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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Journalists attacking the film 'Sound Of Freedom' should have their hard drives examined

 

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Journalists attacking the film 'Sound Of Freedom' should have their hard drives examined

I recently went to see the movie Sound of Freedom with the expectation of a moderate level of political commentary or religious pontificating, given the rabid and widespread attacks on the film by the leftist media. All I knew going in was that the indie production was about child trafficking. After the film was over, my first thought was that it was an excellent film about a very dark and difficult issue. My second thought was "What the hell was all the fuss about? There's not a political moment in the entire story!"

The media war on the low-budget movie is so bizarre given this fact that I am immediately suspicious of their intentions. Not one political message, not one momentary critique of the political left, not one moment where MAGA or Trump or "Q-Anon" is mentioned, not one "conspiracy theory." So why all the hate?

Before reading this review any further, I highly recommend you check out some of the hatchet job articles published about Sound of Freedom to get a sense of what I'm talking about — examples are hereherehere and here.

The first thing you'll probably notice is that the majority of these vitriolic diatribes use the exact same talking points. Suggesting that Sound of Freedom is based on conspiracy, far-right extremism and that it is funded by a subversive network of "Q-Anon adjacent" conservatives. Some journalists have even attacked the veracity of the film's true story — the career of DHS agent Tim Ballard, who operated covertly to take down child sex traffickers in Central America.

The Guardian asserts:

Caviezel stars as special agent Tim Ballard, a Homeland Security Investigations operative who really did work for the state busting up child-trafficking rings for more a decade. (Or so he claims – the DHS can neither confirm nor deny the real Ballard’s employment history.) Even if he did not literally have the face of Christ, Ballard would still exude an angelic aura as he gently hoists dirty-faced moppets out of peril with the gravely uttered catchphrase: "God’s children are not for sale.

Rolling Stone fumes:

Ballard, Caviezel, and others of their ilk had primed the public to accept Sound of Freedom as a documentary rather than delusion by fomenting moral panic for years over this grossly exaggerated "epidemic" of child sex-trafficking, much of it funneling people into conspiracist rabbit holes and QAnon communities. In short, I was at the movies with people who were there to see their worst fears confirmed.

Perhaps Rolling Stone has never heard of Epstein's Island? Why are they pretending like this criminal enterprise is not a thing?

These reviews are dripping with venom for the movie, though a simple investigation into Tim Ballard reveals endless evidence that he did in fact quit his job at DHS to operate in Central America to stop child trafficking rings. And the sting that is the core of the film on an island Ballard set up as a trap to capture an entire network of pedophiles as well as save 120 kids? Yeah, that was real, too.

In fact, there's a documentary about Tim Ballard's successful island sting called Triple Takeand the Sound of Freedom movie includes real-life arrest footage from that event. There is no question that almost every detail in Sound of Freedom is real. Any media outlet that says otherwise is lying, and the fact that they are attempting to sow seeds of doubt about the legitimacy of Tim Ballard based on politics is horrendous.

One interesting part of the film that is not accurate was the depiction of a Latin billionaire funding Tim Ballard's efforts. In reality, Ballard says that it was primarily conservative host Glenn Beck who raised money for his operations that led to the rescue of hundreds of children. Why Glenn Beck was not mentioned in the final cut of the film is hard to say, but Ballard's connection to Beck might partly explain the media's fury over the movie. How dare these conservative men save children from sex slavery, right? It makes conservatives look like (GASP!) good guys.

But there's something more going on here than mere envy on the part of leftist journalists. The campaign against the movie is far too coordinated and far too expansive (global). It is as if these people are interconnected and they all agreed together to try to subvert the film, or they were all ordered to subvert the film.

This kind of behavior suggests a personal stake in creating conditions for failure; it makes it seem like these journalists want to sabotage the movie because of its premise and message. Why would someone want to sabotage a movie which exposes child trafficking and pedophiles? Could it be that we need to check the hard drives of some of these establishment media writers and producers?

I think it's important to note that such people have been criminally prosecuted for child sex abuse in the past. For example, long-time CNN producer John Griffin was recently arrested and convicted of child rape, using online apps to connect with mothers willing to sell their children to him for thousands of dollars so he could abuse them at his Vermont vacation home.

Last year the FBI raided the home of renowned ABC News producer James Gordon Meek and arrested him on charges of transporting child pornography. Rolling Stone magazine was later accused of trying to cover up the reason for the arrest with selective editing and omission. Rolling Stone is now one of the main outlets attacking Sound of Freedom.

Maybe the movie makes these journalists angry because it exposes one of their favorite hobbies.

I'm a long-time film buff, and I can say with some authority that as a movie, Sound of Freedom is well made and well executed. The overall acting is effective, the child performances are amazing, the editing is excellent, and the cinematography is top-notch. The film is good all around. My only complaint is that I felt they should have shown Tim Ballard with his family more so that when he makes the decision to go to Columbia and risk his life, the choice carries more weight.

Other than that, Sound of Freedom is one of the best dramas I have seen in a long time, and at no point did I feel "preached at." I can't say the same for most Hollywood films of the past several years, which are replete with nonstop leftist propaganda.

The depiction of the process of child trafficking is very uncomfortable, but it's meant to be. I rarely squirm in my chair with discomfort or get angry at characters on a screen, but every time there was a scene with a pedophile all I could think was "I want to put that guy in a woodchipper." That's good filmmaking.

So again, there are few, if any, valid criticisms to make about the production itself and the story is largely accurate. Why are leftist journalists raging against this movie? I think because it exposes the fact that pedophilia is not only about isolated cases of loners stalking school playgrounds, but also an international industry worth billions upon billions of dollars, and there are very rich and powerful people involved in that industry (including people in mainstream journalism).

They don't want people to consider the pervasive nature of this criminal underworld. They want people to be passive and unaware. For some reason, they want people to assume that child slavery is a conspiracy theory.

Also, the political left has been aggressively targeting children with sexualization for the past several years, primarily through the imposition of trans ideology. They are turning the sexualization of minors into a movement. Children as young as kindergarten are being indoctrinated with "gender identity" propaganda and highly pornographic books (including pornographic images) posing as educational LGBT content are being planted in public schools. We all know that the end game of this movement is the normalization of pedophilia.

To conclude: Go see this movie. The media attacks are clearly designed to dissuade people from watching it based on political bias. Watch it and you will realize quickly that all their claims are false. Furthermore, you'll start to wonder aloud why they hate Sound of Freedom. The saying "Methinks thou dost protest too much..." comes to mind, as such journalists reveal their propensity for evil.

To truth and knowledge,

Brandon Smith

 

 

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Lawless politicos keep us chained with laws

 

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Will we allow the lawless to keep chaining us with laws?

Natural man fears chains more than he fears conspiracies, propaganda, or physical threats. When men are in chains, they are aware of their slavery. But few understand the superior power of deception. Most people can be persuaded to do almost anything to their own detriment if there is a lack of perception.

What we believe and act upon, we consider our own free will. Nothing could be further from the truth. We as a people and a nation are subject to massive and continuous propaganda. So programmed are the masses that they become hostile to truth.

Our perceived freedom is a front for total power of an oligarchy ruling via force. Such a system might be tolerable if the oligarchs had the people's best interests at heart. But we are being forced to channel all economic activity and moral relevance to the federal establishment.

The stated altruistic justification is the perpetual utilitarian argument that the majority can require and force the minority to self-sacrifice for what the establishment-created majority has determined to be the "greater good."

Altruism is a farce and a ruse. Altruism is the very foundation of statist propaganda and power that the individual must place his interests, including his property, beneath the "need" of the collective (state). In our time this is called "in the public interest."

The term "public interest" translates into the government interest always. And if government is in partnership with corporations, well, so much the worse. This is why the army of federal judges and politicians claim to act in the "public interest," and they would tell you in a minute that they do everything in the "public interest." They benefit from the corporate-federal leviathan.

This partnership is a deception that few unravel mainly because of the self-deception of altruism. This is why major corporations must bow to pressure from the "climate" lobby, and the "trans" lobby, and every other group that wants special privileges masquerading as "rights." Corporations that partner with government then exist at the will of government. Groups that demand special privileges already have rights, but get privileges granted to them by government. At which point, government becomes the perceived grantor of rights, whether it's the right to do business or the right of your privileges to supersede natural rights.

Add to that the individual's perception that he is obligated to share his property and produce for the "common good," he is in reality no longer an individual but a part of the collective slaves of the state. Altruism motivates people to self-sacrifice and give up their natural rights. This is why altruism is at the root of all governments. Governments must instill self-sacrifice to solidify political power.

Unmasked, we are living in a real-time study of power attained through persuasion instead of physical conquest. Think how many have died for this farce.

Governments and politicians mask their agendas and create illusions to deceive and misrepresent. Governments, bureaucrats and politicians look upon the public as a herd that should be deceived and led for the benefit of government and everyone else's detriment.

The public has been trained to think in terms of what is legal and what is illegal. The politicians and their elite bosses operate above the law and outside the law. This is contempt for the people. When perceptions are such that special groups are "legally" entitled to tramp on your natural rights, then you are being sacrificed on the altar of "justice."

Now you understand what "social justice" is.

The saturation point is coming, and it can't be stopped. Sociopathic political behavior self-destructs over time. Evil rends itself. Politics is power, and politics creates predators. Money has surpassed self-worth and dignity. Politics in America is incest with the government. Do we hear politicians warning Americans that the money creators are destroying their savings, their retirement and their purchasing power, as well as that of future generations?

The system is now beyond resolution. Unfortunately, if you believe this, you are saddled with the word "conspiracy," an establishment word used to imprison multitudes of nonviolent people (who are not in favor of the power structure) and confiscate their property outright without due process and under a feigned color of law. The politicians know this.

This is no different from the old Star Chamber motivated by the word "treason" (today it is "conspiracy"). Then came the thumbscrew and the rack to extract confession and an excuse to hang the victim. So what's the difference today?

There are clearly privileged classes in America, those in political power backed by illegal police power. They act against the people outside the law and the Constitution. My friend, it has become so obvious.

While we slept, the political regime has shifted the "burden of proof" to the defendant. One is entrapped, charged and prosecuted under hundreds of laws and statutes he didn't know existed. The "justice" system with its never-empty purse is brought to bear against the "defendant," who often has seen his assets frozen even without a conviction and has been separated from his livelihood, rendering him unable to mount a defense.

Human liberty and personal survival in our time must originate in truth no matter how incredible and shocking to our conditioned minds.

And so you must first turn away from altruistic "appeals to emotion." You can be easily manipulated through feelings rather than rational analysis. Do you feel guilty by being a Libertarian, for example? The manipulation here involves making you "feel" like your vote is somehow "wasted" because you don't want a Republicrat in office.

Don't let the manipulators go after your heart when your head should be in control. That is called a guilt trip, and you should never take one.

Also, have you noticed how much marketing it takes to maintain the system of manipulation? Every "news" outlet, all the talking heads, so much "research"... the powers-that-shouldn't-be use a lot of resources to stay dominant. You must believe in and trust in our sacred institutions, and never question that they are working for… yes, the "common good." Any dissent is a… you guessed it, "conspiracy."

Remember, governments control the public mind with disinformation and confusion. No modern statist system could exist for 24 hours if all the people knew the truth.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter®

 

 

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Monday, July 24, 2023

Running out of steam…US Attacked from within

 

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Running out of steam…US Attacked from within

The older I get, the more I realize how successful the useful idiots at Teacher’s Unions, the District of Corruption, many state governments, the legal profession, special interest groups [especially those operated by the Soros family] & media have become in keeping the masses poorly informed and ignorant.

They no longer teach useful information & too often kids graduate who are functionally illiterate & unable to think for themselves.

Those who hate freedom and America in the Media further this by withholding information such as the Hunter Biden laptop story or the corruption of the Biden family as revealed by credible whistleblowers.

People are now proud to be STUPID

With this in mind, after 22 years, I‘ve decided to no longer continue publishing this blog except on an infrequent basis.  I am working to further our personal security and off-grid living.

The only way you are going to keep your freedoms is you are going to have to fight for it.  You cannot comply with the lies.  If you, do you die.

The USA is under attack from within

The United States is suffering a cold civil war. Political polarization between conservatives and liberals is worse than it has been in more than a century, up to and including attempts to try, arrest and jail the opposing political leader. On June 8, Joe Biden’s Department of Justice succeeded in getting a federal grand jury to indict Donald Trump on 31 counts of violations of the Espionage Act of 1917. It conspicuously omits any mention of the Presidential Records Act, which allows former presidents to access both classified and unclassified documents after leaving office. Trump pleaded not guilty on June 13 in a Florida federal court.

The timing of the indictment is suspicious: It was issued just hours after Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray finally allowed members of Congress to view an FD-1023 document stating that Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, where his son Hunter Biden was a highly paid board member. It appears that the man controlling the Biden regime, Barack Obama, timed the Trump indictment as a distraction from one of the greatest presidential corruption scandals in U.S. history.

Meanwhile, radical Democrats continue transforming the U.S. military. Joe Biden announced on May 25 that he is nominating Air Force Gen. Charles Brown Jr. to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Brown is the first black American to lead a branch of the armed forces.

 He also supports the corrupt neo-Marxist movement Black Lives Matter. In 2022, alongside Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones (the first Filipino lesbian in her role), General Brown signed a shocking document enacting quotas to limit the share of white male officers to 43 percent. Currently, 86 percent of Air Force pilots are white men. This may indicate how General Brown will command all U.S. armed forces.

A prophecy in Ezekiel 5:12 describes a time when one third of the people in end-time Israel (the United States and Britain primarily) would die in a devastating civil war brought about by the vile sins of the people. America’s cold civil war is about to go hot as its political parties turn on each other and its military disintegrates.

 


 

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The Perverted Ruling Class

Sexual predators within America’s power elite are fundamentally transforming society.

What seemed like a fanciful conspiracy just a few years ago has been revealed as a dark and sickening fact. The United States is controlled by leaders who are not only corrupt but personally involved in sex perversions.

Sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden. Sexual extortion charges against Hunter Biden. Sex trafficking and pedophilia charges against Jeffrey Epstein. Serial adultery charges against Bill Clinton. Sexting scandals involving Anthony Weiner. Prostitution scandals involving Eliot Spitzer. Homosexual solicitation scandals involving Larry Craig. Bestiality scandals involving Themis Matsoukas. These scandals are a small sampling of the debauchery, depravity and predatory behavior that has infected the upper echelons of American society.

Political, economic and media elites use the language of tolerance and diversity to put a cheap gloss on their vile thoughts and deeds. Yet in reality, they are exercising their power to contribute to a single trend that can, all by itself, destroy our society.

The common people allow this because they have accepted the media lie that such behavior is normal, and because they are often caught up in their own sexual vices. So the occasional conservative boycott against a company endorsing perversion does not make much difference.

It is stunning how rapidly sexual perversions are being popularized, celebrated and even mandated. Billion-dollar U.S. corporations—especially corporations with large advertising budgets, media expertise and other widescale interaction with the public—have forced fornication, homosexuality and even sexual mutilation into everyday life…

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Don’t let the rhetoric of Joe Biden and his gaggle of gun grabbers fool you: They ARE coming for our guns. Their anti-Second Amendment agenda has nothing to do with “common sense gun legislation” or safety—and they know it. They are bloodthirsty wolves talking in the tongue of harmless sheep. They are deceivers; they are despots.

But, in fact, the totalitarians now entrenched in Washington, D.C., are coming after much more than our guns. They are coming after our cars; they are coming after our gas generators and ovens; they are coming after our bank accounts; they are coming after our freedom of speech; they are coming after our right to privacy; and they are coming after our children. In short, they are coming after our Liberty and our very national existence.

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