⁣Catholic priest makes a strong case that the holocaust is a lie, created by Jewish-led Soviets and Zionists in power.

If you feel angered by this, that’s the decades of propaganda in your head working its magic. ✅

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An excerpt of Six Reasons
By Lyle Burkhead

Idolatry
We have nothing to gain by denying anything. I despise the whole concept of “denial.” We have absolutely nothing to gain by pretending that Nazi Germany was not what it was, or by pretending that anything is not what it is.

This also applies to the Jews. They have nothing to gain by lying. I think the Jews will eventually realize that the gas chamber lie is hurting their own cause, and they will abandon it. I don’t know how they will manage this, since they have painted themselves into a corner that’s going to be very difficult to get out of, but they will find a way. They have to find a way. Their position is untenable. If they persist with what they are doing, there is going to be a huge backlash.

They may not care about the backlash, but they should care about the effect lies have on their own minds. It’s almost impossible to keep repeating a lie over and over for 50+ years without believing it yourself. If they believe their own lies, and no longer care about staying in touch with reality, then they are in more trouble than they know. They have given up their best weapon.

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who does not lift up his soul to an idol,
Or swear by what is false.
He will receive blessing from the Lord
And vindication from God his Saviour.
…

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who pours out lies will perish.

This isn’t just empty moralizing. It’s literally true. Idolatry means taking something to be real that isn’t real. One of the basic ideas of the Old Testament is that idolatry is self-defeating. “Blessing” and “vindication” mean victory on the battlefield (among other things). The way to win battles is to see reality more clearly than your opponent.

This page is meant to be read with its companion pages:

Reply to Michael Shermer: A Logical Analysis of “Proving the Holocaust" — This is a long article about the methodology of revisionism and anti-revisionism. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, says the gas chambers can be proved with a “jumping together” argument. The epistemological question is whether a “jumping together” argument can ever be a valid proof of anything. This is a philosophical point that may be of interest even to those who have not read Michael Shermer’s article.

https://www.historiography-pro....ject.com/misc/genieb

Reply to Michael Shermer, the short version — an examination of his 18 bits of evidence.

https://www.historiography-pro....ject.com/misc/genieb

The Dead Footnote Society — This page has further discussion of Pressac’s footnotes. If you are one of those rare individuals who looks things up, and you would like to meet others in that select group, you might want to join the Dead Footnote Society.

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Political agendas of revisionists and anti-revisionists

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⁣Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives - 🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Former First Lady Michelle Obama went undercover in New York to visit a bookstore and to promote her own book. Many voters commented on how ‘Michelle looks very different from her recent DNC appearance.’

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It came to VfB's attention that the scumbags are running an op on FLOOD, so let's dig into it:

The far right is using AI to sell Hitler to a new generation
Videos of the Nazi leader speaking in English are reaching millions online. Experts fear they’re fueling a surge of antisemitism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com..../technology/2024/09/

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⁣🌟 Stand Firm Against the Evil One 🌟"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - John 10:10.

The enemy constantly tries to slow down our blessings and disrupt our journey with God. Here’s how to recognize and combat his schemes:🙏 Stay Prayerful: Keep a strong prayer life.

Prayer is a powerful weapon against the enemy’s attempts to hinder your blessings. Stay connected to God and seek His protection and guidance.💡 Discernment: Ask God for discernment to recognize the enemy’s tactics. Be aware of situations and thoughts that may be attempts to steal your peace and joy.🌱 Strengthen Your Faith: Build a firm foundation of faith. Study the Word of God and hold onto His promises. Your faith will help you withstand the enemy’s attacks.🛡 Wear the Armor of God: Equip yourself with the full armor of God as described in Ephesians 6:10-18. The belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith, and sword of the Spirit will protect you and help you stand firm.🔄 Resist Temptation: The enemy often uses temptation to derail your path. Stay vigilant and resist, knowing that God provides the strength to overcome any temptation.🌟 Stay Positive and Hopeful: The enemy wants to discourage and demoralize you. Keep a positive and hopeful outlook, trusting that God’s blessings will prevail.🤝 Seek Support: Surround yourself with a community of believers who can pray with you, support you, and help you stay strong in your faith.Remember, the enemy may try to slow down your blessings, but God’s plans for you are unstoppable. Stand firm in your faith and trust that God will bring His promises to fruition.

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⁣Not A Number - Bankers, central bankers, and politicians need to go to jail for this.

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VfB just happens to have J B Campbell's Behind the Holocaust still available, so let's see an unprinted excerpt:

We are today witnessing the dangers of precious metals. The only metals that are precious to me are steel, lead and brass. Gold and silver, while intoxicating in their wonderfulness, are just as dangerous and volatile as liquid intoxicants and just as likely to make you lose your wits – and your fortune. There is nothing righteous or magical or even necessary about a nation’s currency being “backed” by gold or silver. This was proved by Adolf Hitler during the 1930s. It was proved so conclusively that the Jews want to make sure that it’s never tried again. The best way to ensure this is to associate debt-free currency with mass murder!

For some reason, the Jews of the world wanted to destroy Germany. We can probably never understand their insane drive to do this but the facts cannot be denied. They also wanted to destroy the Russian ruling class and the Russian people, as we saw happen following their takeover of Russia in 1917. And we see that they apparently wanted to destroy the American people from an early time, dating at least since 1913. The destruction of the Russians, Germans and Europeans in general depended on their takeover of the American banking system in 1913, because it was followed closely by the totalitarian devastation that began in 1914 with the assassination of the Austrian archduke by Gavrilo Princip.

World War I ended in 1918 and this began Germany’s great misery. They were blamed by the victors for starting the war and were forced to pay “reparations” that became so extreme by the early 1920s that their money became worthless. Hundreds of thousands of Germans starved to death because of the money and because of a blockade by England and America to prevent food from getting in. A food convoy was organized by Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover and Norway’s Vidkun Quisling to rescue the starving people of Germany and others in Europe. Quisling’s name has been turned into a dirty word by the Jews and is misused today by people who should know better. He was a great humanitarian and took Germany’s side against the forces of Judaism and Bolshevism for over twenty years.

Adolf Hitler, like Franklin Roosevelt, came to power democratically in January, 1933, in the depths of the world depression. Both Germany and America were starving because of the actions of the Federal Reserve System, now twenty years old. They were starving because the Fed had “deflated” the money supply, withdrew currency from circulation and refused to issue new currency. Credit to farmers and businesses and individuals was denied for no particular reason. Roosevelt outlawed gold and began its confiscation in April, with punishment of ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars in fines. Once he got all of our gold, which was then priced at about twenty dollars an ounce, he raised the price to thirty-two dollars. That made it the biggest, boldest swindle up until that time. Of course, the Federal Reserve System swindlers got the gold – and the massive increase in value.

Hitler came to power over a bankrupt and starving country with unemployment at roughly 50%! The Americans had stolen all Germany’s gold by the early ‘20s, so there was no basis for a monetary system other than to keep borrowing from the Jewish crooks on Wall Street that had given Germany the Young Plan and the Dawes Plan of perpetual indebtedness to private bankers masquerading as the “central bank.” What to do?

Hitler and Hjalmar Schacht issued debt-free currency based on Lincoln’s debt-free currency. What they did led to the swift regeneration of the German economy and the world’s greatest prosperity of the working class, while the rest of the world stayed mired in the Great Depression being run by the sadistic central bankers. This was the worst possible crime and had to be punished by the most terrible war in human history, including fire-bombings of entire cities and deliberate mass starvations of millions following the war. Our nuclear bombs would have dropped on Germans but they weren’t ready in time, so they were dropped on Germany’s allies who were trying to surrender. Please refer to Theodore Kaufman’s charming little book, Germany Must Perish!, which was the basis of the Morgenthau Plan for Germany, executed mercilessly by Dwight David Eisenhower, which resulted in the starvation deaths of millions of Germans.

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⁣Redpill Drifter - PIZZAGATE DOCUMENTARY We need to keep this in the spotlight. Many victims remain without justice. Remember that every day new people are waking up and don't know about this. Pizzagate is a crucial piece of the puzzle and as time goes on it won't sound like such a "conspiracy."

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⁣The moment Hitler woke up

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Hitler resisted Judaism. When you’re a little kid in school or at the movies, resisting Judaism can be made to seem a very wicked thing. As an adult, you can be made to think that to resist Judaism is the very worst, the most dangerous thing. When you see what has happened to people who have resisted Judaism, well – you certainly don’t want that to happen to you.

Adolf Hitler was, is and will always be the most dangerous character in history due to his resistance against Judaism combined with his eloquence in explaining why Judaism must be resisted. Some of us “Jew-fighters” have a personal motto, delenda est judaica, or Judaism must be destroyed. Or, Defense Against Jewish Aggression. When we have studied the history of whatever period you care to name, or just looked at the news, true humans react with the natural urge to remove this cancer from society. The most astonishing example of the Jewish mentality was last year’s murderous assault against the humanitarians attempting to bring food, medicine and building materials to the people of Gaza. Jewish ways are repellant to the human mind and are not examined overmuch for that reason.

Judaism can be simply described as very bad behavior.

Hitler never attempted to destroy Judaism but rather to isolate it and perhaps remove its adherents from Europe. This followed attempts to train Jews to be productive human beings in places such as Dachau and Theresienstadt. As Evelyn Kaye writes in The Hole in the Sheet, orthodox Jews do not work. They are allergic to work, preferring instead to occupy themselves by reading the Talmud and arguing endlessly with other Jews about what they read. So this is a big problem with Jews, their refusal to work and produce something that is not based on ripping off and confounding their victims.

Hitler’s attempt to re-train Jews, which didn’t work, and then to remove Jews from Europe was a work in progress. Since the Khazars had infiltrated Europe from the east, his plan for relocation was to put them back in the Pale whence they came. This scheme depended upon the success of Operation Barbarossa, the great assault against the Soviet Union which was always the ultimate and stated objective of the National Socialists. Communism had to be destroyed so that Judaism could be re-confined to its traditional home in the Pale of Settlement. Hitler’s basic plan for Jews was somehow to confine and isolate them in a place in which they could be prevented from doing humanity more harm. This is a very difficult thing to do because there are so many aspects to Judaism, the most dangerous of which is banking, which is the main point of this piece.

Because now I’m seeing that the main purpose of keeping alive the Holocaust is to protect Jewish banking practices.

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⁣At least 64 people have been k*lled after Hurricane Helene absolutely demolished the Southeast.

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North Carolina is seeing the worst of it, with some areas receiving over two feet of rain.

Unfortunately, the rain is not done. A Flood Warning is still in effect for the Asheville area until Sunday afternoon according to the National Weather Service.

Historic Biltmore Village in Asheville is completely underwater.

The Swannanoa River crested at over 26 feet, 6 feet above the record.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A sleepy Ohio city-turned-center of the political universe has faced an onslaught of bomb threats in recent weeks over baseless conspiracy theories about its population of Haitian migrants.

Now it’s bracing for another challenge: A possible visit from Donald Trump.

The former president — who threw Springfield, Ohio, into disarray earlier this month when he falsely claimed an “invasion” of Haitian migrants here were eating cats, dogs and geese — declared at a recent campaign rally that he planned to visit the city in the coming weeks, though it’s unclear if he actually will come. And although he has not announced an appearance date, some residents are welcoming the visit — while others are readying themselves for impact.

“I think everybody needs to be heard, but I feel like you’re adding fuel to the fire,” said Amanda Jones, a nurse practitioner in the area. “Resources are already spread super thin in this area, not only for the people’s safety that’s going to attend, but also for the candidate’s safety as well, because it’s a very divisive time right now.”

Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, a Republican, urged Trump not to come, saying during a press conference last week it would “undoubtedly place additional demands on our safety infrastructure.”

“Should he choose to change his plans, it would convey a significant message of peace to the city of Springfield,” Rue said, adding that the city is “committed to ensuring that the event proceeds safely and smoothly for both the residents and visitors.”

Trump’s campaign did not provide specifics on Trump’s plans to visit to Springfield. In a statement, Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “While the media may find these stories and experiences unimportant and inconvenient, President Trump will continue giving a voice to Americans who are expressing their concerns about the influx of illegals and rising migrant crime in their communities.”
State troopers patrol outside of Springfield High School.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine stationed state troopers at each of Springfield’s public schools for the duration of each school day. | Maddie McGarvey for POLITICO

As of Wednesday morning, the Secret Service — which coordinates campaign event safety with state and local law enforcement — had not informed the state of a planned visit, according to Andy Wilson, director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

Still, Wilson said, “obviously, if he comes, it won’t be a surprise.” He promised that state and local law enforcement “will be equipped to handle whatever comes our way.”

A group of congressional Democrats is also planning a trip to Springfield in solidarity with the migrants, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) — who is Haitian American — said Friday at a news conference. Members of the congressional Haitian Caucus on Friday introduced a resolution to condemn racism against the Haitian community.

In the weeks since Trump first claimed at the presidential debate that Haitian migrants were eating pets — which Springfield officials have repeatedly denied — the small Ohio city has contended with dozens of threats that have shuttered schools, government buildings, hospitals and stores.

Police have erected watch towers throughout the city, which now has a pack of bomb-sniffing dogs and a cadre of state law enforcement personnel ready to respond at a moment’s notice, according to Wilson. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine — who on Friday criticized Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, for “rhetoric” he said “hurts the city and its people” — stationed state troopers at each of Springfield’s public schools for the duration of each school day.

“Locally, the resources are stretched thin, there’s no doubt about it,” Wilson said. But, he added: “The fact that we have a bunch of resources over there already, from a state perspective, makes [a Trump visit] less logistically heavy for us, actually.”

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A security watch tower is set up outside City Hall in Springfield, Ohio.

Some residents of Springfield and the surrounding area told POLITICO they were concerned a Trump visit would inflame tensions.

“I definitely don’t want him coming to Ohio,” said Judy Shaw, a Democrat who had joined her Republican partner to attend a town hall with Trump surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy. “I think it wouldn’t bring anything good.”

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Ever since the televised debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Sept. 10, Springfield, Ohio, has become an epicenter for ferocious anti-immigrant attacks. As he struggled to regain his footing against the vice president, Trump dredged up disproved claims promoted by his running mate, J.D. Vance, who said that Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating dogs and cats.

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The false allegation, as New York Times columnist Lydia Polgreen argued, tapped into some of the worst nativist sentiment. “There is a long and grim tradition of demonizing Haitians in the United States,” Polgreen wrote, pointing to how the claim revolved around two cherished elements of life, food and pets. Polgreen argued that the situation is a reminder of the threat a second Trump term would pose. “In his elevation of something akin to blood libel against a group of blameless legal immigrants who came to America from their strife-torn nation in search of a better life through hard work… he has proved himself a dangerous and malevolent figure.” Indeed, anti-Haitian sentiment is deeply rooted in American culture, dating back to the Haitian revolution of 1791-1804, when there was a strong reaction against the overthrow of French rule. This rhetoric has frequently included accusations of animal consumption, as well as cannabalism.

As polls demonstrate that immigration remains a top concern for many American voters, Trump’s rhetoric in recent weeks has only become more toxic. At a rally on Long Island, New York, he warned his adoring crowd: “They’re coming from the Congo. They’re coming from Africa. They’re coming from the Middle East. They’re coming from all over the world—Asia. A lot of it coming from Asia. What’s happening to our country is we’re just destroying the fabric of life in our country. We’re not going to take it any longer. You got to get rid of these people. Give me a shot.”

Besides circulating a dangerous and toxic set of illiberal ideas that has caused Ohio officials to station guards at the Springfield schools and prompted two local colleges to go remote, Trump’s narrative erases the city’s real lesson for the United States: how immigrants are revitalizing decaying economic areas that have been left behind for decades.

Like places in many other so-called Rust Belt states, Springfield had been a city that struggled as the new high tech, financial service-centered economy took hold in the 1990s. But now, Springfield is booming. The recent history of the city shows not why immigrants are a threat to existing populations, but why they are part of the solution to economic decline and malaise.

This has been the history of immigration in the United States since the founding, and it remains just as important today as ever before.

For much of the 20th century, Springfield, Ohio, located about 45 miles from Columbus, was one of the thriving small cities of the Midwestern United States. Manufacturing had been at the heart of the economy since the late 19th century. In 1902, when the companies that produced Champion harvesters joined with several other brands in the merger that created International Harvester Co., more jobs and money came to the community with the production of agricultural machinery.

In addition to International Harvester, the local economy benefited from the presence of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, and several other businesses. Though it was certainly not New York, Chicago, or Columbus, Springfield embodied the kind of bustling small city that was at heart of the American Century.

But like many of these cities, the area suffered greatly in the late 20th and early 21st centuries as factories closed and jobs went overseas. Between 1970 and 2020, the population fell from more than 80,000 to less than 60,000.

When Newsweek magazine sought in 1983 to capture for readers what was happening in this increasingly economically desolate section of the country, it zeroed in on Springfield; the editors said it had once been a “dream city.” The magazine