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ADAM SCHIFF IS UNTRUSTWORTHY, UNRELIABLE, AND UNSUITABLE TO HEAD THE HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE.

There is no doubt that Representative Adam Schiff does not have the credibility, trustworthiness, and reliability to serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee let along serve as its Chairman.

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Recent closed-door testimony by Bruce Ohr, the former associate deputy attorney general and former director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, and the fourth highest ranking official in the Department of Justice,  clearly demonstrates that the FBI knew who was behind the Steele Dossier and that it appeared to be raw unvetted intelligence. It seems that Ohr provided dossier details to prosecutors who are on Robert Mueller’s prosecutorial team during the height of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Bruce Ohr, cast as a tangential and inconsequential player in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation has testified that he provided information to Andrew McCabe, former Acting Director of the FBI following FBI Director James Comey's dismissal; Lisa Page, former FBI Attorney; Peter Strzok, former FBI Agent and Chief of the Counterespionage Section’ Bruce Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; Zainab Ahmad, DOJ Prosecutor on special counsel team; and Andrew Weissmann. DOJ Prosecutor who is serving as senior deputy to special counsel Robert Mueller.

Schiff publically demanded disclosure, but fought the disclosure behind the scenes…

How many people remember that it was Adam Schiff who fought against the majority members of the Senate Intelligence Committee releasing their report, loudly claiming it compromised national security and revealed intelligence sources and methods? And how quickly he released his report (below) full of lies, distortions, and half-truths?

How many people notice that much of Schiff’s dramatic readings involve “committee process complaints” about who was notified when and contain little substance? Anything to get face time with the media and to distract from what Devin Nunes and the majority are saying?

How many people notice that Adam Schiff continuously attacked Chairman Nunes and portrayed him in the worst possible light?

How many people notice that the mainstream media falsely portray the hyper-partisan Schiff as a straight-shooter who tells the truth when all evidence points to the contrary?

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is not a bomb-thrower. And he’s not a partisan street brawler.

A fair-faced congressman from southern California, Schiff is a moderate, a compromiser, a man who chose law school over med school because he thought it would give him greater opportunities to serve the public.

He is passionate about science education. He sponsors town-hall meetings on Darfur. He reads the classics for pleasure — he’s in the middle of what he calls his “Victor Hugo phase.” <Source>

[OCS: That’s funny! If you look closely, he is a weasel and a partisan liar.]

Hoist on his own petard…

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Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo
February 24, 2018
Washington, DC

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:

“After reviewing the memorandum drafted by committee Republicans that was made public at the beginning of this month, the FBI rightly expressed its ‘grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy.’ 

[OCS: Adam Schiff appears to be a shameless liar carrying water for the Democrat Minority on the Intelligence Committee. Much of what he often says is misleading, mischaracterized, or a downright falsehood. How this man can be trusted with classified information or a leadership role on an important committee serves as a testament to the depravity and continuing downward slide of the Democrat party which now appears to be a fifth column desiring to destroy American culture and institutions from within.]

Excerpts from the redacted memo…

The Majority's reference to Bruce Ohr is misleading. The Majority mischaracterizes Bruce Ohr's role, overstates the significance of his interactions with Steele, and misleads about the timeframe of Ohr's communication with the FBI. In late November 2016, Ohr informed the FBI of his prior professional relationship with Steele and information that Steele shared with him (including Steele's concern about Trump being compromised by Russia). He also described his wife's contract work with Fusion GPS, the firm that hired Steele separately. This occurred weeks after the election and more than a month after the Court approved the initial FISA application. The Majority describes Bruce Ohr as a senior DOJ official who "worked closely with the Deputy Attorney General, Yates and later Rosenstein," in order to imply that Ohr was somehow involved in the FISA process, but there is no indication this is the case.

[OCS: That the majority members on the committee mischaracterize Bruce Ohr’s role in this sordid affair is a bald-faced lie. At every turn, the Committee under the brave leadership of Devin Nunes has discovered facts that were being suppressed by the DOJ and FBI – and covered-up or dismissed by the committee’s minority members.

From the closed-door Ohr testimony, we also know that the statement “this occurred weeks after the election” is another bald-faced lie as Ohr testified, under oath, to providing information to the DOJ and FBI well before the FISA warrant or election had occurred.]

Bruce Ohr is a well-respected career professional whose portfolio is drugs and organized crime, not counterintelligence.

[OCS: This is true – Bruce Ohr had no career interest in counterintelligence, but that does not explain his actual involvement in providing (and continuing to provide) politically-created and motivated information to DOJ and FBI officials.]

There is no evidence that he would have known about the Page FISA applications and their contents. The Majority's assertions, moreover, are irrelevant in determining the veracity .of Steele's reporting.

By the time Ohr debriefs with the FBI, it had already terminated Steele as a source and was independently corroborating Steele's reporting about Page's activities.

Bruce Ohr took the initiative to inform the FBI of what he knew, and the Majority does him a grave disservice by suggesting he is part of some malign conspiracy.

[OCS: There is no doubt that Bruce Ohr was connected to Fusion GPS and the major players in all areas of the DOJ and FBI with respect to the Steele Dossier. There is no proof that the FBI corroborated anything involving the Steele dossier beyond the fact the Russia exists and that certain activities of those under investigation were not only known, but were reported in open sources.] 

Finally, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page's text messages are irrelevant to the FISA application. The Majority gratuitously includes reference to Strzok and Page at the end of their memorandum, in an effort to imply that political bias infected the FBI's investigation and DOJ's FISA applications. In fact, neither Strzok nor Page served as affiants on the applications, which were the product of extensive and senior DOJ and FBI review. In demonizing both career professionals, the Majority accuses them of "orchestrating leaks to the media" - a serious charge; omits inconvenient text messages, in which they critiqued a wide range of other officials and candidates from both parties; does not disclose that FBI Deputy Director McCabe testified to the Committee that he had no idea what Page and Strzok were referring to in their "insurance policy" texts;33 and ignores Strzok's acknowledged role in preparing a public declaration, by then Director Comey, about former Secretary Clinton' s "extreme carelessness" in handling classified information-which greatly damaged Clinton's public reputation in the days just prior to the presidential election.

[OCS: While Strzok and Page were not affiants on the FISA warrant, they were working behind the scenes and reflect the tone and tenor for much of what occurred. For the evidence presented in official testimony, leaks, and newspaper accounts, no reasonable person can conclude that there was no political bias infecting every action of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Both Strzok and Page were an integral part of this cabal to disadvantage the candidacy of Donald Trump, and after the election delegitimize his Presidency with the potential for eventual impeachment. What we have learned from the partial release of the Strzok-Page emails (many of which have gone conveniently missing) is that there was a deep animus in the DOJ and FBI against Donald Trump and that there was a cognizable cabal working against a Trump presidency and to protect candidate Hillary Clinton from criminal charges that were proven and beyond a doubt worthy of prosecution.]


The memo is available here and here. A fact sheet from HPSCI Minority is here. The accompanying letter sent by the Department of Justice is here.

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Releases Democratic Response Memo | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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Chairman Schiff Statement on BuzzFeed Report
Washington, January 18, 2019

Washington, DC Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement:

“On October 24, 2017, Michael Cohen testified before the House Intelligence Committee under oath.  We now know that he made false statements about the efforts to consummate the Trump Tower Moscow deal during the campaign. Contrary to Mr. Cohen’s testimony, and notwithstanding Donald Trump’s many public denials of business dealings with the Russians during the campaign, those negotiations continued through at least the middle of 2016. Most significantly, and while espousing the relaxation of sanctions on Russia, Trump was seeking the Kremlin’s help to make this multimillion dollar project possible.

It is now alleged that the President of the United States directed Michael Cohen to lie under oath to Congress about these matters in an effort to impede the investigation and to cover up his business dealings with Russia. These allegations may prove unfounded, but, if true, they would constitute both the subornation of perjury as well as obstruction of justice.

Our committee is already working to secure additional witness testimony and documents related to the Trump Tower Moscow deal and other investigative matters. As a counterintelligence concern of the greatest magnitude, and given that these alleged efforts were intended to interfere with our investigation, our Committee is determined to get to the bottom of this and follow the evidence wherever it may lead.” <Source>

[OCS: I wonder if they want to get to the bottom of the national security compromise involving Hillary Clinton’s server, the obstruction of justice by the democrats who withheld access to their server from an FBI forensic team; and who should be looking into the foreign nationals who, under the auspices of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had access to the secure democrat servers? ]

Mueller's office disputes BuzzFeed report that Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office disputed an explosive story from BuzzFeed News as "not accurate" Friday night, after the news outlet reported the President had directed his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, for which Cohen was later prosecuted.

"BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony are not accurate," said Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller's office, in a statement. <Source>

[OCS: What is readily apparent is that on January 18, 2019, Adam Schiff jumped on a January 17, 2019 report from BuzzFeed suggesting that the special counsel’s office had documents and testimony (citing “two federal law enforcement sources) alleged that President Trump may have suborned perjury – a federal crime, felony, and possibly an impeachable offense if true.

Had he waited one day, he would have seen the unusual statement from the special counsel’s office casting doubt on the veracity of the statement.

A rational, non-partisan man would have concluded:

(1)  The proper venue for this type of investigation lies in the FBI and the Office of the Special Counsel – not in the dog-and-pony media sh*t-show of a partisan committee.

(2)  The fact that documents were leaked, reviewed by reporters, and possible grand jury information disclosed – this is evidence of a federal crime where the leakers could have only been someone on or close to the Mueller team]

Bottom line…

While it is unlikely that former President Barack Obama or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will ever be held accountable for their unconstitutional and illegal activities, we should demand that their henchmen be prosecuted as a warning to other appointees and officials that they will be held responsible for their role in nefarious activities. President Trump is correct when he says that the Trump-Russia collusion probe is a witch-hunt. But more than that, it is a misdirection and cover-up of illegalities during the Obama Administration. There was a reason for the private email server and back-channel communications. There is a reason that so many of the officials, investigators, and prosecutors are conflicted and should be treated as witnesses, not those leading the investigations and prosecutions.

And then there is the cover-up’s public relations propagandist, Adam Schiff, who should be held accountable for his lies and continuing role in the cover-up and massive attempt to perpetrate a fraud on the American people.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


IS CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR ATTEMPTING TO BUY VOTES WITH TAXPAYER MONEY?

Recently elected California Governor Gavin Newsom appears to have his eye set on entering the 2020 presidential race. It appears that Newsom is building e-mail lists in several swing states, including Ohio and Florida by running Facebook advertising.

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As a progressive socialist democrat, he is offering the possibility of universal (also known as single-payer) healthcare which would completely nationalize the healthcare insurance industry and allow unelected bureaucrats, like those found at your state DMV, to make healthcare decisions based on flowcharts and excel spreadsheets. Of course, being a wealthy progressive able to isolate himself and his family from the consequences of his actions, he gives no though to costs of the system and, like in Obamacare, leave the niggling details to others.

But in his latest move, Newsom appears to be attempting to use California taxpayer dollars to offer zero-interest loans to furloughed federal government workers in an effort to win support and purchase votes…

Gov. Gavin Newsom offers unemployment benefits to TSA workers, defying Trump administration

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will offer unemployment benefits to federal employees working without pay after meeting with TSA workers at Sacramento International Airport on Thursday.

In a public display of defiance, Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged Transportation Security Administration employees to apply for unemployment insurance through the state after the Trump administration warned California that the workers are ineligible for the benefits during the federal shutdown.

“The good news is, we’re going to do it and shame on them,” Newsom said to TSA workers gathered at a hastily planned event at Sacramento International Airport on Thursday. “They are, in essence, threatening us for doing what we’re doing.”

The latest dust-up between California and the Trump administration happened after the Department of Labor sent an email this week warning the state that federal employees who continue to work during the government shutdown cannot apply for benefits, according to the governor’s office.

Since 1954, federal workers have been able to apply for unemployment insurance benefits through the state if they become unemployed or their hours are reduced through no fault of their own, according to the California Employment Development Department.

Newsom first advised furloughed federal workers to apply to the program during a news conference last week to unveil his 2019-20 budget.

The state has said 779 federal workers applied for unemployment insurance benefits in the first week of the shutdown, marking a 200% increase from the same period the previous year. Under the system, states bill the federal government for the unemployment benefits provided to eligible federal workers. Weekly payments max out at about $450 a week, which workers must repay after the shutdown ends. <Source>

 

Hating the President and continuing to defy federal law…

It appears that Newsom did not understand his oath of office when he was sworn in. Especially the part that reads “I, Gavin Newsom, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.

Newsom has announced that California will continue to be a sanctuary state and defy federal immigration laws and law enforcement efforts.

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Bottom line…

California is the nation’s “canary in a coal mine.” Where San Francisco progressive socialist democrat values, some more extreme than the progressive socialist democrat values found in New York, often metastasize beyond the state and further erode our constitution and national institutions.

It appears that Newsom’s think is clear: if a celebrity billionaire showman like Donald Trump can be president and a know-nothing schmuck like Francis “Beto” O'Rourke can raise $80 million dollars, I must have a better than average chance – especially with women than all of the suggested Democrat candidates. Unfortunately, this may actually be true.

We are majorly screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


JIHAD ATTACK: CAN WE TRUST THE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION?

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One of the side-effects of the seemingly illegal behavior of the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is that they are no longer the nation’s premier law enforcement institutions they once were and all of their actions are now under suspicion of being politically motivated and targeted at improving their public image.

I wonder if this was a bad dude who was radicalized or just some poor weak-minded wannabe schmuck who was talked into the nefarious plan by so-called confidential informants and undercover agents? 

FBI: Man planned jihad attack on White House, Washington D.C. targets with an anti-tank rocket

A Muslim residing in Georgia was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of planning a jihad attack on the White House, other high-profile national targets and at least one Jewish site in the nation’s capital.

Hasher Jallal Taheb was taken in after a year-long FBI sting operation that grew out of local authorities’ fears that the 21-year-old Cumming resident had “become radicalized, changed his name and made plans to travel abroad,” according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday with a federal court in Atlanta.

The attack was supposed to come Thursday and, the complaint states, Mr. Taheb was arrested immediately after picking up the planned weapons — “three semi-automatic assault rifles, three explosive devices with remote initiation and one AT-4,” an anti-tank rocket launcher.

During weeks of conversing with the informant and an undercover agent, the complaint states, he sought help obtaining weapons and explosives and showed off a hand-drawn diagram of the White House’s West Wing in a composition notebook.

He met his two “accomplices” Wednesday in the parking lot of a store in Buford, Georgia, but was arrested after he took possession of two weapons-laden backpacks and put them in a rented car. <Source>

There was a time when I would have never thought to question the work of the FBI. However that trust has been destroyed by their leadership who clearly interfered in a presidential election and, working on behalf of the opposition, is trying to bring down a sitting President of the United States.

Until the entire leadership of the DOJ and FBI is removed, investigated, and prosecuted, I will question almost everything they do. I believe that even the current head of the FBI needs to be replaced.

Question...

Has anyone else noted that when the two "journalists" from Buzzfeed reported that they had reviewed documents purportedly alleging that Donald Trump suborned perjury by instructing his felonious lying lawyer to lie to Congress about building projects in Russia -- that the information had to come from someone close to the Mueller team?  Which is a federal crime, 

According to Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, “BuzzFeed’s description of specific statements to the Special Counsel’s Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen’s Congressional testimony are not accurate.” 

The question is: can you trust what Mueller says as he is a part of the DOJ/FBI that is conflicted and has been caught leaking in the past?

Bottom line…

I think that we should reach deep in the ranks of the DOJ and FBI to find honest, incorruptible experienced prosecutors and agents and promote them upwards. Then appoint leaders who are not members of the deep state’s bureaucracy, intelligence agencies, or political hacks. Personally, I would like to see former Attorney General Michael Mukasey given a two-year appointment to supervise the clean-up.

We are so screwed when we can’t trust our non-political government institutions.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


DEMOCRATS APPOINT ANTI-SEMITE TO POWERFUL FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

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In a stunning display of supporting the growing anti-Semitism in the Democrat Party, we see House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointing Ilhan Omar to the powerful House Foreign Relations Committee … 

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One must wonder and worry if Omar qualifies for a security clearance which would be, in my opinion, tantamount to giving our sworn enemies access to official state secrets and insight into foreign policymaking.

There is little doubt in my mind that Representative Omar (D-MN), a foreign-born (Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia) Somali-American politician from Minnesota, is a rabid anti-Semite and a vicious opponent of anything having to do with Israel.

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Where is the condemnation of the terrorist state that hides offensive weapons amid hospitals, schools, and mosques to ensure any defensive counter-strike creates civilian casualties that can be exploited in the international media for fund-raising since the state produces nothing of value except terror? Where is the condemnation of a terrorist state that launches thousands of un-aimed rockets at a civilian population? Where is the condemnation of a terrorist state that builds elaborate tunnels for the sole purposes of crossing Israeli barriers to murder men, women, and children? Consider the difference in the treatment between an Arab in Israel and a Jew in any radical Muslim area, it will tell you everything you need to know. [BTW: Criticizing the policies of the State of Israel does not make you an anti-Semite -- it is the overtly expressed hatred that makes you an anti-Semite. 

A promoter of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement against Israel, Omar often refers to the State of Israel as an “apartheid state.”

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Somehow the reality that Arabs and other Muslims living within the State of Israel have the same duties, rights, and privileges as any other Israeli citizen belies the fact that there is a malignant state policy comparable to the official state policies that separated the blacks and whites in South Africa.

Full disclosure…

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I stand with Israel. As for those who believe that there will be peace in the region, I give you the musings of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, who famously said, “If Arabs lay down there weapons, there will be peace. If Israel lays down its weapons, there will be no more Israel.” Truer words have never been spoken. Israel, a land of liberty, literacy, and accomplishment, stands among nations desiring to be ruled by dictators under laws that were suited for the 12th century. A reminder: just because you can vote for a dictator, does not mean you implement freedom, liberty, or engage in traditional democracy.

Sounding like a communist…

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Can anyone see the flaws of abolishing the law enforcement agency sworn to protect America from illegal aliens, criminals, and terrorists? Can anyone see that the end-point of socialism/communism is a totalitarian state that must exist to protect the leadership when other people’s money runs out, centrally-planned state goals fail, and people become so apathetic they refuse to work in servitude to a state that gives the results of their hard labor to someone else who does not work as hard, or even works at all?

Bottom line…

I am deeply troubled by the un-American and anti-Semitic actions of the Democrat Party, a party which is looking more-and-more like the neo-Communist Party in the United States. How is it that the progressive socialist democrats can ignore the realities of the world and the consequences of their actions to promote the perverse dream of a terrorist state which openly attacks an American friend and ally and represents a culture that is incompatible with the freedoms acknowledged in the United States Constitution. The very same Constitution which our representatives took an oath to support and defend.

I am deeply troubled about a people who congregate in concentrated areas and refuse to assimilate into American life. People who, by the language, dress, food, and behavior want to re-create the hell-hole they left here in an infinitely safer United States. It is one thing to be proud of your culture and to promote its benefits, but to demand that others recognize and adhere to your cultural or religious practices is an anathema to the Constitution.

Something is deeply wrong in the Democrat Party, a party which bears little resemblance to the days of previous Democrats. There is a malignancy in the United States, and it appears to be metastasizing rapidly; whether the body politic can be saved from this disease if yet unknown.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


MANY A TRUTH IS SPOKEN IN JEST ...

Circulating on the internet …

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(1) Isn't it weird that in America our flag and our culture offend so many people, but our benefits don't?

(2) How can the federal government ask U.S. citizens to pay back student loans, when illegal aliens are receiving a free education?

(3) Only in America are legal citizens labeled "racists" and "Nazis," but illegal aliens are called "Dreamers."

(4) Liberals say, "If confiscating all guns saves just one life, it's worth it."  Well then, if deporting all illegals saves just one life, wouldn't that be worth it?

(5) I can't quite figure out how you can proudly wave the flag of another country but consider it punishment to be sent back there.

(6) The Constitution: It doesn't need to be rewritten; it needs to be reread .

(7) William F. Buckley said: "Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other points of view and are then shocked and offended when they discover there are other points of view."

(8) Joseph Sobran said: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money.  'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer."

(9) Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850, but some people still insist the last one was due to climate change.

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Bottom line…

It always amazes me that progressive socialist democrats often tell us the literal truth when they are doing the exact opposite. It is like when Tweedledee says in Alice in Wonderland, “if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.”

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


LAUSD STRIKE: UNSAFE IN ANY CLASS

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When I went to school in the dark (non-internet) ages, boys were boys, girls were girls, and everybody knew which bathroom to use. For boys, there were no “accommodations” when it was time to shower after gym. There was a tolerance for a certain level of joking and jiving when class started, but nothing major. Classroom disruptions were far and few between with the offender quickly corralled and marched off to the vice principal’s office.

Now we find that the malignant hand of  progressive socialist democrats in the classroom as they push their phony “disparate impact” theory which posits that the human behavior of an identifiable class of people must approximate their representation in the general population or something is wrong.

A boneheaded policy that is arguably wrong as demonstrated by the number of high-achieving Asians relative to their population numbers. It is my understanding that the responsible factors are parental expectations, parental guidance, and peer pressure. All lacking in many other cultures, some of which have few expectations of their children, little parental guidance, and negative peer pressure directed towards high achievers.

This has manifested its malignant self in higher education where some prestigious progressive educational institutions, notably Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and elsewhere as adopted the motto “Do as I say, not as I do.” [Note: The Ivy League was notorious for its anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and anti-Black atmosphere – and whose graduates were likely to gravitate to policy-making government institutions like the Department of State, Department of Justice, and the various intelligence agencies.]

In fact, there is a joke about one of the most recognizable universities outside of the United States, UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) where the pejorative “Unknown Caucasian Lost Among Asians” has been bandied about. All are “progressive schools” dominated and led by progressive socialist democrats who have attempted to shield their admissions policies from claims of bias and racism. 

In general, institutions of higher learning tacitly allow a higher level of disruption as long as that disruption is linked to social causes or advances the progressive agenda. Attempts at free speech are shouted down and speakers attacked because they have been labeled as “haters” and their utterances “hate speech.” One need only look at UCI (University of California, Irvine) to see what havoc disruptive students have been allowed to create.

But the progressive socialist democrat nonsense does not end there…

It is one thing to break a child’s heart with a rejection letter from a desirable university. It is quite another to see that student physically bullied in an atmosphere of progressivism that touts “zero tolerance” for disruptive behavior but gives a pass to disrupters, some more violent than others.

The pass is in the form of a “stay out of jail” card given to African-Americans by progressive idiots who have not learned that poor behavior that is ignored or rewarded is likely to be accepted as “the norm” rather than being identified as abnormal and punished. The pass even has a high-sounding name: “restorative justice.” The goal of the so-called restorative justice movement was to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by ignoring petty issues that often served as sentencing factors leading to charges that were punished more severely. The presence of “priors” sometimes changing a misdemeanor into a more serious felony calling for incarceration.

Like any euphemism, “an expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing,” restorative justice is a form of racial preferences that is designed to impose little or no punishment on offenders as a redress to historical intolerance and to “adjust: the number of African-Americans disproportionately incarcerated in jails and prisons throughout the land.

So why is this important today?

As nearly 35,000 teachers and others strike and walk the picket lines to protest the Los Angeles Unified School District’s position relative to union negotiations, we are hearing more and more about the necessity for more funds to make the classroom safer for both teachers and students.

Stunning hypocrisy from  progressive socialist democrats who are actually fueling the flames of disobedience in their quest for political power. When the Trump Administration sought to rescind the Obama-imposed “restorative justice” policy that the Department of Education was promoting to schools who wanted to receive federal funds, the outcry could be heard from coast to coast.

As with educational excellence, money is not the answer; neither is a relaxed tolerance for misbehavior.

Bottom line…

It is time that the American public realize that the progressive socialist democrats are openly dividing Americans into classes, telling those classes that they are victims of the system, and then promising to redress their grievances in return for political power. Of course, to anyone with half-a-brain and open eyes, we can see that the political power bestowed on the progressive socialist democrats did little or nothing the the majority minority inner cities. Where billions were stolen, waster, or simply used to buy votes.

It is time to stop being hyphenated-Americans and become Americans. Americans who reward excellent achievement and punish misbehavior.

If the teachers in Los Angeles were as “woke” as they claim, these useful idiots would be marching against both the school district and their union – two sides of a coin where anyone not politically connected is screwed over by hypocrisy and upside down policies.

It is like 1984 met Alice in Wonderland and everything is mirrored in an alternate, and malignant, universe.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


LOS ANGELES TEACHER'S STRIKE -- 2019

UPDATE: UNION INTIMIDATION TACTICS…

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If anything happens to the substitutes listed in union communications, now or in the future, the union will deny any responsibility and blame the troubling event on some individual acting on their own without union knowledge or sanction. Yeah Right!

Original post… 

Don’t get me wrong, I always have liked my teachers, some more than others; but I am appalled at the way teachers are manipulated by the Los Angeles Unified School District as well as their unions…

“Fighting for our students,” yeah right!

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First, let us recognized that the Los Angeles Unified School District’s leadership is all about political power and doling out the money to special interests, be they land developers, contractors, vendors, or simply billionaires who want to leave their imprint on the school system. Much of the work of the School Board is done by staff, and they almost always adhere to staff recommendations. Like any other bureaucracy, they are all about perpetuating the institution, preserving their leadership, enlarging their political influence, and increasing their budget. Their product, or might I say, their hostages are our children. The Board consists of progressive socialist democrats who support progressive socialist democrat causes.

Second, let us recognize that their unions are socialist creations and pretty much have the same goals of perpetuating the institution, preserving their leadership, enlarging their political influence, and enlarging their dues-paying membership. Their product, or might I once again say hostages, are the teachers which they keep in lockstep using a combination of peer pressure and thuggery. The unions overwhelmingly support progressive socialist democrats and buy political power by supplying campaign funds, voter support, and media attention to select “go along to get along” politicians. Needless to say, they mostly negotiate against their hand-picked representatives, pushing parents and other concerned citizens away from the bargaining table.

So why did approximately 40,000 teachers go on strike?

It appears that the union is demanding a 6.5% pay increase that has little or nothing to do with their productivity in the second largest school system in the nation which is facing declining enrollment numbers. They are demanding more “classroom funding” which rarely trickles down to the classroom as it is used mostly for personnel (including unfunded pension liabilities) and infrastructure. And, even then, the decaying infrastructure appears to be in desperate need of repair or replacement. The union believes that the school system is withholding millions of surplus dollars in its rainy-day fund and wants that money to go for more teachers.

Then there is the dispute over smaller class sizes, less testing, more unionized personnel like librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists, and social workers.

** In the context of union-dominated politics, smaller class sizes do not equate to better-educated children, it means more unionized teachers. No matter what the class size, the collective body of teachers continue to turn-out functional illiterates who cannot read, write, or do simple computations without computer intervention. All of the technology that was touted to improve individual learning and allow for larger class sizes has been resisted by the unions. If anything, the computers have become electronic babysitters.

** One can see why the union wants less testing as it also means less accountability. The tests have been dumbed-down in proportion to the statistics being pumped up. Money is not the answer. The answer is one, leadership; and two, the ability to rate teachers on their teaching ability and subject-matter knowledge. I hate to say it, but the rumors of the difficulty of firing an incompetent teacher or even one who has perpetrated a crime are true. The school system even has their own version of teacher jail where troubled teachers report each day to twiddle their collective thumbs – of course; they still earn full pay and benefits.

** The library I used to research my reports appears to be a thing of the past. The collection of books is curated to be politically correct, the card catalog is a computerized search system, and the librarian is part disciplinarian, part computer instructor, and the need for a student to use a library in today’s internet age of search programs is almost non-existent.

** School nurses? This is problematical because most nurses are forbidden to dispense an aspirin, but have little problem with dispensing condoms and birth control advice. If a student falls ill, it does not take a nurse to provide care. In most situations, the parents are called and told to deal with their children, or a call to 911 resolves the issue. School systems are so wary of lawsuits that they are ineffective. Any teacher with first-aid training should be allowed to clean off a minor cut or scrape, apply an antiseptic, and put on a bandage that will resolve the issue until the parent arrives or the child goes home.

** Counselors and psychologists are also problematical. It appears that these people are reducing the resiliency of our children and turning out delicate little snowflakes who need trigger word warnings and safe spaces. Children have been accosted by the police for simply making what looked like “gun fingers” or drawing something a teacher found disturbing. These are the people who are trying to turn little boys into obedient little girls – often using psychotropic drugs to inhibit normal rambunctious behavior.

** Social workers imply that the school system has a greater role in the child’s welfare than the parents. Since when did the school become the guardian responsible for feeding, clothing, and providing other parental-type guidance to children? Schools already have usurped parental powers to the point where a child can receive birth control – or even an abortion – without parental consent.

But the real dispute is over publicly-funded charter schools which are privately-governed and staffed with non-union teachers who must turn out a superior educated child to attract parental attention, students, and the funding that goes along with the students – money which the union believes should stay in the unionized school system as if they own the children from grades K-12. Children and good teachers are leaving for charter schools where children are educated and not indoctrinated as obedient progressive socialist democrats. The unions are demanding the ability to be part of the decision-making process when it comes to charter schools, especially those co-located on public school property.

You will notice that the union is saying little or nothing about the impact of illegal immigration which is decimating the school system. They are also silent on why they are not spending their resources on bright students with a future and concentrating their time, energy, and money on those who do not value education. And, heaven forbid, they reintroduce trade education for those who do not want to pursue an academic path to college. When I was in junior high, we had drafting (Mr. Cavanaugh), electric shop (Mr. Paden), wood shop (Mr. Silvera), metal shop (Mr. Barber), print shop (Mr. Kelsey), and an agriculture class with Mr. Galper. We learned to fix things, to build things, and to find out if we were suited for an academic path. Mr., Paden taught us more about advanced mathematics and science used in electronics than our most advanced math and science class. And, it was fun. There were few discipline problems, and those were dealt with rather quickly by the boy’s vice principal.

Bottom line…

This is a prime example of the progressive socialist democrats feathering their own nest and using children as a convenient talking point. Children need instruction, not indoctrination. Enough with the craziness and back to the basics: reading, writing, arithmetic, history, civics, social studies, and other classes that teach life skills.

Enough with giving anybody, especially minorities, a pass when they misbehave and disrupt others.

And, in the final analysis, hold school board members accountable for wasting hundreds of millions of dollars with their inability to administer a large school system. Like the LAUSD’s $95 million payroll system – which required another $37 million to fix its problems. Or the most expensive high school in the nation that was built on a toxic site. The money sloshing through the system is in the billions – and the waste fraud and abuse are staggering. But, the union says nothing as long as they get their share.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


WHERE ARE TODAY'S PATRIOTS?

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I have been thinking again ...

Why is it that the progressive socialist democrats appear to lack common sense and support an impossible-to-achieve radical revolution that will inevitably, in their minds, lead to a more just society? Ignoring the long-studied tenets of human nature and the history of man's progress over the ages.

There have been, and will always be, those who are strong and those who are weak, those who are able and those who are disabled, those who are leaders and those who are followers. Those who amass totemic symbols of wealth, be they rocks or dollars. And, those who seek to enlarge their holdings by taking the possessions of their neighbors. Such is the realm of man since creation.

Where disaffected individuals, especially socialists and communists, go wrong is that they tend to excuse their individual shortcomings and lack of achievement by claiming that their present condition and diminished future potential is somehow a direct result of privilege enjoyed by those who have achieved some form of power, wealth, either by hard work, connections, or the less honorable method of inheritance and membership in the lucky sperm club.

As I see it, the conservatives and capitalists have allowed the deterioration of our country by focusing on self-interests in the short term, whereas our enemies have taken the long view. Our enemies believing that the way to change society is to make small cultural changes until one arrives, almost unnoticed, at a more radical destination where what was previously thought to be abhorrent is now accepted as a matter of fact. This is clearly demonstrated by considering how our academic institutions morphed from education to indoctrination to the point where history has been reinterpreted to favor a socialist viewpoint and recast as a struggle between the various classes. Where academic freedom is defined as adherence to fashionable positions. And free speech must be regulated by some authoritarian to disallow the indefinable “hate speech.” A position reminiscent of Supreme Court Justice Potter’s comment on obscenity or hard-core pornography: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced... but I know it when I see it ..." Where discussion is overruled by "Don't argue, it's science."

Where the progressive socialist democrats now are incentivized to break apart this glorious union of states into various classes, cultures, and competing interests. All with some measure of victimhood whose grievances can only be redressed in exchange for political power to be wielded by an enlightened elite that will bring about transformational social and economic justice.

However, what is not mentioned in polite society is the elites have been corrupted by their self-interests and their deeds no longer match their deeds. It is a culture of "do as I say, not as I do" put forth by those who are exempt by wealth, power, position, or alleged privilege from the consequence of their prescriptives for the more common among us. Perhaps it would be instructive to look at the personal lives of two prominent progressive socialist democrats, former President Barack Obama and former presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton, to see that their deeds do not match their words and there is a commonality of corruption.

What we should lament is that the mainstream media, formerly society's watchdog that has been corrupted to the point where they have become the propaganda arm of the progressive socialist democrats and wield inordinate power as man confuses the power of the pen with the power of the sword. Allowing one to write a history that never was and record one that is flattering to those who hold or aspire to positions of power.

Unless we are faced with a catastrophic natural event, war, or man-made pandemic, the unity necessary to put one's nation over one's self-interest and possibly one's life, we are doomed to follow the path of least cultural resistance as defined by the progressive socialist democrats.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


GUN CONTROL: PROGRESSIVE HYPOCRISY

The hypocrisy of the progressive socialist democrats knows no bounds as they will officially pursue and prosecute a child for making a “finger gun” or drawing what looks like a gun … But they have no problem with exploiting weapons, violence, mayhem, and gore if it attracts an audience and sells tickets.

So I was wondering how Azzaro, a man’s fragrance gets away with styling the fragrance bottle of their “Wanted” fragrance with what could be considered a revolver’s cylinder.

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And I am not the only one that noticed, here’s what the GroomingGuru in the UK had to say…

Azzaro Wanted – seriously, what were they thinking?

Oh deary, deary me. Let’s talk about Azzaro’s new Wanted fragrance for a moment, shall we? The one in the bottle that looks like a fully-loaded gun chamber. Now, the six-shooter bottle design for this fragrance, regardless of bad timing in light of the tragic events in Orlando, is a quite spectacular exercise in clichéd, one-dimensional and outdated hyper-masculine thinking. I used to think that Davidoff’s The Game, with its casino chip flacon, was terminally naff but this takes things to a whole new level – and a subterranean one at that. Presumably, the thinking behind it is that a. men absolutely love guns and b. guns are sexy and street and therefore customers will think the fragrance is masculine and, like, really, really cool.

You can just see the design meeting now: “Right guys, we need an eye-catching bottle – something like Paco Rabanne’s Invictus or that Gaultier one with the massive bulge. What screams ‘men’ then? How about a football? Or a motorbike? Or a big, clunking fist? Oh, no, Diesel did the fist. Wait a minute. I know – how about a gun? What’s more masculine than a gun? It’s cowboy; it’s gangsta; it’s Bond; it’s NRA and man-on-a-rampage. But mostly it’s Bond. Especially if we make it sleek, shiny and gold. What better vessel for our killer fragrance than a killer bottle?”

Well, I’m afraid Azzaro have shot themselves in the foot here (sorry) and I suspect they know this too since the bottle description on their website is a masterclass in obscurification. Avoiding the ‘G’ word altogether and with not a passing mention of bullets, the bottle is instead “elegant and precious, with a stunning rugged, mechanical look” (it’s a gun folks) and “a  symbol of freedom and virility” (still a gun). Most bizarrely, it’s also “an embodiment of extreme masculinity tinged with the nostalgia of childhood”. Now, unless your dad was the Son of Sam I’m not entirely sure what childhood nostalgia it’s referring to here but no matter, the bottom line is that, in 2016, Azzaro ’s firearm-inspired Wanted is, to put it bluntly, anything but. <Source>

Bottom line…

What can you say about liberals and their hypocrisy when it comes to money and overriding their principles? "Do as I say, not as I do" appears to be the core principle for the elite progressive socialist democrats. Especially since they are insulated from the consequences of the rules "We the People" must follow. 

How about a gesture of good faith -- and the elite progressive socialist democrats voluntarily give up their weapons are rights under the Second Amendment that the demand all of us surrender?

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS


5G COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES: A TECHNOLOGY-INDUCED PANDEMIC DRIVEN BY PROFITS AND POLITICS?

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I have every reason to believe that certain politically-connected telecommunications companies and their equipment vendors may be attempting to minimize reports of potential health risks much in the same manner as the tobacco companies hid the risks of cancer from the public.

What makes 5G telecommunications so dangerous to humans is that the Earth would be awash in man-made millimeter-band high-power microwaves that could cause deleterious and dangerous effects within the human body. And given the scale of the installations needed for a wide-coverage communications network, few individuals would be spared flesh penetrating microwave energy.

It appears that the politically-controlled Federal Communications Commission has given their permission for at least 20,000 low-Earth-orbit satellites flooding the Earth with tightly-focused beams of microwave radiation. At the present time, it looks like the major players will be Tesla’s SpaceX (12,000 satellites), OneWeb (4,560 satellites), Boeing (2,956 satellites), and Spire Global (972 satellites).

In addition to the satellites will be higher-powered mobile devices and high-powered ground transceivers and boosters to extend coverage within buildings.

While non-ionizing millimeter microwaves lack the penetrating power and tissue destruction capabilities of ionizing radiation such as X-Rays and Gamma Rays, their effects on the human body MIGHT be significant. And there will be no escape as humans in populated cities will be irradiated 24/7/365 with no relief other than to live in shielded areas known as Faraday cages. Of course there would be no direct wireless device communications with the outside world.

At the risk of sounding like one of the no-growth technophobic crazies, I do not believe that the science relating to 5G effects on humans is settled science.  I can find a number of peer-reviewed journal articles that suggest that 5G may present completely unknown long-term health effects.

5 G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public health and environmental implications. Russell CL
(Environ Res. 2018 Aug;165:484-495. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.016. Epub 2018 Apr 11.)

Abstract

The popularity, widespread use and increasing dependency on wireless technologies has spawned a telecommunications industrial revolution with increasing public exposure to broader and higher frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit data through a variety of devices and infrastructure.

On the horizon, a new generation of even shorter high frequency 5G wavelengths is being proposed to power the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT promises us convenient and easy lifestyles with a massive 5G interconnected telecommunications network, however, the expansion of broadband with shorter wavelength radiofrequency radiation highlights the concern that health and safety issues remain unknown. Controversy continues with regards to harm from current 2G, 3G and 4G wireless technologies. 5G technologies are far less studied for human or environmental effects. It is argued that the addition of this added high frequency 5G radiation to an already complex mix of lower frequencies, will contribute to a negative public health outcome both from both physical and mental health perspectives.

Radiofrequency radiation (RF) is increasingly being recognized as a new form of environmental pollution. Like other common toxic exposures, the effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF EMR) will be problematic if not impossible to sort out epidemiologically as there no longer remains an unexposed control group. This is especially important considering these effects are likely magnified by synergistic toxic exposures and other common health risk behaviors.

Effects can also be non-linear. Because this is the first generation to have cradle-to-grave lifespan exposure to this level of man-made microwave (RF EMR) radiofrequencies, it will be years or decades before the true health consequences are known. Precaution in the roll out of this new technology is strongly indicated. This article will review relevant electromagnetic frequencies, exposure standards and current scientific literature on the health implications of 2G, 3G, 4G exposure, including some of the available literature on 5G frequencies. The question of what constitutes a public health issue will be raised, as well as the need for a precautionary approach in advancing new wireless technologies. <Source>


Towards 5G communication systems: Are there health implications? AgostinoDi Ciaula (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.01.011

Abstract

The spread of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) is rising and health effects are still under investigation. RF-EMF promote oxidative stress, a condition involved in cancer onset, in several acute and chronic diseases and in vascular homeostasis. Although some evidences are still controversial, the WHO IARC classified RF-EMF as “possible carcinogenic to humans”, and more recent studies suggested reproductive, metabolic and neurologic effects of RF-EMF, which are also able to alter bacterial antibiotic resistance. In this evolving scenario, although the biological effects of 5G communication systems are very scarcely investigated, an international action plan for the development of 5G networks has started, with a forthcoming increment in devices and density of small cells, and with the future use of millimeter waves (MMW). Preliminary observations showed that MMW increase skin temperature, alter gene expression, promote cellular proliferation and synthesis of proteins linked with oxidative stress, inflammatory and metabolic processes, could generate ocular damages, affect neuro-muscular dynamics. Further studies are needed to better and independently explore the health effects of RF-EMF in general and of MMW in particular. However, available findings seem sufficient to demonstrate the existence of biomedical effects, to invoke the precautionary principle, to define exposed subjects as potentially vulnerable and to revise existing limits. An adequate knowledge of pathophysiological mechanisms linking RF-EMF exposure to health risk should also be useful in the current clinical practice, in particular in consideration of evidences pointing to extrinsic factors as heavy contributors to cancer risk and to the progressive epidemiological growth of noncommunicable diseases. <Source>


The Radiation Safety of 5G Wi-Fi: Reassuring or Russian Roulette? ShearwoodMcClellandIII, MD; Jerry J.JaboinMD, PhD (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.04.051)

The impending rollout of fifth-generation (5G) Wi-Fi in mobile phones, augmenting the current fourth-generation (4G) technology toward making global interconnectivity between devices a reality, has been touted as a significant improvement of speed compared to current and previous wireless signaling  Less well explored are the potential consequences associated with this need for speed: namely, the substantial increase in biologic exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from the 1900-2100 MHz associated with 4G to the 3500 MHz estimated median bandwidth of 5G <Source>

Bottom line…

Since almost everybody will be exposed to 5G radiation, perhaps it is time to take a closer look at the technology in order to prevent a technological pandemic of cancer-like effects in the near future. And, unlike the political immigration battle over sanctuary cities, there can and will be no opt-outs.

We are so screwed.

-- steve


“Nullius in verba”-- take nobody's word for it!
"Acta non verba" -- actions not words

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”-- George Bernard Shaw

“Progressive, liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Democratic Socialist -- they are all COMMUNISTS.”

“The key to fighting the craziness of the progressives is to hold them responsible for their actions, not their intentions.” – OCS

"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and traitors are not victims... but accomplices” -- George Orwell

“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt." (The people gladly believe what they wish to.) ~Julius Caesar

“Describing the problem is quite different from knowing the solution. Except in politics." ~ OCS