Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Get The Kids Fed

 ​Securing Necessities,


  Tim Morgan at Surplus Energy Economics,  Robert’s Paradigm:  THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
The great fact of our times – “everywhere visible, nowhere acknowledged” – is the ending and reversal of economic growth.
  In Henry’s paradox, we looked at some of the implications for business of this inflexion from economic expansion into contraction.
  Our interest here is in the politics of economic decline. The Robert of our title is Victorian politician Robert Lowe, and his paradigm is that whatever happens in politics is a function of trends in economic conditions...
..We can, for convenience, divide the economic backdrop to politics since the Second World War into three broad eras.
  The Keynesian Consensus of the post-war years was replaced, at the end of the 1970s, with a New Liberal Ascendancy, most closely associated in the public eye with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
  This ascendancy then mutated, dating from the 1990s, into a Post-Capitalist Expediency, in which New Liberal economic precepts were abandoned, in all but name, in favour of the preservation, by whatever means, of the post-Keynesian structures of wealth and power.
  This transition occurred in conjunction with an economic deceleration identifiable as the precursor stage for the ending of economic growth...
..Decreasing prosperity, and rises in the real costs of necessities, will make it impossible to continue to combine an acquiescent sufficiency for the majority with the maintenance of the exorbitant privilege of a minority...
..The Post-Capitalist Expediency has little or no ideological content, and we would be unwise to expect some kind of resumed ideological contest along the lines of the capital-versus-labour conflicts of the twentieth century.
  As social complexity contracts, and centralised, top-down systems start to failungovernability – the failure of government to sustain the support of the public – may be more likely...
..Robert Lowe’s interest to us in 2025, though, lies in is his definition of politics as a contest “between those who have – to keep what they have got; and those who have not – to get it”. This essentially economic basis of politics is Robert’s paradigm.
  The rigorously logical Lowe was neither a democrat nor an aristocrat, but a meritocrat, so much so that, according to one contemporary, he was “all for a wise despotism”...
..One of the biggest differences between 1918 and 1945 was that few were minded, at the end of the Second World War, to try to revert to the “business as usual” of the pre-war years...  John Maynard Keynes gave governments new tools for the management of what was then known as the “business cycle”...
..This was an era of extremely benign economic conditions. In the quarter century after 1945, the dream of mass motoring became a Western reality, and many economic benefits – such as domestic appliances – ceased to be the preserve of a fortunate minority. There were times in this period when global petroleum consumption increased by more than 8% in a single year, something which has latterly become unthinkable.
  The rapid economic growth enjoyed in the Keynesian consensus era was made possible by favourable changes in the supply of energy to the economy.  Just as oil was supplanting coal as the primary source of energy, so the Energy Cost of Energy dropped to levels well below 1%...
..The Keynesian Consensus broke down in the 1970s in a series of events triggered by the oil export embargo implemented by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries in October 1973. The OAPEC embargo was lifted in March 1974, but, in the intervening months, the price of oil had quadrupled, from $3/barrel to almost $12/b. This triggered a wave of stagflation, with economies slumping at the same time as inflation soared...

..Although all of these adversities were traceable to the oil crisis, New Liberal opponents of the Keynesian ascendancy succeeded in convincing the public that they were caused by “left-wing” governments and “over-mighty” labour unions.The solutions to the hardships of the 1970s lay, they said, in shrinking the state, deregulating the economy and curbing the powers of organized labour...  
..A collapse in oil prices at the end of 1985...added to the favourable economic impetus delivered by the reversal of some of the adverse pressures of the 1970s...              ..
The New Liberal Ascendancy reached its apotheosis in the early 1990s. With the Deng reforms already steering China away from the hard-line orthodoxy of the revolution, the collapse of the USSR symbolized, for many, the final victory of market liberalism over economic collectivism...                                                                            ..Energy Cost of Energy had started to rise relentlessly as older, low-cost sources of fossil fuel energy were depleted, and replaced by costlier alternatives...Trend ECoE from all sources of energy rose from 2.0% in 1980 to 3.0% in 1990, and 4.3% in 2000. The latter of these moves seems to have been pivotal, since the ‘catch-up’ growth of the 1980s was followed by a marked deceleration which was sometimes labelled “secular stagnation”...                                                                                                                          ..By the mid-1990s, concerns about sluggish growth were compounded by the emerging need to fill the ‘globalization gap’ between high consumption and comparatively stagnant incomes in the Western economies. The result was the adoption of policies designed to make it easier than ever before for Westerners to access credit. This “credit adventurism” put the system onto an arc of inevitability that led, via the global financial crisis (GFC I) of 2008-09, to the “monetary adventurism” of QE, ZIRP and NIRP...                                                                                                                        ..Whilst the “credit adventurism” adopted in the 1990s did not, of itself, abrogate these principles, it triggered a series of processes whereby the market capitalist thesis was eviscerated by the events that began in 2008.  During and after GFC I, markets were rigged to keep rates low, and asset prices high. Prior commitments to minimal market interference were dropped, and investors could no longer earn satisfactory real returns on capital. This amounted to the replacement, by stealth, of the New Liberal Ascendancy with a Post-Capitalist Expediency. The principles of liberal market economics had quietly been dropped...                                                                                    ..What happens from here is a contest between the beneficiaries and the opponents of the new system of entitled expediency. The outcome of this iteration of Robert’s paradigm will be determined by economic trends that the authorities and the elites are powerless to control... Relentlessly rising ECoEs (see Fig. 1A) will exert tightening pressure on the surplus (ex-ECoE) energy that is the physical corollary of economic prosperity (Fig. 1B)...                                                                                                                            .."Clean” (credit-adjusted) economic output will follow the curve of gross energy supply (Fig. 1D), whilst rising ECoEs will widen the gap between output and prosperity (Figs. 2A and 2B).   


 ..The economic aim of governments today is to maintain the status quo by combining an acquiescent sufficiency for the majority with the continued exorbitant privilege of a minority (Fig. 2C).                                                                                                                          The further the economy contracts, the more difficult this balancing-act becomes.    This means that questions of redistribution are poised to return to the top of the political agenda.                                                                                                                        At the same time, wholly unsustainable burdens of debt and quasi-debt (Fig. 2D) are likely to undermine the essentially financial power-base of the Post-Capitalist Expediency... As the economy contracts, governments may find themselves needing to give more to ‘the poor’ than they can possibly take from ‘the rich’... Modern wealth overwhelmingly exists in paper form, and is valued, in the aggregate, by the application of marginal prices to the total stock of assets. If governments tried to expropriate these assets, most of their supposed ‘value’ would evaporate as prices slumped...            ..Intensifying competition for dwindling resources is likely to drive a disorderly rather than a structured and organised transition to a post-growth social realignment.   https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/307-roberts-paradigm/comment-page-1/#respond


  Leaders of France, Germany and the UK make new plea for ceasefire in Gaza after Saturday phone call                                                                             The leaders of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, known as the E3, on Saturday issued a new call for an end to the Gaza war, describing the situation in the besieged enclave as appalling...
..They emphasised the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire, for Israel to lift all restrictions on aid, and for those suffering in Gaza to receive food they so desperately need, the statement said.   
https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/26/leaders-of-france-germany-and-the-uk-make-new-plea-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-after-saturday-ph

​  Netherlands labels Israel ‘threat to national security’ for first time
A leading Dutch counterterrorism agency says Israel and the US pose a threat to The Hague
, while accusing Tel Aviv of trying to manipulate public opinion and policy in the country​ 
 Tel Aviv has waged a years-long intimidation campaign against the ICC, which included the “stalking” and “threatening” of its officials in a bid to stifle investigations into Israeli war crimes.
​ Since the court issued arrest warrants against Israel’s premier and former defense minister last year, Washington has imposed sanctions on the ICC.
 ​   https://thecradle.co/articles/netherlands-labels-israel-threat-to-national-security-for-first-time

  At least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza, hospitals say
According to staff at the Shifa hospital, most of the victims were killed by gunfire as they waited for aid trucks close to the Zikim crossing with Israel.   https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/26/at-least-25-people-killed-by-israeli-gunshots-and-strikes-in-gaza-mostly-while-seeking-foo

  Israeli Gunfire and Strikes Kill at Least 42 in Gaza as Many of the Dead Sought Aid
  Israeli airstrikes and gunshots killed at least 42 people in Gaza overnight and into Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials and the local ambulance service, as starvation deaths continued and ceasefire talks appear to have stalled.   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5168715-israeli-gunfire-and-strikes-kill-least-42-gaza-many-dead-sought-aid

Israeli officers admit spoiling aid from 1,000 trucks at southern Gaza’s Kerem Shalom crossing   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250726-israeli-officers-admit-spoiling-aid-from-1000-trucks-at-southern-gazas-kerem-shalom-crossing/

  The Latest Child to Starve to Death in Gaza Weighed Less than When She Was Born  
A mother pressed a final kiss to what remained of her five-month-old daughter and wept. Esraa Abu Halib's baby now weighed less than when she was born.   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5168831-latest-child-starve-death-gaza-weighed-less-when-she-was-born

  Israeli army storms Handala ship en route to Gaza with 21 people onboard
‘The boat will be towed to Ashdod Port by the Navy, and the activists will then be deported from the country,’ 
says The Times of Israel   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-storms-handala-ship-en-route-to-gaza-with-21-people-onboard/3643121

This is PR, not aid:  UK's Starmer Organizing Renewed Food Air Drops Over Starving Gaza   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uks-starmer-organizing-renewed-food-air-drops-over-gaza

  Craig Murray: This is entirely for show. Gaza needs 15,000 tonnes of aid a day. The maximum parachuted in one day into Gaza so far has been 85 tonnes.   https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1948730977997455506

  Trump On Gaza: "We Have To Get The Kids Fed"
  President Donald Trump while speaking from Scotland in the context of his bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued rare acknowledgement of the severe hunger and malnutrition crisis which has gripped Gaza.
  The president said he has been in current contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on getting humanitarian aid into Gaza. He said: "We have to get the kids fed."   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-gaza-we-have-get-kids-fed

  Houthis To Escalate Attacks On Ships Linked To Firms Dealing With Israel 'Regardless Of Nationality'
  The fresh statement warns the Iran-backed militants would target "all ships belonging to any company that deals with the ports of the Israeli enemy, regardless of the nationality of that company, and in any location within the reach of our armed forces." This is regardless of any final destination, it warned.
  International companies and governments must pressure Israel to stop the war in Gaza and lift its blockade on the Palestinian territory "if they want to avoid this escalation" - the statement warns further.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-escalate-attacks-ships-linked-firms-dealing-israel-regardless-nationality

Putin Informs Bibi He's Ready To Mediate On Iran's Nuclear Program As Trump Makes More Threats​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-informs-bibi-hes-ready-mediate-irans-nuclear-program-trump-makes-more-threats

​  Russia alone against entire West for first time in history – Lavrov
​  ”The main task is to defeat the enemy. For the first time in history, Russia is fighting alone against the entire West. In World War I and World War II, we had allies. Now we have no allies on the battlefield. So we must rely on ourselves and not allow any weakness,” he said.​   https://swentr.site/russia/622100-russia-alone-against-entire-west/

​  Trump reduces Russia-Ukraine ‘deadline’ to 10-12 days
The US president previously said he would impose new sanctions against Moscow if no deal was reached before early September​   
https://swentr.site/news/622093-trump-shorten-ukraine-peace-deadline/

  Sundance, Devin Nunes Discusses the DNI Revelations Released by Tulsi Gabbard – Draws Attention to the Mar-a-Lago Raid
  When I originally read the 108-page Donald Trump lawsuit filed in March 2022, it took me a few moments, and then I realized this was not a lawsuit; this was a legal transfer mechanism created by lawyers to establish a proprietary information silo... In the aftermath of the filing, the silo created by the lawsuit is grounded upon attorney-client privilege, a legal countermeasure to a predictable DOJ-NSD lawfare maneuver, which unfolded in the FBI Mar-a-Lago raid and the subsequent Jack Smith targeting operation...
..Think of it like the people around Trump wanting to show lawyers the evidence in the documents.  However, because of the construct of the lawfare being deployed against Trump, any lawyer would need a *reason* to review the evidence.   The Trump -v- Clinton et al lawsuit becomes that ‘reason....
..In addition to previous executive privilege established by President Trump himself; outside government there is now another silo to defend against the motives of the Lawfare crew (DOJ), the attorney-client privilege...  
..The lawsuit itself then becomes a transfer mechanism permitting sharing of the documents and providing legal cover for the reviewers (lawyers).  The details within the 108-page filing constitute the claims of the plaintiff in the lawsuit, which were established by the evidentiary documents later seized by the DOJ and FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago...
..If the documents chased by the FBI were part of the lawsuit established by President Trump and his legal team via Trump -v- Clinton, then the material seized by the FBI would be -in part- attorney client work product.  Lawfully obtained, constitutionally declassified and legally protected material.
   According to later reports all of the documents were returned to President Trump at the conclusion of the Jack Smith investigation.
   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/07/26/devin-nunes-discusses-the-dni-revelations-released-by-tulsi-gabbard-draws-attention-to-the-mar-a-lago-raid/

  "Efforts" on the part of whom, Sir?  Orban: Great efforts will be needed to prevent World War III   https://en.topwar.ru/268713-orban-chtoby-predotvratit-tretju-mirovuju-vojnu-potrebujutsja-bolshie-usilija.html

​  How Trump Just Turned Europe Into A Vassal Market​  
​  On Sunday, the United States and the European Union agreed on a new framework for transatlantic trade. The outcome exposes Europe’s open flank - its dependency on foreign energy...
​..The framework agreement—still pending ratification by EU member states and the European Parliament—imposes a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the United States. That’s half the originally threatened 30%, but still far above historic norms.
​  In return, the EU commits to energy imports worth $750 billion over the next three years—including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petroleum products. And then there’s the MAGA component: investment in the American heartland. A whopping $600 billion is to be mobilized from European industries and invested in the United States, with a strong focus on defense manufacturing. The message from Trump is clear: if Europe wants to keep fighting its proxy war in Ukraine, it will now have to pay for American weapons.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/how-trump-just-turned-europe-vassal-market

​  US trade deal will fuel EU’s ‘deindustrialization’ – Lavrov
The agreement has dealt a “very hard blow” to a number of business sectors in the bloc, the Russian foreign minister has said​   
https://swentr.site/russia/622090-us-eu-trade-deal-deindustrialization/

  Medvedev: Trump 'Steamrolled, Humiliated' Europe With One-Sided Deal
He highlighted that Brussels agreed to terms that involve significant trade concessions, expanded defense obligations, and energy agreements heavily favoring American exporters. Did anyone think it would be anything different with Trump in the room negotiating it?
  Trump managed to "crush" Europe without firing a single shot, Medvedev said: "This isn’t diplomacy. It’s surrender dressed in a suit."
The heavily slanted terms of the deal meant Trump had "wiped the floor with Europe," Medvedev stated further in the Monday social media post.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/medvedev-trump-steamrolled-humiliated-europe-one-sided-deal

China, US Extend Tariff Pause Another 90 Days   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-us-extend-tariff-pause-another-90-days

Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Talks Set As Trump Threatens To Withhold Trade Deals   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-talks-set-trump-threatens-withhold-trade-deals

  Pepe Escobar,  Destroy Russia. Fail? No problem: let’s destroy China!
  On the American ability to maintain the US dollar’s reserve currency status, Miao points to two factors: “whether the United States can continue to lead the technological revolution”; and “whether it can preserve the advantages of its financial system, such as the Federal Reserve’s independence and the self-regulating and corrective capabilities of its financial markets.”
  Yet what’s accelerating now is rather the “fragmentation of the international monetary system”. So we should expect increased use of yuan in payment settlements and as “a store of value”; that’s already happening all across BRICS.
  Miao points to the key vector: the yuan is now “a low-interest currency, while the US dollar is high-interest.” Trump 2.0 tariffs “on all countries have contributed to the appreciation” of the yuan.
  This high-speed train is now leaving the station: “By leveraging China’s manufacturing strengths in sectors such as machinery, electronics, and new energy equipment”, China is encouraging BRICS nations and partners to use the yuan “for trade settlement, thereby creating a self-sustaining cycle” driven by “real trade demand.”   
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/07/25/destroy-russia-fail-no-problem-lets-destroy-china/

  ​I can hardly still keep waiting for the arrests!  MAXWELL FLIPS — TRUMP’S DOJ UNLEASHES MASS ARREST OPERATION!
​ On July 24, 2025, Ghislaine Maxwell detonated a political bomb that’s still shaking the world. For five straight hours, she named names, confirmed the Epstein blackmail network, and turned over classified intel to President Trump’s restructured DOJ. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wasn’t there for a formality. He was executing Trump’s next phase of the takedown—a scorched-earth strategy targeting elites, royals, Hollywood icons, tech moguls, and Deep State agents alike. Maxwell answered every question without invoking privilege. Her attorney confirmed it: No refusals. No denials. Full exposure. This wasn’t for sentence reduction. This was war protocol. The woman raised by Mossad-linked operative Robert Maxwell, groomed to run logistics for Epstein’s island of horror, is now collapsing the entire network from the inside.​   https://x.com/DSqldier17/status/1949579598393696381

Trump: ‘I’m Allowed to’ Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in Return for Epstein Evidence   https://defconnews.com/2025/07/26/trump-im-allowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-in-return-for-epstein-evidence/

Still no arrests:  More Russia Hoax Evidence Set To Drop, Directly Implicating Hillary Clinton's Role   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/more-russia-hoax-evidence-set-drop-directly-implicating-hillary-clintons-role

  The John Bolton Connection to the Steele Dossier
  In 2018, Bolton received a classified memorandum directly connected to Brennan’s actions. Astonishingly, he chose to bury it, locking it away in a National Security Council safe instead of bringing it to Trump’s attention. His trust in Brennan’s fabricated intelligence prevailed over his duty to the president he served.   https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/07/27/the-john-bolton-connection-to-the-steele-dossier-n4942134

  Intel board chairman wants security clearances revoked, spies fired over Russiagate and other abuses
“There's lots of criminals here, and it was a grand conspiracy," Devin Nunes
 tells Just the News.   
https://justthenews.com/government/security/intel-board-chairman-wants-security-clearances-revoked-spies-fired-over

  The Usual Suspects: Declassified Russian Investigation Material Reveals a Familiar Rogue’s Gallery:
John Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency...
James Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence...
James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Andrew McCabe, Former Acting FBI Director   
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/07/27/the-usual-suspects-declassified-russian-investigation-material-reveals-a-familiar-rogues-gallery/

  Where did the money really go?  Trump Urges Prosecution of Kamala Harris
 Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday, “I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for ‘expenses,’ to OprahSix Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV ‘anchor,’ Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING! These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records.”   https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/27/trump-calls-to-prosecute-kamala-n4942138

  RFK Jr. Targets Ultra-Processed Foods In Latest Move To MAHA
 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has teamed up with the Department of Agriculture to formally define ultra-processed foods, a step toward empowering consumers and addressing America’s chronic disease epidemic...   
..A press release from HHS said that approximately 70% of packaged products in the U.S. are foods often considered ultra-processed. Additionally, children, on average, get over 60% of their calories from these ultra-processed foods.
  “Dozens of scientific studies have found links between the consumption of foods often considered ultra-processed with numerous adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity and neurological disorders,” HHS said.   
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-targets-ultra-processed-foods-in-latest-move-to-maha

  Lawyer Suing Gates & Bourla for Covid VAX Injuries Arrested and Imprisoned in Netherlands
The Netherlands goes Full Fascist in a Gestapo-reminiscent late night arrest of attorney Arno van Kessel one month before trial against Gates et al. began.   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/lawyer-suing-gates-and-bourla-for

  Calls Grow for Journal to Retract Danish Study After Corrected Data Show Link Between Aluminum in Vaccines and Autism
The authors of a recent study of 1.2 million children claimed they found no link between the aluminum in vaccines and autism. 
However, corrected data now added to the study show the opposite is true, according to scientists with Children’s Health Defense. The authors did not respond to requests by The Defender to explain why they haven’t revised their conclusions based on the release of the corrected data.   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/aluminum-vaccines-autism-link-denmark-study-corrected-data/

  ‘Tough Thing to Defend’: FDA Holds Heated Debate on ‘Untested, Unapproved’ Fluoride Supplements for Kids
In May, the FDA moved to ban fluoride supplements after a systematic review of recent science by top government scientists published in JAMA Pediatrics reported that early fluoride exposure was linked to a decrease in children’s IQ scores. But pro-fluoride advocates argued during Wednesday’s public hearing that the supplements are “safe and effective.”   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-holds-heated-debate-untested-unapproved-fluoride-supplements-kids/

  NEW STUDY: mRNA Boosters Trigger Dangerous Immune & Blood Abnormalities Within 48 Hours in Healthy Young Adults
Even without symptoms, mRNA boosters trigger immune suppression, systemic inflammation, and coagulation abnormalities.    
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-mrna-boosters-trigger-dangerous

  TAFRO Syndrome Triggered by Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (mRNA1273)
AbstractWe describe a rare case of TAFRO syndrome that developed after the second vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (mRNA1273, manufactured by Moderna Co.) in a healthy 26-year-old male. 
  He developed a prolonged high fever and intermittent non-localized abdominal pain soon after vaccination followed by impaired renal function and thrombocytopenia; as well as assumed cytokine storm due to serum levels of triglyceride and total cholesterol, and high serum levels of ferritin, soluble interleukin 2 receptor, soluble CD14, interleukin 6, and vascular endothelial growth factor. Based on these findings, the patient was diagnosed with TAFRO syndrome. His condition was refractory against glucocorticoid, tocilizumab, and rituximab, and temporary haemodialysis was necessary. 
  We speculate that the mRNA vaccine triggered a modification of the immune system and caused the development of TAFRO syndrome.    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40699002/#:~:text=His%20condition%20was%20refractory%20against,.permissions@oup.com

.  Steve Kirsch,  American Association of Pediatrics tacitly admits that vaccines don't work!  
AAP just issued a policy statement directing all states to require vaccination for all kids who attend school, except those with legit medical exemptions:
  Elimination of all nonmedical exemptions (religious, philosophical, personal belief).
Universal vaccination for all children except those with legitimate, documented, and regularly reviewed medical contraindications.
  This is a tacit admission that vaccines don’t work. If vaccines worked, vaccinated kids would have nothing to fear.
Exempting those with medical exemptions is smoke and mirrors because doctors won’t issue them.   
https://kirschsubstack.com/p/american-association-of-pediatrics

  New York Teachers Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccines Take Case to U.S. Supreme Court
A group of 19 teachers who sued the city of New York after their requests for religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination were denied are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings, which they allege unconstitutionally favored some religious beliefs over others.   https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/new-york-teachers-fired-refusing-covid-vaccines-take-case-u-s-supreme-court/


​Relatively Undamaged (pictured in Palestine bike jersey, starting a morning ride)




Sunday, July 27, 2025

Remote Witnessing

 Remote Viewers,



​  Former U.S. Green Beret Anthony Aguilar says he routinely witnessed Israeli forces (IDF) firing artillery tank rounds and mortar rounds into crowds of unarmed, starving Palestinians at GHF aid sites in Gaza. “I witnessed war crimes,” the GHF security contractor told the BBC, calling the attacks “indiscriminate” and “the worst brutality” he’s seen in his life.​   https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1948898773939237224

​20 seconds of a crush of German riot police pummeling one crumpled young guy's head. Extreme police violence at protesters for Gaza today in Berlin   https://x.com/derJamesJackson/status/1948465884130841007

Germany says no change in non-recognition of Palestinian state amid mounting international pressure​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-says-no-change-in-non-recognition-of-palestinian-state-amid-mounting-international-pressure/3642119

​  We all know what will happen to all Palestinians, Mr. President:  Trump says Hamas will be ‘hunted down’ as Gaza ceasefire talks wane
US president says Hamas is rejecting deal because it knows ‘what happens’ after the last Israeli captives are released.​   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/25/trump-says-hamas-will-be-hunted-down-as-gaza-ceasefire-talks-wane

Israel Bombs Gaza School With U.S.-Made Missile During Friday Prayers​ - The school was sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza City.​   https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bombs-gaza-school-us-missile-displaced

​  Israel Planning ‘Major Offensive’ Against Yemen
Israel is planning a “major offensive” against Yemen and is waiting for a green light from the Israeli political echelon, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on 23 July.​  “The Israeli security establishment is working around the clock on a major offensive plan against the Yemeni Ansarallah group, which will put an end to the numerous terrorist incidents and rocket attacks on Israel,” the Hebrew channel said.​   https://orinocotribune.com/israel-planning-major-offensive-against-yemen-report/

Yemeni missile, drones attack 4 vital Israeli targets​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234724/Yemeni-missile-drones-attack-4-vital-Israeli-targets

“Not a single ton:” Colombian President orders navy to ban coal shipments to Israel​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250725-not-a-single-ton-colombian-president-orders-navy-to-ban-coal-shipments-to-israel/

​  International Crisis Group says 'Israel is starving Gaza'
Think tank says new Israeli aid system fail most vulnerable, warns of imminent mass death without immediate action​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/international-crisis-group-says-israel-is-starving-gaza/3642091

​  Israel’s Ben Gvir denies hunger in Gaza, says he supports starving Hamas - Far-right minister’s remarks contradict global warnings of famine and humanitarian catastrophe​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-s-ben-gvir-denies-hunger-in-gaza-says-he-supports-starving-hamas/3641873

​  Thousands rally in Tel Aviv, Haifa to demand end to Gaza war​ -  Thousands have staged a protest in Tel Aviv against Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, carrying photos of starving Palestinian children.​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234703/Thousands-rally-in-Tel-Aviv-Haifa-to-demand-end-to-Gaza-war

​  USAID found ‘no proof’ of Hamas stealing US aid 
State Dept, White House dispute findings of study conducted by aid agency’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance
​  Report says 44 of 156 incidents of aid supplies being lost or stolen ‘either directly or indirectly due to Israeli military actions’​   
https://www.dawn.com/news/1926647/usaid-found-no-proof-of-hamas-stealing-us-aid

Israel will let foreign countries drop aid into Gaza, as UN says third of Gazans ‘not eating for days’​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2609406/middle-east

  ​Craig Murray: This is entirely for show. Gaza needs 15,000 tonnes of aid a day. The maximum parachuted in one day into Gaza so far has been 85 tonnes.   https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1948730977997455506

  Celia Farber (We'll see if they do or don't):  Israel Says It Will Open Aid Corridors To Gaza As International Outcry Escalates; Israel Drops 7 Aid Packages, Deemed Dangerous Because Of Panic On The Ground To Get To Them
​  No Longer "Anti-Semitic" To Be "Appalled;" This Is The Word They Are Now Using, About The "Images" Coming Out Of Gaza. Appalled Enough To Stop Weapons Sales? US, Germany, Top Exporters​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/israel-says-it-will-open-aid-corridors

​  US and its allies unprepared to repel saturation missile attacks​ - Results from a new study of missile defenses show limited supply, slow manufacturing
THAAD is a hit-to-kill, or kinetic kill, interceptor that does not use explosives. It has an operational ceiling of around 92 miles, so it is not capable of exoatmospheric intercepts (310 to 620 miles). Israel’s high altitude interceptor, Arrow 3, is said to be capable of intercepts in the exoatmosphere.
​  According to the JINSA report, in the June conflict THAAD intercepted 47.7 percent of all the missiles fired at Israel, an unexpectedly high proportion. In doing so, the US expended at least 14% of its total THAAD interceptor stockpile. JINSA says it will take Lockheed, which manufactures the THAAD interceptors, around eight years to replenish the US stockpile, assuming the rate of production is not significantly increased.
​  Take Note: We only know the number of Iranian missiles shot down by THAAD (92). We do not know how many THAAD interceptors were launched to shoot down the Iranian missiles. The 14% figure represents the claimed kills, not the actual number fired. Thus the remaining inventory of THAAD interceptors may be smaller than stated in the report.
​  There are a couple of important caveats. The first is that the US is supplying other countries with THAAD systems. Saudi Arabia has a THAAD system delivered from the United States and 50 interceptors. However, it has ordered 360 interceptors, which will take years to manufacture.​   
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/us-and-its-allies-unprepared-to-repel-saturation-missile-attacks/

​  They only have 50 THAADs.  US asked Saudi Arabia to send missile interceptors to Israel during Iran conflict. Riyadh refused
Saudi Arabia stood by while Israel suffered blows from Iranian missile strikes, and some observers say it might have preferred it that way​   https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-asked-saudi-arabia-send-missile-interceptors-israel-during-iran-conflict-riyadh-refused

​  Syrian Observatory Blasts US Envoy for Claiming Syrian Government Forces Not Involved in Suwayda Executions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based rights group that tracks violence in Syria, has released a statement criticizing US Ambassador Tom Barrack for claiming Syrian government forces were not involved in the mass executions of civilians in Suwayda, southern Syria...
..Barrack, who serves as the ambassador to Turkey and as a special envoy to Syria, claimed Syrian government troops didn’t enter Suwayda during the violence. “The Syrian troops haven’t gone into the city. These atrocities that are happening are not happening by the Syrian regime troops. They’re not even in the city because they agreed with Israel that they would not go in,” he told Reuters.​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/23/syrian-observatory-blasts-us-envoy-for-claiming-syrian-government-forces-not-involved-in-suwayda-executions/

​  Ukrainian border guard defects to Hungary
​  According to ​... information, 29-year-old Sergeant Vitalij Huga, from Unghvar, left his post without permission near the Transcarpathian border marker 336. The man left his service weapons, an AK-74 assault rifle and a Fort-12R pistol, along with a bulletproof vest, and other equipment right at his position in the forest.
​  Nearby, in the checkpoint lane, traces were found leading towards Hungary, with all signs pointing to the sergeant having illegally crossed the border...
​..The border guard’s escape comes at nearly the same time that a new regulation was launched that states all men who have reached the age of 17 must be registered for military service by July 31.​   https://rmx.news/article/hes-had-enough-of-zelensky-ukrainian-border-guard-defects-to-hungary/

Western Media Admits: Humanitarian Catastrophe in Ukraine​ New cemeteries are being built across the country to meet the demand for burial space.​  https://www.globalresearch.ca/western-media-admits-humanitarian-catastrophe-ukraine/5895922

​  Rachel Marsden,  ‘Russian disinfo’ slayers try very hard to pin Queen Ursula’s no-confidence vote on Moscow

Apparently, trying to hold Ursula von der Leyen accountable is now a Russian op, reports Der Spiegel, citing a new NATO-linked think tank report.
​  The study treats elected oversight and European lawmakers whose job, ideally, involves more than clapping like trained seals every time an unelected Eurocrat lights public money on fire, like elements of some kind of Russian infiltration plot.
​  “Massive support for this effort was also found by pro-Kremlin media outlets, bloggers, and online influencers, as the Lithuania-based organization Debunk.org specializes in analyzing disinformation and Russian propaganda, which is seen as part of Russia’s hybrid warfare against the EU,” Spiegel wrote, describing Russian-linked media “fueling” a recent von der Leyen non-confidence vote in the EU Parliament. “Among the larger portals were those of the Russian propaganda channel RT…”​   
https://www.rt.com/news/622003-kremlin-hates-von-der-leyen/

Breaking News: U.S. Launches $151 Billion SHIELD Golden Dome Project to Counter Hypersonic Missile Threats.​   https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/breaking-news-u-s-launches-151-billion-shield-golden-dome-to-counter-hypersonic-missile-threats

​  Turkey’s hypersonic ups Middle East arms race ante
Tayfun marks bold leap in regional power projection, amplifying Turkey’s deterrence while dropping gauntlet on rivals like Israel​   
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/turkeys-hypersonic-ups-middle-east-arms-race-ante/#

JUST IN: President Trump on if Barack Hussein Obama can be criminally prosecuted for the Trump-Russia Treasonous Conspiracy hoax "He has immunity, it probably helps him a lot. He OWES ME BIG. Obama owes me big." "But it DOESN'T help the people around him AT ALL."​   https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1948744308045099157

Pelosi, Looking Tired And Rattled, Claims Trump Is "Not Of Sane Mind"​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosi-looking-tired-and-rattled-claims-trump-not-sane-mind

​  Ghislaine Maxwell received limited immunity during meetings with deputy attorney general: Sources
"She didn't hold anything back," Maxwell's attorney said earlier.​   
https://abcnews.go.com/US/deputy-ag-blanche-set-meet-2nd-day-ghislaine/story?id=124064062

Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal Looms As Lawyer Says She Discussed '100 Different People' During Interview With DAG​  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/brace-yourself-ghislaine-maxwell-appeal-has-substantial-chance-success

​  John Helmer, ZUGZWANG IN ZANGEZUR – IN THIS CAUCASIAN GAME ARMENIA HAS DEFEATED ITSELF, TRUMP CLAIMS ANOTHER PEACE PRIZE
​ Zugzwang is the German word which has become  the name in all languages for the well-known position in politics, warfare, and games of chess which is the last one before capitulation.  Literally, it means “being forced to move”. Metaphorically, it refers to the situation when one adversary has placed his opponent in a position where he must make the next move, and whatever move he makes will be his defeat.​..
​..Zangezur, an Armenian word Ô¶Õ¡Õ¶Õ£Õ¥Õ¦Õ¸Ö‚Ö€ with geographical and historical meaning for a mountainous region of southeastern Armenia (lead image, right),  has been Armenian, Mongol, Turkic, Ottoman, Persian, and Russian over a very long past of sheep herding   and fighting.  Today it refers to a lowland transportation route for road and railway moving cargoes from east to west, north and south, and vice versa — the Zangezur Corridor.  Operation of this route and control of it by force of arms​  pit the strategic interests of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Russia, China, United States,  US, France, India,  and others, against each other in several shifting combinations.
​  If the powers strategize these combinations to benefit their interests at the expense of the others, the only one in the zugzwang is Armenia and its current prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, who has put himself there.​   
https://johnhelmer.net/zugzwang-in-zangezur-in-this-caucasian-game-armenia-has-defeated-itself-trump-claims-another-peace-prize/#more-92164

​  Heh, heh, heh ... Yves Smith  Will Voters Turn to Corbyn and Socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance Love-In?  
​  Americans who have become disillusioned about the prospects for national candidates like Sanders who advocate for concrete material benefits for ordinary voters, aka socialism, might understandably be inclined to dismiss Corbyn’s efforts to seek leadership via a new party as quixotic. But things have changed since his last bi​d. First, with Gaza genocide becoming even more visibly horrific, it’s much harder to make “pro Palestine = anti-semitic” stick. Second, as rise of Zohran Mamdani, and even more tellingly, the difficulty Team Dem and plutocrats are having in sinking his campaign, even in hard-core, heavily propagandized America, capitalism has resulted in such severe inequality and visible looting that voters are tossing the old guard over the side. The same impulse that produced Trump should if anything even more favor a bona fide socialist.
​  Early UK voter reactions indicate that Corbyn will be a force to be reckoned with, as in even if he does not become PM, he could come to command a big enough block of seats so as to lead a coalition essential to forming a government and hence influence policy. From Council Estate Media in New Corbyn party already bigger than Tories and Reform as 250,000 sign up in one day.​   
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/will-voters-turn-to-corbyn-and-socialism-over-starmers-big-finance-love-in.html

​  It went over 300,000 on Saturday.​  Jeremy Corbyn’s new party receives over 250,000 signatures in 24 hours
The launch of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's party has been met with praise, receiving over 250,000 membership requests amid confusion over the party's name.
​  The number of signups for the new party, which initial reports stated would be called "Your Party", appears to rival the 309,000 registered members of the ruling Labour Party and right-wing Reform UK's 227,592.
​  "We are witnessing something special. 250,000 people don't sign up overnight for no reason. They have signed up to join a people-powered movement for change," Jeremy Corbyn told The New Arab.​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/jeremy-corbyns-new-party-receives-over-250000-signatures

​   Farage: Britain Is Facing Complete “Societal Collapse”​ -  “People are scared to go out to the shops, scared to let their kids out”
“We live increasingly in a lawless Britain… most people think that Britain has become lawless”, Farage remarked Monday at a press conference to launch a new law and order policy platform.​   https://modernity.news/2025/07/25/farage-britain-is-facing-complete-societal-collapse/

​  Michael Hudson: Church and Finance – From the Crusades to World War I
​  Before I could spend time in saying, ​"how did a banking class emerge​", I had to explain what the Roman churches strategy was in creating a system of control over other realms, how it organized the Crusades, and how the Crusades worked primarily against the Holy Land at all. They were against other Christian countries. Especially against Germany that wanted to be independent, with the king appointing his own bishops, it was against the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade. Or the song Dominica, Dominica. The Dominican Inquisition are basically tried to destroy Southeastern France on behalf of the northern Normans. And I had to go way back not only to the spirit of uniquely Roman intolerance of other religions, such as the Northern Germanic religions centuries earlier. How the Church asserted its authority over kings and what led to all of this I had to write 2 chapters on how the reformers in the church came beginning in the 11th century to take Rome and the papacy​, ​which was a backwater controlled by local aristocracies from the Roman suburb of Tusculum. The Catholic history refers to it as the pornocracy, the rule by the harlots of utter corruption.
​  Well. In response to this. The reformers, mainly from Germany, by King Otto and his successors, said if we’re if we’re going to reform the Christian Church and make it Christian instead of just an owned by particular families for their own economic benefit. To provide security, we must basically exclude all the secular control over the papacy, we have to exclude loyalty. We have to insist that the papacy does not become hereditary by these families, just passing it on to their relatives or their supporters that requires celebracy. Which is something that you don’t find in the rest of Christianity. Essentially the reformers were idealists and by an idealist they ended up insisting on total control over all Christianity and there were five patriarchates in the 10th century. The largest was Constantinople, but the others were all in the Middle East. There were the Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria and RomeRoman Papacy set out to say we’ve got to dominate these countries, and we’ve got to dominate secular society so that we can impose church rule, Christian rule on all of the kings.
​  To do that, we have to control the appointment of bishops. We have to take the power of local kings in Germany and anywhere else in our own hands, so that we appoint the bishops who are in charge of collecting taxes and what they do with it and sending the money to Rome.
​  And so, the whole organization of Christian reform in Rome took the form not only of an antagonism towards all seculars realms and all the other patriarchs of the church. But it was basically financial in nature.​   
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/07/michael-hudson-church-and-finance-from-the-crusades-to-world-war-i.html

​  $100M collected during benefit for L.A. fire victims, but they're not seeing any of it
Congressman calls on Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate 'where these donations went'​   
https://www.wnd.com/2025/07/100m-collected-during-benefit-l-fire-victims-theyre/

They are still discovering bodies in Altadena 6 months after fire. Are there other victims?​   https://archive.is/20250725141543/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-25/la-firestorm-31st-victim-found#selection-2497.0-2497.91

​  Democrats let California burn while aid went missing – Trump
The US president has called FireAid a scam and claimed that victims never received the promised money​   
https://swentr.site/news/622027-trump-california-fireaid-scam/

​The truckers years ago and now their lawyer:  Trucker Convoy Lawyer Debanked   https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/banking/trucker-convoy-lawyer-debanked/

​  RoundUp immunity:  MAHA Sounds Alarm Over Pesticide Manufacturer Immunity​  
​  Supporters of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are warning that a new House Appropriations bill includes a provision that would shield pesticide manufacturers from legal liability.
​  “Big Ag lobbyists are quietly working to slip liability shields for pesticide companies into law. If it passes, Big Ag will be free to poison you with ZERO accountability,” MAHA Action, a pro-Kennedy nonprofit, tweeted.​   
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/maha-pesticide-manufacturer-immunity-section-453-glyphosate-rfk-jr-tom-cole-house-appropriations/

​  Aww, it'll probably be fine...  History first: US to revive Palisades nuclear plant to power 800,000 homes
The approval from the NRC will allow the Palisades nuclear power plant to receive new fuel.​   https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-palisades-nuclear-plant-revival

​  Dangerous Acid Accumulating Globally Through Rainfall, Water, and Food - Scientists Detect Surging Levels of Synthetic Acid in Rain, Snow, and Food
The substance in question is trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a man-made chemical categorized as part of the so-called "forever chemicals" group due to its resistance to natural breakdown.​  https://english.pravda.ru/news/science/163425-trifluoroacetic-acid-global-contamination/

​Transient Life Form (pictured this morning with okra, in Palestine jersey, before training ride)