Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity All Blogs 2023 http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/rss.aspx?blogid=5 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:14:11 GMT Ron Paul Has a New Book!!! Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/

Here's the amazing news: Ron Paul has a new book! As you know, Dr. Paul is a New York Times bestselling author and has written numerous books including "End the Fed," "Liberty Defined," "Swords into Plowshares," and many more.

Paul's brand new "The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization?" zeroes in on our acute social, political, economic, and moral crisis and goes back through history to explain what is happening, who is responsible, and how we can right a ship that has drifted seriously off-course.

From ancient Sumeria to the Enlightenment to the dawn of the Progressive era to the assassinations in the 1960s to the emergence of "woke" and Cultural Marxism to our current predicament, this book packs a mighty amount into a small package!

Published by Dr. Paul's Institute for Peace and Prosperity, the book is available for a limited time and in limited quantities as a "thank you" gift for your tax-deductible donation to the Institute. You will not find this book anywhere else...and you most definitely will want to read it!

How to get your copy of "The Great Surreptitious Coup"? There are three levels of support that will get you a copy of this book. For a donation of $50 or more we will send you a soft-bound copy of the book. For $100 or more Dr. Paul will hand-sign a soft-bound copy for you. And for a tax-deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute of 150 or more, Dr. Paul will sign a HARD-BOUND "forever" copy of his latest book for you.

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift that you won't find at the corner store...or even the bookstore? Help out a great cause and get your hands on this collector's edition of some of Ron Paul's best work.

Here's the easy part: after you make your donation you don't have to do anything! Our staff will look at each day's contribution list and automatically mail you a copy of the book according to your level of support. The only thing we will ask is that you make sure your donation address is your mailing address. If not, drop us a line and we'll fix it for you.

Help the Ron Paul Institute continue making the case for peace and prosperity and enjoy Ron Paul's terrific new book! What's not to like? And thank you!]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:42:11 GMT Put Up Time for the National Libertarian Party Leadership Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/

Reasonable people will look at Libertarian Party candidates’ election results — votes largely, but also the nature of attention obtained — through the November 2024 general election to judge if the new leadership of the national Libertarian Party has succeeded or failed.

The new leadership, put in place in May of 2022 by delegates at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, so far has seemed most focused on communicating in social media, helping put on an antiwar rally in Washington, DC, and urging officeholders from other parties to vote a certain way. Whatever success is achieved from these three endeavors can be expected to be viewed as largely beside the point by many people whose aid is important for the party’s functioning. Much else may be happening behind the scenes, though. Political parties are uniquely about candidates and campaigns, and it is mostly by the performance of candidates and campaigns that most people can be expected to assess a political party’s achievement or lack thereof.

The November 2022 general election — occurring less than half a year after the new leadership took charge — was too soon to pin on the new leadership. In contrast, the two years later November 2024 general election is all theirs, assuming they stay in charge through that election.

Has the party leadership been taking actions that will lead to impressive campaign results through 2024? We’ll have to wait and see. Without such results that are easily communicable and discernable, you can expect volunteer and monetary support for national party activities to slacken. The party leadership should be ready to be judged by this old, familiar standard: “Put up or shut up.”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:21:05 GMT Reject Masks and Mask Mandates Says the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/

You may have expected that by now all the mask pushers would have presented their mea culpas. But, some of them still cling to and bluster on about quack assertions that wearing masks is important for stopping the spread of coronavirus, as well as totally safe.

Anthony Fauci, the United States government’s former chief coronavirus fearmonger, is among these “wear your mask” diehards. Earlier this month, he was still advising that people wear masks to counter the threat of coronavirus despite the continually growing mountain of evidence that this course is both ineffective in achieving the stated objective and dangerous to one’s health.

With many individuals working in government, media, and medicine trying to stir up fear of new “variants” of coronavirus, expect more calls to “mask up” — as the American Medical Association puts it — and even the imposition of new mask mandates.

In their effort to protect freedom and health in the face of new pressure to wear masks, individuals can look to a statement issued Tuesday by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) for succinct information countering the “wear your mask” demand.

The AAPS statement lays out quickly and clearly that masks threaten multiple medical problems for wearers and fail at preventing the spread of coronavirus. The statement further argues that mask mandates are intolerable because they violate the fundamental medical principle of informed consent. And the statement provides links to supporting evidence.

The AAPS statement concludes with the following:
As masking mandates are contrary to the fundamental medical principle of informed consent, all masking mandates currently in place must be rescinded, and no future mandates should be imposed.

Furthermore, since masking mandates for viral illnesses provide no clear benefits, while creating potential for harm, individuals should be empowered to choose to not observe such mandates that are either currently in existence or that may be imposed in the future.
Read the AAPS statement here.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:03 GMT Ron Paul at The Duran Discusses Nonintervention and the Military-Industrial Complex Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/
A recent The Duran episode is one not to be missed for these individuals, with prominent nonintervention proponent Paul joining hosts Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris in discussing topics including both the noninterventionist US foreign policy supported by American Founders and the military-industrial complex.

Watch the episode here:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:31:40 GMT Drug Enforcement Administration to Consider Marijuana Rescheduling Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/

Back in April of 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informed members of the United States Congress that the DEA hoped to release in the first half of that year its determination of whether marijuana should be moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to another schedule. Such rescheduling could result in a curtailment of aspects of the US government’s war on marijuana. Come August of 2016, the DEA announced it had decided marijuana should be left in Schedule I — the category for which the greatest drug war restrictions and penalties apply.

Here we go again. On Friday, Riley Griffin reported at Bloomberg that the DEA will be initiating another review of marijuana’s presence in Schedule I after receiving an August 29 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services recommending moving marijuana to Schedule III. We’ll have to wait and see if this review, unlike the previous one, leads to a schedule change.

All the while, despite approval of marijuana legalization being the majority view among Americans — be they Democrats, Republicans, or neither — Congress leadership has year after year refused to hold a vote on simple, straightforward legislation to end the US government’s war on marijuana and leave marijuana policy to state and local governments that continue to liberalize marijuana laws. This has been the case under both Republican leadership that blocked the consideration of legalization and Democratic leadership that backed exclusively legalization legislation including extraneous provisions that ensured the legislation would not gain approval.

American marijuana legalization can provide a much bigger gain for freedom than can shifting marijuana among the Controlled Substances Act schedules.

Keep in mind that the majority of American voters — and the majority of the subgroups of Republican, Democratic, and other voters — have supported marijuana legalization. In October of 2017, looking at such support for legalization in polling, I commented that I would not be surprised if the US government legalized marijuana within five years. Next month will be six years since I made that comment. Oh well. The US government has an impressive ability to resist taking actions favorable to freedom, even when such actions have broad-based public support.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:09:13 GMT No War for Semiconductors Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/

“No war for oil” is a well-known chant and message on signs at antiwar protests. It challenges a common special interest purpose behind United States military actions abroad.

It is time to start using an update variation of that chant and those signs.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated in a Tuesday Twitter post that he is the only candidate who has committed, as president, to “militarily defending Taiwan” against China. Expanding on his war pledge, Ramaswamy wrote:
I favor strategic clarity: Defend Taiwan vigorously until the U.S. achieves semiconductor independence, then resume the posture of strategic ambiguity when the stakes are lower for the U.S. The American way of life depends on leading-edge semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, and we can’t risk China gaining near-total leverage over the entire U.S. economy.
In the meantime, Ramaswamy calls for the US government to pursue expansive militaristic activities in and near Taiwan, stating “the U.S. should rapidly arm and train Taiwan with Anti-Access/Area Denial weapons while running at least one destroyer warship through the Taiwan Strait each week.” That sounds like a recipe for provoking the attack by China that Ramaswamy promises he would use the US military to counter.

It is time to nip this new justification for war in the bud. Start spreading the message loud and clear: “No war for semiconductors, no war for semiconductors…”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:31:43 GMT Tucker In Hungary Highlights US Diplomatic Failures Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:44:50 GMT Toxic N95 Masks Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/

In April of 2020, top coronavirus fearmongers including Anthony Fauci and his coconspirators turned on a dime from advising against wearing masks to protect against coronavirus to recommending that everyone wear masks for that purpose. This major change in advice occurred despite the fact that there was no clear evidence that masks provided any such protection while there were known health problems caused by mask wearing.

Early on, the “wear a mask” chorus hectored people to wear only cloth masks that were argued to provide protection. But, with time, Fauci and company increasingly encouraged people to wear N95 masks that they started arguing are more protective.

The mask-pushing was all shady snake oil salesmanship.

More and more dangers of masks, including N95 masks, are becoming widely understood. As with many other aspects of the coronavirus crackdown — including coronavirus “vaccine” shots promotion and mandates, suppression of early treatment, copious use of ventilators and remdesivir, and the isolation of people in hospitals and nursing homes from family and friends who could provide medical and emotional support — N95 mask wearing is increasingly recognized as a dangerous sham.

Among the expanding evidence of the danger of mask wearing are medical study results released this year regarding how people who wear N95 masks are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A Sunday Daily Mail article by Emily Joshu discusses this and other medical studies indicating dangers from wearing masks. Her article begins with the following:
The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid.

But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked at two types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several reusable cotton masks.

The study found that the chemicals released by these masks had eight times the recommended safety limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

Inhaling TVOCs has been linked to health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.
Continue reading the article here.

Yes, guard against inhaling TVOCs from N95 masks. Also, to protect your health and freedom, it is important to guard more broadly against inhaling the proclamations of “public health” charlatans like Fauci.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:48:45 GMT Biden's Brewing An All-New Covid Shot - Are You Going To Take It? Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:39:20 GMT On Debate Night America Voted. Trump Won. Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Which Way, America? Watch today's Liberty Report:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:51:12 GMT Ron Paul Has a New Book!!! Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/

Here's the amazing news: Ron Paul has a new book! As you know, Dr. Paul is a New York Times bestselling author and has written numerous books including "End the Fed," "Liberty Defined," "Swords into Plowshares," and many more.

Paul's brand new "The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization?" zeroes in on our acute social, political, economic, and moral crisis and goes back through history to explain what is happening, who is responsible, and how we can right a ship that has drifted seriously off-course.

From ancient Sumeria to the Enlightenment to the dawn of the Progressive era to the assassinations in the 1960s to the emergence of "woke" and Cultural Marxism to our current predicament, this book packs a mighty amount into a small package!

Published by Dr. Paul's Institute for Peace and Prosperity, the book is available for a limited time and in limited quantities as a "thank you" gift for your tax-deductible donation to the Institute. You will not find this book anywhere else...and you most definitely will want to read it!

How to get your copy of "The Great Surreptitious Coup"? There are three levels of support that will get you a copy of this book. For a donation of $50 or more we will send you a soft-bound copy of the book. For $100 or more Dr. Paul will hand-sign a soft-bound copy for you. And for a tax-deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute of 150 or more, Dr. Paul will sign a HARD-BOUND "forever" copy of his latest book for you.

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift that you won't find at the corner store...or even the bookstore? Help out a great cause and get your hands on this collector's edition of some of Ron Paul's best work.

Here's the easy part: after you make your donation you don't have to do anything! Our staff will look at each day's contribution list and automatically mail you a copy of the book according to your level of support. The only thing we will ask is that you make sure your donation address is your mailing address. If not, drop us a line and we'll fix it for you.

Help the Ron Paul Institute continue making the case for peace and prosperity and enjoy Ron Paul's terrific new book! What's not to like? And thank you!]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:42:11 GMT Put Up Time for the National Libertarian Party Leadership Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/

Reasonable people will look at Libertarian Party candidates’ election results — votes largely, but also the nature of attention obtained — through the November 2024 general election to judge if the new leadership of the national Libertarian Party has succeeded or failed.

The new leadership, put in place in May of 2022 by delegates at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, so far has seemed most focused on communicating in social media, helping put on an antiwar rally in Washington, DC, and urging officeholders from other parties to vote a certain way. Whatever success is achieved from these three endeavors can be expected to be viewed as largely beside the point by many people whose aid is important for the party’s functioning. Much else may be happening behind the scenes, though. Political parties are uniquely about candidates and campaigns, and it is mostly by the performance of candidates and campaigns that most people can be expected to assess a political party’s achievement or lack thereof.

The November 2022 general election — occurring less than half a year after the new leadership took charge — was too soon to pin on the new leadership. In contrast, the two years later November 2024 general election is all theirs, assuming they stay in charge through that election.

Has the party leadership been taking actions that will lead to impressive campaign results through 2024? We’ll have to wait and see. Without such results that are easily communicable and discernable, you can expect volunteer and monetary support for national party activities to slacken. The party leadership should be ready to be judged by this old, familiar standard: “Put up or shut up.”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:21:05 GMT Reject Masks and Mask Mandates Says the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/

You may have expected that by now all the mask pushers would have presented their mea culpas. But, some of them still cling to and bluster on about quack assertions that wearing masks is important for stopping the spread of coronavirus, as well as totally safe.

Anthony Fauci, the United States government’s former chief coronavirus fearmonger, is among these “wear your mask” diehards. Earlier this month, he was still advising that people wear masks to counter the threat of coronavirus despite the continually growing mountain of evidence that this course is both ineffective in achieving the stated objective and dangerous to one’s health.

With many individuals working in government, media, and medicine trying to stir up fear of new “variants” of coronavirus, expect more calls to “mask up” — as the American Medical Association puts it — and even the imposition of new mask mandates.

In their effort to protect freedom and health in the face of new pressure to wear masks, individuals can look to a statement issued Tuesday by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) for succinct information countering the “wear your mask” demand.

The AAPS statement lays out quickly and clearly that masks threaten multiple medical problems for wearers and fail at preventing the spread of coronavirus. The statement further argues that mask mandates are intolerable because they violate the fundamental medical principle of informed consent. And the statement provides links to supporting evidence.

The AAPS statement concludes with the following:
As masking mandates are contrary to the fundamental medical principle of informed consent, all masking mandates currently in place must be rescinded, and no future mandates should be imposed.

Furthermore, since masking mandates for viral illnesses provide no clear benefits, while creating potential for harm, individuals should be empowered to choose to not observe such mandates that are either currently in existence or that may be imposed in the future.
Read the AAPS statement here.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:03 GMT Ron Paul at The Duran Discusses Nonintervention and the Military-Industrial Complex Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/
A recent The Duran episode is one not to be missed for these individuals, with prominent nonintervention proponent Paul joining hosts Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris in discussing topics including both the noninterventionist US foreign policy supported by American Founders and the military-industrial complex.

Watch the episode here:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:31:40 GMT Drug Enforcement Administration to Consider Marijuana Rescheduling Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/

Back in April of 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informed members of the United States Congress that the DEA hoped to release in the first half of that year its determination of whether marijuana should be moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to another schedule. Such rescheduling could result in a curtailment of aspects of the US government’s war on marijuana. Come August of 2016, the DEA announced it had decided marijuana should be left in Schedule I — the category for which the greatest drug war restrictions and penalties apply.

Here we go again. On Friday, Riley Griffin reported at Bloomberg that the DEA will be initiating another review of marijuana’s presence in Schedule I after receiving an August 29 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services recommending moving marijuana to Schedule III. We’ll have to wait and see if this review, unlike the previous one, leads to a schedule change.

All the while, despite approval of marijuana legalization being the majority view among Americans — be they Democrats, Republicans, or neither — Congress leadership has year after year refused to hold a vote on simple, straightforward legislation to end the US government’s war on marijuana and leave marijuana policy to state and local governments that continue to liberalize marijuana laws. This has been the case under both Republican leadership that blocked the consideration of legalization and Democratic leadership that backed exclusively legalization legislation including extraneous provisions that ensured the legislation would not gain approval.

American marijuana legalization can provide a much bigger gain for freedom than can shifting marijuana among the Controlled Substances Act schedules.

Keep in mind that the majority of American voters — and the majority of the subgroups of Republican, Democratic, and other voters — have supported marijuana legalization. In October of 2017, looking at such support for legalization in polling, I commented that I would not be surprised if the US government legalized marijuana within five years. Next month will be six years since I made that comment. Oh well. The US government has an impressive ability to resist taking actions favorable to freedom, even when such actions have broad-based public support.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:09:13 GMT No War for Semiconductors Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/

“No war for oil” is a well-known chant and message on signs at antiwar protests. It challenges a common special interest purpose behind United States military actions abroad.

It is time to start using an update variation of that chant and those signs.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated in a Tuesday Twitter post that he is the only candidate who has committed, as president, to “militarily defending Taiwan” against China. Expanding on his war pledge, Ramaswamy wrote:
I favor strategic clarity: Defend Taiwan vigorously until the U.S. achieves semiconductor independence, then resume the posture of strategic ambiguity when the stakes are lower for the U.S. The American way of life depends on leading-edge semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, and we can’t risk China gaining near-total leverage over the entire U.S. economy.
In the meantime, Ramaswamy calls for the US government to pursue expansive militaristic activities in and near Taiwan, stating “the U.S. should rapidly arm and train Taiwan with Anti-Access/Area Denial weapons while running at least one destroyer warship through the Taiwan Strait each week.” That sounds like a recipe for provoking the attack by China that Ramaswamy promises he would use the US military to counter.

It is time to nip this new justification for war in the bud. Start spreading the message loud and clear: “No war for semiconductors, no war for semiconductors…”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:31:43 GMT Tucker In Hungary Highlights US Diplomatic Failures Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:44:50 GMT Toxic N95 Masks Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/

In April of 2020, top coronavirus fearmongers including Anthony Fauci and his coconspirators turned on a dime from advising against wearing masks to protect against coronavirus to recommending that everyone wear masks for that purpose. This major change in advice occurred despite the fact that there was no clear evidence that masks provided any such protection while there were known health problems caused by mask wearing.

Early on, the “wear a mask” chorus hectored people to wear only cloth masks that were argued to provide protection. But, with time, Fauci and company increasingly encouraged people to wear N95 masks that they started arguing are more protective.

The mask-pushing was all shady snake oil salesmanship.

More and more dangers of masks, including N95 masks, are becoming widely understood. As with many other aspects of the coronavirus crackdown — including coronavirus “vaccine” shots promotion and mandates, suppression of early treatment, copious use of ventilators and remdesivir, and the isolation of people in hospitals and nursing homes from family and friends who could provide medical and emotional support — N95 mask wearing is increasingly recognized as a dangerous sham.

Among the expanding evidence of the danger of mask wearing are medical study results released this year regarding how people who wear N95 masks are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A Sunday Daily Mail article by Emily Joshu discusses this and other medical studies indicating dangers from wearing masks. Her article begins with the following:
The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid.

But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked at two types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several reusable cotton masks.

The study found that the chemicals released by these masks had eight times the recommended safety limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

Inhaling TVOCs has been linked to health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.
Continue reading the article here.

Yes, guard against inhaling TVOCs from N95 masks. Also, to protect your health and freedom, it is important to guard more broadly against inhaling the proclamations of “public health” charlatans like Fauci.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:48:45 GMT Biden's Brewing An All-New Covid Shot - Are You Going To Take It? Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:39:20 GMT On Debate Night America Voted. Trump Won. Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Which Way, America? Watch today's Liberty Report:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:51:12 GMT Ron Paul Has a New Book!!! Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/

Here's the amazing news: Ron Paul has a new book! As you know, Dr. Paul is a New York Times bestselling author and has written numerous books including "End the Fed," "Liberty Defined," "Swords into Plowshares," and many more.

Paul's brand new "The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization?" zeroes in on our acute social, political, economic, and moral crisis and goes back through history to explain what is happening, who is responsible, and how we can right a ship that has drifted seriously off-course.

From ancient Sumeria to the Enlightenment to the dawn of the Progressive era to the assassinations in the 1960s to the emergence of "woke" and Cultural Marxism to our current predicament, this book packs a mighty amount into a small package!

Published by Dr. Paul's Institute for Peace and Prosperity, the book is available for a limited time and in limited quantities as a "thank you" gift for your tax-deductible donation to the Institute. You will not find this book anywhere else...and you most definitely will want to read it!

How to get your copy of "The Great Surreptitious Coup"? There are three levels of support that will get you a copy of this book. For a donation of $50 or more we will send you a soft-bound copy of the book. For $100 or more Dr. Paul will hand-sign a soft-bound copy for you. And for a tax-deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute of 150 or more, Dr. Paul will sign a HARD-BOUND "forever" copy of his latest book for you.

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift that you won't find at the corner store...or even the bookstore? Help out a great cause and get your hands on this collector's edition of some of Ron Paul's best work.

Here's the easy part: after you make your donation you don't have to do anything! Our staff will look at each day's contribution list and automatically mail you a copy of the book according to your level of support. The only thing we will ask is that you make sure your donation address is your mailing address. If not, drop us a line and we'll fix it for you.

Help the Ron Paul Institute continue making the case for peace and prosperity and enjoy Ron Paul's terrific new book! What's not to like? And thank you!]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:42:11 GMT Put Up Time for the National Libertarian Party Leadership Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/

Reasonable people will look at Libertarian Party candidates’ election results — votes largely, but also the nature of attention obtained — through the November 2024 general election to judge if the new leadership of the national Libertarian Party has succeeded or failed.

The new leadership, put in place in May of 2022 by delegates at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, so far has seemed most focused on communicating in social media, helping put on an antiwar rally in Washington, DC, and urging officeholders from other parties to vote a certain way. Whatever success is achieved from these three endeavors can be expected to be viewed as largely beside the point by many people whose aid is important for the party’s functioning. Much else may be happening behind the scenes, though. Political parties are uniquely about candidates and campaigns, and it is mostly by the performance of candidates and campaigns that most people can be expected to assess a political party’s achievement or lack thereof.

The November 2022 general election — occurring less than half a year after the new leadership took charge — was too soon to pin on the new leadership. In contrast, the two years later November 2024 general election is all theirs, assuming they stay in charge through that election.

Has the party leadership been taking actions that will lead to impressive campaign results through 2024? We’ll have to wait and see. Without such results that are easily communicable and discernable, you can expect volunteer and monetary support for national party activities to slacken. The party leadership should be ready to be judged by this old, familiar standard: “Put up or shut up.”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:21:05 GMT Reject Masks and Mask Mandates Says the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/

You may have expected that by now all the mask pushers would have presented their mea culpas. But, some of them still cling to and bluster on about quack assertions that wearing masks is important for stopping the spread of coronavirus, as well as totally safe.

Anthony Fauci, the United States government’s former chief coronavirus fearmonger, is among these “wear your mask” diehards. Earlier this month, he was still advising that people wear masks to counter the threat of coronavirus despite the continually growing mountain of evidence that this course is both ineffective in achieving the stated objective and dangerous to one’s health.

With many individuals working in government, media, and medicine trying to stir up fear of new “variants” of coronavirus, expect more calls to “mask up” — as the American Medical Association puts it — and even the imposition of new mask mandates.

In their effort to protect freedom and health in the face of new pressure to wear masks, individuals can look to a statement issued Tuesday by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) for succinct information countering the “wear your mask” demand.

The AAPS statement lays out quickly and clearly that masks threaten multiple medical problems for wearers and fail at preventing the spread of coronavirus. The statement further argues that mask mandates are intolerable because they violate the fundamental medical principle of informed consent. And the statement provides links to supporting evidence.

The AAPS statement concludes with the following:
As masking mandates are contrary to the fundamental medical principle of informed consent, all masking mandates currently in place must be rescinded, and no future mandates should be imposed.

Furthermore, since masking mandates for viral illnesses provide no clear benefits, while creating potential for harm, individuals should be empowered to choose to not observe such mandates that are either currently in existence or that may be imposed in the future.
Read the AAPS statement here.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:03 GMT Ron Paul at The Duran Discusses Nonintervention and the Military-Industrial Complex Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/
A recent The Duran episode is one not to be missed for these individuals, with prominent nonintervention proponent Paul joining hosts Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris in discussing topics including both the noninterventionist US foreign policy supported by American Founders and the military-industrial complex.

Watch the episode here:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:31:40 GMT Drug Enforcement Administration to Consider Marijuana Rescheduling Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/

Back in April of 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informed members of the United States Congress that the DEA hoped to release in the first half of that year its determination of whether marijuana should be moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to another schedule. Such rescheduling could result in a curtailment of aspects of the US government’s war on marijuana. Come August of 2016, the DEA announced it had decided marijuana should be left in Schedule I — the category for which the greatest drug war restrictions and penalties apply.

Here we go again. On Friday, Riley Griffin reported at Bloomberg that the DEA will be initiating another review of marijuana’s presence in Schedule I after receiving an August 29 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services recommending moving marijuana to Schedule III. We’ll have to wait and see if this review, unlike the previous one, leads to a schedule change.

All the while, despite approval of marijuana legalization being the majority view among Americans — be they Democrats, Republicans, or neither — Congress leadership has year after year refused to hold a vote on simple, straightforward legislation to end the US government’s war on marijuana and leave marijuana policy to state and local governments that continue to liberalize marijuana laws. This has been the case under both Republican leadership that blocked the consideration of legalization and Democratic leadership that backed exclusively legalization legislation including extraneous provisions that ensured the legislation would not gain approval.

American marijuana legalization can provide a much bigger gain for freedom than can shifting marijuana among the Controlled Substances Act schedules.

Keep in mind that the majority of American voters — and the majority of the subgroups of Republican, Democratic, and other voters — have supported marijuana legalization. In October of 2017, looking at such support for legalization in polling, I commented that I would not be surprised if the US government legalized marijuana within five years. Next month will be six years since I made that comment. Oh well. The US government has an impressive ability to resist taking actions favorable to freedom, even when such actions have broad-based public support.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:09:13 GMT No War for Semiconductors Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/

“No war for oil” is a well-known chant and message on signs at antiwar protests. It challenges a common special interest purpose behind United States military actions abroad.

It is time to start using an update variation of that chant and those signs.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated in a Tuesday Twitter post that he is the only candidate who has committed, as president, to “militarily defending Taiwan” against China. Expanding on his war pledge, Ramaswamy wrote:
I favor strategic clarity: Defend Taiwan vigorously until the U.S. achieves semiconductor independence, then resume the posture of strategic ambiguity when the stakes are lower for the U.S. The American way of life depends on leading-edge semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, and we can’t risk China gaining near-total leverage over the entire U.S. economy.
In the meantime, Ramaswamy calls for the US government to pursue expansive militaristic activities in and near Taiwan, stating “the U.S. should rapidly arm and train Taiwan with Anti-Access/Area Denial weapons while running at least one destroyer warship through the Taiwan Strait each week.” That sounds like a recipe for provoking the attack by China that Ramaswamy promises he would use the US military to counter.

It is time to nip this new justification for war in the bud. Start spreading the message loud and clear: “No war for semiconductors, no war for semiconductors…”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:31:43 GMT Tucker In Hungary Highlights US Diplomatic Failures Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:44:50 GMT Toxic N95 Masks Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/

In April of 2020, top coronavirus fearmongers including Anthony Fauci and his coconspirators turned on a dime from advising against wearing masks to protect against coronavirus to recommending that everyone wear masks for that purpose. This major change in advice occurred despite the fact that there was no clear evidence that masks provided any such protection while there were known health problems caused by mask wearing.

Early on, the “wear a mask” chorus hectored people to wear only cloth masks that were argued to provide protection. But, with time, Fauci and company increasingly encouraged people to wear N95 masks that they started arguing are more protective.

The mask-pushing was all shady snake oil salesmanship.

More and more dangers of masks, including N95 masks, are becoming widely understood. As with many other aspects of the coronavirus crackdown — including coronavirus “vaccine” shots promotion and mandates, suppression of early treatment, copious use of ventilators and remdesivir, and the isolation of people in hospitals and nursing homes from family and friends who could provide medical and emotional support — N95 mask wearing is increasingly recognized as a dangerous sham.

Among the expanding evidence of the danger of mask wearing are medical study results released this year regarding how people who wear N95 masks are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A Sunday Daily Mail article by Emily Joshu discusses this and other medical studies indicating dangers from wearing masks. Her article begins with the following:
The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid.

But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked at two types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several reusable cotton masks.

The study found that the chemicals released by these masks had eight times the recommended safety limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

Inhaling TVOCs has been linked to health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.
Continue reading the article here.

Yes, guard against inhaling TVOCs from N95 masks. Also, to protect your health and freedom, it is important to guard more broadly against inhaling the proclamations of “public health” charlatans like Fauci.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:48:45 GMT Biden's Brewing An All-New Covid Shot - Are You Going To Take It? Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:39:20 GMT On Debate Night America Voted. Trump Won. Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Which Way, America? Watch today's Liberty Report:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:51:12 GMT Ron Paul Has a New Book!!! Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/

Here's the amazing news: Ron Paul has a new book! As you know, Dr. Paul is a New York Times bestselling author and has written numerous books including "End the Fed," "Liberty Defined," "Swords into Plowshares," and many more.

Paul's brand new "The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization?" zeroes in on our acute social, political, economic, and moral crisis and goes back through history to explain what is happening, who is responsible, and how we can right a ship that has drifted seriously off-course.

From ancient Sumeria to the Enlightenment to the dawn of the Progressive era to the assassinations in the 1960s to the emergence of "woke" and Cultural Marxism to our current predicament, this book packs a mighty amount into a small package!

Published by Dr. Paul's Institute for Peace and Prosperity, the book is available for a limited time and in limited quantities as a "thank you" gift for your tax-deductible donation to the Institute. You will not find this book anywhere else...and you most definitely will want to read it!

How to get your copy of "The Great Surreptitious Coup"? There are three levels of support that will get you a copy of this book. For a donation of $50 or more we will send you a soft-bound copy of the book. For $100 or more Dr. Paul will hand-sign a soft-bound copy for you. And for a tax-deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute of 150 or more, Dr. Paul will sign a HARD-BOUND "forever" copy of his latest book for you.

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift that you won't find at the corner store...or even the bookstore? Help out a great cause and get your hands on this collector's edition of some of Ron Paul's best work.

Here's the easy part: after you make your donation you don't have to do anything! Our staff will look at each day's contribution list and automatically mail you a copy of the book according to your level of support. The only thing we will ask is that you make sure your donation address is your mailing address. If not, drop us a line and we'll fix it for you.

Help the Ron Paul Institute continue making the case for peace and prosperity and enjoy Ron Paul's terrific new book! What's not to like? And thank you!]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/19/ron-paul-has-a-new-book/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:42:11 GMT Put Up Time for the National Libertarian Party Leadership Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/

Reasonable people will look at Libertarian Party candidates’ election results — votes largely, but also the nature of attention obtained — through the November 2024 general election to judge if the new leadership of the national Libertarian Party has succeeded or failed.

The new leadership, put in place in May of 2022 by delegates at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, so far has seemed most focused on communicating in social media, helping put on an antiwar rally in Washington, DC, and urging officeholders from other parties to vote a certain way. Whatever success is achieved from these three endeavors can be expected to be viewed as largely beside the point by many people whose aid is important for the party’s functioning. Much else may be happening behind the scenes, though. Political parties are uniquely about candidates and campaigns, and it is mostly by the performance of candidates and campaigns that most people can be expected to assess a political party’s achievement or lack thereof.

The November 2022 general election — occurring less than half a year after the new leadership took charge — was too soon to pin on the new leadership. In contrast, the two years later November 2024 general election is all theirs, assuming they stay in charge through that election.

Has the party leadership been taking actions that will lead to impressive campaign results through 2024? We’ll have to wait and see. Without such results that are easily communicable and discernable, you can expect volunteer and monetary support for national party activities to slacken. The party leadership should be ready to be judged by this old, familiar standard: “Put up or shut up.”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/18/put-up-time-for-the-national-libertarian-party-leadership/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:21:05 GMT Reject Masks and Mask Mandates Says the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/

You may have expected that by now all the mask pushers would have presented their mea culpas. But, some of them still cling to and bluster on about quack assertions that wearing masks is important for stopping the spread of coronavirus, as well as totally safe.

Anthony Fauci, the United States government’s former chief coronavirus fearmonger, is among these “wear your mask” diehards. Earlier this month, he was still advising that people wear masks to counter the threat of coronavirus despite the continually growing mountain of evidence that this course is both ineffective in achieving the stated objective and dangerous to one’s health.

With many individuals working in government, media, and medicine trying to stir up fear of new “variants” of coronavirus, expect more calls to “mask up” — as the American Medical Association puts it — and even the imposition of new mask mandates.

In their effort to protect freedom and health in the face of new pressure to wear masks, individuals can look to a statement issued Tuesday by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) for succinct information countering the “wear your mask” demand.

The AAPS statement lays out quickly and clearly that masks threaten multiple medical problems for wearers and fail at preventing the spread of coronavirus. The statement further argues that mask mandates are intolerable because they violate the fundamental medical principle of informed consent. And the statement provides links to supporting evidence.

The AAPS statement concludes with the following:
As masking mandates are contrary to the fundamental medical principle of informed consent, all masking mandates currently in place must be rescinded, and no future mandates should be imposed.

Furthermore, since masking mandates for viral illnesses provide no clear benefits, while creating potential for harm, individuals should be empowered to choose to not observe such mandates that are either currently in existence or that may be imposed in the future.
Read the AAPS statement here.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/14/reject-masks-and-mask-mandates-says-the-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:03 GMT Ron Paul at The Duran Discusses Nonintervention and the Military-Industrial Complex Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/
A recent The Duran episode is one not to be missed for these individuals, with prominent nonintervention proponent Paul joining hosts Glenn Diesen and Alexander Mercouris in discussing topics including both the noninterventionist US foreign policy supported by American Founders and the military-industrial complex.

Watch the episode here:

]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/08/ron-paul-at-the-duran-discusses-nonintervention-and-the-military-industrial-complex/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:31:40 GMT Drug Enforcement Administration to Consider Marijuana Rescheduling Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/

Back in April of 2016, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informed members of the United States Congress that the DEA hoped to release in the first half of that year its determination of whether marijuana should be moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to another schedule. Such rescheduling could result in a curtailment of aspects of the US government’s war on marijuana. Come August of 2016, the DEA announced it had decided marijuana should be left in Schedule I — the category for which the greatest drug war restrictions and penalties apply.

Here we go again. On Friday, Riley Griffin reported at Bloomberg that the DEA will be initiating another review of marijuana’s presence in Schedule I after receiving an August 29 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services recommending moving marijuana to Schedule III. We’ll have to wait and see if this review, unlike the previous one, leads to a schedule change.

All the while, despite approval of marijuana legalization being the majority view among Americans — be they Democrats, Republicans, or neither — Congress leadership has year after year refused to hold a vote on simple, straightforward legislation to end the US government’s war on marijuana and leave marijuana policy to state and local governments that continue to liberalize marijuana laws. This has been the case under both Republican leadership that blocked the consideration of legalization and Democratic leadership that backed exclusively legalization legislation including extraneous provisions that ensured the legislation would not gain approval.

American marijuana legalization can provide a much bigger gain for freedom than can shifting marijuana among the Controlled Substances Act schedules.

Keep in mind that the majority of American voters — and the majority of the subgroups of Republican, Democratic, and other voters — have supported marijuana legalization. In October of 2017, looking at such support for legalization in polling, I commented that I would not be surprised if the US government legalized marijuana within five years. Next month will be six years since I made that comment. Oh well. The US government has an impressive ability to resist taking actions favorable to freedom, even when such actions have broad-based public support.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/september/05/drug-enforcement-administration-to-consider-marijuana-rescheduling/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:09:13 GMT No War for Semiconductors Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/

“No war for oil” is a well-known chant and message on signs at antiwar protests. It challenges a common special interest purpose behind United States military actions abroad.

It is time to start using an update variation of that chant and those signs.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated in a Tuesday Twitter post that he is the only candidate who has committed, as president, to “militarily defending Taiwan” against China. Expanding on his war pledge, Ramaswamy wrote:
I favor strategic clarity: Defend Taiwan vigorously until the U.S. achieves semiconductor independence, then resume the posture of strategic ambiguity when the stakes are lower for the U.S. The American way of life depends on leading-edge semiconductors manufactured in Taiwan, and we can’t risk China gaining near-total leverage over the entire U.S. economy.
In the meantime, Ramaswamy calls for the US government to pursue expansive militaristic activities in and near Taiwan, stating “the U.S. should rapidly arm and train Taiwan with Anti-Access/Area Denial weapons while running at least one destroyer warship through the Taiwan Strait each week.” That sounds like a recipe for provoking the attack by China that Ramaswamy promises he would use the US military to counter.

It is time to nip this new justification for war in the bud. Start spreading the message loud and clear: “No war for semiconductors, no war for semiconductors…”]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/no-war-for-semiconductors/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:31:43 GMT Tucker In Hungary Highlights US Diplomatic Failures Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/29/tucker-in-hungary-highlights-us-diplomatic-failures/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:44:50 GMT Toxic N95 Masks Adam Dick http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/

In April of 2020, top coronavirus fearmongers including Anthony Fauci and his coconspirators turned on a dime from advising against wearing masks to protect against coronavirus to recommending that everyone wear masks for that purpose. This major change in advice occurred despite the fact that there was no clear evidence that masks provided any such protection while there were known health problems caused by mask wearing.

Early on, the “wear a mask” chorus hectored people to wear only cloth masks that were argued to provide protection. But, with time, Fauci and company increasingly encouraged people to wear N95 masks that they started arguing are more protective.

The mask-pushing was all shady snake oil salesmanship.

More and more dangers of masks, including N95 masks, are becoming widely understood. As with many other aspects of the coronavirus crackdown — including coronavirus “vaccine” shots promotion and mandates, suppression of early treatment, copious use of ventilators and remdesivir, and the isolation of people in hospitals and nursing homes from family and friends who could provide medical and emotional support — N95 mask wearing is increasingly recognized as a dangerous sham.

Among the expanding evidence of the danger of mask wearing are medical study results released this year regarding how people who wear N95 masks are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. A Sunday Daily Mail article by Emily Joshu discusses this and other medical studies indicating dangers from wearing masks. Her article begins with the following:
The surgical N95 mask has been held up as the gold standard when it comes to protecting against Covid.

But a study quietly re-shared by the National Institutes of Health in spring suggests the tight-fitting mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

Researchers from Jeonbuk National University in South Korea looked at two types of disposable medical-grade masks, as well as several reusable cotton masks.

The study found that the chemicals released by these masks had eight times the recommended safety limit of toxic volatile organic compounds (TVOCs).

Inhaling TVOCs has been linked to health issues like headaches and nausea, while prolonged and repeated has been linked to organ damage and even cancer.
Continue reading the article here.

Yes, guard against inhaling TVOCs from N95 masks. Also, to protect your health and freedom, it is important to guard more broadly against inhaling the proclamations of “public health” charlatans like Fauci.]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/toxic-n95-masks/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:48:45 GMT Biden's Brewing An All-New Covid Shot - Are You Going To Take It? Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/
]]> http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/28/bidens-brewing-an-all-new-covid-shot-are-you-going-to-take-it/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:39:20 GMT On Debate Night America Voted. Trump Won. Daniel McAdams http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/congress-alert/2023/august/24/on-debate-night-america-voted-trump-won/ Which Way, America? Watch today's Liberty Report:

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