Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Am I In Heaven

 Angels Incarnate,


​  The old world is dying, the new one has not yet been born. It's the time of monsters
​  Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s former chief and architect of the West’s aggressive escalation against Russia, is stepping into his role as co-chair of the Bilderberg Group, a fitting appointment for an era where Western hegemony is fracturing.
​  His tenure at NATO transformed Europe into a militarized vassal, funneling billions into U.S.-led defense ventures under the guise of “collective security.” Now, Stoltenberg is tasked with ensuring that the Atlanticist (NATO) machine continues to churn, even as Trump’s “America First” agenda looms over the alliance.
​  With Stoltenberg at the helm, Bilderberg solidifies its role as the backroom engine of endless wars. This is no mere “discussion forum.” Its steering committee is packed with defense industry titans and Big Tech moguls, from Palantir’s Alex Karp, who brags about “targeting in Ukraine” to Eric Schmidt, now peddling kamikaze drones. These aren’t strategists, they’re profiteers, ensuring war remains the most lucrative business model on Earth.​..
..Here’s the bitter truth: Bilderberg’s facelift under Stoltenberg doesn’t change its essence. It remains a club for empire managers desperate to cling to a world order that no longer works. The question isn’t whether Bilderberg can adapt, it’s whether the world will allow this cabal of warmongers and profiteers to dictate humanity’s future.​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/op-ed-the-old-world-is-dying-the-new-one-has-not-yet-been-born-its-the-time-of-monsters

Biden announces $5.9 billion for Ukraine amid final aid push​   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/31/world/politics/biden-ukraine-final-aid-push/

​  Ukraine, World Bank sign $15B agreement funded by US: Premier
“The United States will provide Ukraine with $15 billion, secured by revenues from frozen Russian assets,” Shmyhal said in a statement on Telegram.​   https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/ukraine-world-bank-sign-15b-agreement-funded-by-us-premier-3696493

Ukraine ends transit of Russian gas to EU​  (Not a "threat", but a natural consequence)   Slovakia has threatened to cut electricity to Kiev following the suspension​   https://swentr.site/russia/610258-russia-halt-gas-supply-eu-ukraine/

​  The period of good fortune is over: Europe prepares for an era of constant fear of an energy crisis
A combination of cold weather and weak winds has already forced Europe to use more of its gas reserves than is typical for this time of year, with levels reaching below 75% in mid-winter. With supplies from Russia now guaranteed to be cut off, Europe is starting a tough life on its own in the energy sector, which will cause problems elsewhere.​   https://en.topcor.ru/55163-period-vezenija-zakonchilsja-evropa-gotovitsja-k-jepohe-postojannogo-straha-jenergeticheskogo-krizisa.html

​  Russia plans to reconnect ZNPP to grid, aims full reactor activation
According to the plant's administration, ensuring nuclear safety remains a top priority, especially given the ongoing risks from strikes by Ukrainian forces.
 This announcement was made by Sergei Kiriyenko, Russia's first deputy chief of staff in the presidential executive office, during his visit to Energodar and the ZNPP.
Kiriyenko expressed optimism about the plant’s role in enhancing Russia's energy system, stating, "The Zaporizhzhia NPP will be reconnected to the energy system of our country as soon as the situation allows and will make a significant contribution to achieving energy sustainability in Russia."​   
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/russia-plans-to-reconnect-znpp-to-grid--aims-full-reactor-ac

​  Moon of Alabama,  2025 - Ukraine On The Verge Of Defeat
​  In 2023 the situation in Ukraine had developed into what looked like a stalemate. But 2024 proved that bigger things had been in the making. In 2024, after taking Avdivka, the Russian forces began to deliberate and steadily move forward.
​  The introduction of FAB bombs, precision ammunition delivered from airplanes flying outside Ukrainian air defenses, broke the Ukrainian defense fortifications. Russian infantry, covered by ample artillery and with the help drones, infiltrated and overwhelmed Ukrainian lines. An ever increasing shortage of Ukrainian troops helped to increase the tempo of progress.
​  Diversion action, by Russia in the Kharkiv region and by Ukraine itself due to its attack into the Kursk region, further weakened the Ukrainian lines. A high number of casualties, unmotivated troops and a lack of heavy equipment have since diminished the Ukrainian forces. The downward spiral the Ukrainian army is currently in is likely to continue.​   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/01/ukraine-sitrep.html#more

​  US must make first step to restore ties with Russia — Lavrov
"So we’ll see. If the Americans begin to take our interests into account, dialogue will gradually recover. If not - then everything will remain the way it is​."​   
https://tass.com/politics/1895241

   Russia may be willing to pay to rebuild Ukraine along USSR-infrastructure models as a sweetener, if they officially get the 4 oblasts, and guaranties of No-NATO-ever.      Russia not satisfied with Trump team’s proposals on Ukraine — Lavrov
At the same time, Lavrov noted that Moscow has not received any official signals from the United States on the Ukrainian settlement at the moment​   
https://tass.com/politics/1895237

​"Whistle while you work"...  Israeli soldiers post videos of Gaza homes torched with racist song.​  Videos accompanied by racist song, "Let your village burn".   https://www.trtworld.com/discrimination/israeli-soldiers-post-videos-of-gaza-homes-torched-with-racist-song-18248432

​  BBC staffers reveal editor’s ‘entire job’ to whitewash Jewish war crimes
News editor Raffi Berg reportedly controls online coverage of genocide in Gaza to ensure Israeli crimes are ‘watered down’ or ignored​.   
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/12/bbc-staffers-reveal-editors-entire-job-to-whitewash-jewish-war-crimes/

​  Israel splashes $150m in international PR to sway foreign opinion over Gaza genocide​    
Israel allocates millions for its 2025 budget to bolster international public relations over its military actions in Gaza.​   https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-splashes-150m-global-pr-sway-opinion-over-gaza-war

  ​Israel National News:  US Jewish leaders to Pope: Refrain from making incendiary comments against Israel
Conference of Presidents writes letter to Pope Francis following his criticism of Israel’s counterterrorism operations in Gaza: 
​  “We appreciate and share your concern for the suffering of innocent civilians and desire to spread peace and compassion around the world. However, statements you have made including, ‘Yesterday children were bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war,’ only serve to distort Israel’s legitimate military campaign and fuel antisemitism and unjust targeting of the Jewish state.”​   https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/401619

​  BBC Staff in Open Revolt Over Gaza.
The BBC is dealing with a major internal revolt about its reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Journalists are claiming the organization is systematically biased and frames the story in a particular way.
​  The Dutch version of this article was censored by Facebook. Ironically, reporting on this censorship is also being censored
The BBC is being generously funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to produce fake news.  the amounts of money allocated by Bill Gates are in the billions...As outsiders, we are usually unaware of how reporting is manipulated and directed. There is no real gag order, but an individual journalist who spills the beans can fear for his or her career prospects.
​  It is only when things get out of hand and a group of journalists publicly express their grievances that we get a glimpse of this invisible but very present pressure on reporting. In recent months, this has been the case with regard to BBC reporting on the war against Gaza.
​  In November 2024, more than 100 journalists from the public broadcaster signed an open letter calling for fairer and more accurate reporting.
They accuse the BBC of systematic bias, emphasizing Israeli narratives, undervaluing Palestinian victims, and failing to reflect the asymmetry of the conflict.
    
https://www.globalresearch.ca/bbc-staff-open-revolt-gaza/5876030

​  EU Ministers reject Israeli Arms BAN despite Gaza War Crimes and Genocide Evidence
European Union foreign ministers rejected a proposal to halt arms exports to “Israel” last month, despite being presented with evidence of war crimes and genocide in an internal EU assessment.
​  The 35-page report, authored by Olof Skoog, the EU’s special representative for human rights, was sent to ministers ahead of a council meeting on November 18.
​  The document, which had not been disclosed before, presented findings from United Nations sources on violations of international humanitarian law committed by “Israel” and Hamas since the start of the war in October 2023.
​  The report emphasized the disproportionate toll on civilians in Gaza, with an estimated 45,000 deaths, more than half of whom were women and children.​   
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/12/eu-ministers-reject-israeli-arms-ban-despite-gaza-war-crimes-and-genocide-evidence/

​  When Democrats and liberals smeared Jimmy Carter for criticizing Israel
Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.
​                                  Carter was often celebrated for the humanitarian work he did after leaving office in 1981 and, unlike many other ex-presidents, he didn’t shy from weighing in on contemporary political debates.
​  In 2006, he published Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, which was based on his participation in the Camp David Accords. In the book, Carter argues that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land and continued expansion of illegal settlements are preventing a peace agreement from being reached...
​..“While I have tremendous respect for former President Carter, I fundamentally disagree and do not support his analysis of Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” said then Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, “On this issue President Carter speaks for himself, the opinions in his book are his own, they are not the views or position of the Democratic Party. I and other Democrats will continue to stand with Israel in its battle against terrorism and for a lasting peace with its neighbors.”
​  Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also helped distance the party from the book. “With all due respect to former President Carter, he does not speak for the Democratic Party on Israel,” she explained. “Democrats have been steadfast in their support of Israel from its birth, in part because we recognize that to do so is in the national security interests of the United States. We stand with Israel now and we stand with Israel forever.”​   
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/when-democrats-and-liberals-smeared-jimmy-carter-for-criticizing-israel/

​  Bibi owns Donald, so he can ​safely say that.  Gaza war not to end unless ordered by US president: Israeli media
Israeli media explains that Benjamin Netanyahu would not end the war on Gaza unless a direct order comes from the president of the United States.​   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gaza-war-not-to-end-unless-ordered-by-us-president--israeli

​  'Can't imagine how things can get any worse': Doctors back from Gaza share horrors inflicted on Palestinians
'When I was treating her, she asked me to come in closer to her. I came in closer to her, and she asked me, 'doctor, am I in heaven,' Doctor Mohamed Ashraf​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/cant-imagine-how-things-can-get-any-worse-doctors-back-from-gaza-share-horrors-inflicted-on-palestinians/3438994

​  8-year-old boy is first 2025 victim of Israel's Gaza genocide​.  Israeli military kills Palestinian boy Adam Farhallah along with Khuloud Abu Daher, 27, in wee hours of the New Year​   https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/8-year-old-boy-is-first-2025-victim-of-israels-gaza-genocide-18249274

​  UN experts say Israel 'must face consequences' for undermining international law
​  A group of UN experts on Monday said that Israel “must face the consequences” of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts as the military aggression continues unabated...
​..“Indiscriminate attacks, including on shelters for displaced persons and the Kamal Adwan Hospital and its vicinity, and the intensification of siege conditions on northern Gaza for the last three months run contrary to Israel’s legal duty to ensure the protection of the civilian population,” they said.
​  “We are disturbed that this siege, coupled with expanding evacuation orders, appears intended to permanently displace the local population as a precursor to Gaza’s annexation in further violation of international law.”
​  Although Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory was labeled “unlawful” by the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister, the experts said: “Nonetheless, Israel continues to face no real consequences, largely due to protection offered by its allies, who have gone so far as to join Israel in delegitimizing international institutions and besmirching Special Procedures mandate-holders.”
​  The experts reiterated the urgency of allowing independent and thorough investigations of serious violations of international law.
​  “Israel’s continued impunity sends a dangerous message suggesting that parties to other conflicts around the world need not comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law,” they said. “We cannot afford to lose the force of the multilateral system. Israel and its leaders must be held accountable.”​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241230-un-experts-say-israel-must-face-consequences-for-undermining-international-law/

​  Israel won’t allow Kamal Adwan Hospital to reopen
Footage released by Israeli occupation forces captures the moments leading up to the detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, during a raid on Friday. The video shows Abu Safiya entering an Israeli military vehicle. He was subsequently detained and his current whereabouts remain unknown. Israel has since said it detained 240 Palestinians, including hospital staff, during the raid on the medical facility, which was then set on fire and rendered out of service.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241230-report-israel-wont-allow-kamal-adwan-hospital-to-reopen/

​  Israeli army damages Baptist Hospital in Gaza
The Israeli army targeted the Baptist Hospital in Gaza on Sunday, escalating the ongoing destruction in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, reports Anadolu Agency.
​  Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that an Israeli artillery shell struck the top floor of the Baptist Hospital.
The hospital remains the last functioning medical facility in northern Gaza after the Kamal Adwan Hospital was rendered inoperable after the Israeli army destroyed and partially burned the Kamal Adwan Hospital, according to Anadolu’s correspondent.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241229-israeli-army-damages-baptist-hospital-in-gaza/

​  Another Palestinian detainee from Gaza dies in Israeli custody
​  Ashraf Fakhri Abu Warda, 51, breathed his last at Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba, two days after he was transferred from the Negev Desert Prison in southern Israel, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement...
..Palestinian detainee Ashraf abu Warda has been declared killed due to harsh torture in #Israeli investigation slaughterhouse.​..
​..His family said that Abu Warda, who was detained by Israeli army forces in Gaza on 20 November 2023, had no known health issues before his detention.​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241229-another-palestinian-detainee-from-gaza-dies-in-israeli-custody/

​  At least 7 killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza City
At least seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City on Sunday, the Civil Defence Service said, Anadolu news agency reported.
​  Spokesman Mahmoud Basal said several people were also injured in the attack that targeted the upper floor of Al-Wafa Hospital in the centre of the city.
According to witnesses, an Israeli fighter jet hit the upper floor of the hospital, where scores of displaced civilians have taken shelter.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241229-at-least-7-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-hospital-in-gaza-city/

​  "I don't think it means what you think it means."  Israel violates cease-fire with Lebanon 6 times on 32nd day
The Israeli military violated the cease-fire with Lebanon six times on its 32nd day, marking ongoing tensions in the region, the authorities said on Saturday.
Since the cease-fire was declared on November 27, the Israeli army has committed a total of 325 violations, resulting in 33 deaths and 37 injuries.​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-violates-cease-fire-with-lebanon-6-times-on-32nd-day/3437038

Israel might stay in southern Lebanon beyond 60-day cease-fire deal: Report​   https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israel-might-stay-in-southern-lebanon-beyond-60-day-cease-fire-deal-report-3696446

​  Uh, "Yes"?   Did the U.S. Army THAAD System Just Fail its First Ever Combat Test? Why Advanced Yemeni Missiles Pose New Challenges
​  On December 26 the U.S. Army for the first time employed a THAAD surface-to-air missile system to attempt to neutralise an airborne target. The system’s first combat test has long been anticipated, with THAAD having first entered service in 2006 with the promise of revolutionising American ground forces’ ability to intercept intermediate range ballistic missiles in the upper atmosphere...​  While the primary threat against which THAAD was deployed was the Iranian ballistic missile arsenal, its target on December 26 was a ballistic missile fired by Yemeni Ansurullah Coalition forces, with an unnamed American military source cited by local media stating that it was not confirmed whether the system hit its target.​..
..Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante in November highlighted the growing consensus to this effect, stating that its arsenal included missiles which “can do things that are just amazing.” “I’m an engineer and a physicist, and I've been around missiles my whole career. What I've seen of what the Houthis [Ansurullah] have done in the last six months is something that — I'm just shocked,” he stated.​   https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-army-thaad-fail-first-combat-test-yemeni-missiles

​  US, UK renew airstrikes on Yemen
According to Arab sources, the warplanes of the United States and the United Kingdom bombed the southern Al Hudaydah province of Yemen two times.
There were no immediate reports of possible casualties.​..
​..Yemeni Armed Forces have said that they won’t stop their attacks until unrelenting Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza, which have killed at least 27,948 people and wounded another 67,459 individuals, come to an end.​   
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/226271/US-UK-renew-airstrikes-on-Yemen

​Good video of the shoot-down:  Houthi forces use Soviet Kub SAM to down the 13th MQ-9 drone   https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/29/houthi-forces-use-soviet-kub-sam-to-down-the-13th-mq-9-drone/

​  Israel threatens to escalate conflict with Yemen's Houthis
Israel's UN ambassador warned Yemen's Houthis to stop missile attacks or face the same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah, and Assad.​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-threatens-escalate-conflict-yemens-houthis

Military escalation | Turkish forces and their proxies fire heavy artillery shells on three villages, silos and water station in Al-Hasakah and Al-Raqqah countryside​   https://www.syriahr.com/en/352526/

​  al-Jolani/al-Sharaa offers Kurds ​to keep their weapons if they join his army.  Syria's de facto leader al-Sharaa holds talks with Kurds
In the past month, deadly clashes have erupted in northern Syria between Turkish-backed factions and the SDF.
​  Earlier Tuesday, Turkish-backed fighters killed three pro-Kurdish security personnel in Syria's second city Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
On Sunday, Sharaa told Al Arabiya TV that the Kurdish-led forces should be integrated into the new national army.
​  "Weapons must be in the hands of the state alone. Whoever is armed and qualified to join the defence ministry, we will welcome them," he said.​ "Under these terms and conditions, we will open a negotiations dialogue with the SDF... to perhaps find an appropriate solution."​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/syrias-de-facto-leader-al-sharaa-holds-talks-kurds

​This fellow, Jolani/Sharaa seems to be supported long term by the US, Israel and Turkey.  Syria to target Iran with $300 billion compensation demand   https://www.iranintl.com/en/202412254184

  It's way too early to poke the bear.  New Syrian leader wants close ties with Russia
Speaking of Moscow’s military bases in the country, Ahmed al-Sharaa has said Damascus has “strategic interests” with one of the world powers​   https://www.rt.com/news/610166-syrian-leader-russia-relations-bases/

​The bear has been playing this game a very long time.  Western satellites record construction of major Russian airbase in southeastern Libya   https://en.topcor.ru/55187-zapadnye-sputniki-fiksirujut-stroitelstvo-krupnoj-rossijskoj-aviabazy-na-jugo-vostoke-livii.html

Who has been cutting the payroll checks? US, Turkey and Israel:  How will the new Syria handle its ‘Greater Israel’ problem?   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241231-how-will-the-new-syria-handle-its-greater-israel-problem/

   Setting low expectations:  Syria may take four years to organize elections — new authorities
"Before any real elections, we need to hold a general census," Ahmed Sharaa pointed out​   https://tass.com/world/1895223

Like Russia in the 1990s​. Steal it & charge rent:  Privatising Syria: US Plans Post-Assad Selloff​   https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/29/privatising-syria-us-plans-post-assad-selloff/

​  Google ads know the aisle you are shopping, already.  AI may soon shape human decision-making, study warns
Cambridge University researchers say artificial intelligence could influence choices from voting to online shopping​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/artificial-intelligence/ai-may-soon-shape-human-decision-making-study-warns/3438086

​  Joshua Stylman,  Engineering Reality: Part III
​  In my research on the tech-industrial complex, I've documented how today's digital giants weren't simply co-opted by power structures - many were potentially designed from their inception as tools for mass surveillance and social control. From Google's origins in a DARPA-funded CIA project to Amazon's founder's familial ties to ARPA, these weren't just successful startups that later aligned with government interests.
​  What Tavistock discovered through years of careful study—emotional resonance trumps facts, peer influence outweighs authority, and indirect manipulation succeeds where direct propaganda fails—now forms the foundational logic of social media algorithms. Facebook's emotion manipulation study and Netflix's A/B testing of thumbnails (explored in detail later) exemplify the digital automation of these century-old insights, as AI systems perform billions of real-time experiments, continuously refining the art of influence at an unprecedented scale.​..
..Understanding these systems is the first step toward liberation. As the machinery of control reaches its peak, so too does the opportunity for resistance. The endgame for centralized power presents a paradox: the same systems designed to limit freedom also expose their own vulnerabilities...
​..The battle for freedom of consciousness is now our most fundamental struggleWithout it, we are not autonomous actors but non-player characters (NPCs) in someone else's game, making seemingly free choices within carefully constructed parameters. Each time we question an algorithmic recommendation or seek out independent voices, we crack the control matrix. When we build in​-person local communities and support decentralized platforms, we create spaces beyond algorithmic manipulation. These aren't just acts of resistance - they're steps toward reclaiming our autonomy as conscious human actors rather than programmed NPCs.​                The choice between authentic consciousness and programmed behavior requires daily discernment... 
    https://stylman.substack.com/p/engineering-reality-part-iii

​  Mom of OpenAI Whistleblower Speaks Out on His Suicide Days After His Birthday
The family of former OpenAI researcher and company whistleblower Suchir Balaji has arranged for a second autopsy to be conducted
​  In an interview with Business Insider published on Thursday, Dec. 26, Poornima Ramarao spoke about her 26-year-old son, whose body was discovered in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26, according to CNBC.​  "He was upbeat and happy," Ramarao said of Balaji. "What can go wrong within a few hours that his life is lost?"
​  Balaji had celebrated his 26th birthday on Nov. 21 with his friends while on vacation, the outlet reported. He later contacted Ramarao to let her know when his flight home was to take place, and he spoke on the phone with his father who wished him a happy birthday.​   
https://people.com/mom-of-openai-whistleblower-who-died-by-suicide-days-after-his-birthday-speaks-out-8766991

​  ‘Godfather of AI’ issues new warning to humanity
​  Artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction within three decades with a likelihood of up to 20%, according to Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneering figure in AI and recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. This marks an increase from a 10% risk, his estimate just a year ago.​   https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/12/29/godfather-of-ai-issues-new-warning-to-humanity/

​  Catherine Austin Fitts,  BITCOIN BAILOUT: Why a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Is a Bailout of the Big Boys   https://home.solari.com/bitcoin-bailout-why-a-bitcoin-strategic-reserve-is-a-bailout-of-the-big-boys/

Take activity breaks hourly.  Too Much Sitting Can Still Be Harmful Even if You Exercise, Study Warns   https://www.sciencealert.com/too-much-sitting-can-still-be-harmful-even-if-you-exercise-study-warns

  In 2018: "Self-spreading vaccine" means a mild infectious-virus.:  Drones Spray 'Self-Spreading' COVID-19 Vaccine for 'Large-Area Inoculation of Humans' in 'DEFUSE' EcoHealth/DARPA Project
​  Was the COVID-19 pandemic a premeditated operation involving aerosolized bioweapons deployed on unsuspecting populations?​ (duh)​   https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/drones-to-spray-self-spreading-covid

​  Sasha Latypova always said Ken was taking a blind-alley on purpose.  Breaking: The lawsuit v Pfizer by TX Attorney General, Ken Paxton is dismissed
PREP Act and EUA law pre-empt civil lawsuits. These suits are theater/political campaigning. AGs serious about prosecution should bring criminal charges, not civil complaints.​   https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/breaking-the-lawsuit-v-pfizer-by

​Ugo Bardi explains specifics, which matter.  Clouds: do they Warm or Cool the Atmosphere?,  Complex systems are always full of surprises.   https://livingearth.substack.com/p/clouds-clouds-clouds

Less Influenced by AI (pictured with an incidental mess of greens after winter garden prep at end of 2024)  

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Need A Much Bigger Lie

 Incredulous,


  Gail Tverberg, the World Economy Needs to Simplify
Economic growth and added complexity sound like they would be good, but at some point, the combination gets to be too much–simplification is needed.
  Too much of the world’s income starts going to non-working individuals and to high-earning workers in privileged fields. Ordinary working citizens start to say, “Wait a minute, there is not enough left for my everyday expenses. The system needs to change.” Elections lead to the selection of politicians who want war, or who want to overturn the current system...
..In this post, I will try to explain a bit of the underlying problem and give some hints at what the simplification might look like. Part of the problem is too little energy supply. This is a problem that cannot be told to the public; it would be too distressing. In this post, I present the result of a recent academic study that has attempted to recalibrate the findings of the 1972 Limits to Growth study with updated data.   
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2024/12/04/the-world-economy-needs-to-simplify/   


  I think 2024 was the new 2019, myself.  The Honest Sorcerer, What A Year 2024 Was
  Simply put: there is no such thing as an “energy transition”. It’s a myth. All proposals, from wind and solar to hydrogen, depend on minerals mined, delivered and refined by using these polluting fuels in copious amounts. As soon as the extraction of fossil fuels begin to decline, you can bet that the production of solar panels and wind turbines will eventually follow suit. And since diesel fuel is also used to grow and deliver crops, the question whether to burn it to mine minerals for EV batteries, or use it to grow food to prevent hunger will resolve itself rather quickly. And only when you add our propensity for war whenever resources grow thin, you start to really appreciate the relative peace and calm we have today.   https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/what-a-year-2024-was   


    So I have to guess that nuking the inauguration on January 20, 2025 would get rid of Trump, Vance, Musk and all the rabble-rousers against the "deep state"?                  Jeffrey Prather: Drone sightings a DISTRACTION from the Deep State’s plan to use suitcase nukes
  Former Soviet Lt. Gen. Alexander Lebed's claims in 1997, stating that around 250 suitcase nukes were created by the Soviet Union with 100 missing, still resonate through intelligence circles. The potential for these devices to be used to destabilize the new administration is a serious security concern.   https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-27-prather-drones-distraction-deep-state-suitcase-nukes.html

  This is the case, which I have posted before, in the context of Gaza findings, for a novel and small neutron-bomb type device using deuterium-doped enriched-uranium.   Is 'Israel' using small nuclear weapons in Gaza and South Lebanon?     Dr. Christopher Busby is part a mixed crew of investigative reporters and commentators from Lebanon and some film-makers investigating "Israel's" use of enriched uranium in strikes on Gaza on Lebanon, and aim to follow up on the strange illnesses that are appearing on the battlefield...                                     ..'Israel' in Gaza: 'Red Mercury'.  Dr. Christopher Busby
  In 2021, a scientific report in the prestigious journal Nature confirmed what I had been saying since 2006. "Israel" has, since its attacks on Lebanon in 2006 and those on Gaza in 2008 and 2014, used a new nuclear weapon, one which kills with a high temperature radiation flash and with neutrons. This weapon, which leaves an identification footprint, but no fission products like Caesium-137, we now know was also employed by the USA in Fallujah, Iraq in 2003, and previously in Kosovo also.
  The residues, inhalable Uranium aerosol dust, together with the neutron damage to tissues, cause a range of serious and often fatal health effects that puzzle doctors and defy treatment. Without knowing what caused such effects, which often mimic other illnesses or result in fungal infections that kill, doctors are powerless to help and just watch the exposed individuals die.   
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/is--israel--using-small-nuclear-weapons-in-gaza-and-south-le

  John Helmer had this story, mostly introducing the documentary and analytical work of nuclear scientist Christopher Busby.
NEW EVIDENCE THAT ISRAEL IS USING A NEW URANIUM WEAPON – MAKE THAT THE NEUTRON BOMB
  The neutron bomb was invented in 1958 by Samuel Cohen of the Livermore Laboratory of California and then RAND...
  Abstract
  Since 2003 measurements made by Green Audit in Fallujah, Iraq 2003, Lebanon 2006 and Gaza 2008 have provided unequivocal evidence of Uranium residues which show anomalous Uranium U-238/U235 isotope signature ratios.
  Results from independent laboratories in Europe and the UK, using different techniques, revealed the presence of enriched Uranium in biological materials and environmental samples including soil, bomb craters and air (as recorded in vehicle air filter dust). More recently, 2021 results published in the journal Nature, show that Uranium enrichment levels in background samples from Gaza have been increasing markedly since 2008. Since enriched Uranium is an anthropogenic substance which does not exist in nature, the question arises as to the source, in the weapons employed by the USA (Fallujah) and Israel (Lebanon, Gaza). It is proposed that the only logical answer is that a Uranium-based weapon exists that produces U-235 by neutron activation and has been deployed. Such a weapon must be some kind of neutron bomb...
..Conclusion and further investigation.
  An inevitable deduction from the consistent findings of enriched Uranium in samples from Gaza, Lebanon and Iraq, is that a neutron weapon of some kind has been employed since the second Gulf War, and possible before then. This is an Israeli (and US) secret weapon, as was reported by Robert Fisk in The Independent in 2006 [7]. 
The increases in congenital effects seen in the Fallujah population [8,9,10] and also in Gaza [20,21] can plausibly have resulted from exposure to neutrons as well as to the Uranium particulate aerosols. The weapon is ideal for armies employed in methodological destruction both of fighters hidden in urban environments (where neutrons pass through walls) and for any state which has the aim of destroying the civilian population using a genetic mutation weapon (cancer, fertility loss, birth defects). It is, however, a nuclear weapon,  and those deploying it are using a nuclear weapon against civilian populations as part of a project to destroy an enemy state population without acknowledging this. This is a war crime.
 https://johnhelmer.net/new-evidence-that-israel-is-using-a-new-uranium-weapon-make-that-the-neutron-bomb/#more-89018

​  Yellen Says US Will Hit Debt Ceiling Mid-January, Forcing Treasury To Employ 'Extraordinary Measures' 
“Treasury currently expects to reach the new limit between January 14 and January 23, at which time it will be necessary for Treasury to start taking extraordinary measures.” Yellen wrote.​ Extraordinary measures, often described as accounting maneuvers, allow the Treasury to free up cash and delay default.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/yellen-says-us-will-hit-debt-ceiling-mid-january-forcing-treasury-employ-extraordinary

​  Yeah? Sez Who?   New York to Tax Fossil Fuel Producers $75 Billion for Climate Change Damages
​  Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed legislation that will require fossil-fuel producers to pay $75 billion to supposedly help the state adapt to climate change. “This landmark legislation shifts the cost of climate adaptation from everyday New Yorkers to the fossil fuel companies most responsible for the pollution,” Ms. Hochul’s office declared.​..                        ..The top implied admission is New York is both broke and desperate.​   https://mishtalk.com/economics/new-york-to-tax-fossil-fuel-producers-75-billion-for-climate-change-damages/

​  Sasha Latypova,  A. Toynbee "Universal States: Ends or Means?"  Excerpts from "A Study of History", abridged, illustrated, chapters 32-33.                                                   There is a misunderstanding, usually divided along political party lines, about the United States and other nominally sovereign independent countries of the world. Typically the “leftists” call them “democracies”, while the conservatives in the US counter this with “we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy”. Other groups decry the corporate form of the US government. I think trying to pinpoint the ill invariably misses the point, as any state will undergo all of these forms before a given civilization ends.
  According to Toynbee, a “universal state” is the last phase of a society before extinction. This doesn’t mean people go extinct: they don’t disappear as a group, however they may be reduced in numbers. We are talking about the concept of a “state” in this case​.   https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/a-toynbee-universal-states-ends-or

​Simplicius has a lot of good information and perspective.  Provocation Pressure Against Russia Heats Up in Both Air and Sea   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-122824-provocation-pressure

Cutting out Russia makes Soviet-era pipelines a target, does it not?  Ukraine Receives First Ever Natural Gas Shipment From US As It Cuts Energy Ties With Russia   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/ukraine-receives-first-ever-natural-gas-shipment-us-it-cuts-energy-ties-russia

  Ukraine won't renew the gas-transit contract with Russia.  Russia's Gazprom says it will stop supplying Moldova with gas next week
Gazprom said Moldovagaz “regularly fails to fulfill its payment obligations under the existing contract, which is a significant breach of its terms.”​...
..Russian energy giant Gazprom supplies the gas-operated Kuciurgan plant, which generates electricity that powers a significant portion of Moldova proper. The plant was privatized in 2004 by Transnistrian officials and later sold to a Russian state-owned company. Moldova doesn’t recognise the privatisation...​                                                      ..Transnistria, which broke away after a short war in 1992 and is not recognised by most countries, also declared its own state of emergency in mid-December in case the region does not receive gas supplies.
  When Russia fully invaded Ukraine in 2022, Moldova, a former Soviet republic of about 2.5 million people, was entirely dependent on Moscow for natural gas but has since pushed to diversify and expand its energy sources.​   
https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/28/russias-gazprom-says-it-will-stop-supplying-moldova-with-gas-next-week

Biden Unveils $5.9BN In Military & Budget Aid To Ukraine As Pre-Trump Surge Continues​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-unveils-59bn-military-budget-aid-ukraine-pre-trump-surge-continues

​  Church of England Tells Clergy to Censor “Problematic” Christmas Carols Mentioning Jesus​                                   
​  The Church of England is now instructing clergy to remove “problematic words” in Christmas carols which imply that Jesus Christ is the “true Messiah” because some people might be “offended.”
​  In an email sent to Birmingham diocese clergy, obtained by The Daily Mail, it said:
“Try to use language that won’t add further confusion or tension or take away anything from the good news of the Nativity.”​   
https://www.dailyfetched.com/church-of-england-tells-clergy-to-censor-problematic-christmas-carols-mentioning-jesus/

  ​Ugo Bardi presents the case that Syria became dependent upon $5 billion per year from Captagon production after oil-production fell off, and was captured by enemy forces. When that came under attack, military officers couldn't be paid.    The Syrian Disease: Death of a Petrostate   https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-syrian-disease-death-of-a-petrostate   


​  Not yet confirmed, but makes sense if factual:  Al-Jawlani, Head of HTS That Overthrew Syria President, is Jewish
The Head of HTS, a.k.a. "ISIS," a.k.a. "Al Qaeda," which overthrew Syrian President Bashar Assad, is Jewish, and graduated from the Islamic School of Jurisprudence, in Tel Aviv.​... According to Israel's YNET News, Abu Muhammed Al-Jawlani was born Yonatan Avi-David, and is a Mossad Mole.​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/al-jawlani-head-of-hts-that-overthrew-syria-president-is-jewish

​  Turkish occupation mercenaries behead displaced person in Tal Rifaat
Turkish occupation mercenaries killed the young Kurdish man, Djwar Bato, by "beheading" near the town of Tal Rifaat, according to his family, adding another crime to the series of violations committed against the people of Afrin and Shahba.​   
https://hawarnews.com/en/turkish-occupation-mercenaries-behead-displaced-person-in-tal-rifaat

​  All contact lost with Kamal Adwan Hospital staff and patients as Israel raids north Gaza hospital
The Israeli army raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, with more than 350 people inside at the time of the attack. 
Female staff told journalists that they were forced to strip off their clothes by soldiers and were beaten if they refused.​   https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/all-contact-lost-with-kamal-adwan-hospital-staff-and-patients-as-israel-raids-north-gaza-hospital/

​  Palestinian Health Ministry slams Israeli army for moving patients to destroyed Indonesian Hospital
In a statement, the ministry said: “A harrowing night has passed for the forcibly evacuated patients, who are now in critical conditions at the Indonesian Hospital without access to water, electricity, food, or medical supplies.”​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241219-can-north-gaza-survive-after-israel-destroyed-its-only-icu-killed-its-last-doctors/

​  Yemen’s Houthis targeted Israeli air base with hypersonic missile
The Yemeni Houthi group said Saturday that it had launched a hypersonic ballistic missile targeting Nevatim Air Base in Israel’s southern Negev region, Anadolu Agency reports.​ Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a recorded address that the operation involved a Palestine 2 hypersonic missile, which he claimed successfully hit its target.​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241228-yemens-houthis-targeted-israeli-air-base-with-hypersonic-missile-spokesperson/

​  Yemen downs its 13th US-made MQ-9 Reaper UAV
The Yemeni Armed Forces target Nevatim air base in al-Naqab with a hypersonic missile and down an American MQ-9 drone over al-Bayda, continuing their support for Gaza and responding to the Israeli and US-UK aggression.​   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-downs-its-13th-us-made-mq-9-reaper-uav

Court Blocks Biden From Selling Off Portions Of Southern Border Wall​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/court-blocks-biden-selling-portions-southern-border-wall

  ​Stomach virus lasts 2 days; is going around:  Norovirus surge in the US: Symptoms, transmission, who’s at risk, preventive measures
A sharp increase in norovirus outbreaks has been reported in the US this winter, with 91 outbreaks in the week of December 5, up from 69 the previous week.​   https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/norovirus-surge-in-the-us-symptoms-transmission-whos-at-risk-preventive-measures-11735474306884.html

  ​For your reference:  Vast mRNA 'Vaccine' Biodistribution, Persistence, and Adjuvant Toxicity Research Library Published
Over 100 peer-reviewed studies demonstrate serious safety concerns.​   https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/vast-mrna-vaccine-biodistribution

​The South Atlantic Anomaly won't stay still:  NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field   https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-watching-a-vast-growing-anomaly-in-earths-magnetic-field

 Picture worth 1000 words:  Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News​   https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-december-28-2024/   


​Planetary Life Form (pictured pulling some clover out of a garden bed on penultimate day of 2024)   


Sunday, December 29, 2024

Our World Order

 ​Fellow Non Members,


  The City of London has commanded the western neoliberal financial order, but lost bets to destabilize and asset strip Russia, and now "holds" a lot of assets in parts of 
Ukraine which are occupied by Russia. Those are pretend-assets, aren't they? What is the leverage on them? "The west" is already in "an armed confrontation with Russia", no?
  "The World Is Becoming More Dangerous Than Ever": London Calls on the West to Mobilize for War with Russia
  The West should prepare for an armed confrontation with Russia. This was stated by former British Defense Secretary Tobias Martin Ellwood. According to him, the US and its allies should mobilize all forces, since it is impossible to win this confrontation by military operations alone...
..He adds that in the war of the future, which will likely be a possible confrontation between Russia and the West, it is unrealistic to count on success with only armed forces. The former head of the UK Ministry of Defense emphasized that he also means space and cyberspace​.
  Society must understand what to do to protect our country. And that mindset is not there yet. It will probably take a major event for the West to understand that we are so afraid to take risks with the problems that are coming our way that our world order is starting to crumble. – the former British Minister of Defense emphasized.
  This statement should not be underestimated, if only because it is written in purely British logic. And the retired military official's mention of a "serious event" that is about to take place can hardly be called an accident or a slip of the tongue.  Britain is a master at organizing various provocations.   
https://en.topcor.ru/55009-mir-stanovitsja-opasnee-chem-kogda-libo-v-londone-prizvali-zapad-mobilizovatsja-na-vojnu-s-rf.html

  I found this story first:  Did Israel explode a small nuclear bomb in Syria? Spike in radiation report says…
Reports have added that the European Union's Radioactive Environmental Monitoring found that the amount of radiation increased in Turkey and Cyprus hours after the intense blast, pointing towards a small nuclear attack.  https://www.india.com/news/did-israel-explode-a-small-nuclear-bomb-in-syria-spike-in-radiation-report-says-7490316/

  Then I found this version on the links at Naked Capitalism:  Nuclear attack in Tartus (Syria):
Radioactive fingerprint of nuke (Tartus) measured in Cyprus within ~16 hours after the attack. [Note that the dose rate peak cannot be ascribed to precipitation as higher precipitation occurred on Dec 5 with no discernible radiation increase]   
https://x.com/Ben68638515/status/1871046543958331531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1871046543958331531%7Ctwgr%5E4e8dde317f9f86259724eca1073234f0f49e881f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2024%2F12%2Flinks-12-28-2024.html   


  US-assisted Israeli attack on Yemen hits Sanaa Airport during UN visit
  Sources told Al Mayadeen, that the Israeli aggression on Sanaa International Airport took place during the presence of two UN personnel in the airport: the WHO's Director and the UN's resident coordinator.
  Moreover, the sources reported that the UN airplane's co-captain had been injured and was transported to a hospital after the Israeli aggression on the airport, adding that two other airport employees were also killed as a result of the attack.   
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-assisted-israeli-attack-on-yemen-hits-un-officials--infra

  Israel is determined to "cut off the tentacle" of the Iranian "axis of evil" in Yemen and will continue "until it completes what it has started," the prime minister of the Jewish state, Benjamin Netanyahu, said immediately after Israeli strikes on the targets of the Houthis on the Yemeni territory.   https://tass.com/world/1893961

  Houthis Target Israel's Ben Gurion Airport In Overnight Ballistic Missile Attack
  Despite yesterday's wide-ranging Israel aerial assault on Yemen, the Houthis have hit back - showing they remain undeterred in their willingness to attack Israel - having launched an overnight ballistic missile on Tel Aviv.
  The missile was reportedly intercepted by air defenses before it entered Israeli airspace, but a Houthi spokesman claimed that Ben Gurion international airport was targeted in a significant escalation. The Houthis even claim it was hit.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-target-israels-ben-gurion-airport-overnight-ballistic-missile-attack

  Israeli troops burn north Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients
  Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in the northernmost part of Gaza on Friday, forcing many of the staff and patients out of the facility, the territory’s health ministry said.
  The Kamal Adwan Hospital has been hit multiple times over the past three months by Israeli troops waging an offensive against Hamas fighters in surrounding neighborhoods, according to staff. The ministry said a strike on the hospital a day earlier killed five medical staff.
  Israel’s military said it was conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and fighters in the area of the hospital, without providing details. It repeated claims that Hamas fighters were operating inside Kamal Adwan, though it provided no evidence.
  Hospital officials have denied the accusations.   
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2584403/middle-east

  December 26:  Israeli operations in Gaza kill nearly 40 people in past day — Health Ministry
According to the ministry, "the death toll has reached 45,399 since the start of Israel’s military operation, while 107,940 were injured"   https://tass.com/world/1893805

  December 27:  Nearly 40 people killed, 100 injured in Gaza in past day — health ministry
  "Over the past day 37 people became victims of the Israeli aggression, and 98 Palestinians were injured," the health ministry said, adding that the death toll from Israel’s strikes on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in early October 2023 "has exceeded 45,436 with more than 108,038 people being injured."   https://tass.com/world/1894459

Four babies die from hypothermia in Gaza, as Israel's war pushes Palestinians into tent camps   https://www.9news.com.au/world/four-babies-die-from-hypothermia-in-gaza--israels-war-pushes-palestinians-into-tents/f9ec873b-5c85-4475-82af-61b5a38c976d

Biden administration to send $1.25 bln in military assistance to Kiev — AP   https://tass.com/world/1894587

  Russian Cargo Ship Which Sank in Mediterranean last Week "Attacked"
The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea after three explosions on the starboard side in what is now clearly an attack, Oboronlogistika, a company that owns the ship, told media outlets.
  Details about the incident:
The ship sank 67 miles off the coast of Spain and 45 miles off the coast of Algeria. The ship left St. Petersburg for the port of Vladivostok 12 days ago.
  "During the emergency external inspection of the vessel, a hole of 50x50 cm (19.6 x 19.6 Inches) in diameter was discovered above the waterline. The edges of the hole were torn and turned inward. The deck of the ship was strewn with fragments."...
..It now appears that the vessel was intentionally attacked and deliberately sunk, perhaps by Ukraine, but more likely by another "state perpetrator."
  The fact that the hole in the side was "above the water line" indicates the explosion took place via an unmanned sea vessel (drone) which Ukraine has used very frequently in its conflict with Russia.   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/russian-cargo-ship-which-sank-in-mediterranean-last-week-attacked

  Russian revenge?  Russian oil tanker boarded by Finland over ‘aggravated sabotage’    It comes after the breach of an undersea power cable linking Finland to Estonia on Christmas Day   https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/russian-oil-tanker-boarded-by-finland-over-aggravated-sabotage-hglst5535

  US could buy Nord Stream – Vucic

  The sabotaged Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could become the property of a US investor in a year, and gas supplies from Russia to the EU could be resumed through the connector, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has suggested.
  Vucic shared his view about the future of the pipeline in an interview with the German news outlet Handelsblatt published on Friday.  “I dare to predict: In a year at the latest, Nord Stream will be owned by an American investor, and gas will flow from Russia to Europe through the pipeline,” the Serbian leader said. “Mark my words. One year until Nord Stream is up and running!”
  Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that US financier and investor Stephen Lynch had asked permission from the US Treasury Department to buy the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, if it is put up for auction next year...
..While no one has claimed responsibility for the 2022 attack on the pipeline, Western media outlets have reported that a special operations team linked to Ukraine were behind
 the operation. US reporter Seymour Hersh has claimed that the US Navy set explosives on the pipeline during NATO exercises in the Baltic, and that the order to destroy the gas connectors was given by President Joe Biden. Most recently, a Danish harbor master has told the Politiken outlet that he had sailed out to the site of the blast and encountered US warships in the area of the explosion, but with their transponders switched off.   https://swentr.site/news/610077-vucic-nord-stream-prediction/

EU state threatens Ukraine with power cuts    Slovakia has promised to retaliate if Kiev stops transporting Russian gas   https://www.rt.com/news/610102-slovakia-threatens-ukraine-electricity/

There were Ukrainian attack drones in the area being targeted by antiaircraft missiles.  Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Reportedly Hit By Russian Missile On Christmas Day   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-reportedly-hit-russian-missile-christmas-day#google_vignette

  His Gavel/Hammer brought down the dark forces of Martial Law:  Unlikely political ‘Thor’ emerges from South Korea’s martial law crisis
Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik’s adherence to constitutional procedure was key in overturning the president’s martial law decree and making troops stand down.
  After President Yoon declared martial law on the night of December 3, the 67-year-old Woo scaled the National Assembly fence after police barricaded the entrance to try and prevent lawmakers from entering and holding a vote to overturn the president’s order.
  “I knew we had the constitutional authority to lift martial law,” Woo recalled later in a news conference. “I didn’t hesitate. I had to get inside the assembly, no matter what,” he said.   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/27/unlikely-political-thor-emerges-from-south-koreas-martial-law-crisis

  These drone sightings are all over US military bases. What'cha think the military is training with drone swarms?  
Interactive map reveals disturbing pattern in drone sightings across the US  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14210747/Interactive-map-reveals-drone-sightings-new-jersey-texas.html

Bad to Worse:  ObamaCare & The Hyper-Inflation Of Healthcare Costs  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obamacare-hyper-inflation-healthcare-costs  


This will make it easy to fire a lot of people right away.  Trump To End 'Work From Home' For Federal Employees As Corporate America Takes Action   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-end-work-home-federal-employees-big-tech-takes-action

  Return to meritocracy?  Trump DOJ Official Harmeet Dhillon Will Drop Hammer On Woke Corporations
  A combination of rising legal risks, the deflation of wokeness as a cultural force, and a change in leadership at the Department of Justice. Andreessen highlighted that with the appointment of Harmeet Dhillon to head the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, the federal government may soon begin to challenge and reverse many of the DEI-driven policies that have dominated corporations, universities, and other large institutions over the past decade.
  This shift, he argues, could trigger a major pullback in DEI initiatives across the private sector, as companies scramble to comply with the law and distance themselves from policies that may now be seen as legally and culturally untenable...
.."I think every major corporation in the country is just in flagrant violation of actual civil rights law. You cannot have these hard quotas and racially, ethnically, and religiously biased hiring practices. It’s flat-out illegal. These companies have gone so extreme on this that they’ve ended up in what I think is clearly mass illegality. So, as Dhillon steps into her job, she’s not going to lack for a shortage of targets. If you don’t want to be a target, it’s a great 'get out of jail free' card to just voluntarily shut all this stuff down."   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/marc-andreessen-every-signal-being-sent-trump-doj-official-harmeet-dhillon-will-drop

  India has a lot more people, and the smart ones want to do programming work in the US.  Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged After Wild Rant on How American Workers Suck  
  ”A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers. A culture that venerates Cory from ]Boy Meets World,’ or Zach & Slater over Screech in ‘Saved by the Bell,’ or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in ‘Family Matters,’ will not produce the best engineers,” Ramaswamy wrote in a lengthy post on X.   https://www.yahoo.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-dragged-wild-rant-210515949.html

  Elon wants to bring in the best and brightest foreigners on visas, too. It's business.   Elon Musk Says Americans Are Too 'Retarded' for Tech Jobs, Censors Critics
  Elon Musk spent Christmas shilling for mass immigration from India, denigrating Americans as too "retarded" to work in tech, then crying and censoring people for pushing back against him. On Christmas day, Musk suggested America needs to "double" the number of "high-skilled" immigrants we bring in through H-1B visas.   https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64787

  ​Musk pissed-off:  "The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B.  Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend."    https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1872860577057448306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1872860577057448306%7Ctwgr%5Ecc0d47824f7cc855d28c5ac72c29503b748dc69b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2024%2F12%2Flinks-12-29-2024.html

Meritocracy first, then immigration?  The Work Visa Debate: Not All Immigration Is Bad, But Focus On Americans First   https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/work-visa-debate-not-all-immigration-bad-focus-americans-first

  A state monopoly on violence/justice is more efficient, unless it doesn't work. The Game Theory of Giving Up Private Justice or Ending The State Monopoly On Violence
In the state of nature, if someone does you wrong, it’s up to you and your mates to deal with it. This often means violence.
  For most of English history there was no police force. Republican Rome had no police. There was law, but it was often privately enforced and often families and friends would take vengeance for wrongs. This led to rather a lot of violence and death, as well as feuds, where violence would continue long beyond the original offense.
  Private justice; private vengeance thus comes with huge downsides, so in many societies we give up our right to use violence to right wrongs. We give that right to government in some form, and we reap the benefits of safety and that, in principle, stronger groups can’t bully those who are too weak to obtain their own justice.
  The benefits are huge and everyone with sense recognizes that going back to private justice, to saying “they did me or mine wrong, I should beat or kill them” will mean a huge loss of public safety.
  But whenever there’s a situation where changing from the status quo entails a huge cost there will be those who say “in that margin, I can benefit. All I have to do is take just a little less than the cost of change.”
  How many people does private insurance and denials of care kill? It’s certainly, at least, in the tens of thousands.
  What happens is simple enough. Some people, rich and powerful, get the right to harm others for money: the government doesn’t go after them for killing or hurting people. This is true of private equity buying companies, larding them up with debt then running them into bankruptcy so that many of their employees wind up impoverishing and homeless, for example. It was true of bankers causing a financial crisis. It is true of pharma jacking up prices or bosses stealing employees wages and water companies in the UK dumping sewage into the river and giving the money intended to clean sewage to their executives and investors.
  None of this is punished by the law, yet people suffer.
  But the cost of going back to private justice is HIGH and the transition cost, where the police and courts will charge those who enforce private justice with crimeswhile not charging those who kill thousands with crimes, is awful.
  So the bet by those who commit what has come to be called “social murder” is that they can get away with it: the cost of private justice is too high.
  Still, there’s always the temptation to take a little more, then a little more and then a little more. To think, “well, I’m so rich I can have bodyguards and travel by helicopter and private jet and armored limo. The peons can’t get to me.” ...

..This isn’t, of course, an endorsement. It’s analysis. It’s in no one’s interest for the situation to become so awful that ending the state monopoly on violent justice makes cold hard rational sense for millions of people. But that appears to be where we’re heading, if we aren’t there already.   https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-game-theory-of-giving-up-private-justice-or-ending-the-state-monopoly-on-violence/

In 2024:  US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people   https://apnews.com/article/homelessness-population-count-2024-hud-migrants-2e0e2b4503b754612a1d0b3b73abf75f

  Cooking Oils Used By Millions Linked To Cancer In Second Study In A Week
  In two groundbreaking studies released just days apart, researchers have spotlighted a concerning link between widely used cooking oils and cancer risks, specifically pointing to tumor growth in the colon and other organs. These studies raise critical questions about the health implications of seed oils, a staple in kitchens worldwide...
..Cooking oils, often seen as innocuous kitchen essentials, may harbor hidden dangers that extend far beyond their caloric content. The scientific findings point to a troubling connection between these oils and the development of carcinogens during their use. Specifically, when oils like sunflower or soybean are heated, they release harmful compounds that have been linked to tumor growth...
..Choose Safer Cooking Oils
  Replace seed oils like sunflower, soybean, and canola
 with alternatives that have higher heat stability and fewer harmful byproducts. Oils such as extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil are better suited for cooking at higher temperatures and are less likely to produce toxic compounds. Additionally, cold-pressed oils are less processed, retaining more of their natural nutrients and antioxidants.   
https://themindunleashed.com/2024/12/cooking-oils-used-by-millions-linked-to-cancer-in-second-study-in-a-week.html

  Dream-bioweapons, from the team that brought you SARS CoV-2 and mRNA "vaccines": 'Targeting Russians But Safe for Americans': What Bioweapons is the Pentagon Developing?   https://sputnikglobe.com/20241227/targeting-russians-but-safe-for-americans-what-bioweapons-is-the-pentagon-developing-1121285823.html

It was easy...  US spies hid Covid-19 lab leak evidence from Biden – media   
Pentagon researchers reportedly uncovered the origin of the coronavirus, but the president was not briefed on their findings   https://swentr.site/news/610065-intelligence-covid-findings-biden/

  People who don't visit doctors tend to live longer, Part VIII:  Published Paper on Unvaccinated Health Outcomes vs. Vaxxed
  If you’re an American over the age of 18 who’s never been vaccinated (with anything, ever) your risk of even one chronic condition is less than 6%. If you’ve also avoided the “vitamin” K-shot injection (typically given at birth) AND your mother was not vaccinated during the pregnancy, your risk of one condition after the age of 18 drops down to 4.49%....No cancers, diabetes, arthritis, or heart disease were reported in the entirely unvaccinated adults. Based upon the random sample size, this means that the more serious conditions are below 0.09% in the entirely unvaccinated adult population.
  However, vaccine-exposed Americans over the age of 18 carry a 60% risk of at least one chronic condition, with a 48% risk of heart disease, over 10% risk of diabetes, 18% risk of arthritis, and myriad other life-shortening and/or debilitating diseases, including MANY brain and neurological disorders. 42% of vaccine-exposed American adults are suffering from more than 1 condition, i.e., multiple conditions. And 12% of American adults are suffering from 5 or more conditions.   
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/published-paper-on-unvaccinated-health

​  New Study Finds COVID-19 'Vaccination' Doubles Risk of Post-COVID Death​.  COVID-19 'Vaccines' = Life-Reducing Injections
Evaluation of post-COVID mortality risk in cases classified as severe acute respiratory syndrome in Brazil: a longitudinal study for medium and long term
​  Results: In the medium and long-term periods studied, 5,157 deaths were recorded out of 15,147 reported SARS/COVID-19 cases. Of these deaths, 91.5% (N = 4,720) occurred within the first year, while 8,5% (N = 437) after the first year. People without formal education, the older adult, had higher percentages of deaths in both periods. In the medium-term post-COVID period, the risk of death was reduced by 8% for those who had been vaccinated while in the long-term post-COVID period, the risk of death almost doubled for those who had been vaccinated. While in the medium term, there was a reduction in mortality risk for those who took two or three doses, in the long term the risk of death was greater for those who took one or two doses.
​  Conclusion: The protective effect of COVID-19 immunization was observed up to one year after the first symptoms. After one year, the effect was reversed, showing an increased risk of death for those vaccinated. These results highlight the need for further research to elucidate the factors that contribute to these findings.​   
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/breaking-new-study-finds-covid-19

​  Professor Anthony Hall,  The UN Invents Climate Change and COVID-19. What Now?  The gloves are off and the truth is out in the age-old battle for survival.
The incarceration of Reiner Fuellmich symbolizes the intensity of the effort to prevent the truth of the whole matter from coming out.
​  The necessary international investigation should start with much-needed probs into the WHO. This UN agency is dee
 the ply implicated in what Reiner Fuellmich, the now-jailed and tortured German jurist, clearly described even during the early phases of the COVID debacle, as an elaborate complex of Crimes Against Humanity.​   https://anthonyjhall.substack.com/p/the-un-invents-climate-change-and

​  Kyle Young, from August 20, 2022  Donald J. Trump - part 2 - The Forbidden Story,  A tale of two Trumps, Tesla, death rays and UFO’s
In his later years Nicolas Tesla was working on what some called a death beam. The FBI and others called it a death ray. Tesla called it Teleforce...
..Preside​nt Trumps uncle, Dr. John Trump (1907-1985) was a professor of engineering at the MIT School of Engineering​. Leading up to that, his primary teacher at MIT was Professor Robert Van D Graff (1902 -1967) who is known for 7 patented inventions having to do with ‘Van De Graff’ high voltage generators.....But John Trumps real mentor at MIT was Dr. Vannever Bush (1890 - 1974) the dean of The School of Engineering, the founder of Raytheon and science advisor to Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower.​.. 
​..Bush played a critical role in persuading the United States government to undertake a crash program to create an atomic bomb.[65] When the NDRC was formed, the Committee on Uranium was placed under it, reporting directly to Bush as the Uranium Committee.​..
..As Dean of the MIT School of Engineering, Bush, who was 17 years older than John Trump, took him under his wing and mentored him about his real passion, UFO’s. True to its form, Wikipedia says nothing about either Bush’s work, or Trump’s work with UFO’s...
​..When Nicolas Tesla (1856 to 1943) died, John Trump, who by then was Dr. John Trump and was a leading force at the MIT School of Engineering, was tapped by the FBI to review Tesla’s papers, right in Tesla’s apartment in NY, shortly after he died.
​  The FBI claimed that Tesla had invented a “death ray” that had the ability to take “flying objects down” (not destroy them) and they wanted to get their hands on any and all notes in Tesla’s possession, so they turned to Dr. John Trump, the leading authority on the topic.​..
​..Here we have proof that Dr. John Trump’s boss and mentor, Dr. Vannever Bush was not only involved, but likely in charge of the DoD secret program to develop technologies from crashed UFO’s.​..
..Nixon, for all of his faults, was intent on disclosing UFO files. He was also interested in Tesla’s work on free energy and was in the White House when UFO redevelopment technology was really taking off at Pine Gap. Nixon wanted to make some of the UFO information public. Then he was impeached...
​..Nixon created a time capsule that was to be opened in 2025. He gave the time capsule to Robert Merritt, told him what was in it, and told him to give it to Henry Kissinger. Many speculate the time capsule contains important information about UFO’s and an alien that has been in US custody for some time, an alien who has disclosed a lot of information. The story is little blurry, but apparently the time capsule is to be opened in 2025.
​  Through his wife Pat, who likely got the prediction from the occultist Jean Dixon (1904-1997, predicted JFK’s assassination, consulted with the Nixon’s 70 times while they were in the White House) Nixon tells Donald Trump in a 1987 letter, that he will become president. After his resignation,​ Ni
xon, the California guy, moves to NY. Trump and Nixon send a number of letters back and forth and Trump even flies Nixon around the country a few times. They become friends. Trump still speaks highly of Nixon to this day.
​..Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Nixon, shared Nixon’s desire to open UFO files - which may explain why Nixon wanted Merritt to give the time capsule to Kissinger​...
.​..Will Trump be in a position to open Nixon’s time capsule stashed somewhere in the White House by Kissinger, if he occupies the White House in 2025?​   https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/donald-j-trump-part-2-the-forbidden

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