Thursday, February 20, 2025

Shaken Not Stirred

 Briefly Disoriented,


  Gilbert Doctorow explains the Russian view of Gorbachev:  Donald Trump: the Gorbachev of our times
  As of last night, panelists on this talk show were still comparing Trump to Gorbachev but in a very different, much more favorable way. They now focus on Trump’s apparently genuine efforts to bring about peace and also to his remarkable political skills which no one, in Russia or here in the West ever suspected...
..Kellogg and several others in the Trump entourage said that the war was at a stalemate and that lives were now being lost daily for no purpose.
  At a stalemate? we in the Opposition to the Washington narrative asked.   This suggested that Team Trump was receiving the same Kiev propaganda from their daily CIA input as had the Biden administration before it...
..All of these suppositions about Trump have in the past week been proven to be dead wrong. What we have seen is the Donald Trump 90-minute phone conversation with Vladimir Putin agreeing on the path to a summit meeting that will resolve the Ukraine war in the context of a full re-set of US-Russian relations. We heard Pete Hegseth tell the Ukraine Coordinating organization in Brussels that NATO membership for Ukraine is improbable and that return of the country to its pre-war borders would not happen. We watched as Vice President J.D. Vance directly criticized the European Union member states for undermining their own security by their authoritarian, Soviet-like attacks on free speech at home, by their denial of political legitimacy to their own populist parties on the Right and on the Left, who represent millions of their fellow citizens, by their encouraging the Romanian authorities to cancel their latest presidential elections because the candidate favoring normal relations with Russia came out first.
..The rift that Vance opened with the Europeans was widened to a broad chasm when matched with breaking news that US and Russian delegations would be meeting in Riyad yesterday to prepare the way for a resolution of the Ukraine war and that neither the Ukrainians nor the Europeans were invited to the table.  Nor would General Kellogg be present, because he was sidelined by Trump to look after relations with Ukraine and with the Europeans, while the presidential emissary to the talks with the Russians would be Trump confidant and recent facilitator of the Israeli-Hamas truce Steve Witkoff.
  As Vance and Trump surely anticipated, the Vice President’s speech left the European high officials in the Munich Conference flustered, unbelieving, horrified...
..There was the realization that Europe is on its own in its defense on the Continent, that the U.S. now is a questionable friend and an unreliable ally.
  Washington did not invite the Europeans to the talks, but by way of ‘consultation’ invited them to fill out a questionnaire that demanded figures on troops and equipment that they were prepared to send to Ukraine as ‘peace-keepers’ to provide for Ukrainian security following conclusion of a peace treaty. This prompted Emmanuel Macron to invite the leaders of the key European supporters of Ukraine to a meeting in Paris on Monday to issue a joint statement on their contribution to peace-keeping...
..As we now know, the European leaders, plus von der Leyen from the Commission, De Costa from the European Council and Mark Rutte representing NATO all failed to agree in Paris on putting together a contingent of peace-keepers.  Most remarkably Germany, Poland and Spain all said Nyet...
..At the press conference in Riyadh at the conclusion of their four and a half hour talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and with Presidential Foreign Policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, Rubio, Waltz and Witkoff spoke very wellThey were very diplomatic, very much in control of the discourse with aggressive, unfriendly journalists from the press. They showed themselves to be loyal, shall we say deferential to the President whose will they were carrying out. They also appeared to be fully up to the task.
  From what the American negotiators said and to what Lavrov added in his own remarks to Russian journalists when the talks were over, we understand that the first issue that they addressed was to restore normal staffing and operating procedures at the respective diplomatic missions in Washington and Moscow which had been cut to nearly zero under the Biden administration. This begins with the appointment and confirmation of ambassadors on each side...
..Evidently the repair work on state-to-state relations will proceed in parallel and not be held up by talks on ending the war, which is now acknowledged as something that will take some time. The U.S. side recognizes that a permanent and broad relationship with Russia is essential to deal with global issues of interest to both nations.
  This will bring the relationship to the third phase of talks:  about ‘geopolitical’ issues.  Here we may expect the U.S. to try to drive a wedge between Russia and China, and to try to agree on what role BRICS will have in the coming multipolar world while not fundamentally threatening U.S. interests.
  The cherry on the cake was the press conference later yesterday that Donald Trump held at Mar a Lago. In answer to reporters’ questions on why Zelensky was excluded from the talks, he said that Zelensky had been at the table for three years, with no positive results.  As even today’s Financial Times recognizes in its article on the press conference, Trump was wholly dismissive of Zelensky and clearly wants to see him gone...
..What sense do I make of all the foregoing?
  The negotiating methods that Trump used from inauguration day to present are a perfect example of the alternating feint to the right, feint to the left methods that Mikhail Gorbachev used from early in his presidency to keep his fellow members of the collective Soviet leadership submissive. This is what the panelists in Solovyov’s show understood from their close experience with this at home...
..Those in the alternative media, just like those in mainstream who try to kick the tires, saying that Trump is motivated by narrow financial interests or other personal considerations that come from his vanity are being small-minded and are intentionally missing the big picture.   https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/19/donald-trump-the-gorbachev-of-our-times/

  It was really Victoria Nuland, huh?  ‘You should have never started it’: Trump suggests Ukraine to blame for war
US president says he will ‘probably’ meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month.   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/19/trump-says-he-will-probably-meet-putin-this-month-hits-out-at-ukraine

Trump Trounces "Modestly Successful Comedian... Dictator" Zelenksy After Ukraine Leader Revives Debunked Russiagate Narrative   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/reviving-debunked-russiagate-narrative-zelensky-says-trump-lives-russian

​  Not fair? Wasn't this Nuland's call too?  Puppet gets blame and payoff? Musk blames Zelensky for death of US journalist
The Ukrainian leader “killed” Gonzalo Lira, the close ally of President Donald Trump has claimed    https://swentr.site/news/613039-musk-zelensky-gonzalo-lira/

 Political updates in First 5:20 min.  Zelensky Insulted Trump A New Offensive Instead Of Elections Military Summary For 2025.02.20​   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdK7CuN9i_Y

​  Russian delegation member Ushakov: “The main thing is to begin a real normalization of relations between us and Washington.” —> The negotiations are not about Ukraine, but about restoring relations with America!...
..The Kiev born Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund came to negotiate economical details.l and he in the CNN interview explains the approach. Dmitriev said he had already held several meetings with Trump's team: "We've had several meetings with members of the Trump team, and all I can say is that they are great problem solvers. And I think President Trump is a great negotiator, as is his entire team” -> In short, Russia and USA are about to work on the global order, not about Ukraine in isolation. That’s bad news for Ukraine, as it’s a bargaining chip in this equation … not the main actor. Hence EU is also not needed   https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1891753063456592158

​  John Helmer says that Russia is insisting on proper diplomacy, step by step. TRUMP TRIES GRANDSTANDING IN RIYADH – RUBIO STEPS DOWN
​  It was obvious from the slow descent of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, stepping down the stairs from his aircraft, watching his shoes until they hit the ground in Riyadh, that the US side in Tuesday’s talks lacked a confident mandate from the White House for negotiations with the Russians.  
​  Rubio was there – inexperienced and nervous.​..– to arrange a grandstand display by President Donald Trump at the  summit meeting he wants with President Vladimir Putin. No more, no less.
​  Rubio ended up with less. To the uncomprehending Trump, speaking at his own press conference in Florida fifteen hours later, Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz are unable to explain.​..
​..Lavrov meant that the Americans were coming to the meeting with no agenda except for what Trump and Putin had said during their telephone call of February 12, and no agreement among the Americans themselves on what to say to the Russians behind closed doors.  
​  “We didn’t just listen”, Lavrov said in briefing the Russian press after the meeting, “but we also heard each other…This does not necessarily mean a convergence of positions.”  ​...
​..The points agreed are the appointment of ambassadors in Washington and Moscowremoval of restrictions the US has imposed on Russian diplomatic operations in the US, including at the United Nations in New York; and the expansion of the bilateral agenda for talks to come.  These were undertakings to continue talking – there was no agreement on more because the US side came unprepared for more.​..
​..Lavrov said more — Trump would not be getting his grandstand soon with Putin.
​  Instead, Lavrov said“the foreign ministers, the national security advisors were tasked with meeting and seeing what needs to be done before the presidents can begin to negotiate a specific date and date for the summit.” The key term Lavrov emphasized for Trump’s men was “before” – перед тем —  that’s process before PR.​..
​..In Riyadh, Lavrov also revealed a split on the US side. He told Russian reporters that he had asked Rubio and Waltz what end-of-war settlement plan Trump’s emissary on Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg,  had been discussing in Munich last week with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, according to Sikorsi’s public disclosure and the video record.   “I asked US Secretary of State Rubio and Waltz what it means. They said it was a fake.”​...
​..Rubio then telephoned the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK, together with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, to reassure them on what had not been agreed with the Russians. The text of the release reveals the political precedence Rubio gives to the Europeans ahead of the UK and the EU.​   https://johnhelmer.net/trump-tries-grandstanding-in-riyadh-rubio-steps-down/#more-91124

​  "I will meet Donald with pleasure" – that's what President Putin expressed Wednesday in a brief televised interview with RT. He further outlined some conditions for such a meeting, saying that it can't just involve sitting for some tea or coffee, but both the Russian and American diplomatic teams which met in Riyadh the day prior must thoroughly prepare to negotiate issues most important to each, particularly the Ukraine crisis.​..
..Putin also called the Trump team 'completely different' in terms of positive openness and willingness to work with Moscow, in contrast to the prior Biden administration, and given the Riyadh meeting took place without bias and on "friendly" terms, and with no "condemnation of what had been done in the past" – meaning the two sides showed willingness to move forward and not rehash a blame-game.
  Of the Tuesday Saudi-hosted talks, which lasted four-and-half hours, Putin described: "It is impossible to solve many issues, including the Ukrainian crisis, without increasing trust between Russia and the United States" – and stressed that the process is about restoring this trust, toward a resolution of the conflict.
  He was further quoted in Interfax saying of the talks: "Yes, I have been informed. I rate them highly, there are results."
  As for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, his follow-up assessment after leading the delegation in Riyadh was as follows: "Moscow and Washington need to clean up the legacy of former US President Joe Biden's administration, which ruined the foundation of long-lasting cooperation between the two countries."​...
​  Putin's spokesman on Wednesday remained cautiously optimistic:
“Maybe. Or maybe not,” Peskov said
, responding to a question about the possibility of the Trump-Putin summit in February.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-i-will-meet-donald-pleasure

Probationary period civilians again...  Incoming! DOGE Poised To Strike Defense Department With Mass Layoffs   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/incoming-doge-poised-strike-defense-department-mass-layoffs

​  One month into Israel’s West Bank offensive, violence and uncertainty are the new normal
Israel has killed 55 Palestinians after one month of its ongoing “Iron Wall” 
offensive in the West Bank Killings, mass displacement, and uncertainty are the new normal.​   
.https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/one-month-into-israels-west-bank-offensive-violence-and-uncertainty-are-the-new-normal/

​  UN chief slams Israeli police raids on UN schools in occupied East Jerusalem
​  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday “strongly” condemned Israeli police’s raid on schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu Agency reports.
​  “The secretary general condemns the breach of inviability of United Nations premises in occupied East Jerusalem, including the UNRWA training center and the attempt to forcibly enter three UNRWA schools and seek their closure,” said spokesperson Stephane Dujarric during a news conference
​  According to witnesses, police stormed the UNRWA-run Jerusalem Elementary School in Silwan town and interrogated its management members on Tuesday.
The raids also targeted another school in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood and a vocational training center in the Qalandia refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250218-un-chief-slams-israeli-police-raids-on-un-schools-in-occupied-east-jerusalem/

​  'Pure Evil': Hamas Hands Over Remains of Dead Israeli Mother, Toddler & Infant
​  Thursday was a somber and tragic day for Israel as the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages were returned by Hamas, 503 days after they were initially kidnapped in the Oct.7, 2023 raids on southern Israel and massacres.
​  "Hamas had said earlier in the week that it was handing over the bodies of Shiri Silberman Bibas, her two young sons Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz, who was 83 at the time of his abduction," Times of Israel writes.​..
..It's unclear how precisely the captives died, also in terms of when or where in captivity, but what's clear is the young had been taken alive:
​  The mother and children were taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Video of the abduction, with a terrified Shiri Bibas seen swaddling her two redheaded boys in a blanket and being whisked away by armed men, ricocheted around the world in the hours after the attack....
..Israel's Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli blasted the whole handover ordeal of small coffins, saying "a society that cultivates a culture of murder and death has no right to exist."...
​..Hamas has claimed it was actually Israeli bombs and attacks on Gaza which in the end killed the slain hostages, which they emphasized in propaganda posters featuring a bloody, monstrous Netanyahu..​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tragic-day-hamas-hands-over-remains-dead-israeli-mother-toddler-infant

​  11 more bodies found in south Lebanon after Israeli withdrawal
​  Truce pausing Israel's war on Gaza — which has reportedly killed over 48,297 Palestinians, a figure revised by officials to nearly 62,000, having added thousands who are missing and now presumed dead — enters its 32nd day.​   
https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/live-blog-israel-abducts-30-palestinians-in-occupied-west-bank-raids-18266444

​  Israel Creates Directorate to Oversee Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza

​  On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the creation of a directorate in the Defense Ministry tasked with overseeing the implementation of the plan announced by US President Donald Trump to ethnically cleanse Gaza.​   https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-creates-directorate-oversee-ethnic-cleansing-gaza/5880302

​  Another Blackwater? Nearly 100 U.S. Mercenaries Are in Gaza Right Now​;​   96 former U.S. special forces veterans are currently stationed in Gaza.
​  These mercenaries have been hired by UG Solutions, a North Carolina based military contractor, to patrol the intersection that Israel used to separate the north from the south of Gaza. What the Occupation called the “Netzarim Corridor” split Gaza with a fortified wide road to re-supply weapons and tanks as well as providing a vantage point to launch attacks on both the north and the south.​   
https://www.globalresearch.ca/another-blackwater-nearly-100-us-mercenaries-gaza/5880286

​  Satellite Imagery Reveals 7 New Israeli Army Outposts In Syria
The new sites are equipped with living quarters and command centers and aim to reinforce an indefinite Israeli presence in Syria​   https://thecradle.co/articles/satellite-imagery-reveals-seven-new-israeli-army-outposts-in-syria

Choking the tanker trade between Iran and China to hurt both geopolitical rivals:​  Trump’s No-Prisoners Approach to Iran-China Oil Crackdown​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/trumps-no-prisoners-approach-to-iran-china-oil-crackdown.html

​  Lots of these people are working for cheap in the US.  Trump Signs Executive Order Terminating All Federal Taxpayer Benefits Going To Illegal Aliens
The cost of welfare programs for noncitizens  is estimated to be in the billions.
​  The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimated that federal expenditures on illegal aliens in 2023 totaled nearly $66.5 billion, including more than $23 billion in federal medical expenditures and $11.6 billion in welfare benefits from Food Stamps, child nutrition, SSI, and other programs.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-signs-executive-order-terminating-all-federal-taxpayer-benefits-going-illegal

​  Shades of Teddy Roosevelt: Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust
New Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and acting Antitrust Division chief Omeed Assefi endorsed the 2023 merger guidelines. There's a new bipartisan consensus.​   https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/trump-enforcers-affirm-lina-khans

Trump Confirms Fort Knox Audit, But Gold Slips As Bessent Downplays Revaluation Rumors​   https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/trump-confirms-fort-knox-audit-gold-slips-bessent-downplays-revaluation-rumors

​  RFK Jr. Lays Out His HHS Agenda: 'Nothing Is Going To Be Off Limits'
 “Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized,” Kennedy told HHS staff, Tuesday morning. “I’m willing to subject them all to the scrutiny of unbiased science.”
​  Some of these previously taboo concerns, he said, include “the childhood vaccine schedule, electromagnetic radiation, glyphosate, other pesticides, ultra processed foods, artificial food additives, SSRI and other psychiatric drugs, PFAS, PFOAs, microplastics.”
​  RFK Jr. reminded HHS staff that an “overwhelming majority” of our Founding Fathers were “citizen scientists,” including “Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, a physician, Julian Bartlett, a physician, Matthew Thornton, a physician, and Oliver Wolcott, a physician.”​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/rfk-jr-lays-out-his-hhs-agenda-nothing-going-be-limits

​  Two birds with one stone.. Go ACOG! ​  Peer-Reviewed Study Confirms mRNA Injections Cross the Placenta and Reach the Fetus
Intramuscular mRNA-1273 injection rapidly crosses the placenta within one hour, accumulates in fetal organs, translates into Spike protein, and persists in fetal tissues after birth.​  
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-peer-reviewed-study-confirms

​  Trump Could Be About To Ban COVID Vaccines; Report
Trump health officials could be about to recommend a complete stop to covid vaccines for all age groups in the US, according to a report.
​  The move would effectively ban the vaccines amid widespread suggestions that they are having expansive side effects and causing a spike in excess deaths.
The Daily Mail outlines how Dr Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump’s nomination to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has backed a petition calling for the mRNA vaccines to be paused and retested.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/trump-could-be-about-ban-covid-vaccines-report

​  The modified mRNA in the Pfizer and Moderna "vaccine" products causes some people's cells to keep making toxic spike protein without end.  
NEW STUDY - Circulating Spike Protein Detectable 709 Days after COVID-19 mRNA Injection
Participants with post-vaccination syndrome had significantly higher circulating Spike protein levels compared with the control group.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-circulating-spike-protein

​  A Midwestern Doctor has more on that:  Yale Just Proved COVID Vaccine Injury Exists and Spike Production Persists for Years Inside The Body
Reviewing the consequences of the reckless steps used to make the vaccines and the immunological damage which followed​   https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/yale-proved-covid-vax-injury-exists

​  The probability of Earth-impact will likely increase until it suddenly goes to 0% (or 100%).  Why “city-killer” asteroid YR4’s impact probability keeps increasing
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which could devastate a city’s worth of humans, has gone from 1.2% to 2.3% to 2.6% to 3.1% chances of impact. Here’s why.​   https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/city-killer-asteroid-yr4-impact-probability/

​Monitoring Threats (featuring this picture of Jenny with apple blossoms before the freeze)


Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender

 Freemen,


  "Money makes the world go round" is a common whimsy, not factually true, but still painfully "true" for a human within the context of human political economics.
This is an ancient class war between those who lend money at interest, and those who work for their living, with a tendency to fall into debt slavery.
  Debt slavery could not readily happen in small communities, but once a class of enforcers arose, then such "property rights" could be enforced, resulting in slavery.
Debt slavery is accelerated to the degree that leverage is applied to underlying assets, such as gold. 10X leverage creates more debt slaves that 3X leverage does.

  In the ancient world most debts were owed to kings and temples, and were grain debts. The kings and temples had an interest in societal stability, and would declare debt forgiveness, "jubilee" years, periodically. Once debt began to be more in private hands of oligarchs, the interests of societal stability became secondary for any oligarch or group of oligarchs. Once lending for wars was established in a transnational setting, particularly after the Crusades were financed, this transnational financial elite could and did pit humans against each other in deadly struggle, benefitting from the winners and the plundered, fostering national debts in perpetuity, through existential wars.
  "Jubilee" wars were fought in Egypt and Greece in the centuries before and during the life of Jesus of Nazareth, won by the creditors, the Roman economic elites.
  Paradoxically, such "ownership" must be enforced by the very humans, armies and nations which it tortures and bleeds in debt slavery.

Is there no way out?  Might Elon Musk, Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin understand this situation? Can a "sovereign" nation be stronger than international financiers?

  Michael Hudson's thesis on this ancient class-war:  He Died for our Debt, not our Sins
Jesus’ first reported sermon in Luke 4 documents his announcement that he had come to revive the enforcement of the Jubilee Year. The term “gospel” (or ‘good news’) was used specifically to refer to debt cancellation which became the major political fight of the imperial Roman epoch, pitting Jesus against the pro-creditor Pharisees, (a political party and social movement that became the foundation for Rabbinic Judaism around 167 BC).
  Jesus died for our debt
  Professor Hudson says Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for his activism.
  The Pharisees, Hillel (the founder of Rabbinical Judaism) and the creditors who backed them decided that Jesus’ growing popularity was a threat to their authority and wealth.
  “They said ‘we’ve got to get rid of this guy and rewrite Judaism and make it about sex instead of a class war’, which is really what the whole Old Testament is about,” Professor Hudson said.   
https://michael-hudson.com/2017/12/

  How the US Fell Into the Hands of the International “Usurocracy” During the Civil War (After 1863)
  In a number of popular pamphlets, first published in 1944, Italian author Ezra Pound, described how the US fell into the hands of the international usurocracy during the civil war (after 1863); the suppression of the paper-money issue in Pennsylvania, A.D. 1750; and that these historical events should be considered in relation to World War II. In the pamphlet, America, Roosevelt and the causes of the present war, he states:
  “This war is part of the secular war between usurers and peasants, between the usurocracy and whomever does an honest day’s work with his own brain or hands… Schoolbooks do not disclose the inner workings of banks. The mystery of economics has been more jealously guarded than were ever the mysteries of Eleusis…   The basic fact of the history of the U.S.A. is the suppression (aforementioned) of the colonial paper-money, fifty-six years after the foundation of the (private) Bank “of England” (so-called)… the usurers’ cunning marked by the foundation of the above-mentioned bank was clearly registered in Paterson’s prospectus: “the bank hath benefit of the interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing… Wars are provoked in succession, deliberately, by the great usurers, in order to create debts, to create scarcity, so that they can extort the interest on these debts, so that they can raise the price of money… completely indifferent to the human victim…”
  Lincoln was assassinated after he made the statement given above… The fact remains that Lincoln had assumed a position in clear opposition to the usurocracy… After Lincoln’s death the real power in the United States passed from the hands of the official government into those of the Rothschilds and others of their evil combine. The democratic system perished. From that time on it has been useless to speak of the United States as an autonomous entity...
..The worldwide privately owned banking system bleeds a significant portion of the capacity/profit of nations. This occurs via governments paying vast amounts of interest to privately owned  international banks on debt-money loans and other mechanisms. For example, Ireland has been paying between €6 to 10 billion per annum in interest payments on the national debt. As a trading entity the country makes a profit of around €40 billion (plus) per annum. The debt-money is created from nothing, the credit is simply created from the promisory note to pay). The cruel hoax is that governments could create that money themselves.
  The BIS and the Central Banking System Exerts Vast Control Over the World Economy
  The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland is the central bank of central banks and is virtually immune to the laws of all national governments. There are 58 global central banks belonging to the BIS, and it has vastly more power over the world economy than any politician.  The central bankers of the world gather for meetings at BIS and make decisions that affect every person in the world, and yet none of us have any say in what goes on.  According to author Michael Snyder:
  “The Bank for International Settlements is an organization that was founded by the global elite and it operates for the benefit of the global elite, and it is intended to be one of the key cornerstones of the emerging one world economic system…. [T]he powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole…[13].”
  The Illusion of “Owning the World”
  Ultimately, those souls that think they own and control the material world, and believe they are the lord over it, are living in illusion. Any perceived ownership is temporary, and is a manifestation of ignorance, for in reality everything is owned and controlled by God. Time waits for no man or woman. When the death comes, the soul lives on, and we will not be able to take even one coin with us, what to mention a billionaire bank account – we take nothing with us except our ‘spiritual bank account’.  Ancient scriptures confirm that the body and material wealth is temporary, but the soul is eternal, and cannot be destroyed by any sword or hardship.   
https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-world-fell-hands-international-private-bankers/5880136

  I keep having the feeling that the Eurocrats are following plans established by the BIS in Brussels, furthered by the CIA and MI-6, and which are being leapfrogged and thwarted by Trump and Putin. It may just be my wishful thinking.  

  'Successful' US-Russia Talks Conclude After 4+ Hours, With No Ukraine Or EU Reps
The day of a high-level and much anticipated US-Russia meeting toward achieving the end of the war in Ukraine was held in Saudi Arabia, hailed by Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy adviser, as "successful" after about four-hours-and-a-half hours of talks.
  Both sides have said they are looking forward to the meeting paving a way for a near-future bilateral summit between Presidents Trump and Putin.
  Secretary Rubio issued a statement in the wake of the meeting, which most interestingly included an agreement for election to be held in Ukraine... According to what was agreed to based on Rubio's readout:
  Two sides agree to broadly to pursue three goals: allowing back staffing at their embassies in Washington and Moscow and to establish respective high-level teams to support Ukraine peace talks.
And three: Explore closer restored relations and economic cooperation between the US and Russia
  Rubio stressed that any agreement must be "acceptable" to US, Russia, Ukraine and Europe.
The plan has three stages: a ceasefireelections in Ukraine and signing a final agreement, according to Fox reporter Jacqui Heinrich on X
  Lavrov has said: We have agreed that a mechanism for a settlement of the Ukraine conflict will be formed in the near future, and ambassadors will be appointed ASAP to lead these efforts...
..More details via Bloomberg:
They also agreed to “address irritants” in US-Russia relations to restore the work of their diplomatic missions, and to “lay the groundwork for future cooperation on matters of mutual geopolitical interest” once the war ends, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
  Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said they discussed a summit between Trump and Putin but it was unlikely to take place next week. “It’s hard to say yet that we’re getting closer, but there was a conversation,” Ushakov said of the US and Russian positions after the meeting...
..Trump is determined to “move very quickly” on securing a permanent settlement in Ukraine, Waltz said in a briefing by the US side. Rubio said he was convinced Russia’s willing to engage “in a serious process” on Ukraine, while Witkoff called the meeting a “very, very solid session.”...
..Complaining about lack of EU representation, Ursula von der Leyen has claimed Europe has contributed more "financially and militarily" to Ukraine than anyone else...
..Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko has emphasized that in reality the EU has canceled itself, and that's why it's not a trustworthy partner to negotiate peace, or be in the room. He pointed to the EU’s repeatedly stated desire to "inflict a strategic defeat on Russia," stressing that "this rules out any role for the EU and European countries in the upcoming negotiations to resolve the conflict in and around Ukraine."   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/successful-us-russia-talks-conclude-after-4-hours-no-ukraine-or-eu-reps

Zelensky Abruptly Cancels Planned Saudi Visit After Being Sidelined From US-Russia Talks   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-abruptly-cancels-planned-saudi-visit-after-being-sidelined-us-russia-talks

  From Ankara, Turkey:  Zelensky Says No to Russian Ultimatums or Backroom Deals, No Side Can Win Militarily
Zelensky speaking in Ankara said Ukraine won’t bow to Russian ultimatums and criticized US-Russia talking without Kyiv, saying he postponed his Saudi visit to avoid “coincidences” after their meeting.   https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47378

  Trump Blasts Critics Of His Ukraine Peace Initiative, Including Zelensky, Questions Where Hundreds Of Billions Went
His tone on Zelensky was decidedly negative, and he defended his administration's stance on holding Kiev to new elections, saying this is necessary if the Ukrainians want a seat at the table.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-abruptly-cancels-planned-saudi-visit-after-being-sidelined-us-russia-talks

  Trump let this slip. It's true that the US started the war in Ukraine in 2014 with Victoria Nuland's coup.  Zelensky ran on peace, but he got told different once he was installed.
Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started it' in comments about war with Russia
  "I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well. But today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited.' Well, you've been there for three years," Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. "You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-ukraine-should-never-have-started-it-remarks-war-russia-rcna192710?form=MG0AV3

  Arab states to reveal 5-year plan to rebuild Gaza: No Hamas or relocation
Arab countries are set to present their vision for the reconstruction of Gaza at the upcoming summit in Cairo, in opposition to the Trump plan for Jordan, Egypt, and other countries to absorb Gazans   
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-arab-states-to-reveal-5-year-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-no-hamas-or-relocation

Jordan's king reaffirms rejection of Palestinian displacement   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-jordans-king-reaffirms-rejection-of-palestinian-displacement/

Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590489/middle-east

  Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old Gazan as a human shield. Then they killed him
Soldiers put an explosive cord around the man's neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours. After his release, another division shot him dead.
  A senior officer in the Israeli army’s Nahal Brigade tied an explosive cord around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man and forced him to serve as a human shield, ordering him to scout out abandoned houses under threat of having his head blown off. After he had served this purpose, the soldiers ordered the man to flee with his wife, but upon being spotted by another battalion they were both shot dead on the spot.   https://www.972mag.com/gaza-human-shield-mosquito/

  Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Has Been Tortured And Denied Care In Prison
  After multiple postponements by the Israeli occupation, Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was finally allowed to see a lawyer. The visit confirmed suspicions about the torture he has endured since his arbitrary imprisonment at the end of December 2024. According to reports from Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Dr. Abu Safiya suffered the same methods of torture inflicted by Israeli forces on all Palestinian prisoners, including having his hands tightly shackled and being forced to kneel and sit on gravel for hours.
  “He was also subjected to severe physical abuse,” the organization reported, “including beatings with batons and electric shock sticks, as well as repeated blows to the chest.” Similar beatings reported by other prisoners have caused long-lasting health issues, including limb fractures, breathing difficulties and chest pain. Despite this, and disregarding requests for medical assistance, Israeli guards and soldiers largely deny prisoners access to healthcare. This neglect also applies to Dr. Abu Safiya, who suffers from high blood pressure and heart muscle enlargement.   
https://popularresistance.org/dr-hussam-abu-safiya-has-been-tortured-and-denied-care-in-prison/

Israeli shelling kills 3 Palestinian police officers securing entry of aid in southern Gaza   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250216-israeli-shelling-kills-3-palestinian-police-officers-securing-entry-of-aid-in-southern-gaza/

  Despite ceasefire, Israel still destroying homes in Gaza:  Analysis of satellite images shows Israel has destroyed dozens of homes in possible breach of the ceasefire terms.   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/despite-ceasefire-israel-still-destroying-homes-in-gaza

  Israelis shoot schoolchildren in West Bank raid
Four schoolchildren were among at least 20 Palestinians shot and wounded during an Israeli raid on Sunday on the West Bank cities of Nablus and al-Bireh.
Israeli special forces stormed the Old City of Nablus and entered a number of houses, witnesses said. One student was filmed wounded on the ground, and unable to get up.  
https://www.newarab.com/video/israelis-shoot-schoolchildren-west-bank-raid

  Trump's Pro-War 'Understanding' with Netanyahu:  As usual, Trump intends to go along with whatever the Israeli government wants.
  A senior Israeli diplomatic source confirmed to Al-Monitor, on condition of anonymity, that Israel and the United States have reached a “full understanding” on the Iranian issue. That includes agreement on the steps that should be taken if Iran refuses to sign a nuclear agreement far more stringent than the one negotiated under President Barack Obama in 2015 and on which Trump reneged in 2018.  https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/trumps-pro-war-understanding-with

  At least 25 Palestinians arrested in Israeli military raids in occupied West Bank
Over 14,500 Palestinians detained by Israeli army in West Bank since October 2023, prisoners' groups say   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/at-least-25-palestinians-arrested-in-israeli-military-raids-in-occupied-west-bank/3484548

  Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after US President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defense ministry said on Sunday. The MK-84 is an unguided 2,000 pound bomb, which can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius.    https://english.alarabiya.net/News/united-states/2025/02/16/shipment-of-heavy-us-bombs-arrives-in-israel-defense-ministry-

  Violating every aspect of the "treaty".   Israel says its army to stay in 'buffer zone’ in Lebanon
Israel’s defense minister says army forces to stay in five points in southern Lebanon   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-says-its-army-to-stay-in-buffer-zone-in-lebanon/3485247

Hezbollah chief says Israel must fully withdraw from Lebanon by February 18   https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-chief-says-israel-must-fully-withdraw-lebanon-by-february-18-2025-02-16/

Whodunnit? "Hezbollah-friendly protesters"? Who benefits?  Saudi Arabia backs Lebanon to ‘firmly’ address attack on UN peacekeeping force convoy   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250216-saudi-arabia-backs-lebanon-to-firmly-address-attack-on-un-peacekeeping-force-convoy/

  Turkish forces in Kurdish areas of Syria: Turkish shelling cuts off electricity to 60 villages in ruler Girê Spî, Ain Issa
The repeated Turkish shelling of the countryside of Girê Spî /Tal Abyad and Ain Issa has caused power outages in 60 villages in these areas, while it has been impossible for technical teams to reach the faults due to direct targeting of them.   https://hawarnews.com/en/turkish-shelling-cuts-off-electricity-to-60-villages-in-ruler-gire-spi-ain-issa

  13 people, including woman, killed in Syria
At least 13 people were killed in separate incidents across Syria. Four of them, from the same family belonging to the "Bakkara" tribe, were executed by unidentified gunmen in the Sheikh Saeed neighborhood of Aleppo.  https://hawarnews.com/en/13-people-including-woman-killed-in-syria

Is this a legal defense?  Can they settle it themselves after they recover?  Pro-Israel gunman in Florida shoots 2 Israelis, mistaking them for Palestinians   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-pro-israel-gunman-in-florida-shoots-2-israelis-mistaking-them-for-palestinians/

  Has JD Vance been informed of this?  The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters
For some members of the WhatsApp group, speaking out for Palestine and criticizing Israel are tantamount to supporting Hamas.  
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/

  Who profits?  Thomas Fazi,  The EU’s propaganda machine  New report of mine out on how the EU funds NGOs to promote itself and lobby for "more Europe"
The European Commission’s systematic use of NGOs as a vehicle for advancing its political objectives poses a dual threat. On one hand, it undermines democracy by skewing public debate and marginalising dissenting voices, while promoting a one-sided agenda under the guise of “civil society engagement”. By leveraging its budgetary tools, the EU has effectively weaponised civil society organisations, turning them into instruments of institutional propaganda under the pretence of promoting shared “values” such as democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights.
  By positioning itself as the ultimate arbiter of values, the EU has placed itself above democratic accountability, using its financial and institutional resources to impose a singular vision of governance and integration across a continent marked by diverse histories, cultures and political systems. Rather than fostering genuine pluralism, the EU’s approach has fostered a top-down, technocratic model that prioritises conformity to its own agenda over respecting the will of the people in individual member states. Moreover, as we have seen, the Commission doesn’t limit itself to promoting a highly politicised approach to the EU’s stated values, but also uses civil society organisation to promote the EU itself and the very principle of supranational integration — all at the taxpayers’ expense. I characterise this approach as “propaganda by proxy”.
  Under the guise of value promotion and rule of law enforcement, these budgetary tools are weaponised to silence dissent and consolidate the EU’s authority, raising serious concerns about the troubling democratic backsliding occurring across Europe — much of which is driven by the EU itself.
  This reveals a broader and deeply concerning trend of anti-democratic governance within the EU. This is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a calculated strategy to centralise power within its supranational institutions, particularly the European Commission, at the expense of the sovereignty and democratic processes of its member states.   
https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/the-eus-propaganda-machine

I always thought the CIA ran Gladio:  Kit Klarenberg,  Britain: Operation Gladio's Secret 'Headquarters'   https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/britain-operation-gladios-secret

  "Roma", not regular-Romanians. It has been going on for 5 years. Some were my patients. I donate when I see them begging in the traditional Gypsy style. They know me.
There's Been A Mysterious Surge In Romanian Illegal Immigrants Crossing From Canada Into Maine   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/theres-been-mysterious-surge-romanian-illegal-immigrants-crossing-canada-maine

Can't claw it back...  DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion In Virtually Untraceable Treasury Payments   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doge-finds-47-trillion-virtually-untraceable-treasury-payments

Some of the bleeding might stop.  Social Security Fraud: Nearly 1.5 Million Americans Listed as Over 150 Years Old, 1,041 Over 220 Years Old   https://www.westernjournal.com/social-security-fraud-nearly-1-5-million-americans-listed-150-years-old-1041-220-years-old/

Social Security Head Quits After DOGE Data Standoff As Fraudulent 'Vampires' Exposed   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/social-security-head-quits-after-doge-data-standoff-fraudulent-vampires-exposed

"Not Enough": Obama-Appointed Judge Denies Request To Halt Musk Access To US Agencies   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-declines-block-doges-access-student-financial-aid-data

1/40th of the way there:  DOGE Says Cost-Cutting Efforts Have Saved An Estimated $55 Billion So Far   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doge-says-cost-cutting-efforts-have-saved-estimated-55-billion-so-far

There is a lot of manual labor and oversight involved. There are a lot of unmelted coins and non-standard bars.  Musk signals DOGE could look into gold at Fort Knox   https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5149699-elon-musk-doge-fort-knox-gold/

Just radar mechanics and other technicians. Nothing risky:  Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center   https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/trump-fires-hundreds-of-air-traffic-support-staff-as-spacex-visits-faa-command-center/

So prove it can sort out derivatives, BlackRock, Goldman & JP Morgan:   Musk's xAI Unveils "State Of The Art" Grok 3 AI Bot, Surpassing OpenAI & DeepSeek   https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/musks-xai-unveils-state-art-grok-3-ai-bot-surpassing-openai-deepseek

Chinese GPUs Surpass Nvidia Chips by Nearly Tenfold in Supercomputer Simulation: A Game-Changer in Tech Sovereignty   https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/chinese-gpus-surpass-nvidia-chips-by-nearly-tenfold-in-supercomputer-simulation-a-game-changer-in-tech-sovereignty/

  John Helmer,  MODI TAKES HIS BEST SHOT – HOW INDIAN STRATEGY PUTS TRUMP IN FRONT OF PUTIN
  Modi said beside Trump at the White House on February 13  “And many people are mistaken and they feel that India is neutral.  I would like to clarify: India is not neutral.  We have taken a side, and we have taken the side of peace…Ultimately, you have to come to the negotiating table, and India has constantly made efforts that there are talks that take place where both parties are present.  It is only then that we will find a solution. The efforts being made by President Trump — I support them, I welcome them, and I would like that President Trump is successful as soon as possible so that the world is on the path to peace once again.”
  This isn’t a statement of India’s support for Russia, according to Russian sources. It is not even India’s acknowledgement of the wars which the US and its allies are waging against Russia simultaneously on its western and eastern, northern and southern fronts. It’s India’s declaration that it aims to be on the US side in the multi-front war India is waging against China from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. It is also a proclamation by Modi against the Arab, Iranian and Muslim resistance to the US and Israel on the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf.
  “The prime minister and I,” said Trump, “reaffirmed that strong cooperation among the United States, India, Australia, and Japan [the Quad], and it’s crucial really to maintaining peace and prosperity, tranquillity even, in the Indo-Pacific.”
  “We will work together to enhance peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific,” Modi replied“The Quad will play a special role in this.  During the Quad summit scheduled to be held in India this year, we will expand cooperation in new areas with our partner countries.”  
  A veteran Indian source in Moscow explains: “Indians are very pleased with the anti-China stand of the US. The last two years of relations with Russians have been bruising for Indians and a lot of top oil and gas managers are exasperated with the Russians. They would do anything to stop doing business with the Russians – this is not because of the sanctions, it is the Russians themselves! [From Modi’s visit to Washington] there is the general take that we cannot be throwing our lot with Russians because they are so unreliable now and are junior to the Chinese. Putin might have brokered the Ladakh moment,   but all in all Indians prefer to deal with the US now. For now we know that the Americans call the shots.”   
https://johnhelmer.net/modi-takes-his-best-shot-how-indian-strategy-puts-trump-in-front-of-putin/

  US Air Force spy planes have recently conducted signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations along the US-Mexico border, while Green Berets from the US Army's 7th Special Forces Group have been deployed to a naval facility in Campeche—a Mexican port city on the Gulf of Mexico—for what's described as a "training mission." These developments offer a clearer picture of President Trump's emerging strategy to combat Mexican cartels, which have fueled a drug death catastrophe of 100,000 Americans per year. This approach aligns with Trump's designation of these cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations."
  The CIA, operating under the Trump administration, has been secretly deploying unarmed (at the moment) General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones over regions of Mexico dominated by heavily armed drug cartels, according to a CNN report.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/cia-reportedly-flying-mq-9-spy-drone-over-mexico-cartel-fight-nears

  Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu
Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks.   https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/poultry/trump-administration-shifts-strategy-avian-flu

  USDA Has Spent $1.25 Billion on Mass Culling for H5N1 Bird Flu—With Disastrous Consequences
The failed biosecurity strategy has driven egg prices to a 45-year high while wasting billions in taxpayer funds on indemnity payments.   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/usda-has-spent-125-billion-on-mass

   Low Hanging Fruit?  'Medical coercion': U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs still insists on COVID vax mandate
'These mandates don't just hide the harm – they keep the system in place so the government can roll them out on the entire public again'   
https://www.wnd.com/2025/02/medical-coercion-u-s-dept-of-veterans-affairs-still-insists-on-covid-vax-mandate/

​  RFK Jr. calls for new age of ‘radical transparency’ at HHS, tells critics they ‘can retire’
​  During his first address to staff as Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for a new era of “radical transparency” at the department while pursuing his “main mission” to “reverse the chronic disease epidemic in America.”
​  Acknowledging some of the lingering concerns about him, Kennedy, 71, pleaded with staff at the Department of HHS to “let go” of their preconceived thoughts about him, while warning that “those who are unwilling to embrace” transparency and openness “can retire.”
​  “I’m not going to come in here and impose my belief over any of yours,” Kennedy said. “My goal as secretary here at HHS will be to create a culture of competency, of ethics, of openness, of transparency, of caring, and of pride so that individuals who share these ideals can flourish and thrive.​"
  “We will make our data and our policy process so transparent that people won’t even have to file a FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] request.”
https://nypost.com/2025/02/18/us-news/rfk-jr-calls-for-new-age-of-radical-transparency-at-hhs-tells-critics-they-can-retire/

   I'll just take my chances...  WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal
The WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the next pandemic is ‘a matter of when, not if’   https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299053/who-chief-urges-pandemic-accord-action-after-us-withdrawal-negotiations

  The Ethical Skeptic provides his rigorous update on the coronavirus bioweapon, and the more significant vaccine bioweapon, the cause of a great increase in excess deaths since 2021, which continues.  The State of Things Pandemic – Week 5 2025
  Week 5 2025 Alert and UpdateSeveral US state mortality reporting districts and networks ceased reporting their mortality data as of the week ending 9 November 2024, apparently as a reaction to the outcome of the US Presidential Election. We notified the NCHS and CDC of the data shortfall in mid-January 2025 (see the chart below), however unlike the last 4 similar events we did not receive a response this time. Subsequently, as of 25 January 2025, the CDC and NCHS have ceased reporting of the Wonder Mortality Data altogether...
..Abstract
  While the Covid mRNA vaccines may have provided a therapeutic effect during the fall 2021 B.1.617.2 variant wave, helping to keep some vulnerable individuals out of the hospital, this benefit did not translate into reduced infection rates or into any arguable offset in overall mortality.
  In contrast, the Week 14, 2021 inception of the mRNA vaccine has led to a pronounced and pervasive inflection in mortality across multiple-dozens of ICD codesThis shift has resulted in more than 800,000 excess deaths from causes other than Covid or non-natural means (see Charts 3b and 4c). These deaths have come mainly as a result of the vaccine itself (see Charts 3c and 3d) – a mortality total which is 25 times greater than the 33,000 lives the CDC claimed could have been saved by the B.1.617.2-valent vaccine during the Delta Variant wave. Nations with a low rate of Covid and high rate of mRNA vaccination serve to confirm both the timing and cause of this excess mortality.
  The mRNA Vaccine Continues to Kill 3,000 to 5,000 Americans per Week Now – (See Charts 3, 4c, 10, 11, 12, and 13)
We Also Have a Cancer Emergency Developing in Its Early Stages – (See Charts 6, 7, and 11)
  As of Week 51 of 2024, 4.83 years into the Covid-19 Pandemic and its aftermath, 1,727,990 excess deaths have been recorded to date...
  As of December 21st 2024, there have been
799,010 Excess Non-Covid Natural Cause Deaths (primarily from the Covid Vaccine),
168,300 Excess Non-Natural Deaths (including 120,000 sudden cardiac deaths in casual drug users),
380,912 Excess Deaths from Malpractice and Denial of Treatment,1
379,768 Excess Deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 virus (6.6 x annual influenza-pneumonia)2   
making for a grand total of 1,348,222 (78.0%) Manmade Excess Deaths of US Citizens, out of a Pandemic Total Excess Mortality of 1,727,990.   
https://theethicalskeptic.com/2025/02/17/the-state-of-things-pandemic/


Avoiding Excess Deaths (shown placing a glass olive jar over a baby olive tree ahead of the freeze)