THE HIGHLANDS TEA PARTY – May 11, 2021 – This Week’s Speaker – John Lott “Gun Control Myths”
April 6th, 2021 | 
Author: This week our speaker will be John Lott – founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center. He also is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. Lott recently served in the Trump administration as Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs for the US Department of Justice and then the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Legal Policy for the US Department of Justice.
He has done extensive research into guns and gun violence. Says Lott “The news media give people a very skewed view of guns and crime, and push policies that, paradoxically, endanger people’s lives. They do this not only by choosing what crimes to cover (or not cover), but also by the statistics and research that they choose to relay. After the New York Times recently fired its opinion page editor for publishing a conservative viewpoint, it isn’t surprising that news articles have become increasingly selective in what they choose to report.
Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Rice University, and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988-1989. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA.
In his presentation, Lott covers gun control myths such as “Why the US is number one in mass shootings,””Why gun ownership is declining,””how guns allow people to kill more quickly” and “how background checks will stop mass public shootings.”
Moreover, Lott is a prolific author for both academic and popular publications. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and written nine books, including “More Guns, Less Crime,” “The Bias Against Guns,” and “Freedomnomics.” His most recent books are “Dumbing Down the Courts: How politics keeps the smartest judges off the bench” and “The War on Guns.”
UPCOMING MEETINGS & GUEST SPEAKERS
May 18, 2021 – Jimmy T. Smith – Coalition Director for Concerned Veterans of America with AFP.
May 25, 2021 – Karen Kataline – ZOOM Presentation on: “TBD, Deals with Latest Breaking News.” Q&A requested
June 01, 2021 – Kathi Chamberlain – “Labeling Whites as Supremacists”
June 08, 2021 – C.S. Bennett – “Truth -vs-The Democrat Party”
June 22, 2021 – Trevor Loudon – “China’s War on America”
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LETTERS TO EDITOR BY MEMBERS
Mar 15, 2021 – John Nelson – Guest Editorial “Facts on “Natural Born”
Mar. 23, 2021 – John Larsen – What is it – Silence of Joe Biden supporters
April 07, 2021 – Carolanne Jordan – In Defense of Our Nation
April 13, 2021 – Carolanne Jordan – Americ’s Tears -The Battle Within
April 18, 2021 – John Larsen – Who Are They – List of names all law enforcement killed i line of duty & Than You for SErvice
Education is the key – This is The Tea Parties Objective!
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Medical journal calls for Ivermectin to be ‘globally & systematically deployed’
Medical journal calls for Ivermectin to be ‘globally
& systematically deployed’
The study’s authors found large, statistically significant reductions in mortality and
recovery time in addition to ‘significantly reduced risks of contracting COVID-19
with the regular use of ivermectin.’
Thu May 6, 2021 – 4:11 pm EST
May 6, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) –– The American Journal of Therapeutics has published a research paper calling for ivermectin — a drug which has been maligned and suppressed as a coronavirus treatment — to be “globally & systematically deployed” as a treatment for COVID-19.
May 6, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) –– The American Journal of Therapeutics has published a research paper calling for ivermectin — a drug which has been maligned and suppressed as a coronavirus treatment — to be “globally & systematically deployed” as a treatment for COVID-19.Young Americans are Turning Down Gun Control Forrest Cooper May 4, 2021
Amidst all the bad news that we hear, every once in a while the good news breaks through. Greater access to information does not in fact make us better without the ability to evaluate it. But in this situation, the evaluation is the easy part. A poll released by ABC News and the Washington post has reported that in the last three years Americans under the age of 30 are considerably less supportive of gun control. In the face of new proposals for limiting what the citizens can legally own, the population is moving away from government control.
The 2021 poll, when compared to a similar one taken in 2018, identified a shift in support from people between the ages of 18 and 29 away from red flag laws, and further infringements such as magazine bans. Three years ago, 65% of those polled supported more gun control. This year that number is 45%.
Evaluating the information does require some caution, as we do not know how the poll was taken, but it should be interpreted as good news, even if the question is why. Speculation has suggested that the combination of increased civil unrest and a growing lack of trust in the government has pushed some away from limitation, and others towards self-reliance. Last year we saw that underneath all the chatter, the Second Amendment is alive and well as record firearms sales have continued to soar.
The breakdown of the poll draws unsurprising lines between Democrats and Republicans, between rural, urban, and sub-urban audiences, as well as by ethnicity. While all sub-sections report lower support, the syntax of the poll itself leans toward whether or not the audience wants more control, even identifying if President Biden is doing enough.
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Molecular Biologist and Toxicologist Calls to Halt Covid Vaccine – A MUST READ.
Halt Covid Vaccine, Prominent Scientist Tells CDC
In a public comment to the CDC, molecular biologist and toxicologist Dr. Janci Chunn Lindsay, Ph.D., called to immediately halt Covid vaccine production and distribution. Citing fertility, blood-clotting concerns (coagulopathy), and immune escape, Dr. Lindsay explained to the committee the scientific evidence showing that the coronavirus vaccines are not safe.
On April 23, 2021, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of this ACIP meeting was blood clotting disorders following Covid vaccines. Dr. Janci Chunn Lindsay spoke to the CDC during the time set aside for public comment.
The censorship on social media in particular and the internet in general is relentless. Here is a slightly edited, annotated censorship-proof transcript of Dr. Janci Chunn Lindsay’s 3-minute comment.
You can listen to her testimony on YouTube here (for now, anyway. YouTube will likely censor it).
Molecular Biologist and Toxicologist Calls to Halt Covid Vaccine
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The Courage of Our Convictions – How To Fight Critical Race Theory
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The Courage of Our Convictions
How to fight critical race theory
The Social Order
Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. This must change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.
To explain critical race theory, it helps to begin with a brief history of Marxism. Originally, the Marxist Left built its political program on the theory of class conflict. Karl Marx believed that the primary characteristic of industrial societies was the imbalance of power between capitalists and workers. The solution to that imbalance, according to Marx, was revolution: the workers would eventually gain consciousness of their plight, seize the means of production, overthrow the capitalist class, and usher in a new socialist society.
During the twentieth century, a number of regimes underwent Marxist-style revolutions, and each ended in disaster. Socialist governments in the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and elsewhere racked up a body count of nearly 100 million people. They are remembered for gulags, show trials, executions, and mass starvations. In practice, Marx’s ideas unleashed man’s darkest brutalities.
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Donald Trump Unloads on Michigan, Wisconsin for Not Probing 2020 Election
Donald Trump is expressing his anger at Michigan and Wisconsin for not probing ballot dumps in the 2020 election race. The two states were among a handful of pivotal swing states that narrowly went for Biden in the presidential election.
“At 6:31 in the morning on November 4th, a dump of 149,772 votes came in to the State of Michigan,” Trump wrote in a statement. “Biden received 96% of those votes and the State miraculously went to him.”
“Has the Michigan State Senate started their review of the Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 yet, or are they about to start?” he asked. “If not, they should be run out of office.”
“Likewise, at 3:42 in the morning, a dump of 143,379 votes came in to the state of Wisconsin, also miraculously, given to Biden,” he continued. “Where did these ‘votes’ come from? Both were State Election changing events, and that is on top of the other corruption without even including the fact that neither state got Legislative approval, which is required under the United States Constitution.”
Trump’s remarks come amidst the heat of an election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona that is running into immense resistance from the Democratic Party. On Friday, the Arizona state senate called an emergency session to demand that the County and the Board of Supervisors turn over the missing passwords for the voting machine equipment, as well as routers that were used in the election race. Thus far, the election officials have refused to comply to the lawful orders.
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, MAY 6, 2021 HIGHLANDS COUNTY FLORIDA COURT HOUSE LAWN
A beautiful and well attended National Day of Prayer was held on the
Court House lawn under the sprawling Trees in Sebring FL, Highlands County
PRESENTATION OF COLORS –Sheriff’s Office –Please Stand
INVOCATION –The Honorable Paul Blackman, Sheriff
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE –The Honorable Anthony Ritenour, County Judge
NATIONAL ANTHEM –TheHonorable Angela J. Cowden, Circuit Court Judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION –The Honorable Jerome Kaszubowski, Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller
SONG –Joe Lewis
REMARKS & PRAYER –Bishop Umah Miller, Bountiful BlessingsChurch of God
MUSIC –Heartland Christian Academy
REMARKS & PRAYER –Pastor Melinda Brown, The Ministry Center
GROUP SONG –“GOD BLESS AMERICA”,Directed by Joe Lewis
BENEDICTION –The Honorable Eric Zwayer, Tax Collector
RETIRE COLORS –Sheriff’s Office
CANADA FREE PRESS: Bipartisan: Forced to Face The Fact That Congress No Longer Represents Us
The people who voted for the original Patriot Act and the subsequent renewal of it, should never be trusted to do the right thing again. They sold us out once, and they will do it again, unless we stop them
By Charles Wills ——Bio and Archives—April 25, 2021
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Over the years, I’ve seen Democrats and Republicans appear, at least in public, to disagree on many things. However, they always manage to come together to pass legislation, like the Patriot Act, that’s destructive to the Constitution and our civil liberties under it. That’s why I cringe whenever I hear the word bipartisan.
Moreover, bipartisan means feckless Republicans joined with socialist Democrats to pass legislation designed to undermine our civil liberties. And for some reason, there’s always enough Republican skunks in Congress to advance and protect the Democrat’s oppressive socialist agenda. For example, during the 2016 election, Republicans promised to repeal the unconstitutional Affordable Care Act if they were reelected, but after being reelected, just enough Republicans voted with Democrats to block the repeal.
Recently, several Republicans said they are willing to work with Democrats on a bipartisan gun control bill. I find that reprehensible! Not one single Democrat was willing to work with President Trump to secure our borders or anything else that benefited America. On the other hand, when it comes to undermining our constitutional rights, there’s always plenty of Republican skunks willing to help socialist Democrats further their tyrannical Marxist agenda. That’s why I don’t trust Republicans any more than I do Democrats. There are too many socialist skunks on both sides. Besides that, Congress was bought by the global banking cartel at the turn of the twentieth century, and both Republicans and Democrats have been busy legislating the Constitution into oblivion ever since. What do I mean by legislating the Constitution into oblivion?
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Dems Won’t Be Allowed To Steal Elections Again! Says Trump
President Trump: Dems Won’t Be Allowed To Steal Elections Again, Says Team Trump Advancing Effort To Secure Election Integrity
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UPDATED 8:30 PM PT – Thursday, April 22, 2021
President Trump said his team is advancing the effort to secure election integrity, adding that Democrats will not be able to steal the elections in 2022 and 2024. “The question I get asked more than any other question is: ‘Can you assure us that our vote in 2022 and 2024 will count?’ And we will assure you, we’ll never let that happen again,” President Trump noted. “And we haven’t stopped working on that. By the way, we’re not stopping.” The 45th President addressed a cheering crowd in Mar-a-Lago Thursday alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. President Trump went on to say, the 2020 elections were stolen and the Democrats know it.
President Trump added, while his main focus is taking back the House and the Senate in 2022 midterms, he’s still seriously considering running in 2024.
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The majority of people now coming down with COVID-19 have been vaccinated against the virus.
Yale public health professor suggests60% of
new COVID-19 patients havereceived vaccine
‘Clinicians have been telling me that more than half of the new COVID cases
that they’re treating are people who have been vaccinated,’ said Dr. Harvey Risch.
Wed Apr 21, 2021 – 6:34 am EST
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 21, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — An American
Professor of Epidemiology at Yale University revealed that the majority of
people now coming down with COVID-19 have been vaccinated against the virus.
“Clinicians have been telling me that more than half of the new COVID
cases that they’re treating are people who have been vaccinated,” said
Dr. Harvey Risch.
“I think the American public has been sold on the vaccine by the research that
shows that they reduce the infection of mild to moderate symptomatic infection
by somewhere between 60-90% depending upon age and vaccine and so on and
that is pretty good performance for an individual who wants to take a vaccine to
protect himself,” Risch said.
PICTURES – THTP SPRING MIXER April 20, 2021
A great time was had by all, many got to meet members, enjoy great Hor’s d’oevres, listen to few short commentaries and just enjoy the evening.
HILLSDALE COLLEDGE – CRITICAL-RACE-THEORY
Critical Race Theory: What It Is
and How to Fight It
The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on March 30, 2021.
Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it—and of those who have, many don’t understand it. It’s time for this to change. We need to know what it is so we can know how to fight it.
In explaining critical race theory, it helps to begin with a brief history of Marxism. Originally, the Marxist Left built its political program on the theory of class conflict. Marx believed that the primary characteristic of industrial societies was the imbalance of power between capitalists and workers. The solution to that imbalance, according to Marx, was revolution: the workers would eventually gain consciousness of their plight, seize the means of production, overthrow the capitalist class, and usher in a new socialist society.
During the 20th century, a number of regimes underwent Marxist-style revolutions, and each ended in disaster. Socialist governments in the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and elsewhere racked up a body count of nearly 100 million of their own people. They are remembered for their gulags, show trials, executions, and mass starvations. In practice, Marx’s ideas unleashed man’s darkest brutalities.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY?
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What has happened to our country?
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April 12, 2021 US Supreme Court: Gun Licensing Fees Are Unconstitutional
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April 12, 2021
US Supreme Court: Gun Licensing Fees Are Unconstitutional
By Civis Americanus
While I am not an attorney and cannot give formal legal advice, a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Murdock v. Pennsylvania, may give Second Amendment–supporters an overwhelming legal weapon with which to destroy every single firearm ownership (although not necessarily concealed carry) licensing scheme in the country. This includes those that require licenses to own or purchase firearms.
License to own: IL, MA, NY
License to purchase: CT, HI, IA, MD, MI, NE, NJ, NC, RI
The executive summary of the ruling in Murdock v. Pennsylvania (1943) was that it is unconstitutional for a state to levy a tax on people who want to sell religious merchandise. “A municipal ordinance which, as construed and applied, requires religious colporteurs to pay a license tax as a condition to the pursuit of their activities, is invalid under the Federal Constitution as a denial of freedom of speech, press and religion. The mere fact that the religious literature is ‘sold’, rather than ‘donated’ does not transform the activities of the colporteur into a commercial enterprise.”
What does this have to do with fees to obtain a license to own or purchase a firearm? The USSC also found, “A State may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the Federal Constitution.” This means the entire Bill of Rights as opposed to just the First Amendment.
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REALLY WHAT IS AMERICA?
From our friend…this needs to be said more…
Some people are born and grow up beautiful…some people are born and grow up very unattractive…Some people are born and grow up intellectually brilliant…others are born and grow struggling with school as they are simply “NOT VERY INTELLIGENT”…Some people grow up and can hit a 95mph fast ball into the centerfield bleachers ( not very many)…Others can run the 100 in under 9 seconds…long-jump 29ft (not many)…others cannot jump across a 10ft ditch…
BTW..the color of your skin has absolutely NOTHING to do with any of the above…NADA…ZIPPO…and there is NO PRIVILEGE attached to any of the above based upon the color of one’s skin…It is all, 100% a factor of BIRTH and ability given at birth…
Some people are lucky in life..they win a $300 million lottery…all by chance…Black, Yellow..Pink…whatever color you chose…There was only one Albert Einstein..Jonas Salk..only one Ted Williams..Only one Wayne Gretsky (“THE GREAT ONE”)…is this white privilege…NO…it is what it is…the luck of the draw…
Is there Racism around this country..you bet there is…is there Anti-Semitism in this country…you better believe there is…But when school systems decide that EVERY SINGLE STUDENT is equal..that their talents are all equal…that all outcomes should be equal..That everyone gets a trophy…That is absurd and it flies in the face of SCIENCE…
We are simply NOT all created with the same talents…We are all born equal to enjoy the same opportunities ( at least in this country)…but at the end of the day…Einstein will win…Wilt Chamberlin will outscore his opponents…Tiger Woods, in his prime, will beat just about anyone with a golf club in their hands…
We need to stop the effort to pre-determine “OUTCOMES”…If some kids are smarter than others..then they should be given every opportunity to take advantage of the gift they have been given, regardless if they are Asian Americans or simply White Americans..or Black…or any color or gender,,if should not matter….If some kids can run faster or jump higher…they to should also be given the opportunity to excel..and they should NOT BE HOMOGENIZED into mediocrity..
We need to stop everything that says…”equality is equity”…IT IS NOT THE NATURAL ORDER OF THE WORLD…At the end of the day..the world is NOT EQUAL…and trying to make it such leads to…RUSSIA…VENEZUELA..CHINA…you name it…Places where excellence is stamped out when it doesn’t conform to a norm…They are places where you need permission to excel…We are different in this country..
We are the greatest country in the history of mankind…at least over the last 500/1000 yrs…If you doubt that …let me remind you all of a few things…
If not for this country…most everyone in Europe would be speaking German and every Jew on the face of the earth would have died in ovens…Most of Asia would today be speaking Japanese…We defeated the Germans and Japan…and after we defeated and destroyed them, we provided the capital and help to make them into economic and social successes after horrible defeats..For the record, that was the first time in the entire history of world ( very long time!) where the “VICTORS SAVED THE VANGUISHED” from oblivion..
Think about that for a few minutes! .BTW…does anyone think China ( or any other country?) would be so benevolent in victory?. If not for this country, Polio would still be a scourge around the globe (many of you do not even know what Polio is)…OH..and everything..and I mean everything that you enjoy in the digital world we live in today found its origins in a place called BELL LABS…located in New Jersey…not in Russia..not in China..not any where else on the planet but right here in this country…
That is just some of it…The list is much too long. .We need to remember who we are…and the hate has to stop…If not for this country…the world would be a very different place and most of us would NOT LIKE WHAT IT WOULD BE…Just think..HITLER…STALIN…MAO…OH..and no cell phones…take your pick…Out memories are much too short…it is what happens when you DO NOT TEACH HISTORY…or you try and re-write the past…That all has to stop.NOW!
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Floyd Stern, the signatory of these letters, is a close friend of this writer who has stated that
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The more Joe Biden says about guns, the more any serious gun owner understands he knows nothing about them.
Poll: Majority of voters support Second Amendment
JERSEY CITY – MARCH 25: Lateif Dickerson displays one of his prized pistols at his gun instruction headquarters on March 25, 2021 in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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UPDATED 1:50 PM PT – Saturday, April 17, 2021
A recent poll found 72 percent of likely voters back the Second Amendment and its protections for Americans who want to own firearms. According to the data released by McLaughlin and Associates this week, 73.4 percent of respondents have said the founders understood the necessity for law-abiding citizens to legally own firearms.
The more Joe Biden says about guns, the more any serious gun owner understands he knows nothing about them.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 17, 2021
That same percentage of respondents believe the Second Amendment is one of the most cherished civil rights in the Constitution. A majority of voters have also said enforcement of current gun laws is more important than passing new restrictive legislation.
