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Salvador Dali Self-portrait in the studio 1919

 

People Who Resisted Covid Jabs Are ‘Superheroes’ (Blanchon)
Russian General In Charge Of Ukraine Operation Speaks Out
US Should Not Listen To Kiev, Former Ambassador To Moscow Says (RT)
Erdogan Still Wants To Bring Putin And Zelenskyy Together (RT)
The End Game (Batiushka)
Russia Destroys Power And Water Infrastructure Across Ukraine (RT)
Cui Bono? The Big Picture (Blair)
EU Won’t Introduce Gas Price Cap For Now As Countries Disagree (Az.)
US Warned Of Winter Blackouts – WSJ (RT)
Lawmakers Seek Emergency Powers For Pentagon’s Ukraine War Contracting (DN)
Pentagon Considering Paying For Musk’s Starlink Network In Ukraine (G.)
Details Of Nord Stream Probe Shared By Media (RT)
Nord Stream 1: First Underwater Images Reveal Devastating Damage (G.)
Germany Facing Retail Collapse – Der Spiegel (RT)
CDC To Vote On Permanently Shielding Pfizer, Moderna From Vaccine Liability (JS)
Joe Biden KNEW of Hunter’s Shady Business Dealings: Whistleblowers (PM)

 

 

 

 

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“The text of the tribute letter may have originated with Spanish biologist and film-maker Fernando López-Mirones, or France’s General Christian Blanchon.”

People Who Resisted Covid Jabs Are ‘Superheroes’ (Blanchon)

Even if I were fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for standing up to the greatest pressure I have ever seen, including from spouses, parents, children, friends, colleagues, and doctors. People who have been capable of such personality, courage, and such critical ability undoubtedly embody the best of humanity. They are found everywhere, in all ages, levels of education, countries, and opinions. They are of a particular kind; these are the soldiers that any army of light wishes to have in its ranks. They are the parents that every child wishes to have and the children that every parent dreams of having. They are beings above the average of their societies; they are the essence of the peoples who have built all cultures and conquered horizons.

They are there, by your side, they seem normal, but they are superheroes. They did what others could not do; they were the tree that withstood the hurricane of insults, discrimination, and social exclusion. And they did it because they thought they were alone and believed they were alone. Excluded from their families’ Christmas tables, they have never seen anything so cruel. They lost their jobs, let their careers sink, and had no more money… but they didn’t care. They suffered immeasurable discrimination, denunciations, betrayals, and humiliation… but they continued. Never before in humanity has there been such a casting; we now know who the resisters are on planet Earth.

Women, men, old, young, rich, poor, of all races and all religions, the unvaccinated, the chosen ones of the invisible ark, the only ones who managed to resist when everything fell apart. Collapsed. You’ve passed an unimaginable test that many of the toughest marines, commandos, green berets, astronauts, and geniuses couldn’t pass. You are made of the stuff of the greatest that ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men who shine in the dark.

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“..Ukraine is preparing a massive strike on the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, located on the Dnieper River.”

Russian General In Charge Of Ukraine Operation Speaks Out

Army General Sergey Surovikin on Tuesday spoke to the media for the first time since assuming overall command of the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine. Describing the situation as particularly “tense” around the city of Kherson in his statement to the broadcaster Rossiya-24, he added that the military may be forced to make “difficult decisions.” “The NATO command of the armed forces of Ukraine has long been demanding offensive operations in the Kherson direction from the Kiev regime, regardless of any casualties – both in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and among the civilian population,” Surovikin stated. The Russian military is aware of Kiev’s plans to use “prohibited” means of waging war in the Kherson area, Surovikin added.

Namely, Ukraine is preparing a massive strike on the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, located on the Dnieper River, as well as launching massive rocket and artillery attacks on Kherson itself. “These actions can lead to the destruction of the infrastructure of this large industrial center and massive casualties among the civilian population,” Surovikin said. In the ongoing effort to dislodge the Russian military from its positions, Kiev is pouring its reserves en masse into the frontline, the general said. The vast majority of those reserves are “territorial defense units, who have not been properly trained,” Surovikin added. Such troops have low morale, thus they are propped up by “barrier squads”composed of hardline nationalists “who shoot anyone trying to leave the battlefield,” he claimed.

“The enemy’s daily losses amount to hundreds of casualties. We have a different strategy. <…> We are not aiming at fast-paced offensives, we spare every soldier and methodically grind the enemy’s attacking forces. This not only minimizes our own losses, but also significantly reduces the amount of victims among the civilian population.” “The enemy is the criminal regime that pushes Ukrainian citizens towards death. We are one people with Ukrainians and only wish for Ukraine to be a state independent from the West and NATO and friendly towards Russia,” Surovikin said. Surovikin assumed overall command of Russian troops participating in the military operation earlier in October. The general has significant combat experience, ranging from hostilities in Chechnya to the operation in Syria, for which he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia back in 2017.

According to media reports, Surovikin was given the nickname ‘General Armageddon’ by his colleagues over his hardline and unorthodox approach to warfare. His elevation into the new role has coincided with Russia ramping-up aerial bombings across Ukraine, with cruise missiles and suicide drones attacking crucial infrastructure sites in the country.

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“..Washington is in a position to “encourage the Ukrainians to agree to a ceasefire..”

US Should Not Listen To Kiev, Former Ambassador To Moscow Says (RT)

The Ukraine crisis was preventable but now seems doomed to further escalation, the last US ambassador to the Soviet Union has warned. Washington is making the mistake of delegating to Kiev many of the decisions about American involvement, he added. Kiev does “not know best what is in the security interests of the American people, and that should be the primary concern of any American government,”Jack Matlock wrote in an article published on Monday by the website Responsible Statecraft. The Ukrainians, “under the stress of war, may not be the best judges of their own ultimate security interests,” he argued. Matlock cited a situation from his own time as the top US diplomat in Moscow. He recalled a moment in 1990 when the leadership of Soviet Lithuania declared independence from the USSR right before the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist, and requested “immediate recognition” from the US.

Washington had never formally recognized the three Baltic states, which were captured during World War II, as parts of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, Matlock advised against acting on the Lithuanian request. “I had total sympathy with the Lithuanian aspirations but had to explain that it would be a mistake to do so until Lithuania was in fact free. Why? Because, in 1990, US recognition would almost certainly have precipitated a Soviet crack-down which the US could not counter without risking nuclear war,”he explained. Matlock said it is natural for Americans to admire “the valiant resistance” that the Ukrainians have demonstrated against Russia, but that “does not mean that Ukraine has to recover all the territory it inherited in 1991.” He explained that people in some regions claimed by Kiev may resist a return to its control, given that they consider the 2014 overthrow of the Ukrainian government to be a US-organized coup.

The former ambassador noted that Kiev had multiple opportunities to avert war. He believes that Russia would not have sent troops into Ukraine in February if Kiev “had been willing to abide by the Minsk agreement, recognize the Donbas as an autonomous entity within Ukraine, avoid NATO military advisors, and pledge not to enter NATO.” Now, however, neither side seems willing to take a pause in hostilities and let diplomacy take hold, he said, adding that the longer the conflict continues, the harder it will be to avoid the “utter destruction” of Ukraine.“The reality is that if the war continues Russia is capable of damaging Ukraine more than Ukraine can damage Russia without risking a wider war,” Matlock said. He concluded that Washington is in a position to “encourage the Ukrainians to agree to a ceasefire” and urged it to do so.

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“..Kalin said that Vladimir Putin wants negotiations now.”

Erdogan Still Wants To Bring Putin And Zelenskyy Together (RT)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan still wants to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Spokesperson of the President of Turkiye, Ibrahim Kalin said, Report informs. Kalin said that Vladimir Putin wants negotiations now – after Russia annexed four regions of Ukraine: “Despite all the difficulties, the door of diplomacy should be kept open. The President of Turkiye can do it.”

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“..we need a consolidated society, and this consolidation can only be based on sovereignty, freedom, creation, and justice. Our values are humanity, mercy and compassion.”

The End Game (Batiushka)

The partial mobilisation of 300,000 Russian reservists is nearly complete. Their presence in Donbass will free up the regulars to advance further, although some of the land taken by Kiev forces in September has already been taken back and more is liberated every day. After seven days of aerial attacks (only two days of them reported in the Western media) on Ukrainian infrastructure, especially on power supplies, even Zelensky has today admitted that 30% of the Kiev regime power stations have been destroyed throughout the Ukraine. This is all in response to his terrorism in Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Belgorod, Moscow (Daria Dugina), and on Nordstream and the Crimean Bridge. What else did he expect? France is on strike. Italy is fed up and wants arms deliveries to the Kiev Neo-Nazis to stop.

In the bankrupt UK, to the amazement of all, Truss is still ‘present’, but the Daily Mail website reports that many pubs will have to close for the winter. The landlords cannot afford to pay for heating bills. In Germany, the Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, has warned of the risk of even hospitals having to close because of the energy crisis. Some ask: But why did the Russian Federation not start the liberation campaign last February by turning up the pain dial there and then? The answer is simple. It is not just that the Federation underestimated the utter stupidity of NATO and the Kiev junta. It is much more than that, it is quite simply that Russia never did wanted to inflict pain on ordinary Ukrainians and on its own Union soldiers. Ordinary Ukrainians have NEVER been the enemy. Russian targeting has always been of the NATO-supplied and NATO-trained Kiev military.

Russians are not Americans who spray the bushes with machine gun bullets and the trees with Agent Orange, or who blast Hamburg and Dresden off the map like the British. They target. They are not terrorists. Have you not read President Putin’s 30 September speech? Please listen again: ‘I want the Kiev authorities and their true handlers in the West to hear me now, and I want everyone to remember this: the people living in Lugansk and Donetsk, in Kherson and Zaporozhye have become our citizens, forever.…We call on the Kiev regime to cease fire and all hostilities immediately; to end the war it unleashed back in 2014 and to return to the negotiating table. We are ready for this, as we have said more than once. But the choice of people in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson will not be discussed.

The decision has been made, and Russia will not betray it. …We will defend our land with all the forces and resources we have, and we will do everything we can to ensure the safety of our people. This is the great liberating mission of our nation.’ Today, we are fighting so that it would never occur to anyone that Russia, our people, our language, or our culture can be erased from history. Today, we need a consolidated society, and this consolidation can only be based on sovereignty, freedom, creation, and justice. Our values are humanity, mercy and compassion.

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Targeted. But the story is they hit apartment buildings at random.

Russia Destroys Power And Water Infrastructure Across Ukraine (RT)

Ukraine said Russia had destroyed almost a third of its power stations over the past week as Moscow stepped up a pre-winter campaign to strike infrastructure, a move the West says is a calculated attempt to disrupt and demoralize. Missiles struck power-generating facilities in a clutch of Ukrainian cities home to millions of people and several people were killed. Moscow acknowledged targeting energy plants, while Ukraine said water infrastructure had also been hit. “The situation is critical now across the country … the whole country needs to prepare for electricity, water and heating outages,” Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, told Ukrainian television.


At least one man died when a Russian missile reduced his apartment in the southern river port of Mykolaiv to rubble. “They (Russians) probably get pleasure from this,” said Oleksandr, the owner of a local flower shop damaged in the attack. “They get pleasure from us feeling bad. I think they want us to bomb and shell (their) city buildings. But we won’t do that to be different from them.”

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“..eventually the destabilization of the USA: perhaps with civil war and revolution in the USA, resulting from its own inevitable economic collapse..”

“note: the author is not Russian, knows no Russians and has never been to Russia”

Cui Bono? The Big Picture (Blair)

First of all, we need to be absolutely clear that this insane FUBAR Ukraine situation was 100% concocted, fabricated and engineered by the USA, certainly since the droolin’ Nuland / lamebrained McCain / CIA Maidan coup of 2014, but even dating back before that. There are few situations in life where one party can be found to be 100% guilty and evil and morally bankrupt, and where the other party is 100% acting in self defence and self preservation. However history will show that with respect to this Ukraine situation, the USA was 100% the evil aggressor and Russia was 100% acting in self preservation and in defense of civilian Russian speakers in Ukraine. This is truly a war of good against evil and in case you still haven’t got the message yet, let me repeat: the USA Deep State is EVIL.

This reality is indisputably obvious to any semi-comatose person remotely interested in historical, documented FACTS. For those with any remaining doubts, they need to listen to this comprehensively researched three part podcast summary by a journalist and a military historian (both Anglophones). They actually obtained their information from Western mainstream media sources before those reports and articles mysteriously vanished from the Google search algorithms (or were relegated to 500th priority on the search list) after 24 Feb 2022. It is unfortunate that the stupid sheeple of the West, probably 99% of the “golden billion”, believe the exact opposite of the Truth, which is testimony to the incredible effectiveness of the relentless lying propaganda pooped out from the AngloEuroZionist mainstream media sewer outlets ever since 24 Feb 2022.

Until the two recent terrorist bombings (Nordstream pipelines and Kerch bridge), Russia had been reacting in a highly restrained manner to the US and US proxy aggravations. The US started provocations many years ago and contemptuously rebuffed multiple opportunities for peaceful settlements. Russia will soon end it. How? With the humiliating defeat of Ukraine for sure, but more widely we will see the economic devastation of Europe (apart from those who buy energy in Rubles – eg Hungary and Turkey) and eventually the destabilization of the USA: perhaps with civil war and revolution in the USA, resulting from its own inevitable economic collapse. The latter two eventualities were never Russia’s intended goal, but will be unintended consequences of the malicious actions of the US and EU themselves, blowback or karma if you like.

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Another big plan down the drain.

EU Won’t Introduce Gas Price Cap For Now As Countries Disagree (Az.)

The European Union is unveiling a new emergency package to tackle the energy crunch, betting on steps to bolster solidarity among member states. But the bloc will refrain from immediate gas-price caps amid political divisions and concerns over security of supply, Report informs referring to Bloomberg. The European Commission plans to propose measures to avoid extreme price spikes in energy derivatives and to use the EU’s joint purchasing power as a leverage in negotiations with global gas suppliers, according to a draft document seen by Bloomberg News. The bloc’s executive arm, also wants to launch a new liquefied natural gas index to better reflect the region’s energy reality after a cut in supplies of pipeline gas from Russia. At stake is the future of the bloc’s $17 trillion economy, which the energy crisis threatens to push into recession as companies and consumers reel from high power and gas bills.


The EU is trying to balance demands by more than a half of the EU’s 27 member states to limit gas prices with the need to avoid undermining its single market or deepening economic splits among member states. “This is the moment to act, for this winter and beyond,” according to the draft document. “The current situation causes economic and social hardship, placing a heavy burden on citizens and on the economy. Rising energy costs are leading to reduced purchasing power for citizens and loss of competitiveness for companies.” The EU’s executive arm is also seeking authority from national governments to propose – only as a last resort – price limits on transactions on the Dutch Title Transfer Facility, whose main index is the benchmark for all gas traded on the continent.

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“They also cannot buy US-produced LNG due to the Jones Act, which bans the movement of ships between US ports..”

US Warned Of Winter Blackouts – WSJ (RT)

New England could face blackouts in the coming months as more global shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are being directed to Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing power producers. According to the report, the surging LNG demand across the ocean amid dwindling gas flow from Russia puts the supplies needed to provide electricity to the US’ northeastern region – including Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island – in jeopardy. These states have limited pipeline capacity and rely on LNG imports from abroad for more than a third of their gas supply during periods of peak demand, according to the Energy Information Administration.

They also cannot buy US-produced LNG due to the Jones Act, which bans the movement of ships between US ports.Europe is also a much more attractive buyer for LNG suppliers than New England. According to the news outlet, while the European benchmark price for natural gas was over $100 per one million British thermal units, gas prices in New England rarely climb above $30. Earlier this year, the governors of some New England states sent a letter to US Energy Secretary Jennifer Graholm asking her to dispel the Jones Act and allow for domestic LNG imports to the region. However, there are no reports so far regarding a change in legislation.

The situation in the region is expected to be especially dire if there are prolonged cold spells, as gas volumes would be redirected from power generation to heating homes. According to ISO New England, the region’s power-grid operator, an extremely cold winter could result in the need for rolling blackouts to balance the supply and demand for electricity. Analysts warn that supply shortages may also drive power producers to purchase gas on the spot-market, which would result in larger bills.

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What you’re paying for. Limitless.

Lawmakers Seek Emergency Powers For Pentagon’s Ukraine War Contracting (DN)

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would grant the Pentagon wartime procurement powers, allowing it to buy massive amounts high-priority munitions using multi-year contracts to help Ukraine fight Russia and to refill U.S. stockpiles. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s chairman, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and ranking member, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., proposed the legislation as an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill, which the Senate is expected to vote on in November. It was offered instead of the critical munitions acquisition fund that the Pentagon and some lawmakers sought for the same purposes, before Senate appropriators rejected it. The amendment, the text of which was released last week, offers multi-year contracting authorities typically reserved for Navy vessels and major aircraft.

As drafted, it would let the Pentagon lock in purchases of certain munitions made by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, BAE Systems and Kongsberg over fiscal 2023 and 2024, a step aimed at encouraging manufacturers to expand production lines for sought-after munitions. The Pentagon would also be permitted to team with NATO to buy weapons for its members in mass quantities, and for Ukraine-related contracts, the legislation would ease several key legal restrictions on Pentagon procurement through fiscal 2024 – a sign lawmakers see the war dragging on. The intent of the legislation is to spur the Pentagon and industry to move more aggressively by removing bureaucratic barriers, with an eye not only on Russia but the potential for a confrontation with China over Taiwan, according to a senior congressional aide [..]

“Whether you want to call it wartime contracting or emergency contracting, we can’t play around anymore,” the aide said. “We can’t pussyfoot around with minimum-sustaining-rate buys of these munitions. It’s hard to think of something as high on everybody’s list as buying a ton of munitions for the next few years, for our operational plans against China and continuing to supply Ukraine.” If the language becomes law, the Department of Defense would be allowed to make non-competitive awards to arms manufacturers for Ukraine-related contracts, an idea spearheaded in legislation from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and 13 other senators.

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“..25,300 terminals were sent to Ukraine, but, at present, only 10,630 are paying for service..”

Pentagon Considering Paying For Musk’s Starlink Network In Ukraine (G.)

The Pentagon is considering paying for Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network in war-torn Ukraine, Politico reported on Monday, citing two US officials involved in the discussions. The most likely source of funding would be the US Department of Defense’s Ukraine security assistance initiative, designed to support the country as it fights Russia, the report added. Musk had said on Friday that SpaceX could not indefinitely fund Starlink in Ukraine, but backtracked over the weekend to assert the rocket company would continue to fund the service in the country. He said in a tweet on Monday that SpaceX had already withdrawn its request for funding, an acknowledgement that such a request was made.A Pentagon spokesman said the defense department would not speculate on future security assistance announcements before they occur.


A separate report in the Financial Times said the European Union was also weighing funding Starlink in Ukraine, citing three officials with knowledge of the decision. Musk, the world’s richest person and chief executive of Tesla Inc, recently said SpaceX spends nearly $20m a month maintaining satellite services in Ukraine and that the company has spent about $80m to enable and support Starlink there. “To be precise, 25,300 terminals were sent to Ukraine, but, at present, only 10,630 are paying for service,” Musk tweeted on Monday. Starlink has helped Ukraine’s civilians and military stay online during the war, with Ukraine’s vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, last week saying Starlink’s services helped restore energy and communications infrastructure in critical areas.

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“Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that this summer, NATO conducted military drills not far from Bornholm.”

Details Of Nord Stream Probe Shared By Media (RT)

The blasts that ripped through the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines last month were likely caused by sabotage, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing German officials familiar with the investigation. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO had conducted a military exercise this summer close to the location where the leaks were found. According to the outlet, while German investigators have so far failed to definitively identify the culprits, they are “working under the assumption that Russia was behind the blasts.” Moscow has repeatedly denied that it had anything to do with the incident.

German officials reportedly believe that the alleged attack was not likely to have been conducted by a military submarine, given that the Baltic Sea around Denmark’s Bornholm Island, where the explosions occurred, is relatively shallow. This would make it difficult for underwater vessels to operate without being detected. According to one theory, an explosive device may have been dropped from a ship and detonated remotely, sources told the WSJ. [..] Moscow has denounced the incident as a terrorist attack and called for an investigation into the matter. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that this summer, NATO conducted military drills not far from Bornholm.

She was apparently speaking about the BALTOPS 2022 exercises held in June, in which ‘’deep-sea equipment’’ was used intensively. According to Germany’s Interior Ministry, Sweden rejected a plan to set up a joint investigation team with Berlin and Denmark. Stockholm argued that its own findings are too sensitive to share even with other EU member states, Reuters reported. All three nations have said they will not grant access to the investigation to Russia. This prompted Moscow to summon the German, Danish, and Swedish envoys, while declaring that it would not recognize the results of the probe unless Russian experts are invited to take part.

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“At least 50 metres of the gas pipeline appeared to be missing..”

Well, it’s there somewhere. More interesting: is Sweden, after refusing a joint probe with Germany and Denmark, let alone Russia, now also going to refuse a Gazprom repair of the pipeline?

Nord Stream 1: First Underwater Images Reveal Devastating Damage (G.)

The first underwater images taken of the ruptured Nord Stream 1 pipeline reveal the devastating damage caused by what Danish police have described as “powerful explosions” under the Baltic Sea. Swedish newspaper Expressen on Tuesday published photographs and film footage taken by an underwater drone at the site near the island of Bornholm where the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany ruptured on 26 September. They appear to show long tears in the seabed near the concrete-reinforced steel pipe that was not merely cracked but torn apart in an act of suspected sabotage. At least 50 metres of the gas pipeline appeared to be missing, Expressen said. Three separate investigations are currently trying to assess the full extent of the damage to the two twin pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and 2, and collect evidence as to who was behind the sabotage.


A German government official on Monday confirmed there would be no joint investigations team working on clearing up the pipeline blast as initially envisioned, but three separate investigations carried out by Danish, Swedish and German authorities would coordinate closely. According to German news magazine Der Spiegel, the offer of a joint investigation was rejected by the Swedish side, with a state prosecutor from the country telling Reuters that “there is some information in our investigation that is confidential because it is directly linked to national security”. A preliminary investigation by Danish authorities established the leak had been caused by “powerful explosions”, Copenhagen police said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Getting serious.

Germany Facing Retail Collapse – Der Spiegel (RT)

Germany’s retail industry is in jeopardy amid rising energy costs and a sharp decline in consumption, Der Spiegel reported on Monday, citing the German Retail Federation (HDE). According to the organization’s forecasts, the first to face the risk of bankruptcy are smaller stores in city centers. Retail turnover in Germany started to decrease in August. According to the Federal Statistical Office, sales in real terms fell by 1.3% compared to July, and by 4.3% versus August 2021. Food sales were down 1.7% from July and 3.1% year-on-year, reaching their lowest level since 2017. Textiles and shoes, household appliances, and construction supplies were other segments seeing a decline in sales.


An HDE spokesman said that the financial assistance promised by the German government to ease energy price spikes should be used to support retail stores. “If this does not happen, we will face a disaster in many urban centers,” he said, as cited by the news outlet. However, he thinks the crisis can be avoided through investments and new creative ideas, although this would require cooperation between retailers and the authorities. “In the current acute crisis, everything is becoming a little more difficult. The money pots will certainly not get fuller for the time being… If the concepts are to work, all stakeholders in the municipalities would have to work together – from the top of the town hall to city marketing, retail and gastronomy to cultural providers and citizens,” he stated.

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“By adding the shots to the childhood schedule, the CDC [..] will transfer liability for vaccine injuries to the federal government..”

CDC To Vote On Permanently Shielding Pfizer, Moderna From Vaccine Liability (JS)

A CDC committee will convene this week and likely vote Thursday to deliver permanent legal indemnity to Pfizer and Moderna, through the process of adding the drug companies’ mRNA injections to the child and adolescent immunization schedules. By adding the shots to the childhood schedule, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will transfer liability for vaccine injuries to the federal government’s National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), allowing for Pfizer and Moderna to finally bring an FDA approved shot to the market without opening itself up to lawsuits. Moreover, it will act as another windfall for companies that have already brought in hundreds of billions of dollars in revenues, by requiring these vaccinations for children who attend public schools.

In March 2020, the federal government invoked the PREP Act, which gave Pfizer and Moderna a tort liability shield due to the declared “public health emergency,” which the government is reportedly going to revoke in early 2023. The companies’ emergency use authorization shots have since been protected by the federal government through this 2005 congressional action. [..]The Health Resources & Services Administration has clarified what needs to happen for a vaccine to become liability free. “For a vaccine to be covered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must recommend the category of vaccine for routine administration to children or pregnant women, and it must be subject to an excise tax by federal law.”

The Dossier has reported extensively on the coordinated effort by Big Pharma and the Biden Administration to delay the rollout of an FDA approved COVID vaccine, with legal experts suspecting the process is in place to protect Pfizer and Moderna from legal liability from vaccine injuries. Once described as the cure to the coronavirus, the novel mRNA shots have resulted in catastrophic failure, with a side effect profile exponentially higher than advertised. Thanks to a fraudulent, deceptive marketing campaign, assisted by top federal officials and high-profile pharmaceutical executives, the drugmakers and the federal government convinced millions of Americans to take shots that were much more dangerous (especially for young men), and much less effective than advertised.

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“.. the interview summary states that work “remained intentionally uncompensated while Joe Biden was vice president.”

Joe Biden KNEW of Hunter’s Shady Business Dealings: Whistleblowers (PM)

New whistleblower documents obtained by Senator Chuck Grassley have revealed that President Biden “was aware of Hunter Biden’s business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them.” On Monday morning, Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and US Attorney for Delaware David Weiss outlining new whistleblower allegations that claim the FBI has “significant, impactful and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden and James Biden,” according to Fox News. The whistleblowers allege that the FBI has documents relating to information on Mykola Zlochevsky, who is the owner of Burisma Holdings, where Hunter Biden sat on the board.

“The documents in the FBI’s possession include specific details with respect to conversations by non-government individuals relevant to potential criminal conduct by Hunter Biden,” Grassley wrote. “These documents also indicate that Joe Biden was aware of Hunter Biden’s business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them,” Grassley said. The Senator added that it is “unclear whether the FBI followed normal investigative procedure to determine the truth and accuracy of the information or shut down investigative activity based on improper disinformation claims in advance of the 2020 election.” “It is also unclear whether US Attorney Weiss has performed his own due diligence on these and related allegations,” Grassley continued.

Grassley, alongside Senator Ron Johnson, led an investigation into Hunter Biden starting in 2019, which discovered that officials within the Obama administration “knew” of Hunter Biden’s “problematic” position on the board, saying that it interfered “in the efficient execution of policy with respect to Ukraine.” Hunter Biden joined the board in April of 2014, while his father was serving as vice president and running US-Ukraine relations and policy for the administration. Additionally, Grassley noted an FBI interview with Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner, from October 2020, where he stated that Hunter Biden and his uncle, James Biden, had created a business agreement with foreign nationals connected to the Chinese government during Biden’s vice presidency.

Grassley said that the interview summary states that work “remained intentionally uncompensated while Joe Biden was vice president.” “After Joe Biden left the vice presidency, the summary makes clear that Hunter Biden and James Biden worked with CEFC and affiliated individuals to compensate them for that past work and benefits they procured for CEFC,” Grassley said. Hunter Biden, James Biden, and their business partners created a joint venture, known as SinoHawk Holdings, that would be a “vehicle to accomplish that financial compensation.” The venture was a partnership between the two Bidens, and CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming. 50 percent of SinoHawk was owned by Oneida Holdings, which according to the summary, was made up of five evenly divided LLCs, two of which went to Hunter and James Biden, and 10 percent, Bobulinski revealed, was “to be held for Joe Biden.”

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    Germ
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    Lake Mead – years compared: http://graphs.water-data.com/lakemead/

    #118830
    Dr. D
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    Oh heavens yes, that’s why I gave the disclaimer. Just all climate news is always bad, every day. Now it’s filling and crickets. Is that not good? Should be mentioned? Or only a year from now when the Oroville Dam cracks is it worth noting?

    That’s the problem with the drought list given as well, or even the “Died suddenly” list: compared to what? Is it normal floods that normally happen, or is it statistically out of range? The single story doesn’t and can’t tell us.

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    Armenio Pereira
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    The most relevant question every (wannabe) philosopher should ask himself (and submit for others’ consideration) is, IMHO:
    Is the Universe perfect, or is it a work-in-progress?

    Once one finds the answer – or, in the very least, one feels comfortable enough with one of the options – everything falls into place.

    Saludos

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    John Day
    Participant

    @Dr.D.Rich: The vaccination-refusniks are a specific think-for-yourself AND act-accordingly demographic.
    Flattering this demographic may precede what?
    We-the-refusniks revealed ourselves to be enough to thwart a genocidal wave in some places.
    We’ll need to be incorporated into the next plan, right? Or eliminated, somehow…

    Suspicious-mind

    #118833
    Germ
    Participant

    Just in!

    EMA recommends approval of Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines for children from 6 months of age

    https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-recommends-approval-comirnaty-spikevax-covid-19-vaccines-children-6-months-age

    #118834
    John Day
    Participant

    European Medical Association is trying to set a precedent for getting these deadly injections approved for American children, to provide immunity to all of the gangsters and investors and complicit government bureaucrats.

    #118835
    Red
    Participant

    Too many people, too little energy, what to do, what to do? I know, kill ’em all and let god sort ’em out.
    Happy jab day to all and sundry!

    #118836
    Bishko
    Participant

    Lake Mead has many creeks (some subsurface) that add water continuously. At this time of year a large segment of the agricultural lands has stopped using water because their crops have been harvested and they will not replant until next season. This happen everywhere, even on my property. I monitor my depth to water on my well every month and around September or so the water level starts rising even though there has not been rain to recharge. This is the direct result of hundreds of ag wells in my area going mostly dormant. The “recharge” is just the water table “relaxation” that slowly bring surrounding water into the area because the months of aquifer pumping has temporarily “depressed” the water table in this area. This is probably what the rebound is in lake Mead, or something akin to it. If the level is rising without rain then they are drawing less water from the lake than is entering it.

    #118837
    Red
    Participant

    From Tom Murphy’s Do The Math site Limits To Growth an article he penned for Nature Physics this excerpt from his Share link.

    The Limits to Growth does not address economic growth explicitly. The models tracked physical measures and not money. The discussion of equilibrium conditions towards the end of the report does imply a halt to conventional economic growth, but without elucidating why this must be so. This Comment presents an argument for how limits in the physical domain ultimately force limits on economic growth as we know it. In brief, inelastic demand for critical resources in limited supply will not permit prices for these things to become arbitrarily small, which would be necessary to maintain indefinite economic growth. The implications are profound in a society structured around growth, and the time limit is sooner than many assume.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01652-6.epdf?sharing_token=yNwL92oPzcpklZSqVsr-ndRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N0u2htmeT1Hou6SrdtT_vjhsjDi8mPyrY6gILuO1cIPYM5r9vTrCV6dFSGWkHiq63t24rvELuWNN1w82farMIezAYiWj7ialZ8KkzI_SEgHP98WBPRE6PFu8lx9H4EP5A%3D

    #118838
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    The totalitarian fascists are taking on the farmers of NZ again. And the farmers are protesting again..

    https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/groundswell-members-to-protest-across-the-country-auckland-motorists-warned-of-disruption/ar-AA139mUF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=58391c52c58b4bc983d6fb73b017d319

    The motto is: We’re not going to take it.

    Right across the country, from Amberely to Wairarapa.

    https://www.groundswellnz.co.nz/protest-locations?fbclid=IwAR312pHlziS7J86jNXNtmJaj7kg9B3CtTcbl6McDLUViqIEGPvWozrKOqIw

    The ‘security forces’ tend to be rather more cautious when attacking farmers than they are when attacking women and elderly folk protesting fake vaccines and infringements of laws by the fascists.

    No Molotov cocktails yet, though. I guess they will come when the totalitarian fascists raise their level of viciousness against the people they pretend to care about.

    #118839
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    Brian talks of a repeat of Ukraine underway in Thailand, with US-backed fascists and billionaires stirring up trouble, with the intention of installing yet another US proxy government, presumably to loot Thailand and establish a base to launch an attack on China.

    #118840
    John Day
    Participant

    Nuts For Winter post is up, with fall tomatoes/peppers pic. https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/nuts-for-winter
    Salsa for Christmas this year, not store-bought presents.

    #118842
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Setting a timely precedent for the Americans to decide to “immunize” Pfizer and “Friends” from liability for the ongoing vaccine-deaths and injuries, ​Thx Germ.
    EMA ​(European Medical Agency) ​recommends approval of Comirnaty and Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines for children from 6 months of age
    https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-recommends-approval-comirnaty-spikevax-covid-19-vaccines-children-6-months-age

    ​ Big Screen (or small screen) Movie of the Year, “The Real Anthony Fauci”, from the bestselling book by RFK Jr. Sign up for free here:​
    https://www.therealanthonyfaucimovie.com/trailer

    “Pandemic-Prevention” Rewards:
    Surprise! EcoHealth Landed $1 Million Grant To Work With ‘80% Mouse Death’ Boston University On ‘Future Pandemic Prevention’
    https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/surprise-ecohealth-landed-1-million-grant-work-80-mouse-death-boston-university-future

    ​Regarding this “not gain of function” super-COVID research:
    ​https://www.zerohedge.com/political/boston-university-defends-controversial-study-covid-hybrid-strain-80-percent-mortality

    #118843
    John Day
    Participant

    Thanks for this , Luc. The Army does more psy-ops than the CIA? Who’da thought?
    Weird official recruiting commercial (“be a ghost in the machine!”)
    How U.S. Intelligence Subverted Orwell’s Masterpiece​ , ​And Other Tales From The Wars of the DoD
    https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/how-us-intelligence-subverted-orwells

    ​ GPS is a “Star-Wars” military location system​, with a low-rez civilian version, upon which Americans depend. (North Korea? Iran? China? Russkies? Musk?)
    GPS interference in Texas has spread from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area to now east and west regions of Waco, Texas.
    One area west of Waco with high levels of GPS interference is butting up against America’s third-largest military base, Fort Hood.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/gps-signal-mysteriously-disrupted-around-dallas-airports

    ​ If I recall correctly the Washington Post is the CIA mouthpiece. Saudi is in the dog-house for announcing oil cuts before midterms.
    A sweeping investigation published by The Washington Post on Tuesday after years of digging and legal battles with the U.S. government shows that at least 15 retired American generals and admirals have worked as paid consultants for Saudi Arabia’s ministry of defense since 2016.
    https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/18/defying-pentagon-secrecy-reporting-exposes-retired-us-generals-saudi-payroll

    ​ I can still tank-up for a few more weeks, no matter how I vote or don’t vote next month? What about tanking-up next year?
    ​JPM Calculates Biden’s Latest SPR Drain: US Will Exit 2022 With The Lowest Oil Stocks Since July 1983
    ​..C​entral to the president’s address will be a decision for the Energy Department to go ahead and sell the last roughly 15 million of 180 million barrels from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve he had authorized for sale back in March.
    ​ ​Biden also plans to call on the Energy Department to be prepared for more sales from what’s left of about 400 million barrels in the reserve if Russia or others disrupt world markets, according to the White House.
    ​ ​The SPR is already at its lowest level since 1984…
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-unveil-cunning-new-plan-lower-gas-prices-drain-spr-even-more

    ​ Bill has presciently positioned himself for just such an event.​
    ​Video: Bill Gates Says European Energy Crisis Is “Good”
    Touting his Breakthrough Energy Ventures climate-technology (carbon tax) investment company, Gates told CNBC “People did get a little optimistic about how quickly the transition could be done.”

    Video: Bill Gates Says European Energy Crisis Is “Good”

    #118844
    John Day
    Participant

    Chinese Refiners Are Betting Big On European Fuel Demand​ (The Europeans are betting even bigger,​ on China-branded Russian oil,​ aren’t they?)
    China’s oil imports jumped by 2 million barrels per day in September as the country prepared to supply fuel demand growth in Europe.
    The EU has an embargo on Russian crude coming into effect in less than two months and then an embargo on fuels two months after that.
    Europe will be hoping that China’s domestic demand remains weak, as it could become a key source of oil products over winter.
    https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Chinese-Refiners-Are-Betting-Big-On-European-Fuel-Demand.html

    ​ ​The blasts that ripped through the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines last month were likely caused by sabotage, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing German officials familiar with the investigation. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO had conducted a military exercise this summer close to the location where the leaks were found.
    ​ ​According to the outlet, while German investigators have so far failed to definitively identify the culprits, they are “working under the assumption that Russia was behind the blasts.” Moscow has repeatedly denied that it had anything to do with the incident.
    ..According to Germany’s Interior Ministry, Sweden rejected a plan to set up a joint investigation team with Berlin and Denmark. Stockholm argued that its own findings are too sensitive to share even with other EU member states, Reuters reported.
    All three nations have said they will not grant access to the investigation to Russia. This prompted Moscow to summon the German, Danish, and Swedish envoys, while declaring that it would not recognize the results of the probe unless Russian experts are invited to take part. (RT)
    https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/details-of-nord-stream-probe-shared-by-media/

    ​A lot of those poor guys drowned in the freezing river.​
    Ukrainian attack on nuclear plant repelled – Russian official
    The amphibious operation in Zaporozhye Region involved 30 boats and followed artillery shelling, according to Vladimir Rogov
    https://www.rt.com/russia/564948-energodar-ukraine-amphibious-attack/

    ​ Kherson (again in Russia) is between Crimea and other Russian-speaking areas, like Odessa, which Russia intends to “de-Nazify”.
    Kherson is hotly contested by UkraiNATO.​ Kherson may be pounded to rubble this winter. Russia is providing free food and housing to evacuees.
    ​ ​Kherson​ Civilians Evacuated Amid Ukraine Assault As Putin Declares Martial Law For 4 Territories
    ​ ​On Tuesday new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, spoke to the press about the “special operation” in Ukraine for the first time, admitting that the situation in Kherson has become “very difficult” and that tough decisions will have to be made. “The Russian army will above all ensure the safe evacuation of the population” of Kherson.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kherson-civilians-evacuated-amid-ukraine-assault-putin-declares-martial-law-4

    #118845
    John Day
    Participant

    @AFKTT: Thailand is America’s last friend in SE Asia.
    Screwing Thailand would be about right.
    The Chinese own Cambodia and Burma by now.
    Vietnam is very touch about being “owned” by anybody.

    #118846
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    Excellent analysis of Ukraine catastrophe orchestrated by NATO.

    #118847
    John Day
    Participant

    Thaksin Shinawatra is that US-sponsored Thai PM, ousted by the military in 2006
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra#:~:text=s%C7%90n%20t%CD%A1%C9%95%CA%B0%C4%ABn.,Thailand%20from%202001%20to%202006.

    Kap Khun Krap, Brian in Thailand

    #118848
    zerosum
    Participant

    The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    Quick lets invade and steal somebody’s oil, with our last drop of oil, before we ration our population.

    #118849
    John Day
    Participant

    An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and vote, respectively, on the addition of a COVID-19 vaccine to the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program, according to CDC meeting notes and Regulations.gov.

    Tuesday on Twitter, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo stated that regardless of what the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decides, “nothing changes in FL.”
    https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2022/10/19/ladapo-rejects-adding-covid-19-to-florida-vaccines-for-children-program-ahead-of-cdc-vote/

    #118850
    jb-hb
    Participant

    The US shouldn’t listen to Kiev???

    Elensky clearly isn’t in charge of anything. Biden and Harris clearly, CLEARLY are not in charge of anything. Obviously.

    One sock-puppet shouldn’t listen to the 2nd sock-puppet it is controlling? What?

    #118852
    jb-hb
    Participant

    It’s strange that I can post SOME things but not others. I posted a short post yesterday and another one today, went through fine. Tried a longer post and nope. The other day I tried a few suspect expressions and got stopped. Tried the long post again today, stopped again. Long-ish but I thought innocuous. So I pondered what could possibly be the matter

    One thing I talked about was – a color commonly interpreted as the absence of light. Describing a record of specific people. In the context of not being able to get jjxjerbbbs. With my own personal account of what I am seeing. Let’s see if this goes through or not.

    #118853
    jb-hb
    Participant

    hm. Interesting. I am posting nothing weird, offensive, no swear words, nothing illegal, etc. Whenever I try a short or long post referring to the color which is the absence of light, a bunch of people viewable in a linear fashion, and doing things to get money, even just those specific key words or terms BY THEMSELVES, screen loads to no new post. Very very strange.

    #118854
    willem
    Participant

    I’ve been having trouble putting up posts that have links in them over the last day or two.

    #118855
    jb-hb
    Participant

    ok I will try to disprove my theory. Jobs, fired, interviews, blacklist, blacklisted, vaccine, corporation, work

    if this doesn’t get blocked, then I’ve no idea why I can’t post my little story about firing for the vax and the subsequent job search and observations about the larger context

    #118856
    Armenio Pereira
    Participant
    #118857
    aspnaz
    Participant

    Why did people reject the vaccine? I think the most solid people are the Trump supporters who rejected Trump’s attempts to sell the vaccine and called him out on it. That is true independent thinking when your social group – already being persecuted by government – is being led one way yet you still decide to go the other way. This is what differentiates the majority of the anti-vax crowd, they are intelligent, self confident and brave enough to reject the pressures of society to do what they think is best. The vaxxed crowd may have two of these attributes, but without all three they will usually fail the test. Of course, some people love being rejected by society, that is where they feel most comfortable, they would reject the vax regardless. This is not about heroes, this is about the fact that people differ and those differences are important to the survival of humans.

    #118858
    Veracious Poet
    Participant

    #118859
    slimyalligator
    Participant

    US Strategic Oil Reserve blather is strong at this time. Basic geology question if you will. If we pump out all the oil for votes do the salt caverns collapse and need repair? I do understand the “solution mining” camp, but fresh water is becoming quite dear. Thank you.
    P.S. I think the strategic oil reserve was a good idea at the time. Control of same should have been the bailiwick of the DOD and Department of Energy not the D.C. sleazeballs.

    #118860
    Veracious Poet
    Participant

    Trump was dead wrong to follow, believe & trust the Pharma Gangsters (death vax), but he’s not omniscient, and the ruse has been pumped by NIH, CDC, FDA, WHO et al. for decades…

    I’ll take a well-meaning narcissist (Trump) over grifting psychopaths (DnC/GOP Deep State) anyday!

    Unfortunately, the autocrat monsters have the voting process locked up, with the full support of the bought-and-paid-for prostitute media 😐

    I truly feel sorry for the innocent mothers, children & animal kingdom that will be sacrificed to the false idols of wealth, depravity & capricious power madness…

    Pray & mediate for peace,

    Gary

    #118861
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    John Michael Greer

    Waiting For The Fall

    #118863
    John Day
    Participant

    Thanks for the Archdruid, Michael Reid.

    #118864
    Redneck
    Participant

    “A Color Revolt is underway in Iran”
    A lot of folk always think that if there is some kind of pushback or revolution happening anywhere that is entirely originating from and being directly orchestrated by the US/CIA.
    Some influence can be brought to bear through social media but it is impossible to bring hundreds of thousands onto the street unless they have a legitimate grievance .
    I visited Iran about five years ago and a lot of people were pissed off with the regime and were not afraid to say so .
    One man in a shop in the central market of Shiraz actually stood up and called out in a vey loud voice to me and my friend as we walked by ,” This regime no good” , no body around us looked upset or unhappy with his statement , it seemed the majority agreed. We never met any body who spoke good for the regime. Every one who offered an opinion was always against the regime.
    We were there for Ashura , the biggest Shia religious celebration of the year. The scene of over one hundred thousand people marching in the parade in Shiraz was immensely impressive , all the women were in full black purda , Persian music’s playing and small skits were being played out in the parade , the men were also dressed in black and were whipping themselves in unison to the drum beats, very moving.
    That morning after the parade there were two hundred and fifty thousand people at the central mosque complex , we wanted to go in but we were told to come back later in the afternoon , which we did.
    So it would seem that although there is a lot of dissatisfaction with the government there is still a very strong commitment to Islam. Although the demonstrations happening at the moment would seem to indicate otherwise
    The anti-head covering protest is most likely happening because it is the most personal and obvious sign of the thuggish regime’s control , I would think that many of the protestors are still deeply religious.
    The young people are the most pissed off as they are all so highly educated and yet employment is just no where to be found. The internet there is fairly open so they know how the rest of the world’s young people live , they see the world as just passing them by.

    We never saw a sign of the regime goons anywhere at any time.

    The people were scrupulously honest , we met young single European girls who were actually couch-surfing through the country and said they never felt any bad vibes and everyone welcomed them into their homes with great respect and love.
    When we went to the Vakil Mosque on the day of Ashura we had to leave our backpacks and cameras in a storage facility outside the mosque , photography inside the mosque was banned they said , when we asked about our phones the said without a hint of irony ,
    “Phones are ok , you can take photos with your phones”.
    We were then usherd through the gates where we stood waiting for our guide to come and escort us. Shortly a young stocky man appeared wearing all the black mullah regalia. He was a very impressive character with piercing eyes and full beard. He walked up to us directly and said in perfect English,
    ” I represent a terrorist organisation , you are now under arrest you must come with me”.
    For a few seconds we were speechless , my mind was a blank, then with a big smile he reached out for our hands saying , ” Only joking”.
    It was a very quick visit , we stayed the entire week in Shiraz flying in directly from Abhu Dabhi , we did a day trip out to Persepolis.
    I highly recommend the country for travellers.

    #118865
    Redneck
    Participant
    #118866
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    John Day,

    People seem to be waiting and preparing. What else can be done? I think things will start moving quickly when financial collapse arrives. I noticed someone in the archdruid comments referred to the book The End of The World is Just the Beginning Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan which may provide a positive outlook for what is to come. Think I will start reading when things really start to happen. Presently wood remains my top priority. I wish you all the best in these coming days.

    #118867
    willem
    Participant

    @Michael Reid: I have Ecosophia on my RSS feed. I also thought that John Michael Greer piece was outstanding–one of the best I’ve read recently. He laid out things elegantly.

    #118868
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Brian talks of a repeat of Ukraine underway in Thailand, with US-backed fascists and billionaires stirring up trouble, with the intention of installing yet another US proxy government, presumably to loot Thailand and establish a base to launch an attack on China.

    As a 20 year resident of Thailand; I see nothing even close to this alarmist piece of garbage.
    Brian thinks because he’s written x number of articles this gives him some special gift of observation…it does not!
    Comparing Ukraine to Thailand is ludicrous at best; and self serving at worst…
    Oh, and I’ve also lived here through 2 military coups with zero problems thankyou very much…

    #118869
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    V A

    Unfortunately, you have used on of the words of empire: ‘alarmist’

    Whenever I see that word my bullshit detector rings loudly.

    Other key words and phrases of empire are:

    revealed
    urge
    call for
    condemn
    unprovoked attack
    green technology
    sustainable development
    GDP
    financial reserves
    budget surplus
    growth incentives

    Whether Brian Berletic is right or wrong about developments in Thailand, the whole corrupt system is clearly on its last legs and will collapse over the coming year, perhaps even the coming months.

    Saidi Arabia abandoning the petrodollar in favour of the ruble and yuan was arguably the last straw, the one that breaks the camel’s back.

    #118870
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    Just in case anyone has not seem it, this is brilliant.

    #118871
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    Your woke pearl clutching fails to impress…please do not waste my time with it…

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