Debt Rattle November 16 2024
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[See the full post at: Debt Rattle November 16 2024]So Make America Healthy Already https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/so-make-americans-healthy-already
A useful model of human societies is that they are ecosystems, and part of larger ecosystems, and that since we learned farming, and became like grazing-animals on the land, our groups were prone to “overgraze” and also to starve from droughts and climate change events. Natural ecosystems with herbivores are typically regulated by apex-predators eating the weaker herbivores. We soon had kings, nobles, generals and financiers to cooperatively fill the apex-predator role of killing lots of people when times got bad.
This came to be arranged as groups and predators attacking the members of nearby groups to take their productive farmland and other trophies. Under the Popes there arose a model of war which incorporated transnational financiers, who would then be paid from looting of Constantinople, for instance. This facilitated bigger wars than ever, and reached its apogee when entire nations could be held to account to pay for massive war loans for World War-1 and the resulting World War-2.
Since energy resources and good copper ores are in decline, another mode of mass culling, one that won’t destroy valuable infrastructure and advanced economies, is necessary to maintain this mode of ecosystem management.Professor Ugo Bardi posted this article almost 2 years ago now, in January 2023. The Age of Exterminations: How to Kill a Few Billion People https://www.senecaeffect.com/2023/01/the-age-of-exterminations-how-to-kill.html
Its themes are explored and expanded in his new book, “Exterminations” https://www.amazon.com/Exterminations-Ugo-Bardi/dp/B0DK18GP68Trump Nominates RFK Jr. For HHS Secretary
The 70-year-old Kennedy has been a longtime health advocate who Trump said he would let “go wild,” should he win the November 5 election.
“He’s going to help make America healthy again. … He wants to do some things, and we’re going to let him get to it,” Trump said during his victory speech. “Go have a good time, Bobby.”
In a post to Truth Social, Trump said:
I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!
That said, Politico suggested that Kennedy “may still face a steep slope to confirmation” over his fight against overvaccination, and his book accusing former NIH official Anthony Fauci of conspiring with Bill Gates and drugmakers to sell COVID-19 vaccines.
Kennedy says he isn’t taking vaccines away from anyone – he just wants to ensure they’re safe. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-nominates-rfk-jr-hhs-secretaryPaul Craig Roberts, Trump Picks RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services
This is a victory even if Big Pharma, wielding its campaign contributions, forces the Senate to refuse to confirm Kennedy in office. Trump can go to the public with the names of the bought-and-paid-for corrupt Senators and ask why Americans elect people who knowingly serve corporate criminals who knowingly damage the health of the American people. The nomination of Kennedy is the most powerful of all of Trump’s appointments, with Matt Gaetz’s being second.
We will now see if the Republican Senate is with Trump or against Trump and the American people. If the Senate consents to recess appointment of Trump’s team, they are with the President. If they do not, they are against him and are part of the deadly enemy he and we must defeat.
Kennedy’s nomination restores my hope that Trump might achieve something. Trump, Kennedy, Gaetz, and Gabbard are fighters, a rarity in a Republican administration. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/11/14/breaking-news-trump-picks-rfk-jr-as-secretary-of-health-and-human-services/American People May Finally Know COVID Origins With Trump In Office [“Common knowledge” is when “everybody knows that everybody knows”.]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told New York Post reporters he will take over the upper chamber’s Homeland Security Committee in January after serving two years as the panel’s top Republican. He explained that he would uncover the truth about Covid’s origins.
“I chose to chair this committee over another because I believe that, for the health of our republic, Congress must stand up once again for its constitutional role,” Paul told the Post in an interview Wednesday, adding, “This committee’s mission of oversight and investigations is critical to Congress reasserting itself.”
“I think we’re on the cusp of, really, the beginning of uncovering what happened with COVID,” Paul continued. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/american-people-may-finally-know-covid-origins-trump-officePeter McCullough MD, COVID-19 Vaccine Recall Remains Top Public Health Priority https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/covid-19-vaccine-recall-remains-top
Trump Taps former Congresswoman and Lieutenant Colonel, Tulsi Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence
Remember when Biden’s Transportation Security Administration placed Tulsi on the Quiet Skies program—a domestic terror watch list?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-selects-tulsi-gabbard-lead-director-national-intelligenceRAY McGOVERN: Will Gabbard Be Able to Direct the Intelligence ‘Community’?
Will DNI Tulsi Gabbard (assuming she is confirmed by the Senate) step up to this task? It would take uncommon courage. Was the current DNI, Avril Haines, informed beforehand that the C.I.A. would blow up the Nord Stream pipelines? If so, did she give it her blessing? Or was she kept in the dark?
My guess is that DNI Gabbard would have promptly recognized the folly in that C.I.A. “can-do” attitude/escapade and would have briefed the president on its longer-term implications. She is a good listener to analysts who she asks to brief her. I know that, too, from personal experience responding to her questions when she was one of Hawaii’s representatives in the House.
It would take a courageous and politically astute person and strong backing and trust from the president for any DNI to be able to fulfill the duty to “oversee and provide advice … on covert action programs.” https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/14/ray-mcgovern-will-gabbard-be-able-to-direct-the-intelligence-community/Ukrainian ‘anti-disinfo’ agency scrubs criticism of Trump’s intel chief pick
Kiev’s Center for Countering Disinformation had accused Tulsi Gabbard of working “for Kremlin money” https://swentr.site/news/607664-ukrainian-agency-deletes-tulsi-allegations/“Revenge is a dish which is best served cold.” Trump’s intelligence chief pick Tulsi Gabbard is ‘Russia’s girlfriend’
Ukraine accused the president-elect’s choice for cabinet of being on the Kremlin’s payroll https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/tulsi-gabbard-trump-russia-connection-cabinet-national-intelligence-d3ttgsjfqTrump vows to ‘work very hard’ on Ukraine, Media reports have claimed the US president-elect plans to push Kiev to suspend its NATO ambitions
Trump has nominated several critics of Ukraine aid for top government positions, including Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, and Matt Gaetz for attorney general. The nominations must be confirmed by the Senate, which the Republicans regained control over in this year’s election.
Moscow has said it is open to dialogue, but has ruled out freezing the conflict, insisting that the goals of its military operation – including Ukrainian neutrality, demilitarization, and denazification – must be met.
President Vladimir Putin has signaled that Russia is willing to immediately declare a ceasefire and start peace talks as soon as Kiev begins withdrawing troops from the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye, which voted in referendums to join the country in autumn 2022. Moscow has also ruled out talks with Kiev as long as Ukrainian troops occupy part of the border region of Kursk. https://swentr.site/news/607673-trump-vows-work-hard-ukraine/Trump Expected To Appoint Ukraine Peace Envoy ‘Soon’ (Who can be close enough? Donald Trump Jr.?) https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-expected-appoint-ukrainian-peace-envoy-soon-fox
Ukraine is actually the jobsite-injured-illegal-alien-worker of NATO. Will Trump stop Ukraine from joining NATO? https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/11/14/will-trump-stop-ukraine-from-joining-nato/
Zelensky: “The War Will End Faster” Under Trump Administration
“It is very important for us to have a just peace, so that we do not feel that we have lost our best because of the injustice that has been imposed on you. The war will end, but there is no exact date. Certainly, with the policies of this team that will now lead the White House, the war will end sooner. This is their approach, their promise to their society, and it is also very important to them,” he said. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-effect-putin-scholz-hold-first-phone-call-almost-two-years“Alternative for Germany” is against the Ukraine war. Support For Germany’s AfD Continues To Soar Amid Calls For Election Ban By Political Opponents
The AfD’s growing popularity is particularly pronounced in eastern Germany, where Weidel leads with 27 percent support.
In addition to political opponents, some analysts point to international parallels, drawing comparisons between the AfD’s rise and similar populist movements in other parts of the West. Insa managing director Hermann Binkert noted that the “Trump effect” and dissatisfaction with the current coalition government’s policies have played a key role in boosting the party’s standing.
The outcome of the motion to ban the AfD could have profound implications for the political landscape, not only in Germany but throughout Europe.
As Remix News previously reported, most of the German establishment is working towards a ban, but there is disagreement about the pace and timing of such a ban. Some are also worried that the ban will backfire and make the AfD more popular than ever. For one, a ban could take years, and second, the country’s top court may reject the ban, which would be a catastrophic outcome for the German establishment. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/support-germanys-afd-continues-soar-amid-calls-election-ban-political-opponentsTulsi should look over the shoulder of this Trump veteran. Trump Picks John Ratcliffe To Lead CIA
Ratcliffe is a China hawk and lobbied to extend Section 702 of FISA, which allows warrantless surveillance of Americans https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/12/trump-picks-john-ratcliffe-to-lead-cia/So his Congressional seat can be quickly filled by Governor DeSantis Gaetz Resigns ‘Effective Immediately’ After Trump AG Pick; DC In Full Blown Panic https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-picks-matt-gaetz-attorney-general
How would the FBI post experience-requirements for this kind of job? Obama FBI Ran Off-The-Books ‘Honeypot’ Operation On Trump Campaign In 2015: Whistleblower
According to an FBI agent involved in the clandestine criminal investigation, Comey sent two female FBI undercover agents to infiltrate Trumps 2016 campaign at high levels, who were directed to act as “honeypots” while traveling with Trump and his campaign staff. https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-11-01-1315/politics-obama-fbi-ran-books-honeypot-operation-trump-campaign-2015Your revenge is cold now… FEC Chairman: Biden DOJ Broke Federal Policies with Letter Targeting Musk https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/14/fec-chairman-biden-doj-broke-federal-policies-with-letter-targeting-musk/
Gilbert Doctorow, What is the Kremlin saying about Trump’s nominees for his ‘power ministries’
The single most important observation by ‘the Kremlin’ is that all of the key nominees, namely Mike Waltz for National Security Advisor, Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense; John Ratcliffe at the CIA, and (presumably) Marco Rubio as Secretary of State are soft on Russia and hard on China. This all supports the notion that Donald Trump genuinely wants to end the Ukraine war as soon as possible so that he can focus U.S: foreign policy on this other greater concern, and in this connection he is likely to respond positively to Russia’s terms for peace, including their claims to the Donbas and Novaya Rossiya oblasts that they have annexed and their demand that Ukraine be a neutral state without any prospects of joining NATO, without having foreign troops and installations on their territory.
Under the same logic, the Kremlin assumes that the USA under Trump however pro-Israeli it may be, will press Israel to de-escalate its campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza, and to conclude cease-fires as soon as possible. Moreover, the Kremlin does not expect the enmity towards Iran among several of those named in the Trump team to translate into hostilities of any kind. Indeed, given his pleasure in doing the unexpected, as was the case in his dealings with the North Korean leader, Trump is seen as possibly opening a dialogue with Teheran now and reducing tensions there.
Otherwise Nikonov and his panelists reported with some amusement on the likely changes at the Pentagon both before the confirmation in the Senate of Hegseth and after. They mentioned specifically the firing of the generals and others responsible for the debacle of America’s exit from Afghanistan and the purge of generals who in one way or another owed their promotions to the ideological agenda of the Democrats favoring gender equality, nontraditional sexual orientation and the like over merit. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/11/13/what-is-the-kremlin-saying-about-trumps-nominees-for-his-power-ministries/ On the other hand: CIA Veteran: Trump’s Foreign Policy Team May ‘Double Down on Stupid’ in Ukraine, Middle East, China
Donald Trump’s foreign policy appointments for his incoming administration show that “he didn’t learn a thing during his first term,” Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official, told Sputnik.
“He talked one thing during the campaign about ending needless wars. And yet he is staffing himself with really a lot of young people who are locked up with old ideas,” Johnson noted.
In his opinion, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, is “just an absurd joke.” Florida Сongressman Michael Waltz, tapped as Trump’s national security advisor, is also “a disaster,” Johnson argued, underscoring that he “represents everything that Donald Trump said that Donald Trump stood against.” https://sputnikglobe.com/20241114/cia-veteran-trumps-foreign-policy-team-may-double-down-on-stupid-in-ukraine-middle-east-china-1120881081.html Elon Musk manifests “General Human Intelligence”. Musk Secretly Met With Iran’s UN Ambassador, Raising Hopes Trump Will Keep Hawks At Bay
According to the Times report, which cited anonymous Iranian officials, the meeting was initiated by Musk, and was held at a secret New York location of the Iranians’ choosing. The Iranians characterized the discussion as “positive” and “good news.” Iravani was said to have made a direct business appeal to the world’s richest man, urging him to pursue an exception to America’s dense thicket of sanctions that bar companies from doing business with Iran.
Trump communications director Steven Cheung deflected an inquiry about the meeting: “We do not comment on reports of private meetings that did or did not occur,” he said. However, transition team spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt issued a statement that seemed to implicitly confirm the meeting, telling the Times:
“The American people re-elected President Trump because they trust him to lead our country and restore peace through strength around the world. When he returns to the White House, he will take the necessary action to do just that.”
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi took to social media on Wednesday to reiterate his government’s interest in pursuing peace. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-secretly-met-irans-un-ambassador-raising-hopes-trump-will-keep-hawks-bay ‘Excellence in diplomacy’: Türkiye could help guide Trump-led US to end wars, says economist Jeffrey Sachs [Erdogan likes Trump & hates Netanyahu.]
‘There is no country in the world that understands the Black Sea region, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East better than Türkiye,’ Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs tells Anadolu https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/-excellence-in-diplomacy-turkiye-could-help-guide-trump-led-us-to-end-wars-says-economist-jeffrey-sachs/3393815 Next US defence secretary Pete Hegseth called for new Jewish temple at Al-Aqsa
Former TV host said in 2018 there was no reason the ‘miracle’ of the construction couldn’t take place on site of mosque in Jerusalem https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-us-defence-secretary-called-building-third-temple-jerusalem Israeli Military Planning To Stay in Gaza Through 2025
Haaretz reports the IDF is stepping up demolitions in Gaza and building more permanent military structures https://news.antiwar.com/2024/11/13/israeli-military-planning-to-stay-in-gaza-through-2025/Haaretz notes that meeting 4-out-of-5 conditions is more than adequate for definition. Maybe Israel Is Committing Genocide After All? https://archive.is/viYEB#selection-547.0-547.46
Israeli minister calls for Gaza occupation, West Bank annexation
‘I don’t believe there should be an exit strategy from Gaza,’ Settlement Minister Orit Strook says https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-minister-calls-for-gaza-occupation-west-bank-annexation/3393782 Is Israel’s Annexation of the West Bank Underway?
Since 75% of the settlers are ultra-orthodox (over 500,000), in recent years a dangerous symbiosis has developed in the occupied territories of Palestine between the political leaders of the settlers and the rabbis who have for decades preached their opposition to any territorial commitment to the Palestinians. They have tried to give a religious justification to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Operation “Annexation of the West Bank” was reportedly launched after the bloody Hamas attack on 7 October and nearly 700 Palestinians have already died as a result of Israeli army operations and attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
For his part, the new Minister of Defence, Israel Katz, last August proposed “to temporarily evacuate the West Bank in order to thwart terrorist infrastructures by taking all necessary measures, including forced displacement,” of the Palestinian population settled in the West Bank. https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-annexation-west-bank-underway/5871602 The state-backed settler war to annex the West Bank
With an indebted Trump soon to be back in the White House, Tel Aviv is orchestrating a calculated campaign of militia formation and settler violence to seize control of the West Bank, aiming for annexation and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities. https://thecradle.co/articles/the-state-backed-settler-war-to-annex-the-west-bank The Israeli army has to stop killing Palestinians and withdraw first. Israel’s maximalist demands unlikely to lead to ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel says it is open to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, but analysts say no truce is on the horizon. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/israels-maximalist-demands-unlikely-to-lead-to-ceasefire-with-hezbollah Israel & US Ramp Up Airstrikes On Syria As ‘Counter Iran’ War Expands
Israeli attacks on Syria have become daily, and now the United States is ramping up its own attacks in the northeast of the country as well.
On Thursday Israeli warplanes launched attacks on two residential buildings in the Damascus suburbs – one in Mazzeh and the other in Qudsaya, which lies west of the capital. Regional reports said that many people were killed, and Syrian state SANA posted photos of bombed-out apartments.
Israeli Army Radio in a rare acknowledgement appeared to confirm the Israeli attack while claiming the fresh attacks targeted the Syrian headquarters the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group, which is fighting alongside Hamas in Gaza, and has held Israeli citizens captive since Oct.7, 2023…
..At least 15 people have been killed and 16 injured in Israeli attacks on suburbs of the Syrian capital, according to a Syrian military source cited by the SANA news agency. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-us-ramp-airstrikes-syria-counter-iran-war-expandsSome will get “Israeli citizenship”, too. Short on troops, Israel turns to mercenaries
Protracted and unprecedented Arab resistance has depleted Israeli troop and reservist forces and forced Tel Aviv to seek out unconventional methods – including the recruitment of foreign mercenaries – to sustain Israel’s weary military and escalatory war goals. https://thecradle.co/articles/short-on-troops-israel-turns-to-mercenaries Many such speeches, but no such official statement: OIC and Arab League seek suspension of Israel’s UN membership and an arms embargo
Countries raised the issue of Israel’s repeated violations of UN resolutions seeking ceasefire in Gaza and its complete disregard and hostility towards international law https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/12/oic-and-arab-league-seek-suspension-of-israels-un-membership-and-an-arms-embargo/FEMA worker accused of telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged Trump homes claims it was common practice: ‘This is not isolated’ https://nypost.com/2024/11/12/us-news/fema-worker-accused-of-telling-staff-to-skip-hurricane-ravaged-trump-homes-claims-it-was-common-practice-this-is-not-isolated/
Trump Team Warns ‘Career DOJ Employees’ Plotting ‘Resistance’ of ‘President’s Lawful Agenda’ Will Be Fired https://slaynews.com/news/trump-team-warns-career-doj-employees-plotting-resistance-president-lawful-agenda-fired/
Celia Farber, Judge Blocks Sham Auction Sale Of InfoWars; Max Blumenthal Reveals Tech Billionaire & Kamala Donor Behind The Bought And Weaponized Onion, Seeking To Deploy Humorless Humor To Attack “Disinformation. Craziest Media Story Ever. EVER. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/judge-blocks-sham-auction-sale-of
Justice Sotomayor Refuses Democrat Demands to Step Down So Biden Can Replace Her https://slaynews.com/news/justice-sotomayor-refuses-democrat-demands-step-down-biden-replace-her/
The bastards gave Americans reliable polling information… “Grand Political Theatre” – FBI Raids Home Of Polymarket CEO; Seize Phone, Electronics
The FBI has decided to rush in and raid the home of the founder and chief executive of Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market that was a popular (and very accurate) platform for bets on the US presidential election. https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/grand-political-theatre-fbi-raids-home-polymarket-ceo-seize-phone-electronics A Midwestern Doctor writes about what was generally known by researchers to be true in 1982 when I started med school. The Great Dangers of Statins
Examining the questionable risks and benefits behind these massively overprescribed drugs
Story at a Glance:
One of the biggest misconceptions is that cholesterol causes heart disease and that statins, which lower cholesterol, prevent it. Not only is this untrue, but the highly profitable statins are also among the most harmful pharmaceuticals available (and share many eerie parallels to the COVID vaccines).
Despite growing evidence that lowering cholesterol does not reduce heart disease, the medical industry continues to push statins. Studies have shown that the benefits of statins are minimal, with data manipulated to exaggerate their effectiveness.
Statins are aggressively promoted, not because of their efficacy, but due to financial interests in the pharmaceutical industry. Guidelines on cholesterol and statins are often created by experts who have conflicts of interest. Many doctors and patients are penalized for not adhering to these guidelines.
Statins cause significant harm, with side effects like muscle pain, cognitive issues, and even life-threatening conditions such as diabetes and liver dysfunction. Despite widespread patient reports of these injuries, the medical community often dismisses them, attributing them to a “nocebo effect” or imagining the problem. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-dangers-of-statins The Ethical Skeptic has presented most of this data before, but it is very well laid out here. “Omicron” Predated SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan by Years
Evidence which cannot be ignored or dismissed by competent science, regarding the preexistence of a proto-form of COVID-19—later misleadingly designated as a singular variant, “Omicron”—is presented below. This evidence demands scrutiny and incorporation into any valid hypothesis addressing the origins and evolution of SARS-CoV-2.
We contend that, based on ample, consilient, and diverse deductive evidence, the series of widely varied background viruses first identified in November 2021—and misleadingly labeled as the single variant, “Omicron”—were, in fact, the background set of SARS-CoV-2a viruses. These viruses trace their common ancestor to a time over two years prior (July 2017) to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2b Wuhan, initially detected on November 17, 2019, in Wuhan, China. https://theethicalskeptic.com/2024/11/13/omicron-predated-sars-cov-2-wuhan-by-years/#respondJessica Rose Ph.D. They’re trialing self-amplifying RNA-LNP-based products for H5N1 in humans, GMO products need GMO licensing – a cautionary tale https://jessicar.substack.com/p/theyre-trialing-self-amplifying-rna
I walked this far, one mile, to first grade. He was fine until a “Karen” drove up: Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town
“I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident,” says Brittany Patterson. https://reason.com/2024/11/11/mom-jailed-for-letting-10-year-old-walk-alone-to-town/“Entire Entrenched Government Bureaucracy To Be Dismantled By Indian Guy And Autistic African American Obsessed With Rockets –BBee
I just said that. Yeah, um, THEY’RE going to do it? Really? Or is it only that WE can do it?
“Conservative Husbands Sacrificially Volunteer To Have Twice The Sex To Make Up For Lib Sex Strike” –Bbee
I’m in. Where do I sign?
RT: “Fyodor Lukyanov the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.”
This guy is very straightforward and clear-eyed on things. It’s a sad reflection that even ONE reporter who can just say obvious, unbiased thing stands out like a beacon.
BTW Lavrov was similar this week – we all heard the quote on him about Trump. Why? “Trump”!!! Sells papers! Slander away! Misrepresent Central Office. Anyway, the REAL Lavrov said, “America will merely pursue its interests in Ukraine and Europe. They will want to CONTROL matters there. Nothing will dissuade them as that’s how America acts. Trump will be no different.” That is, Trump changes nothing, which is the only part they reported. You can interpret that badly, as of course they did; or without bias, which I believe is how he meant it. Here’s the other side: Like Lukyanov’s explanation here, why SHOULDN’T America pursue her interests? All nations do. It’s a matter of HOW we do it. Do the ends justify the bad means?
“Threats, pressure, violent demonstrations – yes. A large-scale armed campaign and mass bloodshed – why?”
Because if you’re rational, this is expensive and dangerous, so you don’t. Only religious death-cult fanatics will go ahead with war.
“But the main thing is that it is not the way it has been up to now.”
Right. ButThe American System relied on the following policies:
• High tariffs to support manufacturing and high-paying jobs
• Infrastructure investment (public and private) to support productivity
• A strong army and navy to protect the U.S. but not to fight foreign wars
• A central bank with limited powers to provide liquidity to commerceOf course it’s far better for no Americans to have jobs, no industry to exist, and to have no monetary flow and no liquidity. Oh wait: no. The #OPPOSITE of that. That’s the position of a SLAVE. That’s the structure of a COLONY. Then we can only buy finished goods from China after providing them raw materials because every nation knows having no jobs and no industry is how you get rich and powerful. Yeah, China is (trying) to back-colonize us, and so far it’s working pretty well. I don’t fault them for it as Trump said, but I’m not going to let it happen.
“To the extent there was government spending, it was for productive projects such as canal and road building and later to support railroads.”
Socialism is such a universal religion, it’s impossible to get them to even THINK about it, but this is different from Keynes burying bottles and digging them up again. Because ACTUAL projects may be expensive but cause an ACTUAL BTU SAVINGS, literally being more efficient, and therefore “better” by definition. That’s called “Capital” which is “CapEx”, Capital Expenditure in “Capitalism”.
We COULD hammer out machine screws on an anvil, but why? We can build a machine-screw jig ONCE and drop the price by 90%, not just for me, but for everyone in the neighborhood. We haven’t used either 1) Capital investment or 2) Cash savings in so long, we forget that it’s even possible. ALL investment is set by government and funded by the Central Party. Or more often: prohibited by them.
The point of building a road isn’t to build a road, the way the Democrats have (not) built fast-rail in California, it’s to GET SOMETHING DONE. Something physical, tangible, and practical: move goods cheaper. Prices drop for everyone, so that our work goes farther every day and we move on to the next thing. If you don’t like it, live in a hut and get your water from a bucket in the river, see if you don’t create work-saving, time-saving devices immediately too. …Which would make you a “Capitalist.” I spit in thy general direction, you lazy bum, get water from the river in a buffalo scrotum sac like a real man.
“Taiwan had no comparative advantage in semiconductors in 1979, but today they dominate global production. They made that happen through a Taiwanese version of the American System.”
Huh. That is, THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT ASPNAZ SAYS NOT TO. And says is stupid and won’t work. In his “home” country. Boy those Taiwanese sure are stupid! I agree! Totally stupid, idiotic place, filled with only lazy, stupid, idiotic people. …So he says.
“At a minimum, their goal was the encasement of sovereigns in a larger orb of multilateral institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, WTO and the United Nations. …under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (today the WTO), the U.S. embraced the neo-liberal consensus including drastic tariff cuts.”
Let’s take a moment here to point out that in these early periods, the ones pushing this deadly, unAmerican nonsense and destroying all Capital were REPUBLICANS. And further, CONSERVATIVES, the far “right” side of the Party. That may not be true now but they need a pummelling over it.
“ Perhaps its most potent spell was the manipulation of women’s emotion, harnessing female psychodrama as the propellant for mass social discord. In a nation of absent fathers, damaged children, and broken male-female relations, Donald Trump was painted as the ultimate archetypal tyrant Daddy figure to deflect the public’s attention from the actual tyranny growing under the US intel blob and its Globalist sidekicks”
I wish this weren’t true, and it’s not like they didn’t capture a lot of men, but it’s a Bernays’ ad-campaign dependent on emotion. Emotion > Logic. We hates Logic, we hates it forever. …No literally, one told me this to my face, with seething hatred in her voice. Logic is then the antidote. COLD logic. And although what makes “man” and “woman” polarities is immensely subtle and mysterious – even as I pretend it isn’t – it’s pretty well agreed that men are the Logical, rational part. Not to say that is superior to Emotion. Just that we are fighting an exploit of Emotion and not Logic right now.
They overplayed, as I guess they must, so over-played that we see the shrieking that “Daddy’s Home”, that they divide exclusively ON Shibboleths is-a-thing-openly-insane-or-not (masks, kids, trans) and the DNC, in fact the whole ELECTION was of the DNC being ONLY the party of women, voting only against the Party and approach of Men. To which men — reason — are all like WTF? In Seattle and elsewhere. …And such that normal people in the middle (read: not me) voted that yeah, they love emotion, but they need some reason too and this is nuts. …Nothing complicated. THEY decided. Uneducated normie opt-outs.
But, A Party of Only Women? Are you nuts? (yes, they are. To be “reasonable” you have to admire “Reason”.) ANYONE could tell you that a party of only – insert minority group A – can’t win elections. THAT’S WHAT MINORITY MEANS. So going Bud Light, like Trotsky scorched-earth on all men in your Party. That HAS to lose. Has to.
And here they are with the world’s biggest shocked face telling all men they would kill them on sight, somehow didn’t win their votes. How does that make sense? A: It doesn’t, of course, that’s what I’ve been saying for like two years now. They are
#ANTI. # LOGOS.
They hate all reason and order on sight. Like the food pyramid, what does that leave, if you expel order? Emotion. Generally speaking. They’re shocked that running an irrational, unreasonable campaign didn’t come up with rational, reasonable, predicted results.
Here’s the sad part: you can probably live without emotion, but you certainly can’t live long without reason. That’s why Reason is the First, and Emotion is the second. You need reason to give you a fence to defend emotion, and all things beautiful and good. But without men defending it, them, you have a wasteland.
“a long-running hysteria of fabricated accusations, a fabulous medley of scurrilous gossip,…WITCH hunt.”
HYS-teria. That is, Hyster, female etymological root word. For GOSSIP. That is their attack and plan, and perhaps only one. GSR Guilt, Shame, Accuse, Ridicule, Ostracize. All FEMALE attacks and methods. What’s the problem with this? Reason DGAF. They’ll just stand there and be un-attacked. It literally means nothing, water off a duck and all that. And so here we are. It works only because of other WOMEN, or the feminine orientation in so many men who also abandon reason for sloth.
(The deadly sin “Sloth” having more the original meaning of “Depression”, abdication, what we would call “Black-pilled” THAT is Sloth. Now you know why it’s deadly? “No one can fight this things, these attacks, the bureaucracy, City Hall, you’ll never win, and now that you’ve won it doesn’t matter.”)
“will now take out his “grievances” on the noble, self-sacrificing bureaucracy that manages things so well in this land.”
Yes. Oh noes, sounds terrible. Okay, and “So now Mr. Trump has picked a cabinet that scares the blob to death”
Why? Why now we are using their EMOTION, their Feminine approach AGAINST THEM, where their weakness is. From the Internets:
“Don’t Stop Now: Good. The GloboLeft are shaken to the core, and we should make sure that it stays that way. If they think Trump is going to be bad, we should, at every instance, agree and amplify.
This isn’t spiking the ball. This is making them crazy.Oh, sure, they wouldn’t be the GloboLeft if they weren’t already crazy members of a death cult. But we want to amp it up. We want them to not be able to think straight. For the next two years. We want to hijack (whenever possible) their amygdalae (Anonymous Conservative talks about it at the LINK). If you work with one of these creatures, you can get them to go off at the slightest provocation.
Why? They’re already unstable. Don’t let them plan. Don’t give them their safe spaces. Don’t let up. They may be in HR. They may be community members. When they make accusations in public, or on Facebook™ or Reddit© or X®, they sound crazy. They will call you a Nazi. They will say that you are evil. They will sound unhinged. Good. They discredit themselves.
You are needed. Keep the pressure on.
…As long as the GloboLeft sounds like the unhinged death cult members that they are, they move the Overton Window our direction.
Make them crazy.”
That is, their EMOTION, since they want it so much. Even terrify them since that’s what they believe, but don’t let them take a breath and THINK. Thinking might lead to them leaving lizard-mind and being smart.
Here’s the other thing we learned that I said but makes me sigh: THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT LOSING. They didn’t care about reason, harm, what was right or wrong, good or bad, only about #Winning. So? So it took #LOSING, and losing catastrophically, overwhelmingly, everywhere, with everybody, to break through their thick skulls even a pinhole of light. …If that’s what it takes, I guess.
Didn’t matter that they lose every company and every customer if they just print money and make themselves whole again. No change. Didn’t matter if they lost every argument and case, they just refused to change and refused to cede power or law. It was all as if it wasn’t happening.
...Only when CONSEQUENCES appear – FOR THEM – do they care at all, and even then it’s hazy, unclear, and confusing. This is why I’ve been saying “Arrest someone already!!!” not for its own sake, or that I hate them, but because it’s the only thing that sinks in this message. To them AND the others.
And barely now. Some are asking, but many are doubling down in Religious Zealotry and purity spirals.
“ There’s every reason to believe that the ‘splainin’ can take place in correct proceedings according to law: hearings, grand juries, courts.”You see, we needed to re-capture the courts, etc. Not cede them to the enemy in parallel structure and civil war.
Twitter exists. That’s MY Twitter. I built and need that. Disney exists. That’s MY Disney, I need them to be re-captured so we can have normal American Disney again. Don’t just give up and cede everything like a lazy, demonic sloth.
https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/06/e8227-16546337099181-1920.jpgWe need OUR police, that work for us. OUR Army that works for us not against us. And as the Founders said, they’d prefer anarchy but government is necessary, to get OUR government back, that works for us and not against us.
Don’t just run away off the field. What am I doing? Sadly, this. If you’ve been here, you’ve read my articles, with circulation +30,000 or more, for years. I wouldn’t prefer talking, I’d prefer fighting, but “We’re in that awkward period, It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” — Claire Wolfe What I’m picking on is somebody saying all day “Somebody should DO something.” Somebody should go on the talk circuit besides Ritter. Somebody should be on Fox and get in Cabinet besides Ramaswamy. Somebody should take up arms and kill everyone of an entire race. So? Do it and let me know how it goes. I’m not stopping you. (Okay that last one…)
This is MY job, and I do it. If things get better I may move to other jobs, or worse, as I originally positioned for, I would move to other tasks, but so far it’s only been this because I’m most suited for it. Writing 100,000 words a day and reading 100 articles is nothing for me. So again, what are YOU doing? Don’t worry about what I’m doing, what the other guy is doing, what are YOU doing? Giving up? Criticizing? Saying People don’t matter, nations don’t matter, People don’t matter, choices don’t matter, in fact, nothing at all matters?
If you really believe that, stand up and say so. Proud and Loud. “I. AM. HEREBY. SURRENDERING TO ALL EVIL. FOREVER. I will not lift a finger to help myself, and certainly not lift a finger to help you.” Okay. Just say it. It’s only words, it’s not hard. Most people will have suspected anyway. Then you can be honest with YOURSELF where you are and who you are, really, inside. I’ll leave it to you to choose your own adjectives for a man like that.
But nevermind: if you missed it today, I’ll be here again to tell you tomorrow.
“The Israeli media term it a ‘dream team’ for Netanyahu. It certainly looks that way.”
Aaaaand what are they going to DO? Besides flap their useless gums and embarrass themselves? It’s not a Dream Team if it can’t even step on the court. Israel is losing and has lost. The only POSSIBLE way to make them lose faster is to encourage them more. I would pick another way yet here we are.
“RFK Jr. ‘has no vaccine denialism’: Dr. Drew Pinsky | On Balance”
Following the feminine approach, what I hear is “We don’t listen to him.” That’s it. He’s not allowed in Church by the church ladies and they won’t talk to him, tell rumors, won’t see him. That’s what they’ve got. Go out to your local Liberals and ASK like I did. They’ll never know WHAT he actually thinks, since they refuse to listen…before they’ve even listened. The OTHER Church ladies said they did, so don’t. Rumor and innuendo. Guilt, Shame, Ridicule…lies.
Has he done weird things? Oh yeah. ...But you’ll never know because we never bring up facts, evidence, and specifics. So he’s a lawyer that has sued the most powerful companies in the world and won many times because he’s crazy and all his facts are totally wrong and careless. Suuuuuuure…that’s how law and America works.
Gaetz can also be Trump’s “Big Ask” candidate to get in someone 90% of him instead. Just this pushes the coverage and media then highlights exactly these events Gaetz most fought over. That is, McGinnley or such.
““If Gaetz gets in, I do believe he will cut the legs out from under the giant lawfare operation that has grown up around his office in recent years..”
That’s crazy, haven’t you heard: Ackshully, Gaetz is the same as having Merrick Garland and Alex Soros running things. They’re all the same, don’t you see? Ackshully having Tsar Nicolai running the country was the same as having Lenin and Stalin run it, and led to the same historical end: no different. Aren’t you ultra-cool, sophisticated and above it all that you agree, cool kids?
“she traffics [sic] in conspiracy theories and cozies up to dictators
“when it was contractors with her beloved CIA who spun the absurd theory [about] Russia … She is deeply worried about someone who “cozies up to dictators” — the CIA would never do that! It just installs them.
”
GSR. CHURCH Ladies, Religious fundamentalists, just decide “We don’t talk to these people, Miff!” Doesn’t matter what they say. Doesn’t matter what WE say. Nothing matters except WE are the mean-girlz in group, and YOU are on the OUT (because we don’t have power over you yet, Chad. But we will, oh yes we will. We are going to have Brittney from the F.emale B.oard of I.nquiry get your combo and go through your locker, you’ll see. Then we’ll have POWER and see how high and mighty you act then, bucko!)“• Germany’s AfD Urges UN to Investigate Nord Stream (Sp.)
Why? Sweden already knows, as does Denmark. They already did 2-3 investigations. So ask them. For some inexplicable reason they are Putin-Puppets and refused to release data that Russia blew up their own pipeline for a $40B loss. So I say fire them all then jail them. Right? They’re Russian agents, aren’t they? What’s that? That’s not the only explanation if they knew Russia did NOT blow up?
Speaking of blowing up, why are you blowing this smoke up my -ss? Having ANOTHER expert and another paper for ANOTHER two years doesn’t make you look any better. You look worse. You’re meaningless chumps.
“• Trump’s Win Means End Of Zelensky – Ukrainian MP (RT)
But not, like, the fact that he’s not President at all? That part DOESN’T mean the end of him?
“It was the foundation of the claim the British Government made to its NATO allies … that the UK was the target of a [n] attack by Russia.”
Which was entirely spurious, ridiculous, ludicrous, and murderous. Ah Britain! Always old reliable. Lying, cheating, stealing, murdering everyone they can lay hand on. For any reason, or no reason at all.
“• How Did A Puritanical Nation End Up Idolizing Transvestites? (Frascolla)
Do we though? Same with his other premises: ARE they true? DID any of that happen? “America is a Racist nation” Boy good thing no one in EUROPE was racist, against slavs, poles, jews, celts. Good thing Churchill wasn’t racist and didn’t run an open genocide against darkies in India, Africa, and every other nation they could find. Good thing Japan isn’t racist at all, nor Native Americans here when they talk about the White Man. Wait, none of those matter, we’re racist in a vacuum, while compared to no one else? Etc. It’s all made of false, hazy assumptions like that.
Favorite one: America was founded by Puritans. Hahahahaha! No, America HAD Puritans AMONG like 100 different founders, that’s different. Likewise he brings up Unitarians and ignore that Spiritualism,(19thc New Age) among dozens, was wildly popular, perhaps largest location for it on earth at the time. Unitarian is big, big deal, in university, papers, presidents, but the influence of Judaism is not? Required reading for the use of Logical Fallacies. Let’s just add, “Cherry Picking” and “Texas Sharpshooter” to the list.
Answer: We don’t. We never did. We’re just really, really tolerant and only now have finally run out of patience with their s–t. I told them not to get used, get out in front of this or take the backlash and here we are.
French court orders release of Lebanese political activist jailed for 40 years
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, France’s longest-held political prisoner, has been eligible for release for 25 years https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-court-orders-release-lebanese-political-activist-jailed-40-yearsDr D, yesterday: So THEY want to endorse Trump, like 20%-40% of their artist FRIENDS want to endorse Trump, but no one, THEY won’t know because they’re fundamentally cowardly and dishonest.
There is some veracity to that, but it isn’t that simple. Most people are in debt — even artists. (Very often: artists — many historically aren’t that great with managing money, including Mozart, etc.)
Western society teaches that “it is no big deal to be in debt,” — but that isn’t really true. If living expenses are kept very small, typically because of no debt, because of “living within one’s means,” then whether or not the person speaks up starts coming down to (social) courage. However, when an adult is in debt, speaking up can mean loss of everything. Additionally, many adults have obligations to provide support to children and others — speaking up risks the ability to provide that support. So, perhaps that is why they merely voted for Trump in secret? It just goes to show how important anonymity can be!
phoenixvoice. You described my situation very well. I am supplementing a few people in my family and community. I try to make it wages, not a gift. We are all happier that way. It builds community as Mr Luongo tells us we should. That aside, I am closing in on debt free. Add that to my advanced age and I see a window opening to be ungovernable.
It’s all a dream! A fantasy! An induced psychodrama! misleads and misinforms.
Trump is an evil, idiot, dictator/tyrant.
Ignores the senators, house rep., 51% popular vote, constitution, law and rules & regulations.
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Donald Trump will now take out his “grievances” on the noble, self-sacrificing bureaucracy that manages things so well in this land.
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Donald Trump will leave its law and its culture twisted into new orders of wickedness that leave daily life in the USA perverted, dishonored, and grotesquefied.
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There are laws against racketeering, abuse of power, election fraud, bribery, malicious prosecution, sedition, treason, and conspiracy to commit all those crimes.
Pay attention: all that is distinct from lawfare, which is making-up crimes, faking crimes, and faking procedure.
You are going to see a demonstration of how law differs from lawfare.
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After his victory in the US presidential race, Donald Trump announced that Musk will head the future Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The initiative will aim to cut trillions of dollars in “waste and fraud” in annual US government spending,
“dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,”
Trump said on Thursday.
Musk said his role in DOGE “is going to be a revolution.”
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Kennedy “totally unqualified”, and “dangerous,”a “fringe conspiracy theorist”, spouting “outlandish views on basic scientific facts,” over his much-publicized vaccine hesitancy, and argued that his selection “would be nothing short of a disaster.”
Kennedy would get bogged down in the agency’s bureaucracy.
“He has no organizational management experience.
————–@ Poppie
🙂 Makes sense. I had to walk away from my credit card debt (accrued due to family court) and my only other debt is my mortgage, which is private, through my parents. I am self-employed, and I speak my mind — selectively, with caution. My refusal to be vaccinated lost me a few small jobs, but only a few, and only small ones, so I was able to keep up my obligations to myself, my children, and my parents. I have compassion for others who do not feel free to speak up and out. There are clear reasons for the terms “debt peonage” and “wage-slave.” A slave is not free to speak as he would prefer.
My 91-year-old good friend, long-time client, and benefactor invited me to breakfast a week ago after I had helped her with something. She has been politically aware for decades, typically votes Democrat, although she supported a local Republican state representative for years, including sponsoring meet-and-greets in her home. She felt badly for chewing out her (30-something) granddaughter for voting for Trump. (She watches CNN frequently.) She had convinced her daughter to not vote for president when her daughter didn’t want to vote for Harris. She couldn’t understand why anyone would vote for Trump! So I explained to her how the MSM has not been honest about Trump, slicing and dicing clips of him speaking to imply that he said things that he did not say, and that the current way that most (younger) people are getting their news is via the internet, especially through long-form interviews called podcasts, where they can get a real feel for the candidate. Then I shared with her how bummed I was that I couldn’t vote for RFK Jr for president…and allowed her to believe as she wished regarding who *I* voted for.
Yeah generally artists, even the successful ones, aren’t all that well off. Glamorous platinum-selling artists might be making $0.01/album sold. Now they can afford that modest 1500 sq ft ranch they wanted.
The band is now 1/4 of the way through its contract, has made the music industry more than 3 million dollars richer, but is in the hole $14,000 on royalties. The band members have each earned about 1/3 as much as they would working at a 7-11, but they got to ride in a tour bus for a month.
And when you are semi desperate, you don’t rock the boat.
Just like in the DEI class in training last week. Nobody is going to speak up saying no, this is not a good understanding of humanity or reality.
So there’s some motivation to create economic conditions that make everyone on that spectrum from desperate to worried, then insert demands for submission into corporate america. You can make desperate people play a safe, cowardly game and you can also get lots of desperate people to do things you want, like hire them to “protest” etc.
Where normally you can only find a hundred or two hundred because everyone’s got better things to do, turns up their nose at the prospect.
The music industry is so bad, a person who gets 10,000 loyal fans and sells to them via bandcamp is doing BETTER than the platinum artist most of the time. But you can in an instant cancel, deplatform, debank, anybody after the absolute grind it took to get there. Patreon destroying their artists and treating them like employee low-level call center workers when Patreon is merely supposed to shut up and process payments from fans to artists. How are you the worst boss ever and arbiter of all speech and thought when you are just a money conduit to connect fans to artists???? You’re just a dumb pipe. Stop preaching at me, stupid pipe.
Trump is at heart a business man, + a show-man.
Not a lawyer (not keen on them, other story), a politician, a spokesperson or stooge for XYZ industry, not a ‘leader’ of a ‘nation’….
Apologies for all the ‘..’ – a 3 page essay, no…So he gathers together a team who seems ‘dynamic’, they share some of his views, they can ‘move for change’ (or pretend to do so), and this time round, it seems that only ppl who are ‘loyal’ to him have been ‘chosen’.
The ‘team’ is supposed to ‘manage’, ‘direct’, everything, ‘shake things up’, improve everything rapidly, just like in a Business.
Close that franchise, buy back stock, fire dumb managers, get cheaper prices for A B and C, and what is the goopy HR doing? Get them contracts moving… get together with big Innovators, Capital, like Musk.
Those who didn’t perform to whatever standard are just fired pronto, and replacements swoop in. The rapid turn over syndrome…
But that is not how huge Federations (USA) should be managed.
The PTB (or Deep State, or…) is very powerful, and in a way, the Prez. elections are a popularity contest, TV buzz for the ‘deplorables’, plus ca change plus c’est la même chose.
This time round, Trump was AGAIN billed as the maverick, the supposed ‘outsider’ who challenged the ‘Swamp’ and positioned himself as a champion of legal citizens, now not just against illegal immigration, contra foreign influence (oops that is a Dem meme) but seemingly attacking ‘interior’ functioning, the prime ex. is Kennedy’s MAHA, Make America Healthy Again, which threatens big Med and Big Pharma.
Interesting, as now the glorified ‘profit making’ motive clashes with considerations about e.g. child health.
” Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town”
What a Fucktard nation Duh’merica has devolved into. Pathetic
Growing up in my towm k-12, you only got to take the school bus if your house was more than a mile from the school.
My house was .95 of a mile and I walked that near mile to school every year for 13 years k-12
So did my neighborhood friends.
We didn’t lose anyone cause we weren’t wussies or wimps
Grow a pair Duh’merica, you look extra, extra stupid on the World Stage
A “Can’t Do Except Half ASS SOCIETY”
An “F” in problem solving
Record high taxes and Duh’merica is still DEAD broke
Quite the accomplishment for the World to emulate
Hahahahahaha! What Maroons!
@ John Day.
A good roundup of Covid govt actions in Australia and elsewhere, from EccessDeatthsAU, via Latypova.A different point of view. A cost cutting challenge
The USA military complex is not going to abandon their Ukrainian mercenaries, they need financial support and equipment to fight against our chosen enemies.‘You Are Not Needed…Please Die’: Google AI Tells Student He Is ‘Drain On The Earth’
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/you-are-not-neededplease-die-google-ai-tells-grad-student-he-drain-earthThis is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe.
Please die. Please.
But they are taking this as “Boy, AI sure is coming up with some weird stuff”
I’ve been hearing this message with increasing stridency and selfrighteousness since I was a kid. WHY pretend it was made up by AI this month?
Another different point of view.
A cost cutting challenge
Protect USA, by removing our troops from danger, by bringing our troops home, from attack, from foreign enemies.The weakest/most vulnerable point of a leader is, his lack of control of his sex urges.
The most powerful weapon in the political arsenal, SEX.https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/11/english-outsider-on-trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities-and-how-little-it-matters.html#more
November 16, 2024
English Outsider On Trump’s Cabinet Of Curiosities And How Little It Matters
Referring to Judge Napolitano discussion with Col Lawrence Wilkerson about Trump and the Defense Department (video) English Outsider writes:“Yes, the man all hoped would give the quietus to the neocons seems to be appointing neocons himself.
Mercouris has made some valuable preliminary observations on the subject of Trump’s appointees so far. Risking paraphrasing him (the reference is to his video of a couple of days back), he considers that these appointments are made mainly to ensure Trump has in place those loyal to him, that consideration over-riding any question of whatever foreign policy stance the prospective nominees may hold.
As said, these are preliminary or tentative conclusions arrived at by Mercouris but I believe they make very good sense. Following on from Mercouris’ conclusions are I believe further conclusions on the subject of these somewhat hawkish proposed nominees.
1. It no longer matters what US foreign policy is with respect to Ukraine and maybe with respect to the ME.
The Russians are going to get their “demilitarisation and denazification” in Ukraine whatever the West does or attempts. That has long been apparent and is now apparent to all. So the views of the Trump nominees on Ukraine, and the views of Trump himself on Ukraine, no longer matter when it comes to changing facts on the ground.
Similarly in the ME, whether the appointees are Israel Firsters or not also no longer matters. It looks as if Israel is heading for defeat, but whether it is so or not the outcome can’t be altered by the US. Neither Biden nor Trump are going to authorise open and declared war on behalf of Israel and if they did, it’s doubtful that American military power is sufficient to change that outcome.
In addition, open and active war against Iran, for instance, would lead to an increase in oil prices and to significant damage to American ships and bases. That is not something Biden has been prepared to risk so far and Trump even less: it would damage his credibility were he to open his Presidency with a major war having given the impression, in his election campaign, that he was opposed to one.
So there’s nothing much the US or the West as a whole can do to alter the outcome either of the Ukrainian war or of the conflict in the ME. I haven’t read “The Art of the Deal” but I’m sure that Trump recognises that when you sit down to play, the first priority is to recognise the strength of your own hand. Whatever the US hawks may believe, the Pentagon will know that in either case we in the West hold no aces.
2. Given that military impotence the US politicians can follow the example of the Europeans. They can make what threats they please knowing they will not risk putting those threats into practice. We’ve seen Macron threatening French boots on the ground knowing he’s never going to declare war on Russia. We see Scholz and Starmer still impeccably resolute, knowing they will never be at risk of having to back up words with deeds. Now we will see US politicians – have in fact been seeing them for some time – doing the same.
But it’s not all sound and fury signifying nothing. In the case of the ME the American politicians have to bear in mind the strength of the voting bloc made up of the Evangelicals, Christian Zionists, Mormons and the various religious sects for who Israel First is an article of faith. That voting bloc is large, in the tens of millions. It was not one Biden wished to offend. It was a necessary component in the portion of the electorate that carried Trump to victory. They need the rhetoric even if the reality falls short of their expectations. By proposing Israel Firsters, and vociferous Israel Firsters at that, Trump has given them that rhetoric.
3. After the defeat in Ukraine, and what looks very likely to be defeat in the ME, the first priority of the politicians will be to save face.
The UK politicians, as we see have seen in the UK press, have their alibi ready for Ukraine. “We would have won had the Americans not let us down. They should have permitted deep strikes. They should have put boots on the ground. They should have threatened nuclear”. That alibi ignores the fact that none of those courses would have been practicable. But it will probably serve and most of the UK electorate will be content with it.
No doubt such alibis will be coming out of Europe. It is essential for Trump to have a similar alibi. None can say whether the war will end before Trump’s inauguration but if it doesn’t, if it’s the Trump administration that has to confess defeat, the Democrats will undoubtedly attempt to lay the blame for that defeat at his door. By proposing hawks and thus adopting hawkish rhetoric, Trump will be able to avoid that reproach.
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Are those fair conclusions to draw from Mercouris’ observation? Pretty squalid conclusions, if so, but then that’s politics. But for me, my judgement of the success of the Trump Presidency will be on quite other grounds. I stated that judgement on Colonel Lang’s old site and state it here:
This final stage of the Ukrainian war is leading to quite appalling casualties. The genocide in the ME is not only a tragedy for those suffering. It is an ineradicable stain on Western civilisation and future generations will look back in horror at what we supported and often encouraged.
Trump’s Presidency will be judged not by the success of his internal reforms. It will be judged by the extent to which he managed, even before his inauguration, to bring these horrors to an end.”
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Thanks for this, Dora. I am subscribed to Sasha Latypova,
“A good roundup of Covid govt actions in Australia and elsewhere, from EccessDeatthsAU, via Latypova.
https://sashalatypova.substack.com/cp/151461372 “Western society teaches that “it is no big deal to be in debt,” — but that isn’t really true.
That would be the banks and bankers putting people in debt- don’t blame “society” for their agenda. Who owns the banks and who controls the media messaging to entrap and enslave you? Does ‘society’ lend you the money putting you further in debt ? fuck no- its the banking system led by tiny hat people.
I had to walk away from my credit card debt (accrued due to family court) and my only other debt is my mortgage, which is private, through my parents.
It’s called Bankruptcy for good reason. Not Societyruptcy.
Just like in the DEI class in training last week. Nobody is going to speak up saying no, this is not a good understanding of humanity or reality.
Imagine, if you will, mandatory Religion Training for a corporate job. No one would stand for mandatory corporate Baptist, Mormon, Judaism “reeducation”…
The fact that so many Americans have been culled into pathetic cowards with no spine and no ethics humiliating themselves to Liberals and their dei reeducation camp training. Grow some fucking balls and resist that garbage.
Speak up- ask questions. No human being is more special or better than any other human being.
It all circles back to Freedom of expression and free speech. Liberal sub human trash scum have created a society where speaking truth to abusive power is now silently Verboten.
Libtrash scum are definitely NOT the arbiters of truth, reason or logic.Would you go to a Covid 19 re-education training by Liberals?
I’m sorry and all that but I spent over a year in the past 3 unemployed because I wouldn’t take the notavax.
I submitted a variety of arguments, back and forth, saving every scrap of documentation and communication and made them fire me rather than slink off by finding a different job, which would have been FAR more advantageous to my personal survival. Both being FIRED for the notavax and the “unexplainable” time spent unemployed and the conversation of “so why did you leave that company” leading to being ghosted.
Nothing materialized for me to join and help with my documentation. And I myself am not made of money. I’m a call center worker. My interactions would have been useful grist for some lawyer’s mill, but I cannot bankroll a fight with a ginormous corporation myself. And look across the whole corporate world, the ample material for lawsuits – lawyers mysteriously unenthusiastic about class action lawsuits. I’d have been happy to lend my assistance to any such, don’t care if I get a payout or not.
Since there was NOTHING out there to support little old me, I’m working on survival this time. I only had so much in savings to expend in taking a moral stance. Me starving or dying of exposure in a gutter was one of their goals.
This requires some aristocratic fucking LOYALTY to real actual western civilization on the part of whatever mr moneybags decided we don’t want to go down the death cult year zero path. Hey assholes, your ground game SUCKS.
You should be backing all the little people because all those little grass stems makes up the field, the plains which your cattle must graze on. It’s nice and all to think of Big Ideas and Big Issues but there IS a ground game, assholes.
I would have been HAPPY to record that DEI training while luring the trainer into numerous involuntary confessions that would be against corporate policy and illegal. More than happy.
There is NO ONE to hand it off to. No Civil Liberties Union for me. I’m standing here ready to help and there is no flag to rally to. Ultimately, MY OWN survival is an act of resistance and I’ll do my best to take care of that. Even that enrages the death cult.
How much would it cost to back up a call center worker and say, if you lose your job and become unemployable due to questioning the new religion, we’ve got you. AND we will make your sacrifice actually WORTH something. Your loyalty to the ethos OUR existence depends on will not be for nothing.
No instead self immolate for nothing at all because “Grow some fucking balls and resist that garbage.”?
I’ve been reporting what’s going on for little people – for instance, in terms of what happens typically for little-people employment – because there’s people that are just out of the loop. Don’t know the shit the rest of us are in. Own their own business, work as a contractor, retired, in a job where they don’t have to deal with what The Poors deal with, whatever. Not in the loop anymore.
So I describe how much things are changed only to be admonished to just openly self immolate.
I’m GenX, but I get the whole GenZ complaint about boomer advice.
I’m trying to explain that assumptions based on how the country worked for little people 75 or 50 or 25 years ago are obsolete — hearing that I should apply solutions that would have MAYBE worked 50 years ago means I am not actually getting through with my message.
Gives me flashbacks to Charles Hugh Smith writing shortly after the 08 financial crisis advising young people to Do That Late 60’s Boomer Thing Again paying no mind to what happened to the Tea Party or Occupy Wallstreet and what obvious conclusions could be drawn.
“I’m sorry and all that but I spent over a year in the past 3 unemployed because I wouldn’t take the notavax.”
No apology necessary, JB. At least you can vent here, where most of the readers will understand where you are coming from. I welcome it. Your voice is an important contribution to TAE.
I live in the Pacific NW surrounded by boomers who have watched their wealth triple over the past decade, and consequently can’t understand how there could possibly be any problem with the current “system”. They chug down TV media like Gatorade, and don’t have the internet skills nor awareness to make it past the first fact checker that Google throws at them. They believe they are well informed and life is good. They are content Matrix dwellers.
At the coffee group this morning I got to hear about all the nutcases that Trump in nominating for top positions. I am alone in a sea of insanity. Which is why I’m desirous for this new administration to peel back at least one corner of the Matrix and give these poor fools a little peak at another world. The world of reality.
If they refuse to do this, and decide it’s easier to just sweep things under the rug, I’m afraid the masses will not wake up until it too late – when they are kneeling down in front of an open pit waiting to be shot.
At what point, in the course of your destruction, will you pin down who is destroying you, and why? Fairly simple, control of $. Who controls the $, the media, feeding you bullshit and lies, your politicians who do not represent you, your institutions, your governments who hate you and want you dead? It’s the fucking jews, yet people will go to their death, too frightened to say it. Look at Gaza, 13 months of genocide, no 1 does fuck all to stop it. Don’t you understand? This is coming for you.
My only point with that was there are 20% Trump supporters of some sort, allies, all around but you don’t know them, no one knows them because they, we, all hide. If we didn’t hide, we wouldn’t be alone, we’d have 20% allies. Maybe if everyone spoke up HR would have to back off. …But the Social Engineers know we won’t, and also know exactly how many. Isn’t that a pointless tragedy?
There might be 30% as sympathizers, not supporting but thinking it’s a raw deal. But they don’t speak up either. And then 40% people who will go along either way, for 70% people who wouldn’t. So how do they get the upper hand? We didn’t start at the other end of Pareto’s Principle, we didn’t admit we were the 20 or 21 Percent.
The 20% maniacs sure speak up! They’re not even 20 Percent, they’re like 20% of 20%, so how come they get to talk? Well you tell me. At 20% all you people leaving, fired, can start your own competing company and hire who you want.
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