What I did yesterday was looking for other voices of Reason out there. And a H/T to commenter 'jdbresumes' who suggested the Mark Levine Show. I used to listen to this guy on radio; and found he has a podcast on Youtube. If I'm not mistaken, Levine was a lawyer who worked on President Reagan's Staff. At any rate, his coverage of COVID-19 has been great so far.
The MSM, however, has been a different story. Because I'm a writer, I subscribe to numerous newsfeeds and there's nothing but shock-jocks---which is the level to which American 'journalists' have devolved. The stories basically run along these lines: 1) "COVID deaths in state reach double-digits! Experts predict millions of deaths coming!" 2) "Orange Man Bad." 3) "Local Residents Beg for Big Government to Save Them!" 4) "Orange Man Bad." 5) "It's all China's Fault!" 6) "Orange Man Bad." 7) "Celebrity tests positive for COVID!" 8) "Orange Man really bad." Plus several tips on how to cash in on the crisis and new government handouts available---and Orange Man doubly bad because $2,200,000,000,000 is simply not enough. And, for comic relief, they take time to hoot down any who thinks that Elites are speaking with a forked tongue.
FactCheck, the bozos tasked with combating 'debunking fake news' on social media, claim that "Martial Law Isn't Imminent." With all the snottiness their hipster-scene writers can muster they penned a stupid article which really did nothing more than imply that anyone opposing government overreach is a tin-foil hat wearing moonbat. FactCheck itself is wholly owned by the very shady Annenberg Foundation; so they really haven't any business pointing fingers at anybody else.
But meanwhile, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is sending troops to arrest and detain American Citizens visiting the state.
"The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for 14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to anyone visiting the state...She also directed realtors and hotel operators to include new requirements that any out-of-state residents must quarantine for 14 days in their purchase agreements.
"State Police set up a checkpoint on I-95 in Hope Valley on Friday where drivers with New York license plates must stop and provide contact information and were told to self-quarantine for two weeks, WPRI.com reported. If New Yorkers don't comply, they face fines and jail time."
This is not martial law? What exactly do you call it when the military arrests and detains American citizens without a trial?
I wish this were the only example, but it's not. Washington's insane governor Jay Inslee shut down gun stores statewide today and hinted that he's plotting to seize unspecified businesses and put them under State Control.
What do have to say about that FactCheck? The Government taking over 'essential businesses' is not martial law? Inslee and his retarded compatriot, California Governor Newsom, have closed gun stores---and you know fully well that both of these clowns have disarming the population in mind among their future projects. But, of course, the fork-bearded aspies at Annenberg will write that speculation off as tin-foil hat stuff---until it happens.
In New Jersey, an entire family from age 21 to 99, was arrested by
This fiend wasn't content with breaking up a nuptial celebration and locking up a family: since there were minors present at the party, Billhimer is charging them with Child Endangerment. This puts an innocent family and six teens and kids at the tender mercies of the notoriously corrupt and abusive New Jersey Child Welfare System. He's a scumbag of the lowest order---yet the MSM applauds him and his actions.
In Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County judges are ordering people who've tested positive for COVID to house arrest---and forcing them to wear monitors. This is being done to people who've not been accused of any crime, nor convicted in any trial. This is a clear violation of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th Amendments; but let's not be extreme and start talking about martial law, right?
Every week that this 'crisis' has gone on, the situation for Civil Liberties has gotten worse. We're heading straight for a dismal future where we all get a 'safe space' and a welfare check; while the Raimondos, Inslees, Billhimers, and other scumbags just like them hold absolute and irresponsible power. We're seeing just small sample right now of what these power-junkies will do. Once these rats start believing that nobody is going to stop them they are not going to stop themselves at any point.
Great post. Putting it all in one place really highlights the power grab.
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