A Time for Civil Disobedience
People are too comfortable having their freedoms stripped away from them by unserious, hypocritical tyrants who treat the consequence as a cure
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Pineapple Grill and Saloon, a restaurant and bar in the Los Angeles area, was forced to closed down its outdoor seating while a movie company was given permission to create an outdoor dining space in the parking lot directly across from the establishment. The owner took to social media to call out Mayor Eric Garcetti:
California Democrats shut down businesses and threaten business owners like this woman with major fines and jail time while the cultural aristocracy is allowed to set up shop and provide virtually the exact same services. Itās time to get mad as hell.
Macās Public House was shut down over NYC restrictions:
When indoor dining was banned in the area because of high coronavirus infection rates, the bar continued to serve local customers inside.
When the state suspended the pubās liquor license, the general manager announced a way to skirt the law: by serving food and alcohol for free ā still indoors ā in exchange for a contribution.
Keith McAlarney, the bar owner, ignored cease-and-desist notices and rapidly accruing fines, he said. Mr. McAlarney painted an orange rectangle out front and declared the bar an āautonomous zone.ā He publicly taunted Mr. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, whom he called āde Bozo,ā to come down in person and take the license off the wall.
Co-owner Danny Presti taken away like a hardened criminal in handcuffs:
āI have nothing to lose,ā said Presti. āOur city and state government canāt keep kicking the can down the line to the federal governmentbecause the federal government didnāt shut us.ā The state responded:
The Washington Post @washingtonpost
Hundreds of Staten Island protesters rally around a bar shut down for defying covid rules: "Open up!" https://t.co/CPSqmfK7HEExcept there is reportedly a restaurant around the corner allowed to remain open while SNL can host studio audiences but all of Broadway remains closed. Cuomo and de Blasioās insipid remark only makes sense if you disregard the virusās 99% survivability rate. Infection isnāt instant fatality, but thatās the fear-mongering anti-science behind the lockdown narrative. Are they not worried about the lives that the lockdown costs?
Itās no wonder that depression rates for every age demographic have tripled with this pandemic lockdown.
Domestic abuse has increased globally since the lockdown.
Child abuse cases have increased.
60% of small businesses that closed during the last lockdown will not reopen.
Others barely hanging on are giving up.
Even though schools arenāt super-spreaders and medical professionals have been telling districts to reopen, many havenāt (NYC just closed theirs again).
Remote learning isnāt working and our kids are falling behind. Badly falling behind.
A new nickname has developed for an entire generation of kids: Generation Covid. And no, the kids arenāt alright.
People are turning to drugs and alcohol to cope.
Fatal drug overdoses have skyrocketed.
Deaths from non-coronavirus health issues have climbed since the start of the last lockdown as people donāt seek medical care for treatable illnesses. The lockdown could kill more than the virus.
Another NYC landmark faces closure because of the stateās shutdowns:
Like I said, itās time to get mad as hell. I agree with my friend Nick Searcy. Itās time for mass civil disobedience:
President-Elect DJHutchinson @DJHutchinson2
That is so wrong on so many levels!!!! Isn't there anything ANYBODY can do????? https://t.co/RRzzlcdeEiTo reiterate, The virus is awful and we will never vanquish it. Some health professionals are talking of making face masks and distancing the new normal. Meanwhile the makers of one vaccine donāt actually know if it prevents transmission.
The second wave of vaccine rollout may be ā¦ Wall Street traders?
The people who supported from D.C. your states shutting you down, ruining the economy, forcing your children to essentially forfeit a year of education are just playing politics when it comes to any federal relief after the eminent domain of the marketplace.
As for the apparent belief that Pelosi was going to take these funds and whisk off to hospitals around the country where she would personally award fistfuls of cash drawn from her Chanel handbag to tired health care workers across the country, well, no:
Atherton, California, is the richest town in America with an average annual household income of $525,000. Located 20 miles from Silicon Valley, the San Francisco suburb is home to the many tech titans of Google and Facebook.
Knowing this, Americans would be right to ask why Nancy Pelosiās Heroes Act shelled out $3.8 million in coronavirus āaidā money to Atherton. We contacted Speaker Pelosi and the Atherton city manager for comment and did not receive a response.
Atherton isnāt the only rich suburb to receive bailouts from American taxpayers. Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com cross-referenced the nationās 50 richest communities listed in the Bloomberg 2020 Richest Places with Heroes Act coronavirus bailouts.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected both high- and low-income communities, but itās unclear why such wealthy neighborhoods need so much money to weather the storm.
Watchdogs from OpenTheBooks.com inspected the fine print of the HEROES Act and found that it allocates $350 million to the 50 richest communities in America. The average annual income in these areas ranged from $262,988 to $525,324.
āItās unclear why such wealthy neighborhoods need so much money to weather the storm,ā Adam Andrzejewski of OpenTheBooks.com wrote.āShould American taxpayers from lower-income areas be subsidizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous?
Some might reasonably look at a figure like $350 million and conclude that, in the context of a $2.2 trillion bill, it is a relatively small amount of money. But we mustn't forget that this figure is only looking at a tiny sample size. It is not all the money this bill allocates to wealthy zip codes, just a snapshot.
This is a virus, a second virus of tyranny for which there is not cure and no treatment but vigilance and the exercise of freedom. As for the coronavirus, we can vaccinate against it, build up our immunities, but just as with chicken pox, polio, and other illnesses before this one, there is no cure, there is only prevention and acclimation. Overreaction is a lesser enemy, moderation is an ally, and the act of denying you your freedom is an enemy.
Itās time for civil, polite, responsible disobedience with inconsistent, unscientific demands that indicate a lack of regard for the rest of the lives just as negatively impacted by this pandemic.
I feel for the owner of the Pine Apple grill. But I would ask her did she vote for Gavin Newsom? Did she vote for Eric Garcetti? Did she vote for Biden-Harris? If not, my apologies. Trumpās not doing much better pushing the vaccine as he is. But if people continue to vote for the idiot tin pot dictators who continue to ruin their lives, then you get what you deserve.
The issue goes deeper than just pointing out Democrats in the State of California are responsible. Equally responsible is the "news media", which has chosen NOT to report on the matter. So the responsibility falls to newsletters like this one to present the facts and truth of the matter. As to contacting elected officials - pointless. The result is you end up on a mailing list, asking for money so that corrupt, self-serving politicians can continue to be corrupt. Vote them out. Recall them. Impeach them. IF you want to be a legal American citizen stand for the United States of America against her enemies, which includes the "news media" and politicians of all stripes.