Propane Containers; Worthington Industries 2021

Propane Containers; Worthington Industries- Pandemic Fallout.

Another fallout of the over the top Covid -19 Pandemic response is that with so many Restaurant being forced to have some sort of outdoor dining to survive, even in cold climates is the shortage of propane bottle and containers.
This is bringing up the price and making the small green containers virtually impossible to find which is hurting the many who are now homeless and use these for heater without any heat source.

Currently Worthington Industries is the only maker of these bottle/containers and they simply cannot keep up with production.

The only positive is for investors of Worthington Industries as their stock (WOR Stock Symbol) has climbed in recent weeks and likely will continue to climb since distributors has noted that pricing is increasing to allow for demand, thus increasing profits even more.

Further Information: Fox News; Propane tanks selling out as many look to warm their patios over winter

Where did the flu go in 2020-21?

Where did the flu go in 2020-21?

Oddly, you would think the flu had disappeared in Oregon but that is false.  Per the CDC it is now part of the Covid-19 interim case definition. If you got the flu it is now Covid-19.

Oregon FluBites – OHA February 5, 2021 above.

CDC Weekly Flu Reports at this link.

The best starting point for the other questions is the government’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) which is the legal authority along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), however, when you do your own research of their legal definitions and legal statistics be prepared to be educated as it does not match corporate media and the political rhetoric you hear and see along some odd statements by government public health officials.  Again, do your own research then make your own informed decisions as all diseases can be deadly including the common coronavirus cold.

CDC says Covid 19 includes “at least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, congestion or runny nose, OR any one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, new olfactory disorder, new taste disorder, OR Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following: Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).”  Hence, the yearly influenza outbreaks that unfortunately kill tens of thousands of vulnerable Americans are classified as Covid-19 by the government.

SARS-CoV-2 the actual coronavirus that is six percent (6%) of Covid-19 deaths is included per the CDC symptoms definition of Covid-19 entered in official government reports.  BTW, it is the ‘report’ not the press release or talking points that goes into the courtroom.

mRNA gene therapy per Pfizer’s and Moderna’s own words in the FDA ‘authorization’ submittal, is different than a vector vaccine like your shots at school or the doctor’s office.  And emergency “authorization” is very different than ‘approval’ from the FDA.  Given the severity of SARS-CoV-2 on seniors (75 plus) get educated yourself.  Read all the CDC data on who should and should not get mRNA shots.  Then read all available medical data on SARS-CoV-2 as death can literally be in the details.  Many people will want the mRNA shot, and many will not.  Welcome to free choice. 

With no further comments as the Legislature is cancelled this week, below is this week’s clips from fellow Oregonians:

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Title: No money? Oregon Democrats do not care. Prepare for more taxes.

COVID-19 in Oregon

In July 2020, the CDC called for American schools to reopen in the upcoming fall. In February 2021, the CDC again called to reopen schools saying they can reopen safely, without vaccinating teachers.

It will be even longer before more Oregon kids are in the classroom.

• On February 9, press secretary Jen Psaki walked back Biden’s promise to open schools in first 100-days: ‘Some teaching in classrooms at least one day per week’

Governor Kate Brown moved the goal posts from a February 15 start date to an unspecified time in the “spring”. Teachers unions across the country are using extortion to get vaccinations. Countless children have been sacrificed because adults are afraid.

• School districts and unions do not let hypocrisy stand in their way of making money. They tell teachers it is still unsafe to come into schools while simultaneously offering in-person childcare this entire time in the very schools they closed… for a steep fee of $1,000 a month for parents that can afford it.

As a result of these decisions, how many elderly Oregonians did the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Governor Brown and the teachers unions kill because of their vaccine prioritizations? This is not the teachers’ fault – it is the union. The union exists to serve the interests of the union. If they are not opening, vaccinations should be immediately redirected to the elderly and most vulnerable.

• It’s gene therapy, not a vaccine.

From the Oregonian: “Gov. Kate Brown’s office issued more word salad this week as it pertains to clearing kids to play sports. I can only surmise that those in charge haven’t spent much time communicating with high school kids who are frustrated, depressed and feeling as though they don’t matter to our state leaders.” Oregon students continue to be sacrificed because teachers unions don’t want schools to reopen. Families that can afford to move to a different state that has the freedoms to attend school and play sports should move. But what does this attitude say to Oregon students that have worked and trained to be the best at their sports?

Oregon children and their wellbeing have been sacrificed on the altar of fear. Adults are making children suffer so they, the adults, feel safer. This is the exact opposite of how society should work.

• New York Post opinion: “Our society has abandoned [children] and treated them as disposable. The damage caused by this abandonment is incalculable, and compounding every day we allow inertia, irrationality and the craven priorities of teachers unions to rule our decision-making.”

Gov. Brown and OHA have abandoned the “science” and are taking cues from the federal government. OHA is saying 70-90% of Oregonians will need to be vaccinated to get back to “normal”. Fauci said 70-85% of Americans will need to be vaccinated by the end of summer 2021 to get back to a “degree of normality”. When will Americans see they are being used in the quest for power?

How crazy is this? Schools are still closed for most students, but Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties can start reopening restaurants for indoor dining, but Marion and Polk Counties cannot. Could it have anything to do with the Salem Capitol being in Marion County and Democrats want to keep the people locked out?

Influenza like illness (ILI) are defying yearly trends and significantly down in Oregon. New Mexico, also with one of the strictest lockdowns, is reporting similar numbers.

No money? Oregon Democrats do not care. Prepare for more taxes.

The Oregon Employment Department (OED) is responsible for one of the worst bureaucratic failures in the state’s history. Oregonians were forced into unemployment by the government and did not receive the unemployment benefits they were told they would receive, many waiting weeks that dragged into months, for assistance.

When these Oregonians, who just want to go to work, finally received assistance from the federal government in a one-time check that barely covers rent in a Portland apartment with roommates, now Oregon will be collecting tax on stimulus checks when residents file their state income tax returns. To figure out how much is owed, filers should multiply their stimulus payment by Oregon’s state tax rate of 8.75%.

Oregon Democrat politicians are making it impossible to be employed and remain unemployed with the relentless taxation.

• Oregon and New Mexico remain the sole 2 states where businesses are mostly closed according to the New York Times.
• WSJ: Five states—Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, North Dakota and Oregon—experienced double-digit declines in state revenue.

Additionally, Oregon Democrats introduced an amendment to SB 137 to raise taxes on stimulus measures that were designed to help people weather the arbitrary government-forced COVID-19 lockdowns. Democrats plan on lowering the amounts for business loss deductions, deductions of net operating losses, and business loss limitations. The amendment creates a tax increase on businesses that would be retroactive – back to 2018. Oregonians could possibly be forced into amending past state tax returns if they pass this and you have used these deductions from the bipartisan CARES agreement.

• On SB 137: “This amendment is a full-on assault on working families looking to recover,” said Senator Lynn Findley (R-Vale), Assistant Republican Leader and member of the Finance and Revenue Committee. “In the middle of a pandemic, Oregonians can’t afford for lawmakers to be messing with important tax relief that the CARES Act provided for working families. As proposed, this amendment would even increase taxes on small businesses that are losing money because of lockdowns.”

Senator Dennis Linthicum (R-Klamath Falls) issued a statement on Gov. Brown prioritizing state tax dollars over hard-working Oregonians and their jobs.

Oregon Democrats want to give even more power to the governor/dictator during emergencies: “HB 2238 amends existing law with two objectives: 1) To clarify that, upon declaration of a state of emergency, the governor has authority to take private property (both real and personal) ‘that may be necessary for the management of resources following an emergency,’ and 2) To deny compensation to property owners when property is temporarily taken for such emergency purposes, unless compensation is required by the Oregon or United States Constitutions.”

From Marion+Polk First PAC: “Last month, SB 238 was quietly and anonymously introduced by the Senate Interim Committee on Education to ban School Resource Officers statewide… If passed, law enforcement will be effectively banned from our schools in any capacity, making students more vulnerable to school shootings and other violence. This bill is just the latest example of elements in the Oregon Legislature working to subvert the decision-making of our community by passing one-size-fits-all policies statewide.”

Oregon U.S. Attorney Billy Williams to resign at the request of the Biden Admin, effective February 28, 2021. Who knows what kind of pressure he faced after breaking with his party after speaking out against the horrific violence and damage in Portland caused by anarchists through the summer months.

National COVID-19

The mainstream media and World Health Organization (WHO) are working together to change the truth by now claiming that COVID-19 did not start in a Chinese lab, but came from an animal.

• January 14, 2020 tweet by WHO: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.”
• January 30, 2020 the WHO meeting praised China for its response to COVID-19. For example, “The Committee welcomed the leadership and political commitment of the very highest levels of Chinese government, their commitment to transparency, and the efforts made to investigate and contain the current outbreak.”
• February 16, 2020 CNN reports China blocked Taiwan’s access to the WHO and further comments by WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cheering for China: “…we are giving qualified recognition and actually my call is, please, let’s recognize as a world, as a globe what China is doing and help them and show solidarity.”
• March 12, 2020 Reuters reported on WHO Director’s background: “Weeks after the new coronavirus emerged in China, he flew to Beijing, returning with lavish praise for the Chinese leadership’s commitment to fighting the disease through drastic lockdowns and other measures.”
• April 8, 2020 Fox News reports comments by WHO leader: ‘“If you don’t want many more body bags you refrain from politicizing it.’
• April 8, 2020 CNN reports that US intelligence officials were warned as far back as late Novemberthat COVID-19 was spreading through China’s Wuhan region and that it was posing a threat to the Chinese daily lives.
• April 12, 2020 the Atlantic reports on how China deceived the WHO.
• April 16, 2020 Fox News reportsthe Wuhan Institute of Virology, a top-secret Chines laboratory is under intense scrutiny for not following safety protocols in tandem with its dangerous research on bats and coronaviruses. ‘”The head of the WHO has stated many times that there is no evidence that the new coronavirus originated in the laboratory,” Zhao Lijian said. “Many prominent medical experts in the world also believe that the so-called laboratory leaks have no scientific basis.”’
• May 4, 2020. Officials believe China covered up the extent of the COVID-19 outbreakto hoard medical supplies, leaked intelligence documents show.
• May 18, 2020 NBC News: China gave $2 billion to the World Health Organization to “deal with the COVID-19 crisis”
• May 18, 2020 NPR screenshot of then President Trump’s letter to the WHO on freezing funding.
• September 15, 2020 Tucker Carlson interviewed top Chinese virologist and whistleblower Dr. Li-Meng Yan about her claims that the Chinese government intentionally manufactured and released the COVID-19 virus. 

Considering the above timeline and the partnership with China, why should Americans trust what the WHO says about the origins of COVID-19?

Dr. Singer, a CATO Institute doc, says Americans “need to get used to the idea” that we’ll continue to see COVID-19 and related variants at endemic levels. As Dictionary.com conveniently says on the definition of endemic: “The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may never disappear, but could become endemic like HIV.”

For months the state-run media was preparing the narrative about new strains of COVID-19 to continue the panic. In May 2020 CNBC reported: “‘Superbugs’ (or strains of bacteria or viruses that have adapted and become resistant to different types of antibiotics used to treat the infections they cause) are a hidden danger in the fight against COVID-19, says former CDC director.”

On February 7 of this year, CNBC reports that a study by the CDC shows the UK strain is doubling in the US every 10 days. The CDC has an incentive to produce studies that show COVID strains maintaining a foothold in America to maintain power.

• February 8, 2021 Fauci says “we risk creating more powerful COVID variants if we delay 2^nd shots of the vaccine”

Entire industries have already been created as American sacrificed their freedom for an image of “safety”. For example, most airlines and airports will begin using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech to recognize if people are or are not wearing masks by the end of the summer 2021. Was this video foreshadowing what barely anyone listened to?

Other News

Time Magazine published a startling article celebrating the “shadow campaign” (not at all connected to the Biden campaign… as if) that “saved democracy”, when it actually shamelessly touts how the elite and their institutions got what they wanted.

• The report described American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CFO) as the “architect” of this effort, in partnership with “resistance” organizations.  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (CEO is now resigning, but no comments on if this is connected or not) and AFL-CIO, typical adversaries, partnered to have maximum impact: “Agreeing that their unlikely alliance would be powerful, they began to discuss a joint statement pledging their organizations’ shared commitment to a fair and peaceful election.”
• One of the many quotes: “That’s why the participants want the secret history of the 2020 election told, even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it. And they believe the public needs to understand the system’s fragility in order to ensure that democracy in America endures.”

In other words, the elite know what is best for you, and your nation.

What drives the elite? Money and power. 1 Timothy 6:10, “For the love of money is the root of all evil”

Unlike the anarchist and BLM riots that led to billions of dollars in damages across the country for months and the perpetrators have faced little punishment, the January 6 riot continues to lead the news and frame the arguments of many politicians and special interest groups that are attempting to impeach an unelected American citizen. The impeachment trial is more about vilifying conservative voters. State-run media reporters have called for sending Trump voters to re-education camps or for ‘deprogramming’.

• Fighting back: A new Twitter app helps users block 800 New York Times reporters in one fell swoop.

In China: “The political leaders, or the party, try to maintain its permanent control over the regime and the internet is of course one of its very important tools.”

Bank of America spied on its customers and gave the information to the FBI without consent. The mindset, “I don’t have anything to hide” leads to normalizing this level of privacy infringement and in this current cancel culture we live in, how long until you are doing something the elite deem “incorrect”?  Are you buying too much flour, sugar, backing items?  Using your credit card to purchase stored food that could be seized by a government with this information?

Investigators struggle to build murder case in death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer, Brian Sicknick: “Investigators are struggling to build a federal murder case regarding fallen US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, vexed by a lack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death as he defended the Capitol during last month’s insurrection…medical examiners did not find signs that the officer sustained any blunt force trauma, so investigators believe that early reports that he was fatally struck by a fire extinguisher are not true.”

• The media is linking THREE officer deaths to the riot, but two of the three died by suicide in the days and weeks after.

Why did the fatal shooting of Ashley Babbitt on Jan. 6 disappear from the media?

Underdog

Do not stand for being a “chump” anymore. You have power, especially in your individual purchases. How did Amazon grow to be the world power that it is? People choose every day for the convenience of its product delivery over shopping local. How did Facebook grow to the level of control it now has? People willingly gave up their data for endless scrolling.

Consider this: If the 74 million Americans that did not vote for Biden stopped shopping on Amazon and cut their prime subscriptions, wouldn’t that say something? If these Americans even just deleted the Facebook app from their phones (because it tracks you and sells that data all over) or logged in only one time per week or deleted it (but first download all of your data) all together, that would send these companies to their knees.

THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER

• If you pray, PRAY: Currently rated the #1 podcast in America, the Bible in a Year podcast is a great way to connect with other Americans seeking truth in the chaos. You are not alone.

• KINDNESS: Make the extra effort to smile (if possible) and say hello to strangers. Think about how kindness from a stranger makes you feel and pay it forward every time you leave home. Hellos, simple conversations, eye contact… these are small things, but they make a difference and are reminders of our shared humanity. Kindness makes us strong.
• EDUCATION: Read about American history and your rights. Education is the best investment you can make in yourself; no one can ever take it from you. Check out the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission for American history without the damaging and inaccurate critical race theory rhetoric.
• FOCUS: Pay attention and call out the media for the media-driven fear warped America’s COVID response.
• PUT THE PHONE DOWN: Do what you can to stay off of Twitter, Facebook and Google, as they censor conservative voices while promoting the leftist agenda.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

The government and culture do not care about you. This Cosmopolitan magazine cover says it all. It unscientifically calls obesity “healthy”, while science shows that obesity leads to a plethora of life-threatening conditions, least of all is how obesity worsens the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

Stay alert, stay alive and do what it takes to boost your own immune system. Eat properly, drink water and get regular exercise.

Music is revolutionary and can strengthen social bonds. Recommended listening (changing gears from classical music): Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love and this remixed version by Cannons.

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We all need to be prepared for future emergencies.  As my wife says, when she wants to lose those extra pounds she gained at the Christmas holidays, ”eat less and exercise more.”  Fitness can be that simple.  Another motivator, working on your own fitness, will allow you to help others who are frail.  Your fitness helps more folks than any mask!  Find your strengths she says. 

I would be remiss for not pointing out what we do in Oregon and America impacts Africa, Asia, and Latin America so when we shut down it hits developing nations ten times harder.  Act global instead of talking global.  

Once again, if you do not like the words of the other Oregonian writers then please do unsubscribe on the links below: manage preferences or delete profile. 

Sincerely,

Brian J. Boquist

Oregon State Senator

New Mexico Flu Season above is not gone … it is now Covid-19 colds, chills, fever, etc.

Japan’s flu season is gone too.  Is it because they re-defined Covid-19 too?

What is OHA trying to hide?

What is the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) trying to hide?

In our country, we are experiencing a crisis of trust. One way or another, we get our news from the mainstream media (MSM), or state-run media, where misinformation, bias and blatant censorship shape the headlines.

Each American is required to take a hard look at multiple news sources to come up with realistic conclusions for what is really going on. Something to note with the new administration: The state-run media is already falling over backwards to report on updates of all kinds – be it fashion or policy – meaning: they will report what they are told.

Check out calloutthemedia.com to cut through the double standards in the media.

COVID-19 in Oregon

What is OHA trying to hide? Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced it will no longer provide detailed information about COVID-19 deaths. From the breaking news tweet: Since the first COVID-19 related death in Oregon on March 14, 2020, OHA has listed each of the individuals by county of residence, date of death, date of positive test or symptom onset and if the individuals had underlying conditions (but OHA never specified what the underlying conditions were). Says OHA Director Pat Allen: “…Moving forward we will share aggregated COVID-19 related deaths on OHA’s public dashboards, which are updated daily.”

• Could it be OHA took another look at the results from the PCR tests, after the World Health organization (WHO) issued an advisory (on January 20, 2021, the day Biden was inaugurated) for labs to pay close attention to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that are used to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of the high rates of false positives from people who are neither sick nor infectious?

As stated in an October 22, 2020 Call Out The Media blog post: The PCR tests that are being used to verify positive COVID-19 cases are FRAUDULENT. The likelihood of a false-positive is 89-94%. On the PCR tests, even the CDC says on Page 38 of this July 2020 report says: The performance of this test has not been established for monitoring treatment of 2019-nCoV infection.

Another journalist made note that OHA changed its reporting on the deceased from COVID-19 which will include omitting ages, as the state has come rightfully under fire for failing to prioritize seniors and those at highest risk from COVID-19 for the vaccine.

OHA prioritizing “equity” over risk for who can have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, (Q7 at this link): “OHA will ensure the distribution process is based on community involvement that will provide an equitable system challenging the roles of power, privilege and racism— informed by a newly assembled COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee (VAC).” Oregon’s Democrat politicians are empowered to determine policy decisions on “equity” over science by the actions of the new administration.

• “Equity” is the buzzword that rules the Left, and now the country with Biden at the helm. “Equity” does not mean “equality”. It means equal outcomes for everyone, regardless of any other factor.
• Policy decisions for Oregon and the country are boiled down to what people look like – the definition of racism – not science.
• Identity politics are the name of the game.

From an op-ed by Dr. Maureen Hoatlin: “The limited supply of the highly efficacious COVID-19 vaccines must be distributed with urgency and equity. We must also adjust the priority as new information about the pandemic develops. 

“Recently, Oregon’s Health Authority and Gov. Kate Brown decided to de-prioritize and delay vaccinations for Oregonians 65 years and older living in the community.  As a scientist with training in RNA virology, I would like to outline the science and evidence from my perspective that supports reversing that decision. 

“If the goal is to preserve life, and also to reduce the pressure on the hospitals, then the evidence supports vaccinating people 65+ without delay.”

From a different piece: “Vaccinating Americans over the age of 74 over the same period of time as frontline essential workers will significantly delay when some of those who are at greatest risk will receive the vaccine. And second, starting to vaccinate essential workers still puts a large group with a comparatively low risk of death ahead of a large group with a significantly higher risk of death.”

Additionally, COVID-19 cases have plummeted in Oregon since the highest count in the state on December 4, 2020 (2,144) and the most recent peak on January 14, 2021 (1,137). Oregon has seen a downward trend since January 15. Keep in mind, the state had less than 100 known cases at the time of the first shutdown in March 2020. Oregon has maintained a perpetual state of lockdown to accommodate the unscientific fears of many Oregonians.

Now, Governor Brown and many Democrat governors are under pressure to reopen their states (because the Democrat president should not have to face a state-mandated failing economy). NY Gov. Cuomo plans to reopen the state in “weeks” and California Gov. Newsom has reopened restaurants, not because it’s “the right thing to do”, no, he is facing a surging recall attempt. Gov. Brown has jumped on the bandwagon and is using her powers to “allow” some businesses to reopen, even in counties still under the arbitrary title of “extreme risk”. Gyms, for instance, can have SIX people in their facilities. It’s laughable to think about how the government uses “science” to determine what is allowed. No more than 6 in a gym, but anarchists in the streets can do as they please.

Let’s get kids back in school

Shortly before Biden assumed office, Gov. Brown reversed course on her education policies during the COVID-19 event by allowing districts to decide if they want to reopen schools. Brown set a Feb. 15 goal for schools “to return students to in-person instruction, especially elementary students.”

Unfortunately, a common pattern seen throughout the country with the lockdowns is it largely depends on where students live if they will receive in-person education. States in the southern half of America, such as Florida, have kept schools open, prioritizing education of their youths. Klamath Falls school districts reopened this month. But Portland-area kids look to be out of luck.

Teachers unions across the country are using extortion by saying kids will go back to school if the teachers are vaccinated first. But, lo and behold, teachers are getting vaccinated and still the unions don’t want teachers back in schools doing their jobs. Fairfax, VA schools are saying kids won’t be in school until even after Sept ’21, even WITH teachers getting vaccinated first, before dying seniors.

Disturbingly, it will be best case scenario if many kids only miss ONE entire year of school as it’s looking like the COVID-19 politicization will carry well into this year and likely next… especially with the “new variants” appearing everywhere.

The damage adults are doing to our kids is not worth it. Adults are prioritizing their fear of a virus with a 99.8% survival rate over the wellbeing of children. The virus was never a threat to children, and they infrequently transmit the virus. Forget the science though, because there is already the push for vaccinating kids.

The lockdowns have been to protect adults. Adults, who are supposed to protect the children, have asked kids to make enormous sacrifices.

Nevada parents are screaming to get kids back in school as they are seeing a suicide epidemic. In one Nevada school district, 18 kids have killed themselves; 9 more than 2019, and the youngest kid was 9 years old.

Kids were already struggling with suicides and mental illness before the COVID-19 political lockdowns and then adults made policy decisions to lock them in isolation, muzzle them in public (now we need 2-3 masks because “science”… can’t make this stuff up) and rip them away from their routines because the adults were afraid of the kids for no scientific reason. This is NOT how society is supposed to work. What is the reduction in COVID-19 case numbers from the lockdowns that makes even one child suicide worth it? This isn’t a science question; it is a moral one. Entire societies can be judged on how they treat their children.

• What else can we expect from a society that does not protect innocent children in the womb?
• How is a baby only a baby if it’s wanted?
• Making abortion unthinkable won’t happen overnight. It will happen by taking small steps, one at a time, and persevering.

Biden unsurprisingly doesn’t scold cowardly teachers unions. There must be countless teachers who want to get back to work to teach the kids in-person because those that are allowed to speak out have said online learning isn’t the same. The union ultimately runs the show because the union funds Democrat campaigns.

National COVID-19

Trump admin tried to split vaccines to create more doses and FDA wouldn’t do it. Biden is in office and now the FDA approved it. Why are Americans okay with letting big-money control their lives for political reasons?

Merck & Co. is ending development of its two experimental COVID-19 vaccines, after early data showed they could not produce immune responses to the virus, the company announced Monday.

Why it matters: The news leaves one of the top pharmaceutical companies out of the running for producing a vaccine, as demand for the inoculation is outstripping supply.

There is more and more emphasis on being a “world” or “global” citizen. Both the Pope and Mormon Prophet have used that terminology when directing their congregations about the vaccine. This PragerU video about the differences between the left and liberals points out how when liberals directed the films about Superman, he emphasized that he was an American superhero. But when the left took over the direction of the action figure, he dropped his American heritage and became a “global” citizen. 

Anarchists

Anarchists destroyed property in Tacoma, Washington.

Oregon Democrats blame Republicans for anarchist destruction, even though the state has been under Democrat control this entire time.

Twitter did nothing to stop anarchists from promoting and planning destruction in Portland and Seattle.

This sounds a lot like the catch-and-release style the Portland DA deployed with Oregon anarchists: “Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert to the practical concern that hundreds of such cases could swamp the local courthouse.”

It has been confirmed that at least one left-wing extremist who was formerly arrested at a BLM riot was at the Jan 6 U.S. Capitol breach. Could it be more, which is what leads to this headline? Based on the fact that the FBI arrested a man who allegedly interfered in the 2016 election by posting a meme. The only reason this guy matters is because he was politically in favor of Trump. From the DOJ press release: “A Florida man was arrested this morning on charges of conspiring with others in advance of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to use various social media platforms to disseminate misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote.”

It is obvious that the Democrats that now rule America are going after their political enemies. At this time, their political enemies are limited to “right wing” extremists (aka anyone who disagrees with the Left).

Additionally, failing to cite a specific threat, the Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set the stage for additional attacks. Meanwhile, a permanent fence has been installed in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Other News

The super majority Democrats in Oregon never let a good crisis go to waste.  The title of their “priorities” page is “Transforming through Crisis”. This is a good article that decodes Governor Brown’s State of State speech to help Oregonians understand what is really going on under her fake words.

Rep. Bill Post (R-Keizer) issued a statement on how the Oregon Legislature is never NOT partisan.

Sen. Dennis Linthicum (R-Klamath Falls) on his introduction of Senate Bill 659, which will allow students to attend any school in the state so students can get the education they deserve and makeup lost learning due to school shutdowns.

“Amazon has accidentally given a good primer on why universal mail-in voting (supported by the Washington Post, which is also owned by Jeff Bezos) simply isn’t dependable. Amazon, which has always resisted having a unionized work force, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to prevent mail-in voting in a contest with the union in Alabama.”

Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz was selected to be on the House Natural Resources Committee.

Hollywood elite use their money and status to jump in line for COVID-19 vaccine.

This is what cancel culture looks like: A woman who helps new parents teach newborn babies how to sleep (a very important first lesson for new parents), is being cancelled. Not for anything she said, but because another “parenting influencer” with too much time on his hands decided to doxx his competitor and destroy her so that he could swoop in and take her followers like a vulture.

When Trump was president, the media glorified their roles as the “truth tellers”, but now that Biden is in, the media is very vocal in how “normal” this presidency is, to cover up its highly abnormal aspects, such as how the presidency has essentially become an “elected dictator” with the use of executive orders becoming extreme. Biden signed over 30 executive orders within his first 6 days of presidency.

Even super-majority leader Chuck Schumer has essentially declared his role and that of Congress as useless and Biden should declares climate change a “national emergency”, which will give the president more unchecked power. Why should this be necessary with both the House and Senate controlled by Democrats?

None of these “truth tellers” are reporting on the homicide epidemic in America. WSJ op-ed by Heather McDonald reports 37% murders up, 2,000 more Americans, most of them black, were killed in 2020 than 2019.

Christian Science Monitor reports that overall crime has dropped but 2020 homicide rates exceed those of the late 80s before the overall crime drop. 51 cities of various sizes saw a 35% jump in murders. 21 US cities found 610 more murders this year than last year. Gun assaults increased by 10%.

Media seeks to blame the pandemic; they never blame the policies (or the panic) of the pandemic. You cannot tell millions of people to stay home for a year without income or education and not see horrific detriment to society.  The Netherlands recently extended their lockdowns, despite falling COVID-19 cases, and the country erupted in riots.

Big Tech has made incredible amounts of money during the pandemic; while hard-working Americans have suffered.

Biden must push back against the persecution of the Uyghur minority by the Chinese government. “The Chinese government’s campaign—assisted by mass surveillance using cutting-edge electronic and biological technology—is not just a horror in its own right. It serves as a cautionary tale about tech-driven and racially profiled oppression that we must stand against.”

The Economist was pushing CCP propaganda by celebrating China’s 100yr anniversary of communism. Millions of people died in the Cultural Revolution; a fact that is glossed over in favor of glamorizing communism for an American audience.

WHAT CAN YOU DO

• Stop buying from Amazon and Walmart and other big box stores. Remember in the “old days” when people would make lists of the things they needed from the store? It is a great exercise in self control.
• Support local. Support the Oregonians who are standing up to government tyranny. A grassroots movement is empowering small businessesto disobey the arbitrary COVID-19 orders and reopen their doors for business. “Every business is essential because every business employs people who rely on their jobs to feed their families.”
• Check out this grassroots Oregon page about timber in the state.

THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER

• If you pray, PRAY: Currently rated the #1 podcast in America, the Bible in a Year podcast is a great way to connect with other Americans seeking truth in the chaos. You are not alone.

• KINDNESS: Make the extra effort to smile (if possible) and say hello to strangers. Think about how kindness from a stranger makes you feel and pay it forward every time you leave home. Hellos, simple conversations, eye contact… these are small things, but they make a difference and are reminders of our shared humanity. Kindness makes us strong.
• EDUCATION: Read about American history and your rights. Education is the best investment you can make in yourself; no one can ever take it from you. Check out the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission for American history without the damaging and inaccurate critical race theory rhetoric.
• FOCUS: Pay attention and call out the media for the media-driven fear warped America’s COVID response.
• LISTEN: Some great podcast episodes to tune in to: this one and this one.
• PUT THE PHONE DOWN: Do what you can to stay off of Twitter, Facebook and Google, as they censor conservative voices while promoting the leftist agenda.

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Please do not participate in the fraud committed by Google in giving non authorized sellers a higher position, or further enrich the pockets of Jeff Bezos who has used the Coronavirus Pandemic to rape small business even further than he has.

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The Government that Cried Wolf !!!

The Government that Cried Wolf !!! (V2NOV20)

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FROM:
Oregon State Senator Brian Boquist

Weekly News Update The Government that cried Wolf!

Below is our weekly news recap with the latest updates. Our updates reach five times the circulation of the Oregonian operated by
corporate media on behalf of Advanced Publications in New York.

Our goal is to provide an alternative to the socialist corporate propaganda that is in bed with the urban oligarchy hell bent on destroying America starting right here in Oregon.

I will make some comments and additions at the bottom. Source links are provided but some are censured daily be socialist media supporting the so-called Democrats.  And it is long so several reads or sittings are suggested.
And please forward to your other contacts even if you are in disagreement. Thank you to several socialist media entities for articles on the past news update and for expanding our circulation across Oregon. Your help is appreciated in your own destruction.

Again, this is prepared by volunteers across the State who are always looking for non-special interest sources.


This weeks edition:

Police state
To enforce the latest “freeze”/shutdown (more below), Governor Kate Brown has illegally enlisted the Oregon State Police (OSP) and local law enforcement to make criminals out of law-abiding citizens. OSP issued a statement.

Sharp letters of protest by Republicans (here, here and here) will not change Governor Brown, Speaker of the House Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney’s efforts to seize complete power. Likewise, history shows physicians, lawyers, judges, law enforcement and corporate media will ignore the law, and in fact, help plan the destructions of society, for their own establishment gains. I have personally seen this in Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East in the past four decades, including into the 2000s. 

A peaceful economic blockage or set of sanctions against urban anarchists, communists, and socialists including anti-citizen state government, selected counties, and rogue cities would have an immediate impact. Please note all indications are the OSP Superintendent lied to us on Saturday as rogue law enforcement may well be used to attack Oregonians. 

The Left and anarchists branded Republicans or anyone who disagrees with them as Nazis, which was smart because unsuspecting Americans do not see the true similarities between their ruling Democrat overlords and fascism. Unbeknownst to many, “Nazi” is short for: National Socialist German Workers’ Party.  

When Republicans denied quorum over cap and trade in 2019 and 2020, that was the first indicator of Oregon becoming a fascist state. Governor Brown sent law enforcement after Republicans to bring them back to vote on a special interest environmental bill. Listen to this excellent podcast recapping the events.

COVID-19

Governor Brown’s latest power grab and unconstitutional overreach is a two week “freeze”, which is another word for a lockdown. The freeze is guaranteed to last much longer for some Oregon counties, including Multnomah County. Governor Brown is destroying Oregonians’ lives for political advancement.

5 ways Oregon lockdowns are worse than other states.

She is drunk on power, and Oregonians should expect the “freeze” to last much longer than 2 weeks. In her press conference on November 13, the governor indicated Multnomah County would be in a shutdown state for 4 weeks, maybe longer. The governor is taking her cues from Joe Biden, and Biden’s COVID advisor says the USA needs to shut down for just 4-6 weeks and then we will ‘defeat’ the virus and ‘revive’ the economy. Explain again how shutting down the economy and all free enterprise, ‘revives’ it?

A breakdown of the new “freeze”/shutdown rules:

Limiting social get-togethers (indoors and outdoors) to no more than six people, total, from no more than two households. Translation: The government is attempting to control what you can do in your private residence. What gives Governor Brown the right to tell private citizens what they can or cannot do in private homes? One could wonder about how the Left, or Governor Brown’s cronies, hate Thanksgiving and any American traditions and the shutdown leading to the holiday seems interestingly timed.

Limiting churches and other faith-based venues to a maximum of 25 people indoors or 50 people outdoors. Translation: The constitutional right to go to church is under direct attack. As Portland Catholic Archbishop Sample said, “No one has a constitutional right to go to a restaurant, a bar or a gym. But there is a right to the free exercise of religion.”

Limiting restaurants to take-out only. Translation: Restaurants have bent over backwards to comply to Governor Brown and OR-OSHA’s workplace rules, creating safe environments for customers, and they are being targeted. Roughly 200,000 Oregonians work in the restaurant industry whose livelihoods are under direct attack.

The governor didn’t succeed in completely destroying the restaurant and small businesses in our state the first lockdown, but now the governor is going back around to end them. The governor is creating a welfare state. This is socialism: all the wealth in the big money: McDonald’s, Amazon, Dairy Queen, Target… while every other business and the entrepreneurial spirit is forced out.  The governor recently “found” $55 million dollars to distribute to counties across the state who will then provide it to businesses under duress with the shutdown. Why can’t the governor see that Oregonians just want to get back to work?

Closing gyms and fitness organizations. Translation: Another industry that is already highly sanitized (pre-COVID) that will be forced to shut down. Government and medical official should be encouraging Oregonians to stay physically active – not hide in their homes.

Closing indoor recreational facilities, museums, indoor entertainment activities, and indoor pools, and sports courts. Translation: Keep Oregonians from interacting with one another as much as possible. If we can find common ground, we are a threat to government control and State-Run Media polarization.

Closing outdoor recreational facilities, zoos, gardens, aquariums, outdoor entertainment activities, and outdoor pools. Translation: How is a zoo deemed dangerous, but a park is not and can remain open? The “science” does not add up here, further proof of the politicization of the pandemic.

Limiting grocery stores and pharmacies to a maximum of 75% capacity and encouraging curbside pick-up. Translation: Curbside pickup is a privileged endeavor. Low-wage and fixed income Oregonians do not have the luxury to trust a corporate store employee to find discount products and the best deals as they live without a paycheck.

Limiting retail stores and retail malls (indoor and outdoor) to a maximum of 75% capacity and encouraging curbside pick-up. Translation: Shop on Amazon more because Amazon is one of many corporate cronies who benefit from shutdowns.

Closing venues (that host or facilitate indoor or outdoor events). Translation: Remove any opportunities for people to get together. But don’t forget, Antifa is allowed to gather. Requiring all businesses to mandate work-from-home to the greatest extent possible and closing offices to the public. Translation: Government and corporate workers can continue to live a privileged life from their homes, but anyone else, including doctors, must be physically at work and in a mask all day. Prohibiting indoor visiting in long-term care facilities. Translation: Leave the elderly alone at high-risk of depression. These people are being ignored, cast aside during the political pandemic, when they are the ones who need our help most of all. ALSO: The governor threw in a blurb at 4:31 during the November 13 press conference that Oregonians should wear masks inside and outside at all times. She took a line directly from the President-elect’s plan (bottom of the website page). The State-Run Media has not been covering this fact, but it will become more and more prominent as the president-elect takes over.  

The government that cried “wolf”    

Oregonians have every right to feel victimized by the arbitrary COVID-19 shutdowns. The first shutdown from March until May was at a time when Oregon cases were at their lowest. The government cried “wolf” and made the panic worse than it needed to be, destroying Oregon’s booming economy for no reason. Since the counties have been able to reopen in drawn out phases, cases have only increased. The measures did not “work” because a one-size-fits-all approach does not work in Oregon. And many Oregonians, do not want to comply any longer.

The Oregon government is costing lives by hyping up COVID-19 in the spring when case counts were incredibly low and burning out its caring citizens. Further, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) does not provide a breakdown of workplaces and industries with COVID-19 outbreaks because “the situation changes every day and the data would need to be cleaned and reorganized for this kind of analysis”. Your tax dollars at work.

This explanation undermines contact tracing. Why bother encouraging Oregonians to “pick up the call” if the data isn’t even used? With the increase in cases due to the increase in testing, public health workers are ‘pausing’ contact tracing because it is too hard to do right now anyway.

OHA is blaming its utter failure to put the 40,000-80,000 new tests from the federal government to good use because they are struggling to hire enough health care workers to oversee “expanded test collections”. Not even 1 million COVID-19 tests have been used in the state. There are over 4.2 million Oregonians.

What is the science?

Definitive Healthcare Bed Space Dashboard

OHA Real Data Dashboard

CDC Weekly Death Report from OHA Data

However, science and medical professionals have undermined their profession by making arbitrary claims on what is dangerous vs what is not during the political pandemic.

Many medical professionals are playing into the governor’s politicization of COVID-19 by telling Oregonians if they do not “follow the rules”, hospitals will not have space for other emergencies because too many COVID-19 patients will flood the halls (OHSU said it was ready for a COVID-19 surge just 3 weeks ago). It wasn’t long ago when hospitals were spending money on ad campaigns to get Oregonians to seek care, especially after a drastic drop in ER visits for chest pain.



The discrepancy based on political affiliation is visible across the country.

Anarchists horrifically terrorizing D.C. residents after a Trump rally. Throwing projectiles at people eating at a restaurant, attacking a young couple What side is violent? What side attacks free speech? The State-Run Media will never tell the truth.

Gavin Newsom attends a birthday party and top California medical professionals were in attendance (after telling Californians they cannot meet with family in their own homes).

Diane Feinstein doesn’t wear a mask in the halls of Congress.

Nancy Pelosi’s mask drama where she blamed the business.

All for fame

Governor Brown continues the government overreach at the expense of Oregonians for attention.

She was interviewed by MSNBC and told how “wonderful” of a job she’s done with the pandemic.

And again on CNN, which included a segment about Tootie Smith, the newly-elected Clackamas County Commissioner, standing up against the government overreach in her determination to celebrate Thanksgiving, an American freedom. This is what the Left does; they viciously attack anyone who dares disagree with their rules.

There are Republicans and brave Oregonians standing up to Governor Brown’s overreach all over the state:

Senate Republicans wrote a scathing letter to the governor

Senate and House Republicans blast the 2-week COVID freeze

Clackamas County Commissioner-Elect, Tootie Smith, will celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends. Liberal media are calling this American freedom, “Deadly Thanksgiving”

Sandy mayor standing up for his town and looking into constitutional options to avoid the freeze

Courthouse Fitness in Salem will not shut down

Coos County get together before Thanksgiving

Klamath Falls State Rep who wrote a commentary about the unconstitutional power grab

Representative Bill Post advocates for hard-working Oregonians

Vaccine

Governor Brown is already in the process of blocking a vaccine by partnering with other states to study the “safety” of a vaccine to maintain dictator-like control of each respective state. I am not keen on any vaccine mandate but that is an individual choice… Equal protection under the Constitution is still the right of every Oregonian.

Despite breakthroughs with the vaccine from both Pfizer and Moderna, Fauci is already fear-mongering that Americans will need to wear masks and social distance even with a vaccine. Americans are being conditioned to fear each other and any illness.



Testing

In Oregon, the use of the federally distributed Abbott Laboratories Binax NOW antigen test is expected to produce a minimum 33.3% to 61.5% false positives for counties with 1 to 3% prevalence rates of COVID-19, respectively. The FDA has provided EUA (emergency use authorization) for this test ONLY for symptomatic patients, with the recommendation of PCR test follow-up in low prevalence areas. It can be expected that areas with low prevalences before October and the widespread use of the antigen test will suddenly start reporting high numbers of positive tests. False positives result in unnecessary shutdowns, isolation, and loss of income, and can create potential new outbreaks in crowded facilities by isolating false positives (healthy people) with true positives. 

Nearly 1/3 of the common colds leading to the flu are strands of the coronavirus. The tests can be positive for these four plus SARs, MERS, and COVID-19, meaning testing is meaningless except for expanding the political pandemic and total government control.

Increase in cases in OR result of 40-80,000 new tests from federal government


News sources to look to for the truth:

National

Daily Wire

The Epoch Times

National Review

One America News Network

Newsmax

FiveThirtyEight

RealClearPolitics

Oregon

Call Out the Media (hello!)

Northwest Observer

Oregon Catalyst

Oregon Watchdog

Cascade Policy Institute

Who was left out in this small list? Send us any other suggestions for the next update!

Over the past few days, we have tried to clarify from the Oregon State Police (link blocked by legislature?) if they intend to raid private homes as requested by Governor Brown’s executive order.  The press release response from OSP, Sheriffs and Chiefs raises serious constitutional questions about law enforcement.  Based on several Sheriff’s inaccurate comments you should read your real rights authority in regards to arrest authority.

Likewise, over the next week we should all ponder the Oregon’s Constitutional clause on treason along with the intentional actions by Governor Brown against seniors locked in homes and her intentional actions impacting children which many claim is nothing more than manslaughter. 
While crimes against humanity and genocide lawsuits are expanding, the act of treason is in a completely different set of clauses of both the Oregon Constitution and United States Constitution.  And it applies to all individuals and all three branches of government.

The China Trade Issue; What the Media is Not Telling You

I have noticed that FOX is often bashed in social media and by late night TV so-called celebrities, and while I will admit that I would NEVER recommend them for all news and that they too are inaccurate, I find that still often cover both sides better than the Main Stream Mdia (MSM).
Case in point is just last week I was watching ABC GMA, which I do every morning, and I noticed that they were giving only one side to the China trade issue and a very slanted side at that which is so typical (often not directly lying, but often providing a very narrow picture of an issue that fits a clear agenda).

I will be blunt and quite forward in that I have very intimate knowledge of dealing with China going back years/decades in dealing with international trade in my industry.
The FACTS are China lies, cheats, steals and much more than ANY OTHER country I deal with.
They have destroyed my industry (Aquarium/Pond Information & Products) with their cheapening patent infringements, are very dishonest in deals, often cheapening products in the process.
While there is no denying that there will be pain short term, the facts are China has been allowed to get away with way too much for way too long.
What they buy from the USA is miniscule and while they may not see it this way based on how they do business compared to most other countries, we do in fact hold the upper hand.

Quite frankly, even if the tariffs are never lifted, this will be good long term as this will simply drive business to growing manufacturing countries such as Vietnam. In fact most furniture that was previously made in China has already been shifted to Vietnam making it the number #1 furniture manufacturer despite lies I heard the other day on ABC.
For my industry, hopefully more manufacturing will return back to Taiwan before China stole much of it via patent and product design infringement (often cheapening the products in the process). The products were better back then and the honesty in dealing with Taiwan compared to China was night and day.

What is also noteworthy is that every dollar China makes from the USA helps China build its military and grow its influence in the region and the world. Mean while China steals technology to further build their rise to power.
While dishonest/corrupt media and Democrat Party complains about Russia, Russia at its worst (when the USSR) built their war machine without USA money from trade. This is why when they could not keep up with the USA in the 1980s, their empire collapsed.

China is much smarter and is using just enough capitalism to get what they want as they rise to the dominant and evil world power!!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

Back to the media; I watch the mainstream media daily (ABC in morning and NBC in the evening), and NOT ONCE have they provided even a fraction of a balanced portrayal of the facts here.
YET, when I turned on FOX, they provide a much more well rounded report on this issue (even then, FOX came up short of the full facts here as I think they too want to be part of the cool kids media club).

Finally, this article is NOT meant to be the end all of China Trade information with the USA, it is a complex issue with many winners & losers. My point here is to outline how there are many who are impacted by our trade with China that the media NEVER reports and how quite bluntly from my industry’s perspective, we would be much better off if all trade ceased with China if a fair deal cannot be reached.

This however does not mean that there are Americans who benefit greatly from trade with China.
How the media treats this issue reminds me of the ACA (Obama Care); the media regularly shows stories of those helped by the ACA and would be hurt if it were to be put to bed. However the media rarely, if ever, reports stories showing those of us who have had premiums rise considerably, out of pocket expenses more than triple, or have had to pay penalties and more under the ACA.
Ditto the China Trade issue, the media is only showing one slice of the pie, one that makes Trump look bad, ignoring those of us cheering him on like the person standing up to the bullies that have made our lives miserable.

Further Reading;
In this article a former Republican Congressman explains how many on both sides of the aisle got it wrong about China (including himself):
Newt Gingrich: China and how we got it wrong

Other Supporting Resources:
Fish Beginner
Aquarium/Pond Answers
Buying Aquarium Products via Amazon (& Chewy, eBay)
Common Aquarium Keeping Myths
Amazon & Google in Bed, Black Hat SEO; Search & Adwords Dishonesty