Debt Rattle May 3 2025
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Pablo Picasso Girl with a boat (Maya Picasso) 1938 • US Demands Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks (RT) • Russia and Ukraine ‘Closer’ To Settlement –
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle May 3 2025]Hagiography by a Hagiographer….
……or where faint praise by damnarion meets Damnation by Faint Praise of Marco Rubio.
Ouch!
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Back during the 2016 primary, he became the only presidential candidate whose campaign I’ve ever supported financially
“Like super ouch like” Musk, “They say”
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Not only was he book smart, as they say, but he possessed a lot of common sense.
Holy crap like!
Is that like super faint praise or like what!?!?That says a lot financially.
Then, consistency:
recent years, it often seemed like he was the only adult in the room when it came to recognizing just how big of a problem China is for usUs?
Marco Rubio and a couple locals here at TAE, the non-xenophobesDo you think Young Marco, always lacking gravitas, recognizes China’s role in WWII or is that a problem for Marco’s Lightweightedness?
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Concerning the war in Asia, the West’s main target of this weaponized forgetfulness has been China, rightly labeled “the forgotten ally” by historian Rana Mitter. China, like the Soviet Union and now Russia, has always dared challenge Western hegemony and especially US ‘primacy’. And, as with Russia and the former Soviet Union, it is this geopolitical independence that has led the West to deny the Chinese people’s real and massive World War II contribution and sacrifices, which were enormous (the death toll alone, to quote only one figure, is estimated at 12-20 million). But for now, back to the European part
“Boeing’s problems are all over the company. Engineers used to run the company; now it’s accountants.”
As with most companies now. Let the bean counters and lawyers at the helm and sit back with your popcorn. It will be quite the show. It takes some time but the decline will be very obvious. Redundancy is a four letter word for these types. Stuff doesn’t break very often. Why pay a tool and die guy on the shift if you can just call another company when one is required? They’ll send one over in just a couple of ???? Certainly not hours as seen in real time.
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While the authenticity of the footage remains unverified—and it could potentially be staged to create negative press around Unitree—it highlights the potential risks of deploying humanoid robots at scale
Do you think like Musk likes these stories from China that are a bit like about human-like robots run amok rather than whirling dervishly?
WES, your comment late yesterday about re bribing congress with the Ukraine mineral deal is amazing. I dont know if I want to follow that or not.
WHY THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES/PUNISHMENTS/CONFRONTATIONS AND PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN AN ILLUSION
There exists a law that makes it legal.
Established Routine
Nobody is responsibilities to make change
Nobody know how/what to do make change.
Everyone is afraid to stop what is wrong
Everyone receiving benefits from the system are involved
Lawyeredup
No power
Secrets and Lying
—————–Russia-Ukraine Peace Negotiation
Israel-Gaza-Palestinian-Genocide
Iran-non nuclear negotiations
Recognizing just how big of a problem China is to the US Empire
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Required Taxes-Tariffs-Revenues for past spending. ($36T and increasing.)
Required for stability and prosperity for existing rulers.
Recognizing that leverage is a big of a problem
———–https://www.kunstler.com/p/whats-normal-exactly
• What’s Normal, Exactly? (James Howard Kunstler)
—————Look! Tomorrow is here!
The Ghost in the Machine. Artificial Intelligence and the spectral ontology of value
• The Ghost in the Machine. AI and The Spectral Ontology of Value (Ruggeri)Influencers leverage the bandwagon effect, that mix of conformity and fear of missing out.
Once a persona gains momentum, with the help of thousands of bots whose cost is now less than a cent for basic accounts, humans jump on.
Social media’s smoke and mirrors work because we are wired for stories, not audits.
But with billions of automated bots flooding social media platforms, there is a roughly 50% chance that any account you engage with, whether by liking a post, commenting, or following, is a bot.
Bots have become so sophisticated that it has become increasingly harder to detect them.
As to the remaining accounts that are still operated by humans, about half of them publish content that is generated by artificial intelligence.
————-Yeah, WES, Trump seemed like “Mission Accomplished” when he got the minerals deal signature.
DONE, Going to China now…Pablo Picasso Girl with a boat (Maya Picasso) 1938
Didn’t know anything about Maya Picasso.
“Born on the western outskirts of Paris to Marie-Thérèse Walter in 1935”https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maya-ruiz-picasso-obituary-2234858
Declarations https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/declarations
It’s Official: RFK Jr: HHS Became a ‘Collaborator in Child Trafficking’ Under Biden
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that HHS is no longer facilitating child trafficking in the United States and is instead “very aggressively” searching for the hundreds of thousands of migrant children lost by the Biden administration.
“We have ended HHS’s role as the principal vector in this country for child trafficking,” Kennedy said during a White House Cabinet meeting with President Trump and other top administration officials to mark the first 100 days of the president’s second term.
“During the Biden administration, HHS became a collaborator in child trafficking for sex and for slavery, and we have ended that”, RFK Jr. declared. https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/30/rfk-jr-hhs-became-a-collaborator-in-child-trafficking-under-biden/Destroy local food; cut supply lines, globalize the Gaza genocide. Alex Krainer, The global war on farming gathers pace
British farmers are pushing back, but the government is preparing large-scale culling of livestock toward the end of 2025 https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-global-war-on-farming-gathersCelia Farber, Florida House Passes Bill Banning ALL Geo Engineering and Weather Modification
Aircraft Outfitted For These Attacks On Life Must Be Reported To The Department Of Transportation. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/florida-house-passes-bill-banningAluminum containing jet fuel works fine. The effects of alumina nanoparticles as fuel additives on the spray characteristics of gas-to-liquid jet fuels https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0894177717301309
RFK Jr. was asked about chemtrails recently on The Dr. Phil Podcast and his response is noteworthy.
He confirmed they are real and then he said he believes DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is doing the spraying.
He also said he is bringing on someone whose entire job will be to investigate this and shut it down…
..There are no longer any massive spraying jets hooked up to planes. No, they knew that couldn’t be kept quiet. Not sustainable.
No, it’s much simpler now. Now they’ve found a way to just put the chemicals directly into the fuel and as the fuel burns and the exhaust comes out, the chemicals come out with it. Simple!
And almost no one needs to be “in on it.” In fact, most people flying the planes or working on the planes probably do not know any different. https://defconnews.com/2025/04/30/rfk-jr-explained-exactly-how-the-chemtrails-are-done-and-why/Caitlin Johnstone, Israel’s Backers Keep Whining That They’re Losing Control Of The Narrative
Amnesty International is now calling Israel’s mass atrocity in Gaza “a live-streamed genocide” due to the way this nightmare is unfolding right in front of us on the screens of our devices around the world, and public support for Israel is plummeting in the United States…
..During a speech at a summit hosted by the Jewish News Syndicate earlier this week, former US senator Norm Coleman said that Jews are “the masters of the universe” and should use their power in Silicon Valley to control online information in order to win a “digital war”.
Coleman, who is Jewish, made the following remarks on Monday:
“A majority of Gen Z have an unfavorable impression of Israel. And, my friends, I think the reason for that is that we’re losing the digital war. They’re getting their information from TikTok… and we’re losing that war.
“And when you think about it, the masters of the universe are Jews! We’ve got Altman at OpenAI, we’ve got [Facebook founder Mark] Zuckerberg, we’ve got [Google founder] Sergey Brin, we’ve got a group across the board. Jan Koum, y’know, founded WhatsApp. It’s us.
“And we have to figure out a way to win the digital battle. We’ve got to get our digital sneakers on, so that the truth can prevail over the lies. And when we do that, the future of Israel will be stronger because a majority of all Americans will support Israel. We’ll make that happen, we have to make it happen.” https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israels-backers-keep-whining-thatBernie and Rand: Antisemitism Awareness Act ‘in Jeopardy’ After Pushback From Democrats and Rand Paul https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64919
The Starvation of Gaza https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-starvation-of-gaza/
Netanyahu Stirs Fresh Controversy: Victory In Gaza Is Top Priority, Not Hostages https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-stirs-fresh-controversy-victory-gaza-top-priority-not-hostages
“Hamas-Linked Terrorists” says Israel: Flotilla carrying pro-Gaza activists struck by drone near Malta, group says
“The Freedom Flotilla Coalition had been organizing a nonviolent action under a media blackout to avoid any potential sabotage,” the group said in an official statement on its website. “Volunteers from over 21 countries travelled to Malta to board the mission to Gaza, including prominent figures.”
The statement said the vessel was struck twice by armed drones 17 nautical miles (31.5 kilometers) east of Malta, “causing a fire and a substantial breach in the hull,” and that, as of the last communication with the boat, the drones were still circling the ship. https://www.timesofisrael.com/flotilla-carrying-pro-gaza-activists-struck-by-drone-near-malta-group-says/This is an act of war against the island nation of Palau, whose flag the “Conscience” flies. Drones hit ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Gaza aid ship in international waters
Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations of international law, including blockade and ‘bombing of our civilian vessel’.
Jenes, currently in Malta, said that the group was not aware of the situation on board the ship as communication with the crew had been lost.
“They were hiding in the night in the rooms of the ship because they were afraid of the drones … We lost contact with them,” she said.
The FFC, formed by peace activists from several countries last year, uses a converted trawler to try to defy Israel’s blockade on Gaza.
Israel halted humanitarian aid two months ago, shortly before it broke a ceasefire and restarted its war against Hamas, which has devastated the Palestinian enclave and killed more than 50,000 people. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/2/drones-hit-freedom-flotilla-ship-carrying-aid-to-gazaIsraeli plane flew over Malta hours before aid ship attacked: report
An Israeli military aircraft was flying over Malta hours before a civilian ship carrying aid to Gaza was attacked by a drone, CNN reported, citing flight-tracking data. https://trt.global/world/live/6813df184f5c960d4bba541bIsrael’s escalating campaign of demolishing Palestinian homes in the West Bank is the other side of the coin of seizing Palestinian land for settlement expansion. The objective is to force Palestinians to silently leave. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/israel-is-on-a-home-demolition-rampage-in-the-west-bank-its-aim-is-to-force-palestinians-to-leave/
Over 423,000 people in Gaza displaced ‘with no safe place to go’: UN
‘Recent strikes have reportedly hit residential buildings sheltering displaced people, especially in Rafah and eastern Gaza City.’ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-423-000-people-in-gaza-displaced-with-no-safe-place-to-go-un/3554502Court orders Palestinian student’s release
A US judge has ordered the release of Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi who was detained by immigration officials as he attended a citizenship interview.
Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident for 10 years, has been held for more than two weeks. He was detained in response to his speech advocating for Palestinian human rights. https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-court-orders-palestinian-students-release/live-72402646US GBU-39 Bomb Remnants Found at Location of Strike on Yemen Migrant Facility
The US attack on the facility, which was targeted by the Saudis three years earlier, killed 68 https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/01/us-gbu-39-bomb-found-at-location-of-strike-on-yemen-migrant-facility/No trade at all? Even China? Trump Threatens Major Sanctions on Countries Purchasing Iranian Oil
“ALERT: All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW! Any Country or person who buys ANY AMOUNT of OIL or PETROCHEMICALS from Iran will be subject to, immediately, Secondary Sanctions,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
“They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form. Thank you for your attention to this matter, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,” he added. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/01/trump-threatens-major-sanctions-on-countries-purchasing-iranian-oil/Trump calls China the ‘chief-ripper-offer’ on trade, with no sign of direct talks
Trump’s remarks come as his administration has signaled that negotiations with China are underway.
But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun has denied that they were negotiating on tariffs with the U.S. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/trump-china-trade-negotiations.htmlMike Waltz And Deputy Deleted After Signal Fiasco
Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are out of a job in the White House following an incident in late march in which Waltz ‘inadvertently’ added The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat which included discussions with top national security officials – and VP JD Vance – about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mike-waltz-and-deputy-deleted-after-signal-fiasco-reportTrump nominates Waltz to be UN ambassador
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will wear two hats and serve as national security adviser during the interim. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/mike-waltz-un-ambassador-trump-00322007Making Russia look good: Zelensky openly threatening Victory Day terrorist attack – Moscow
The Ukrainian leader has cautioned Russia to be wary about the safety of its May 9 celebrations https://swentr.site/russia/616524-zelensky-threat-moscow-parade/Why would they do that? Simplicius: Another Shocker: WSJ Reveals Russia Arming Massive New Rear Reserve Force
This should once and for all conclusively put to bed theories around where the Russian 30k+ monthly troops are going: a portion is replenishing hard losses, a portion replacing contract non-renewals, and a portion is going directly to the rear to stand up new armies meant to prepare Russia for a much bigger clash against NATO proper…
..Not only is Russia slated to hold a ‘fearsome’ round of Zapad exercises in Belarus this year, mirroring the pre-war drills of 2022, but there are even speculative rumors—courtesy of Legitimny channel—that North Koreans will soon be brought into the fray on Ukrainian territory proper; and in much larger numbers at that:
“Our source reports that DPRK soldiers will take part in the war on Ukrainian territory (previously they fought only in the Kursk region) if Trump’s peace case stalls.” … It is the North Korean Damocles sword which threatens to unleash a mass unified rebuff to any unauthorized Western troop deployments. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/another-shocker-wsj-reveals-russiaUS cannot sign peace deal on behalf of Kiev – Kremlin, Moscow is urging the Ukrainian government to lift its ban on direct negotiations https://swentr.site/russia/616556-kremlin-peace-agreement-washington/
Hold this thought: US ready to spend another 100 days on Russia-Ukraine peace – Vance: Donald Trump’s team will work “very hard” to broker a ceasefire, the vice president has said https://swentr.site/news/616648-us-100-days-ukraine-peace/
May 2, 2014: Odessa Massacre: Point of No Return That Marked Ukraine’s Slide Into Nazism https://sputnikglobe.com/20250502/odessa-massacre-point-of-no-return-that-marked-ukraines-slide-into-nazism-1121967491.html
Andrew Korybko, Radio Liberty Let The Cat Out Of The Bag Regarding The EU’s Game Plan For Ukraine
Radio Liberty just let the cat out of the bag. The unnamed officials who they cited in their recent article confirmed that they envisage this “buy[ing] the Europeans time to assemble a ‘reassurance force’ in the Western part of Ukraine” and organize “air patrols” there.
Their reported game plan is “keeping the Americans onboard” the peace process, “sequencing” the conflict by clinching a ceasefire that’ll later lead to a lasting peace, and using the aforesaid interim period to carry out the abovementioned military moves for pressuring Russia into more concessions. What’s omitted from Radio Liberty’s article is that Russia has threatened to target Western troops in Ukraine. https://korybko.substack.com/p/radio-liberty-let-the-cat-out-ofUS steps back from Ukraine peace talks as Trump ‘needs to move on’
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state and temporary national security adviser, has indicated that the White House will scale back its role in peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
Rubio said the US was not abandoning peace efforts and that it would be ready to help “if we can”, but that the Russian and Ukrainian sides were “still far apart” and President Trump has to decide how much time to dedicate to the process. https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/us-to-step-back-from-ukraine-peace-talks-as-vance-admits-no-end-in-sightus-withdraws-peace-talks-jd-vance-xqckld2h7 Simplicius, Major Frontline Breakthrough Signals Start of Russian Spring Offensives https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-5225-major-frontline-breakthrough
“Mission accomplished”: Trump has forced Ukraine to sell itself for aid – Medvedev
Trump has advertised the agreement as a way to get back the roughly $350 billion he claims Washington has spent on support for Kiev in the conflict with Russia.
The agreement does not mention security guarantees, which Ukraine previously insisted on. Instead, it focuses on future US aid, rather than paying back assistance provided to Ukraine in the past.
“Trump has finally broken the Kiev regime into paying for American aid with minerals,” Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said in a Telegram post on Thursday. “Now military supplies will have to be paid for with the national wealth of a disappearing country.” https://swentr.site/russia/616630-trump-forced-ukraine-sell-wealth/Washington is no longer seeking to pressure or force President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections that could result in his being ousted office for the sake of peace, according to information in The Telegraph. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-relieved-trump-quietly-dropped-key-demand
Martin Armstrong has business details: Trump Approves First Weapons Sales to Ukraine – Minerals Deal Secured https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/world-trade/trump-sends-first-aid-package-to-ukraine-minerals-deal-secured/
Ukraine willing to ‘de facto’ cede land to Russia – Trump envoy: Keith Kellogg has said Kiev wants to hold the current front line https://swentr.site/news/616594-kellogg-ukraine-ready-give-up-land/
Ukraine Conflict ‘Not Going to End Any Time Soon’ – Vance https://sputnikglobe.com/20250502/ukraine-conflict-not-going-to-end-any-time-soon—vance-1121965753.html
The biolabs in Ukraine are REAL!
Tulsi Gabbard: “We are working with Jay Bhattacharya, the new NIH director on this, as well as Secretary Kennedy is looking at the gain of function research that in the case of the Wuhan Lab, as well as many others.”
“Many of these other biolabs around the world were actually US-funded and led to this dangerous kind of research that, in many examples, has resulted in either a pandemic or some other major health crisis.”
“It’s because this gain-of-function research is happening in biolabs around the world. That by the way is still on the US Embassy Ukraine’s website today about how the US has funded these biolabs.” https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1917961395238309903?Dmitry Trenin: Here’s why Trump’s foreign policy is calculated, not chaotic America’s new realism means peace with Russia and focus on China
In geopolitics, Trump embraces a realist doctrine grounded in great-power competition. He has defined his global priorities: secure North America as a geopolitical fortress from Greenland to Panama; redirect US and allied power toward containing China; make peace with Russia; and consolidate influence in the Middle East by supporting Israel, partnering with Gulf monarchies, and confronting Iran… ..Trump does not see Russia as a primary adversary. He views Moscow as a geopolitical rival, but not a military or ideological threat. Rather than pushing to sever Russia from China, he aims to re-engage Russia economically – in areas like energy, the Arctic, and rare earths – with the expectation that greater Western economic engagement will reduce Moscow’s dependence on Beijing.
In fact, outreach to the Kremlin has become the centerpiece of Trump’s foreign policy in his second term. His goal is not to divide Moscow and Beijing outright, but to lay the groundwork for a new global balance of power in which Russia has options beyond the Chinese orbit…
..Trump is not tearing down the American system but striving to restore it. His counterrevolution is aimed at reversing liberal-globalist distortions, reinforcing sovereignty, and returning realism to international affairs. https://swentr.site/news/616578-trumps-foreign-policy-calculated/The first 100 days of US President Donald Trump’s second term in office have marked a profound shift toward searching areas of cooperation with Russia instead of confrontation, Rhode Island University Professor of Political Science Nicolai Petro told Sputnik.
“President Trump has a very different view of Russia from his predecessors. Rather than assuming that Russia’s interests must clash with American interests, he assumes that the two can find areas of cooperation, and that such cooperation has the potential to expand,” Petro said. https://sputnikglobe.com/20250429/trump-seeks-cooperation-with-russia-instead-of-confrontation—expert-1121952423.htmlPepe Escobar, Welcome to “Ruler of the World” does Wonderland
Two overarching taboos reign on the – now shattered – collective West:
Can’t define the Ukraine regime as Nazi.
Can’t condemn the psychopathological Israeli genocide in Gaza…
..So let’s go to Kashmir – to the sound of Jimmy Page’s hypnotic riff. Both India and Pakistan are escalating the war of decibels. Turkey is offering weapons – to Pakistan. Iran offered a mediator role: no takers…
..After the Kashmir bus terror attack, Hindutva fanatics went on a cyber-attack spree.
The crude tactics spell out classic Divide and Rule. Double whammy: revamped weaponization of India, and destabilization of a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) China front: the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A thing of beauty: splitting BRICS from the inside.
None of that, of course, legitimizes the ghastly Pakistani military, which have thrown in jail, on spurious charges, the man who was trying to bring Pakistan to respectability: Imran Khan.
It’s up, once again, to the adults in the room, any room – Russia – to de-escalate. This could be ideally performed inside the SCO – where both India and Pakistan are members, side by side with Iran. Moscow chose to take the initiative, by itself.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko met with both India’s Ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali.
Russian terminology is essential: not only there was a call for both parties to “engage in constructive dialogue”. Moscow stressed, “we are ready to counter the global terrorist threat together.” The operative word is “global”. Delhi and Islamabad don’t seem to be getting the message – yet…
..Lavrov cut to the chase on the financial and geoeconomic front. He stressed that BRICS are working hard on the 2024 Kazan summit-approved “Trans-Border Payment Initiative”; a “payment and clearing infrastructure”; “a re-insurance company”; and a new investment platform.
He had to once again explain to Western media – from the US to Brazil – that “it would be premature to discuss a transition to a single currency for BRICS”. https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/04/30/going-to-kashmirjust-to-find-alice-in-wonderland/ AfD opposes World War III: Germany’s AfD party is declared ‘definitely right-wing extremist’ by BfV spy agency, paving the way for a ban
“A severe blow to German democracy,” said AfD co-leader Alice Weidel in response to the groundbreaking news https://rmx.news/article/breaking-germanys-afd-party-is-declared-definitely-right-wing-extremist-by-bfv-spy-agency-paving-the-way-for-a-ban/ Brussels floats solution to Trump – FT
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered Washington a deal whereby tariffs on all industrial goods would be removed. However, Trump has rejected the zero-for-zero tariffs proposal, saying that it doesn’t solve the problem of the trade imbalance.
Trade volumes between the US and the EU amounted to $975.9 billion in 2024, according to official data tracked by the Office of US Trade Representative. The US purchased $605.8 billion worth of EU goods, while the bloc’s imports from the US amounted to $370.2 billion. https://swentr.site/business/616655-eu-trump-tariffs-imports-increase/Michael Hudson and Yanis Varoufakis with Ann Pettifor on Economic and Political Paradigm Changes
Yanis Varoufakis: “I think Michael Hudson is very poignantly bringing into the conversation about the global order of things is what I call cloud capital. So you can have an industrial robot, which is very technologically advanced, uses information technology and algorithms and so on to assemble Teslas, right? You can have OpenAI, which produces a standard service in a standard capitalist model.
But what lives in here? What lives in here? In Google? In Facebook? In Meta? In X? In all these platforms, this is not just information technology. We get it wrong. It’s a new form of capital.
Because every form of capital we’ve had up until now, since we created the first tool to the old singing, old dancing industrial robots that assemble Teslas, they’ve been produced means of production. That’s what capital was. With this, we had a mutation of capital.
For the first time, we have automated systems that are not produced means of production, but are purely produced means of behavioral modification. So unlike the machines that Henry Ford employed to produce other machines, Model Ts, and create a monopoly capitalist system whereby he’ll use the monopoly profits in order to buy newspapers to influence people and governments and to rip up all the streetcars, trams, in order to replace them with his own cars. Unlike that, you know, Jeff Bezos doesn’t sell anything.
I mean, he doesn’t sell anything he makes. His capital, his cloud capital has created a digital fiefdom in which he’s encased producers and consumers charging the equivalent of ground rent, of the feudal ground rent, which are called cloud rent. And today, most of the value in the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, it comes from cloud rent.
It doesn’t come from capitalist profit. It’s exactly what Michael was saying. So when you saw this cabal of Bezos and Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and Tim from Apple and all these nice boys around Trump during his inauguration, I would call it the coronation this time around.
And what you saw was these cloudalists, the owners of cloud capital, who some of them are losing a lot from the tariffs, like Elon Musk loses a lot from the tariffs. They don’t like the tariffs, but what they see in Trump is the gateway towards the complete political domination of this new form of capital, cloud capital. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/michael-hudson-and-yanis-varoufakis-with-ann-pettifor-on-economic-and-political-paradigm-changes.htmlMartin Armstrong, Trump’s EO to Support Trade Apprenticeships
A Deloitte/Manufacturing Institute report warned of 1.9 million unfilled manufacturing jobs by 2033, as 3.8 million role will need to be filled. Manufacturing employment plummeted to its lowest level during the pandemic with nearly half (46.3%) of the sector out of work. Pandemic aside, manufacturers are struggling to find skilled laborers, with the same Deloitte poll noting that 65% of manufacturers found attracting and retaining talent was their primary business challenge. It was also revealed that 47% of companies would begin to offer work-study or apprenticeship programs.
Trump’s new plan would provide support for 1 million apprenticeships annually. No amount of academia can compensate for a lack of hands-on experience. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_america/americas-current-economy/trumps-eo-to-support-trade-apprenticeships/Meryl Nass MD, EPA Press Release: Rolling out a plan for PFAS (and sludge)
PFAS is just one class of chemical that is found in sludge. We need an assessment of risk for many more chemicals in our air, food and water. We need to interrogate the research that hundreds or thousands of EPA scientists have performed over decades, and find out what happened to it. But this is a great start. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/epa-press-release-rolling-out-a-plan“That’s a feature”: Mass mRNA Injection Campaigns Likely Fueling the Global Fertility Collapse
Among ~1.3 million Czech women aged 18–39, those vaccinated against COVID-19 had ~33% fewer successful pregnancies compared to unvaccinated women. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-mass-mrna-injection-campaignsAlso not “bugs”: Steve Kirsch, There are two primary reasons the COVID vaccines should be stopped:
In actual use, they provide no protection against COVID infections or deaths and
It was shown in a study by the Florida Dept of Health that they can increase risk of non COVID death by 36% or more.
Vaccines are NEVER supposed to increase all-cause mortality. They are always supposed to decrease it. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/why-we-should-stop-the-shotsNEW STUDY — Pfizer Recipients Face 37% Higher Risk of Death Than Moderna Recipients
Study of 1.47 million Florida adults by MIT’s Retsef Levi and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo finds significantly higher all-cause, cardiovascular, and COVID-19 mortality after Pfizer vaccination. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-pfizer-recipients-faceDepartment of Justice Launches Inquiry Into Top Medical Journals Over Pandemic Bias, Fraud, and Corruption https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-doj-launches-investigation
U.S. Government Finds ‘Significant Risks,’ ‘Irreversible Harms’ in Medical Interventions for Child Gender Dysphoria https://lumennews14.substack.com/p/us-government-finds-significant-risks
Meryl Nass MD, Confirming what I wrote about yesterday, FDA Commissioner Makary said he is not going to approve COVID shots or any drugs without data https://merylnass.substack.com/p/confirming-what-i-wrote-about-yesterday
RFK Jr. to Require Placebo-Controlled Trials for New Vaccines as FDA Admits “Void of Data” on COVID Boosters https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-rfk-jr-to-require-placebo
Epidemiologist Nicholas Hulscher of the McCullough Foundation on Mind Matters and Everything Else with Dr. Joseph Sansone, EP 66
Discussing ‘Sansone mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act’ and Harms From mRNA Bioweapon Injections https://josephsansone.substack.com/p/epidemiologist-nicholas-hulscherTrees ‘Sync Up’ During a Solar Eclipse in a Forest-Wide Phenomenon
The researchers were monitoring the bioelectrical impulses of spruce trees, when a solar eclipse passed over. They left their sensors running to record the trees’ response to the eclipse – and what they observed was astonishing.
The spruce trees not only responded to the solar eclipse – they actively anticipated it, by synchronising their bioelectrical signals hours in advance.
This forest-wide phenomenon, detailed today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, reveals a new layer of complexity in plant behaviour. It adds to emerging evidence that plants actively participate in their ecosystems. https://www.sciencealert.com/trees-sync-up-during-a-solar-eclipse-in-a-forest-wide-phenomenonBreaking? From news source in Iran.
Yemen bans US crude oil exports through Red Sea
The Yemeni government has announced a sweeping ban on US crude oil in response to Washington’s continued aggression on the Arab country’s soil and targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Yemen’s Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC) said in a press statement on Saturday that the anti-US sanctions would take effect as of May 17.
The executive director of HOCC said the bans were levied as the “American enemy” continues to launch raids on various Yemeni provinces, targeting civilians and civilian objects, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries, including women and children, according to Press TV.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/231359/Yemen-bans-US-crude-oil-exports-through-Red-Sea
12 out of 13
Dae-yamn!
I don’t like Phil Giraldi but I never met him
So with not so heavy heart I answer Phil’s question with all I learned here at TAE.
Phil’s question:
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How much “liaison” protecting the most wealthy and educated 3% of the population against the curse of perceived perpetual Jewish victimhood is still warranted?
Ans: Get that faulty “Jewish” construct out of your mind, Phil. It doesn’t exist anymore than 3%. The number is between 2.3 and 2.4 percent. Never lose sight of the fact that Rich People deserve more of Everything and everything includes the words “liaison”, “protecting”, “victim”, “ambassador ships”, ‘otherships” too and hair-weaving material monopolies. Christ like who would have thunk it like an irregular past tense. And Rubio deports just as many Jewish ppl for protesting Israeli Genocidal Behavior like any other ppl
More Phil:
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“The State Department Press Secretary Tammy Bruce has declared that “Anyone who tries to touch Israel will wind up in hell.”
(((Yikes!! With Francis Pope Bergoglio kind of Hell??))
“…while Congress is discussing the so-called Antisemitism Accountability Act which will turn any criticism of Israel into a crime even more so than it is regarded as such right now…”
((((NB: Congress confuses and conflates The word “AntiSemitism” with “Anti-Israel”. Congress needs to like consult TAE commentationists more often for clarification of terms)))
“President Donald Trump has appointed Martin Marks to be his administration’s liaison to the American Jewish community with the title Special Assistant to the President and Director of Jewish Engagement in the White House Faith Office. Marks, whose mother handbag designer Lana Marks served as US ambassador to South Africa in Trump’s first term, appears to be well qualified for the position as “Before turning to politics, [he] was a writer and owned a yoga studio in Palm Beach.”
To be perfectly honest I was a bit confused by the appointment as the US government already has an Office of the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism and a Office of the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues actively promoting the Jewish/Israeli line at the State Department and even worldwide”
(((Oops! Not hair extensions but handbags)))
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“My principal complaint with the government Jewish agenda is that it creates two classes of people before the rule of law, i.e. those who are Jews and must be protected and the rest of us who, on the contrary, will face the consequences if we so much as criticize Israeli or Jewish behavior. Ironically, we can criticize our own country”
(((Try criticizing the United States if you’re Right, White, Uniformed and you’re pushing up against a corrupt Jew, Mormon or Gay in Government. What’s Phil been smoking?)))
51% of internet traffic is non human now.
And does that even really catch ALL of it? Certainly it does not account for humans posting what was created using AI.
It also does not account for 3 letter agencies, gay fake cringe retarded political astroturf funded by NGOs, corps etc. All “leveraged” by technology as a “force multiplier”
And then all the people/NPC’s whose posts are based upon bot and astroturf activity. Surely I am ingesting artificial content myself and I have reactions to it.
The internet used to be FUN from what, 2002-2012? I’m seriously shopping for a new personal cassette player now and patting myself on the back for keeping my stick shift car. My watch is now an 80’s Casio model. My headphones are now the 80’s Portapro, because apparently nobody could invent something ACTUALLY superior (that does not require a more powerful amp to drive it thus actually WORSE on all phones, mp3 players, etc) in that price range. I WAS using an ereader because it was cheaper and more convenient. In theory, it IS still more convenient, but in practice, especially after Amazon ended the downloading of books, it’s MORE of a pain. It’s a huge, impossible task trying to find good new authors and that was most of why I got an ereader. I’m down to shopping used book stores again and downloading large chunks of Project Gutenberg.
for pop-out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofWmufzwUNo
“Have we just witnessed a long range drone drop?”
An aid ship bound for Gaza has suffered damage in international waters off the coast of Malta, with the crew alleging a drone attack.
While many elements remain unconfirmed, flight data showing an Israeli C-130 Hercules aircraft flying low over the region shortly beforehand has raised a striking question: have we just witnessed the first real-world long-range combat use of loitering drones deployed from a manned military aircraft?
The vessel, Conscience, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was reportedly struck in the early hours of Friday morning. Activists aboard claimed an attack by drones, with two loud explosions, internal fire, and visible structural damage. Initially dismissed by some, including myself, as an accident or mechanical fault, later imagery showing inward-blasted holes and concentrated fire damage has shifted that assessment.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/have-we-just-witnessed-the-first-long-range-drone-drop/
Craig Murray wrote–
Have you noticed that the astroturf “citizen journalists” who pretend to do open source intelligence, like Bellingcat and OSINT, go completely silent and lose all that flight transponder and satellite access when it is Israel attacking a civilian ship?
CIA puppets.On Proxies… see US-Russia-UKR links at top post.
In Europe, a question often asked is, does the US have a Foreign Legion?
Like France, officially, has? British Foreign Legion is a patchy story, Idk, lotsa details to look up.
Officially, one has to answer NO to this qu. (Hegemonic super-powers have no need! – say…)
The US Foreign Legion changes names often, e.g. from Mujahideen, to Al Qaida, to ISIS, to etc., now HTS, with for the first time in (recent) history, a US Foreign Legion Appointee is openly installed as ‘head of state’ -> Al Golani in Syria.
What was the support for the Azov Battalion, neo-Nazis, Banderistas, etc. in UKR, from the USuk, going back to say 1995, 2000? Hmm, Idk..?
I know about neo-Nazi movements in Europe, w. personal contacts, somewhat, and I am sure that without financing, support, encouragement, such movements remains just minor ‘club’, ‘cult’, ‘groupie’ type thing which nobody cares about, fears, etc. Admiring Hitler in a weekly beer drinking meet is fine for the participants but no threat to others.
did you ever wonder what is was like to live at the beginning of a world war?
you can stop wondering
you of course have a blanket pardon for all atrocities due to your plausible deniablitty
Trans Teen Freed After Tesla Firebombing, Judge Cites Lack Of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Prison
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trans-teen-freed-after-tesla-firebombing-judge-cites-lack-gender-affirming-care-prisonThe guy is facing 20 years on a domestic terrorism charge but has been set free because he can’t trans himself from behind bars.
I would think gender affirming care would involve at least temporarily cutting them off from people, messaging, drugs, etc that are convincing them of a fake reality contrary to their gender.
Then keep them in a professional facility where they are told over and over their gender, shown a mirror, stuff like that. One where weirdos trying to distort their sense of self aren’t allowed to enter and abuse them.
It would also be beneficial to isolate them from any malevolent media and internet messaging intended to demoralize them regarding their gender. Take some time with them to prove the dishonest, bad-faith nature of this messaging. Then they might stop trying to escape their gender like Steve McQueen in the Great Escape.
Saddled with crushing unattached shame and angst with no way to get rid of it? Only thing in sight in the future is moar of it? Can’t get a job interview let alone a job? Constantly on eggshells over everything, everyone continually waiting to pounce on you for being toxic/male and ALSO to pounce on you as “not a REAL man!”? But you can be praised as the bestest evar and get so, so much handed to you with one weird trick? Whyever are you wearing a dress, sir?
• US Demands Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks (RT)
•• fix flint!• Russia and Ukraine ‘Closer’ To Settlement – Rubio (RT)
•• i don’t believe you.• Ukraine Conflict ‘Not Going to End Any Time Soon’ – Vance (Sp.)
•• i don’t believe you.• Ukrainian MP Threatens Terror Attack On Red Square (RT)
•• these people are nuts.• Brussels Floats Trade Solution To Trump – FT (RT)
•• a lot coming from brussels “floats”.• European Security Is Impossible Without Russia (Fetouri)
•• this is all so stupid.• Trump Claims US Did ‘More Than Any Other Country’ to Win World War II (Sp.)
•• mr trump has more on his mind.• Ukraine Can’t Reclaim Lost Territory – Rubio (RT)
•• just like the hawaiians!• The Hardest Working Man In The Trump Administration (Sarah Anderson)
•• must be the guy in charge of the paper shredder.• What’s Normal, Exactly? (James Howard Kunstler)
•• not you, zionist lunatic.• We’re Gonna Lose the PR War Over Tariffs Until We Start Doing THIS (Pinsker)
•• war already lost.• Germany’s AfD Party ‘Definitely Right-Wing Extremist’: Spy Agency (RMX)
•• and we all trust “spy agency”.• Germany ‘Has Rebuilt The Berlin Wall’ – Vance (RT)
•• prime minister vance is quite the show.• Germany Is Weaponizing WWII Memory Against Russia (Amar)
•• the german government has really lost it.• Germany Is ‘Tyranny In Disguise’ – Rubio (RT)
•• you tell ’em, mr kettle.• Odessa Massacre: Point of No Return Marked Ukraine’s Slide Into Nazism (Sp.)
•• ukraine was pushed back into nazism in order to benefit the empire.• Trump Reportedly Turns To L3Harris For “Interim” Air Force One Jet (ZH)
•• take the effin’ train, fatso,• The Ghost in the Machine. AI and The Spectral Ontology of Value (Ruggeri)
•• people will pretend to understand this.“Surely I am ingesting artificial content myself and I have reactions to it.”
yep! you even voted for it.
Martin Armstrong, Trump’s EO to Support Trade Apprenticeships
Great idea, but most of those jobs will evaporate in the near future due to robotics.
The real question is how to keep the lid on the pot? What to do with the newly idle and hungry in the face of technical innovation? How to close the income gap is the big question. Ship them off to Mars?
Generate a new pandemic?
The problem is enormous, the current answers are horrendous.
Personally I’m hopeful but not too optimistic.@tdk
….which begs the question:
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“What is META ingesting if machines produce 51% of internet traffic then META must be more than 51%?”
Tell me you didn’t have the same thought when you read the following ZH article on META’a blowout earnings.
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Here is are the blowout results which META reported for Q1:
EPS $6.43 vs. $4.71 y/y, beating estimate $5.25
Revenue $42.31 billion, +16% y/y, beating estimate $41.38 billionhttps://www.zerohedge.com/markets/meta-soars-after-blowing-away-estimates-hikes-capex-forecast
Musk would say: “Like that’s like cool”
Ask an Hungarian how they would survive after being displaced from a job without future prospects of employment and they would say happily….
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“ Levegő
….whether displaced by a human or ro……..bot
A quote from grandma: “There’s a special kind of stupid when it comes from a woman who shouldn’t be in a position of authority.”
TCTH from:
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The destination of the cargo is, wait for it,… CANADA!
U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods soar to as high as 145%, a growing number of companies are rerouting shipments to Canada and storing them in bonded warehouses in hopes of avoiding the duties and capitalising on a future rollback. This strategy has caused a sharp spike in Chinese shipments to Canada, with logistics firms and customs brokers reporting surging inquiries and storage demand from consumer goods, chemical, and auto parts sectors. However, experts caution that prolonged storage costs—estimated at $1,750 per container per week—and limited warehouse capacity could force sellers to offload discounted goods into the Canadian market, potentially disrupting domestic manufacturing. Others warn the strategy is risky and unsustainable, especially if the trade conflict drags into next year’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations.
this will not end well….… For Canada
What are the Zionist Leaders and other assorted Israeli Sympathizers from Trump’s Cabinet gonna do to Canada, TCTH?
Rare Earths Reality Check: Ukraine Doesn’t Have Minable Deposits Experts say proposed deal with U.S. makes no sense
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-rare-earth-minerals
Glenn Zorpette 07 Mar 2025
To begin with, the contentious 28 February Oval Office meeting can’t be understood without a crucial piece of context: there are no deposits of rare-earth ore in Ukraine known to be minable in an economically viable way. And that would be true even if full-scale warfare were not raging in the country’s east, where a great deal of its mineral resources are concentrated.
Ukraine is believed to have four areas with substantial deposits of rare earth ores, according to Erik Jonsson, senior geologist with the Geological Survey of Sweden. “There are four slightly bigger deposits: Yastrubetske, Novopoltavske, Azovske, and Mazurivske. All but one of them seem to be now within or near the zone that the Russians control, as far as I can tell,” says Jonsson. “And when it comes to resources in those deposits, I mean, we have numbers; yes, that’s nice. But we have no real, detailed, outline of how those numbers were arrived at.” The numbers are believed to come from Soviet surveys dating as far back as the 1960s.“The rare-earth deposits don’t look that relevant,” Jonsson concludes. “I mean, I wouldn’t go for them.” Two of the deposits are dominated by a mineral called britholite, he notes, which is not desirable because it has not been processed for rare earths, which means that almost nothing exists in the way of process chemistry and equipment.
“If you want critical minerals, Ukraine ain’t the place to look for them,” declares Jack Lifton, executive chairman of the Critical Minerals Institute. “It’s a fantasy. There’s no point to any of this. There’s some other agenda going on here. I can’t believe that anybody in Washington actually believes that it makes sense to get rare earths in Ukraine.”
Even without a war to contend with, it would take at least 15 years to build a mine to begin extracting rare-earth ore on a large scale, Lifton notes. And according to the terms of the draft critical materials deal, private companies would have to invest huge sums, likely a billion dollars or more, to develop rare-earths mines in Ukraine. It’s a possibility that Lifton, an IEEE member and former metals trader, dismisses as absurd. He notes that a multinational mining company, Rio Tinto Group, has spent close to US $3 billion on potential mine sites in Arizona and Alaska and still does not have the necessary licenses and permits from the U.S. Government to begin building a mine in either place.
What is Trump’s rare-earth agenda?
The proposed U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals deal was so unmoored from the realities of the mining industry that it has some observers wondering what was actually behind it. (The White House press office did not respond to IEEE Spectrum’s messages seeking comment on its rare earths strategy.) One theory was that Trump, ignorant of the details of rare earth mining, was simply approaching the situation as a businessman might, looking for a favorable deal. “I doubt very much that President Trump cares about rare earths,” says Lifton. “He’s being told they’re important. He’s operating as a pure businessman.”In any case, the administration’s future strategy on rare earths is likely to deviate greatly from that of the Biden administration. Under Biden, the U.S. Department of Defense funded companies in allied countries, notably Lynas Rare Earths of Perth, Australia and Vacuumschmelze A.G. of Hanau, Germany, to begin building rare-earth and related facilities in the U.S. But such a strategy seems dubious now, in view of the Trump administration’s increasingly contentious relationships with America’s traditional allies, its “America First” ethos, and its systematic repudiation of all Biden-era initiatives.
…CTD…
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