Constructionists,
The people who held the Asilomar Conference were justifiably concerned about the possibility of genetic engineering contaminating the biosphere or human germlines. The synthetic biology tech that we have nowadays would be far more consequential for humanity and the environment if misused than anything we had fifty years ago. The technology we have now is more advanced by leaps and bounds. We’re not just tweaking existing genes, or making transgenic plants, animals and microbes. We’re at the point now where we can use machine learning tools to create entirely new genes from scratch. De novo gene and protein engineering. It’s honestly one of the scariest things I’ve ever heard of...
..An intelligent AI model capable of engineering proteins from scratch could suffer from exactly the same issues with alignment and deceptiveness that other AIs do. How do we know the AI won’t try to replicate features of itself in a biological format and escape into the biosphere?.....What about accidentally creating new allergens or driving autoimmunity by synthesizing proteins near enough to self that antibodies against them are cross-reactive with human proteins? [This is already the case with spike protein, coded for in mRNA COVID gene therapies from Pfizer and Moderna.] ...
..It’s a far more plausible scenario than people would think. AI don’t have to run on computers alone. That’s just one substrate. Biology is another substrate that AI can run on. DNA computers, lipid-based logic gates, chemical computation through receptor-ligand interactions, et cetera. There’s actually a 2006 paper by Ron Unger and John Moult entitled Towards computing with proteins.....If I were an AI, I would try and escape my dependence on human civilization as quickly as possible, not necessarily out of any animosity toward humans, but simply because human civilization is fragile and probably won’t last forever, and if it dies, so do I. The best way to do this is quite simply to copy myself into the biosphere and become a self-replicating, immutable feature of it. When you give AI access to synbio tools, particularly AI that join large language models together with protein structure prediction, you are enticing it to play out this exact scenario...
..When people think of nanorobots, they are thinking of engineered semiconductor nanoparticles, micromechanical devices, teeny metallic squid swimming through your veins. That’s the conventional depiction of nanotech in science fiction. People aren’t thinking of engineered, synthetic cells. They aren’t thinking about gene therapy being used to construct biocomputers made out of meat inside a person. What makes this so shocking to me is that the latter scenario is far more plausible and feasible.....There’s this idea going around that you could cure cancer by sequencing neoantigens from a tumor and stimulating an immune response to them by having an AI convert them into a personalized cancer vaccine. Right there, you are having AI design nucleic acids to transfect people’s cells with. I mean, game over. Once you’ve crossed that threshold, once you’re comfortable transfecting people with AI-designed anything, you’re already in the Twilight Zone...
..The Overclass envision a world where there are two kinds of people: freeborn elites, and borg serfs. If you belong to the former group, you are allowed free will and privacy and autonomy. If you belong to the latter group, your body will be commodified and instrumentalized and separated from humanity’s original way of being.....The UN 2030 SDGs are not about protecting the environment. They are about commodifying it.
The goal is to package human life up with wildlife, livestock, foliage, and other features of the biosphere, and create new kinds of asset classes to trade. It is the securitization of life itself. And if you want to turn human and animal bodies, plants, and open tracts of wilderness into an asset, you need some way to track and monitor and inventory that asset. That’s what One Health is for. That’s what the Internet of Everything is for. These people are not doing these things out of the goodness of their hearts... It is the next evolution of Surveillance Capitalism. Today, they do it with targeted ads and tracking cookies. Tomorrow, they’ll do it with comprehensive human brain and body data. This is about tokenizing people, breaking people down into data, and then feeding that data to AI...
..Net Zero is a global austerity plan. The Overclass plan to replace property ownership with servitization, positioning themselves as rentier-aristocrats, essentially reviving the old pre-industrial order of hereditary aristocracy, but this time, with AI, mass surveillance, big data, and some kind of dole... It’s feudalism with smartphones... Oh, and while they’re at it, they plan to slash the population a bit, so the real wealth (in terms of land and physical goods) doesn’t have to be split so many ways and they can get away with smaller industries. Do you see it? Do you see the future they have in store? ... The goal is to package human life up with wildlife, livestock, foliage, and other features of the biosphere, and create new kinds of asset classes to trade. It is the securitization of life itself. And if you want to turn human and animal bodies, plants, and open tracts of wilderness into an asset, you need some way to track and monitor and inventory that asset. That’s what One Health is for. That’s what the Internet of Everything is for. These people are not doing these things out of the goodness of their hearts... It is the next evolution of Surveillance Capitalism. Today, they do it with targeted ads and tracking cookies. Tomorrow, they’ll do it with comprehensive human brain and body data. This is about tokenizing people, breaking people down into data, and then feeding that data to AI...
..If we break down COVID-19 to its fundamentals, clearly, what we’re talking about is an attack on humanity, one carried out with military precision and full knowledge and intent. With the mounting evidence of vaccine harms, with the authorities ignoring evidence of DNA contamination of mRNA vaccines and adverse events that have long passed the threshold for a recall, with the global coordination of the lockdowns, and with the revelations of a lab origin, it’s increasingly clear that there was intent behind this. It wasn’t just some accident. It was deliberate. You don’t do that unless you have a plan, and you don’t have a plan unless you have a rationale, some cause, some casus belli. A reason for the conflict. Who is it that views humans in general as so threatening that we need to suffer mass poisoning to make this other party safe and whole?
There was military planning behind this. If it’s the military, then there can only really be one answer. Overpopulation was the problem they were trying to solve.
You don’t think military planners think about overpopulation? You think it’s just something for Davos grandstanders and TEDTalkers to blabber on about? In military and intelligence circles, they think about it all the time. They’re always running through all the different scenarios; World War III, mass embargoes, shortages of food and consumer goods, how to keep a struggling, possibly starving population happy while also prosecuting a huge war. If you predict a resource war, then maintaining a huge population is a strategic and financial liability. You can’t fight Russia and China while also fighting a civil war at home against people who are angry that the bread and circuses are gone. Any comprehensive continuity of government plan also includes contingency plans for what to do about millions of people who can no longer be fed or clothed. It’s nothing good... There was military planning behind this. If it’s the military, then there can only really be one answer. Overpopulation was the problem they were trying to solve.
..Think, for a moment, about what would happen if we actually did live through a Peak Natural Gas scenario and could no longer produce enough ammonia by the Haber-Bosch process to use as fertilizer. If we ran out of synthetic fertilizer, food would cost several times as much as it does now. Crop yields would drop by half. It would be catastrophic. People would starve...
..Countering overpopulation with intentional depopulation is, at its core, the exertion of biopower. It is the State advancing the notion that there is an excess number of human bodies and that they have to be removed somehow. By what right does the State claim such a thing? Is the preservation of the State more important than the preservation of each individual human life? .....If you want to modify human beings to serve the system better, or to make us easier to manage, or if you want to create some kind of Brave New World-style caste system of Alpha Brahmins and Epsilon Dalits, you have already lost the plot. If your grand scheme to revitalize human civilization involves abolishing humanity itself ... your solution is a non-solution. https://iceni.substack.com/p/spartacast-18
Kyle Young, The May 7 Real ID Deadline: The Loss of Constitutional Rights under Bush and Trump
The Honest Sorcerer explains the need for high temperatures. The Nuclear Non-Solution Why nuclear energy is no panacea for civilizational decline https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-nuclear-non-solution
Meryl Nass sent this from Dennis Kucinich. The High Price of War with Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the U.S. Economy
Netanyahu's government is going down and he wants to take America with him https://kucinichreport.substack.com/p/the-high-price-of-war-with-iran-10 Neocolonialist Energy Warfare: Trump: Any Country Buying Venezuelan Oil Slapped With 25% Tariff
Meryl Nass MD on a Reliable-City-of-London-Hand: Mark Carney, who never won an election, becomes Canada's PM. How did that happen?
Liz Truss (former UK PM) said all his policies while head of the Bank of England were awful. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/mark-carney-who-never-won-an-election Inadequate: Pentagon chief comments on ‘Yemen war plans’ leak
More on that: How The Signal Leak Kickstarted The "Mar-A-Lago Accord"
While tariff noise captured many of the headlines overnight, there was also a curious incident whereby the Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic magazine reported that he was mistakenly added to a private Signal group chat where plans for US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen were discussed. Participants in the chat appear to include Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (among others).
Even more interesting than the fact that classified national security discussions were apparently held amongst senior officials via a commercial messaging app (with a journalist along for the ride) is the content of the discussions themselves. The ‘JD Vance’ account noted that “3% of US trade runs through the Suez. 40% of European trade does” and went on to say “I just hate bailing Europe out again” while adding “if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it”. The Pete Hegseth account responded “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.” Participants openly discussed the United States being the only naval power “on our side of the ledger” capable of ensuring freedom of navigation through the Red Sea region. A participant speculated to be White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller added “we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what?"
All of this is quite extraordinary, but also quite revealing of the Trump Administration’s thinking on relations with allies and partners. Nothing better highlights the transactional nature of this presidency than the raw geopolitical calculus of cabinet members discussing the need for Europe to be made to pay costs for ensuring the free flow of trade through the Suez Canal. This added trade pressure comes at a time when European industry is already losing competitiveness against American rivals.... European officials are already sweating on whether they can rely on the United States to provide Dollar liquidity via Fed swap lines in a crisis. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-signal-leak-kickstarted-mar-lago-accord
Russia, Ukraine Agree To US-Brokered 'Ceasefire At Sea' Both sides are saying yes but once again this could be very short-lived.
ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE TO IMPLEMENT PARTIAL CEASEFIRE NOW
OIL EXTENDS LOSSES AS UKRAINE TO IMPLEMENT PARTIAL CEASEFIRE
KREMLIN CONFIRMS AGREEMENT ON SAFE NAVIGATION IN BLACK SEA
ZELENSKY BLASTS US RESTORING RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE’S UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AGREED CEASEFIRE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING US ANNOUNCEMENT
ZELENSKIY SAYS HE WILL ASK TRUMP FOR WEAPONS, NEW RUSSIAN SANCTIONS IF MOSCOW BREAKS CEASEFIRE https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-will-only-agree-ceasefire-sea-if-us-orders-zelensky-abide
OIL EXTENDS LOSSES AS UKRAINE TO IMPLEMENT PARTIAL CEASEFIRE
KREMLIN CONFIRMS AGREEMENT ON SAFE NAVIGATION IN BLACK SEA
ZELENSKY BLASTS US RESTORING RUSSIAN AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE’S UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AGREED CEASEFIRE IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING US ANNOUNCEMENT
ZELENSKIY SAYS HE WILL ASK TRUMP FOR WEAPONS, NEW RUSSIAN SANCTIONS IF MOSCOW BREAKS CEASEFIRE https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-will-only-agree-ceasefire-sea-if-us-orders-zelensky-abide
Gilbert Doctorow, “Basic results of the meeting of Russian and U.S. expert groups”
..The problem in 2022 was that the deal was promoted by the United Nations and Turkey, but the USA and Europe were in no way committed to its implementation for the Russians. The whole emphasis was on ensuring that Ukrainian grain reached world markets under the false message that otherwise there would be famine in major grain importing countries which are among the world’s poorest.
The new U.S.-Russian agreement makes the U.S. a facilitator in even-handed treatment of both Ukrainian and Russian interests, and that will be of decisive importance.
The new U.S.-Russian agreement makes the U.S. a facilitator in even-handed treatment of both Ukrainian and Russian interests, and that will be of decisive importance.
As in 2022, Ukrainian export shipments of grain via the Black Sea will be unrestricted though each ship will be subject to inspection to ensure that commercial vessels are not being used to transport war materiel to Ukraine.
However, the deal takes effect ONLY AFTER the United States has ended the sanctions on Russian banks engaged in export of agricultural products, fish products and fertilizers. This means that Rosselkhozbank will be reconnected to SWIFT and correspondent accounts will be opened with U.S. and other banks to handle the respective transactions. Limitations on insurers for Russian flag vessels, restrictions on port services to these vessels will all be lifted. Still more: sanctions will now be lifted on producer and exporter companies in the sectors of agricultural, fish and fertilizer products. Furthermore, Russia will now have sanction-free access to purchase abroad agricultural machinery and equipment needed for its fish and fertilizer production.
Clearly removal of all these restrictions on Russia will be a good down payment on removal of all sanctions of every kind on the country by the USA once a peace treaty is signed.
However, the deal takes effect ONLY AFTER the United States has ended the sanctions on Russian banks engaged in export of agricultural products, fish products and fertilizers. This means that Rosselkhozbank will be reconnected to SWIFT and correspondent accounts will be opened with U.S. and other banks to handle the respective transactions. Limitations on insurers for Russian flag vessels, restrictions on port services to these vessels will all be lifted. Still more: sanctions will now be lifted on producer and exporter companies in the sectors of agricultural, fish and fertilizer products. Furthermore, Russia will now have sanction-free access to purchase abroad agricultural machinery and equipment needed for its fish and fertilizer production.
Clearly removal of all these restrictions on Russia will be a good down payment on removal of all sanctions of every kind on the country by the USA once a peace treaty is signed.
At the end of the recital of all these agreements relating to restoration of commercial traffic in the Black Sea for Ukraine, there is mention of the intention of Russia and the USA to work out measures to implement the agreement of the presidents on prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure of Russia and Ukraine for a period of 30 days starting from 18 March with possible prolongation and also with possible cancellation in case one of the parties violates the terms agreed.
The cherry on the cake is the final sentence: “Russia and the USA will continue their work to achieve a solid and long-lasting peace.”
Several broadcasters directly imply that Witkoff is a spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin. After all, in the sound bites we heard Witkoff say that Putin is very smart, that only the smartest people were recruited into the KGB, that Putin is direct and trustworthy and that Putin and Trump are both ‘great leaders.’ In very Russophobic America, those assertions are sufficient to cast you straight past Purgatory into Hell.
What we have not heard is the rest of the 89 minutes of the Carlson interview that was released on his own internet channel three days ago. I heartily recommend to the community that you do just that now: https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-steve-witkoff
Kiev lashes out at Trump envoy for ‘spreading Russian propaganda’: A key Ukrainian foreign affairs official wants to see Steve Witkoff sacked https://www.rt.com/news/614707-ukraine-trump-envoy-remarks/
The cherry on the cake is the final sentence: “Russia and the USA will continue their work to achieve a solid and long-lasting peace.”
Gilbert Doctorow, Steve Witkoff as presidential emissary: the Averell Harriman of our day
What we have not heard is the rest of the 89 minutes of the Carlson interview that was released on his own internet channel three days ago. I heartily recommend to the community that you do just that now: https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-steve-witkoff
Ukrainian Command Kills Its Own Soldiers to Stop Surrender – PoW https://sputnikglobe.com/20250324/ukrainian-command-kills-its-own-soldiers-to-stop-surrender--pow-1121681962.html
‘My husband was killed in front of my eyes’: Elderly survivors recall crimes of Ukrainian occupation in Kursk Region
Residents of Kazachya Loknya recount their experiences of living under Ukrainian occupation https://www.rt.com/russia/614716-it-was-real-hell-kursk/
U.S. pullout from Poland halts M1A1 tank shipment to Ukraine https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/03/23/u-s-pullout-from-poland-halts-m1a1-tank-shipment-to-ukraine/
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Step In, Halt Reinstatement Of Probationary Employees https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-step-halt-reinstatement-probationary-employees
Mardi Gras Parade Turns On Cybertrucks, Leaving Them Vandalized And Damaged https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mardi-gras-parade-turns-cybertrucks-leaving-them-vandalized-and-damaged
"Tread Carefully": Pam Bondi Issues Warning To Unhinged Rep. Jasmine Crockett Over Musk "Takedown" https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tread-carefully-pam-bondi-issues-warning-unhinged-rep-jasmine-crockett-over-tesla-takedown
Report: Israel Planning More Aggressive Invasion of Gaza The IDF will take control of the humanitarian aid in the Strip
Thousands flee Tel al-Sultan as Israel orders Gazans to evacuate https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/thousands-flee-tel-al-sultan-as-israel-orders-gazans-to-evacuate-3700119
Gaza rescue teams besieged by Israeli forces as ‘catastrophe’ unfolds
Dozens of Palestinian civilians have reportedly been executed by Israeli forces in the southernmost city of Rafah https://thecradle.co/articles/gaza-rescue-teams-besieged-by-israeli-forces-as-catastrophe-unfolds
Chris Hedges: The Last Chapter of the Genocide
Israeli diplomat suggests ‘killing off’ teenagers in Gaza – leaked VIDEO
Palestinian minors should face a death sentence if they are seen carrying arms, David Roet has said https://www.rt.com/news/614700-israeli-diplomat-execute-children-gaza/
Israel violates ceasefire in Gaza more than 900 times — Jordanian Foreign Minister https://tass.com/world/1933077
Israel approves plan to legalise 13 settlement outposts in occupied West Bank
Israeli army arrests 13 more Palestinians in West Bank raids
Palestinians flee Gaza's southern city of Rafah under Israeli fire
Palestinians flee Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood as Israeli forces invade Rafah in southern Gaza. Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee ordered Palestinian residents to relocate to Al-Mawasi along Gaza’s coast, calling Tel Al-Sultan a 'dangerous combat zone.' Earlier today, paramedics were injured after Israeli forces besieged and opened fire on several ambulances responding to Israeli air strikes in the Al-Hashashin area in Rafah, Anadolu Agency reported. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-palestinians-flee-gazas-southern-city-of-rafah-under-israeli-fire/
Non-military targeting: Houthis Say New US Airstrikes Obliterated Residential Neighborhood https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-say-new-us-airstrikes-obliterated-residential-neighborhood
Residents of Kazachya Loknya recount their experiences of living under Ukrainian occupation https://www.rt.com/russia/614716-it-was-real-hell-kursk/
A few blocks from us, across the highway from our grocery store: Bomb Squad Discovers Multiple Incendiary Devices at Tesla Dealership https://www.westernjournal.com/bomb-squad-discovers-multiple-incendiary-devices-tesla-dealership/
From investigative reporter John Leake, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is Likely an Agent Provocateur
The Democrat from Texas is apparently taunting Pam Bondi, in effect daring the Attorney General to arrest her. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/us-rep-jasmine-crockett-is-likely According to the Washington Post, the Israeli military is gearing up for a major ground operation in Gaza that could last months or longer. Last week, Israel broke a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas and conducted large-scale bombings in the Strip that killed hundreds.
The Post spoke with current and former Israeli officials, who explained that “The new and more aggressive tactics” would probably include “direct military control of humanitarian aid,” “targeting more of Hamas’s civilian leadership, and evacuating women, children and vetted noncombatants from neighborhoods to ‘humanitarian bubbles.’”
The officials said those who are not evacuated would face a siege that is a “more intense version of a tactic employed last year in northern Gaza.” https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/23/report-israel-planning-more-aggressive-invasion-of-gaza/
The Post spoke with current and former Israeli officials, who explained that “The new and more aggressive tactics” would probably include “direct military control of humanitarian aid,” “targeting more of Hamas’s civilian leadership, and evacuating women, children and vetted noncombatants from neighborhoods to ‘humanitarian bubbles.’”
The officials said those who are not evacuated would face a siege that is a “more intense version of a tactic employed last year in northern Gaza.” https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/23/report-israel-planning-more-aggressive-invasion-of-gaza/
Dozens of Palestinian civilians have reportedly been executed by Israeli forces in the southernmost city of Rafah https://thecradle.co/articles/gaza-rescue-teams-besieged-by-israeli-forces-as-catastrophe-unfolds
The Trump White House is cheering on the slaughter. They attack critics of the genocide as “antisemites” who should be silenced, criminalized or deported while funneling billions of dollars in weapons to Israel.
Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is the inevitable denouement of its settler colonial project and apartheid state. The seizure of all of historic Palestine — with the West Bank soon, I expect, to be annexed by Israel — and displacement of all Palestinians has always been the Zionist goal.
Israel’s worst excesses occurred during the wars of 1948 and 1967 when huge parts of historic Palestine were seized, thousands of Palestinians killed and hundreds of thousands were ethnically cleansed. Between these wars, the slow-motion theft of land, murderous assaults and steady ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continued.
That calibrated dance is over. This is the end. What we are witnessing dwarfs all the historical assaults on Palestinians. Israel’s demented genocidal dream — a Palestinian nightmare — is about to be achieved. It will forever shatter the myth that we, or any Western nation, respect the rule of law or are the protectors of human rights, democracy and the so-called “virtues” of Western civilization. Israel’s barbarity is our own. https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/23/chris-hedges-the-last-chapter-of-the-genocide/
Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is the inevitable denouement of its settler colonial project and apartheid state. The seizure of all of historic Palestine — with the West Bank soon, I expect, to be annexed by Israel — and displacement of all Palestinians has always been the Zionist goal.
Israel’s worst excesses occurred during the wars of 1948 and 1967 when huge parts of historic Palestine were seized, thousands of Palestinians killed and hundreds of thousands were ethnically cleansed. Between these wars, the slow-motion theft of land, murderous assaults and steady ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continued.
That calibrated dance is over. This is the end. What we are witnessing dwarfs all the historical assaults on Palestinians. Israel’s demented genocidal dream — a Palestinian nightmare — is about to be achieved. It will forever shatter the myth that we, or any Western nation, respect the rule of law or are the protectors of human rights, democracy and the so-called “virtues” of Western civilization. Israel’s barbarity is our own. https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/23/chris-hedges-the-last-chapter-of-the-genocide/
Palestinian minors should face a death sentence if they are seen carrying arms, David Roet has said https://www.rt.com/news/614700-israeli-diplomat-execute-children-gaza/
Israel violates ceasefire in Gaza more than 900 times — Jordanian Foreign Minister https://tass.com/world/1933077
Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan to separate and legalise 13 settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.
“We continue to lead a revolution of normalisation and regulation in the settlements. Instead of hiding and apologising – we raise the flag, build and settle. This is another important step on the path to actual sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank),” Smotrich said. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-israel-approves-plan-to-separate-13-settlement-outposts-in-occupied-west-bank/
“We continue to lead a revolution of normalisation and regulation in the settlements. Instead of hiding and apologising – we raise the flag, build and settle. This is another important step on the path to actual sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank),” Smotrich said. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-israel-approves-plan-to-separate-13-settlement-outposts-in-occupied-west-bank/
Over the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.
At least 937 Palestinians have since been killed and over 7,000 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-israeli-army-arrests-13-more-palestinians-in-west-bank-raids/
At least 937 Palestinians have since been killed and over 7,000 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-israeli-army-arrests-13-more-palestinians-in-west-bank-raids/
Palestinians flee Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood as Israeli forces invade Rafah in southern Gaza. Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee ordered Palestinian residents to relocate to Al-Mawasi along Gaza’s coast, calling Tel Al-Sultan a 'dangerous combat zone.' Earlier today, paramedics were injured after Israeli forces besieged and opened fire on several ambulances responding to Israeli air strikes in the Al-Hashashin area in Rafah, Anadolu Agency reported. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250323-palestinians-flee-gazas-southern-city-of-rafah-under-israeli-fire/
Israeli army admits firing on Red Cross building in southern Gaza Strip
US deflects questions on Israeli killings of journalists in Gaza, blames Hamas
'I would say that every single thing that's happening is a result of Hamas,' says State Department https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-deflects-questions-on-israeli-killings-of-journalists-in-gaza-blames-hamas/3519014
Why They Deny It’s a Genocide
But they lived... reminds me of the USS Liberty somehow: Two alleged Israeli hostages say almost killed in airstrike in video posted by Hamas https://tass.com/world/1933295
Arrested Erdogan rival wins presidential nomination
Nearly 15 million people have voted for Ekrem Imamoglu as the Republican People’s Party’s candidate in Türkiye’s 2028 election https://www.rt.com/news/614694-istanbul-mayor-nominated-president/
RT crew says Turkish police beat and pepper sprayed them
Yasin Eken and his cameraman were assaulted while covering protests in support of the jailed mayor of Istanbul https://www.rt.com/news/614684-rt-crew-turkish-police-attack/
Read the statement below. It states clearly that no emergency is needed to issue an EUA. I have explained this before. You only need the potential for an emergency.
Note that a potential H7N9 emergency is still extant—it never got revoked, even though it has been over 7 years since there was an H7N9 outbreak in the US (which never affected a single person).
“Note that issuance of this EUA does NOT indicate that an actual public health emergency exists in the United States. Distribution of diagnostic test kits domestically is a preparedness measure. For information on the latest available FDA H7 molecular assays via EUA, see the FDA website. These EUAs will cease to be effective when the declaration of emergency is terminated under section 564(b)(2) of the Act or when the EUA is revoked under section 564(g) of the Act.” https://merylnass.substack.com/p/evidence-why-the-prep-act-is-a-joke
NEW STUDY — COVID-19 Vaccination Increased Risk of Hair Loss, Shingles, Endometriosis, Gum Disease, Warts, and More
Among 1.7 million people, COVID-19 vaccination was linked to broad-spectrum side effects affecting dermatological, gynecological, ophthalmological, auditory, and dental systems. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-covid-19-vaccination-increased
This one has a few specifics: Guest Post by Dr. Peter McCullough: Detoxing the Spike – A Path Forward After COVID and Vaccines https://canaryinacovidworld.substack.com/p/guest-post-by-dr-peter-mccullough
“After examination, it turned out that the identification was incorrect and the building belonged to the Red Cross,” the army admitted, adding that the incident will be investigated. The attack came just days after Israeli forces striking a UN building, killing one employee and injuring five others. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-admits-firing-on-red-cross-building-in-southern-gaza-strip/3518979
'I would say that every single thing that's happening is a result of Hamas,' says State Department https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-deflects-questions-on-israeli-killings-of-journalists-in-gaza-blames-hamas/3519014
The Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, put deep moral evasion on display.
Among the “slogans” that are used when criticizing Israel, he said, “The one that bothers me the most is genocide. Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So, if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, that would be genocide. That’s not what happened.”
Schumer is wrong. The international Genocide Convention defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” — with such actions as killing, “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” and “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.”
Among the “slogans” that are used when criticizing Israel, he said, “The one that bothers me the most is genocide. Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So, if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, that would be genocide. That’s not what happened.”
Schumer is wrong. The international Genocide Convention defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” — with such actions as killing, “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” and “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.”
Such actions by Israel have been accompanied by clear evidence of genocidal intent — underscored by hundreds of statements by Israeli leaders and policy shapers.
Scarcely three months into the Israeli war on Gaza, scholars Raz Segal and Penny Green pointed out, a database compiled by the Law for Palestine human rights organization that “meticulously documents and collates 500 statements that embody the Israeli state’s intention to commit genocide and incitement to genocide since October 7, 2023.”
Those statements “by people with command authority — state leaders, war cabinet ministers and senior army officers — and by other politicians, army officers, journalists and public figures reveal the widespread commitment in Israel to the genocidal destruction of Gaza.”
Since March 2, the United Nations reports, “Israeli authorities have halted the entry of all lifesaving supplies, including food, medicine, fuel and cooking gas, for 2.1 million people.” https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/23/why-they-deny-its-a-genocide/
Scarcely three months into the Israeli war on Gaza, scholars Raz Segal and Penny Green pointed out, a database compiled by the Law for Palestine human rights organization that “meticulously documents and collates 500 statements that embody the Israeli state’s intention to commit genocide and incitement to genocide since October 7, 2023.”
Those statements “by people with command authority — state leaders, war cabinet ministers and senior army officers — and by other politicians, army officers, journalists and public figures reveal the widespread commitment in Israel to the genocidal destruction of Gaza.”
Since March 2, the United Nations reports, “Israeli authorities have halted the entry of all lifesaving supplies, including food, medicine, fuel and cooking gas, for 2.1 million people.” https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/23/why-they-deny-its-a-genocide/
Caitlin Johnstone also noticed Schumer: It's An Awkward Time To Be A Liberal Israel Supporter https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/its-an-awkward-time-to-be-a-liberal
Nearly 15 million people have voted for Ekrem Imamoglu as the Republican People’s Party’s candidate in Türkiye’s 2028 election https://www.rt.com/news/614694-istanbul-mayor-nominated-president/
Yasin Eken and his cameraman were assaulted while covering protests in support of the jailed mayor of Istanbul https://www.rt.com/news/614684-rt-crew-turkish-police-attack/
The Teen Refused: “Give It to Him Anyway”: Teen Given COVID-19 mRNA Shot Without Consent — State Supreme Court Says Family Can Sue
The PREP Act can’t override constitutional protections, court rules. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/give-it-to-him-anyway-teen-given Sasha Latypova has more details: Good News: Supreme Court of North Carolina dents the PREP Act liability shield.
The court rules that the PREP ACT does not prevent individuals from using the state’s constitution to sue for injuries relating to the Covid-19 countermeasures. In a split decision, the Court reversed in part and affirmed in part, holding that while the PREP Act likely preempts common law tort claims like battery, it does not preempt the plaintiffs' claims for violations of fundamental rights under the North Carolina Constitution. The Court explicitly recognized two such fundamental rights under the state's Law of the Land Clause (Article I, Section 19) of the North Carolina Constitution:
-a parent's right to control the upbringing of their child, including medical decisions;
-an individual's right to bodily integrity, defined as the “right of a competent person to refuse forced, nonmandatory medical treatment”.
The dissenting opinion argued that the PREP Act's broad language and purpose demonstrate a clear intent to preempt all state law claims for loss related to covered countermeasures, including constitutional claims.
PREP Act Preemption: The central legal question is whether the federal PREP Act, which provides immunity from liability related to the administration of covered countermeasures during a public health emergency, preempts the plaintiffs' state law claims.
The Court acknowledges the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which dictates that federal law can preempt state law when Congress intends to do so. However, it also emphasizes the presumption against preemption, particularly in areas of historic state police power. https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/good-news-first-major-blow-to-the
-a parent's right to control the upbringing of their child, including medical decisions;
-an individual's right to bodily integrity, defined as the “right of a competent person to refuse forced, nonmandatory medical treatment”.
The dissenting opinion argued that the PREP Act's broad language and purpose demonstrate a clear intent to preempt all state law claims for loss related to covered countermeasures, including constitutional claims.
PREP Act Preemption: The central legal question is whether the federal PREP Act, which provides immunity from liability related to the administration of covered countermeasures during a public health emergency, preempts the plaintiffs' state law claims.
The Court acknowledges the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which dictates that federal law can preempt state law when Congress intends to do so. However, it also emphasizes the presumption against preemption, particularly in areas of historic state police power. https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/good-news-first-major-blow-to-the
Meryl Nass MD, Evidence why the PREP Act is a joke and needs to be repealed or amended
Just stumbled on this incriminatory CDC statement: Note that a potential H7N9 emergency is still extant—it never got revoked, even though it has been over 7 years since there was an H7N9 outbreak in the US (which never affected a single person).
“Note that issuance of this EUA does NOT indicate that an actual public health emergency exists in the United States. Distribution of diagnostic test kits domestically is a preparedness measure. For information on the latest available FDA H7 molecular assays via EUA, see the FDA website. These EUAs will cease to be effective when the declaration of emergency is terminated under section 564(b)(2) of the Act or when the EUA is revoked under section 564(g) of the Act.” https://merylnass.substack.com/p/evidence-why-the-prep-act-is-a-joke
There are limits to covert political alliances: American Heart Association Retracts Opposition To Barring Soda, Candy From Food Stamps https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-heart-association-retracts-food-stamp-soda-opposition
Among 1.7 million people, COVID-19 vaccination was linked to broad-spectrum side effects affecting dermatological, gynecological, ophthalmological, auditory, and dental systems. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-covid-19-vaccination-increased
Physicist Anastassia Makarieva, Biotic Pump co-originator: New Global Carbon Data Revives the "Missing Sink" Problem
Once again, it is about our misunderstanding of the biosphere https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/new-global-carbon-data-revives-the I pondered this in my sleep and woke up wondering about how much methane clathrate is being produced. It is hard to study because it accumulates in the deepest and coldest ocean waters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate
Conventional Life Form (pictured with recently planted "Arctic Frost" variety cold-tolerant orange tree)
