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Peter Hotez Sends Ominous Message Ahead of RFK Jr.’s Takeover of HHS – What a load of Crap – by The Vigilant Fox – https://vigilantfox.news/p/peter-hotez-sends-ominous-message –

Dr. Peter Hotez is back, this time cranking up the fearmongering. Last week, Hotez declared that a wave of potential pandemics is “coming down the pike,” predicting it will all “come crashing down” on Trump “on January 21st.” – On Friday, Hotez, who declined a $2.6 million offer to debate RFK Jr. on vaccine science, told CNN’s John Berman that polio, mumps, rubella, and other diseases could “come back” if vaccination rates fall… “It doesn’t take much for these diseases to come back. You’ve got to maintain constant vigilance,” Hotez said… “And so all of these [diseases] could look like they’re on their way up and coming back fairly quickly.”

After scaring the daylights out of CNN’s audience, Hotez claimed there is a “coordinated” anti-vaccine “disinformation campaign” and insisted, “there is no relationship with any of these vaccines in autism.” – “And that’s why I get so frustrated with people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,” he added, accusing Kennedy of continually shifting his arguments to undermine confidence in vaccine safety.”

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IRS Expands Its Armed Wing To Highest Level In Nearly A Decade – by Tyler Durden – https://www.zerohedge.com/political/irs-expands-its-armed-wing-highest-level-nearly-decade – “The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) division, the armed enforcement wing of the IRS tasked with combating financial crimes, has expanded its workforce by nearly 11 percent, bringing staffing levels to their highest in nearly a decade and boosting the division’s conviction rate to 90 percent, according to the IRS-CI’s latest annual report… As Tom Ozimek reports, via The Epoch Times, the fiscal year 2024 report, released on Dec. 5, outlines a year of intensified enforcement for the IRS-CI, which serves as the tax agency’s law enforcement branch that focuses on tax violations that cross into criminal territory… The report shows that the division achieved several firsts over the past year, including the first sentencing for syndicated conservation easement schemes, the first cryptocurrency tax fraud indictment, and a record-setting financial settlement with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for anti-money laundering violations… IRS-CI special agents, who are authorized to carry guns and use lethal force, now number 2,290 after a hiring spree added 146 employees to its ranks over the fiscal year. The division’s overall workforce expansion is the largest in nearly a decade, bringing total headcount to 3,474 employees. Between 2010 and 2020, the division’s staffing numbers fell from 4,017 to 2,858… IRS-CI Chief Guy Ficco said in the report that the demands on the division’s workforce have increased as “criminals utilize new venues, revise their techniques, and use emerging technologies to facilitate financial crimes.” – A turnaround in hiring in recent years across both the criminal investigations unit and the IRS more broadly has been fueled by the $80 billion funding boost under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, around $20 billion of which was later clawed back. Roughly $46 billion of the funding boost was designated for enforcement, a contentious part of the package that drew opposition from some Republican lawmakers, who argued it could lead to increased tax audits on lower- and middle-income Americans… According to the fiscal year 2024 report, the IRS-CI launched 2,667 criminal investigations, leading to 1,571 convictions. The division raised its conviction rate from 88.4 percent in the 2023 fiscal year to 90 percent in 2024, which ended Sept. 30… The division also uncovered $9.1 billion in fraud from tax and financial crimes, obtained $1.7 billion in court-ordered restitution, and seized approximately $1.2 billion in criminal assets… The IRS-CI also expanded its international footprint by launching a new attaché post in Nassau, Bahamas, and a cyber attaché post in Singapore… Ficco said in the report that the division’s focus heading into 2025 is to leverage its expanded resources and expertise to pursue financial crimes and protect the integrity of the U.S. tax system.”

Fair Use Notice: This site may contain some copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of vital issues which already exist in the public domain. – Note: These links are posted from the top of the page as the week progresses. Links from previous weeks can be found under the “Current Quicklinx” button.9 shot vials, settles issues pertaining to DNA quantification methods, shows spike persistence and exosomal shuttling (shedding) – And this was done in human cells… – by Jessica Rose  –https://jessicar.substack.com/p/a-new-paper-confirms-presence-of – “Ulrike Kämmerer, Verena Schulz and Klaus Steger have just published what might be the paper of the century entitled: “BioNTech RNA-Based COVID-19 Injections Contain Large Amounts Of Residual DNA Including An SV40 Promoter/Enhancer Sequence“. It got through peer review on December 3, 2024 and it confirms much of what has already been evidenced and answers many questions lingering in the background… Let’s unpack their results: We demonstrate successful transfection of nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) biologicals into HEK293 cells and show robust levels of spike proteins over several days of cell culture. Secretion into cell supernatants occurred predominantly via extracellular vesicles enriched for exosome markers. We further analyzed RNA and DNA contents of these vials and identified large amounts of DNA after RNase A digestion in all lots with concentrations ranging from 32.7 ng to 43.4 ng per clinical dose. This far exceeds the maximal acceptable concentration of 10 ng per clinical dose that has been set by international regulatory authorities. Gene analyses with selected PCR primer pairs proved that residual DNA represents not only fragments of the DNA matrices coding for the spike gene, but of all genes from the plasmid including the SV40 promoter/enhancer and the antibiotic resistance gene… Spike protein expression in HEK293 cells after transfection with BNT162b2 biologicals is seen in green. This means the LNPs dump their payload successfully into human cells and this payload is translated into spike protein using the cell’s machinery (ribosomes) as per the design. The spike had a cytotoxic effect on cells (bad for cells = they die) and stuck around for at least 7 days (persistence). And that’s just when they stopped measuring. Spike got into the medium that the cells were in: it was released from the cells that were transfected. Spike can be cleaved from the membranes of cells, but, can also be exported in exosomes in full form (uncleaved)… This is an incredibly important finding and has massive implications for shedding. Exosomes – which are like little information carriers between cells – are likely trafficking/shuttling spike to other cells in the in vivo setting. Based on these findings, there’s no reason to believe they wouldn’t be doing this… The amount of RNA in the injected Pfizer product (30 ug) checks out. The “real” amount of DNA that they found after additionally treating with RNase to remove interfering signals from RNA exceeded EMA limits by 4-5 times… All four Pfizer vials that they tested at a dilution of 1:10 showed strong signals for SV40 promoter/enhancer, neomycin cassette, ORI replicon, and spike protein (B: right), and all transfected HEK293 cells as well (B: left)! – They blew up the LNPs using Triton-X to get to the most DNA that they could (without having done this, a lot of the DNA is not available for measurement) and checked DNA levels using different 3 methods: Quant-iT PicoGreen dsDNA Assay (P), Qubit 1x dsDNA High Sensitivity Assay (Q), and AccuBlue dsDNA High Sensitivity Assay (A). This is WILDLY INCREDIBLE AND THOROUGH WORK. I hope people appreciate this and also that if the manufacturers and/or regulators this amount of work/checking, they sure didn’t show the public their findings… All in all, this paper is an excellent piece of work that confirms the presence of residual DNA that exceeds EMA limits many fold in all Pfizer COVID-19 modRNA-LNP product vials tested. Their methodology for ascertaining “real” DNA levels is second to none and they do account for RNA interference and eliminate this problem. They also got the most measurable DNA by treating the LNPs with Triton-X. I wish the manufacturers and regulators could say as much… Perhaps the most disturbing ‘new’ finding is the release of spike into the cell media via exosomes. The authors write: In case of an in-vivo situation, this would mean that the spike proteins are transported within exosomes to other tissues and organs via the blood stream and, consequently, taken up by the target cells. In fact, it has already been reported that spike proteins can be found in exosomes of vaccinated individuals… This has massive implications for shedding and begs the questions: Is this why there are so many people who feel the effects of someone else’s modRNA injection after spending a little time with them? – Are we all injected by proxy? – We need a moratorium on this platform (genetic material-LNP-based) and we need follow-up studies so that we can help people who are clearly suffering from what we can call spikeopathy. We basically need to figure a way out of this colossal mess. Together… Illustrative images and tables in original source article.”

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Alex Jones’ “Data” on plans to provide nuclear warheads to Ukraine (Video, 29min) – “MASSIVE NUCLEAR ESCALATION ALERT! Biden Admin Floats Plan To Give Nuclear Weapons To Ukraine In War Against Russia, NYT Reports— WWIII Has Never Been Closer— MUST-WATCH/SHARE!”  – https://banned.video/watch?id=6744bbc545648c8d6d3590fe – Note: this is what Jones “has” that’s triggering presenters across the Internet.”

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Our Sixty Days of Nuclear Chicken Have Begun – by Matt Taibbi –
https://www.racket.news/p/our-sixty-days-of-nuclear-chicken – “In an irony so miserable it must be true, widespread belief that peace talks are coming after Donald Trump’s inauguration is pushing Russia and the U.S. into a game of nuclear chicken, leaving us with “60 days to decide on World War,” as one Russian newspaper put it this week… While the story may not be getting Cuban Missile Crisis treatment here, Joe Biden’s decision to green-light launches of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles into Russia has that country’s media in freakout mode. Rhetoric was hotter than ever today, the 1000th day of the war, after at least six ATACMS were fired into Russian territory… “Russia and the West have reached the point of no return,” declared Moskovsky Komsomolets… “Halfway to Armageddon,” read a RuNews24 headline… “The most dangerous moment of escalation in the history of this war, and maybe the most dangerous moment in European history since 1945,” historian Alexander Friedman told EuroRadio… “World War III, closer still?” asked Irina Romaliskaya, at the top of Evening newscast… “The last ‘red line,'” grumbled Andrei Krasov, First Secretary of the Duma’s Defense Committee… A U.S. official told Reuters Russians intercepted two out of eight ATACMS, with the remainder landing near Karachev, a town in the Bryansk region about 110 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The Russian defense ministry says it shot down five of six missiles. Either way, the move triggered another change of nuclear doctrine by Vladimir Putin, allowing for nuclear response to any attack on the “territorial wholeness” of Russia. The previous standard required a threat to the “very existence” of the Russian state… Most Americans likely view the ATACMS strike as just another self-defense response by a Ukrainian army that’s been forced to rely on Western resources and weapons since Russia’s invasion two years ago, and not substantively different from the 34 drones sent to strike Moscow just over a week ago. The Russian government disagrees, but do they disagree enough to nuke someone? – A parade of other Russian officials, from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov to foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to former president and Deputy Security Council Chair Dmitri Medvedev, have warned the ATACMS launches mean a “new phase” and possible widening of the war. Medvedev tweeted that the new doctrine “means NATO missiles fired against our country could be deemed an attack by the bloc on Russia” and, “Russia could retaliate with WMD against Kiev and key NATO facilities… That means World War III.” – The United States is giving a big eyeroll to all this bluster. Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said, “We are not at war with Russia,” and “the party here that continues to escalate this war is Russia,” by “bringing in another foreign country into the battlefield.” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Russia’s only aim is to “intimidate both Ukraine and other countries around the world through irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behavior.” EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell said, “It is not the first time that Putin plays the nuclear gamble.” – But the U.S. and Europe also seem interested in gambling. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer countered the ATACMS news by announcing the U.K. will be sending long-range Storm Shadow missiles for use against targets in Russia. “We need to double down,” Starmer insisted. “We need to make sure Ukraine has what is necessary for as long as necessary, because we cannot allow Putin to win this war.” A blinking, expressionless Starmer at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro sounded like an inpatient with a button-pushing fetish. Ask yourself if this inspires confidence: Of course, neither side has realistic belief in “winning” anything, after American politics altered the schedule. Russians and Ukrainians alike seem to expect cease-fire negotiations to begin shortly after Trump is elected. The war “will end faster” once Trump takes office, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “This is their approach, their promise to their society, and it is also very important to them.” – As a result, combatants are all scrambling to grab what they can before any cease-fire. Yevgeny Kiselov, who was Russia’s most famous anchorman in the nineties but left for Ukraine in 2008 because “there is no open political debate” in Russia, told Ukrainian newsreader Yulia Litvinenko that Putin is “trying to seize as much Ukrainian territory as possible” in advance of Trump’s inauguration, so as to have “some kind of exchange to present at the negotiating table.” The Russians have made recent territorial gains in eastern and southeastern Ukraine. According to Zelensky, they came at heavy cost (2,000 dead per day, he claims) but Russian media has nonetheless been trumpeting its advances… Meanwhile, unnamed U.S. officials told Reuters that greenlighting the ATACMS launches was similarly designed to help Ukraine make “gains” and “put Kyiv in a better negotiating position” before Trump shows up and upsets the military apple cart with peace talks. The United States is gambling that Putin will hesitate to expand hostilities or strike against Europe knowing he could be able to formalize gains in Ukraine in just a few months. It may be a good bet, but earth is a hell of a thing to gamble. As Dmitry Popov in Moskovsky Komsomolets wrote yesterday: Will the collective West resort to really serious blows to Russia so that Ukraine’s position will strengthen not in words, but in reality? Will Putin restrain himself in this case (according to the doctrine, the decision to use nuclear weapons is made by the president)? These are the two main questions for the next 60 days… With Russian media howling about NATO, the Russian-speaking Internet full of scary videos (see below) about which cities are in ATACMS range, and Kremlin and Duma officials rattling sabers at the West, the political pressure on Putin to strike back will grow with every American or British missile that lands on Russian soil. The smart money says he won’t, but if Putin were predictable, the war wouldn’t have started in the first place. Unless Biden and Starmer are trying to start a war, this “double down” seems like insanity: everything to lose, nothing but two months of flex to gain… If everyone believes peace talks are just months away, why not just start them now? Because it makes too much sense, probably. God save us from armchair generals, and some of the real ones, too.”

FEMA Supervisors View Trump Supporters as ‘Domestic Terrorists,’ Claims New Whistleblower – by Jamie White – https://www.infowars.com/posts/fema-supervisors-view-trump-supporters-as-domestic-terrorists-claims-new-whistleblower– “My staff made contact with a new whistleblower who provided a credible account that a FEMA contractor visited the home of an elderly disabled veteran’s family around October 10 following Hurricane Helene,” says Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.)… “The FEMA contractor recommended that the family remove Trump campaign materials and signs from both their house and yard. He warned the family that his FEMA supervisors do not take kindly to Trump supporters and that they seem like domestic terrorists.” – A “credible” whistleblower within the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) claimed agency supervisors regard Trump supporters as “domestic terrorists,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed on Tuesday… According to Comer, who’s the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, a whistleblower reached out to his office to explain how a FEMA contractor visited an elderly veteran’s home in Georgia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and ordered the family to take down Trump signs to avoid the wrath of FEMA supervisors… “During the recess for votes, my staff made contact with a new whistleblower who provided a credible account that a FEMA contractor visited the home of an elderly disabled veteran’s family around October 10 following Hurricane Helene,” Comer said during a hearing where FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell faced questions over the agency’s hurricane response… “While there, the FEMA contractor recommended that the family remove Trump campaign materials and signs from both their house and yard. He warned the family that his FEMA supervisors do not take kindly to Trump supporters and that they seem like domestic terrorists.” – A “credible” whistleblower within the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) claimed agency supervisors regard Trump supporters as “domestic terrorists,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed on Tuesday… According to Comer, who’s the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, a whistleblower reached out to his office to explain how a FEMA contractor visited an elderly veteran’s home in Georgia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and ordered the family to take down Trump signs to avoid the wrath of FEMA supervisors… “During the recess for votes, my staff made contact with a new whistleblower who provided a credible account that a FEMA contractor visited the home of an elderly disabled veteran’s family around October 10 following Hurricane Helene,” Comer said during a hearing where FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell faced questions over the agency’s hurricane response… “While there, the FEMA contractor recommended that the family remove Trump campaign materials and signs from both their house and yard. He warned the family that his FEMA supervisors do not take kindly to Trump supporters and that they seem like domestic terrorists.” – This comes after the FEMA employee who was fired for directing staff to avoid homes with Trump signs in Florida revealed that was part of an agency-wide discriminatory practice against Trump supporters that came from the top. – “This is a colossal event of avoidance, not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the Carolinas…senior leadership will lie to you and tell you that they do not know,” Marn’i Washington said earlier this month… Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) corroborated her claims, revealing her politically motivated directive wasn’t an isolated decision, but rather part of a systemic practice by FEMA. – “And that’s what we, in Congress, need to get to the bottom of. The FEMA administration wants to say this was an isolated incident, but there is alleged text messages from Washington, DC to the supervisor advising them and directing them to do this,” Steube told Fox News… “So somebody higher up within FEMA was advising the people on the ground to do this,” he continued. “So if it was happening in Lake Placid, I can guarantee you it was happening in other places all across the great state of Florida and the country.” – During the hearing, Criswell claimed the discrimination against Trump supporters was “an isolated incident that has not gone beyond” the one employee… This is the kind of bureaucratic abuse within the administrative state that the incoming Trump administration is seeking to investigate and remove, much to the chagrin of the Deep State and intelligence community… Criswell also faced questions from the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee earlier in the day: https://youtu.be/wcKryU5Hg2g“ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu vs. Putin: A Case Study in US Hypocrisy – by Prem Thakker – https://zeteo.com/p/hypocrisy-us-reactions-icc-arrest-warrants-netanyahu-putin – “The US on Thursday quickly rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant – a response that stands in stark contrast to its embrace of such warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin last year… From the White House to Congress, US politicians are striking a largely different chord as international law now catches up to its ally and largest benefactor of military aid. Here are some examples: The Biden White House – The White House immediately issued a statement on Thursday, making its stance clear on the ICC warrants against Israeli leadership… “The United States fundamentally rejects the Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision,” a White House National Security Council spokesperson said. “The United States has been clear that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over this matter. In coordination with partners, including Israel, we are discussing next steps.” – Last year, President Joe Biden welcomed the ICC’s decision to go after Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, saying it was “justified,” and that “it makes a very strong point.”  – It’s worth noting that while the US condemned the “rush” for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, they come 13 months into Israel’s war on Palestine; the ICC’s warrants against Putin came 13 months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine… The State Department – After canceling Thursday’s press briefing, a State Department spokesperson echoed the White House statement to Zeteo… Last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all members of the ICC to comply with the warrants against Putin… “I think anyone who’s a party to the court and has obligations should fulfill their obligations,” Blinken said at the time… GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham – On Thursday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he’d introduce legislation to put “other countries on notice” that if they support the ICC after their warrants, they “can expect consequences” from the US… “If we do not act forcefully against the ICC after their outrageous decision to issue arrest warrants for the duly elected Israeli Prime Minister and former Minister of Defense, we are making a huge mistake, and I fear the United States is next,” he warned. “We cannot let the world believe for a moment that this is a legitimate exercise of jurisdiction by the Court against Israel because to do so means we could be next.” – When it came to Putin, however, Graham welcomed the ICC warrant, calling it “a giant step in the right direction for the international community,” that was “more than justified by the evidence.” – “To forgive and forget Putin’s war crimes – that are occurring on an industrial scale – would irrevocably damage the Rule of Law-based world order established at the end [of] World War II,” he said at the time. “I hope the international community will continue to support the ICC in their endeavors to hold Putin accountable for the brutal invasion of Ukraine.” – It wasn’t just congressional Republicans condemning the Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrants. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman – a staunch Israel supporter – was curt on Twitter: “No Standing, relevance, or path. Fuck that.” – ‘Weird Fantasy Land’ – Matt Duss, of the Center for International Policy underscored the “undeniable hypocrisy” of the moment. “The discussion about Israel and Palestine exists in this weird fantasy land where Israel can simply do no wrong,” he told Zeteo… “It’s just, to anyone outside the United States, it is absolutely bizarre,” Duss said. “And it’s just devastating to America’s credibility, to say the very least, but especially because of the stark, you know, undeniable hypocrisy of welcoming warrants against Putin – which are deserved – and, you know, an attack in the ICC when they’re issued against America’s friends.” – As the US isolates itself further and further for an ally that it pumps billions of US tax dollars towards, all for more war, nations across the world – from France and Ireland and the European Union itself to Turkey and Jordan and Canada – announced their respect for the warrants… The 124 countries that are signatories of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, are obligated to now arrest Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif – whom the court also issued a warrant for. Notably, the US and Israel have not signed onto the ICC… Hague Invasion? – Some US broadsides against the ICC harken back to 2002, when President George Bush signed the American Service-Members’ Protection Act. Also known as “The Hague Invasion Act,” the bipartisan bill authorized the US to use “all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court.” – Such “allied personnel” included those from several allied nations, including Israel… Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was among the Democrats who supported the bill. While he has yet to comment on the official issuance of the warrants, he called the idea “reprehensible” in May. On the other hand, one month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Schumer celebrated the Senate passing legislation to support ICC investigations by the International Criminal Court into Russian war crimes… Some are already appealing to the decades-old bill. “The ICC is a kangaroo court and Karim Khan is a deranged fanatic. Woe to him and anyone who tries to enforce these outlaw warrants,” Republican Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted Thursday. “Let me give them all a friendly reminder: the American law on the ICC is known as The Hague Invasion Act for a reason. Think about it.” – With such bubbling and bipartisan hysterics against the ICC, one may wonder whether the US is primed to activate the Hague Invasion Act on behalf of men who have helped kill tens of thousands of Palestinians and numerous Americans… For the incoming Trump administration’s part, Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said the ICC “has no credibility and these allegations have been refuted by the U.S. government.” – “You can expect a strong response to the antisemitic bias of the ICC & UN come January.” – Watch Mehdi break down why the ICC warrants are not antisemitic:: https://youtu.be/h5ITAyMtL2s“Sentenced to Death – It’s easy to be an idiot online, spouting lies when there are no consequences. These brave Iranian women face torture and death for speaking the truth.- by Karen Hunt aka KH Mezek – https://khmezek.substack.com/p/sentenced-to-death – I have been writing as much as I can about the courageous Iranian women who stand up and speak out against oppression and are tortured and killed because of it. It infuriates me as well as breaks my heart that keffiyeh-wearing women in the West prefer to support the abusers rather than the abused. It is beyond my comprehension. I cannot even imagine the pain and discouragement it must cause to these brave activists who continue to fight, no matter what obstacles come their way… With that in mind, here is an update on some of these women… According to Iran Insight, Iranian authorities have accused four women of “armed rebellion”, a sentence carrying the death penalty, as the country’s execution spree continues… The four women have been identified as Pakhshan Azizi, Sharifeh Mohammadi, Varisheh Moradi, and Nasim Gholami Simiyari… Rights groups, activists, and Evin Prison inmates have condemned the authorities’ actions, sparking widespread protests on social media and from human rights organizations against the Islamic Republic’s harsh treatment of female activists… Here is a closer look at these remarkable women.” – Nasim Gholami Simiyari: Continued Uncertainty in Evin Prison After 400 Days

Nasim Gholami Simiyari is currently detained at Tehran’s Evin prison. She was arrested on May 18, 2023, by IRGC intelligence agents in Tehran. Initially held in solitary confinement in Ward 1A, she was interrogated before being moved to the notorious Ward 2A and finally to the women’s ward of Evin Prison on September 26, 2023… US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) citing Gholami Simiyari’s friend, reported that she endured psychological and physical torture, resulting in forced confessions recorded on camera under duress… Iran HRM reports Simiyari has been sentenced to six years in prison, 74 lashes, and 20 years of internal exile in Angouran, Zanjan Province. The court emphasized that her exile should be carried out in isolation from any form of social interaction. – Kurdish Woman Activist Sentenced to Death: Pakhshan Azizi

In July 2024, Azizi was sentenced to death solely in relation to her peaceful humanitarian and human rights activities, including assisting displaced women and children in north-east Syria. Azizi’s reports of torture and mistreatment in detention have not been investigated. Azizi belongs to Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority, making her case even more urgent. – Iran Sentences Labor Activist Sharifeh Mohammadi To Death Amid Rights Groups’ Outcry

Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi has been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court in the northern city of Rasht, rights groups told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda on July 4, a move her supporters have labeled “medieval and criminal.” – The court said she had been convicted on charges of “armed rebellion against the state” and included as evidence her membership in an independent labor organization… The Campaign for the Defense of Sharifeh Mohammadi described the labor organization — the Coordination Committee for Helping to Establish Labor Organizations — as legal but said that, in any case, she had not been a member for 10 years… The Hengaw rights watchdog said Mohammadi “endured mental and physical torture at the hands of Iranian Intelligence interrogators…who sought to extract a forced confession from her.” – Iran Sentences Kurdish Women’s Rights Activist Varisheh Moradi to Death

A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced Varisheh Moradi, a Kurdish women’s rights activist, to death on charges of “armed rebellion.”

The court cited Moradi’s alleged affiliation with the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) as grounds for the sentence… Throughout the proceedings, Moradi’s legal team faced extensive restrictions. Her lawyers were denied access to her case file during the final hearing on October 6 and in previous sessions. Moradi herself was not allowed to present a defense in court… In protest of the death sentence, Moradi initiated a 20-day hunger strike beginning October 10, coinciding with the World Day Against the Death Penalty… According to the Hengaw human rights organization, Moradi endured severe torture at the Sanandaj Intelligence Department’s detention center, including an incident where she reportedly vomited blood and lost consciousness. – Please don’t forget Ahoo Dariyaei who removed her clothes to protest against treatment of her by morality police in Iran.

The photo to the left is of Ahoo, sent by her family to Iranian activist Masih Alinejad… I wrote about her in Cardi B vs Ahou Daryaei. She is a 30-year-old Iranian doctoral student in French literature at Tehran’s Islamic Azad University… She has been branded mentally ill and transferred to a psychiatric hospital where, according to Amir Kabir, she “attempted to escape from the quarantine ward at least once but was blocked by security forces.”Her family continues to face immense pressure. This injustice is not only a violation of human rights but also a clear example of the brutality of a regime that thrives on suppression and fear… When I posted a reminder about Ahoo on Substack Notes, this fellow replied: So you’re saying you’re against multiculturalism… every country must conform to western cultural norms whether or not they want to. Have I got that right? – You’re funny. Your piece is flat-out western imperialism. I point that out and it’s not worthy of a response. But you pretend to multiculturalism. Until what? Until it hits close to home? – This is an example of the complete disconnect between Western social media warriors who sit safely in their homes and spew out ignorance, refusing to listen to the people from the actual countries they claim to know so much about… Here is part of my response: I am not sure how you call repeating what Iranians are saying for themselves “flat-out western imperialism”. This has nothing to do with me and my beliefs. It is about giving a voice to those who would have no voice otherwise… In case you still don’t get it, it is the Iranian family of Ahoo Dariyaei in Iran that asked Iranian American human rights activist Masih Alinejad to please spread the word in the West. Should she not have done that? Should I, in turn, have not done what they asked? Is that what you call capitulating to western imperialism… Perhaps you should listen to what these Iranians are saying instead of treating them with such disdain. I wonder, if Dariyaei’s family was standing in front of you and looked in your eyes, would you be able to meet their gaze or would you look down in shame? What would you suggest they do? I would genuinely like to know… It is because of attention in the West that Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence was overturned. Should people have remained silent? He would be dead now… German parliamentarian Ye-One Rhie, acting as Salehi’s “political guardian” in Europe, denounced the death sentence as “absurd and inhumane,” expressing disbelief about how the verdict could have been rendered. Rhie criticized the Iranian legal system’s chaotic and arbitrary nature, questioning the presence of juridical logic in it… Will you now give Ye-One Rhie the lecture you gave me? You will look like the fool you are… I suppose in your mind, any protest against such a regime is capitulation to “western imperialism” and therefore the Iranian regime is fully justified in brutally stopping protests by any means necessary… If you don’t know who Masih Alinejad is, “the woman whose hair frightens Iran”, let me tell you!

According to her bio:Masih Alinjead is an Iranian-American journalist, women’s rights activist and author of best-selling memoir, The Wind in My Hair. She has been one of the leading figures critical of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The New York Times has described Masih Alinejad, as “The woman whose hair frightens Iran.” In July 2022, the law enforcement agents arrested a member of an East European criminal gang armed with an AK47 outside her house. That arrest came a year after the FBI foiled a plot by Iranian intelligence agents to kidnap Alinejad from Brooklyn and take her to Venezuela and onward to Iran… Born and raised in northern Iran, Alinejad started her professional career as a parliamentary journalist in Tehran, where she often got into trouble for her articles on corruption and malfeasance among the lawmakers. In 2009, she was forced to leave Iran after the crackdown on the protests against the disputed presidential elections… In 2014, Alinejad founded the My Stealthy Freedom/White Wednesday campaign against compulsory hijab, which is the largest civil disobedience campaign in the history of Islamic Republic… Alinejad’s life is in constant danger, and she cannot go anywhere without bodyguards. Another plot to assassinate her was just uncovered. The hitman, Farjad Shakeri, was also under orders to kill Donald Trump, the president-elect… Alinejad is one of many brave Iranian women who choose to speak for those back in their home country living under harsh Sharia law who cannot speak for themselves… I do wish all the foolish Western protestors would have to stand face to face with these women. I wonder if they would dare to tell them that they are “western imperialists”. I would hope their eyes would be cast down in shame. It’s easy to be an idiot online, spouting lies when there are no consequences. These women face torture and death for speaking the truth… We should be humbled by these women and forever thankful for the freedoms that we still have. We should be inspired to do all we can to fight for our freedoms and never let them go. We should pray to have their courage if the day comes when we face torture and death for standing up for the truth… God bless you all my dear readers and keep us strong and free!

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Japan Approves Self-Amplifying mRNA Jabs. Is the US Next? – by Infowars – https://vigilantnews.com/post/japan-approves-self-amplifying-mrna-jabs-is-the-us-next/ –  “This article originally appeared on Infowars and was republished with permission… Guest post by Raw Egg Nationalist – Japan will offer new kind of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine this fall to people aged over 60… The new vaccine uses self-amplifying mRNA technology, which means it teaches the body how to produce more mRNA. Existing mRNA vaccines cannot do this and contain only a specified dose of mRNA, whereas the new technology could, potentially, create more vaccine-specific mRNA within the body indefinitely… Japanese regulators approved the ARCT-154 shot in November 2023… The national vaccination program will offer the new shot to people aged 65 and over, and people aged 60 and over with severe underlying conditions… Experts who spoke with The Defender said that this new technology is even riskier than existing mRNA technology, with no long-term safety data. A Karina Acevedo Whitehouse, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology at the Autonomous University of Querétaro in Mexico, said, “There have been no studies on the potential of this technology to transform cells—that is, to render them cancerous or more prone to not repairing damage to DNA—or to lead to a self-inflammatory status, that can harbor all sorts of pathologies… “There have also been no studies conducted on transgenerational effects—for instance, teratogenicity [birth defects]—of self-amplifying mRNA injections … We simply do not know what the consequences could be.” – “There is now a myriad of studies that show the molecular consequences of synthetic mRNA being in our cells,” Whitehouse added… “Nothing of what was told to the public regarding the ‘safety’ of these products in terms of biodistribution, degradation, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and immune exhaustion was backed by any type of study.”… Whitehouse also noted that the “persistence of the synthetic mRNA is much longer than originally thought” and that “published scientific studies that show that it is possible to detect the synthetic mRNA in the blood and other organs for months following vaccination.”… Self-amplifying mRNA shots are already under development for the American market… In December 2023, the Biden administration announced agreements with three vaccine manufacturers to develop the first three vaccines under Project NextGen… Project NextGen aims to “[accelerate] and [streamline] the rapid development of the next generation of vaccines and treatments through public-private collaborations.”… One of the three companies, Gritstone Bio, is already developing a self-amplifying mRNA platform… In September 2023, Gritstone Bio received a $433 million contract from HHS “to conduct a mid-stage study of its self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate.”… Gritstone Bio is owned by major investment firms BlackRock, Vanguard and State Stree… Self-amplifying mRNA technology is also being used to develop vaccines for other diseases, including bird flu and the Marburg virus… Copyright 2024 Infowars“3% of US High-School Students Now Identify as Transgender – by Raw Egg Nationalist – The results of the 2023 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey show that 1 in 20 high-school students do not conform to traditional gender norms – Various causes have been suggested for the stunning rise in rates of gender dysphoria and transgenderism, especially among America’s children and teenagers – https://www.infowars.com/posts/3-of-us-high-school-students-now-identify-as-transgender – “About 3% of US high-school students now identify as transgender, and a further 2% question their gender identity, according to a new survey… The results of the 2023 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey show that 1 in 20 high-school students do not conform to traditional gender norms… The survey found that trans and gender-questioning teens face much higher rates of bullying, persistent sadness and suicidal thoughts or behaviors than their peers… The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey is the first time the annual survey asked teens whether they identify as transgender or are gender-questioning. The survey included 20,103 public and private school students in grades 9 through 12 from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia… Transgender students were more likely to report persistent sadness or hopelessness (about 72% compared with 50% normal girls and 26% of normal boys); poor mental health, (65% compared to 38% of normal girls and 18% of normal boys); thoughts of suicide (53% compared with 24% of normal girls and 12% of normal boys); and suicide attempts (26% compared with 11% of normal girls and 5% of normal boys)… Various causes have been suggested for the stunning rise in rates of gender dysphoria and transgenderism, especially among America’s children and teenagers… A study in the prestigious journal PLoS ONE in 2018 suggested that novel factors were to blame, especially social media and belonging to friendship groups that already had transgender-identifying people in them… There have also been attempts to explain the rise of transgenderism in relation to the growth of mental illness more generally, like this 2014 study, which found that nearly 63 percent of sampled patients requesting gender reassignment had “at least one psychiatric comorbidity.” A third of patients suffered depression, 20.5 percent suffered a specific phobia, and 15.7 percent suffered from adjustment disorder… A study this year was the first to report a link between exposure to an endocrine-disrupting chemical and transgenderism. The study, published in the Journal of Xenobiotics, considers the effects of exposure to the chemical diethylstilbestrol (DES) on the rate of transgenderism among French boys. The study’s authors discovered that boys exposed to DES in utero were perhaps as much as 100 times more likely to become male-to-female transgender than the highest reported background rate across Europe. Reliable figures for the number of transgender people as a percentage of the population vary wildly, so the actual increase in risk due to exposure to DES could be even higher… Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made exposure to endocrine disruptors one of the key targets of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, along with consumption of ultra-processed food.”3% of US High-School Students Now Identify as Transgender – by Raw Egg Nationalist – The results of the 2023 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey show that 1 in 20 high-school students do not conform to traditional gender norms – Various causes have been suggested for the stunning rise in rates of gender dysphoria and transgenderism, especially among America’s children and teenagers – https://www.infowars.com/posts/3-of-us-high-school-students-now-identify-as-transgender – “About 3% of US high-school students now identify as transgender, and a further 2% question their gender identity, according to a new survey… The results of the 2023 Youth Risk Behaviour Survey show that 1 in 20 high-school students do not conform to traditional gender norms… The survey found that trans and gender-questioning teens face much higher rates of bullying, persistent sadness and suicidal thoughts or behaviors than their peers… The 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey is the first time the annual survey asked teens whether they identify as transgender or are gender-questioning. The survey included 20,103 public and private school students in grades 9 through 12 from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia… Transgender students were more likely to report persistent sadness or hopelessness (about 72% compared with 50% normal girls and 26% of normal boys); poor mental health, (65% compared to 38% of normal girls and 18% of normal boys); thoughts of suicide (53% compared with 24% of normal girls and 12% of normal boys); and suicide attempts (26% compared with 11% of normal girls and 5% of normal boys)… Various causes have been suggested for the stunning rise in rates of gender dysphoria and transgenderism, especially among America’s children and teenagers… A study in the prestigious journal PLoS ONE in 2018 suggested that novel factors were to blame, especially social media and belonging to friendship groups that already had transgender-identifying people in them… There have also been attempts to explain the rise of transgenderism in relation to the growth of mental illness more generally, like this 2014 study, which found that nearly 63 percent of sampled patients requesting gender reassignment had “at least one psychiatric comorbidity.” A third of patients suffered depression, 20.5 percent suffered a specific phobia, and 15.7 percent suffered from adjustment disorder… A study this year was the first to report a link between exposure to an endocrine-disrupting chemical and transgenderism. The study, published in the Journal of Xenobiotics, considers the effects of exposure to the chemical diethylstilbestrol (DES) on the rate of transgenderism among French boys. The study’s authors discovered that boys exposed to DES in utero were perhaps as much as 100 times more likely to become male-to-female transgender than the highest reported background rate across Europe. Reliable figures for the number of transgender people as a percentage of the population vary wildly, so the actual increase in risk due to exposure to DES could be even higher… Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made exposure to endocrine disruptors one of the key targets of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, along with consumption of ultra-processed food.”https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1846601078999339306

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Uncovering World Tyranny and Its War Strategies – by Peter Koenig & David Icke – https://truthcomestolight.com/uncovering-world-tyranny-and-its-war-strategies/ – “Everyone interested in where we are going in this dystopian civilization and ever-more tyrannical world, must see this extraordinary interview with David Icke by Kla.TV… It can, and hopefully does, bring a larger awakening to the people around the globe… David Icke talks about the corralling of the world population into ever smaller spaces under the pretext of “climate change” that requires a “net-zero” CO2 world, no travel, no industry, promoting the “15-minute cities”. It is absurd…  “Zero-Net” – by 2050 – is propagated by the globalists as a must for humanity’s and Mother Earth’s survival. It will not happen. Humanity will survive…  And all this while they – the self-declared masters of the universe – namely the financial establishment know very well that CO2 is a life essential gas; without which there would be no life, no plants, no food, no economic development — no-nothing… But the believers in authority follow the masters’ orders and practically commit suicide by following and obeying a lie, attempting the reduction to zero of CO2. .. David explains how world events are connected. With a little research and a clear-thinking head, you will find that all major geopolitical, socioeconomic events are not just haphazardly occurring side by side or in certain sequences, they are all linked up throughout the world. So, connecting the dots, you will see that we are living in a well-orchestrated web, where all makes sense – for those who are in command of the web — and to the detriment of the vast bulk of populations… There is a tiny-tiny elite behind the web, pretending to have all the power, only because we believe all the lies from our government and institutional so-called authorities, dictated to them by this elite… We have been taught in school to trust in authority and to obey authorities. It is a difficult axiom to break…  The constant drill of the mainstream media assures a steady drop-by-drop indoctrination of lies becoming the truth… David Icke also describes how true non-mainstream media some 20 years ago, gradually was converted into “mainstream alternative” media, also called “controlled opposition” by the big media outlets, Murdoch, Disney, Warner Brothers and more… As a new, controlled alternative media, he mentioned Tucker Carlson, among others. They are promoted and funded by Big Tech and Big Finance, but cannot trespass their given boundaries…  The TRUE non-mainstream and independent remaining journalists and news sites are cornered, cyber-attacked and censored. That is how a small group of financial and big-tech oligarchs takes ever more control of society… We MUST break out from this giant net or worldwide matrix controlled by a tiny elite that controls technology, finance, and decides over our heath or death, through WHO, supported by Big Pharma. Exiting the matrix is our condition to become free and sovereign citizens again… And, yes, we can —by becoming self-asserted and independent thinkers, joining up with others and together breaking the elite-bullies “rules-based order” back to legality, international, national and local laws, respecting one another, and respecting the rights of people, indigenous, westerners, easterners, Africans and Middle Easterners and whatever ethnicity you may find… We are all the same… Our souls are not bound to a pyramid order of hierarchy… They are equal… David’s motto is: “Know the goal, then you will see the way leading there!” In the interview he shows that even free educators are in danger of supporting the development of a centrally dictated global dystopia… David Icke, the Dot-Connector, starts the interview by saying, – “If you look at the world as a series of random events, random happenings, it makes no sense. Why do they do that? Why do they do it this way? Why don’t they do it that way? It would be much better if they did it that way. And so on and so forth. Why does this happen? But when you connect the dots, you connect these events, you find that they do all connect. It suddenly makes all sense. And, you know, people say sometimes about me: “You see a conspiracy everywhere.”” – “No, I do not. I see one conspiracy to turn the world into a global dystopia. And that one conspiracy has endless facets and forms. But it is actually one conspiracy. It is one gigantic web. And that is literally true in terms of what I call the Global Cult, which is a global network of secret societies which are operating outside or in the shadows from those that appear to be running the world.” – David’s clear-sight points to a key element that may lead us into a dystopian world. Our societal behavior is based on our perception. The perceptions are based on the messages we receive. The Global Cult that pretends to control us, formulates the messages as lies, to make us believe there is a problem, the people react, then they can present, or impose us a solution…  He calls it simply, “Problems, Reaction, Solution”…David uses the recent example of covid. He says, “People caved in to the COVID hoax because they perceived there was a dangerous virus. And they perceived, that the fake vaccine, not a vaccine under previous criteria, was a way to save them from the dangerous virus… That perception led to people submitting to what were fascistic impositions all over the world. So, if you want to control behavior, you must control perception. And if you control behavior, well, collectively, that is what we call human society. And then you ask the question, where do perceptions come from? Well, they come from information received”… And information is controlled and manipulated to serve the purpose of the controllers… David Icke’s presentation is brilliant. It is a MUST-SEE for every truth seeker.”Snowden reveals HAARP’s Global Assassination Agenda – by Oliver Wilis, based on documents from Edward Snowden – https://cairnsnews.org/2013/07/15/snowden-reveals-haarps-global-assassination-agenda/ – “US whistleblower Snowdon divulges HAARP program – By Oliver Wilis, on July 10th, 2013 (Note: This article is dated, but likely very important.) – Snowden speaking from a Custom Faraday Cage in Sheremetyevo Airport’s Hotel Novotel (Photo: The Internet Chronicle) – MOSCOW, Russia Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower and fugitive, released documents Tuesday to Internet Chronicle reporters proving that the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, is definitively engaged in a program of assassination and mind control… While the military prison industrial complex has routinely insisted that the Alaskan-based HAARP is only meant to study natural phenomena in earth’s ionosphere, Snowden has managed to blow open a brutally massive charade… “The HAARP research station,” he said, “strategically based away from prying eyes near Gakona, Alaska, is actually used to terminate or manipulate would-be dissidents of global capitalism on the scale of millions of people.” – Added Snowden, using finger quotes, “With these terrestrial antennas, NATO [the North Atlantic Treaty Organization] is able to, on a global scale, remotely silence `perpetrators’ of `deviant or subversive’ strains of thought.” – Unbeknown to victims or their loved ones, HAARP projects ultra-high-powered radio waves. Those waves operate at the same electronic frequency as the truncus encephali, or brain stem, selectively inducing deaths seemingly by natural causes including by some appearing to coroners as innocuous as strokes or heart attacks. – “When and if the intelligence community doesn’t view outright assassination as an optimal effect,” said Snowden, “`they’ can simply make a `target’ act in an insane fashion, in order to discredit them. When we were in transit between Hong Kong and Moscow, WikiLeaks staff and I had to fend off the constant threat of radio-generated homicidal delusions.” – Quickly ushering staff into his lavish room at Sheremetyevo Airport’s Hotel Novotel, the former NSA contractor began to explain himself. Due to confidentiality agreements with the 30-year-old, formerly of Booz Allen Hamilton, the Chronicle cannot elaborate beyond the point that he has outfitted his entire flat to be a thoroughly functioning Faraday cage… Snowden’s haphazardly constructed Faraday cage, he claims, can block interference from external static and nonstatic electric fields… “Without it,” he says, “I would have been dead the moment The Guardian`s first story went to print.” – Snowden has bolstered his testimony with HAARP documents gleaned from the private email accounts of officials as high-ranking as admirals and Air Force brigadier generals. Sources within the intelligence community have confirmed to The Internet Chronicle the authenticity of these documents, as well as their horrifying ramifications for human dignity… Sources familiar with discussions between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAARPA) and the University of Alaska, which helps run HAARP, suggested that cell towers, as well as TrapWire, are “in play here.”… Snowden’s testimony appears to be partially in line with that of a U.S. senator’s brother, in 2009. It was then that he, Nick Begich, told “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura” that “just to affect the brain with emotional state changes is so easily accomplished” with HAARP… Watch this excerpt from that program: (Note:: The page on Yahoo doesn’t include any link to Nick Begich on Jesse Ventura.)”Exporting Israel’s settler-colonial narrative by exploiting children – by Ramona Wadi – https://thealtworld.com/ramona_wadi/exporting-israels-settler-colonial-narrative-by-exploiting-children – “As Palestinians marked a year since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza on 7 October, Israel’s settler-colonial society marked the occasion in selective oblivion. One example is a children’s book published by Yediot Books titled The Heroes of October 7th: Heroic Stories for Children, which the Times of Israel described as the first children’s book published in English by the publisher. Exporting Israel’s settler-colonial security narrative to the West through children’s literature couldn’t have been easier, and more hypocritical… Israeli media noted that, “The stories don’t contain real descriptions of fighting or death, and don’t contain deep background about the events depicted.” Editor Hadassah Ben Ari explained that since the target audience is young children, the book focused on “friendship, camaraderie, giving, love and the warm Israeli-ness which all came vibrantly to life during the war.” The stories, she said, “explain the horrors in a way that also protects our children, and to tell them about moments of grace and heroism from the war.” – Without context, it is easy to dissect slivers of reality and construct a narrative that glosses over genocide… But how about a book that would give readers the context of the Zionist colonial movement and what it stands for? How about detailing the Zionist paramilitary gangs’ early terrorism in Palestine, and how these terrorists were incorporated into the Israeli military? How about a description of the 1948 Nakba, while also telling children that Israel managed to displace 1.9 million Palestinians in Gaza in a shorter time frame, while killing at least 42,000 others, a figure that is disputed, and should be much higher? And that most of those killed were children and women? – Children could also be told that Israeli leaders planned and executed its genocide with US-supplied weapons, through starvation, routine displacement and heavy bombardment of areas where Palestinians sought refuge, with the destruction of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure including hospitals and schools. They could also be told that the entire “international community”, committed as it is to keeping Israel intact, is complicit in the genocide against Palestinians. And as a result, Israeli children can then discuss how ethical it is to have their government exploit their presence to promote a security narrative that is fake and has embroiled the entire world in war crimes in Gaza and violations of international law abroad. They could also discuss how and why their country has been deemed to be an “apartheid state“. Since the book is also targeted at a global audience, the same questions can be pondered by readers acting as outsiders looking in… To live on stolen land, it is imperative to know the history of the dispossessed. However, eliminating the “deep background” behind 7 October – how Israel is said to have allowed the cross-border infiltration to happen to have an excuse to carry out a genocide, for example — is not good enough; context is everything in these matters. Children need to know that anticolonial resistance is legitimate, but genocide is not. Saving lives is a humane thing to do, but saving lives selectively is a colonial framework which Israel even applied in order to lay down its foundations… Children, especially Israeli children, would do well to learn how David Ben Gurion was selective when it came to saving lives: “If I knew that it was possible to save all the [Jewish] children in Germany by transporting them to England,” he said, “but only half by transporting them to Palestine, I would choose the second.” Zionists were ready to sacrifice half of the Jewish children in Germany for the purpose of their settler-colonial enterprise… This is what Israel is about. A cold-blooded killing machine that would bargain with the lives of children for a colonial presence and expansion… No warmth, no grace, no heroism, no humanity… Children in Israel and abroad should be taught that living in Israel is scary, not because of the Palestinian resistance, legitimate as it is, but because of Israel itself. If keeping children safe and addressing trauma is truly a priority, the truth must be made accessible… Exporting Israel’s settler-colonial narrative by exploiting children – As Palestinians marked a year since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza on 7 October, Israel’s settler-colonial society marked the occasion in selective oblivion. One example is a children’s book published by Yediot Books titled The Heroes of October 7th: Heroic Stories for Children, which the Times of Israel described as the first children’s book published in English by the publisher. Exporting Israel’s settler-colonial security narrative to the West through children’s literature couldn’t have been easier, and more hypocritical. Israeli media noted that, “The stories don’t contain real descriptions of fighting or death, and don’t contain deep background about the events depicted.” Editor Hadassah Ben Ari explained that since the target audience is young children, the book focused … Continue reading Exporting Israel’s settler-colonial narrative by exploiting children“

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Trump Pushes Narrative That Iran Is Trying To Kill Him | by Dave DeCamp – ZeroHedge – https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-pushes-narrative-iran-trying-kill-him – “On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump pushed a narrative being spread by US intelligence officials that Iran is trying to kill him even though there’s no evidence of Iranian involvement in either attempt on his life. Trump’s campaign said they were briefed on the alleged Iranian threat by officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which is led by Avril Haines. ‘Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire US Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again,’ Trump wrote on X after the briefing. ‘Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before.’.. The claim that Iran is plotting to kill Trump was first made by a CNN report back in July, following the assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service. The report acknowledged there was no evidence Crooks was linked to Iran, which was reaffirmed on Tuesday by intelligence officials speaking to The New York Times, who stressed there was no Iran connection to the July shooting… The Times report also said there was no evidence that Iran was connected in any way to Ryan Routh, who was arrested on September 15 and recently charged with attempting to assassinate Trump. Routh is a staunch supporter of the Ukraine proxy war and traveled to the country to help recruit fighters for the Ukrainian foreign legion… Despite the lack of evidence, Trump suggested at a campaign event on Wednesday that Iran might have been involved in the two assassination attempts. ‘As you know, there have been two assassination attempts on my life that we know of, and they may or may not involve – but possibly do – Iran,’ he said at an event in North Carolina... ‘If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens,’ Trump added…  The claims about Iran come amid soaring tensions in the Middle East as Israel has dramatically escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon, a situation that could potentially turn into a full-blown war between the US and Iran. But Iran’s actions over the past year have shown they’re not interested in war with the US… For example, when Iran launched a reprisal attack on Israel in response to the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria, Iranian officials said they warned the US 72 hours in advance. The US denied the claim, but Turkey and Jordan confirmed they were given notice, which would have gotten back to the US. Iran and the US also engaged in indirect negotiations in Oman to avoid escalation... Rep. Mike Lee has reminded the world that Iran’s official state channels in 2022 published and circulated a video that depicted an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump while playing golf at Mar-a-Lago… https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1838992561542742058… Iran’s new president, Masoud Peseshkian, has also taken an extremely diplomatic tone toward the US since coming into office and wants direct negotiations with Washington. ‘We are not hostile towards the US. They should end their hostility towards us by showing their goodwill in practice,’ Pezeshkian said last week. ‘We are brothers with the Americans as well.’.. Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) occasionally vow they will take revenge for Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who headed the IRGC’s Quds Force. But in response to recent allegations, Iran has said Trump should be punished for the killing in a court of law… Trump says if he were president, and Iran threatened to harm US leaders, he would be threatening to blow up Iran’s largest cities and destroy “the country itself.”.. ‘These accusations are unsubstantiated and malicious,’ Iran’s mission to the UN said in response to the CNN report in July. ‘From the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Trump is a criminal who must be prosecuted and punished in a court of law for ordering the assassination of General Soleimani. Iran has chosen the legal path to bring him to justice.’.. Comment: Yep, Donald Trump has a cool head, and will advance sophisticated and responsible foreign policy…

Who Is Kamala Harris and What Is Her Big Secret? Candace Owens Investigates! – by Candace Owens and Olive Bartker – https://needtoknow.news/2024/09/who-is-kamala-harris-and-what-is-her-big-secret-candace-owens-investigates/ – “Janet Jackson was recently harshly criticized for saying this about Kamala Harris: “She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.” She added that she heard that Kamala’s father was white. This has become an issue because Kamala Harris is courting the black vote and may be downplaying the white side of her family that were reported to have been slave traders. Candace Owens investigated the claim and opened a can of worms in her last 3 podcasts…  Kamala Harris’ book, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, features a photo of Kamala with her purported paternal grandmother, Beryl. But it seems impossible because Beryl died in 1960 and Kamala wasn’t born until 4 years later in 1964. Kamala’s father, Donald Harris is a radical Marxist who was a professor of economics at Stanford University. He says that he was born in Jamaica in 1938, but there is no birth certificate for Donald Harris… Candace speculated that Oscar, Kamala’s reported grandfather, and Beryl never did marry and that Beryl was included in Kamala’s history to “blackify” her… Kamala’s father had worked for the Jamaica Information Service that was part of the government of Jamaica and Kamala’s mother’s father was the Deputy Secretary of the Government of India… Link for video – Links for all 3 investigation videos part 1, part 2, part 3 – Kamala’s Family Tree: You Mean Kamala Harris Isn’t Actually Black? Shocker. – By Olive Barker – The mainstream media is back this week with more election shenanigans as they are now diving in head first to try to prove to the public that Kamala Harris is actually black… But the problem is, the internet doesn’t believe Kamala Harris is actually black… – Are you interested in joining G. Edward Griffins online coalition? Are you interested in earning while educating those around you of the realties that are being rewritten or lied about? Become an affiliate today! Register Here! – And just as the internet does when you feed it information, we do what we can to find out the truth. Which is exactly what happened when it was revealed in Kamala’s new book that she has a black paternal grandmother named Beryl Harris (Finegan)… The internet quickly able to debunk that statement after discovering that Beryl Harris died in July of 1960, four years before Kamala was born… Kamala Harris was born in 1964 to an Indian American woman named Shyamala Gopalan, and a Jamaican American man named Donald J. Harris. Note that Jamaican does not mean black, that’s a common misconception… How do we know all of this? We know all of this because Candace Owens released Kamala’s birth certificate and ancestral history on her show earlier this week. After she released that information, people began to ask questions about Kamala and why she was claiming she was black if she wasn’t… Janet Jackson was one of those people… ‘That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian. That her father’s white. That’s what I was told. I mean I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered that her father was white.’ – Janet Jackson… So then naturally, as the mainstream media does, they all produced similar headlines claiming that Janet Jackson was making false claims about Kamala’s race. Here are some of those headlines: ‘Janet Jackson Repeats False Claims About Kamala Harris’s Race’ – The New York Times, ‘Janet Jackson tells interviewer she’s heard Kamala Harris is not black, echoing election disinformation.’ – NBC News, ‘Janet Jackson’s Kamala Harris Remarks Spark Blacklash.’ – Newsweek… Instead of the media owning up to creating and spreading false information about Kamala’s background, they are now doing everything they can to smear Janet Jackson’s name, similar to what they did with her brother Michael Jackson. You remember the good ole “Wacko Jacko” headlines?” Read full article here…Trump Pushes Narrative That Iran Is Trying To Kill Him | by Dave DeCamp – ZeroHedge – “https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-pushes-narrative-iran-trying-kill-him – “On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump pushed a narrative being spread by US intelligence officials that Iran is trying to kill him even though there’s no evidence of Iranian involvement in either attempt on his life. Trump’s campaign said they were briefed on the alleged Iranian threat by officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which is led by Avril Haines. “Big threats on my life by Iran. The entire US Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again,” Trump wrote on X after the briefing. “Not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before.” – The claim that Iran is plotting to kill Trump was first made by a CNN report back in July, following the assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot and killed by the Secret Service. The report acknowledged there was no evidence Crooks was linked to Iran, which was reaffirmed on Tuesday by intelligence officials speaking to The New York Times, who stressed there was no Iran connection to the July shooting… The Times report also said there was no evidence that Iran was connected in any way to Ryan Routh, who was arrested on September 15 and recently charged with attempting to assassinate Trump. Routh is a staunch supporter of the Ukraine proxy war and traveled to the country to help recruit fighters for the Ukrainian foreign legion… Despite the lack of evidence, Trump suggested at a campaign event on Wednesday that Iran might have been involved in the two assassination attempts. “As you know, there have been two assassination attempts on my life that we know of, and they may or may not involve – but possibly do – Iran,” he said at an event in North Carolina… “If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens,” Trump added… The claims about Iran come amid soaring tensions in the Middle East as Israel has dramatically escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon, a situation that could potentially turn into a full-blown war between the US and Iran. But Iran’s actions over the past year have shown they’re not interested in war with the US… For example, when Iran launched a reprisal attack on Israel in response to the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria, Iranian officials said they warned the US 72 hours in advance. The US denied the claim, but Turkey and Jordan confirmed they were given notice, which would have gotten back to the US. Iran and the US also engaged in indirect negotiations in Oman to avoid escalation… Rep. Mike Lee has reminded the world that Iran’s official state channels in 2022 published and circulated a video that depicted an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump while playing golf at Mar-a-Lago… https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1838992561542742058 – Iran’s new president, Masoud Peseshkian, has also taken an extremely diplomatic tone toward the US since coming into office and wants direct negotiations with Washington. “We are not hostile towards the US. They should end their hostility towards us by showing their goodwill in practice,” Pezeshkian said last week. “We are brothers with the Americans as well.”… Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) occasionally vow they will take revenge for Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who headed the IRGC’s Quds Force. But in response to recent allegations, Iran has said Trump should be punished for the killing in a court of law… Trump says if he were president, and Iran threatened to harm US leaders, he would be threatening to blow up Iran’s largest cities and destroy “the country itself.”… “These accusations are unsubstantiated and malicious,” Iran’s mission to the UN said in response to the CNN report in July. “From the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Trump is a criminal who must be prosecuted and punished in a court of law for ordering the assassination of General Soleimani. Iran has chosen the legal path to bring him to justice.”.. Comment: Yep, Donald Trump has a cool head, and will advance sophisticated and responsible foreign policy…”

Who Is Kamala Harris and What Is Her Big Secret? Candace Owens Investigates! – by Candace Owens and Olive Bartker – https://needtoknow.news/2024/09/who-is-kamala-harris-and-what-is-her-big-secret-candace-owens-investigates/ – “Janet Jackson was recently harshly criticized for saying this about Kamala Harris: “She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.” She added that she heard that Kamala’s father was white. This has become an issue because Kamala Harris is courting the black vote and may be downplaying the white side of her family that were reported to have been slave traders. Candace Owens investigated the claim and opened a can of worms in her last 3 podcasts… Kamala Harris’ book, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, features a photo of Kamala with her purported paternal grandmother, Beryl. But it seems impossible because Beryl died in 1960 and Kamala wasn’t born until 4 years later in 1964. Kamala’s father, Donald Harris is a radical Marxist who was a professor of economics at Stanford University. He says that he was born in Jamaica in 1938, but there is no birth certificate for Donald Harris… Candace speculated that Oscar, Kamala’s reported grandfather, and Beryl never did marry and that Beryl was included in Kamala’s history to “blackify” her… Kamala’s father had worked for the Jamaica Information Service that was part of the government of Jamaica and Kamala’s mother’s father was the Deputy Secretary of the Government of India… Link for video – Links for all 3 investigation videos part 1, part 2, part 3 – Kamala’s Family Tree… You Mean Kamala Harris Isn’t Actually Black? Shocker… By Olive Barker.. The mainstream media is back this week with more election shenanigans as they are now diving in head first to try to prove to the public that Kamala Harris is actually black…  But the problem is, the internet doesn’t believe Kamala Harris is actually black… Are you interested in joining G. Edward Griffins online coalition? Are you interested in earning while educating those around you of the realties that are being rewritten or lied about? Become an affiliate today! Register Here!.. And just as the internet does when you feed it information, we do what we can to find out the truth. Which is exactly what happened when it was revealed in Kamala’s new book that she has a black paternal grandmother named Beryl Harris (Finegan)… The internet quickly able to debunk that statement after discovering that Beryl Harris died in July of 1960, four years before Kamala was born… Kamala Harris was born in 1964 to an Indian American woman named Shyamala Gopalan, and a Jamaican American man named Donald J. Harris. Note that Jamaican does not mean black, that’s a common misconception… How do we know all of this? We know all of this because Candace Owens released Kamala’s birth certificate and ancestral history on her show earlier this week. After she released that information, people began to ask questions about Kamala and why she was claiming she was black if she wasn’t… Janet Jackson was one of those people…“That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian. That her father’s white. That’s what I was told. I mean I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered that her father was white.” – Janet Jackson… So then naturally, as the mainstream media does, they all produced similar headlines claiming that Janet Jackson was making false claims about Kamala’s race. Here are some of those headlines: “Janet Jackson Repeats False Claims About Kamala Harris’s Race” – The New York Times… “Janet Jackson tells interviewer she’s heard Kamala Harris is not black, echoing election disinformation.” – NBC News… “Janet Jackson’s Kamala Harris Remarks Spark Blacklash.” – Newsweek.. Instead of the media owning up to creating and spreading false information about Kamala’s background, they are now doing everything they can to smear Janet Jackson’s name, similar to what they did with her brother Michael Jackson. You remember the good ole “Wacko Jacko” headlines?… Read full article here…“

Trump, Israel & the Rothschilds – by Dean Henderson – https://deanhenderson.substack.com/p/trump-israel-and-the-rothschilds – “Excerpted from my book Nephilim Crown 5G Apocalypse,Chapter 6: Why Trump is a Rothschild Tool… The moving of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al Quds in 2018 was marked by Israeli Defense Forces killing more than 60 unarmed Palestinian protestors.  It should have surprised no one that, despite the convening of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the genocide, the US government said nothing to condemn the Israeli slaughter.  UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said,  “No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has.” – Ironically, that Ministry of Truth version of “restraint” occurred on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel.   Back then, Stern Gang and Haganah Zionist terror cells operating in the British Mandate of Palestine, slaughtered Palestinian families, seized their olive and pistachio groves and moved into their deeded houses, all with the backing of President Harry Truman and the US government… The founding of Israel was a project of the Business Roundtable – a Chatham House City of London project later known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA).  They pushed through the private Federal Reserve bank in the US in 1913 while President Woodrow Wilson relaxed Revolutionary War-era tariffs aimed at the East India Company and other Crown Agents… In 1917 the RIIA overthrew the Romanov dynasty in Russia with phony Bolshevik revolutionaries funded by the Kuhn Loeb and Warburg banking dynasties.  That same year Roundtable member & British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent a letter to fellow Roundtabler, Lord Walter Rothschild, declaring support for the establishment of Israel on Palestinian land.  It became known as the Balfour Declaration… The Crown then backed the rise of Adolf Hitler and the subsequent de-industrialization of Germany.  Soon they had their pretext for a mass exodus of Zionist Jews to Israel where that nation would serve not as a safe Jewish homeland, but as a regional enforcer for the Rothschild/Rockefeller oil cartel. (https://dean-henderson.local/illuminati-nazis-and-the-illegal-state-of-israel/) – The 1922 Treaty of Jeddah established the exact same role for the House of Saud.  The RIIA Crown Agent in the US is the Council on Foreign Relations, which pretty much dictates US foreign policy through its widely read Foreign Affairs rag.  The Atlantic Council is another Crown Agent RIIA affiliate… The brazen move by President Trump to relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem al Quds, a city shared by both Israel & Palestine, marks a dangerous new chapter US Middle East policy.  Trump’s hailing of peace on the Korean Peninsula was a red herring.  North Korea has no oil.  And the peace will not hold if the US continues to conduct military exercises with South Korea… Meanwhile, the elevation of Crown Agents (neo-cons) John Bolton and Mike Pompeo indicate the the Project for a New Century crowd (Crown Agents), despite their cumulative failures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Sudan and Syria; still want to go to war with that 7th country they targeted for destruction – Iran.  This embassy move, along with increased Israeli shelling of Iranian bases in Syria, could be the trigger…. So where does Trump fit into all this?… Despite the aforementioned carnage and the further deregulation of the corporatocracy, controlled opposition figures such as Alex Jones and the widely circulated QAnon tell us that Trump is a white knight waiting for the right moment to end the banker’s hegemony over planet earth… For anyone who still believes this and bought that swamp in Florida which was supposed to get drained…some day, here’s the evidence that in fact your white knight is nothing more than a Trojan horse Crown Agent beholden to the City of London banksters… In 1987 Donald Trump purchased 93% of Resorts International, a CIA front founded by Crown Agents Allen Dulles and David Rockefeller as the Mary Carter Paint Company in the 1950’s.   A year later Trump bought the Atlantic City, NJ Taj Mahal Casino from Resorts International, then began buying up other properties on the Atlantic City boardwalk… Soon Trump was tapped out and couldn’t make his debt payments… Enter Wilbur Ross, billionaire bond trader portrayed by the Illuminati financial media as an “independent investor”.   In fact, in 1992 Ross was heading Rothschild Inc.’s bankruptcy advising team, which represented bondholders who were threatening to foreclose on Donald’s house of cards… Ross saw how Trump had the ability to sway masses of people, something certainly not missed by his bosses at Rothschild.  So he struck a sweetheart bankruptcy deal for Trump, where he would relinquish a 50% stake in his Atlantic City, NJ Taj Mahal casino in return for better debt terms and a Presidency to be named later… Rothschild and their City of London partners in crime, not only got a new East Coast money laundering center in Atlantic City.  They now had their straw man Trump by the balls… Later Ross would partner with Jared Kushner in buying commercial properties in New York through Invesco.  Jared married Trump’s daughter Ivanka, who prior to that had been dating Lord Jacob Rothschild’s son Nat.  Ross got behind Trump’s candidacy and would later be named Commerce Secretary… For the Democratic faithful feeling a big smug right about now, don’t forget that Hillary Clinton had herself been endorsed by Lynn De Rothschild… The City of London had that election in the bag.  Then there was East India Company boy Joe Biden. And it’s the same story this time around. Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff is an Israeli dual citizen and former insider at Piper LLC, the Crown’s law firm in the US. Harris herself has been tied to Jamaican slavers on her father’s side… Dean Henderson is the author of seven books, including, Big Oil & Their Bankers in the Persian Gulf, Illuminati Agenda 21, Nephilim Crown 5G Apocalypse and Royal Bloodline Wetiko & The Great Remembering. Subscribe free to his Left Hook column at deanhenderson.substack.com“Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison – “We’re going to have supervision,” says billionaire Oracle co-founder – by Benj Edwards – https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/ – “On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider. During an investor Q&A, Ellison described a world where artificial intelligence systems would constantly monitor citizens through an extensive network of cameras and drones, stating this would ensure both police and citizens don’t break the law… Ellison, who briefly became the world’s second-wealthiest person last week when his net worth surpassed Jeff Bezos’ for a short time, outlined a scenario where AI models would analyze footage from security cameras, police body cams, doorbell cameras, and vehicle dash cams… “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on,” Ellison said, describing what he sees as the benefits from automated oversight from AI and automated alerts for when crime takes place. “We’re going to have supervision,” he continued. “Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there’s a problem, AI will report the problem and report it to the appropriate person.” – The 80-year-old billionaire also predicted that AI-controlled drones would replace police vehicles in high-speed pursuits. “You just have a drone follow the car,” he explained. “It’s very simple in the age of autonomous drones.” – Ellison co-founded Oracle in 1977 and served as CEO until he stepped down in 2014. He currently serves as the company’s executive chairman and CTO… While Ellison attempted to paint his prediction of universal public surveillance in a positive light, his remarks raise significant questions about privacy, civil liberties, and the potential for abuse in a world of ubiquitous AI monitoring… Ellison’s vision bears more than a passing resemblance to the cautionary world portrayed in George Orwell’s prescient novel 1984. In Orwell’s fiction, the totalitarian government of Oceania uses ubiquitous “telescreens” to monitor citizens constantly, creating a society where privacy no longer exists and independent thought becomes nearly impossible… But Orwell’s famous phrase “Big Brother is watching you” would take on new meaning in Ellison’s tech-driven scenario, where AI systems, rather than human watchers, would serve as the ever-vigilant eyes of authority. Once considered a sci-fi trope, automated systems are already becoming a reality: Similar automated CCTV surveillance systems have already been trialed in London Underground and at the 2024 Olympics… China has been using automated systems (including AI) to surveil its citizens for years. In 2022, Reuters reported that Chinese firms had developed AI software to sort data collected on residents using a network of surveillance cameras deployed across cities and rural areas as part of China’s “sharp eyes” campaign from 2015 to 2020. This “one person, one file” technology reportedly organizes collected data on individual Chinese citizens, leading to what The Economic Times called a “road to digital totalitarianism.” – Begging for GPUs – Ellison’s prediction of AI-driven surveillance will rely on the development of powerful hardware, but shortages of AI-acceleration components like GPUs could slow them down. During the same Q&A last week, Ellison recounted a dinner with Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang that he characterized as “me and Elon begging Jensen for GPUs,” highlighting the intense demand for the chips. Ellison claimed they pleaded with Huang, saying, “Please take our money… we need you to take more of our money.” – Surveillance isn’t the only AI application that Ellison is excited about. As Big Tech companies race to inject AI models into what seems like every conceivable application, whether good or bad, Oracle has been no exception, recently launching several AI initiatives, like a partnership with Musk’s SpaceX to bring AI to farming. The billionaire investor predicted during the meeting that over the next five years, companies will invest upwards of $100 billion in building and training AI models, emphasizing the “astronomical” scale of the AI race.”

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Plastic on the Brain: Groundbreaking Study Detects Microplastics Brain Organs – https://greenmedinfo.com/content/plastic-brain-groundbreaking-study-detects-microplastics-human-olfactory-bulbs – “Tiny plastic particles are infiltrating our bodies at an alarming rate, with new research uncovering their presence in human brains, reproductive organs, and even our bloodstream… Quick Summary: Microplastics have been detected in human olfactory bulbs, suggesting a direct pathway to the brain – The presence of microplastics in human and canine testes raises concerns about impacts on male fertility – Individuals with microplastics in arterial plaque face 4.5 times higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or death – Simple solutions like boiling water can reduce microplastic exposure, but systemic changes are urgently needed… In recent years, the pervasive nature of plastic pollution has become increasingly apparent, with microplastics found in the remotest corners of our planet. However, new research is revealing an even more disturbing reality: these tiny plastic particles are not just in our environment, but have infiltrated our bodies in ways previously unimagined. From our brains to our reproductive organs and even our bloodstream, microplastics are turning up in human tissues with alarming frequency and potential health consequences… Microplastics in the Human Brain – A groundbreaking study published in JAMA Network Open has provided the first evidence of microplastics in the human olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for processing smell. This discovery raises serious concerns about the potential neurotoxic effects of these particles and the mechanisms by which they might reach brain tissues… Researchers analyzed olfactory bulb tissues from 15 deceased individuals who had been residents of São Paulo, Brazil, for more than five years. Using advanced micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, they detected microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of 8 out of 15 individuals. A total of 16 synthetic polymer particles and fibers were identified, with polypropylene being the most common polymer detected… The size of the microplastics ranged from 5.5 μm to 26.4 μm for particles, and the mean fiber length was 21.4 μm. These dimensions suggest that the particles are small enough to potentially cross the blood-brain barrier or reach the brain through the olfactory pathway… Dr. Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço, the study’s lead author, emphasized the significance of these findings: “This case series provides evidence of MPs found in the human olfactory bulb, suggesting a potential pathway for the translocation of MPs to the brain. The findings underscore the need for further research on the health implications of MP exposure, particularly concerning neurotoxicity and the potential for MPs to bypass the blood-brain barrier.” – Microplastics in Reproductive Organs – Another alarming study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, has revealed the presence of microplastics in both human and canine testes. This discovery raises significant concerns about the potential impact of these particles on male fertility and reproductive health… The study, conducted by researchers from the University of New Mexico, analyzed 47 canine and 23 human testes for the presence of 12 types of microplastics. Using advanced sensitive pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, the researchers found microplastics in all of the samples tested… Both humans and canines exhibited relatively similar proportions of the major polymer types, with polyethylene (PE) being the most dominant. The mean total microplastic levels were 122.63 μg/g in dogs and 328.44 μg/g in humans… The researchers also investigated potential associations with sperm count and the weights of the testis and epididymis in dogs. They found a negative correlation between specific polymers, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and the normalized weight of the testis. This suggests that exposure to these types of microplastics may have an adverse effect on testicular development and function… Dr. Xiaozhong Yu, one of the study’s authors, commented on the implications of their findings: “Our study is the first to quantify and characterize microplastics in human testes, and the results suggest that microplastics may have a negative impact on male fertility. More research is needed to determine the full extent of the impact of microplastics on male fertility and overall health.” – Microplastics and Cardiovascular Risk – Perhaps the most alarming recent discovery comes from a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found a strong association between the presence of microplastics in arterial plaque and increased risk of cardiovascular events… The study, conducted by Italian researchers, involved 257 patients who underwent surgery to remove built-up plaque from their carotid arteries. Using sophisticated chemical analysis techniques and high-resolution electron microscopy, the scientists analyzed the excised plaque specimens for the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs)… The results were shocking: 58.4% of the patients had measurable amounts of polyethylene in their arterial plaque, with an average concentration of 21.7 micrograms per milligram of plaque tissue. Additionally, 12.1% of patients also had detectable levels of polyvinyl chloride… But the most concerning finding came from following the patients’ health outcomes over an average of nearly 3 years after their surgery. The researchers found that those patients with MNPs detected in their excised plaque had a staggering 4.53 times higher risk of experiencing a major adverse cardiovascular event – defined as a heart attack, stroke, or death from any cause – compared to patients without detectable MNPs in their plaque… Dr. Philip Landrigan, who wrote an accompanying editorial, emphasized the urgency of addressing this issue: “Inaction is no longer an option…We need to encourage our patients to reduce their use of plastics, especially unnecessary single-use items.” – Potential Solutions and Mitigation Strategies – While the accumulating evidence paints a grim picture of the pervasiveness and potential health impacts of microplastics, researchers and health experts are also exploring potential solutions and mitigation strategies… 1. Water Purification – A recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters has revealed a surprisingly simple method for reducing microplastic exposure through drinking water. The research, conducted by a team led by Professor Eddy Y. Zeng of Jinan University, found that simply boiling tap water can eliminate up to 90% of nano- and micro-plastics… The researchers discovered that heating causes minerals in hard water to bind to nano- and microplastics (NMPs), encapsulating them in calcium carbonate precipitates that form limescale. These plastic-laden particles can then be easily filtered out through everyday methods like pouring the boiled water through a strainer or scrubbing the boiled kettle… 2. Activated Charcoal – Preliminary research indicates that activated charcoal may adsorb and remove micro- and nano-plastics from the body. Some companies are now producing ozonated versions with enhanced micropore numbers, potentially increasing their ability to bind to and neutralize these plastics. – 3. Plastic-Free Product Choices… Opting for products that don’t contribute to microplastic pollution, such as loose-leaf teas instead of bagged varieties, can help reduce individual exposure and environmental impact. – 4. Sweating for Detoxification – Some researchers suggest that sauna- or exercise-induced sweating may enhance bodily detoxification of microplastics, though more research is needed to confirm this hypothesis… The Need for Systemic Change – While individual actions can help mitigate personal exposure to microplastics, the scale of the problem demands systemic changes. Dr. Landrigan argues that addressing the harms of plastic pollution must be a key part of the urgent transition away from petroleum-based products… Policy measures such as bans on single-use plastics, improved waste management systems, and investment in biodegradable alternatives are crucial steps in reducing the overall burden of microplastics in our environment and, by extension, our bodies… Conclusion – The recent discoveries of microplastics in human brains, reproductive organs, and arterial plaque paint a disturbing picture of the extent to which these synthetic particles have infiltrated our bodies. The potential health implications, from neurotoxicity to reduced fertility and increased cardiovascular risk, are deeply concerning and demand urgent attention from the scientific community, policymakers, and the public… While simple measures like boiling water and choosing plastic-free products can help reduce individual exposure, the ubiquity of microplastics in our environment calls for sweeping changes in how we produce, use, and dispose of plastic materials. As we continue to uncover the full extent of microplastic pollution in human tissues, it’s clear that this invisible invasion represents one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time… The path forward will require a combination of further research, innovative solutions, and collective action to stem the tide of plastic pollution and protect human health for generations to come. As individuals, we must rem”

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>The UN is hoping a pact adopted in less than two weeks will establish One World Government rule; Here’s what you can do – by Rhoda Wilson, The Expose – https://expose-news.com/2024/09/11/un-is-hoping-to-establish-one-world-government/ – “Through pacts the United Nations is hoping will be adopted in less than two weeks at the ‘Summit of the Future’, the UN is establishing a One World Government through the monopoly of national sovereignty… However, there is no lawful authorisation for delegates to vote on the ‘Pact for the Future’, ‘Declaration for Future Generations’, ‘Global Digital Compact’ and António Guterres’ ‘Our Common Agenda’… Serve this notice and declaration on the United Nations, your government representative to the United Nations and your government. Demand that your voice is heard before the exclusive Summit of The Future takes place from 20 to 23 September 2024… The Summit of the Future is a high-level United Nations (“UN”) event scheduled for 22 and 23 September 2024, with “action days” being held on 20 and 21 September. The Summit will culminate in the adoption of the ‘Pact for the Future’… Leaders from UN Member States will attend the Summit to reaffirm existing commitments, including the Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) and the UN Charter, and move towards a “reinvigorated multilateral” system… It is expected that other participants of the Summit will include representatives from various UN agencies, selected non-governmental organisations, selected private sector businesses and industries, selected representatives from universities and research institutions, selected municipalities, regional governments and local authorities, and the dystopian and nefarious sounding “representatives of future generations.”.. There are two chapters in the draft Pact of the Future: a chapter on science, technology, innovation and digital cooperation, and a chapter on youth and future generations. The draft chapter on youth and future generations builds on the 1997 ‘UNESCO Declaration on Responsibilities towards Future Generations’ and takes the perspective on future generations further… Read more: An Overview of the Pact for the Future, UNESCO, 2 February 2024