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You're More Likely To Be Shot By A Police Officer Than A Terrorist
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
Governments and mainstream media outlets have a great way of presenting sensational threats and evil villains.
They want us to be terrified of men in caves, roving bands of barbarians, and deadly viruses that turn our insides out.
Last night, for example, President Obama told the world that ISIL poses the most significant threat to global security.
(Ironically al-Qaida no longer seems to be a threat, and ISIL, which no one had heard of until a few months ago, is now public enemy #1. It just goes to show how shallow and reactionary the security theater is…)
But here’s the truth:
If you live in the Land of the Free, you’re far more likely to get ‘accidentally’ shot by a police officer than blown up by a terrorist.
You’re also far more likely to lose the preponderance of your life’s savings due to a currency crisis than you are to be infected with the Ebola virus.
Words are hollow. Look at reality.
Mr. Obama said last night that America stands for Freedom. Justice. Dignity.
It sounds great. But this comes from a President that has presided over illegal spying of American citizens, allies, and even sitting politicians in Congress.
They assassinate people by remote control drones. They aggressively pursue whistleblowers who shine a spotlight on their activities. And they set aside international law to invade any country of their choosing in their sole discretion.
They’re also actively encouraging the collapse of the dollar-denominated financial system.
Right now, the preponderance of world trade is transacted and settled in US dollars.
This has created tremendous demand from literally billions of people, companies, banks, and governments around the world to hold dollars and use the US banking system.
As a result, the US effectively gets to trade money they have conjured out of thin air for goods and services that foreigners have had to work hard to produce.
This is an unbelievable privilege for the US, and one that they have been abusing for years.
They have chased entire nations out of the financial system. They’ve blasted foreign banks with debilitating penalties for doing business with countries the US doesn’t like.
They’ve arrogantly commanded foreign banks to comply with absurd, costly regulations.
And they’ve practically forced the Chinese and Russians into bed with one another.
Mr. Obama can trumpet American exceptionalism all he wants. He can brag about how ONLY America can lead the world. But the Chinese are laughing all the way to the bank.
Fact is, China, Russia, and others are already taking steps to circumvent the US dollar and the US financial system.
The world is desperate for an alternative to the dollar and China is about to give one to them.
This isn’t any cloak and dagger stuff. It’s happening in broad daylight for everyone to see like a slow-moving train wreck.
The government is turning your country into a police state, and they’re destroying the value of your currency.
These are the real threats to your life and livelihood. Not ISIL. Not al-Qaida. Not Ebola. Ignore the propaganda and see for yourself.
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If I have a Brazillian Passport does this change?
I wonder what the odds go to if you are black.
If you are black it must be worse. Why I don't know, must be cause we're all racist. I hate it when statistics are used without context to make a political point. It's always disingenuous. You are also more likely to get hit by a car while crossing the street.
Statistics are great aren't they?
You're also more likely to not get blown up by a cop wearing a suicide vest.
At least not here, yet ;-)
The 500 homicides by police this year is far too high a bar. Bathtubs kill more people every year than terrorists do.
Cops are pikers. Look at doctors.
Doctors are pikers. Look at black males.
I think that someone should compile a murder to retaliation ratio for the DC US.
The DC US bombs, shoots and kills thousands in just the Middle East each year. Now how many retaliation kills against the DC US happen by real, not CIA/Mossad, "terrorists?!" Not many.
So that would be thousands to not many. I.e. 000s:0s
An American, not US subject.
Everyone has potential, but someday I will share with my zh friends some letters that my ancestor ladies wrote long ago, after the war, about being glad to not spend their days trying to train and educate half savages. No one ever properly thanked them, even when the former slave they they illegally and at high risk, taught to read became among the first and among the most prominent and yes even best first black members of congress. The truth exists. We save it. The temporary "victors" write the history. We shall correct it.
unfortunately you r less visible at night...sorry
This is what happens when you call the cops
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IlY9C6pzxKc
If you are black, you don't have to worry about the cops killing you. Its the other black people who are going to kill your ass.
only if you're one of those hot Brazilian babes with a bubble butt.
If you have a Full Brazilian, maybe.
Someone should put together a list of things you're less likely to die from. It would be very short.
Because Obama!
its bushes fault.......
really..... really ...... I need a /s on that...... fiiiiiiiiiine.....
Since our ILLUSTRIOUS SecState (who, btw, served in VeetNam) said that we are not at war with terrorists, I'm 'a guessin' that this is a true headline.
- Ned
We're not at war
Period
With anybody
Especially Muslims
Or Islamists
Or terrorists
But, if you're an employed taxpaying productive law abiding white Anglo-Saxon Christian conservative Protestant male, you might just want to fucking disappear somewhere nobody can ever find you for your very own good.
Whichever of you dudes gave the the "Johnny class telling what they want to be when they grow up" joke, THANKS, been my best this almost gone summer. Need some new material or some new friends.
I'm gonna bang on this till someone comes up with a reasonable explanation.
We are told (by people behind the intertube screen) that zionist/cia mercs are in fact the ones who are slaughtering yazidis, shia, sunnis, christians, kurds, puppies & kittens.
So my question is...and remains...shouldn't we be killing these evil people who are slaughtering yazidis, shia, sunnis, christians, kurds, puppies & kittens in order to stop them?
Dude.... Puppies and Kittens? Needs be eradicated from the face of the earth!
It's but a 911 call away. "Kitten blown away as officer's weapon discharges itself in response to a meow."
Once PETA has picked a side, its a done deal.
Now, about those goats ;-)
Here is the deal- the rmb is pegged to the usd.....
So trading in rmb is the same thing minus the demand for usd, except that china has to sweep up usd (buy) in order for the peg to work......
So the demise of the usd for international trade and a reserve currency are moot......
What do you want to hold? argentina pesos......
In the 1920's they had a larger gdp than the usa......
Russia sucks but they are tough sob's, no doubt about that.....
Canadian government issues warning about travel in the US:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-...
This is the Land of the Free...to shake your asses down, bitchez!
We used to worry about going to Mexico and getting illegal shakedowns from the Federales. The US version is worse because the shakedowns and seizures are legal. The LEOs grab your cash, spit in your face and laugh as they drive away.
AND THIS NEWS JUST IN: You're more likely to have Ebola AND get shot, than to have benefited from any of President Goebbels policies.
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Had to upvote you for clearly stating what everyone needs to be reminded of every day.
I don't get it.
You're more likely to die at the hands of a police officer than our own government?
"Words are hollow."
Bullets are also, i.e. their Points often are. Plan and act accordingly.
Me and you and a dog named Boo,
How I love being a free man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZv5ND2YuI
So... sell USDs, buy Gold, store it in... ?
Pay storage/rental fees, visit it periodically, using which passport?
Welcome to the new normal, where no one has to understand risk, and the truly horrible outcome seems more likely than the merely awful one.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixgc_FGam3s
!!!!
The police are the claws of the centipedial government Leviathan, which protects you from them, while devouring your essence. There is no free Leviathan.
....three conducters, twenty five sacks of mail........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ
A boogy man has always helped justify the unjustifiable.....a means to an end. A convenient way to package and sell it to the public.
You know I'm more likely to be shot by a police officer or die in car accident or choke on a french fry than be killed by a terrorist...
AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY!!!
THE MUSLIM EXTREMISTS ARE REAL, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE AN ISRAELI AND HAVE BOMBINGS BY TERRORIST EVERYDAY.... THANK YOU VERY MUCH
then don't vote for a Republicrat or Demublican and don't ......... actually if you just follow the constitution I think most problems will go away
500,000 people have been killed in Iraq since the invasion.
Why do you think their relatives don't want to revenge?
6thbook
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
Dwight D. Eisenhower...the dog up and died, after twenty years he still grieves....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LVXR6rjXs
"Mr. Bojangles"
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you in worn out shoes(originally by Jerry Jeff Walker)
Silver hair, ragged shirt and baggy pants, that old soft shoe
He'd jump so high, he'd jump so high, then he lightly touch down?
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.
I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age as he spoke right out
He talked of life, he talked of life, laughing slapped his leg stale
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick all across the cell
He grabbed his pants for a better stance, oh, he jumped so high and he clicked up his heels
He let go laugh, he let go laugh, shook back his clothes all around
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance, yeah, dance.
He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the south
He spoke with tears of 15 years of how his dog and him but just travelled all about
His dog up and died, he up and died, and after 20 years he still grieves
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance.
He said, "I dance now at every chance at honky-tonks for drinks and tips.
But most of the time I spend behind these county bars, 'cause I drinks a bit"
He shook his head, yes, he shook his head, I heard someone ask him, "Please,
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance, dance, Mr. Bojangles, dance."
Even the funny guys don't want to laught no more.
I guess it is a sign, sign, everywhere a sign....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLm3HMG8IhM.
Funny I war'nt a long haired freaky people until I was a little gray.
Himaroid, you got that right, I used to be a rock ribbed retardlican then I woke up one day a gun toting hairless hippie that don't smoke dope, hate wars, runs to the shitter and shits on the walker. my timing sucks.
me and you and a dog named boo boo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZv5ND2YuI
or what the hell
Steroid rage with a gun.
There, I said it.
Cops eat steroids like kids eat jellybeans.
"This is an unbelievable privilege for the US, and one that they have been abusing for years."
Simon,
Actually, "this" above is an abominable arrogation of economic power that has been abused for years - at least since the great U.S. default of 1971.
It's time, globally, to adopt a gold coin monetary standard as well as a no-fractional reserve banking system.
I confronted a cop once that was vein popping screaming at a 10 year on a 60cc motorcycle in the middle of the road. "I said, "son, you need to stow that shit, you're outta line" There was a split second where I saw it in his eye's that he was going to pull his weapon on me and just like that, got in his car and drove off. Me and the kid looked at each other and we both went home and cleaned out our spiderman under roos. Unstable fuckers they are, like a mis treated pit bull.
bet if you were a cop for a week, you'd be shooting up the street just to keep from having an embolism
People still choose their profession here in the U.S. You talk as if a computer pick names at random and bang, you are a cop, you are a meat cutter, you are a drooling keyboard jello head that gets told what to think at roll call.
No shit.
Tylers.please dont forget.the people on ZH dint just come from yahoo news..we kinda have a lil background on things.
Jesus. you act like were new here..
My secret is: I don't walk around with my pants down around my ankles.
Thus, the cops will be much more likely to shoot all the anii around that do, a blessing.
To the guy that negged me, try suspenders.
http://www.wesh.com/news/pd-woman-dead-officer-injured-after-shooting-in...
The only person not wounded was the criminal and the girl was in a dress not to be confused with a guy with his pants around his ankles, oh and she was inside the fucking bar having a drink and the shooting took place outside.
Frankly, I stay out of bars.
I don't vacation in Iraq or Bunjee jump either.
Still here.
Will terrorists kill innocent civilians in the years to come? Of course. They did so more than 100 years ago, when they were called anarchists—and a responsible nation-state must take reasonable measures to protect its citizens. But there is no way to completely eliminate terrorism.
The challenge that confronts us is how we will live with that threat. We have created an economy of fear, an industry of fear, a national psychology of fear. Al Qaeda could never have achieved that on its own. We have inflicted it on ourselves. More on this subject in the article below.
http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-terrorist-under-every-bed.html
Great. If it was the other way around, you are more likely to be killed by terrorist than cops, now that would be a real story.
Sheesh Tyler, a lot of your articles are good, but driveling articles like this one prove that you are also a yellow journalist. You sensationalize mundane facts to decieve impressionable readers. Why?- I guess to sell advertisements- want to meet Russian women, know what I'm sayin'?
Even though this is the best news site that I know of, it is still not great.
Think about it. A "terrorist" that might harm me would only harm me in an attempt to undermine the support of the DC US government that has been bombing, robbing and murdering his countrymen.
The local gun and badge thug would terrorize and kill me in an attempt to extract a few hundred fiat dollars from me to support the same bombing and murdering government that inflames the "terrorists" in the first place.
I'd rather a "terrorist" got me, as my injury or death might at least represent or even accomplish something.
An American, not US subject.
Had a cop stop me in Lawrence, KS when I cut across a median instead of going down two blocks to a roundabout. He asked if I knew why he stoped me and I told him it was probably because i cut across the left turn median to the stop light 30 feet away instead of taking a right and going down two blocks to the roundabout. He started stuttering and stammering and finally said "so...so you just flagerantly violated the law?" I reply: "Absolutly. It is 2 am, there was no danger, I didn't harm anyone, and there was not a sole around except you down there at the roundabout." He then asked me for my drivers license, which I had forgotten. He then wanted my name and DOB. I gave it to him. He went back to his car, and a few minutes later came back and said that he was going to give me a ticket but had received a more important call, turned around and left. My friend that was with me was stunned and started laughing so hard he started crying. I just contiuned on to get us some breakfast at the Village Inn. Guess the cop wasn't used to coming across a bad cow giving him an honest answer and didn't know how to deal with it.