Cuomo’s New Executive Order with “Soft Martial Law,” Could Become The New Norm on How We Live!


Governor Cuomo, the King of New York, has the power at his disposal to rule in a way last seen on these shores held by British royal governors before and during the American Revolution.

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Governor Cuomo, the King of New YorkIn response to the Coronavirus health care crisis, New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo produced an Executive Order containing exceptions that one could “drive a truck through.”

And that was the good news from Cuomo’s executive order that went into effect Sunday night March 22 in New York State.

“Soft Martial Law”

For example, Cuomo designated almost all non-amusement businesses “essential” to some degree, and even though all public gatherings are “temporarily banned,” New Yorkers were still permitted to work remotely and to get exercise by running in city parks, provided they followed “social distancing” directives.

Cuomo’s executive order appeared to recognize the obvious: ordinary, normal Americans raised on the mother’s milk of freedom and liberty would not lightly accept having their movements restricted and their businesses shuttered by an all-powerful state.

Cuomo’s order effectively required “sheltering in place,” but with reasonable accommodation so that New Yorkers and really anyone living in Failed Blue States would not lose their collective minds while being quarantined in their own homes.

But the “Soft Martial Law,” as some have come to call living under a U.S. governor’s executive order, may not last forever. There are battle lines being drawn everywhere, between those who believe in “science,” and those who want risk-reward decisions from those in government leadership, such as President Donald Trump. The “science” advocates believe that if “one more life can be saved,” damn the torpedoes on how much civil liberties are suspended and the economy destroyed.

Sure the health care “Science First” crowd is correct and really can’t be wrong, but wrecking the national economy by bringing commerce and human interactions to a halt almost assuredly will cause myriad more damage that has not even yet been fully conceived.

New York State has been decimated by him and the Democrats who run it

And that’s why there was hope in New York State, where for years Cuomo the Younger, has been busy ruining the Empire State’s economy by banning fracking, for example, to create an economic basket case. New York State has seen its population flee for years – from an onerous tax burden, renewed crime, burgeoning homelessness and the overreaching regulations – to places such as sunny Florida, which has no state income tax. Only the sustained booming stock market and the efforts of New Yorkers to persevere against all odds have kept the once-great state stay afloat.

And now that New York State has been decimated by him and the Democrats who run it, Cuomo has the audacity to say that the federal government’s massive Coronavirus stimulus efforts do not go far enough!

The U.S. Senate has passed a $2 trillion Coronavirus relief bill, which Cuomo called “terrible” for the State of New York.

“Sounds like a lot of money,” Cuomo said, according to CNBC. But it’s far below the shortfall in revenue that the state projects it will face, which could total $15 billion, according to the governor. “That is a drop in the bucket” compared with what New Yorkers need, he said. “How do you plug a $15 billion hole with $3.8 billion? You don’t.”

Cuomo’s statement recalls the famous joke about the judge who is about to sentence a man for killing his parents, and asks him if there is any reason that the court ought to show mercy. The man responds, “Yeah, because I’m an orphan.”

But also as of Wednesday, Cuomo may now be preparing to get Draconian, perhaps allowing New York City to even close streets and parks to all residents in the nation’s largest city.

“Medium-Hard Martial Law”

State and local officials, CNBC reported, are taking a tougher stance, they say, because city residents aren’t following the state’s guidance encouraging people to maintain a distance of at least six feet from each other, which Cuomo said Wednesday is “effective and necessary” to slow hospitalization rates from Coronavirus.

If outdoor exercise and gathering in parks are outlawed next by Cuomo, it will reverse the “Soft Martial Law,” outlined in the March 20 executive order.

For example, buried in the executive order was a religious exemption that allowed “houses of worship” to remain open, even though churches, synagogues, and mosques were “strongly recommended” to close. The executive order, therefore, permitted religious services provided “social distancing” took place.

Incredibly, some would say, almost no houses of worship in New York City have remained open and all have capitulated to the governor. Those who wanted to continue to pray were eventually shut down by other congregants fearful of others meeting and asking the Almighty to help. When this is all over, this craven response by religious leaders, I predict, will be a sad indictment of their leadership, and certainly calls into question the veracity of previous assertions of the unalterable value of faith in our lives.

So, in conclusion, the “Soft Martial Law,” looks ready to be replaced by Cuomo with a “Medium-Hard Martial Law,” in which all businesses are shuttered, and people leaving their homes would be subject to arrest. This would lead to a status in New York State where if any two people tried to meet outside anywhere in public TO DO ANYTHING, they could be ordered by the police to disperse or face the consequences, which means arrest and going to jail. Their infraction would be called under English Common Law a violation of the Riot Act.

That’s right, Governor Cuomo, the King of New York, has the power at his disposal to rule in a way last seen on these shores held by British royal governors before and during the American Revolution. I’m reasonably sure that this is how the Boston Massacre occurred in 1770 when colonists were killed by Redcoats after they were ordered off the streets.


Video: Gen. Spalding: How China’s Communist Party Uses the Pandemic to Expand Global Influence


Amidst the CCP virus pandemic, how is the Chinese Communist Party using the doctrine of “unrestricted warfare” to attack America? And how it is leveraging medical supplies to do so?

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How should the US respond to the Chinese regime’s information warfare campaign against the US and other free nations, and its attempts to make the West more economically reliant on China?

What are some important considerations for dealing with coronavirus in the US?

In this episode, we sit down with General (Ret.) Robert Spalding, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and author of “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept.”

Spalding retired from the U.S. Air Force as a brigadier general after more than 25 years of service. He is a former China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, as well as a senior defense official and defense attache to China.

This is American Thought Leaders, and I’m Jan Jekielek

#BackOffBarack!


Isn’t the world already in a bleak enough place without the addition of the Return of the Obamas?

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#BackOffBarack!

Ex-Prez Barack Hussein Obama is trying on an Executive Order in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic panic. From his status as self-appointed “Resistance” leader, he’s telling Americans to ‘Stay Home for the Foreseeable Future’ because President Trump wants to Reopen the Country by Easter.

Elephants fly overhead in the skies in ‘The Time of the Coronavirus’.  Confident in this, Obama is flying from his lavish hide-y-hole straight into the face of the president elected to replace him.

“Remember those daily press briefings Barack Obama gave in 2009 warning Americans to stay home during the swine flu pandemic?

Neither do we. (Cristina Laila, Gateway Pundit, March 25, 2020)

“Over 60 million Americans got swine flu (h1n1) and over 12,000 Americans died yet there was no media hysteria.

“Barack Obama popped off again on Wednesday and called on Americans to stay home for the foreseeable future and maintain social distancing.”

If anyone should maintain social distancing for public safety—including staying six feet away from any recording device— it should be Barack Obama!

“Obama once again injected himself into the national conversation in what appears to be a rebuke to President Trump’s remarks during a Fox News town hall. (Gateway Pundit)

“I would love to have [the country] open by Easter,” Trump said on Tuesday. “It’s such an important day for other reasons.”

The president could have but didn’t add, ‘none of which would ever be appreciated by Obama’.

“President Trump has also tweeted that the cure cannot be worse that the problem, suggesting he is gearing up to put Americans back to work soon. (Gateway Pundit)

Work? All Democrats heads for the time-off hills whenever the word ‘work’ is evoked.

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Obama should shut up and let President Trump lead the country during this pandemic. (Gateway)

“These are the burdens our medical heroes already face in NYC. It’s only going to get harder across the country. Another reason to maintain social distancing policies at least until we have comprehensive testing in place. Not just for our sake—for theirs.  — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 25, 2020

Before Barack put on his elephant wings, his wife, Michelle was telling Ellen DeGeneres what it feels like to be in COVID-19 isolation.

The two Obama daughters, home from university, have to work online in their bedrooms, poor girls.

COVID-19 is forcing almost everyone to work online, including Obama’s former vice president Joe Biden, who is keeping the seat warm for the DNC’s coming 11th-hour, dark horse savior.

Isn’t the world already in a bleak enough place without the addition of the Return of the Obamas?

Time for a new hashtag: Time for #BackOffBarack!

Covid-19 versus American resilience


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It is hoped that the president will not allow a slick Congress to slip any of their shenanigans through in this overreaching bill

Covid-19 versus American resilience

Too many Americans can see through the attempted government takeover on all levels that is being ushered in by the coronavirus “crisis.”

As was done under the Obama administration, Congress is using the cover of an emergency to force through unnecessary regulations. The pandemic emergency doesn’t reach a fraction of the annual flu season numbers that has already contributed to the deaths of some 22,000 in the United States alone. And the CDC projects that up to 55,000 could succumb before the year is out.

Covid-19, on the other hand, has been kept at bay by responsible reactions of most Americans, making the sweeping legislation before Congress obsolete before it hits the President’s desk.

Panic has been fostered by an irresponsible press and flagged by progressive legislators willing to use any excuse to limit American prosperity – climate change being the most recent precedent to the current hyped terror of a deadly virus that has a mortality rate in the United States of .14%.

State and city governments are feeling free to restrict business activity and mobility when they ignored typhoid and other deadly pestilences festering on the streets. While the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have curtailed business and travel, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti is threatening to prosecute owners of “nonessential” businesses – the guidelines set by power-hungry government officials – for operating without city absolution.

The full text of the $2+ Trillion “stimulus” bill that the Senate voted on Wednesday night, hasn’t been made available at this time for public view. After the attempt by the House to sabotage the bill by loading it up with funding for Planned Parenthood, the Kennedy Center, restrictions for carbon emissions and even a pay raise for themselves, how likely is it they will pass this without reading it as they have done with virtually every funding bill for the past dozen years?

Support of President Trump is unflagging and growing by his making certain that this “crisis” hasn’t gotten out of hand, but the idea that Americans aren’t resilient enough to handle a two or three week self-isolation program to nip the bug in the bud is offensive. Sure, folks would like a boost to keep finances in good order. However, every time the government gets involved by “assisting” it creates a bigger boondoggle, a huge deficit and funds being shunted into odd corners never to be found again.

It is hoped that the president will not allow a slick Congress to slip any of their shenanigans through in this overreaching bill, and will have no qualms about vetoing it if necessary.

UK Government Downgrades Coronavirus as No Longer Highly Dangerous


The British Government has downgraded the Coronavirus from being an acute infectious disease with a high case-fatality rate. After reviewing the data, they have come to their senses. Moreover, a study released by Oxford finds that perhaps 50% of those in the UK have the virus and the overwhelming number experience it like the normal flu and have little symptoms. The study suggests that fewer than one in a thousand of those infected with Covid-19 become ill enough to need hospital treatment. So why the hysteria? There is some other agenda here!

In Italy, they are testing corpses. They are deliberately trying to attribute death to only the virus. This appears to also be a political agenda. Some are quietly suggesting behind the curtain that this has been the result of the refugees and Europe’s refusal to compensate Italy for a policy they never approved. The talk is this is perhaps laying the foundation for a separatist movement.

This begs the question as to why the panic in the United States? Why this demand to shut down the economy? This smells more like a political coup rather than a serious health threat. This is becoming CoronaGate. Is this really about trying to overthrow governments by the left?

Understanding the European Banking Crisis


QUESTION: Hi Martin,
Awhile back you mentioned the ECB doesn’t have unilateral authority to expand the money supply, and that the political crisis in Europe would begin once the ECB ran out of cash reserves. How far off are we from that moment, and how does the Repo crisis tie into that?

CG

ANSWER: Yes. To be clear, the Fed can create physical dollars to buy federal bonds to back the currency. The ECB simply has the power to create euros through its member banks, but there are no consolidated federal bonds to back the currency. This means that the ECB relies upon the consent of member states to be able to expand the money supply. That structural difference would be as if the Fed needed the approval of all 50 states to print dollars.

The very backing of banks is also substantially different. In the USA, reserves are held exclusively in US federal government instruments. In Europe, they have holdings of various member state debts. Since they have rejected the consolidation of debt, this also extends to the BAIL-IN policy. If banks are in trouble, the ECB could only lower rates. It cannot bail out banks in Italy for that would mean that money would flow from Germany to Italy. That is contrary to the no consolidation of the debt rule.

This is really one giant structural mess that I do not see being addressed until the system implodes. Only then, maybe, will the politicians revise the system or face the collapse of the entire EU structure.

G7 Cancels June Meeting Using Teleconferencing Instead


The image of a world forced to shelter in place was on display vividly last week when the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations scrapped its annual June summit in favor of a teleconference — a nod to the new reality of “social distancing” in global diplomacy. At least this will save a lot of tax dollars.

CDC is a Private Organization – Not Government!


 

Some people have questioned my concern over both the CDC and John Hopkins University is a PRIVATE organization where the CDC accepts private funding – NOT ONLY GOVERNMENT! The CDC is quasi-government under the Department of Health and Human Services which strangely has sources of funding that are predicated on the fact that it also has a private 501(c)(3) public charity, like the Clinton Foundation. The CDC Foundation receives charitable contributions and philanthropic grants from individuals, foundations, corporations, universities, NGOs and other organizations to advance the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is NOT a government-funded organization. It is not exclusively a government-funded – very curious.

I have serious questions as to what is being driven by the CDC in conjunction with John Hopkins University who takes $1.8 billion from Bloomberg. The CDC and John Hopkins are either deliberately trying to create an economic depression, or are sublimely ignorant of the consequences of their scorched earth policy. Yes, we can cure contagions by sequestering everyone and shutting down the economy. We all then live on handouts from the government, stay home, don’t world, and watch TV? As one reader commented: “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall; Guess we are all socialists after all!”

Is Bloomberg Behind the John Hopkins University Virus Map that Has Scared the World?


Some people have wondered who is behind the John Hopkins University map. Is there a political connection or is this just academic incompetence? I believe it clearly warrants investigation. The people behind this graphic should be hauled into the Senate under subpoena. What they have done with a misleading graphic is virtually overthrowing all human rights and every principle of liberty that so many generations have fought for and died. My family fought in every war since the American Revolution. Even Germany has been talking about declaring Emergency Powers for one year. We have others claiming the virus will last 18 months to clearly impact the 2020 elections. The threats to our liberty are far worse than an invasion by China or Russia for that matter.

The red dots of John Hopkins University are outright propaganda and deliberately misleading in my belief. They are not current but historical. They do not disappear with the virus subsiding. Look at China – they make it seem as if the entire country were infected. They are deliberately misleading and make it appear as if whole countries are infected to support stay at home and martial law. This is propaganda on a grand scale that I have never witnessed in my 50 years of experience! John Hopkins University has been promoting the collapse of democracy, justifying the suppression of all freedom and civil liberties. We have governments declaring emergency powers to end democratic processes thanks to this misleading graphic.

The Event201 Pandemic Exercise was clearly a bunch of academics who have no sense of anything outside their own field. True, if we all sequester during the winter we could beat the common cold. But they have zero understanding of civilization, no less the economy and that the worth of any currency is the total productive capacity of the people it represents. You do NOT kill the patient to declare your victory in defeating the disease.

 

There are some who are starting to question if this is a deliberate coup orchestrated by the left on a global scale because all the socialistic systems they have created are collapsing and will be unsustainable come 2021. The strange coincidence is that Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.8 billion to John Hopkins University. That donation amount would naturally result in them asking how high if they were asked to jump.

Michael Bloomberg said he had no problem spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump. Why does he hate Trump so much? His own press reported: “Bloomberg Will Spend to Beat Trump, Even If He’s Not the Nominee.” Bloomberg’s anti-Trump effort has been personal. He also said that his “organization would work to help Warren or Sanders despite his stated differences with them over a wealth tax and Medicare for All.”

Bloomberg News has joined the anti-Trump campaign. Some are deeply concerned that this virus scare has been created by John Hopkins’ map and they have Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion contributions. Do we have a HopkinsGate affair? Has this been a political coup or just academic incompetence? We should have a Senate investigation!

BTW: John Hopkins has a facility in our office complex. They are open as “essential” for what purpose? To create a historical map that will be all read but the virus has expired?

Failure of Coronavirus Bill to Address Economic Collapse


The details of the package for relief is not going to really address the crisis. The key elements of the Senate Bill that are included are:

  • $1,200 cash assistance for individuals, $2,400 for married couples and $500 for each eligible child. This money is available for all U.S. residents with an income of up to $75,000, including those with no income or who depend on social security. About 90% of Americans would qualify for government checks, though the amount decreases for those making more than $75,000 a year, with an income cap of $99,000 for individuals and $198,000 for couples.
  • A tax credit for some small businesses for 50% of wages paid to employees during the coronavirus crisis
  • Boosting Medicare payments for hospitals that treat coronavirus patients by 20% and hospitals can request accelerated payments from Medicare
  • Expands telehealth access
  • Lifts Medicare sequester, which would have cut Medicare payments by 2% and eliminates Medicare Part B cost-sharing for coronavirus vaccine
  • Provides permanent liability protection for manufacturers of personal respiratory protective equipment, such as masks and respirators, in the event of a public health emergency, to incentivize production and distribution
  • Directs the National Academies to study supply chain shortages of equipment like masks and ventilators
  • $1.3 billion in additional funding for Community Health Centers
  • Allows students to defer loan payments for six months and keep Pell Grants
  • Allow federal testing rules to be waived for K-12 students

The relief for small businesses is not adequate. A tax credit for some small businesses for 50% of wages paid to employees during the coronavirus crisis is absurd. Most have been ordered to be closed so there were no wages and they had to fire employees so they could collect unemployment. They need business loans suspended and property taxes. That will put pressure on states to lift the absurd closures.