Resourceful Humans,
Mamdani has a chance to gain some funding for public projects without raising taxes: Ellen Brown: Why New York City Needs a Public Bank
"We will build a city-owned bank — not to serve shareholders, but to serve you. A bank that invests in housing, in transit, in climate resilience. A bank that puts our money to work for our people.” — Zohran Mamdani, Victory Speech, Nov. 4, 2025 Mamdani’s plan to fund his reforms through $9 billion in new taxes on corporations and high earners is already bumping up against political and fiscal realities. Income taxes are the province of the state, not the city, and NY State Governor Kathy Hochul is standing firm in her resistance to raising them.
..In his June 2025 primary speech, he pledged to create a city-owned bank to fund housing, transit and climate resilience — calling it “a tool to break Wall Street’s grip on our future.” .....These statements align with his legislative record. Mamdani was a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill A3352, the New York Public Banking Act, and he has consistently advocated for public finance alternatives during his tenure in the State Assembly...
..A public bank is a bank owned by the people through their government (local or federal). It can hold public funds, issue loans for public purposes and reinvest profits in the community. This is not a utopian idea; it’s a proven model. The proof is in an unlikely state, conservative North Dakota. While New York City entrusts its public funds to Wall Street banks — paying billions in interest to private lenders — the state of North Dakota has taken a radically different approach. Its public funds are held in the Bank of North Dakota (BND), a state-owned institution that reinvests profits locally, finances infrastructure, and cushions the blow of economic shocks. While NYC relies on private-profit-driven banks to finance public needs, BND operates as a public utility — prioritizing resilience, affordability and sovereignty. https://scheerpost.com/2025/11/17/ellen-brown-why-new-york-city-needs-a-public-bank/
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he hoped to press President Trump to help ease the affordability crisis.
He said that if the president were willing to find common ground on the issue, he would be willing to work with him.
“The president ran a campaign where he spoke about a promise to deliver cheaper groceries, a promise to reduce the cost of living,” Mr. Mamdani said at news conference at a food pantry in the Bronx, where he served meals to visitors. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-says-he-plans-meet-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-work-something-out
He said that if the president were willing to find common ground on the issue, he would be willing to work with him.
“The president ran a campaign where he spoke about a promise to deliver cheaper groceries, a promise to reduce the cost of living,” Mr. Mamdani said at news conference at a food pantry in the Bronx, where he served meals to visitors. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-says-he-plans-meet-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-work-something-out
The Honest Sorcerer points out that countries export what's left over. The Oil Import Curse - Why oil imports might fall far faster, far sooner than supply
For what do they prepare? FT Confirms Our Report From 2024 That China Is Buying 10x More Gold Than Officially Disclosed https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ft-confirms-our-report-2024-china-buying-10x-more-gold-officially-disclosed
Andrew Korybko notes that minimal bomb-damage done to some rails, not a train, Poland’s Railroad Sabotage Incident Is Highly Suspicious
Chancellor Merz says Germany must take greater responsibility for Europe as the continent faces threats from Russia, tensions with the US, and a more assertive China https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-s-merz-says-eu-must-be-transformed-into-european-defense-union/3745904
As the threat from Russia increases, it is no longer only young men who are being called to serve. https://archive.is/hQS4c#selection-1499.0-1505.97
Moon of Alabama, Ukraine Is Buying Fighter Jets With Money It Does Not Have?
Over the next two years Ukraine plans to spend some €140 billion ($162b) it does not have to continue its war with Russia. There is serious doubt that the European Union, which has already shuffled €180 billion ($216b) to Ukraine, will be able to pay even a fraction of that.
Despite Ukraine’s lack of money it acting president Vladimir Zelenski is announcing deals to procure expensive military aircraft at an unprecedented scale.
In late October he went to Sweden to buy JAS 39 Gripen-E multi-role fighter jets build by Saab...
..It should also be noted that these figures do not include weapons, which must be purchased separately.Over the next two years Ukraine plans to spend some €140 billion ($162b) it does not have to continue its war with Russia. There is serious doubt that the European Union, which has already shuffled €180 billion ($216b) to Ukraine, will be able to pay even a fraction of that.
Despite Ukraine’s lack of money it acting president Vladimir Zelenski is announcing deals to procure expensive military aircraft at an unprecedented scale.
In late October he went to Sweden to buy JAS 39 Gripen-E multi-role fighter jets build by Saab...
The total price tag for the fighter jets is more than $20+ billion. The price is likely to increase because it will take many years to build the planes:
Even for Sweden’s own Air Force, Saab plans to complete its 60-aircraft order only by 2030.
Currently, Saab’s production facilities in Linköping can manufacture about 12 aircraft per year. However, the company aims to significantly increase this rate through localization in other countries.
Not even a month later Zelenski visits France to buy the even more expensive Rafale jets...
When those just ordered planes would arrive is also not known. The capacity to build them is already sold out for the next five years...
..I wonder about the strategy behind announcing deals that involve such large sums of money Ukraine does not have for planes that will not even be build during the next five years. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/11/ukraine-is-buying-fighter-jets-with-money-it-does-not-have.html
Just discussing surrounded Ukrainian soldiers in Pokrovsk, without Russia: Witkoff, Zelensky, Erdogan To Meet In Turkey In Effort To Revive Peace Talks https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/witkoff-zelensky-erdogan-meet-turkey-effort-jump-start-peace-talks-again
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he's spoken with congressional Democrats about a plan to hand people cash that they can use to purchase their own health insurance. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/people-love-it-trump-talking-dems-about-direct-payment-health-care-plans
This pressures the Supreme Court before midterms and lets Trump off the hook if tarriffs are disallowed. Trump promises $2,000 tariff checks by mid-2026 https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026
Celia Farber, Turning Point USA Exposed By Auditor As MASSIVELY Corrupt, Money Laundering Operation With Far Reaching Implications: "I Got Up...And Started Reading It And My Mouth Dropped." - Let's Hear It For The Auditor Geeks, Finally Giving Us The Real Story Here https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/turning-point-usa-exposed-by-auditor
Jerusalem Post: Majority of Israelis oppose Palestinian state, even for Saudi normalization, survey finds
Among Jewish Israelis, opposition is even higher at 79%, up from 76% in the previous JCFA poll. This marks the highest level of Jewish-Israeli opposition in its tracking since the war began. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-874235We'll impartially investigate ourselves. Outrage in Israel as Netanyahu says government will oversee Oct. 7 inquiry https://www.arabnews.com/node/2623009/middle-east
“The Israeli army has systematically and extensively destroyed Gaza’s archaeological sites as part of a policy aimed at erasing Palestinian identity,” Ismail al-Thawabteh, head of Gaza’s Government Media Office. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-destroys-gaza-s-historical-palace-with-over-20-000-artifacts-looted/3745846
UN-backed agency warns that at least 259,000 families will face winter 'without adequate protection' as Israel blocks lifesaving supplies of shelters https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/first-rains-winter-threatens-gaza-living-crisis-over-19-million-displaced-palestinians
Last year the head of Israel’s prison system boasted that he had degraded prison conditions to the legal minimum https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestine-deaths-israel-prisons-gaza-b2866564.html
Three boys who were seized near aid distribution points say they were electrocuted, beaten and psychologically tortured in detention https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/prison-inside-me-freed-palestinian-child-prisoners-recount-torture-israeli-custody
Kit Klarenberg, The Global Zionist Organ Trafficking Conspiracy https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/the-global-zionist-organ-trafficking
The UN Security Council voted in favor of Trump’s “peace plan” for Gaza, effectively giving the U.S. and Israel the mandate to push forward their vision for Gaza's future - a future that, notably, features no consideration for what Palestinians want.
Israel’s defense minister Yizrael Katz said that Israel will demilitarize Gaza on the Israeli-controlled side, using for the first time by an Israeli official the term “new Gaza,” clearly pushing towards the division of Gaza. The resolution, aside from legitimizing the key elements of Trump’s plan – namely the peace board, and the deployment of international forces with the mandate of disarming Hamas and other Palestinian factions – remains vague on critical issues like reconstruction, leaving a gap to be filled by the US-Israeli vision of dividing Gaza. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/un-security-council-approves-trumps-gazapeace-plan-green-lighting-u-s-israeli-control-of-gazas-future/
Washington has been unable to convince countries involved in the ‘stabilization force’ plan to confront Hamas and other factions militarily https://thecradle.co/articles-id/34315
A US army plan envisions dividing Gaza into two halves, one of which will be developed while under Israeli control, while the other remains in ruins. https://www.newarab.com/news/us-army-plans-limit-gaza-rebuild-israeli-controlled-area
Israeli military drone company XTEND has signed a multi-million-dollar deal with the US Department of Defense for attack drones tested in Gaza. https://www.newarab.com/news/us-signs-deal-israeli-drones-tested-gaza
Haaretz: Israel's Violent Jewish Settlers Are Neither Marginal and nor a Handful https://archive.ph/Ushoq#selection-293.11-297.71
'We May Have Reached the Point Where Settlers Try to Kill Jews'
Oded Yedaya was hit by a large stone thrown by a settler in the West Bank. The artist and political activist – who once served alongside Benjamin Netanyahu in an elite military unit – explains what that could mean for solidarity activism. https://archive.ph/iuuxW#selection-851.0-851.237
“After over two years of slaughter, forced starvation, and mass atrocities in Gaza, the global consensus is clear: The Israeli government has committed genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.” https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/11/16/as-israel-keeps-killing-palestinians-tlaib-leads-bill-recognizing-war-on-gaza-as-genocide/
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said the Israeli forces had fired from a Merkava tank positioned inside Lebanese territory towards the peacekeepers, who were on foot. Heavy machine gun fire landed five metres from the peacekeepers, who were forced to seek shelter, it said.
The Israeli tank withdrew after peacekeepers contacted the Israeli military through official channels, UNIFIL said. https://thearabweekly.com/tensions-rise-israeli-troops-attack-un-forces-southern-lebanon
The Israeli tank withdrew after peacekeepers contacted the Israeli military through official channels, UNIFIL said. https://thearabweekly.com/tensions-rise-israeli-troops-attack-un-forces-southern-lebanon
Flight carrying 153 Palestinians to South Africa triggers accusations that Israel, via Al-Majd Europe, engineered scheme to remove Palestinians from Gaza
Activists found that not only had the South African government been unaware of their arrival, but the evacuees themselves were not in possession of any documentation or paperwork to assist with their processing in the country.
The activists said that what was even more shocking was that several Palestinians said they had embarked on the trip without fully knowing where they were going. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/south-africa-activists-allege-israel-used-group-transfer-palestinians-from-gaza
The activists said that what was even more shocking was that several Palestinians said they had embarked on the trip without fully knowing where they were going. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/south-africa-activists-allege-israel-used-group-transfer-palestinians-from-gaza
Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.
The government allowed them to leave the plane after the charity organisation Gift of the Givers offered to accommodate them.
Officials said 23 Palestinians flew to other countries, without adding any more details.
“These are people from Gaza who somehow mysteriously were put on a plane that passed by Nairobi and came here,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/16/whats-the-shadowy-organisation-taking-gaza-palestinians-to-south-africa
Officials said 23 Palestinians flew to other countries, without adding any more details.
“These are people from Gaza who somehow mysteriously were put on a plane that passed by Nairobi and came here,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/16/whats-the-shadowy-organisation-taking-gaza-palestinians-to-south-africa
RSF is burning and burying bodies near a university, mosque, camp for the displaced people, and hospital in el-Fasher, Yale University researchers say. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/15/sudans-army-captures-two-areas-in-north-kordofan-as-rsf-burns-more-bodies
Railgun breakthrough promises a cheap strike option that could upend missile dominance and revive naval gunnery https://asiatimes.com/2025/11/japans-railgun-locked-and-loaded-to-kill-chinas-hypersonics/
Tech Sinica - China’s Relentless Innovation Drive, Pepe Escobar https://www.unz.com/pescobar/tech-sinica-chinas-relentless-innovation-drive/
Dutch Retreat: Beijing Wins Control Fight Over Nexperia After Chip Shipments Squeezed https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dutch-retreat-beijing-wins-control-fight-over-nexperia-after-chip-shipments-squeezed
Beijing Jumps Back Into US Soybean Market, Snaps Up 20 Cargo Loads After Abrupt Pause https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/beijing-jumps-back-us-soybean-market-snaps-20-cargo-loads-after-abrupt-pause
Is the US Trying to Set in Motion a Colour Revolution in Mexico?
Britain's Speech Gulag Exposed: 10,000 Arrested Last Year For Social Media Posts https://www.zerohedge.com/political/britains-speech-gulag-exposed-10000-arrested-last-year-social-media-posts
'Europe Is Persecuting Christians'
NEW STUDY: Infant Vaccine Intensity Strongly Predicts Autism Rates Worldwide
Across countries on three continents, a 1% increase in vaccine types before age one corresponded to a 0.47% increase in autism prevalence. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-infant-vaccine-intensity
For the moment there is no smoking gun. But the US is clearly, wilfully destabilising the country. And this effort predates Trump 2.0. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/is-the-us-trying-to-organise-a-colour-revolution-in-mexico.html
Free speech is under serious attack all across Europe. To criticise the sacred cows of the progressive worldview – from transgenderism to immigration and even Islam – is to invite a knock on the door from the thought police. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/europe-persecuting-christians
The first minute has the basic story: We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY
Across countries on three continents, a 1% increase in vaccine types before age one corresponded to a 0.47% increase in autism prevalence. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-infant-vaccine-intensity
Peter McCullough MD.considers common causation. Coincident Rises in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Over Decades
Separate and now overlapping childhood disorders rising rapidly with a correlation of 0.96 https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/coincident-rises-in-attention-deficit"[You take the] same Aluminum adjuvant used in the Hepatitis B vaccine" and "inject it into that rat with a protein ... if it's a peanut protein, that rat will have a lifetime allergy to peanuts". RFK Jr:
"Aluminum provokes an allergic response and that's why it's valuable [and] if you put the aluminum in with the viral antigen [you] mount an allergic response to that viral antigen [but] that aluminum also creates allergic responses to anything in the ambient environment". "If you have a peanut oil excipient in that vaccine, and you put aluminum in it, now you could have a lifetime allergy to peanuts".
According to one study that looked at Aluminum and Allergies, comparing vaccinated with unvaccinated children, they found "vaccinated children [are] 30 x more likely to have allergic rhinitis". As HHS Sec. Robert F Kennedy said recently: "We need to look at the Aluminum in the vaccines [so] we're doing that today with the NIH [and that] we give that Hepatitis B vaccine during the first 24 hours of life". https://x.com/Humanspective/status/1990556748944666858
In a cohort that was 94% vaccinated, every participant had amyloid microclots —the same pathology behind the large white fibrous clots now being pulled from corpses worldwide. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-anomalous-amyloid
Peter McCullough MD, Case-Counting Window Bias Exposed
COVID-19 unvaccinated appear to have higher mortality from all causes because vaccinated counted as "unvaccinated' for two weeks after [2nd] shot https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/case-counting-window-bias-exposedDelaying Mortality (pictured with kale, collards and broccoli row anticipating winter)
