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-Great Cultural Revolution
Whistleblower: FBI's D.C. Office Tried To Sic Local Agents On Innocents After Bank Of America Volunteered Gun Records
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/07/2023 12:35 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Behind the subscription wall. Try here instead.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/07/2023 17:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Canceled my BofA credit card yesterday, told them why.
Posted by: Nero || 03/07/2023 20:17 Comments || Top||

#3  I kept my account for many years, because my deceased wife set it up. J6 was too much. I closed them and moved to a local bank.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 21:50 Comments || Top||


The UK Lockdown Files: Text Messages Reveal, ‘When Do We Deploy the New Variant?’
[GatewayPundit] The British Telegraph has obtained 100,000 text messages from former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, showing how the British government conspired to "frighten the pants off everyone" and asking "when do we deploy the new variant?"

The Telegraph received the WhatsApp messages from journalist Isabel Oakeshott, who wrote a book with Hancock called "The Pandemic Diaries".

They show former Health Secretary Matt Hancock discussing with his media adviser Damon Poole on Dec. 13, 2020, who warned that Tory MPs were "furious already about the prospect" of stricter lockdown measures over Christmas and suggested "rather than doing too much forward signalling we can roll pitch with the new strain."

"We frighten the pants off everyone with the new strain," Hancock wrote back.

"Yep that’s what will get proper behavior [sic] change," Poole replied.

"When do we deploy the new variant?" Hancock asked.

"Been thinking about this and think we need to be more cautious. The strain that is," Poole wrote back. "Think you made the point earlier, but we need to keep schools off paperwork / agenda." The Christmas lockdown 2020 was surprisingly announced Dec. 19.

"Basically, we need to get compliance up," Case wrote, but said some measures — like a ban on fishing — "will be parodied galore if it looks like we have suddenly decided fishing is the first step towards tier 5!"

"I honestly wouldn’t move on any small things unless we move on a lot. The only big reamaining [sic] things are nurseries and workplaces," Hancock wrote.

"I agree — I think that is exactly right. Small stuff looks ridiculous. Ramping up messaging — the fear/guilt factor vital", Case replied.

In June 2021, Hancock had to step down as Health Secretary after photos emerged showing he had violated social distancing rules to pursue an extramarital affair with UK Department of Health employee Gina Coladangelo, who was earning £15,000 a month. Hancock and Coladangelo were both married at the time and have since left their families.
Of course no one is covering this.
Posted by: Woodrow || 03/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Compliance is a higher goal than effectiveness.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 11:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Keep in mind the international organizing for messaging consistency and common screaming.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 13:10 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Vaccine Killings: 2022 New Zealand Recorded Its Largest Increase in Deaths in a Century
[GatewayPundit] The New Zealand Herald reports:

  • New Zealand has recorded the largest increase in the number of registered deaths since the 1918 influenza pandemic, new data from Stats NZ shows.

  • The births and deaths figures, for the year ending December 2022, show there were 38,574 deaths in 2022, 10.4 per cent (3642) more than in 2021.

  • This increase — attributed to Covid-19 and an ageing population — is the biggest year-on-year jump since the 55.4 per cent (5835) spike in deaths following the 1918 flu pandemic.

    But something isn’t quite right with this report. After showing the results the Herald is quick to attribute the rise in deaths to COVID-19.

    In late October of 2021, New Zealand instituted a strict vaccine mandate as reported at that time:

  • The New Zealand government has announced a new wide-ranging COVID-19 vaccine mandate, meaning around 40% of the workforce will now be required to have the jab.

    COVID came in 2020. In the chart above there appears to be no increase in the number of deaths in 2020. In 2021 there was a slight increase but the largest increase is in 2022. New Zealand began mandating vaccines in late 2021 for employment eligibility.

    To suggest that the number of COVID deaths was minimal in 2020 and 2021 and suddenly increased in 2022 appears to be a misdiagnosis. Timing alone proves this wrong.

    An increase in deaths in New Zealand occurred after the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. No wonder the crazy totalitarian leader of New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, recently resigned. She knows.

  • Posted by: Woodrow || 03/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

    #1  Anyone who doesn’t know, doesn’t want to know at this point.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 11:37 Comments || Top||

    #2  The Covidians who praised New Zealand as the example Western Nations should emulate becomes most damning example of their guilt.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 13:40 Comments || Top||


    Home Front: Politix
    Tapes Show Ray Epps Lied To Congress About Whereabouts During Jan. 6 Protests
    [Federalist] Raw footage from newly released surveillance tapes of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot contradict testimony Ray Epps gave to federal prosecutors probing the turmoil.

    On Monday, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson aired footage that showed Epps in the crowd outside the Capitol complex about 30 minutes after the time he told investigators with the Select Committee on Jan. 6 that he left the premises. Epps has been suspected to be an undercover federal agent after he urged rallygoers to storm the Capitol both on the eve and day of the riot. The FBI has refused to answer questions about his alleged connection with federal law enforcement, and the Democrats’ Select Committee has sought to clear his name.

    "Epps told the committee that he never entered the Capitol, and therefore never committed a crime," Carlson said. "Text messages show that at 2:12 p.m., he boasted to his nephew that he had ’orchestrated the protests at the Capitol.'"

    Epps told lawmakers on the House panel that when he sent the text messages to his nephew, he had already left the Capitol for his hotel room.

    "That is not true," Carlson said. "The surveillance footage we found shows that in fact, Ray Epps remained at the Capitol for at least another half an hour."
    Posted by: Besoeker || 03/07/2023 06:42 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  J6 committee releases Ray Epps’ testimony

    But, but, but wait! Why would the J6 committee call "Trump insurrectionist" Epps forward to testify ?

    Were there others? No, just Ray Epps. Curious, no ?

    Posted by: Besoeker || 03/07/2023 6:49 Comments || Top||


    #3  "Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving." - David Burge@iowahawkblog

    Media curiosity stops being curious when they're told to by their 'betters'.
    Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/07/2023 8:57 Comments || Top||

    #4  I don’t think they can allow him to testify. He might just plead the 5th. This will be interesting to see which way it goes. I would like to see John Sullivan called as well.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 11:45 Comments || Top||

    #5  Media as a willing/clueless partner to propaganda/disinformation was first revealed for me in an insider spy novel. Interesting how it presaged so much of what has happened since.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spike_(novel)
    Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/07/2023 12:05 Comments || Top||

    #6  The majority of the people at J6 with Trump MAGA Hats on backwards were part of a group, part of Black Bloc and others factions affiliated with Antifa and Occupy.

    #Axis
    Posted by: mossomo || 03/07/2023 12:49 Comments || Top||

    #7  IIRC there is footage of the portable fence barricade being turned sideways into scaling ladders - and it looked organized and well rehearsed.

    Entrants through the windows looked like they had assignments, moving with a clarity of direction and location.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 13:02 Comments || Top||

    #8  The Great Muppet Caper starring Billy the Buffalo was so obviously produced and staged, but I guess there is -shall I say always has been- video of capital police escorting him from wardrobe to stage.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 13:35 Comments || Top||

    #9  Seems odd that he got a police escort to his crime, committed his crime, was seized for his crime and then pleaded to multi years of incarceration for what he did. If there had been an available folding chair for some next level silly mayhem, would it be more surprising?
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 16:38 Comments || Top||

    #10  I'm curious what happened to the other Muppets both during the play, and if they had been arrested.

    Billy the Buffalo stole the show (too much so I think they decided) but there were a number of other faces: Satan's Eyebrow, Confederate Doughnuts, LL Bean Cowboy, etc.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 17:43 Comments || Top||

    #11  The FBI often arrests its own assets and then releases them. None of the Clown Posse got charged. Only Patriots we’re charged unless they put someone inside as an infiltrator.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 21:57 Comments || Top||


    Dems FINALLY wake up: NYC Mayor Eric Adams says Lori Lightfoot's loss in Chicago is 'a warning sign for the country' after her soft on crime policies saw her fail to win a second term
    [Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
    • New York City Mayor Eric Adams says Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection loss is a warning sign for the entire country, not just Democratic mayors

    • Adams stated that his attendance at crime scenes and interactions with New Yorkers made him realize that public safety had to be a priority in American cities

    • Adams emphasized that his stance on crime was a result of listening to the everyday public who were concerned about their safety
    Posted by: Skidmark || 03/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  So re-election is more important than the safety of their fellow citizens.
    Posted by: Elminens Chusorong3648 || 03/07/2023 2:53 Comments || Top||

    #2  Eric Adams, per his own comment didn't know crime was a problem until he spoke with victims

    doofus
    Posted by: lord garth || 03/07/2023 9:16 Comments || Top||

    #3  Was expecting a lecture about raycizm and what supremacisses when I saw this story pop up online yesterday.
    Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/07/2023 9:19 Comments || Top||


    #5  Adams re-election with be a referendum on whether ambivalent but ineffective is good enough.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 11:34 Comments || Top||

    #6  New York ™
    Chicago ™
    Philadelphia ™
    Baltimore ™

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants to BAN face masks in stores because thieves are 'exploiting the safety of the pandemic' to commit crimes

    Science!
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 12:09 Comments || Top||

    #7  Eric Adams was New York City’s police candidate, having retired as a captain after 20 years on the force. He deliberately chose bad policies, in full knowledge of the results.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 03/07/2023 16:11 Comments || Top||

    #8  Everyone has a hierarchy of allegiances. Adam’s alliance to the NYPD has always been subordinated under all the leftist identities that make his law enforcement background as irrelevant as Joe Scarborough’s “small government conservatism.” Adams is a hack whose chief charm is that he isn’t as bad as the last guy.
    Posted by: Super Hose || 03/07/2023 16:50 Comments || Top||

    #9  Other than some bigoted remarks about his fellow White officers at some point, a case was made he was a political agent in the department. Another made the case he was a diversity hire instead of qualified.

    After his clownish presser about New York City having a brand, and watch the whole yuck it up fest, I'd make the case he is both.

    A Lightfoot, but straight and had a badge.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/07/2023 17:06 Comments || Top||



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