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US War Games Simulate ‘Full-Scale Battle’ With China in Philippines
https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-war-games-simulate-full-scale-battle-with-china-in-philippines/A total of 17,000 troops from 20 countries participated in the drills, dubbed Balikatan 2025, including 9,000 American soldiers and 5,000 Filipino servicemen. US Marine Corps Forces Pacific commander Lt. Gen. James Glynn said this year’s drills “will showcase a full battle test, the purposeful integration of real world security situations relevant to the region with live, virtual and constructive training opportunities that will give the Philippines and the US a collective opportunity to demonstrate capabilities across all domains, across all services and all forces.”
A statement from the Philippine military likewise said that the exercises would simulate a “full-scale battle scenario.”
Many nations sent observers to the Philippines for the drills. For the first time, Japanese soldiers were full participants in the war games.
“Biggest Ever, Believe Me”: Trump Declares Discovery of World’s Largest Gold Mine a Multi-Billion Dollar Shock to Global Economy
In an unprecedented geological find, China has unveiled a colossal gold deposit that could reshape the global economy, ignite geopolitical tensions, and challenge existing environmental norms. https://www.sustainability-times.com/environmental-protection/biggest-ever-believe-me-trump-declares-discovery-of-worlds-largest-gold-mine-a-multi-billion-dollar-shock-to-global-economy/Trump, Zelensky Have Impromptu Face-To-Face Meeting In St. Peter’s Basilica
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-zelensky-have-impromptu-face-face-meeting-st-peters-basilica@Topcat: I have been reading about that Chinese “non-nuclear-hydrogen-bomb” this week, too.
It appears to be a baby-sized thermobaric bomb, which means it could be delivered by artillery, rockets, mortars or FPV drones, and would clear out trenches and fortifications housing enemy infantry, so very useful in this new style of modern warfare.
It uses magnesium-hydride, so hydrogen bound to magnesium in solid form.
Both magnesium and hydrogen LOVE oxygen much more than each other, and you may have burned some magnesium ribbon in high school chemistry class. Magnesium burns Hot.
China can reportedly produce 150 tons per year.
How much can other countries produce?
None yet.Aspnaz-II asked:
“What message is your comment trying to convey? Are you saying that Ukraine is losing to Russia because Russia ia a nuclear power? Are you implying that Gaza is losing to Israel because Israel is a nuclear power? I am not sure I would agree with that. What are you trying to say, because it is not clear?”A: When pointing out that Ukraine is a non-nuclear state, making war against the most-nuclear-armed state, not a nuclear state surrounded by much weaker neighbors, I referenced this:
Zelensky Demands ‘At Least’ Israel-style Support From US (RT)Kyle Young, The Secular Heretic, Donald J. Trump – part 2 – The Forbidden Story
a tale of two Trumps, Tesla, Death Rays and UFO’s
Explains how Nixon moved to New York to mentor Trump after psychic, Jean Dixon predicted to Pat and Dick that Trump would be POTUS some day.
https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/donald-j-trump-part-2-the-forbiddenI wanna see Nixon’s 2025-opening “time capsule”.
And then there’s this follow-up:
Is “Ripple Technology” the real reason for the Trump/Kennedy alliance?
https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/is-ripple-technology-the-real-reasonUkraine is not a nuclear weapon power, surrounded by weak non-nuclear countries, but a non-nuclear power, which has attacked the largest nuclear power on the planet, so Not-like-Israel…
Testing https://iceni.substack.com/p/declaration-of-sovereignty-pt-i
yep, it will now accept the link but not the text, which was generated by an AI for Spartacus.
Witkoff Meets With Putin: Zelensky Challenges Negotiations: Military Summary For 25.04.2025
Witkoff met with Putin after Zelensky’s no-show in London earlier this week.
Gettin-er-done…Spartacus articles are at ICENI Bulletins https://iceni.substack.com/
I tried to post the first part of Declaration of SovereigntyThe weakest sun outside the Arctic circle, invested in solar-farms, and… UK To Greenlight Experiments To “Dim The Sun” In Bid To Stop Global Warming https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/uk-greenlight-experiments-dim-sun-bid-stop-global-warming
EPA head demands answers from company putting sulfur dioxide into the air to address global warming
Make Sunsets, sells “cooling credits,” which pay to launch weather balloons made of biodegradable latex containing hydrogen and sulfur dioxide. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/epa-head-demands-answers-company-putting-sulfur-dioxide-air-address-globalConsider catastrophe, Noah and Pyramid-Erosion for 6 minutes: The Earth Will Flip Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJy1Z9n6q4&t=1s
The Rest of The World: China Sends Strong Message to “Global South” (and US) Via Its Embassy in Argentina
Even Argentina’s fervent anti-communist president, Javier Milei, admitted that China is a “very interesting trading partner”. Almost exactly a year after telling Tucker Carlson that he would never trade with China’s murderous government, Milei had nothing but fond words for the US’ main strategic rival, saying: “[they] do not make demands, the only thing they ask is that they not be bothered.”
Trade with the US, by contrast, always comes with heavy strings attached, and the relationship Washington forges with countries willing to bend the knee is always one of master and vassal, as the EU has learnt to its cost. Contrast China’s talk of “practical cooperation” with countries “on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit” with Trump’s recent bragging about countries “kissing my ass” to negotiate tariffs during a dinner for Republicans. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/china-just-sent-a-strong-message-on-trade-and-development-to-global-south-and-us-via-its-argentinean-embassy.htmlWhy can’t I find all the details on this? Must be genetic if it’s triplets, right? Triplets Regress Into Autism Within Hours Of Covid Needle https://rense.com/general98/Triplets-Regress.php
Eat those Red Hots before 2026, I guess… MAHA – Petroleum-Based Food Dye Ban
Establishing a national standard and timeline for the food industry to transition from petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives.
Initiating the process to revoke authorization for two synthetic food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—within the coming months.
Working with industry to eliminate six remaining synthetic dyes—FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1, and FD&C Blue No. 2—from the food supply by the end of next year.
Authorizing four new natural color additives in the coming weeks, while also accelerating the review and approval of others.
Partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct comprehensive research on how food additives impact children’s health and development.Good, long article: What Science Says About Food Additives
One paper suggesting that dyes and behavioral effects might be related, which has been cited dozens of times, was co-authored in 2012 by Joel Nigg, a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University. Nigg and his team compiled dozens of research studies investigating the role of dietary additives on ADHD symptoms in children. Based on the results of this meta-analysis, Nigg and his colleagues concluded that roughly one third of children with ADHD might respond to a restriction diet free of synthetic additives, and that 8 percent of those children may be sensitive to food dyes specifically. The evidence was too weak to justify policy action “absent a strong precautionary stance,” they wrote, but also “too substantial to dismiss.”
A later 2022 review led by scientists at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment reached more definitive conclusions. The OEHHA team compiled 27 clinical trials of children exposed to synthetic food dyes. Most of the trials had dosed children directly with dyes or a placebo on alternating schedules. Parents, teachers, and, in some cases, trained specialists assessed the children’s behavior and in some studies were unaware of when the dye exposures were occurring. Mark Miller, a pediatrician who led the OEHHA review, said doses tested during many of the trials mimicked real life exposure to synthetic food dyes. The dyes had no effect on some children, while others had measurable impacts on attention, impulsivity, learning, memory, and hyperactivity, he said. The combined evidence favoring a link between synthetic dyes and neurobehavioral effects “is very strong,” said Miller, who is now an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-science-says-about-food-additives.html“Xanax will help and I will prescribe it every 3 months, while you have insurance”: A Midwestern Doctor, What They Don’t Tell You About Anxiety
Since anxiety is frequently misdiagnosed the wrong treatment is often chosen https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-anxiety-ee1 Bland: US-China AI race in full throttle as both sides strive for dominance
China releases most AI patents, publications, while US stays ahead in quality, as tech rivalry fuels with both countries announcing large investments in domestic AI infrastructure to reign supreme https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/us-china-ai-race-in-full-throttle-as-both-sides-strive-for-dominance-3701289 “He would say that”, but: Early OpenAI Investor: The Chilling Reason Why U.S. Must Win AI Race Against China
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has issued a grave warning, declaring that the United States is in a do-or-die AI race against China, with the specter of worldwide communist ideology looming if America falters. Khosla cautioned that failing to lead in AI could allow China’s authoritarian regime to impose its oppressive vision globally.
“There’s another kind of risk I worry about even more” Khosla told X interviewer Mario Nawfal. “China can use AI in cyber warfare or physical warfare on the battlefield, but the one I worry about even more is the economic power that AI will give a nation that moves fast and wins the race.” https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/early-openai-investor-chilling-reason-why-us-must-win-ai-race-against-china The “Red Skull” vs “Captain America”? Gene-edited super-soldiers with AI power could be unleashed by China, warns US report
At the core of this modification is China’s strategic vision to build a world-class military by 2049, focusing on “intelligent warfare.” https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-genetically-enhanced-super-soldiers “No, You concede first”: China Dismisses Reports Of US Trade Progress As “Fake News,” Demands Removal Of Unilateral Tariffs Before Negotiating Table https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-dismisses-reports-us-trade-progress-fake-news-demands-removal-unilateral-tariffs
Well, there is the self-foot-shooting thing for both sides: Who Blinks First? China May Exempt Tariffs On US Ethane & Other Goods https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/who-blinks-first-china-may-exempt-ethane-tariffs-other-goods
Ukraine is “Angry”. Senior Russian General Assassinated In Car Blast Just Ahead Of Witkoff-Putin Meeting https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/senior-russian-general-assassinated-car-bombing-just-ahead-witkoff-putin-meeting
We’ll “talk” if Russia stops winning: Ukraine ready to negotiate with Russia — if it agrees to ceasefire first
The change of tone came the day before Ukrainian officials were to meet U.S. representatives in London to discuss a ceasefire plan, with Putin also reportedly open to a deal. https://www.politico.eu/article/zelenskyy-full-ceasefire-first-and-then-well-talk/Ukraine’s underground gas storage facilities are empty; billions of cubic meters of gas must be imported to get through the winter https://en.topcor.ru/58976-phg-ukrainy-opustosheny-dlja-prohozhdenija-zimy-nado-importirovat-milliardy-kubometrov-gaza.html
Elon Musk and Scott Bessent had heated argument in halls of the White House: sources
The conversation — about the IRS — got so tense, Axios first reported, that the two men got in each other’s faces within earshot of President Trump.
“Elon was shouting and rambling and Scott just wasn’t putting up with it,” one source close to the White House said.
A second source close to the White House said the fight was fundamentally about the different visions the two men have for reform, with Musk taking a more aggressive approach.
“Bessent has two mandates: reform and stabilize,” the source said.
“Elon has one mandate: break things in the process of reform.” https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/us-news/elon-musk-and-scott-bessent-had-heated-argument-in-halls-of-the-white-house-sources/ Book-Burning? Censorship? Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive: “This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted.”
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has proven invaluable to researchers, journalists, and archivists, allowing users to go back in time and see how websites looked in the past.
According to the Standard, the nonprofit was halfway through an NEH grant of $345,000 when its funding was abruptly cut.
It’s an especially important initiative, considering the organization was busy archiving websites targeted by the Trump administration. https://futurism.com/elon-musk-cuts-funding-for-internet-archiveZelensky Refuses Any Peace Deal Taking Orders from EU & NATO – War Forever
Donald Trump berated Zelenskyy on April 23, after he said Ukraine would not legally recognize Russian control over Crimea. He said he will not accept ceding any territory, even though this is against the Minsk Agreement that was supposed to allow the Donbas to vote on separation, since they are Russians who have lived there for hundreds of years. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/zelensky-refuses-any-peace-deal-taking-orders-from-eu-nato-war-forever/ Moon of Alabama: Setback For U.S. ‘Ceasefire’ Deal In Ukraine
Zelenski bailed out and the proposed meeting fell apart. According to the Independent Zelenski had feared to be “ambushed”…
..Zelenski does not want to concede any territory. He also does not want to sign the mineral deal which would eliminate all sovereign decisions abut Ukraine’s resources. A longer war, during which billions of dollars and Euros keep flowing, is the best deal for him.
At least some Europeans still want to ‘win’ against Russia. They reject any lifting of sanctions. They want to insert ‘peacekeepers’ into Ukraine but only with U.S. backing.
Russia wants a bigger deal, not just a ceasefire in Ukraine, but a new European security architecture.
Claims by the Financial Times that Russia is willing to stop the war and to give up on its larger aims of demilitarizing and denazification of Ukraine have been rejected by Moscow. Russia will also not give up control of the nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia.
The U.S. acceptance of Crimea as Russian territory is an interesting point but likely based on an ulterior motive. It would lift sanctions on Crimea and allow U.S. companies to take part in the exploitation of natural gas fields around it.
There is little the U.S. can do for now to press for a compromise. The best and most likely move is for Trump to wash his hands over Ukraine and walk away.
This would fit the larger plan of leaving the struggle with Russia to the Europeans while the U.S. will concentrate its forces in Asia for a potential conflict with China. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/04/setback-for-us-ceasefire-deal-in-ukraine.html John Helmer on Trump stringing-along deluded European countries to maintain his other open-option with Russia:
THE REAL TRUMP DEFAULT IS EUROPEAN WAR WITH RUSSIA SO THE US CAN ESCALATE WAR WITH CHINA – THE CASE OF THE ARMS SUPPLY LINE FROM RZESZOW TO KIEV
“Fake news”, the government in Warsaw claimed. There had been a transfer from US to European and Polish control of the airport hub, and its US-supplied Patriot missile defences, but this was not a Trump decision, nor was it a US pullout from the Russian war. On the contrary, the government source announced the airport will soon be reinforced by German missile units and a Norwegian Air Force squadron of F35 fighters. https://johnhelmer.net/the-real-trump-default-is-european-war-with-russia-so-the-us-can-escalate-war-with-china-the-case-of-the-arms-supply-line-from-rzeszow-to-kiev/ EU refusing to lift Russia sanctions for peace – Reuters
The US outlined a proposal for the restrictions to be rolled back in a bid to facilitate a deal between Moscow and Kiev https://swentr.site/news/616144-eu-rejects-lifiting-russia-sanctions/ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ stages of grief are the foundation for the first 9 minutes of Ukraine War analysis of negotiations. European “leaders” are in “Denial”:
The Angry One, The Bargainer, The One Who Has Accepted Everything: Military Summary For 2025.04.25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6rIpBM-b7w Putin discusses US-Iran nuclear talks with leader of Oman in Moscow
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said is visiting Russia ahead of a third round of talks between Tehran and Washington. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/22/putin-discusses-us-iran-nuclear-talks-with-leader-of-oman-in-moscow Reinventing the JCPOA? Iran signals willingness to hold nuclear talks with Europeans
France has indicated that European powers are also ready for dialogue if Tehran shows it is seriously engaged https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/24/iran-signals-willingness-to-hold-nuclear-talks-with-europeans US has ‘better understanding’ of Russia’s stance on Ukraine – Rubio
The recent series of talks between Washington and Moscow has helped clarify the Kremlin’s position, the US secretary of state has said https://swentr.site/news/616172-better-understanding-ukraine-russia-rubio/Lowest-bar: Trump: Russia’s Concession To Ukraine Is Not Taking Over The Entire Country https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-launches-massive-missile-strike-kiev-leaving-9-dead
Fact: Winners get more in wars. Vance Ramps Up Pressure On Ukraine With Peace Plan That ‘Sharply Favors Russia’ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vance-ramps-pressure-ukraine-peace-plan-sharply-favors-russia
Houthi health ministry counts 12 dead, 30 wounded in latest US strikes on Sanaa https://www.arabnews.com/node/2597778/middle-east
Did it hit anything? I can’t tell. Yemen’s Houthis Fire Missile at Northern Israel for the First Time
The heavy US bombing campaign on Yemen has failed to deter the Houthis
The Israeli military said that air defenses intercepted the missile, but sirens still sounded in Haifa and other parts of northern Israel, sending Israelis to bomb shelters. When announcing the attack, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Haifa was the target.
“The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting a vital Zionist enemy target in the occupied area of Haifa using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Saree said. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/23/yemens-houthis-fire-missle-at-northern-israel-for-the-first-time/ Politically-reformed Jihadis in Syria kidnap sex slaves: Syria’s stolen daughters: The HTS campaign to enslave Alawite women
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS – yet is met with global silence. https://thecradle.co/articles-id/30288 This is untenable. Iran will enrich for civilian purposes: As Iran fortifies nuke sites, US says it can have civilian nuclear program if no enrichment
Rubio says US looking to avoid war, but will do whatever necessary to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons; satellite images show regime fortifying buried nuclear facilities https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-says-iran-can-have-civilian-nuclear-program-if-it-gives-up-enrichment/Response to US-Israel Preemptive Attack: Iran’s “Fattah-1” Hypersonic Missile Is Accurate, Lethal and Unstoppable https://www.globalresearch.ca/iran-fattah-1-hypersonic-missile/5885212
UNRWA says 2 million Palestinians, mainly women and children, face collective punishment
Two million Palestinians, a majority of whom are women and children, are undergoing collective punishment, the commissioner-general of UNRWA has pointed out.
“Hunger is spreading and deepening, deliberate and manmade,” Philippe Lazzarini told the media on Tuesday. “Humanitarian aid is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war [by Israel in the Gaza Strip].”
Lazzarini insisted that Israel’s “siege must be lifted, supplies must flow in, the hostages must be released, the ceasefire must resume.” How much longer until hollow words of condemnation will translate into action to lift the siege, resume a ceasefire and save whatever is left of humanity, he asked.
At dawn on 18 March, the Israeli occupation state resumed its genocide and intensified the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250423-unrwa-says-2-million-palestinians-mainly-women-and-children-face-collective-punishment/Trump to stop research funding to anyone who boycotts Israel
The Trump administration has issued a new order stopping funding to any institution which boycotts Israel or supports DEI policies https://www.newarab.com/news/trump-stop-research-funding-anyone-who-boycotts-israelConfiscating computers, books, papers, and making-a-big-impression: FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-and-police-raid-homes-of-palestine-activists-in-michigan/“There are never any dead civilians”: Watchdog Faults Israel for Indiscriminate Attacks on Lebanese Civilians Israel claims 9 killed in past week were ‘Hezbollah operatives’ https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/23/watchdog-faults-israel-for-indiscriminate-attacks-on-lebanese-civilians/
Single Deadliest Yemen Strike Of Trump Presidency Destroys Vital Oil Port https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/single-deadliest-yemen-strike-trump-presidency-destroys-vital-oil-port
Bombing plants, severing pipelines: Israel pushes Gaza water crisis to the brink
Since March, the army’s intensified targeting of water infrastructure has left Gazans no choice but to drink seawater and ration contaminated supplies. https://www.972mag.com/gaza-water-crisis-on-the-brink/Updates: Israel kills 45 in latest attacks on civilian shelters in Gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/24/live-israel-kills-at-least-40-in-attacks-on-tent-shelters-school-in-gaza
Ben-Gvir: US Republicans support bombing Gaza ‘food and aid depots’
Israel’s national security minister says he met with ‘senior Republican Party’ officials at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/23/ben-gvir-us-republicans-support-bombing-gaza-food-and-aid-depotsIsrael’s Smotrich threatens to topple government if Gaza not occupied‘
Launch a campaign to defeat Hamas, occupy Gaza, and implement a temporary military government…or this government has no right to exist,’ Smotrich says https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/israels-smotrich-threatens-to-topple-government-if-gaza-not-occupied-3701312Netanyahu’s speech on Saturday made his strategy clear
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people on Saturday evening, at the end of the Sabbath. This suggested that he was about to talk about a very serious matter. What did he say?
He denied any possibility of a prisoner exchange deal and announced that he would continue the war with greater force until Hamas is eliminated, and complete victory is achieved, in order to prevent a repeat of what happened on 7 October, 2023. He claimed that Hamas did not want a deal, and that it was the one creating obstacles by requiring the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. He said that this wouldn’t happen because if they were to withdraw, what would’ve been the point of going in? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250423-netanyahus-speech-on-saturday-made-his-strategy-clear/Europe hits Meta, Apple with €700M in fines for flouting DMA
Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/meta_apple_dma_ruling/?td=rt-3a24 second video of Zuckerberg with his old android-hair giving staff good cautious advice about experimental gene therapy “vaccines”, and saying “Um” a lot:
Leaked Video Of Mark Zuckerberg warning his staff not to take the COVID Vaccine. He then censored scientists, doctors, and mRNA vaccine-injured individuals. Now he admitted he regretted working with the Biden-Harris administration to censor Covid information online. https://x.com/TRUMP_ARMY_/status/1915005013098737727?t=omRigh-PuiKZn2Q1DyUh8g&s=03The Central Role of Great Britain and the City of London in Fomenting the World Crisis, A selection of articles https://www.globalresearch.ca/central-role-great-britain-city-london-fomenting-world-crisis/5885045
British war-machine gets to sell weapons to France, while British people give France the fish they would otherwise just eat.
Brexit ‘reset’ or Brexit surrender? Keir Starmer ‘bows to French demands on fishing and food standards to get defence and security deal with EU’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14634543/Brexit-Keir-Starmer-French-fishing-defence-security-deal-EU.htmlIsrael sends undertrained soldiers to Gaza amid significant manpower shortage
A report says the recruits have been deployed to the blockaded enclave since last December.
Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir had informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet that the army’s ability to achieve the political leadership’s objectives in Gaza could be hindered by the dwindling number of soldiers.
The army has struggled with a lack of regular soldiers over the past few months, exacerbated by the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) from conscription and a 30 percent to 40 percent dropout rate among reservists, citing exhaustion from the prolonged genocidal war, according to local media outlets.
The shortage may worsen amid a growing number of petitions signed by Israelis, including active and former soldiers, demanding the release of hostages, even if it requires halting the Gaza war. https://trt.global/world/article/8bc7ef1ec122Saturday morning TV: David Hughes Omniwar: Battle For The Brain 9am-2pm EST, April 26, 2025. https://www.technocracy.news/the-brain/
Testing one link:
https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/political-alliances Political AlliancesPolitical Alliances https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/political-alliances
I’m inspired to point out that so many systems that we take for granted are in decline, or at some kind of an end point. Debt-based money is at an end point because debt has accumulated to the point where it can barely be serviced by borrowing more, as global real economy is probably in decline, just as net oil + condensates peaked in November 2018, and has not been able to match that quantity since then.
You and I will need to build-back-worse-but-functional.
Donald Trump has accepted the most powerful allies in US domestic politics, the fascist Zionists of AIPAC, for all that implies, as he tries to move forward his own reset of global politics and finance, and AIPAC’s genocidal greater-Israel project.Charles Hugh Smith presents the end-of-the-line: The Wile E. Coyote Recession
So where are corporate profits going to come from as globalization, price-gouging, planned obsolescence, shrinkflation and immiseration run out of rope? Two charts reveal the primary sources of soaring corporate profits: globalization from 2001 to 2024, and profiteering from 2020 to 2025
https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/the-wile-e-coyote-recessionEveryone cheering Klaus Schwab’s exit from the
@wef
should be careful what they wish for.His replacement is none other than Peter Brabeck-Letmathe — ex-Nestlé CEO, supporter of the 4th Industrial Revolution, food supply poisoner, and the guy who said water isn’t a human right.
If PCR says it’s no gonna’ happen, is it gonna’ happen?
There Will Be No Ukrainian Peace DealAlso: Thanks Michael Reid.
FDA to Remove Toxic Artificial Food Dyes from U.S. Food Supply and Medications
Long-overdue plan is a critical first step toward reversing a half-century of harm. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-fda-to-remove-toxic-artificial NEW STUDY – Ivermectin Shows Striking Anticancer Potential and Remarkable Safety
Largest review to date of ivermectin use in cancer patients finds no safety concerns, promising anecdotal reports, and strong preclinical evidence of tumor suppression. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-ivermectin-shows-striking Steve Kirsch, Two pieces of evidence that together show that vaccines cause autism
The burden of proof is now on the medical community to show the confounder. They can’t do that because there isn’t one. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/two-pieces-of-evidence-that-togetherColin Todhunter, Decentralised Local Food Systems and the Role of Streetside Fruit and Vegetable Markets in India https://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralised-local-food-systems-streetside-fruit-veg-markets-india/5885033
Physicist Anastassia Makarieva, Biotic Pump Q&A
Responding to readers: the role of oceanic moisture in watering land, why—if the biotic pump drives winds—they slow over forests, how forests can stabilize rainfall, and ecorestoration vs fires https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/biotic-pump-q-and-aAnti-war: Right-wing AfD outperforms other German political forces amid ‘zero growth’ economy https://en.topcor.ru/59063-pravaja-adg-operezhaet-drugie-politsily-frg-na-fone-nulevogo-rosta-jekonomiki.html
Meryl Nass MD, “WHO Pushes for Permanent Tech Alliance to Institutionalize Digital Health Messaging and Behavior Control”/ Reclaim the Net
WHO, Meta, and Silicon Valley plan long-term digital health alliance focused on narrative control and behavior change. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/who-pushes-for-permanent-tech-alliance RFK Jr. Launches Long-Awaited Offensive Against Deadly COVID-19 mRNA Shots
RFK Jr. breaks silence on mRNA injections — cites “profound” risks of myocarditis, stroke, and death on national TV. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-rfk-jr-launches-long-awaitedHow Junk Food Took Hold In The US And What RFK Jr. Is Doing About It https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/how-junk-food-took-hold-us-and-what-rfk-jr-doing-about-it
John Leake, Accelerating Your Demise: The toxic spike protein insidiously saps your vitality and aggravates disease processes. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/accelerating-your-demise
Round Two! Trump Slams Zelensky For Rejecting Crimea Proposal For Peace
President Trump has slammed President Zelensky in a Wednesday post on Truth Social, saying of the Ukrainian leader, “if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired”… and “He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/round-two-trump-excoriates-zelensky-rejecting-crimea-proposal-peace Gilbert Doctorow, ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 23 April: Are Ukraine/Russia Peace Talks Fruitless?
There is the new savvy Kremlin use of Public Relations to influence Washington’s handling of the negotiations. This began with Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a 30-hour Easter cease-fire which caught Zelensky off guard and exposed his reluctance to do anything constructive to lower the violence and enter into negotiations for a peace. Then a day ago there was the cleverly leaked news that Putin is prepared to halt the Russian advance, freeze the border at the present line of engagement in Donbas and not insist on full takeover of the 4 oblasts that were annexed by Russia but are only partly occupied by Russia today. This major concession put pressure on Kiev to respond in kind, as The Financial Times noted in its large front-page report on the subject yesterday evening. But instead of also offering to retreat from his maximalist position, Zelensky responded with a firm refusal to give up claims to Crimea. This intransigence surely is what prompted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to decide against participating in the ‘peace talks’ between the UK, France and Ukraine in London today. I believe it is the first clear sign of an eventual Trump abandonment of its peace initiative, washing his hands of the whole affair and letting Ukraine and its Western backers sink to defeat while the USA proceeds with its reengagement with Russia. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/04/23/judging-freedom-edition-of-23-april-are-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-fruitless/ Officially skirting the issue of what Putin may have said in private: ‘Only trust primary sources’ on US-Russia talks – Kremlin
‘A lot of fake news’ is being published on the subject, even by respectable outlets, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said https://swentr.site/russia/616126-only-trust-firsthand-sources-on/ Alastair Crooke, “Without a war with Russia, Europe will fall apart”
He added that the only thing that European officials can do today in an attempt to turn the entire world against Russia is to shout that Russia “poses a threat.”
According to the former MI6 employee, the only way for Europe to maintain unity is a direct military conflict with Russia. At the same time, he notes that in reality the coalition of Russia’s opponents includes only three countries – Great Britain, France and Denmark.
We are talking about a European deep state that cooperates with the American one. They have a common goal – to thwart Trump. The main goal is to thwart any normalization of relations with Russia. https://en.topcor.ru/59022-bez-vojny-s-rf-evropa-razvalitsja.html Simplicius, Ukraine Begs 30% of Bundeswehr Stock to Survive
Now as of this writing the Telegraph has reported another kind of ‘leaked’ Trump plan for the cessation of hostilities, which boils down to the same old frosted Kelloggs concoction:
– (Immediate) Ceasefire now
– DIRECT Ukraine-Russia talks
– Kiev DROPS NATO ambitions
– Crimea recognized as RUSSIA
– Ukraine signs mineral deal
– US lifts ALL anti-Russia SANCTIONS
– US-Russia ENERGY cooperation
Specifically, it states that all Russian sanctions would be lifted—at least by the US—and a new era of US-Russian cooperation on energy would begin; i.e. “making a FORTUNE!” as per Trump’s earlier ejaculation. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-42225-ukraine-begs-30-of-bundeswehr Baby Thermobaric Bombs: China’s non-nuclear hydrogen bomb generates fireball to burn targets at 1800°F: Report
The new weapon could be used for area denial or destruction of targets like swarms of drones. https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-non-nuclear-hydrogen-bomb-testedTrump Signals Step Back On China Tariffs, Says They’ll ‘Come Down Substantially’ https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/04/22/trump-signals-step-back-on-china-tariffs-says-theyll-come-down-substantially/
Stocks Slide After Bessent Confirms “No Unilateral Offer” From Trump To Cut China Tariffs https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stocks-spike-session-highs-wsj-report-white-house-looking-slash-china-tariffs
Ukraine Not Ready to Discuss US Peace Plan Proposal – Reports https://sputnikglobe.com/20250423/ukraine-not-ready-to-discuss-us-peace-plan-proposal—reports-1121914458.html
High-Level Ukraine Peace Talks Scrapped After Rubio, Witkoff Pull Out Last Minute https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/high-profile-ukraine-peace-talks-scrapped-after-rubio-witkoff-pull-out-last-minute
From December 12, 2023, NEW EVIDENCE THAT ISRAEL IS USING A NEW URANIUM WEAPON – MAKE THAT THE NEUTRON BOMB
Since 2003 measurements made by Green Audit in Fallujah, Iraq 2003, Lebanon 2006 and Gaza 2008 have provided unequivocal evidence of Uranium residues which show anomalous Uranium U-238/U235 isotope signature ratios. Results from independent laboratories in Europe and the UK, using different techniques, revealed the presence of enriched Uranium in biological materials and environmental samples including soil, bomb craters and air (as recorded in vehicle air filter dust). More recently, 2021 results published in the journal Nature, show that Uranium enrichment levels in background samples from Gaza have been increasing markedly since 2008. Since enriched Uranium is an anthropogenic substance which does not exist in nature, the question arises as to the source, in the weapons employed by the USA (Fallujah) and Israel (Lebanon, Gaza). It is proposed that the only logical answer is that a Uranium-based weapon exists that produces U-235 by neutron activation and has been deployed. Such a weapon must be some kind of neutron bomb. https://johnhelmer.net/new-evidence-that-israel-is-using-a-new-uranium-weapon-make-that-the-neutron-bomb/#more-89018 Dennis Kucinich, War Dust and Collateral Inhalation: Israel Breathes in Gaza’s Dust: A Forensic Study of the Self-Inflicted Consequences of Modern Warfare https://kucinichreport.substack.com/p/war-dust-and-collateral-inhalation
Israeli army needs additional $2.6 billion to expand Gaza war: Report
Israel has spent 250 billion shekels ($67.57 billion) in 2024 for its military onslaught on Gaza, figures show https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-needs-additional-26-billion-to-expand-gaza-war-report/3545580 Not getting out: Pentagon to ‘relocate’ hundreds of troops to two new bases in Syria: Report
Washington announced plans last week to slash its illegal occupation of Syrian territory by at least half and has redeployed strategic assets to Kurdish-controlled areas https://thecradle.co/articles/pentagon-to-relocate-hundreds-of-troops-to-two-new-bases-in-syria-reportChinese HQ-9B Long Range Air Defence Systems Now Guard Egyptian Skies https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/chinese-hq9b-guard-egyptian-skies
‘Worst humanitarian situation’ in Gaza as aid blockade passes 50-day mark, says UN https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/worst-humanitarian-situation-in-gaza-as-aid-blockade-passes-50-day-mark-says-un/3545064
Israeli army stopped designating Gaza ‘safe zones’ after restart of genocide
Nearly 2,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in one month, as Gaza remains besieged and deprived of humanitarian aid https://thecradle.co/articles-id/30241Gazans repair water tanks punctured by Israel’s shells https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250422-gazans-repair-water-tanks-punctured-by-israels-shells/
Israeli Strikes Kill 14 in Gaza and Destroy Heavy Equipment Needed to Clear Rubble https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5135070-israeli-strikes-kill-14-gaza-and-destroy-heavy-equipment-needed-clear-rubble%C2%A0
Drone combat bulldozers: Israel Deploying Unmanned Bulldozers in Gaza https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/israel-deploying-unmanned-bulldozers-in-gaza/
Israel bans protesters from carrying images of Gaza’s dead children
An Israeli police document states that demonstrators cannot display signs or posters that contain the word ‘genocide’ or display ‘hostage signs’. https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-bans-images-gazas-dead-children-anti-war-protests Children in Gaza suffer ‘huge fatality rate,’ amputations
Since Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza on March 18, children have been struggling to survive in increasingly dire conditions. https://www.dw.com/en/children-in-gaza-suffer-huge-fatality-rate-amputations/video-72273048 Israeli police ban photos of Palestinian children killed in Gaza at anti-war protest, then backtrack
Protest organizer says police rescinded demand after facing public pressure https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israeli-police-ban-photos-of-palestinian-children-killed-in-gaza-at-anti-war-protest-then-backtrack-3701205 An excerpt from her documentary: Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She’s Killed in Israeli Strike
Hassona had joyfully accepted the invitation to Cannes but had emphasized her desire to return to Gaza and remain on her family’s land. https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/19/cannes-selects-film-on-gaza-photographer-fatma-hassona-a-day-later-shes-killed-in-israeli-strike/Gaza patients risk death as medicine shortages worsen under ongoing crossings closure https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/gaza-patients-risk-death-as-medicine-shortages-worsen-under-ongoing-crossings-closure-3701259
World Without Rules https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/world-without-rules
Alex Krainer, Is Trump actually taking on the bankers?
Trump’s agenda is next to impossible to discern; but viewed from 36,000 ft and 200-year context suggests that there may be a method to the madness.
Today we are witnessing a scramble for Ukraine’s resources, which I covered in an earlier report. Presumably, these are coveted by Western banking interests for similar ends, except that since Trump’s inauguration this scramble seems to be at the center of a growing hostility between the United States and her European “allies,” led by Great Britain. These struggles are happening behind the scenes so they are difficult to discern from media reports and the pronouncements and speeches by public leaders.
However, something odd clearly is going on and the result is that the US is drifting away from its postwar alliances and closer to Russia. This could have a massive impact on both US and European economies, but we’ll be obliged to interpret events by reading between the lines…
..I suspect that Trump’s ultimate agenda could be aimed at returning the United States to Alexander Hamilton’s American System of political economy and away from the British free trade system. The difference is that the American System allocates credit for industrialization and productive ends while the British free trade system credits nonproductive uses aimed at inflating, then bursting asset bubbles. Abraham Lincoln’s chief economic advisor Henry C. Carey contrasted the two systems in his 1851 work, “The Harmony of Interests”…
..The American System turned the United States from a patchwork of disjointed British colonies into the world’s most prosperous and most powerful nation. It is possible that in his effort to “Make America Great Again,” Trump wants to return it to that system. However, he obviously can’t come out and state this openly: all eight U.S. presidents who have either been assassinated or “mysteriously died” in office were promoters of Hamilton’s American System. Those presidents were William Henry Harrison (9th, 1841), Zachary Taylor (12th, 1850), Abraham Lincoln (16th, 1865), James Garfield (20th, 1881), William McKinley (25th, 1901), Warren G. Harding (29th, 1923), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd, 1945), and John F. Kennedy (35th, 1963).
I know, someone will object: nowaitjustaminute, FDR died of polio, everyone knows that! Sure, but that might have been fake news. In his memoirs, FDR’s son Elliott Roosevelt revealed what he learned when he met with Joseph Stalin in 1946…[Stalin emphatically stated his belief that “Churchill’s gang” had poisoned FDR.] …
..Whatever the case, there have already been two assassination attempts at Trump and understandably, his administration must tread carefully, or advance their agenda in an utterly unpredictable fashion… That’s not positive for the economy, but hopefully… the uncertainty will subside as rapidly as it has exploded, and in the not too distant future we’ll know much more about the future trajectory of global developments. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-trump-actually-taking-on-the-bankers Michael Hudson, Trump’s Tariffs Hurt the US Much More Than China
Trump said, “Well, let’s see, under tariff protection, in the late 19th century, that’s how the United States rose to be a great industrial power. So somehow, tariffs must have nurtured industry. And I want to bring industrialization back to the United States, to make America great again. And I can say tariffs are going to bring back industry”.
And what he means is, un-taxing the wealthy people, especially the finance and real estate sector, and shifting the tax on the consumers is going to make the country great again.
Well, what he’s leaving out is the fact that it wasn’t tariffs as such that made America into an industrial power. What there was a whole large program that was necessary to industrialize America.
All of this was spelled out in the 1820s by Henry Clay, and it was called the American System. And the American System was protective tariffs, with “internal improvements” — that means public investment in infrastructure — and a national banking system to finance industry.
Well, Trump said nothing about these, so it’s worth saying something about them.
By the late 19th century, the United States, said, “How are we going to lower the cost that industry has to pay for its wages, without leading to a huge round of strikes?”
The solution was we can have the public sector pick up many of the costs that labor would otherwise have to pay out of its own paychecks… ..“Socialism” was not a bad word in the late 19th century. Almost everyone across the political spectrum was describing their policies as socialist. There were Christian socialists, and libertarian socialists, and Marxian socialists, and social democracy. Everybody was one kind of socialist for another.
That meant a rising role of government in providing more and more services, or regulating the economy, such as the anti-trust law of 1890, to prevent monopoly pricing, and Teddy Roosevelt’s, trust-busting.
The whole idea was to minimize the cost of production with an act of a government. And they said that, well, if we can have a mixed economy, a public and private economy together, with the government sponsoring industrial credit — not the kind of British credit that was just for trade, or exploitative, or loans to the farmers — but actually to finance capital investment in industry, then we can take off.
It was this context for protective tariffs that enabled the United States to get rich.
Well, what Trump wants to do is the exact opposite of this context. He wants to deregulate the economy, not regulate it. He wants to privatize any public domain that’s left, any public enterprises.
The post office, for instance, can be privatized. It’s going to cut back services to rural areas. It’s going to increase prices...
..So, this is what is really in store for the US: cut, essentially privatize, the government; especially get rid of Social Security, and other social programs, Medicare.
They call it streamlining the economy or making a “free market”, a market without government that interferes by protecting consumers, protecting the population against predatory monopolies and predatory finance…
..China has sort of reinvented the wheel. One of the first books of mine that they translated as a textbook into Chinese was my book on trade, development, and foreign debt, when I described the contrast between free trade and protectionism, and how the United States developed a protectionist argument to counter the free-trade arguments of England, in order to protect industry.
So, China has essentially done the same logical thing that any government would have to do. You have to subsidize your own industry and protect it, insulate it, from lower-cost imports underselling you.
You have to enable industry, if not really to make a profit, to at least make enough money to somehow be able to pay its labor force, and to pay for the raw materials and the machinery that it takes to create industrial production.
The one thing that China has done that other countries did not do — although Germany began to do it in the 19th century — was to keep money and credit as a public utility...
..So China has been able to create money to spend into the economy for purposes intended to serve the public interest, to build housing, to finance high-speed railways, to finance all of the public infrastructure that China has kept in the public domain, to offer at low, subsidized prices to the population at large.
So if you have a private enterprise in China, creating a factory to produce goods for exports to the United States or other countries, they don’t have to pay the workers enough to have to pay for privatized transportation; they have wonderful public transportation, in the subways and railroads.
They they don’t have to take out student loans to get an education; they can get the education from the public sector in China. They can get health care.
They don’t have to pay for all of the things that the United States’ employees and employers have to pay for. That’s what enables China to have low-cost labor...
..With each country, he’s going to treat individually, that they give America something. But the common denominator in all of his demands is that they impose trade sanctions against commerce with China, and against mutual investment with China, and especially any plans they may have to join its Belt and Road Initiative in favor of US plans to interrupt the whole connection system of Belt and Road that China wants to put in place…
..I think the whole mentality of US diplomats is punitive. That’s the only thing they have today. They have little to offer the other country.
They can’t do what President Xi does and say, here’s a win-win situation; we’ll develop our trade with each other, and we’ll both gain from this, from our mutual interdependency that’ll create an efficient, regional trading system.
But the United States doesn’t have that. All it can do is disrupt the trading system. And they can disrupt it for a few months; maybe it’ll take a year. It takes time to replace new means of production, to replace trade, imports and exports, with the United States.
But you can imagine that European countries, Asian, African countries, Latin American countries, are all spending these next three months thinking, how are we going to create a world after August, that is going to enable us to keep on producing what we’re producing and importing what we’re importing, but not from the United States.
They’re all trying to think of realignment. And the United States says, well, this is going to disrupt your economy for a year or so; and the other countries will make a calculation and they’ll say, yes, it’s going to disrupt our economy for a year or so, but then for the next decade or century, we won’t have to deal with US threats anymore…
..So you have two different views of what an alternative world trade system would look like. And of course, this alternative is what everybody expected to be created after World War One.
That was the promise of mutual gain that mutual trade was going to integrate countries, and provide gains from trade, for peaceful, friendly international relations. It hasn’t turned out that way... ..And it goes even further than that. Trump also has said he’s going to punish other countries that try to find an alternative to the dollar. And yet today’s Wall Street Journal [on April 18] had a whole editorial: Trump is now trying to prevent other countries from keeping their international reserves in dollars.
He’s forcing other countries to sell off their dollars by imposing a tax on other countries’ holding of Treasury securities. If you’re a foreign central bank and you’ve done what you’ve done since 1971, when Nixon went off gold, and you kept your foreign exchange reserves in the form of US dollars, in the form of US Treasury securities, or government agency securities, or other US holdings, then all of a sudden you’re going to have to pay a tax on them, and this tax is going to mean that you’re losing money... ..So, other countries are essentially being driven out of the dollar, at the same time that Trump says, don’t join together and create a non-dollar area… ..Trump believes that if you lower the exchange rate of the dollar, that will make American exports more competitive. And of course, it would, if America had something to export.
But how can you make industrial exports more competitive, at a lower price — which lowers the cost of labor, lowers the cost of America — if you don’t have factories to produce these exports? That’s the crazy thing about all this!
How can you increase export competitiveness of industry, if you don’t have an industry?
The United States, ever since, really, Clinton in the 1990s, has offshored American industry — to Asia, to China and other countries — how on Earth can it be competitive?
Basically neoliberalism has undercut the ability of the United States to be competitive in the way that, it and European countries, and now China, had become competitive as a mixed economy.
The essence of neoliberalism is to carve up and privatize governments, basically on credit, borrowing the money to buy things... ..This has gone on for 2500 years. The lead for democracy in Greece occurred already in the 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries BC, when the local mafia-like oligarchies were overthrown by populist leaders who were called “tyrants”.
The Roman oligarchy accused reformers of seeking kingship. The Greek oligarchy called any reformers wanting democracy as being tyrants. And the Americans call any reformers as being socialists — as if socialist today is the same term as seeking kingship to control ambition, being tyrants.
The narrative of history has been turned inside out. And they treat all of these as bad words, not as the ideal that it was during the whole reform movement, in the 19th century. https://scheerpost.com/2025/04/22/trumps-tariffs-hurt-the-us-much-more-than-china-economist-michael-hudson-explains/ But what’s he really mean? Bessent Calls For ‘Reforms’ Among ‘Bretton Woods Institutions’ To Rein In Global Trade Imbalances
According to a copy of Bessent’s prepared remarks, he is set to tell the IIF that “America First does not mean America Alone,” and that the International Monetary Fund must prioritize economic and financial sustainability. He is calling for IMF and World Bank reforms after “mission creep,” i.e. non-economic goals such as climate change and social justice, but that the Trump administration wants to work with them...
..Bessent – who blamed persistent U.S. trade deficits on foreign policy decisions that promote excess saving and low wages abroad, added that “The architects of Bretton Woods recognized that a global economy required global coordination,” and called for “key reforms to ensure the Bretton Woods institutions are serving their stakeholders—not the other way around.”
He also encouraged “security-aligned trade,” suggesting that U.S. security partnerships should influence economic alignment – a strategic counter to China’s Belt and Road. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-live-bessent-discuses-tariffs-global-financial-system
