Hearing About It,
Michel Hudson goes into the global order revision now underway, wherein EU vassal states pump wealth to the US, to save the $US, since European old money "owners" (BlackRock managed wealth) are heavily invested in the US and want the checks to keep coming and keep being good. The periphery is being sacrificed to support the $US.
This is fracturing the world into 2 trading systems, as predicted for several years by several analists, such as Hudson and Gaius Baltar:
Trump Wages Economic War on US Allies, While BRICS Builds Alternative System These deals actually serve as an object lesson for saying, well, you have the new international order that is being defined by the SCO and the BRICS meetings, and for the alternative, just look at what the United States has done to Europe, Japan, and Korea; that is the alternative. And what are you going to do?
So the effect of Trump’s actions has been to isolate the United States from the growth areas of the world, from the areas of the world that are industrializing, that are gaining technological leadership and even military leadership.
The US also is trying to extend its diplomatic control over Latin America. And again, they are using the slogan of the Monroe Doctrine, without acknowledging the fact that the doctrine said that not only will Europe stay out of the Western Hemisphere’s affairs, but we in the United States will stay out of European affairs. America has dropped the mutuality of this agreement, and that’s a one-sided agreement.
And you’re seeing the fight for Venezuela’s oil right now, to try to destabilize the Venezuelan government, essentially to reduce Venezuela to the status of a British-style colony, ruled by a kind of pliant oligarchy, and other Venezuelan dictators, and their counterparts throughout the whole of Latin America.
So, when you’re talking about the world split, it’s important not only to follow the speeches of President Xi, President Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, to see them spell out the details, to watch what India is doing, but also to see the extremes of the unipolar control that America is imposing on its own allies, and what it would like to do to the rest of the world, if it could.
Well, you can see what some of the geopolitical futures are.
I think Turkey is a wild card in all this; it’s still up for grabs. Is Turkey going to support NATO, and let itself be dominated by the US in a similar way? Or is it going to move toward the Asian countries, Russia, etc.?
Similarly, you could say the Near East is held hostage, because Saudi Arabia’s foreign exchange reserves, and other Arab countries, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, all of their national investments are held in the United States. The dollar system has been weaponized to hold them all hostage.
So the question is, are countries going to somehow try to defend themselves?
Well, what to watch is exactly what you mentioned, Ben, at the start of the show, the fact that other countries are trying to move out of the dollar, into each other’s currencies, and into gold, and into capital investments in European stocks or other stocks.
They’re trying to slowly move out of the United States. And the United States is trying to preempt this by moving rapidly, and trying to lock them in, and saying, you have a sunk cost in the dependency that you, the rest of the world, have run into, to the United States, since 1945, that 80 years of dependency, of ties, of producing your exports for the American market, of depending on American bank loans, of depending on US military production.
All of this is the inertia that we can bring to bear. Are you willing to break away from this whole inertia and say, yes, it’s a loss; we’re making a completely new beginning? Or are you going to submit?
It’s either total submission, and you have Europeanized yourself; or you have to begin all over, and you lose all of your life savings, as it were.
That’s the choice that US foreign policy is imposing on the rest of the world. https://scheerpost.com/2025/09/18/trump-wages-economic-war-on-us-allies-while-brics-builds-alternative-system/
So the effect of Trump’s actions has been to isolate the United States from the growth areas of the world, from the areas of the world that are industrializing, that are gaining technological leadership and even military leadership.
The US also is trying to extend its diplomatic control over Latin America. And again, they are using the slogan of the Monroe Doctrine, without acknowledging the fact that the doctrine said that not only will Europe stay out of the Western Hemisphere’s affairs, but we in the United States will stay out of European affairs. America has dropped the mutuality of this agreement, and that’s a one-sided agreement.
And you’re seeing the fight for Venezuela’s oil right now, to try to destabilize the Venezuelan government, essentially to reduce Venezuela to the status of a British-style colony, ruled by a kind of pliant oligarchy, and other Venezuelan dictators, and their counterparts throughout the whole of Latin America.
So, when you’re talking about the world split, it’s important not only to follow the speeches of President Xi, President Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, to see them spell out the details, to watch what India is doing, but also to see the extremes of the unipolar control that America is imposing on its own allies, and what it would like to do to the rest of the world, if it could.
Well, you can see what some of the geopolitical futures are.
I think Turkey is a wild card in all this; it’s still up for grabs. Is Turkey going to support NATO, and let itself be dominated by the US in a similar way? Or is it going to move toward the Asian countries, Russia, etc.?
Similarly, you could say the Near East is held hostage, because Saudi Arabia’s foreign exchange reserves, and other Arab countries, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, all of their national investments are held in the United States. The dollar system has been weaponized to hold them all hostage.
So the question is, are countries going to somehow try to defend themselves?
Well, what to watch is exactly what you mentioned, Ben, at the start of the show, the fact that other countries are trying to move out of the dollar, into each other’s currencies, and into gold, and into capital investments in European stocks or other stocks.
They’re trying to slowly move out of the United States. And the United States is trying to preempt this by moving rapidly, and trying to lock them in, and saying, you have a sunk cost in the dependency that you, the rest of the world, have run into, to the United States, since 1945, that 80 years of dependency, of ties, of producing your exports for the American market, of depending on American bank loans, of depending on US military production.
All of this is the inertia that we can bring to bear. Are you willing to break away from this whole inertia and say, yes, it’s a loss; we’re making a completely new beginning? Or are you going to submit?
It’s either total submission, and you have Europeanized yourself; or you have to begin all over, and you lose all of your life savings, as it were.
That’s the choice that US foreign policy is imposing on the rest of the world. https://scheerpost.com/2025/09/18/trump-wages-economic-war-on-us-allies-while-brics-builds-alternative-system/
Authorities weigh move to establish world’s first digital gold settlement hub amid rising geopolitical strains. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-09-18/news-china-seeks-replace-usd-hong-kong
A White House representative said that the decision is not final and may be reviewed
US President Donald Trump has not approved $400 million of military aid to Taiwan because he seeks to strike a trade deal with China, The Washington Post reported citing sources. The Trump administration is generally seeking to soften relations with Beijing. https://tass.com/world/2018683
[Is Trump also an instigator of this move?] Moon of Alabama, Poland's Attempt To Blackmail China Will Hurt Itself Most
Over the last decade China developed the longest railway in the world running more than 8,000 miles from the east coast of China to Spain. Over the last year the railway has carried goods between China and Europe at a value of about $25 billion.
The line is now blocked:
Poland’s decision to close its border with Belarus in response to the quadrennial Zapad-2025 military exercises and Russian drone incursion on September 10 has abruptly severed one of the fastest-growing trade arteries between China and the EU.
...The impact of the closure of the Belarusian border is significant. The land corridor already represents 3.7% of all EU–China trade, up from 2.1% a year earlier. While that share remains small compared to seaborne shipments, its importance lies in speed and reliability...
..I suspect that, behind the scene, less polite words were used by Wang Yi to express the Chinese view on Poland's attempt the hinder the freedom of global trade.
The migrants do not ride on Chinese freight trains. Blocking the railroad connection between China and Europe to prevent migrants from coming through Belarus is a very crude form of blackmail that will hit back.
Should the blockade continue Poland will have to bury all hope of any future investment from China.
Western European companies who depend on the railroad connection for their trade will also become more hostile to Poland.
The coming defeat of NATO in Ukraine will contribute to the end of the military alliance.
Poland's outrageous behavior makes it more likely that the defeat in Ukraine will also help to break up the European Union. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/09/polands-attempt-to-blackmail-china-will-hurt-itself-most.html#more
The migrants do not ride on Chinese freight trains. Blocking the railroad connection between China and Europe to prevent migrants from coming through Belarus is a very crude form of blackmail that will hit back.
Should the blockade continue Poland will have to bury all hope of any future investment from China.
Western European companies who depend on the railroad connection for their trade will also become more hostile to Poland.
The coming defeat of NATO in Ukraine will contribute to the end of the military alliance.
Poland's outrageous behavior makes it more likely that the defeat in Ukraine will also help to break up the European Union. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/09/polands-attempt-to-blackmail-china-will-hurt-itself-most.html#more
The EU steals Russian assets and spends them; then what? Medvedev slams EU’s Ukraine 'compensation' plan, vows firm Russian response
"The boundless folly of the authors of this project will not absolve them from responsibility or retribution," Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman said https://tass.com/politics/2018849Quote: Smartski@2Smartski·Sep 17
Acoustic analysis confirms shooter was near ground-level, ~70-90ft away — not a rooftop. Crack–bang intervals across all recordings: 0.08–0.14s = 70–90 ft distance (speed of sound @ 82°F = 1141 ft/s) Closest audio clip shows total crack/bang overlap, impact clear = <100 ft https://x.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1969054789376901189
Kyle Young has done a lot of research, which is apparent from about 1/3 down the scroll, from "AI Detection Sites have Unilaterally Switched Results of Tyler Robinson Text Messages from '100% AI Content' to '100% Likely Human Written'": Judeo Christian Syphilization - major questions about Utah Valley University https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/judeo-christian-syphilization
Caitlin Johnstone observes: Netanyahu Keeps Making Statements Saying Israel Didn't Kill Charlie Kirk https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/netanyahu-keeps-making-statements
Can anybody confirm or refute this? It looks blank since 2023 now: ISRAEL'S CHIEF RABBI wrote a condolence letter about CHARLIE KIRK'S DEATH on September 2nd, 8 days BEFORE the ASSASSINATION.
The Hebrew calendar date 9 Elul, 5785 corresponds with September 2, 2025. The letter is still LIVE on Israel Heritage Foundation (@IHF_Heritage) X account. https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1968221132588257543
The Hebrew calendar date 9 Elul, 5785 corresponds with September 2, 2025. The letter is still LIVE on Israel Heritage Foundation (@IHF_Heritage) X account. https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1968221132588257543
People run for lives from air strikes and explosive-laden ‘robots’, as lifelines collapse in Gaza’s biggest urban centre. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/18/panic-in-gaza-city-as-israel-advances-on-centre-sandwiching-population
Israeli tanks and jets pounded Gaza City, the target of a major ground offensive, on Thursday prompting Palestinians to flee south.
AFP journalists and witnesses saw a steady stream of Gazans heading south on foot, in vehicles and on donkey carts - their meagre belongings piled high.
"There is artillery fire, air strikes, quadcopter and drone gunfire. The bombing never stops," said Aya Ahmed, 32, sheltering with 13 relatives in Gaza City.
"The world doesn't understand what is happening. They (Israel) want us to evacuate south - but where will we live? There are no tents, no transport, no money." https://www.newarab.com/news/hundreds-thousands-trapped-israel-bombards-gaza-city
AFP journalists and witnesses saw a steady stream of Gazans heading south on foot, in vehicles and on donkey carts - their meagre belongings piled high.
"There is artillery fire, air strikes, quadcopter and drone gunfire. The bombing never stops," said Aya Ahmed, 32, sheltering with 13 relatives in Gaza City.
"The world doesn't understand what is happening. They (Israel) want us to evacuate south - but where will we live? There are no tents, no transport, no money." https://www.newarab.com/news/hundreds-thousands-trapped-israel-bombards-gaza-city
U.S. Deputy Middle East Envoy Morgan Ortagus said Washington could not support the resolution because it would have locked in a cease-fire with Hamas still in control of Gaza. “The United States will never accept this. President Trump will never accept this. He has made clear, all 48 hostages must be released now.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-vetoes-un-resolution-urging-immediate-cease-fire-hostage-release-gaza
More: US again vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding permanent Gaza ceasefire
The text of the resolution expressed alarm at reports of a growing famine and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, condemned the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and voiced concern over the expansion of Israeli military operations. It also reaffirmed obligations on states under the principles of international law, including the protection of civilians and the rejection of forced displacements.
It demanded three key measures: an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire agreement respected by all parties; the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups; and the lifting of all Israeli restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, alongside the restoration of essential services in Gaza. It asked the UN secretary-general to report back to the council within 30 days on implementation of the resolution. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615860/world Defenses were not set up against attacks straight-down-from-space: How space-bound Israeli missile strikes on Qatar bypassed US, Arab air defenses
A novel Israeli over-horizon missile strike bypassed Qatar’s air defenses. https://interestingengineering.com/military/israeli-jets-red-sea-ballistic-missiles Another excuse to exclude food and medicine aid: 2 Israelis killed in shooting attack near border crossing with Jordan
Israeli army says gunman arrived in truck transporting humanitarian aid from Jordan, and opened fire https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/2-israelis-killed-in-shooting-attack-near-border-crossing-with-jordan/3691550AKA: "bombing Lebanon during ceasefire": Israel resumes attacks on Hezbollah’s strongholds south, north of Litani River https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615810/middle-east
(Ambush and arrest him, maybe?) Times of Israel: Netanyahu says Trump invited him for a meeting in DC after the UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says US President Donald Trump invited him to meet at the White House on September 29, three days after the premier’s scheduled address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Netanyahu announces the meeting during his economic press conference, following reports that his office had requested the meeting.Netanyahu says the invitation came during a phone call on Monday. Netanyahu says he has held several conversations with Trump since Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, and all of them were “good.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-trump-invited-him-for-a-meeting-in-dc-after-the-un-general-assembly/
Advertisers need happy viewers to sell stuff to: The Real Story Behind Jimmy Kimmel's Firing
According to an insider report by the Wall Street Journal, Kimmel's ouster was prompted by an immediate revolt by viewers and affiliate networks including Nexstar, and concerned advertisers. Advertisers and affiliates soon called the network expressing concern about Kimmel’s show... -WSJ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/never-go-full-retard-real-story-behind-jimmy-kimmels-firing Another nice visionary billionaire who wants to live forever: Billionaire Ellison to become most powerful US media mogul ever – NYT
One of the world’s richest men and a friend of President Trump is extending his influence over Hollywood and big media, the outlet has claimed https://swentr.site/news/624919-ellison-media-empire-trump/His dinner-buddy at the White House: Facial, Fingerprint, & Iris Scans: WEF/Bill Gates' Vision For Biometric Digital Wallet Quietly Gaining Momentum https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/facial-fingerprint-and-iris-scans-wef-and-bill-gates-vision-biometric-digital-wallet
Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member (archived) - NY Times, Sep 19 2025
Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights, which lasted for an unusually long 12 minutes, as an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion.
Three Russian fighter jets violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday for an unusually long period, some 12 minutes, in what Estonia’s foreign minister called an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion over the NATO country. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/09/media-disguise-airspace-violation-claims.html#more
Poland’s refusal to cooperate with an investigation proves it is not interested in the truth, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said https://swentr.site/russia/624911-poland-drone-claims-derail-peace/
Lithuania has no fighter jets, nor does Estonia. "Ya'll gotta' do WW-3!": NATO Country's Defense Chief Urges Shooting Down Russian Warplanes https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nato-countrys-defense-chief-urges-shooting-down-russian-warplanes
Shortening the leash on that dog: US ‘quietly’ curtailing arms sales to Western Europe – The Atlantic
Patriot air defense systems and some other weapons are in short supply, unnamed officials have told the outlet https://swentr.site/news/624953-us-europe-weapons-colby/I don't see details. Russia won't commit to war against the US: Venezuela's Parliament Approves Strategic Partnership Agreement With Russia https://sputnikglobe.com/20250919/venezuelas-parliament-approves-strategic-partnership-agreement-with-russia---speaker-1122810764.html
Escape Key, Build Ukraine Back Better
The system discussed in the previous essays — computer predictions driving economic control and international emergency powers overriding all forms of resistance — is not hypothetical. It is operating in real life in Ukraine. War-torn reconstruction serves as the world's first country-wide test of conditional sovereignty, where national survival itself depends on letting international organisations monitor and control every aspect of how the government operates.
Build Ukraine back… ‘better’?
Military emergency works like a universal solvent for democratic resistance. It makes comprehensive conditional sovereignty politically acceptable when presented as humanitarian reconstruction help. Where gradual implementation would face democratic pushback, war creates the political necessity that allows immediate wholesale adoption of international oversight systems.
Ukraine's reconstruction shows this clearly. Over $100 billion in international help comes with explicit conditions requiring wholesale adoption of EU legal frameworks, digital government systems, and transparency rules that give international organisations oversight of domestic policy. These requirements would normally take years of democratic debate and legislative approval. Instead, they become emergency necessities that must be implemented immediately for reconstruction aid to flow.
The brilliance of this approach lies in how it's presented: comprehensive international control appears as generous, altruistic humanitarian assistance rather than conditional governance. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/build-back-better
Ukraine's reconstruction shows this clearly. Over $100 billion in international help comes with explicit conditions requiring wholesale adoption of EU legal frameworks, digital government systems, and transparency rules that give international organisations oversight of domestic policy. These requirements would normally take years of democratic debate and legislative approval. Instead, they become emergency necessities that must be implemented immediately for reconstruction aid to flow.
The brilliance of this approach lies in how it's presented: comprehensive international control appears as generous, altruistic humanitarian assistance rather than conditional governance. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/build-back-better
Pretty well targeted "tariff on foreign labor": Trump To Slap H1-B Visas With $100,000 Fee; Infosys, Cognizant Plunge https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-slap-h1-b-visas-100000-fee-infosys-cognizant-plunge
Starve Indian middle-class? Buy Russian oil & weapons with what? Trump's New $100,000 Visa Fee Could Be Devastating For India's Economy https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/trumps-new-100000-visa-fee-could-be-devastating-indias-economy
“The Biden family is the largest crime syndicate that America has ever seen in politics” “I read in over 2,000 pages of SARs reports is there is evidence, real evidence, of human sex trafficking, with Hunter Biden and Awasco, which is his law firm, that's not just some fake company — some of these women were from countries like Russia and Ukraine as well as from all over the United States. I read that with my own eyes. Um, and the SARs reports clearly say prostitution, and it was a prostitution ring.” “We have the actual bank records, and it shows the financial transactions of money being wired in from countries like China, other countries like Ukraine, other countries, UAE, Africa, money wired into shell LLCs.” https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1969106503216038394
The British interrogatory squads had devised a method of torture that combined isolation, sensory deprivation, seemingly self-inflicted pain, exhaustion and humiliation. It was a process that was simple to teach, inexpensive to apply and required no drugs or devices...
..‘The method was based on the combination of five stresses, known within the Intelligence Corps as the Five Techniques. They were starvation, or what Bremner termed a meagre diet; sleep deprivation; hooding; the use of an incessant hissing sound known as white noise; and what was described as ‘wall-standing’.
This last technique was a stress position in which the victim would be forced to stand with his or her legs spread wide apart, leaning forward with arms spread wide and high, with much of their weight supported against a wall on outstretched fingers.
Before being forced into this position, the male or female victims would be stripped naked, subjected to a medical examination to ensure that they would survive what was to follow...
..The hooding and the noise quickly produced the psychosis that was first seen at McGill University. Wall-standing produced the self-inflicted pain recommended by Kubark.
It was so painful, however, that the Five Techniques were always supported by a sixth, unspoken, technique: anyone who refused to maintain the stress position would be very harshly beaten. https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/09/18/british-torture-methods-to-remain-classified-for-100-years/
..‘The method was based on the combination of five stresses, known within the Intelligence Corps as the Five Techniques. They were starvation, or what Bremner termed a meagre diet; sleep deprivation; hooding; the use of an incessant hissing sound known as white noise; and what was described as ‘wall-standing’.
This last technique was a stress position in which the victim would be forced to stand with his or her legs spread wide apart, leaning forward with arms spread wide and high, with much of their weight supported against a wall on outstretched fingers.
Before being forced into this position, the male or female victims would be stripped naked, subjected to a medical examination to ensure that they would survive what was to follow...
..The hooding and the noise quickly produced the psychosis that was first seen at McGill University. Wall-standing produced the self-inflicted pain recommended by Kubark.
It was so painful, however, that the Five Techniques were always supported by a sixth, unspoken, technique: anyone who refused to maintain the stress position would be very harshly beaten. https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/09/18/british-torture-methods-to-remain-classified-for-100-years/
This is the third illegal US slaughter of boatloads of people alleged to be running drugs in international waters. There are pertinent maritime laws.
Maduro Complains Of 'Undeclared War' After Trump Ordered Another Deadly Boat Strike https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/maduro-complains-undeclared-war-after-trump-ordered-another-deadly-boat-strikePresident Donald J. Trump stated during a joint press conference that he told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, of Britain’s far-left Labour Party, to use the military to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats.
“You have people coming in, and I told the Prime Minister I would stop it, and it doesn’t matter if you call out the military, it doesn’t matter what means you use,” President Trump told reporters. The remarks come as Labour is celebrating the return of a single migrant to France under a new deal, which will require them to take a substitute migrant from the French authorities in return. https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/09/18/trump-tells-uk-pm-to-use-military-to-end-illegal-immigration-crisis/
“You have people coming in, and I told the Prime Minister I would stop it, and it doesn’t matter if you call out the military, it doesn’t matter what means you use,” President Trump told reporters. The remarks come as Labour is celebrating the return of a single migrant to France under a new deal, which will require them to take a substitute migrant from the French authorities in return. https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/09/18/trump-tells-uk-pm-to-use-military-to-end-illegal-immigration-crisis/
An American woman living in Britain got a taste of what it’s like to have your freedom of speech taken away when a police officer visited her house to interrogate her over a Facebook post that he claimed had “upset someone.”
Yes, really. The officer demanded that she apologise about the post, without informing her what the post was about or who she was supposed to apologise to.
The Free Speech Union posted the remarkable video filmed by the woman herself. https://modernity.news/2025/09/20/unbelievable-video-police-officer-grills-woman-in-her-own-home-over-facebook-post-that-upset-someone/
Yes, really. The officer demanded that she apologise about the post, without informing her what the post was about or who she was supposed to apologise to.
The Free Speech Union posted the remarkable video filmed by the woman herself. https://modernity.news/2025/09/20/unbelievable-video-police-officer-grills-woman-in-her-own-home-over-facebook-post-that-upset-someone/
Canada has seen a significant increase in asylum claims at its border, with over 5,500 claims filed since July at Quebec’s Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing. https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/09/18/migrants-fleeing-ice-are-flooding-into-canada-at-this-border-crossing/
Still unabated: Germany's Machinery Industry Faces Catastrophic Collapse https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/germanys-machinery-industry-faces-catastrophic-collapse-vdma-warns-5-production-drop
Things used to be a lot better in France: French Pensioners Earn More than Working Adults https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/france/french-pensioners-earn-more-than-working-adults/
2 days old: Over 1M people participate in France's nationwide protests: Report - 140 people arrested so far, with 75 people under custody https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/over-1m-people-participate-in-frances-nationwide-protests-report/3691797
Alex Krainer: China takes aim at West's bling weapon
Champagnes may still be made in France, but much of everything else, it seems, has been outsourced to Chinese manufacturers... A Hermes handbag, which retails at $38,000 in high-street shops, is manufactured in China at a cost of around $1,000, revealing just how much the customers are paying for the label alone. Besides Hermes, Louis Vuitton brand was the focus of the most viral posts.....France’s LVMH stock lost about 18% off its stock value this year and more than 40% off its peak valuation in 2023. LVMH is the world’s largest luxury group owning 75 top brands like Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Dom Perignon, offered at more than 6,300 stores around the world. The group generated around $96 billion in revenues in FY 2024 and over $22 billion in profits before taxes... Today it is 49% owned by the family of Bernard Arnault, making him the richest man in Europe...
..Why did all this happen, and why now? The sudden flood of Chinese posts on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms seem to have come out of nowhere this year, all of a sudden and all at once... implying that the reputational damage inflicted on European luxury brands was deliberate. If so, why was this done?.....Mr. Bernard Arnault is coddled by Europe’s ruling establishment.
For example, in February of 2020, LVMH purchased the jewelry company Tiffany for $16 billion. Mr. Arnault needed to raise $10 billion in bonds. As Reuters reported at the time, the deal was being discussed at €6 billion but was then inflated by 60% and concluded, on the very same day, at €9.6 billion.
The sale of bonds was facilitated by none other than the European Central Bank which provided two of the five euro tranches at negative interest rates, thanks to its Corporate Sector Purchasing Program (CSPP). In other words, LVMH’s bond buyers (including the ECB) paid Mr. Arnault for the privilege of lending him the money with which to buy Tiffany. Even the longest maturity, 11-year euro tranche issued by LVMH had a yield of only 0.43%! ...
..99.99% of us couldn’t dream of raising funds at terms nearly as favorable as those offered to Mr. Arnault, suggesting that somehow he is more equal than we are, suggesting further that his business is for some reason particularly important...For example, in February of 2020, LVMH purchased the jewelry company Tiffany for $16 billion. Mr. Arnault needed to raise $10 billion in bonds. As Reuters reported at the time, the deal was being discussed at €6 billion but was then inflated by 60% and concluded, on the very same day, at €9.6 billion.
The sale of bonds was facilitated by none other than the European Central Bank which provided two of the five euro tranches at negative interest rates, thanks to its Corporate Sector Purchasing Program (CSPP). In other words, LVMH’s bond buyers (including the ECB) paid Mr. Arnault for the privilege of lending him the money with which to buy Tiffany. Even the longest maturity, 11-year euro tranche issued by LVMH had a yield of only 0.43%! ...
..Former colonial powers of Europe have the global monopoly on weaponized bling, which could be a far more powerful policy weapon than is commonly appreciated and China may have just resolved to blunt it; 99.99% of us will probably regard these developments with a sense of schadenfreude and quietly cheer for China on this particular battlefront. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/china-takes-aim-at-wests-bling-weapon
Tessa Lena with real advice for each human being: How to Prevent a Civil War - Not a simple task but none the less a part of the "hero journey" we are here for https://tessa.substack.com/p/how-to-prevent-a-civil-war
Epimethius, EU Commission Admits That C-19 Vaxx Was Authorised w/o 'comprehensive data dossier'
As alt and legacy media get giddy about what they presume to be a gaffe, the devil is in the details: the EU Commission admits to be in violation of its own Product Liability Directive https://fackel.substack.com/p/eu-commission-admits-that-c-19-vaxx MMRV causes twice as many seizures as MMR: CDC Advisers Recommend Against MMRV Combo Vaccine For Young Kids, Table Vote On Hep B Shot
The vote was 8 to 3. Dr. Robert Malone recused himself because he was in the past a paid expert for plaintiffs suing Merck, which manufactures MMR and MMRV vaccines...
..Additionally, the advisors voted to postpone a vote on delaying the first dose of a hepatitis B vaccine, which is currently recommended for newborns within hours of birth.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members in an 11–1 vote tabled a motion that would have advised the CDC to recommend pushing the first dose back to a minimum of 1 month of age.
Some members said they favored tabling the motion because of concerns that the CDC misrepresented the safety of the hepatitis B vaccine. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cdc-advisers-recommend-against-mmrv-combo-vaccine-young-kids-table-vote-hep-b-shot
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members in an 11–1 vote tabled a motion that would have advised the CDC to recommend pushing the first dose back to a minimum of 1 month of age.
Some members said they favored tabling the motion because of concerns that the CDC misrepresented the safety of the hepatitis B vaccine. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cdc-advisers-recommend-against-mmrv-combo-vaccine-young-kids-table-vote-hep-b-shot
This much'll work: FDA’s Allowable Level of Aluminum in Vaccines Based on Decades-Old Tests — but the Tests Had Nothing to Do With Safety
A new review of studies underpinning the FDA’s limit on the allowable level of aluminum adjuvant per vaccine dose reveals the level, set decades ago, was determined on the basis of how well the adjuvant generated an immune response — not on whether the aluminum posed a health risk. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-allowable-level-aluminum-vaccines-outdated-tests-not-safety/Compromised physicians and pharmacists still allowed to inject synthetic mRNA into babies as young as 6 months. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-cdc-acip-votes-to-end-universal
Danish scientist Poul Thorsen — co-author of influential 2002 and 2003 studies often cited to dismiss a vaccine-autism link — was arrested in Germany and may be extradited to the U.S. on charges of embezzling nearly $1 million from the CDC. His arrest raises new questions about the integrity of the studies used to shape vaccine policy worldwide. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/poul-thorsen-scientist-behind-vaccine-autism-studies-arrested-stole-one-million-cdc/
Human kids can prob'ly handle a LOT MORE than baby rats: NEW STUDY: Cell Phone Radiation at 20× Below Legal Limit Induced Brain Damage in Rats
Infant rats exposed to “safe” cell phone radiation levels suffered impaired neuronal development and disrupted brain chemistry, while parallel in-vitro tests showed DNA damage in neural stem cells. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-cell-phone-radiation-atJessica rose Ph.D. Prediction: "They will try to retract our work" -- Reality: Just like it was written in a playbook, they're trying. They will fail. https://jessicar.substack.com/p/prediction-they-will-try-to-retract
The study of SV40-DNA weaponized "vaccine": Quantification of residual plasmid DNA and SV40 promoter-enhancer sequences in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Ontario, Canada https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08916934.2025.2551517#abstract
The download to print-up. Share this around, please: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08916934.2025.2551517?needAccess=true
Still open season on the trusting: CDC Vaccine Advisers Vote No on COVID Vaccine Prescription, but Unanimously Recommend ‘Individual Decision-Making’ for All Age Groups
In the first two-day meetings of the new vaccine advisers to the CDC, ACIP members tabled a vote on whether to recommend delaying the first Hep B vaccine until age 1 month. The committee engaged in spirited debate about COVID-19 vaccine safety, the need to vaccinate infants and children for COVID-19, and the need for better informed consent for the vaccines. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/live-updates-day-2-cdc-advisers-vote-on-covid-vaccines-kids-hep-b-newborns/The really low hanging fruit of public health: Making Standard Time Permanent Will Be Healthier For Americans: Study https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/making-standard-time-permanent-will-be-healthier-americans-study
That Study: Circadian-informed modeling predicts regional variation in obesity and stroke outcomes under different permanent US time policies https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508293122
Entering Equinox (with Holly, Atlas, Athena and Yetti the dog)
