Tonight, I wasn’t sure what to talk to you about. Honestly, my mind was a complete blank for the most of the week because I think together, we’ve already covered a lot since we started this new show on Thursday nights. What I finally realized was that I couldn’t really think of a topic that I knew people wanted to talk about or think about that would give them more stress or grief. Let’s admit, even in small chit-chat or small-talk, it’s getting harder to talk about current events that doesn’t include COVID-19. We find ourselves talking about it, due to its involvement, how we get around it, or how we can’t seem to escape its dreadful clutches. When you have a pandemic that is so bad, so entangled that you can’t tell it’s blended into our food (https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-city-sees-covid-19-outbreaks-facilities-including/story?id=70871509), water (https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/03/can-covid-19-coronavirus-live-in-water-what-about-drinking-water-and-swimming/#76b5324b4360), or maybe webbed into our clothing (https://www.bustle.com/p/can-coronavirus-live-on-clothes-your-fashion-questions-answered-22618175), how do you escape it? Where does COVID-19 end and you begin?

 

    It’s like something that is so ingrained into the framework of day-to-day activities and schedules. The new materials used to build the house that you want to protect your family in, but it’s already inside with you. Waiting, seeping, and creeping into the crevices and cracks. I would love to be able to talk with you about happier topics that don’t involve COVID-19 and no one having to be worry with a shadow of a doubt when someone coughs or sneezes, bringing the thought that they “might” have COVID-19. Let me take it one step to the side for a moment… If perception is reality, then wouldn’t we be able to say that what we recognize as current events is, in fact a reality, as result of managing a virus? And let’s take it one step further forward, could we be in the process of “being conditioned” to accept the idea that we may be in the process of becoming managed, with some of us experiencing a slight case of PTSD (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/20/coronavirus-survivors-trauma-millions-ptsd-column/5213266002/) as a result?

 

     As we’ve talked about during this show before, it is possible that there will be a “Second Wave” of COVID-19 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-flu-focus-idUSKBN2321F0), since it’s already happening in China (https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-updates-houston-receives-300-social-distancing-complaints/story?id=70864334). This makes me wonder where does that leave us now? Sure, big Pharma is churnin’ & burnin’ all of their midnight oils to make a possible vaccine happen sooner rather than later, but I don’t feel it’s what we want, considering how Bill Gates and his foundation is trying to stay involved. By the way, did anyone see the interview that Stephen Colbert did with Bill Gates last month when he mentioned the phrase “Final Solution” (@ 2:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNiuaKKEPu8)? Face it, COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. People are going to continue carrying it and may not know it. They could be walking around, coughing, sneezing, and as long as the germs are airborne, they will still have a chance to infect you even with your “safety mask” on because the droplets can latch onto your eye fluid. From there, the virus has contaminated your body.

 

    I guess we could find comfort in the fact that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced recently that the COVID-19 germs don’t live on the surface of tables and shelves as long as they previous thought (https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-now-says-coronavirus-does-not-spread-easily-via-contaminated-surfaces). However, there is a little phrase that, what I feel, is rearing up its ugly head in the mainstream media. You’ve heard it by now, I’m sure. It’s called “Contact Tracing” (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/index.html). It’s basically doing detective work on the cases that came up positive with COVID-19. The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of healthcare workers to learn new key skills quickly, who should be able to conduct contact tracing according to the established protocol. This will include background checking, including those who the infected came in contact with. 

 

    Contact tracers include those serving with the National Guard, Department of Licensing, and state and local health officials. Now let’s put on our shiny tin foil hats for a moment. Keep this “model framework” in mind. After you get diagnosed, the state government will send out a worker from the health department to ask you how long you have been feeling symptoms of COVID-19. Next, they will want to know where all have you been since this started. Then, they will want to know every person you have been in contact with, if possible. Now, with cases of coronavirus continuing to rise across the globe, local agencies are taking steps to get ready in case the disease ramps up its second wave. At Maple Lane, a Department of Corrections property in south Thurston County in Washington, the Department of Health is working to turn the site into an isolation and quarantine area. It’s a current development with workers already setting up RVs, tents, and extra fencing (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/potential-coronavirus-isolation-quarantine-site-set-up-south-sound/NSTAHOWKVZHTVGDIHL3LOW64CE/). Similar Contact Tracing and COVID-19 Isolation facilities have been reported to pop up across the country. With this going on, is this something we should question? What does the system of medical martial law really means in terms of basic rights and civil liberties? If it’s too scary for you, you can remove the tin foil hat now.

 

     If you aren’t scared yet, maybe this might put you over the edge. IF the second wave of COVID-19 happens in the fall of 2020, we could see things go for a turn for the worse, should what we’ve already seen state governments already do. Don’t get me wrong, the states have opened up a little, mostly in Phase 1 and 2 while a handful of states are moving on to open fully. With the state governors who have locked down the states along with some of the larger city mayors making the situations worse, the citizens might feel more inclined to push back against the abuse of the governments, causing more protests or eventually escalating into riots. It is my belief that should it come to that situation, those in control will act as victims and call in the likes of the National Guard. There’s nothing saying that they can’t call in the state militias to help reduce the conflict or uprising by the citizens of the states. However, it could get worse should they be allowed to initiate something similar to Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984 (https://www.globalresearch.ca/rex-84-fema-s-blueprint-for-martial-law-in-america/3010). Rex 84 was a classified scenario and drill developed by the United States federal government to detain large numbers of United States citizens deemed to be “national security threats”, in the event that the president declared a National Emergency. 

 

     Recently, President Trump did say in a interview the United States won’t be shut down again (http://fullmeasure.news/news/full-episodes/full-measure-may-24-2020-interview-with-the-president). This may give credence to the possibility the United States government, at least, is getting ready for the worse case scenario when the states attempt to lock down again during predicted the second wave. If things go south, protests get more rowdy, then these “quarantine areas” will be filled by people who either are deemed as security threats or the people who have been tested positive for COVID-19 and deemed by the contact tracers as needed to be removed from their location to ensure they reduce any possible interaction with anyone else. “Identifying contacts and ensuring they do not interact with others is critical to protect communities from further spread. If communities are unable to effectively isolate patients and ensure contacts can separate themselves from others, rapid community spread of COVID-19 is likely to increase to the point that strict mitigation strategies will again be needed to contain the virus,” according to the CDC (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gov-inslee-unveils-plan-for-rapid-covid-19-contact-tracing-in-washington/ar-BB13ZMQh).

 

    However, the wait to to be in a COVID-19 quarantine isolation center may not take as long. Chicago, Illinois has a couple of isolation centers open (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/health-care-workers/home/chicago-covid-19-isolation-facilities.html?fbclid=IwAR2LBmh2MamuwTiUn2A7dqA_l76ETQEwzEgyV9bM9xgiWF1geV4zrEkz1IQ), “each is designed to provide an appropriate setting for people with relatively mild cases of COVID-19 to recover without hospitalization. Both facility types offer a safe clean space to rest and recover with three free meals provided per day, they differ on the amount of support services offered,” according to the city of Chicago website. “A range of COVID-19 Isolation Facilities are being offered free of charge to Chicago residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, and are unable to safely isolate in their own homes.” Of course, only licensed health care providers can request placement of a COVID-19 only patient into these isolation facilities.

 

    Although, before the great second coming of COVID-19, how are we going to be between now and then? Is that even safe to ask or wonder aloud? On social media people have been placing memes about the upcoming monthly disasters including murderous hornets from China, Squigers (those are Tigers in the shape of cute and cuddly squirrels – https://img.maximummedia.ie/her_ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvbWVkaWEtaGVyLm1heGltdW1tZWRpYS5pZS5zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tXFxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC8yMDEzXFxcLzA5XFxcL2UxNzBiZjc0OWQ3NjkyM2FkMGY2OTliZGU1MmNhNjhjMDQyZWY2OTEucG5nXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOjc2NyxcImhlaWdodFwiOjQzMSxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3Lmhlci5pZVxcXC9hc3NldHNcXFwvaW1hZ2VzXFxcL2hlclxcXC9uby1pbWFnZS5wbmc_aWQ9ZDQ4Mjg2ZTdkZWVjZmMyM2VlYzZcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjpbXX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiMTRhODk4ZDczOTg0NDBkM2M2ZmNhMmRhOTZmMmIxMzc5NzU5ZmM2ZCJ9/e170bf749d76923ad0f699bde52ca68c042ef691.png), or of dystopian future based on fear and uncertainty. Yeah it’s healthy to have a good sense of humor, especially with the way 2020 has been so far. I can’t begrudge a person who feels a sense of laughter in the deepest part of their soul because of the way the media is blasting the negative with every “Breaking News”, “This Just In”, or “We’ve Just Been Told…”. It’s getting too common of a thing to hear and it keeps piling up, stacking one on top of the other, adding more stress and grief. When will it stop? Well, that can be answered very easily as long as you are living in the “right now”. This is the moment that matters most, not the future, not the past. Right Now. Set aside the propaganda the Mainstream news is pushing right now. Yes, that is what it is. It’s a form of mind control. Yes, it is…. plain and simple. It’s language used to deceive or disguise what is actually happening or to control the mindset of the mass population.

 

     Rather you believe me or not, isn’t in my control. I don’t want it to be, I would rather you to be in control of your own mind, thoughts, and actions. If I didn’t do my own research trying to connect the dots, I wouldn’t believe it myself. People once thought that famed writer, George Orwell, was nuts for what he wrote in his book, “1984” (https://www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-Classics-George-Orwell/dp/0451524934), but it sure is making a lot of sense today. Although the book was written back in 1949, the current Mainstream news is full of a term used in the book, called “Newspeak” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak). Newspeak is the language of Oceania, a fictional totalitarian state and the setting of the book’s story that some people call somewhat a prophecy of today. To meet the ideological requirements of English Socialism in Oceania, the ruling Party created Newspeak, a controlled language of restricted grammar and limited vocabulary, meant to limit the freedom of thought, including personal identity, self-expression, free will, that threatens the ideology of the régime of Big Brother and the Party, who have criminalized such concepts into thought crime, as contradictions of Ingsoc orthodoxy. At this very moment, I ask you to ponder about it… Does any of this sound familiar? If you still aren’t sure, apply this question: Why are they counting most deaths as COVID-19 related when the person has not been tested or confirmed to be infected?

 

     If you ask me, it’s a type of Newspeak for something, but for what? Is it just fear using death being pushed by the media? Or has it been the revelation of COVID-19 being used politically in an election year? Let’s go a step deeper and ask ourselves some real questions: Have we witnessed a hint of the future where a majority of people stay home, working and going to school on the internet so we can be tracked easier? Is it a tool to divide us, to push us against our friends, allies, and family? Is this the beginning of another Civil War with all the lockdown protests and riots over the death of George Floyd (https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/27/protesters-gather-where-george-floyd-was-killed-as-well-as-mpd-3rd-precinct-oakdale-home/)? If you haven’t check out the video of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, it’s a bit hard to watch. Basically, The video begins with the George Floyd, who is black, groaning and repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe” to the white police officer who has his knee on the man’s neck. An officer keeps insisting he get in the car, while the man repeatedly says he can’t and that parts of his body hurt and he couldn’t breathe, followed by more groaning. George later died and the four police officers who responded to the forgery call were all fired while an investigation by the The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is going on (https://www.insidempd.com/2020/05/26/man-dies-after-medical-incident-during-police-interaction/). Black Lives Matter took to the streets in Los Angeles, California in protest about it too (https://abc7.com/black-lives-matter-george-floyd-dtla-protest-downtown-la/6215968/).

 

    Before that, earlier this week a white woman called the New York Police Department and accused a black man of threatening her and her dog after an exchange that started when the man asked the woman to leash her dog in Central Park (https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/central-park-confrontation-goes-viral-white-woman-calls-cop-on-black-birder/2431773/). Ask you can imagine, the video of that incident went viral, with more than 40 million views in less than 48 hours. Obviously the mainstream media (and social media) went crazy nuts over it. The woman’s name is Amy Cooper and she is shown on video asking Christian Cooper (avid bird watcher) to stop recording her, or she was going to call the cops and tell them “there’s an African American man threatening my life.” She repeated the statement several times, each time sounding more distressed, while appearing to call 911 dispatch. In result the woman has now lost her job and her dog, and is facing a city human rights investigation. In the video, she is seen dragging this poor pooch around by its collar, literally choking the animal. Personally, I am glad she got the pup taken from her, but I really hope with all my heart she learned that it’s not right to treat other people like that. Who cares (besides the media and the race baiters) what color a person’s skin is? We all bleed red! We all need oxygen to breathe. So if you wondered what else is going to happen, remember this is an election year. Anything can and will happen.

 

    With all this in mind and said, I wouldn’t feel right if I did not mention that you should stock up on food right now. Be prepared with a full stock of food for your family. The best way to do that is to go to  preparewithbigjohn.com (http://preparewithbigjohn.com) and get your 4-week emergency food supply. No matter what happens, it could be better with your own food supply, thanks to our friends and sponsor My Patriot Supply. Save money on this great tasting, easy to cook food that is grown, prepared, and shipped from right here in the United States. Preparewithbigjohn.com should be in your browser’s bookmarks and the food should be in your storage. Get it now and save on shipping and one-hundred dollars extra when you get from preparewithbigjohn.com right now, but only for a limited time.

 

    Last, but not least, I want to remind everyone to not Virtue Signal. Especially, during this COVID-19 situation. It is not funny nor the right thing to do to anyone unless you are looking to get jack-slapped. Even the opinion of the media seems to be leaning more toward shunning those who don’t wear masks. The definition for virtue signaling is “the sharing of one’s point of view on a social or political issue, often on social media, in order to garner praise or acknowledgment of one’s righteousness from others who share that point of view, or to passively rebuke those who do not” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/virtue-signaling). If I get shamed for not wearing a face mask in public by someone, I will kick him / her in the nuts. For the record, it doesn’t make you a better person for wearing your non-N95 mask. I just simply exercise my constitutional right not to comply with the suggestion (not a law). It’s not political, it’s not medical, it’s just me not going to jump on the damn bandwagon of everyone else doing something when common sense shows I have the same chance of survival. Half of the people aren’t smart enough to know the proper way to wear them, much less know which one actually is the correct one to use.

    Somethings that I remember doing, seem like that was a generation ago. I know it may come as a shock to you, like someone splashing a bucket of ice cold water over your back while your taking a warm shower, but there was a time, not so long ago, when things were not so out of place. You see, back in the day, we used to be able to hold hands in public, we used to be able to stand in a concert line, laugh loudly in public outside a movie theatre surrounded by our friends, and the only people who wore masks were the workers at a hospital. To me, it seems uncomfortable to walk up to the counter at a store with a mask on and not try to rob the clerk on the other side. Not that I promote or encourage that sort of activity. The store workers I’ve had brief conversations with while getting my groceries checked out in line mostly say the same thing when it comes to their customers wearing the masks. A lot of them wish people didn’t have to wear the masks when coming up to their plexiglass windows. I’m sure that police also would prefer going back to the time when people didn’t wear masks because it would be easier to identify criminals in security videos or eye witness accounts. 

 

    Times, they are a changin’ my friends. Make no mistake about it, this is a transitional period in time within the global community. Have you heard about any battles breaking out? How about any wars going on? Have you noticed any famine hitting parts of the world? Have you heard about the Air Force space wing commander dying recently (https://www.stripes.com/news/air-force/air-force-space-wing-commander-dies-at-peterson-air-force-base-1.629647)? Yeah, there’s already been conspiracy theories about that one floating around. I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens. The one thing that I am pretty sure you heard was about Nancy Pelosi saying that President Trump is “Morbidly Obese” (https://youtu.be/BCHgw9ll5jI) after he admitted to taking the Hydroxychloroquine to prevent getting COVID-19. No, most likely, you’ve seen, heard, or read on a national / global level something about the pandemic we all are living through right now. Not forget to mention about the states opening up and the big network news companies going almost overboard with the deaths while shining a very dim light about those who are recovering and beat the novel coronavirus. Yes, still, many people are getting over it.

 

    Now let me ask you something, are you feeling a sense of emptiness or void going on right now? If not, do you feel like there is a direction the media is trying to pull you into or push you into that makes you dig your heels into the ground a little bit more to resist an unseen change? I can’t help but feel there is some sort of indoctorination trying to put down it’s roots. I watch very little (at most) mainstream news. Mostly quick stories and videos that talk about the main parts of the day. I do listen to newstalk radio to get the news, but I can’t stand watching, reading, or listening to it for more than 15-20 minutes because it recycles through too often. It’s the same topics over and over seasoned with some sort of bias and opinion from someone who isn’t qualified to answer the question they’ve been tasked with. Not one time do I hear, see, or read anyone in the news say “I don’t know” or “I’m not qualified to answer that”. I’m the direct opposite, I will tell you when I don’t know something. But then, I’ve never claimed to be an expert on anything. I don’t even like being referred to or called an “expert” by anyone. That just sets me up for failure. Think about it, is there really a such thing as an expert when it comes to anything right now?

 

    If you are someone who is addicted to the mainstream news, there is a good chance that you probably tow the mark and walk the line to Scientism (https://www.aaas.org/programs/dialogue-science-ethics-and-religion/what-scientism). Although you may not realize it or think you are, it’s a strong possibility if you take the mainstream news as gospel. What is Scientism, you ask? Well, to put it bluntly: Scientism is the promotion of science as the best or only objective means by which society should determine normative and epistemological values. Now I know you have heard about it, you seen it on TV, and you may have those in your social circles talking about it. I don’t know who started using it first, media or the politicians, but it’s getting to be a buzzword on social media (i.e. on Twitter #scientism). It’s usually in the form of “believing in Science”, “we need to listen to the scientists”, or “We need to put our faith in Science”. 

 

    Scientism isn’t anything new. It’s just being heavily pushed during the COVID-19 situation. According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), “the roots of scientism extend as far back as early 17th century Europe, an era that came to be known as the Scientific Revolution.” Although Scientism is alive and well today, like it’s black sheep cousin, politics, it is being twisted in the mainstream news. It’s a word used without the full understanding of the meaning behind it. The media uses the word like a small child trying to use big words without knowing what they mean. It’s not to be confused with Scientology. Most people associate that worth with the likes of Tom Cruise, John Travolta, among others in the Hollywood celebrity elite. Scientology is a religion that offers a precise path leading to a complete and certain understanding of one’s true spiritual nature and one’s relationship to self, family, groups, Mankind, all life forms, the material universe, the spiritual universe and the Supreme Being (https://www.scientology.org/what-is-scientology/#slide3).

 

    To be honest and fair, I’m all about going to see a doctor when you need to. If you need to see your doctor when are feeling if you are sick, experience an unexplained pain, or just want to do your annual checkup, I strongly recommend it. I’m also the kind of guy that won’t go see my doctor, even though I like talking with her, because I have the mindset to work through the pain. To keep going even though I may hurt, it’s just what I do and how I keep my mind off the pain. One thing I won’t do for sure is take a “vaccine” for anything. Even though President Donald Trump is claiming that Americans could see a vaccine for the novel coronavirus by the end of the year, as part of an effort to expedite a vaccine, dubbed “Operation Warp Speed” (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/trump-s-operation-warp-speed-aims-to-rush-coronavirus-vaccine). This program is pulling private pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and the military together to try and develop a vaccine to get rid of COVID-19. Efforts are already underway to mass produce vaccines that are still being studied, in an attempt to have doses ready to be administered as soon as possible.

 

   While all this is going on, our eyes are focused in a single direction, not noticing what the other hand (or hands) are doing. Right now, the US Congress is considering H.R. 6666, the “Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone Act” (“TRACE Act”), a bill by Democratic U.S. Representative Bobby Rush out of Illinois aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text?r=2&s=1). The bill ostensibly would achieve that goal by creating “mobile health units” to “conduct diagnostic testing . . . trace and monitor the contacts of infected individuals” and then “support the quarantine of such contacts” all done at the cost of about $100 billion tax money. So far, the bill has been sponsored by more than 50 congressmen, including former Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii, but it has received very little examination in the mainstream media. What does this all mean? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but something tells me it has a connection to what another familiar face you might recognize is doing in the mainstream news spotlight: Co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates.

 

    I’m pretty sure you’ve seen him or heard his name pop up on the TV screen, news radio, or in some articles online. Outside of being a billionaire co-founder and philanthropist, he’s got attachments to several medical labs that want to participate in finding a vaccine for COVID-19. He’s been making the rounds since the whole COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States. Although he is not medically qualified or certified / accredited, he has been appearing on medical panels on opinion shows, making conversations that included “having everyone vaccinated” even when he has a history of mistrust, power abuse, has mentioned that vaccines will reduce the world’s population (https://youtu.be/4vzFeiKH1jQ), notable / questionable financial contributions to the World Health Organization (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/-/media/GFO/Who-We-Are/Financials/F_087119F-1A_19_BillMelindaGatesFoundationTrust_FS.ashx?la=en&hash=A8764C0B020EB77952AE0BE58592B4320552C0F9), and supposed connections to alleged genocide (https://apnews.com/7d8b0e32efd0480fbd12acf27729f6a5),  he wishes he had “done more” to warn the world about the potential dangers of a global pandemic before coronavirus became one of the biggest public health issues in decades. “I wish I had done more to call attention to the danger,” Gates said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month (https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-19-11589207803). So with all this in mind, one has to ask, did he know about the pandemic before it hit globally? If yes, then how much and what exactly does he know?

 

     The answer to that may be not be hard to uncover as has spent much of the second act of his career initiating and supporting efforts to prevent and control infectious diseases via the “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/) , which has funded some of the Public Health and Infectious Disease Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR) group, which specializes in designing economic and operational computer models, simulations, and tools that help decision makers tackle infectious diseases of global importance, efforts to improve product distribution and disease control. This is after Bill Gates has on multiple occasions pushed for more awareness about the possibility of a pandemic and more efforts to prevent this possibility, such as in a 2015 TED talk event (https://youtu.be/6Af6b_wyiwI).

 

    Although to be fair, there has been another video making the rounds over the past few years that includes Bill Gates telling officials at the Pentagon we need to administer a vaccine for religious fundamentalists in a plan to eradicate religious freedoms in the middle east (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRg41D8SOq0&feature=emb_logo), but since has been proven fake by Reuters News Agency (https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-gates-fundamentalists-penta-idUSKBN22P35M). It was made clear after looking at higher definition versions of the video that the presenter is not Bill Gates. Broadly, the video shows a man presenting a slideshow on the “VMAT2”, or “God gene” and a vaccine called “FunVac” or “FunVax” to eliminate it. The discussion with the attendees includes the argument that religious fundamentalists would pose less of threat if they receive this vaccine. The presenter claims the proposal for this plan has “just been submitted”. He concludes by claiming the project has “great promise”.  Again, that video was a lecture by an unidentified scientist given to DoD officials inside the Pentagon and it is dated 4-13-05. 

 

    Let’s move up to a more recent event that happened in the Italian Parliament where one of their female lawmakers said that the “Billionaire “philanthropist” and population-control zealot Bill Gates is a criminal madman who must be arrested and tried for “crimes against humanity” and attempted “genocide” through vaccines” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_v4xMKdwqQ&feature=youtu.be). The member of Parliament also called for Italians to resist vaccines and Deep State tyranny while fellow legislators applauded. She went on to say that “Bill Gates vaccines killed more people than the virus” and urged the President of Italy “to forward all calls from Bill Gates to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity”. She also argued that Bill Gates and his followers were instrumental in shaping the Italian government’s disastrous and totalitarian response to the coronavirus outbreak that shredded liberty and left many thousands dead. That is some pretty bold moves from a country’s government. This happened shortly after Nigerian lawmakers accused Bill Gates of trying to bribe them into approving legislation that would force mandatory vaccines on the population there (https://newsthud.com/bill-gates-accused-of-trying-to-bribe-nigerian-lawmakers-to-pass-health-bill/). Opposition parties in Nigeria blasted the “foreign-sponsored bill” and called for the speaker to be impeached if he attempted to force it on members despite the growing resistance. Nigeria’s opposition party, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), alleges that Gates offered politicians $10 million to secure the “speedy passage” of the health bill (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/393453-infectious-disease-bill-bill-gates-denies-offering-bribe-to-nigerian-lawmakers.html). But as always, you aren’t hearing about these events on the mainstream media in the United States.

 

    Keep in mind that Gates has been far from a lone voice in expressing concerns about potential pandemics and pushing for more action before this COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Some would say that he’s simply echoing the concerns of many, many scientists and public health officials currently battling the epidemic. I think it’s safe to say that we all have seen how a new microbe like a virus or even an old microbe that suddenly has gotten some more gusto can unexpectedly emerge and quickly spread. This happened during the 2002 SARS outbreak (https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/sars/timeline.htm), the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html), the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreaks (https://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/), and the 2016 Zika outbreak (https://www.cdc.gov/zika/reporting/2016-case-counts.html). However, there are those, including Bill Gates, who believe the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic would be a great time to get onboard with the whole “Chipped” bandwagon. I’ve mentioned it briefly about it before, but it’s no secret that Microsoft received the patent for a chip ( https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606&tab=PCTBIBLIOand https://patentscope2.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606 ) on March 26, 2020. According to the patent, “Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency system. A server may provide a task to a device of a user which is communicatively coupled to the server. A sensor communicatively coupled to or comprised in the device of the user may sense body activity of the user. Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. The cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify if the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system, and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.“ Google talks about it too (https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2020060606A1/en).

 

    Are you laughing yet? Are you able to breath easily knowing that something else is going on? Some could say that this is the mark of the beast that is mentioned repeatedly in the King James Version of the Christian Bible (https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Mark-Of-The-Beast/). So I don’t know if we are on the doorstep of the endtimes or if Microsoft along with other organizations are mocking us with the patent name. The full patent id is WO/2020/060606 for the Applicants: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC located at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, 98052-6399. They describe this as a “Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data”. Don’t be fooled thinking this doesn’t have anything to do “ID2020” (https://id2020.org/). It’s a digital ID system that  They claim “For the one in seven people globally who lacks a means to prove their identity, digital ID offers access to vital social services and enables them to exercise their rights as citizens and voters and participate in the modern economy. But doing digital ID right means protecting civil liberties and putting control over personal data back where it belongs…in the hands of the individual.”  Yeah, I gotta laugh or I’ll cry on this one too…

 

    The battle for free speech is going on right now. Cliche as it may sound, but large digital companies like Facebook and even Google have changed their algorithm since the whole COVID-19 “pandemic”. Each of them claim they are trying to snuff the “misinformation” that is being posted online. What I would like to know is why exactly do they consider misinformation? We’ve already talked about one example on this show a few weeks ago after Facebook has announced they will not let people post events for the protesters who want their states to open up now instead of waiting. They announced that in select states, they would prevent the organizers to create events that went against the state government social distancing guidelines (https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/20/politics/facebook-covid-shutdown-protests/index.html). Some of the state governors of where facebook actively took down the posts said that they were never contacted by facebook and asked to be removed from that list. Google on the other hand, they just remove you from their search algorithms and unless you pay to advertise, they won’t add you back if they don’t want the information to get out. Granted Facebook and Google are companies that doesn’t charge people to be on there, that gives them the right to do what they want as long as YOU agree to those terms. If you don’t like it, you don’t’ have to use them. Look at them as just a digital store. It doesn’t mean you are a sheep if you use them.

 

    On a side note, the word “Sheep” is getting used too much. Honestly, if you are a in a store or some other private business and you don’t want to adhere to the policy in place by the store, you have no right to complain if  they deny you the goods or services you want (https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/19/costco-employee-takes-customers-cart-away-refusing-to-wear-mask-coronavirus/). I understand we are all frustrated in different ways, in which cause us to react in our own ways. If the business is requiring that you adhere to social distancing or wearing a mask, then you have the right to refuse allowing your purchasing power to help that business. In other words, take your money elsewhere and help another business be successful! It’ ain’t that difficult to think. Unless you live in a small community that doesn’t have any other stores, then I would recommend that you go to the nearest town and use your money wisely there. YOU have the power to decide if that business gets your money or not. It’s just that simple. So to call some business a “sheep” or to say you won’t be part of the “Sheeple” movement is just using a word without fully understanding the true meaning. 

 

     I don’t want to wear a mask and a lot of times it’s just virtue signaling. Just to be clear, the definition for virtue signaling is “the sharing of one’s point of view on a social or political issue, often on social media, in order to garner praise or acknowledgment of one’s righteousness from others who share that point of view, or to passively rebuke those who do not” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/virtue-signaling). Let’s be honest about the whole mask thing too. Unless you have a N95 mask, it doesn’t really help you during this whole pandemic, even the homemade masks. The N95 is designed to achieve “a very close facial fit,” according to the Food and Drug Administration (https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/personal-protective-equipment-infection-control/masks-and-n95-respirators), and if properly fitted blocks “at least 95%” of very small test particles, though it doesn’t completely eliminate the risk of illness, per the FDA. Personally, I’ve only worn a mask twice during the whole safer-at-home situation. I wore one during a job interview back in April and then during my mom’s doctor appointment. I’ve also taken and posted pictures of the only times I have worn the masks. Personally, when it comes to interacting with the public, I prefer to stick with the golden rule, “Do to others as you would have them do to you” found at Luke 6:31 of the KJV Bible (http://www.biblestudytools.com/search/?t=niv&q=lu+6:31). So, before you give me the dirty looks of disgust and disbelief, you should be looking into a mirror and wonder if you have the right to judge others while you are the one being oppressed? Little FYI tip all the ladies: to western feminists, the veil is a symbol of oppression (https://www.learnreligions.com/quran-require-women-to-wear-veil-2353510). 

    As I sit here and think, I wonder if what we are doing is really the right thing. I say “we” as in a collective whole. It’s one of the many things that keep me up at night in bed. These thoughts lead me into thinking what I might or have to do should my family be put in a bad situation, worse than what we are all facing. Some people are overstepping their boundaries in one form or another, but overall, can we do better? If our grandchildren looked back to this time and determined that we aren’t already doing the best we can, could we blame them? What are we expected to do in this scenario? We could compare it to the previous and similar situation that got us with the Spanish Flu in mid-1918 to the early 1920’s (https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html). That is the closest reaction to the virus pandemic with similarities of COVID-19. Very few are still alive today who went through the last pandemic. Some of them have claimed that the widespread panic that we see today has happened back during the Spanish Flu.  

 

    As we all head toward third month of stay-at-home shelter-in-place, executive order (even though some states are loosening up), people’s day-to-day lives are becoming paired with an increasingly strange and vivid dreams while there are others who are experiencing insomnia, an inability to fall asleep. Both seem to be symptoms of stress, part of the shared anxiety surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it’s insomnia, strange dreams, or even sleeping too much, sleep disturbances are part of our body’s response to trauma and anxiety. Everyone will react to these situations differently. People will react in some of the most outlandish ways, reacting to what they are experiencing on the inside, along with what is going on outside. Thus, creating sort of a “COVID-19 PTSD”, if you will (https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200507/ptsd-may-plague-many-covid-19-survivors#1). The prolonged and unique stresses imparted by the COVID-19 pandemic has many predicting a significant rise in mental health issues in the weeks, months, and years ahead (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/930150).

 

       As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, more people are experiencing nightmares involving new laws of social distancing, other people coughing on them, crowding too close in elevators, and not wearing masks. Some compare these nocturnal visions to those suffered by people with post-traumatic stress disorder after the Gulf War or 9/11 (https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-covid-19-dreams/). In part, the similarities between pandemic dreams and anxiety dreams of the past are because the brain reacts to stress in characteristic ways. In stressful situations, people’s sleep may be more broken than usual, causing them to leave and enter REM sleep more frequently, can increase the likelihood that dreams are remembered the next day. Institutions around the world have been collecting examples of dreams since the outset of the pandemic, and some researchers found a 35% increase in dream recall since lockdown (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-is-giving-people-vivid-unusual-dreams-here-is-why/#close).

 

    Medical experts and scientists say that it is understandable to feel anxious and worried about what may happen, especially when many aspects of life are being affected during COVID-19. They suggest that if you find that you are getting more stressed by watching or reading the news, you should reduce your intake, particularly prior to sleep. Realizing that while circumstances may be stressful and beyond your control, you can try to offset them with more positive calming activities. Something else you can do is to practice slow, steady breathing, and muscle relaxation, as well as any other actions that are calming for you such as yoga, exercise, music, keeping the mind occupied with hobbies (https://www.ptsd.va.gov/covid/COVID_managing_stress.asp). Doing these simple, little things can prevent you from experiencing a panic attack or injury that may result into something worse.

 

    Let’s talk about that news intake for a moment because that could be an factor as to way you may be experiencing the symptoms of stress, anxiety, sleeping difficulty, strange dreams, and maybe PTSD. The news, itself, seems to be more doom & gloom, especially where the Mainstream news is concerned with all the COVID-19 pandemic. If you notice, very rarely do they talk about the survivors, those people who come through and recover from this coronavirus. I, for one, have talked about several elderly people who are around the age of 100 who got diagnosed with COVID-19 and recovered from it on my show whenever I see a new story come up from a reliable source (https://fox4kc.com/news/im-a-warrior-not-a-worrier-local-world-war-ii-veteran-earns-new-medals-after-beating-covid-19/). Anytime I see a story that is positive, I want to share it on my show with my listeners. If we could focus more on the positive, I think we might be looking at this in a whole new light instead of what the media would prefer. 

 

    If you haven’t noticed, the Mainstream media acts like TV meteorologist. Being that I live and broadcast my show from within Tornado Alley (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology/tornado-alley), I feel it is a valid comparison between the two, as they are also linked to each other in some ways. Now I love a good Severe Thunderstorm, I’ve chased them, reported from them, had my fair share of getting pelted by large hail, blown sideways, and drenched in rain. All that still excites me enough to want to go back out and do it all again. To be a storm chaser, it is part of the gig, it’s just too bad I didn’t get paid to do it all. Again it was something I love to do when I can. One thing I never believed in was the hype that a weatherman on TV would give a storm that was moving toward my direction. I had enough experience and knowledge (limited) to know that you can’t always rely on radar, satellite, and computers to show you how bad the storm really is. You have to be out there to see it first hand. So whenever a TV Meteorologist would come on and start doing a “scare-cast”  while showing all the pretty colors on the radar screen, pictures of the clouds, giver their opinions /diagnosis, and talking about the predicted possibilities of these storms using copy notes from the National Weather Service, I would listen for keywords to determine if it was a “Bravo-Sierra” update or not.

 

    The same technique can be done with the mainstream news reporting. The only big difference is that the news is more blatant about it. They use their fancy TV graphics, bring on experts (many of them questionable at best on some networks), they like using pretty labels when talking about certain people, and give you their opinion more than the news. They, too, will give you the hype of a “Major” story, too “Big” to miss. It’s very similar to how TV Weather Meteorologist do, but without the live video call in’s from actual credited storm spotters in the field giving you accurate descriptions and information about the storm as it pounces over their heads. However, the “hype” is to help build ratings. Some could argue that technique similar to a snake oil sales person. Just remember, Hype = Ratings = $$$. Personally, I don’t mind hyping up something if I know it’s the truth and it will be worth every penny. However, I don’t like twisting what people say, putting words in someone’s mouth, or falsifying facts to make someone pay attention to me. I always figured if I can’t be honest, then I’m doing something wrong. That’s why I could never be a sales person.

 

    Social Media is another beast that needs to be tamed from time to time. One problem is that there is so much “misinformation” (if I may use that word at the risk of sounding cliche). In my own facebook newsfeed (https://www.facebook.com/thebigjohnshow), I see so many fake or unbelievable addresses / links / sources that people share. I don’t know if it is facebook bots saying that the people are posting it or not. Some of the people I know would, without a doubt, believe it if they saw it. In my humble opinion, people don’t do enough of their own research beyond social media and mainstream news (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, MSNBC, CNN, Sesame Street, Late Night Talk Shows, The View, Poteau Daily News, ect). It’s too much work to find the truth, so they repost what sounds the closest to their belief. It’s lazy and doesn’t help the common people who just want to avoid the bias. It’s one of the reasons I stopped “following” so many people on facebook.

 

    Some of the biggest news stories continue to be from the states of California where the city of Los Angeles as of yesterday has decided to extend their “Safe-at-home” order (https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/Los-Angeles-stay-at-home-quarantine-Garcetti-COVID-15267561.php) for another two and a half months. I’m sure you can imagine this hasn’t set well with the folks in that area. Not forget to mention that Governor Gavin Newsom has an executive order that includes limiting the activities people can do on beaches (https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10961231-181/los-angeles-county-reopens-beaches). County beaches and many city-owned beaches along the 75 miles of coastline are open only for “active recreation” such as walking, swimming and surfing. Sunbathing, picnicking and group sports such as volleyball are still banned and strangers must stay well apart. Visitors also must wear masks when they’re out of the water.

 

    In the state of Oregon, several businesses are suing Governor Kate Brown and Oregon’s Public Health Director in a challenge against the state’s coronavirus-related shutdown orders (https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200513/several-oregon-businesses-sue-gov-brown-for-shutdown-orders). The plaintiffs argue the state seized their property by shuttering them, taking them for the “asserted public use of risk minimization,” the court documents state. The businesses reference Oregon Health Authority data showing a decline in cases or “flattening the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic, but say the numbers are not enough to prove the shutdown was necessary. 

   

    Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer went on “The View” yesterday (5/19) and announced that the frequent protests overwhelming the state’s capital against her stay-at-home order are undermining the effort to stem the spread of the deadly virus (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-protests-undermine-states-response-covid/story?id=70645516). “These protests, they do undermine the effort, and it’s very clearly a political statement that is playing out where people are coming together from across the state, they are congregating, they’re not wearing masks, they are not staying six feet apart, and then they go back home into communities and the risk of perpetuating the spread of COVID-19 is real. While I respect people’s right to dissent, they need to do it in a way that is responsible and does not put others at risk,” she said. If you ask me, she is believing “the hype” a little too much. She also mentioned in an interview that she asked Vice President Pense to call off the protesters. I don’t think he really has anything to do with protesting at the moment as his hands are already full with his daily duties.

 

    North Carolina began Phase I of a three-step plan to re-open the state. Although they are seeing more protests from both sides of the COVID-19 line: Medical workers and business owners / employees. The group “Re-Open N.C.” has protested at the legislative building in Raleigh, North Carolina for five weeks in a row now. They’re demanding the state to re-open, not in phases, but immediately. A counter-protesting plane flew over the rally with a banner reading “fewer graves if we re-open in waves, hashtag science-saves” (https://kvoa.com/coronavirus-coverage/2020/05/12/re-open-nc-rally-attracts-counter-protest-at-state-capitol/). Others have counter-protested over the past few weeks, including healthcare workers who stood in silence, wearing masks and gowns, to make a statement. North Carolina’s phase one keeps restaurants closed except for take-out and delivery while spas, gyms, salons and larger venues like churches and movie theaters also remain closed until at least May 22nd.

 

    It is my belief that there’s no reason for the governments in these or any other states should be so hard on it’s citizens at the expense of their dignity. Unfortunately, the news is eating all these events up. Again, you hardly hear about the good things that people are doing or about the survivors who recovered from COVID-19. It’s the old saying, “if it bleeds, it leads” (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/two-takes-depression/201106/if-it-bleeds-it-leads-understanding-fear-based-media). Traditionally, a journalists job was to just report the news, plain and simple. Now days, fear-based news stories prey on the anxieties we all have and then hold us hostage. Being glued to the television, reading the paper, or surfing the internet increases ratings and market shares, but it also raises the probability of depression relapse. Somewhere in all the mess, we lose the the narrative, or it gets twisted up for an agenda. Because of that, there are some things in the COVID-19 pandemic that don’t make sense to me. 

 

    No matter what side of the line you are on, it’s not fair to shame or ridicule the other for doing what they feel is best for them. No, you don’t have to wear a mask if you don’t want to. If you feel the need to wear a mask in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19, then do it. If you feel the need to stay home, then stay home. You don’t have to go to businesses that are open and in some cases, may be able to take advantage of delivery. It’s you doing your part to not get or spread the coronavirus with your family members. However, if you are alone in your car, I would strongly recommend not wearing a mask while driving. There was a case where a driver was wearing an N95 mask and passed out, resulting in a bad wreck involving a tree (https://www.facebook.com/LincolnParkPoliceDepartment/posts/1171691036506303).

 

    If you are feeling any angst or ill-will toward people right now, the only thing I can say is to step back a moment, take a deep breath, and go to your happy place in your mind. Cheezy, I know, but it works. It’s either that, or turn-around and go the other way. I could recommend taking a shot of hard whiskey if you are old enough as long as you don’t get behind the wheel of a vehicle or have health issues. My point is this, we are each, individually, dealing with this situation the best way we know how. If you want real suggestions, perhaps you should go ask some of the living survivors of the Spanish Flu. They are far and few between, but I would like to know what they did. However, I got a feeling I know the answer already and it is: just keep on living. Keep on doing what you gotta do and move on. It’s the secret to any bad situation. Just do what you got to do and drive on. It’s times like these that really make me wish my dad was still alive. Like Johnny Cash sang in the song “Drive On” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtEvMIImOc), He, like all of the soldiers who got to come home alive from Viet Nam, are all walkin’-talkin’ miracles from Viet Nam. It may not have been the same, but it was a matter of life and death in the name of freedom. My dad might know what to do.

 

    I would have to argue if someone were to come up to me and say that we don’t live during interesting times. 2020 had become a very challenging, yet intriguing year, to say the least. I myself have personally experienced some very stressful times and damn new miraculous outcomes in the past few months. What started out for me with high hopes for landing a new radio gig or getting a new job at the beginning of the new year, hindsight proves we should have seen the signs of things yet to come. At the end of 2019, we had COVID-19 in the background while an impeachment process of an American President took the forefront. Yeah, it was a political circus, but it got carried over into the new year for political reasons. While those two things were going on, another interesting development was happening regarding our 2nd amendment: Anyone remember what happened in the state of Virginia (https://abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-governor-declares-state-emergency-militia-threats-gun/story?id=68299433)? Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam introduced a series of stunts that didn’t make anyone in the US who loves the 2nd Amendment happy. So he declared a state of emergency on the state’s capitol in fear of some sort of revolt. That was a powder keg that I am sure still has a short fuse on it, just waiting to be lit.

 

    Finally, there was the Senate impeachment acquittal of President Trump (https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/politics/senate-impeachment-trial-vote-acquittal/index.html). After all the talk, pony shows, and money blown on that ridiculous fiasko with the predictable outcome by the Democrats, there was no proof or evidence that US President Donald Trump did any wrong doing. Then we were able to focus more on the election process, primaries, caucasus, and voter turnouts. Still, somewhere in the background, COVID-19 is creeping over slower than molasses in the wintertime. Literally, it was winter, but it did finally catch up and get our attention, thanks to our little darlings in the media.

 

    This year has halted so many lives around the globe. Governments had to literally shut down many businesses causing major industries to almost a grinding stop. Some regional and local governments have taken what their people call “an overreach of power” in some cases (https://themichiganstar.com/2020/05/02/hundreds-of-protestors-gather-inside-michigan-capitol-building-thursday-against-continued-government-overreach/). Thus causing many people, groups, businesses, and organizations to stand up to what some describe as a tyrannical form of government. What is interesting to note is that there are medical workers also protesting, but not about the government. They are asking for more Personal Protection Equipment (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/01/workplace-coronavirus-related-deaths-under-investigation-osha/3056655001/). These are the people who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic and would think it makes sense to give them the face masks they need. 

 

    So far this year has brought on a LOT of doom and gloom. What may be scary to some is that we haven’t even made it to the halfway point yet. What is going to happen on or after June 1st? Aren’t you feeling a little curious to know what is behind that door? Can you smell what’s cooking on the other side of that door? Can you feel what lies on the other side of that wall? Is it more tension or anxiety because you don’t yet really understand what is going on right now? Or, are you letting it all roll out and letting the chips fall where they may? It is an election year and as you may remember, anything (and I do mean ANYTHING) can and most likely will happen. 

 

    I say that because I’m seeing and feeling there is something amiss going on in the political realm that doesn’t seem like it’s set in stone yet. Each Presidential election year, scandals, backlash, and mud slinging are what plagues the candidates running, fueled by the media. However, not so much as we are not even into the second half of the year yet. Somehow the political landscape seems to have narrowed down drastically (or conveniently) when it comes to the Democratic Party nominees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_candidates). I know that several candidates have fallen due to the lack of votes / points in the voting system. However, even with the late comer, former New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, having dumped about $1,000,000,000 during his four month run (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-bloomberg-spent-billion-month-presidential-campaign-filing/story?id=70252435), he taught us all that no matter how much money you have, you still cannot buy a political race. He to also had his share of scandals. 

 

    What I can’t shake off my thought train is why (and how) did former US Vice President, Joe Biden, get to be the single player left in the Democratic Party 2020 Presidential race? Out of all the other players in the team, why is it that Joe, with all his gafs and chaotic stories, is the one who gets the spotlight centerstage? I don’t normally like to jump onto the conspiracy bandwagons and I also like to rule out coincidences, but the question remains: Why Joe Biden of all people? Could it be that he is part of a larger plan about to “unmask” sooner rather than later? I ask this because of the four (possibly more) state governors who are in the news more now than 2020 Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, who’s been more quite as of late, due to the whole COVID-19 pandemic going on. 

 

    This is something that I know I have been harping on for a short while now, but I see something unfolding and it’s either one of three things that will most definitely affect the United States of America going forward. If history told us anything, if we learned from the truth without agenda, this might be the start of another major turn in American history. We could be (not saying we are) in what historians would call a “Pre-Revolution”. It sounds radical, I know, but what if we are already in the midst of a major chain of events that could seem to look like a Civil War, but not as Northern aggression versus Southern patriotism. This could still be a war of idealism literally being fought inside the state house (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNlYT8spqo), similar to what happened in Michigan recently. I’m telling you, that event was a shot fired across the bow of the Michigan Governor just before she fired back not only one, but THREE executive orders back across the state toward its citizens (https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90640-527721–,00.html). The states ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’ order has not changed at this time and is set to expire on May 15th. However, since then, the madam Governor has fired off two more executive orders:

• Executive Order 2020-69 – Temporary restrictions on the use of places of public accommodation (https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-527830–,00.html). 
• Executive Order 2020-70 – Temporary requirement to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life (https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-527847–,00.html). 

FYI: a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor. And as you can guess, the folks in Michigan are not happy with the states administration. What I find interesting to point out is that the Governor is a member of the Democratic Party. So keep that little tidbit in mind.

 

     Our next stop is over in the state of California where the Governor is facing backlash from the citizens for having the endour the similar activities as a result of COVID-19. Living in the sunshine state is supposed to be all peachy and grand, but as of late it is a crime to go to the beach, even with social distancing in tact (https://www.cfact.org/2020/05/02/california-governor-makes-beachgoers-criminals/). Although it is getting more interesting and intense as the local law enforcement in different parts of the state are starting to do their own decision making about what to do in their areas (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2020-05-02/remote-northern-california-county-defies-stay-at-home-order). Recently, the California Governor said in a press statement that his state is “many days, not weeks” away from starting to reopen (https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/01/california-is-many-days-not-weeks-away-from-starting-to-reopen-newsom-says/). However, many of the citizens are wanting to be like the other Americans in nearly a dozen states across the country (including Texas, Alabama and Colorado) who are beginning to resume some of their normal activities, such as returning to a gym, sitting down at a restaurant and getting a haircut. Meanwhile, people keep getting detained or arrested while this goes on because they protest the current situation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1o2lVFkZ_w). A lot of them just want to return to work and get their lives back in order. On the flip side, the Governor did sign an Executive Order on marriages via teleconferencing (https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4.30.20-EO-N-58-20-text.pdf). Under the executive order, adults will be able to obtain a marriage license, at the discretion of their local county clerk, through videoconferencing, as long as both adults are located within the State of California, are present, and can present identification during the video conference. The license can then be issued via email. Additionally, adults who wish to be married can conduct a ceremony to solemnize the marriage via videoconference, as long as both parties are present, and have at least one witness who can join the live video conference. Again, it’s all in the name of health and wellness. Can you imaging the honeymoon via teleconferencing? FINALLY you can stare at porn on a tv screen, on your desktop, or smartphone and not feel like you are doing something nasty or perverted, right? Yeah, I’m going to need a shower after this one.

 

    Moving on to our next state Governor making the news more than Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden, hails from the great state of North Carolina. Here’s a guy who has sent out his own Executive Order demanding that people stay home and orders them to not gather in mass (https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO135-Extensions.pdf). It’s got all the basics that the other states have, including social distancing and prohibits visitors in nursing homes. Which brings me to this interesting twist when it comes to the protester. There is an interesting mix of protesting going on, some with the re-opening of North Carolina and then the medical people who are not wanting to reopen the state (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbIfSkdvn1I). It is interesting to take note, even though it might be politically driven. If you can take the politics out of the whole protest, it is interesting to see the two sides show up without the police being involved because it is mostly civil on one side and civil on the other. A bit of shouting, horn honking, and megaphones, but it’s normal thing during peaceful protests. Some of it makes great photo collages along with video and audio montages too! 

 

    Now let’s take take a gander over into the great Northeast and ponder if the New York Governor is making any friends with his executive orders? That answer is a No. He has his fair share of protesters wanting their state reopened, but in the name of “health and safety”, it isn’t going to happen soon. If you were to make a checklist, it would have:

• Protesters wanting to reopen the state? Check!
• Medical personnel protesting for more PPE? Check!
• Protestesters to keep the state closed? Check!
• Protesters voicing out against the “Stay At Home” order? Check!
• Marriages via Teleconferencing? Check!

Something else that keeps me popping up on my radar is how the governor keeps making / “modifying” his Executive Order(s) on the upcoming elections in his state (https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20226-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency). There is a LOT of daily updates on this subject. I don’t know if it is the fact that the citizens of New York state have their own way of doing things or if it’s something that we should be paying attention to and these protesters are trying to get the word out. So please don’t take me as a leading expert on anything. I’m just saying there seems to be an interesting mix of ideologies going on in that part of the US. 

 

    Okay, now that all this is put together, how difficult would it be to prove me wrong that these governors have gotten a really large amount of time and attention from the media? Would you agree that these Governors have gotten more time than Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden? As it looks, one could say the media has been heavily focused and the only time they talk about Joe Biden is when someone endorses or has an update on the sexual scandal that he is involved with stemming back from the mid-1990’s (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/14/joe-biden-accused-of-sex-assault-amid-challenge-to-donald-trump.html). It’s almost daily on social media that you hear about one of his flubs that he says because keeps losing his train of thought. 

 

     However, as the the former mayor of Chicago and former Chief of Staff (2009 to 2010), Rahm EManuel, for former President Barack Obama (and former Vice President Joe Biden) once said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeA_kHHLow). That is something that the mainstream news media has brought back up into circulation recently with all the COVID-19 situation. After all, nothing beats free press and advertising. So with that in mind and all these Governors who are putting the squeeze to the people of whom they represent, which by the way are resulting in protests. It seems to be a repeating pattern of back and forth, protesters vs Executive Orders. Wouldn’t it be possible that they are trying “condition” everyone, including the protesters who are standing up? In other words, who is the say that these folks are standing up because they actually see what is going on, but the media won’t show that (much)? If it is some sort of “Conditioning”, then you have to ask, what is next after the protesters have all gone home? If all these Governors are acting in a way that displeases their voters, I am concerned to as why they are pushing to change the voting criteria during this election. I’m sure that I’m not the only one to see there will be problems if they allow voters to elect a President via mail. 

 

    Now, I give you all that information to think about something really important and I know it’s a lot to process with all that’s going on. But what if, and I mean a big “IF” the Democratic National Committee decides at the last minute in August to not accept Presidential Candidate Joe Biden as their party’s nominee? Who would they have to choose to fill in that spot? As many of people may think, I do not believe it will be Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama. I really don’t nor do I feel it would be in their best interest while the world is in pandemic. They would need some fresh faces, with strong wills, deep roots in the Democratic machine, someone that they could help control the masses because they have “proven their leadership” under this pandemic. Pause and think who that could be for a moment.

 

    This time last year, if I were to say to you that we would see all the Democratic candidates go down pretty quick after the first of the year and then we could see four more rise up like a phoenix out of the ashes of a major global pandemic across the country, you would have scoffed at me and thought I was nuts, but now here we are a year later. Does it seem like I’m crazy to you? I almost wish I was with the way it seems to be setting up. All the Governors that I mentioned above are members of the Democratic party. They know it will be like hell going up against a sitting President with the very strong backing of the senate and about half of the US citizens. So why not use this global issue as a trial by fire and see who looks more presidential coming out of it? Why should the Democratic Party let this crisis go to waste? You know the Republican party is going to do it, but you don’t hear or see them doing what the Governors are doing? This would be a fantastic test of leadership should these Governors take it upon themselves along with the Democratic National Committee plays along. What about poor Joe, though? Right now, he’s got more than he can handle in the press between his gafs and sex scandal that he is going to end up fading away into the background. If that ain’t enough, let’s not forget his involvement with his son’s cushy job in the Ukraine either (https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/gop-senator-aims-to-release-hunter-biden-report-this-summer/). Ol’ Joe’s got enough going on to keep him busy until his dementia goes full blown.

 

    So here’s one of the three ways it’s going to go down in America after June 1st:

1. Let’s say that Joe Biden does get the Democratic party nomination and he does, somehow, make it to November unscathed by the sex scandal and his son’s fiasko in the Ukraine. He still has to beat current President Donald Trump, whom may or may not eat him alive, figuratively speaking. Not to be confused with Alex Jones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfZcKCIcug8).
2. Joe Biden does beat President Donald Trump and becomes the next US President. What then? Does that mean our problems go away? Are we still going to be under the gun with COVID-19? Do we want to see what is happening with protesting in California, Michigan, North Carolina, and New York all across the country? Personally, I don’t know if that will happen or not, but I don’t want to risk it.
3. Joe Biden crashes and burns at the Democratic National Convention in August because the powers that be don’t want to have him as their candidate because he has too much going wrong with him in the public. So then we have these other four Governors waiting in the wings for their chance to shine and be chosen. By then, they’ve already been roasted by their voters and toasted by the media. So they have already shown their worthiness to face pressure head on, especially on a global scale. But if their actions now are any indication on how they will lead / rule after they are elected in November should they beat President Trump, who would want them to be there?

 

    Those are the three options I currently see as far as the political scene after June 1st. Am I making this a prediction? No, but I am telling you what I see being played out. Yeah, there are a few wild cards out there still yet to be played, but when they do, let’s see how far off I am before we say I am completely nuts for saying, much less thinking, all this.