Given the economic precariousness the US is getting into, the possibility of civil war and the state of the world, disease X and specifically the possibility of a third world war changing the world as we know it, (plus the Cs said the US would be "nuked" ) I think we are not going to see "Los Angeles 2028"
The economic and social situation is already unbearable, not to mention the earth changes that seem to be worsening day by day.
Or am I being too pessimistic?
Oh I dunno, by 2028 it might be possible to run a marathon between LA and SF with a short interlude via boat. Maybe that bit of high-speed rail they've built will be in place by then.
As far as the legal challenges by Imane Khelif, how is the legal situation in France compared to Germany now? Is the entire court system captured like it seems to be in Germany? This recent post by CJ Hopkins is frightening:
(CJ Hopkins is being prosecuted a SECOND TIME for simply tweeting a picture of his book cover, "The Rise of the New Normal Reich", which shows a COVID-era mask with a Swastika subtly incorporated into it.)
So, my second trial for alleged thoughtcrime-tweeting is going ahead as planned on August 15 in Berlin Superior Court (Das Kammergericht).
cjhopkins.substack.com
"So, my second trial for alleged thoughtcrime-tweeting is going ahead as planned on August 15 in Berlin Superior Court (
Das Kammergericht). Full-blown anti-terrorism security protocols will be in effect in the courtroom. Yes, that’s right, the Berlin Superior Court denied my attorney’s motion to rescind their special Security Order, so the German authorities will be putting on an elaborate official show of force, which everyone is welcome to attend!
Or, actually, according to the Security Order, only 35 people are welcome to attend. That’s one of the anti-terrorism security protocols. Also, if you do attend, you’ll have to surrender all your personal possessions (i.e., notebooks, phones, wallets, pens, pencils, other writing instruments, wristwatches, hats, and other head coverings, etc.) and any outwear (i.e., jackets, scarves, etc.) and totally empty your pockets of all items, presumably into a plastic bin like the ones they use at airport security, which the Court’s security personnel will carry away and store somewhere while you attend the trial, and which the Superior Court expressly denies any liability for (i.e., for your items). Once you have surrendered all your possessions, and have been body-scanned and metal-detected, and possibly physically patted down, you will be admitted into Room 145a, where you will have to sit in the rear five rows of the gallery, behind a presumably bullet-proof security barrier, so that the security staff can monitor you during the proceedings."
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..."My punishment for doing that (i.e., criticizing the Covid mask mandates, not spreading Nazi propaganda) has been … well, here I am, on trial, again, in The People’s Court of New Normal Germany. The German authorities had my Tweets censored by Twitter. They reported me to The Federal Criminal Police Office, which is kind of the German FBI. They reported me to The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany’s domestic Intelligence agency. My book is banned in Germany. They have damaged my income and reputation as an author. They have forced me to spend thousands of Euros in attorney’s fees to defend myself against these blatantly trumped-up charges. And now they are going to subject me, and my attorney, and anyone who attends my trial, to this humiliating, ham-fisted, official show of force.
If you’re an American (or a Brit, or Australian, or whatever), and you’re thinking this is just a story about Germany, or the EU … well, I’m sorry, but it isn’t. My case is just one of countless examples of the criminalization of dissent that is happening throughout the West. A lot of Americans don’t realize it, but freedom of speech is protected in the German constitution.
My story is not about the differences between the German and American freedom-of-speech protections. It is about the authorities prosecuting government critics like me on fabricated charges, banning our books, and censoring our political speech.
Once a government starts doing that, the protections in its constitution no longer matter. You are no longer dealing with questions of law. You are dealing with the exercise of authoritarian power. That is what my story is about. Any Americans (and any other non-Germans) who have been paying attention to recent events will recognize what I’m talking about."
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So I guess my question to those of you living in France, is how much of what's going on in Germany now (also very visible with the case of Dr. Reiner Fuellmich) could possibly occur in France? Are the courts there already as corrupt as those in Germany? Because if so then I could actually see Imane Khelif winning "her" case and setting yet another precedent for the destruction of common morals and decency in the west.
I hope I'm wrong, but as Mr. Hopkins writes above, his case alone will have reverberations throughout the western world regarding "the exercise of authoritarian power." Any case involving Khelif at this time could, too. What a time to be alive...
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