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Had an opportunity this morning to run some errands, and heard my favorite radio host, Dennis Prager (I like that he's respectful to just about everyone). As most everybody on radio is doing, he has something to say about the current situation. His basic stance, if I can remember right, was that the lock-down is the biggest hoax perpetuated on mankind so far. He thinks the virus itself is real, and that some measures were prudent, but the extreme economic lock-down has been a huge overreach that has caused much more damage than it's worth. If I understand him right, he's saying some measures were good and certain things are fine to keep practicing (like prudent social distancing & other common-sense precautions), but the extreme economic results will have a much bigger, longer lasting negative impact than the virus effects itself.
He further said that Marxists are besides themselves with glee over this global pandemic. This is because they finally see a wonderful opportunity to bring down capitalism, and bring in strong, centralized, socialistic government. As Rahm Emanuel is attributed as saying (quoting Machiavelli in part): “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. It’s an opportunity to do things you could not do before.” ![]() So whatever you believe - the lock-down measures went way too far OR the lock-down measures aren't going far enough - I'm not so concerned about that. (And I'm not concerned about which political party you think is mainly to blame for whatever problem.) But do you believe that this pandemic will have gone far in "softening us up" and will be a rallying cry for a long time (for example, "Remember what happened when government didn't do enough during COVID-19?!"), to bring in really BIG government measures? And not just on a national level, but could this be a key stimulus to eventually bring everything under worldwide control?
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This has now become China's chief selling point: they alone are equipped to lead the world during such scary times. Their economy has not suffered due to the pandemic. Amazing how the world's worst racists can use our media to condemn the Trump administration as racists. The CCP, like Hitler, wants an homogeneous population of compliant, yellow, atheist, subjects. Christians, Muslims, minorities, and socially scored "dissidents" are routinely sent to re-education camps or just disappear.
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I just amazed at the speed at which something like this has taken place, and shows how quickly we will just do what we're told . . . for the "greater good" of mankind.
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So ... let's talk technology instead. Do you have a smart phone? Do you have any idea how much info they can gather on you from your phone? You may think that cell phone provides you with liberty, actually the opposite. Do you know that your phone's microphone, camera, fingerprints, facial recognition, and GPS can all be turned on and accessed remotely? As they say, "never let a good crisis go to waste," and this pandemic is the perfect opportunity for them. Do you know that coronavirus "contact tracing" is a ruse for the same "social scoring" being done in China? What about the current demands for unlimited testing? It also provides the last piece of data on you -- your DNA. Some folks are seriously spooked by covid-1984. Yesterday I heard about the neighbor of a good friend. She stores all the food that she buys in a special fridge until she is sure all the corona germs have died off. Huh? I see people walking thru the woods with a mask on, afraid that me or my dog might get too close and contaminate them. Wow? Since the beginning of this pandemic, the WHO, the NIH, the CDC, Dr. FowChee, the Scarf Lady, and the Surgeon General have consistently given us inconsistent information. Would you trust anyone in your life that was wrong that frequently? How about your mechanic, your tax preparer, your local police, your doctor, your wife?
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Can't government do something to make it all better?! (said not me) And ditto on the whole technology thing! It's astounding what they are doing and claim to be on the verge of doing. Implants are next I suspect, because smartphones aren't nearly close enough to us. ![]() ![]() ![]() So all of this is most rapidly coming together to facilitate control over the populous, like man has not seen or conceived of. Then the "little man" will have his day. But praise the Lord, He is victor!
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![]() When they take our rights, our belongings, our ability to assemble, our right to speak for the Lord, and even our life, that is the time we can really say . . . But praise the Lord, He is victor!
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