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In Memory of Those who “Died Suddenly” From the……., April 26-May 2
Guest Post by Mark Crispin Miller
A fourth-grader “died suddenly” playing baseball in Little League:
Long Beach School District says fourth grader suddenly dies at baseball game
May 1, 2022
New York – Counselors will be on hand Monday at schools in the Long Island town of Long Beach after a fourth-grade student died suddenly at a baseball game.
According to a Facebook post by Long Beach Public Schools, the student Lazar LaPenna from East Elementary School passed away on Friday.
The cause of death was not revealed.
The district said all of its schools have a crisis intervention team trained to help students, parents, and personnel at difficult times.
Newsday’s coverage:
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lazar-lapenna-died-little-league-baseball-epilepsy-dbx29f6r
A star lacrosse player at Salem State “died suddenly”:
Salem State Mourns Loss Of Marblehead Lacrosse Player Sam Cioffi
May 2, 2022
Salem, MA — The Salem State and Marblehead school communities are mourning a standout lacrosse player who died unexpectedly this weekend.
Salem State University postponed its scheduled school athletics award ceremony — the VESPYS — scheduled for Tuesday while announcing that Marblehead High alumnus Sam Cioffi died of a medical emergency on Sunday morning.
“Please join us in keeping Sam’s family, teammates, coaches and friends in your thoughts,” the school said in a statement.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/salem-state-mourns-loss-marblehead-lacrosse-player-sam-cioffi
Salem State University’s “vaccination” mandate:
All Salem State students and employees are required to be fully immunized, including a booster shot, for COVID-19.
This includes undergraduate and graduate students who are attending in-person classes, conducting research on campus, living in residence halls, or participating in campus life activities.
salemstate.edu/covidvaccine
A bowler “died suddenly” at 21:
‘Nicest Person In The World’: Hackettstown HS Grad, Talented Bowler Dies Unexpectedly, 29
April 29, 2022
Hackettstown High School graduate and talented bowler Brian Patrick Waas died unexpectedly at St. Barnabas Medical Center on Monday, April 18. He was 29.
Born in Livingston, Brian graduated from Hackettstown High School in 2011, his obituary and social media pages say.
Brian was a 21-year-golfer and a 10-season bowler with a 204 average, his page says.
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/warren-hunterdon/obituaries/nicest-person-in-the-world-hackettstown-hs-grad-talented-bowler-dies-unexpectedly-28/831341/
Two mothers of two “died suddenly” in New Jersey:
Beloved Mom Of 2, NJ College Student Dies Suddenly, 28
April 28, 2022
Beloved mother of two and New Jersey college student Avinique Sabree Marshall-Bethea died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 19. She was 28.
Born in Trenton, Avinique grew up in Lawrence and Ewing and graduated from Lawrence High School, her obituary says.
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mercer/obituaries/beloved-mom-of-2-nj-college-student-dies-suddenly-28/831211/
Beloved Sussex County Mom Of 2 Dies Suddenly, 37
April 28, 2022
Beloved Sussex County mother of two Danielle Alana Assante died suddenly on Friday, April 22. She was 37.
Born in Pequannock, Danielle graduated from Newton High School in 2003, her obituary says.
https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/sussex/obituaries/beloved-sussex-county-mom-of-2-dies-suddenly-37/831255/
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The Battle for Control of Your Mind
By Aaron Kheriaty
In his classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell famously wrote, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” This striking image served as a potent symbol for totalitarianism in the 20th Century. But as Caylan Ford recently observed, with the advent of digital health passports in the emerging biomedical security state, the new symbol of totalitarian repression is “not a boot, but an algorithm in the cloud: emotionless, impervious to appeal, silently shaping the biomass.” The new forms of repression will be no less real for being virtual rather than physical.
Identity
Submitted by KBMNEGA
MAGA Is Ascendant And The Establishment Republican Party Needs To Die
Via The Blue State Conservative
Our piece isn’t about Disney. But I will use Disney as an example. It’s about what I’ll refer to as Conservative Inc. I don’t mean the Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk, version of conservatism. I’m using the term to refer to the big government, establishment Republicans. The guys that call themselves the Bulwark. The Never Trumpers who assure us they are the conscience of conservatism. The folks that called the Tea Party “wacko birds” and consider MAGA supporters to be a bunch of unhinged hooligans. When I use the term Conservative Inc., I mean the guys that go on cruises and pat themselves on the backs for talking down to the masses that expect more than tax cuts from conservatives. In short, it’s the people that have made a business out of calling themselves conservatives, while at the same time enabling leftists to run roughshod over our country.
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Statist: The Definition of How Government Rules Through Economy
“Statism is nothing more than gang rule. A statist dictatorship is a gang devoted to looting the effort of the productive citizens of its own country.”
– Ayn Rand, War and Peace, The Objectivist Newsletter, Oct 1962
What is statism? Merriam-Webster defines it as the “concentration of economic controls and planning in the hands of a highly centralized government often extending to government ownership of industry.”
In essence, statism is the belief that the state or government, regardless of its size or the amount of control it exerts over its subjects, is legitimate to at least some extent. In practice, a government becomes more statist as it exercises increasing control over the economy.
While libertarians often use the word “statism” to brand any state control they deem authoritarian and antithetical to the free market, a statist doesn’t necessarily endorse despotism, fascism, socialism, conservatism, or any other “ism.”
A statist may merely believe that some form of minimal government is necessary to provide society with a safety net, protections against theft and breach of contract, a court system, or other functions with which the free market doesn’t naturally concern itself. Even the most laissez-faire economist is unlikely to condemn the concept of a town fire department as a threat to civil society.
In contrast, anti-statism is the essence of pure anarchism. An anti-statist would assert that all state power and political power are illegitimate as well as an affront to liberty. They would argue that everything which people need to thrive and coexist peaceably could be provided by the private sector.
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“Zelensky is trapped”
Guest Post by Mark Crispin Miller
Gonzalo Lira on the three forces in control of Ukraine’s “acting president”: the oligarchs who own him, the Nazis who will kill him if he doesn’t toe their line, and the State Department/CIA
Scroll down for a special bonus video of Edwin Black’s 2003 talk about the history eugenics in America, based on his must-read book War Against the Weak.
Those who grasp what’s happening in Ukraine, and the USA’s key role in it, will understand why I am posting links to both these videos.
QOTD: WHICH VEHICLE ARE YOU BUYING?
HOME SCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN, OR THIS LUNATIC WILL RUIN THEM
“A lot of them [students] are queer because I am queer” – 4th grade teacher pic.twitter.com/74LSrLKKoi
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 6, 2022
80 ‘Suspicious Actors’ And ‘Material Witnesses’ Under Scrutiny By Jan. 6 Defense Attorneys
Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Defense attorneys seek to identify and investigate 80 suspicious actors and material witnesses, some of whom allegedly ran an entrapment operation against the Oath Keepers on January 6, 2021, and committed crimes including the removal of security fencing, breaching police lines, attacking officers, and inciting crowds to storm into the Capitol.
In a motion (pdf) and supplement (pdf) filed after 11 p.m. on May 5 in federal court in Washington, attorney Brad Geyer listed 80 people, some of whom he said could be government agents or provocateurs. The people are seen on video operating in a coordinated fashion across the Capitol grounds on January 6, the attorney alleged.
TELL ME YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN THIS ANY THOUGHT WITHOUT TELLING ME
Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer
"I want to abort this interview"@mattmiller757 and @lukegentile_ asked pro-abortion protesters at #SCOTUS "what is a woman?" Many seemed to have a difficult time answering the question. pic.twitter.com/dwMJvAfkcZ
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 4, 2022
Economic World War: Who Benefits? (And How Much Time Is Left?)
I have been warning about an inevitable East vs. West economic war for many years now. The question was never a matter of likelihood, it was always just a matter of timing. When would the most convenient time be for World War III?
The issue of “convenience” might sound odd, but I want readers to remember one rule: All wars are banker wars.
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GOVERNMENT & MEDIA RIDICULE
WAL-MART FREAKS OF THE WEEK
I normally have my pj’s on but couldn’t be bothered to wash them
Always be ready for number twos at Walmart
The Dangerous American Game Of Helping Kill Russian Generals
Authored by Anatol Lieven via Responsible Statecraft/Common Dreams,
A New York Times report that the United States has been providing real time intelligence to the Ukrainian army with the specific purpose of killing Russian generals brings America a long step closer to actual war with Russia.
This also means a risk of nuclear war that is now greater than it has ever been, even perhaps during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Biden administration and the U.S. establishment need to ask themselves just one question: If the position were reversed, how would the United States react to a third country deliberately helping to kill U.S. commanders?
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On Wars, Propaganda and outright Lies
Guest Post by Francis Lee
Here is a typical political offering from the British centre-left. As follows:
‘’Putin’s war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended the world order, and intensified the global energy crisis. At home in Britain, it has led to an outpouring of support for Ukrainian refugees – if not for black and brown people fleeing war and persecution – and provided cover for Keir Starmer to further crack down on the Left of Labour, from socialist MPs to Young Labour.
In this extract of an interview from the latest Momentum political education bulletin, The Educator, David Wearing (whomever he is!- FL) discusses the geopolitical interests at stake, the reactions of Western states, especially the UK, and how the Left in Britain can meaningfully engage in anti-imperialist struggle today.
Momentum a centre-left political grouping within the British Labour Party: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused untold devastation and loss of life. Evidence of fresh atrocities seem to emerge almost daily. Why has Vladimir Putin’s regime launched this war of aggression, in your opinion?’’ (Red Pepper – leftist British publication.)