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Open thread to send positive vibes to Ant, and share stories of non-compliance.

WA Police, AFP, ASIO and Commando Clown cordially invited to buy a Founding Membership x

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Here's another noncomplier in the UK—Eddy Ellwood. My transcript (just finished last night) is of his rally speech for a freedom march in 2021. It's a bit long, so I'll just post the pull-quote with a link to the transcript and source video.

Eddy Ellwood, England's Strongest Man, Who Kept His Gym Open During the Lockdowns: "Freedom!"

"there's three times more people died under the age of 45 of suicide which is why in lockdown 2, lockdown 3 I kept me gym open.... I'm still fighting it. I've got a lot of fines because I do it under protest. The police, the council tried to say it was, you can't do that, there's people treading machines. I says, you define protest. Protest in the dictionary says, an action or statement, an objection of. That's the facts!... And treading on the machines is peaceful. It's a peaceful protest!"

TRANSCRIPT & LINK TO SOURCE VIDEO: https://transcriberb.dreamwidth.org/148964.html

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Thank you, Ant, for being an inspiration to freedom loving people throughout the world!

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Thank you, very kind

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Here's one from a talented vocal artist:

I'm Dreaming of a Dead Christmas (Brandon's Sweet Christmas Message)

Lena Belle, December 21, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3JOaUpUkD5w

TRANSCRIPT [Lyrics by Lena Belle]

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Lena Belle sings before a background of a screenshot of the White House webpage, wh.gov and the text, a quote from President Joe Biden, "We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated. You've done the right thing and we'll get through this. For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm." The complete lyrics by Lena Belle are in the description box for her YT video.

Her website is https://shop.lenabellemusic.com/

LENA BELLE [singing]:

I'm dreaming of a dead Christmas

Is what my president said to me

Where we'll all just drop dead

Unless we get the needle head

And let it into our sweet bloodstream

Oh, I'm dreaming of a dead Christmas

Is how they'd wish that it would be

But, did you know I'm healthy and free?

And the love always wins

Wait and see..

[END]

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From another vocal artist from Canada:

RC- Just Say No (Official Video)

May 26, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzuw1ovpCMs

TRANSCRIPT

Transcriber's Note: For the lyrics as arranged by the artist, see https://www.rctherapper.com/just-say-no-lyrics. The video shows the Canadian artist RC and Canadian freedom activist Chris Sky in various scenes, including an urban protest march, a rally in a park, and others in the town of Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada. Most prominent are scenes of RC singing and dancing as a freight train rolls by.

TEXT ON SCREEN: THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE

THIS IS AN OPINION

I AM NOT A DOCTOR

AND NEITHER IS BILL GATES

[music begins]

CHRIS SKY [speaking]: This is a violation of our Charter Rights Section 6, and a violation of the Emergency Act 14.1. I'm gonna refuse their stupid test and tell everybody to refuse their stupid test. Say no to the test, say no to the quarantine. Just say no! So I'm going to be declining your test today, but thank you very much. You are a citizen, you have rights!

TEXT ON SCREEN: RC

CHRIS SKY

PRESENT

TEXT ON SCREEN: JUST SAY NO

TEXT ON SCREEN: #JUST SAY NO

RC RAPPER [singing]: I went to see the doctor with a touch of the flu and I'm kinda skeptical of what he told me to do. He said that I should lock myself inside my room for a year, shut my nonessential business down and cower in fear. I said, Doc I don't know, that seems so out of line. Give it three, maybe four days I bet I'll be fine. He said No, you must not, you must wait for the shot. Everybody's got to get it or society stops. I said, Doc, I don't know, is that all really true? These shots are brand new, they ain't fully approved. He said No. You can trust us, it's the latest in science. Never mind the people dying just give up their compliance. I said, Doc, you must have me mistaken with someone pliable. I can't trust you if none of these companies are liable, so I'm going to stay the course like a one way road. Take your vaccine and shove it, I'm gonna just say no.

Juts say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say what? Just say, just say no.

No to the war being waged on our minds and our bodies and our souls. They ain't looking out for you. It's a scam and it's all about control. So doing what they say won't make it go away, oh no. But they don't know the lengths I'll go through rain and snow I ain't goin' fold. So I left the doctor's office and stepped onto the street feeling troubled by the lies and campaign of deceit. But I'm not easily defeated, I'm not one to retreat. I tried to make a post about it, they deleted the tweet. Undeterred I stood on the corner holding a sign. The cops showed up, I got arrested and fined. They told me that my words are considered a crime. Next they'll be coming for the thoughts in your mind. I knew they were wrong, I took my ticket and left. They're trying to make it difficult for those of us who resist. And with every headline the propaganda continues. Now they say I'm going to need a shot to step in a venue. All according to script, going exactly as planned. Next they're going to want to put a microchip in our hand. They say conspiracy theory, and that's all that they do. But it isn't just a theory if it keeps coming true. And that's why I'm going to just say just say no.

Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say what? Just say, just say no.

So this is where we're at now, the final boss battle. I'm not about to back down, I'm hopping in the saddle. I'm coming at it from a different angle like a southpaw. The system is corrupt so it's good to be an outlaw. I'm rallying the troops, I'm looking for the lions who know that we will never get more freedom with compliance. If the passports happen we won't get away with just one. They're going to make us take a new shot every six months. It's only getting worse every time that we comply more. They take away the rights that our grandparents died for. Time to defy and let the vibes rise more. Make a better world for our kids what we strive for. And that means getting rid of all restrictions and masks, saying no to passports and resisting the jab. It's time to kick some dust up like an unpaved road. So join me and Chris Sky and just say no.

Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say no. Just say what? Just say, just say no.

TEXT ON SCREEN: #JUSTSAYNO

CHRIS SKY [speaking]: Are you hearing us? The answer is no to your vaccine, the answer is no to your agenda.

TEXT ON SCREEN:

RC

[instagram logo] @rctherapper

[facebook logo] rctherapper

[Youtube logo] RC The Rapper

[TikTok logo] rctherapper

JUST SAY NO

SHOT BY K. LEWIS

ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE BY M. WIND & J. RAVEN

DIRECTED BY K. LEWIS & RC

EDITED BY RC

PRODUCED BY ObieDaz

RECORDED BY K. LEWIS & RC

MIXED & MASTERED BY RC

TEXT ON SCREEN:

IN LOVING MEMORY

BRANDY VAUGHAN [1]

4:44

[END]

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

"Conrad Goodsir, aka RC, is a rapper, producer, sound engineer, photographer and videographer from Canada. Born in Edmonton, AB, where he resides today, he has been honing his skills as an artist and creative for more than a decade."

— Source: https://www.rctherapper.com/about

Chris Sky https://realchrissky.com/

[1] Brandy Vaughan

"Brandy Vaughan, a former pharmaceutical representative, founded Learn The Risk, a 501(c)3 in response to one of the nation’s first mandatory vaccination for education law — SB277 in California. When working in the pharma industry, Brandy sold Vioxx, a painkiller that was found to double the risk of stroke and heart attacks and was eventually taken off the market. 'From that experience, I realized that just because something is on the market doesn’t mean it’s safe,' explained Brandy. 'Much of what we are told by the healthcare industry just simply isn’t the truth.'”

— source: https://learntherisk.org/about-us/

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And from a dancer in New York City:

Heather Berman delivers powerful speech at medical freedom rally in NYC 8/25/21

911 jedi, Posted August 26, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtaV4xxeQM

TRANSCRIPT

HEATHER BERMAN: I'm Heather Berman. I—

[cheers]

— I had a dream as a little girl to be a professional dancer and musical theater performer, and I put on shows in my neighborhood. I didn't need a producer to tell me that I can do a show. I speak for all the dancers, the singers, the crew, the actors. I'm also a professional actor. I've been been a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA* and AGVA** as a Rockette. And now because I had the guts to get on the streets with my friends from New York Freedom Rally–

[cheers]

— they're all contacting me, upset, crying, don't know what to do. As I am here, somebody even from the holistic community contacted me, what should I do?

Listen here, four years ago, not knowing about vaccines, we all grew up thinking we had to have them in order to live, I got a stupid cut on my finger, an what did they give me at the urgent care? A tetanus vaccine. It has rendered me with MS. I am half numb from the waist down.

This is not right what they are doing to my community. And my community is not just union members, it's non union members, it's dance moms and dads, it's little girls taking ballet class being forced to wear a mask! We will not comply!

[cheers, applause]

We will not comply!

CROWD: We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply! We will not comply!

HEATHER BERMAN: And I also want to speak about the coercion from these unions, sending multiple emails saying, get your shot, get your shot. Imagine the terrorism it felt like to me, somebody who has been injured from a vaccine.

This isn't a vaccine, this is some kind of a biopharma injection. Nobody even knows what it's going to do to all of these beautiful, healthy dancers.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: It's crazy!

EATHER BERMAN: Crew has been made to wear two masks out in the heat outside while they're working. They also have to wear signs on their body, whether they've been vaccinated or not.

CROWD: Booooo!

HEATHER BERMAN: I say to you, Broadway performers who are out there, [inaudible] square and setting up shop and and you are marketing this, when you don't know everybody's health. I chose holistic health. It's my right.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: I choose not to use biopharma products.

[cheers, applause]

It's my right! I'm standing here right now because I used homeopathy, acupuncture—

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: Yay!

HEATHER BERMAN: I used chiropractic. I used holistic health. This is where our world is going. It's going to help everyone. Holistic health heals. Biopharma is a bandaid.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: Yes!

HEATHER BERMAN: And even if you would like to use a synthetic drug for your health, you have the right to do it.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: And you can the right to use a mask if you would like, and you have the right to use a test called a PCR that was never invented to diagnose illness. Kary Mullis, quote unquote.***

[cheers]

Enough is enough with all of this. We can read. We don't need to be scientists to understand the science.

And one more thing. What I did for love. Broadway performers! What I did for love, A Chorus Line, I danced, I sang, I acted, I produced, I choreographed, and I don't want to do it with a biopharma injection.

[cheers, applause]

And it's my right! And guess what, big producers and money-handlers, we will do it without you.

[cheers, applause]

We don't need your money to produce. We don't need your money to do a show. We don't need your money to do our art. We can do it without you. And we will step out of the unions and do our own thing.

SAG-AFTRA came into being in the 1930s when the actors weren't treated right. Now they're not being treated right either. Isn't that funny. Actors, stand up and stop hiding behind everybody. I'm not a star, I don't need to be a star to stand up. If you're looking for stars to tell you what you do or politicians, you're going to be waiting until everybody's dead.

FEMALE VOICE FROM CROWD: That's right!

HEATHER BERMAN: Enough is enough. I say, No medical mandates!

CROWD: No medical mandates!

HEATHER BERMAN: No medical mandates!

CROWD: No medical mandates! No medical mandates! No medical mandates!

5:52

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Heather Berman's webpage is https://heatherberman.com/

From her webpage: "Heather Berman is a Actress, Former Rockette, Print Model and Inspirational Speaker. She holds a BFA in Dance & Performing Arts from Point Park University in Pittsburgh PA, her home town. She came out of the womb wanting to be in show biz. Her mom recalls, at age five she exclaimed, "I want to be a trapeze artist and travel with the circus!" It is through living her soul purpose that she learned selfless love, gratitude and discernment. But most of all she learned how to 'Let go & let God'".

* SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. See https://www.sagaftra.org/

** AGVA is the American Guild of Variety Artists. see https://agvausa.com/

*** Kary Mullis was the inventor of the PCR test.

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Heather knows the score! (No pun intended). I really like this speech

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Last one for now. I've got tons more. This is another personal fave.

12 year old student speaks about medical freedom at rally in NYC

911 jeddi, August 31, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhoiWZu-2Y

TRANSCRIPT

CHRIS:* Hi, I'm here with Violet. She was one of the speakers at today's medical freedom rally and she was scheduled to start at a private school in Manhattan but they were requiring that all the students wear masks and get tested and she was very much against it. She gave a great speech today. So Violet, just have a few words to say about how you feel about the mask mandate and all that other stuff?

VIOLET: I feel like it's not right that the schools are forcing the kids, you know, to wear a mask, to take tests and to make the vaccines, you know, it's just not right to the people. And it's, and it's the right of bodily autonomy, the right to own your own body. And like, nobody can tell you what to do with your own body. I don't have to wear the mask, you know? I don't have to take the vaccine. I don't have to get the testing.

CHRIS: I agree with you.

VIOLET: It's my body, you know? And I should be able to go to the school without having to wear a mask and it's a shame that I don't, it's a shame that I can't go.

CHRIS: So you're not going to school. You got to make other arrangements, that's [inaudible]

VIOLET: I'm thinking about homeschooling. I don't know what we're going to do right now, you know?

CHRIS: I like that idea, the homeschooling idea I think is a great thing. Can I ask you what are your, I'm sure you've had conversations with your friends? What do, how do they feel about this?

VIOLET: Oh no no no no no. I've lost all my friends, you know.

CHRIS: Oh really?

VIOLET: Yeah. There's this girl downstairs, you know, like two flights down. You know, and the thing is that every time she comes up, she wears a mask to my place and the mother's like, she can't come up without a mask until she gets her second dose of vaccine. You know what kind of child abuse that is?

CHRIS: It is child abuse, I agree. I think putting a mask on and decreasing your oxygen is, is child abuse in my opinion. You know, I'm not a doctor but I just don't think it's right that anybody should be cutting off their oxygen supply. And do you have any friends who are, like, with you in this fight—

VIOLET: No.

CHRIS: Like, anybody? You're on your own.

VIOLET: Yeah I'm on my own.

CHRIS: You're a one girl army!

VIOLET: Yeah!

CHRIS: Well good for you, I have a lot of respect for that that you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, and I know that your mom is on your side and and you know that's a great thing. So you've got nobody to support you in terms of like kids of your age, huh?

VIOLET: No, but I'm so grateful to have my mother who thinks like this way, you know? And so grateful that you know, we are able to [inaudible] this together and just so happy that, yeah, you think this way, you know, and that you have this point of view, and that we're not not blindsided.

CHRIS: And you've got a lot of people here, if I'll just move the camera you can see the rally. All those people are here with you, too.

VIOLET: Yes.

CHRIS: We're all supporting you and we agree with you 100 percent. So just want to say, Violet, love what you're doing. Keep up the fight because there's nothing more important than your freedom, right? So just keep up the fight, keep doing what you're doing. Thank you very much for all you do.

2:50

[END]

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

The person filming this does not identify himself in this video, however, in another video on this same channel he identifies himself as Chris. See "NY State senator John Liu doesn’t care about thousands of NYC teachers who lost their jobs"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_UVZW-K_t4

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Brave young girl, my young adult son also knows how it feels to lose all his friends. Maybe they were never really friends.

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I don't doubt that a lot of people here in this comments section know how rotten it feels. I myself lost some of my oldest and dearest friends in 2021-2022.

Re: "Maybe they were never really friends." I would say, in my case, they were friends, but never the friends I thought they were. As I often say, covid has been a revelation.

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Love this! Here's one to share:

CHRIS SKY CITES CHARTER OF RIGHTS AT PEARSON AIRPORT

posted May 16, 2022

https://rumble.com/v14z9zj-chris-sky-cites-charter-of-rights-at-pearson-airport-.html

alternative:

posted Feb 23, 2021

https://banned.video/watch?id=603539764a389f1621e85a2e

TRANSCRIPT

CHRIS SKY [walking in airport]: Got my bags. And we're going to go outside, we're going to refuse their stupid test. And tell everybody to refuse their stupid test. [...walking...] So yeah. Hi!

FEMALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Sir, is there a reason you don't have a mask?

CHRIS SKY: Yes because I have a medical condition so I don't need to wear one. And I'm also a Canadian citizen and this is a violation of our Charter Rights Section VI and a violation of the Emergency Act 14.1. So I'm going to be declining your test today, thank you very much.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: OK. [inaudible]

CHRIS SKY: No problem, I'll happily do that. [shouting to people standing in line]: Everybody in here! If you are a Canadian citizen, simply deny the test, deny their quarantine, and there's nothing you can do, they cannot stop you, they cannot force you, you are a citizen, you have rights. If you want to wait in the line for two hours, let them put sh*t up your nose, go right ahead. But if you have a brain and you have balls, just say no.

FEMALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: To let you know, I have a body camera on.

CHRIS SKY: That's fine. I have a camera on as well.

FEMALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Alright. Alright.

CHRIS SKY: So, yes, everybody, this is what you do. You say no to their test, no to their quarantine, and if you're a citizen or a permanent resident there is absolutely nothing they can do but acknowledge that you have rights, and they have to respect that. Is that not true? Say it's true for the camera everybody. Say it's true.

FEMALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: So you have some identification?

CHRIS SKY: I do, of course.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Let's see your identification.

CHRIS SKY: That's not a problem.

FEMALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: And you refuse to take the test?

CHRIS SKY: I refuse to take your test, a million percent.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: No problem.

CHRIS SKY [shouting to people standing in line]: And everybody in here! Canadian citizens! You can refuse the test! Just say no! Don't wait in line, and there's nothing they can do!

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Don't yell, sir.

CHRIS SKY: OK I will not yell, that's true, but I just want you guys to acknowledge for 91,000 people watching that anybody can refuse the test.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Yes. [inaudible] identification [inaudible]

CHRIS SKY: Perfect. Thank you.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: Do you have any, ah—

CHRIS SKY[shouting]: You guys hear that? Straight from the horse's mouth, straight from the police, refuse the test. Oooh I'm getting a ticket, oh!!! Not another one of those tickets!! You know, tell everybody how many people have been convicted of those tickets in Canada? Answer, zero. How many people have been charged? Thousands. How many people have been convicted? Zero. Why? It's a violation of our charter rights. So when that ticket goes to court, they throw it the fu*k out. It's that simple. So I'm waiting for my little fine. Thanks guys.

MALE MASKED SECURITY GUARD: No problem.

CHRIS SKY: I just want everybody to acknowledge that this is perfectly legal, perfectly acceptable. Thank you.

2:34

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>Oooh I'm getting a ticket, oh!!! Not another one of those tickets!!

Me every day LOL

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My personal fave:

Uncensored USA

( at ) CarlosSimancas

October 19, 2023

https://twitter.com/CarlosSimancas/status/1714789257011707908

TEXT OF TWEET: Best video today. This is exactly what you need to do in a situation like this. DO NOT COMPLY & STAND YOUR GROUND.

TRANSCRIPT OF ATTACHED VIDEO

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: This was filmed by a customer inside a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Tennessee. The customer is a woman, as is the police officer and, except where noted, all bank employees. The customer's voice is remarkably sweet and calm. According to Newsweek, this video was originally posted to YouTube on March 22, 2021. Source:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/outrage-at-bank-refusing-womans-money-over-masks-has-one-problem/ar-AA1iwM3H

MASKED TELLER: [inaudible]

CUSTOMER: No. Here's the options. You— I'm not putting cash through the drive-through. I'm not doing it. I put checks—

MASKED TELLER: [inaudible] person [inaudible]

CUSTOMER: No.

MASKED TELLER: [inaudible] the drive-through.

CUSTOMER: No. I'm not putting cash through the drive-through. Here's our choices. You let me deposit my money, you guys shield, you can wear your own mask, you can do what you want, it's a non, it's not a mask mandate state. So go get my money. Go get my money. Just start cashing it out, start counting. That's our choices. I'll go to another bank.

MASKED TELLER: [speaking on telephone, inaudible]

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): Ma'am we can help you with the drive-through.

CUSTOMER: No, I'm not going through the drive-through. You can take my cash. You're standing right there. Deposit my cash—

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): We can help you with the drive-through.

CUSTOMER: — or go get my money out. Right now. Go get my money out of the safe, go look at my accounts.

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): We can help you, all you [inaudible]

CUSTOMER: Cash out my money. Right now.

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): Go to the drive-through unless you want to wear a mask. [points to sign] We have masks right here.

CUSTOMER: No. Go cash out my money. There's a safe. Go start counting.

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): [points again to sign] We're providing you options, ma'am, so you can wear a mask—

CUSTOMER: Your option is to deposit my cash, or go get my money out of the safe, and I'll take it someplace else, cause this is over. And I'm done. And I did everything everybody wanted me to do for a year. We're done. Tennessee is not requiring mandate, a mask— You are practicing business in the state—

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): [inaudible]

CUSTOMER: Well, you know what, you're in the state of Tennessee. OK? Respectfully, you're in Tennessee—

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE: The CDC—

CUSTOMER: —You are working—

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): — requires us to wear a mask.

CUSTOMER: CDC does not require it. It does not require it.

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): Wells Fargo is requiring it as well.

CUSTOMER: OK. Then go get my money. OK?

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): We can't do that ma'am, do the drive-through.

CUSTOMER: You're not going to put 200,000 dollars through the drive-through.

MASKED BANK EMPLOYEE (BLACK HAIR, GLASSES): Just one moment. We are bringing security over here.

CUSTOMER: OK. Sure.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER [entering through front door into lobby]: Good morning, ma'am.

CUSTOMER: Good morning, how are you.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: I'm doing well. Um. So my understanding is, is that, ah, the bank has a policy for masks. Um, are you, are you just trying to attend to one of your accounts here?

CUSTOMER: Yes.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK. Um, they are willing to help you through the drive-through if you don't want to wear mask in the business.

CUSTOMER: OK. Hold on. Hold on. Why are you here? What's, is there a law that's been broken?

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: Well, it's their policy here is that you have to wear a mask.

CUSTOMER: Is there a law that's being broken?

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: Well, if they're asking you to leave, then, because you're not adhering to their—

CUSTOMER: It's open to the public and I have over 200,000 dollars in the bank here for over 25 years. So I gave them an option. I said, I'll be happy to leave, if they'll walk over there to the safe, pull all my money out, and give it to me. I'll go. There are banks who want my business. So—

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK.

CUSTOMER: — if they'll just pull it all out, I'll happily leave. But if I'm not breaking the law, I don't really need you here.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: Why don't you come step outside with me, we'll, we'll talk about it, but it's not, this is not a public property. This is a business.

CUSTOMER: It's open to the public.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: If they ask you to wear a mask inside, you have to adhere to those guidelines, and if they ask you to leave because you're not adhering to those guidelines that they've set, um, then, then you have to leave.

CUSTOMER: OK. Tell me what that law is. I'm a lawyer. So tell me what that law is.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK. Would you like me to call a supervisor here?

CUSTOMER: Yeah, sure.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK. Do you want to step outside with me and then I— ?

CUSTOMER: No, go ahead and call them, because I want to know what the law is. Because Tennessee does not have a mask mandate. Listen to me. This is a business—

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: I'm listening, ma'am, and I understand, I understand what you're saying but—

CUSTOMER: Listen. Listen.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: This business can set their own guidelines as well.

CUSTOMER: But they are operating, they have, are registered with the Secretary of State to operate a business in the state of Tennessee, and they are open to the public of the state of Tennessee, that does not have a mask mandate.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK.

CUSTOMER: So if they don't want, it's fine, if they don't want me as a customer, there's nobody else in here, we can stay 6 feet apart, they can go get my money.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: Ma'am, I understand what you're saying as well, um, I—

CUSTOMER: Go get my money and I'll leave. Just tell this young man right here, to step out, go, with, take, get my money out.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: Like I said, I'm not, I'm not going to—

CUSTOMER: Well, they're holding my money.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK.

CUSTOMER: They're holding my money. They're refusing to give me my money, I've asked for it for four different people, I've asked her, I've asked the blonde lady, I'm now asking this gentleman over here. Could you just get my money out of the bank, please? Just cash? Right there, you've got a safe.

MASKED MALE EMPLOYEE: I'll have to talk to the manager on that. [inaudible] Just a moment.

CUSTOMER: OK, well, get your manager. We'll just start counting it.

[sound of footsteps]

CUSTOMER [to manager]: Can you just take my money out? I'll be happy to leave.

MASKED MALE MANAGER: No, ma'am, unfortunately we don't carry that type of cash in the branch. So with that large of an amount we would have to actually order that specifically for you. Now if you want, I'll be more than happy to process your transaction. I was with another customer, I apologize. But we'll take care of you.

CUSTOMER: Thank you, sir.

MASKED MALE MANAGER: I'll be right back.

[cut]

CUSTOMER: Thank you, sir. You have a good day now. Thank you.

MASKED MALE MANAGER: Thank you.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: So could you just hang tight with me outside? I just want to clarify with them. To make sure.

CUSTOMER: Why? Why am I hanging tight? Huh. Am I under arrest?

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: No, absolutely not.

CUSTOMER: OK I'm leaving. I've got work to do. Thank you.

MASKED POLICE OFFICER: OK.

5:01

[END]

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You have no idea how many times I have done this shit.

Thank you please call the manager.

Thank you please call the manager.

Thank you please call the manager.

Am I under arrest.

Am I under arrest.

Am I under arrest.

(Gets served).

It's all so tiresome.

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Thank you, seriously, THANK YOU.

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Usually I am a ghost in public, not engaging, but sometimes one needs dental work etc.

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One from California during the lockdowns.

The Day 3 Free People Opened a "Closed" Beach

Theresa Buccola

September 17, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21jAPMLT2F4

Video Description: "On the 4th of July weekend in 2020, Carmel CA, politicians went mental and threatened the people with jailtime and fines for being on beach. I went out there anyway and was arrested. We, the People submitted a single Notice of Violation to 5 local tyrants when they did it again for Labor Day and made them stand down. It was epic."

TRANSCRIPT

MAN IN BLUE SUNGLASSES: Hey one thing I forgot to mention. They had caution tape up there so we tore it all down. And people were thanking us for reopening the beach.

BEARDED MAN: You can't use garbage to take out free people. You can't keep free people from the beach with garbage. They left all their garbage and they didn't didn't clean it up, man.

MAN IN BLUE SUNGLASSES: The police litter unfortunately.

BEARDED MAN: We have to clean up after the police. They're trying to strip our freedoms and our fresh air and then they trash all of the beach, man, and this is where your taxes are going.

MAN IN BLUE SUNGLASSES: That's right, that's right. Look at this beach, look at all these people. [camera makes a 360 showing people on the beach and in the surf] Look at this. This place was practically empty when we got here. We still have people coming down.

00:44

[END]

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One from Washington state USA

Pandemic Harms Listening Session - Wenatchee, WA - 28Jan23

Informed Choice WA, Posted February 12, 2023

https://rumble.com/v297djc-pandemic-harms-listening-session-wenatchee-wa-28jan23.html

TRANSCRIPT

2:10:23

SARAH CHRASTINA: Hello. My name is Sarah Chrastina. I live in the Methow Valley. Twisp, it's kind of an hour an a half a way. We live in a little bit of a liberal bubble in our school district—

[laughter from audience]

Even though we are eastern Washington. And we were pretty tolerant. I was very asleep at the beginning of this plandemic. Very tolerant of the masking at the beginning. I mean, it's the least I could do, people are dying all over the world, I will wear my mask to show compassion and err on the side of grace. Right? I didn't see what I didn't see. I was under a spell, was under a trance, really. I can see that now. I can see that in other people now, too.

When I woke up, it was a Saturday morning. I was looking at some stuff with my husband. The headlines were the FDA is calling out people using Ivermectin, it's a sheep dewormer, it's not for people, it's for animals. And as we've learned already today, and some of us learned from a long time ago, but Ivermectin is not just for animals, it's for people. I was dumbfounded that here is the mainstream media telling us don't go to this medicine that could be a lifesaving, that's all I heard about it, that it was a lifesaving treatment for covid that was early. Well, I didn't realize at the time how warped the media was. I was still, I thought they definitely went into hysteria too much, but I didn't see them as the warped, controlled operation that they are. And so I came out of that realizing how much I had been falling for the lies.

I— not long after that, our school district decided to hold a vaccine event because the FDA was going to say it was OK now for the kids now to receive the vaccine in our community. And we were going to have them as young as 5 years old get vaccinated. And I realized, this is harmful. It's not even, there's not a benefit to it. I talked to the nurses, I talked to people at the school, no avail. No one wanted to hear my concerns.

So I decided to go to the event, because I needed to go see this for myself that they were going to give this injection. And what was the paperwork? I needed to see the informed consent. What were they giving to our community, to my neighbors? I'm not going to go to Olympia* and fight it at the government level. I just, I'm going to go to my school and I went and I stood at the outside the gate and asked again and again for the papers. I had doctors come tell me things and I talked to them. Long story short, never got papers. I was bullied. I was shamed. I was yelled at and told to leave and told I was a disruption. I was called in later that week by my school district telling me that they saw my disruptive behavior, reports of it. They weren't there. I was there. They weren't there. They said there was reports of disruptive behavior from me because I was asking questions.

So it's just the classic pattern that I then saw everywhere. When you stand up, you are shamed and bullied and censored. And you don't have a voice. Same with the vaccine injured, that we've heard today, right? It's a pattern. And I, I was in the middle of it and I was still just flabbergasted that this was actually happening.

Now I can— so I got called into the office. I told them my side. They said, Sarah, today we're going to let you know that if you do this again— because I was an employee of the school district, at that time I was coaching volleyball— you do this again, we're going to give you a no trespassing order on the campus. Because they knew they didn't have a law against somebody coming in asking questions. So what could they do? They pull a no trespassing law against me, which they have done many times, I'm sure you've heard many stories of this.

So I went back home. And I was in tears, I was a mess that whole week. I decided to resign. If I resign, I won't be an employee. They can't touch me, I'm a free citizen of the United States of America!

[clapping]

You would think that would be enough.

[clapping]

I said, I resign because I can't do this anymore and be— and I can't wear a mask when it's, to me was a symbol then that I supported the agenda, I supported children's vaccination, I supported all of the things that I saw now were so flawed and harmful. So I went on from there to-- I need to go to my notes, I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to take this long.

My husband meanwhile is the head varsity boy's coach. Dream job. He's amazing at it. We talked about heart injuries with this vaccine. The heart injury I saw in my husband, you can't see it. I can because I know him. It's an emotional devastation. What happened to him in January, 14th, we got an email. It said, you are suspended. We have received an email which will remain anonymous that your mask wearing was abysmal in the weight room today with your team. And he is suspended. And that was the moment his heart was ripped out. And he couldn't be with his team. He was told he couldn't see them, talk to them or be with them. He was a threat to their public, the public safety in our school.

So this, you know, fast forward, we go, we find help in a common law group. I find out there is a case, County of Butler v. Governor Wolf ,** however, this is the judge's remarks at the end of the case:

[reading document] "However, good intentions towards a laudable end are not alone enough to uphold governmental action against a constitutional challenge. Indeed the greatest threats to our system of constitutional liberties may arise when the ends are laudable and the intent is good, especially in time of emergency. In an emergency even a vigilant public may let down its guard over its constitutional liberties"—

which is what I did, I had let down my guard—

[reading document] "once relinquished they are hard to recoup. And that restrictions, while expedient in the face of an emergency may persist long after immediate danger has passed. Thus, in reviewing emergency measures, the job of the court is made more difficult by the delicate balancing it must take. The court is guided in this balancing by principles of established constitutional jurisprudence. This action seeks declaration of the defendant's right."

They ended up upholding the people that were getting the constitution rights taken away. He said something very important here. He says,

[reading document] "But in an emergency, the authority of government is not unfettered. The liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair weather freedoms, in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble. The Constitution cannot accept the concept of a new normal where the basic liberties of the people can be subordinated to open-ended emergency mitigation measures. Rather, the Constitution sets certain lines that may not be crossed, even in an emergency."

And this is the —

[clapping, cheering]

— the paperwork that we ended up filing with the school district. We said,

[reading document] "in regard to any and all covid policy order mandates, such as guidelines for physical distancing, masking, tracking status, or vaccination, there's no actual law that has been passed by the state or federal legislature that requires me to comply or compels me to consent to the violation of my natural, unalienable constitutionally protected rights. The orders or mandates of a governor, mayor, or agent or officer for a city, county, state health department are not law. And public policy cannot violate the rights of liberty of the people." And this —

[clapping]

It was very inspiring me to read these words, and realize, this was all set up before I was ever born. This country was founded on these principles. And they were founded on these principles because our forefathers had a moral compass. Like our doctor friend videoed in earlier. An ethical standard they lived by. That is what it is built on. And so I started to zoom out, and the big picture was, not my ability to go to a game with or without a mask, or my husband's ability to coach, it is a war on humanity and our freedom to live right now. And we, as we understand the values of the Constitution that uphold those rights, they're not giving us rights, they're upholding the rights for us as we have been given them by God as we were born on this earth.

So I just want to encourage all of you as I have been teaching my own children, we have five children at home, and I have been on fire to teach them about the Constitution and the rights that we have been given.

I also had to go head-to-toe with a sheriff's sergeant at my gym because I did not go with a mask. They ended up giving me a criminal trespass with no crime committed. So all of these things are in place. There are loopholes that the law enforcement is trying to use against us and we have to know where we stand and ultimately pray for Divine Providence to guide us.

Thank you.

[2:20:20]

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

*Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington.

** County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania, No. 20-2926 (3rd Cir. 2021)

See https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca3/20-2936/20-2936-2021-08-10.html

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A Florida firefighter

Kissimmee, FL Press Conference: Your Story Counts — The Untold Atrocities of COVID-19,

October 13, 2022

https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/events/kissimee-fl-press-conference-your-story-counts--the-untold-atrocities-of-covid19/your-story-counts--untold-atrocities-of-covid19/

TRANSCRIPT

48:28

WENDY WILLIAMS: Hello my name is Wendy Williams. I'm a wife, I'm a mother, I'm a United States Marine Corps veteran, and I'm a firefighter paramedic with over 23 years serving the central part of the [inaudible] community.

In late 2021 Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings* supported by the Board of County Commissioners voted a covid vaccine mandate or face termination for all Orange County employees, which affected the very firefighters, dispatchers, paramedics, and fleet maintenance workers that served the community from the beginning of the covid outbreak and throughout.

Many of us knew the efficacy of the covid vaccine was not absolute in preventing covid transmission or death amongst the vaccinated. Not only did Orange County Fire Rescue provide paramedics to assist the Health Department in administering this vaccine, we saw some of the adverse effects. I was assigned to a standby unit at a vaccination location in Orange County. They had me observe and ready to treat for potential adverse effects to the citizens that had the vaccine administered on site.

The citizens signed a consent form and had to remain onsite for a specific time post-administration prior to being allowed to leave. I personally witnessed weakness, rashes, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

We know and have seen vaccinated patients become ill with covid as well as test positive for covid. I witnessed in transporting patients that were vaccinated who were experiencing symptoms of stroke, difficulty breathing, chest pain with abnormal EKGs, and rashes, without a prior medical history.

This vaccine was experimental and only approved under the Emergency Authorized order by the FDA.

We firefighters decided to stand up to Mayor Deming about his unconstitutional abuse of power and fight for our rights as Americans and save our careers.

Because we stood united against the forced covid vaccine mandate it caused a divide within our department and created what can only be described as a hostile and toxic work environment.

Those firefighters that chose not to get vaccinated faced discrimination in the workplace, on various firefighter social media sites. These men right here, these men right here behind me on my left, had personally experienced attacks on social media sites and within our own department for standing up for their medical autonomy.

Thank you for being proud and strong.

[clapping]

Unvaccinated firefighters were forced to take the covid test prior to their shift. In fact we found out some of those tests were even expired. The unvaccinated were forced to wear masks in the fire station while the vaccinated were given a choice.

Unvaccinated firefighters had the word "test" next to their name and credentials on the department [inaudible] daily roster, so that the Fire Department employees could see their vaccination status. That was our star.

Has any one in this audience ever heard of the term HIPAA?*

AUDIENCE [various voices]: Yes.

WENDY WILLIAMS: Exactly. Some firefighters were even labeled unclean by multiple fire chiefs. The term unclean was used in a shift conference regarding the unvaccinated list of Firefighter Department personnel required for daily testing. Beside me is a victim of this verbal assault. Does this man right here look unclean or unfit to anybody in the audience? Or even a scumbag? Like the guys on my right, that's how we were referred to on our stations.

The unvaccinated firefighters were subjected to discrimination, segregation, and abuse that continued for months while under the threat of losing our careers. These actions affected not only our mental health, it has destroyed marriages and broken families.

Our jobs are classified as high risk and we are subjected to stressors that most cannot fathom. Even the WHO has classified firefighting to the highest level of occupational risk for cancer. See the slide to my right.

The CDC [inaudible] science blog published a call to action, "Suicide Among First Responders." That was published on April 6, 2021. The mandate came that July. In this article they mention that first responders may be at risk for suicide because of the environment in which they work, their culture, their stressful occupational [inaudible] . Look at the second paragraph, and I quote, during emergency disasters, pandemics, and other crises, stress among first responders can be magnified.

Now let's add a hostile work environment for the unvaccinated firefighters and first responders in Orange County.

Mayor Jerry Deming stated, and I quote, "It was never my intention to terminate anyone from our employment, instead my desire and goal was to increase the rate of vaccination amongst our employees, and we have accomplished that." September 23, 2021.

Along with Board of County Commissioner Nicole Wilson inquired to an Orange County attorney in a public meeting on whether we, the unvaccinated, can be held accountable for wrongful death. And then proceeded to snap her fingers when told we would not be held accountable. You can see the video right here, with our mayor, Mayor Jerry Deming, did that quote, and then after it will be BCC Nicole Wilson and we'll show that afterwards.

In closing, firefighters, we are a special family. We work side by side willing to risk our lives to serve the community. We see things on the job that would scare most and keep you up at night. When we go back to the station we await the next 911 call. We do not fear fire, tragedy, hard work, or even death.

We firefighters say this to the politicians and leaders in positions of

power that have used coercion against us with these forcing vaccine mandates: Your scare tactics will not work on firefighters.

We firefighters are the first to run into burning buildings to save those in our community. We are there when you medically need us and are [inauidble]. We! We can save your family or one of your loved ones. We are fearless and we will continue to hold this red line against those that threaten our firefighter family and our rights as Americans.

God bless everyone and thank you for supporting your first responders.

55:15

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

* Jerry L. Demings, Orange County Mayor

https://www.ocfl.net/BoardofCommissioners/Mayor.aspx#.Y1Zo-oJBxQJ

** HIPAA -- From the Health and Human Services website

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html

"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop regulations protecting the privacy and security of certain health information.1 To fulfill this requirement, HHS published what are commonly known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule. The Privacy Rule, or Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, establishes national standards for the protection of certain health information. The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (the Security Rule) establish a national set of security standards for protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form. The Security Rule operationalizes the protections contained in the Privacy Rule by addressing the technical and non-technical safeguards that organizations called "covered entities" must put in place to secure individuals' "electronic protected health information" (e-PHI). Within HHS, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has responsibility for enforcing the Privacy and Security Rules with voluntary compliance activities and civil money penalties."

And from https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/index.html

"The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other individually identifiable health information (collectively defined as “protected health information”) and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without an individual’s authorization. The Rule also gives individuals rights over their protected health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, to direct a covered entity to transmit to a third party an electronic copy of their protected health information in an electronic health record, and to request corrections."

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Christmas carolers in Canada

The Twelve Doses of Christmas

December 20, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAw78MpeL5c

Hat tip: https://makismd.substack.com/p/videos-comedy-videos-from-the-pandemic

TRANSCRIPT

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Santa Claus and approximately 20 carolers in heavy winter clothing stand outside two large buildings to parody sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The show notes on the YouTube page read: "YouTube censors us HEAVILY... please follow us on one of the channels listed below!!! The Twelve Doses of Christmas! An educational Christmas Carol! SHARE SHARE SHARE!!! Lyric by Karen Dickson; Sung by the Angry Albertan Ensemble. Every Saturday since May 2020 the Angry Albertans have gathered on the grounds of Alberta Legislature in defiance of this government's totalitarian "public health" measures.... We meet each Saturday at 1 PM, the speeches and livestream begin at 1:30 PM. Please bring a HOMEMADE sign and as many FRIENDS as you can muster! Follow The Angry Albertan: Telegram: t.me/TheAngryAlbertan

Facistbook: facebook.com/TheAngryAlbertan Twatter: twitter.com/albertan_angry

Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-1223954 Bitchute: bitchute.com/channel/uoCE1tQDOSUC

TEXT ON SCREEN: The Twelve Doses of Christmas

Lyrics by Karen Dickson

Music by Joshua Switzer-Crowe

Sound by the Angry Albertan Ensemble

SANTA CLAUS: Alright, who's ready?

CROWD OF CAROLERS: WOO! [clapping]

[piano music commences]

CAROLER IN LEOPARD-PRINT CAP:

On the first dose of Christmas, AZ shot gave to me

a blood clot included for free

SANTA AND CAROLER IN LEOPARD-PRINT CAP: On the second dose of Christmas, my Pfizer gave to me

two heart conditions and a

a blood clot included for free

ALL CAROLERS: On the third dose of Christmas, Moderna gave to me

myo-carditis

two heart conditions and a

a blood clot included for free

On the fourth dose of Christmas, the Janssen gave to me

a blood clot included for free

myo-carditis

two heart conditions and a

a blood clot included for free

On the fifth dose of Christmas, Vaxevria gave to me

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the sixth dose of Christmas, Comirnaty gave to me

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the seventh dose of Christmas, a Spikevax gave to me

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the eighth dose of Christmas, the Vector gave to me

chest pain and tingling

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the ninth dose of Christmas, mRNA for me,

headaches, labored breathing

chest pain and tingling

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the tenth dose of Christmas, Covishield gave to me

capillary leaking

headaches, labored breathing

chest pain and tingling

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the eleventh dose of Christmas, my two shots gave to me

chilblain like lesions

capillary leaking

headaches, labored breathing

chest pain and tingling

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

arthritis

heart conditions two and a

blood clot included for free

On the twelfth dose of Christmas, more boosters added free

thrombocytopenia

chilblain like lesions

capillary leaking

headaches, labored breathing

chest pain and tingling

Bell's Palsy, sweating

rash, aches and swelling

Guillaume Barre!

peri, myo-carditis

heart conditions, knocking at death's door and a

blood clot but at least it came free!

[cheering]

3:21

TEXT ON SCREEN: The Twelve Doses of Christmas

Lyrics by Karen Dickson

Music by Joshua Switzer-Crowe

Sound by the Angry Albertan Ensemble

3:40

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October 2024 - I have just read this amazing story of Ant and his marvellous wife. I would love to hear an update as to how he got on in Sicily, did some of his siblings 'see the light' and extend a hand of friendship? (Sadly, when money is involved common decency often flies out the window.)

I hope that these two wonderful people are enjoying a more peaceful and prosperous life.

God bless them.

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What a beautiful comment - thank you for reading.

I just looked at Ant's podcast and he is still going and has lots of subs - he seems to be going really well! He has an account on Substack but I haven't seen him comment for a long time. I don't know if he is on social media but it looks like if you want to catch up with him, YT may be the best way to do this https://www.youtube.com/@Stellify-Podcast/featured

I completely agree - I was absolutely blown away by Ant's story and the photos really made the article pop. Thank you again for reading, and your support. God Bless.

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Thank you for sharing these stories of courage and hope.

Reading this, I feel a mix of sadness and joy - the sadness is mostly because this man (and most of the others) did not win their big battles - though IMO the small victories are still worth celebrating.

As someone who is older and retired, my non-compliance caused barely a ripple. Even when I made a point of walking over the Qld-NSW border on a fairly regular basis (because I used to live down there, and I understood the disruption of having that border closed, in the middle of a semi-urban area where people had business on both sides of the border. And it made no sense...)

Yet I did it because it was what I could do, and it felt important to me, even as a small barely visible gesture (going maskless was a bit more visible!), and as a way of maintaining connection to light and to sanity and to humanity.

Around Brisbane (where I live) there were a small handful of cafe owners who defied the mandates - for a while. Until the pressure became too great. Speaking out on social media, they drew the attention of the authorities, and were subjected to fairly extreme police harassment.

One coffee roaster/cafe owner (NOEGO Coffee Roasters) at Ormeau, just south of the city area, was threatened by health inspectors, and given a massive fine which was required to be paid immediately on pain of business closure (usually fines can be challenged if someone chooses to take it to court, and any penalty is postponed until the court case is resolved). I was one of many who protested outside the cafe just before Christmas 2021, stopping the police from storming in. But they had to change tack, and when they re-opened after New Year they complied with the orders by only serving take-away food & coffee - with tables & seats in an outdoor area that people could use if they wanted to. (This was the solution that they all adopted, after it became obvious that they would not be able to continue openly defying the mandates and maintain the business.)

I made a point of supporting those businesses, and a couple of others that did not openly defy the mandates but didn't actively enforce them, either. Those are the cafes that have my ongoing loyalty and support and my business, small though it is.

When I was in my teens I bought a book called "Civilian Resistance as a Nationa Defence".

The book was very boring (scholarly!) and I never finished it... but still the main point stayed with me: during the Nazi occupation of Europe, and other such events, civilian resistance was a quiet but powerful strategy. Yes, join a protest when you can... but simply not complying, in whatever way makes sense to you and without risking certain violent defeat, can be very powerful. If nothing else, it keeps your morale high, and your inner compass calibrated to what is right.

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Thank you for this most excellent comment. In my neck of the woods I well remember the very few places that did not enforce the Jab Crow & mask nonsense, and I well remember those that did so with utmost covidian enthusiasm. The former have my loyalty, latter, they've lost my business forever.

PS Yes indeed, some of the most effective resistance is very quiet.

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BRAVO!

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May God continue to bless you and those you love .

Integrity has a price that’s why it’s rare. Rare is precious and along with price ….it has rewards.

Thank you.

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What a fantastic, Brave Story. Good on you and all the best. Gail 👍🍀💪

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In a better time, one of my locals in Bristol was granted a late licence: patrons could drink after hours if the drink included food. So the landlord used to pass about a plate of chips.

Dem were the Daze.

Best of luck with your new venture and thanks for standing up to tyranny.

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A plate of chips….made me smile. Thank you.

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Bless you Ant, Lou and Carley. It is a spiritual battle, the biggest one humanity has ever faced, that every human in being, has had to face. The Divine sees you...and sees them. (I remember Rik Clay - he wrote on the London Olympics, as did I (the Sydney Olympics too.))

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Thank you, yes Rik Clay certainly knew what was going on!!

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Well I could embarrass the hell out of the other four in town that stood on the side in the fray.

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Oh they didn’t like me much lol

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The man who risked everything and is now free to do anything. May you live forever, Ant Critchley. I will tune in for the podcast. Best wishes.

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Thank you, much appreciated. Lots of work to be done yet

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What a story. What a lovely man. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

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Thank you Heather x

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Well done Ant.

For standing firm, while the majority willingly gave away all of their freedom and integrity.

There are a great many of us annoying purebloods around, so you are never alone, no matter what the parasites in government and the media whores may tell you.

I just hope that millions of people will tell "them" to piss off the next time they try to pull this crap.

Good luck.

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Thank you Harry

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A deep heart-felt thank you Ant for your courage and conviction.

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Thank you Dave

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Many thanks for putting my story out. I really appreciate it, and thank you for the incredible work you are doing x

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Ant, knowing there are people like you out there makes what I do so much easier.

It gives me so much hope, and it was an absolute pleasure to tell your story.

'They' want to forget we are out here, and even all the 'alt. media' have pivoted from our voices in favour of others right now, right in line with the SPARS document. However, we are still here. Watching. Waiting.

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Ant, wish we knew about your pub at the time we would have definitely popped in.

Good to hear your story.

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Thank you. Much appreciated ❤️

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Wonderful. Thinks exactly like we do.

We didn’t comply either in any way.

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Great essay. Lots of nice points and what an engaging man Ant is. I'd like to have a beer...

Since you asked.

https://craighutchinson.substack.com/p/nz-open-letter-to-megan-woods-mpfrom

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Thank you

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Thank you for standing for freedom, Ant Critchley. If I'd been in the UK I would have driven a long, long, long way out of my way to come to your pub.

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And you would have been so welcome 😊

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He is so special. Knowing there are people like Ant in the world makes me feel a lot better.

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Me, too. Definitely.

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