Author: tortminder

It’s for your own good

There is only one thing that we can do to save ourselves. AVOID ALL THESE VIRUS INFESTED PLACES AT ALL COST! Do not visit places that have mandatory masking requirements, face diapers could be fatal. Do not SHOP in any places that have mandatory masking. Face diapers hold moisture that encourage disease growth.

I am nothing if not flexible. Apparently we have been doing it all wrong.

Obviously the geniuses that “rule” over our country, states, counties , cities and villages know better than us peasants what is in our own best interest.

The latest indication of this is the passage last night of a mandatory mask wearing ordinance in the city of Springfield, Missouri. Branson, Missouri is not too far behind as they have called a special meeting on Thursday to consider a masking ordinance.

It has become clear that the Chinese plague has become such a scourge that it is necessary to wear, (even if somewhat questionable in effectiveness), protective masks to avoid a horrible illness that COULD strike down as many as one-quarter of one percent of the population. (There have already been THREE deaths out of a population on 55,525 in Taney County).

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!

It is apparent that this plague is running rampant in Southwest Missouri. It is not safe to breath unmasked air in Springfield, Missouri. You are most likely committing the 2020 version of Sepukku, (what westerners call Hari-Kari), if you do.

There is only one thing that we can do to save ourselves. AVOID ALL THESE VIRUS INFESTED PLACES AT ALL COST! Do not visit places that have mandatory masking requirements, face diapers could be fatal. Do not SHOP in any places that have mandatory masking. Face diapers hold moisture that encourage disease growth. To do so would be sure suicide. Do not go to restaurants or entertainment venues that require you to wear a face diaper. SAVE YOURSELF! As our political “leaders” tell us, “it’s for our own good.”

“For our own good?” I think we have heard that phrase sometime in the past… not in English. I remember now. It was in the late 1930’s in Germany; “es ist zu Ihrem Besten.”

What’s that SMELL?!?

In my younger days I spent time in the rural wilds of Wisconsin. Aside from some very good beer and a bunch of toothsome bar food,one of the ubiquitous bar snacks were pickled hard boiled eggs, (it’s a bit of an acquired taste).

In my younger days I spent time in the rural wilds of Wisconsin. Aside from some very good beer and a bunch of toothsome bar food,one of the ubiquitous bar snacks were pickled hard boiled eggs, (it’s a bit of an acquired taste).

There are a bunch of different recipes but this is the quickest and easiest.

1 quart Mason jar

9 or ten hard boiled eggs (enough to fill the jar and don’t worry about head space.

Pack the eggs in the jar

Fill 3/4 to top with your favorite wing sauce

Fill the rest to top with white vinegar

Stick it in the fridge for nine days

Enjoy!

For simple quick pickling if you’re looking for flavor, you could use dill pickle juice, the leftover juice from pickled okra, mustard, probably Italian dressing. I’d say anything vinegar based.

Here’s a recipe that’s a tad more complicated.

Ingredients. Combine these in a sauce pan:

1) 2 Cups of White Vinegar

2) 1/2 Cup of Water

3) 1/2 Cup of White Sugar

4) 1 teaspoonful of salt

5) 1 teaspoonful pickling spice

6) 1 teaspoonful red pepper flakes

7) 4-5 cloves

8) 1 Cinnamon Stick

9) 2-3 Banana Peppers (yellow color) cut into rings (discard stems). Include the seeds as well.

10) 2-3 Green Jalapeno Peppers cut into slices

11) 1/2 Red Pepper cut into strips

12) A few rings of a freshly cut White Onion

Allow all ingredients to simmer on the stove for at least 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally while simmering.

Step 3: Combine Eggs and Broth

Remove the broth from the heat and scoop some of the peppers/onions into a Quart sized Mason Jar. Add 3 eggs. Scoop some more of the peppers/onions/spices into the jar. Add 3 more eggs. Continue to add the peppers/onions/spices and eggs. When done, pour the remaining broth into the Mason Jar, using a funnel if you like, to within a quarter inch of the top. You may have some leftover broth, depending on the size of the eggs and peppers, etc. If you are short on broth, just top off with white vinegar.

Hand tighten a lid and ring on the Mason Jar and let it cool. Then place it in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.

It’s not about a mask, it’s about control.

It’s absolutely terrifying to me that so many people do not question authority because they see that authority as “all-knowing.”

For all of my friends defending the mask, I won’t unfriend you, no matter how hard you try to push your views down my throat, but read this…

When you ask why I won’t wear a mask and say-“it’s just a mask.”… “It’s just a mask” can turn into “it’s just a vaccine” very quickly. And it will, you can bet your bottom dollar on that! In less than 5 months, our government has successfully divided the country into “obedient mask wearers” versus “selfish people that refuse to wear masks.”

“It’s just a mask you guys.” It’s for “the greater good!” Where have we heard this phrase before? In less than 5 months, our government has dictated what events are acceptable versus unacceptable to attend. Riots are okay, but church and family funerals are not. Standing in a graduation line is a “safety hazard,” but feel free to line up at Walmart, Lowe’s, and Home Depot.

But it’s “just a mask” and “safety precautions,” you guys. In less than 5 months, our government successfully facilitated the closing of family-owned businesses while granting authority to large corporations that they have vested interests in.

It’s “just a mask” and “safety precautions” you guys. Oh, and here’s a measly $1200 that we stole from you in the 1st place. Enjoy! In less than 5 months, our government was able to successfully sway the population into believing that a cashless society is a good thing! In the name of a government sponsored virus.

In less than 5 months, our government closed down schools, and has “restructured” school moving forward under the guise of “public safety” from a “virus.” These same schools fed children crap per the corrupt USDA food pyramid. But “health” matters when it comes to a government sponsored virus.

It’s “just a mask” and “heightened safety precautions,” you guys. In less than 5 months, our government demonstrated how easily people assimilate to “guidelines” (that have no scientific premise whatsoever” when they are fearful. And, what was up with all that toilet paper?

It’s “just a mask” and “six-foot social distancing”, you guys. Oh, and toilet paper. In less than 5 months, our government has successfully instilled fear in a majority of the population in America. But citizens are not “afraid” of the people in power who are responsible for the removal of their “freedoms.” Instead, they are fearful of their neighbors and family, human touch, and air. Government created division.

There are thousands of viruses that “could” affect the population, but these viruses do not matter because mainstream media do not say that they do. It’s absolutely terrifying to me that so many people do not question authority because they see that authority as “all-knowing.” It’s even more terrifying that these same people rely on corrupt “leaders” to be led, thus lacking all critical thinking skills/independence. Slaves to the system that keeps them oppressed. How quickly history is forgotten and repeated!

What’s most problematic to me about all of this is that the people who are wearing masks “for the greater good” will be the 1st to sign up for the shiny new vaccine that has 0 safety tests against and in art placebo. What’s more problematic to me is that this vaccine MAY be the deciding factor in life moving forward.

You thought a mask was inconvenient? Wait until you’re told that you cannot enter a store without proof of the Covid 19 vaccine. Wait until you cannot go to public events, or travel, without proof of having received this vaccine. To everyone who that doesn’t believe that this is possible-do you understand that our government has just successfully dictated to people when they were allowed to be outside, where they were allowed to go, and how their children would be educated, all in less than 5 months? And, a majority of the population followed blindly because they were told to do so. You’re kidding yourself if you believe that they’re not going to repeat this behavior with the vaccine.

If people have not protested the occurrences in America over the past 5 months, they will assuredly continue to abide by unsubstantiated “guidelines” that will include a vaccine.

IT’S NOT ABOUT A MASK, IT’S ABOUT CONTROL!

Prayer for Saturday, July 11, 2020

Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

In our pluralistic society today we have created a God in our own image, after our own likeness and put forth the doctrine that God is love and only love and would thus never punish sin but the truth is that God will judge all who have never repented.

The wrath of God still abides on all who have not yet believed and to believe means to be obeying and doing what God commanded.

Regardless of what the Supreme Court has ruled God overrules.

We are poor little lambs who have lost our way…

In consequence of the widespread disinformation campaign, the millions of Americans have been persuaded that their lives, labors, liberties, and freedoms were privileges granted and/or withheld by government, instead of rights secured and protected by government.

America has lost her way.

She no longer knows right from wrong. She has turned away from the way of truth and light found in the Bible and followed in the way of lust, wickedness, immorality and evil. She dances now to a different drummer.

We live in The Land of the Deceived. Man is really great on

self-deception. Self-deception is the conduct of a fool.

America is a ship of fools. And where do you think the ship is

headed? It is time to reclaim our heritage and renew ourselves and our Republic. It is time for a new American Creed;

We, the people of the United States of America, recognize that we are endowed by our Creator [1] with the birthright to absolutely own ourselves, the fruits of our labor, and exercise liberty, upon our private property and upon public ways [2]. And that we have given passive consent to those who instituted or submitted to government, on their solemn purpose to help secure our rights to life, to cure 80, privacy, and freedom [3] and not trespass upon them.

We, the people of the United States of America, have never knowingly, willingly or intentionally surrendered our inalienable rights [4] to life, liberty, and property ownership, except under the impetus of fraud, instructive fraud, misrepresentation, and withholding of material facts.

We, the people of the United States of America, demand specific performance to the compact; the constitutions of these United States. And that said constitutions, in harmony with the Declaration of Independence, delegate limited power to help secure inalienable rights of the people and forbid trespass [5] upon those rights.

In consequence of the widespread disinformation campaign, the millions of Americans have been persuaded that their lives, labors, liberties, and freedoms were privileges granted and/or withheld by government, instead of rights secured and protected by government.

And that Americans were deliberately misled to submit to false authority, contract with abominations, surrender their sovereignty, commit acts against the common good, and violate their conscience, spiritual beliefs, and/or their common sense.

We the people of the United States of America, realize that the necessary evil of government is only acceptable when it uses the awesome force of cooperation in the defense of the American people, and their common law, based upon justice, reason and common sense. And that cooperation in the attack upon the person and property of innocent people is nothing less than a version of the institution of government, and a trespass upon the people, and a treason to the United States of America.

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References:

1. Declaration of Independence, paragraph 2, “that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the government…”

2. Genesis 1:26-28, wherein man (individually) is given dominion (sovereignty) over the earth, and all that is upon it.

3. NATURAL LIBERTY-the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature. The right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons and property after the manner in which they judge most consistent with their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature, so as not to interfere in the equal exercise the same rights by other men. 1 Blackstone’s commentaries, 123

NATURAL RIGHTS-… Are the rights of life, liberty, privacy, and good reputation.-Blacks Law dictionary, 6th edition, page 1324

4. United States Constitution, article 4, section 4.

The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion.

GOVERNMENT (Republican form of government)-one in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people… directly…

-Black’s Law dictionary, 6th edition, page 695

“… At the revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the [American] people, and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects, and have none to government but themselves…”

-Justice John Jay, Chisholm versus Georgia, to U. S. 2 DAL L. 419 419 (1793)

“the people of the state, as the successors of its former sovereign, are entitled to all the rights formally belong to the king by his own prerogative.”

Lansing V. Smith, (1829) 4 Wendell 9, (NY)

“it will be admitted on all hands that with the exception of the powers granted to the states and the federal government through the constitutions, the people of the several states are unconditionally sovereign within their respective states.”

Ohio life insurance and trust company V. DeBolt 16 HO W. 416, 14 LEd. 997

5. TRESPASS-an unlawful interference with one’s person, property, or rights… Any unauthorized intrusion or invasion of private premises or land of another.

-Antkiewicz v. Motorists mutual insurance Company, 91 Michigan appellate 389, 283 N. W. 2-d 749, 753

-Black’s Law dictionary, 6th edition page 1 502

Those who consent to be governed, have surrendered their endowment, and should sit down, shut up, pay and obey

Rules for Radicals-Part 3

Should the “deep state” worst-case scenario come to pass in the days, weeks or months ahead, the darkest days of our republic will have likely begun. At that point you should assume that if the Internet goes dark or blocks all alternate media such as this blog it will begin the time for all the artificial intelligence models to kick in. It would likely usher in a purge similar to the Chinese great leap forward and ethnic cleansing on steroids.

Today will outline the final 4 “Rules for Radicals”.

10. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.” It is this unceasing pressure that results in the reactions from the opposition that are essential for the success of the campaign.

For 4 years now, the Democrats have been pushing the idea that President Trump is “corrupt”. That he was somehow under the control of Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin in spite of the fact that it was Hillary Clinton herself who sold over 50% of the US uranium to Russia during the uranium one scandal.

Since February 2020 greatest economic boom in over 50 years has been brought to a screeching halt in response to a virus that has a mortality rate of less than one quarter of a percent. Conflicting information and a raging fire of fear fanned by the false media has further divided our people.

The death of a convicted drug dealer has been used as a trigger to declare war on the police and to declare the United States society as a vehicle of institutional racism.

Week and feckless politicians at the municipal, county and state levels have brought malfeasance in office to a level never seen before in these United States. Police have been ordered to stand down, remove their protective gear under threat of suspension, and been ordered to retreat in the face of an anarchist mob. Governmental buildings have been vandalized, municipal property has been destroyed and public monuments desecrated in the name of “justice”.

11. “If you push and negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can when the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog.

Certainly the events in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017 likely qualified as “violence from the other side winning public sympathy over to the radical Democrats after one “protester” against a so-called “white supremacist” rally was run over and killed by a vehicle.

Yet from 2017 through 2020 huge numbers of violent crimes were committed against President Trump’s supporters only because they wore a. MAGA hat or carried a pro Trump sign. Since the death of Mr. Floyd in Minneapolis numerous police officers have been seriously injured and the number killed all in the name of “social justice”. Riots, looting, arson and the unacceptable injuring and maiming of innocent persons have become the “new normal” in the assault on our American culture. It is time that the silent majority breaks its silence and demands accountability for the radical left.

12. “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.

While the radical Democrats and the phony media continue to attempt to blame the President for the failure to beat the virus, the shutdown of the economy, the destruction and chaos caused by the rioters and the nebulous “institutional racism” there is some indication that the general public is beginning to have a shift in their attitude as to who is to blame.

With Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats offering no constructive alternatives to these ongoing problems, Alinsky’s rule number 12 could soon blow up in the Democrat faces should the awakening public realize the blame is on them.

13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.

Anybody who hasn’t seen the above “rule” playing out across all America over the past several years just hasn’t been paying attention. 1st they attempted to demonize President Trump (and have continued that demonization full bore every day for the past 4 years), they also went after any and all of President Trump’s supporters, characterizing us as “deplorable” or “racists” or “white supremacists” even if we might be Native Americans, black, Hispanic or lifelong Democrats.

Look what they’ve done to the independent media and anybody and everybody who didn’t toe the party line. Even many supposedly far-left independent media outlets are being “blacklisted” for having the courage to speak out.

While those in the phony media have accused Pres. Trump of destabilizing America, the very nature of Saul Alinsky’s 13 “Rules for Radicals” have been used for almost 50 years to “destabilize America”.

With Alinsky’s tactics perfected by both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton among others, the radical Democrats really did believe that they be successful at winning the 2016 election, keeping Obama’s globalist policies intact and keeping America on that long road toward ruin that they’d been pushing us down for decades.

And while Pres. Trump put a temporary stop to their agenda, we can see how perilously close we are to all of that being reversed should the “Deep State” be successful in taking down the president.

Should the “deep state” worst-case scenario come to pass in the days, weeks or months ahead, the darkest days of our republic will have likely begun. At that point you should assume that if the Internet goes dark or blocks all alternate media such as this blog it will begin the time for all the artificial intelligence models to kick in. It would likely usher in a purge similar to the Chinese great leap forward and ethnic cleansing on steroids. Should that happen it is not too paranoid to suggest you must ditch your cell phone immediately with the 1st sign of this happening because even turned off your cell phone can be used to pinpoint your location.

Just because you’re feeling paranoid does not mean that you don’t have reason to suspect that someone might be out to get you.

Rules for Radicals-Part 2

How many of the rank-and-file on the left actually believe that all of Pres. Trump’s supporters are not sees and/or racists, that we are all truly “deplorable” people and that all white people and men are “toxic” due to the lies of the radical left and phony mainstream media? In this case, the good news is, that the radical left has not learned the lesson that “the threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself” and that the true toxicity is there “Trump-derangement-syndrome” zone that so many of them are now living in.

Picking up where we left off yesterday, the next rule is probably the most effective weapon in the “Rules for Radicals” armory.

5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.

Well before the 2016 general election we witness the mainstream media apparatus in the entire Democratic Party ridiculing president Trump, from the size of his hands the size of other parts of his anatomy, the radical left is dipped to the very lowest levels attempting to bring down a man who put his life on hold in an attempt to “right” America.

They also continue to ridicule the nearly half of Americans that continue to support the president despite the mainstream media propaganda machine using the vast percentage of their coverage of him and his agenda as negative, quite literally slandering the man and his supporters.

The difference is that Donald J Trump is not your average politician. He’s a tough, smart, New York St. fighter who is an experienced counterpuncher. He seems to delight in throwing ridicule back against the likes of” crooked” Hillary Clinton, quote ignorance” Nancy Pelosi, “lyin’” Chuck Schumer, the totally corrupt “Deep State”, and the “fake news” of the mainstream media.

6. “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing and will even suggest better ones.

One of the radical left’s favorite tactics that they continue to use and keep coming back to is making their own supporters believe that they are “victims” and thus deserves special treatment because of their; sex, sexual status, color, race or religion. Sadly, it is more often than not men, Christians, or Caucasians, who are the real victims.

Also capitalizing on their constituents’ love of “free stuff”, Democrats have been able to capitalize upon “state payouts” while turning their supporters into compliant “sheep” completely dependent upon “the state” to survive.

“Victimization” and “free stuff” are two the tactics that the radical left going back to as they are tactics that continually pay off for them, buying them new loyal voters who will continue to vote Democrat while they call anyone who doesn’t agree with them and “racist”, “Nazi”, “homophobic”, “sexist” or worse.

As long as the radical left and their lapdog mainstream media allies continue to get away with labeling all of their political opponents as “racists” or other pejoratives, and their base keep buying into the lies, they’ll keep going back to that tactic over and over and over again.

7. “A tactic the drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news.

Sadly, most Democrats, and the deep state “establishment” don’t realize that they have become “old news”. The American people are beginning to wake up and soon the majority will have reached its limit to the amount of false news and phony propaganda that they are willing to accept.

The people are starting to realize that they have been lied to, gas lighted and manipulated to the point the trust is lost and belief in government of, by, and for the people is shattered.

With the fake mainstream media also attempting to drum up headline stories that will turn the masses against president Trump, even if their stories are fake news that get debunked a day or 2 later, the pressure from the media, the radical left, and the entire deep state against president Trump would have taken down any other politician already. President Trump is, surely, a most unusually strong man.

9. “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist.

The more the radical Democrats in the phony mainstream media screamed the “racist” boogie man, the more their dumbed down audience believes that there really was racism on the part of President Trump.

There is an old propaganda truism that says, “repeat a lie loud enough and often enough and people will believe it.” … That is exactly how the radical left wants their voters.

The globalists who’ve “hijacked” America have been working for years to dumbed down the American people and control our thought processes by disinformation, globalist propaganda, and now “big tech” manipulation of search engine results, the visibility of alternative content and outright censorship.

How many of the rank-and-file on the left actually believe that all of Pres. Trump’s supporters are not sees and/or racists, that we are all truly “deplorable” people and that all white people and men are “toxic” due to the lies of the radical left and phony mainstream media? In this case, the good news is, that the radical left has not learned the lesson that “the threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself” and that the true toxicity is there “Trump-derangement-syndrome” zone that so many of them are now living in.

In tomorrow’s post I will analyze the rest of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” because knowledge is power.

Rules For Radicals-Part 1

Saul Alinsky was a brilliant man. Evil, but brilliant.

Saul Alinsky was a brilliant man. Evil, but brilliant.

To understand his mind better, we only need to go to the dedication of his book rules for radicals. “Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins – or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom” – Lucifer.

Unfortunately, whether we like it or not, everyone on the Left from the Chuck Schumer on down is playing by his rules in the political arena. Not all liberals have read his book or know his name, but his tactics have become universal.

Sadly, for conservatives, when two evenly matched forces go head-to-head outside of a fairy tale, the side that tries to play nice usually ends up with its head handed to it.

So, don’t lie or become an evil person like Alinsky, but learn from what he wrote and give the Left a taste of its own medicine.

When we take a look at events of today unfolding in our political and social world, we see that Alinsky’s “13 Rules for Radicals” are being fully played out. Perhaps it is time to understand Alinsky’s “rules” and co-opt them to use against the Democrats, AntiFa, BLM and all others who would destroy our Republic.

In this series I will take a look at Alinsky’s 13 rules point by point, remembering that Hillary Clinton herself wrote her senior college thesis on this book.

In any tactical scenario, knowing the oppositions moves and methods beforehand gives an unprecedented advantage. The methods and simple rules found in Alinsky’s playbook have been the force behind progressive leftist politics and their media cohorts for the last 50 years.

Let us begin to take a look at Alinsky’s 13 Rules for Radicals with examples of each behavior now being played out.

  1. “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources-money and people. “Have-nots” must build power from flesh and blood.

Ever since Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 election, she and the Democrats have attempted to undermine the president’s agenda while their allies in the mainstream media have put out slanted and outright false stories.

  • “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear, and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone.

President Trump has successfully used a type of verbal jujitsu to diminish and in many cases eradicate the believability of the Democrat leaders. The same tactics used by the president’s press secretary against the mainstream media propaganda merchants has taken away much of their believability.

3. “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity anxiety and uncertainty.

President Trump and his surrogates has successfully turned Saul Alinsky’s rules against the Democrats and their mainstream media allies and while they continue to attempt to thwart him and his America-1st agenda, he and his surrogates continually throw their own tactics back in their faces. This is caused frustration and anxiety in the deep state and their media allies.

4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.

For a number of years, the Democrats have been successful in “making their enemies live up to their own book of rules”. Apparently, President Trump has also read Alinsky’s book and has continued forcing the Democrats to live up to their own set of rules, fighting fire with fire.

“Rules for Radicals” is considered the Bible for the left, the Democrat party playbook. Barack Obama is a disciple of this guide for community organizing. The reality is that the rules are applicable to any political cause or movement, not just one on the left side of the political spectrum.

The rules can easily be used by conservatives and libertarians to. In Alinsky’s own words, “in this book we are concerned with how to create mass organizations to seize power and give it to the people.” The time has come to fight fire with fire.

In tomorrow’s post I will continue shining light into the dark corners of “Rules for Radicals”, pointing out more ways that these principles can be used in the fight against those who would change our Republic into a tyranny of the elite.

We Do Not Consent

People who are apathetic toward their own liberty cannot eliminate Constitutional rights for those who are not.

The below is the Op-Ed that was accepted to USAToday on June 24. They deleted key phrases/paragraphs for their print paper and then they refused to print it at all online.

It is clear to me as a physician-lawyer that the disinformation about both Covid-19 and the Constitution has caused us to turn a medical issue into a legal crisis.

The scientific usefulness of a mask has been so aggressively overstated, and the foundational importance of the Constitution has been so aggressively understated, that we have normalized people screaming obscenities at each other while hiking.

The Covid virus was supposed to be contained in the kind of lab where people wear astronaut suits and go through triple sealed doors. It is a con of massive proportion to assert that now, having escaped those environs, a bandanna will magically do the trick.

After all, size matters

The pore size of cloth face coverings range from ~ 20-100 microns.   The Covid virus is 200-1000x smaller than that, at 0.1 microns. Putting up a chain link fence will not keep out a mosquito. Even the most esteemed medical journals admit their purpose is to calm anxiety. “Expanded masking protocols’ greatest contribution may be to reduce the transmission of anxiety …”

Of course, by knowledge or common sense observation, most Americans already know that masking everyone is superstition. But unlike privately carrying a lucky charm, mandating facial coverings requires the consent of the governed.

Many cultures mandate clothing that appears totally irrational to outsiders. Never have those cultures pretended that there is a scientific basis for their clothing requirement. Their leaders rule, and their citizens accept, that their choice of clothing is due to religious or cultural preference.

Not wearing a mask is not mere “personal choice” like deciding between a head covering or a t-shirt. It is a flashpoint for being a free human being who has consented to be governed but has not consented to be ruled. We do not consent to a masked America, because that is a fundamental change in American society, culture, norms, and rights.

People who are apathetic toward their own liberty cannot eliminate Constitutional rights for those who are not. This is not the first (or last) time that people who believe in superstition are screaming the loudest. The Constitution exists precisely to protect all people during times of mass hysteria.

The mask has become the most visible symbol of #socialconditioning to Americans determined to preserve individual freedom. Thus far most Americans have continued to give their consent to be governed. But you are trying our patience.

A New Revolution

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated” -Thomas Payne, The Crisis