In war, 4 = 0, because everything old is new again

Fourth generation war is zeroth generation tribal war with high tech accoutrements. It is raids and terror propagandized by 24/7 media, organized via internet and smart phones.

We must regain our understanding of what war is. The purpose of war is not armies fighting each other. The opposing field forces are an obstacle to achieving your goals, not the goal itself. There are three purposes to war, all of which intertwine to various degrees:

1. Regime change. The game of princes, where provinces change hands or leadership in a sort of blood sport for the nobility. Neither side really cares about the opinions or welfare of the peasants, but they may pretend to as a valuable propaganda tool.  (The Norman conquest of England.)

2. Conquest. Terrorize the enemy population into submission to your will. This may be related to purpose #1, if the population cares about what the rules are and who makes them, or if the conqueror is a totalitarian or religious zealot, or if the culture of the conquered differs significantly from the conqueror.  (The Viking conquest of England.)

3. Extermination. Slaughter the enemy population, generally (but not always) so you can colonize their lands and take their women. Purposes #1 and #2 may come into play to make it easier.  (The Anglo-Saxon conquest of England.)

To paraphrase Heinlein, nobody cares about the death of the 5th spear carrier from the left on some far-flung battlefield.  They care when they see the mayor, the police chief, and the high school principal stung up from lampposts.

Biden fundamentally misunderstands America

 "We don't derive our rights from the government. We possess them because we're born. Period. And we yield them to a government."  -  Joe Biden

Here is the video.

Here is another version of it.

Believe the science!

 Found this on the interwebs, and had to repost it.

COVID vaccine effectiveness

COVID vaccinations have already been rendered mostly useless, where not actively harmful. The rate of infection for the vaccinated is on par with the unvaccinated, and their death rate appears to be higher. (The death rate disparity may be due to the elderly and infirm being given preferential status for vaccinations. Time will tell.) Corona (SARS) is a cold virus, which has a mutation half-life of about 90 days. There are dozens of variants already, and the vaccines are based on DNA samples taken over a year ago.

Do the math. There is a reason why nobody bothered to develop a cold vaccine before. Follow the money and the power.

How many deaths and permanent injuries will it take to show that a mostly-useless vaccine causes more harm then good?

Update - 

This just in from the Salk Institute.

https://www.salk.edu/news-release/the-novel-coronavirus-spike-protein-plays-additional-key-role-in-illness/

The SARS/COVID spike proteins damage blood wall cells all by themselves, no virus needed.  SARS is primarily a vascular disease, that transmits through the lungs.  Huh - damaging the alveoli and causing pneumonia is exactly what a virus like this would do.  Go figure.

And they wonder why so many otherwise healthy young people drop dead of blood clots hours or days after getting the "vaccine".  You know, the Pfizer and Moderna RNA vaccines that force your own cells to mass produce spike proteins forever, and the J&J vaccine that is mostly a giant mass of spike proteins.

And they call the people on my side "science deniers".

They said this monster wasn't invented in a Chinese lab, too.

Masks cause much more harm than good

 OK, so masks don't do any good at all.  They do nothing to slow the spread of respiratory viruses.

Mr. Briggs knocks it out of the park again.

Learn the truth.  Speak the truth.  Live the truth.

Weekly all-causes death rates, by week.  Notice that Covid mostly killed off those likely to die soon of other causes.

Happy Easter!

 HE is risen!

There is new light in the world.  Be strong.  Be brave.  Keep the faith.  

There is always hope.

Vaccine (in)effectiveness

 First, read this.  "Over 100 fully vaccinated people in Washington State test positive for COVID-19."

There is a reason why nobody every bothered to make a vaccine for a cold before.  They mutate so quickly that by the time the vaccine is developed, tested, approved, and produced, the virus it treats has already mutated into dozens of variants.