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None of us would have thought that humanity - especially in the Western World would be cowered and on the back foot as we are today. Disunity across Nations. Particularly, Australia, Canada, the disunited Kingdom and the Un-united States and here in NZ as well. That has finally caused farmers to descend on our towns and cities. There is an underlying unrest and social/psychological turmoil. What we have found ourselves in - is a hybrid version of a non-physical civil war of the spirit - between those who question virtually everything - versus those who obey the Government narrative - parroted verbatim by subservient 'bought and paid for' - MSM - tools of the Globalists at the apex of the pyramid of power.   Great Reset - World Economic Forum.       The global elitist and their political puppets 'have made their move on humanity' and the method is based on the Great Reset out of Davos, the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. It will be a cashless society where everyone will be surveilled and with your name attached to a number. It is not coming, it is here - having been enacted by gradualism and progressive - little by little, bit by bit - movements. It could be a matter of months - or by Christmas and into 2022 - but it will be 5 years earlier than (Agenda) 2030. Joe, when going to university in the USA saw the US Govt toppling elected governments in South America and Central America and also the invasion of Vietnam and says that corruption has been in the USA - since the virtual beginning. But, in the last 60 years it's accelerated and he says it's coming to the culmination of what we witness today. Secrecy and Covert operations and ‘black' operations and false flag operations have been the hallmark for the last 60 years. Saying that if people are not aware of this history and the Assassination of John F Kennedy and his brother Robert as well as 911 in New York etc etc, – they are not getting the picture. Particularly of what we are seeing today and that it is actually happening. So besides intelligence operations, the military industrial complex has been instrumental – furthering their own interests and the money to be made with war and invasions etc. But more so - the development of technology – and essentially in the US, technology starts with the military.   The US takes public tax money and funds and then does the research and development of most technologies – and in this interview – microwave technology – which they started – and digital technology as well. They have been doing this at the public expense – and eventually they will commercialise what they want to make money from and after the Research and Development has been completed will release these technologies for military applications  and the rest into the consumer market. Like microwave ovens for example. and sonar for war ships and fish finders for recreational fishermen etc. This is where we are at today  Mass Media – Tyranny Which has been totally taken over – by the Corporate world - ‘and captured' – so today we have just a handful of networks in large countries controlling all of the media – newspapers, television, radio etc. Plus much of the internet  - so again, it's a centralisation of power and a total takeover of communications – news and media.  Again by a handful of corporate networks. This has never happened in history before. There have been over this time some journalists and journals endeavouring to get to the truth – and were instrumental in stopping the Vietnam war – and if it was not for courageous journalists that war would have carried on for who knows when? Pharmaceutical – Medical Tyranny This has come about in many ways by people becoming disempowered and the abnegation of personal responsibility for their own health. That humans have gradually - and slowly over time, abrogated responsibility to take care of their ‘sovereignty of their body' and all that entails. They gave themselves away – lock stock and barrel to a medical establishment that is part of the Pharmaceutical medical industrial complex and just 'believe in that authority and science and medicine to the point that it has become the new religion.' It has become a church. (but it can't heal cancer, baldness or the common cold).     The High Sacraments of that church today is - vaccines The other is the Digital High Tech Corporations – Silicon Valley – who control all of the internet – media – social media – it's  totally controlled once again by Alphabet – Google – YouTube – Facebook – Twitter etc. etc. Just a handful of people who are controlling the narrative and censoring everything outside the Government and Corporate interests. Where we now have the Covid and ‘Quaccine' with 5G wireless as the end game.  This is Joe's viewpoint, based on decades of research and looking at where this end game would come to a culmination point. You must listen. Stating that we now have a multi-pronged full spectrum asymmetrical covert war. Happening as you reread this - NOW.  Its biological, its chemical – by meaning chemical he says fluoride and chemtrails – radiological – Fukushima Japan and the collapsing of the Northern Mid Pacific ocean ecosystems and all of the ionising radiation that is being leaked into the environment. Including energy weaponry – dews and propaganda used as weaponised propaganda.  We are in an end game that is inconceivable if we have not been following what has been happening over the last 60 years.       Joe states it's not a judgement and it is not to blame - (yet it is to a certain extent) because you have your old maxim such as:  ‘Democracy means you have to be eternally vigilant.' Joe then goes on to talk about freedoms and the discipline that is needed when we as free beings living in a democracy need to be aware of. That the United Nations Agenda21 and 2030 must be seen for what they are.  That it is a top down agenda that has never been taken to the people of any country and discussed openly – and talked through and agreed to – but is being applied across the board by Councils in secrecy and it is this secrecy that is eroding our cherished democratic process. Joe mentions that the land that the United Nations building is situated comes from the Rockefeller family –  this as the story unfolds - being part of an elite plan for One World Government, or more latterly – the New World Order.  https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/03/21/the-new-world-order-david-rockefellers-chilling-1991-speech-at-a-bilderberg-meeting/ The Rockefellers are the ones who control Big Pharma globally and all that it represents. (Note – That both John D Rockefeller died at 97 and David Rockefeller died in 2017 at 101 – that their choice of medication was homeopathy)  http://whale.to/b/ruesch.html Parts of the UN's plan is around Agenda21 and Agenda2030 having sustainability goals that have never been debated, discussed, argued or agreed upon and these are to be integrated into the NWO – the 'New World Order.'  BUT WE WERE NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS BY ANY OF OUR ELECTED SERVANTS CURRENTLY WINING AND DINING AS OUR ELECTED SERVANTS IN WELLINGTON. See GreenplanetFM.com  - interview of Heather Meri Pennycook of 'Significant Natural Areas' - of significance, SNA's - land being locked away over the objections of landowners. The Agenda on Sustainable Development has been rolled out globally to local governments – they have 'infiltrated' every Local Government (Remember – Infiltration as against Invasion)  - as a strategy. This all comes from the power elite at the top of the pyramid of power – from the World Economic Forum, in Davos Switzerland – the Bilderberg's, the Council of Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Club of Rome, Codex Alementarious http://www.healthymoneyvine.com/codex-alimentarius.html -  all these Clubs – they are all involved – they are the 0.1% of the 1%  - and it's all coming into focus in what we are facing - now. Depopulation Finally, Joe states that he will be blunt that what we are facing now with 5G and Covid and the injection' regime is depopulation.   https://stovouno.org/2020/12/13/the-georgia-guidestones-and-the-globalist-plan-to-reduce-humanity-to-half-a-billion/ Notice the horrendous numbers of injuries and deaths across NZ and especially Europe and America of people who have had the Covid - injection, as it is not a vaccine. The NZ St Johns Ambulance system is under increasing pressure due to many people suffering from side effects of this injection.  This has all been censored and when the people find out the numbers - the push back against the Governments will be immense. Smart Cities is our next destination? That the people who survive this depopulation will be installed and shunted into ‘smart cities' - driven by omnipresent (invisible) 5G technology and the yet hidden 'benefits' of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. People will have no access to the wilderness and the expansive beauty of nature – as that will be reserved for the power elite and to a lesser degree their political minions, etc. With 5G that has not been given a 'clean bill of health' - we must remember it is invisible - it will encompass a huge spectrum that carries enormous amounts of data – they will have a fully deployed intelligence system plus total control and surveillance of vitally oil every move.  The next step is to deploy the 'Social Credit system' that's in China. Thus, the metropolitan smart cities dwellers will be living in a dystopian sci-fi controlled situation as never ever conceived of by all previous sci fi writers or film producers.  How we can wrestle power back into a Free Civil Society  This interview then opens up – to the capacity of the human individual to recognise that we are beings of incredible capabilities that we can awaken our wonderment as a human living on a planet. That our curiosity in the infinite and eternal universe can challenge us to witness both the macrocosm on a starry night vista as well as delve into the microcosm of the subatomic world that we are intimately connected to. Which is our continuous breathing of the invisible atmosphere around us and recognising the magnificence that is nature and of the world that we have incarnated into. This is the time of ‘a great awakening' – we as a species have come to the limits of a world that has been denuded and poisoned and we are co-evolving and co-creating our way to a new reality – and in many ways we are birthing ourselves into a new understanding of existence. A new paradigm if you wish and we are in the birth canal and we are meeting some major contractions – yet it is also bringing us all together. Yes, a birthing process is painful and messy and yet we as 7.8 billion souls know that the promise of a better world is on its way. Because at heart we know deeply within ‘that we are spiritual beings having an earth experience.'  We cannot be stopped now we have passed the critical mass of 7.7 billions beings and the primal urge to become ‘sovereign beings' in a greater realm - is now unstoppable. So we work as a team of unified beings to welcome in a time of profound renewal and goodness - and it's coming. Shared inspiration and working diligently for the greater good is our catch cry and the youth and the young ones who have not been closed down by their mobile screens - are also energetically supporting us ….and can healthily support us and this  notion is also being shared by the elders my age group - who having been fortunate to enjoy their cake and eat it - realise that their children and grandchildren must be able to experience the beauty and joy that so many of them have had the privilege to encounter.  Challenges Aplenty - in a world of Denial. That the current science of technology is the new religion and has become loaded with atheists or agnostics, who have lost their connection to their feelings and empathy towards their neighbours - and in deed - all biota.  Doctors, academics and intellectuals – Locked in their heads - refuse to look at ‘near death' and ‘out of the body experiences' – Note that they REFUSE to acknowledge this phenomena – so please look at GreenplanetFM.com shows and research for yourself. – We are ‘energy fields oscillating in time and space' - as cellular organisms animated by the soul. That every baby born into this realm is an energy bundle of exponential potential and love – and that we are eternal. Do not let the inverse storyline of the ‘establishment' hypnotise you any more … Melting back into Mother Nature Get back to nature … everything is connected – be in nature - barefooted – earth-ing – feel the pulse of the great mother beneath the soles of your feet – share in the holy breath that invisibly keeps all biota alive – from ocean plankton to elephants to eagles and cetaceans – we are all connected … by the one invisible breath. Wonder deeply on a clear warm night when you lie looking up into the magnificent galactic vault coiling with suns through deep dimensions of time. We are free thinking beings inhabiting a body for a precious moment of time.  Joy awaits us … if we do the ‘inner work' and let go of our shadow. Note of caution! – Joe states we will not overcome this assault on us – by playing into the elites game plan. By reacting to their means and their weaponry  - they with their technical resources have us covered on so many levels. So don't play into ‘their Plan.' We instead can employ the human spirit – employ music, dance, joy, laughter, nature and play. Including self empowerment – basically fearlessness. Also, it's our service to the greater whole – ‘they' - the 1% of the 1%  cannot conceive selfless acts of goodwill and Love - it's inconceivable to them - of the goodness of the ‘real human spirit'  - these are all blind spots to them - that they are unable to fathom and even plan for. NOTICE - ZERO HEART, LOVE and SOUL IN THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM VIDEOS  Also realise ... That nearly every country is becoming more totalitarian and they are all doing it simultaneously and you dear readers of this - have noticed this - have you not? Conscious NZ Doctors Push back against Government and Health Department overreach. https://nzdsos.com/letters/) New Zealand Doctors SOS - speaking out – 50 doctors see the transgressions … ‘First do no harm' and they are witnessing the injections being deployed against everything Covid – especially telling everyone they must ‘take the shot.' You DO NOT HAVE TO take the shot as of this moment - 20/July 2021. Note that with censorship by youtube, that is owned by Google and that you can check out many good doctors interviews on www.bitchute.com, Brighteon.com and Rumble.com  - do future research on this platform.  Using Duckduckgo.com A new Nuremberg Trial case is coming forward. Note that after the Second World War the Victorious Allies put on trial of the German and Nazi high command, plus media and doctors. Those who were found guilty of 'war crimes' and 'crimes against humanity' were put to death. The Nuremberg Trials then set the standard for the rest of the world and you will see this progress over the coming days and weeks into Septemer where there is going to be a trial of many people implicated in Covid 19 as well as the so called quaxcccine program.    The Covid Disaster is in fact a Trojan Horse and those at the higher levels of the Pyramid of Power are complicit and the NZ media are aiding and abetting the propaganda of fear across Aotearoa - this nation of New Zealand.   THERE'S NO VARIANT... IT'S NOT NOVEL... NO PANDEMIC. DR DAVID MARTIN WITH REINER FUELLMICH https://www.bitchute.com/video/4FdvU43qOdfD/ A FINAL WARNING TO HUMANITY FROM FORMER PFIZER CHIEF SCIENTIST MICHAEL YEADON https://www.bitchute.com/video/9Ci2jK1yFoOd/ https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-doctors-trial-the-medical-case-of-the-subsequent-nuremberg-proceedings What is happening is that the Status Quo and the elite are all working together in the locking down of humanity.  Joe states they will not win this totalitarian move. (Tim concurs)    They think that what they are doing - is to save the planet – using depopulation They lack, heart and love –  This takeover will fail  Joe mentioned in his previous interview - the word Yuga -   a 26,000 year time cycle. The Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita (Satya) Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. The "Kali" of Kali Yuga means "strife", "discord", "quarrel" or "contention" and Kali Yuga is associated with the demon Kali (not to be confused with the goddess Kālī) It means "the age of Kali (demon)", "the age of darkness", "the age of vice and misery", or "the age of quarrel and hypocrisy". Kali Yuga is described in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Surya Siddhanta, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. As you can see - across virtually all countries there is a lack of leadership and compassion. There are so many levels of corruption.  Kali Yuga can be seen ‘when matter becomes its ‘most densest' and that this is the time ‘when the shadow gets its chance to dance.' Hence the total freefall into decay and decadence that we are witnessing today.  This was an excellent interview of Joe Rifici  The 2 Prongs – 5G and the Vaccine – they are very much connected … This is the gist of this interview - you will have to make the effort to listen - just as I made the effort to record this interview, edit and write this up. https://stovouno.org/2020/12/13/the-georgia-guidestones-and-the-globalist-plan-to-reduce-humanity-to-half-a-billion/ http://stateofthenation.co/ - look through this US web site  https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/07/10/deaths-from-covid-vaccine-so-high-that-the-fact-can-no-longer-be-suppressed/ https://seemorerocks.is/5-doctors-agree-that-covid-19-injections-are-bioweapons-and-discuss-what-to-do-about-it/     https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/n-b-doctors-panelspike-protein-bio-weapon-being-transmitted-by-vaxxed-people-to-non-vaxxed-4-22-21/285498 Irregular hybrid, full spectrum multi faceted -  This is a SILENT WAR - being ‘run' by high tech communications systems and AI.  We've been infiltrated by Communist Chinese and Globalists, an alliance that was sealed in the early '70s and has been progressing ever since. They've come in through the institutions, they've captured Congress, and Parliaments - they've captured the courts through blackmail, bribery or extortion.  NOTE: Wokians – are slaves that have been programmed. It's called infiltration as against invasion.  https://seemorerocks.is/ See how the Kali Yuga has taken over the USA - where no politician is ever indicted for crimes as of the 20/07/ 2021 In Britain, Canada, Australia & NZ it's the same too. Lies go unpunished. “We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.” ― Chris Hedges ex New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner.  Becoming educated and involved. NZ Websites: www.thebuzz.nz www.therealnews.nz www.Voicesforfreedom.co.nz www.seemorerocks.is www.https://nzdsos.com

This week, Bain and Stone interviewed Dr. Fred Clary, a Chiropractic Neurologist and long-time powerlifter. They talked about Dr. Fred's powerlifting career starting back in the 80's, taking a break, and then picking it back up in the 2010s. They also discussed his research into the COVID-19 Pandemic. In the "PLUSA Throwback" segment, brought to you by Death Wish Barbell, the boys discussed the Septemer 2002 issue, with Ryan Kennelly on the cover. The Ryan Kennelly 800lb bench press took the boys down quite a rabbit hole of looking into who really did first officially bench 800lbs in a sanctioned meet. They also debut a new segment called, "Stone Stories," where Stone recalls various stories from meets he's run and emails he has recieved.

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news. DCG Buys Luno dGen Says By 2030 Three to Five Nations Will Have a CBDC CoinMetrics Says High Correlation Gold and Bitcoin bitFlyer Reports Newbies in Their Twenties

Laurie talks about the Saturn and Jupiter retrograde energies that feel intense for us. That intensity will continue until late Septemer, with more pushes of energy in August. What might be some of our experiences now, and how can we navigate these times when the future is not clear. That's part of this energy and our frustrations are may be coming out in areas that aren't aligned with our heart, and the vibration of 5th dimension and above. The smallest of low vibration energy tells the universe that is our current collective energy, and we are held there. We have much ahead of us in terms of work to be done, and navigating the retrogrades, but we continue to have support from the universe - actually it is the universe that is creating this intensity so we may continue to evolve.

This week Kulja and Dylan speak with Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth to talk about the the global environment rally.Then, Tilman Ruff from ICANN returns to the show to talk about nuclear power and how it affects climate change.Finally, Tania Clark from Women's Legal Service Victoria comes on the show to talk about the new inquiry into the family law system

Issue 986 - Septemer 26, 2019 Orem and Ulea explaining your ability to cleanse yourself of disturbing energy fields or intrusions. Council of Light communication

Open Mic - Septemer 23, 2019

Spoken on Sunday Morning the 8th of Septemer 2019 by Pastor Nelson Attwood at Noble Park Evangelical Baptist Church, Victoria, Australia.

Wir sind Liebe, Licht und noch viel mehr als das. Wir besitzen alle ein Ego, das an unser menschliches Überlebens-System gebunden ist. Wenn wir diesen Teil in uns abspalten und unterdrücken, tappen wir in die sogenannten Ego-Falle, um die es hier in dieser kurzen und intensiven Podcasts Folge geht. Diese Folge solltest du unbedingt sehen/hören, falls dir diese Themen aus deinem Leben bekannt vorkommen: du fühlst dich blockiert und hast das Gefühl, keine Fortschritte im Leben zu machen du bist zu oft in einer Verurteilungs-Schlaufe und siehst zu oft Ego-Motive bei anderen. du hast das Gefühl, dass dein Ego dich beherrscht oder blockiert. du verstehst den Zusammenhang zwischen Ego und Spirit nicht. du möchtest deine Herzens-Mission leben und auch die Kraft deines Egos nutzen. Viel Freude und erzähl’ uns, wie du den Spagat zwischen Spirit und Ego schaffst. Wir freuen uns auf deine Kommentare und Impulse! 28. Septemer 2019, Ingolstadt, Empower Yourself: ein intensiver und transformierender Tag mit spannenden Inhalten, Insights, Sessions, Meditationen und multi-dimensionalen Erlebnissen. Erlebe Bahar & Jeffrey live und ob stage und löse an nur einem einzigen Tag eine positive Welle über dein gesamtes Leben hinweg aus. Tickets und Infos unter http://www.indensternen.com Bahar’s neues Buch „Du wurdest in den Sternen geschrieben“ erscheint bald. Hier kannst du das Buch bestellen: http://www.indensternen.com Das sagt Laura Seiler (Podcasterin, Coach, Autor) zum Buch „Bahar nimmt uns in ihrem neuen Buch mit auf ihre eigene persönliche Reise und hilft uns dadurch in ihren Erfahrungen auch unsere eigenen Antworten auf die Herausforderungen des Lebens zu finden. „Du wurdest in den Sternen geschrieben“ ist ein Must-Read für alle Menschen, die sich mit ihrer eigenen Spiritualität auseinander setzen, spüren, dass in ihrem Leben mehr auf sie wartet und dem Ruf in ihrem Herzen folgen wollen, sich selbst wirklich zum Ausdruck zu bringen. Bahar öffnet dir in ihrem neuen Buch ihr Herz, damit du deins auch wieder ganz öffnen kannst. Sie lebt wirklich das, was sie sagt – und das auf eine wundervoll undogmatische, ehrliche und liebevolle Art und Weise.“

People in power tell us constantly that China is a threat but... Why? In this episode, we explore the big picture reasons why China poses a threat to those in power in the United States and what our Congress is doing to combat that threat. Spoiler alert: There's a another U.S. military build-up involved. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! 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Transcript Watch on YouTube Witnesses: Carl Gershman - National Endowment for Democracy: President Daniel Twining - International Republican Institute: President Kenneth Wollack - National Democratic Institute: President Timestamps & Transcripts  1:43:38 Representative Michael McCaul (TX): I had a briefing yesterday in a classified setting on ZTE and Huawei, and their efforts to conduct espionage in this country. I’ve also seen them in Sri Lanka where they have burdened them with so much debt that they had to turn over a strategic port to the Chinese. We see the Chinese now in Djibouti for the first time, and we see them leveraging the continent of Africa into so much debt that they will be able to eventually take over these countries. They exploit them. They bring in their own workers—they don’t even hire the host countries’ workers—and they export their natural resources in what is this One Belt, One Road policy. 1:45:00 Carl Gershman: In March, The Economist magazine had a cover story on China, and the bottom line of the cover story was—and this is a direct quote—‘‘The West’s 25-year bet on China has failed.’’ The bet was that if China was brought into the World Trade Organization, was encouraged to grow economically, it would become a more liberal society and be part of the liberal world order. 1:46:26 Carl Gershman: It’s a problem with the Belt and Road Initiative, which is not just an economic expansion. This is intimately tied to China’s geopolitical and military strategy precisely to get strategic ports in Sri Lanka or in Maldives because countries fall into the debt trap and pay back by leasing their ports. 1:58:05 Representative Ted Yoho (FL): They’re a form of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and, as we all know, that’s communism. Our form of government empowers the people. Empowered people reach their full potential. China empowers the government where the people are suppressed for the benefit of the government. 2:00:10 Daniel Twining: It’s the surveillance architecture. This Orwellian total surveillance state they’re building with artificial intelligence and facial recognition and all this stuff. It’s very attractive, as you say, not to people but to leaders. 2:07:52 Representative Ted Poe (TX): Globally, what do you personally see is the number-one entity that is a threat to democracy worldwide? Is it China? Is it Russia? Is it North Korea? Is it ISIS? Is it Iran? Pick one. Pick the one you think is the threat. Carl Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: China. Gershman: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Twining. Daniel Twining: China. Rep. Poe: Mr. Wollack. Kenneth Wollack: Russia. Rep. Poe: Russia. Russia and China. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 1: Economic Coercion as Statecraft, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, July 24, 2018. Witnesses: Dan Blumenthal: Director of Asian Studies and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Ely Ratner: Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security Timestamps and Transcripts  33:49 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): This hearing will be the first hearing in a three-part series of hearings titled The China Challenge and will examine how the United States should respond to the challenge of a rising China that seeks to upend and supplant the U.S.-led liberal world order. 34:12 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): According to the National Security Strategy, for decades U.S. policy was rooted in the belief that support for China’s rise and for its integration into the post-war international order would liberalize China. Contrary to our hopes, China expanded its power at the expense of the sovereignty of others. According to the National Defense Strategy, the central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition by what the National Security Strategy classifies as revisionist powers. It is increasingly clear that China and Russia want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model: gaining veto authority over other nations’ economic, diplomatic, and security decisions. 35:28 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): The question before us now is identifying the tools the United States has at its disposal to counter the disturbing developments posed by China’s less-than-peaceful rise. This is why Senator Markey and I and a bipartisan group of co-sponsors in the Senate joined in introducing the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act, or ARIA, on April 24. The legislation sets a comprehensive policy framework to demonstrate U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and the rules-based international order. ARIA provides a comprehensive set of national security and economic policies to advance U.S. interests and goals in the Indo-Pacific region, including providing substantive U.S. resource commitments for these goals. I’m joined in this legislation on the committee by Senator Kaine, Senator Coons, Senator Cardin, Senator Markey, by Senator Rubio, and Senator Young, as well as Senators Sullivan and Perdue and Graham. 38:12 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Senator—is Dan Blumenthal—I almost gave you a demotion there, Dan—who serves as director of Asian studies and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Blumenthal has both served in and advised the U.S. government on China issues for nearly two decades. From 2001 to 2004 he served as senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the Department of Defense. Additionally, from 2006, 2012 he served as a commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, including holding the position of vice chair in 2007. 38:54 Chairman Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our second witness today is Ely Ratner, who serves as the vice president and director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Mr. Ratner served from 2015 to 2017 as the deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and from 2011 to 2012 in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the State Department. He also previously worked in the U.S. Senate as a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in the office of Senator Joe Biden. 42:01 Dan Blumenthal: I have to state that the era of reform and opening in China is over. It’s been long over. It’s been over, probably for 10 years. And China is back to being run by state-owned enterprises that are related to the party. The private sector is diminishing. That provides the Chinese state with a lot more control over economic coercive policies. 49:27 Ely Ratner: First, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on the cost and benefits of rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Rejoining TPP is among the most important things we can do to advance our economic position in Asia and erode the effectiveness of China’s economic coercion. By contrast, U.S. withdrawal has done substantial damage to our standing in the region and is facilitating the development of a Chinese sphere of influence in Asia and beyond. Rejoining TPP would renew confidence in the credibility and commitment of the United States, help to re-route supply chains in the region, open new markets for U.S. companies, and ultimately reduce China’s economic leverage. 56:28 Senator Ed Markey (MA): And through its Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, China is burdening countries receiving infrastructure loans with debts so extreme that they begin to undermine their own very sovereignty. According to a recent New York Times report, this Belt and Road Initiative amounts to a debt trap for vulnerable countries around the world, fueling corruption and autocratic behavior in struggling democracies. 59:30 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Mr. Blumenthal, you mentioned in your opening statement, you talked about the economic opening in China being over. Could you go into a little bit more detail of what you mean by that? Dan Blumenthal: So, the period of reform and opening, which Deng Xiaoping began in 1978 and allowed for the great growth of China, the great growth of the private sector, private-sector entrepreneurs and brought so many Chinese out of poverty and benefitted the world, ended, probably 10 years ago, the Chinese we now know. The Chinese have gone back to the state sector dominating, taking out room for entrepreneurs to grow. They’ve gone back to things like price controls. They’ve gone back to things like lending on the basis of non-market, non-profitable lending but rather through patronage from the party to state-owned enterprises. They certainly haven’t moved any further than they were 10, 12 years ago on market access, things that we’ve been pressing for. They haven’t stopped subsidizing. In fact, they’ve doubled down on subsidizing their state-owned enterprises, which is probably the single biggest cause of probably the WTO stalling as much as it has. And Xi Jinping is certainly not taking China down the road of another round of market reforms—quite the contrary. He’s a statist and favoring state-owned enterprises and the subsidization of state-owned enterprises over the private sector. 1:11:42 Ely Ratner: China is going to use its economic clout to try to achieve its geopolitical aims, which include dividing American alliances and eroding the influence of the United States in the region. So I think that was a very important episode. It was very revealing. I think we can talk about trying to incorporate China into a rules-based order. I don’t think that’s where we’re going to be in the next several years. I think what we have to do is pull up our socks, get more competitive, slow down Chinese momentum in its efforts to develop this sphere of influence. That’s a much more urgent task than a long-term goal of developing a rules-based order. 1:13:44 Senator Todd Young (IN): Mr. Ratner, thanks for your testimony. As I reviewed your written statement, you seem to be making a pretty simple argument with very serious implications. In short, you seem to be saying we’re in a high-stakes competition with China, that China does not accept this rules-based international order we had hoped to welcome them into back in 2000. The legitimacy of that order and the institutions that were stood up to oversee that order are not respected by China. China, instead, respects power. And we as a nation have insufficient leverage, it seems, to be able to affect the sort of change we want with respect to intellectual-property theft, joint-licensing requirements, dumping, and so many other things. What we lack—and this is language you employed—is a comprehensive strategy. Is that a fair summary of your viewpoint, Mr. Ratner? Ely Ratner: Yes, sir. 1:21:05 Ely Ratner: When it looked like the United States was going to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and that agreement was going to pass, the Chinese were starting to ask questions quietly at senior levels, with American officials about what they would need to do down the road to improve their practices to join that agreement, and obviously, those conversations are no longer happening today. 1:22:30 Senator Jeff Merkley (OR): Mr. Ratner, under WTO, is China allowed to offer subsidies to its businesses? Ely Ratner: Senator, I’m not a trade lawyer, so I can’t get into the weeds of WTO law, but I think the answer is no, and there’re several other dimensions in which they’re not in compliance with the agreement. Sen. Merkley: Under the WTO, China is required to do an annual report of all of its subsidies to different enterprises. Does it do that report? Ratner: I believe not, Senator. Sen. Merkley: So, when it fails to do the report, we are, under the WTO, allowed to do a report on their subsidies. I did an amendment a few years ago that said if China doesn’t produce a report, our trade representative will be directed to produce our report. And before that amendment, the ink could dry on it, our trade rep under President Obama produced a list of 200 Chinese subsidies, subsidies we’re well aware of but rarely kind of articulated. So that’s—so we certainly have an understanding of massive Chinese subsidies that are not allowed under WTO. How about to offer loans at non-market rates? Ratner: I believe not, sir. Sen. Merkley: Or to provide land for free as a form of subsidy? Ratner: I think that’s right, as well as forced technology transfer and a number of other practices. Sen. Merkley: And how about being required—for our companies to be required to locate in a particular part of China where the infrastructure is inferior to other locations? Ratner: Correct. Sen. Merkley: A couple years ago, when I was a part of a delegation to China, we were at a meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in which many of these practices were highlighted, but one company in particular stood up and said, and I won’t name the exact company because they probably didn’t want it too much publicized at the time, but they said they were basically told, we have to put our manufacturing center in this far-western city, far from the port infrastructure; we are told we cannot build any size of item that is in direct competition with the Chinese items; they were told they only could build larger versions that the Chinese weren’t yet building, or they would be shut down and shut out of the country. Is that type of activity by the Chinese legal under the WTO? Ratner: No, sir. Sen. Merkley: And what about requiring American companies to do joint-venture arrangements in order to be able to locate in China? Ratner: Also, not part of the agreement. Sen. Merkley: So, and you’re familiar with how these joint-venture agreements are often used as a way to drain U.S. technology? Ratner: Yes, sir. Sen. Merkley: So, what does one say to the American citizen who says, “China is violating all of these rules, and the WTO has no mechanism by which we appear to be able to hold them accountable. Why shouldn’t we work intensely to create an ability to hold China accountable to the structure of the WTO?” Ratner: I think that was the intention of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 1:45:22 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): In recent writings in the Wall Street Journal, quotes from President Xi, China has its own ideas about how the world should be run, and as he put it, “to lead in the reform of global governance.” Another quote, or another statement, “in at least eight African countries, as well as some in Southeast Asia, Chinese officials are training their counterparts in how to manage political stability through propaganda and how to control media and the Internet,” and that the China model provides “a new option for other countries who want to speed up their development while preserving their independence.” And finally this: China has committed to train 10,000 political elites in Latin America by 2020. All of this speaks to the need for what you have described, Mr. Ratner, what you have described, Mr. Blumenthal, is U.S. leadership and U.S. response, whether it’s the BUILD Act, whether it’s legislation that Senator Young has described, the legislation that we have co-sponsored together—the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act. This is a time for U.S. leadership, and it’s a time to stand boldly for our values that have empowered the world to be a better place, that has lifted up hundreds of millions of people around the globe up and out of poverty through a system of rules and standards that don’t favor one country over another but that give people a chance to participate in global governance and that global rise. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 2: Security and Military Developments, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, Septemer 5, 2018. Witnesses: Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro: American Enterprise Institute Abraham Denmark: Director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Timestamps and Transcripts  27:50 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro, who is the Jeane Kirkpatrick visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where she focuses on Chinese military and security policy in the Asia Pacific. She is also assistant professor of Security Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and serves in the United States Air Force Reserve as a political-military affairs strategist at Pacific air forces. Previously, Dr. Mastro was a fellow in the Asia-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security. 28:25 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Also joined on the panel by Abraham Denmark, who is director of the Asia program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Prior to joining the Wilson Center, Mr. Denmark served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, where he supported the secretary of defense and other U.S. senior government leaders in the formulation and implementation of national security strategies and defense policies toward the region. Mr. Denmark also previously worked as senior vice president for political and security affairs at the National Bureau of Asian Research, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and held several positions in the U.S. intelligence community. 42:40 Oriana Skylar Mastro: What China is doing is they’re exploiting gaps in the order. So, we talk about the U.S.-led international order and whether China is challenging it or not. But in reality, there’s many areas of the order that lacks certainty, or ambiguous, don’t have consensus. So I would label cybersecurity as one of these areas. And so what China does is it’s trying to build consensus or work on the periphery of the order. So, for example, when they did One Belt, One Road, and they initially moved to the central Asia, they weren’t challenging the United States, because the United States was not there. And so I would say that in addition to strengthening our relationship with traditional partners and allies, the United States needs to think more broadly about its relationships with countries around the globe. Also, in terms of the security initiative, I would recommend that we think more about demand not supply, in kind of business terms. You often, at least in my experience, you think about what the United States has to offer in terms of security assistance, and then we try to put together packages, whether it’s visits, port visits, or a rotation of a squadron or what have you, instead of looking at what those countries actually demand. And so we should move away from this model of increasing advertising and hoping that countries around the world will decide they want what we have to offer, and instead try to look at what they actually want and start supplying that. 1:05:45 Senator Ed Markey (MA): Should the United States abandon the rules-based international system, and what would the concessions be that we would try to extract in order to take such a step? Dr. Mastro. Oriana Skylar Mastro: So, sir, I don’t think we should abandon it. Instead, what I’m arguing for is an expansion of that system. I think that actually the international, is very limited. If you look at the definition, the party to that order, the amount of countries that actually might be involved in certain treaties, it’s not every country possible. For example, India has very different views on things like cybersecurity than the United States does. And so I think if we could manage to build consensus in these areas of uncertainty, we could actually shape China’s choices. And to that end, that gives the United States a lot of political power because the bottom line is one of the main differences between today and maybe 10 years ago is for the United States, the security benefits that we give to our partners, allies, in the region are no longer enough to outweigh the economic benefits that they get from interacting with China. And so we need a security-benefits-plus type of strategy in which we think also about the economic benefits, which is difficult under the current administration, given the trade policy, but also those political benefits by building new international institutions and building new norms and consensus around areas where that consensus has failed to date. 1:07:08 Chairman Cory Gardner (CO): Going back to the question I started to talk about, just the investments that China has made in South America, the investments China is making in Central America. If you look at investments in Panama, El Salvador, and at least apparently in El Salvador, as perhaps part of an agreement as it relates to the decision El Salvador made on Taiwan. Look at the sale of submarines to countries—Thailand—do we see that as continued opportunity for China’s military expansion? Will we see military basing affecting U.S. operations in Thailand? Will we see, perhaps, an opportunity for military entrance into Central America, into South America, China, basing, even, perhaps? Mr. Denmark. Abraham Denmark: Well, I think there’s a lot that remains to be seen. I don’t think there’s a definitive yes or no answer to that question, but I do expect that Djibouti be the first overseas base that China has established. I fully expect that that will not be the last. Where additional facilities may pop up remains to be seen. I personally would expect more facilities to be established along the trade routes from the Western Pacific, through the Indian Ocean, into the Middle East. I would expect to see more there than before I’d expect to see them in Latin America, primarily because of China’s economic interests, but it remains to be seen. 1:20:00 Senator Ed Markey (MA): In September of 2013, China began a concerted effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea by crushing coral reefs into sand. It built land features where none previously existed. On top of that, China expanded small outposts into military bases capable of conducting operations. Admiral Philip Davidson, the commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, stated this year that China’s militarization of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea means “China is now capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios, short of a war with the United States.” Ms. Mastro, what considerations or challenges do these bases pose for other claimants and the United States in peacetime, in the gray zone, or in conflict? In other words, what are the implications of China’s military bases in the South China Sea? Oriana Skylar Mastro: So, militarily, sir, they expand the range of Chinese capabilities. And so I think I made the point previously that it’s difficult for us to conceive of fighting a war with China using our bases in Korea and Japan, and that’s primarily because of the range of conventional precision-guided munitions that China has that can reach those bases and render them inoperable. In the South China Sea, which is about the size of the United States, China’s power-projection capabilities historically have been quite limited. And in the report, for example, one thing that was highlighted was the H-6K, when it has ______(01:37), now China can extend its range to 3,300 kilometers. But if you actually have bases there, coupled with carriers, then China’s able to sustain combat sorties, for example, for longer periods of time and at farther ranges than it was before. And this is what allows it to be able to control, as the quote suggested, large areas of the South China Sea, the air, and the sea. I would just mention on the gray-zone side, that China can engage in gray-zone activities only because the United States allows it to. There’s nothing that, as far as I understand it, there’s nothing that tells us that, for example, if China says, “Well, this is a Coast Guard,” that we can’t respond with the use of the U.S. Navy. We are too concerned about escalation, and China knows this. They don’t believe in miscalculation and in inadvertent escalation, and so they use this to their advantage. And we should start being very clear about what our redlines are and, obviously, being then able to follow through with that. 1:42:30 Senator Ed Markey (MA): I just have one final area of questioning, if I may, and that just goes back to the Belt and Road Initiative which has resulted in a very generous policy by China of loaning money to countries, which they then can’t pay back, which then results in China being able to extract huge long-term concessions from those countries. Sri Lanka, just a perfect example where they’ve now had to give up a 99-year lease to the Chinese company, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, 15,000 acres of land. And now it appears there are more countries that are deciding to reconsider how far in debt they want their countries or companies to be to a Chinese entity. But at the same time, President Xi, just in the last few days has announced a new $60 billion program—grants, loans—around the world, on top of the $60 billion program that they’ve had in the past that now has these consequences. So, what are the implications for the United States, for global security, of these Chinese strategies in country after country to gain access, or control over, ports in countries? And what would you recommend to the United States that we do to try to make sure that we minimize the ability of this Belt and Road program to build economic and security relationships with companies in a way almost giving them offers they can’t refuse so they become deeper indebted and more entangled into Chinese foreign policy objectives? 1:48:09 Abraham Denmark: The initiative announced several weeks ago by Secretary of State Pompeo in this vein to enhance U.S. engagement, economic engagement, in these areas I thought was a good indication of seeing the problem and trying to address it, not trying to copy the Chinese system, but playing to American strengths of the free market and American corporations. Hearing: The China Challenge, Part 3: Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, December 4, 2018. Watch on C-SPAN Witnesses: Laura Stone: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State Scott Busby: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Labor at the US Department of State Gloria Steele: Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia at USAID Timestamps and Transcripts  01:23:05 Senator Ed Markey (MA): Around the world, all countries, including the United States, rely on the rules-based international order to underpin security and prosperity to help provide a level playing field, to provide the maximum opportunity for the greatest number of people, and to defend and protect certain fundamental rights. So it is of the utmost importance that we do everything in our power to ensure that this system remains. 01:30:00 Senator Cory Gardner (CO): Our first witness is Scott Busby, who serves as deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of the Human Right, Democracy, and Labor. Previously, he served as director for human rights on the National Security Council in the White House from 2009 to 2011, where he managed a wide range of human rights and refugee issues. 01:36:20 Scott Busby: My bureau, DRL, is implementing $10 million of FY 2018 economic support funds to support human rights in China, just as we have done for the past several years. Nevertheless, such programs are increasingly challenged by the difficult operating environment in China, including the new and highly restrictive foreign NGO management law. 1:59:58 Senator Marco Rubio (FL): And then you see sort of what the global reaction has been to it, and there’s reason to be concerned that this post-World War II, pro-democracy, pro-human rights, global norms are being eroded and reshaped and that China is using its geopolitical heft and its economic power to push it in that direction. Meeting: Press availability at the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings, August 4, 2018. Speaker: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Timestamps and Transcripts  1:15 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "Throughout my ASEAN-centered engagements these past days I’ve conveyed President Trump’s commitment to this vital part of the world that continues to grow in importance. Security has been a major focus of our conversations. As part of our commitment to advancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific, the United States is excited to announce nearly $300 million in new funding to reinforce security cooperation throughout the entire region.” 4:50 - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "As I said earlier this week, the United States practices partnership economics; we seek partnership, not dominance. Earlier this week at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum hosted by the United States Chamber of Commerce, I outlined the Trump administration’s economic strategy for advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific, and I talked about why U.S. businesses’ engagement in the region is crucial to our mission of promoting peace, stability, and prosperity. There is no better force for prosperity in the world than American businesses. When nations partner with American firms, they can have confidence they are working with the most scrupulous, well-run, and transparent companies in the world. As a down payment on a new era in American economic commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, I announced at the forum $113 million in new U.S. Government resources to support foundational areas of the future: the digital economy, energy, and infrastructure. In addition, the Trump administration is working with Congress to encourage the passage of the BUILD Act. It recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now before the United States Senate. Under this bill, the government’s development finance capacity would more than double to $60 billion to support U.S. private investment in strategic opportunities abroad." Meeting: Beyond NAFTA and GATT, National Association Southern Center, April 20, 1994. Speaker: Arthur Dunkel - Director of the UN Wrote the “Dunkel Draft” in 1991, a 500 page general outline of what became the WTO 3 years later - it’s basically the WTO’s Constitution “Retired” from GATT in 1993, became a “trade consultant”, and served on the board of Nestle Is a registered WTO dispute panelist Transcript  Arthur Dunkel: If I look back at the last 25 years, what did we have? We had two worlds: The so-called Market Economy world and the sadly planned world; the sadly planned world disappeared. One of the main challenges of the Uruguay round has been to create a world wide system. I think we have to think of that. 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In this in service Dr. Stephen Price and I discuss the relationship between mental illness and violence and delve into our experiences with this population. According to the Department of Justice violent crime has been decreasing since the early 1990s. Although there is a statistical relationship between mental illness and violence, only 4% of all violent crimes are committed by persons with mental illness. Conversely, persons with mental illness are at high risk for violent victimization. Despite this violent crimes involving persons with mental illness are over-reported. Research indicates that mental illness only needs to be mentioned in news stories for people to infer that there is a causal relationship between the two. References for this in service are listed below.   If you enjoy our podcast please consider liking us in Apple podcast. You can also find our podcast in Google, Spotify, and at https://forensicinservice.com   The music for our podcast was composed and performed by Adam Price. The artwork "Blocked Thoughts" was hand painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. Both are used with permission. Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.   References: Alia-Klein, N, O’Rourke, TM, et al. (2007). Insight into illness and adherence to psychotropic medications are separately associated with violence severity in a forensic sample. Aggressive Behavior, 33(1), 86-96. Chan, G, & Yanos, PT. (2018). Media depictions and the priming of mental illness stigma. Stigma and Health, 3(3), 253-264. Choe, JY, Teplin, LA, & Abram, KM. (2008). Perpetration of violence, violent victimization, and severe mental illness: Balancing public health outcomes. Psychiatr Serv, 59, 153-164. da Cunha-Bang, S, Hjordt LV, et al. (2017). Serotonin 1B receptor binding is associated with trait anger and level of psychopathy in violent offenders. Biological Psychiatry, 82(4), 267-274. George, DT, Umhau, JC, et al. (2001). Serotonin, testosterone and alcohol in the etiology of domestic violence. Psychiatry Research, 104(1), 27-37. Hein, S, Barbot, B, et al. (2017). Violent offending among juveniles: A 7-year longitudinal study of recidivism, desistance, and associations with mental health. Law and Human Behavior, 41(3), 273-283. Hodgins, S. (2008). Violent behavior amongst people with schizophrenia: A framework for investigation of causes and effective treatment, and prevention. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 363, 2505-2518. inSocialWork Podcast #135 - Chris Veeh: Traumatic Brain Injury and Incarcerated Youths: A Role for Social Work. (2014). Retrieved 23 September 2018, from http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=135. Kuehn, BM. (2012). Evidence suggests complex links between violence and schizophrenia. Journal of the American Medical Association, 308(7), 658-659. Latalova, K, Kamaradova, D, & Prasko J. (2014). Violent victimization of adult patients with severe mental illness: A systematic review. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat, 10, 1925-1939. Lee, AMR, & Galynker, II, (2010). Violence in bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Times. Retrieved 23 Septemer 2018 from: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA392573273&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=08932905&p=AONE&sw=w Maio HA. (2004). Stigma and public education about mental illness: Comment. Psychiatric Services, 55(7), pp. 834. Newman, JM, Turnbull, A, Berman, BA, et al. (2010). Impact of traumatic and viiolent victimization experiences in individuals with schizoprenia and schizoaffective disorder. J. Nerv Ment Dis, 198, 708-714. Robbins, PC, Monahan, J, & Silver, E. (2003). Mental disorder, violence, and gender. Law and Human Behavior, 27(6), 561-571. Sirotich, F. (2008). Correlates of crime and violence among persons with mental disorder: An evidence-based review. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 8(2), 171-194. Swanson, JW, Holzer, CE III., Ganju, VK, et al. (1990). Violence and psychiatric disorder in the community: Evidence from epidemiologic catchment area surveys. Hops Community Psychiatry, 41, 761-770. The Lobotomist | American Experience | PBS. (2018). Pbs.org. Retrieved 28 September 2018, from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lobotomist/ Varney, KH. (2014). By the numbers: Mental illness behind bars. PBS News Hour. Retrieved 21 September 2018, from https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/mental-illness-behind-bars. Varshney, M, Mahapatra, A, Krishnan, V, Gupta, R, & Debs, KS. (2015). Violence and mental illness: What is the true story? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(3), 223-225. Weierstall, R, Moran, J, Giebel, G, & Elbert, T. (2014). Testosterone reactivity and identification with perpetrator or a victim in a story are associated with attraction to violence-related cues. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 37(3), 304-312.

WEATHERING THE STORM | WEEK 5 SEPTEMER 2 • 2018 | PASTOR STEVE HEEREMA

It's easy to cut corners and take shortcuts with some of the important things in life, but God wants us to get the best out of life.

(Septemer 22, 2010) Dr J delivers the keynote address at the fundraising dinner for the Family Life Center in Effingham, Illinois.  She discusses the concept of "smart sex" and how it works to attach mothers and fathers to their children and to one another.