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Illegal UK Immigrant Who Protested With Sign Saying “Migrants Are Not Criminals” Pleads Guilty To Rape Of 15-Year-Old Girl https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/illegal-uk-immigrant-who-protested-sign-saying-migrants-are-not-criminals-pleads
The Great Dispossession Part 4 , Paul Craig Roberts
Under the 5th and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution the transformation of our financial property into collateral for secured creditors constitutes a taking. I don’t know whether the taking that exists in the regulations can be taken to court and ruled against prior to a taking actually occurring. Probably not. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/17/the-great-dispossession-part-4/The Great Dispossession Part 3 , Paul Craig Roberts
In Part 1, I explained that the next financial crisis will be bailed out not with central bank money creation but with our stocks, bonds and bank balances.
In Part 2, I explained the multi-year quiet regulatory changes that dispossessed us of our property.
In Part 3, I explain David Rogers Webb’s conclusion that a massive financial crisis is pending in which our financial assets are the collateral underwriting the derivative and financial bubble and will result in the loss of our assets but leave us with our debts as happened to those whose banks failed in the 1930s…..You will be supplied with the means of life as long as you have a good social credit score, which means that you are a non-dissenter of official narratives.
Webb believes that this result is the intent of the regulatory changes and corresponds to the World Economic Forum’s agenda: “you will own nothing.” There is much in the regulatory documents that support Webb’s belief. For example, the Single Resolution Board’s 2022 Guidance for Banks to prepare for “solvent wind-down,” is an indication that an event is in the works. The Single Resolution Board’s Work Program 2023 states: “The year 2023 will be the last of a transitional period for the establishment of the main elements of the resolution framework in the Banking Union.” In other words, everything is in place. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/16/the-great-dispossession-part-3/The Great Dispossession Part 2 , Paul Craig Roberts
In Part 1 ( https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/11/the-great-dispossession/ ), I reported that we already do not own anything. The immediate response from readers is: what can we do to avoid dispossession? Offhand, the answer might appear to be debt-free property and gold and silver in personal possession. However, if the goal is that we own nothing and are controlled under a digital currency regime, these assets will be taken as well.
Webb says if the billionaires and large financial institutions can be made aware of the situation, they could make Congress aware of the regulatory changes and force Congress to use its law-making power to undo the regulatory changes…
..The purpose of Part 2 is to outline the regulatory changes that have been made that have turned our property in financial assets into the property of “secured creditors.” Webb terms them legal changes, which they are, but as I read it from regulatory, not legislative, action. Webb says the changes are global, but he only describes how the US and EU effected the changes for themselves. I am unable to imagine that Russia, China, Iran and any parts of the world not captured in the Western financial system are parties to the dispossession, especially under the regime of sanctions. As I read it, the dispossession that awaits is limited to the Western world and its captive countries. By global, perhaps Webb means the global operations of Western world financial organizations.
First some definitions: an “account holder” is you, your IRA, your pension plan, your stock and bond investments held at an “account provider” or “intermediary” or “depository institution”. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/15/the-great-dispossession-part-2/The Great Dispossession Part 1 , Paul Craig Roberts
Some definitions: an “account holder” is you, your IRA, your pension plan, your stock and bond investments held at an “account provider” or “intermediary” or “depository institution” such as Merrill Lynch, Schwab, Wells Fargo. An “entitlement holder” is the definition of you whose ownership claim to your financial assets has been subordinated to the claims of “secured creditors” of the institution where you have your accounts. Please do understand that the dispossession of which I write is your dispossession...
..As a result of these changes, which appear to have been made by financial regulatory authorities rather than by elected legislatures, individuals no longer have property rights in “their” securities. “Owners” now have “entitlement rights,” which means that they have pro-rata rights to whatever securities remain in the depository institution after secured creditors’ claims are met. In actual fact, “your” securities and your bank deposits are no longer recognized in law as your personal property if the depository institution–the bank or, for example, Merrill Lynch–becomes financially troubled. Your “ownership” is encumbered as collateral for secured creditors who are the owners in fact. Apparently, this was done by regulatory authorities as underpinning for the derivatives complex, which is many magnitudes greater than world GNP, or perhaps derivative exposure served as an excuse for setting up the Great Reset in which “you will own nothing.” Indeed, individual banks among the world’s largest have derivative exposure the size of world GDP. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/11/the-great-dispossession/Google Quickly Fires 28 Employees Who Protested Dealings With Israel https://www.zerohedge.com/political/google-quickly-fires-28-employees-who-protested-dealings-israel
Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s ‘Hush-Money’ Trial: ‘All Have Prior Opinions’ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/excused-juror-reveals-selection-process-trumps-hush-money-trial-all-have-prior-opinions
US House Set to Vote on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan Aid Bills on Saturday – Speaker https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/us-house-set-to-vote-on-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-bills-on-saturday—speaker-1117982278.html
EU leadership must go – member state’s PM , The current bosses in Brussels have failed in all of their major projects, Hungary’s Viktor Orban has said https://swentr.site/news/596099-orban-eu-leadership-hungary/
National Public Radio has solved the problem of the intolerance for opposing views, detailed in an article by award-winning editor Uri Berliner: he is now out of NPR. Berliner resigned after NPR suspended him and various other journalists and the CEO lashed out at his discussing their political bias. https://jonathanturley.org/2024/04/17/npr-editor-resigns-after-suspension-for-exposing-bias-and-intolerance/
FBI Wanted to Install Backdoor to Spy on Users, Telegram Founder Tells Tucker Carlson https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/fbi-wanted-to-install-backdoor-to-spy-on-users-telegram-founder-tells-tucker-carlson-1117970779.html
How are they not “the government”? Apple and Google more dangerous than governments – Telegram founder , Pavel Durov has slammed the tech giants for their attempts to curtail freedom of speech https://swentr.site/news/596070-telegram-durov-reveals-pressure-us/
Majority of Israelis want to de-escalate tensions after Iran strike
The majority of Israelis (52%) believe that an immediate response to Iran’s retaliatory strike is not desired, but rather prefer “to close the current round of hostilities,” a recent poll conducted by the Hebrew University of Occupied al-Quds revealed, as reported by the Financial Times.
“Everyone is on board with the [Gaza war] goals. But we see a very different path here” with Iran, Nimrod Zeldin, who conducted the study, told FT. “Iran is more complicated.”
According to the report, the clear-cut split is reflected in the “tortuous” debate within the war cabinet led by Prime Minister Netanyahu. Experts argue that the window for an immediate response is closing further as time passes. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/majority-of-israelis-want-to-de-escalate-tensions-after-iran John Helmer, THE LAST BLACKOUT FOR ISRAEL WAS LIFTED BY GOD’S TEMPLE MIRACLE 2,188 YEARS AGO – ISRAEL IS PROVOKING IRAN TO INFLICT A NEW BLACKOUT TO TEST WHICH SIDE GOD IS ON NOW
As of today’s broadcast on Gorilla Radio and writing this, it is 3:30 on Thursday morning in Tehran: the Israeli attack which has been telegraphed through the British foreign minister, Baron Cameron, has not yet materialized.
When it happens – if it happens — the evidence to gather, before the scope of the Iranian response can be calculated, includes what types of targets were struck, military or civil; where the attack was launched from; what role US intelligence and military support played in execution of Israel’s operation; and what role Russia is playing in early warning, missile tracking, electronic countermeasures, and defence on the Iranian side.
When the Iranian counterattack happens, if it happens, there should be no counting by the Israeli and US side on a divine miracle to keep Jerusalem’s lights burning. The last one of those, according to the religion of the Israeli state (and also of presidential candidate Donald Trump), was the Chanukah one. That was in 164 BC. https://johnhelmer.net/the-last-blackout-for-israel-was-lifted-by-gods-temple-miracle-2188-years-ago-israel-is-provoking-iran-to-inflict-a-new-blackout-to-test-which-side-god-is-on-now/#more-89766Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-navy-escorting-iranian-commercial-ships-red-sea-prevent-reprisal
Gaza detainees ‘urinated on, made to act like animals’ by Israeli forces, UNRWA says , Palestinians released from Israeli custody report widespread ill treatment to UN agency https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-warns-mass-ill-treatment-palestinians-israeli-detention
Report: Blinken Sitting On Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64399
According to Kremlin-controlled Russian military media “leak”, Iran has nuclear weapons. This might or might not be true, but it urges “caution”. https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/purhnika/ektakto-bomba-apo-rwsia-to-iran-exei-purhnikes-kefales-mas-edwse-sugxarhthria-b-poutin-gia-thn-epithesh-sto-israhl-leei-h-texeranh/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
So how long might such a “pursuit” take? “Seconds”? Iran Says It Could Pursue Nuclear Weapons If Israel Threatens Atomic Sites https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-it-could-pursue-nuclear-weapons-if-israel-threatens-atomic-sites
Was this real? Was it a “warning”? If so, a warning to whom? Freeze and zoom in on the very last second. I saw a yellow tag on a cruise missile, which designates a live nuke. VIDEO: United States Loads Nuclear Bombs onto B-52’s https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/video-united-states-loads-nuclear-bombs-onto-b-52s?catid=17&Itemid=220
Secret deal: Iran will attack Israel with Su-35 fighters and S-400 air defense systems
https://avia-pro.net/blog/taynaya-sdelka-iran-udarit-po-izrailyu-istrebitelyami-su-35-i-zrk-s-400I read that the refueling tankers were in the air, ready to go. ‘Israel’ backed out of attacking Iran for operational reasons: Axios
“Israel” backed out of conducting a strike against Iran on Monday night after authorities strongly considered the option, Axios reported, citing five Israeli and US sources. The Israeli regime has vowed to conduct a strike against Iranian assets following Tehran’s retaliatory attack against the occupation on Saturday night. The Biden administration has warned “Israel” that taking such action would not serve the two allied governments’ interests, urging Israelis to “be careful” with any retaliation, unnamed US officials told Axios.
To avoid regional escalation, the White House has told “Israel” to frame the interception of Iranian aerial attack weapons as a victory, to save face value and refrain from escalatory measures.
“We are not sure why and how close it was to an actual attack,” a US official said in reference to the probable option to launch aggression against Iran. Another confirmed that “Israel” told the Biden administration that it had decided to wait rather than take action at the time being. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel–backed-out-of-attacking-iran-for-operational-reasonTo Force God’s Hand https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/to-force-gods-hand
There is a swell of desire for “The End Times” recently, amongst people who are sure that God is on their side and will slay their enemies, then raise them up to heaven.
I’m really not sure we are thinking about the same “god”. The God I seek to follow works through compassion, love and virtuous-effort on the part of humans.
Do be careful what you wish for, please. It might not “mean what you think it means”.The table has turned in the Mideast power equation, from nuclear-armed Israel exacting “ten eyes for an eye” to hypersonic-missile armed Iran demonstrating capability without “escalating” by killing anybody, and effectively making that same threat to the existence of the “Zionist State”. Iran’s hypersonic missiles were untouched by advanced US, Israeli and UK air-defense systems, and struck their targets, which were not power plants nor the Dimona nuclear reactor.
Now there are rumors, which I held back on yesterday, that Iran has nuclear weapons. Blowing up Dimona would be enough, but I have seen rumors for over 15 years that Iran ended up with the South African nuclear warheads. Who knows? They went somewhere. Middle East redefined: Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel signaled a major change in the region
Israel hardly needs a direct war with the Islamic Republic, especially with the Hamas issue not settled yet, Gaza still not demilitarized, hostages yet to be rescued, and Western allies offering nothing in terms of support but nice statements and condemnations. In the meanwhile, there are rather serious reasons to believe that Israel may not be able to keep its temper and strike, just for self-consolation. Expecting a response strike from Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said, several days prior to the counterattack, that if Iran strikes from its territory, then Israel will attack in response. That means the Israelis could go further and continue their attacks. Yes, Netanyahu has changed his tone somewhat and tries to show now that he doesn’t want a big war. He, however, may be under pressure from the security wing, members of which yearn for revenge and want to blow off steam on Iran, which they think created the situation Israel has been in since October 7, 2023. If Israel does strike back, attacking Iranian territories and killing people, the situation will spin out of control and there will be no stopping the Iranians.
The goal of Iran’s counterattack against Israel was not to unleash a big war. This action can be seen differently: as a PR effort, a propaganda schtick, or muscle-flexing. Some may say that Iran failed to retaliate fully, as its attack didn’t achieve anything equal to the two generals and 11 diplomats that Israel’s strike had killed. The message of the counterstrike, however, was not only to take revenge for Iran’s dead. Tehran deliberately didn’t strike targets in major Israeli cities. Its strikes on Israel were limited, mostly targeting the occupied Golani Heights, which legally belong to Syria, and military installations in Negev desert, in order to avoid escalation and prevent further provocations on Israel’s part. Besides, Iran has proved that it can penetrate Israel’s air defenses and that Israel is not that well protected.
Therefore, Iran’s goal was to change the rules of the game in the region and, by and large, it succeeded. Tehran’s counterattack put paid to any talk of Iran not putting its money where its mouth is and brought the conflict between the two countries to a whole new level. https://swentr.site/news/596091-irans-attack-victory-or-defeat/ UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood [Recognizing Palestine would signal a regime change in global power dynamics. Please do.]
Friday will witness another Gaza-related showdown in a very divided United Nations Security Council, as council member Algeria has prepared a draft resolution for the body recognize a Palestinian state. It would require nine votes and no vetoes on the part of the US, Britain, France, Russia or China in order to pass. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/un-security-council-hold-contentious-vote-palestinian-statehood Pepe Escobar: Iran’s ‘New Equation’ Reaches Way Beyond West Asia
This game-changer will directly interfere on how the Anglo-American system manages its simultaneous conflagration with Russia, China and Iran – three top BRICS members.
The key problem is escalations are already built in – and will be hard to remove. The Total Cancel War against Russia; the genocide in Gaza – with its explicit policy masterfully decoded by Prof. Michael Hudson; and the decoupling/shaping the terrain against China won’t simply vanish – as all communication bridges with the Global Majority keep being torched. Yet the Iranian message indeed establishes a “New Equation” – as Tehran christened it, and prefigures many other surprises to come from West Asia…
..Later this week Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani – who said Iran will respond “within seconds” to any new Israeli attack – visits Moscow for the Conference on Nonproliferation and will also meet with the top echelons of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
It’s quite remarkable that Iran managed to establish the New Equation without disturbing its own pivot to Eurasia – after the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal – while protecting the complex framework engaged in the defense of Palestine.
The Hegemon’s options are dire. They run from being eventually expelled from West Asia and the Persian Gulf to an unwinnable existential clash against three civilization-states – Russia, China, Iran.
What’s left as the number one feasible scenario is a carefully calculated retreat to an easily controlled backyard: Latin America, especially South America, manipulating new, convenient, sovereign-deprived asset Argentina. And of course maintaining control over a de-industrialized and sovereignty-deprived Europe.
That does not change the fact that US power projection on the wane, globally, is the way the wind is blowing. The Straussian neocon psycho-dementia is unsustainable. The question is whether they can be progressively purged from the US power structure before they attempt to plunge the Global Majority into their irrational depths of doom. https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/pepe-escobar-irans-new-equation-reaches-way-beyond-west-asia-1117973782.html Saudi Arabia and UAE refused to open airspace to Israeli and US aircraft during Iran attack
Saudi Arabia and the UAE refused to open their airspace to Israeli and American aircraft as they sought to intercept missiles and drones launched by Iran last Saturday against the occupation state. According to the Wall Street Journal, Arab officials noted that the two Gulf countries did, however, exchange intelligence with the US and Israel, which contributed to their success in repelling the Iranian attack. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have tried to remain neutral regarding the raging conflict in the Middle East, the newspaper claimed. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240417-saudi-arabia-and-uae-refused-to-open-airspace-to-israeli-and-us-aircraft-during-iran-attack/Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s ‘Hush-Money’ Trial: ‘All Have Prior Opinions’
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/excused-juror-reveals-selection-process-trumps-hush-money-trial-all-have-prior-opinions
“We all have prior opinions on the defendant, unless you’ve been living in a cardbox,” she said, adding that she was excused because of her job in the cybersecurity sector.Regarding her personal feelings on President Trump, the woman said, “I’m not a fan.” The main reason why, she said, is because of how she believed he handled the COVID-19 pandemic response.
But Ms. McGee provided some insight on the questions that were asked of the jurors.
“One of which is: Do you have opinions about the ability for a former sitting president to be tried in a court of law? Which I think the way people answered that showed how they felt about case,” she said. “The other one was: Do you have any opinions about legal limits for campaign finance donation amounts? Which I believe was another one that was kinda meant to gauge feelings about the particular case,” she added.
As of Wednesday morning, seven jurors have been selected with five more slots remaining. The judge has indicated that he will choose about six extra jurors to serve as backups.
Watch: Biden Falsely Claims That WWII Uncle Eaten By Cannibals, Twice
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-biden-falsely-claims-wwii-uncle-eaten-cannibals-twiceI saw a report yesterday that Russia told Israel that Iran already has nuclear weapons.
BIG rumors are flying.Iran Says It Could Pursue Nuclear Weapons If Israel Threatens Atomic Sites
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-it-could-pursue-nuclear-weapons-if-israel-threatens-atomic-sitesGoogle Quickly Fires 28 Employees Who Protested Dealings With Israel
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/google-quickly-fires-28-employees-who-protested-dealings-israelAgain, Is this real? If so, what means it?
VIDEO: United States Loads Nuclear Bombs onto B-52’s
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/video-united-states-loads-nuclear-bombs-onto-b-52s?catid=17&Itemid=220@WES: Sorry about Bridget Bishop getting hanged for witchcraft.
I presume that somebody obtained control of her assets after that departure.
That is the pattern, as I understand it.@Oroboros: Me too. “Totalitarianism”.
But “Space Weather” isn’t on the list. “Climate Change” is something of a straw man, I think. Yes it will change. Yes it is changing. No, reducing CO2 emissions won’t “fix” it.
How many can survive?Dr. Ladapo should have replied that “I am an expert in infectious disease and epidemiology, but not a ‘specialist'”. The standard for expert witnesses in court is “expert”.
PCR Part 4: The Great Dispossession
@Aspnaz: I only wonder what the prospects for systemic success look like to you.
I have no financial investments, and never have.VIDEO: United States Loads Nuclear Bombs onto B-52’s
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/video-united-states-loads-nuclear-bombs-onto-b-52s?catid=17&Itemid=220Patients on ivermectin based treatment had better blood oxygenation in 2 studies which mimic the experience I had prescribing for COVID.
Critical appraisal of multi-drug therapy in the ambulatory management of patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemia by Eleftherios Gkioulekas, Ph.D. https://drlf.substack.com/p/presentation-critical-appraisal-of The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture (Non-organic US corn all has RoundUp in it. All chips and tortillas…)
Mexico filed a 200-page response to the U.S. trade violation complaint, which many observers say fulfilled the onus of its argument. It offered 66 articles in peer-reviewed journals pointing to GM corn’s associated health risks including increased damage to organs, cancer, antibiotic resistance, and reduced nutritional content. Mexico’s decree also included a ban on glyphosate originally intended to go into effect on April 1, but the government pushed back that date while researching alternatives available in suitable quantities.
GM corn is tightly wed to glyphosate, the key ingredient in RoundUp and other herbicides. That’s because one of the most prominent traits in GM corn is resistance to glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp. Monsanto, the German firm making most of the GM corn grown in the United States, calls the corn “Roundup Ready.” A rise in the use of glyphosate closely paralleled the rise in use of GM corn seed. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-mexico-dispute-over-gm-corn-safety-could-transform-american-agriculture Ian Brighthope, mRNA is a class one carcinogen Today, on behalf of my professional friends and medical colleagues, I declare the mRNA vaccines to be class one carcinogens. mRNA is also a broad-spectrum mutagen. mRNA must be banned internationally. https://ianbrighthope.substack.com/p/mrna-is-a-class-one-carcinogen
Joseph Mercola MD, WHO Cancer Agency Predicts 77% Rise in Cancers by 2050. Is the Covid Vaccine Causing Turbo Cancers?
WHO blamed the projected cancer burden increase on a combination of age and environmental factors, stating:6
“The rapidly growing global cancer burden reflects both population ageing and growth, as well as changes to people’s exposure to risk factors, several of which are associated with socioeconomic development. Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are key factors behind the increasing incidence of cancer, with air pollution still a key driver of environmental risk factors.”
But it did not mention the emergence of rapid-growing cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, pancreas, bile duct, brain, lung and blood — including exceedingly rare types of cancer. As noted by Canadian oncologist and cancer researcher Dr. William Makis in the Highwire interview above,7 these cancers are showing up in young people, many under age 30, with no family history of cancer.
They’re showing up in pregnant women and young children. Equally odd is the fact that most are Stage 3 or 4 by the time they’re diagnosed, with symptoms arising only days or weeks before. The cancers grow and spread so rapidly, many of these patients die before treatment can even begin. Most of them are also resistant to conventional treatment.
The phenomenon has become common enough that the term “turbo cancers” was coined to describe these rapid-growing cancers in people who have received one or more COVID jabs. https://www.globalresearch.ca/cancer-agency-predicts-rise-cancers-2050/5855010
Dr. Nass again: Politicians at all levels have been lied to about the WHO treaty and int’l health regulation amendments–so show them the screenshots.
The WHO wishes to be the purveyor of biological warfare agents, to control information, and enforce untested vaccinations on the world. Please share this information. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/politicians-at-all-levels-have-been Ron Johnson’s Bill S444 to require the Senate to Ratify (with 2/3 vote) WHO treaty has now achieved 49 cosponsors
Every Republican Senator is now a sponsor of this bill https://merylnass.substack.com/p/ron-johnsons-bill-s444-to-require Dr. Nass: Today Dutch Parliament Votes to Instruct the Government to Demand a Delay in both WHO votes–and if no delay, to vote against the proposals https://merylnass.substack.com/p/hot-today-dutch-parliament-votes
New NPR CEO Katherine Maher gave a Ted Talk during which she asserted that “truth” is a “distraction” which is “getting in the way of getting things done.”
..Wikipedia had a model “which actually works really well” in determining “what the truth really is.” Acknowledging that Wikipedia writers are “not focused on the truth, they’re focused on something else, which is the best of what we can know right now,” Maher suggested the “truth” was not a priority.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-npr-ceo-gave-ted-talk-asserting-truth-distraction Showing strength – RFK Jr Won’t Pursue Libertarian Nomination, Says Team Trump Asked Him To Be VP
After seriously considering the possibility, 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has declared he will not seek the Libertarian Party nomination, saying he’s confident he’ll achieve ballot access across the country on his own. Meanwhile, in a social media skirmish with Team Trump, Kennedy said Trump associates asked him to consider becoming the former president’s running mate. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-wont-pursue-libertarian-nomination-says-team-trump-asked-him-be-vp Meryl Nass MD has heartening news: In Japan, Tens of Thousands Protest WHO’s ‘Supranational Grab Over Global Health’ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/in-japan-tens-of-thousands-protest
Jessica Rose Ph.D. , The modified mRNA COVID shots cause myocarditis according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine https://jessicar.substack.com/p/the-modified-mrna-covid-shots-cause
More from Dr. Rose , Review: N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ): Friend or foe of cancer? Yeah, that would be friend. Of cancer. Not humans. (modified mRNA) https://jessicar.substack.com/p/review-n1-methyl-pseudouridine-m1
Scott Ritter maintains that the Iranian hypersonic missiles used last Saturday were all unstoppable, all hit their targets, and that this implies that the best US Radar systems, which were in place and employed, cannot facilitate interception of Iranian missiles, nor by implication, similar Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles. (North Korea?)
“Checkmate” says Ritter, but I think it is more like an effective blocking strategy. US/NATO can still move backwards.
The global strategic implications of this stunning Iranian accomplishment are game-changing—the US has long struggled conceptually with the notion of what is referred to as “A2/AD” (anti-access/area denial) threats posed by hostile ballistic missiles. However, the US had sought to mitigate against this AA/A2 threat by overlaying theater ballistic missile defense architecture like that that had been employed in Israel. The failure of the combined US-Israeli defense systems in the face of a concerted Iranian missile attack exposed the short-comings of the US ballistic missile defense capabilities world-wide.
In short, this means that the US and NATO forces in Europe are vulnerable to attack from advanced Russian missile technologies which match or exceed those used by Iran to attack Israel. It also means that China would most likely be able to strike and sink US navy ships in the Pacific Ocean in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. And that North Korea could do the same to US ships and forces ashore in the vicinity of Japan and South Korea.
Until which time the US can develop, produce and deploy missile defense systems capable of defeating the new missile technology being deployed by nations like Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea, US military power projection capabilities are in a state of checkmate by America’s potential adversaries. https://www.scottritterextra.com/p/checkmateThis was before Saturday, I think: US Navy Depletes $1Bln Worth of Weapons in Middle East in 6 Months – Secretary Del Toro https://sputnikglobe.com/20240416/us-navy-depletes-1bln-worth-of-weapons-in-middle-east-in-6-months—secretary-del-toro-1117961662.html
Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In “Terrifying” FISA 702 Reauthorization
On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) called “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.”
“Buried in the Section 702 reauthorization bill (RISAA) passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act.” …
..Under current law, the government can compel “electronic communications service providers” that have direct access to communications to assist the NSA in conducting Section 702 surveillance.
In practice, that means companies like Verizon and Google must turn over the communications of the targets of Section 702 surveillance. (The targets must be foreigners overseas, although the communications can—and do—include communications with Americans.)
Through a seemingly innocuous change to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider,” an amendment offered by House intel committee (HPSCI) leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.
If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide wifi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices… the list goes on and on.
It also includes commercial landlords that rent out the office space where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day—offices of journalists, lawyers, nonprofits, financial advisors, health care providers, and more. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supercharged-spying-provision-buried-terrifying-fisa-702-reauthorization “We Have 15,000 Samples In Wuhan … Could Do Full Genomes Of 700 CoVs”: Rand Paul Drops COVID Bombshell
Last week Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) wrote in a Tuesday op-ed that officials from 15 federal agencies “knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19.”…
..Paul points to an email between EcoHealth’s Daszak and “Fauci Flunky” David Morens from April 26, 2020 (noted days before by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic), when the lab-leak hypothesis was gaining traction against Fauci …In it, Daszak laments the “real and present danger that we are being targeted by extremists” … and called Donald Trump “shockingly ignorant.”
He also told David that he would restrict communications “to gmail from now on,” and planned to mount a response to an NIH request which appears to suggest moving out of Wuhan – to which Daszak says “Even that would be a loss – we have 15,000 samples in freezers in Wuhan and could do the full genomes of 700+ Co Vs we’ve identified if we don’t cut this thread.”..
..Daszak, funded by Fauci, lied when he said “every single one of the SARSr-CoV sequences @EcoHealthNYC discovered in China is already published.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/we-have-15000-samples-wuhan-could-do-full-genomes-700-covs-rand-paul-drops-covid-bombshellThe copy of that email communication is here: https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Emails-02.pdf
UN Rights Office Says Israel Still Imposing ‘Unlawful’ Restrictions on Gaza Aid
The UN’s Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on aid entering Gaza despite US and Israeli claims that there’s been an increase in deliveries, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
After Israel slaughtered seven workers for the World Central Kitchen on April 1, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government made a commitment to allow more aid into the Strip, but the UN says aid levels are still way below the bare minimum of what’s needed.
“Israel continues to impose unlawful restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian assistance and to carry out widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office.
Shamdasani added that “those delivering or trying to access humanitarian assistance must never be attacked.” Last week, UNICEF workers reported that a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by Israeli gunfire, but nobody was hurt. https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/16/un-rights-office-says-israel-still-imposing-unlawful-restrictions-on-gaza-aid/ John Helmer looks at Israeli vulnerability to Iranian attacks upon its electrical system, the type of war Russia is now prosecuting in Ukraine.
If Israel escalates by attacking Iran and striking at the country’s infrastructure, then Iran’s counter will be to take a page out of Russia’s book and commence the one line of attack which Israel, the US and their allies cannot withstand any better than Ukraine – that’s Electric War.
For the seven months which have elapsed since Hamas began its operation against Israel on October 7, and Israel commenced its genocide against the Palestinians, there has been no targeting by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the Syrian and Iraqi groups of Israel’s highly vulnerable maritime gas platforms, gas pipelines, coal and oil-fired electricity generating plants, the coal and oil storages nearby, solar and wind power units, or the electricity grids keeping the country alight.
The Arab inhibitions and calculations are understandable. Iran’s will disappear if Israel triggers a new round of attacks.
If and when that happens, the Palestinian failure in the US and in Europe to counterattack and stop Israel financing its war through the $60 billion genocide bond issue won’t matter. Bond holders don’t invest in blackouts...
..A NATO veteran and expert in applying electrical engineering to war comments: “Honestly, I don’t believe the Iranian strikes were all that effective in terms of damage done. This being said, again, they weren’t meant to be. They mostly used drones and older missiles with a few of the newer models thrown in to test, and send a message.” … “If the Iranians turn to electric war strikes, things will look a lot different.”
He is repeating what the Israelis began admitting publicly last week. “A war scenario with Hezbollah presented last week by the head of the Ministry of Defense’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Brigadier General Yoram Laredo, sparked widespread concern about the level of preparedness for such an event within the energy sector…
..In the latest NEMA report, according to industry press summaries, “it is evident that the lessons of Ukraine have not been absorbed by Israel, with security sources citing the lack of preparedness of the Israel Electric Corporation. In addition to Russia, Iranian weapons are used by their proxy organizations including Hezbollah. Israel’s power grids are similar to those of Ukraine, Iran, and Lebanon, so its weak points have been marked by the enemy.”
“According to NEMA, in a full-scale war with Hezbollah, about 5,000 rockets, precision missiles, and suicide drones will be launched at Israel every day, targeting critical electricity infrastructure as well. The damage to this infrastructure would lead to two nationwide power outages lasting from 24 to 48 hours, for at least 60% of the country, in addition to 11 regional power outages and numerous local power outages. There would also be power outages lasting weeks and even months in some parts of the country, mainly in the north.”…
..This paper from an Israeli military think tank explains the vulnerability of these power generating plants and the transmission systems they supply. “The security of the electrical system during emergencies and a reduction in the risk of an excessive and protracted blackout are critical issues that demand national attention and response,” the Israelis claimed in June 2017. “We maintain that the current systemic responses to threats against the electrical system are inadequate in light of the unique geostrategic characteristics of the State of Israel.”…
..“To protect the functional continuity of the state and the capability of the IDF to maintain an ongoing offensive effort until victory has been achieved implies the protection of power stations and IAF bases before the protection of the large cities. It is possible that in the future we will be able to protect both, but currently, with the number of batteries and interceptor missiles at our disposal, we have to designate an order of priorities for the deployment of our assets. We have to make a difficult, painful, and clear-cut decision.”
That was seven years ago – the Israelis were taking no account of the development by the Iranians of drone decoys and hypersonic missiles, and of the impossibility of defending against their combination. https://johnhelmer.net/loose-lips-dont-sink-ships-or-israel/#more-89746 Gilbert Doctorow gives an interview today where he mentions a very recent poll showing 75% of Israelis opposed to an Israeli counter-counter-attack on Iran.
Talking to Indian global broadcaster WION about Iran’s weekend missile strike on Israel https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/talking-to-indian-global-broadcaster Aleks at Black Mountain Analysis (Serbian) Prospects for World War 3 [i] Part Two
A little more than a year ago, I wrote a strategic analysis of the direction of the war in Ukraine… It was dedicated to Andrei Raevsky (The Saker), whom I value tremendously. I think we all miss him. It is the article “Prospects for World War 3”...
..There are various other scenarios for World War Three without the need for a clash between the superpowers. Considering the prospects for a World War between the superpowers, I concluded in my previous article that there is a probability of about 10% for this to happen…
..There is no such thing as: “Ukraine did this” or “Ukraine said that.” Ukraine is a brotherly Slavic and Orthodox nation, and it would never do anything against Russia. Ukraine is a part of Russia. So, to keep up one of the biggest brainwashing operations (psychical level) and mobilization operations (physical level) to comprehensively divide Russians and Ukrainians and to exterminate the Ukrainian able-bodied male population to deny them as resources for Russia. Moreover, to force Russia to make colossal investments to rebuild the new Ukrainian oblast(s) and solve the social and demographic problems in the new oblast(s).
In other words, all important leaders in Ukraine need to be paid off. Moreover, safe places for their escape when the well-known (to everyone) collapse eventually comes need to be provided for everyone abroad. These are the billions that keep the Ukrainian leadership slaughtering their own male population until the very end as long as it is physically possible. And it is still physically possible… We are talking about outright murder of a people...
..What has been going on since then is not a military operation. It is plugging holes in the frontlines with human meat to physically block the Russians from advancing deeper. People are being sent by truckloads into the trenches where essentially the fighting is over, except for a few hotspots where the Russians are advancing. What is left is sending these people into trenches where they are being slaughtered by all kinds of highly efficient weapons without ever seeing a single Russian soldier before their death…
..The fact is that Ukraine will fall due to a total collapse from Donetsk up to Lvov. The whole artificial structure will be gone. I wanted to firmly reiterate that this prediction is, as always, more than up to date, and it is already being discussed in the Western media.
I’m not saying that Ukraine as a whole will become part of Russia. I’m still convinced that the Western part of Ukraine will be divided between the three neighbors, with Russia’s consent…
..We learned that the Americans are no longer committed to the Ukrainian battlefield, at least not beyond the involvement of their money, special services, and commanders. Still, there is manpower missing.
Moreover, the Americans can’t intervene anywhere in the world any longer. Wherever they would become bogged down in a bigger war, all other regions would instantly exploit that and start freeing themselves from the American occupation. It is crucial for the Americans to cut off such a heavy anchor as the Ukrainian project. A symbol for this was the cutting off the… “heavy” anchor Victoria Nuland...
..Therefore, there are attempts to make the Europeans switch to war economies. The big European countries are discussing this openly, and so is the EU. It would free the American capacities for American rearmament to be able to focus on Asia, and at the same time, it would keep Russia in war longer… I think Russia will prevent all of this from happening. It would be diametrically against her interests...
..What worries me the most, since I’m affected, is that I think that war is very much possible within Europe within the next few years. And I’m not talking about Europe versus Russia. No, I’m talking about the major European powers against one another. Ukraine will fall soon, and with it, the Western world order. Eastern European countries will get the opportunity to connect to the BRICS market and financial system (and default on the Dollar system, if needed). They will have a choice, as the free market economy foresees it. And they will choose. This will cause major friction between the European powers and the EU institution.
France, Britain, and Poland are major lynchpins in this whole struggle. I pray for peace, but there may be major escalations between the European countries. These escalations can be:
Military nature (25% probability)
Diplomatic and Economic nature (75%)
As you can see, I’m still optimistic that there won’t be a kinetic war in Europe, but it is far from being excluded. https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/prospects-for-world-war-3-iThis looks like a threat to defect to Russia if not paid: Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-says-ukraine-running-out-missiles-defend-airspace-angry-israel-prioritized
Talking About World War 3 https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/talking-about-world-war-3
John Helmer, PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ANSWERS PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI’S TELEPHONE CALL – WHAT EACH HEARD THE OTHER SAY
The Kremlin record says: “The presidents discussed in detail the situation in the Middle East, escalated by Israel’s air strike at the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus and Iran’s retaliation measures. Vladimir Putin expressed hope that all sides will exercise sensible restraint and will not allow a new round of confrontation that may be fraught with disastrous consequences for the entire region.”
“In turn, Ebrahim Raisi noted that Iran’s actions had been forced and limited. At the same time, he emphasised that Tehran is not interested in further escalation of tensions. Both leaders stated that the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict was the root cause of the current developments in the Middle East.”
Then the two presidents agreed it was back to their strategic business. “During the exchange of views on the current issues of Russia-Iran relations, both leaders expressed their mutual intention to promote steady bilateral cooperation across different areas, including the implementation of mutually beneficial infrastructure projects.” …
..According to Raisi’s report, “ ‘What the Islamic Republic of Iran did in response to what happened criminally and in the light of the inaction of the [UN] Security Council, was the best way to punish the aggressor and represented the tactfulness and rationality of Iran’s politicians,’ Putin said. The Russian president said the Israeli regime’s ‘terrorist act’ against the Iranian consulate in Damascus was against all international standards and rules. He also strongly criticized the United States and certain Western countries for creating tension in the region. ‘We believe that the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the main pillars of stability and security in the region.’”
In the PressTV report, Raisi added in his remarks to Putin: “ ‘The destructive role of the US and some western countries and the inaction and inefficiency of international institutions, including the United Nations and the Security Council, in dealing with the aggressive action of the Zionist regime in attacking the Iranian consulate in Syria caused the Islamic Republic of Iran to exercise its right to self-defense.’ Raisi further thanked Moscow for its ‘principled and constructive’ stance against the Israeli aggression in Damascus.” https://johnhelmer.net/president-vladimir-putin-answers-president-ebrahim-raisis-telephone-call-what-each-heard-the-other-say/ “Within Seconds” strikes me as air-defense response, whatever might follow that. There are reports that Russia and China are helping Iran with targeting and early warnings.
Iran vows to react ‘within seconds’ to each new mistake made by Israel
Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy foreign minister for political affairs, stated as much.
He stated, “They should anticipate a harsher, quicker, and more immediate response in the event that they repeat the same mistake.”
“This time, the Zionists should know this that they will not have a 12-day-long timespace,” the official noted, adding, “The response that they are going to receive [this time around] cannot be measured by [such time standards as] days or hours, but [will come in a matter of] seconds.” https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/497235/Iran-vows-to-react-within-seconds-to-each-new-mistake-made These statements are not being translated for ultimate clarity of meaning. Perhaps that is intentional. The larger, newer hypersonic ballistic missiles in Iran’s arsenal have never been used in war, and could be used as part of a much larger and more destructive response against Israel, if Israel strikes Iranian territory again, which the IRanian embassy in Damascus was. Iranian missile specifics are looked at here.
On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that if Israel continues to escalate tensions with Tehran, it will face a swift and intensified response. Amir-Abdollahian, quoted by the Iranian Foreign Ministry during a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock, said that if the Israeli regime continues its adventures and aggravates the situation, the response will follow immediately and will be even larger. https://avia-pro.net/blog/ko-vtoroy-faze-otveta-oruzhie-gotovo-iran-gotov-udarit-po-izrailyu-oruzhiem-kotoroe-ranee Press sources said that an airstrike by a Zionist reconnaissance aircraft targeted a gathering of Palestinian civilians, mostly children, in Al-Qasatina lane at the Mohandes Roundabout area in the center of the camp, and in a place containing children’s toys installed during the Eid days.
According to sources, the raid killed 11 martyrs, including at least five children, while a number of other children and young people were injured, some of whom were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir al-Balah. https://en.ypagency.net/322895New NPR CEO Gave Ted Talk Asserting “Truth” Is A “Distraction” (What if she is lying?)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-npr-ceo-gave-ted-talk-asserting-truth-distractionThere are NINE kinds of people in the world
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[Do watch the first 3 short videos first to better “Grok” the system.]@Aspnaz: They are different plans going forward, are they not, the BRICS+ plan and the European old-money plan?
Which looks better to you in the short term, and gazing into the medium and longer terms?
Does one do better sooner and later, or not?Last night TAE Summary posted this, and in the same vein I would like to add that “The way of the Tao is reversal” and “Killing with kindness”.
* Heraclitus said when something is pushed to its extreme it becomes its opposite and since extremes drive immense profits:
– The defense industry insists on offense
– Healthcare is a leading cause of death
– Education revels in ignorance
– Democracy elects totalitarians
– Engineering designs things to break
– Border security pays people to invade
– Sexual attraction becomes grotesquely repulsive
– Equality requires absolute favorites
– Sports means sitting in a chair for hours
– Tolerance is supremely intolerant
– Critical thinking mindlessly repeats what someone else said
– Free stuff will cost you everythingThis is big, two stories here, like Doublemint Gum:
RFK Jr Won’t Pursue Libertarian Nomination, Says Team Trump Asked Him To Be VP
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-wont-pursue-libertarian-nomination-says-team-trump-asked-him-be-vp CHD Files FOIA Requests: Why Did Government Shut Down Studies on Cellphone Radiation and Cancer?
The requests are for key communications and research documents related to studies that were underway and the factors that led the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences to discontinue the studies, despite previous research finding evidence of cancer and DNA damage related to cellphone use.CHD Files FOIA Requests: Why Did Government Shut Down Studies on Cellphone Radiation and Cancer?
‘Autism Tsunami’: Society’s Cost to Care for Expanding, Aging Autism Population Will Hit $5.54 Trillion by 2060
A 2021 study predicting a tsunami of future autism cases and costs if environmental root causes of the disease remain unaddressed was retracted last year under pressure from the “autism industry,” and republished last month. Rising prevalence rates and lack of state services show the predicted crisis is already playing out. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/autism-population-care-society-cost/ 10 Years of Studies Link Pesticide Exposure and Childhood Cancer
A meta-analysis of 174 studies published in the International Journal of Molecular Science between 2013 and 2023 found that more than 80% showed positive associations between pesticide exposure and heightened risk of childhood cancers. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pesticide-exposure-studies-childhood-cancer/ Meryl Nass MD presents a petition I signed. You can, too. Slow the WHO process down (if you don’t kick it to the curb)
You don’t have a final version of either treaty yet; the IHR negotiations have been conducted in secret for 17 months; no one is ready for this change in world governance
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/slow-the-who-process-down-if-you Governor Signs Climate Engineering Ban Legislation Into Law, Dane Wiggington
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has now signed legislation into law that bans any form of climate engineering operations over the State of Tennessee. Courageous Tennessee lawmakers in the Senate and House had previously passed the legislation which put it on the governor’s desk, it has now been signed into law. Though other states have tried, Tennessee has succeeded due to their solid, straightforward and simple bill. Now other states can follow suit by utilizing the Tennessee legislation as a template for their own. The following is an excerpt from the legislation that is now the law:
“Prohibits the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight.” https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/governor-signs-climate-engineering-ban-legislation-into-law/ A Midwestern Doctor, (Please read this free information. I am personally horrified. Avoid vaccinations.) How Much Damage Have Vaccines Done to Society?
Story at a Glance:
•A long history exists of a wave of severe injuries following new vaccinations being introduced to the market. In most cases, those injuries were swept under the rug to protect the business.
•In many cases, the severe “mysterious” injuries we see now are remarkably similar to those that were observed over a century ago. Unfortunately, a widespread embargo exists on ever allowing this data to come to light (as that would instantly destroy the vaccine program).
•A variety of independent studies (summarized below) have shown that vaccines cause a wide range of chronic illnesses.
•A 1990 book made a strong case that widespread vaccination was also causing an epidemic of widespread brain damage which was both lowering America’s IQ and causing a massive rise in violent crime.
•In this article, we will also review exactly what in that 1990 book and the classic signs that can be used to determine if someone has a vaccine injury (along with the subtle more spiritual ones). https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/how-much-damage-have-vaccines-done6.4% of U.S. Adults Plagued by ‘Long Vax’ Symptoms After COVID Shots
“Long vax” symptoms, developed after COVID-19 vaccines, include exercise intolerance, excessive fatigue, dysautonomia, numbness, brain fog and neuropathy. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/adults-long-vax-symptoms-covid-shots-cola/ Jessica Rose Ph.D. S2 of SARS-2 spike buggers up p53 According to a recent study in preprint… (So you keep producing carcinogens after these “vaccines”.)
The bottom line here is that the component of the spike protein of SARS-2, S2, responsible for cell entry as part of receptor-mediated endocytosis, messes up p53 activity. We all know by now that p53 – the guardian of the genome – assures that double-stranded DNA breaks are repaired and genome mutations limited, by surveillance of DNA and control of the cell cycle.
The suppressive effect of SARS-CoV-2 spike on p53-dependent gene activation provides a potential molecular mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 infection may impact tumorigenesis, tumor progression and chemotherapy sensitivity.
This is the same spike S2 that is indeed encoded in the template that was used in the COVID modified mRNA shots. https://jessicar.substack.com/p/s2-of-spike-buggers-up-p53 FDA Says ‘No Safety Signals’ Linking White Blood Clots to COVID Shots, Despite Embalmer Survey Suggesting Otherwise
More than 70% of 269 embalmers surveyed found fibrous white blood clots — clots they weren’t finding pre-pandemic — in significant percentages of corpses in 2023. The FDA said it hasn’t seen any related safety signals and observations made on cadavers fall outside the agency’s “regulatory purview.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/embalmer-survey-white-blood-clots-covid-shots-fda-rb/John Helmer, This is electric war.
To make the war aim unambiguously clear, President Vladimir Putin ordered his ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Vasily Nebenzya, to read out a paper at his desk in the UN Security Council chamber on April 11: “very soon, the only topic for international meetings in Ukraine will be the unconditional surrender of the Kiev regime.”
Note what the terms “unconditional surrender of the Kiev regime” mean: total military defeat of the Ukrainian, American, British, French, Polish, and other forces on the Ukrainian territory and in the air surrounding; surrender of the municipal administrations of the east-bank cities, including Kharkov, Dniepropetrovsk, and Odessa; disarmament and demilitarization of the territory between Kiev and the Polish border; exit of every member of the regime, starting with Vladimir Zelensky.
This is an ultimatum without alternatives for either Moscow or Kiev. In electric war, are there any alternatives? …
..According to a NATO veteran and expert in applying electrical engineering to war, there is no prospect that the regime in Kiev can fill the power hole being created by the Russian operations. “Renewables [solar, wind] are not even remotely close to filling the gap. They’re a scam, especially in the Ukrainian case. Taking generation out of the equation, if the Russians continue striking transmission and distribution infrastructure, as well as production, transportation and storage facilities, the inevitable conclusion is the collapse of the Ukrainian electricity grid. This means the collapse of Ukrainian society. As we watch the electric war unfold, I get the impression that pushing [Ukrainian] people west of the Dnieper is the [Russian] goal of the current phase of the electric war – so call this Phase 2.”
The source said the bordering NATO states lack the capacity to increase their electricity supplies to the Ukraine, even with the addition of newly announced power sources in the Baltic states. This European industry publication has reported that in 2023 Ukrainian imports from the European Union (EU) had doubled from 2021 to 935 million kWh. How much more EU sources can provide is uncertain. https://johnhelmer.net/lenin-revised-russian-military-power-means-de-electrification-and-unconditional-surrender-of-the-kiev-regime/ Over 40 nations want to join BRICS — Russian lawmaker
“More than 40 countries have said they want to join the group. And the number of such countries continues to increase every month. This proves that such a free and flexible format of cooperation within BRICS is very attractive,” Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee of Russia’s Federation Council, or upper house of parliament, told a briefing following a meeting of the heads of BRICS parliamentary commissions on international affairs, which was held in Moscow last week.
According to Karasin, many BRICS members share the opinion that the association should be in no hurry to adopt a strict charter, “seeing how counterproductively and even provocatively the European Union is acting.” “So far, this is quite justified. As long as BRICS’ future looks very promising for all of its members, the number of candidates for joining it will keep on growing,” he said.
Touching on the prospects for the development of the BRICS financial transaction system, he noted that this is an important topic, which is being discussed by the association’s members. “This topic was raised during our working meeting. I am sure it will be addressed at the BRICS parliamentary forum in St. Petersburg. Many countries directly asked questions about the de-dollarization of the economy because too much attention is being focused on the dollar while major powers have their own currencies. The issue is quite pressing,” Karasin said. Russia took over BRICS presidency on January 1, 2024 https://tass.com/politics/1775535“I Can’t Go To My Son’s Graduation”: NY Judge Threatens Trump With Arrest https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-trial-manhattan-indictment-new-york-legal-system
The proceedings mark the first time a former US president has stood trial on criminal charges
[Michael Cohen “was having an affair” with Stormy Daniels, who denied under oath having sex with Trump. What if that $130k payment was just embezzled by Cohen?]
The case is based on claims by Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that he paid $130,000 to the adult film actress, so she would keep quiet about an alleged affair with him. Trump has denied any relationship with the porn star. In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to charges of campaign-finance violations, tax and bank fraud, and spent two and a half years in a federal prison. He also lost his New York bar license.
Judge Juan Merchan has granted Bragg’s request for a gag order, meaning that Trump can’t criticize the prosecutor or his staff.
Merchan has threatened to arrest Trump if he does not appear in the courtroom each day the trial is in session. The judge also refused to recuse himself, even though his daughter works for a marketing company representing several Democrats – in apparent violation of state law that requires “six degrees of separation” from a family member... https://swentr.site/news/595999-trump-hush-money-trial/Israel mobilizes more reservists , Two additional brigades are being called up to fight in Gaza, the military has said https://www.rt.com/news/595972-idf-mobilization-reservists-gaza/
Israel postpones Rafah operation after Iranian attack — CNN , According to the sources, Israel is now focused on how to respond to the Iranian attack https://tass.com/world/1775539
This Greek site reports that 4 Israeli tankers are in the air to refuel strike aircraft, as Iran says that it will strike back “within seconds” and “with a weapon never used before”. (That sounds like something to shoot down Israeli jets to me. What’s it sound like to you?) https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/war-monitor/israhl/mplofa-h-kati-allo-iran-tha-plhksoume-amesa-to-israhl-me-akrws-aporrhto-oplo-an-epitethei-apogeiwthhkan-tessera-iptamena-tanker-pros-uposthriksh-tou-idf/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A “Scam”
After months of pushback over packages to send US-taxpayer-funded foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan Monday evening to hold four different votes on bills which would decouple aid by country, including Taiwan. Johnson will also put forth a House-approved bill that could ban TikTok from the US, and a measure aimed at satisfying Republican foreign policy demands…
..”I hate this, that [Johnson’s] saying it and not following through with it, that the hill to die on was the border and he would not put Ukraine up without the border. Looks like that’s going down the tubes,” said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) following the meeting. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/johnson-unveils-separate-israel-ukraine-funding-bills-mtg-calls-scamRussia Hits FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION TROOPS in Ukraine
On April 13, this website reported the arrival of French Foreign Legion troops into Slavyansk, Ukraine. Overnight, those troops were hit and mostly killed by the Russian Army. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en-us/component/content/article/russia-hits-french-foreign-legion-troops-in-ukraine?catid=17&Itemid=101 Scott Ritter: Ukraine ‘Owned’ by US, While With Israel It’s the Other Way Around
“Let me make this very clear to the Ukrainian crowd. You see, the difference between Israel and Ukraine is that, whether you like it or not, Israel has bought and paid for the United States’ support,” while Ukraine hasn’t, Scott Ritter told Sputnik…
“Israel, through its political action committee, AIPAC, in the United States, has pretty much bought the United States Congress. They’ve bought the United States presidency. They control American media. And as a result, America comes to the defense of Israel because we’ve been paid to do so,” Ritter said.
With Ukraine, it’s the other way around, the observer said.
“America, on the other hand, has bought and paid for Ukraine.You’re not a friend. You’re not an ally. You’re a tool being used by the United States for its larger foreign policy and national security objectives vis-à-vis Russia. We provide you weapons only so far as it facilitates our objective of creating a problem for Russia. We don’t want you to win. We don’t care about you. We give you just enough to keep you going. And then we stand by and watch you bury your dead. Because we don’t care,” Ritter said, channeling the sentiments of the American establishment. https://sputnikglobe.com/20240415/scott-ritter-ukraine-owned-by-us-while-with-israel-its-the-other-way-around-1117944704.htmlIt is no longer just about force, but about political accommodation. Netanyahu a threat for Israel, opposition leader says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet pose a threat to their own country, Yair Lapid, leader of the Israeli opposition, said, calling to hold new elections.
Speaking before reporters after his trip to Washington, the politician said that the US Administration is “appalled” by the behavior of the Israeli government, led by Netanyahu, according to The Jerusalem Post. “This government, this prime minister, has become an existential threat against Israel,” Lapid said. “They destroyed Israeli deterrence. Our enemies look at this government, smell weakness, and raise their heads.” According to Lapid, Israeli allies “smell this weakness,” too. https://tass.com/world/1775555 Israel War Cabinet Decides On Military Response To Iran Even As Blinken Pleads ‘Not In Anyone’s Interest’
Israel’s war cabinet has just decided on a response to Iran’s weekend attack, according to a breaking report by the country’s Kan public broadcaster. At this point it seems a matter of if not when – even as the US (and European countries) leans on Israel not to escalate. Below is the Hebrew media statement at the conclusion of Tuesday’s high-level meeting (machine translation):
Israel has decided how to respond to Iran’s missile attack. This was reported Tuesday evening on Kan 11 evening news. Israel is now waiting to “seize an opportunity.” The agreement came against the backdrop of significant disagreements in the Israeli leadership over the timing and nature of the response. Some ministers demanded to wait for agreement on the international coalition, while others thought it was necessary to respond immediately.
Axios at the same time is reporting that US Secretary of State Blinken just told a group of American Jewish leaders that the White House wants to see no further escalation.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-admin-says-limited-scope-israeli-attack-iran-still-comingHe may be safer on the other side of this. King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won’t Let Jordan Become “The Theater Of A Regional War” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/king-abdullah-warns-israel-he-wont-let-jordan-become-theater-regional-war
‘Oral Argument Favored Defendants’ – Supreme Court Just Ended Hearing Obstruction Case Affecting J6 Defendants https://www.zerohedge.com/political/oral-argument-favored-defendants-supreme-court-just-ended-hearing-obstruction-case
Charles Hugh Smith on the effort to preserve wealth when the economic model breaks down. Financial Forecast 2025-2032: Please Don’t Be Naive
Rather than attempt to evade Caesar’s reach, a better strategy might be to ‘go gray’: blend in, appear average. [Get debts, expenses and external needs down, as possible.]
It gives me no pleasure to say the obvious: please don’t be naive. Those who will be trying to save the system from collapse understand that every asset is only richly valued now because of the credit bubble. From their point of view, “investors” who are planning to preserve the bubble-valuation of their assets and then emerge to snap up everything for pennies on the dollar are, well, the enemy.
Another widespread belief holds that the hyper-wealthy always sneak through the wormhole and emerge with all their goodies intact. This fosters the idea that if they can do it, so can I. History offers examples on both sides: the great estates of the wealthiest Romans did not survive intact when the empire crumbled (or put another way, when control of the shards shifted to a new elite).
As the bottom 99.5% feel the squeeze, their rage at those at the top not paying their fair share will rise exponentially, and the political pressure on authorities to go after the hyper-wealthy will become too intense to ignore. Many of those trying to save the system will have already had enough of coddled billionaires, bankers and financier grifters.
Another conviction that will be revealed as naive is the faith that the rules will stay unchanged, allowing us to hoard our stash and emerge unscathed to scoop up the bargains offered by the less prescient. History is again rather definitive: the rules will change overnight, and continue changing, as needed. One “emergency measure” after another will be imposed and become normalized.
It’s important to put ourselves in the shoes of those struggling with the impossible responsibility of keeping the system from collapsing. From their point of view, everyone trying to evade the wealth taxes, windfall taxes, special assessments, etc. are ungrateful whiners, as what will anyone have if the system collapses? We’re doing you all a favor, taking only 10% in a wealth tax to preserve the 90% that remains yours.
Another point of naivete is what happens to obstructionists in a full-spectrum surveillance Corporate-state. China has shown other nation-states how to do it properly: every digital communication and transaction is monitored…
..In summary: to understand the next 8 to 10 years, start by having some sympathy for the fox and not just for the hare. Here we are, trying to save the system that everyone depends on, taking a modest 10% wealth tax, and the ungrateful wretches are whining and trying to evade paying their fair share.
Rather than attempt to evade Caesar’s reach, a better strategy might be to go gray: blend in, look average: post photos of kittens and puppies, complain about the cost of groceries, drive a look-alike vehicle, live in an unremarkable house, render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, forget about emerging as one of the rich who evaded Caesar and get on with enjoying one’s private life focused on well-being. https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/financial-forecast-2025-2032-please Eleni sent this article for contextual reference as to who controls the levers of imperial power beneath the surface: The NATO Caliphate: Part 1
A history of collaboration between the CIA and IS
..Hekmatyar’s group had a reputation for being worthless to the point of being a liability on the battlefield, yet they remained the largest recipient of CIA funding.
The reason for this is simple. HiG was the largest heroin trafficker in the world. Under the supervision of Pakistani intelligence, Hekmatyar set up 6 heroin refineries in Pakistan and shipped his product worldwide on CIA aircraft. At the same time, the CIA’s soft power arm USAID launched an initiative to “eradicate Opium”, which shut down other local producers even as Hekmatyar doubled his production every 3 years. Soon, HiG, the ISI and the CIA had the entire heroin market cornered and controlled the majority of the world’s supply. …Hekmatyar (center) dining with future Turkish president and fellow drug trafficker Recep Erdogan (circled)
https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/the-nato-caliphate-part-1 Pepe Escobar, How Iran’s ‘strategic patience’ switched to serious deterrence
Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel were not conducted alone. Strategic partners Russia and China have Tehran’s back, and their role in West Asia’s conflict will only grow if the US doesn’t keep Israel in check.
Here, concisely, we had Russia’s top diplomatic coordinator with BRICS – in the year of the multipolar organization’s Russian presidency – indirectly messaging that Russia has Iran’s back. Iran, it should be noted, just became a full-fledged BRICS+ member in January.
Iran’s aerial message this weekend confirmed this in practice: their missile guidance systems used the Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system as well as the Russian GLONASS system. This is Russia–China intel leading from behind and a graphic example of BRICS+ on the move.
Ryabkov’s “we stay in constant touch” plus the satellite navigation intel confirms the deeply interlocked cooperation between the Russia–China strategic partnership and their mutual strategic partner Iran...
..Iran started with a misdirecting masterstroke. As US–Israeli fear porn went off the charts, fueled by dodgy western “intel,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) made a quick sideways move, seizing an Israeli-owned container ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
That was an eminently elegant manoeuvre – reminding the collective west of Tehran’s hold on the Strait of Hormuz, a fact immeasurably more dangerous to the whole western economic house of cards than any limited strike on their “aircraft carrier” in West Asia...
..The Iranian attack targeted key Israeli military sites such as the Nevatim and Ramon airbases in the Negev and an intel center in the occupied Golan Heights – the three centers used by Tel Aviv in its strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate.
This was a highly choreographed show. Multiple early warning signs gifted Tel Aviv with plenty of time to profit from US intel and evacuate fighter jets and personnel, which was duly followed by a plethora of US military radars coordinating the defense strategy.
It was American firepower that smashed the bulk of what may have been a swarm of 185 Shahed-136 drones – using everything from ship-mounted air defense to fighter jets. The rest was shot down over Jordan by The Little King’s military – the Arab street will never forget his treachery – and then by dozens of Israeli jets…
..For Israel – without even counting the price of US, UK, and Israeli jets – just the multi-layered interception system set it back at least $1.35 billion, according to an Israeli official. Iranian military sources tally the cost of their drone and missile salvos at only $35 million – 2.5 percent of Tel Aviv’s expenditure…
..It’s no wonder that the Biden combo, days before the Iranian response, was frantically begging Beijing, Riyadh, and Ankara, among others, to hold Tehran back. The Iranians might have even agreed – had the UN Security Council imposed a permanent ceasefire in Gaza to calm the regional storm. Washington was mute...
..The US dilemma is confirmed by former Pentagon analyst Michael Maloof:
We have got some 35 bases that surround Iran, and they thereby become vulnerable. They were meant to be a deterrence. Clearly, deterrence is no longer on the table here. Now they become the American’ Achilles heel’ because of their vulnerabilities to attack.
All bets are off on how the US–Israel combo will adapt to the new Iranian-crafted deterrence reality. https://thecradle.co/articles/how-irans-strategic-patience-switched-to-serious-deterrencePlanning To Live https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/planning-to-live
It’s necessary again to present what I see as the context for the attacks upon life, personal (not corporate) property and political speech, as economies worsen almost everywhere.
Our world-wide economy has been working in colonial models since the English started burning coal for heat and using forests for warships and trading ships. They made cannons and then steam engines to mine coal and manufacture weapons and parts, getting a jump on the rest of the world, which copied them as quickly as possible. Colonies of the Empire sent whatever the empire needed and desired, while accepting the manufactured goods the empire sent them in return, or-else, the army visited with Maxim-Guns.
This coal-fired model got a second wind when the UK Pound Sterling became the global trade currency, allowing more subtle forms of wealth extraction through the banks of the City of London. British coal production peaked during WW-1, and the empire clearly declined after that.
WW-2 declared the supremacy of oil, which the US produced the most of, and used the most of. The financial powers of the City of London diversified to New York and Washington, as the American military became the enforcement-arm of global empire. That iteration of global empire is in the final stage of terminal-financialization with weakening military threat which the British Empire faced during the Suez Crisis.
This time the post-peak-oil (November 2018 or so) epoch, not yet announced, limits most economies to contraction, or at least a changed format, unless they have ample resource bases. The only major country with actual growth of real-economy appears to be Russia. The US prosperity per capita has been declining since about Y2k, or 2001 at the latest. The Global War On Terror was a big breakout to a more overt global imperialism. It failed.
My basic understanding of the passing of the torch from one global financial regime epoch to the next is that the new model has to be more efficient, less extractive of lower level participants, so that the great majority of lower level participants want to move to it when they are no longer threatened enough to dissuade them. The British Empire fell, replaced by free-trade, though still under a global financial regime, and split into the “free world” and “communist world”, though the $US was the “free world” currency for value-extraction, as the world had to pay full price for $US printed on a fractional-reserve promise, then just on a promise alone after 1971.
This current iteration of financialized-industrial-colonialism is based upon the debts incurred under the $US regime, which cannot be serviced forever, but few have a clear idea of when that debt-service may fail the global trust. A lot of people are getting antsy, like Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sprinting for the finish line of the final-solution, Palestinian genocide from “The Land of Israel”.
This particular Mideast war may be the Suez Crisis of the current Imperial Global Financial Regime of London, New York, Frankfurt, Brussels, Tel Aviv and so on. The proximal threat is the BRICS+ coalition, with Russia, China, Iran, India and Saudi Arabia, among others. 40 countries want to join. Alternative trade and finance vehicles have been worked out and are gaining more and more currency within and between these countries. Time is on their side. They can hold back, make careful adjustments and avoid WW-3.CJ Hopkins presents the Kafkaesque tale of The Palestine Congress:
Yes, that’s right, once again, democracy-loving people here in New Normal Berlin and all across the New Normal world were right on the brink of being exposed to “hate,” and would have been exposed to “hate,” had the Hate Police not sprang into action…
..Some pro-Palestinian activists organized a “Palestine Congress,” and attempted to discuss the situation in Gaza, and call for solidarity with the Palestinians, and so on, right here in the middle of Berlin, the epicenter of European democracy, as if they thought they had a right to do that. The German authorities were clearly intent on disabusing them of that notion.
Early Friday morning, hundreds of black-clad Hate Police descended on the congress location. Reinforcements were called in from throughout the nation. Metal barricades were erected on the sidewalks. Hate Police stood guard at the entrance. The German media warned the public that a potential “Hate-Speech” attack was now imminent. Berliners were advised to shelter in place, switch off their phones and any other audio-receptive communication devices, and wad up little pieces of toilet paper and ram them deep into their ear canals to prevent any possible exposure to the “hate.”…
..Anyway, the Hate Police stormed the venue, pulled the plug, dispersed the crowd, and banned the rest of the “Palestine Congress,” which was scheduled to continue on Saturday and Sunday. Then they arrested a Jewish guy who was wearing a Palestinian-flag-kippah, presumably out of an abundance of caution.
https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-palestine-congressTransport Minister Threatens Germans With “Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban” To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/transport-minister-threatens-germans-indefinite-weekend-driving-ban-meet-mandatedNSA “Just Days Away From Taking Over The Internet” Warns Ed Snowden https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nsa-just-days-away-taking-over-internet-warns-ed-snowden
Eighty-six House Republicans on Friday voted against an amendment to require a warrant for surveillance of Americans’ communications.
A warrant requirement is overwhelmingly backed by Americans. A YouGov poll commissioned by FreedomWorks and Demand Progress found that 76 percent of Americans support a warrant requirement, while only 12 percent oppose. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/12/eighty-six-house-republicans-warrantless-surveillance-americans/Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/australian-government-orders-facebook-and-x-remove-muslim-knife-attack-video@DBS, about TAE being “where the action is”… I think of Frank again:
“You’re probably wondering why I’m here” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ueoyczf7RgYou paint your face and then you chase
To meet the gang where the action is
Stomp all night and drink your fizz
Roll your car and say “Gee whiz!”
You tore a big hole in your convertible top
What will you tell your Mom and Pop?
(“Mom, I tore a big hole in the convertible!”)
