I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand to be around social media lately. Although it seems to be a widely effective tool for what I do on my show, it’s still better in small doses to me. There are posts filled with pictures, comments, and advertisements for everything I’m involved in sent out several times daily. I do that with the help of services like Buffer and Hootsuite to spread it all across the vast social media hotspots that are linked up on The Big John Show website. I do this for not only my site, but for TBJS Radio Network (www.tbjsradio.com) and Pornaudiography (www.Pornaudiography.com) and it saves me time along with headaches of getting all that out there during my already busy schedule to keep things going across the board. There comes a time when and if you want to promote something about your goods or services that you want to cover as much ground as you can when it comes to advertising it. Be it an event, special offer, or invitation, it’s important to spread it out across the mass media, in this case, social media. However, there are limits and depending on your own personal limitations, you might get to a wall. A point to where you get tired of seeing so many people post so much negativity or other things that get you riled up to when you just throw your hands up and say “no more!” Or as to what my Mexican brother from a different mother would say, “No Mas Amigos!”

    From what I could tell, the month of June was a massive explosion for misinformation. It was a battlefield of explosions and disastrous communication. I don’t talk about it much, but I’ve always been quick to see or detect patterns, especially when they change direction or course. I could tell the algorithms had changed in the Google search engine twice since April 2020. I also could tell that Facebook changed four times in the last three months. Two times were last month alone. Twitter has remained mostly, but there was a few tweaks here and there in places. The one that got the most attention was what happened with President Donald Trump over a tweet he made about some protesters (https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-blocks-users-liking-sharing-trumps-tweet-george-floyd-protesters-says-it-glorifies-1507275). It escalated even further when the White House reached out to Twitter for their actions (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/29/21274493/donald-trump-twitter-feud-blocked-message-social-media-executive-order).The Mainstream News hit that like it was a red light special in Amsterdam. If I had to give June a new nickname, it would be the month of Missed Information.

    Another strange point is the fact that I was in Facebook Jail for 24 hours recently. It started with a picture I posted that I copied from another friend. About thirty seconds after I posted it, I got a stern warning from Facebook saying I had violated their rules. When I called them out on it, they didn’t say anything until I posted a second picture that was already posted on another friends page, that’s when they slapped me back with another violation and put me in facebook jail (https://www.facebook.com/thebigjohnshow/posts/3624492270901097). By the way, my friend who I got the pictures off their pages didn’t get into any trouble with Facebook. So why did I? Now I have a warning on my page that only I can see that says I am going to be watch for a year should I post anything else they deem “offensive” to their rules. This is one of the many reasons I have decided to slowly make my migration over to Parler (https://www.parler.com/profile/TheBigJohnShow/). However, I know for a fact I’m not the only one moving over to them because I have seen several people, before and after I created my page, start their move over as well.

    I told the people earlier this week on my facebook, if you see my any of my messages, consider it a blessing because they survived the another round of my Facebook “friends” purge: 130 this week, plus 152 a couple of weeks ago. If you feel disappointed that you are still on my friends list, please feel free to remove yourself at your earliest convenience. I did this because I’m so tired of seeing the negativity on my facebook stream. I’ve quit following some people on there, next step will be removal. Twitter is just as bad, if not worse. The only difference is the shorter attention span that twitter allows you to have with each post, unless you go looking for it directly. I can’t believe how many businesses and people want to dwell on the negative spin of politics, COVID-19, and Rioting. Guys, I am telling you the honest truth when I say if you quit watching the Mainstream News, some of your stress will go away. Not all, but some and it will be enough to clear your head a little more so you can think better. Quit giving it so much power over you that it prevents you from doing anything positive or productive.

    Some people are just regurgitating what they see on the TV news and it’s just the same thing over and over, but written or shown in a different way. Give it a break, will ya? Honestly, I can’t tell you what to put on your pages, but I sure as hell can prevent what I see on my social media stream. If you want to talk facts, if you want to talk truth, then get down to the heart of the matter and deal with that first. I say this all the time: It’s an election year, anything (I do mean ANYTHING) can and will happen! Guys, things are bad enough without you spreading the negativity and getting people riled up / stressed out even more. The way some people are on their social media leaves me shaking my head. Honestly, I don’t know how some people don’t drown when they drink a glass of water or choke whenever they take a breath of fresh air. Common sense, people. Common damn sense….

    One contributing factor I think that helps drive people mad is the algorithm that social media uses, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to name a few. Each one of them will use a system that only shows you what that particular social media company wants you to see. Granted, you can search for a specific person or profile page and it will come up if you are not blocked, but you have to go looking for it. It may not be in your newsfeed for easier access to see the content you want because it doesn’t fit the algorithm. Keep that in mind as when you publish your posts and comments. Not everyone will see them unless you want to pay for them to be seen by a wider audience. That’s how facebook makes their money. Currently, you only get four or five for every 100 of your “friends” who will see your facebook posts. If a “friend” decides to share that post or comment, then the same thing happens for them with only four or five people. If one of their “friends” share, the pattern repeats. If you want to pay Facebook to “boost” your post (allowing more people to see it), then you will have to pay for it, just like advertising (https://www.facebook.com/business/help/240208966080581?id=352109282177656).

      That same message can go to businesses that post things on social media and get upset when people don’t react to in the timely fashion or demand they expected. If you don’t understand how social media works, then it’s high time to do some research, but be warned: when you do start to get a grasp of it, companies like Facebook and Twitter will change it on you again. So get ready for constant disappointment because they won’t let you get past their gates without paying the price of admittance. Not just financially either, I’m talking about content wise and politically. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is having his fourth-point-of-contact handed to him because of advertising withdrawls from the likes of Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Microsoft, Adidas, Lego, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Hershey’s, Ford Motor Co. and Verizon are among the biggest names to join the #StopHateforProfit campaign being led by a coalition of civil rights groups including the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League (https://www.ajc.com/news/facebook-losing-millions-dollars-companies-cut-off-advertising/IcIaAw1q9aGBH9Co1ReyMJ/). More than 400 global companies are withholding millions of dollars in advertising on Facebook for a month or possibly longer to pressure the social media giant to take a stronger stance against misinformation and hate speech on the platform. In response to all this, Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meet with civil rights leaders in the coming weeks after defying recent public pressure to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spread misinformation about mail voting and suggested violence against protesters nationwide. 

    Courtesy of President Trump’s crackdown on the rioters, looters, and thugs in the streets, the entities pulling the strings are starting to figure out they can’t get to you that way, so now they are going to come for your wallet. It’s not about financial gain either, although it doesn’t hurt to make a few bucks on the side out of this whole mess, have you seen the cost of masks at Walmart lately? For a 10 count package, it will cost nearly nine dollars (https://www.walmart.com/ip/10-ct-Pack-Disposable-3-Ply-Face-Masks/459279944). That’s not the N95 or surgical grade quality either. Hospitals and clinics are having a hard time getting those right now. Do you realize that the average person would run through that in a day with the current CDC guidelines? Yeah, you can’t tell me there isn’t any money being made during this “pandemic”. 

    But let’s all just take a deep breath and turn it down a few notches because according to a new study, all these protests did not cause spike in coronavirus cases. Yeah, you heard me. According to a team of economists who have published their findings in a 60-page paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (https://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdf), these protests against systemic racism held in 300-plus cities across the country following the death of George Floyd did not cause a significant increase in coronavirus infections. They determined all this based on cell phone data. They say it revealed that “cities which had protests saw an increase in social distancing behavior for the overall population relative to cities that did not,” leading to “modest evidence of a small longer-run case growth decline.”  I’m not kidding you, but from what I can tell from the media, a lot of those people in the protests and riots were not exercising social distancing. In fact, that wasn’t even the last thing on their mind. So what gives? What’s the real story? Oh, wait… I know, it’s because we all tried to resume our normal lives and made it more difficult for the ones who want either more control or to be controlled. Those who want to be controlled are the same ones who got participation trophies as a kid. Those who want more control are the same people who were bullied as kids and get a thrill when they can over-extend their abuse of power.

    This brings me to my next point: Thank you, Protesters and Rioters, for making several states rollback on their phases for opening back up. This includes those who were wearing their virtue signaling cloth masks. Because of you not exercising your social distancing requirement for COVID-19, great states like Texas and Florida are now limiting their businesses again. State Fairs, Concert venues, and community events (Oktoberfest) are being canceled left and right. Not only are the rioters breaking the laws (what I call “Rioters Privilege”), you now sent people back into their homes and business are getting closed down AGAIN. Just for the record, some of us would like to have a job to go to and we can’t if you keep getting the state governments riled up because you can’t keep your social distance and practice safe protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (you know, that thing your liberal dark lords keep panicking about) and some being forced to wear a mask.

    SO I make this suggestion: For all these rioters and protesters (peaceful and violent), it should be made mandatory that if you are going to go outside doing your thing, you should have to wear an N95 mask or at least a medically approved surgical mask. Not some costume, not some cloth, you have to have an actual medical surgical mask / N95. Not one you get at the hardware store or Walmart for allergies. A lot of you were the same people who complained about other people not wearing masks when they go outside. You are the same people who complain that shoppers aren’t obeying the rules in the aisles of walmart. Your mama’s must be proud so proud of you for earning your participation trophy for being a social warrior.

    I am so sick and tired of the double standard. Media, political clowns, and the extreme sides are stirring the toilet bowl, feeding the Kool-aid to the followers, and people of all color think it’s the gravy train! I can’t even imagine why they think this is all a good thing. I guess if I was drunk of the toilet bowl wine, I would think it’s the greatest thing since the waffle was created. Well, except those in Oregon, you can’t blame them. They have a free pass on wearing their masks: “People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public” (https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/hhs/page/statement-lincoln-county-leadership-62420). Nope, they can do whatever they want. (<—- Sarcasm!)

Apparently, we can cut funding to the police, or actually defund the whole department completely, but we can’t keep history up on the city square or streets. Even when these protesters don’t understand true history because they didn’t care to learn or it wasn’t taught in school. I guess with the imaginary organizations like Antifa (https://twitter.com/i/status/1276246266641604616) going around pushing their propaganda, then maybe we got it all wrong. Maybe they are the ones who are right. Maybe the Kool-aid man will come bust through the wall on a unicorn while the Lucky Charms Leprechaun riding Toucan Sam will come flying up from behind sprinkling marshmallow treats from the sky. Maybe we should start defunding schools who don’t teach real history to their students? And since some schools hand out participation trophies, how about we quit wasting thousands of dollars on sports departments? What’s the point of sending our kids to public schools if they aren’t learning?

    Guess what guys, guess who’s next on the “Great Awokening of 2020” racial agenda? YOU ARE! Look at all the businesses who have changed their names, logos, and services because they don’t want to be “offensive”. Systematic Racism is exactly what it sounds: Systematic. Meaning, everyone one is a target one way or the other. Who ever is pushing this is not going to stop until there is a system wide crash. Image an airplane with full capacity flying 20,000 feet in the air with a wing on fire. Pretty soon, the fire is going to spread to the engine. Once the engine goes, it cause a serious problem. It gets pretty hard to fly at that moment, but there is still a 50/50 chance of survival. Eventually that plane is going to go down because the fire is consuming it, not caring, indiscriminately. Fire doesn’t care what color, creed, or origin. It’s going to burn until it can’t. The real question is, what are you going to do to prevent that fire from burning any more before you crash down?

    What I’m about to say may come as a shock and upset some people on what’s left of my friends list after the recent purge of my facebook page, but I think it needs to be said. In the spirit of “The Great Awokism of 2020” as I call it, there are groups of people who have lined themselves up for re-alignment of consensus, if you will. There are a lot of misinformation fueling these people who keep destruction in mind and history in their sights. For the record, you can’t change history, but history can change you. What’s done is done and what you are doing now will be reflected on good or bad by our children’s children and beyond as a moment of either mass hysteria or cultural declination. How do you want the future to mirror you?

    President Trump recently made it clear that he will be signing an Executive Order to “that would protect public statues and federal monuments and make vandalizing or any destruction to them punishable by jail time” (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-to-sign-executive-order-protecting-federal-statues-monuments). However, I don’t believe that will slow down the rioters who are “all in” to change what is going on. However, since there are certain groups of people who are hell bent on removing historical figures from our public viewing pleasure, might I take this time to make a few suggestions as to make the playing field more level as to what gets taken away. Using the criteria of what these groups appear to be going by, I feel there needs to be some added to the list. PLUS, we’ll make it a game!

    Let’s start with something to do with the law (since defunding police is a new fad), the Bass Reeves (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bass-Reeves) statue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I’m pretty sure if you want to really “stick it to tha man”, this one would garner you some serious pointage on the scoreboard of crime life. Not only was he a historic law man, but he was also a Confederate Soldier. So there, you would be getting at least two groups of people: Rednecks and Law Officials. If you can pull that off and survive, you will definitely get your 15 minutes of fame. If you are lucky, you will receive all the intimate social graces the penal system has to offer for life. By the way, he too, was a former slave as a child. Bonus points for REAL enginuity for this too. I want to see it on facebook live as it’s happening. I don’t want to see blurry pictures or video, I want full 1080i HD (UHF 4K if possible) quality. Multiple camera angles while you are at it. No masks or makeup either. If you can’t do that, then don’t even bother to try. This is the kind of event that could give participants recognition with a lifetime achievement award from the Governor of Arkansas. If you really want to prove you are the man (or woman, or neither), then do it while the cops are watching. That will really impress everyone.

    If you feel pretty thirsty after doing all of that, then you are going to love this. The next name on the list, John Stith Pemberton (http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/john-stith-pemberton.html). He was an American biochemist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become world-famous as Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death. Why do I mention this? Well because since it’s all the rage to tear down Confederate statues, what about their businesses? BTW, his statue is in Atlanta, Georgia, so it should be a hop, skip, and a jump from the Wendy’s that was burnt down for no reason (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-atlanta-idUSKBN23K0RI). I’m working up a hunger while typing all this up and really craving a Baconator right now.

      By this round, you probably want to hide out somewhere. You know, lay low. What better way is there to hide than right out in public. Third stop on the list, The City of Presidents! Yes, indeed, The City of Presidents (https://www.visitrapidcity.com/things-to-do/all-things/attractions/city-presidents) has become a tourist attraction in Rapid City, South Dakota, featuring 44 sculptures of U.S. presidents placed around the city. If you really want to poke a wasps nest, that would be a great way to express your “anger” about racial inequality considering there’s only one black president there. One one? Come on, what do you think the folks in CHAZ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Autonomous_Zone) would do or say about that? Gotta build up your street cred, that would be the way to do it. While you are in the region, hop on over to Mount Rushmore (https://www.visitrapidcity.com/parks/mount-rushmore-national-memorial) and try taking those faces down. You will get extreme bonus points for doing it without any ropes or cables. Come on man, you gotta go hard, live extreme, or stay home. The only trick is you have to let the Park Rangers know you are coming. Yeah, you gotta book three days in advance. That’s how they roll. If you can accomplish this feat, you will be a master!

    Now for some real challenge that isn’t a DLC: Religious Statues! You want that challenge! You NEED that challenge! And the best part is that you can pick and choose too! The Christian Crosses are too common and over used. What isn’t as common are the statutes for Satanism, Wiccan, and Buddhism. If you really want to show the world you are the $#!+, then your name could reign supreme in the perfumed halls of Allah when you bowl over these groups. Choose your destiny wisely because that particular deity will definitely remember you for all eternity. By the way, the laws of man will apply to this challenge, so you better make sure this is going to be worth it in this life and the next (and maybe the next depending on what religion you subscribe to). By the way, this challenge also includes lawyers, religious leaders, respective communities, and the occasional surprise of sniper fire from an extremist waiting for you from about 300 yards away at any given moment. HINT: This will be messy. So be sure to bring a few liters of Coke from Atlanta to help wash your blood off the concrete since the police won’t have the funds to get it beforehand.

    If these seem like too easy of a challenge to do, then maybe something a bit more upscale might be of your enthusiasm. I’m thinking about lights, camera… Hollywood, California! Yes, if movies like “Gone with the wind” are too controversial for racial tones, perhaps we need to clean up the movie vaults in the name of racial equality (https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/why-hbo-max-temporarily-pulled-gone-with-the-wind-and-how-it-plans-to-rerelease-the-film/ar-BB15ja8T). There are TONS and TONS of movies and shows that have all sorts of racial slurs, remarks, and inequalities. They are filled with adulterous sexality, extreme violence, obnoxious hidden agendas, all sensationalized to make you accept that way of life is okay for your family. After all, if the movie studios allowed the directors, writers, and actors to film / portray such racial indignities, then we should wipe them clean as well! I can’t see no better place to start than in our TV’s, just like those special little groups do when they go after someone for putting something on social media they don’t like. Clear out the negative stereotypical movies, shows, and shorts, let’s make Hollywood great again!

    While we are on the topic of TV and movies, perhaps we should move onto the news media outlets. Kudos for those in Atlanta who attacked CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/cnn-center-vandalized-protest-atlanta-destroyed/index.html), btw. You really showed the world you mean business by attacking the one network that is actually constantly promoting your agenda and cause with propaganda. I don’t use that word, “propaganda”, lightly either. Next time any of these rioters go by a news company, they should tell them to quit dividing the country by pushing their agenda or deliberately inserting color into every sentence. We should take shows and movies that use the racial slang words, even if it is two people of the same ethnic race calling each other the names. Want to set the example, right? Then start leading by it! There’s no difference between a white man and a black man. We all bleed red and need oxygen to breath. Bonus points for those who beat the reporters over the head with a copy of the United States Constitution. Double bonus points if they put the “reporters” in a headlock while spanking the top of their head with a copy of the United States Bill of Rights.

    It wouldn’t hurt to turn some attention over to Rap and Hip-hop music as well. Don’t get me wrong, there are other genres that have their racial remarks in them too, BUUUT…. gotta start somewhere, right? Calling women “bitches” and “hoes” isn’t okay either if I am to understand the whole “MeToo” movement correctly. By the way, where are they right now? Shouldn’t they be out with for the women who are suffering in these riots as well? Ain’t no feeling like when a man puts down a woman, is there fellas? Can someone kneel down and apologize for that? I guess it would be easier to get David Allen Coe to apologize for his 18 X-Rated hits (https://www.last.fm/music/David+Allan+Coe/18+X-Rated+Hits). Lord forbid we actually set a decent example for our children, right? No, why would we want to do that? 

    All I know is that we got to make this stop. It’s too much with people getting seriously hurt / killed not just by cops, but by the rioters / violents. The police are seriously over worked / out numbered by the looters and rioters doing all the damages. Peaceful protesting is great, but I don’t think many people know what they are “protesting” for anymore. Unless specific events happen, but day and night these acts of random violence are occurring more often than should because people are just acting a’fool for next to no real reason. Yes, there has been some “injustices” that happen on both sides of the law. I don’t use that word, injustice, lightly. I think there is enough blame to go around. It takes one person to make a positive difference in two lives, then two becomes four, four becomes eight, and so on.  We got to stay positive and show some compassion. Not tear up towns and making ridiculous demands. If you want real change, try asking your spiritual guide for help, read a religious reference book, or just show some compassion from the heart. People will know what’s in your heart by your actions. Are you prepared for what will be coming back to you, otherwise known as “Karma”? The universe, God, nature, whatever you believe in, it has a natural balance to protect. If you tip the scales too much one way, you will regret it.

    Outside of all the statues coming down, there is other mean and senseless acts of violence that are going on. If you don’t see it on the news, look on social media to fill in the lust for angry moments and events. In New York City, there was a video made of a group of African-Americans who were throwing fireworks on a homeless man who was sleeping on the sidewalk (https://nypost.com/2020/06/22/video-appears-to-show-man-toss-firework-at-homeless-person-in-harlem/). The firework had a loud boom and flames that shot up in the air. Fortunately, the event was recorded showing an African-American man tossing a live firework at another man who appeared to be asleep on a Harlem sidewalk. The heartless act left the 66-year-old victim hospitalized with minor burns, police said. “Oh!” several people on video could be heard saying as the firework goes off as another person in the recording could be heard faintly giggling. Police are still investigating the incident and no arrests were made, but acts like these are popping up in the urban cities all over the country.

    By the way, the word “Urban” is being considered to be “rooted in the historical evolution of terms that sought to define black music”, according to Republic Records (https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/republic-records-vows-to-stop-using-urban-description/ar-BB15eRgp). They are one of the latest companies to change their branding, adding that “However, over time the meaning and connotations of ‘urban’ have shifted and it developed into a generalisation of black people in many sectors of the music industry, including employees and music by black artists.” Speaking of music, did you hear about the group formerly known as “Lady Antebellum”? In their infinite (small) wisdom, they decided to change their name to “Lady A” because the name Antebellum “referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery” (https://twitter.com/ladya/status/1271094931227119620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1271094931227119620&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsequenceofsound.net%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php). Their full statement was “When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the southern ‘antebellum’ style home where we took our first photos. As musicians, it reminded us of all the music born in the south that influenced us…Southern Rock, Blues, R&B, Gospel and of course Country. But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued. Causing pain was never our hearts’ intention, but it doesn’t change the fact that indeed, it did just that. So today, we speak up and make a change. We hope you will dig in and join us.⁣⁣⁣”

    Here’s another one that might set you back in your seat: Eskimo Pie, the chocolate-covered ice cream treat that has been around for nearly a century, will soon be retired in what is the latest product to yield to growing pressure to remove or rethink brands that have long been considered racist or culturally insensitive (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/business/dreyers-eskimo-pie-name-change.html). Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, which owns the dessert, said “We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is inappropriate”. The company said it planned to have a new name by the end of the year and would discontinue the character of the Eskimo. Two more companies are jumping on the change-branding bandwagon. Cream of Wheat is now removing its package branding, which features a black male chef. In a statement, Cream of Wheat’s parent company, B&G Foods, Inc., announced that they are initiating an immediate review of the Cream of Wheat brand packaging. “We understand there are concerns regarding the Chef image, and we are committed to evaluating our packaging and will proactively take steps to ensure that we and our brands do not inadvertently contribute to systemic racism.” Oh, but wait: Mrs. Butterworth’s breakfast syrup, which features a woman as its brand face, is also considering making a similar concession. Conagra Brands, the parent company of Mrs. Butterworth’s, made a statement about the brand’s future: “We stand in solidarity with our Black and Brown communities and we can see that our packaging may be interpreted in a way that is wholly inconsistent with our values. We understand that our actions help play an important role in eliminating racial bias and as a result, we have begun a complete brand and packaging review on Mrs. Butterworth’s.” 

    So with all these things going on right now, is there any wonder why people seem to be actin’ a fool? All this causing companies to knee-jerk react to whichever the wind of change blows according to the mainstream news media. This is all part of a vicious cycle that fuels the people to continue doing foolish things. Mostly due to failing  to educate the ignorant. Instead, what we are seeing is the results of an indoctorination to our youth. Compare the people in the riots by age groups, most are just young people, college aged. Their parents, or folks who are the same age as their parents are telling them to stop or rolling their eyes / shaking their head at all this. Ask the rioters what are they doing this for or what they want out of this? They won’t know. Maybe a few out of the whole damn bunch, but a majority won’t know what to do or know what they want exactly. It’s a lot like a dog chasing a care. What does the dog do when the car stops? Nothing because it doesn’t know what it is supposed to do after it catches up. 

    Let’s face it, when it comes to the “hope of the future”, most people outside the riots are stressed out by all this. I’m not saying the rioters are not stressed out, but they don’t care or see that they are fueling this stress by their actions. In a new study released by the American Psychological Association, as part of the was part of the Civil Unrest Survey that was conducted online within the United States between June 9 and 11, 2020, among 2,058 adults age 18+ who reside in the United States, they say “more than 8 in 10 Americans (83%) say the future of our nation is a significant source of stress” (https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/more-than-80-of-americans-report-nation-s-future-is-significant-source-of-stress-survey-says/?article_id=733351). The previous high was 69%, reported in 2018 as part of APA’s annual Stress in America survey. Here’s something else interesting that they found, “The proportion of black Americans who say discrimination is a significant source of stress has increased significantly in the past month, with 55% of black adults saying discrimination is a significant source of stress in Wave 2 of the COVID Tracker. At the beginning of May, only 42% said the same in Wave 1. In the most recent civil unrest poll, more than 7 in 10 Americans (71%) say police violence toward minorities is a significant source of stress. But most Americans (67%) say the current movement against systemic racism and police brutality is going to lead to meaningful change in America”. Let that sink in for a moment. IF that is true, then we have got a lot longer way to go and we are just at the beginning.

    I realise what I’m about to tell you tonight maybe a little “out there”, but it might not be once you hear what I’m going to lay out here before you. I know we live in some interesting times and it bothers me to see my country, along with the world, outlash at authority organizations, such as our police officers. Last week, I covered why we shouldn’t let this happen, but as I see more of the events happen, I can’t really blame the people for their outrage. Now I am not saying I condone these riots, the destruction of property, or the looting. What I am saying is that for the people who protest, it’s their constitutional / God given right to do so peacefully, and I support that to my last breath. What I don’t want done or go unnoticed is that something has got to change. Something has got to change or it’s going to get a lot worse from here if it doesn’t. Peacefully protesting about another cop killing another person, innocent or not, isn’t the issue here, it’s the rioters and looters. There is no need to destroy businesses who are innocent and the owners who have to tell their employees that they can’t come to work anymore to earn money so they can take care of their families. That’s the truth. Unfortunately, it’s also the one casualty that hardly ever gets any notice.

    These rioters mostly want to cause trouble because it’s an excuse to cause anarchy. In their minds, this causes a vacuum for leadership and rule of law, in result destruction and thievery is their tactics. Their advantage is believing they are entitled to do so with the justification of ignorance is bliss. I can’t stomach the fact they believe they can take over a section of a city, claiming it to be their own, patrol down the neighborhoods, and shakedown the residents for “protection money” to keep them safe. Anyone familiar with CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) or CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest) (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/dubbed-a-lawless-state-by-some-the-chaz-or-chop-seattles-newest-neighborhood-tries-to-create-its-own-narrative/). No, I don’t see any legitimate excuse for that. It’s called Tyranny (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyranny) and it doesn’t end well. Look at the warlords thugs in places like South America and in Africa. It’s not good for anyone except the person in charge for the duration they can claim it.

    The question on my mind right now is what will this all this mean during the next ten, twenty, or fifty years from now in the history books? Is this going to be the start of our “Roaring 20’s” (https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history)? Are we already seeing an apocalyptic version of what happened in the 1920’s? Even during that time had its fair share of very disturbing events, but in the end it also flourished with changes in the way we did things across the nation. Everything from the way we purchased goods, products available, and the ideals that sprung forth. Women seemed to be more “free” with their expressions while breaking beyond doing “unladylike” things. There was the birth of Jazz music and then Prohibition of Alcohol.  In fact, for many people in the United States, the 1920s brought more conflict than celebration. That’s a whole other story for a whole other show.

    Now we see some ideals of what has become known as the “Cancel Culture”. It seems to be our form of prohibition. We must cancel out what we don’t agree with, or what can be better described as the ideas that may not be the same as theirs. The movement to delete elements from society because people either disagree with or are offended has officially kicked into high gear. From LEGO to your favorite cartoons and hit TV shows like “Cops” and “Live PD” (https://deadline.com/2020/06/cops-canceled-paramount-network-live-pd-return-evaluated-ae-1202954910/), and classic movies such as “Gone With the Wind” (https://www.wsj.com/articles/hbo-max-pulls-gone-with-the-wind-11591754904?mod=e2tw), it seems nothing is safe from it’s reckoning. LEGO has requested the products to be removed from sites and any marketing that involve police, firefighters, and the White House (https://toybook.com/lego-pulling-back-potentially-sensitive-product-amid-george-floyd-protests/). Looney Tunes are also seeing some major changes as Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam will no longer carry guns (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/arts/television/looney-tunes-hbo-max.html). It’s getting so bad that the dictionary company, Merriam Webster, after receiving a letter from a 22-year-old student, has decided to change the definition of racism (https://twitter.com/DrakeUniversity/status/1270373693609463808/photo/1). Because of the letter, the definition will now be updated to include “systemic oppression” in addition to the standard definition. Incase anyone is wondering what a valid definition of “systemic oppression” is, take a look at CHAZ or CHOP in Seattle, Washington right now. It’s like the Cancel Culture movement is trying to erase or replace history. You only have two choices: either agree or be cancelled.

    Now there have been several variations of what I’m about to tell you, but I believe it was best said by a Spanish-American philosopher, poet, and humanist by the name of George Santayana who once said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Santayana). The reason I say this is because our children and our grandchildren will be put in this position because they aren’t allowed to learn true history. Using real historical proven facts and evidence that shows all the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, and probably more importantly, “WHY” our ancestors did what they did, be it because it needed to be done or they were just bored at the time. I believe we are seeing all the riots in part of because they don’t teach real facts from both sides of the historical sides in public schools, nor do they teach Civics either. Both of those are sorely missed in the modern age as we trample off into the unknown only to be curb stomped by those marching up behind us. 

    Confederate statues have been targeted in recent weeks during protests following the death of George Floyd, who died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. Several have been damaged and some local officials are considering removing them. Recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for the removal of 11 Confederate statues from the United States capitol. In a letter to the Joint Committee of the Library, which oversees displays in the capitol, the madam speaker said the displays should embody the highest ideals of Americans (https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/20200610_Letter_ChairBluntViceChairLofgren.pdf). “Monuments to men who advocated cruelty and barbarism to achieve such a plainly racist end are a grotesque affront to these ideals,” Pelosi wrote. “Their statues pay homage to hate, not heritage. They must be removed.” Two of the statues in questions are of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens are currently on display. Both men were charged with treason. She also added “While I believe it is imperative that we never forget our history lest we repeat it, I also believe that there is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men of the Confederacy in the hallowed halls of the United States Capitol or in places of honor across the country” . The Joint Committee of the Library is chaired by Representatives Roy Blunt (R-MO) and California Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). 

    As it turns out, nine of the 11 statues that Pelosi wants removed are of Democrats.

• Jefferson Davis (D): President of the Confederate States of America and former Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi
• Wade Hampton (D): Former Democratic governor of South Carolina and lieutenant general for the Confederacy
• John E. Kenna (D): Former Democratic congressman and U.S. senator from West Virginia and member of the Confederate States Army
• Uriah Milton Rose (D): Chairman of the Resolutions Committee of the Arkansas Democratic Party
• Alexander Hamilton Stephens (D): Vice President of the Confederate States who served as governor of Georgia and a Democratic congressman from Georgia
• James Zachariah George (D): Former Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi and member of the Confederacy as well as the Mississippi Secession Convention
• Zebulon Baird Vance (D): Former Democratic governor of North Carolina, U.S. senator and congressman, and member of the Confederate Army
• Joseph Wheeler (D): Commander in the Confederate Army and former Democratic congressman from Alabama
• Edward Douglass White (D): Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana who served in the Confederate Army

Nancy Pelosi also wants Robert E. Lee, a commander in the Confederate Army, and Edmund Kirby Smith, another Confederate general, removed from the Capitol. Neither men had stated political party affiliations.

    In other news, the Confederate flag has also been banned from public display by the Marine Corps (https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/2210513/removal-public-displays-of-the-confederate-battle-flag/) and Navy (https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/confederate-flag-navy-installations). There has also been a call to rename U.S. military bases named after Confederate figures like Fort Bragg. President Donald Trump said his administration will “not even consider” changing the names of any bases (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1270787974880526337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fabc3340.com%2Fnews%2Fnation-world%2Ftrump-no-change-at-bases-named-for-confederate-officers). “These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom,” Trump said in a tweet. “The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars. Therefore, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations.” Now, to be fair, supporters of renaming the military bases from Confederate Army officers argue that they represent the racism and divisiveness of the Civil War era and glorify men who fought against the United States. Personally, I have served on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and I never seen, heard, or had the idea of any racism during my time there. They were very respectful to the people of all color and celebrated the rich history of the United States, both north and south of the line.

    Another theory on why the world is going to hell in a handbasket could be because we are in the year 2012. You might be thinking I’ve lost my mind, drunk, or stoned by saying that, but allow me a few moments to fill in the gaps with the explanation of why I said that. If you remember the Mayan calendar saying that in the year 2012, we would see a change in civilization or quite possible the end of the world (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html), but you’re thinking that 2012 was eight years ago and we all survived because nothing really happened that was earth changing. Technically, you are right, but technically you are also wrong. You see, a moment in time is but a perception. How you perceive a moment in time is from your perspective, in which can be translated differently from the way I see the same event playing out. Even though time is the distance between two events (http://www.exactlywhatistime.com/physics-of-time/). This year has been one event rolled out after another, sometimes before the previous event is finished, such as COVID-19 and the protest riots for example. 

    However, these days the Gregorian calendar is considered generally accepted (https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/julian-gregorian-switch.html). History proves it was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in the Catholic countries around October 4, 1582 to replace the former Julian calendar. The difference between the calendars was 11 days, after the removal of which, it turned out to more accurately reflect the time that the Earth takes to revolve around the Sun. However, not everyone liked this idea and in many European countries, in particular in Britain, in London, there were riots with the demand to return the “stolen 11 days”.  These days have indeed been stolen and they continue to steal every year. Thanks to a scientist by the name of Paolo Tagaloguin (https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1292918/end-of-the-world-mayan-2012-gregorian-calendar-julian-calendar-ethiopia-2020-doomsday-spt), who pointed out recently that “Following the Julian Calendar, we are technically in 2012.” He went on to explain his math on this and it is pretty convincing. He said “the number of days lost in a year due to the shift into Gregorian Calendar is 11 days. For 268 years using the Gregorian Calendar (1752-2020) times 11 days = 2,948 days. 2,948 days / 365 days (per year) = 8 years.” By my math, courtesy of public schools, 2012 + 8 = 2020. How’s that for perception and perspective? 

    Eight years ago, Doomsday fears were triggered by the false assumption that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world on December 21, 2012. This date was regarded as the end date of the 5126-year cycle in the Mesoamerican calendar, which scientists translated into the generally accepted Gregorian. However, we survived, nothing happened, nor massive earthquakes shook the world apart, no giant fireball falling out of the sky wiping out two-thirds of the world’s population, the sea’s didn’t rise up and drown out the life on dry land due to the melting ice caps, nor did the poles shift throwing us all into another ice age. If I was a betting man, I would probably wager that wasn’t going to happen this year either, but I can’t rule any of that out in 2021. 

    Although, if you want to talk about another theory slightly using the 2020 is 2012 theory, we may also be witnessing the dying of an old age during the transition of a newer age, “The Age of Aquarius” (https://owlcation.com/stem/What-is-the-age-of-Aquarius). Many people were concerned that the world would end on December 21, 2012, and yet half were relieved while the other half were puzzled when it didn’t. So what happened? Or as Marvin the Martian would ask “Where is the earth shattering kaboom?”  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-8A5k16Ak). Well, many scholars suggested the prediction was based on a misinterpretation of the calendar and its ending did not mean and end to the world or to “creation” but merely a start of a new cycle of humanity, something which Mayan lore says had happened before with no dire consequences. The Age of Aquarius mythology has also become entangled with the 2012 causing many followers of pseudoscience to assert that the age begins December 21, 2012. 

    Some people take solace in believing that we are entering the times of what is prophesied in the books of Daniel in the Old Testament and Revelations of the New Testament of the Christian Bible (https://biblehub.com/revelation/). I can’t really argue with some who believe the COVID-19 vaccine that Bill Gates / Microsoft wants to give everyone that includes a little “cryptochip”  (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606) inside or just under the skin, isn’t the “mark of the beast” (https://www.crossway.org/articles/what-is-the-mark-of-the-beast-revelation-13/) that is described in the book of Revelations. However, I can say that we live in interesting times and that this being an election year, anything (and I mean ANYTHING) can and will happen! So don’t be surprised if the Anti-Christ as described in the book of Revelations of the King James Bible rears his ugly head, although I would have to say it might take the next three to four years before that part happens IF (and that’s a big “if”) we are truly entering the time of Tribulation and the time of Jesus Christ’s return is near. My best advice during this time, at this moment, would be to pray, ask for God’s help, and prepare for what this year is going to bring. Maybe when 2021 gets here, we can all take a victory lap for surviving what has been known a year of testing our spirit.

    Scrolling through facebook makes me really depressed. All the negativity of politics, arguing over who is right or wrong, @$$ clowns judging every opinion, it makes me feel depressed and angry. I don’t like feeling this way. I got more than enough $#!+ going on in my life now that keeps me knocked down. Why is it so important to be the loudest person in the room if all you do is stir in negativity? Why does matter what lives should be tolerated when all lives matter? We all bleed red (under the skin it’s more blue) and we all need oxygen to breathe. I don’t understand why the people seeking justice are doing it using tactics that are unjustified.

    How much sense does it make to lash out at people who protect you? Not everyone is a bad person and sometimes (more rare than what the media would have you think) some bad jerk slips in the system. NEWSFLASH: That system is made by humans and nothing (and no one person regardless of skin color) is perfect on this planet. How would you feel if a doctor decided to not operate on you to remove a cyst because you had purple hair? It would be wrong and you would be upset too, but they swore when they got their license that human lives are to be saved. Yes, there are a few bad apples there too, but the idea that you through out the baby with the bath water is totally absurd. Is that what you really want? Because that is where we are headed now. You want justice and balance, you might want to change your philosophy. Start with evaluating your life choices and move on from there.

    IMHO, instead of lashing out at your neighborhood, community, fellow people, why not drop on your own knees and ask whatever Deity you worship for help on your own personal growth? You don’t have to be religious to ask for help. If you need suggestions, I am sure that scientology has plenty of room for you. Choose a peaceful philosophy to study. Take some time and not dive head first into one. You might find peace and enlightening, but more important you might find who you are really supposed to be. And you might even find your true purpose in this life!

    Look, I get your angry. I know you are upset. It is good to vent, but every time you do on facebook, they tag a gold star next to it and it gets put into their “egg beater” algorithm, which by the way has changed three times sinces April 1st incase you can’t detect patterns. Facebook should be held accountable for their involvement for inciting riots, but they won’t because it is a voluntary service. Believe me, I feel very frustrated with a lot of things going on in my life right now. Yeah, I feel unheard, worthless, mostly unproductive, and a majority of the time like a boat anchor. I’m the type of person who lives by a strict code for myself: if you don’t work, you don’t eat. If I ain’t doing something productive and positive, I don’t have the right to gripe. That’s why I have a daily routine to work on my projects to help fill up my time until I get a new gig/job.

    Yes, it disappoints me when I can’t finish what I am doing, but I start another one. I may not have the money, but with the COVID-19 “pandemic” situation winding down a bit I have had plenty of time and the economy picking back up, I have my hope that at least one business might realize my skills are useful in this area. Maybe one of these candidates running for city, county, sheriff, regional, or state offices will actually talk with me if they want my vote (yeah, that seems sleazy, but it is a bargaining chip) instead of hiring a buddy, relative, or business partner as a favor who is under-qualified for the position. But I suppose if you want real change in leadership, it’s best to be registered voter, get off your @$$, and actually go vote instead of rioting.

    The point that I’m trying to make without making it a flamethrower on Facebook is that instead of being angry and rioting, instead of pointing Your Righteous finger toward what you consider an injustice because you moved from being a medical expert about the coronavirus to becoming a Legal expert on the civil liberties of each American citizen on social media, break it down to the basics and see where the real change needs to be made. Turn off the damn mainstream media, put down your social media, and open a book on philosophy, spiritualism, or whatever religious reference you have and move forward in a positive way. Facebook (social media in general) is not a Bible, a valid source of news, or the one thing that runs your life. It’s a tool of communication. What you want to communicate is up to you, how you do communicate it could affect your social circle.

    You would do good to remember this little tidbit of information that we use in radio “garbage in, garbage out”. In other words, you only get out what you put into it. If you go in with anger in your heart and destruction on your mind, it will only result with more. When our grandkids look back at the year 2020, they’re going to see all kinds of craziness. It was a year of judgment, fear, anger, and frustration. And that was just the first 6 months of this election year. We still haven’t made it to Summertime yet and still we have a lot more fire to be put through. This year we’ve gone to loving and respecting our First Responders to now wanting to ban the one thing that can keep the peace in the civilian world. Sure we all want equal rights, but who’s going to make sure those rights are equally distributed to? It won’t be the local peacekeepers if we go pull their funding across the country.

    I mean let’s face it, who’s going to protect us when someone breaks into our house? Now if you’re a strong believer in the Second Amendment, you should be okay. I trust my guns, and I also trust the United States Constitution. Unfortunately I think that’s one thing is getting kicked around this year. It seems like there’s those in Congress who want to keep pushing the boundaries and keep kicking the can down the road so they can push their way into more government. It’s getting so bad that the hit TV show “Cops” got cancelled because of all the outrage with the death of George Floyd (https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/06/09/cops-canceled-paramount-network-wake-george-floyds-death/5330636002/). I mean, good God, what are we coming to? After 33 seasons on the air, “Cops” has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world. A similar show, “Live PD,” has been pulled off A&E’s schedule.

    But here lately since the death of George Floyd and the videos that came out showing his untimely demise, there have been a growing movement to defund police stations all across the country, including up in Minnesota. Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council announced their support for disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department at a rally this past Sunday afternoon. City Council President Lisa Bender said, “our commitment is to end our toxic relationship with MPD and to end policing as we know it to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe” (https://kstp.com/news/majority-of-minneapolis-city-council-announces-support-for-dismantling-police-department/5753304/?cat=1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KSTP-TV&fbclid=IwAR1lKtolmJl3NvO02z6vy1ymQOIasGZ3sy7QB4iT4gdxmS5X7JELYKx1-Zg). The nine council members make up a veto-proof supermajority of the council, which currently has 12 members. City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins was joined on stage by the other council members Alondra Cano, Philippe Cunningham, Jeremiah Ellison, Steve Fletcher, Cam Gordon, Andrew Johnson and Jeremy Schroeder at the end of the rally to announce their intent to end the Minneapolis Police Department through a budgetary process. “This council is going to dismantle this police department,” Jeremiah Ellison said.  Alondra Cano who represents the 9th Ward replied, “we are going to create a fear-free future where every life is truly protected and respected.”  

    As radical as it may sound, they have also agreed, along with the state, to ban all police officers from using chokeholds as part of their defense and restraint tactics. The use of chokeholds by police are forbidden and other officers are required to report and intervene anytime they see unauthorized use of force by another officer (https://kstp.com/news/breaking-minneapolis-to-ban-police-chokeholds-in-wake-of-george-floyd-death/5751971/). So basically, if you see something, say something. Sound familiar? The moves are part of a stipulation between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which launched a civil rights investigation in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. The agreement will be enforceable in court and would require any officer, regardless of tenure or rank, to immediately report the use of any neck restraint or chokehold from the scene to their commander or their commander’s superiors. Any officer who sees another officer commit any unauthorized use of force, including any chokehold or neck restraint, must try to intervene verbally and even physically. If they don’t, they’d be subject to discipline as severe as if they themselves had used the prohibited force. 

    The city of Minneapolis even took it one step further when it’s Mayor, Jacob Frey, signed a temporary restraining order with the state of Minnesota, which outlines several immediate police policy reforms while setting the stage for state action on deep structural reforms, which included “ a charge of discrimination against the City of Minneapolis Police Department, City of Minneapolis on June 2, 2020 alleging a violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act, in the area of public services based on race in violation; in particular, the charge alleged the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, while in custody of City of Minneapolis police officers was race-based discrimination and the Commissioner had reason to believe that the City of Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern and practice of race-based policing in violation” (https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/File/3732/Stipulation%20and%20Order.pdf). Minneapolis City Council president Lisa Bender went viral on Monday morning when she told CNN that calling the police when your home is broken into “comes from a place of privilege” (https://twitter.com/i/status/1269951088964370432). After the CNN Anchor asked the council president “Do you understand that the word dismantle, or police-free, also makes some people nervous, for instance, what if, in the middle of the night, my home is broken into, who do I call?”, the city council president responded“Yes, I mean I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and myself, too, and I know that comes from a place of privilege. For those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.” A place of privilege, really? The question should be who is going to fill that void once the city police get disbanded? Is it the sheriff’s office? The Minnesota State Police? The National Guard? The Federal United States Troops? The United Nations Troops? The way the media and council members make it sound, it will be like the wild west.

       Although some of the other coming changes may include dispatching social workers and mental health professionals in situations where police ordinarily respond. Meanwhile, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has said that he does not support abolishing his city’s police department. The same day as the Commissioners announced their plans, protesters reportedly marched to the mayor’s residence and demanded he speak with them. He affirmed much of what the protesters believe, including telling them, “the systemic racist system needs to be revamped.” However, the mood took an unexpected turn when the protesters asked the question: “Yes or no: Will you commit to defunding the Minneapolis Police Department?” adding that they don’t want to more police. A lady in the crowd reminded reminded everyone that he is up for re-election next year. Finally, after a few moments, the mayor replied “I do not support the full abolition of the police department” (https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/06/im-not-for-abolishing-the-entire-police-department-mayor-frey-speaks-out-at-mpls-protest/).

       Unfortunately, that’s not the only city in the nation that is thirsty for blood from the men and women who put on the blue uniform. San Antonio, Texas city council members are also considering to remove funding after citizens were shouting out “defund the police department” at a recent meeting (https://www.ktsa.com/chants-of-defund-police-disrupt-san-antonio-city-council-meeting/). And what shouldn’t come to a suprise is that New York City mayor, de Blasio, recently announced he is defunding the NYPD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjFPjhLIziU&feature=youtu.be). The decision to defund the police department is a “blanket move” to stop the one or two individuals in each jurisdiction across this nation. There’s been no lack of cases that are being presented thanks to the media and the smartphone. Cases like the one in Philadelphia last week, the police said that a man had pushed an officer off his bike, but a video instead showed an officer striking the man with a baton (https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-beating-temple-student-evan-gorski-protest-20200604.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200608&instance_id=19177&nl=the-morning&regi_id=111319311&segment_id=30343&te=1&user_id=7344db95b06856147b58a6a3e464bec5). In a suburb of Sacramento in April, a police officer punched a 14-year-old boy multiple times while arresting him; the officer’s report didn’t mention the punches (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-police.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200608&instance_id=19177&nl=the-morning&regi_id=111319311&segment_id=30343&te=1&user_id=7344db95b06856147b58a6a3e464bec5). These cases are just one or two officers involved, but it’s somehow justified and fair to punish all police officers, including the ones with remarkable records. Some officers over the past two weeks have lost their lives defending the rights and property of their fellow citizens they swore to protect.

    Los Angeles Police Department released their reports about homicides on the rise by 250% over the past few weeks along with the number of people who were shot increased by 56% during the same period. The increased numbers were recorded during the week of May 31-June 6, but officials also reported continued violence this week (https://twitter.com/LAPDHQ/status/1270441223753396224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxla.com%2Fnews%2Fhomicides-this-week-have-increased-250-in-l-a-compared-to-last-week-lapd-says). But that’s okay because the cops are what’s causing it all to rise, right? On the other side of the country, maybe New York City has something positive with the idea of passing a bill to unveil police discipline records (https://apnews.com/180a15ea069de36be58f9db6b97e1180). Granted, they only turned over what was an old law that has kept law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records secret. Many of those types of bills were first proposed years ago, but got new momentum after huge protests nationwide condemned police brutality. Eliminating the law, known as Section 50-a, would make complaints against officers, as well as transcripts and final dispositions of disciplinary proceedings, public for the first time in decades. Only Delaware has a similar law.

    Depending on where you feed off your fix for the Mainstream News, but you might be currently under the spell of some real Bravo Sierra. CNN had a report out earlier this week that claimed “American police shoot, kill and imprison more people than other developed countries” (https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/us-police-floyd-protests-country-comparisons-intl/index.html). Their sources include protesters. No joke. They are also using data back in 2015 that was a Preliminary Finding at the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5864). After showing a small bit of comparison with a few other countries, they go on to say “Data on arrests, deaths and prison populations do not exist uniformly across developed countries, so it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly how the US fares in comparison to every nation. For instance, it is impossible to know exactly how many people die at the hands of police officers in the US each year: no single, nationwide database that contains such information exists”. To me, it seems like they are reaching out a bit much here. To you, it might not be. But hey, they are CNN, so what does it matter to those who drink the kool-aid from their buckets? 

    Now if we go back to New York City for a moment, there was recently a report released that said some pretty stark points: Nearly two-thirds of complaints accusing New York City police officers of mistreating young people involved male minorities, according to a civilian oversight panel (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/most-complaints-about-nypd-mistreating-young-people-involve-men-color-n1227466). From January 2018 to last June, “males of color between the ages of 10 and 18 were a complainant” or victim in 64.8 percent of police misconduct claims made by young people, Civilian Complaint Review Board findings revealed. The interactions tended to be for minor offenses with “officers stopping youth for seemingly innocuous activities, such as playing, high-fiving, running, carrying backpacks, and jaywalking,” the oversight panel said. The NYPD said it accepts the panel’s findings and will pursue changes (https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/report-nyc-police-misconduct-often-involves-black-latino-youths/2451116/). 

    Perhaps the tides are turning around as police are starting to fight back for their lives. Two Atlanta, Georgia police officers who were fired and criminally charged in connection with the pulling of two college students from a car during protests late last month have filed a lawsuit seeking their jobs back. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on May 31st that the two officers, Ivory Streeter and Mark Gardner, would be fired immediately after what she called “an excessive use of force” (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-atlanta-police-officers-fired-charged-assault-during-protests-sue-n1228011). The suit, which says the officers were denied due process, seeks the reinstatement of both officers and back pay. To be fair, there’s a video showing the two officers forcibly pulling two people from their car around on the night of May 30 during protests following the death of George Floyd. One of the people is heard in the video asking officers what is going on and crying that she is trying to get out before a stun gun appears to be used against her. The other person also had a stun gun used on him, was yanked from the car and suffered a fractured arm, the county prosecutor said. The fired officers’ lawsuit contends that “their use of force was proper and in compliance with the law, the policies of the Atlanta Police Department, prevailing standards of law enforcement, and the training provided to them through the City of Atlanta Police Department and the State of Georgia.” 

     In my humble opinion, Agenda 2030 could be happening a lot sooner, if we let it (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld). That would result to include letting the UN provide security instead of the police. That is something that the lawyer representing the family of George Floyd is asking for on behalf of the members (https://gellerreport.com/2020/06/george-floyds-family-ask-the-un-to-disarm-the-police-in-the-united-states.html/). Basically they are asking for a foreign entity to come in and police a sovereign nation under the name of Human Rights. Any other nation isn’t going to uphold the US Constitution. Therefore, they are asking for more trouble. The more I see the larger cities threatening to defund (not remove) the police departments from their annual budgets, I can’t help but think there is some puppeteer behind the curtain pulling the strings. If I didn’t know better, I would think the reason why these cities want to get rid of their police is because someone is wanting to drive property value down by raising crime rates. Then come in and purchase properties at low prices, fix them up, and sell high. Isn’t that always the reason, money? Those in power keep wanting more. It is obtained either by money or some other valuable. I wonder if that is what all this is really about and the media is fanning the smoke into our faces to keep us from seeing what is really going on? Yeah, I imagine I’ll get laughed at about this idea too.

    Do you remember about a month ago when I tried to explain what I thought the second half of 2020 will bring? I was kind of right on the division because we seem to be getting a taste of what I was trying to explain a few days earlier before the second half of 2020. The unfortunate events that are happening in the cities across the country all in the name of George Floyd are starting to unravel as we are seeing more of the truth come out. One of the things that I find interesting is that we’re seeing the number of COVID-19 deaths get replaced by the number of people getting arrested during these riots. The Mainstream News isn’t showing much about the coronavirus as it’s moved onto the next big monster, with more people who get arrested at these riots are from out-of-state and out of the area. 

    The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, came out and said that 80% of those arrested in the first few days of the protests were from out of state (https://www.kimt.com/content/news/Minnesota-National-Guard-to-be-fully-mobilized-Walz-said-80-percent-of-rioters-not-from-MN-570892871.html) at a press conference. The Minnesota governor is fully mobilizing the state’s national guard, something that hasn’t been done since World War II. Speaking at the press conference after Minneapolis and St. Paul saw the fourth night of violent riots where more buildings were set ablaze, he said rioters “are not with us.” He said the people producing the violent riots are 20 percent Minnesotans and 80 percent from the outside. Major General Jensen said the National Guard will respond to whatever the cities or state needs. The protesters caught were jailed on charges ranging from burglary to destruction of property to curfew violations. Although, the mayor of St Paul, Minnesota walked back on that statement when he was questioned about it (https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/05/30/mayor-says-he-was-incorrect-in-saying-every-person-arrested-in-minneapolis-protests-was-from-out-of-state/#64b44c09233c). He said he was wrong when he declared that “every person” arrested in violent Minneapolis protests was from out of state.

    A Charlotte, North Carolina City Council member Braxton Winston arrested during George Floyd protests, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police (https://www.wbtv.com/2020/05/29/charlotte-city-council-member-braxton-winston-arrested-during-george-floyd-riots/). He was arrested and charged with failure to disperse on command, a misdemeanor. He was in the middle of the protest, seen speaking with both police and protesters. Police actually broke line and scooped him up and dragged behind the lines and arrested him. Many Charlotte residents became familiar with the City Council member during the unrest that followed the Keith Lamont Scott shooting in September 2016. At the time, crowds of people flocked to the streets to protest police injustice. He was among those crowds and later turned his attention to politics.

    It doesn’t end there anyone could be a casualty of these riots. For several journalists across the country, the demonstrations were taking an ominous, dangerous turn. A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd (https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-reporter-attacked-chased-195416264.html). A television reporter in Columbia, S.C., was hurt by a thrown rock Saturday (https://www.nbc29.com/2020/05/30/news-reporters-injured-demonstrations-across-us/) and a journalist in Minneapolis was shot in the thigh by a rubber bullet (https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/police-shoot-minneapolis-photographer-rubber-bullet/). A television news photographer in Pittsburgh said he was beaten by demonstrators (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/media/protests-journalists-arrested-assaulted/index.html), and police in Louisville, Kentucky, apologized after an officer fired what appeared to be pepper bullets at a television news crew. Even three police officers were hurt during the protests near Trump Tower in Chicago, Illinois (https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4571849-city-of-chicago-restricting-access-to-central-business-district-following-violent-protests/). Something else that these reporters were finding is that there are large pallets of bricks being place through out these cities (https://www.foxnews.com/us/random-piles-of-bricks-reported-at-george-floyd-protests). These bricks aren’t from a construction project and officials believe they are being left for the protesters by someone. Whenever I see things like this, the first thing I do is rule out coincidences by asking who has the power to do this? Who has the most to gain from all this? Otherwise, it’s time to follow the money trail. Some reporters try to debunk theories of any “conspiracy” at play here, but there are too many “hints” that say otherwise (https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/bricks-rocks-pallets-new-york-being-placed-in-cities-across-the-u-s-during-george-floyd-protests/).

    What I find as  hypocrisy in the Mainstream News is that they didn’t discuss, show, or even hint that there was another protest going on in the state of Kentucky over the death of an innocent black woman (https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/charges-dropped-against-breonna-taylors-boyfriend-police-chief-retires-fbi-joins-probe/MDUWBEGADNHSVKIWVV3G42BZLA/) until more recently. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced recently that he was calling in the National Guard to help “keep peace” in Louisville, Kentucky after protests over the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was fatally shot eight times by narcotics detectives at her home in March. Taylor and Walker were asleep around 12:40 a.m. March 13, 2020 when three Louisville officers, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and officers Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankinson, went to Taylor’s apartment. In their hands was a search warrant for a drug suspect. There were two problems: The man the officers were looking for lived elsewhere, and he had been arrested hours earlier, meaning he was already in police custody. After investigating further, police admitted there were no drugs found in her and her boyfriends home. Officers fired more than 20 shots into their apartment, according to a lawsuit filed by her family. Kentucky prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against the boyfriend and FBI officials have announced a federal probe into the shooting. The new developments in the death of Breonna Taylor and the case against her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, came even as Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced his intent to retire from the force, effective July 1, 2020 (https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-fischer-police-chief-conrad-call-fbi-and-us-attorney-review-breonna-taylor-investigation). Activists incensed by Taylor’s killing had been demanding his resignation. 

    Folks, make no mistake about it. These riots are the results of either one of two reasons:

1) Certain Political parties manipulating the people using Black Lives Matter to lead these “protests” (a.k.a. Riots) in the name of George Floyd,

OR

2) People are still so frustrated because of the lockdowns / COVID-19 restrictions. It became evident when the crowds stormed federal buildings in Washington DC and the media in Atlanta (CNN).

    People are venting out their frustrations using the death of George Floyd. Either way, that one senseless death was the trigger that set this off. The way he died was a very symbolic move. It’s a show of power, a knee to the neck, similar to what George Orwell once said: “If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever”  (http://www.openculture.com/2014/11/george-orwells-final-warning.html).There is more to this than just racism. To top it off, people in the larger cities aren’t going to be able to go back to work at some of these places that got looted and destroyed. If this continues to grow for another week, watch for the next trigger. There could be an official getting hurt or worse and it may cause the National Guard / military to be provoked to fire on someone. If that does, you won’t need much more to imagine what would come next. 

    Laugh at me if you want, but I’m telling you what you already know this if you study history. Tonight, Atlanta is on fire again. Not quite like the time with General Sherman during the Civil War, but Fire Departments in Atlanta keeps getting attacked while putting out the building and car fires. This is either a planned event or organized Chaos. Take your pick. And as I always said, this is an election year. Anything (and I do mean ANYTHING) can and will happen. For Washington DC, there are people clashing with Secret Service and tearing down the barriers put up by police and security outside of the White House (https://wtop.com/dc/2020/05/protesters-in-d-c-converge-on-white-house-scuffle-with-secret-service-over-george-floyd-killing/). If these “protesters” stormed into the White House, the Secret Service will have no choice but to defend the president by any means necessary. Now you don’t have to be a former member of the military to understand that meaning. This could also speed up that trigger I mentioned earlier. These riots prompted President Trump to make a press conference strongly urging each states governor to call up the National Guard to quell the riots and if the city / states refuse, then he will order Federal Troops to stop the violence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7XJGk8lyQ).

    Now, here’s a strange tidbit of information about former Democratic Presidential Candidate and a potential running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amy Klobachure. “The Floyd case has put the national spotlight back on Klobuchar’s days as a prosecutor, particularly as it became clear Derek Chauvin, the officer involved in Floyd’s death, was involved in the death of another citizen while Klobuchar was prosecutor. Chauvin was one of six officers who fired on and killed Wayne Reyes in 2006 after Reyes reportedly aimed a shotgun at police after stabbing his friend and girlfriend. While the death happened during Klobuchar’s tenure at the helm of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the case did not go to a grand jury until after she left the office and became a senator. Amy Klobuchar did not criminally charge other police involved in the more than two dozen officer-involved fatalities that occurred during her time as prosecutor. She left those decisions to a grand jury, a practice that was common at the time.” Read about it yourself at Star Tribune ( https://www.startribune.com/george-floyd-s-death-returns-spotlight-to-sen-amy-klobuchar-prosecutor-past/570851712/ ). Another thing I find funny about this case is that Amy Klobachure released a tweet telling everyone what charges against Chauvin were before a press conference was announced, but the tweet has since been deleted. No matter, she stands to have a much lower chance of approval for becoming Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s running mate as Vice President.

    Now another concern is peaking it’s heavy head over the situation: All these protests could cause catastrophic setback for controlling coronavirus / COVID-19, according to infectious disease experts (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/protests-could-accelerate-spread-coronavirus-public-health-experts-say-n1220551). These large gatherings could cause a catastrophic setback for controlling COVID-19 in the U.S. as cities and states try to reopen. COVID-19 spreads mainly through close contact, particularly large respiratory droplets from sneezes, coughs, as well as shouting and yelling. On top of all that, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said African Americans are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While many protestors at the more than 100 demonstrations nationwide appear to be wearing face coverings, social distancing is not happening. Face masks are not intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but experts say they can help reduce the risk of spreading the illness to others.

    However, there might be some form of light at the end of the tunnel to push back against those who might be just causing all this trouble. United States Attorney General Bill Barr denounced what he described as “planned” violence from “far-left extremist groups” recently, in response to many U.S. cities erupting in protest evening over the killing of George Floyd (https://www.axios.com/george-floyd-protest-bill-barr-f26d41ef-e5cc-4130-b788-bfc0f05ad428.html). President Trump quickly echoed Barr’s statement on Twitter, saying that “‘Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME! Liberal Governors and Mayors need to get tougher on protestors or the federal government will use “the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests” (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266796670609588225). Not sure what the punishment / charges will be, but it does seem like we might start seeing repercussions from the actions of all this lawlessness in these protests.

    On the bright side of things, America had something historic happen last weekend that I would hope inspires us all to reach higher and be more positive in our goals: Best friends and veteran astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have successfully launched from United States soil using the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and joined the International Space Station. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the space station at 10:16 a.m. ET Sunday morning after launching from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center Saturday and traveling 19 hours (https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/tech/crew-dragon-docks-with-space-station-scn/index.html). When asked about their 19-hour journey to the space station, one of them said they “couldn’t be happier” about the performance of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. The astronauts were able to sleep for a few hours, share meals and use the on board toilet during their journey. “The Dragon was a slick vehicle, and we had good airflow, so we had an excellent, excellent evening,” Hurley said. The two astronauts are expected to remain on board the space station for one to three months, or for a maximum of 110 days. 

   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.

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    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).