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SCOTUS Order Pauses Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act (Allen)
Dr. D – “Since everything reported so far was a lie, and also NOT an order, but a non-legal “can’t-you-infer-what-I’m-hinting” writ, then can someone get out the root documents and post them for me?”Here’s the “order”
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/041925zr_c18e.pdfSome discussion
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/justices-temporarily-bar-government-from-removing-venezuelan-men-under-alien-enemies-act/Some of what the Socialist party says they want in the US, including revolutionary action, and 2nd amendment rights for the working class :
We are committed to the overthrow of capitalism and transformation of capitalist society through revolutionary action…
As we pursue a socialist transformation of society, we offer a platform of radical demands to the existing, capitalist system…
We call for worker and community ownership and control of the means of production within the framework of a democratically determined economic plan…
We call for increased and expanded welfare assistance and increased and expanded unemployment compensation at 100% of a worker’s previous income or the minimum wage, whichever is higher, for the full period of unemployment or re-training, whichever is longer…
We call for an immediate minimum wage of $25 per hour, indexed to the cost of living…
We support the provision of a livable guaranteed annual income…
We support the efforts of people of color to self-defense, self-determination, and to organize independently for their liberation…
We call for the right of retirement at age of 55 and a guaranteed, livable retirement income which is tax-free and protected from inflation by cost of living increases…
We call for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to choose when, if, and how to have children, including the right to free abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy, without interference or coercion…
We oppose age-based curfew laws…
We call for the abolition of parent consent and notification laws for reproductive health services, including abortion…
We support guaranteed incomes and grants for artists and performers…
We call for the complete and immediate forgiveness of all outstanding student loans…
We call for full citizenship rights upon demonstrating six months of residency in the U.S…
We call for a mandatory paper trail of all votes to allow for recounts and verification…
We call for the right of prisoners to organize unions and cooperative groups to negotiate for better living conditions…
We call for the ultimate replacement of the police with community residents trained in conflict resolution who live in and serve the community under community control…
We recognize and support the right of the working class to keep and bear arms. We support community-based public training for gun owners…
We call for the decriminalization of drug use and the regulation of narcotics by doctors through the use of prescriptions rather than by the criminal justice system…
Landmark Cleveland Clinic Study Finds Flu Vaccine Ineffective—And Possibly Harmful—for Working Adults in 2024-2025 Season
A large-scale prospective cohort study from the Cleveland Clinic has delivered a shocking verdict on this year’s influenza vaccine: not only was it ineffective, but it was also associated with increased risk of infection. Led by Dr. Nabin Shrestha, the study tracked over 53,000 employees during the 2024–2025 respiratory viral season to assess whether the influenza vaccine offered protection against laboratory-confirmed influenza infections.Kunstler shows a flight log with a John Roberts listed on a flight in 2011.
If this person was Justice John Roberts (and I’m not saying or implying that it was), it would have been 5 years after his nomination by G.W. Bush, which was confirmed by the Senate, with a vote of 78-22. One of the few Senators to vote against him was Barack Obama.
In 2012, a year after that flight, it might seem unusual that Roberts sided with the liberal Justices to uphold Obamacare, saving it with a 5-4 vote.
The four dissenting Justices (Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Kennedy) wanted to strike down Obamacare in its entirety, and criticized Roberts “for rewriting the language of the law”.
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has upheld the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. While only four Justices found its requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance (26 U.S.C. 5000A) constitutional under the Commerce Clause, Chief Justice Roberts found it constitutional by reasonably characterizing it as a tax. Chief Justice Roberts wrote: “it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness.” The penalty is to be paid to the IRS, along with the individual’s income taxes.
Dissent
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy (Author)Collaborating on an unsigned dissent, these Justices would have struck down the ACA in its entirety. They criticized Roberts for rewriting the language of the law to find that the individual mandate was a tax, when it had been explicitly identified as a penalty.
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
Test your lungs
Normal lungs – 14 seconds
Strong lungs – 35 seconds
Super lungs – 70 secondsMaybe that is a lowering of expectations about what’s normal for lungs, post vaxx, or with the terrible air quality in India, the location of the hospital that posted this lung test.
But saying 35 seconds indicates strong lungs, and 14 seconds indicates normal lungs, is lowering the bar somewhat, since “most people can hold their breath for 30 to 90 seconds without any difficulty,” according to the director of education at the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
“Most people can hold their breath for 30 to 90 seconds without any difficulty,” says registered respiratory therapist Mandy De Vries, MS-RCL/Ed, director of education at the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
https://www.livestrong.com/article/13773509-how-long-should-you-be-able-to-hold-your-breath/“Still nobody takes the Houthis serious.”
Making friends and influencing people. Some headlines about the Houthis today:
‘Inevitable’ revenge for deadly US raids on Yemen
Ansarallah Pledges to Make Americans Repent for Electing Trump@ tdk
Thanks for that clarification.I am now amending section XII of the Declaration to extend the time period of PREP Act coverage through December 31, 2029. COVID-19 continues to present a credible risk of a future public health emergency.
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29108.pdf
Page 5 of 27tdk – “why hasn’t the new secretary of hhs declared the covid emergency over?”
Maybe because a previous secretary of HHS already declared this in 2023?
May 11, 2023
The HHS Secretary issues a statement on the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-public-health-emergency/index.htmlHowever…
There is still no Federal requirement for informed consent relating to immunization.Vaccination consent forms
There is no Federal requirement for informed consent relating to immunization. For state and local regulations, check with your local or state health department.
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/php/requirements-laws/index.html
Kunstler – “Jacobins of Paris, 1794… Robespierre… the insane antics of the Woke-Jacobin revolution.”
The French Revolution initially rejected religion, preferring what was called the Cult of Reason, which had “scandalous scenes” and “wild masquerades” attributed to its practice.
However, Robespierre rejected atheism, and was instrumental in establishing the Worship of the Supreme Being as the state religion of France in 1794.
The French People recognize the existence of the Supreme Being and the Immortality of the Soul.
They declare that the best service of the Supreme Being is the practice of man’s duties.
They set among the most important of these duties the detestation of bad faith and tyranny, by punishing tyrants and traitors, by caring for the unfortunate, respecting the weak, defending the oppressed, doing unto others all the good one can, and not being unjust towards anyone.
Less than three months later, Robespierre was executed, and the Cult of the Supreme Being “lost all official sanction and disappeared from public view.”
Dr. D. yesterday – “OPEN THE DOOR. For today is a good day to die. Or at least as good as any other. Today could be, and is, the day you were waiting for.”
(Background music) It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me…
I think people often get stuck in the grieving process for their own mortality, and the elusive acceptance brings freedom – freedom to appreciate life and even feel good about it.
From Russia, some fantastic singers doing an unrehearsed duet requested during a podcast.
Dr. D. – “They finally dug into USAID and found something not evil: teaching kids to read in Kenya. Like $100M? Well, assuming a single dollar got there, what kind of country is Kenya if they can’t teach their kids how to read on their own?”
Whatever money Kenya can round up has to first pay the loan shark bankers.
USAID will “help”, using taxpayer dollars to help bankers get more money out of Kenya.Kenya could run out of money to repay massive debts: how to avoid this
Unless it secures a debt write-off, debt rescheduling, or similar deal to reduce the debt burden, Kenya will almost certainly end in debt default. The country must use every effort to avoid this possibility.
When creditors believe that a country is likely to default, they seek to protect themselves from possible losses. Sometimes they force the government to take austerity measures.
Austerity means reducing public spending on most needs, including education and health, physical infrastructure such as roads, and social programmes such as food subsidies. It may also force a country to raise revenues by increasing taxes or selling state-owned enterprises.
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“Crime and Punishment” and socialism (and Wikipedia spin)
The earliest archived Wikipedia entry I found for C&P was a short article from 2004 which had one mention of the word “socialism”, in this phrase:
Dostoevsky rejected socialism
The most recent Wikipedia entry for C&P is a much longer article, still with only one mention of socialism, but in a very limited and specific context:
He thus attacked a peculiar Russian blend of French utopian socialism and Benthamite utilitarianism, which had developed under revolutionary thinkers such as Nikolai Chernyshevsky and became known as rational egoism. [Rational egoism is the principle that an action is rational if and only if it maximizes one’s self-interest.]
@ citizenx
Even closer to you than Eastern Washington, it’s “red” not “blue” in Granite Falls and Gold Bar, for example.
https://snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/127579/Official-Precinct-Report-Masked-Abstract
(page 76 of 646)citizenx: “I am “set up for failure” living amongst the insane here in the PNW.”
Of course, if you drive an hour east, the blue counties become red.
I looked for an updated summary of the Russian government’s views on Zelensky’s presidential authority. This is from Pravda, dated 19.02.2025.
Zelensky revealed when he will leave the presidency
Volodymyr Zelensky intends to remain president until Ukraine joins NATO and the EU. He stated this in an interview with ARD…
Vladimir Zelensky’s term of office expired on May 20, 2024. The presidential elections in Ukraine in 2024 were canceled, citing martial law and general mobilization. Zelensky stated that the elections are now “untimely.”
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that, according to preliminary estimates, the only legitimate government in Ukraine is the parliament and the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, if Ukraine wanted to legitimately elect a president, then it would be necessary to repeal the law on martial law: its effect does not mean prolongation of the results of the last elections, “there is nothing about this in the constitution.”
https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/02/19/1068810.html
“I have to conclude that Z is still the president.”
…according to the English translation of the Ukraine constitution that’s posted on the current Ukrainian government’s website, at least.
Zelensky Is In A Very Bad Position – Tara Reade (RT)
Zelensky on the sidelines.
Stańczyk, by Jan Matejko, 1862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta%C5%84czyk_(painting)Another painting of Agostina Segatori, owner of the Café du Tambourin at 62 Boulevard de Clichy in Paris, painted around 15 or 20 years prior to Van Gogh’s painting.
La Lecture interrompue (Interrupted Reading)
Jean Baptiste Camille CorotI don’t trust that Trust Index by Country, otherwise known as the 2025 Edelman Trust Index.
The global launch event for the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer took place during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Richard Edelman, CEO, Edelman, presented this year’s findings, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Alyson Shontell, Editor in Chief and Chief Content Officer, Fortune; and featuring Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft…
https://www.edelman.com/trust/2025/trust-barometerAlarmingly, four in 10 respondents – 53 percent of those aged 18-34 – approve of one or more forms of hostile activism to bring about change, which includes attacking people online, intentionally spreading disinformation…
For the past several years, business has been the default solution for societal issues…
NGOs, as unifiers, are the institution with the highest trust among those with a sense of high grievance…
63 percent say it’s becoming harder to tell if news was produced by a respectable source or from attempted deception…
Moving back from a grievance-based society will require a cross-institution effort to address issues like information integrity, affordability, sustainability, and the future of AI.
https://www.edelman.com/news-awards/2025-edelman-trust-barometer-reveals-high-level-grievanceBreaking: Trump signs memorandum to make aviation staffing normal again.
Trump signs an aviation order rolling back federal diversity initiatives
https://apnews.com/live/dc-plane-crash-reagan-updatesStaffing was ‘not normal’ in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National Airport
That headline is just begging for a meme photo of the staff, but it apparently means they were short-staffed and “one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash”.
That’s according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration that was obtained by The Associated Press.
The report says one air traffic controller was working two positions at the time of the crash.
“The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the report says.
Listenbourg. Note the date:
Listenbourg is a fictional European country bordering Portugal and Spain created by Twitter user @gaspardooo in October 2022. The country’s name was coined in a now-viral post that the user made on October 30th of that year, sharing a map with a new country photoshopped on it, inspiring memes and discussions about the fictional country over the following days, with some trying to claim it’s real.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/listenbourg#fn4In 2022, NBC News had an article about it:
Listenbourg is the hottest country on social media right now. The catch? It doesn’t exist.
After going viral on Twitter, the craze spread to TikTok where the hashtag “#Listenbourg” has more than 75 million views and countless videos dedicated to the made-up land.“Trump dubbed the missile defense system – which the order says would be designed to protect the U.S. homeland from ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other new aerial threats – the “U.S. Iron Dome” after the highly successful Israeli conventional missile defense system.”
Highly successful? How did those Houthi missiles get in, then? Or are they only successful against outdated conventional missiles?
This reboot of Reagan’s Star Wars seems like it might just continue feeding the MIC for years without much to show for it in the end.
RIM: “Why are there Blackhawks on that airport?”
The crashed Black Hawk helicopter flight was identified as PAT25 in the air traffic controller radio communications. “PAT” designates the US Department of the Army’s “Priority Air Transport” which was set up in 1988 to provide executive transport to Senior Army leadership and key government officials, according to Wiki.
FlightFinder data shows a previous flight PAT25 on 18-JAN-2025, a 58 minute flight with both takeoff and landing at airport DAA, which “corresponds to Davison Army Airfield Airport in Fort Belvoir, Virginia”, according to Wiki.
That previous flight PAT25 on the 18th was earlier in the day (5:45PM takeoff), and the route similarly went along the Potomac River near DCA (Reagan National Airport) in both directions, almost like a figure 8.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/PAT25
If it comes down to human error on the part of the crew members or air traffic controllers, I’m wondering whether the humans who erred were hired or promoted to their positions based on DEI considerations instead of competency?
Looked up the size of the aircraft, and the Black Hawk helicopter is more than half as long, almost two-thirds as long as the airliner.
CRJ700 airliner length is 106 feet.
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter length is 64 feet.FlightAware says the airliner was a Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700 (twin-jet) (CRJ7).
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL5342
https://www.slashgear.com/1548451/everything-to-know-about-canadair-regional-jet-700-cjr700/
They had been fully authorized by the FAA for “Research” purposes.
Worse, “the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.”
As if “various other reasons” is an explanation.
I do have news directly from the president of the United States that was just shared with me in the Oval Office from President Trump directly — an update on the New Jersey drones: After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons.
Six U.S-U.K Ships Successfully Transit Red Sea After Houthis Vow To Halt Attacks
Several US and UK-linked vessels have successfully transited the Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthi rebels have vowed to hold off their attacks on ships associated with both nations.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on January 19, 2025.
According to the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), six US and UK-affiliated ships have passed through the region since the ceasefire began, without any issues.
Gutsy journalism.
“What you see in this short video is undeniably, incredibly newsworthy and also deeply shocking.
But have you heard anything, anything at all of this on CNN, BBC, ABC etc?
Why is one tired old man from Edinburgh with no funding the only western journalist in South Lebanon?“
https://xcancel.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1884538752049012836#m
An update “directly” from Trump today about the mystery drones, it turns out “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA for research and various other reasons.”
For authorized “research and various other reasons”. That still leaves a lot of mystery, unexplained and undisclosed.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared an update “directly” from President Donald Trump that clarified the origin of the drones, which caused a national stir and captured headlines for weeks late last year.
“After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt said.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/president-donald-trump-shares-update-drones-seen-flying-over-new-jersey
Might be an attractive deal for US service members who were discharged for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaxx. Full back pay for the past 3 years?
Sec. 2. Redress. Consistent with the policies announced in section 1 of this order, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall take all necessary action permitted by law to:
(a) make reinstatement available to all members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged solely for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated;
(b) enable those service members reinstated under this section to revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation; and
(c) allow any service members who provide a written and sworn attestation that they voluntarily left the service or allowed their service to lapse according to appropriate procedures, rather than be vaccinated under the vaccine mandate, to return to service with no impact on their service status, rank, or pay.
Former British diplomat Craig Murray didn’t mince words when he tweeted this on January 24:
“I think Israel has proven it does not deserve to be a state, beyond any argument.”
Craig Murray reports that “the Lebanese army is fully under US control” and “the Lebanese army simply watched the Israeli army massacre Lebanese civilians.”
The role of the Lebanese army is extremely dubious, but 100% in Israel’s favour. The Lebanese army is fully under US control. Literally, 50% of the salary of every single Lebanese soldier is directly paid by the US Government.
Yesterday the Lebanese army simply watched the Israeli army massacre Lebanese civilians. If the Lebanese army was protecting anybody yesterday, it was protecting the Israeli Defence Force.
Sill more extraordinary, the new Lebanese Government failed to protest at the Israeli failure to withdraw, and the Trump administration has subsequently announced that Lebanon has agreed to extend the withdrawal deadline until 18 February.
In fact neither Israel nor the USA ever had the slightest intention of IDF withdrawal. Israel has demolished more than 2,000 Lebanese homes during the ceasefire period, about half of them in towns and villages which Israel was unable to reach during the fighting but has occupied during the ceasefire.
Craig Murray reports from Lebanon.
Yesterday, not only did Israel fail to evacuate its army from Southern Lebanon as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, Israel also shot over 130 Lebanese civilians attempting to return home in accordance with the deal, killing 23 and wounding 109 (of whom some are in critical condition).
This included a 12 year old boy wounded in the neck in Kfarkela, standing right next to my local producer Mahmood. I was twenty yards away and on my way to them…
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/01/israeli-atrocities-in-lebanon/
Israeli Atrocities in LebanonNoirette: “Why would the EU control / defend a non-EU country? Humanitarian stuff, hmmm.”
Military base envy? To offset the USA’s military presence and interests in Greenland?
White House statement
Today the world celebrates as President Trump secured the release of four more Israeli hostages
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/white-house-statement-on-hostage-release/
The AP news story didn’t mention Trump at all.
In the United States, the average healthcare spending per person is more than what’s spent in Canada. Over twice as much spent by the US government on healthcare, per capita, than the Canadian government in 2023, according to Statista:
United States 11,189.79 (US dollars)
Canada 4,944.18 (US dollars)https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-capita-health-expenditure-by-country/
Public and private per capita health expenditure in selected countries in 2023 (in U.S. dollars)
