It’s not the most original observation you’ll read this week, but it’s one of the most important: the news lies to you by omission.
Shocked? I thought not. But let’s really interrogate what this means.
All of us (presumably) would agree with the observation that “the news is lying to you.” But most people hearing that statement immediately interpret it to mean that the news is lying by commission, i.e., deliberately spreading information that they know to be untrue.
While this is certainly true sometimes (and we can all think of examples of the news outright lying about the facts of a case), blatant lies about verifiable facts represent only a tiny fraction of the media’s mendacity. Most of the time, the talking heads of the corporate mouthpiece media are not telling fibs, per se; they’re just leaving out vital pieces of the story.
Often, this type of lying—lying by omission—is a more effective means of duping the public than telling provably untrue statements about independent reality. When the talking heads of the corporate media leave out the proper context for a story, the audience can be led to incorrect conclusions about the world. And, since these perfidious presstitutes haven’t technically said anything that’s untrue, they can never be caught in their lie. They maintain a plausible denial that they just didn’t know the rest of the story.
In the interest of learning how to really read the news, then, let’s look at an example of a news story where the media is hiding key information from the public and see what that news story looks like when we add the relevant context.
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by James Corbett It’s not the most original observation you’ll read this week, but it’s one of the most important: the news lies to you by omission. Shocked? I thought not. But let’s really interrogate what this means. All of us (presumably) would agree with the observation that “the news is lying to you.” But most people hearing that statement immediately interpret it to mean that the news is lying by commission, i.e., deliberately spreading information that they know to be untrue. While this is certainly true sometimes (and we can all think of examples of the news outright lying about the facts of a case), blatant lies about verifiable facts represent only a tiny fraction of the media’s mendacity. Most of the time, the talking heads of the corporate mouthpiece media are not telling fibs, per se; they’re just leaving out vital pieces of the story. Often, this type of lying—lying by omission—is a more effective means of duping the public than telling provably untrue statements about independent reality. When the talking heads of the corporate media leave out the proper context for a story, the audience can be led to incorrect conclusions about the world. And, since these perfidious presstitutes haven’t technically said anything that’s untrue, they can never be caught in their lie. They maintain plausible deniability about whether they knew the missing parts of the story. In the interest of learning how to really read the news, then, let’s look at an example of a news story where the media is hiding key information from the public and see what that news story looks like when we add the relevant context. Hopefully you’ll remember the Novichok nonsense that took place in Salisbury in 2018. If not, you’ll definitely want to go back and re-read my article on how “The Russian Poison Story is WMD 2.0” and follow that up with a deep dive into the archive of Craig Murray’s coverage of the subject and The Blogmire’s excellent summary of the story. In case you need a refresher, you can do what the normies do: turn to Wikipedia! Here’s the first paragraph of the wiki summary of the story:
While everyone who was following the news at the time has likely heard various pieces of this narrative as it was being reported, only those obsessives who were really following all of the twists and turns in the case will know the incredible absurdities that were casually revealed and quickly buried in the weeks and months after the story fell out of the limelight. Those absurdities include:
I could go on. And on and on. (Trust me, we’ve only scratched the surface of the absurdity here.) But if you’re reading this article in the first place, you likely know the drill by now: a spectacular event takes place, it’s shoved down the public’s throat as part of a campaign to demonize the bogeyman du jour, and it’s promptly dropped as soon as contradictions or uncomfortable questions start to arise about what really happened. In this case, the propagandistic value of the Skripal case is hardly difficult to divine. It was those dastardly Russians, sending their spies into the heart of enemy territory to kill an old retired double agent who hadn’t been relevant to them in years because . . . reasons? And they did it in the most incredibly complicated (and ultimately ineffectual) way possible because . . . Putin wanted everyone to know that he was capable of (not quite) poisoning people in foreign countries? . . . Or something like that. Just don’t ponder it too deeply. But just when you thought that particular piece of absurdity had played itself out, it’s back! That’s right, there’s been another high-profile novichok poisoning! This time the target was a person that the corporate lapdog press is referring to as the “leader” of the Russian “opposition,” Alexei Navalny. Apparently, Putin didn’t think he made his point well enough with the Skripals so he has once again resorted to using an arcane, elaborate, and ultimately ineffective poison to (not quite) kill his enemy in a way that would inevitably be immediately tied directly back to himself. The fiend! . . . Or so the MSM would want you to believe. The truth, as always, is a little more complicated. Kit Knightly over at Off-Guardian breaks it down expertly in his article on the story:
Sigh. Here we go again. An incredibly unlikely narrative is being shoved down the public’s throat in order to blame that arch-bogeyman, Vladimir Putin. Never mind that the story makes no sense on its face. Never mind that Moscow granted permission for Navalny (who is barely a blip on the Russian political radar) to leave the country for medical treatment, thus ensuring that their super-secret plan to poison him with novichok would be uncovered and publicized to the world. (As Luke Harding helpfully explains in The Guardian: “The logical conclusion: Moscow wants the world to know.”) Never mind that it would make no sense for Putin to kill his opponent in such a way (namely, using a mysterious nerve agent that he had been blamed for using in the past and would inevitably implicate himself). Never mind that this super-deadly nerve agent failed to kill the last opponents that he supposedly tried to use it on (and never mind that it has apparently failed once again). Never mind any of this. The answer to any and all questions about the logic of this story is the same answer that the MSM offers to anyone who dares question why Assad would use messy and horribly ineffective chemical weapons on his own people when his military is on the brink of complete victory over the CIA-supported terrorists in his country. The answer is that Putin, just like Assad, is an insane, bloodthirsty, suicidal monster. . . . And yet, that hardly seems like a satisfying answer to anyone with two brain cells to rub together, does it? It’s almost like there’s another part to this story, a missing puzzle piece that would help us understand what’s really happening here. And there is: “Germany pressed to rethink Nord Stream 2 pipeline after Navalny poisoning” Surprise, surprise. It looks like the Navalny case is giving all the opponents of Nord Stream 2 another excuse to derail the project. If you’ve been following the pipeline politics that are reshaping diplomatic relations in Eurasia, you’ll know that the US has used every trick in the book to halt the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. And if you haven’t been following those pipeline politics, you’ll want to re-read my 2017 article on “US Battles Russia for Heart of the EU,” in which I noted:
As I reported at the time, the US imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia in 2017 and, surprisingly, the EU actually pushed back on those sanctions. Of course, they only pushed back because the sanctions were targeting European business interests, specifically any and all companies working with Russia in developing the Nord Stream 2 project. But however self-serving that pushback may have been, the incident did demonstrate there is a significant and rising faction in the EUreaucracy who favour building EU independence from the US and pursuing EU business interests, even if those interests are linked to Russia and/or China. But now the latest dirty trick is being played to scuttle the pipeline project: the poisoning of Navalny with novichok, the nerve agent Absolutely 100% Guaranteed to Be Used Exclusively by the Russian Government or Your Money Back. And it appears this ploy is working. As Rothschild Reuters reports:
But even here we can detect the “lie by omission” strategy that is skewing our perception of this event. The only two people cited in the article as “pressuring” Merkel to end the pipeline deal are Norbert Roettgen, described as “the conservative head of Germany’s parliamentary foreign affairs committee,” and Wolfgang Ischinger, described as “chairman of the Munich Security Conference and a former ambassador to Washington.” What Reuters fails to inform its readers is that Norbert Roettgen is a co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations and a committed Russophobe who has been calling for a more aggressive German foreign policy against the Russians for years. Also missing from the Reuters report is that Wolfgang Ischinger is also a consummate globalist insider, sitting on the board of the Atlantic Council, the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of International Security and a raft of other globalist bodies. So, to summarize: Merkel is under “mounting pressure” to scuttle Nord Stream 2 because of the phony-as-a-three-euro-bill Navalny novichok incident. This “pressure” is coming from precisely two men, both well-connected globalist insiders, and neither particularly influential in German politics. Merkel herself, as Reuters admits, “has been unwavering in her support for the [Nord Stream] project” and has shown no sign whatsoever that she is even thinking of stopping the pipeline over the incident. But Reuters makes it a headline story and implies that her government is on the brink of succumbing to the pressure. This is how the news is really reported. In bits and pieces, like a puzzle with only enough pieces there to give the audience an (often mistaken) impression of the events in question. Other pieces of the puzzle may be provided later, as the story unfolds, but only for the purpose of further misleading the public with even more poorly reported information lacking in key details. Sadly, this is the status quo of modern corporate mainstream dinosaur media. And the fact that this context-poor, misleading reporting is the norm these days means it falls on the readers of the news to fill in the gaps in these stories themselves. This often involves independent research and the ability to fit together disparate pieces of information reported in bits and pieces over many months and even years. Naturally, it isn’t feasible for every individual to do this with every story they ever see in the media. But at least keep this in mind: if you have only read one report on a major news event, you not only don’t know the full story of that event but you may be even worse off than if you had never read it at all. Alexander Pope may have meant it as a warning when he penned the famous line “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” Unfortunately for humanity, the globalists and their media mouthpieces have managed to turn that observation into a business model. |
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Wouldn’t it be nice if we ignored the stream of slop and chose to look the other way 99% of the time. Then the remaining 1% left we could act like a efficient ninjas casting arrows coming from the right place. Just floating ideas here.
If a tree falls and makes a sound and there is no-one there to hear it, does it make a sound? My thoughts on this are it is cause and effect, if the conditions are right there will be something named a sound that will be perceived. But there will never be a sound or anything else for that matter that exists independently on its own without being determined by other conditions. So if we can make the causes and conditions ripe for peace and prosperity by only allowing goodness in our lives then in a sense all the gloomy doom stuff will disappear.
We can then affect the real change that is beyond the argument realms. To above and beyond.
One of the ways to do this is to listen to music/writings etc..from people with pure hearts. Hold them dear
This band Zen Wurrlitzer does it for me
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=qnTHl6cJzPM
Debra B, Sust and Ruby. Not sure if you guys saw it but I replied to your comment here in regards to acting in a sane way to an insane world here https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1572-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comment-92883
Correctamundo! A higher learning, perhaps that’s where we are going. It sure is an uncomfortable experience being in the world going and against the grain. Think the causes and conditions are ripe for us to just pop out this dull vibration
Corbett’s article “How To Read The News” is impressive.
In the beginning, as I was reading, I thought the subject matter was pretty dry.
But I sat up straight when he got to
“Germany pressed to rethink Nord Stream 2 pipeline after Navalny poisoning”
I have been watching natural gas, here and abroad. Natural gas will play a major energy role in the future decade.
The last two paragraphs were a good close.
“Business Model” is an appropriate term.
I liked this Corbett line:
“But at least keep this in mind:
if you have only read one report on a major news event, you not only don’t know the full story of that event but you may be even worse off than if you had never read it at all.”
That is a good example of how they twist the story. The attack on conspiracy theorists is hardcore. My BBC addicted mum talks about dangerous conspiracy theorists every time we talk not realising I am one. It is powerful and effective. What do we do to counter that? I have thought about making a tinfoil mask to wear in the shops, perhaps embracing those terms and making light of those terms is the way to go.
You could talk about things historical that she knows about from the normie side, having lived thru them, and bring new facts up… things like the “incubator babies” being a flat out lie, or some one the weirdness about the Brixton Bomber and how he was allowed to carry on doing his thing https://www.borderland.co.uk/
is a good UK source for weirdness like that, factual, though he leans rather left in bias.
If she sees things like that in the past she may come to see them in the present.
Yes, I have given her some examples, like Tony Blair and his weapon of mass destruction. That usually does the trick
This is the opening sentence of this Sunday’s editorial in the Tampa paper entitled,
Vaccine Release Shouldn’t Be On A Political Timetable
“The federal government should be sending a single message about the corona virus vaccine-that when one arrives, it will be safe and effective.”
The editorial predictably goes on to bash Trump and extol “these agencies and others involved in managing the pandemic”. Which it claims are “a last line of defense in protecting public health. And “should be unquestionably above political suspicion”.
“America’s experience and ability to manufacture and distribute a vaccine is enormous, once scientists figure out which ones work. There’s no need to raise uncertainty about the safety and effectiveness of a vaccine by overselling the science or short-circuiting the rigor of the development process. Politicizing the virus is one thing; doing the same to a remedy would be disastrous.”
The editorial closes with this.
“A vaccine is vital for getting the economy and society back on track. Consumers need the confidence to leave home more often. Workers need it to return to the office. And all Americans need confidence in the nation’s scientists and regulators. Their handling of these clinical trials will affect broader attitudes about vaccinations. The stakes require getting this right. That should be the government’s chief focus and public pledge.”
Sigh. The gist seems to be. Stay ignorant, trust me and comply.
Thankfully, I am much less naive and gullible than I used to be. And I am careful to examine whatever I find credible and convincing information being cognitive of any tendency to be led by emotions.
At the same time I have to acknowledge that it is my emotions that motivate me to care. So I need to keep it all balanced while I sift through the overwhelming amount of information trying my best to discern who is lying and who is not. Trying not to succumb to depression in the face of what seems to be some horrible prospects ahead while feeling pretty much helpless to do anything about it.
All the while trying not to feel too guilty about my complicity in the evil for the first fifty years of my life. And trying to deal with the sick part of my psychology that in some small way finds this all incredibly interesting and uses the incredible, unprecedented events of these days to keep myself engaged in life. I am ashamed of myself for that.
Thanks for your thoughts. You seem wise.
Thank you for taking the time to write such a heartfelt and sincere reply.
I have way too little knowledge about way too many things and am often adrift. If not for generous souls willing to share what life has taught them, usually the hard way, I would surely have given up long ago.
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Corbett’s “Recommended Viewing” of “It’s Just an App Bro!”
“Computing Forever” lays out the map very clearly. (14 minutes)
This probably will be the next step in the United States if Ireland pans out on their pilot program.
In fact, the recent headlines in the U.S. about a rushed vaccine as soon as November might be a ruse. It might be a ploy to convince the public to accept another “milder” alternative like the “Health Passport Ireland”.
In sales, you always give the customer a choice…
“Would you like a rushed mRNA vaccine now or would you prefer a Health Passport?”
The other day, I posted the 2 minute video “Health Passport Ireland”.
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1574-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comment-92835
There was one or two episodes where Corbett shows the Chinese phone colors on their health app. I couldn’t locate it, but you see clips in the “Computing Forever” video.
On my FB feed there was a sponsored add for that dastard app. It had 3000 thumbs down compared to 38 thumbs up.
Since then the whole page has been removed. Who would guess that the people don’t want to be tested and tested and vaccinated tested and vaccinated.
You can contact them here on their website and tell them what for.
https://www.healthpassportireland.ie/
The “Health Passport Ireland” ad.
It had 3000 thumbs down compared to 38 thumbs up.
James, you’re just a conspiracy theorist who attempts to put together a story that will give comfort to your world view. That’s all conspiracy theorists are! They don’t care about the hard facts, they just want this confusing world to make sense! 😉
Haha. Well said. Your correct definition reminds me of this video segment:
https://youtu.be/yuC_4mGTs98?t=69
“We need to accept that the world’s mainstream media, consisting of some fifty or sixty slop buckets a few decades ago, now consist of five or six slop buckets. Even Comcast was not so enormous that it could not be gobbled by GE.”
Perhaps you meant we have to ‘understand that….”, but to accept it?
No, we have to understand the monopolies that run the agenda for elites (and why and how they exist) but to accept it would be stultifying and pretty much accepting subjective and objective servitude.
What we must do is rebel against it not simply through not accepting the psy-op but building alternatives like this site or at least promoting them.
With literacy now vanishing, both media literacy and certainly print, what happens is that we as humans become dumber and dumber and more susceptible to the fascist message and manipulation.
So, no do not accept it, know it and rebel against it.
I assume you are referring to “Three Days of the Condor”, robert.t?
Fabulous movie. I can’t remember if I took more notice of the end of the film from something on the Corbett Report or another independent site.
We are all relieved and satisfied when Robert Redford tells Cliff Robertson he’s mailed his report to the New York Times. “How’s THAT?” we smugly ask.
Until Cliff Roberston answers him. And you hike your jaw up from the floor.
You’ll have to watch the movie, folks.
Great work James. I see you have some shills who have decided to register with your site to give you nonsense. Since we go back ten years I have to say your integrity and detail oriented work is quite refreshing, from your Panopticon work and your 5 Min breakdown of 9/11 to today’s work ****
Regarding the “truth” I have been singing about it for a long time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhO6Fj9aY0
My best to you and yours.
10 years, that’s awesome.
Corbett has made me laugh and cry in the 3 years I have been watching. To be frank this world is a better place with him in it. Does a shill still make a comment if there is nobody around to argue with ?
I miss I Shot Santa
Yea, I like Jim Bob too. (Jim Bob is “I Shot Santa”) He’s got a history here at Corbett Report. That ol’ cuss just can’t stay out of those bar fights.
“I Shot Santa” (ISS) (Jim Bob) “WingSuitFreak”
I should say some more, because I may have played a role with his no longer being here.
Not many weeks ago, I Shot Santa was making a lot of comments on a thread. He threw some disparaging remarks and name-calling insults to a Corbett Report member. In no uncertain terms, I told Jim Bob to cut it out. Jim Bob just got more riled and double downed. I asked him to retain his humanity, his compassion.
(See the “Chito” video lower on the thread.)
Not long afterwards, I noticed that “I Shot Santa” was no longer commenting. I am guessing that James Corbett cut Jim Bob loose for the vitriolic attack of another member’s character.
Way back, there was another time that “I Shot Santa” disappeared from the comment boards. It also followed a bar fight where he was involved with some pistol whipping (name calling). I really like the guy, and still do.
I should say something else. I am not a moderator here at Corbett Report, nor do I have any kind of special relationship with James Corbett. Like many, I have been publicly corrected or chided for my poor comment format by Corbett. I can only imagine the “What?…oh my gosh?!” hand slap to the forehead when James Corbett reads some of my “off the wall” comments. Corbett must have a high tolerance level. Once a year, typically in December, we exchange a very, very brief email when I send him a yearly amount as a Corbett Member. That’s it. I have the same rank and standing as every other Corbett Report member. I like it that way. I’m not here for rank nor glory nor praise.
HRS, I am grateful for what you do around here. Numerous times have you brought my attention to something that I would surely have missed. So thanks.
I like to think that old ISS is enjoying his river and preparing for the shit storm on the horizon.
Perhaps JC did bring out the ban hammer but I doubt it. We’re all big boys and girls around here and I bet James has much better things to do than to babysit us.
I won’t be surprised when ISS pops back in and updates us on what he has been up to.
But I do miss the acerbic SOB though. Hope he is faring well.
Thanks Steve. I grinned on the last lines. He would appreciate that.
As an aside, I want to point folks to a comment which you recently made which linked to this article at Brookings…
“Want herd immunity? Pay people to take the vaccine”
https://www.corbettreport.com/gatesvaccine/#comment-93051
There were many aspects to the article which were pretty wild. At the get-go, this assertion got grit in my food…
“…A truly effective vaccine – which even those who have survived the virus should take since no one knows now long their antibody immunity will last – will avoid the tragedy of the million-plus deaths it otherwise could take for the country to reach herd immunity.
I am also grateful for what you do.
You read and respond to comments remarkably well, what a great a talent you have.
I was highly entertained by ‘the exchange’ ISS had with some of the other members. If you can’t release a bit of your frustration now then when can you?
I like his never give up attitude.
As tempting as it may be sometimes to get aggressive with people in the chatasphere, I keep in mind the Buddha’s advice.
Is it kind?
Is it wise?
Is it the right time?
Great song EJ Doyle.
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie” BD
https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-212-remembering-mae-brussell/#comments
THIS lady knew how to read the news… if “certain people” were going to gain power they would have to be in certain positions and that would be reported n in the Main S media.
http://maebrussell.com/
They news never has context, thats why we watch the corbett report
I am a great admirer of your work, James. But you do fall into the trap of calling the pot black. You say the Russian pipeline into Europe has a capacity of 1.9 trillion cu. ft. This is meaningless without the time factor. The question is: is it per second, per minute, per day or what? And you are usually so complete and perfect in the accuracy of your statements.
The U.S. rising stock market, the Bank of Japan and Softback, Robinhood, along with other nonsense.
This topic might be kind of dry for most folks, but the stock market over the past few months has not made much sense from a fundamental perspective.
Zero Hedge and other folks have been pointing out various aspects to the market during these pandemic financial quarters.
This particular article gives a person some insight into what transpires.
Most folks won’t find it interesting, but it is worth noting.
Connecting The Dots: How SoftBank Made Billions Using The Biggest “Gamma Squeeze” In History
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/connecting-dots-how-softbank-made-billions-using-biggest-gamma-squeeze-history
Covid 19 stats from the World Bank – testing kits supplied…. in 2018 !!!
https://twitter.com/ronanmanly/status/1302291604934471680
https://twitter.com/rwoster/status/1302299432671686658/photo/1
Now been memory holed.
Spot on Robert….unfortunately the people are fooled into thinking they are living in the Information Age when in fact we’re all living in the Misinformation Age. I blame the Media Sellouts. Without the MSM propaganda machine, there would be no exaggerated crisis to fuss over. When you evaluate things from the financial angle, one realizes all this media manufactured nonsense is good for business. Every time there is a Black Swan event, a great wealth transfer takes place out of the hands of many into the hands a few.
Hey, I’m better than I was last year. Read the damn thing every day. I was able to talk my wife into a Sunday only subscription this year. But I agree that it is total crap. Gotta keep up with what the enemy is doing though.
I listened to Corbett’s interview with Ernie last night. I always enjoy those. I don’t listen to many of Ernie’s podcasts but always do when he has James on.
The most recent one was very good. Ernest was somewhat subdued and they discussed many pertinent issues.
One thing that JC mentioned was something that I have been thinking about lately. That is the perversion of the word Anarchist. That really bothers me. What the hell am I supposed to call myself?
At one point James says that the next few years are going to be bad. Not much doubt of that. But he also admits that Ernie has has a better feel of what’s going on with the average person in America as he travels the country roads in the Love Bus and meets them.
Ernie seems to be slightly more optimistic than I am. But then I am stuck here in suburbia, listening to and reading bad news from around the world and mostly talking to furry or feathered friends.
One slight correction though. James said that some people just aren’t tech savvy enough to even want to listen to an explanation of things like how digital money and stuff works. Well I am here to tell you that I am always willing to have someone explain how the blockchain works. They’ve done it numerous times. But I am just so damn un savvy, or just plain stupid that I still cannot wrap my head around the idea. Just can’t find the right way of picturing it to be able to grasp the concept. But I don’t understand things like electricity or gravity either so perhaps it’s just that I should have not been a dropout.
Anyway, good podcast. Worth a listen.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/declare-your-independence-with-ernest-hancock-radio/id404507508?i=1000489907645
Corbett & Ernie
Thanks Steve!
September 2nd, 2020 podcast Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock – Radio – Guest James Corbett.
During the last half of the podcast, Ernie mention Arizona Senator Karen S. Johnson and 9/11 Truth.
She delivered a landmark speech about 9/11 into the Senate record on June 10th, 2008.
(13 minutes)
https://youtu.be/3pwryIHfVGM
By searching her name at 911blogger.com, a person can find out more.
Senator Karen Johnson gave each Senator a packet about 9/11.
In the packet was a DVD of a film entitled:
“Improbable Collapse – The Demolition of Our Republic”
(70 minutes)
https://youtu.be/9-nOXK5AkVQ
If you are new to the subject of 9/11, I strongly encourage you to watch this film. Of course, much more information has been revealed since that time.
Tucker Carlson and Professor Steven Jones can be seen around the 53 minute mark.
It is worth watching if you have not seen this.
Our “North Texans for 9/11 Truth” group burned thousands of DVDs with this film. In fact, today, I recognized a member of ours in the film.
Thanks FlyingAxblade!
http://www.wcoomd.org/-/media/wco/public/global/pdf/topics/nomenclature/covid_19/hs-classification-reference_edition-2_en.pdf?la=en
By the way, I know that I am late… but “Happy ‘late’ Birthday” wishes to ya.
Having seen video of the protests in Berlin and London. And having noted the mostly vastly underestimated numbers reported by the mainstream. It struck me as I was listening to the Declare Your Independence podcast with James last night when he mentioned it that there really is a simple way of getting pretty accurate numbers of the crowds by using the same method that beekeepers use to estimate varroa mite populations in their hives.
If there were a photo of the entire gathering one could just divide the area into small equal size grids, count a few random grids and multiply by the total number of them that were full of people.
“But at least keep this in mind: if you have only read one report on a major news event, you not only don’t know the full story of that event but you may be even worse off than if you had never read it at all.”
So true. And same applies to our tendencies to ally ourselves with a person, group or movement because we share a common enemy. My saying this is in light of the oxymoronic association I keep seeing between libertarian groups and reformed theologians, such as “The Blogmire” cited above linking to the summary of the Salisbury poisonings. I don’t know squat about the man who owns said blog, so my concern isn’t with him personally but rather his theology and who he follows, namely Doug Wilson, whose link follows personal friend Peter Hitchens on the list of “Fab Sites”, and of whom I am well informed. Suffice it to say that when one begins to pay the slightest heed to any amount of institutional church life, its celebrity pastors (and Doug Wilson is one of the big boys), their church politics (governed like puritan theocracies) and the disturbingly regular frequency of the most sordid accounts of sex crimes and authoritarian abuse, just know that these are the logical outcomes of their authoritarian philosophy/theology. Read John Calvin and Martin Luther; learn church history (ie “Out of the Flames”, “The Reformers and Their Stepchildren”). In no sense does Reformed theology respect individual autonomy or man’s ability to reason. I am absolutely baffled by the association of the two camps.
In keeping with the vigilance which many exhibit here, I found the online version of “The Reformers and Their Stepchildren”. As the back blurb on my hard copy testifies (and which I copy below), Christian or not, we enjoy our freedoms because of the first “radicals”, dissenters and nonconformists:
“The coalition of church and state has continually had outspoken opponents since its’ inception in the 4th century under Constantine. All through the long medieval night of papal terror and up to the present day of accommodation and compromise, there has never been a time when the voice of dissent and nonconformity was not heard, protesting against established religion and coerced uniformity. The most prominent target of that protest has been the arrogant usurpation of Christ’s Kingly Authority and Headship over His churches and the souls of men, whether that usurpation was Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, or any other. As it has been, so shall it ever be. This enduring testimony of dissent, this genuine Christian nonconformity arises as the inevitable response of the Christian soul to the internal witness of the Spirit toward the truth and supreme authority of God’s word. Consequently, the origin, nature and history of Christ’s churches can never be adequately discerned or explained apart from some grasp of the biblical truths advocated and defended throughout the history of genuine Christian Dissent and Nonconformity. As Dr. J.S. Whale, former professor of Ecclesiastical History, Mansfield College, Oxford University and President of Cheshunt College, Cambridge University said, ‘Dissent, not only from the centralized absolutism of Rome, but also from the State establishments of Protestantism in the Old World is an historic fact of enduring influence. To account for the tradition of liberty in the ‘free world’ of today without reference to dissent would be to read modern history with one eye shut.’” The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc.
Excerpt from Introduction:
“BEFORE THE REFORMATION WAS TEN YEARS ALONG IT HAD become evident that not all who were rebelling against the medieval order were of one mind and heart. It had become apparent that within the camp of the dissenters there were deep-seated differences, tensions of such dimensions that a parting of the ways was in the making. It had become plain that the Reformers would as a result be obliged to deploy some of their forces to a second front; they would have to divide their energies between two opponents, Rome and the Radicals.
“From the outset the Reformers realized that the opposition that was shaping up on the Second Front was going to be formidable — at least as formidable as the opposition from the side of the Catholics. As early as May 28, 1525, Zwingli, in a letter to Vadian, expressed the opinion that the struggle with the Catholic party was “but child’s play” when compared with the struggle that was erupting at the Second Front.”
(continued below)
Continued from above excerpt of the Introduction to the book “The Reformers and Their Stepchildren” [which is in moderation; my counter says it’s at 480 words]:
“The opening of the Second Front affected the course of the Reformation very significantly. By way of reaction to it the Reformers backed into a corner where they would not otherwise have retreated. The opening of the Second Front caused the Reformers to go back on their own former selves; it made them swing to the right. This bending to the right, occasioned by the emergence of the Second Front, caused much that was latent in the earliest rustlings of the Reform to go underground, as it were, not to emerge again until much later times.
“No suitable name has been found for the Second Front.”
https://www.gospeltruth.net/verduin/stepchildren.htm#1%20donatisten
wits.worldbank.org – Another Sub-Thread for Reference
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1574-new-world-next-week-with-james-evan-pilato/#comment-92926
Email to the NYT corrections and editorial, August 12,2020 — No Response!
In this article “President Trump shares a video containing misinformation about hydroxychloroquine”, 07/28/20, and this article “925 Quarantined for Covid. Is This a Successful School Reopening?” 08/12/20, the journalist reported “The video featured what appeared to be a group of doctors in white coats…” and “a Washington news conference featuring people who identified themselves as doctors…” respectively. My question to you and the journalist is, are they licensed doctors or not? As a long time reader of the NYT, I hold the NYT to the highest standards of investigative journalism as the “The News Paper of Record,” and I would assume the the journalist would confirm whether or not these people were doctors or not when filing these articles, and make that known to the reader — they did not. The impression and take away I get from both of these articles is that the group of people in white coats are not doctors, but “conspiracy theorist…” As an adult and citizen of the United States that has to make decisions in this time of health and economic crisis, and who relies on the NYT to give me accurate information, I would assume that the “The News Paper of Record” would want to give me accurate information to inform my decisions. Were the doctors in the video Licensed Doctors or not? Thanks in advance for your clarification on this issue.
V/r
Chris Bogan
Hi James,
Great Article, as usual. I know this is off-topic but just want to mention that Telus Email has been bought over by Google, which provided the free Gmail. We have been told that if we do not choose a Username and PW, they will pick one for us. Also, I have just started receiving phone calls and emails from various companies such as Tim Hortons, London Drugs etc. offering me gifts to complete a ridiculously short survey of questions requiring no reliable info (such as dates, sale-person’s name, content of interaction), in return for a choice of 1 of 4 expensive items and, of course, requesting my home address and phone number, in order to send the gifts. Some of the reviewers expressed surprise about these gifts for such a simple survey and jubilantly submitted their personal info. I have been with Telus since 1998 but it’s time for me to look for another provider, even if I have to pay more.
All the best for keeping me informed.
Thank you James for your constant war on the ill informers. You are a endless resource & a desperately needed perspective. I will continue to support you and try and spread your work to anyone who will read/listen/watch. 🙂
Latest in the UK, no social gatherings bigger than 6 now, ever changing, ever morphing stupidity, which a lot of the younger generation are thankfully catching onto as being complete doodoo…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54081131
Also when the mainstream media reports on naysayers and people who are anti-establishment, etc they always try to make them out as stupid, tin foil hat wearing, uninformed bumpkins and then toss in the conspiracy theory spouting for good measure…yeah, right?! Sometimes I find it hard not to become extremely frustrated and agitated at it all.
The original YouTube Video has been censored, but here is the Bitchute version.
COVID-19 The Musical – by Frankie Goes To Nowhere
(7 minutes)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ELmSXAQq0H5v/
In this 2020 Covid era, there are so many scenarios which tend to “de-humanize” us as a species.
I ran across the following video which I though was a nice illustration of “Humanity”.
Courage, Strength, Community, Compassion, Understanding, Purpose, Tenacity, and more.
Humanity – Chito and Community of Del Rio, Texas
(9 minutes)
https://youtu.be/c2nOI6Dfnc0
Currently, with so much going on, I keep reminding myself to retain my humanity.
September 6, 2020
“The Last American Vagabond” – discusses this “wits” topic
https://www.bitchute.com/video/HZcMzZ81ElY/
September 8, 2020
Christian the “Ice Age Farmer”
TECHNOCRATIC FOOD CHAIN
Farms Blamed for COVID19 – Brucellosis/False Flag? – SB4453 – “Give Up The Farm”
(15 minutes)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/pl5usIjPEqTT/
DESCRIPTIVE
Anthony Fauci has published a paper blaming farming and ranching for pandemics, jumping on the UN’s Biodiversity agenda, and setting the stage for new Senate Bill 4453, “Food Supply Protection Act of 2020,” which codifies the Rockefeller Foundation’s takeover of food.
After a year of predictive programming about the next deadly pandemic having its genesis in poultry farms, rumors now abound about a deliberate brucellosis infection of our food supply – this could accomplish a number of objectives in the technocratic, transhumanist takeover of food. Christian explores the latest in the #FoodWars.
~~www iceagefarmer.com/2020/09/08/farms-blamed-for-covid19-brucellosisfalse-flag-sb4453-give-up-the-farm/
September 9, 2020 – Wednesday
BREAKING: Canada Forcibly Removes and Imprisons ‘Uncooperative‘ Coronavirus-Positive Citizens at Secret Location (video)
https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-canada-forcefully-removes-and-imprisons-uncooperative-coronavirus-positive-citizens-at-secret-location-video/
EXCERPTS
In Quebec City, Canada, the state has the ability to force people who test positive for the coronavirus into isolation at a secret location if they are deemed “uncooperative,” according to Dr. Jacques Girard, who heads the Quebec City public health authority.
During a portion of a press conference exclusively translated by RAIR Foundation USA, Girard discussed an instance where patrons from a particular bar were told to wait for test results for the coronavirus. The patrons disregarded the orders and went to other bars before the test results came back positive, which led to them being taken and forcibly placed into isolation by the state.
Girard presents as a mixture of being proud of his power to force citizens who are “uncooperative” into isolation, and coy about the details of that isolation…
…Girard explains that if a person is told to stay in isolation, public health officials have the right to go to their home to make sure they comply. If not, the state can pick them up and force them to comply….
Thanks for this debra.b.
I will not be able to look at the CT classrooms, though. Not if I want to live to see another day. I think my cortisol rage would finally get the better of me. And my heart. But thank you anyway. I’m sure it is as dystopian, draconian, mean, nasty, harmful and horribly un-fun as all the schools world wide.
On a lighter note – go to Bitchute and watch the recent talk Dr. Sherri Tenpenny gave. It’s called “Breaking the chains of Tyranny”
About 35 mins long. She really sums up the covid/vaccine fraud. Succinct and to the point. I listen to her a lot and this was a great talk to get you up to speed. She does not mince words.
I will try to link it here: https://www.bitchute.com/video/lqIBJq0INC9v/
Hope you can link it.
Tenpenny covered a lot of ground in a short time.
She is so spot-on that the MASK issue is probably the most important issue in the western world, because it embodies “creep” control mechanisms by Authoritarians.
creep – DEFINITIONS – move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.
– (of an unwanted and negative characteristic or fact) occur or develop gradually and almost imperceptibly.
I wasn’t aware of the “Hugs over Masks” campaign. It is huge and growing.
“Hugs over Masks” campaign
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffhp&q=hugs+over+masks&ia=web
Good insights. Masks are a ritual for compliance for something that does nothing to stop Covid 19. walking around with masks outdoors in particular is very stupid. I haven’t seen any legitimate scientific studies that show they do anything but can actually be harmful. So the masks aren’t about safety at all but are compliance testing like JC astutely pointed out. We must not comply with the scam.
Good point. Sad but true.
Debra.B,
Thanks for making us aware of that YouTube Channel “The Global Goals” with all its “Great Reset” propaganda…
…which includes Mr. Bean supporting GAVI 2020 while promoting ridiculous stats with a young child.
Fortunately, most of the videos have very few views by comparison to other channels.
Those photos…that is sad.
These photos demonstrate the Educational Competency & Integrity of School Educators.
Two things are very evident.
~~ Either school educators have never grasped their High School Biology about viruses,
~~or school educators have no spine (no integrity) to speak out against the absurdity of it all.
Any person who has taken High School Biology should know that these measures in a classroom will do nothing to curtail the spread of microbial type infections.
The stupidity behind these measures is so idiotic that it is like the movie “Idiocracy 3 – Rise of the stupidest Stupids”.
Those PHOTOS! Wow! So surreal.
So, the new ‘America The Beautiful’ song goes…
“…Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of light.”
James should love this one. 🙂
It’s not a news headline that lies to you by omission, but rather by
twisting a story up in pretzels it:
a) confuses the reader
b) turns a guilty party into a righteous one!
Instead of the headline saying:
“Air Canada was wrong in the way it treated a UK lawmaker named Mohammad”
It twisted the story to say Air Canada was right by apologizing!!!
Air Canada right to apologize over questioning of UK lawmaker named ‘Mohammad’
What an upside down world we live in.
Shades of Alice in Wonderland. 🙂