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Government Graft and Giant Grifts

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Ask yourself why both parties voted against appointing an auditor to track Ukraine weapons and monies. Greed is the operative descriptor. The US government doesn't care about its citizens. Consider the hundreds of billions going to Ukraine and the total lack of support for the people of Maui. No, we have a government by and for the multinational corporations, oligarchs, and globalists. Is there a way out of this conundrum? I don't see it. I hope you can offer some possible solutions in the comments below.

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Why don't most citizens know about all the graft? They are not being told. (3.5 min)

I don't think I've ever led with a Fox clip, but if you want to hear about Biden's crimes, that's the only MSM source.

It isn't just the Bidens...
Clinton Foundation from 1999-2014 got more donations from Ukraine than any other country
Ukraine became a vast pool of U.S. taxpayer-funded “aid” that poured into that long-corrupt nation and then saw piles of kickbacks returned to powerful and politically-connected recipients.

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And on it goes...

The waste of lives, infrastructure, and equipment doesn't matter as long as the grift continues. Scott explains how the Ukrainian counter offensive was doomed from the start.

The entire 57 min clip is worthwhile, about 30 min remain from where I've got it cued.

Douglas Macgregor: America Is Courting Catastrophe With Russia (15 min)

Col. Macgregor reinforces the idea the proxy war is already lost.

U.S. Keeping Ukraine in a State of War (24 min) Keep the grift going!

Alastair Crooke former British ambassador At least watch from the 9 min mark if you're short of time.

A rocket struck a civilian market in Ukraine this week. With no evidence all the MSM immediately blamed Russia, similar to the Nord Stream Pipeline sabotage. Alex dissects the situation and more...
Market missile, MSM blames Russia. McConnell, no time to go wobbly. Blinken eats McDs fries. (35 min)

We'll wrap up the Ukraine situation with John Mearsheimer discussing
An Endgame for the Ukrainian War with Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen in a long form conversation (80 min)

We don't have politicians that have the courage to speak out against war. Maybe a few, but not many. How is it Ireland has two excellent voices in the EU parliament?
Clare Daly...(1.5 min)

and Mick Wallace (2.3 min)

At least someone is speaking truth to power...

What we export seems to come back home. Was 9/11 engineered to create a lawless war on terror? Redacted has a piece out looking at the event...

Peace, War and 9/11 (1.7 hours)

“Peace, War and 9/11.” In this captivating documentary filmed six months before his passing, eminent scholar and lifelong peace activist Graeme MacQueen shares his final words on 9/11, the 2001 anthrax attacks, and the goal of abolishing war.

Was COVID engineered and dispersed to control and manipulate? What do you think about possible future lockdowns and mask mandates...not to mention vax mandates? We've been conned again.

Richer countries ongoing excess deaths (18 min)

Our world in data, excess mortality
Our world in data covid vaccination status
A comparison of the two is revealing...
More from John...
Are drug regulators for hire? (16 min)
Revolving door spins (13 min)

Court - FDA Wrong on Ivermectin Posts (26 min)
Excerpts from the decision: "FDA is not a physician. It has authority to inform, announce, and apprise—but not to endorse, denounce, or advise."
"Even tweet-sized doses of personalized medical advice are beyond FDA’s statutory authority. We REVERSE the district court’s judgment of dismissal, and we REMAND for further proceedings."

CDC Says Vaccinated MORE LIKELY To Catch New Covid Variant! (8 min)
"BA.2.86 may be more capable of causing infection in people who have previously had COVID-19 or who have received COVID-19 vaccines." This is a direct quote from the CDC website, which was recently pointed out by retired nurse instructor and popular British YouTuber Dr. John Campbell. So, for those in the back, this means that, according to the CDC, being vaccinated may make you MORE likely to contract the new COVID variant. Is that how it's supposed to work?
Jimmy and Craig “Pasta” Jardula, along with special guest comedian Chrissie Mayr, discuss this surprising admission from the CDC and why COVID apologists are already backpedaling and saying the CDC didn't really mean it.

Should I Wear a Mask? What do 15 randomized studies say? (12 min)
Masking for COVID? Should I wear a mask? Cochrane reviews are considered one of the best in evidence-based medicine. The medical community considers them the gold standard in medicine due to their methodology, thoroughness, and transparency. This past week they have updated their evidence on masking for influenza and COVID. It is based on randomized controlled studies not flawed, biased observational studies.
Bottom line, wear mask if it makes you feel better, but in reality it won't help. However, washing hands was an effective deterrent reducing infection by 11%.

What's the real story about Lahaina? Was this done to grab land?

Fan the flames: Lahaina on fire (24 min)

Jeremy Loffredo visits the scorched town of Lahaina, Hawaii and meets survivors of one of the worst mass casualty disasters on American soil in recent history. The mostly indigenous locals tell Loffredo why they believe the fires were no accident, and vent their rage at the wealthy developers and investment firms they view as a flock of vultures circling over the ruins of their community.

Tulsi was on Joe Rogan this week talking about Maui
Tulsi Gabbard on the Response to the Maui Wildfires (10 min)
There are reasons to be suspicious...

There Is Something Strange About This Fire In Lahaina, Maui (6 min)

I worked a 62 hour shift starting in the afternoon of the day after the fire on Maui 8/9/2023. This is what I saw. There were some things that did not add up. Things that really make me question everything. Maui people can use your help. Please send donations to sources that you think are credible. Lots of businesses depend on tourism too and they are hurting. Come a visit Maui. Only Lahaina is closed. Send your aloha to the people of Maui.

Maui Residents Screaming About A “Land Grab” (10 min)
Theories about what happened to cause the Maui wildfires have been circulating since before the fires themselves subsided. Many on the island are now coming to the same conclusion about the aftermath of the fires, however – specifically that vulture predators are taking advantage of the fires to swoop in and grab up as much of the devalued land as possible.
Guest host Craig “Pasta” Jardula and Jimmy Dore discuss the pernicious jackals nipping at the heels of those suffering in Maui.

Censorship is a favorite tool to keep the grift going whether is is about war, pharma, disease and health, or all the other greed and graft.
Max Blumenthal on Technocensorship & the Grayzone (39 min)
Gofundme freezes Grayzone fundraiser ‘due to some external concerns’

Twitter Files Writer Shellenberger Reports Government Agencies Behind NGOs’ Demand for More Censorship by X/Twitter

Independent journalist and Twitter Files contributor Michael Shellenberger reports that nongovernmental agencies (NGOs) leading the recent advertiser boycott of X/Twitter have a history of receiving money from and spying for governments. The groups include the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). There is concern surrounding the ADL’s advertiser boycott that it is an effort by governments to regain the ability to censor users on X/Twitter that was lost when Elon Musk took over last November. The previously mentioned groups lack good evidence to prove that online hate speech directly correlates to “hate-motivated violence,” or that censorship prevents it. The ADL, in its goal to stop “the defamation of the Jewish people,” has justified unrelated censorial advocacy work using the legacy of antisemitism and the Holocaust. Their attempt to speak for all Jewish people may be inadvertently fueling antisemitism.

more here.

Musk has a target on his back. The suppression of ads on X has caused profits to drop by 60%.
Musk threatens to sue ADL after blaming it for X ad sales slump

The Graft machine isn't limited to the US, far from it. I used to think Canada was to be admired, but no longer...

The Canadian Government has made a new tourism ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! (4.7 min)

“This was NOT an occupation!” Canada’s Trucker Convoy trial begins with drama. (12 min)
The courtroom in Ottawa was packed full of media and Freedom Convoy supporters as the trial for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber kicked into high gear. Journalist David Krayden is in the courtroom covering every angle of the story.

Back in the US of A...
Biden wanders out of a medal of honor ceremony he was officiating.
Biden Wanders Off In The Middle Of Tribute To Veterans (4 min)

He also traveled back in time to talk with Hitler...

Hitler gives Joe Biden a call to ask him some questions. (2.5 min)

Hey, may as well laugh, after all it really is a clown world.

I hope all is well in your world! We've been having a touch of fall, and typical of our autumn it is dry. We just missed a shower yesterday with thunder heard all around, but alas no rain. Leaves are beginning to fall and new chores of the season loom. I'm still mowing, and if I'm lucky it will be my last round of the season. As always I look forward to your stories, thoughts, and insights in the comments below. The thread is open...

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QMS's picture

Was a bit stymied by the two terms, so found this..

Graft: noun - : the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways
also : illegal or unfair gain

Grift: verb - : to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game)

One of the problems in differentiation between grifter and grafter is that there appears to be a certain fluidity of meaning in early use, particularly with grafter. The grifter is a small-time confidence man, a carnival swindler, or thief of some sort or other. The grafter may be most of these things, but also may be someone who engages in the “political corruption” sense of the word graft (which we define as “the acquisition of money, position, or other profit by dishonest or questionable means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or a position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, or pay for work not done or service not performed”).

It seems they are very similar in meaning. Referring to both crooked politicians and shady
business types? Anyway, it is mostly a sport in our exceptional nation.

Thanks for the watch!

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truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security

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@QMS

Basically I was going for the alliteration. This piece was difficult to stop as the graft is essentially endless. I had intended to touch on the CIA as the mafia wing of the giant grift, but did want to get it too long.

The Judge asks, "is the CIA in your underwear?"

Gerald Celente and Judge Andrew Napolitano speak about the revelations that the U.S. government spent at least $22 million to develop “smart” clothing. (22 min)
I found it amusing.

and the not so amusing...
CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution In Indonesia
Current maverick leader Joko Widodo, widely beloved by Indonesians, is ineligible for a third term, and NED is preparing to seize power in the wake of his departure. This operation is conducted despite the leaks indicating Jakarta’s foremost intelligence agency has expressly warned U.S. officials to stay put.

Hope all is well in your world, and hurricane Lee (headed your way) stays well off shore.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

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How is this guy president...rhetorical

y

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Lookout's picture

@ggersh

The hit is on for RFK to make sure he is stifled.

RFK, Jr sounds alarm on DNC's 'fixed' primary process (7 min)

Jesse Watters and RFK, Jr. campaign manager Dennis Kucinich reacts to the DNC making it impossible for RFK, Jr. to win (6 min)

No challenge allowed. Whatta demockrazy!

Thanks for the tweet!

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@Lookout
but for the life of me I can't figure out why, knowing the democratic party is doing everything it can to fuck him, he still insists on running as a Democrat. If he's truly serious about being President, he needs to dump the Dems and run as an independent.

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I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.

@Socialprogressive Suppose polls consistently showed RFK Jr. leading Biden, what would the Democrats do? Some polls already show Trump ahead of Biden. The Democrat response is to criminalize Trump. Will they try that against RFK Jr.? Or, worse? Why was he denied Secret Service protection?

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@Socialprogressive

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“One of the things I love about the American people is that we can hold many thoughts at once” - Kamala Harris

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@Socialprogressive @on the cusp @Cassiodorus

allow him to be a dim candidate. He's a smart man and perhaps will run as an independent? Jimmy tried to help him see DNC corruption during their interview. Much like this week's interview with Bro. Cornel
Jimmy Dore ADDRESSES Questions About Cornel West Interview (16 min)

Eric Clapton is playing fund raising party for RFK.

Eric Clapton is performing live in Beverly Hills on Monday, September 18, and Mr. Kennedy is inviting you to be his guest at this once-in-a-lifetime concert.

We'll see what happens. I've got no buy in due to my opinion that politics offer NO solution.

Thanks for you thoughts!

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spoke out @Lookout about being Jab injured
and got raked over the coals
for doing so

no surprise he’d back rfkj
imo anyway

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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@Tall Bald and Ugly

I remember he lost use of his hand(s) and couldn't play for a while.

hope all is well in your world!

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@Socialprogressive rules the DNC is considering for this cycle's primaries -- some sound bad-enough plausible rigging for this DNC, some seem like a gross overreach towards blatant rigging that even convicted election thieves would blush at -- won't be finalized until Sept 14, in 4 days.

RFK in this clip says he will wait until things are finalized before "considering other options", i.e. presumably launch a 3d party bid. (Unlike Cornel, Kennedy is in the race to win, not make a point or "be a moment in a movement".)

And why wouldn't he if the DNC is going to make it virtually impossible to challenge the anointed one.

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@wokkamile

I hope he will reject the crooked DNC and run as an independent. We'll see what we see.

Thanks for dropping by and adding the clip!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

@Lookout emphasized in a couple of interviews is that his donors expect him to be a serious candidate, not a show horse, so he would have difficulty taking their money if the party has rigged it so that he can't possibly win.

Agree. It will be interesting to see if the DNC goes all-out cheating or something less. RFK said he doesn't expect 100% fairness or perfection, but rather a basically honest system. To deny him delegates because he has committed the sin of campaigning in IA and NH would be grossly unfair, as would the latest idea that he be given no delegates in GA if he campaigns in either of the traditional first 2 states.

Wait until Thursday.

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@wokkamile -- that the DNC will do what it pleases, as it is (to quote the lawyer discussed by Sabrina Salvati) a "private association." It can do what it wants. It can run all sorts of primaries and caucuses in all sorts of places and then tell the voters "none of your electioneering means anything because we have decided." In Kennedy's situation, what its recent move means is that the DNC has declared that it will make up rules until his candidacy becomes of no consequence.

Kennedy's donors are doubtless wondering WTF he's doing dealing with the DNC. Either he needs to cut the cord ASAP and run as an independent, or endorse Biden or West or someone else and go back into the shadows. There is no third option.

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“One of the things I love about the American people is that we can hold many thoughts at once” - Kamala Harris

@Cassiodorus He at least deserves a few more days to get the DNC's final word on Thursday before making a major decision.

But if he is compelled to go 3d party, the DNC will be looking at a much greater risk to Biden's reelection prospects than if he'd been allowed to compete fairly against Joe.

And no, he won't be endorsing Biden. He's already clearly on record saying he won't be endorsing anyone calling for more war in Ukraine, which is a central part of Biden's record so far., and def no endorsement of Joe after the way he's been treated by the Biden admin and DNC. Nor West or Marianne Williamson for that matter. He doesn't strike me as the sort of Kennedy who throws in the towel when things get tough.

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@wokkamile Their nominee is Joe Biden. What could Jaime Harrison possibly say past the final word that would be of any importance?

I don't know. I'm not a Democrat, and so it doesn't take me a lot of time or soul-searching to conclude that the Democratic Party is run by criminals.

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“One of the things I love about the American people is that we can hold many thoughts at once” - Kamala Harris

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My guess is that only the demise of the $$$$$$ or a revolution
will change the course we are on....BWTFDIK Wink

Dr Campbell on a JD video tells us that having been vaccinated
makes us more susceptible to catching Covid once again. Growing
up vaccines were meant to keep us from getting sick, amirite?

Here's a take from Japan, "the vaccine is not a drug but a bioweapon"

Food for thought on who is actually running the WH, if the trend stays
on pace this will be found to be true by the next election, IMHO

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Lookout's picture

@ggersh

is getting easier for people to see. Thanks for the tweets from Japan (where ivermectin was discovered).

I suspect the Clinton's are also involved as well as Obummer. Joementia is incapable of holding the reins. It is a mess, and we are all victims.

Thanks for the tweets and the visit!

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@ggersh

Prof. Fukushima at Press Conference. (No.1)

"This is not drug harm. To be clear, the vaccine is not a drug, but a bioweapon with all kinds of toxicity. So many people have died because of distribution of the bioweapon. It's a massacre. It's a Holocaust."

Prof. Fukushima’s statement:

I am the President of the Study Group on Vaccine Problems (The official Name of the Study Group is Japanese Society for Vaccine-related Complication (JSVRC)).

As a doctor and as a scientist, I am gravely aware that we are facing a tremendous crisis right now. I could say that this crisis has just begun. This is a crisis of democracy.The people's right to access information is completely undermined. The government adopts a shameless attitude to keep totally disregarding the basic human rights such as the right to pursue happiness, and the right to live that are protected under the Japanese Constitution.

This is absolutely unacceptable!

Honest scholars have been documented numerous cases of vaccine-related harms and injuries etc., at their academic conferences.

The number of reported vaccine harms is 'many hundreds’.

This is not just an unusual situation.
Nothing like this has ever happened before.

What vaccines are causing are not drug-related harms.
Totally incomplete substance called a nucleic acid medicine, which is in fact not even a medicine, was distributed to the public.

So what happened as a result?

I dare say, "Murder."
We could say that a massacre has occurred.
This is more like a holocaust caused by a bioweapon.

Something very sloppy and half baked has been released into the world.

Trillions of public money was wasted on such a half-baked product.

We will address the post-vaccination syndrome which is classified as ’Adverse drug reaction’ according to the international classification.

It is high time to deliver appropriate medical care to patients affected by post-vaccination syndrome
in a truly serious manner.

Immediately, all doctors, all scientists, need to face this huge problem.

The pharma companies didn’t actually try to create a true vaccine, but they created counter measures on the request of the military. Counter measures for the military are weapons.
The Dom tweet is a much watch because lots of people think that it is what is happening. Biden of course hasn’t been in charge of anything except for choosing the flavor of his ice cream.

Kunstler writes about this too.

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“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt

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@snoopydawg the empire of lies at work

Reuters says NYET
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-demands-us-explain-biological-progr...

NPR says NYET
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1087910880/biological-weapons-far-right-r...

Intel Agencies says NYET
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/597732-us-intel-head-rejects...
ukraine-biolabs/

USA Today says NYET
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/25/fact-check-clai...

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I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish

"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"

Heard from Margaret Kimberley

Lookout's picture

@ggersh

Russia has some of the dirt on the Ukrainian ones, and perhaps someday all that will come out.
Nuland admitted to Cruz that there were indeed Biolabs in Ukraine.

Russia also presented evidence in the UN.
Russia presents "bioweapons labs documents" at UN Security Council, US denies
Russia renewed allegations that the U.S. is funding bioweapons labs in Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council on Friday, claiming it has evidence of such facilities.

Further, Russia accused the U.S. of running a biological weapons program about which it was keeping Ukraine in the dark.

It also claimed on Friday that Ukrainian nationalists had used chemical agents to “carry out a provocation” in some regions of the country, in order to accuse Russia of carrying out the attacks.

The U.S. ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. would not “dignify Russia’s disinformation or conspiracy theories” and said Moscow has “repeatedly lied” to the Security Council in recent weeks.

“We’re not buying what they’re selling, literally or figuratively,” she said, adding that Ukraine does not have biological weapons laboratories: “not near Russia’s border, not anywhere.”

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@snoopydawg
The experimental gene therapies are a disaster. I can't believe TPTB are pushing another round.

What do you think about the efficacy of masks? You've done lots of research.

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@Lookout

that masks do not work. The chances of getting infected if you wear one is the same as if you don’t. The link to the study might be in my Fauci comment on how CNN showed that he’s just a clown making things up.

If you can slip a hair anywhere on your face between the mask and your skin then that’s where the virus can get in. Also if you are wearing a tight fitting mask and your glasses steam up that’s not a good sign.

Another study has shown masks to be very toxic and the toxins can get deep into your lungs causing many problems including cancer. I just read that a few days ago and I will try to find it and post it.

Here is one article on toxic masks.

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“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt

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@snoopydawg

The chances of getting infected if you wear one is the same as if you don’t. ...
If you can slip a hair anywhere on your face between the mask and your skin then that’s where the virus can get in.

...and I have a beard, so I'm screwed even if masks do work.

As I've said many times, if you feel safer masking, wear one, but don't expect everyone else to do so.

Thanks for your 2 cents!

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@ggersh

https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1700319316342923752

2012 DARPA we are going to use gene encoded vaccines as preventative measures based on RNA DNA and we will stop a pandemic in 60 days.

This was definitely planned by the military and whomever it takes orders from.

Damn Twit is harshing my vibe! But click on it.

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“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt

Thank you for what appears to be a very juicy WW. I will dip into it later in the day. We are fixing a feast for Breakfast/Lunch today so I have to dash off and do my bit.

I did skim your post though and noticed your section on masking. I do respectfully disagree with your position completely so let me just make a few quick statements. You say that the Cochrane study is a good one; well it has been discredited. Here is a link from February of a post by Lambert Strether from Naked Capitalism that analyses the study. I find it well argued and convincing. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/02/new-buzzy-cochrane-study-sets-th...

Among some of the points he makes:
1. Conly’s Cochrane Study Fails as Scientific Communication

2. Conly’s Cochrane Study Fails as Science

3. Conly’s Cochrane Study Fails as Epidemiology

4. Conly’s Cochrane Study is of Dubious Provenance.

And from the New England Journal of Medicine, “Evidence for Health Decision Making — Beyond Randomized, Controlled Trials“:

Elevating RCTs at the expense of other potentially highly valuable sources of data is counterproductive. A better approach is to clarify the health outcome being sought and determine whether existing data are available that can be rigorously and objectively evaluated, independently of or in comparison with data from RCTs, or whether new studies (RCT or otherwise) are needed.

Thanks again for the OT Lookout, I plan to stop back later.

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@randtntx

however I would suggest it has flaws as well...
for example...

Conly fails because it considers RCTs only,

ie gold standard studies...
You might want to hear the clip.
What does the Cochrane report say?

Cochrane is a non-for-profit international network, which includes researchers, health professionals, patients and carers from all over the world.

The report, published in January 2023, included trials which compared medical/surgical masks versus no masks in the prevention of the spread of viral respiratory illness.

The results from those trials indicated that “wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness”.

However, the report’s conclusion urged caution and said there was “a high risk of bias in the trials, variation in outcome measurement, and relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions”.

Karla Soares-Weiser, editor-in-chief of the Cochrane Library, responded to reports saying that “masks don’t work” as an “inaccurate and misleading interpretation”. However, “there is just no evidence that they [masks] make any difference”.

Bottom line, if you feel masking is effective, wear them, but don't mandate them...especially for children.

Thanks for coming by, and expressing an alternate view.

Hope y'all have a great brunch!

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as being directed at you @randtntx
but I’m calling BullShit on rct’s Now
NOT being the standard

after Three fUCKing years of
no IverMectin beCause of
no rct’s - fuck That shite to
Hell and Back

GoalPost change-Again
These fuckers Can’t have it
both fucking Ways

people Better start pulling
their Head OUT of their
Fourth Point of Contact and
Look dafuck Around
with all the GasLight it
should be easy to see
anyway

Again, Not directed at rand
just the folks he’s quoting
They be AssWholes

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

@Tall Bald and Ugly @Tall Bald and Ugly , to prove the efficacy of that off label drug use. This is what Dr Korry et. all from the FLCCC were trying to tell everyone. The clinical evidence of its efficacy alone, was outstanding and should have been sufficient to allow its use. Plus it has a very long history of being a safe medication with few side effects.

No worries, I'm not interpreting your criticism as being directed at me.

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Let's see if this works...

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@on the cusp
Smart City. When in reality they are public control centers, perhaps smart for TPTB, but dumb for most of us. I have no doubt the globalists will push the idea, but I bet the people of Maui won't put up with it.

Thanks for the tweet or is an X?

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@Lookout But still the same ol' same ol'.
It is comments like this that lend credence to claims that the Lahaina fire was not a natural occurrence.
Well, I am just happy the fire stopped before it got to Oprah's mansion.
I am betting her mansion will not be in the Smart City. How cool.
LO, I am getting to the point I do not believe a damn thing a politician says, or any government official.
Near where I live, a wildlife preserve caught fire and was reported at 4428 acres burned at 90% containment. No wildlife can live there now. What will happen to that land?

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@on the cusp

It is the officials that cried wolf one too many times.

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kiddies @on the cusp just What
that stands for
Surveillance
Monitoring
Analysis
Reporting
Technology

not smart as intelligent helpful
or useful
at least to the plebs(you and me)
for us it’ll be restricting of
all that we do
Quite Literally

enjoy

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
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Step 1: The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacks some obscure village in the grayzone.

Step 2: Battle ensues, and the Russians retreat after having slaughtered abut 80% of the Ukrainian forces.

Step 3: Collective West mass media puppets declare victory.

Step 4: The Russians re-occupy the obscure village.

Step 5: The whole process is granted the blessings of the collective West by being called "aid to Ukraine."

Rinse and repeat. Here's a RBN piece illustrating the HISTORY in which the "NATO Left" was created. We were all supposed to pretend that America is this great democracy in which people debate opposing opinions. A few ridiculous polls later, and the "Left" in America spontaneously disappears, replaced by millionaire journalist fan clubs for so-called "Leftists." "We love Bernie and AOC with every 50,000 Ukrainian casualties produced by the foreign policy they promote!"

So there it is, folks -- the real aim of the Blinken - Nuland - Sullivan syndicate. To get a whole swath of Americans who might otherwise demand a better world to self-destruct, and all they have to do is keep up the lie through the November 2024 election and they'll have another four years to make Russia and China into the world's most prosperous countries. They aren't doing this intentionally, of course, but intentions matter little when you've managed to get all meaningful dissenting voices to self-silence. Of course they won't be able to do it.

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@Cassiodorus

I'll be surprised.

Your Ukraine war synopsis rings true. However, one important idea to my mind is that the Russians strategically withdraw, wait for Ukraine to move in and then inflict massive casualties allowing them to move back into the area. This is indeed a war of attrition.

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@Lookout

He was expected to keel over within the first year. Wonder what-all they're pumping him full of to keep him going?

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He can't utter a comprehensive sentence much less a speech.

Just yesterday... less than 1 min of torture. Then turn off the FOX commentary
President Biden was cut off early by his staff during a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday.

Yeah and he can run a campaign next year?
What are the dimwits smoking?

Good to "see" you!

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of the Dose, more and more info comes out that the 'long Covid' is enjoyed, almost
exclusively, by the jabbed and not the other half of us. Pretty damming in my opinion.
So once again, may I recommend the CR filter box. It works to clear the air. And capture
the nasty bugs which have been unleashed on the masses.

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/corsi-rosenthal-box

btw, something happened to the virus filter in Mac which is playing havoc with my OS.
Getting many pop-ups about this somehow sponsored by Macafee? Never had a problem
before with the apple machines, but apparently someone found a weakness. Good luck
trying to sort it out thru the apple site. They are somewhere in a cave pretending this is
not happening.

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@QMS

efficacy of Ivermectin by the FDA which in and of itself should suspend the COVID vaccine program. But as today's theme tells us, there's just too much money to stop it.

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the Cochrane trial included

trials which compared medical/surgical masks versus no masks in the prevention of the spread of viral respiratory illness".

The glaring problem with that is that medical/surgical masks are to prevent droplet spread not airborne spread. That discredits the study from the get-go. Covid is primarily spread airborne. That requires at the very least an N95 mask. You will not prevent spread of Covid using a surgical mask.

Covid requires BSL-3 precautions for containment. People who work with these types of diseases and viruses know this. Surgical masks are not used for prevention of airborne particles because they are not designed to work for that purpose, they are designed to prevent droplet spread. Covid is a virus that primarily enters our body through the respiratory tract but it is an airborne particle not a droplet. You need an N95 for prevention. They used surgical masks in their study? That's crazy.

On top of that, the author states there was low adherence to mask wearing during the study. How can you say you studied the effectiveness of masks if people didn't wear the masks during the study?
Here is where the author of the study says that

relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions”.

It sure does hamper the drawing of firm conclusions! In fact it makes it the very definition of a flawed study.
Just because the mainstream media shouted from the rooftops that this company is the gold standard for research doesn't make it so.

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@randtntx

and I'll say again if you feel a mask is protective, wear one. I used to think they worked too. My thinking has changed, but we're all on our own in this brave new world.

Edit to Add: Just because TPTB hollered from the roof tops that masking works doesn't make it so either.

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@Lookout but when I get back, I will try to locate some of the info I have been reading for 3 years that no mask exists that can prevent the incredibly tiny respiratory virus particles from passing through.
You are correct that everyone should do or not do what they believe makes them safer. I am on the side that believes masks are not merely useless to prevent virus spreading, but that they are actually harmful.

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@on the cusp

They harm children in spades, and that is a real crime.

I'll look forward to your masking studies. Thanks.

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@randtntx of 78 RCTs most of which (except for 8) were done pre-Covid and for a variety of respiratory viruses. The authors' conclusion is that the evidence for mask effectiveness in preventing or reducing the rate of infection and transmission is inconclusive, which they note is different from saying that masks don't work.

https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt... (link to original study at bottom of page)

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@wokkamile @wokkamile , that is exactly what has been discredited. Did you read the analysis that I posted above? It doesn't seem like you did.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/02/new-buzzy-cochrane-study-sets-th...

Here is one of the authors of the study stating that the study is inconclusive (therefore does not prove that masks do not work);

The review authors are clear on the limitations in the abstract: 'The high risk of bias in the trials, variation in outcome measurement, and relatively low adherence with the interventions during the studies hampers drawing firm conclusions.' Adherence in this context refers to the number of people who actually wore the provided masks when encouraged to do so as part of the intervention. For example, in the most heavily-weighted trial of interventions to promote community mask wearing, 42.3% of people in the intervention arm wore masks compared to 13.3% of those in the control arm.

So here you have a study that claims to prove masks don't work, yet a large percentage of the people didn't even wear the masks! What kind of study is that?

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@randtntx randtntx, I am reading this stuff the way you are. RCT's are considered the gold standard, but mask efficacy is dependent on HOW WELL they are worn. Poor fitting masks worn intermittently are obviously not going to be very helpful. But well fitted, well worn 95's will be helpful.
I have a friend who is an almost retired (was but then wasn't) research Doc at the VA. Has connections and relationship with Osterholm here in MN. Pretty bright guy. Bit IMHO missed the boat on C19. Early on he showed me the Cochrane study on Iv. In his view it proved Iv didn't work. But for those who remember that study it showed that in 7 of 13 studies it did work. But averaged out it was only a 20% (or so, going by memory) benefit, so the conclusion was statistically insignificant. But I argued, if the Wright brothers got their plane in the air 7 out of 13 times they would know they were onto something. They wouldn't say, "well that is nothing". They would say, pack your bags we are going back out next weekend to try again.
Anyhow, fast forward to the Cochrane study that shows that "masks don't work". Now, same friend says Cochrane messed this up. I happen to agree. I think they messed both up. Common sense tells us that if something works 7 out of 13 times then there is a signal and something to work with. And common sense tells us that a respiratory disease which is spread thru the air can be at least partially mitigated by making sure we always have fresh clean air to breathe. Results will vary based on how well you mask. I think Lambert and NC have done quite a masterful job of sleuthing out that this was airborne rather than droplet. And that air quality is key. CR boxes and well worn masks. IMHO they have missed the boat on vaccine injury, over focusing on long C19. And missed the boat on just how effective Iv is. But if I wanted to loose money real quick I would bet against NC. And if I wanted to be safe and smart I would bet with them.

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@wouldsman , I didn't remember that that was a Cochrane study that did Ivermectin in. That's sort of ironic.

I agree with you when you say

but mask efficacy is dependent on HOW WELL they are worn. Poor fitting masks worn intermittently are obviously not going to be very helpful. But well fitted, well worn 95's will be helpful.

I also agree with you point by point about the excellent job Lambert and NC did on certain aspects of this public health crisis while not being so strong on other aspects.

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@randtntx your analysis, no hadn't seen the NC piece.

Did the study ever claim specifically that "masks don't work" as you assert it did? Or was that conclusion drawn by social media/bloggers? I only saw that they said the results were inconclusive as I noted above. I didn't catch where they overstated their case.

Also, question -- how would a valid study be conducted that could accurately track if test subjects are consistently wearing the given masks?

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@wokkamile @wokkamile , Tom Jefferson, interviewed in the Times by Bret Stephens said:

There is just no evidence that [masks] make any difference. Full stop. My job, our job as a review team, was to look at the evidence, we have done that.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/02/new-buzzy-cochrane-study-sets-th...

I do know that there is a very clear statement in the beginning of the report that says the study is inconclusive.

It would be accurate to say that the review examined whether interventions to promote mask wearing help to slow the spread of respiratory viruses, and that the results were inconclusive. Given the limitations in the primary evidence, the review is not able to address the question of whether mask-wearing itself reduces people's risk of contracting or spreading respiratory viruses.

https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-physical-interventions-interrupt...

And yes, this truly is the tricky bit;

how would a valid study be conducted that could accurately track if test subjects are consistently wearing the given masks?

In this case, a large RCT is probably not the best choice.

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@randtntx As I have my morning coffee, I think about mask efficacy tests.
How do the tests define "wearing"? When at work? When at school? When outside your dwelling? When sleeping? Eating? Taking a shower? Who is in that dwelling? Are they masked?
In other words, there is simply no way to test their efficacy one way or another.

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@on the cusp . The study you linked showed how it was done. The problem is compliance, consistency, knowledge, and a myriad of other factor which I am sure all of us could compile a list of.

As others have pointed out, this is an engineering problem. We can make good masks. They do it for people who work in Tuberculosis clinics. They do it for people who work in BSL-3 labs. It is not hard to do, we are smart enough. You could not hire people to work with tuberculosis patients if you did not have good PPE. It is done all the time. Why do people throw up their hands and behave as if we can not solve this problem. We know how to reduce these risks. Why don't we just do it? Why do we have to make a political argument about what is simply a public health measure?

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@randtntx tb is a bacteria, not a virus. That is what they were designed to give protection from spread.
I haven't seen any data that any mask that could block aerosol viruses unless they were so solid, you couldn't inhale.
I agree 90% is way better than none, but it only takes one of those damn virus particles to get a person infected.
If this whole problem is viewed from military prospective, the virus was meant to spread, with no way possible to stop it. It is a bioweapon. The military was successful.

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@on the cusp @on the cusp . There is the concept of viral load. If you have an area with a dense concentration of circulating virus (lets say a small room or and airplane) where air circulation is very bad, then your chances of inhaling the virus are higher. You are correct that there is a percentage of risk no matter what, but my aim is to decrease my chances of risk, and that can be done. It is not an impossible problem.

Both covid and TB are BSL-3 level pathogens and both require PPE with a minimum of N95 masks.

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@mimi

but I'm not holding my breath. Rather than creating a whole party it might be easier to just be independent. We'll see.

Alex had a funny pirate Scholz today...
Pirate Scholz stole G20 show
The whole clip is fun, but I've cued it to the Scholz comments you might enjoy...

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@Lookout
Duran a lot. Once I get my daily life in order, I hope to subscribe to a couple of sites I would hate to miss.

Pelosi wants to run again? Soon the whole political elite will run around as skeletons.

Boy oh boy, there must be something in the water in Washington DC.

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@mimi

they already are brain dead. Zombie might be more accurate than skeleton.

Hope you're hanging in there as Germany declines. We're in decline here too.

Hope your son isn't on Maui.

Take care and be well!

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Over the last couple months the gov't and its puppet masters have been coming under extreme pressure because of the total incompetence and lack of support for the people of this country....

and what are we talking about?

Covid.

(Added) It's almost like it's planned.

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@exindy
There's a reason I call it the plandemic.

From 2010...
project lockstep

Thanks for the visit!

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@on the cusp

I learned it months ago even before Dr. John...but I bought in for the longest time because it makes intuitive sense, but doesn't really work. Sometimes intuition is flawed.

Thanks for the link!

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@on the cusp @on the cusp , you cited. It shows that masks do work.

When a mannequin exposed to the virus was equipped with various masks (cotton mask, surgical mask, or N95 mask), the uptake of the virus droplets/aerosols was reduced. A cotton mask led to an approximately 20% to 40% reduction in virus uptake compared to no mask (Fig. 2B). The N95 mask had the highest protective efficacy (approximately 80% to 90% reduction) of the various masks examined; however, infectious virus penetration was measurable even when the N95 mask was completely fitted to the face with adhesive tape (Fig. 2B). In contrast, when a mask was attached to the mannequin that released virus, cotton and surgical masks blocked more than 50% of the virus transmission, whereas the N95 mask showed considerable protective efficacy

Our airborne simulation experiments showed that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks had a protective effect with respect to the transmission of infective droplets/aerosols and that the protective efficiency was higher when masks were worn by the virus spreader. Considerable viral loads have been detected in the nasal and throat swabs of asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic patients, as well as those of symptomatic patients, which suggests transmission potential (4). Accordingly, it is desirable for individuals to wear masks in public spaces.

I will gladly take a 90% reduction of viral load by wearing a mask as opposed to breathing in a full virus load. They do say masks aren't 100% effective. but 90% reduction of risk is not bad.

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00637-20

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@randtntx I will not, can't breathe when wearing them, and will not be identified as a compliant citizen on some camera on the street.
90% isn't 100%. Distance plays a part. Can't say how many times I have fallen into that rare adverse side effect group in my life.
It is so personal, so do what you want to do. It isn't for me or anyone to criticize. Vice versa.
This isn't an argument, and the differing opinion you and I have is just our individual interpretations. I do not view myself as helping or harming anyone. I am only interested, 3 yrs into this, about myself and my immediate circle of friends and family.
Interpretations differ.

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@on the cusp breathe in the 95s. I use what is called a near-95 from Korea, on those rare occasions when I don a mask for 15 min or so. Mostly not donning these days.

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@wokkamile @wokkamile and you are kept from being sick, I would be a total ass for advising you to unmask.
I will report to this site the day I get the new Covid variant, and anyone here can hammer me for not masking or vaxxing if they wish.
I will be honest and forthcoming.
Don't know about you, but my weekend was just wonderful.
edit: that was meant for randtx...

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@on the cusp , hammer you for not wearing a mask. The only time I ever hammer someone for not wearing a mask is when they are around the very high-risk people in my household.

It rained here this weekend (very briefly, 0.75 inches) and we celebrated! It was lovely. Glad you had a good one as well

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will find then in my 'underwear'.

Great Weekly Watch, I will have hours and hours to read and enjoy it. Thanks.

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@mimi

...just don't wear underwear.

Kinda like my idea don't tweet(X), be on farcebook, and or even have a cell phone. It isn't worth your time nor energy IMO.

Now C99 is worth my time.

Take care!

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The immune escape pandemic and its immunological correlates....

The pandemic isn’t over. We don’t have herd immunity and the pandemic didn’t transition into endemicity. On the contrary, mass vaccination using non-sterilizing Covid-19 vaccines turned the pandemic into an inescapable immune escape pandemic…. I am attaching below the key messages from my book as well as from a recent interview and an article I wrote about the immune correlates of viral immune escape. I can only reiterate that society in highly vaccinated countries will be caught off guard…

For more information, scan the codes on the info sheet appended below or use the following links:

Just like he predicted 3 years ago.
Videos for those who like watching videos. I’d rather have a transcript.

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@snoopydawg , I remember hearing that.

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@snoopydawg

The vax is more harmful than helpful. Sadly he can't just say it without dancing around the bush. It is a wild censored world we wade.

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and got to see excerpted screenshots from his book. Start here if interested.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vS2il5C3kkR4jyFD8-JeFIwJ...

The last 2 excerpts.

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Maybe if the jabs stopped when omicron came out things might have been different because the virus mutated into something less severe. I have no idea if this is true, but something that crossed my mind while reading this. If you read it let me know if you see the same thing.

2 bottom lines. No gain of function no outbreak. No jabs and people eventually develop herd immunity and those who got the initial virus they should have gotten early treatment with repurposed drugs that lots of doctors found worked very early in the pandemic. Didn’t McCollough speak to the Texas legislature about ivermectin months before the jabs got authorized? He should have been praised for his work. Instead he was belittled and ostracized.

This is from Geert not Campbell. Geert was saying that from the beginning. Dr. John came to it 2 years later.

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but finally got there. I was somewhere between the two. Geert saw it from the start.

Hey to Sam!

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13 min

St George was so insightful. I feel fortunate to have had him in my life.

I sing this one too... and the lemonade springs where the bluebirds sing...

Good night. See you tomorrow.

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Yesterday I made a comment up thread about the covid discussions:

Over the last couple months the gov't and its puppet masters have been coming under extreme pressure because of the total incompetence and lack of support for the people of this country....

and what are we talking about?

Covid.

(Added) It's almost like it's planned.

Perhaps some clarification...

I was NOT speaking about the 'demic... I was speaking about the fact that the commentary about covid is now once again taking front stage. In effect, that covid shit is now taking the place of the wokeisms.

Pay no attention to the corporate/banking cartels that are raping and pillaging our country in every sphere and using that theft to create a pretend financial system to force the rest of the world to bow to the wishes of that cartel.

Have wonderful day today, please. And remember, it is the passion of the people that keep this dystopia running for that day. Not the federal reserve.

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