Australia's deportation of the unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic creates serious dangers. Also: we produced shows this week on 1/6 and the new sedition charges.
I will tune in for sure. Australia is terrible. A lot of bad stuff going on these days, and I think a lot of people are eager to know how they can fight back. Subscribing to substacks like this is one way, but somehow we have to figure out other ways too. Authorities seem emboldened these days to trample on civil liberties. They need to be reminded that they cannot.
Being in my mid-50s, my grand-relatives lived through the first and second world wars and we talked probably more back in the day pre-cable TV; pre-internet; pre-smart phone than is now the case. I know history rhymes and doesn't repeat, but it sure is interesting watching how the rise of fascism today is similar to the rise of fascism 100 years ago.
I watch sports to get away from politics and the culture wars. Some cross-over is inevitable but the Djokovic situation seems gratuitous. From what I understand, the Australian govt was well aware Djokovic was unvaccinated when they granted him an exemption and a visa. Relying on that he makes the flight to Australia. Then a customs official pulls it after he lands and forces him to stay in a quarantine area for days (not implying this was a jail or even harsh conditions. But it did deprive him of his AO warmups and humiliated a cultural icon from a homeland that doesn’t have many). Then a judge, correctly in my view, overrules the arbitrary revocation and reinstates the visa. Then Hawke, who evidently could have intervened at any time, essentially overrules the court and revokes the visa again. That is appealed yet again, and Djokovic loses and is deported. He is now banned from entering Australia for three years. Obviously, if he had known all of this when granted his exemption, he would have never made the trip. I would be shocked if he ever set foot in Australia again even if given an exemption from the three year ban next year (why would he rely on that? Fly there again and have it overruled?).
If Australian wants to enforce its rules, then they should have never given him an exemption in the first place. The grandstanding by Hawke as well as the PM demonstrate how politicized this process was. They site historical info on Djokovic (eg, past statements on the vaccine) but that info was publicly known before he was granted an exemption and made the flight to Australia. This is a black mark on Australia, whose legal system appears almost comically stupid to me as long as I’m thousands of miles away and not subject to it. It’s a black mark on the ATP who was bizarrely silent while this played out. It’s a black mark on the ATP players, who aside from Nadal and a few others including the person GG interviewed have been silent. It’s a black mark on the AO, which struggled for years to be recognized as a “real” major (in the 70s and early 80s the major stars like Connors, Borg, McEnroe would routinely skip the AO). This tournament now is a major that lacks the #1 ranked player (and not due to injury). This is unprecedented in the last 3 decades. Whoever wins will unfortunately face a “yeah, but” every time their win comes up. There are no winners in this situation. All losers, including Djokovic who at 34 has a finite number of majors he can still compete for.
While every country has a right to impose wherever conditions it wants at its borders, the Novak saga is illuminating for two reasons.
First is that Novak was misled: he would have clearly never taken the flight if the authorities were clear about the conditions for entry. There was a goof up there which is NOT Novak’s fault.
Secondly, the rationale given that unvaccinated people pose a risk is unscientific
The term “Vaccine” used to be defined as some extraneous agent given to a person to cause immunity from a disease or pathogen.
Given that COVID “vaccines” weren’t fitting the original definition, the WHO/CDC changed the definition to any drug that induces an antibody response to a particular pathogen.
Ok then, let’s use the updated definition. Guess what ELSE induces an antibody response to COVID. COVID. Just like getting chicken pox induces antibodies against getting infected again, COVID does too. (Though it’s antibody response is not as permanent as say chicken pox).
So Novak has antibodies from having contracted COVID before, and thus a natural immunity which an increasing number of studies show to be superior to vaccine-induced immunity.
So even accepting the establishment rationale for vaccines - that people with antibodies have lower risk to themselves and others - those who have been infected with COVID should also be exempt.
But Vaccination is no longer based on science and reason. It’s become an Establishment Cult. This is how it must have been when the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as the official Religion. Get with the program or be excommunicated, ridiculed and worse.
Vaccination now is the mark of either the Believer (those who fervently believe that with every dose comes salvation no matter how discredited the results with the Pfizer CEO himself casually admitting 2 doses do little now and promising v1.1 in March for the Omicron variant*), or the Defeated (those beaten down to take it despite reservations). This then makes the Dissidents, the Blasphemers of the new Imperial Religion, the official Enemies to be persecuted and made examples of.
*see https://rumble.com/vsehus-pfizer-ceo-and-we-know-2-doses-of-the-vaccine-offers-limited-protection-if-.html for Pfizer CEO saying that “2 doses offer limited protection if any, and 3 doses with booster offer reasonable protection against hospitalizations and death and less protection against infection [ed: goalposts changed from when first announced] ….We are working on a new version..the 1.1…which will cover Onicron as well.”
Your coverage of these issues that are the most important issues confronting my family is why I've chosen to support you and a few select others even as my very livelihood is threatened daily by these mandates.
Sometimes I think I should just save my money and put it in the bank for the possible time they come to take my work as they keep threatening, but for now all I can think to do is support those of you at the forefront of this battle. You are not alone, we are with you Glen in your dedication to truth. We are on the street corner every two weeks in my town protesting these mandates and draconian overreach of the totalitarians. We have held our own rally at the local courthouse, we had our own float to support our movement in the local Christmas parade, and we are fighting for each other as a group by educating each other and supporting each other through this insanity.
I encourage others to do the same, this movement is growing and there are many in your own community that would like to band together, if only some of you would do it first.
"Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist..err, anti-vaxxer?" That the left have become Joe McCarthy on so many topics is just precious.
Djokovic is a bit of a tough case as he created a number of problems for himself before he got to Australia - had Covid but went out to various gatherings, etc and posted it on social media. It didn’t help his case.
Australia’s govt is taking a very tough stand and creating huge internal issues. The govt definitely saw any exception for Djokovic as a loss of face for them…and they flat out admitted as much..
That aspect - govts enforcing policies so they don’t lose face - is abject tyranny.
Govts are formed by consent of the governed. When govts see the people as a threat, big problems coming…
I will be tuning in for the show. Excellent read, as usual, Glenn; thank you. Question for you [and everyone else] - Considering Napoleon’s admonition not to interrupt one’s adversary when they are in the midst of making a mistake, how much of this sort of Authoritarian ditch thinking is necessary to validate the nature of this particular political beast? Not to make light of Djokovic’s troubles, but there is a gift for us all in the manner in which the handling of his case has demonstrated the priorities and rational of the current Australian goverment. They have effectively killed any claim to be acting in the public’s health and best interest, and are now on to demonstrating their willingness to disregard due process and law in favor of rigid ideological compliance. This needed to happen, but now what?
This is Dr Reiner Füllmich JD, cofounder of the German Corona Committee. He and his group have deposed over 200 of the Worlds top doctors and scientists in respiratory diseases, virology, immunology, pharmacology, and health sciences as well as banking, finance and other disciplines. He is a few weeks away from filing charges against Bill Gates, Fauci, Tedros, WHO, CDC, NIH and Pfizer and the rest for fraud, premeditated murder, and crimes against humanity! Here he discusses some of what his self funded 18 month investigation have uncovered!
Will this level of outright authoritarianism reach US shores? I believe that if it does, there will be significant opposition in several regions that will effectively create carve-out zones of free states among the fascist ones.
At a certain point rational people have to see that all of the terrible cultural, economic, health, and civil liberty outcomes from the entire two year Covid period - is intentional
What Glenn accurately points at as “dangerous” - is precisely the outcome governments were seeking. This isn’t a well intentioned set of policies that spun out of control and created unintended consequences. THIS IS AN EXPLICIT POLITICAL MOVEMENT. It’s working exactly as designed.
I just listened to 'Insurrectile Dysfunction' with Q Anthony and wanted to agree you (Glenn) that the media has been absolutely flooded with 'Woke Ideologies' in the past few years. My negative reaction to this trend started when Master Chefs were 'canceled' for cooking various ethnic foods. Mostly on garbage sites like Slate, Daily Beast etc. -Then I became so woke about my own hormone balances I would seek out marijuana strains that gave me the required amount of estrogen for man boobs and tried to work more pink into my outfits on construction sites. Still signalling to my Surveillance State overlords, I began integrating a higher ratio of multi-racial penis to vag in my pron to keep the NSA guessing whether I was a Domestic Violent Extremist or not. Thanks for the heads up!
The Aussies reputation of being tough minded people is obviously very wrong. First they give up their guns, next they give up their freedom.
I will tune in for sure. Australia is terrible. A lot of bad stuff going on these days, and I think a lot of people are eager to know how they can fight back. Subscribing to substacks like this is one way, but somehow we have to figure out other ways too. Authorities seem emboldened these days to trample on civil liberties. They need to be reminded that they cannot.
Being in my mid-50s, my grand-relatives lived through the first and second world wars and we talked probably more back in the day pre-cable TV; pre-internet; pre-smart phone than is now the case. I know history rhymes and doesn't repeat, but it sure is interesting watching how the rise of fascism today is similar to the rise of fascism 100 years ago.
I watch sports to get away from politics and the culture wars. Some cross-over is inevitable but the Djokovic situation seems gratuitous. From what I understand, the Australian govt was well aware Djokovic was unvaccinated when they granted him an exemption and a visa. Relying on that he makes the flight to Australia. Then a customs official pulls it after he lands and forces him to stay in a quarantine area for days (not implying this was a jail or even harsh conditions. But it did deprive him of his AO warmups and humiliated a cultural icon from a homeland that doesn’t have many). Then a judge, correctly in my view, overrules the arbitrary revocation and reinstates the visa. Then Hawke, who evidently could have intervened at any time, essentially overrules the court and revokes the visa again. That is appealed yet again, and Djokovic loses and is deported. He is now banned from entering Australia for three years. Obviously, if he had known all of this when granted his exemption, he would have never made the trip. I would be shocked if he ever set foot in Australia again even if given an exemption from the three year ban next year (why would he rely on that? Fly there again and have it overruled?).
If Australian wants to enforce its rules, then they should have never given him an exemption in the first place. The grandstanding by Hawke as well as the PM demonstrate how politicized this process was. They site historical info on Djokovic (eg, past statements on the vaccine) but that info was publicly known before he was granted an exemption and made the flight to Australia. This is a black mark on Australia, whose legal system appears almost comically stupid to me as long as I’m thousands of miles away and not subject to it. It’s a black mark on the ATP who was bizarrely silent while this played out. It’s a black mark on the ATP players, who aside from Nadal and a few others including the person GG interviewed have been silent. It’s a black mark on the AO, which struggled for years to be recognized as a “real” major (in the 70s and early 80s the major stars like Connors, Borg, McEnroe would routinely skip the AO). This tournament now is a major that lacks the #1 ranked player (and not due to injury). This is unprecedented in the last 3 decades. Whoever wins will unfortunately face a “yeah, but” every time their win comes up. There are no winners in this situation. All losers, including Djokovic who at 34 has a finite number of majors he can still compete for.
Oh, Glenn. Thank you.
While every country has a right to impose wherever conditions it wants at its borders, the Novak saga is illuminating for two reasons.
First is that Novak was misled: he would have clearly never taken the flight if the authorities were clear about the conditions for entry. There was a goof up there which is NOT Novak’s fault.
Secondly, the rationale given that unvaccinated people pose a risk is unscientific
The term “Vaccine” used to be defined as some extraneous agent given to a person to cause immunity from a disease or pathogen.
Given that COVID “vaccines” weren’t fitting the original definition, the WHO/CDC changed the definition to any drug that induces an antibody response to a particular pathogen.
Ok then, let’s use the updated definition. Guess what ELSE induces an antibody response to COVID. COVID. Just like getting chicken pox induces antibodies against getting infected again, COVID does too. (Though it’s antibody response is not as permanent as say chicken pox).
So Novak has antibodies from having contracted COVID before, and thus a natural immunity which an increasing number of studies show to be superior to vaccine-induced immunity.
So even accepting the establishment rationale for vaccines - that people with antibodies have lower risk to themselves and others - those who have been infected with COVID should also be exempt.
But Vaccination is no longer based on science and reason. It’s become an Establishment Cult. This is how it must have been when the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as the official Religion. Get with the program or be excommunicated, ridiculed and worse.
Vaccination now is the mark of either the Believer (those who fervently believe that with every dose comes salvation no matter how discredited the results with the Pfizer CEO himself casually admitting 2 doses do little now and promising v1.1 in March for the Omicron variant*), or the Defeated (those beaten down to take it despite reservations). This then makes the Dissidents, the Blasphemers of the new Imperial Religion, the official Enemies to be persecuted and made examples of.
*see https://rumble.com/vsehus-pfizer-ceo-and-we-know-2-doses-of-the-vaccine-offers-limited-protection-if-.html for Pfizer CEO saying that “2 doses offer limited protection if any, and 3 doses with booster offer reasonable protection against hospitalizations and death and less protection against infection [ed: goalposts changed from when first announced] ….We are working on a new version..the 1.1…which will cover Onicron as well.”
Your coverage of these issues that are the most important issues confronting my family is why I've chosen to support you and a few select others even as my very livelihood is threatened daily by these mandates.
Sometimes I think I should just save my money and put it in the bank for the possible time they come to take my work as they keep threatening, but for now all I can think to do is support those of you at the forefront of this battle. You are not alone, we are with you Glen in your dedication to truth. We are on the street corner every two weeks in my town protesting these mandates and draconian overreach of the totalitarians. We have held our own rally at the local courthouse, we had our own float to support our movement in the local Christmas parade, and we are fighting for each other as a group by educating each other and supporting each other through this insanity.
I encourage others to do the same, this movement is growing and there are many in your own community that would like to band together, if only some of you would do it first.
"Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Communist..err, anti-vaxxer?" That the left have become Joe McCarthy on so many topics is just precious.
Glenn,
Sorry I’ll miss the event….
Djokovic is a bit of a tough case as he created a number of problems for himself before he got to Australia - had Covid but went out to various gatherings, etc and posted it on social media. It didn’t help his case.
Australia’s govt is taking a very tough stand and creating huge internal issues. The govt definitely saw any exception for Djokovic as a loss of face for them…and they flat out admitted as much..
That aspect - govts enforcing policies so they don’t lose face - is abject tyranny.
Govts are formed by consent of the governed. When govts see the people as a threat, big problems coming…
This House of Cards is coming Down..
I will be tuning in for the show. Excellent read, as usual, Glenn; thank you. Question for you [and everyone else] - Considering Napoleon’s admonition not to interrupt one’s adversary when they are in the midst of making a mistake, how much of this sort of Authoritarian ditch thinking is necessary to validate the nature of this particular political beast? Not to make light of Djokovic’s troubles, but there is a gift for us all in the manner in which the handling of his case has demonstrated the priorities and rational of the current Australian goverment. They have effectively killed any claim to be acting in the public’s health and best interest, and are now on to demonstrating their willingness to disregard due process and law in favor of rigid ideological compliance. This needed to happen, but now what?
This is Dr Reiner Füllmich JD, cofounder of the German Corona Committee. He and his group have deposed over 200 of the Worlds top doctors and scientists in respiratory diseases, virology, immunology, pharmacology, and health sciences as well as banking, finance and other disciplines. He is a few weeks away from filing charges against Bill Gates, Fauci, Tedros, WHO, CDC, NIH and Pfizer and the rest for fraud, premeditated murder, and crimes against humanity! Here he discusses some of what his self funded 18 month investigation have uncovered!
https://odysee.com/@TimTruth:b/reiner-fuellmich-nuremberg-2:60
Will this level of outright authoritarianism reach US shores? I believe that if it does, there will be significant opposition in several regions that will effectively create carve-out zones of free states among the fascist ones.
At a certain point rational people have to see that all of the terrible cultural, economic, health, and civil liberty outcomes from the entire two year Covid period - is intentional
What Glenn accurately points at as “dangerous” - is precisely the outcome governments were seeking. This isn’t a well intentioned set of policies that spun out of control and created unintended consequences. THIS IS AN EXPLICIT POLITICAL MOVEMENT. It’s working exactly as designed.
Just another example that government ruins everything it touches.
These menacing sociopaths can’t let anything be.
Even when someone is doing something perfectly legal according to their own rules.
I just listened to 'Insurrectile Dysfunction' with Q Anthony and wanted to agree you (Glenn) that the media has been absolutely flooded with 'Woke Ideologies' in the past few years. My negative reaction to this trend started when Master Chefs were 'canceled' for cooking various ethnic foods. Mostly on garbage sites like Slate, Daily Beast etc. -Then I became so woke about my own hormone balances I would seek out marijuana strains that gave me the required amount of estrogen for man boobs and tried to work more pink into my outfits on construction sites. Still signalling to my Surveillance State overlords, I began integrating a higher ratio of multi-racial penis to vag in my pron to keep the NSA guessing whether I was a Domestic Violent Extremist or not. Thanks for the heads up!