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The hospital protocol killed their loved ones and they want justice

Stella Paul
Brownstone Institute
Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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When the federal government sent $9,000 to Patty Myers to pay for her husband's funeral, she got angry. "I didn't want to take a penny. It felt like hush money, like they were paying me to keep quiet about how my husband died in the hospital."

In a burst of inspiration, Patty decided to take the government's money and use it to make a documentary. She found a director through a church friend on Facebook and created Making A Killing, which exposes the covid hospital protocol that she believes killed her husband and thousands of other Americans.

"When I started making this film, I didn't know about the federal money driving the protocol. I do now," Patty told me. The federal money was titanic, flooding hospitals with cash that stimulated record-breaking profits. A new report from Open The Books reveals that the 20 largest nonprofit hospitals in America received more than $23 billion in federal aid during the 2018 - 2021 time period, and "their cumulative net assets soared to $324.3 billion in 2021, up from 200.6 billion in 2018." And, in a wonderful development for the hospitals' top executives, those lavish taxpayer funds enabled many of them to get paid $10 million or more a year.
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NPC

Leftists make accusations of 'economic terrorism' as conservative boycotts succeed


Zerohedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 14:25 UTC
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The concept of retail boycotts is far more often addressed among activists on the political left, primarily because they operate under the notion that they are the "underdogs" fighting against the system. In reality, the political left is the system. When almost every major corporation, every globalist foundation and every western government is funding and and enforcing your ideology, you are the oppressor, not the oppressed.

Conservatives, on the other hand, are finally learning that focusing solely on politics is a losing battle and that the "culture war" is in fact the most important issue of our era. It's sad that it took this long for the liberty minded to change strategies. This doesn't mean that they should give up on trying to put honest and sane leaders in government, it just means that relying on politicians is a gamble and taking direct action whenever possible is going to get better results.

In the past, leftists have tried to apply the mindset of strength in numbers to their own boycotts, almost always resulting in complete failure. A recent example would be the highly publicized effort by woke activists to boycott Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling's media products. Rowling is a well known progressive who probably helped to create the very intersectional social justice movement that is now trying to burn her at the stake. But this is how these things usually go with Marxists - One day you are useful to them, the next day you are a threat to them and they're putting you up against a wall.
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John Cleese refuses to remove 'Life of Brian' joke about a man becoming a woman and having a baby

Paul Sacca
The Blaze
Sun, 28 May 2023 21:45 UTC
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John Cleese
John Cleese refused to bend the knee to the outrage mob who called for a joke to be removed from an upcoming stage version of Monty Python's Life Of Brian. The controversial scene features a man claiming that he is a woman and he can have a baby.

Cleese is working on a stage production of Monty Python's "Life of Brian," a 1979 movie about a man who is mistaken for Jesus Christ. However, actors allegedly told Cleese that one scene would need to be cut out of the reproduction for it not to be offensive in today's social environment.

The scene in question features a character named "Stan" - who wants to become a woman and have babies.

Comment: Kudos to Mr. Cleese!

And for anyone who hasn't seen this classic clip:



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TV

Report says about 1 million viewers stopped watching Fox News after Tucker Carlson's exit

Jack Phillip
ZeroHedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 21:38 UTC
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Tucker Carlson
An analysis of primetime ratings shows that Fox News has seen an approximate decline of 1 million total viewers on average for its primetime lineup after the departure of Tucker Carlson in late April.

In the four weeks before Carlson left the network, Fox News' primetime hours averaged some 2.6 million total viewers. But in the four weeks after his departure, those hours are down to just 1.6 million viewers, a decline in 39 percent, according to an analysis from Mediaite.

The 8 p.m. hour that Carlson used to have also declined significantly, according to ratings. Carlson had averaged some 3.2 million viewers in the weeks before he left, but the replacement show — "Fox News Tonight" — is down to 1.49 million viewers on average.

When announcing Carlson's exit, Fox News signaled that the new program would be temporary and would include a rotating cast of hosts. Brian Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones, Will Cain, Kayleigh McEnany, and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) have hosted the 8 p.m. show in the meantime.

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Bullseye

Texas legislators pass bill allowing removal of 'rogue' prosecutors who fail to enforce laws

Katabella Robert
ZeroHedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 20:03 UTC
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The Texas Legislature passed a bill on May 28 that could pave the way for locally elected prosecutors to be removed from office for misconduct if they fail to enforce certain laws.

House Bill 17 (pdf) was introduced by Republican state Sen. Joan Huffman earlier this year and it passed the Senate Sunday in a 20-11 vote after passing both legislative houses in April.

It now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk to be signed into law.

Under the legislation, Texas residents who have lived in a county for at least six months may file a petition against a prosecuting attorney accusing them of misconduct if the top local prosecutor fails to "prosecute a class or type of criminal offense under state law," or if they instruct law enforcement to "refuse to arrest individuals suspected of committing a class or type of offense under state law."

Comment: Every state suffering from a Soros-installed DA, whether city,county, or state level, needs to emulate Texas. Looking at you California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and every other state on the downhill slide.

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At high school debates, debate is no longer allowed

James Fishback
The Free Press
Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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Members of the Walter Johnson High School debate team in Bethesda, Maryland, take part in an American tradition in 2005.
At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue 'capitalism can reduce poverty' or 'Israel has a right to defend itself' will lose — no questions asked.

My four years on a high school debate team in Broward County, Florida, taught me to challenge ideas, question assumptions, and think outside the box. It also helped me overcome a terrible childhood stutter. And I wasn't half-bad: I placed ninth my first time at the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) nationals, sixth at the Harvard national, and was runner-up at the Emory national.

After college, between 2017 and 2019, I coached a debate team at an underprivileged high school in Miami. There, I witnessed the pillars of high school debate start to crumble. Since then, the decline has continued, from a competition that rewards evidence and reasoning to one that punishes students for what they say and how they say it.
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Eye 2

New trove of Jeffrey Epstein's files entries reveals pedophile's powerful connections

Daniel Bates
The Daily Mail
Tue, 30 May 2023 18:46 UTC
Jeffrey Epstein
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DailyMail.com obtained a trove of Jeffrey Epstein's private calendars and emails that shows the late pedophile's close connections to presidents, prime ministers and royalty
Unprecedented insight into late pedophile's network of power and influence that includes Chris Rock, Peter Thiel, Richard Branson and Irina Shayk

A vast trove of Jeffrey Epstein's private calendars and emails are being revealed today by DailyMail.com. The hundreds of pages in the files give an unprecedented insight into the late pedophile's extraordinary network of power and influence.

Among the revelations is that Epstein appeared to know personal details about the marriage of Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda - while magician David Blaine had numerous dinners with the financier. Presidents, prime ministers, royalty and famous names previously not linked to Epstein are also featured in the hundreds of pages of documents. They show that Epstein courted the world's elite even after serving 13 months in jail for having sex with underage girls - and being labeled a registered sex offender.

As he sought to rehabilitate his image, dozens of powerful people were scheduled to meet him including Irina Shayk, Chris Rock, Wendi Murdoch and Richard Branson. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, early Facebook investor Sean Parker, artist Jeff Koons, JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon and music industry executive Tommy Mottola, who used to be married to Mariah Carey, are also among those who appear in the documents.

Comment: With a pedophile conviction dating back to 2008, none of these people have any excuse. Looks like they've been caught in CIA-Mossad 'fun and games' blackmail,. Who knows where that will lead.

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Eye 1

Kohl's faces shopper uproar after becoming latest retailer to market LGBTQ clothing to children: 'Disgusting'


Fox News
Mon, 29 May 2023 17:12 UTC
Kohl's Pride clothing infants
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The Kohl's website displays various clothing items for newborns and infants.
Shoppers are criticizing Kohl's after the department store became the latest major retailer to sell LGBTQ clothing for infants and young kids.

Various social media accounts posted a plethora of Pride Month merchandise, including a "Baby Sonoma Community Pride Bodysuit set" designed for 3-month, 6-month and 9-month-old kids. The outfit depicts what appears to be a lesbian couple with a dog and three children, including a young boy in a wheelchair. One of the adults in the drawing carries a progressive pride flag.

Other merchandise includes a "Love Is Love" banner, towels, bibs, candles, shorts, and pillows.
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People

Divisive societal collectivism is a primary driver of total control over the people

Gary D. Barnett
LewRockwell.com
Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00 UTC
Divisive Societal Collectivism
"But we must realize that even this tendency to restrict the exploitation of class privileges is a fairly common ingredient of totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is not simply amoral. It is the morality of the closed society — of the group, or of the tribe; it is not individual selfishness, but it is collective selfishness."

~ Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies - Volume One: The Spell of Plato
The might of the State relies exclusively on the destruction of the individual, and participation, acceptance, allowance, and support of State as god, by the collective members of 'society,' who have succumbed to the State's efforts to divide them into a multitude of groups at odds with every other group. The focus of this purposeful mass antagonism is to build differing aggressive personalities in order to set the stage for unrestrained division and chaos. This intentional distractive methodology pits one against another, in the age old strategy of divide and conquer. It has worked against the people and their freedom for most all of history, but has taken on new meaning in this immoral, consumption-based, irresponsible, apathetic, and postmodern culture, now consumed by a cold technological existence.
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Pirates

Dropped charges for 'white supremacist' who drove U-Haul into WH barricade raises eyebrows

Vivek Saxena
BPR
Tue, 30 May 2023 16:10 UTC
U-haul Nazi
Critics are crying foul over the decision by Washington, D.C. prosecutors to drop nearly all of the charges originally faced by the man who allegedly rammed into White House security barriers earlier this week.

As previously reported, on Monday evening a man in a U-Haul replete with a Nazi flag crashed into a White House barricade. This man was later identified as Sai Varshith Kandula, a nonwhite, noncitizen 19-year-old from Chesterfield, Missouri.

Following the altercation, he was arrested and "charged with threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member, as well as assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, trespassing and destruction of federal property," according to the New York Post.

But then something extraordinary happened — prosecutors dropped every single charge, leaving Kandula with nothing but "a single count of depredation of property of the United States in excess of $1,000," the Post notes.
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