Debt Rattle April 22 2024

““We’ve made very clear to China — and many other countries have as well — that they should not be supplying Russia with weapons for use in its aggression against Ukraine,” said Secretary of State Blinken after a meeting of G-7 foreign ministers.”

Hahahahaha! That’s never been true you could say that, ever in history, to anyone. So, um, China, who’s 5x stronger? When you’re entirely in the wrong? When you’ve already said when you beat Russia you’ll immediately invade China? Wow, these guys are master chess players! Surely they run the world! It’s hopeless, might as well give up to them now.

““In a benign international environment, we trusted the global level playing field and the rules-based international order, expecting that others would do the same. But now the world is changing rapidly, and it has caught us by surprise,” said Mario Draghi,”

Hahahahaha! Europe hasn’t had or wanted, or tried, or even allowed, a level playing field since 1550. Even if that WASN’T true, what guy says, “Oh, I left my $100 bills out by the mailbox and expected you would do the same”?

This is also what Yellen said when she visited: “We are having trouble keeping up, because we’re morons, destroyed all our factories, ruined all our schools, killed all our people, trampled all their actions, stole all their work, and are now falling way behind. And we expect in order to keep up, China will do the same and destroy themselves so we can compete. In fact, we don’t expect it, we DEMAND it.” “Oh by the way, buy $1 Trillion of our bonds every 100 days.” …We don’t expect it, we demand it. …We need the money so we can attack you. How about “No.” Does “No” work for you you deranged retarded lunatic.

“Most importantly, other regions are no longer playing by the rules and are actively devising policies to enhance their competitive position. “

What da fuqqing “Rules”? What “rules”? Nobody signed anything. “Rulz” you made up yesterday? Things you thought in your adorable little pre-school heads?

You know, when Scholz visited China this week, he was met by Xi — no his staff – No somebody else’s staff – no actually a mayor – no actually an Assistant TO the Mayor. Of one city. And I was thinking about that, but really, without NordStream, 100% of all German companies are LOSING money. Dead, dead, dead. Volkswagen is making money in only ONE place over all of Planet Earth: China. Porsche and everyone else are moving – TO AMERICA. (To give you an idea how desperate their situation is; hope they didn’t choose NY)

So ALL GERMANY, the driver of all Europe, is what? Yeah, they’re less important, less productive, less relevant, than ONE CHINESE CITY. THAT, is what Xi is saying when he had the deputy assistant secretary to the Mayor meet Scholz, head of Germany. And that’s PERMANENT. (in relative terms).

So what’s the problem? Other than that you suck, don’t work, actively hunted and destroyed all workers, killed all their children, and stole/prevented all Capital?

“China, for example, is aiming to capture and internalize all parts of the supply chain in green and advanced technologies and is securing the access to the required resources.” Yeah, AND?

“ This rapid supply expansion is leading to significant overcapacity in multiple sectors and threatening to undercut our industries” he said.” Yeah, AND? Your problem is: THEY DO WORK? Sell you great products cheap? Oh noes.

See, this is how the West is Communist. They see China DOING WORK, and rather than be better in COMPETITION and TRADE, they demand China break their legs to suck as bad as lazy, shiftless, thieving people like ourselves. They want Equality of Outcome. When the INPUT is, they “Do no work”. And they’re mad because everywhere in West, everywhere in their lives, they’ve always stolen every hard worker’s lead, (you didn’t make that) cheated, and complained/arrested/accused/arrested anyone better than them to have a “Level playing field”. Go DEI in a bonus hole. Meaning if you’re an amputee, you require me to crawl around without legs like you do. Bring everyone DOWN to your level instead of UP to human potential.

This is so ingrained in them, apparently they can’t understand it, and don’t grasp at all what they sound like. To any “normal” person. Who ever lifted a finger instead of destroying others instead. Well I do. So do the non 0.001% of Americans.

““We are lacking a strategy for how to keep pace in an increasing cutthroat race for leadership in new technologies.”

Huh. That’s odd. SINCE YOU INVENTED IT. Zenith TV. Texas Instruments. Intel. So what were you doing in 1950-1980 where you DID keep pace? What was the world like then? Did we value and reward competency? Allow people to keep their money so they could invest in their dreams, called “Capital”?

“Today we invest less in digital and advanced technologies than the US and China, including for defense, and we only have four global European tech players among the top 50 worldwide,” he warned, articulating the reasons why Europe is becoming even less relevant.”

What is he saying here? “WE” invest less, he means “The Government, the technocrats ORDER companies, centrally PLAN investment, rather than let the investment and R&D occur naturally.”

““We are lacking a strategy for how to shield our traditional industries from an unlevel global playing field caused by asymmetries in regulations, subsidies and trade policies,” said Draghi,”

Wow. There’s a solution to that, sir. It’s called “LOW TAX RATE”. Ireland. Deregulation. Texas and Florida. Everyone knows you’re the worst on earth for ordering others around, changing rules, stealing money. As you yourself say, EVEN CHINA IS BETTER. And China is a ruthless, authoritarian, “Socialist” state. You are saying you’re far worse, and your far worse is biting you.

So Stop. Just: STOP! You used to stop, so stop now. All your people are telling you to stop, your stop is bankrupting you, so Stop. But you’re Socialists and you wouldn’t “Own the Cons” so they will die first. Visibly. Trump told them, nothing. All their companies left, nothing. They have no armies, no shells, are about to collapse to Russia, Nothing.

This is why IT’S A RELIGION. Socialism is a Religion. A violent, intolerant, fundamentalist religion, a cult that kills everyone. Draghi here says so. But he can’t leave his religion, so they’re all going to die. The people oppose this, but like Cromwell, the Cult is in charge. Killing all the cows, paving all the fields.

“The Intel Agencies Of Government Are Fully Weaponized

Good point. I mean “Fully” is a big word, we’re not “fully” Stalin yet, but they’re right that essentially their 16 year plan is completing, all the elements are in place, every institution captured and in use. The problem has been elsewhere, in that the more they USE the “weapon” the more resistance they get. So what good is a weapon unused? And if used, it gets WEAKER, not stronger, as resistance pops out of the woodwork like to Bud and Disney, Army recruitment. But, but! I ORDERED them! I made a Rule! Hahahaaha! Sure pal. You’re. Just. So. Cute!

“Sidney Powell Handed Win after Judges Dismiss Disciplinary Effort by Texas State Bar

Disciplined for “Being a lawyer”, “Having opinions”, “Filing paperwork.” Unlike that NYC lawyer who lit policemen on fire?

Jones interview: Harari says “the future isn’t human” So who are you building the future for? So that humans, you, are Unhappy? Shrink? Are trampled? You’re building it in service to…Aliens Overlords? If not for human happiness and prosperity, then WHO? …And normally I would say HIS – and deeply disturbed, mentally ill – views, but I don’t think so. It’s really something else. Is he possessed? By telepathic remote influence of the Annunaki? I’m only half kidding because all that he says makes no sense, even for him. He’s not “Getting rich”, it’s like he’s a kidnapped scientist desperately trying to make that invention so the alien Admiral doesn’t kill him and feed his body to her wasp-larvae. This is somewhat related to the “Illogical criminal” thing I was saying this week. He doesn’t steal, he doesn’t kill, to get money, spend it feel powerful, get the chicks and have a good time. That would be “Human”. He’s doing something else. Creating a world in service of Non-Humans. Why?

…Maybe I don’t care why anymore. I’ll just stop him and think about it no more.

“RFK Jr. at Michigan rally: “I’m gonna put the entire US budget on blockchain”

Maybe I’m missing something but you can’t do that? Crypto doesn’t intact with reality. Anywhere at the reality/Blockchain nexus, people will just Lie. Like the reporting at Ft. Knox, and everywhere else in history. And this is Government, so they will absolutely, definitely LIE. And if they don’t? Then what? They’ve never been arrested or fired for crimes, not doing their job, for 125 years. Yet you’re “Blockchaining it”? This is like passing a new Constitution because we won’t follow the Constitution. Just Follow the Constitution. The first one. (If only this were hyperbole and exaggeration. They literally pass new laws because they won’t enforce the old ones, daily.)

Iran/Israel. Duran interview with Iranian Professor said that Israel is non-rational. But not in the usual way, in the sense that they’re EMOTIONAL. Which is also why they keep losing. They keep acting, reacting, planning, perceiving EMOTIONALLY. So they don’t need to attack Iran while they’re really busy with other things, they FEEL. They FEEL threatened, they FEEL small, they FEEL like they need to make a point. Feel, feel, feel. Okay, we all feel, but they don’t check to see if IRAN feels, who IRAN is. They’re narcissistically self-absorbed, unable to come out of their self-bubble. So they’re reacting to THEMSELVES. The outside world doesn’t exist. THEY didn’t add that, that’s just the obvious downstream conclusion of pointing out that Israel is behaving emotionally and not rationally. So how do you get them out of feeling, of “trauma” they love so much, and back into reality and being Rational?

Wish to God I knew as I’m surrounded by this behavior every day. Every person. Every action. Trying not to pile on this, but it’s the toxic feminine. We are a irrational, feeling culture, and any reason, order, rules, logic, is the enemy. “Don’t tell me to calm down!!” Iran is a zillion miles from Israel. You have to cross like 3 countries to get there, as you noticed even bombing you takes hours in air flight. They’re not out to get you. Leave them alone. Emotionally they’re just Making S—t Up. Everything is somebody else’s fault. Least masculine culture in 10,000 years and not going well. I mean, geez, we all thought the MASCULINE was bad — we didn’t know how good we had it.

“Republicans insist that Biden’s cognitive faculties are declining, and that this decline has accelerated”

Thanks NPR writers at RT. “They” insist. It’s all “them” and they’re crazy. Partially this is a lifetime of reacting to the Media, responding to the Left, just as I do and we do here. So you get so you construct your sentences this way. Like a married co-dependent, create your life around what your wife will think and do of it instead of what’s real, like a normal person.

“• Mobilization Law Condition For New Supplies Of Arms To Kiev By NATO (TASS)

Seemed a Wag, but looks like WES was right. Beyond cynical. Biden’s Slavic genocide. Soup to nuts, no other reason, no other purpose. $200 Billion to kill a mere 700,000 slavs. $300k per kill. But they print the money, don’t work for it, so…

““..Maria Zakharova predicted that the US will eventually face a “loud and humiliating fiasco on par with Vietnam or Afghanistan.”

I hope not. Clearly that was nowhere near enough and our fiasco has to be many times worse for us to stop.

“• Ukraine Can Win – Zelensky (RT)

Speaking of being utterly deranged and devoid of reality. What do you mean by “Win”? They conquer all Russia? They get 5 Oblasts back? Ukraine and all its people doesn’t cease to exist?

Footnotes: Russia has said they will “talk” in the sense that, while they’re conquering the whole country, Kiev is welcome to surrender and end it any time. They might even have a piece left called “Ukraine”. This is an option ONLY until May 21st though. Why then? Russia loses patience and is invading all Europe? No. Ze has refused to call or have elections, as he is “Defending democracy” with our $200B dollars. They have no other plans. Therefore, his term ends 21 and he’ll just be illegally sitting in the chair on May 22, with no legal authority. Anywhere. Internally to Kiev, or externally to the UN. “He just does”. “’Cause we pretend, we say so”. It’s a Western plan. We have a law-that’s-not-a-law in a war-that’s-not-a-war. Both. Neither. I said so. Ai.

Russia don’t play that. On May 22, Ze is not President, cannot legally sign papers (if he did they would use this fact to double cross them), and also has no legal protection as head of state. Yes, that too. He’s just a Ukrainian civilian in a war, who can be killed as a tactical military asset, which he is. I don’t know if they would, Ze’s incompetence and mindless zeal is God’s greatest gift to Russia conquering Ukraine, but he’ll have to be killed someday so he doesn’t retire to his 10 mansions worldwide, at sea level, like Miami. Maybe June 1 is that day. Just saying, this will come up soon.

France arrives in Odessa? Well, nothing happens. They all die, NATO is not activated. …Or so I think, I’ve been wrong before. Can’t believe he actually did this (openly). Macron sure likes French Revolutions. Man, I can’t wait to haul him out to the Place de la Concorde. They’ll have to stretch him first, so Little Jupiter fits.

“Forever war.
• Musk Decries Lack Of ‘Exit Strategy’ In Ukraine Conflict (RT)

“Forever” in the sense that one of us will die. To the death. …And clearly that will be “the West”, although thankfully for us, Russia’s in no position to invade and will just ring-fence our insanity for ourselves to make our own punishment: locked in a filthy, violent loony bin with deranged, insane people.

“Russia” missiles, now you know what they’re defending against. Just like history started Jan 2014, or Feb 2020, they just ignore that those aren’t the casualties. Russia would defend against a lot of them are are making nonstop S400s (which shoot into space, past Bezos’ flaccid dick rocket.) They would launch and the death numbers would rise FAR, FAR faster in the whole West. Counter 10x faster. 99 LoftBallons, Nina. Europe especially has concentrated population, is nearby with no lead time, and has no national defense, air or otherwise. But with tsunami-bombs, America’s coast would be hit especially hard, and Americans would cheer. No more NY and DC! No LA and SF! The scourge is lifted! Yay! We can shoot guns, and jump off ropes into the river again!

“..Washington no longer betting on a Ukrainian victory against Russia, but hoping to keep Kiev afloat until the US presidential election in November…”

Are they? Intent.

“the move could undermine the principle of the “inviolability of private… and state property,”

They’re Socialists: they already don’t believe in private property. If it helps the Eternal Glorious People’s Revolution (aka, killing everyone) it’s a prima fascia GOOD. Or rather to be accurate, it’s neither Socialism (obviously) not any other “Progresivism” at all. It’s NeoFeudalism.

“• Trump Arrest Would Cause Nationwide ‘Civil Unrest’ – CNN Analyst (RT)

So they hope. As usual, they report it to DEMAND it, to MAKE us. I’ve read “The Inevitable Incel Uprising”. Huh? Da whut? They’ve been around for centuries and are called “Nerds”. Like Charlie Manson, the Overlords keep telling us we have to kill everyone (like they would) and then trying to set a good example and teach us how to do it. Clearly, it’s that we need to know HOW that’s stopping us, not some other thing, like basic human morality. And reason.

Obomber just put out his “Civil War” teaching us, all those hicks, Bill Hicks, how they’re required to kill everyone. The gays, the Blacks, the Jews, just like they tell us! “Why can’t it Read???” I ORDERED you to destroy yourselves! Why won’t you do it???

Uh-huh. Now 40 years after the militias and preppers saw all this coming and refused in like 1990. Why can’t YOU read? Why can’t YOU learn, Mr. FBI. You hand out $5,000 like candy to any mentally disturbed retard you can find, have 13 out of 15 agents be entrapment, and STILL can’t get any uptake to your stupid, violent ideas. That’s a level of utter failure I didn’t think possible. You can’t get Billy-Bob with fetal alcohol syndrome, high on meth, to accept FREE MONEY to shoot guns? You have to get an Antifa guy to do it? Jesus Christ you guys are failures. How have we not defeated you yet?

Anyway, here’s CNN tellin’ us how to do it right, again. Didn’t they learn in 2020? The Right did not counter-protest, counter-arson, counter-bomb, but left Antifa to and BLM to kill all the Black people themselves? Slow learners. Okay man. Well all 10 CNN watchers will be totally informed. If you want anybody to hear about this, you may want to write it on a rock and throw it in the ocean: the viewership is higher.

“After weeks of trying to secure a bond and arguing to an appeals court that a $454 million bond was “impossible,”

This is all nonsense, and it’s technically true. I don’t know if we’ve mentioned it here: Trump CANNOT issue a bond. Literally. And that’s relevant to the case here, as the judge’s argument is the company isn’t good for it. Why? BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BILLION DOLLAR BOND COMPANIES on earth. There never needed to be one before, because the penalty is so 20x out of line with all historical norms on Planet Earth for the last 10,000 years. What, is Trump going to escape? Take the Millennium Falcon on the Kessel Run to Endor? WTF would he go, or his real estate? He’s larger than all the Bond companies.

The Judge’s problem is, Trump FOUND a bond company, and he wasn’t supposed to, and the bond company isn’t under their merger-of-state-and-corporation control and not in NY, so the Judge says the bond company is over leveraged and not good enough – as we’ve already seen his amazing business acumen in establishing the value of things.

“ Michael Avenatti Flips, Willing To Testify On Trump’s Behalf (ZH)

So…we’d want a liar, a thief, a perjurer, and extortionist as his witness? That’s ridiculous, Cohen is the only embezzling perjurer we always believe. Congress especially believe him! Professional Courtesy.

Okay, more? Avenatti was Daniels’ attorney, that’s why he stole all her money. So there is attorney-client privilege they will claim, which will be hilarious in Trump’s case, having regularly arrested all his lawyers for…lawyering.

““They’re afraid of the agencies,” he stated, adding: “That’s not compatible with democracy.”
• US Lawmakers Scared Of Being Framed For ‘Kiddie Porn’ – Tucker Carlson (RT)

That’s a ridiculous conspiracy theory. That’s why Schumer said “They have six ways to Sunday to get you.” on national TV. “Everybody knows”, until they don’t know, then they know again, they they don’t know.

“In case you missed it, Tucker Carlson says Intelligence agencies BLACKMAlLED Congressmembers.”

I believe actual events and cases have come up regularly – and that’s not them mailing white powder from Ft Dietrick or having 4-5 small plane crashes at the same time. I mean actual, later proven interference. How about Obama wiretapping the entire AP?

“How Climate Change Narrative Is Preventing Africa From Modernizing And Gaining Prosperity

Killing poor people, one AWFUL climate change at a time. I own a Tesla, that’s why all Africans must die.

Simulation of a retaliatory strike video above

whoever created that video must use Lindsey Graham and John McCain’s contentions as a basis for reality. The perspective of that bullshit simulation has New American Century smeared all over it.

Good Grief!
(paraphrase) You had no mind to lose and you know it

In a few words
Today’s Blog
Symbolism, bullshit simulation
Competition vs Cooperation
Predators – the evil doers and the sick cabal, deranged retarded lunatics.
Control
Want all power and authority
Unchallenged
Secrets, liars
Blackmail
Members of Congress are terrified of the intel agencies.
They’re worried about someone putting kiddie porn on their computer.
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The Basel problem – https://proofwords.blogspot.com/
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Alastair Crooke from Russia ( … still in Russia on the speaker circuit)

Will Zionism self-destruct?

@ oxymoron

I hear you about the kangaroo video, (it looked staged, to me.). My home was invaded by roof rats to longer than I care to admit. I was very frustrated the day that spouse told me he had been sitting on the pot and seen a rat creep out from under the tub in our bathroom, and how CUTE it looked. They may be cute. They may have hands. They may even live, but NOT in my house, and stay away from my orange tree!

I was ready to whoop for joy when I finally rooted out the last one. I had a re-infestation for a couple months this past winter, but now that I know how to get them out and keep them out, the house is rat-free once again. They leave their excrement and urine everywhere and never stop chewing — I’ve been repairing wiring damage in my attic. But, hey, if TSHTF, I can help others catch their roof rats and then supply them to one of my cats, as he enjoys eating them. It’s healthier than cat kibble.

I learned from the Scotty does Walkabouts YouTube channel about kangaroo meat. Unfortunately here in Commiefornia that kangaroo meat is prohibited here. Of course!

I think this is an Australian commercial for an $800 Toyota pickup truck with 2 liter 4, 5 speed stick and AC. Also Subaru and Chevy, but Toyota lasts better.

Everybody needs one…

@ Dr. John Day
Daughter was just diagnosed with mononucleosis…any insight into supplements, etc., to help support her immune system? (At least now we know what is going on.)

Arestovich says Russians flock to hospitals to get clearance for army enlistment – huge recruitment

Russian men are going to the hospitals and health care facilities in Russia to get treatment for their ailments so they can pass the military physical and join the Army to fight the Ukronazis.

In Ukronaziland they are press ganging invalids, the mentally retarded and old men and women into being Cannon Fodder for the Collective West.

Quite the contrast

Be kind to yourself, be kind to others- conditional.
To abusers, physical/ psychological toturers, liars, thieves and aggressive psychos with no humility, reverence or appreciation, not so much. For the US regime, Liberals, Neocons- why bother being nice when they are so destructive and abusive? Covid lessons should be applied. Slap the snot out of them until they stop or are permanently incapacitated. That’s being kind to the world.

These are not children, if they can’t behave better and don’t know by now? They are not asking for forgiveness by trying to control and abuse you ad naseum.

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“Are you ready to choose unity over division? Dignity over demolition? Truth over lies? Are you ready to choose freedom over democracy? Because that’s America..”

Joe Brandons hypocrisy campaign on display- give trillions $$$ away to other Nations for War and Violence while abusing your own and causing massive destruction? No thanks.

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“..Maria Zakharova predicted that the US will eventually face a “loud and humiliating fiasco on par with Vietnam or Afghanistan.”

The US Regime has no humility or grace- just endless Pride. Gay Pride for the endless humiliations.
Strategy much ? Ass reaming your own Nation and the world isn’t going to enhance kindness back.

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Forever war.

• Musk Decries Lack Of ‘Exit Strategy’ In Ukraine Conflict

A Nation constantly waging wars of aggression for profit, pleasure and control is on a literal self induced Death spiral. Apparently American Pilgrims are incapable of charting any other course. It could have been a paradise of kindness.

Rest of the World has figured out the US Regime strategy of Death – eventually America will need to be brutally beaten back into some semblance of decency as we will not fix ourselves. Sometimes- ya gotta be cruel to be kind to yourself for the sake of others-

US Regime will get what they want right back on themselves. Dumb mofo’s

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-condemns-antisemitic-protests-columbia-university

As mayor of the city with the largest Jewish community in the world outside of Israel, the pain these protests are causing Jews across the globe is not lost on me, especially as we start Passover tomorrow evening.

I also see and hear the pain of those protesting in support of innocent lives being lost in Gaza.

Lives being lost in Gaza? No, the Jews are genociding them, lets stop being the white man and call a spade a spade. Pain for the Jews, the people causing this problem are AGAIN being presented as the victims? The Palestinians being an after thought in this white spade’s mind.

This is so pathetic, so weak, so shameful for humanity to see a part of itself fall to this level where even black men are now as weak as the white men. Soon all of America will be as white as the white man, then what? No wonder they are shipping in illegals, there is a massive testosterone shortage in the USA, testicles have rights too you know.

Dr D said

And I was thinking about that, but really, without NordStream, 100% of all German companies are LOSING money. Dead, dead, dead.

Germany is sitting on Europe’s largest coal reserves, reserves so large that they would keep German industry fed with energy for more that the next 150 years, if they allowed themselves to burn the coal. The power of Green is the power to be totally morons while appearing to your hypnotised citizens to be logical and good. Amazing.

phoenixvoice said

My home was invaded by roof rats to longer than I care to admit.

I had that problem when living in in NZ. I trapped the rats using peanut butter, they love that stuff. Once they had all gone, the possums moved in and that was even worse. They would chase each other around the roof space making a lot of noise and sounding like they were about to fall through the ceiling. They would sometimes climb out the roof and sit in front of the french doors, looking at me in the living room as if I was infesting their house. I soon got rid of them with traps, but once caught in a trap they again would make a hell of a noise dying. Such is life. After that I sealed the roof with wire and enjoyed a decent night’s sleep.

@Phoenixvoice: Mononucleosis is quite variable in how hard it hits. Smart immune systems eat more vitamin-D than usual. If supplementing with 5000 units/d long term already, this should be good to continue. If not, then doubling it for the first 2 weeks is a good idea. Adding vitamin K2, if available, is good.
Sunlight helps the immune system in other ways, also, so a couple of 20 minute sessions walking in the sun per day should be good. Activity outside is good. Getting too tired is not good.
Fresh vegetables in the diet…
“Supportive Care” is the treatment.

Israeli Strikes in Rafah Kill 22, Including 18 Children
Israeli strikes hit the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday night into Sunday morning, killing 22 people, including 18 children, The Associated Press reported.
The bombardment came just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion bill that includes about $17 billion in military aid for Israel to support the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
According to AP, one of the overnight strikes killed a man, his wife, and their three-year-old child. The woman was 30 weeks pregnant, and medical staff at the nearby Kuwaiti hospital were able to save the baby. The second strike killed two women and 17 children. https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/21/israeli-strikes-kill-22-in-rafah-including-18-children/

US Blocking Full UN Membership for Palestine – And US Congress Passes Law Depriving Palestine of Freedom of Speech
The United States single-handedly vetoed Palestine from full UN membership, thereby blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian State. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the US opposed and two abstentions, the UK and Switzerland.
What is largely called Palestine, has since 2012 a non-member observer status. An application for full membership with voting rights must be approved by the UN Security Council and two-thirds of the General Assembly…
..On Wednesday, 17 April, the US House of Representatives passed a Resolution, condemning the chanting of the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”… If nothing else, the Resolution is a breach on Freedom of Speech, as per the US Constitution’s First Amendment:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The Resolution passed Wednesday is a blatant attempt to abridge the freedom of speech. It is reminiscent of book burning in the not-too-distant past. Yes, humanity is progressing fast but backwards. In more ways than one.
The supporters of the Resolution claim that the chant is “antisemitic”, even though the word Jew never appears in it. It only claims or wishes freedom for Palestine…
..Looking back at almost forgotten history, on 13 December, 1993, then U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, signed the Oslo Peace Accords. These accords, which have the force of U.S. Law, specified that Israel would withdraw from Gaza and the Palestinian West Bank by 1997 and turn their governance over to the Palestine Authority, that is, the State of Palestine. https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-blocking-full-un-membership-palestine/5855323

I am not holding my breath. Alastair Crooke, Will Zionism Self-Destruct?
What occurred this Saturday 14 April … was of utmost importance.
Despite the bruhaha and distraction following Iran’s attack, Israel and the U.S. know the truth: Iran’s missiles were able to penetrate directly into Israel’s two most sensitive and highly defended air bases and sites. Behind the whooping western rhetoric lies Israeli shock and fear. Their bases are no longer ‘untouchable’.
Israel also knows – but cannot admit – that the so-called ‘assault’ was no assault but an Iranian message to assert the new strategic equation: That any Israeli attack on Iran or its personnel will result in retribution from Iran into Israel…
..(We) are still trying to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lens of secular, rationalist concepts – even as Israel quite evidently is seized by an increasingly Apocalyptic frenzy.
And by extension, we are stuck in trying to address the conflict through our habitual utilitarian, rationalist policy tool-set. And we wonder why it is not working. It is not working because all parties have moved beyond mechanical rationalism to a different plane.
Last year’s election in Israel saw a revolutionary change: The Mizrahim walked into the Prime Minister’s office. These Jews coming from the Arab and North African sphere – now possibly the majority – and, with their political allies on the right, embraced a radical agenda: To complete the founding of Israel on the Land of Israel (i.e. no Palestinian State); to build the Third Temple (in place of Al-Aqsa); and to institute Halachic Law (in place of secular law).
None of this is what might be termed ‘secular’ or liberal. It was intended as the revolutionary overthrow of the Ashkenazi élite. It was Begin who tied the Mizrahi firstly to the Irgun and then to Likud. The Mizrahim now in power have a vision of themselves as the true representatives of Judaism, with the Old Testament as their blueprint. And condescend to the European Ashkenazi liberals…
..We might term this ‘hot eschatology’ – a mode that is running wild amongst the young Israeli military cadres, to the point that the Israeli high command is losing control on the ground (lacking any mid-layer NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) class)…
..Then, at another level, we have, as it were, ‘dispassionate eschatology’: When Yahyah Sinwar writes of ‘Victory or Martyrdom ’for his people in Gaza; when Hizbullah speaks of sacrifice; and when the Iranian Supreme Leader speaks of Hussain bin Ali (the grandson of the Prophet) and some 70 companions in 680 CE, standing before inexorable slaughter against an 1,000 strong army, in the name of Justice, these sentiments simply are beyond the reach of western Utilitarian comprehension…
..Just occasionally, very occasionally, a military revolution can upend the prevailing strategic paradigm. This was Qasem Suleimani’s key insight. This is what ‘active deterrence’ implies. The switch to a strategy that could upend prevailing paradigms.
Both Israel and the U.S. have armies that are conventionally far more powerful than their adversaries which are mostly composed of small non-state rebels or revolutionaries…
..The West, however, has not fully assimilated the military revolutions now underway. There has been a radical shift in the balance of power between low-tech improvisation and expensive complex (and less robust) weapons platforms…
..The philosophy driving this military strategy is clear: the West is over-invested in air dominance and in its carpet fire power. It prioritises ‘shock and awe’ thrusts, but quickly exhausts itself early in the encounter. This rarely can be sustained for long. The Resistance aim is to exhaust the enemy.
The second key principle driving this new military approach concerns the careful calibration of the intensity of conflict, upping and lowering the flames as appropriate; and, at the same time, keeping escalatory dominance within the Resistance’s control…
..Israelis widely believe that without deterrence – without the world fearing them – they cannot survive. October 7 set this existential fear burning through Israeli society. Hezbollah’s very presence only exacerbates it – and now Iran has rained missiles down into Israel directly.
The opening of the Iranian front, in a certain way, initially may have benefited Netanyahu: the IDF defeat in the Gaza war; the hostage release impasse; the continuing displacement of Israelis from the north; and even the murder of the World Kitchen aid workers – all are temporarily forgotten…
..Netanyahu senses Biden’s weakness and has the tools and knowhow by which he can manipulate U.S. politics: Indeed, worked in this way, Netanyahu might force Biden to continue to arm Israel, and even to embrace his widening of the war to Hizbullah in Lebanon…
..Rational argument advocating moderation is read as inviting defeat.
All of which is to say that Israelis are psychologically very far from being able to reconsider the content to the Zionist project of Jewish special rights. For now, they are on a completely different path, trusting to a Biblical reading that many Israelis have come to view as mandatory injunctions under Halachic Law…
..A ‘trial of strength’ between Israel and the Resistance Fronts ranged against it likely cannot be avoided. The die has been deliberately cast this way.
Netanyahu is gambling big with Israel’s – and America’s – future. And he may lose. If there is a regional war, and Israel suffers defeat, then what?
When exhaustion (and defeat) finally settles in, and the parties ‘scrabble in the drawer’ for new solutions to their strategic distress, the truly transformative solution would be for an Israeli leader to think the ‘unthinkable’ – to think of one state between the River and the Sea. And, for Israel – tasting the bitter herbs of ‘things fallen apart’ – to talk directly with Iran. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/04/22/will-zionism-self-destruct/

Israel Targets Syrian Air Defense Sites, Causing Significant Damage , Attack was launched concurrently to a drone raid on Iran’s Isfahan
Timed concurrently to the Iran attack, it is probable that Israel considered this part of their “retaliation” against Iran, as they treat Syria as a de facto proxy of Iran.
Israel carries out attacks on Syria fairly regularly, and there have been over a hundred such strikes against targets inside Syria, mostly targeting Syria’s military or its Iranian advisers. https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/19/israel-targets-syrian-air-defense-sites-causing-significant-damage/

Ukraine Gets Their Billions Despite CIA Director Reportedly Warning Zelenksy To Stop Stealing So Much Money
Democrats cheered and waved Ukrainian flags, chanting “Ukraine, Ukraine!” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-gets-their-billions-despite-cia-director-reportedly-warnings-zelenksy-stop

Biden To Withdraw Troops From Niger As Region Increasingly Turns To Russia
The White House on Friday announced that US military forces will be withdrawn from Niger over the coming months. The move comes after Niger’s mid-March declaration that was ending its military cooperation with the United States.
Following Niger’s announcement, US military officials scrambled in vain to salvage the relationship. At stake: The $110 million Air Base 201, which the New York Times characterized as the Pentagon’s “most strategic military asset in sub-Saharan Africa.” Said to be a key base for counterterrorism, it was a major hub for drone operations in the region. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-withdraw-troops-niger-region-increasingly-turns-russia

“Not so Fast!” , Moon of Alabama looks closer. State Department To Delay Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Niger
The U.S. drone base in Niger is used by the Pentagon and CIA to keep control of ISIS in the region. So are U.S. troops really leaving Niger? Of course not – at least not yet.
The next paragraph reveals what was really agreed upon. It makes it obvious that the U.S. wants to delay the issue as long as possible:
“We’ve agreed to begin conversations within days about how to develop a plan” to withdraw troops, said the senior State Department official. “They’ve agreed that we do it in an orderly and responsible way. And we will need to probably dispatch folks to Niamey to sit down and hash it out. And that of course will be a Defense Department project.” ([“We agreed to start talking about how to start planning to withdraw US troops. This should be ‘orderly and responsible’
(pay bribes and drag feet for years?) We will send a bribery-negotiation-team to the capital, but the Pentagon will do the final negotiating.”] https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/04/state-department-to-delay-withdrawal-of-us-troops-from-niger.html

Internet, AI and Bitcoin will consume more and more and more electricity. What gets cut back? You have electric heating, you say? A Tesla?
How Big Tech Is Consuming America’s Electricity And Water https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-big-tech-consuming-americas-electricity-and-water

Jessica Rose Ph.D. COVID-19 is not the problem , Secondary infections and cancers arising from immune deficiencies induced by the injections are…
Herpes Zoster (“Shingles”), Tuberculosis , Pneumonia, Toxoplasmosis (including congenital toxoplasmosis in pregnancy), and Cancer are all discussed. https://jessicar.substack.com/p/covid-19-is-not-the-problem

Dr. Mercola, looks at data from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics. Multiple COVID Shots Linked to Higher Mortality Rates in 18- to 39-Year-Olds
Young people who received multiple COVID-19 jabs were significantly more likely to die than those who skipped the shots, according to data from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics.
An analysis by The Exposé revealed that, in February 2023, those who received four COVID-19 shots had a 318% higher mortality rate than the unvaccinated group.
The other months analyzed showed four-shot teens and youth were between 221% and 290% more likely to die than those who didn’t get the shot.
Another study found that, compared to unvaccinated children, vaccinated children had significantly higher rates of asthma, allergies, eczema, respiratory infections, behavioral issues and other health conditions.
Separate research showed that “for every life saved, there were nearly 14 times more deaths caused by the modified mRNA [COVID-19] injections.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/multiple-covid-shots-higher-mortality-rates-cola/

Nothing new: Get sun, not sunscreen, but avoid getting sunburns. Melanoma is not from sun exposure, more likely a little bit the opposite. Get hard things on your skin checked, and removed or frozen if cancer or pre-cancer. Dermatology’s Disastrous War Against The Sun , The forgotten side of skin health and the necessity of sunlight https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dermatologys-disastrous-war-against

Thanks Charles (Lots of stock nationwide), Pawn shops know something about the US economy that Biden doesn’t: Times are still tough https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/24/pawnshops-tell-different-economic-story-than-biden/72881561007/

Charles also sent this about walking to the grocery store with your kids, letting them play in the creek, reading books, living without a smartphone and being a human.
Sowing Anachronism: How to be Weird in Public, and Private , Flip phones, dip ink, Vespers, and other time machines
Several years ago, when we lived in the thick of the suburban jungle, we would load up the jogging stroller with a toddler, strap the youngest in a carrier, while our eldest sauntered alongside, and embark on an urban pilgrimage to the grocery store. I (Ruth) carried along the same backpack I had used while hiking the Camino1, except now it was filled to the brim with milk, pasta, fruit and vegetables, and had baguettes strapped on the sides. Although we did not manage to do all our shopping this way, we made it a regular habit to walk2 rather than drive, trading convenience for a less tangible reward. It was one of the small anachronisms that resisted the unbearably fast pace of life, and prompted many a driver who zoomed past to take note and wonder: Why would anyone choose to do something so slow and effortful?
Now that we live on the edge of Mennonite country, we frequently encounter horse-drawn carriages conveying families to the grocery store or church, young ruddy-cheeked men and women cycling long distances to school or work, or gaggles of children walking alongside the fields toward home. https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/sowing-anachronism-how-to-be-weird

Cosmic Thunderbolt Will Strike The Earth – Thunderbolt of the Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_skOWzN5ziE

Call for peace&ceasefire People power

🚨HAPPENING NOW! Massive crowd of faculty walk out in solidarity with students and with the movement for Palestine at @Columbia University. pic.twitter.com/G98QGQc24A

— The People's Forum (@PeoplesForumNYC) April 22, 2024

HAPPENING NOW! Massive crowd of faculty walk out in solidarity with students and with the movement for Palestine at Columbia University.

Zerosum:

Those people were very foolish to protest without first putting on hats, wearing dark glasses, and then covering their faces with full covid masks because the university will review the videos to identify all the people involved so they can be targeted, one by one, going forward. Especially university staff.
But being woke, these liberals don’t want to know this!