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Pablo Picasso The dream 1951

 

Seymour Hersh’s Trinity of Truth (Scott Ritter)
Seymour Hersh Believes Betting On Ukraine’s Victory ‘Suicidal’ (TASS)
‘Ukraine Would Have Wiped Out Donbass Last Year If Not For Russia’ (TASS)
Food For Thought (Gonzalo Lira)
NATO Involvement In Ukrainian Conflict Is Maximal – Zakharova (TASS)
Ukraine ‘Peace Petition’ Backed By Nearly Half A Million Germans (RT)
No Sense In Signing Any Agreements With Zelensky – Medvedev (TASS)
Moscow Warns EU Over Seized Assets (RT)
Oh Lightning, I Command Thee To Smite My Foe! (Kunstler)
George Soros Is Defending The Unipolar World Order, Not Freedom (Blankenship)
EU Parliament Blocks Scrutiny of Von der Leyen Over Pfizer Contract (Pol.eu)
Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Caught on Tape Refuting J6 Narrative (GP)
Too Slow And Too Secret? Pace of Staley Investigation Undermines Trust (G.)
Trump Announces Upcoming Visit to East Palestine, FEMA Reverses Course {(CTH)

 

 

 

 

Galloway Ritter

 

 

 

 

Putin 2019

 

 

No more boosters in the UK.

 

 

And Idaho is putting it a bit stronger even.

 

 

Maersheimer

 

 

 

 

 

 

“..Sy Hersh, through his reporting, has exposed truths which have the potential of bringing down a presidency, destroying NATO, and proving Russia right in the eyes of the world..”

Seymour Hersh’s Trinity of Truth (Scott Ritter)

I’ve read nearly everything Sy Hersh has written, and am able to put his considerable journalistic output in its proper historical perspective. It is therefore that I feel very comfortable in concluding that, in terms of its potential for bringing about tectonic geopolitical change, Sy’s Nord Stream reporting is his most important work ever. The GOAT has produced what I call the Trinity of Truth. Truth One: The President of the United States, Joe Biden, by conspiring with members of his national security team to deliberately bypass constitutionally-mandated reporting requirements to Congress regarding acts of war undertaken by the United States, has committed an impeachable offense unmatched by any other president in the history of the United States.

Truth Two: The blow-back that will occur inside Germany to the revelations put forward by Seymour Hersh that the United States carried out an economic Pearl Harbor by destroying energy infrastructure critical to the well-being of the German nation has the potential of breaking up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), upending more than eighty years of post-war European security and stability, and resulting in the diminishment of the United States on the world stage as it becomes isolated from long-time European allies that served as the foundation of the global acceptance of the so-called “rules based international order” that has served as the means by which the United States exerted global hegemony.

Truth Three: The decision to attack the Nord Stream pipeline puts a lie to the US contention that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression, instead underscoring the harsh truth that the United States had a strategic plan which hinged on provoking a conflict with Russia in Ukraine to provide the geopolitical cover for ending Europe’s reliance upon cheap Russian natural gas by demonstrating that every time Russia sought a negotiated end to the crisis, whether before the invasion through implementation of the Minsk Accords, or after in the Istanbul round of talks scheduled for April 1, the United States sabotaged the effort, keeping the conflict alive long enough to implement its major objective—the destruction of Nord Stream. In short, Sy Hersh, through his reporting, has exposed truths which have the potential of bringing down a presidency, destroying NATO, and proving Russia right in the eyes of the world.

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“..It’s impossible to believe how just dumb this leadership was. <…> And then they stick to the war..”

Seymour Hersh Believes Betting On Ukraine’s Victory ‘Suicidal’ (TASS)

The US administration’s hopes for Ukraine’s victory in the conflict with Russia are ‘suicidal,’ US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said in an interview with the Consortium News portal. “It was suicidal to think you can win that war, that Ukraine can win that war. There’s just too much corruption. That was a very, very bad decision. We should have been pushing for peace, we should have made an agreement,” said Hersh, who earlier published his findings about explosions targeting Russia’s Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. “It’s just silly not to right away assure the Russian government that we were not interested in making Ukraine a member of NATO. NATO didn’t want Ukraine anyway because of the corruption. There were just so many bad mistakes made. It’s impossible to believe how just dumb this leadership was. <…> And then they stick to the war,” he said.


On February 8, Hersh wrote in an article, citing sources, that US Navy divers had planted explosive devices under the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines under the cover of the BALTOPS exercise in June 2022 and Norwegians activated the bombs three months later. According to the journalist, the decision to conduct the operation was made by US President Joe Biden personally, following nine months of discussions with White House security specialists. White House National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a comment to TASS that Hersh’s account was utterly false and complete fiction.

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“700-800 rounds of ammunition per day flew into the republic.”

‘Ukraine Would Have Wiped Out Donbass Last Year If Not For Russia’ (TASS)

Ukraine would have levelled the Donbass republics a year ago if Russia had not intervened in time by recognizing the Lugansk and the Donetsk People’s Republics and launching its special military operation, Former LPR ambassador to Moscow Rodion Miroshnik said on Friday. “Exactly one year ago, the Ukrainian regime began artillery preparations before attacking Donbass! A 150,000-soldier group, armed and trained by NATO, was preparing to sweep away the Donbass. And if it were not for Russia’s decision to start a special military operation, we would have simply been levelled,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on the anniversary of the beginning of the escalation of the situation in the Donbass, “And neither the UN nor the OSCE would have noticed it.”


Miroshnik recalled that from February 17 to 24, when the Russian Federation began its special military operation, the Ukrainian armed forces fired 551 shells on the LPR territory. At that time, he recalled, “700-800 rounds of ammunition per day flew into the republic.” There were attempts to break through the defense, as well as casualties among civilians. Also on Friday, Miroshnik drew attention to the fact that a year ago, neither the guarantors (of the Minsk agreements) – France and Germany – nor the UN General Assembly had forced Kiev to fulfill its obligations. At that time, the republics understood that the clock was ticking as the Ukrainian military could wipe out the DPR and the LPR cities, so the emergency evacuation began. “But the world prefers not to see this and starts counting from February 24,” he pointed out.

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Twitter thread.

“They see the West as a paper tiger, run by fools and degenerates.”

Food For Thought (Gonzalo Lira)

I’ve been talking to a number of acquaintances in Russia. These are well-educated professionals who speak English fluently, many of whom have lived/worked in the US/Europe. Some are highly critical of Putin, and many were very much opposed to the SMO. Some observations. They are universally shocked at the racist Russophobia, from Europe especially. “I thought they were our friends/partners!” is a common complaint. They don’t understand why Europe destroyed its own economy with the sanctions. (There’s quite a bit of schadenfreude over that. They don’t understand why the Germans are not reacting to the Nord Stream terrorist attack. They see it as self-evident that the Americans did it—an act of war by one of Germany’s closest ally.

They have zero trust in the Europeans—because of the Russophobia and revelations. Hollande and Merkel have publicly bragged about how the Minsk agreements were entered into to buy time to arm Kiev. This has had a huge impact on them. So they won’t accept any negotiations or ceasefire. They all think Russia would be played for fools again by the West. Even the “doves” believe that the conflict can only end in total victory, i.e. complete military occupation of Ukraine. They don’t look forward to this—but they believe it is the only solution to guarantee Russian safety. They all view this conflict as a Russia vs. NATO war. And they all believe this war will last for years. There is a palpable sense of determination and *relief* that they too—like their grandfathers before—are involved in an existential war for the survival of their nation.

They one and all despise the Russians who fled to Europe, Israel and Georgia. They view them as fair-weather friends at best—traitors at worst. They all made it clear that they would not be welcomed back at the end of this conflict. Even the “doves” respect Putin, and they laugh at the idea of “regime change in Russia”. The principal criticism of Putin is that he’s been too gentle, too patient. Many (not all) would prefer a scorched earth, total war campaign, specifically targeting the Kiev leadership. All in all, they are satisfied with their leadership. Lavrov was universally praised, Peskov the one least respected. Shoigu, Gerasimov and Surovikin were all endorsed, though they all took some criticism, mostly because they think the war is going too slowly. Interestingly, I sensed a gnawing anxiety over Russia’s economy, which seems to be going so well—as if it’s too good to be true.

The 2015 sanctions nearly broke their economy—but now, with even worse sanctions, none are experiencing a loss of standard of living. They seem to have lost their respect, admiration—and fear—of the West. Certainly their trust. They all believe that “human rights”, “democracy”, etc. are empty platitudes the West uses to get its way. They see the West as a paper tiger, run by fools and degenerates. This is inevitably a very biased selection of opinions: Highly educated, well traveled, Western-oriented, fairly well-to-do people aged 27–60. So imagine how much more conservative Russian working class people’s opinions would be. Food for thought.

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“Now they directly control the leadership of the Kiev regime, they are all connected.”

NATO Involvement In Ukrainian Conflict Is Maximal – Zakharova (TASS)

The involvement of NATO countries in the conflict in Ukraine is maximal, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday. “NATO countries are playing innocent, trying to prove that they are not a party to the conflict [in Ukraine] <…>. The involvement [of NATO countries] is maximal, [they’ve been carrying out] provocative activity for many years. Now they directly control the leadership of the Kiev regime, they are all connected.” According to Zakharova, Moscow also drew attention to media reports that Ukraine might organize joint licensed production of shells and other weapons with the UK and create similar military enterprises with other NATO countries. “It is obvious that big Western capital is behind the pumping of the Ukrainian armed forces, the formation of combat operations,” the diplomat noted.

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“If the fighting goes on like this, Ukraine will soon be a depopulated, destroyed country..”

Ukraine ‘Peace Petition’ Backed By Nearly Half A Million Germans (RT)

Almost 500,000 Germans have supported a petition urging Chancellor Olaf Scholz to spearhead efforts for peace negotiations in Ukraine. The appeal is authored by journalist Alice Schwarzer and Sahra Wagenknecht, a prominent member of Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke), and implores officials in Berlin not to provide Kiev with more weapons. The document, which was published last Friday and has since gathered an increasing number of supporters, claims that the conflict in Ukraine has already cost the lives of more than 200,000 military personnel and 50,000 civilians. “If the fighting goes on like this, Ukraine will soon be a depopulated, destroyed country,” the authors warn. Wagenknecht and Schwarzer also argue that “a lot of people in Europe fear an expansion of the war.”

The petition asserts that Ukrainians need solidarity from Germany, but questions whether Berlin’s current policies truly reflect the support they require. “What is now, one year on, the actual goal of this war?” the authors ask, citing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s recent comment about Europe being at war with Russia. The petition expresses skepticism over whether Scholz’s government will keep its word and not provide Ukraine with fighter jets. According to Wagenknecht and Schwarzer, the German chancellor has already crossed multiple “red lines” in recent months. The pair also warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin could unleash a “maximum counterstrike,” should Ukraine retake Crimea – which is among the goals set by senior officials in Kiev.

“Are we then inexorably sliding down a chute leading to a world war and nuclear war?” the petition asks, adding that numerous major conflicts have begun this way, and that another could end up being the last for mankind. The petition stresses that “to negotiate doesn’t mean to capitulate,” but rather to “make compromises on both sides.” The authors claim that half of the German population wants immediate peace talks, and suggest that the government should heed their calls. “We demand that the federal chancellor stop the escalation of weapons deliveries,” the document states, urging officials in Berlin to focus on peace efforts and form an international alliance to this end.

The petition had received 496,008 signatures at the time of writing. Moscow has repeatedly signaled it is open to talks with Kiev, provided that Ukrainian leaders accept Russia’s conditions and recognize what the Kremlin calls the “reality on the ground.” In early October 2022, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky ruled out negotiations with his Russian counterpart. Kiev is insisting on a military victory over Russia, and refuses to make any territorial concessions to its neighbor.

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“..He is not supposed to hold any talks. He is supposed to sign what he is told to sign..”

No Sense In Signing Any Agreements With Zelensky – Medvedev (TASS)

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that he sees no point in signing any agreements with Kiev, since it is highly likely that Ukraine’s next leader will annul them. Medvedev drew attention to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s statements that he was not inclined to hold any talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “It’s not news, but there is a nuance he opted not to mention yesterday although he is quite aware of it. He is not supposed to hold any talks. He is supposed to sign what he is told to sign. Although, frankly speaking, this document will not be worth its weight in paper. You can remember the Minsk agreements that were signed by his predecessor,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

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The west keeps thinking they will be rebuilding Ukraine.

Moscow Warns EU Over Seized Assets (RT)

Any Western attempts to transfer seized Russian assets to Ukraine would be “barbarism,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed. If necessary, Moscow is ready to impose a tit-for-tat response, she added. Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, Zakharova noted that EU nations had invested heavily in Russia, meaning a significant amount of European-owned assets remains in the country. Their value is larger than that of the Russian assets seized by foreign nations, the spokeswoman argued. Zakharova insisted that Russia wants to operate within the law and would give the US and its allies “every last chance” to reconsider any plans to confiscate Russian property. However, she added that Moscow was fully prepared to defend its interests, including through the use of “equal compensatory measures.”

The remarks referred to a new EU working group, established to explore ways to make Russia fund the future reconstruction of Ukraine. “This must be done in accordance with EU and international law, and there is currently no direct model for this,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said, commenting on the new group. Stockholm currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council. Western nations have frozen hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Russian sovereign reserves, as well the assets of Russians whom they consider close to the government. Moscow has branded the measures an act of robbery. Zakharova stressed that property rights should not be subject to the whims and geopolitical needs of a handful of nations, adding that US foreign policy was often prone to wild swings.

She claimed that a case in point is Venezuela, where Washington previously referred to Juan Guaido as the legitimate leader who has the right to manage the nation’s wealth. “Now Western delegations visit [Nicolas] Maduro, whom we always considered the legitimate president, as if nothing happened,” Zakharova said. “So everything they say now about Russia, their accusations, threats, and blackmail… can flip-flop in a moment. Mark my words.” The spokeswoman warned that the international community should oppose the push for the expropriation of Russian property, if not for its own sake. Countries could otherwise find themselves on the receiving end of the “ostensibly impartial” West-controlled financial system, Zakharova cautioned.

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“..Russia has every intention of pacifying the joint at all costs..”

Oh Lightning, I Command Thee To Smite My Foe! (Kunstler)

In the meantime, America is rapidly disintegrating on the home front. Is it attempted suicide or murder? It’s a little hard to tell. Things are blowing up from sea to shining sea — food processing facilities, giant chicken barns, regional electric grids, oil refineries. The latest, of course, is a chemical spill from the Norfolk-Southern train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, set ablaze by a conclave of government officials purportedly to keep the toxic liquids from seeping into the Ohio River watershed and beyond. Of course, in the dithering prior to lighting it up, enough vinyl chloride leached into streams feeding the big river to kill countless fish. And then torching the remaining chemical pools sent up a mushroom cloud of dioxin and other poisons that killed wildlife, pets, and chickens in the vicinity before the evil miasma wafted eastward on the wind to the densely-populated Atlantic coast.

One has to wonder whether an army of saboteurs is on the loose across the land. Considering the border with Mexico is wide open, why wouldn’t America’s adversaries send whole wrecking crews over here to mess with our infrastructure? There’s no question that people from all over the planet have been sneaking across the Rio Grande. Surely some of them are on a mission. America is filled with “soft” targets, things unguarded and indefensible — not least, tens of thousands of miles of railroad track. Of all the reasons to be unnerved by “Joe Biden’s” open border policy, this one is the least discussed, even in the alt-media. But it seems like a no-brainer for nefarious interests who might want to bamboozle and disable us.

The sad truth of this moment in history is that the USA has too much going sideways with our own business at home now to be dabbling in any foreign misadventures — and we couldn’t have picked a worse place than Ukraine to do it. The sheer logistics are implausible. The geography is lethally unfavorable. The place has been inarguably within Russia’s sphere of influence for centuries and Russia has every intention of pacifying the joint at all costs. Peace talks are apparently out of the question for our leaders. Something’s got to give, and that something is probably Western Civ’s financial system. It’s primed to blow anyway, and when it does, we’ll have other things to think about.

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Soros picks DeSantis.

George Soros Is Defending The Unipolar World Order, Not Freedom (Blankenship)

Contrary to the causes Soros claims to champion, his vision is more likely to usher in a third World War – not prevent one. There’s no credible evidence of a Russian regime-change operation in Moldova. China’s global position has little to do with Russia’s success or failure in Ukraine — the two are partners, but not a unified entity, or even allies; their societies and economies are distinct. What Soros was really rambling against wasn’t corruption or anti-democratic behavior — but the emerging multipolar world order, of which India and Türkiye are, to various degrees, becoming a part. I will not waste my time defending the likes of Modi or Erdogan, as their records are, in my opinion, indefensible. But it’s not their autocratic leanings that Soros hates about them — it’s their flickers of independence.


He may, in this respect, ultimately come to be disappointed by Brazil’s turn to democracy, as it will lead to more development in multipolarism and visibility in multilateral institutions. I also believe he seriously underestimates the US Republican Party’s sheer lack of principles and its willingness to tap into even the most wretched sources of untamed hatred for political support. Despite what the aging “philanthropist” desires, the era of unipolar liberal hegemony is over. The world is entering a new era of multilateralism and anti-hegemony. Soros’ speech before the Munich Security Conference may, in this way, be a symbol. A symbol of how the old way of doing things dies with the ramblings of an old man while the emerging multipolar world order is born in the thunderous cry of billions of youth across the Global South.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1626539057684660225

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It’s a closed circuit. The opposite of democratic. They only need the chiefs. The rest have no say.

EU Parliament Blocks Scrutiny of Von der Leyen Over Pfizer Contract (Pol.eu)

The top ranks of the European Parliament have slammed the door shut to a public cross-examination of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her personal role in negotiating a multibillion euro vaccine deal with Pfizer. Last month, lawmakers in the Parliament’s special committee on COVID-19 proposed to invite von der Leyen to answer questions on the EU’s largest vaccine contract, signed at the height of the pandemic. It was in the run-up to this contract that she is reported to have exchanged text messages with Pfizer’s Chief Executive Albert Bourla. However, at a closed-door meeting Thursday of the Conference of Presidents (CoP) — which includes the heads of all the political groups and the Parliament’s president — leaders refused the request to hold a public grilling.


Instead they decided to ask von der Leyen to answer questions in private at some point in the future, watering down the invitation to almost nothing. “It was agreed that CoP will be able to raise … [the Parliament’s COVID-19 committee’s] concerns in their next regular meeting with the president of the Commission,” said an EU official with knowledge of the confidential discussions. The European People’s Party MEP in the room, Siegfried Muresan, dismissed the suggestion that the group was protecting von der Leyen — also affiliated with the EPP — as a “conclusion in search of an argument.” “The broad consensus was that we’re in dialogue with her [and] that should continue in the formats that have worked so far and that we have established,” he told POLITICO.

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“Nancy Pelosi has contributed to destroying countless lives with her “insurrection” narrative and sham committee – And here is her daughter on camera saying it’s all a crock.”

Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Caught on Tape Refuting J6 Narrative (GP)

In the video below, Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Alexandra Pelosi, is meeting with a January 6 defendant she wanted desperately to be in her sham documentary. It is a meeting with this same J6 defendant and his attorney. Alexandra Pelosi asked the defendant numerous times to participate. He politely declined. The Gateway Pundit reached out to the January 6 defendant in this video to confirm the details in the recording. Alexandra Pelosi agreed to be recorded by the defendant. In this video, Alexandra Pelosi is on camera saying many very shocking things. She mocks the idea that January 6th was an insurrection and admits that DC is too biased to hold fair trials and that many J6ers would be found not guilty if their cases were handled anywhere else in the country, and much more.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1626678002602893335

This video has not yet been made public. This is an exclusive video for The Gateway Pundit audience. From our source: “I did a lot of due diligence making sure that the defendant who shot this video had permission to do so. I spoke with his attorney who provided me documentation that Alexandra agreed to be filmed if they met. I wanted to bring this to you before anybody else if you’re interested in featuring it. Nancy Pelosi has contributed to destroying countless lives with her “insurrection” narrative and sham committee – And here is her daughter on camera saying it’s all a crock.” Here are some of the key moments in the video where Alexandra makes some particularly audacious comments.


Key moments:
2:43: Pelosi: “The Shaman did noth(ing)… What did the Shaman do? He stood there.”
4:24: “After the Democrats lose the house, then they get rid of the committee, people may lose I think interest… no one is going to care after the democrats are out of power. And you take Biden out of office- then who cares!?”
4:50: “DC is a lot of people who work for the government. I don’t think they’re sympathetic. If you got it moved (changed trial jurisdiction from DC) you’d totally get off” (laughs while saying this)
6:50: “If there was an insurrection… you were supposed to have a plan!” “It was the sorriest insurrection in history”
8:11: “You’re going to be able to laugh about this one day”
14:53: Pelosi talks about her friendship with Gavin McInnes and laughs at the notion that Proud Boys are white supremacists.

Daughter Pelosi

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Why does the Guardian cover this all of a sudden?

Too Slow And Too Secret? Pace of Staley Investigation Undermines Trust (G.)

Three years after it began, the findings of a City watchdog investigation into whether the former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley gave a full account of his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the bank’s board are still pending. There is a risk that justice delayed may prove justice denied for the British public. Our system relies on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other regulators to uphold the integrity and honesty of those who manage our money. The issue came to the fore again this week after the publication of allegations made in a court case brought by the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a home, against Staley’s former employer, JPMorgan Chase bank.

It is alleged by Virgin Islands prosecutors that Staley held discussions with Epstein in which they referred to women by the names of Disney princesses, that Epstein procured women for Staley, and that Epstein emailed his friend photos of young women in seductive poses. Staley is not a party to the lawsuit and denies the allegations. JP Morgan declined to comment on the latest allegations. It previously called for the lawsuit to be dismissed, claiming it did not participate in or benefit from sex trafficking by its former client. As allegations about Staley’s ties to Epstein have mounted, so too has the pressure on the Barclays board to justify why they backed him to stay on as chief executive in 2020. The implications of this case are broad, says Simon Learmount, professor in corporate governance at Cambridge Judge Business School:

“This is a really, really important case, not just because of what it may reveal about the Staley-Epstein relationship, but the questions it raises about the Barclays board and boards in general.” Establishing who knew what, and when, and how they responded, is the task that faces the FCA. Its probe not only looked at Staley’s disclosures to the Barclays board, but those the board subsequently made to the FCA. The preliminary findings – which have still not been made public and are subject to legal challenge – therefore speak not only to Staley’s integrity but also the board’s. That includes Nigel Higgins, who received Staley’s disclosures and who is still chair of Barclays. Yet despite the clear public interest in good governance at the top of a British bank of systemic importance, the public may never know the final conclusions of the FCA inquiry. If its preliminary findings are successfully challenged, they will not be disclosed.

[..]Epstein’s luxurious celebrity lifestyle and royal friendships, his death in prison after a previous conviction for soliciting sex from a minor, have all served to keep his name in the headlines. As Epstein’s one-time banker at Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan Chase, Staley has been the focus of attention too. The pair exchanged thousands of messages, many of which were handed over to the UK authorities by US counterparts. A spokesperson for Staley admitted, following an investigation by the Wall Street Journal, that he had made multiple trips to Epstein’s private island, Little St James, in 2020. It was in February that year that the Barclays board decided, following an internal investigation commissioned from the law firm Clifford Chance, which reviewed the emails, that it would stand full square behind Staley. The banker, who had arrived from the US in 2015 with a £10m pay package, had their “full confidence”.

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They’ll blame Trump for the whole thing.

Trump Announces Upcoming Visit to East Palestine, FEMA Reverses Course {(CTH)

The announcement by President Trump with his intent to visit East Palestine next Wednesday, followed moments later by a reversal announcement from FEMA stating they will now offer support to East Palestine, do not seem coincidental. The Biden administration, including the EPA, FEMA and Transporation Secretary, was likely very worried about the optics of getting blasted by President Trump very visibly next week for their lack of urgency and concern. Moments after Trump announces his visit, FEMA reverses their prior denial of aid. lol

Ohio train tracks
https://twitter.com/i/status/1625998479393783809

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just hours after saying he “[did] not expect” members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be in East Palestine, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine now confirms the government entity will, in fact, be sending a crew to assist with the aftermath of the train derailment in the village. In a joint statement released Friday night, DeWine and FEMA Regional Administrator Thomas C. Sivak said the agency would deploy a Regional Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) to Columbiana County starting Saturday, along with a senior response official. The workers will “support ongoing operations, including incident coordination and ongoing assessments of potential long-term recovery needs.”


[…] DeWine had previously requested federal help, and today the Department of Health and Human Services announced toxicologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be journeying to East Palestine to assist with public health testing. However, the governor’s request for FEMA assistance was initially denied, with the agency apparently telling his office the current situation “[did] not quality for assistance.”

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    Pablo Picasso The dream 1951   • Seymour Hersh’s Trinity of Truth (Scott Ritter) • Seymour Hersh Believes Betting On Ukraine’s Victory ‘Suicidal’
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle February 18 2023]

    #129337
    Germ
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    Biontech/Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine approval may have been based on incorrect documentation, WELT reports.

    There are increasing doubts about the data from the pivotal phase 3 study.
    Pfizer dodges the allegations and refuses a review.

    The many inconsistencies in the Pfizer registration study

    https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus243820767/Corona-Impfstoff-Die-vielen-Ungereimtheiten-bei-der-Pfizer-Zulassungsstudie.html

    TVASF

    #129338
    Germ
    Participant

    33 yo male, free of cardiovascular disease, develops acute (biopsy-proven) necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis with cardiogenic shock 10 days after receiving Covid-19 mRNA vax booster

    Acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis presenting with cardiogenic
    shock after mRNA booster dose for COVID-19: Case report and review
    of literature

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9911929/pdf/main.pdf

    TVASF

    #129339
    Germ
    Participant

    In 2020 they threw all established science out the window, and instead invented New Science™

    The well-established natural immunity turned into a “dangerous theory” of “anti-vaxxers”.

    What a pity that Covid ignored their New Science™ and followed the established science…

    TVASF

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    Germ
    Participant

    Atrial Fibrillation After mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: Case Report with Literature Review

    – “… her normal cardiac rhythm could not be restored and permanent AF was diagnosed.”

    – “Cases of patients developing arrhythmia after COVID-19 vaccination have been increasingly reported.”

    https://www.dovepress.com/atrial-fibrillation-after-mrna-1273-sars-cov-2-vaccination-case-report-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-RMHP

    TVASF

    #129341
    Germ
    Participant

    Spain has 106 million unused doses of vaccine.
    That’s more than 2 per person.

    They are buying another 52 million.

    Why?

    The Government continues to buy covid vaccines although it has 106 million unused in ‘stock’

    https://theobjective.com/espana/2023-02-18/stock-vacunas-covid/

    TVASF

    #129342
    Formerly T-Bear
    Participant

    A neighbour asked recently if there were things that countered the effects of mRNA injections as they were mandated to obtain employment. IIRC some recent mention of something that denatured the (original?) spike protein. The report had the nature of an early, tentative observation and I did not bookmark it. Would there be other information of that or other nostrums that look to alleviate or treat those injected? Thanks

    #129343
    Red
    Participant

    Zerosum from yesterday’s TAE:
    ‘I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met,’ the commissioner wrote. But, he added, ‘I have done so with reluctance’.
    Emergencies Act was ‘justified,’ but avoidable: Justice Paul Rouleau

    When you ask the fox why are the chickens going missing under his watch!

    You also presented an inflation calculator that a twelve year old could understand! I have two grandsons 12 and 14 that are top students in their respective classes. I’ve been teaching them 501 darts and can say without a doubt they would not have a clue what you posted. Watching them try to add up their darts and then subtract that total from their score is heart wrenching. I would not have moved out of grade two with their math skills, and don’t even start me on their grammar skills!!!

    #129344
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Lake Oroville now pleasantly full. I believe we have high snow for the summer’s water. I hope they fixed the dam, but this is California; probably not. Will they just let the water out to go to the sea like the last few years, then claim it’s Climate Change? Remains to be seen, but that’s what they did in Vegas. 2-3 more winter/spring months left to go to get 100%. We’re all gonna die.

    “Keith Olbermann Calls for “Economic Civil War” to Institute Gun Control”

    Who is calling for war and for what purpose? Again, if you want gun control, there’s a process. It’s called a Constitutional Amendment. You don’t just ignore some laws and make up others because you don’t like them. That would be called “Without Rule of Law.” Or put another way, “Tyranny.”

    pic

    Next question: who is showing restraint and tolerance and who isn’t?

    “Four US Troops Wounded In Raid On ISIS Commander’s Syrian Hideout”

    The U.S. invaded Syria and still occupies 1/3rd of it – the 1/3rd with oil. Now why am I suspicious that ISIS has anything to do with why we’re there? Apparently it’s only bad if white European countries are invaded. That’s when it becomes a threat to world peace, “unprovoked aggression” and a war crime to be hauled before the Hague with the leaders involved toppled and replaced.

    Speaking of, rocket surgeon Milley says that “the Ukraine war will end in negotiations”. You. Don’t. Say. This is what passes for “Expert Level” in modern American life. Water is wet.

    Speaking of some animals being more equal than others: “FEMA Denies East Palestine’s Request For Federal Assistance”

    The EPA also says “There is no contamination, go home.” People can see the contamination WITH THEIR EYEBALLS and don’t need expensive tests. Also both the administration and the NY Times say “there is no contamination, that is a right-wing conspiracy theory that claimed, without evidence”, at the same time there IS contamination downriver, in WV. So the ORIGIN of the spill has no spill, but DOWNSTREAM there is a spill. Right. I presume because WV has some political swing and wasn’t Red last election.

    So CA, which refused all and any EPA wildfire cleanup and mitigation, sets 10 fires, seen by witnesses, and gets multi BILLION$$$ in aid before the election so the state doesn’t fall in bankruptcy. Ohio has an actual spill that can kill 10 million people, and “We’re Broke!” I’m sorry Senator, we forgot. How to print. Money. Yup! New stripes! Total, 100%, fiscal conservatives. Reaganite anti-spending, anti-government, anti-EPA people, that’s what we are here in the Biden Administration! Trickle Down. Until the border of WV when we care again.

    I can’t make this up as I could never conceive of it. Or that people would LOVE it, and not be mad at all.

    NothingToSee
    https://sinfest.xyz/btphp/comics/2023-02-18.jpg

    If only 1 MILLION lives are saved, it’ll be worth it. Nope!

    Opinion of News Media: But I always hear they’re just telling the people what they want to hear! So how can they be displeasing the audience? Also they tell them what they want to hear, and/or the truth, yet Conservative media is expanding rapidly while traditional media is utterly collapsing, even to bankruptcy like HuffPo and CNN. How can that be, either?

    It makes no sense. That must be why they think on Nov 2016, 200 Million Americans were abducted by body snatchers and replaced with White Supremacists, because otherwise those people were “Obama Voters”. Talk about your crayzee conspiracy theories! Hypothesis one: I’m lying and suck at my job. I’m a butt-kissing shill not worth the name of “reporter” on the tiger beat. I am the reason my company and whole industry is failing. Hypothesis two: Alien body snatchers.

    We know which one they thought was logical. N.P.D.

    “Truth Two: The blow-back that will occur inside Germany … Will break up NATO”

    Apparently not: the Germans LOVE it. The whole EU has unending support.

    “There were just so many bad mistakes made. It’s impossible to believe”

    Yes it is pretty impossible to believe. You’re a reporter and a cynic, so why do you believe it? Maybe something else is going on?

    ““And neither the UN nor the OSCE would have noticed it.”

    As we can see, the UN and OSCE approved of it wholeheartedly and still do. All 6 Million people. And you know what Nazis call 6 million people: a good start. And as we see here, the UN wholly agrees. A thousand shells? They forget to mention they were sent into the public market and the public square. These cities are Ukraine, filled with Ukrainians. Who were they shelling?

    I’d ask: “if D.C. and NY nuked Ohio, who did they think they were attacking,” but…’

    ““If the fighting goes on like this, Ukraine will soon be a depopulated, destroyed country..”

    People refusing to admit reality. I love this phrasing. Golly, if we don’t look out, we might not be under the rule of law! We might be wiretapped without 4A! We might not have open or speedy trials! We might invade other countries! We might cover up non-stop war crimes! We might jail publishers! We might transfer a Trillion dollars to oligarchs! We might elect a President then ignore his every order. We might have states environmentally nuked while the nation doesn’t care! We might force a drug that kills 10 million people! We might castrate all our children that weren’t abducted already. We might wipe out the middle class. We might have Chinese police stations in America.

    You know, if we don’t look out, something BAD might happen!

    …But in the future, of course. Everything’s going great right now.

    Ukraine ALREADY ceased to exist as a people. And Europe ALREADY collapsed. 10X electric bills and no gas for winter ‘23. Like the ’08 housing, it takes time, way longer than you’d think.

    So everything they say now about Russia, their accusations, threats, and blackmail… can flip-flop in a moment.”

    Not. Agreement. Capable. That means you have no choice but to ignore them, cut them out.

    “I also believe he seriously underestimates the US Republican Party’s sheer lack of principles…hatred”

    Huh. Explain?

    Soros/DeSantis. I can’t follow any of this. They need to use words that have meanings, not ones that shift everywhere like jello. “From the Right”? “Ruthless” in his protection of Floridians from a painfully obvious medical coverup? “Ken Griffin is evil-evil with evil sauce?” Who? Because he’s a stock trader like you or because he’s involved in politics like you? And it’s evil-evil with Dr. Evil who said “No, YOU’RE evil, you evil-evil!!!” W. T. F. ?

    My brain is bleeding from reading this stuff. Don’t. Listen. To liars. Newsflash: everything they say is a lie.

    EU Parliament Blocks Scrutiny of Von der Leyen Over Pfizer Contract (Pol.eu) “

    25 years of “the EU is not a Democracy” At all. It’s a Soviet Bureaucracy. And who does it speak for? Itself? Or is there someone further, directing from behind? Who is Ursula be Lyin’ that she can do this? There’s a hidden world emperor and dark overlord somewhere and she’s his bastard daughter? Otherwise, explain?

    Otherwise, she’s a housewife with an economics degree from Stanford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen

    You mean the Stanford that had no problem raising a quarter BILLION dollars for SBF’s bail? Yeah, what’s up with that? Strange how law, custom, and politics are all suspended where they’re concerned. It’s almost like I’m not being told the whole picture.

    “I’m not saying that orchid has aliens, but…it has aliens.”

    The cartel is out of money. The only way they can inject money into their failing operations and maintain control is via “buying” “Vaccines” that don’t work and no one uses. …I hope they at least don’t deliver them, I’d hate to think of the environmental waste. WHO does this injecting of billions and billions and billions and billions into the most corrupt companies in the history of the universe? Who put out heart medications that causes heart failure? Who found blood contaminated with AIDS and sold it anyway? Who put asbestos in baby powder and sold it to poor people to kill their babies? Why, the GOVERNMENT, of course. They’re the ones who PAID them. And they’re the ones who covered up all the previous crimes, indemnified them, kept them in business against all previous law and reason. #Helping. Just doin’ what we do, helpin’ out Pfizer while you have no food in the cupboard and no water to drink.

    Thankfully, the only way man can die is via Covid, and not with poverty, drug use, suicide, hunger, cancers, etc… so it’ll all be worth it I’m sure. When you’re under that bridge with no food, no job, medieval disease, and the bridge then FALLS on you: thank Pfizer. They’re only here to help.

    Is there ANY level of fraud that can get through the thick skulls of Americans people? Make them say “Hey! I suspect bad things are happening NOW, not in the future! I’m beginning not to trust you.” ? …It doesn’t seem it.

    #129345
    Germ
    Participant
    #129346
    Red
    Participant

    #129347
    upstateNYer
    Participant
    #129348
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    T Bear: “…things that countered the effects of mRNA injections …”

    A combination of of bromelain (an enzyme found in pineapples) and Acetylcysteine (also known as N-acetylcysteine or NAC) was found to disrupt the spike protein, via “breakage of glycosidic linkages and disulfide bonds.”

    Bromelain and Acetylcysteine (BromAc) has synergistic action against glycoproteins by breakage of glycosidic linkages and disulfide bonds. We sought to determine the effect of BromAc on the spike and envelope proteins and its potential to reduce infectivity in host cells. Recombinant spike and envelope SARS-CoV-2 proteins were disrupted by BromAc. Spike and envelope protein disulfide bonds were reduced by Acetylcysteine. In in vitro whole virus culture of both wild-type and spike mutants, SARS-CoV-2 demonstrated a concentration-dependent inactivation from BromAc treatment but not from single agents.

    The Combination of Bromelain and Acetylcysteine (BromAc) Synergistically Inactivates SARS-CoV-2
    https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/3/425

    #129349
    Red
    Participant

    Thanks for that list Germ, I’ve moved it along.

    #129350
    boilingfrog
    Participant

    From the NYT:

    “The rate of accidents on Norfolk Southern’s railway increased in each of the last four years, according to a recent company presentation. The record has worsened as executives at Norfolk Southern and other railroads have been telling investors on Wall Street that they can bolster their profit margins by keeping a lid on costs. At the same time, railway companies have lobbied against new rules aimed at making trains safer.”

    The private sector is the answer!
    The government is the answer!

    No, accountability is the answer…

    #129351
    boilingfrog
    Participant

    Additionally from NYT:

    “Norfolk Southern, which earned more than $3 billion last year, invested close to $2 billion in its railways and operations, up a third from 2021. But over the past five years, it paid shareholders nearly $18 billion through stock buybacks and dividends — twice as much as the amount it invested in its railways and operations. Other large railways have paid out billions to their shareholders, too, and their shares have done better than the wider stock market over the last decade”

    #129352
    zerosum
    Participant

    Simple, understandable
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!

    https://www.scottritterextra.com/p/seymour-hershs-trinity-of-truth
    Scott Ritter calls Hersh’s Nord Stream article “his most important work ever”

    1. The President of the United States,

      Joe Biden,

    by conspiring with members of his national security team to

      deliberately bypass constitutionally-mandated

    reporting requirements to Congress regarding acts of war undertaken by the United States,

      has committed an impeachable offense

    unmatched by any other president in the history of the United States.

    2. The blow-back that will occur inside Germany to the revelations put forward by Seymour Hersh that

      the United States carried out an economic Pearl Harbor

    3. The decision to attack the Nord Stream pipeline puts a lie to the US contention that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression, instead underscoring

      the harsh truth that the United States had a strategic plan which hinged on provoking a conflict with Russia in Ukraine

    In short, Sy Hersh, through his reporting, has exposed truths which have the potential of bringing down a presidency, destroying NATO, and proving Russia right in the eyes of the world.

    Name one other piece of journalism in the past half-century that packs such a punch.

    You can’t.
    —————-
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!

    • Seymour Hersh Believes Betting On Ukraine’s Victory ‘Suicidal’ (TASS)
    . We should have been pushing for peace
    ———–
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!
    • ‘Ukraine Would Have Wiped Out Donbass Last Year If Not For Russia’ (TASS)

    Ukraine would have levelled the Donbass republics a year ago if Russia had not intervened in time by recognizing the Lugansk and the Donetsk People’s Republics and launching its special military operation,
    ————
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!

    Ukraine will soon be a depopulated, destroyed country..”

    • Ukraine ‘Peace Petition’ Backed By Nearly Half A Million Germans (RT)
    —————
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!
    The west keeps thinking/saying they will be rebuilding Ukraine after spending so much energy destroying Ukraine.

    • Moscow Warns EU Over Seized Assets (RT)
    —————-
    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!

    https://securityconference.org/en/

    Whole, Free, and at Peace: Visions for Ukraine
    Panel Discussion
    Human Security, Global Order, Defense

    #129353
    zerosum
    Participant

    @ Red

    “You also presented an inflation calculator that a twelve year old could understand! I have two grandsons 12 and 14 that are top students in their respective classes. I’ve been teaching them 501 darts and can say without a doubt they would not have a clue what you posted. Watching them try to add up their darts and then subtract that total from their score is heart wrenching. I would not have moved out of grade two with their math skills, and don’t even start me on their grammar skills!!!”

    I am saddened by you story.
    I will continue my inflation lesson with my 12 year old. Hopefully, repetition, and variation will work for the info to get into and stay between his ears.

    Repeat: Inflation drops by 1%%/month for 10 months. What is the cost increase after 10 months?

    $100.00 –> 10% = 110
    110.00 –> 9% = 119.9
    119.9 –>8% = 129.5
    129.5 –> 7% = 138.6
    138.6 –> 6% = 146.9
    146.9 –> 5% = 154.3
    154.3 –> 4% = 160.5
    160.5 — > 3% = 165.3
    165.3 –> 2% = 168.6
    168.6 –> 1% = 170.3
    170.3 –> 0 inflation = 170.3

    #129354
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Formerly T-Bear:
    “A neighbour asked recently if there were things that countered the effects of mRNA injections as they were mandated to obtain employment.”

    Germ:
    TVASF !!! !!!!! 🙂

    #129355
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Kunstler’s way of words – pure artistry.
    His recent podcast with Dimitry Orlov is interesting for the fact that VERY VOCAL crowd on his main blog is, for the most part, absent in the comment section.

    #129356
    zerosum
    Participant

    ## During a platoon attack on the Svatovo-Kremennaya axis Russian forces took a VSU position and killed its occupants. One of the VSU was a female marksman in her early to mid 30s. ##

    #129357
    boscohorowitz
    Participant
    #129358

    Those lions saw someone threw corn out for the deer.

    When your place is the pit of the barrel-
    And no president sucks more than you-
    The solution is really no mystery:
    Going forward and back- erase history!

    #129359
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Boilingfrog
    accountability is the answer…

    Hear! Hear!
    I wholeheartedly agree!

    Why is our financial system on life support?
    Because we bail out those who are “too big to fail.”
    Why do toxic-laden trains derail in Ohio?
    Because, ultimately, the owners/operators of the trains and rickety rails are fairly certain that they’ll be able to side-step accountability.
    Why did Pfizer and Moderna push forward so quickly?
    They were certain that they would be absolved of accountability for any damage from their products.
    Why does my daughter’s 15-year-old friend steal the keys to one of the golf carts at their high school and take golf carts left sitting on brief joy rides?
    Because he believes that he won’t be caught, and won’t be held accountable. And the rush he gets from doing it is incredible.

    For the first 3 citations, the adults are probably doing it for the more measured “rush” from generating high profits, but the pattern is identical.

    #129360
    Peter 47
    Participant
    #129362

    Got something new from Google. From the days we were still on Blogspot.

    “Your post titled “June 13 2009: The Future Loot” has been put behind a warning for readers” (“was flagged to us for review.”)
    http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-13-2009-future-loot.html

    Ditto: “September 20 2009: Boy, is it ever broke”:
    http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-20-2009-boy-is-it-ever-broke.html

    These are Debt Rattles before that name came up, news aggregators.

    The warning: “Sensitive Content Warning. This post may contain sensitive content. In general, Google does not review nor do we endorse the content of this or any blog. For more information about our content policies, please visit the Blogger Community Guildelines.”

    Wonder how many of these warnings I can look forward to. 14 year old posts, for Christ sake. That someone there now feels they have a right to be editors for. Not that they tell you which of the 50,000 – 60,000 words they don’t like. Just like when they start blocking ads. And you believed Thought Police was a fictional concept.

    #129364
    Polemos
    Participant

    I’m still curious whether the no-posting trigger are the links or specific turns of phrases, or both/either/it-depends.

    #129365
    Polemos
    Participant

    “Lake Oroville now pleasantly full.” —Dr. D.
    However, this site (Cali Data Exchange Center, Ca Dept of Water Resources) says it’s about 2.4M/3.5M acre-feet, which is about 68% full. (But, as Afewknowthetruth saystotally literally“, since “more than 90%” of the data in the Empire of Lies are false, fabricated, fraudulent and “10%” of the data are insignificant, [disregarding the overlap, of course] then you cannot trust the numbers put out by the state of California. Only the CO2 measurements are genuine, given they are data completely outside of the Empire of Lies control, even if they are funded and supported by agencies and departments within the Empire of Lies)

    #129369
    Polemos
    Participant

    Doc Robinson, consider the following cautionary papers regarding Acetylcysteine:

    “Antioxidant supplements promote tumor formation and growth and confer drug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma by reducing intracellular ROS and induction of TMBIM1”
    http://tiny.cc/c4i4vz

    “N-acetylcysteine, a cancer chemopreventive agent, causes oxidative damage to cellular and isolated DNA”
    http://tiny.cc/d4i4vz

    “N-Acetylcysteine Promotes Metastatic Spread of Melanoma in Mice”
    http://tiny.cc/f4i4vz

    “N-Acetyl Cysteine: A Warning Shot”
    https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/n-acetyl-cysteine-warning-shot

    Here’s the good part: the animals who got NAC supplementation really did show significantly fewer of those signs of oxidative damage in their lung tissue. It also reduced signs of cell senescence and overt histological damage of aging as well, such as emphysema lesions (all of these were markedly worse in the JunD knockouts, but NAC improved them as well). So far, so good, and this is exactly the case you’d make if you were pitching NAC as something people should take for healthy lungs as they age. But hold on.

    None of the aged normal mice showed signs of adenocarcinoma developing in their lung tissue. But 10% of the aged normals getting NAC supplementation showed it. None of the aged JudD knockouts showed any, either, but 50% of the aged JunD knockouts getting the NAC supplementation had it. The best guess is that cell senescence pathway that seemed to be inhibited with the NAC: some of these are in fact cells that should have died and didn’t, and went on to become cancerous:

    Our results therefore support a direct role for NAC in tumor initiation. This role seems independent from antioxidant gene expression, since opposite variations in antioxidant enzyme expression were seen in healthy mice and JunD–/– mice during aging. The protective effect of NAC against lung emphysema is an expected consequence of the decrease in lung senescent-cell accumulation. Altering the cell senescence process, however, may produce undesirable consequences, since senescent cells are well known to constitute a barrier to cell transformation and tumorigenesis.

    Also, go back and recheck the funding sources for the BromAc® (yes, it is in fact a registered trademark) article, specifically track the lead author Javed Akhter and several of the others. I have already linked here to what I am alluding to, but you should also see in what ways they have also used BromAc® (ALT+0174) as a treatment for a variety of other ailments, conditions, diseases, and so on. Given the usual suspicion people have towards pharmaceutical companies specifically tailoring research and drafting papers and finding persuadable publishers to support their own products, I suggest applying the usual here.

    #129370
    Polemos
    Participant

    Interesting. So, using link shorteners worked (didn’t like cellandbioscience, academic oup, or mdpi links), or deleting one of the links to MucPharm in the last paragraph. It may be the length of the link, yet I’ve seen really long links with a lot of those unnecessary backtracking url inserts on here, but that may be y’all adding in linebreaks to make it work. I’m leaning towards “long url” being the issue for now.

    Now for something completely different:
    Gateway Pundit blogs and links to a few articles about the relative ease in purchasing mental and physical health care data collected by telemedicine apps and online services. For a few thousands, or hundreds, of dollars you can collect names, addresses, specific illnesses, medications, and assorted other data from different databases.

    Given the ease with which this information can be acquired, it is not difficult for me, imaginative social deviant, to suppose a collection of antipeople who admire chaos, evil, sociopathic influence, and generalized mayhem purchase this information, find these people, and then subject them to various layers of weaponized annoyances. Not quite the kind of intensity carried out by nation-state and transnational criminal gangstalking, but the effects could be very similar. Drive by their homes playing loud contemporary trap or house music, leave bags of flaming poo on their doorsteps, or false cancellation bills in their mailboxes, or point makeshift microwave emitters at their homes from across the street. It becomes easier to pinpoint and more effectively distribute mass social psychosis in regions if you already know which people are already vulnerable and needing help and assistance.

    Conversely, a charitable organization could do the complete opposite and purchase these lists, find these people, and then organize coordinated group prayers, positive thought and meditative sendings for them. They can leave small notes of encouragement on their cars, potted plants or attractive displays of epiphytes near their homes, or a sign in the yard saying “We love you and believe in you.” Not quite the kind of intensity carried out by the kingdom of Heaven or transdimensional boddhisattvas gangfriending, but the effects could be very similar.

    Guerilla goodness is a real and live possibility that needn’t be orchestrated by centralized charities inevitably doomed to bureaucratic implosion. Insurgent kindnesses come from the heart and arise deep within the unifying core of our shared collective esp core. As the man said, the line between good and evil passes through each of us in our hearts. I struggle every day with this line, with my own tendencies towards apathy, indifference, contempt and rage and compassion, benevolence, grace and forgiveness. So, every day I must choose whether I become another tool in the network of gangstalkers spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt among people or a node in the web of gangfrienders inciting courage, commitment and faith among people. Otherwise, when the sun goes down, and the dreamtime visitors come to me and strike up their conversations as they often do, I find I have nothing of worth to say except “Yet again my day was boring, for I did nothing but nothing worth doing.”

    So, maybe we can turn Carlin’s joke around. Sure, it is a Very Big Club we’re choosing to join, and we are in it! Imagine that! Act upon it! Join a club! Be unknown! Whether a flaming bag of poo or a charming pot of flowering echinacea, won’t it be wonderful to have made such a small but compounding contribution to another’s profound reappraisal of their existentially fraught lives?

    #129371
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    A litre of milk going from 4 cents (1974 price), to 40 cents to $4 (current price) isn’t inflation. It’s deliberate devaluation of fiat currency that has no foundation, other than government-sanctioned fraud and usuary.

    #129372
    zerosum
    Participant

    Why!!! Lie!!! When Everyone Knows The Truth!!!

    #129373
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    ‘However, at a closed-door meeting Thursday of the Conference of Presidents (CoP) — which includes the heads of all the political groups and the Parliament’s president — leaders refused the request to hold a public grilling.

    That pretty much sums up everything.

    If you are a criminal -as all so-called leaders in NATOstan nations are- wouldn’t you hold meetings behind closed doors and ensure the public doesn’t get to hear what was discussed and who benefited from the secret deals made?

    Without energy, nothing happens.

    The long-term consequence of over-use of fossil fuels as energy sources is a completely fucked-up planet, inhospitable to most extant life forms -including humans, of course. Indeed, humans will be one of eh first species to go extinct as a consequence of overuse of fossil fuels.

    All ‘official plans and policies’ focus on promotion of short-term Ponzi schemes which are dependent on systematic fraud and conversion of fossil fuels into waste, until it becomes impossible to do so, whilst at the same time lying continuously about everything.

    Since all so-called leaders of NATOstan nations are psychotic sociopaths or trained actors, they do not believe there is a point of ‘until it becomes impossible to do so’ -infinite growth on a finite planet and other severe delusions of the mentally ill being the norm in the corridors of power of NATOstan nations.

    ‘We’ hit the wall in 2019: the splattered mess of 2020-to-2023 is the result.

    I have much work to do in the tiny window of opportunity that is left before it all turns to custard -very likely later this year.

    Venus and Jupiter were stunning in the evening sky yesterday. Today looks suitable for a short river adventure.

    All work and no play makes for a dull life.

    #129374
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Random notes:

    Superspreader Substack has a bible study where no one went home. 10 days and counting. Well that was prophesied (minor people) and in the right location, but didn’t really expect it. It comes in right on schedule with 70 year cycles. Kind of like musicals have a comeback. And hemlines.

    Like Ardern, Sturgeon, media darling and the head of Scotland steps down for no reason, also having ‘run out of gas’? Explain? Nothing happens, she gives no successor, no reason, just: bye bye. I suppose she’s going to fly to Ukraine and make political deals like everyone else who isn’t Prime Minister? She did say, quote: “I’m not leaving politics.” Weird way to not leave politics, don’t you think?

    “I wish it need not have happened in my time,”
    “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides that of evil [and] “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”

    Actually, that second part isn’t Tolkien, it’s the screenwriters. However this quote is JRR: “The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.’

    It’s actually the opposite feeling of “the strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must.” –Thucydides

    That is, being strong or weak, wise or foolish is of no special help in the challenges before us. If you’re small you’re as likely to succeed as the large, the rich as the poor. We’ll see this a lot more shortly as the financial system chokes and money doesn’t buy you chips for instance, or eggs and gas. Do Pelosi and Hunter look like they’re having a good time? Musk and Trump are rich but that means people are attacking their money all day to steal some. Maybe sometimes doing the job and going home to a quiet life is a good thing. As I said, the continent is made of grains of sand, the forest is made of leaves. A life is made of small actions, as are good works my good and faithful servant.

    The TPTB set up the Club of Rome and the Green New Deal, then it’s not also possible that they don’t realize deeply the end of infinite growth on a finite planet. They DO know it, that’s why they’re responding this way by oppressing and (perhaps) killing all of us.

    That’s okay, just need to say “Which ones?” WHO, specifically do you mean? Just ‘cause it’s a Big Club doesn’t mean the members are clones or agree on things.

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    @AFktT: I get your point that The City of london is the seat of a 5-eyes/5-airstrips empire, and that you use that terminology to make that point each time. It’s an easy point to forget. It is better for the owners if we don’t consider it.

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    those darned kids
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    DeSantis is a good example of the principles of political leadership. We discussed this some time ago in the comments, but the principle is basically this. The wannabe leader must earn support by offering the people what they want. Leaders cannot generally change the theinking of their targetted audience, instead they promote themselves by doing what their audience want them to do. They are led by their audience, not the other way around. Obviously at some stage they then use that power to also do things that benefit their friends, but they have to earn the leadership first.

    You can see this in the very ambitious DeSantis. He is doing what the Trump supporters want, implementing changes in Florida to attract the Trump voters. He is backed and owned by the same old RINO financiers, the Koch brothers, but he is being funded in order to draw votes away from Trump. It is quite an obvious play and appears to be working. I am sure that the likes of Soros will also fund him as he is controlled opposition, rather than the real Trump opposition.

    I am sure that many Democrat financers will get behind DeSantis as it becomes more apparent that the Democrat party may not win the next election. TDS is their game and DeSantis is their Jesus.

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    This is Russia running out of cruise missiles yesterday


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