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LEVIATHAN MUST BE STOPPED by Jeffrey A. Tucker 020723

The past three years have been a demonstration project in tyranny. A mighty hegemon of government, media, tech corporations, and medical elite took charge of most nations, overriding the law, traditions, and civic rituals of billions of people. In the wake of this great experiment, all we see is catastrophe.

But that isn’t what they see. What they see is opportunity and a path to the future. That’s why there have been no apologies, no reforms, and no coming to terms. There have been some mild utterances to the effect that not everything has gone as planned. Even those have been few and far between.

IN THE SWEEP OF HISTORY, THE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE OF POWER ON A GLOBAL SCALE EVER SEEN—IF BY SUCCESSFUL, WE MEAN DRAMATICALLY INTENSIFYING THE WEALTH TRANSFER FROM THE PEASANTS TO ELITES AND CONTROL OF A RULING CLASS OVER THE WHOLE POPULATION IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

In that, what began in disease panic has been more successful than any heresy hunt in the Middle Ages, sedition purge in the early modern era, or war in our times. IT WAS BRILLIANT AND SPECTACULARLY EFFECTIVE. THEREFORE, OF COURSE, THEY WILL TRY IT AGAIN, BUILDING FROM THIS EPISODE TO DO EVER MORE. Whatever victories we seem to have won—the rollback of vaccine mandates, the successful court cases, the opinion polls showing that people are angry—need to be understood in this light.

THERE WILL BE MORE AND THEY WILL BE INSTITUTIONALIZED.

Continued at https://www.theepochtimes.com/leviathan-must-be-stopped_5032634.html [EMPHASES added.]

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Heh. And now we're shooting down unidentified objects over Alaska. It'll be interesting to see what happens this weekend, what with the Super Bowl and all, eh?

Or as Cipher put it to Neo: "Buckle up, Dorothy, cuz Kansas is goin bye-bye."

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THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON HOAX by Paul Craig Roberts 020823

After the Russiagate Hoax, the Covid hoax, and the Insurrection hoax, We now Have the Chinese Spy Balloon Hoax

According to Washington and the whore media, China sent a balloon that the Pentagon said “could” be loaded with explosives to spy on America. A top general said that similar balloons have entered US airspace undetected before. The balloon is huge–200 feet tall weighing in excess of a couple thousand pounds. So if such a large object can enter our airspace undetected, does this mean far smaller ICBMs can also?

DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IS THE PURPOSEFUL CREATION OF AN INCIDENT FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES TO STOKE UP MORE ANIMOSITY AGAINST CHINA, AND TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON DEFENSE IN ASIA. WE DON’T HAVE A MALAYSIAN AIRLINER TO BLAME ON CHINA, BUT WE DO HAVE A WEATHER BALLOON.

After receiving a brainwashing by a Pentagon briefing, Rep. Jim Himes (D,Conn.) says that US officials will “learn a lot” from the pieces of the “Chinese spy craft” that was shot down.

Two other d…..t House members, one a Republican, one a Democrat declare the blown-off-course weather balloon “a violation of American sovereignty.”

The Chinese explanation is the only one that makes any sense:

“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to an unforeseen and unintended outcome. The Chinese side will continue communicating with the US side and properly handle this unexpected situation caused by wind and limited steering capability.” (A translation uses the term “force majeure,” an unforeseen event.)

But THE SPY STORY CONTINUES. IT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO WORSEN RELATIONS WITH CHINA, THE SECOND NUCLEAR POWER THAT WASHINGTON IS DOING EVERYTHING IT POSSIBLY CAN TO ANTAGONIZE. KEEP IN MIND THAT IN THESE DAYS SPYING IS DONE BY SATELLITES, NOT BY WEATHER BALLOONS. IF CHINA IS USING BALLOONS TO SPY ON THE US, WHY DID CHINA SEND A BALLOON OVER COLUMBIA. WHY IS CHINA SPYING ON SOUTH AMERICA?

The Columbian military determined that the balloon posed no threat to national security, defense, or air safety. Washington lacks the capability of the Columbian military, because Washington is in the business of creating a hoax issue.

TRY TO THINK OF SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT. Dallas? Tonkin Gulf? Ruby Ridge? Waco? Oklahoma City Bombing? 9/11? Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction? Assad’s use of chemical weapons? Gaddafi? Russiagate? January 6 insurrection? Covid? Covid vaccine? Ukraine? Malaysian airliner? FIND ONE THING THAT WAS TRUE.

All the government’s lies, parroted by the presstitutes, are designed to advance secret agendas. THE PEOPLE ARE BRAINWASHED WITH LIES SO THAT THEY GO ALONG WITH THE AGENDAS. THAT IS THE WAY THE US GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS. THERE IS NO LONGER AN AMERICAN MEDIA. JUST AN INDOCTRINATION MINISTRY. ONLY OFFICIAL NARRATIVES PLEASE. ALL ELSE IS MISINFORMATION.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/paul-craig-roberts/the-chinese-spy-balloon-hoax/ [EMPHASES added.]

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THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON HOAX by Paul Craig Roberts 020823

After the Russiagate Hoax, the Covid hoax, and the Insurrection hoax, We now Have the Chinese Spy Balloon Hoax

According to Washington and the whore media, China sent a balloon that the Pentagon said “could” be loaded with explosives to spy on America. A top general said that similar balloons have entered US airspace undetected before. The balloon is huge–200 feet tall weighing in excess of a couple thousand pounds. So if such a large object can enter our airspace undetected, does this mean far smaller ICBMs can also?

DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IS THE PURPOSEFUL CREATION OF AN INCIDENT FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES TO STOKE UP MORE ANIMOSITY AGAINST CHINA, AND TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON DEFENSE IN ASIA. WE DON’T HAVE A MALAYSIAN AIRLINER TO BLAME ON CHINA, BUT WE DO HAVE A WEATHER BALLOON.

After receiving a brainwashing by a Pentagon briefing, Rep. Jim Himes (D,Conn.) says that US officials will “learn a lot” from the pieces of the “Chinese spy craft” that was shot down.

Two other d…..t House members, one a Republican, one a Democrat declare the blown-off-course weather balloon “a violation of American sovereignty.”

The Chinese explanation is the only one that makes any sense:

“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to an unforeseen and unintended outcome. The Chinese side will continue communicating with the US side and properly handle this unexpected situation caused by wind and limited steering capability.” (A translation uses the term “force majeure,” an unforeseen event.)

But THE SPY STORY CONTINUES. IT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO WORSEN RELATIONS WITH CHINA, THE SECOND NUCLEAR POWER THAT WASHINGTON IS DOING EVERYTHING IT POSSIBLY CAN TO ANTAGONIZE. KEEP IN MIND THAT IN THESE DAYS SPYING IS DONE BY SATELLITES, NOT BY WEATHER BALLOONS. IF CHINA IS USING BALLOONS TO SPY ON THE US, WHY DID CHINA SEND A BALLOON OVER COLUMBIA. WHY IS CHINA SPYING ON SOUTH AMERICA?

The Columbian military determined that the balloon posed no threat to national security, defense, or air safety. Washington lacks the capability of the Columbian military, because Washington is in the business of creating a hoax issue.

TRY TO THINK OF SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT. Dallas? Tonkin Gulf? Ruby Ridge? Waco? Oklahoma City Bombing? 9/11? Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction? Assad’s use of chemical weapons? Gaddafi? Russiagate? January 6 insurrection? Covid? Covid vaccine? Ukraine? Malaysian airliner? FIND ONE THING THAT WAS TRUE.

All the government’s lies, parroted by the presstitutes, are designed to advance secret agendas. THE PEOPLE ARE BRAINWASHED WITH LIES SO THAT THEY GO ALONG WITH THE AGENDAS. THAT IS THE WAY THE US GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS. THERE IS NO LONGER AN AMERICAN MEDIA. JUST AN INDOCTRINATION MINISTRY. ONLY OFFICIAL NARRATIVES PLEASE. ALL ELSE IS MISINFORMATION.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/paul-craig-roberts/the-chinese-spy-balloon-hoax/ [EMPHASES added.]

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1956 Hungary - we didn't risk a war to save it, though some called for it

1968 Czechoslovakia - we didn't risk a war to save it, though some called for it

The USSR until 1991 - we didn't declare war to get rid of it, though some called for it

Thanks to not rushing in, we did not provoke a nuclear war. Hungary and Czechoslovakia (now split into two countries) are free of Russian domination. The USSR no longer exists. These were all made possible by the continued existence of the world up to now.

Let the world as we know it continue on rather than risk ending it over nuclear power confrontation. Bad stuff happens, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia and now in Ukraine. But good things can eventually happen. Let's not risk worldwide disaster, a world of which Ukraine is only a small part, for the speculative, certainly not guaranteed saving of Ukraine through escalation.

The US is taking upon itself gambling the whole world without the world's consent, and doing it eagerly. The world's only superpower has gone insane, losing all perspective, and that's not a little frightening.

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One answer to the question of “Why is there still War?” is because there is a great deal of money to be made from it. One way to confront, combat, and eliminate that would be… :

A NO WAR-FOR-PROFIT AMENDMENT to the Constitution of The United States

1. Any and/or All organizations or individuals doing business with the Military-Industrial-FatherLand Security Complex [MIFLC, aka the MICC and the MICCIMATT] will and thus must be publicly-held NON-PROFIT enterprises.

2. No individual, bank, and/ or any other financial or other institution [including foreign nations’ and their money-lenders] doing business with the MIFLS-C may earn any interest or other profit from loans, bonds, or any other fiduciary instruments used by the Government of The United States to finance or otherwise “pay for” this nation’s Wars-by-Credit Card of the 21st century.

3. No print, electronic, and/or internet-based news or otherwise info-entertainment media organization may be owned and/or operated by any organization or individual doing business with the MIFLS-C.

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Shared to FB. You ask the same questions I, or any other critically-thinking should ask following that typical bit of NYT propaganda. How anyone can not see how committed a war-mongering mouth of the MICCIMATT complex they have become, is a question I can't satisfactorily answer. Maybe it's the crossword puzzles or the Arts Section? Or because they're dutifully on Team Blue instead of Team Red?

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'autocracy' is putin doing ehat kennedy did on oct 1962.

democracy is the progeny of our maidan coup of 2014, a little help from the straussians.

straussian neocons are the paragon of democracy and liberal society.

for democrats "our democracy" is same as 'our autocracy'....

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