Rebel News Podcast - Wuhan virus： Officially addicted to lockdowns

00:00:00.000 Hey there Rebels, thanks for tuning in. This is the Ezreal Event Show and I'm David Menzies

00:00:05.020 filling in for Ezreal Event. On tonight's show I ponder why it is we are still in lockdown mode

00:00:11.160 when it has been proven that lockdowns are not working when it comes to curbing the Wuhan virus.

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00:00:47.200 Tonight we know so much more about the Wuhan virus than we did back in the beginning of the year so

00:00:53.280 why are the lockdowns continuing? It's Tuesday, December 8, 2020, and this is the Ezreal Event Show.

00:01:03.200 Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?

00:01:06.980 There's 8,500 customers here and you won't give them an answer.

00:01:11.060 The only thing I have to say to the government about why I'm publishing it is because it's my

00:01:15.640 bloody right to do so.

00:01:21.660 Folks, I'm a big fan of editorial cartoons even though these days, truth be told, editorial cartoonists

00:01:29.360 are far more risk-averse due to that three-headed hydra that is political correctness, cancel culture, 0.97

00:01:37.400 and the cartoon Karens out there who find everything and anything offensive. 0.94

00:01:43.020 Even so, I came across an editorial cartoon the other day that I think really nailed it

00:01:48.980 when it comes to the so-called COVID-19 global pandemic crisis that we are allegedly currently immersed in.

00:01:57.220 Check it out.

00:01:57.720 Now, a news crew is on the beach, presumably filming a sky is falling news report regarding a small wave

00:02:06.100 that is perhaps half the size of the news reporter. The wave is called COVID and it is a harmless little

00:02:13.180 wave heading toward the sandy beach. Even so, the reporter is pointing at the little wave,

00:02:18.640 barking into the microphone, no doubt about the incredible harm the COVID pandemic is doing to

00:02:24.740 the world at large. Of course, the news crew is completely oblivious to the real story,

00:02:31.100 namely the gigantic tidal wave in the background that is about to engulf them and perhaps sweep them

00:02:38.240 out to sea. That tidal wave bears the name poverty. And that, folks, is the real COVID-19 story in the 12th

00:02:47.740 and final month of this hellacious year of 2020. Indeed, the media still rails on hysterically

00:02:55.100 about the record number of Wuhan virus positive case counts as if COVID is akin to Ebola that,

00:03:02.720 you know, contracting this virus is almost an automatic death sentence regardless of who you are.

00:03:09.860 But surely we all know by now that nothing could be further from the truth.

00:03:15.560 Meanwhile, where are the stories that the so-called cure is surely worse than the curse?

00:03:23.280 Poverty is indeed the problem. Lost jobs, bankrupt businesses, a more bond economy, depression and

00:03:31.920 anxiety. But since last winter, it's business as usual when it comes to lockdowns and smackdowns and

00:03:39.820 suspensions of our civil liberties. But to fight what exactly? You know, personally, like most people,

00:03:48.320 I suspect, I've come to look upon the Wuhan virus far differently in the month of December than I did

00:03:54.720 back in, say, February. Back then, the coronavirus was some mysterious thing happening in Hubei province

00:04:02.100 and China. Later, it would spread to Iran and Italy, both becoming hotspots, but still an ocean away.

00:04:11.560 But then the virus spread to just about every place in the world, including right here in Canada.

00:04:17.040 And wow, the fear factor loomed large. One didn't dare fill the gas tank unless one was wearing a vinyl or latex

00:04:25.920 glove. Hand sanitizer disappeared from store shelves seemingly overnight. People began voluntarily

00:04:32.460 masking up, which made non-medical masks disappear overnight as well. People were even donning plastic

00:04:40.140 goggles. Every point of entry on the body had to be protected. After all, this was surely some kind of

00:04:48.840 vicious bug. By the time the lockdowns kicked in around St. Patrick's Day, I had bought into the fear

00:04:54.760 factor too, given that so little was known about this virus. Could I catch it by just touching an

00:05:01.740 escalator handrail? And if I caught it, was it an automatic death sentence? And so it was that the

00:05:08.940 entire planet went into a mindset best described as really better safe than sorry. Check out this clip

00:05:16.620 of me going to Toronto's Pearson International Airport back in the springtime, where I discovered that

00:05:22.440 contrary to popular belief, international flights were still coming into Canada on a daily basis,

00:05:29.020 including, yes, flights from China, aka that basic dictatorship that our Prime Minister greatly

00:05:36.140 admires. David Menzies for Rebel News here at Pearson International Airport in Toronto at the

00:05:42.900 international arrivals at Terminal 3. Well, folks, I'm here once again to find out what indeed is going on

00:05:51.300 in terms of international arrivals, particularly those coming to Canada from China. Now, you might

00:05:59.840 think that that's a thing of the past. After all, Air Canada suspended flights to and from China last

00:06:07.480 month. And last Friday, we were told that Justin Trudeau was closing the border. Remember that? But it's not the

00:06:17.200 case, at least five to 10 flights from China are coming into Canada on a daily basis. In fact, there's

00:06:24.740 one coming in from Shanghai at one o'clock, and another coming in to this terminal at 240 from Chongqing via

00:06:34.020 Beijing. And I just want to see, first of all, if any of these passengers are being subjected to enhanced

00:06:43.400 screening measures, because that has not been the case in all my other visits to Pearson International

00:06:50.840 Airport beginning in January. And I also want to get the opinion of other travellers about our policy.

00:06:59.020 You see, if you fly into Toronto from a flight originating in China, and then you want to fly out 0.93

00:07:06.080 to say Vancouver, or Montreal or anywhere else, you simply get on a connecting flight and off you go.

00:07:13.420 In any event, these flights are going to arrive at any moment. I've got my mic on a mini hockey stick

00:07:21.480 to maintain social distancing etiquette. And we'll see what the people arriving have to say.

00:07:29.000 Hello, sir. Did you just come off the flight from China?

00:07:32.440 Yeah. And I'm just wondering, did you go through any kind of enhanced screening measures coming

00:07:38.700 through customs? No. Extra screening? I don't think so. No? No. It's normal. Just normal. Oh,

00:07:46.140 just normal. Even though there's a global pandemic. I didn't really notice, but I do get some papers.

00:07:53.600 Did anyone take your temperature here at the airport, ma'am? No. Did they take your temperature

00:07:58.760 remotely, perhaps? No, it didn't. Heck, even in the great outdoors, I was donning so much PPE. I was

00:08:05.220 perhaps half a pound of plastic removed from a full-fledged hazmat suit. Check out this excerpt

00:08:11.620 from early April of an interview with a trucker who was lamenting that, yes, thanks to COVID fears,

00:08:18.940 truckers, the true superheroes of the supply chain, were being denied the use of bathrooms.

00:08:25.680 One of the biggest factors that our drivers are experiencing is the fact that they cannot use

00:08:32.460 a washroom. And I heard stories from our drivers, then I actually heard it firsthand myself. And I

00:08:41.020 drove just last week two and a half hours to get to one of our customers. And to my surprise, when I

00:08:47.480 got there, I asked very politely, could I use the bathroom? And they said, oh, we have to check with

00:08:54.100 the manager. They go inside, then they come out. And they said, if you really have to go, you're going

00:08:59.820 to have to go behind the trailer. In any event, the point is that when I look back at the early days of

00:09:04.940 the virus, I realize now in hindsight, that I and millions of others overreacted when it came to this

00:09:12.740 strange new bug. And I say this because we now know who the most at risk are, namely, the elderly and long term

00:09:21.700 care facilities who account for more than 80% of Wuhan virus deaths in Canada. That's astounding.

00:09:29.980 Equally astounding is that those under 40 account for only 0.3% of deaths. That's right.

00:09:37.000 0.3%. Perhaps that is where we should have directed our resources to the long term care facilities,

00:09:45.300 as opposed to, oh, I don't know, shutting down overnight summer camps as what happened here in

00:09:51.340 Ontario, despite the fact that children are virtually invulnerable when it comes to dying from

00:09:57.960 the Wuhan virus. And by the way, the death toll is really the only meaningful statistic when it comes

00:10:04.940 to this bug, not the number of positive case results. And when one looks at the death toll worldwide,

00:10:11.480 that number is 1.55 million. In other words, folks, it is a number that resembles a very bad

00:10:18.560 flu season. And yet we are being told by our fearless leaders that they are following the science that

00:10:26.240 selectively locking down parts of the economy and enduring all the problems that go with that

00:10:31.920 is somehow a positive thing. And it is a very selective lockdown, isn't it?

00:10:38.000 The multinational, multi-billion dollar conglomerates such as Walmart and Costco,

00:10:43.380 they can open with impunity. They can pack in their customers like so many sardines into a tin can,

00:10:50.800 but the little mom-pah stores? No. Those are inexplicably hotspots for the Wuhan virus.

00:10:58.460 But, you know, last week, a coalition of major retailers, including Hudson's Bay, Canadian Tire,

00:11:03.300 Indigo and Leons, made a plea to government to let all retailers open. And with good reason,

00:11:10.680 the stats show that only 0.2% to 0.9% of COVID positive cases can be traced back to retail

00:11:19.680 environments. Not even one full percentage point, folks. Yet the carnage by way of unemployment

00:11:27.300 and bankruptcies of once viable business is just downright appalling. Meanwhile, a new poll by

00:11:36.400 Maru Matchbox indicates that 93% of Canadians believe that small retailers should be allowed

00:11:44.760 to stay open. 87% said that closing in-store shopping to small retailers while allowing big-box

00:11:52.980 stores to remain open for in-store shopping is unfair. But the politicians remain deaf to this

00:12:01.280 groundswell of opposition. Indeed, check out the disgrace that occurred just two weeks ago in West

00:12:08.320 End, Toronto, when Adam Skelly had the temerity to open his restaurant to serve his customers and employ

00:12:15.740 his staff and support his young family. Well, Mayor John Tory, much to the delight of the mainstream

00:12:23.140 media, I should note, quite literally sent in all the king's horses and all the king's men to quash

00:12:29.480 the Great Canadian Barbecue Rebellion. Check it out.

00:12:36.880 OH! 0.60

00:12:37.920 SHAME!

00:12:42.380 SHAME!

00:12:44.280 SHAME!

00:12:48.080 SHAME!

00:12:49.740 WHERE'S HE GOING?

00:12:54.280 SHAME idea! 0.90

00:12:55.780 SHAW ! 0.92

00:12:56.440 BUNNY WHAT'S ONCE! 0.99

00:12:58.480 SHAME ON YOU! 1.00

00:13:02.640 HEY! HEY! 0.97

00:13:04.220 SHE K Ça Nashville, HAVE H sí PLAYED!

00:13:05.940 What is this?

00:13:09.280 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:12.580 Stop it! 0.99

00:13:17.840 Get it off me! 1.00

00:13:21.880 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:23.780 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:25.160 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:26.760 Look at the way they've started now!

00:13:28.500 You're a hero, Adam!

00:13:29.820 I love you guys.

00:13:30.740 Move back! 0.99

00:13:32.640 Adam!

00:13:33.140 Adam!

00:13:34.460 Adam!

00:13:35.060 Small business!

00:13:36.560 Small business!

00:13:37.840 Small business!

00:13:39.380 Small business! 1.00

00:13:40.720 Stop the fucking... 1.00

00:13:42.240 Get back! 1.00

00:13:42.860 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:43.680 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:46.160 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:50.140 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:51.440 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:55.120 You're stopping him!

00:13:56.140 Shame on you! 1.00

00:13:57.100 Adam, we got your back.

00:13:58.060 Wat you to sleep?

00:14:00.340 Shame!

00:14:01.580 How are you supporting

00:14:02.640 him tackling these on the ground?

00:14:03.580 Move on.

00:14:03.960 We'll...

00:14:04.500 Who's gonna feed his young children? 0.94

00:14:07.840 Whos gonna feed his traits?

00:14:09.580 Save on you, brother, who's gonna feed us?

00:14:16.960 Save on you.

00:14:17.800 We need sortir.

00:14:19.540 We need this curb.

00:14:21.680 Move back, get back. 0.94

00:14:23.200 He's gonna be risk.

00:14:25.160 Get back.

00:14:26.680 Get back, make it get by.

00:14:28.660 Shame, shame.

00:14:29.780 Save on you, brother. 0.82

00:14:30.700 Shame, keep on other men. 0.97

00:14:32.220 Save on yourself.

00:14:33.060 He's a hero.

00:14:37.440 This is a hero.

00:14:38.780 Why are you arrested?

00:14:39.720 God bless you.

00:14:40.600 Adam.

00:14:41.380 Shocking.

00:14:42.880 Today, the restaurant is boarded up, fenced off, and under police guard,

00:14:48.540 while a jam-packed Costco operates a mere few hundred meters away, unmolested.

00:14:54.580 And yes, that Costco even has its own restaurant.

00:14:59.380 Funny that.

00:15:00.220 And when the extreme fitness gym in the east end of Toronto dared to open

00:15:05.040 on the same day Adamson Barbecue was being shut down,

00:15:08.600 it endured a similar fate as well.

00:15:11.180 The owner, as well as fitness enthusiasts, were locked out.

00:15:15.240 That's odd.

00:15:16.360 Isn't breaking a sweat a good thing?

00:15:18.660 Remember those participation ads from the 70s?

00:15:22.420 These men are about evenly matched.

00:15:24.440 That's because the average 30-year-old Canadian is in about the same physical shape

00:15:27.800 as the average 60-year-old Swede.

00:15:29.640 Run, walk, cycle.

00:15:31.400 Let's get Canada moving again.

00:15:32.960 This message is brought to you by the CFL, CTV, and its sponsors for participation.

00:15:37.600 And yet, what does the science tell us about gyms and COVID?

00:15:41.680 Well, consider a recent study by Sheffield Hallam University.

00:15:46.260 Researchers analyzed more than 62 million gym visits from 14 European nations since September

00:15:53.580 and discovered that just 487 infections had been reported by operators.

00:16:01.140 That works out to a rate of 0.78 cases per 100,000 visits.

00:16:08.380 Again, not even a single percentage point.

00:16:10.900 So, deny people the right to work, deny people the right to open their business, deny people

00:16:18.320 the right to burn off their rage and despair by going to the gym, and what do you get?

00:16:24.200 Well, you get more and more people thinking about checking out, as in permanently.

00:16:29.480 Sadly and shockingly, the Canadian Mental Health Association reports that a full 10% of Canadians

00:16:36.960 have considered committing suicide during this pandemic.

00:16:41.200 Compare that to pre-pandemic 2016, when only 2.5% entertained suicidal thoughts.

00:16:48.860 Says CMHA's national CEO, Margaret Eaton, quote,

00:16:53.620 Cold weather, uncertainty, eroded social networks, and restrictions on holiday gatherings

00:17:00.200 are hitting at a time when people are already anxious, hopeless, and fearful

00:17:06.260 that things are going to get worse.

00:17:09.240 I am afraid that many people are in such despair that they can't see past it, end quote.

00:17:15.820 Enough is enough.

00:17:19.600 We need more liberty during this time, not less.

00:17:23.260 But is it going to happen?

00:17:25.060 I don't think so.

00:17:26.500 It seems to me that elected officials of every level, of every political stripe,

00:17:31.960 have received a taste of quasi-totalitarian power.

00:17:37.180 And guess what, folks?

00:17:38.780 They really like that taste.

00:17:40.400 In fact, they find it downright addictive.

00:17:45.820 I just want you all to know that you just served a fine upon God, okay?

00:17:59.480 Think about that.

00:18:01.000 And I wish you all to consider that.

00:18:04.840 Because these tyrants didn't want the optics of ticketing Christians during their service,

00:18:13.500 they waited until every media outlet left.

00:18:16.900 We stayed here to watch what was going to happen because we had a little bit of a hunch

00:18:21.040 that Brian Pallister and his vile health authorities,

00:18:28.000 cringeworthy excuses for law enforcement here in Canada

00:18:35.040 came to ticketing Christians for staying in their cars,

00:18:40.300 for staying in their cars while worshipping God.

00:18:42.780 Under what constitution are you acting under?

00:18:46.240 Because it's not the constitution that Canada subscribes to, certainly.

00:18:50.100 It's not the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

00:18:52.120 Was it these guys that gave you the ticket to buy it?

00:18:54.080 That's right.

00:18:54.460 Well, that was a video clip of Kian Bexty's visit to Steinbeck, Manitoba.

00:19:05.100 And as you can see, folks, there seems to be a different standard applied in Manitoba,

00:19:12.380 much like other provinces when it comes to places of worship.

00:19:15.360 And I think it was encapsulated by that illustration, that cartoon,

00:19:20.620 that depicted an abortion clinic open for business,

00:19:23.880 liquor store open for business, place of worship, a church closed.

00:19:29.100 And joining me now is Kian Bexty himself.

00:19:32.040 How are you doing there, Kian?

00:19:33.940 Great. How are you?

00:19:35.160 Fantastic.

00:19:35.820 Well, Kian, you were really fired up in that video.

00:19:38.740 What was it that got your dander up?

00:19:41.620 Was it the fact that, A, the people in this church were being ticketed,

00:19:47.280 or, B, the fact that the authorities outweighed the media,

00:19:52.420 so they couldn't record this disgrace on camera?

00:19:57.200 Yeah, it was a bit of both.

00:19:58.520 The main reason was that it made me wonder,

00:20:03.060 what does the constitution mean now?

00:20:05.800 What does the Charter of Rights and Freedom actually mean

00:20:08.060 if it does not get followed by the people you most expect to follow it,

00:20:13.540 which is law enforcement?

00:20:15.600 Our freedoms that are guaranteed to us in the Charter and in other places

00:20:21.520 are guaranteed to us not by government.

00:20:24.060 They exist before government,

00:20:25.900 and the Charter outlines where the government can't overstep.

00:20:29.340 And one of those places is freedom of religion,

00:20:32.180 freedom of the media, a whole bunch of other things.

00:20:34.540 But in particular, the right for these folks to practice their religion

00:20:39.840 was being absolutely trampled by Brian Pallister,

00:20:43.580 the health officials, and the law enforcement that were on scene.

00:20:47.020 It was terrible to see with my own eyes,

00:20:49.940 and I'm glad that we were able to be there with a video camera

00:20:52.800 to show everyone exactly what's happening in this country.

00:20:55.700 You know, and, Kian, strictly speaking in terms of the science, if you will,

00:21:00.460 because we're being told over and over and over again,

00:21:04.000 it's science that is directing these decisions.

00:21:07.860 When one goes into a vehicle with the windows rolled up

00:21:11.800 and you're just with members of your immediate family

00:21:14.260 and you're listening to the sermon on a radio broadcast,

00:21:18.660 where's the danger?

00:21:19.960 I witnessed this going back in May to Elmer, Ontario,

00:21:23.300 at the Church of God there,

00:21:24.880 and they were being threatened with the same kind of shakedown.

00:21:28.980 And I can tell you, Kian, about 300 metres away from the Church of God 1.00

00:21:33.680 was a no-frills, packed to the gills, with a line-up outside.

00:21:38.540 People weren't isolating within vehicles to do their grocery shopping, obviously.

00:21:42.900 I can't make sense of this.

00:21:45.540 Yeah, I mean, you look at a Costco,

00:21:47.620 and there's more people coming in and out of their cars

00:21:50.600 and sitting in their cars than there were in that place of worship.

00:21:53.820 And when you look at all that, all the hypocrisy of the rules,

00:21:59.680 you realize, well, this is really just vindictively targeting Christians

00:22:05.000 and people who practice religion.

00:22:07.960 And that is a massive problem.

00:22:10.520 And actually, it's interesting to—I'm glad we're able to report this,

00:22:15.640 but Manitoba actually turned course.

00:22:18.120 Today, they decided that, oh, okay, maybe those drive-in services aren't that bad.

00:22:23.400 After, just a day after, we published video footage of what was going on.

00:22:29.360 So they were obviously embarrassed.

00:22:31.660 You know, well, good for you, then,

00:22:33.320 that you were the one media outlet that stood around to capture this on camera.

00:22:38.560 Indeed, and if that's the catalyst that has changed, you know,

00:22:42.400 the course of this smackdown of the Church of God there.

00:22:46.120 But, you know, Kian, again, going back to the science, 0.90

00:22:49.100 do we have any statistics to indicate that places of worship

00:22:53.500 are hotspots for the spread of the Wuhan virus?

00:22:58.420 I mean, last week, a bunch of large retailers came out,

00:23:02.560 such as Canadian Tire, Indigo, Leon's, some other ones,

00:23:06.880 and they were making the notation that when it comes to COVID-positive tests

00:23:14.520 coming out of retail stores, the rate is somewhere between 0.2% and 0.9%.

00:23:23.200 So, in other words, a percent of a percent.

00:23:26.360 Do we have any indications that the same might be true for religious institutions?

00:23:31.540 Well, that's a good question.

00:23:33.900 I mean, I'm not a COVID denier.

00:23:36.320 I'm also not an epidemiologist.

00:23:39.260 But when you look at what was going on here,

00:23:43.400 they willingly said, you know, fine, we won't gather inside.

00:23:47.680 Maybe that is too risky.

00:23:49.000 They made that determination on their own,

00:23:51.200 and they decided to do a drive-in service.

00:23:54.340 But the fact that that, like, even, you don't have to be an epidemiologist

00:23:59.920 to know that you're not going to get the Wuhan flu

00:24:02.420 from someone in a totally different car from you.

00:24:05.760 That's why it's so obviously funny when you see someone driving in their car

00:24:10.160 all by themselves with a mask on, because it's just insane.

00:24:14.200 It shows how cult-like this whole thing has become.

00:24:17.580 And, you know, when they made that decision to hold the drive-in service,

00:24:21.580 everyone could see that that was a reasonable compromise.

00:24:25.180 It was beyond reasonable, actually.

00:24:28.040 So, I mean, the fact that this was illegal in the first place

00:24:31.720 goes to show that the Manitoba government and governments across Canada

00:24:35.160 and, indeed, the world are completely missing the mark

00:24:38.780 when it comes to these regulations,

00:24:40.280 whether it's closing down small businesses

00:24:41.920 and saying they can't sell Christmas cards,

00:24:44.540 but you can still go to Walmart and buy a six-liter of chocolate mint ice cream.

00:24:50.720 It doesn't make sense.

00:24:53.380 Yeah, it's almost as though the Wuhan virus is a super-intelligent bug here,

00:24:57.140 and it, for some reason, likes big-box stores.

00:24:59.960 It hates the small-mom-pah stores. 0.86

00:25:02.040 But more to the point, I can tell you here in the Greater Toronto Area,

00:25:06.240 where we look at the City of Toronto and Peel Region,

00:25:09.680 where they are in the grey zone,

00:25:11.320 which is the most severe lockdown colour you can be in,

00:25:15.680 and why it's called grey is anyone's guess.

00:25:18.340 But besides that, the stats show that since going into that lockdown,

00:25:25.920 the number of positive cases hasn't decreased.

00:25:30.020 In fact, they've increased.

00:25:31.460 So it shows that's the indication that these lockdowns

00:25:35.300 or these selective lockdowns are not working.

00:25:38.500 So why are we still going down this road in the first place,

00:25:42.260 in terms of those in the bureaucracy, the public health units,

00:25:46.100 and even the premiers of this land?

00:25:49.600 Well, that's a good question.

00:25:50.480 And I guess credit where credit is due,

00:25:52.360 even the World Health Organization, the commies that run it,

00:25:55.780 they say lockdowns don't work.

00:25:58.340 What do you know?

00:26:00.100 They also said that masks don't work,

00:26:02.960 and they also said that masks do work,

00:26:05.100 and they kind of want vaccines to be mandatory.

00:26:08.260 It's a very confusing organisation.

00:26:10.820 But they've said,

00:26:12.700 and so far it seems that governments in Canada

00:26:14.840 are keen to listen to them on everything that they say,

00:26:17.300 despite them flip-flopping on so many issues.

00:26:20.360 Right now they're saying lockdowns don't work,

00:26:22.160 which sort of, you know, the data backs that up.

00:26:25.360 So why aren't the governments listening?

00:26:26.960 Well, it seems like the governments are all too happy

00:26:28.940 with the power that they've recently found themselves with.

00:26:31.620 When every premier in this country got elected,

00:26:35.480 except for, I think, Scott Moe and John Horgan,

00:26:37.860 they weren't aware that they were going to have

00:26:40.000 these extraordinary powers.

00:26:42.040 And now that they have them,

00:26:44.380 they are not going to let them go willingly.

00:26:46.680 You know, I think you're on to something, Keane,

00:26:48.400 and it kind of speaks to something

00:26:50.840 our boss, Ezra Levant, has said in the past.

00:26:53.440 Several bureaucrats, several head honchos

00:26:58.720 of public health units, several government leaders

00:27:02.620 have had a taste of totalitarian power.

00:27:06.420 And you know what?

00:27:07.480 Kind of like the taste.

00:27:10.700 Yeah, no, that's exactly right.

00:27:12.340 This is just, you know, when tragedy strikes

00:27:16.180 and governments get more power,

00:27:18.880 you know, why would they ever relinquish it voluntarily?

00:27:22.480 Think of the Income Tax Act from the World Wars,

00:27:26.780 from the early 20th century.

00:27:28.680 That was brought in to deal with the cost of war.

00:27:31.500 The government said, we're in extraordinary times.

00:27:33.900 We need to take the extraordinary measure

00:27:36.060 of siphoning money off of your paycheck.

00:27:38.940 People couldn't believe it back then.

00:27:40.420 They thought that that was crazy.

00:27:41.720 It was such an infringement on their own personal liberty

00:27:45.020 and their own financial independence from government.

00:27:48.580 And guess what?

00:27:51.200 The world wars are over.

00:27:52.860 But guess what stayed this entire time?

00:27:54.980 For 80 years or so.

00:27:56.880 The Income Tax Act.

00:27:58.160 And you can expect that even when vaccines come out,

00:28:01.500 even when people start being vaccinated

00:28:03.180 and it's proven that the transfer of the virus

00:28:05.600 isn't popping between people who've been vaccinated,

00:28:08.400 they're still going to tell you

00:28:09.940 that you have to wear a mask.

00:28:11.560 Mark my words on that.

00:28:12.520 Oh, I wouldn't take you on that bet at all, Kian. 1.00

00:28:17.120 I am absolutely sure you're going to see that.

00:28:19.020 In fact, in the New York Times, I think of today,

00:28:21.820 there was a story with that headline

00:28:24.200 that even with vaccines,

00:28:26.080 here's why wearing a mask is a good idea.

00:28:29.520 So, yeah.

00:28:31.620 I have no idea when we're going to get back

00:28:34.440 to normal classic,

00:28:36.380 but wow, it can't come soon enough.

00:28:38.840 Kian, thanks so much for a great report

00:28:40.700 and good on you for your spidey senses tingling

00:28:43.740 that you knew they were just trying

00:28:45.820 to outweigh the other media

00:28:47.380 and that they were going to hand out those tickets

00:28:49.940 without the glare of publicity,

00:28:51.520 but you got them and good on you for that.

00:28:53.700 Thank you so much, my friend.

00:28:55.540 Take care.

00:28:56.420 You got it.

00:28:57.100 Keep it here, folks.

00:28:57.940 More of the Ezra Levent show to come right after this.

00:29:10.700 Well, folks, that's the show for tonight.

00:29:13.740 Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:29:15.560 Ezra Levent, he'll be back here tomorrow.

00:29:18.300 In the meantime, stay sane.

00:29:20.200 Thank you.

00:29:20.260 Thank you.

00:29:20.320 Thank you.

Rebel News Podcast - December 09, 2020

Wuhan virus： Officially addicted to lockdowns

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