocols that critics claim turned many hospitals into hellscapes of systematic medical murder. The victims’ stories have been muffled by the mainstream media, but they’re starting to break through. For one thing, lawsuits against three hospitals have been filed in California by 14 bereaved families who claim their loved ones were killed by a deadly protocol. .. American Frontline Nurses are collecting and documenting stories from bereaved families about what happened to their loved...
  • Dear Washington Post Editorial Board, the Experts Were the Crisis In 2020

    04/30/2023 10:57:37 AM PDT · by CFW · 1 replies
    Real Clear Markets ^ | 4/30/23 | John Tamny
    "On the field of war what is at stake is the thing that matters most to any man - the saving of his own skin.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, p. 889 The quote from Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a useful way to begin addressing the Washington Post editorial board’s confident assertion that “’A collective national incompetence in government’” was at the root of the U.S.’s alleged failure vis-à-vis the coronavirus in 2020. According to the Post quoting from a recently released report (“Lessons from the Covid War”), “The United States started out ‘with more capabilities than any other...
  • RFK Jr Censored [semi-satire]

    04/29/2023 1:56:31 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 4 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 30 April 2023 | John Semmens
    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of murdered Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) and nephew of murdered President John F. Kennedy, has launched a campaign seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Two of the factors motivating his entry into the race are his disgust with the medical tyranny unleashed during the covid pandemic and the rampant censorship imposed on those who questioned this tyranny. As many presidential candidates do, he agreed to be interviewed by ABC News. He was later stunned by the omission of his remarks on these two topics in the taped segment aired by ABC. Anchor...
  • The COVID lockdown scolds killed people — but they still have no shame

    04/26/2023 5:06:30 AM PDT · by CFW · 4 replies
    NYPost ^ | 4/24/23 | Glenn Reynolds
    “You horrible scolds killed people. You should be forever ashamed.” That was the reaction of a friend on Facebook to a new University of Virginia Health study showing suicide attempts by overdose among children rose sharply during the pandemic. And, of course, he’s right. It was about three years ago that we were told we should lock things down for “two weeks to slow the spread.” The initial argument seemed plausible — shutter for a bit to slow transmission of the Chinese coronavirus now known as COVID-19 just enough that hospitals and other health-care facilities could handle the surge. Would...
  • Here We Go: First Death Linked to New COVID Subvariant ‘Arcturus’ Confirmed

    04/22/2023 3:40:39 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 31 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 4/21/23 | Jim Hoft
    Experts in infectious diseases and public health officials are on high alert following the announcement of a new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is keeping an eye on the new omicron subvariant, which has been found in over 20 countries (including the United States) and is believed to be responsible for the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in India. Health officials have now confirmed the first death linked to the new COVID subvariant. According to Dr. Supakit Sirilak, director-general of Thailand’s Medical Sciences Department, an old man who was not...
  • Climate Change Lockdowns disguised as “15 Minute Cities” are being introduced under the UN Agenda 2030 Directive & WEF Great Reset plan

    04/22/2023 3:50:38 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 26 replies
    The Exposé ^ | 4/21/23 | The Exposé
    Your Government is pushing ahead with plans to bring 15-minute cities to a location near you. They are a brainchild of the UNs Agenda 2030, and are in effect Climate Change lockdowns. And once combined with a digital ID, a carbon credit score and a programmable central bank digital currency (CBDC) token, you’ve got the perfect recipe for creating a digital open-air prison. Canterbury’s council bosses have drawn up a radical plan to tackle congestion that will split the city into five zones and ban residents from driving directly between them. During the Middle Ages, Canterbury, a cathedral city in...
  • Senators Introduce Bill to Create Digital Identity for All Americans

    04/21/2023 11:01:26 AM PDT · by george76 · 75 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 20, 2023 | Joe Hoft - Leo Hohmann
    Senators introduce bill to create digital identity for all Americans.. U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema, an independent of Arizona, and Cynthia Lummis, Republican of Wyoming, have introduced Senate Bill 884, also known as “the Improving Digital Identity Act of 2023.” The bill was introduced March 21 and ordered to proceed out of committee on March 29 without amendments and with a favorable recommendation. ... The bill’s text states: “The lack of an easy, affordable, reliable, and secure way for organizations, businesses, and government agencies to identify whether an individual is who they claim to be online creates an attack vector that...
  • HomeCelebrity Arnold Schwarzenegger Issues Half-Hearted Apology For Telling Americans “Screw Your Freedom” In Support Of COVID-19 Restrictions: “I Should Have Communicated Better”

    04/19/2023 2:38:38 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 52 replies
    BOUNDING INTO COMICS ^ | April 18, 2023 | Josh Berger
    Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)More Two years after autocratically condemning those who refused to wear facial masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Hollywood star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger apologised for his tone-deaf comments. “Screw your freedom,” Schwarzenegger declared during an interview with retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and CNN senior global affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga, labelling those who adamantly challenged the government’s draconian measures as “schmucks.” The Hollywood star went on, “There are still people that live in denial. There are still people that don’t believe in...
  • BEYOND THE RESET - Animated Short Film

    04/17/2023 8:11:43 PM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 11 replies
    Youtube ^ | 03/01/23 | 3D Epix Inc.
    A 3D animated short film about not too distant but a dystopian future. It speculates on the potential consequences of the infamous Great Reset, medical tyranny, woke culture, and green agenda. Everything, that World Economic Forum (WEF) is planning for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWkepoLUZfs
  • Everything you need to know about BlackRock, the company that owns the world

    04/16/2023 4:13:34 PM PDT · by george76 · 55 replies
    Life Site News ^ | Apr 12, 2023 | Andreas Wailzer
    The giant investment company's global influence on politics and economics is enormous. BlackRock is one of the most powerful organizations in the world, and its nefarious role in global economics and politics is becoming more apparent. The investment giant is pushing woke politics in the form of corporate social credit scores (ESG), which includes the dangerous “net zero” and LGBT agenda. BlackRock is also responsible for rigging the financial systems and has control over a significant portion of the world’s wealth. In order to fight back, we need to know what we are dealing with. In this article, we take...
  • COVID shutdowns were just the beginning. Climate lockdowns are next

    04/15/2023 5:12:29 AM PDT · by george76 · 67 replies
    Life Site News ^ | Apr 14, 2023 | Norman Fenton
    Apart from the extreme limitations on personal freedom and travel, this means either a colder, hungrier population or massive depopulation. Two days ago I posted what I thought would be quite an innocuous twitter thread about the implications of the U.K. government’s target of “net zero” by 2050. Reminder of what ‘net zero’ really means. ... Key points: all airports except Heathrow, Belfast & Glasgow to close by 2030. NO FLYING at all by 2050. No new petrol/diesel cars by 2030; by 2050 road use restricted to 60% of today’s level. 2. Food, heating and energy restricted to 60% of...
  • The Great COVID Purge

    04/11/2023 1:09:05 PM PDT · by lightman · 101 replies
    epoch times ^ | 11 April A.D. 2023 | Jeffrey A. Tucker
    The announcement that came from the White House is spooky in its brevity. It was just one sentence announcing the end of the COVID emergency. The 15 Days announced on March 16, 2020, which implemented the national emergency declared a few days earlier, ended up lasting 1,135 days. What resulted? National ruin. We see it in every aspect of our lives: cultural, economic, educational, public health, familial, community, and trust in institutions. Life expectancy is in free fall, not from COVID but from the fallout of the response. Cities are wrecked. Millions have been professionally and demographically displaced. It’s not...
  • Sweden's Pandemic Approach Vindicated [semi-satire]

    04/11/2023 1:05:17 PM PDT · by John Semmens · 3 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 9 April 2023 | John Semmens
    When the coronavirus first hit most western governments pushed the panic button and opted for a totalitarian approach--ordering businesses closed, people to isolate themselves at home, stay at least six feet apart, and wear masks over their nose and mouth and later, coerced injections of an experimental drug misleadingly characterized as a vaccine. Sweden took a more laissez-faire approach. People were free to take whatever precautions they wanted, but society stayed open. They reasoned that airborne viruses cannot be effectively contained and that the best policy would be to try to reach "herd immunity" as quickly as possible. Three years...
  • Meet the Socialist Priest Who Inspired the Architect Behind the Great Reset

    04/09/2023 3:46:24 AM PDT · by gattaca · 25 replies
    The Trumpet ^ | April 3, 2023 | Andrew Miller
    The World Economic Forum is trying to make the Red Bishop’s dream a reality. Who is the most dangerous person in the world? An increasing number of people say it is World Economic Forum chairman Klaus Schwab. This Swiss engineer is not a head of state, nor does he command his own army. He does not possess his own nuclear arsenal. Yet as the architect behind covid-19 lockdowns and the Great Reset, Schwab has done more to suppress individual freedom, end free markets, destroy national sovereignty, and promote global tyranny than anyone alive. Klaus Schwab’s father, Eugen Schwab, was a...
  • Don’t Let Them Memory-Hole This

    04/06/2023 12:40:23 PM PDT · by Heartlander · 22 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | April 6, 2023 | Jeffrey A. Tucker
    Don’t Let Them Memory-Hole This On a video podcast the other day, I made reference to the lockdown orders of March 2020. The host turned off the recording. He said it was fine to talk about this subject but from now on please refer to “the events of March 2020” with no specifics. Otherwise, it will be taken down by YouTube and Facebook. He needs those platforms for reach, and reach is necessary for his business model. I complied, but I was spooked. Are we really now in the position that talking about what happened to us is verboten on...
  • Deliberately Engineered Confusion: The Hallmark of the Greatest Biopsychosocial Operation in History

    03/31/2023 1:36:36 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 21 replies
    PatriotandLiberty Blog ^ | Mar 27, 2032 | Dr Emanuel Garcia
    The iron fist of a coordinated program of control has been revealed and the fingers of this fist have imprinted themselves on every aspect of our lives. The economic impact has been enormous, resulting in an impoverishment of underlings while overlords have been majestically enriched. The ‘normality’ that, after three years, seems now to be reestablishing itself, is tenuous, for we have all seen how swiftly and fiercely the fist may come down, perhaps at the drop of another bat and the emergence of yet another infectious threat. Or perhaps the ever-looming dangers of climate change, another biopsychosocial operation, may...