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Covid

Dec. 19, 2021

Covid Updates:

Another bombshell study from Israel shows that natural immunity is vastly superior to vaccine + booster alone.  “Hybrid” immunity (vax plus Covid recovery) does best of all, although results are close to natural immunity alone.  Here’s a telling chart from that study:

Dr. Peter McCullough talks with Joe Rogan about how therapeutic treatments for Covid-19 were suppressed in order to push the vaccines.  This is the full length interview:

People often criticize doctors like McCullough for giving interviews to Infowars, Joe Rogan, and other “non-mainstream” or “controversial” commentators. But remember, they are the ONLY outlets these professionals have to get the word out to the public. The rest of the media are towing the government narrative, and are actively suppressing their views.

Listen to the “experts” evolve from confidently informing us of how effective the vaccines are and how they prevent transmission, and then suddenly…flip:

Here’s a nice collection of the lies of Dr. Fauci and the Biden Administration, with a special H/T to Eeyore at Vlad Tepes:

On mandates…

On safety…

On the risk of Covid to children…

On the utility of PCR testing…

And a curiously prescient prediction…

Covid Concentration Camps?

If you thought it was only the Australians who were crazy enough to force people into “Covid concentration camps”, guess again.  New York Senate Bill A416 proposes to do exactly that.

Relates to the removal of cases, contacts and carriers of communicable diseases that are potentially dangerous to the public health.

— A416, Summary

…the Governor….may order the removal and/or detention of such a person or of a group of such persons by issuing a single order…

— A416, Section 2

Suppressing Scientific Dissent:

In October 2020, three distinguished epidemiologists created the Great Barrington Declaration to establish a set of protocols to protect vulnerable populations from Covid-19, and facilitate the early treatment of the infected with therapeutics.

In recently unearthed emails, it is shown that NIH Directory Francis Collins and NIAD Director Anthony Fauci conspired to put a “hit” on the leaders of the Great Barrington Declaration.

Americans Abandoned by the Courts:

The Federal 6th Circuit court on Friday, cleared the way for the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandates to proceed.  The decision was made by a 3-judge panel, and by a vote of 2-1 reversed the stay imposed by the 5th Circuit Court.  The case now heads to SCOTUS.

Are ICUs Overflowing with Covid Cases?

Judge for yourselves (these are aggregate U.S. numbers):

Source:  Johns Hopkins Covid Resource Center

Parting Thoughts:

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
–Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Covid Supply Chain

Dec 12, 2021

More evidence the Covid vaccines may be making people more susceptible to infection, and that the vaccinated are significant sources of virus transmissibility; Omicron variant infections among the vaccinated suggest “Original Antigen Sin” may be hindering natural immune response; a researcher explains why and how the vaccines may cause irreversible damage to your body; FDA and CDC move the goalposts again; and gaslighting and the supply chain crisis.

Covid Vaccines and Irreversible Damage:

If you watch only one video, this is the one to spend your time on.  Dr. Steven Pelech from the University of British Columbia explains how the vaccines can cause permanent heart and neurological damage, as well as autoimmune disease:

Dr. Pelech also does an excellent job of explaining how the immune system works, and why these mRNA vaccines (unlike conventional vaccines) attack your own healthy cells – cells that in many cases, cannot be replaced.

This concept that the vaccine-induced immunity is superior in any way to natural immunity is sheer nonsense. Anyone who says this should consult a first-year immunology textbook…We now know that these Covid vaccines that use the RNA or that use the adenovirus for delivery, the immunity does not last. Even with double booster shots in Israel we see that 90% of the people that are in hospital in Israel are double-vaccinated.

— Dr. Steven Pelech

The Vaccines and OAS:

Original Antigenic Sin (OAS) is a phenomenon where prior infection produces antibodies that may be far less effective when an individual is subsequently infected with a version of the original pathogen that is heavily mutated.  The immune system “recognizes” certain parts of the mutated virus and produces antibodies which may not be effective against the variant. In this way, the immune system response becomes “trapped” in a cycle of producing ineffective antibodies instead of producing new antibodies that would be effective against the new strain.

Source: By SiliconProphet – Sabban, Sari (2011) Development of an in vitro model system for studying the interaction of Equus caballus IgE with its high- affinity FcεRI receptor (PhD thesis), The University of Sheffield, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=105231587

OAS could be exacerbated by repeated vaccine boosters.  Read a nice summary (with source links) of recent research into OAS and the vaccines here, and how Omicron infectivity in double and triple jabbed people may be a warning against repeated boosting and new vaccinations.

You might also like to read a newly published paper in the Lancet that offers further evidence that the vaccinated can and do transmit the virus.  If the vaccinated can transmit the virus as least as readily as the unvaccinated, then why are vaccine mandates necessary?

Many decisionmakers (sic) assume that the vaccinated can be excluded as a source of transmission. It appears to be grossly negligent to ignore the vaccinated population as a possible and relevant source of transmission when deciding about public health control measures.

— Gunter Kampf

Ivermectin:

Originally developed for humans as an anti-parasitic, Ivermectin has been proposed (and is being used in some parts of the world) as a therapeutic treatment for Covid-19 infections.  Despite the safety and wide-spread use of Ivermectin, many government health officials have adamantly opposed its’ use in treating Covid patients. In the United States, pharmacists today will generally not fill Ivermectin prescriptions, assuming you can find a doctor to write one.  Doctors are afraid of being targeted and have had their licenses threatened for prescribing it.

Although there have been numerous studies showing the promise of Ivermectin in treating Covid-19, and despite the fact it is generally safe when properly administered, the Western medical community has flatly refused to condone its’ use, even for off-label purposes. The media and even the CDC have slammed Ivermectin as “a horse dewormer”, despite the fact it was developed for humans, and is still widely used in the human population.

Presented below is a video provided by the FLCCC entitled “The Ivermectin Story”.  It explains the history of Ivermectin and dispels the myths of it being a mere “horse dewormer”.

Note: the first part of the video is the “Ivermectin Story” and is followed by a discussion, so don’t close the video after the credits roll.  Check out the FLCCC for more information.

Dr. John Campbell discusses the successful use of Ivermectin in Japan:

Japan is now also including warning labels on the vaccines and requiring fully informed consent before they can be administered.

More on Omicron:

Although the Omicron variant was ostensibly discovered in South Africa, it now appears it has actually been present in the U.S. since probably mid-November.  Although Omicron has proven to be far less virulent than Delta, this has not stopped Western governments from instituting new draconian measures, including new travel bans, and even threats to redefine “fully vaccinated”.   Some researchers even believe that Omicron could sound the death-knell of the pandemic.  That is, with its’ very low lethality and high rate of infectivity, it is hoped it will quickly establish naturally immunity in large segments of the population.  It is also speculated the virus may be evolving to become more infectious, but far less dangerous. like other Coronaviruses.

The Pandemic as a Political Weapon of Oppression:

Why would government health officials ignore and even suppress the use of safe, inexpensive therapeutic drugs to treat Covid-19, and push experimental vaccines?  Senator Ron Johnson speculates:

In Europe, European Union President Ursula von der Leyen, has called for the mandatory vaccination of 500 million people, and the suspension of the Nuremberg Code.

Take a virtual tour of the Canadian “hotel prisons” in Calgary used for Covid quarantine.

In Austria, citizens who fail to get the vax by February 2022, face fines of $8,000 and up to one year in prison.

Yale University epidemiologist, Dr. Harvey Risch, is characterizing Covid-19 as a “Pandemic of Fear” perpetrated on the public by power hungry ruling elites.   Risch joins a growing chorus of medical professionals and researchers calling for early treatment of Covid-19 infections using therapeutics like Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin.

In Portland, Oregon, kindergartners (who have almost no chance of dying from Covid) are forced to sit on buckets outside just to eat their lunch.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is not only pushing boosters, but says we will also need at least a fourth dose.

Speaking of Pfizer, the FDA has now asked the court to give it 75 years to release all its’ data on the Pfizer vaccine (up from 55 years last week).

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has candidly revealed that as far as she’s concerned, “There’s not going to be an endpoint to this vaccination program..”.

In New Brunswick, Canada, Provincial government officials have cleared the way to allow businesses to ban the unvaccinated from grocery stores.

Lockdowns and mandates are taking their toll on the mental health of people worldwide.  In Melbourne, Australia a woman set herself on fire inside her car with a sign that read “NO ONE CARES, MANDATES ARE KILLING US“.

Facing an insurmountable financial and legal burden imposed by vaccine passport violations, a man in Germany killed himself and his entire family.  He was in considerable trouble with authorities for forging his wife’s vaccine certificate.

The Supply Chain – Lies, Lies, and Lies:

As I mentioned last week, U.S. officials have “solved” the shipping crisis at the Ports of LA and Long Beach by moving hundreds of ships 150 miles off the coast – out-of-site, out-of-mind.  The original reason given was “air pollution” from the ships anchored near the coast.  This week the excuse was “rough seas and strong winds“.  In any event, port officials and the Biden Administration are proclaiming “victory” over the shipping crisis.

So what is it guys? Is the crisis “solved”, if so why have well over 100 ships been pushed out to sea? Do they no longer count as part of the backlog?  Why were they pushed out – pollution, winds, rough waters?  The problem with telling lies, is it’s hard to keep your facts straight.

 

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Covid Government Regulation Supply Chain

Dec. 5, 2021

This week we look at the first Pfizer document dump from FDA; the Omnicron panic; Australian Covid concentration camps; new warnings from the U.K. on the vaccines and heart problems; international human rights laws and vaccine mandates; the misdeeds of the “Uniparty”; our emerging 2-tiered justice system; and supply-chain deceptions.

Covid Updates:

The group Public Health and Medical Professionals  for Transparency (PHMP) sued the FDA for the release of all documentation used to evaluate and approve the Pfizer vaccine.  While FDA fought the release of any data, the court ruled that FDA had to comply with PHMP’s FOIA request.  For its’ part, FDA asked the judge to give them 55 years to release all of the data, stating they could only release 500 pages per month.  PHMP’s legal counsel countered with a motion to force the FDA to expedite the FOIA request and release all documents by March 3, 2022, stating in part:

This 108-day period is the same amount of time it took the FDA to review the responsive documents for the far more intricate task of licensing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine…It is difficult to imagine a greater need for transparency than immediate disclosure of the documents relied upon by the FDA to license a product that is now being mandated to over 100 million Americans under penalty of losing their careers, their income, their military service status, and far worse

After FDA released the first 500 pages (available for download on the PHMP’s website), several issues of concern were noted that are partially summarized in the table below (note pink are “serious” and blue “non-serious”):

Some highlights from just the first 90 days after EUA release:

  • 1,223 deaths
  • 158,893 adverse reactions
  • 25,957 nervous system issues
  • The possibility of “Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease (VAED), including Vaccine-associated Enhanced Respiratory Disease (VAERD)”

With respect to VAED/VAERD:

VAED may present as severe or unusual clinical manifestations of COVID-19. Overall, there were 37 subjects with suspected COVID-19 and 101 subjects with confirmed COVID-19 following one or both doses of the vaccine; 75 of the 101 cases were severe, resulting in hospitalisation, disability, life-threatening consequences or death. None of the 75 cases could be definitively considered as VAED/VAERD.  In this review of subjects with COVID-19 following vaccination, based on the current evidence, VAED/VAERD remains a theoretical risk for the vaccine. Surveillance will continue.

What is VAED?

Vaccine-associated enhanced diseases (VAED) are modified presentations of clinical infections affecting individuals exposed to a wild-type pathogen after having received a prior vaccination for the same pathogen
— Munoz et al, February 2022

In other words – in some individuals, receiving a vaccine may cause those vaccinated to become more seriously ill from exposure to the pathogen than they would have had they not been vaccinated.

The Omicron variant is with us, and although it is so far proving to produce mild cases with a low chance of reinfection, world leaders are reacting with new draconian lockdowns, testing requirements, and other overreaching restrictions.  Dr. Peter McCullough discusses Omicron and offers some advice on how to protect yourself from hospitalization and death:

The Biden Administration has threatened (but not yet implemented) to force travelers to the U.S. (including citizens) to quarantine for 7 days, even if they test negative.

Dr Aseem Malhotra, a consulting cardiologist with the U.K.’s NHS, is warning that he has been advised by doctors and researchers that they are seeing serious cardiovascular complications from the vaccines.  However, those doctors are afraid to publish their findings for fear of losing funding:

In Germany, news anchors are wantonly demonizing the unvaccinated and calling for their isolation from society:

German pathology professors, Arne Burkhardt and Walter Lang, have performed autopsies on 10 people who died after taking the Covid vaccine.  Burkhardt and Lang found lymphocytic myocarditis (an autoimmune related cause of heart inflammation), as well as:

(a) reduction in immune capacity, acceleration of cancer growth, vascular damage ‘endothelitis’, vasculitis, perivasculitis and erythrocyte ‘clumping’

— freewestmedia.com

Presented below is a first-hand account of a young Australian woman who was forcibly interned in a “quarantine camp” for being “exposed” to someone with Covid (although she tested negative herself).  Unfortunately for her, this was not her first rodeo:

Do Mandates Violate Human Rights Laws?

There is a debate raging on social media and in the press about whether or not vaccine mandates violate the Nuremberg Code and/or the U.N.’s Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR).  Pro-mandate and “fact-checking” sources claim that the Nuremberg Code applies only to “experimental” medical procedures or treatments, and argue that the vaccines are not experimental in nature.  They also attack claimed violations of UDBHR using Article #27 of that document.

Vaccine-skeptics often mistakenly switch the two separate codes when making their case (citing UDBHR language as Nuremberg and vice versa), thereby giving their critics ammunition to discredit them.

First a couple of fundamental passages from both documents are necessary.  One of the most oft-cited portions of Nuremberg includes the following statement:

…the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision

— Nuremberg Code, Section #1

Next let’s look at the UDBHR:

Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice

— UDBHR, Article #6

Now let’s look at UDBHR Article #27:

If the application of the principles of this Declaration is to be limited, it should be by law, including laws in the interests of public safety, for the investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, for the protection of public health or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Any such law needs to be consistent with international human rights law

— UDBHR, Article #27

Finally UDBHR Article #28

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any claim to engage in any activity or to perform any act contrary to human rights, fundamental freedoms and human dignity

— UDBHR, Article #28

I have attempted to sort this out, and I have arrived at an opinion.  From what I can determine, I believe that vaccine mandates in the U.S. constitute a violation of both Nuremberg and UDBHR.  Here’s why:

  • Contrary to popular belief, at the time the vaccine mandate was issued in the U.S. the Pfizer vaccine was legally NOT FDA approved.  The approval was in fact for another drug made by Pfizer called “Comirnaty”.  This is another hot topic for another post, but I am satisfied (after much work) that the original Pfizer shot was not legally approved by FDA.  There has been no shortage of double talk on this, from claims of “it’s just a brand name” to “there are no substantive differences”, but it’s all doublethink.
  •  If the Pfizer shot is not FDA approved, it is experimental, and thus, the mandate would be in clear violation of the Nuremberg Code until such time as the Comirnaty formulation is available.
  • The Moderna and J&J jabs are still operating under an EUA, and thus, are experimental.  Therefore including them in the mandate is a violation of the Nuremberg Code.
  • Apart from Nuremberg, the mandate would also seem to violate UDBHR Article #6, which is NOT limited “experimental” treatments.
  • Critics of my position might point to Article #27 above.  But I would point them back to Article #28. I think that denying a person the right to work in their chosen vocation; restricting their access to healthcare; and denying them statutory benefits such as unemployment, medicare, etc. due to their refusal to vax, does indeed violate Article #28 and certainly the “spirt” of Article #6.

I’m not a chicken, so here’s a link to what “bioethicists” think of this position.  Make up your own mind on this, but here are a couple of observations on the pro-mandate arguments against Nuremberg and UDBHR:

  • Notice in the link above, they quote Article #6, but truncate the quote.  Specifically this bit:  “The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice“
  • Much time is spent parsing the meaning and types of “consent”. But I would point out that given the fact that FDA wants 55 years to release information on the “approved” Pfizer vaccine, it is impossible to have an independent and impartial evaluation of these data, thus, making the rendering of any sort of informed consent, impossible.
  • Another argument made by the “bioethicists” is that you don’t have the right to informed consent if you “pose a risk to others”.  I would first observe that the data clearly show that vaccinated individuals can spread Covid to others as easily as the unvaccinated. So vaccination does not change the risk profile for “spread”.  Moreover, they cite “principles of bioethics” – this is a philosophical, not a legal standard and has no legal standing on its’ own.

Consider the case of Bobby B0lin of Texas.  Bolin had recovered from Covid and needed a lung transplant because he suffered from COPA Syndrome.  Because government health authorities do not recognize naturally immunity, Bolin was forced into being double jabbed with Moderna, despite having serious lung issues.  He died after the second jab from a pulmonary embolism and heart issues.  Mr. Bolin was placed in an untenable position of having to choose between death by vax, or death by COPA.  Would “bioethicists” approve?  Probably.

Misdeeds of the Uniparty:

Are you an American who is upset with the policies of the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden?  Do you believe that the “opposition” Republicans will save you?  Well, consider that 80 Republicans in the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would establish a national vaccine database.  The Federal government will be able to track everyone’s vax status, including boosters.  What could possibly go wrong?

2-Tiered Justice:

First, let’s look at the definition of the Rule of Law:

Rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are:

  • Publicly promulgated
  • Equally enforced
  • Independently adjudicated
  • And consistent with international human rights principles.

So you might be wondering how it is that the NIAD Director or a U.S. Attorney General can commit serious felonies, and yet not only escape punishment, but even a trial?  If any of us were to engage in arms trafficking with drug cartels, or create a deadly virus with taxpayer money and then lie to Congress about it, we would expect to be in a great deal of trouble, no?

This special “privilege” is now being extended to some ordinary folks on account of “systemic racism” and the need for “equity“.

The impact of being jailed before trial can be lasting and severe: in addition to job loss, disruption in benefits like health insurance, and debt creation from being unable to work, it also increases your chances of pleading guilty and receiving a harsher sentence. Because low-income people and people of color are arrested and jailed at disproportionate rates, the consequences are felt even more deeply in these communities

This may be why the Wauesha Christmas Parade massacrer, Darrell Brooks, was released on a paltry $1,000 cash bail after he beat and ran over his girlfriend with his SUV – the same SUV he would use in just a couple of weeks to mow-down dozens and kill 6. It’s worth noting that Brooks was already out on bail (when he was released on bail, again) for shooting two people.  He also had an outstanding warrant in Nevada for committing a sex crime.  But hey, we wouldn’t want him to be “impacted” by being kept out of civilized society.  So now 6 people are dead and dozens are injured but…equity!

Supply Chain Sleight of Hand:

The Biden Administration is crowing that they’ve “solved” the shipping backlog at the ports of L.A./Long Beach.  But it turns out, all they’ve actually done is move hundreds of ships out 150 miles from port – out of sight, out of mind.  My favorite mariner, Sal Mercogliano explains with maps!

Parting Thoughts:

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.
–Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Covid Government Regulation Taxation Woke

Nov. 28, 2021

This week:  the latest Covid-19 developments; the breakdown of law-and-order in the United States; the Salvation Army goes “woke”; media malpractice; and a wee bit of good news.

First a Rant:

I do my best to “curate” the materials I post on this blog.  By that I mean I try not to post the analysis of others without first grounding them in the source materials used in that analysis.  For example, suppose commentators disseminate a critique of the Covid vaccines; quoting a particular source or “expert”.  I try to locate the source document(s) and read them myself and also attempt to verify the credentials and methods of the person(s) who authored that source material.  Same goes for videos from “experts” – what are their qualifications, background, affiliations, etc.?  This as one might expect, can take a great deal of time.

This exercise in curation is quite necessary (unfortunately) because it has been my experience that individuals on both sides of any debate (this is especially true for Covid and the vaccines) have a tendency to either:

  1. Fail to properly vet the sources used in their articles
  2. Knowingly engage in distortion, name-calling and hyperbole to get their favored viewpoint across
  3. Latch on to whatever fits their narrative – the facts be damned
  4. Parrot the views of others with whom they agree, and who have also engaged in one or more of the practices listed above.

Resorting to relying upon the work of “fact checkers” – who are supposed to do the objective vetting for us – is generally pointless, as most have their own viewpoints and biases and are often working on behalf of “establishment” interests.  I could write an entire VOLUME on the absurdity and corruption of what passes for “fact checking”.

Never in the history of mankind have we had greater access to such a tremendous volume of information at our fingertips than we do right now.  That access is cheap, easy to obtain and available to all.  Yet the irony here is that what appears to be an abundance of “information” is actually an echo chamber of battling ideological pundits with a strong dose of censorship and propaganda thrown in for good measure.

Pull up a dozen or more articles on a particular topic and you will often times see the same words, phrases, and ideas repeated over-and-over again Ad nauseum. I’ve seen what purport to be originally authored articles repeated word-for-word across multiple sites.  Original thought and analysis have been replaced by ideological templates, sound bytes and talking points.

This has caused me no small amount of aggravation – especially over the last week while researching Covid.  While there is no doubt that the media, government and our other established institutions are engaging in narrative control and censorship, it is also true that their opponents are also often times guilty of similar offenses.

During my research over the past week, I noted that several vaccine skeptics were circulating videos of an alleged “doctor” and “researcher” by the name of Geert Vanden Bossche.  My vetting of Dr. Vanden Bossche revealed he is actually a doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM).  While that’s not immediately disqualifying, a search of major scientific publishing “scrapers” shows no research published by VanDen Bossche over at least the last 20 years.  Indeed further investigation shows he hasn’t published any peer-reviewed research since about 1995.  He does not see patients, and has no clinical experience in the treatment of humans that I can discern.

He did pull a stint at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation – but the Gates Foundation has a somewhat checkered reputation and doesn’t always spend its’ money wisely or benevolently.  The Gates Foundation also funds MANY people, and not all are highly qualified.  This does NOT necessarily mean that Dr. Vanden Bossche’s warnings about the vaccines are patently incorrect, but it does raise serious questions.  I only spend time on him here because he represents an example of vaccine critique that skeptics would be better served ignoring until or unless he can better prove his case.  Giving the mysterious Dr. Vanden Bossche’s theories credibility only serves to undermine those who have legitimate concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy.

Another example (also Covid related) is a former Pfizer employee, alleged “whistleblower” and self-proclaimed “biotech analyst” named Karen Kingston.  Numerous vaccine skeptics are touting her claims and “expertise” in criticizing the safety of the Pfizer jab.  Here’s the problem:  while Ms. Kingston did work for Pfizer, it was in their marketing department from 1996-1998!

Kingston appears to have no scientific background, and didn’t even work for the company at the time the vaccines were developed. Indeed, her work with Pfizer was 21 years prior to the appearance of Covid-19!  Among other things, Kingston claims the vaccine contains graphene oxide (a rather toxic substance), and that it was developed as a “bioweapon”.  While even a cursory review of the literature shows research has been conducted into the use of graphene oxide in vaccines (contrary to the claims of many “fact checkers”), Kingston provides NO hard evidence it is present in any of the jabs.  The claim that the Pfizer jab is a “bioweapon” is an extraordinary one.  While extraordinary claims are not necessarily untrue, it is wise to remember that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” – something Kingston has not yet provided.

I’m increasingly frustrated with how difficult it is to reliably identify competent research and clinical evidence that challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding Covid and the vaccines.  It isn’t that good evidence and credible critics don’t exist, it’s that separating the wheat from the chaff  has become extremely challenging.  At least some of the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Covid critics, who in their eagerness to discredit the entire pandemic response, are willing to pounce upon anyone that says what they want to hear.  Responsibility also lies with a government and media complex that have not only been lacking in transparency, but have also engaged in disinformation, information suppression, and character assassination.

When you politicize science the scientific method is the first casualty, and truth is further obscured.  Bad policy decisions inevitably follow, and people suffer needlessly.  Be careful out there, and strive to be judicious when evaluating the “experts” and their evidence – whatever side they’re on.  I’m doing the best I can.

Covid Updates:

In a study published in the Lancet, researchers observed that vaccinated individuals who were infected with the Delta variant had 251 times the viral load than those who had been infected with the original strain in early 2020 (who were unvaccinated).  There have been several different interpretations of the findings of this paper, but I think the primary takeaway is this statement by the authors:

Breakthrough Delta variant infections following Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination may cause asymptomatic or mild disease, but are associated with high viral loads, prolonged PCR positivity and low levels of vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies. Epidemiological and sequence data suggested ongoing transmission had occurred between fully vaccinated individuals.

In other words, at least the AstraZeneca vaccine appears to have not prevented transmission of Covid-19 to others.  A full reading of the paper seems to confirm that this is a minimally reasonable conclusion.  This appears to further undermine the notion that the vaccinated cannot readily infect others.

Geneticist Dr. Alexandra Henrion-Caude  was formerly a researcher at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm).  Dr. Henrion-Caude has been at the forefront challenging the safety of the mRNA vaccines.  Dr. Henrion-Caude appears to have left Inserm in 2021 due in part to differences of opinion with her colleagues, who formerly regarded her as “brilliant” but now just a “conspiracy theorist” – funny that. I believe this interview with Dr. Henrion-Caude is worth your time:

Dr Steven R Gundry is a retired cardiologist and the former Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Loma Linda University.  Dr. Gundry published an abstract of his poster session in Circulation, a publication of the American Heart Association (AHA)  Gundry concludes:

…the mRNA vacs dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle and may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination

It should be noted that like many other healthcare professionals expressing concerns about the Covid vaccinations, an “expression of concern” was filed with the AHA regarding Gundry’s poster session (i.e., he is in the process of being cancelled and discredited).

Dr. Daniel Stock is a primary care physician from Indiana who advocates for early therapeutic treatment of Covid infected patients using a combination of vitamin D, zinc, and ivermectin:

Like Dr. Stock, Dr. Mary Bowden is a Houston area ENT who has been treating her Covid patients proactively with ivermectin and supplements.  For her efforts, Dr. Bowden was suspended by Houston Methodist Hospital, after which, she resigned and gave a statement to the press:

Here are some interesting statistics on her Covid patients from her website:

  • 57% of our patients testing for COVID-19 in the last 2 months were fully vaccinated.

  • 44% of our patients receiving monoclonal antibodies for symptomatic COVID-19 in the last 2 months were fully vaccinated.

  • Overall % positive rate in the last 30 days: 4%

This is what happens to Dr. Bowden’s patients when they are hospitalized and she isn’t permitted to intervene:

According to Dr. Bowden, she had to rely increasingly on ivermectin, as access to monoclonal antibody treatment has become more restricted by governmental authorities.  It appears she is being “cancelled” because she is willing to try something rather than stand by and allow her patients to die.

Covid Authoritarianism:

Few can deny governments around the world have leveraged the Covid-19 pandemic to institute all manner of authoritarian restrictions on the citizenry.

In New York state, Governor Kathy Hochul declared a “State of Emergency” lasting at least through January 15, 2022, over a Covid variant (omicron) that hasn’t yet been found in the U.S., and which South African health officials claim has caused only mild symptoms.

This has again resulted in the suspension of “non-essential” surgeries, potentially setting up the citizens of New York for a healthcare crisis of a different sort.

Australia has entered a whole new realm of insanity.  Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory has ordered the relocation of indigenous persons in Australia’s NT to be placed in “quarantine camps” by military personnel.

Speaking of Michael Gunner, he seems like a reasonable and pleasant fellow with absolutely NO totalitarian traits whatsoever:

The Rule of Law Dies:

Darrell Brooks used his SUV to mow down dozens of people at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  Most U.S. media news outlets act as if Brooks’ motive is a total mystery.  Others suspect his affections for BLM and his disdain for the Rittenhouse verdict might be strong motives.  His social media history (which was grabbed before it was deleted) was certainly interesting.

Brooks was released by an activist DA on $1,000 bail just a few days prior to the Christmas parade attack.  His most recent offense involved beating up his girlfriend and running her over with his car.  Apparently, no danger to the community at all.

Milwaukee district attorney John Chisholm is a big fan of “equity” and “bail reform”, having once remarked of his policies:

Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into treatment program, who’s going to go out and kill somebody? You bet. Guaranteed. It’s guaranteed to happen. It does not invalidate the overall approach.

Meanwhile, an epidemic of mob-based smash-and-grab robberies are plaguing California.  Businesses already struggling with staffing shortages, supply chain issues, and reeling from the pandemic are saying this could be the end.

Even sex offenders are being released – and going on to immediately re-offend (of course).

Salvation Army goes Woke:

Unfortunately I found this out just after I’d already made a sizable contribution, but it seems that the Salvation Army has hired “diversity equity and inclusion” (DEI) staff, and gone woke.  Kenny Xu over at the Daily Signal does a nice breakdown of Salvation Army’s “Let’s talk about racism” CRT training.

Finally Good News:

It appears with at least 5 Democratic Senators formally announcing their opposition, Biden’s Marxist nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova, is history.  Omarova had called for bankrupting America’s oil and gas industry, and abolishing private banks altogether.  Now we wait for the next Biden nut-job nominee.

Finally the Independent Community Bank Association reports that the IRS bank snooping build was omitted from the House version of “Build Back Better”.  However, ICBA noted that some members of the Senate are pushing to put it back in, again.

Parting Thoughts:

Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.

— Theodore Dalrymple

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Climate Change Covid Media

Nov. 21, 2021

This week:  Worldwide protests against vaccine mandates and lockdowns; the strange correlation between higher vax rates and death; the “Climate Change” farce; and media stupidity.

Corona Virus Updates:

If you are reading this from the U.S. or Canada, keep your eyes peeled for incoming lockdowns.  As Covid cases “spike” across the world, Europe is instituting draconian lockdowns and the normally compliant public is having none of it.

Austria is now placing non-vaccinated citizens under virtual house arrest, while the vaccinated public is largely free to go about their business (for now).  With a fully-vaxxed rate of only 64%, that means 36% (~3.3 million people) of the population will be held prisoner until they comply.  This has led to an explosion of protests in the capitol, Vienna:

And in Salzburg:

In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dutch protests got very spicy when police began firing live rounds over the heads of, and sometimes at, the protestors:

In Croatia thousands gathered against vaccine passports and segregation:

In Paris:

In Rome, Italy:

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In Zurich, Switzerland:

In Germany, authorities are following Austria’s lead and making vaccination mandatory for all citizens to live, work, and shop:

And “down-under” in Victoria in Australia, where the people have been subject to some of the most draconian and oppressive lockdowns in the world:

Keep in mind, the events above have all happened within the last 24-48 hours, and correspond to what appears to be a coordinated global lockdown.

Meanwhile in the U.S., they are already talking about second boosters – CDC just recommended booster #1 and they are already pushing booster #2!

And right on cue, the psychopathic Fauci and his media sycophants declare “we just don’t know how many shots will be needed” to stem the curse of Covid.

Fauci even wants to vax infants now – a demographic that has virtually ZERO chance of dying from Covid!

Meanwhile, the British government’s own statistics show that “fully vaccinated” individuals are dying at twice the rate as the unvaccinated, which leads one to question if the vaccines are making people MORE susceptible to Covid as time (and boosting) goes on?

Evidence continues to mount that natural immunity is far superior to the vaccines, and that it is possible that receiving a vaccination too soon after recovery from natural infection may even hamper the development of immunity.  Yet the CDC still refuses to acknowledge the efficacy of natural immunity – at all.

Also disturbing are the number of deaths associated with adverse Covid vaccine events.  One casualty: 56 year old Mike Granata who wanted people to know what the vaccine did to him:

Many nurses and non-nursing staff begged me and my wife to get the truth out to the public about the Covid-19 vaccines because the truth of deaths from the vaccine was being hidden within the medical profession

Mike’s wife actually posted his warning in his obituary, because the family had no other outlet, and no one in the media would listen to them.

You should know that scientists are “mystified” as to the reasons why Covid has all but ignored the entire continent of Africa, where vaccination rates are low (but the use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine is high) at around 6% overall.

Africa doesn’t have the vaccines and the resources to fight COVID-19 that they have in Europe and the U.S., but somehow they seem to be doing better

— Wafaa El-Sadr, Columbia University

Interestingly, one of the higher vaxxed nations in Africa  – South Africa (41%) – also has one of the highest rates of Covid-related fatalities.  Yet globalists are pushing hard for more vaccines there.

The highest vaxxed country in Africa is the tiny nation of the Seychelles (~80%), and yet despite being enthusiastic early adopters of the vax, have continuously experienced one of the world’s highest Covid infection rates.

Indeed, it appears that the Covid vaccine narrative is beginning to unravel, and all our “experts” can do is push more of the same policies that got us into this predicament.

Although the vaccine mandate for private employers in the U.S. has been temporarily put on-hold by a Federal court, Biden’s other mandates are about to jettison thousands of military personnel,  healthcare workers, and TSA screeners.  Regardless, the Biden Administration continues to push private employers to issue mandates, and many seem to be complying.  These mandates are poised to wreck the economy, our military, and our healthcare system.

Where is the transparency by our government health officials?  Why (for example) would the FDA ask a Federal court to shield the government from releasing Covid vaccine data to the public for 55 years?

We keep hearing about the “science” and yet one of the most fundamental tenets of actual science is the ability to subject data to peer review and critical analysis.  It should be noted that this FDA petition comes after months of dodging requests for data from scientific researchers in the U.S.

So, let’s get this straight. The federal government shields Pfizer from liability.  Gives it billions of dollars.  Makes Americans take its product.  But won’t let you see the data supporting its product’s safety and efficacy.  Who does the government work for?

— Aaron Siri

It’s almost like they’re hiding something.

Climate Change Madness:

Some skeptical people have begun to question the real purpose of the Covid lockdowns.  Perhaps they are preparing us for something?  In India, they are issuing “climate lockdowns” to stem air pollution.

In the U.S. we are told that electric vehicles (EVs) are a necessary step to avert a climate “disaster”.  China is frequently held up as a “model” of where we need to go (yes, really).  Yet the Chinese seem to be having some real “issues” with that whole environmental sustainability thing.

Industry data shows that the service life of lithium batteries used in electric vehicles is generally 5 to 8 years, and the service life under warranty is 4 to 6 years. That means, tens of thousands of electric car batteries will soon need to be discarded or recycled, and millions more down the road

— Shawn Li, Epoch Times

Meat is another target of the “Green Commissars”.

We have been told- repeatedly and for years- that cattle production is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gasses and therefore we should no longer eat meat, or at least severely cut back in order to save the planet

— Hardscrabble Farmer

In this little gem of an article the author compares the number of cows in the U.S. to the number of wild ungulates (hoofed animals) prior to the arrival of European settlers.  The results are – interesting!  It’s amazing what a little math and some logic can accomplish.  Too bad neither is a strong suit for our governing elites.

Media Stupidity:

If you’ve been paying attention you are probably aware (and a bit surprised) that the “OK” symbol is now widely regarded as a symbol of “white supremacy” – yes, seriously.  I heard it again just a couple of nights ago from some idiotic “journalists” and decided to do a little write-up on this ridiculous fallacy.

In 2017, a group of users on the message board “4chan” decided to “troll” the media and political figures with a hoax dubbed “Operation OKKK“.

Needless to say, it worked like a charm.  Surprisingly, even leftist Wikipedia has an article debunking the “OK” symbol as a form of “white supremacy.”  If the media and our politicians are too stupid to figure this out – after over 4 years – then why are you listening to any of them about anything?

Please stop.