Welcome to Woke Jim Crow.

Just musing after this ‘revelation’ last night….
what do you think robinhood, capital and black rock are doing this week also to all those little ‘geeks’ who caused such chaos for the fed and wall street ?
You really think this new type of weaponized state of ‘justice’ is going to stop at just the ‘capital riot’?

Is anyone else concerned that the new Secretary of Defense feels the need to order the Armed Services to stand down for 60 days to evaluate the political beliefs of individual service members? So, we will now have a military consisting of Democrats only? May come in handy in the future when our “leaders” decide that those who voted for Trump and continue to harbor “extremist views” need to be confronted in case we decide to have another rally.

What should our response be?
Serious question.

It’s past time, I think, to admit the rights we thought we had are now gone. The boots on our necks are there, but virtual. Step out of line and you will subject yourself to possible repression as a “domestic terrorist.” Accept it. It’s not bad yet, but you can literally watch the screws tighten.

Unfortunately, there may well come a time where posting a comment on this website will get you flagged, detained at airports, refused service, or refused a job.

Everyone else, you really need to learn how to protect yourself electronically. Start with the phone. Remove all the apps… every single one. Go learn how to enable privacy features, Turn off especially location tracking (but don’t trust it’s really off), do not allow ANY app access to microphone, camera, location services. Basically, turn your phone back into a phone. When you go somewhere, leave it home or power if down.

You must understand that simply the trail of GPS footprints you leave behind by carrying around a phone, just the trail of locations alone, is enough to uniquely identify you. Amazing but true.

To have any modicum of privacy, you must leave the tech to the privileged.

Are far as your computer is concerned, forget it. It is beyond the ability of most people to secure a PC and even when secured, it’s still not secure.

Your email, your social media, the history of websites you’ve visited, it all gives them information about you that you don’t want them to have. You must disconnect and delete everything you can. Then turn off the computer and do not use it unless it’s an absolute necessity. Learn how to read a map again.

If you can’t go without, you had better learn how to defend yourself and you had better be careful what you do. There are NO SECURE APPS. Encryption is useless. Do not be fooled. Find every privacy setting imaginable in email and on your computer and be prepared for things to stop working. Use a more secure browser. Brave it my suggestion, but don’t be fooled into thinking they also wouldn’t “cooperate” with authorities.

All the internet of things devices in your home and, hopefully your friend’s homes, must be ripped out and thrown on the garbage. These things spy on you. Say the N word in the privacy of your home and it will very likely be captured on a server.

As for, internet services, my recommendation would be to disconnect entirely. Why pay them
to spy on you?

You must become acutely aware that cameras are now everywhere. They are distributed throughout your cities at traffic lights, along every major highway, inside stores and businesses, in your neighbor’s doorbells and throughout their homes. Your face has likely already been captured electronically and you can easily be identified from any of these cameras.

You must realize also that your voice has probably been captured somewhere along the line, so even talking on a “burner phone” you can be identified. Even your TV can now be used to monitor you.

You *might*, and I emphasize might because I don’t really know, be okay to communicate using short wave radio. Seems to have worked for Nellie Ohr.

I almost wonder whether in an age of electronic voting machines, it is worthwhile to vote. Voting for the wrong person could get you flagged.

We are now living in a real life dystopia, and the sooner you realize and accept it, the safer you and your family are going to be. If you care about any rights you have under the constitution, and you either exercise them or talk/write/think about them, you should be working toward disconnecting from anything electronic in your life.

Unfortunately, we have entered a very dark period in America. Now is the time to prepare. Don’t wait until you get pulled out of your car for having attended a protest about a stolen election.

This is what a one-party government looks like. With no political, ideological, or cultural opposition, the Progs now have free reign to do whatever they want.

DOJ & FBI target MAGA patriots for prosecution while ignoring Antifa-BLM domestic terrorists rioting, burning, looting and attacking citizens and property in US cities …”govern yourself accordingly.”

Admin, can we fix the colors, can’t read the text.

Moderating my every post?

Don’t worry Sundance, I won’t be back.

DROP BoA immediately for starters – they also support and fund open borders. They DO NOT share our values!

Watch “Enemy of the State” with Gene Hackman and Will Smith.

>95% of the people who went to DC for the 6 Jan rally intended to do no harm and, in fact, did no harm…..but they’re being made out to be insurrectionists all. If you think Bank of America is your friend, you’re only correct if you don’t believe in the privacies enshrined in our every document since the founding of our country.
We’re dumping the little bit of business we do with Bank of America. We will not support this kind of behavior; not from a social media company, not from a brick and mortar business and not from a financial institution.

Obama used racism to place democrats where needed. Now Biden is using extremist. Its a democrat only club in my view. Of course that will mean Christians too.

On a positive(?) note, someone leaked that info to FNC. Tucker said that they had “obtained exclusively evidence” that BOM …..

Question: Who in the Feds was asking for the info? While BOM could have denied the ‘request for info’, the Feds should share the spotlight.

If you look at the pieces being moved on the board, we are headed for something this country has never seen. Which side will claim victory, “checkmate”

Yet for years cities burned, cop were killed and people beaten and abused by BLM and ANTIFA and nobody does a damn thing. So glad I don’t have kids that have to grow up in this shit hole of a country, it’s only going to get worse.

Cucks or Communists only in the Illegal Republic.
What’s new is the overt nature of the oppression. The out and proud repression of constitutionalists and patriots.

We no longer have a free AMERICA . We are being intimidated daily to get in line and obey !!
WE ARE IN THE LIVE MAKING OF 1984 and Brave New World.
Trump challenged the DC SWAMP , WEALTHY DAVOS ELITES around the world and China and they didnt like it !!
So in came the Russia Mueller Ukraine impeachment hoax and internal coup which failed and then the China virus to takedown Trump and he fought through all of that and then THE ELITES stole the election.
Now WE THE PEOPLE cant say anything that the thought and word police dont like or you will be attacked and shutdown ( MY PILLOW, Parler, Gamestop ) or tracked down if you protested against the DC SWAMP.
1776 didnt happen overnight and those of us who know history will rise again.

Bank of America has been anti-USA for a long, long time. My mother worked for an S&L that was purchased by BoA. She lasted a few years to retirement. She couldn’t wait to retire.

They have been openly Pro-Illegal Alien for years.

Absolute trash company.

It is like the NSA database.
It is great and makes us safe if we have leaders who won’t abuse it.
Unfortunately we elected Obama.
Imagine all the information that the FBI scoped up in that BofA Information. For example if Trump’s no 1 fundraiser or the California’s Republican candidate for the 33rd Congressional district’s information was obtained and it showed he/she rented a porn video, or purchased something at a porn shop or bought drinks at a gay bar, the FBI would have that information and could use it to blackmail that supporter or candidate.

We cannot trust our politicians with this information.
Where are the courts? Why would they issue such a sweeping search warrant. Were there any procedures imposed in that warrant that protected innocent people?
One thing that Republicans should have as a campaign platform is to name all the judges (Collier, Brosberg, Sullivan, Jackson, etc) who have approved such search warrants or abused their power and impeach them. Let them know that if they are not willing to protect our rights, they will be impeached.

Do they have to notify you or is it a Federal Power to do so

Wreck the Military and eventually you will be dependent on the U.N. for help in quashing political demonstrations

My daughter attended the Jan. 6th rally. She said it was so peaceful and patriotic, breaking out singing of the National Anthem. She stayed for all of the President’s speech then walked towards the Capitol where of course the insurgence had happened WAY before she could get there. She and her friend easily picked out agitators in their midst that they KNEW were not real Trump supporters. They were hyped up yelling “Come on patriots, they have broken the barriers, are you with us.” Trying to rile up peaceful protestors to rush the Capitol with them. They never made it to the Capitol, so cold and tired AND untrusting of their ranks being infiltrated. She was very active in President Trump’s 2016 election, living on Trump National Charlotte Golf Course and even campaigned throughout NC with Eric and Lara Trump and said they were the nicest people you would ever meet. It sickens her how his family has been (still being) treated.

Fast forward, week or two after she was home, she was doxed on her FB page, people revealing all her private information, even her two former employers (she had not worked for 14 years, stay-at-home mom married to a local physician). One posted they had reported her to her local police department and another said they had sent her name to the FBI. THIS IS INSANE. She left FB needless to say.

Her good friend hired a bus for locals to take to DC for the rally. It filled up so quickly that he hired a second bus. This was full of middle age to older US citizens. This same man had organized a hugely successful Trump Boat Parade on Lake Norman, where Trump owns Trump National Golf Course north of Charlotte. This man was called by the FBI. He described them as courteous and he would not meet them in his home and agreed to meet them at an outdoor park bench. They questioned him about the buses AND the boat parade. The man is a veteran and did NOTHING to deserve a visit by the FBI. The two agents both handed him their business card that read “FBI DOMESTIC TERRORISM TASK FORCE.” This is beyond disturbing to me.
If we do not stand up to these Stalinist, Gestapo activities we WILL lose our freedoms. I have attended several Trump rallies. I wish they would visit my home. I would not let them enter without a court order and ask THEM the following questions:

How many Antifa/BLM members have you investigated or arrested for destroying BLACK people’s businesses, death of a retired BLACK officer, murderers by BLACKS of BLACK children dying in Democrat cities?

Why are you wasting MY tax dollars to visit me, a patriotic American instead of investigating REAL criminals? (My dad was presidential crew chief to Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson on the helicopters and all my family was steeped in Federal Civil Service growing up in Alexandria. I have worked as secretary to a US Attorney, for the VA and had to pass a polygraph to work for the CIA.)

How do you sleep at night?

Why are you NOT a whistleblower if you disagree with these Stalinist tactics?
I am 68 years old and beyond disgusted with my government.

I am a mortgage banker who left Bank of America in 2016 because they didn’t align with my moral compass. (I have stories!!)

74 Million (80 million if you ask me) Trump voters. Given the market share of BOFA, what if 20 million people or pulled all their accounts, cancelled their cards, and moved their retirement funds away from Merrill Lynch and any other subsidiary? Come on people. At most it will take a few hours out of your life. It’s a little bit of hassle with potentially as big a return as the short squeeze that was put on the hedge funds that were selling Game Stop short. Let’s hit them where it hurts. And let’s keep hitting them!!

BOA lost me as a customer the day they gave a huge amount of money to the BLM. They showed their colors with that. I had been a BOA customer a number of years.

I dropped BOFA last year, fed up with a fee charged for every little transaction.

Now I have four strikes against me. I love Jesus, I love Trump, I’m old, and I dumped BOFA.

I believe in being prepared. For several months I’ve been memorizing Scripture passages in the event I’m not allowed to bring my Bible to the gulag.

If there are any *real* republicans in congress or anywhere in the govt, we need to ask them to walk away. There is no point to lend even a whisp of legitimacy to an illegitimate govt. Ideally, the handful of people who are real and not fake would just pack up leave. The parting statement is simple: The election was stolen and this govt is not legitimate.

based on the sentiments of every one of the global socialists in the Biden administration, every white person is a racist and supremacist. The military, of course, is no exception to this particular idea. So what is the stand down of 60 days going to achieve. Will there be a purge of every white male and female from the various services? Will there be a sudden set of promotions all based on race (and all based on brown and black skin colors?)
This promotion by skin color has happened in the past. An assistant secretary of defense during the Clinton years dictated that only black applicants for promotion would be considered. He was quickly reminded that could not be policy and would be illegal. His memo was withdrawn but the under the table policy remained in place. (I happen to know this because I was there at the time and had applied for a job which would have meant a promotion. Needless to say, I didn’t get the promotion because of the color of my skin.)

OK…..THIS IS LONG …..Please read even if only the Synopsis 1 thru 9

I am a retired Engineer and hold several US Patents for optimizing bacterial growth in waste processing. I started and ran my own engineering companies for over 40 years. ……….mandatory masks are a disaster in the making. You will never know it because the deaths will be blamed on a new and deadlier COVID virus that will require new and better vaccines.

I hope this will get your attention……..if you wear a mask to protect yourself or anyone else from COVID-19, as being dictated by our Government ….….YOU ARE NUTS….absolutely unequivocally NUTS.

This not political rant…..it is a conclusion I have reached after reading Dr. Fauci’s own medical paper and findings published in “The Journal of Infectious Diseases”. After reading this a light went off in my head. This is as much, or more, about dangerous pneumonia causing bacteria than a virus. Now you are in an area where I have some hands on expertise…bacteria growth.

I will try to explain. I firmly believe wearing mask greatly increase you chance of becoming sick. Not from a virus, but from the secondary bacteria infections that can lead to pneumonia. My basis is something no one else has address that I can find. Mask increase the temperature in your mouth and nasal passages to above normal which will dramatically increase bacteria population. I state this based on inventing, designing, lab testing, pilot testing, building full facilities and patenting methods to increase the rate of mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria growth in organic waste recycling. Wether the bacteria is in your mouth, medical research lab, or industrial plant mesophilic bacteria respond to the same stimulus….moisture, temperature, oxygen, and available carbon food source. 

I know many will not take the time to read all of these supporting documents. Viruses kill, but bacteria can even be deadlier. The same conclusion reached by Dr. Fauci.

 A short simple Synopsis below. 1 thru 9

1. Dr. Fauci co wrote and published that the primary cause of death was from viral infections reaching the weakened lungs during the 1918 influenza Pandemic. The conclusion reached is most deaths were caused by pathogen bacteria which leads to pneumonia …..paper: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/198/7/962/2192118 Dr. Fauci and friends concluded bacteria infection is responsible for the majority of the 50 to 60 million US deaths during them 1918 influenza pandemic.
2. The debate on making mask mandatory was much like to day. In 1919 articles were being published in the news showing more people died while wearing masks than those not wearing mask. Not a highly scientific study based on todays standards, but an obvious red flag. They didn’t even know what a virus was in 2019.
3. Dentist all over the world today are saying there is a surge in Mask Mouth, as they describe, it is causing bad breath, tooth decay, and gum infections from significant increase in mouth bacteria; from people wearing masks. A few food particles left after brushing and you are feeding bacteria.
4. Bacteria in our bodies are microbiota and pathogens (e.g., E. coli, Salmonella spp., and Lactobacillus spp.) are mainly mesophiles which have an optimum growing temperature of around 40 C.
5. The normal temperature of a humans nasal passages is around 34 C.(93.2 F), by restricting normal cooling air flow will increases the nasal cavity temperature.
6. Every degree increase above the normal 34 C causes an exponential growth rate of aerobic mesophilic bacteria, Our immune systems can breakdown from simply being overloaded numerically. Although most of these bacteria are non-pathogenic, those that pathogenic stress the immune system.
7. Nasal passages warm atmosphere welcomes bacteria and  pathogenic bacteria grow as they cause congestion, called rhinitis and make it difficult to breathe. A rapid increase in bacteria count can quickly over load our immune systems and allow it to energetic the body. The immune system becomes weak and so the pneumonia causing bacteria can move more quickly into our lungs.
8. A bacterial nasal infection can easily move into the upper respiratory tract, and can cause deadly pneumonia, especially in the case of the elderly with preconditions weakening their immune system.
9. RE-READ ……(1)…What DR. Fauci said and describes in detail in his published paper; Viruses kill, but bacteria can even be deadlier. I am saying masks increase the risk of death from a secondary bacterial infection to an even greater degree because mask increase temperatures in the nasal passages, mouth, and throat. A few degrees is significant. Making masks mandatory will increase the number of deaths.

Bacteria….Give bacteria a warm place, moisture, oxygen, and a carbon source. The carbon source is your body or food waste in your mouth. If there were only 2 bacteria to start, they exponentially double every 20 minutes in optimum temperature range, in 8 hours you would 17 million. The next day you could theoretically have now have 4722366482869645213696 bacterium inside of you. Small temperature increase can cause rapid growth. That may seem like a lot, but realize there is more bacteria in a teaspoon of earth that there are people on earth.

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This is not as much about a virus, but is about an even more deadly secondary infection from bacteria after the immune system has been weakened by any type infection. This was also Dr. Fauci’s and friend’s conclusion in his paper….he is ignoring it now. He is also ignoring the masks question being effective protecting from viruses and ignoring that masks increase the risk of pathogenic bacterial infection. Making the cure worse that the problem.

What I am saying holds true for both SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 and all coronavirus, including Influenza A and B infections because the majority of the time the real problem moves from viral to stage two a bacterial infection.

MY CONCLUSION: wearing masks restrict normal air flow into our nasal passage which increase temperature. A few degree increase turns you nasal passages and mouth into a dense bacteria cesspool, causing bad breath, tooth decay, and infected gums as dentist are telling us in anecdotal evidence they see. It also increases the odds that both viruses and pathogens will enter your lungs. 

I WILL REPEAT FOR EFFECT….IF YOU WEAR A MASK YOU ARE NUTS and if you follow Dr. Fauci’s latest and greatest recommendation..two mask, well as my MaMa use to say..”Stupid as Stupid Does”

I am sure others have come to similar conclusions and are asking the same question, even when not considering the dramatic negative effect of temperature. What I am saying would be quickly blocked if I attempted to post it to a Web site. It is scary how many web sites when doing searches had in bold letters this information has been removed. It is not the narrative. The question that needs to be answered is….Why is a man that co authored this paper now recommending mandatory masks that are shown to increase the risk of bacterial infection and deaths.

Dr. Fauci clearly said secondary bacteria infections during the 1918 pandemics are the major cause of deaths, but he is now advocating and telling our Government to force mask compliance which will only increase bacterial infection. He also forgets to mention masks were mandatory in many cities that had the some of worst death records in 1918 on which he based his some their findings published in “The Journal of Infectious Diseases” The Unmasked buried the Masked during the Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918.

We need to stand up and say NO…”show me the science” there is no real medical science that say masks work….only opinion, and that opinion does not take into account the deadly bacteria. There are hundreds of medical studies showing masks do not work which are totally ignored.

If my thinking is wrong tell me why. Please use facts and not feelings.
Don’t tell me the mask is to protect the other person and I am not a caring person if I don’t wear a mask. Or that Dr. Fauci and the CDC are the experts and science say so. What science? That is nonthink garbage. 
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Ventilators…..ventilators are devices that force breathing and increase oxygen levels. The issue is that when patient is put on one for COVID-19 a virus infection, but has a bacterial infection, enriching the oxygen is about the same as increasing the temperature for aerobic mesophilic pathogen bacteria growth..they rapidly and exponentially increase in numbers. They wondered why ventilators were a disaster and people died within hours. A lot of old people living in NY nursing homes and/or taken hospitals learned the hard way. Do you notice no one ever even mentions ventilators anymore or the $ billions we spent on them

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 A Weakened Immune System:
Perhaps the most troubling of all symptoms on the list of doctor warnings, the immune system can be greatly weakened by low oxygen levels in the tissues as noted by Dr. Esteban Kosak in the article.
“Scientific investigations have proven that a prolonged denial of enough oxygen in the body can cripple the ability of our immune system to tackle infections which is even worse with older and younger people,” he said.
Recently a video went viral in Australia demonstrating additional pitfalls of cloth masks for protecting people, and why they may not be as effective as originally thought. 

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By the way…… WHO no longer recommends wearing masks, unless you know you are exposed. Masks could be dangerous. Why is this not at the top of cable news or The NY Times. It doesn’t fit the frightening death rate, lock up, and vaccine narrative of our Government.

In a telling admission made on January 22, 2021, the World Health Organization now say there is no scientific medical reason for any healthy person to wear a mask outside of a hospital. Sadly, our corrupt politicians and mainstream media only relate the bad news.

If you do not have any respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, or runny nose, you do not need to wear a medical mask. When used alone, masks can give you a false feeling of protection and can even be a source of infection when not used correctly.

Watch the video of the press announcement at http://www.who.int

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DEATH BY MASK: MASK WEARING, BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA INFECTIONS, AND THE 1918 FLU

But back in 1918, public health leaders who studied the problem thought that the mask laws and mask use by the public were minimally effective.
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Kellogg, Wilfred H. Influenza, A Study of Measures Adopted for the Control of the Epidemic. California State Board of Health. (Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1919) 22.

This is from a study published in 1919 by the California State Department of Health. The above graph showed very little difference in death rates between Stockton, which mandated the wearing of masks in public, and Boston, which did not. So, early on, authorities were skeptical of the effectiveness of masks, but they also felt that masks were not used properly.

Part of the disappointment was that medical authorities had advised using medical gauze, which had a tighter weave than what most people understood as “gauze.” Then as now, not everyone had access to the personal protective equipment solutions that were recommended. People were using cheese cloth for masks, with predictable outcomes. The problem was the user. A more pessimistic appraisal of masks came in a study published in 1921 by physician William T. Vaughan:
“One difficulty in the use of the face mask is the failure of cooperation on the part of the public. When, in pneumonia and influence wards, it has been nearly impossible to force the orderlies or even some of the physicians and nurses to wear their masks as prescribed, it is difficult to see how a general measure of this nature could be enforced in the community at large.”

William T. Vaughan, Influenza: An Epidemiologic Study, (Baltimore, MD: American Journal of Hygiene Monographic Series, No.1, 1921) 241.
Mask skepticism was officially sanctioned by the Surgeon General of the US Navy in a 1919 report:
“No evidence was presented which would justify compelling persons at large to wear masks during an epidemic. The mask is designed only to afford protection against a direct spray from the mouth of the carrier of pathogenic microorganisms … Masks of improper design, made of wide-mesh gauze, which rest against the mouth and nose, become wet with saliva, soiled with the fingers, and are changed infrequently, may lead to infection rather than prevent it, especially when worn by persons who have not even a rudimentary knowledge of the modes of transmission of the causative agents of communicable diseases.”

“Epidemiological and Statistical Data, US Navy, 1918,” Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Surgeon General, US Navy, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1919) 434.
Although the Surgeon General of the US Navy acknowledged that wearing masks by hospital staff was good practice, “the morbidity rate, nevertheless, was very high among those attending the sick,” and may only have prevented infection from a direct, close hit from a cough or sneeze of a patient. The protocols followed in the contagious annex of the US Naval Hospital in Annapolis, MD, were sufficient to prevent cross-contamination of “cerebro-spinal fever” (aka meningitis), diphtheria, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, and German measles. Not so with influenza. In fact, the infection rate of staff was as high in the high-protocol wards as in the improvised hospitals. In one improvised hospital at the Navy Training Station in Great Lakes, IL., the infection rate was higher among those corpsmen and volunteers who wore masks than those who did not!

Much of this information is readily available in Medical Journals and biological text books. I HAVE COPIED AND INCLUDED SEVERAL SECTIONS OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES TO SUPPORT MY CONCLUSION

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Microbes can be roughly classified according to the range of temperature at which they can grow. Over 40% of the human body weight is microorganisms having more cells than the rest of our make up. Bacteria and viruses are good and we could not live or genetically evolve without them….except for a few bad actors. The growth rates of bacteria in our bodies is the highest at around 40 C.

Organisms categorized as mesophiles (“middle loving”) are adapted to moderate temperatures, with optimal growth temperatures ranging from room temperature (about 20 °C) to about 40 C. As would be expected from the core temperature of the human body, 37 °C (98.6 °F), normal human microbiota and pathogens (e.g., E. coli, Salmonella spp., and Lactobacillus spp.) are mesophiles. 

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Introduction to the Nasal Passageway
The nose is one of the few openings that bacteria and virus have direct access to get inside the body. The nasal passage is important for filtering the air that we breathe in and it also stops tiny foreign particles or microorganisms from entering the body. What many people do not know is that the nose and nasal passages are, or can be , the perfect environment for some bacteria, good and bad. This page will focus on describing what makes the nasal passages such a hospitable environment for the bacteria to grow and live inside the nose, and issues with restricting air flow.

Description of Nasal Passageway

Location of the Nasal Passageway
The main entry to the nasal passageway is through the nostrils, inside the nose, which is located on the face. From there, the passageway extends to the throat. The nose is the organ of smell located in the middle of the face. The internal part of the nose lies above the roof of the mouth. It is supported by bone and cartilage. The bony part is formed mainly by the nasal bones on each side and the frontal process of the maxillary bone. The nasal cavity is the air passage starting at the nostril (opening of the nose) and ending at the back of the throat(4). Nasal Obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of one or both of these air passages. The nose is one of the few openings of the body for bacteria and microbes to go inside the body.

Physical Conditions of the Nasal Passageway
Normal: The temperature of the nasal passageway in adults is 34°C. (9) The pressure of the normal passageway should be around 1 atm. There is little known about the pH of the human nasal cavity. The average pH in the anterior of the nose is 6.40. The pH in the posterior of the nasal cavity was 6.27. The overall range in pH was 5.17- 8.13 for the anterior cavity and 5.20 – 8.00 for the posterior cavity. The average baseline human nasal cavity pH is 6.3.(6)
In the nares, the air contains around 21% oxygen and 0.04% carbon dioxide. The oxygen is being absorbed by the epithelial cells which inhibits a gradient in the oxygen content through the mucus. The nares are predominantly an aerobic environment for bacteria to live in. (9)

The nasal passageway walls, and particularly the flap-like middle and inferior nasal conchae, are layered with respiratory mucous membranes secreted by goblet cells. These membranes have many small hair-like cells, known as cilia, that move mucus in waves toward the throat area. Bacteria, along with dust and other particles inhaled from the outside environment are snared by the nasal mucus, carried back out, and dripped into the gastric juices to destroy any possible pathogens. The mucus contains many defensive substances including lysozymes that dissolve and kill the bacteria, lactroferrin, immunoglobulins, and defensins, although some bacteria are not killed by this defensive substance.

Diseased: As with the normal nasal passageways, little is known about the pH of the diseased niche. But in the infected person, it is known that the pH of the person changes accordingly, due to the presence of the bacterial community.
The physical conditions of nasal passages vary according to the conditions in the nose. Under the infectious conditions like sinusitis the nose might be running or congested and produces a thick fluid. In polyps the airflow is blocked and mucus is not formed anymore. It is one of the causes of sinusitis and leads to the expansion of nasal membrane. This environment results in the secretion of other bacteria. The bacteria also grow due to the change in the atmosphere like dry climate or cold climate, swimming, and air pollution. Cold and flu are suitable atmosphere for the bacteria to grow as they cause congestion, called rhinitis and make it difficult to breathe. The immune system becomes weak and so the bacteria can move faster.

Influence by Adjacent Communities

Staphylococci -picture from Public Health Image Library
The nasal passageway is close to other niches like the lungs, mouth, and throat. The nasal passage is influenced by the bacteria colonies of Staphylococcus aureus. Other pathogens include such as Haemophilus influenzae, S. pneumonia, Nisseria meningitides, Moraxella catarrhalis and S. aureus. Successful colonization depends not only on the ability of S. aureus to survive host factors but also on coexistence with other bacteria. An airborne bacterium also causes allergies and irritation.

Sinuses: The diseased maxillary and ethmoid sinuses are most commonly associated with affecting the nasal passages by causing inflammation and congestion. One of the diseases caused by the communities of bacteria is sinusitis. The ability of bacteria to infect the sinuses must first be set up by conditions that create a favorable environment in the sinus cavities. The inflammation in the sinuses is chronic do begin with.(5) The causes for such chronic sinusitis cases are sometimes unclear. The Bacteria that causes the sinusitis are Streptococcus pneumonia, H. influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis. The symptoms of this disease are severe headache, pain or pressure in the areas of the face, cough, and fever. It could also be damaging to the mucous membrane if left untreated. Bipolaris specifera is a fungus that also causes sinus. This fungus is very fast growing and they grow at 25 degrees Celcius. In their growing process they change their shape and color too (23).

Throat: The throat is connected to the nasal passageway and contains aerobic, gram-positive bacteria which are characterized by hemolysis. An example of a pathogenic bacteria in the throat is Streptococcus pyogenes, which can infect when the immune system is down and cause diseases such as scarlet fever and pharyngitis (strep throat) among others. An example of nonpathogenic bacteria in the throat is Streptococcus salivarius which may enter the bloodstream and may cause diseases such as septicemia although not very often. These diseases mostly affect the throat, but may move upwards to cause nasal passageway infections. Sore throat also affects the conditions in the nose by causing post nasal drip.

Bipolaris Specifera: Polyps and fungal diseases have made their way through dura and extended far intracranially, especially in the frontal recess region and the roof of the anterior ethmoid. They obstruct both the nostrils with glassy polyps. Hemotoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Gomoris methenamine silver (GMS) both affect the mucus lining of nasal sinuses. This is a very rare combination of two commonly different diseases found in the same location and caused by the same pathogen, Bipolaris Specifera (23)”.

Conditions under which the environment changes
The environment in which bacteria live varies on the condition of the body temperature and also depends on other bacteria as different bacteria’s also affect each other’s growth. Anything that might irritate a human’s nose, like air pollution, allergies, birth control pills, etc., may cause swelling and blockage of the nasal passageways which will lead to bacterial growth and infection. The trapped mucus within the nasal will create a breeding ground for bacteria. (8)
The temperature of the air will also affect the nasal cavity. The cold air will stimulate an increase in mucus production and thicken the mucus. Sometimes the hot temperature might cause allergies and irritation due to lot of atmospheric pressure. During an infection, inflammation makes the pH of the mucus similar to that of plasma, 7.4. (10)

Sleeping will also affect the nasal cavity by clogging one side of the nasal passageway. When sleeping, one side of the nose is always clogged because of the nasal cycle, which is “normal physiological phenomenon.” The nose alternates between phases of congestion and decongestion and it varies between people. The blockage is caused by the swelling and shrinkage of the blood vessels lining inside the nose. (8)

Who lives in the Nasal Passageway?Which microbes are present in the Nasal Passageway?
Even though we cannot see them with our naked eye, microscopic organisms are living inside our nasal passageways. Although most of these bacteria are non-pathogenic, some may induce illness if they successfully break through the bodies defense systems. Some examples of these non-pathogenic bacteria are Streptococcus, Neisseria, Haemophilus, and Micrococcus. Some of the pathogenic examples include Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae among others. (15)

Normal:  Staphylococcus epidermidis with Corynebacteria predominantly colonizes the upper respiratory tract, especially the nostrils. S. epidermidis covers 90%-100% staphylococci from the nasal cavity when S. aureus is not present. When S. aureus is present, the amount of S. epidermidis dramatically decreases. It is also present on human skin and mucosa. It may form biofilms to attach securely to the epithelial cells in the nasal passageway. The S. epidermidis has lysostaphin in the peptidoglycan that can prevent it from lysis. The peptidoglycan is connected to the teichoic acids by covalent bonds. S. epidermidis has glycerol teichoic acid glucosyl residues which makes it differ from S. aureaus bacteria. S. epidermidis can use glucose anaerobically , but most strains make acetoin, phosphatase and reduce nitrate. All strains can produce acid when exposed to sugar, except a couple of sugars like mannitol, when oxygen is present.(25) The minimum water activity is .85 for growth. (19)

Corynebacterium diptheriae -picture from Public Health Image Library
Corynebacterium is a Gram-positive normal flora in the nose. The Corynebacterial envelop is made up of peptidoglycan, arabinogalactan, corynemycloic and corynemycolenic acids, trehalose dimycolates, and phosphatides of mannose and inositol. The lipoidal antigens on the cell surface makes it invasive to the host’s immune system, but it doesn’t allow the bacteria to attach firmly to the surface of the nares. The Corynebacterial are facultatively aerobic organisms. They ferment glucose for energy, but they are unable to use maltose or galactose. They have granules of long-chain polyphosphate that stores phosphate and will be used as energy in stressful times.(27) Most species of Corynebacterium will not cause diseases in humans; however, there is a specific species that is highly infectious. The Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes infection in the upper respiratory tract, and can be deadly if untreated. (2)

Another Gram-positive bacterium that lives in the human nose is the Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to as staph. It is carried either on the skin or in the nose of healthy people, but 25% – 30% of the population is populated in the nose. The optimum pH for the Staphylococcus to live in is 7.0-7.5, and the optimum temperature is 30-37 degree Celsius. (19) The minimum water activity Staph needs to survive is .85. While Staph is growing, it will not cause any infection, until the bacteria can enter a wound. It cause an infection once it enters a wound because it has the ability to bind to fibrinogen, which is needed to form blood clots, just like Staphylococcus epidermidis.(28) Stap contains a high concentration of salt that inhibits other bacteria and it has the ability to ferment mannitol, a sugar, as a source of energy. (19)S. aureus did not attach to mucus-producing airway epithelium but to basolateral plasma membrane of columnar cells, to basal cells, and to the basement membrane. (1)

Micrococcus luteus is another Gram positive, spherical, bacterium that also resides in the nose as well as the mouth, skin and upper resipratory tract as an obligate aerobe. M. luteus is normally harmless except for those that have compromised immunities. M. luteus is resistant to reduced water potential that is found in mucus and can tolerate drying and high salt concentrations were the nasal cavity to dry up.

Diseased: The nasal passages, being as large as it is (from a microbe’s standpoint), can harbor many types of bacteria, viruses, and fungi which can often lead to infection. It is in fact the main site for different organisms to lodge and multiply. One very commonly found gram-positive bacteria is the Staphylococcus epidermidis which colonizes in the anterior naris. (11)It lives naturally on the skin and mucous membranes. Their grape-like appearance when viewed under the microscope only measures approximately 1-micrometer in diameter. This bacteria, if environmental conditions are optimal, will form biofilms to aggregate more securely. A three stage process of the exopolysaccharide casing of the biofilm provides excellent protection against the environment and phagocytosis by their host’s immune system as they seek to mature and eventually dissolute from the colony. The slime (biofilm), mainly composed of teichoic acid and typically found on the cell wall of these microbes can also protect them against antibiotics making them very difficult to treat. This unique ability of the Staphylococcus epidermidis to form a biofilm in the nasal passages may be the reason for their strong virulence. A patient’s inability to rid of S. epidermis due to its protective biofilm usually leads to infection.(13)

The Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria is another Gram-positive bacteria that is commonly found in the nasal passages, primarily in a patient with acute sinusitis. This lancet-shaped bacteria, approximately 0.5 – 1.25 micrometers in diameter, is one of the primary causes of pneumonia. Although they are also found in the upper respiratory tract of healthy individuals, they are usually the cause of sinus infection when a small amount of this bacteria is lodged in the sinus cavities such as the ethmoid or maxillary sinuses, typically by the force of a sneeze or the blowing of the nose. They are mostly found in pairs (diplococci), but can sometimes be seen alone or in short chains. (12) The S. pneumoniae has an extremely thick cell wall, approximately six layers compose of peptidoglycan with teichoic acid. This teichoic acid has two choline residues that bind specifically to choline-binding receptors on human cells. Its capsule, composed of polysaccharides prevents phagocytosis of the bacteria. The pili structures on some strains of S. pneumoniae have been identified in the involvement of colonization in the nasal passages. (12) This allows them to gain a strong attachment to epithelial cells and sometimes leads to a challenging problem if left untreated.

Haemophilus influenzae -picture from MedlinePlus
Haemophilus_influenzae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that resides in the nasopharnyx region of the human nasal passage. They lack motility due to the absence of a flagella or pili. Its length is about 1.0 x 0.3 um. There are 6 strains of encapsulated H. influenzae, which are categorized based on the type of polysaccharide capsule. The differences are denoted a through f, with H. influenzae serotype b (Hib), as the most commonly vaccinated strain. This vaccination helps in the prevention of invasive H. influenzae disease in young children. However, there also exists a non-encapsulated strain referred to as non-typeable H. influenzae (NTHi) which is unaffected by the vaccine due to lacking an antigenic capsule. (14) Virulance of this bacterial strain is based in large part to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) component of its outer membrane. (29) The LPS is an endotoxin and is composed of varying elements of monosaccharides, such as L-glycero-D-manno heptose, D-Glc, D-Gal, and sialic acid (Neu5Ac), which provide added protection against chemical attack and an increase the ability to cause disease. NThi usually infects the upper and lower respiratory tracts leading to pneumonia, sinusitis, and otitis media, which is an infection of the middle ear. Its encapsulated counterpart, specifically Hib and Hif, can cause meningitis and bacteremia, usually occurring in 3rd world countries where children are unvaccinated. (14)

There are many different microbes that either reside or just pass through the nasal passages, most of which impact the health of their host. Those microbes that have such an impact are listed and briefly described below.
Microbial SpeciesDescription of MicrobeMoraxella catarrhalis(formerly Branhammella catarrhalis) Gram-negative bacteria which are found in mucous membranes, can be opportunistic. Cells are non-motile, short rods/cocci found individually or in pairs. Optimum at 33-36 degrees celsiusEikenella corrodensGram-negative bacteria, anaerobic, faculatively aerobic, can be an opportunistic pathogen. Cells are non-motile, round-ended rods which may exhibit twitching motility. Reduces nitrate to nitrite.Streptococcus pyogenesGram-positive bacteria, asporogenous, facultatively anaerobic. Cells are non-motile, typically 1-micrometer, generally found in pairs or chain. Fermentative with carbohydrates metabolized anaerogenically and homofermentatively. Optimum at 30-37 degrees Celsius.ArcanobacteriumGenus of asporogenous bacteria, with wall type VI. They initially grow as irregular rod shapes and may eventually become granular and segmented. Growth primarily occurs through anaerobic or aerobic processes which can be enhanced by serum or blood and even increased pressures in CO2Chlamydia pneumoniaeCause of acute respiratory infection, associated with subacute respiratory disease. Chronic infection and re-infection can lead to severe disease involving immunologically-based pathogenesis.RhinovirusGenus of viruses from the family Picornaviridae, which infect the upper respiratory tract. They are the primary cause of the common cold as they can propagate in many types of human cells. Has the ability to withstand freezing temperatures, but is optimal at 33 degrees Celsius.

(28)
Are there any other non-microbes present?
Normal: No plants, animals, or fungi live in the normal nasal passageway, although there is the presence of dust and other small particles which are inhaled from the outside environment.

Diseased: Fungal infection are not very common in the nasal passages, however, there have been cases in which patients that are immune-suppressed have experienced mycosis. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes or those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are typically a target for either Phycomycetes or Aspergillus. Other types of mycotic pathogens also infect humans, but are more uncommon. The fungal pathogens that usually invade the nasal passages are saprophytes which are found in soils and on plants, thriving in high glucose and acidic environments. As aspergillosis originates in the nose and paranasal sinuses it can invade the brain and vascular structures via arterial wall invasion causing tissue necrosis and arterial thrombosis. The aspergillus and bipolaris species can illicit an allergic response in the sinuses leading to chronic progressive inflammatory response which causes bone expansion and even bone destruction. Aeration and irrigation of the sinuses with a topical antifungal agent are treatments that may speed up the recovery process. (11) Regularly air your home out.

Do the microbes that are present interact with each other?
The reason only 25% – 30% of the nasal passageway is populated by the S. aureus is beacuse S. epidermidis and Corynebacterium have a negative symbiosis behavior with the S. aureus. Some possible ways that the bacteria compete with one another is through the synthesis of bacteriocins, bacteriolytic enzymes, etc. or the competition of specific attachment to epithelial cells. There are S. aureus that produces some bactericiocin agains some Corynebacterium speices and S. epidermidis bacteriocin against S. aureus, but there is no bactericiocin produced by corynebacteria against the other two bacteria. Binding to the epithelial cells involves the carbohydrate portion of the human nasal mucin support. The Corynebacterium has a higher affinity for mucus than S. aureus and S. aureus has a higher affinity for than S. epidermidis. Corynebacterium specifically inhibts the colonization of S. aureus but not S. epidermidis. (1)

Competition for mucosal surface in the nasopharyngeal region exists between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza. These bacterial species compete for limited space in order to form stable colonies and propagate. Both will employ forms of microbial interference to exert their dominance over the opposition. S. pneumoniae, through neuramindase, has the ability to cleave terminal sialic acid residues. It will utilize this strategy to strip off sialic acid from the lipopolysaccharide component of H. infuenzae’s outer membrane thereby compromising its ability to withstand chemical attack. During the weakened state of its rival, S. pneumoniae will deliver the final blow by generating high levels of hydrogen peroxide via aerobic metabolism, which on contact, is lethal to H. influenza. However, even in the face of such awesome firepower, it is H. influenzae that wins out. H. influenza relies on the inflammatory response of the local host to get rid the competition. Although exact details are still being researched, H. influenzae has the ability to recruit the host responder, neutrophils. Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that is capable of getting rid of S. pneumoniae and other microorganisms via phagocytosis. Due to its capsule, H. influenzae is able to avoid suffering the same fate as its rival. Once the competition is eliminated, H. influenzae is free to proliferate and infect the upper respiratory tract of its host. Conversely, when taking into consideration the application of vaccines and antimicrobials, these factors can also influence bacterial interspecies behavior and the outcome of the competition between them. (26)

Do the microbes change their environment?
The simple presence of a bacteria can change the environment in the nasal passages if it is identified by the host’s immune system. The peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall in a penicillin resistant pneumococci is an essential and immunologically important aspect of the bacterial structure, consisting of repeating N-acetylgucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid. The insoluble network of peptidoglycan induces the production of cytokines, accumulation of edema fluid and recruitment of leukocytes. The breakdown of the cell wall, however, causes this bioactivity to decrease. It is suggested that a receptor (TLR-2 receptor) recognizes the cell wall (peptidoglycan) of the bacteria and initiates an inflammatory response. An enormous response by various cells including macrophages, astrocytes, microglia, epithelial cell and endothelial cells have been noted by the presence alone of a bacterial cell wall. (18)
Staphylococcus aureus produces an enzyme called coagulase that changes fibrinogen to fibrin, thus clotting blood. Coagulase is bound tightly to the microbe’s surface and reacts upon encountering blood. The fibrin is then coated around S. aureaus. It is believed that it helps the microbe resist phagocytosis, allowing it to become more virulent.
Streptococcus pneumoniae also has the ability of binding to epithelial cells by use of enzymes. They secrete an enzyme called pneumolysin which is thiol activated. Evidence suggests that in large quantity, this enzyme is toxic for epithelial ciliated epithelium and results in ciliostaticity in lower doses. This enzyme can also render bacteriocidal activity of phagocytes creating an extension of stay in the host for the bacteria. (21)

Do the microbes carry out any metabolism that affects their environment?
All bacteria listed in the table above that reside in the nasal passages conduct some degree of metabolism in order to obtain nutrients, intermediates for biosynthesis, and energy, all of which is necessary to sustain itself. For example, S. pneumoniae obtains energy through fermentation of sugars producing lactic acid as a side product. It breaks down large carbohydrate molecules in order to obtain the energy required for growth. Moreover, S. pneumonia produces hydrogen peroxide during pyruvate metabolism in aerobic growth. Hydrogen peroxide in high concentration is lethal towards competing bacteria in the surrounding area. For instance, hydrogen peroxide can hinder the growth of M. catarrhalis as well as H. influenzae. It is believed that S. pneumonia employs this type of microbial interference in order to out-compete other microbes for the limited mucousal surface necessary to form stable colonies. (26)
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