https://archive()org/details/jews-are-mentally-sick/mode/2up >It is NOT posted on the Internet. It's from Psychiatric News, published by the American Psychiatric Association. Date of publication: Oct. 25, 1972. >Evidence that Jews are carriers of schizophrenia is disclosed in a paper prepared for the American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker, the New York psychiatrist who once treated President Nixon. >In a study entitled "Mental Illness: The Jewish Disease" Dr. Hutschnecker said that although all Jews are not mentally ill, mental illness is highly contagious and Jews are the principal sources of infection. >Dr. Hutschnecker stated that every Jew is born with the seeds of schizophrenia and it is this fact that accounts for the world-wide persecution of Jews. Or, see >>20556 >‘The world would be more compassionate toward the Jews if it was generally realized that Jews are not responsible for their condition." Dr. Hutschnecker said. "Schizophrenia is the fact that creates in Jews a compulsive desire for persecution." >Dr. Hutschnecker pointed out that mental illness peculiar to Jews is manifested by their inability to differentiate between right and wrong. He said that, although Jewish canonical law recognizes the virtues of patience, humility and integrity, Jews are aggressive, vindictive and dishonest. >‘While Jews attack non-Jewish Americans for racism, Israel is the most racist country in the world," Dr. Hutschnecker said. >Jews, according to Dr. Hutschnecker, display their mental illness through their paranoia. >He explained that the paranoiac not only imagines that he is being persecuted but deliberately creates situations which will make persecution a reality. The jew cries out in pain as he strikes you. >Dr. Hutschnecker said that all a person need do to see Jewish paranoia in action is to ride on the New York subway. Nine times out of ten, he said, the one who pushes you out of the way will be a Jew. >“The Jew hopes you will retaliate in kind and when you do he can tell himself you are anti-Semitic." >During World War II, Dr. Hutschnecker said, Jewish leaders in England and the United States knew about the terrible massacre of the Jews by the Nazis. >But, he stated, when State Department officials wanted to speak out against the massacre, they were silenced by organized Jewry. Organized Jewry, he said, wanted the massacre to continue in order to arouse the world's sympathy. It never happened: https://holocausthandbooks()com/ >Dr. Hutschnecker likened the Jewish need to be persecuted to the kind of insanity where the afflicted person mutilates himself. >He said that those who mutilate themselves do so because they want sympathy for themselves. >But, he added, such persons reveal their insanity by disfiguring themselves in such a way as to arouse revulsion rather than sympathy. >Dr. Hutschnecker noted that the incidence of mental illness has increased in the United States in direct proportion to the increase in the Jewish population. >"The great Jewish migration to the United States began at the end of the nineteenth century,” Dr. Hutschnecker said. >"In 1900 there were 1,058,135 Jews in the United States; in 1970 there were 5,868,555; an increase of 454.8%. >"In 1900 there were 62,112 persons confined in public mental hospitals in the United States; in 1970 there were 339,027, in increase of 445.7%. >"In the same period the U.S. population rose from 76,212,368 to 203,211,926, an increase of 166.6%. >"Prior to the influx of Jews from Europe the United States was a mentally healthy nation. But this is no longer true." >Dr. Hutschnecker substantiated his claim that the United States was no longer a mentally healthy nation by quoting Dr. David Rosenthal, chief of the laboratory of psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health, who recently estimated that more than 60,000,000 people in the United States suffer from some form of "schizophrenic spectrum disorder." >Noting that Dr. Rosenthal is Jewish, Dr. Hutschnecker said that Jews seem to take a perverse pride in the spread of mental illness. >Dr. Hutschnecker said that the word "schizophrenia" was given to mental disease by dr. Eugen Blueler, a Swiss psychiatrist, in 1911. >Prior to that time it had been known as "dementia praecox," the name used by its discoverer, Dr. Emil Kraepelin. Later, according to Dr. Hutschnecker, the same disease was given the name "neurosis" by Dr. Sigmund Freud. >"The symptoms of schizophrenia were recognized almost simultaneously by Bleuler, Kraepelin and Freud at a time when Jews were moving into the affluent middle class," Dr. Hutschnecker said. >“Previously they had been ignored as a social and racial entity by the physicians of that era. They became clinically important when they began to intermingle with non-Jews." >Dr. Hutschnecker said that research by Dr. Jacques S. Gottlieb of Wayne State University indicates that schizophrenia is caused by deformity in the alpha-two-globulin protein, which in schizophrenics is corkscrew-shaped. >The deformed protein is apparently caused by a virus which, Dr. Hutschnecker believes, Jews transmit to non-Jews with whom they come in contact. >He said that because those descended from Western European peoples have not built up an immunity to the virus they are particularly vulnerable to the disease. >“There is no doubt in my mind," Dr. Hutschnecker said, "that Jews have infected the American people with schizophrenia. Jews are carriers of the disease and it will reach epidemic proportions unless science develops a vaccine to counteract it."

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See also: Rabbi Fears Genetic Studies Will Show That ‘Jews Carry Genes That Are Polluting The World’ https://christiansfortruth()com/rabbi-fears-genetic-studies-will-show-that-jews-carry-genes-that-are-polluting-the-world/ https://archive.is/S5qxt See also studies that have been done on this: https://imgur()com/a/OGEenD0

https://www.bitchute()com/video/mKrdrwCozQCg/ https://wired_me/gear/microsofts-copilot-pcs-will-screenshot-virtual-activity/ https://arstechnica_com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/ Basically MS's Copilot takes screenshots of what you're doing every few seconds, and then uses it for its' "AI" >Perhaps, the most peculiar of all features is the AI assistant’s “photographic memory,” which allows the AI software titled “recall,” to keep a record of an individual’s virtual activity. >This is possible through constant screenshots by Windows which are then processed through the generative AI model that is available on the device to make it searchable, which even works on pictures on the device. >Not only can the AI assistant remember all your activities, but it can also suggest what to do next. “We’re entering this new era where computers not only understand us but actually anticipate what we want and our intent,” states Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft. Your computer already monitors all of your keystrokes, even if you delete them and don't send them. Old stuff, nothing new except the "AI" https://www.bitchute()com/video/UgOWVMLkgC8c/

Teens warned they could lose driving licences and bank accounts for refusing national service https://www.netmums()com/life/teens-warned-they-could-lose-driving-licences-and-bank-accounts-for-refusing-national-service https://www.netmums()com/life/national-service-5-things-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-wants-parents-to-know >[UK Prime Minister] Rishi Sunak has said that young people could face sanctions if they snub the planned compulsory national service. >All 18-year-olds will have to take part in national service, if the Conservatives win the general election on 4 July. >Teens will have to take part in either mandatory volunteering in their community, or military training. >Community volunteering would see teens spend one weekend per month volunteering in their local community for 12 months. Opportunities could range from delivering prescriptions to older people or volunteering with a charity. I wouldn't want the 'vibrant' non-White youths of the UK working with the mostly-White elderly people. >The second option is military training. This would see 18-year-olds apply for one of up to 30,000 'selective' military placements reserved for teenagers deemed the 'brightest and the best' in areas like logistics, cyber security, procurement or civil response operations over a year-long period. Just in time to send the last White English youths off to die in the Ukraine or the Middle East for Tikkun Olam. >Sunak said the plan would be paid for by 'clamping down on tax avoidance and through funding previously used for the Shared Prosperity Fund.' Also another excuse to increase tax on the native English. >Speaking on BBC's Question Time election special on Thursday 20 June, the Prime Minster revealed teens could 'lose access to finance' and have their driving licences removed under sanctions for not taking part. Another step towards a Chinese-style 'social credit' system, i.e. techno-communism. I'm pretty sure eventually "hate crimes" or not taking the latest jew-jab will likewise lead to being off from your bank account.

https://www.thepublica()_com/germany-woman-convicted-of-offending-migrant-gang-rapists-receives-longer-prison-sentence-than-the-rapists/ https://archive.ph/slODN 23 June 2024 >A 20-year-old woman in Hamburg, Germany, has been sent to prison after making “hateful” remarks towards a migrant who was involved in the gang rape of a child. >The woman is just one of 140 people being investigated for making “harmful comments” towards the rapists. https://apollo-news()net/wegen-hasskommentaren-gegen-vergewaltiger-junge-frau-muss-in-haft/ https://archive.ph/pml7h >The horrific assault took place in 2020, and involved multiple groups of migrant men independently attacking a 14-year-old girl in Hamburg’s Stadtpark over the course of one night. >The park had become a popular hang-out spot for youth during the covid lockdowns, and the girl had been there drinking with her friends. But they became scattered after police swept the park and broke up groups while enforcing social distancing measures. >Confused and alone, the girl was defenceless against the first mob of four predators. >The men took turns on the girl, repeatedly raping her over an extended period of time. >They robbed her of her wallet and cellphone before leaving her. Traumatized and disoriented from the first attack, and having no method of calling for help, the girl was assaulted a second time by two more men who took advantage of her vulnerable state. >Disturbingly, her assailants had begun inviting other men to rape her via their chat groups, gleefully sharing the news that there was an isolated teenage girl in the dark park with no potential witnesses. >The child was attacked a third time by a single man, and then a fourth time by three more men, who dragged her into a bush and sexually assaulted her. >Finally, the child managed to break away and ran, though pursued by her rapists. >Eventually, she came across people who recognized her traumatized state and immediately called the police. >A total of 11 men were initially charged, but two were acquitted quickly due to a lack of DNA evidence. >The sperm of nine of the men, however, had been successfully recovered from the girl’s body. >Five of the men were in possession of German passports, while the remainder were not citizens of Germany. >Among those charged, none were of German heritage. The rapists were identified as a Pole, an Egyptian, a Libyan, a Kuwaiti, an Iranian, an Armenian, an Afghan, a Syrian, and a Montenegrin. >The men had a team of 20 defense attorneys arguing their innocence. >Videos of the first and third rapes had been recorded and shared by the assailants to contacts through WhatsApp, but the videos were deleted before the case could be heard in court. >Witnesses who did see the footage before its deletion did testify that it depicted clear sexual assault, with one noting that the girl had been holding her hands over her head in a protective position. >During the trial, the victim, who now suffers from PTSD as a result of the night of abuse, was called upon to speak about what happened to her. >While she recounted her horrific ordeal, the men showed “no signs of remorse” and at least one is said to have almost fallen asleep during proceedings. >However, despite DNA and WhatsApp evidence, eight of the nine men convicted walked free with probation and spent no time in prison at all. >The ninth was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison without parole. >The case caused outrage in Germany, both for the brutality of the rape itself and the lenient sentences given to the rapists. As a result, one of the men had his identity and phone number circulated on Snapchat by furious sleuths. >Angered by the news of the case, a 20-year-old woman from Hamburg messaged the number through WhatsApp. The unnamed woman called him a “dishonourable rapist pig” and a “disgusting miscarriage.” She added: “Aren’t you ashamed when you look in the mirror?” >The targeted rapist then reported the woman to police, and she was charged with sending him insulting messages. >The woman has now been convicted and sentenced to a weekend in prison for her remarks — meaning that she will have spent more time in jail than 8 of the 9 rapists. > In court, the woman apologized for her remarks, saying she acted out of a “reflex” upon hearing the sickening details of the case. >But, according to the Hamburger Abendblatt, this woman is not the only person who could be facing a conviction for insulting the rapists. >Authorities in Hamburg are reportedly investigating 140 people for offenses related to issuing “insult, threats, or other detriment” towards the Stadtpark predators. Remember goyim, it's the secret nazi White supremacists that secretly won WWII that are doing all this to all the White countries. So secret was their victory, that all the jews you see everywhere in government, the media, big business, the banks, academia, NGOs, etc., are very craftily providing cover for unnameable and invisible nazis somewhere who actually run the world, who we all know fought in WWII for the destruction of the White race. I know this because Alex Jones and James Corbett told me so. https://odysee()com/@Carljung:d/The-ultimate-red-pill-remaster---the-realm-story-of-adolf-hitler-:5

https://en()sputniknews()africa/20240407/world-health-day-gabonese-doctor-working-in-russia-talks-on-benefits-of-russian-medicine-1065945698.html >Russia "has become a second home for me," Gouandegno Ngongwè Suzy Naomie, a Gabonese princess who came to Moscow to study medicine and stayed in Russia to work, told Sputnik Africa. >She came to Moscow in 2008 to study medicine at Sechenov University, and now she has settled in the south of the country, working as an endocrinologist at a private clinic in Sochi. >"I can say that Russia has become a second home for me. I came to Russia when I was 20, I got married here, I had my first child here, so I also have a great history with Russia. So I am a Gabonese with Russian citizenship," Gouandegno Ngongwè Suzy Naomie explained. >She chose Russia to study medicine because tuition is cheaper than in Western countries and the registration process is easier. >In addition to medicine, the young woman built her career in the beauty world. Her debut took place during her stay in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. >"I participated in my first beauty contest, then in the second. And that was the end of it. And I started getting more and more contracts for photo shoots with different couturiers, designers from different boutiques. Even though I'm in the fashion business, I still work in medicine," she remarked. https://en()sputniknews()africa/20240325/more--more-young-malians-prefer-to-come-to-russia-to-study-in-universities-malian-minister-says-1065762574.html >Recently, Putin announced that Russia intends to raise the number of African students studying at Russian universities. >According to the Russian humanitarian cooperation agency Rossotrudnichestvo, around 30,000 people from African countries come to Russia every year to study at universities. https://gab()com/TheBelgianOne/posts/112673511584944102 >A young black doctor from Sudan came to the Moscow region to provide medical care to local residents. >Abdelmalik Abdalla, a specialist from Africa, quickly found work in Lytkarino, as local personnel prefer to work in the capital. >"I diligently studied Russian for six months. Lived in a hostel. When it was time to leave, civil war broke out in Sudan. And Abdelmalik decided to stay in Russia to help fight the shortage of therapists. He chose Lytkarinsky clinic No.2" says an article. >From 1 January 2023, Russia has significantly simplified the process of hiring foreign doctors, it is enough to confirm compliance with foreign education. 25 days are allotted for this. >For specialists in short supply, such as paediatricians and dentists, even this is not required. >There is no special exam for the knowledge of the Russian language, proficiency in it is 'checked automatically' upon hiring.

https://karlradl14()substack()com/p/harvey-weinstein-and-the-rape-of https://archive.ph/mxGtq References in original. Edited for length. >Jewish Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been in the news a lot in recent years after the New Yorker printed a superb piece of investigative journalism by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. >They detailed how Weinstein had long abused his position as the founder and head of the Weinstein Company as well as formerly Miramax to sexually abuse and molest female employees and starlets. >This should be no particular surprise since jews have long had quite the problem with rape and sexual molestation within the ranks of their tribe. >What hasn’t been mentioned in the multitude of media coverage - and I’d almost say deliberately played down and ignored – is that Weinstein and his defenders are almost without exception jewish and his victims non-jewish. >Take for example his former principal attorney and public advocate Lisa Bloom – daughter of jewish actress Gloria Allred (nee Bloom) – and staunch public defender of Weinstein’s ‘integrity’, jewish fashion mogul Donna Karan – founder of the famous brand DKNY - who suggested that the non-jewish women were simply ‘asking for it’. >While jewish groups that have been supported by Weinstein – such as the famous Simon Wiesenthal Centre which awarded him its second ‘Truth to Power Award’ in 2015 for ‘humanitarian work’ with ‘Shoah survivors’ – have not only not condemned Weinstein, but actually refused to rescind their awards. >Compare that to his known victims, which have included: >Laura Madden in 1991 >Rosanna Arquette in the early 1990s >Miro Sorvino in 1995 >Asia Argento in 1997 >Ashley Judd in 1997 >Rose McGowan in 1997 >Zelda Perkins in 1998 >Lucia Evans (nee Stoller) in 2004 >Lauren Sivan in 2007 >Emma de Caunes in 2010 >Jessica Barth in 2011 >Emily Nestor in 2014 >Ambra Battilana Gutierrez in 2015 >Lauren O’Connor in 2015 >Notice a trend? >Well that’s because none of the women that we know that Weinstein sexually assaulted, molested and raped were jewish. >They are all non-jewish and even more specifically: of European origin or extraction. >Evidently this is a distinct preference on Weinstein’s part since both of his wives – the first former Mrs Weinstein Eve Chilton and the second former Mrs Weinstein Georgina Chapman – have both been non-jews of European origin or extraction. >We also know for a fact that Weinstein’s jewishness is also a factor in his sexual exploitation and rape of these non-jewish women. >Since as Kantor and Twohey wrote in their article in the New Yorker: <Mr. Weinstein was a volcanic personality, though, given to fits of rage and personal lashings of male and female employees alike. When a female guest of his had to wait for a hotel room upgrade, he yelled that Ms. O’Connor would be better off marrying a “fat, rich Jewish” man because she was probably just good for “being a wife” and “making babies,” she wrote in her memo. (He added some expletives, she said.) His treatment of women was sometimes written off as just another form of toxicity, according to multiple former employees. >In other words; non-jewish women should have sex with – and preferably marry – ‘fat, rich jewish men’ because that is all they as non-jews – and probably shiksas (literally ‘non-jewish whores who secretly crave sex with jewish men’ according to jewish culture as well as Judaism itself) – are capable of doing. >Thus Weinstein feels entitled to their ‘sexual labour’, because he is a jew, and they are a sub-human vessel that should feel honoured to be raped and sexually humiliated by a jewish man. >The idea that his jewishness is incidental to his conduct is put to bed by the fact that he specifically states that the ‘fat, rich man’ should be ‘jewish’ when he had no need to do so and dismisses the claim that it was just a ‘power’ or ‘class’ thing. >Why mention jewishness if it isn’t a factor and why aren’t there any jewish victims? >That isn’t likely to be a coincidence no matter which way you wish to slice the evidence. >The fact that he has only now been ousted from his own creation – the Weinstein Company – is actually evidence of this, because his brother, Ben, and his own fellow jewish directors and executives knew exactly what Weinstein was up to, but refused to do anything about it. >After all; the victims were just non-jewish women. Who cares about them: right?

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>No matter how desperate the jewish media is to reclaim the narrative as a feminist cause celebre and ‘proof of rape culture’; the fact remains that Weinstein sexually assaulted and raped non-jewish women of European origin and/or extraction not Mexicans, Chinese or Indians. >That is no accident.

https://gab()com/Patriootti/posts/111688130064573507 2 Jan.2024 >(((Who))) really owns Tik Tok? Not the Chinese. >I had to get all this info myself but with a little digging its easy as most of the stuff is readily available on even mainstream sites like wikipedia. >Tik Tok was founded by ByteDance https://www.entrepreneur()com/science-technology/who-owns-tiktok-updated-2023/444823 https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/ByteDance >ByteDance was funded by Arthur Dantchik who is an jewish billionaire. He currently sits on the board of directors of ByteDance who owns Tik Tok. https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/Arthur_Dantchik >ByteDance is also funded and owned by Jeff Yass who is also an jewish billionaire https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/Jeff_Yass >The other funders of ByteDance include: >Susquehanna International Group: owned by the 2 aforementioned jewish billionaires. >Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: founded by Jerome Kohlberg Jr. who is jewish, Henry Kravis who is jewish and George R. Roberts who isn't jewish on Wikipedia but is claimed jewish by Jerusalem Post here: https://www.jpost()com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-worlds-50-Richest-Jews-41-50 >And claimed jewish also here: https://www.nndb()com/people/577/000164085/ >Sequoia Capital: lists "key people" on their Wikipedia page Michael Moritz who is jewish, Douglas Leone the first non-jew, Jim Goetz who also appears to be not jewish and Roelof Botha who also is not jewish. >General Atlantic: has an office in Tel Aviv https://www.timesofisrael()com/leading-us-investment-firm-general-atlantic-opens-tel-aviv-office/ >CEO Bill Ford who appears not to be jewish but he is chair of the board of the Rockefeller university board (Rockefeller's have interbred with the Rothschild's making them an jewish family thus making him an shabbos goy) https://www.rockefeller()edu/news/22807-william-e-ford-elected-chair-rockefeller-university-board/ Actually the Rockefellers were always jews: http://whale()to/b/rockefeller9()html >Co-president: Anton Levy who isn't listed as jewish but has an jewish name and is 100% jewish judging by his pictures >Co-president: Martín Escobari who appears to be non-jewish >Hillhouse Capital: founded by Zhang Lei who is non-jewish. >So of the actual owners of ByteDance who owns Tik Tok there are 7/12 jews making Tik Tok 58.3% jewish owned and only 8,3% Chinese owned. That should be, at least 58.3%, as it's not known if the others are crypto-jews.

>>20701 Question! If the Kikes are the ones who own Tik Tok, does that mean that Congress is filled with skinheads when they passed the law requiring Bytedance to either sell the platform or shut it down?

President of the New South Wales Rabbinical Council, Yossi Feldman. has publicly stated that he wants Australian law to be amended to give leniency to religious Jews discovered to have committed sex crimes with children. https://www.bitchute()com/video/DrVaXoTWW2er

https://gab()com/ButISayUntoYou/posts/112427917838463260 >"It is no accident that the Soviet Union was among the initiators and supporters of the creation of the state of Israel." -Vladimir Putin, June 25th 2012, in a meeting with Israeli president Shimon Peres. >"I am a Bolshevik." -First Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion after a visit to the Soviet Union, 1923. >"For many years the joke was that Israel had become the 51st state of the US. Instead we have become just another Soviet republic. It's quite a twist in the story." -Lily Galili, Israeli journalist >"Geographically, Israel is just off center. Why then is it treated with such respect, especially by the likes of Russia and China?" -The Jerusalem Post >"Putin is a great believer in Israel, he's a huge fan of Bibi." -Trump >Many people on the right claim Putin is some sort of a savior of western values, due to any variety of reasons ranging from Christianity to being mixed raced Eurasianist (groypers). >In a series of posts I will be highlighting Moscow's undeniable allegiance to Israel and their objective threat to the 14 words. >Most people assume Israel and Russia are not on good terms, because Israel's ally is America and Russia's ally is Iran. And so consequently assume that Russia supports Islam's fight against Israel. Both of these are far from the truth. >"What has russia done for the Arabs? The cease fire with Israel must end and the battle must begin. Why doesn't the battle begin? Because the Russians prefer [...] the present state of no-peace, no war. The Russians talk of all the weapons they are giving us, but it is propaganda." -Muammar Qaddafi. >Putin allowed Israel to bomb Syria over 200 times and refused to provide Syria with offensive weapons during their war with Israel. Russia has repeatedly betrayed its Arabic allies for Israel. >When asked whether Russia and Iran were still allies in Syria in 2019, Russia's Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed that "allies" was not the proper term to use, and that "Israel is a priority." And further added: "We in no way underestimate the importance of measures that would ensure very strong security of the state of Israel. This is one of the top priorities of Russia." -Haaretz >WikiLeaks documents show that in 2008, Israel provided Russia with Codes for UAVs it sold to Georgia in exchange for Iranian aerial system defense codes. The document suggests that the deal was signed right before the Russian-Georgia war of August 2008. >In 2019, Iran suggested that Russia had given Israel codes for the S-300 aerial defense systems, which enabled Israel's multirole F-35 combat aircraft to stealthily penetrate Iran's airspace, reports the Qatari news agency Al Jarida. >We all know how Israel [jews] was responsible for 9/11 right? >Putin called George Bush two days before 9/11 to warn him that "something big" was "coming out of Afghanistan". >Benjamin Netanyahu also said in 1995 that if the US does not react appropriately against Islamic terror, "the next thing we'll see is Islamic terrorists bringing down the World Trade Center." >Before the invasion of Iraq, to further Netanyahu's interests, Putin told George Bush that Saddam Hussain's regime (Iraq), his own "ally", was "planning terrorist attacks inside the United States and outside of it against US military and American interests abroad." -CBC News >Benjamin Netanyahu is also on record pressuring the US to invade Iran on the basis Hussain having a short temper and nuclear weapons. >The Mitrokhin documents, leaked in 1992 by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, prove that Israel has been a Kremlin asset since its very inception. >According to section 3, the alleged Golda Meir - Stalin/Kaganovich Pact: "The Soviets would absolutely guarantee the security of Israel. Both the Soviet Union and Israel would exchange intelligence reports." Jack Bernstein, an American jew living in racist marxist Israel, page 23.

https://news-pravda()com/world/2024/06/28/602003.html >Perhaps the only federal official [in Russia, Bastrykin] who calls a spade a spade. At the St. Petersburg legal forum, the head of the Investigative Committee announced figures that speak eloquently about the overripe problem of migration legislation. >So️ today there are about 14 million (!) migrants in Russia >1 million 200 thousand migrants arrived in Moscow in 4 months of this year, in the Moscow region - 880 thousand, in St. Petersburg - 860 thousand. >Over the past year among migrants there has been an increase in the number of sexual crimes (+7.6%), economic crimes (+9.6%), in the field of drug trafficking (+ 27.6%) and of an extremist nature (+147.2%). >The last figure is not just a crime. This is an explosive increase in crimes of an ideological nature. This is not just “blowing out the candles in the church” and getting 282. This includes terrorist activity. Look at the FSB reports, dozens of prevented terrorist attacks that were prepared by visitors from Central Asia. >Of course, not all 14 million migrants become extremists. But even 1% of potential radicals is a monstrous figure. >And the uncontrolled import continues. The lion's share of migrants (and this is millions) remains in the gray zone, forming a ghetto with a closed social, economic, legal and ideological structure. >“I believe the most important thing is to change Russia’s migration policy, precisely justify the need, and maybe even do so in order to solve its political, economic, national and other problems with internal resources,” Bastrykin said in St. Petersburg. >If someone wants to come to work with us, then these are strict targeted labour contracts for a certain time, after which the person returns home. >Tightening immigration legislation is not only about the migrants themselves, it is also about the responsibility of the employer. Otherwise, in the DPR, dozens of illegal immigrants are caught, but how they got there through control points and how they found employment is a mystery. And so throughout the country. >And, of course, we need common bases with neighbors, a ban on entry for those with previous convictions. And no more amnesties. Otherwise, the authorities work on those same potential extremists, catch them, expel them, and they return. You can see for yourself these immigrants are from Muslim Central Asian countries. This video is from the Krasnoyarsk region: https://gab()com/JohnAlpine/posts/112684245820350262

Comment below article: https://www.renegadetribune()com/pedowood-hollywood-and-its-jewish-child-molester-problem/ “We want assimilation to be replaced by a new law: the declaration of belonging to the Jewish nation and the Jewish race. A state built upon the principle of the purity of nation and race can only be honored and respected by a jew who*declares his belonging to his kind . . . No subterfuge can save us now. In place of assimilation we desire a new concept: recognition of the jewish nation and jewish race!”— Rabbi Joachim Prinz, American Jewish Congress, 1930 ”There are 112 hereditary diseases within the Jewish race.”—Goodman, Richard, Genetic Diseases Among The Jewish People. “It is always found that Jews suffer from acute fever, pestilence, and hemorrhoids more than any other nation.” —Rabbi Isaac Abarbanel, 15th century “They are generally sedentary … they are usually
in fear and anxiety and therefore the melancholy blood becomes increased.” — Bernard de Gordon, 14th century

https://www.worldjewishcongress()org/en/news/swedish-parliament-proposes-resolutions-to-outlaw-holocaust-denial-and-distortion 22 May 2024 >Sweden’s parliament has unanimously approved a series of amendments to the country’s hate speech regulations which will make Holocaust denial and distortion illegal. >The vote, which resulted in updates to the Freedom of the Press Act was adopted will, “explicitly criminalize the denial of the Holocaust and certain other international crimes." >The proposals also ensure that individuals in protected groups are given protection, victim status, and the right to compensation,” according to a translated parliamentary statement dated 22 May. >The amendments to the penal code will be enacted on 1 July, 2024, while the amendments to the Freedom of the Press Act will become active on January 1, 2027. >The new legislation covers the following: >--Specifically criminalize the denial of the Holocaust and other recognized international crimes. >--Clarify the inclusion of incitement to violence within the legislation, and >--Provide individuals within protected groups with recognized victim status and the right to compensation. >Along with the Holocaust denial proposal, the government is presenting these actions as a concentrated effort to de-escalate Jewish hate crimes, a goal that the WJC has long been advocating for. >In response to the initial government proposal in February, WJC’s Petra Kahn Nord stated, “In the wake of October 7, the Jewish community applauds the Swedish parliament's efforts to eradicate sentiments such as hate speech and Holocaust denial. We are eager to work with lawmakers to guarantee sufficient participation in the much-awaited national strategy plans aimed at promoting Jewish life and battling antisemitism.” The Hamas attack is turning out to be ever so profitable for the jews; who woulda thunk? >Since the October 7th attacks, the World Jewish Congress’ Nordic Office, located in Stockholm, has pushed for the Swedish government to increase security efforts for its Jewish communities, as incidents of hate and Holocaust denial and distortion rhetoric have risen drastically in recent months. >Nord together with head of WJC Strategy & Programs, Daniel Radomski, recently met with the Swedish Prime Minister to discuss the rise of antisemitism from the WJC’s global perspective. >The office in Stockholm has also been collaborating with the Jewish community of Sweden to create and implement a National Strategy to Strengthen Jewish Life in Sweden, 2025–2034. https://www.riksdagen()se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/proposition/en-tydligare-bestammelse-om-hets-mot-folkgrupp_hb0393/html/ >The strategy plan highlights the importance of preserving Jewish traditions and practices in the region while also extending a display of solidarity through recent efforts, such as Sweden’s endorsement of the IHRA's working definition of antisemitism. Remember, goy, jews have no power whatsoever, they're just a tiny, persecuted minority who dindu nuffin ever, and it's all White Supremacists doing this.

https://www.dailydot()com/news/mechanic-officially-been-locked-out-of-computer-systems/ https://archive.ph/A8AHq 27 June 2024. >A mechanic went viral when he posted a TikTok about technicians being locked out of computer systems in a new Dodge Ram. >TikTok user Shorty of Shorty’s Speed Shop (@shortysspeedshop) showed viewers what mechanics had to do to be able to repair newer car models. >“It has officially happened. 2024 Ram 3500, authorization denied,” Shorty said as he showed viewers the computer screen. “Cannot get into anything on this except generic OBD2 Software.” >Shorty went on to explain that this update made his “manufacturer software 100% irrelevant.” >Then, Shorty showed viewers the Vehicle Security Professional (VSP) Registry on the National Automaker Service Task Force (NASTF) website. >According to NASTF, automakers require mechanics to become credentialed VSPs if they want to purchase key and immobilizer codes, PIN numbers, and special tool access from Automaker websites. A VSP is required to “verify proof of ownership/authority prior to performing any security operation.” >“It’s all part of the NASTF Security Professional Registery,” Shorty explained. >Shorty believes that this rule allows manufacturers to lock mechanics out of anything they “deem security sensitive.” >Shorty then broke down the “requirements to gain VSP access.” According to him, these include a $325 fee “every two years” and a $100 fee for every subsequent two-year license renewal. >He says mechanics also need “commercial liability insurance of $1 million” and a “fidelity or employee dishonesty bond of $100,000.” >The VSP application page on NASTF’s website confirms that there is a $100 Application Fee that covers a “Two Year Renewal” and a $325 Primary Account fee that covers a “Two Year License.” It also confirms his claims about the required commercial liability insurance and fidelity or employee dishonesty bond. >“There’s a lot of people that don’t know that this is going on, and it’s going to affect everybody getting their cars fixed,” Shorty remarked. >Viewers were furious with this newest hurdle that kept mechanics locked out of computer systems. >“Right to repair legislation is a necessary thing,” a commenter stated. >Shorty replied with an explanation about how “right to repair covers generic OBD data,” which he already has access to. >Right to repair advocates are a group who insist that manufacturers make parts, diagnostic tools, and diagrams available for third-party mechanic. >Ever since vehicles became closer to computers than cars of yore, they have advocated for the right of small shops and owners to repair vehicles. >According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 33 states and Puerto Rico considered right to repair legislation in 2023. As of 2024, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) reports that 33 states have some form of right to repair laws. >However, many of these laws revolve around the right to repair farm equipment, not the right to repair passenger cars. >One mechanic coined the term “planned obsolescence” when he described how companies are forcing owners to take cars to their dealerships for repairs instead of independent mechanics. >According to an NBC article, the argument at the heart of the right to repair debate is that mechanics can’t afford new tools for every update a company does; and manufacturers claim that giving mechanics access would give away their intellectual property. https://www.nbcnews()com/id/wbna34601258 >Another of Shorty’s viewers wrote, “The car companies want to put small guy out of business.” >“Wow you need a license to access diagnostics. That’s insane,” a third agreed. >“Shop rates are gonna continue going higher $. These additional costs just get passed down like everything else!” another commented. >Others claimed that these new systems will drive consumers to purchase older vehicles. >“All we got to do is stop buying those cars for a short time. We can live on an older car for a little while,” a viewer advised. That's why they want to phase out fuel-powered vehicles with emissions limits. >“Yeah will be buying an older car!! Those were more fun anyways!” a second agreed. >“I went shopping for a new truck, they sold me on just rebuilding my 60 year old one,” another shared. >Some argued that the new requirements were to protect cars from theft. >“It’s because people are coding keys to steal vehicles. But I agree we should be able to access everything!” a viewer said. >“I’m sure it has nothing to do with people stealing cars,” another quipped. It's all part of having a larger and larger part of your nation in the hands of fewer and fewer people, so they can control you easily with the techno-judaism they have planned that will make 1984 seem pleasant.

https://www.ocregister()com/2024/06/28/tractor-supply-ditches-dei-climate-goals-after-online-attacks/ https://archive.ph/ptEnP 28 June 2024 >Tractor Supply Co., the US retailer focused on rural lifestyle products, is scrapping its climate targets and diversity, equity and inclusion goals after weeks of online attacks. >The Tennessee-based company has been hit with criticism over its policies on social media, including from right-wing activist Robby Starbuck. >“We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them,” Tractor Supply said in a statement posted to its website. “We have taken this feedback to heart.” >The company will eliminate DEI programs and remove related positions, halt sponsorship of activities including Pride festivals and withdraw its carbon emissions goals, according to the statement. Instead, Tractor Supply will focus on issues including animal welfare, veteran causes and water conservation. How many trannies are driving tractors for a living? There's a question for all the clowns who tell you DEI is just about profit. >Tractor Supply’s shares have fallen almost 8% after touching a record earlier this month. >A growing number of US companies are revising diversity targets, or reviewing previous support for LGBTQ-related events as conservative activists step up efforts to oppose corporate engagement in social issues, a backlash that’s been amplified by billionaires including Elon Musk and Bill Ackman. >More than 50 firms, including Best Buy Co., Chipotle Mexican Grill and Johnson & Johnson, have this year removed or de-emphasized DEI when setting executive pay, according to Farient Advisors, a consulting firm. >Tractor Supply, which operates more than 2,200 stores — many in rural communities including the Inland Empire — selling garden products to tools and pet food, needs to maintain consumer confidence as it seeks to lift sales this year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Lindsay Dutch. >The firm’s “loyal and growing customer base is a key strength supporting sales growth and operating margin this year,” Dutch said in an April note.

https://www.jpost()com/blogs/the-jewish-problem---from-anti-judaism-to-anti-semitism/from-anti-judaism-to-antisemitism-the-enlightenment-365181 8 Nov. 2012. >In the mid-eighteenth century “the Jews” represented a “question” for Western philosophers; a “problem” for the national groupings emerging as culturally distinct nation-states. >In France the population was almost entirely Francophone and Christian, its population generally shared a common history and culture. This pattern applied throughout Europe. So what to make of the Jews who generally shared language and history, but were scattered among most of the emerging states. How did this “nation apart” fit in? The put "nation apart" in scare quotes, as though it's anti-semitic to suggest jews are a seperate group, when actually it's simply a quote from the Old Testament. Leviticus ch.20 v.26: "for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine." Numbers ch.23 v.9: "Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations." >Antisemitism, fed by theologically-inspired mediaeval stereotypes, was absorbed almost without awareness into emergent Christian-secular culture. >Over time Western philosophy and “science” sought a response, sought to “classify” Jewry. Proto-anthropology and linguistics concluded that the Jews were a Semitic people. Because they are...??? >By the late 19thcentury, American eugenicists married Darwinian evolution with Mendelian genetics to arrive at a more definitive classification of Jews: they were now a “race,” alongside Orientals and Southern Europeans. >At the top of the racial pyramid were “Aryan” northern Europeans, American Eugenics goal for the United States. >Under National Socialism Germany followed the American model of racial purity through selective breeding and took eugenics to the next level. If the Aryan was at the top, the Master Race, then the Jew was at the bottom and, as eugenics achieved an epiphany, Jews are classified outside genus homo sapiens. >When precisely German eugenicists, under the tutelage and encouragement of their enthusiastic American teachers, concluded that the Jews were a non-human pathogen, parasites, may not be known precisely. (see Stefan Kühl, The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism) >What is certain is that eugenics combined with 20th century technology to transform an already lethal form of traditional antisemitism into a well-designed engine of industrial mass murder and disposal capable of finally achieving the solution to the West’s Jewish Problem, once and for all. If only, kike. https://holocausthandbooks()com/index.php >The Philosophes: Diderot, principal contributor and editor of the famous Encyclopédie (1765) wrote that Jews are “an ignorant and superstitious nation,” while Voltaire, in his Treatise on Toleration, 1763, wrote that the Jews are, “the most detestable [nation] ever to have sullied the earth...” And again, in his Dictionary he wrote that the Jews are: <“the most imbecile people on the face of the earth, enemies of mankind, most obtuse, cruel absurd... In short, we find in them only an ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition and the most invincible hatred for every people by whom they are tolerated and enriched.” >In his Letter of Memmius to Cicero, (1771) Voltaire wrote, <"They [the Jews] are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race." >The year after writing his Memius Letter Voltaire wrote, <"You [Jews] have surpassed all nations in impertinent fables, in bad conduct and in barbarism. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny." >One hundred and sixty years before Germany elected Adolph Hitler chancellor, Voltaire had already concluded that the Jews are, “deadly to the human race.” >His conclusion that the Jews, “deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny” is taken nearly verbatim from Augustine who, in turn, was referring directly to the Matthew gospel. >Some modern philosophers would rescue Voltaire-as-antisemite by pointing out that his attack on the Jews was part of a more general assault on Christianity. >And perhaps, had he limited his critique to Judaism-as-religion the argument might be somewhat credible. But Voltaire singled out “the Jews,” the “nation.” >Nor are such antisemitic attacks limited to Voltaire. The Jews appear with regularity in the writings of the Philosophes, and Jews and Judaism occupy more than twenty-five percent of Voltaire’s Dictionary. >Voltaire and Diderot and most of the Philosophes, Europe’s intellectual avant-garde dedicated to liberating the continent from superstition and prejudice, from intolerance and what they perceived as the darkness of religion; how could they have unreflectively imported 1700 years of anti-Jewish prejudice into their “rational” and secular model for modern society? Because they were smarter that you, kike.

>>20716 >>At the top of the racial pyramid were “Aryan” northern Europeans, American Eugenics goal for the United States. >>Under National Socialism Germany followed the American model of racial purity through selective breeding and took eugenics to the next level. If the Aryan was at the top, the Master Race, then the Jew was at the bottom and, as eugenics achieved an epiphany, Jews are classified outside genus homo sapiens. But that's wrong. ALL versions of Socialism, not just Nazism, advocate for or eventually arrive at practicing eugenics. Even then, eugenics has always been an intellectuals theory without any basis in reality or fact. It was just an idea rooted in the belief that they found themselves to be so "smart" that they should be allowed to control the future evolution of man.

>>20718 "Eugenics" is just a fancy word that means "breeding". Humans have been breeding animals and plants for thousands of years going back into pre-history, and we still do so today. Breeding was even practised on humans too, just not explicitly; we know that in ancient times the Germanics and Greeks exposed their new-borns, for example. You've been duped by some kosher "intellectual" about what Eugenics is. You probably don't understand what "socialism" is either. In this jew-run world, countries are practising dysgenics, not eugenics, by promoting the scum of lower-class Whites and non-Whites like rappers, monkey athletes, freaks like Lizzo and "Rachel" Levine, etc.. You also have things like a tax system that penalizes responsible middle- and upper- class Whites, and funds niggers and spics and jews. Universities that severely restrict the enrolment of White males, and admit more jews that are under-qualified. And so on and so on. The result is the deterioration of the gene pool, i.e. dysgenics, and not Eugenics. If you're interested, here's a list of books you can read: https://third-reich-books()com/ Some of these are available on the Internet Archive https://archive()org/

https://gab()com/Unakceptabke_views/posts/112702876848368652 >Britain drafted the declaration of war against Germany a full week before the German invasion of Poland. >"ADOLF HITLER sent the armed forces of Great Germany into Poland on 1 September 1939. Thereupon Britain and France declared war on Germany." >Simplistic history says that it was Hitler’s fault that Britain and France declared war on Germany, since it was he who made the decision to violate Polish territory. >The people who say this show little knowledge of the circumstances that impelled Hitler to make this decision. >The fact is that Britain was trying to start a war with Germany. From the German perspective, Britain was engaged in saber-rattling against Germany throughout 1939, with a belligerent Poland, encouraged by Britain, posing the threat of a two-front war. >The invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 was a response to a menace deliberately created by Britain. The fact that Hitler had not wanted war with Britain and France is evident in his peace-offer following the conquest of Poland, which included the proposal to restore a reduced Polish state. >Britain and France undertook that war expecting that Germany could easily be contained on land and starved with a naval blockade. >Because they did not expect to have to wage a real war, the decision was made lightly. There was even talk of how the war would help with unemployment in Britain. >Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said to U.S. ambassador Joseph Kennedy that the reason why he had made war against Germany was that “America and the World Jews” had pressured him. >Kennedy later told this to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, who recorded it in his diary; “neither the French nor the British would have made Poland a cause of war if it had not been for the constant needling from Washington,” is how Forrestal summarized Kennedy’s recollection (The Forrestal Diaries, entry of 27 December 1945). >Below is a piece of documentation that Britain (under American and jewish pressure) had chosen war against Germany. This British declaration of war was composed one week before the invasion of Poland. >Already on this first page of King George’s draft for a declaration of war we see the two main points of Anglo-American war-propaganda: >(1) you cannot negotiate with Hitler (because he is an uncivilized moral nihilist who won’t keep his word); >(2) you cannot ignore Hitler (because he wants to conquer the entire world). >It is the general practice of governments that depend heavily on popular support to try to represent any decision to go to war as forced by the other side, and these two points constitute an effective argument to that end, if the public is simple-minded enough to believe it. >The same form of propaganda with slight adaptations has been used to motivate Americans to support Middle-East wars. >Dealing peacefully with Saddam Hussein was also pointless, we were told; he was “so-damned insane,” and bent on, perhaps not conquering the entire world (which was far from credible), but it was suggested to us that we could not ignore Saddam Hussein for other reasons: that he was poised to overrun Saudi Arabia in 1990 (which was a hoax arranged by the CIA), or, a decade later, that he might attack the United States with a nuclear weapon.” https://nationalvanguard()org/2019/09/britain-intended-war-before-hitler-invaded-poland/ >The Forrestal Diaries: The Inner History of the Cold War (1952, 544 pages) https://archive()org/details/theforrestaldiarieswaltermillised >Hitler made many peace offers before the outbreak of war, and these have been detailed in a book called What the World Rejected: Hitler’s Peace Offers, 1933- 1939 by Dr. Friedrich Stieve. https://archive()org/details/wtwrh >The author lists all of Hitler’s offers in detail, complete with quotes, starting with >• his first offer of May 17, 1933, >• his second offer of December 18, 1933, >• his third offer of May 21, 1935, >• his fourth offer of March 31, 1936, >• his fifth offer of September 30, 1938, >• his sixth offer of December 6, 1938, >• his seventh offer of late 1939 to Poland to settle the Danzig Corridor issue peacefully, and finally, >• his offer of world peace on October 6, 1939, just over a month after Britain and France had declared war on Germany for invading Poland on September 1 (but not on the Soviet Union, which also invaded Poland on September 17. >• The full text of Hitler’s “Appeal for Peace and Sanity” speech, made before the Reichstag on July 19, 1940, following the fall of France. In that speech, Hitler once again offered unconditional peace to Britain. >This speech was printed in English and dropped by the tens of thousands from German aircraft over Britain. >Although nearly half the British cabinet wanted to take up his offer, Churchill’s warmongering put an end to this final offer of peace.” >Always painted as the victim, Poland wanted war and was an aggressor in WW2. It should be noted, however, that jews had full rights in Poland beginning in 1264 AD, centuries prior to any other state. <"The minorities in Poland are supposed to disappear. The Polish policy makes sure that they don't only disappear on the paper. This policy is ruthlessly established and without any attention to the public opinion of the world, of international contracts or the League of Nations. The Ukraine turned to hell under Polish rule. One can say this about Belorussia with even more right. The purpose of the Polish policy is the disappearance of the national minorities on the paper and in reality."

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>~ Manchester Guardian (14th December 1931) <"East Prussia is unquestionable German territory. Since my childhood this is my opinon which didnt need the affirmation by a plebiscite. And that this is my opinion you may tell your East Prussians in a public gathering in Knigsberg for reassurance." >~ The president of the Polish state and Marshall Josef Pilsudski who mysteriously lost his life in the 1930s, to the German foreign minister Gustav Stresemann (10th December 1927) <"The Polish terror in the Ukraine today is worse than anything else in Europe. Ukraine became a country of desperation and destruction. The murderous deeds multiplied. The Germans have been tortured, mutilated, excruciated to death, their corpses were desecrated. Villages and palaces have been robbed, ignited, blown up. The depicted incidents in the official publication of the German government in 1921 exceed the worst actions one can imagine." >~ Prof. Dr. Ren Martel in his book, Les frontières orientales de l'Allemagne (Paris 1930) about the Polish raids in Upper Silesia in 1921. <"We know that the war between Poland and Germany can’t be prevented. We have to systematically and energetically prepare ourselves for this war. The present generation will see that a new victory at Grunwald will be written into history's pages. But we will battle out this Grunwald in the suburbs of Berlin. Our ideal is to chamfer Poland with borders along the Oder in the west and the Neie at Lausitz and to absorb Prussia from Pregel to the Spree. In this war no prisoners will be made, there will be no place for humanitarian feelings." >~ The censored, and closely to the Polish military dictatorship related newspaper Mosarstwowiecz (1930), three years before Hitler came to power. <"We are ready to make a contract with the devil if he helps us fighting against Hitler. Listen: against Germany not only against Hitler. The German blood will be spilled in a future war in such streams like it wasnt seen since the beginning of the world." >~ Warsaw newspaper Depesza (20.August 1939)

>>20722 Cont. <“Our ideal is to round Poland off with frontiers on the Oder in the West and the Neisse in Lausatia, and to reincorporate Prussia, from the Pregel to the Spree. In this war no prisoners will be taken, there will be no room for humanitarian feelings. We shall surprise the whole world in our war with Germany.” >Polish newspaper Mosarstwowiecz (1930), three years before Hitler’s rise to power. <“On May 2, broke the withdrawn from Korfanty third uprising in Upper Silesia. It started a terrible reign of terror. The killings multiplied. The Germans were tortured, mutilated, tortured to death, their bodies desecrated. Villages and castles were robbed, burned, blown up in the air. In the image in the official publication of the German government exceed 1921 held incidents of cruelty the worst events that one can imagine. ” >~ Prof. Dr. René Martel in his book “Les frontiers de l’Allemagne Orientals”(Paris 1930) on the Polish raids in Upper Silesia in 1921 >The historical record, as represented by the German government at the time, on Bromberg “Bloody Sunday” and related incidents — 58,000 claimed dead or missing by Feb 1940. >The German invasion was Sep 1939, but it’s important to understand that many of the outrages had preceded the German invasion. This was proved by the amount of decomposition of the bodies. >Thus, these atrocities cannot be excused simply as reprisals for the German invasion (which would be wrong anyway). >They included 19 year-old girls with their faces smashed, amputations, disembowelments, shot through the eye, death-trauma births, you name it. >Poles had been merrily slaughtering anything or anybody German since at least as early as April 1939, with smaller incidents stretching back to the close of WW I — you haven’t been told that by the Mass Media, or the fact that these atrocities were one of the main causes for the German invasion of Poland, something that was meant by the Germans to be a local solution to a local problem. >Germany had already done the “right thing” by protesting in writing to the League of Nations literally dozens of times. The League of Nations did nothing, yet the problem had to be solved.” https://forgottentruthhistory()wordpress()com/2017/12/31/poland-waanted-war-and-was-the-aggressor-in-ww2/ >Polish Atrocities Against The German Minority In Poland 1939 https://archive()org/details/PolishAtrocities_201904 >Poland (1983, 584 pages) https://archive()org/details/poland1983mich/

>>20721 >Breeding was even practised on humans too, just not explicitly; we know that in ancient times the Germanics and Greeks exposed their new-borns, for example. Buddy, I've read about the Spartans and their method of breeding citizens with the military. It was sick. I cannot argue with the results, but I don't want to live in that kind of society. >You probably don't understand what "socialism" is either. The "opressor" that must be dethroned VS the "opressed" who can do nothing wrong, the abolition of private property, a supernatural force that exists for the purposes of "awakening" man to his "true nature" so that he will remake man/society in order to return to the paradise that man had been flung out of by their "opressor" at some undeterminate time in the past.

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>>20724 Lolbertarian smooth-brain idiocy. >>20725 I'm not watching all that kosher shit, Moshe. Who are you still trying to fool with your "national socialism is communism" crap. https://nationalvanguard()org/2018/07/the-fraud-of-marxism/ >This doctrine of the Jew Karl Marx shows the whole fraud of Marxism. Here we discern that the goal of Marxism itself is like that of Capitalism: the dominion of World Jewry. >We see the same thing when we consider the attitude toward private ownership. Marxism calls for dispossession, for the abolition of private ownership. Everything is to belong to the state. The result is a reward for the stupid and lazy along with a punishment for the efficient, who have achieved something and are now dispossessed, and with that comes a paralysis of productivity, an education for laziness and parasitism. >Capitalism on the other hand stands for the inviolability, the “sanctity” of private ownership. It is irrelevant how the capital was derived and how it is utilized. The result is the exploitation of the productive. >National-Socialism stands fundamentally on the side of private ownership. What each one creates through honest labor should belong to him. >But the state has the right to dispossess when ownership is not used for the wellbeing of the folk or is not honestly gained. >Effect of Marxism: everything belongs to one entity, the state, i.e. the Marxist leaders, thus to Jewry. >Effect of Capitalism: everything belongs to one entity, the big capitalists, thus also to Jewry. >Effect of National-Socialism: to each his due [jedem das Seine]; evaluation according to achievement. >Marxism and Capitalism take ownership. National-Socialism makes ownership. In 1919 Hitler was a spy for Army Intelligence, sent to spy on various parties suspected of being subversive: https://en)wikipedia)org/wiki/Karl_Mayr#Life_and_work Some other rubbish that you shills like to bring up debunked: https://www.bitchute()com/video/OKTQn43eIyvP https://www.bitchute()com/video/0eSci5prDyPV Endless list of made-up stuff you jews and marxists can bring up: https://www.bitchute()com/search?query=lies+hitler&kind=video&sensitivity_id=normal&duration=all&sort=new

>>20726 >I'm not watching all that kosher shit Yet you expect me to read your books?

https://karlradl14()substack()com/p/british-peer-jailed-for-four-years https://archive.ph/3tIyt References in original. >According to Darren Boyle writing for the Daily Mail an aristocrat named Piers Portman has been imprisoned for a whopping four months for the horrific crime of lèse-majesté. >Who did Piers Portman traduce? Gideon Falter. >But you see Falter is no mere mortal but rather a professional jew who uses his jewishness as a legal shield from any and all criticism. >Describing this legal travesty Boyle writes enthusiastically – this is the jew-worshipping Daily Mail after all – about how: <A millionaire heir to the Portman property empire who racially abused an anti-Semitism campaigner outside a court has been jailed for four months. <Piers Portman, 50, who is the son of Edward, 9th Viscount Portman of Bryanston, called Campaign Against Antisemitism CEO Gideon Falter 'Jewish scum' at Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 14, 2018. <He also described his own Jewish ex-wife as a 'greedy, grasping, thieving and lying criminal manipulator of the system.' <The Harrow-educated aristocrat's family owns the Portman Estate, which covers 110 acres of Marylebone in West London, including the land under Westminster Magistrates' Court. <Mr Falter was leaving the building after a court hearing for anti semite Alison Chabloz-Tyrer when he was abused by Portman. <Passing sentence on Portman, Judge Gregory Perrins said that crowd including men in Nazi replica uniforms at the Chabloz-Tyrer sentencing hearing was a 'who's who of Nazi deniers and extremists <'You have shown no insight at the impact of your offending and no remorse and continue to see yourself as the victim,' the judge told Portman. >Alison Chabloz – about whose trial and political martyrdom I have written elsewhere – is having the radicalization effect I predicted it would have, precisely because people who support the idea that in a so-called democracy people should have the right to speak their mind in public without the fear of powerful special interest groups getting them imprisoned for simple rhetoric. >Clearly the judge involved – Gregory Perrins – has some kind of personal connection to the jews and/or the Israel Lobby precisely because calling a jew ‘jewish scum’ is hardly a crime apart from in the minds of the malicious malcontents pushing the Western world into a state that would make Sodom and Gomorrah look puritanical by comparison. >Falter’s smarmy smugness about his ‘victory’ is both hardly surprising and yet villainously vile at the same time: <Speaking after the case, Mr Falter said: 'I am extremely reassured by this sentence, which sends a very clear message to antisemites that even the wealthiest and most privileged cannot escape British justice. <'I have been awarded £10,000 in compensation which I am donating to Campaign Against Antisemitism to help us ensure that anti-Jewish racists like Mr Portman face the consequences of their actions.' >So basically Falter – along with the less hard-line ‘watchdog’ groups run by jewry in Britain such as the ‘Community Security Trust’ (or CST for short) – is necessarily acknowledging two things publicly: >1. That jews are a race not a religion. Hence ‘anti-jewish racists’ because you cannot be an ‘anti-jewish racist’ unless jews are a race. >2. That ‘British justice’ means ‘jewish justice’ to Falter and his ilk and therefore when a man as well-connected and wealthy as Piers Portman is thrown in the clink for four months for calling a jew ‘scum’ then we are faced with the uncomfortable conclusion that there is nothing British in ‘British justice’ because even the ostensible members of the British elite – even a man who married a jewess – are harshly sentenced for criticising the Self-Chosen of Yahweh. >Therefore, who runs Britain? The British elite? >No, because the British elite get persecuted by another group. That group is the jews. >So therefore, the jews must run Britain.

https://gab-com/JasperWoodcock/posts/112748397442193352 Glowniggers are all over social media trying to trap people. >FBI faggots trying to entrap /ourguys/ on X. This one forgot to remove the name of the previous acct he DM'ed prior to sending. >After Bullseye declined to engage in violent threat rhetoric against jews, the glow nigger then asked what would he be willing to do? and to please be specific.

https://gab()com/NeonRevolt/posts/106688816706572627 >Most Gablets know about the Rosenbergs [jews], and how they were responsible for giving the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviets, and how they were subsequently executed for their crimes. >But do you know how they were caught? >Turns out they were caught as part of a big operation called Venona, run by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - which later became the NSA - wherein the Signal Corp had decrypted intercepted Russian communiques over a number of years, after WWII. >Julius Rosenberg's code names were Antenna (and later Liberal), while his wife was simply called by her name, Ethel. >The existence of the program was so secret, most presidents didn't even know about it until it was decommissioned and declassified - including one Franklin Delano Roosevelt who, as it turns out, had a number of literal Soviet Agents in his cabinet, including one Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce. The real power-brokers behind Roosevelt were the jews Bernard Baruch, Chaim Weizmann, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Felix Frankfurter, Louis Brandeis, the Morgenthaus, etc. https://nationalvanguard()org/2017/12/the-jewish-hand-in-the-world-wars-part-2/ https://archive()org/details/PierceWilliamLutherBackgroundToTreasonTheBalfourDeclaration/mode/ Whoever wrote this seems to have chosen to only name the one seemingly White person around Roosevelt. >Hopkins was the architect of FDR's New Deal. >He was also FDR's adviser on US-USSR relations, and was present when FDR, Churchill, and Stalin all met together at Yalta. >Hopkins was the one who convinced the Allies to let the Soviets keep at those satellite states, like Poland, in the wake of the war, and turn them Communist. >Alger Hiss, who worked at the DOJ during FDR's administration, was also convicted of espionage as a result of this secret program, as was Harry Dexter White, who was referred to by three different codenames: Lawyer, Richard, and Jurist. >White worked for the Treasury department during the FDR and Truman years, and was first "publicly" outed by a defecting USSR courier's testimony, one Elizabeth Bentley, to FBI agents - testimony which was later presented to McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities. >White was the architect behind the Bretton Woods system - and later, help architect the International Monetary Fund. >The Venona program was shut down in 1980, and finally disclosed to the public by the NSA in 1995. >But In case it isn't clear, what I'm trying to impress upon you is that literal Communists are responsible for why much of the world is the way it is, today. >They inserted themselves into organizations and built systems that would perpetuate their power structures. Many of these systems - such as the New Deal, or the IMF, are presented in public education as these sort of monolithic structures which emerged out of common sense, and honest motives. Nothing could be further from the truth. >And this kind of subversion continues to this very day. https://www.osti()gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945-present/venona.htm https://www.nsa()gov/news-features/declassified-documents/venona/

https://europeanconservative()com/articles/news/foreigners-responsible-for-77-of-solved-rape-cases-in-paris-in-2023/ https://archive.ph/99dzY 19 April 2024 >New crime figures recorded by Paris Police Headquarters, revealed that 77% of rape cases in the capital solved in 2023 had been committed by perpetrators who do not hold French passports, with the majority of sexual crimes transpiring in and around tourist areas like Champs de Mars. If you include the passport-holding foreigners, of which there are zillions, the figure will be much higher. >French broadcaster Europe 1, which saw the Paris Police Headquarters report, revealed 97 rapes were recorded across the capital in 2023, a figure up by 2% compared to those from 2022. https://www.europe1()fr/Police-Justice/info-europe-1-les-etrangers-a-lorigine-de-77-des-viols-commis-dans-les-rues-de-paris-en-2023-4242136 >Before this past year, the number had stayed relatively stable since 2018. Of the total recorded cases, 30 were solved with 36 perpetrators being arrested. >Apart from the fact that the vast majority of perpetrators were not French, most were drug-addicted, homeless, and unemployed, according to the report. Twenty were already known to police, including four for acts of sexual assault. >Grégory Joron, General Secretary of the Unité SGP Police-Force Ouvrière, one of France’s largest police unions, lamented the report’s findings. <That’s still one rape every three days in Paris… This raises a real question since it’s been stable since almost 2018 and overall, we can see that it’s a phenomenon that we can’t manage to extinguish. >For the union chief, the report’s findings are especially worrying in light of the upcoming Olympic games, where Paris is expected to welcome—and maintain the safety and security of— some 15 million visitors. <These are supposed to be places that have 0% delinquency since we are waiting to welcome millions of tourists for the Olympic Games, but, for the moment, these are still places where, unfortunately, we still have a lot of problems on our hands. After a certain time, at night, there is unfortunately still a risk of a woman walking alone to return from a party or even from work. >News of the report from Paris Police Headquarters comes days after Germany’s Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented the Federal Criminal Police Office’s (BKA) annual crime statistics report which painted a similar picture of the state of affairs there. https://www.bmi()bund()de/SharedDocs/kurzmeldungen/DE/2024/04/vorstellung-pks.html >Like the figures out of Paris, the BKA’s numbers also revealed foreign passport holders were massively overrepresented among sexual assault suspects at a national level. >Unfortunately, France and Germany are not outliers. The trend has also been recorded in recent years in Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Italy, and elsewhere across Europe. https://europeanconservative()com/articles/news/non-swiss-responsible-for-nearly-half-of-homicides-and-rapes/ https://julkaisut()valtioneuvosto()fi/handle/10024/163523 https://www.bt()dk/nyheder/eksplosion-i-sigtelser-og-domme-for-voldtaegter-syriske-indvandrere-i-top https://www.ilgiornale()it/news/napoli/sequestra-e-violenta-17enne-arrestato-extracomunitario-1795270.html

Growing Number of Canadians believe the Holocaust to be Exaggerated https://tnc()news/2024/07/08/canadians-holocaust-exaggerated/ >A new survey points to a growing scepticism about the Holocaust’s death toll, particularly among younger Canadians. >Leger conducted a previous poll on the subject in 2019, which found 17% of Canadians believed that fewer than six million jews died in the Holocaust. >By May 2024, however, that number had increased to 24%. >The latest poll, which was conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies, found that even from February 2024 and mid-May 2024 there was an uptick in this sentiment. >Leger found that 5% of Canadians in February thought the Holocaust was exaggerated; by May, that number had jumped to 9%. >In the span of four months, that view had more than doubled between those aged 45 to 54 and nearly doubled in those aged 25 to 34. >Canadians aged 25 to 34 were the most likely to think that the official figures of the Holocaust had been exaggerated, at 31%, followed by those aged 18 to 24, at 27%. >Just over one-fifth of Canadians aged 35 and older shared this view. >The poll suggested that social media platforms could play a role in Holocaust downplaying, with users of Snapchat and Telegram being the most likely to hold skeptical beliefs. >More than half of Telegram users (52%) and almost a third of Snapchat users (31%) said that fewer than six million Jews died in the Holocaust. >X users were the most likely to know the correct number of how many jews died, with nearly 67% accepting the official number, followed by LinkedIn users at 50%. >Almost half of YouTube users, 48%, followed by 47% of TikTok and Facebook users and 46% of Instagram users all believed the number to be six million. >Canadians’ perception of Jews was also a key indicator in whether or not they believed the Holocaust to be exaggerated, with 36% of those who held a “very negative” view of jews to believe it was. >That number dropped to just 5% among Canadians who held a “very positive” view of jews. >Canadians who had never met a jew were also more likely to view the Holocaust death toll as exaggerated. >Of the reasons cited for scepticism, one-fifth of respondents claimed that media, cinema and books were the reason for the number six million, while another 6% said it’s “not the worst event in history.” >A small minority of respondents, 7%, said it’s hard to know what the real figures are and 4% said it’s time for the world to move on. >Only 1% of Canadians cited Israel’s war on Gaza as the reason for believing the Holocaust numbers to be inaccurate, while another 5% said it’s exaggerated to garner sympathy for jews. No connection to Alberta Introduces Permanent Residency path for Police Officers https://tnc()news/2024/07/08/alberta-permanent-residency-path-police-officers/ >Alberta’s Provincial Nominee Program has introduced a new pathway to permanent residency for foreign nationals aspiring to work as police officers in the province. >This initiative aims to bolster Alberta’s law enforcement capabilities and address recruitment challenges. >“We are creating a new Alberta Advantage Immigration Program pathway for law enforcement to help Alberta’s police services address crime and meet their recruitment objectives for public protection,” states an update from June 25 on the program’s website. >The eligible occupations for this pathway include commissioned and non-commissioned police officers, police investigators, and other specialized law enforcement occupations. >Under this new program, invited applicants must have a job offer from a member of the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police and meet all other Express Entry criteria. >Eligible employers for law enforcement nominations must also be members of the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police. >The Express Entry system ranks immigration applications from skilled workers by score. Alberta then nominates the most qualified candidates to apply for permanent residence with the federal government. >“If you are nominated through the program, you may apply for permanent residence status together with your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children,” reads the program’s website. https://www.alberta()ca/alberta-advantage-immigration-program >In the first quarter of 2024, Alberta welcomed 32,893 new residents through international migration. >Video: Canadians say NO to mass immigration https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=ylhneBq_sg0 https://piped.video/watch?v=ylhneBq_sg0

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These third-worlders are going to be more loyal to the state paying them than to the nation. If the jews running Canada say anti-Israel or anti-lockdown protestors will be shot on site, no doubt these immigrants will be happy to comply.

https://nypost()com/2024/07/08/us-news/three-columbia-deans-booted-from-posts-over-antisemitic-texts/ 8 July 2024 >Three Columbia University deans have been permanently removed from their posts for sharing “very troubling” texts that “disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes,” school officials said Monday. >The three administrators — Susan Chang-Kim, Matthew Patashnick and Cristen Kromm — have been on leave since last month since it emerged they’d been involved in the disparaging text exchange that unfolded during a panel discussion about antisemitism on campus. >Josef Sorett, another dean who was also involved in the text exchange, will remain in his post but will publicly apologize for his role in the ordeal, Shafik added. >“This incident revealed behavior and sentiments that were not only unprofessional, but also, disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes,” Columbia president Minouche Shafik said in a statement. >“Whether intended as such or not, these sentiments are unacceptable and deeply upsetting, conveying a lack of seriousness about the concerns and the experiences of members of our jewish community that is antithetical to our university’s values and the standards we must uphold in our community.” >The developments come weeks after images of the group chat emerged publicly after being captured by an alumnus sitting in the crowd during the May 31 panel about jewish life on campus. >The group had exchanged the messages — including one featuring a vomiting face emoji — as speakers discussed the impact that rising antisemitism stoked by Israel’s war against Hamas has had on the Ivy League’s jewish students and faculty. >In some of the texts, the administrators had accused Jewish students of asserting “privilege” — and mocked them for needing a place to “huddle” to avoid antisemitism and harassment on campus. >“Laying the case to expand physical space! They will have their own dorm soon,” said Patashnick, associate dean for student and family support, in one text, prompting Chang-Kim, vice dean and chief administrative officer of Columbia College, to respond: “Comes from such a place of privilege.” How mean! Fire them! >In another exchange, Kromm, the dean of undergraduate student life, had used the vomiting emoji in reference to an op-ed in the student-led Columbia Spectator — titled “Sounding the alarm” — that was written by the school’s campus rabbi, Yonah Hain. This is literally another shoah! >At one point, Chang-Kim wrote “I’m going to throw up” when Orly Mishan, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, expressed fear about her daughter, a student, “hiding in plain sight” while student protesters embraced Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. SHE USED AN EMOJI! HATE CRIME! >The messages, which were first reported on by the Washington Free Beacon, were released in full by the House Education Committee last month. >The developments come after the Ivy League’s Morningside Heights campus became a hotbed of anti-Israel protest violence in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks.

Lithuanian Song Celebration Day, 2024 https://www.youtube()com/live/v4mrhODa77M >What glued us together as a community back then in 1924, at the first Lithuanian Song Celebration, and what would still bind in 2024 - one century past, when we would meet again? >We will certainly be different, yet the same – the singing and dancing Lithuanian nation, speaking the same language and cherishing the same culture. >We, the singing and dancing people, make the living tradition that has survived through this century. >We are the unique kin that meets every few years and speaks its own language. >The language of this kin resembles the language of the earth – the language of the bird and the river, the culture and the memory, for our language is the one of life, spoken by all the members of the Cantor Lituanus -– song-loving Lithuanians – kinship. >The celebration of the anniversary provides an excellent chance to name our core values. >The meaning and weight of these words seem to be growing today given the current reality of the pandemic and the war that is silencing thousands of voices. >Our values are vitality with no end. Vitality, impossible to be suppressed and forgotten for it is the one, but shared among all of us. For it is our vital capacity flowing through centuries over generations, from the memory to the future, from the home to the world, from the language to the song, from 1924 to 2024. >Thus, preparing for the anniversary Lithuanian Song Celebration we lean on the key word – vitality – and invite everyone to join in reflection on our present and future existence. >Today in Lithuania and elsewhere in the world we speak of the value of life, the importance of its protection, ecology. We not only speak, but consciously choose to preserve, safeguard, reduce contamination, thus to live in favour of life’s continuity. >We have finally started to understand ecology after the term’s Greek origin that is oikos – home. It is the same our home and the same topic of vitality we see today as the key gluing element. >The title of the anniversary Lithuanian Song Celebration - “May the Green Forest Grow” – codes the goal to our community, outlines our duty to acknowledge the Who and Why planted the green forest a century ago, as well as our obligation to grow it for the future generations to benefit from its shade. https://www.dainusvente()lt/concept/

https://cis()org/Report/Welfare-Use-Immigrants-and-USBorn https://archive.ph/uoQqD By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler. 19 December 2023 >This report is based on newly released data from the 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). https://www.census()gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/sipp-data.html >Analysis of this data shows both immigrants and the U.S.-born make extensive use of means-tested anti-poverty programs, with immigrant households significantly more likely to receive benefits. >This is primarily because the American welfare system is designed in large part to help low-income families with children, which describes a large share of immigrants. The ability of immigrants, including illegal immigrants, to receive welfare benefits on behalf of U.S.-born citizen children is a key reason why restrictions on welfare use for new legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants, are relatively ineffective. >Among the findings: >--54% of households headed by immigrants — naturalized citizens, legal residents, and illegal immigrants — used one or more major welfare program. This compares to 39% for U.S.-born households. Would be interesting to have the "US-born household" further broken down by race, but we all know why they won't do that. >--The rate is 59% for non-citizen households (e.g. green card holders and illegal immigrants). >--Our best estimate is that 59% of households headed by illegal immigrants, also called the undocumented, use at least one major program. We have no evidence this is due to fraud. Among legal immigrants we estimate the rate is 52% So legal immigrants are only slightly less likely to be on welfare. And the conservative reaction to all the illegal immigration is to just make it all legal. Really gets the noggin joggin, ay goyim? >--Illegal immigrants can receive welfare for U.S.-born children, and illegal immigrant children can receive school lunch/breakfast and WIC directly. A number of states provide Medicaid to some illegal adults and children, and a few provide SNAP. Several million illegal immigrants also have work authorization allowing receipt of the EITC. >--The presence of extended family or unrelated individuals does not explain immigrants’ higher welfare use, as the vast majority of immigrant households are nuclear families. Further, of immigrant households comprised of only a nuclear family, 49% use the welfare system compared to 35% of nuclear family U.S.-born households. >--The high welfare use of immigrant households is not explained by an unwillingness to work. In fact, 83% of all immigrant households and 94% of illegal-headed households have at least one worker, compared to 73% of U.S.-born households. >--Immigrants’ higher welfare use relative to the U.S.-born is only partly explained by the larger share with modest education levels, their resulting lower incomes, and the greater percentage of immigrant households with children. >--Immigrant households without children, as well as those with high incomes and those headed by immigrants with at least a bachelor’s degree, tend to be more likely to use welfare than their U.S.-born counterparts. >--Most new legal immigrants are barred from most programs, as are illegal immigrants, but this has a modest impact primarily because: 1) Immigrants can receive benefits for their U.S.-born children; 2) the bar does not apply to all programs, nor does it apply to non-citizen children in some cases; 3) most legal immigrants have lived here long enough to qualify for welfare; 4) some states provide welfare to otherwise ineligible immigrants on their own; 5) by naturalizing, immigrants gain full welfare eligibility. More details in the original. So one of the reasons they give for this unmitigated immigration is because they supposedly work harder than the natives and contribute to the economy; because you know the GDP is the golden calf we all need to worship, for reasons you're too dumb to understand, goy. Oh but even that isn't true, because these immigrants are bigger welfare leeches that the niggers and spics who are US citizens. And as picrel shows, it's Whites who are paying the taxes that these non-Whites leech off. Jews are making Whites pay for their own destruction.

https://www.thepublica()com/sweden-afghan-migrants-spared-prison-after-being-convicted-of-gang-raping-a-vulnerable-13-year-old-girl-and-filming-the-assault/ 5 July 2024 >Two Afghan migrants are facing light sentences after being convicted of raping a young girl and filming the assault. Irshad Ahmad and Elham Bahram will not face deportation from Sweden as the two were granted citizenship approximately four years ago. >The rape took place in February in the residential Nydala neighborhood of Malmö. Armed with a knife, the two migrants – both of whom were 16 years of age – coerced the girl to a hidden spot outdoors. While threatening to murder her if she resisted, the girl was raped by both of the predators. https://www.aftonbladet()se/nyheter/a/vge6ww/tonarspojkar-doms-for-barnvaldtakt >The gang rape was later reported to the police, after which Irshad and Elham were arrested and remanded into custody. >There was ample evidence to substantiate the rape, including their DNA being both at the scene and on the girl, and footage taken on a mobile phone which closely documented the attack. Irshad and Elham reportedly had a friend record them while they assaulted the girl >During court proceedings, Irshad and Elham denied any wrongdoing, even when faced with the overwhelming evidence. One of them admitted to the sexual acts, but claimed that the girl was consenting. The other, however, attempted to deny his involvement completely while simultaneously arguing he didn’t know the girl’s age. >On July 2, the Malmö District Court convicted Irshad of aggravated rape against a child, offensive photography, Democrat activismography, and additional assaults against two other girls. But, due to his young age, Irshad will not be sent to prison and will instead spend 10 months in youth residential care. >Elham was similarly convicted for the aggravated rape of a child and spared prison. He has been sentenced to 1 year of youth supervision, and the sentence will be carried out in the community. >The two have also been ordered to pay SEK 365,000 (approx. $34,000 USD) in compensation to the victim, but there has been speculation that Swedish taxpayers will have to step in and shoulder the cost as the teens likely do not have the financial means to fulfill the order. https://samnytt()se/afghanska-migranter-doms-for-grov-valdtakt-mot-barn-slipper-fangelse >Irshad and Elham are said to have landed in Sweden in 2017, and they were given Swedish citizenship within three years of their arrival. >Sweden has been grappling with a spike in sexual assaults committed by migrants, many of which were granted refugee status in the nation. >In 2018, Sweden adopted the UN’s “world-first global migration agreement,” thus declaring it had a “responsibility to protect the world’s 258 million people on the move.” Has the world's most moral nation, Israel, signed this agreement? >The same year as signing the agreement, a Swedish investigative journalism show analyzed all district court cases involving sentences for rape or attempted rape, and found that 58% those convicted had a foreign background. https://www.bbc()com/news/world-europe-45269764

https://greekreporter()com/2024/07/06/minoan-mycenaean-dna/ By Tasos Kokkinidis. 6 July 2024. >For the first time, scientists have recently analyzed genetic material from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans, who lived three to five thousand years ago. >The analysis suggests that the Minoans and Mycenaeans shared a great deal of their genetic heritage. >Dr Iosif Lazaridis from Harvard Medical School and colleagues focused on burials from the Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete from 2,600 to 1,100 BC, and the Mycenaean culture, which existed across Greece from 1,600 to 1,100 BC. Dr Joseph Lazarus from Harvard. Right. I say no more. >Dr Lazaridis explained that most of the people who created these civilizations appear to be local, deriving between 62% and 86%of their ancestry from people who introduced agriculture to Europe from Anatolia (modern Turkey) in Neolithic times, beginning about seven thousand years ago. >But the Bronze Age Mycenaean and Minoan skeletons revealed ancestry from populations originating in either the Caucasus mountains or Iran. >Between 9% and 17% of their genetic make-up came from this source. >In addition, the team’s paper in the journal, Nature reports that the Mycenaeans—but not the Minoans—show evidence of genetic input from people who lived further north on the flat grasslands that stretch from eastern Europe to Central Asia. Between 4% and 16% of their ancestry came from this northern source. >While the Mycenaeans are known to have spoken an early form of Greek, the earliest recorded language spoken by the Minoan people on Crete, known as Linear A, can be read but not translated, implying that it belongs to a distinct but unknown group of languages. Mini documentary on the Minoans, 38 minutes: https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=0LIEA7oZBJI >New DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC. >The evidence comes from a study in which scientists analyzed the genes from the teeth of nineteen people across various archaeological sites within mainland Greece and Mycenae. A total of 1.2 million letters of genetic code were compared to those of 334 people across the world. >Genetic information was also compiled from a group of 30 modern Greek individuals in order to compare it to the ancient genomes. This allowed researchers to effectively plot how individuals were related to one another. >After comparing the DNA of modern Greeks to ancient Mycenaeans, a genetic overlap was discovered that suggests that these ancient Bronze Age civilizations laid the genetic groundwork for the contemporary Greek people. I would be more interested in the genetic comparison between the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Greeks of the Classical period, and Modern Greeks. I suspect the latter would be not as closely related as the others. >Mycenae, the kingdom of the mythical king Agamemnon, is the most important and richest palatial center of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. >Myths related to its history have inspired poets and writers over many centuries since the Homeric epics and the great tragedies of the Classical period.

https://www.dailymail()co()uk/news/article-13617661/Texas-caregiver-charged-murder-investigated-deaths.html https://archive.ph/UDD2x 9 July 2024 >A Texas caregiver who had been charged with abuse and endangering patients is now being investigated over the deaths of 20 people and faces at least one murder charge. >Regla Becquer [1st pic], 49, the owner of multiple care homes under her LLC 'Love and Caring for People', is accused of leaving her patients to live in squalor while raiding their bank accounts. >As local authorities have investigated, they've since charged Becquer with murder on June 20 and discovered a further pattern of deaths of those she was supposed to take care of. >A search warrant obtained by WFAA initially alleged that 13 patients died in her homes since September 2022, as patients were allegedly left in rotten conditions. >They have added another seven victims whose deaths have occurred in Becquer's custody since September 2022, many of which happened before they began their probe. >The search warrant added that several others, including former patients and their family members, have accused her of poisoning them. >'We've learned about some very concerning things occurring within these homes and we want to ensure that no victims are falling through the cracks,' Arlington Chief of Police Al Jones said in a statement. >'Fortunately, our investigation has resulted in multiple clients being pulled from the homes so they can receive the legitimate care they need. But there may be others we need to help.' >Back in March, it was revealed she is also accused of poisoning patients, which Chris Devendorf, the brother of a man who died in her care in January, claims caused his brother to rapidly deteriorate as soon as he joined her home. >'There was something different in his voice,' Devendorf said about his brother, Kelly Pankratz [see 2nd pic], when he last spoke to him. 'He was slurring his speech. Sounded like he had something in his mouth.' >In the case of Kelly Pankratz, his brother said he developed a brain condition that caused confusion, and after being hospitalized for sepsis, he broke his ankle on the way home. >He claimed that Becquer wouldn't take him for scheduled doctor's appointments, and they struggled to get into contact with Pankratz for several months. >'It was impossible,' family friend Barton Gross told WFAA. 'There was just no way to get ahold of him. No mailing address, where I could even send a card.' >Becquer is accused of strategically moving patients between homes to avoid detection while cutting off their contact with their families. >The brother said that he became suspicious of Becquer, and is seeking to 'know if he was drugged.' >Becquer is also alleged to have stolen money from her patients, including claims she spent $100,000 of Pankratz' money in a six-month span. >Although the purchases were made in his name, his family claims that he was known to be frugal to the point of being 'cheap', and spending excessively was out of character for him. >Many of the online purchases were also made online, Devendorf said, despite his brother not owning a phone or computer. >Arlington police say they are still unclear how many care homes Becquer was operating, as the city of Arlington doesn't require annual licensing, unlike Dallas which requires each home to be licensed. >Although her care homes are allegedly unlicensed, patients were sent to Becquer by hospitals when they don't meet the criteria for care at a licensed facility, according to KLIF. >Investigators allege that Becquer also stole victims' cars and engaged in various forms of identity theft, and several had handed over their power of attorney. >Many were also said to have been only mildly disabled and of sound mind, before their conditions allegedly deteriorated rapidly once entering the care homes. >One woman, Kren Walker, is also alleged to have signed over the deed to her home to Becquer in her will on a handwritten note just two weeks before she died. >The will, which was just one sentence long, is now the subject of a forgery investigation by the Arlington Police Department, reports KHOU-11. >According to KLIF, another victim with cerebral palsy said she cut her own wrists out of desperation to get out of the home and sent to hospital. >She also claimed she was left to sleep on a bare mattress covered in her own feces, and was given a 'minty unprescribed medication' to prevent her from escaping. >She was snared when police were called to one of the homes in November last year after a neighbour found a patient had fallen in her backyard. >When cops showed up, officers found two more patients inside, and Becquer allegedly told a caretaker not to allow police 'inside the home to check on the welfare of the patients.' >'Officers and EMS deemed that there was exigency to check the welfare of the other patients inside the home,' the search warrant stated. Comments below article: >Floki: Are you noticing the pattern? Were these poor victims neglected and fleeced because of their skin color? We KNOW the media would go straight there if the b and w roles were reversed. >NadlersBigPants: While the national media has done a good job keeping these stories buried, we've reached a point where even the casual observer is started to see a pattern. Btw the list is long and deep, more than you can imagine and yes the feds have these stats. Something called the 'Knoxville Horror' opened my eyes.

Are you serious? <Niggers Ruined America.

>>20764 You forgot the jews, also known as satan's children.

https://gab()com/AlbertCurtis/posts/112786632962668757 >Okay men. For truth. >Trump is not your man. >Biden is not your man. >Both are owned by the Jews. >Lets put this in fictional terms. We will use the DUNE universe. >The Baron just tried to clip the Duke but the Guild and Emperor are still in power. Savvy? >The Jews win either way. >If Trump wins -- they control him. >If Trump dies -- they still win, since Biden is their rumdummy. >There is NO team that is your team lads. >You don't have an official team White man. >K? >Same Menora will be over your COUNTRY at Christmas ... same Jews running the show. >Jews in the Trump Administration >Elliot Abrams >Jared Kushner >David Friedman >Jason Greenblatt >Steve Mnuchin >Stephen Miller Senior Advisor, >Anne Neuberger >Gary Cohn >Reed Cordish >Avrahm Berkowitz >Rod Rosenstein >Elan Carr >Jeffrey Rosen >Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation / Attorney General (December 2020- ) >Morgan Ortagus Spokesperson, State Department >David Shulkin Secretary of Veterans Affairs (appointed February 14, 2017, fired March 28, 2018) >Lawrence Kudlow Director National Economic Council >Ivanka Trump Advisor to the President >John Eisenberg National Security Council Legal Advisor and Deputy Council to the President for National Security Affairs >Ezra Cohen-Watnick Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence >Len Khodorkovsky Deputy Special Envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism >Jews in the Biden Administration >Aaron Keyak Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism >Alan Leventhal U.S. Ambassador to Denmark >Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security >Amos Hochstein Bureau of Energy Resources Special Envoy >Amy Gutmann U.S. Ambassador to Germany >Anne Neuberger Deputy National Security Adviser for Cybersecurity

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>Avril Haines Director of National Intelligence >Constance Milstein U.S. Ambassador to Malta >Dan Shapiro Adviser on Iran (2021-2023), Senior Advisor for Regional Integration (2023), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy (2023-2024) >Daniel Rosenblum U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan >David Cohen CIA Deputy Director >David Cohen U.S. Ambassador to Canada >David Kessler Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and Head of Operation Warp Speed >David Pressman U.S. Ambassador to Hungary >Deborah Lipstadt Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism >Edward Siskel White House Counsel >Ellen Germain U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues >Eric Garcetti U.S. Ambassador to India >Eric Lander Science and Technology Adviser >Gary Gensler Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman* >Genine Macks Fidler National Council on the Humanities >Jack Lew U.S. Ambassador to Israel (replaced Thomas Nides) >Jack Markell U.S. Ambassador to Italy and San Marino >Janet Yellin Secretary of Treasury >Jared Bernstein Council of Economic Advisers >Jed Kolko Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs at the Department of Commerce >Jeffrey Zients COVID-19 Response Coordinator (2021-2023), Chief of Staff (2023) >Jennifer Klein Co-chair Council on Gender Policy >Jessica Rosenworcel Chair of the Federal Communications Commission >Jonathan Kanter Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division >Jonathan Kaplan U.S. Ambassador to Singapore >Mandy Cohen Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) replaced Rochelle Walensky >Marc Nathanson U.S. Ambassador to Norway >Marc Ostfield U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay >Marc Stanley U.S. Ambassador to Argentina >Mark Gitenstein U.S. Ambassador to the European Union >Merrick Garland Attorney General >Michael Adler U.S. Ambassador to Belgium >Michèle Taylor U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council >Mira Resnick State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security >Ned Price State Department Spokesperson** >Polly Trottenberg Deputy Secretary of Transportation >Rachel Levine Deputy Health Secretary >Rahm Emanuel U.S. Ambassador to Japan >Randi Charno Levine U.S. Ambassador to Portugal >Roberta Jacobson National Security Council “border czar” >Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021 - resigned July 2023) >Ron Klain Chief of Staff (2021-2023), replaced by Jeffrey Zients >Sharon Kleinbaum Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom >Shelley Greenspan White House liaison to the Jewish community >Stephanie Pollack Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (resigned February 2023) >Steven Dettelbach Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives >Stuart Eizenstat Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues >Tony Blinken Secretary of State >Wendy Sherman Deputy Secretary of State (resigned July 2023) >Yael Lempert U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

https://www.dailymail()co()uk/news/article-13431445/Inside-covert-Jewish-police-force-roaming-Americas-streets-string-scandals-spark-cover-claims.html https://archive.ph/Jhf5b 23 June 2024 >Those living in 'Haredi' - ultra-orthodox communities across the country - deploy teams of police-force style volunteers called Shomrim (which means 'guards' in Hebrew). >The group, which has close ties to the NYPD, is a private organization that aims to curb various crimes including burglary, vandalism, assault and anti-Semitic attacks. >Yet they are not without scandal themselves, with their ties to the police sometimes strained due to call times and reluctance to pass on information on jewish suspects. >Shomrim have been accused of withholding information on suspected jewish criminals, allegedly to comply with the Torah (bible) prohibition against informing on fellow jews. >This stance has sparked outrage, particularly in cases involving child molesters, where Shomrim's reluctance to share information with police has been slammed. >In one case, the perpetrator of a heinous underage rape in Brooklyn was one of the Shomrim's very own. >The scandal involved Jacob Daskal, founder of the Borough Park Shomrim Society, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl who had moved in with him and his wife to escape a troubled family situation. >Daskal, 64, subjected her to 'nightly rape sessions,' according to a statement written by the 15-year-old. >In October 2023, Daskal begged for forgiveness, expressing his 'overwhelming regret' for his actions while dozens of his supporters, including eight of his adult children, sat weeping and praying in the packed courtroom after he pleaded guilty to the charges. >The teenager initially looked up to Daskal as a 'saviour and father figure,' the statement said, adding that he violated that trust by convincing her that sex was in her 'best interest.' >When she told a friend, Daskal threatened her, according to prosecutors, repeatedly mentioning that he 'had police protection and was a 'big' guy in the Jewish community.' >At one point, he asked her to sign a letter affirming that the sexual abuse was 'therapy,' prosecutors alleged. >At the time of the sexual abuse, Daskal led the Borough Park Shomrim. >The community's quiet response and reluctance to fully acknowledge the crime was heavily criticized. >Before he was charged, Daskal spoke with the New York Times in 2016, agreeing to discuss the criticism the organization faces - where he dismissed the recent controversies as the work of a few 'bad apples.' >He said that those bad seeds should not tarnish the majority of the 'upstanding volunteers' who 'regularly break away from jobs or family dinners to assist.' >In addition to the Daskal scandal, the Shomrim have been criticized by the NYPD for not always notifying police promptly during emergencies. >The Shomrim were the first to respond when eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky went missing in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Borough Park in 2011. >When her son went missing, Leiby's mother's first line of defense was a call to the Shomrim, not NYPD. >NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said despite wanting the NYPD to have been notified sooner, it was unlikely to have made a difference. >'In this particular case, I don't see anything that could have been done with a quicker notification,' Kelly said at the time. >Following the Shomrim's investigation, 35-year-old Levi Aron was charged with killing Kletzky and chopping him up into several pieces after police located Aron with Kletzky's feet in his freezer and the rest of his remain in a suitcase. He'd later plead guilty to the murder. So jews are reluctant to report other jews to the authorities of the country where they happen to reside. Keep that in mind for the next part. >However, some view the Shomrim's involvement in the justice system integral, especially with a rise in violence against jews in America - and more specifically, New York. >As of April 2024, 96 such hate incidents have been reported across NY >Attacks against Jewish people are the most common hate-crime in New York, according to city statistics. >Just last month, two Orthodox jewish children were brutally beaten by a young man on a Brooklyn sidewalk in an attack captured on video. >The boys, aged 11 and 13, were playing on the sidewalk in Williamsburg when a man got off a Citi Bike and attacked them. Horrific video shows the grown man kicking and stomping on one of the boys. Could have been attacked by another jew for all we know. >And on June 11, the Crown Heights Shomrim released a wanted poster for a woman who allegedly assaulted a jewish woman in Brooklyn on June 10. But jews are happy to report incidents of 'anti-semitism', real of immaginary, to the goy authorities; just not the crimes of their fellow jews. >Rabbi Shmuley Boteach explained that many Jewish orthodox community members will turn first to the Shomrim in times of trouble. >'It's not reliant on the police. It's reliant on people you know,' he told CBS News at the time. 'It's a feeling of intimacy when comes to the community's protection.' Only non-Whites are allowed to have this kind of ethnic solidarity. Must be the fault of the White supremacists running America. The media will occasionally do these articles on jews committing crimes against other jews, but the far larger problem of jews doing these things to non-jews is uniformly censored: WWII, usury, jews in the pharmaceutical industry, jews behind transgenderism, jews behind mass migration, jewish rape and sexual exploitation of non-jews, etc. not a word of it in the media or 'alternative media'. Comments below article.

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>"These are the sections of the city where the newcomers moved in and then bought out and moved out all the original inhabitants so they could have their own little world without anyone else but them in it. Sound familiar?" >"So basically these communities have two passports and their own police force? Therefore they show little or no patriotism and won't be punished for their crimes. What makes them so special?" >"Oh, I wonder why? Nope, can't for the life of me think what makes these, people, above the Laws that apply to others, and can do just what they want." >"Which other people have such a unfettered luxury to do as they will at our Taxed expense? The things certain folk are allowed to get away with in the West show us that we are indeed NOT equal under the Laws of our country's. Some, as we can all see, can do ANYTHING they please." >"Which neighbourhood watch doesn't report on the most heinous crimes due religion [race]? - vigilantes that don't inform on there own yes sounds just like neighbourhood watch" >"Strange times we live in - makes you wonder about history " >"yep, in london they have own hospital, ambulances, all kept secret" Read more about the secret jewish courts: https://archive()org/details/mmez.ragozinrussianjewsandgentiles1882

https://gab()com/freethinker1775/posts/112660797950954765 >Dual citizens deciding the foreign policy of America curdles the blood of Army Colonel (Ret) Lawrence Wilkerson. https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=i3NM_H-lwZc >Former CIA/Army intel analyst Philip Giraldi breaks it down - 70% of senior appointments in the Biden administration are jews, and these positions are often dealing with national security and foreign policy. https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=ViTjfgIG4M8

>>20891 >>20888 >>20884 Where are the archives?

https://gab()com/Annie_Katy/posts/112799977975644001 >These are the reasons White women are leaving Pro-White forums and deciding to be pro-white somewhere else. Why would any sane White woman want to willingly join a group that is constantly bashing her and wants to strip her of her rights? >Sites such as Gab and StormFront used to be full of White women but now, being a White woman myself I can understand why they left (hence, a lot of female profiles are inactive) >No one is asking you to be a simp or a "female butt licker" but honestly I have seen so many men being mean, disrespectful, and downright rude and shitty towards their fellow White sisters. >I've seen men commenting that "White women are the biggest enemies of the White race, the biggest traitors, hypergamous race mixing whores and heinous creatures" even asking for "total White woman death". >There are videos of innocent young White girls getting beat up by niggers, but these girls "deserve it". because, according to these men, they supposedly "thought it's cool to hang around niggers" and "voted for this" >I have also seen some men making the ridiculous claim that all White women have had nigger dicks inside us, that we "secretly" want "bbc" and always cheat on our white husband with niggers, that we only want White men for their money and to "divorce rape" them, that all WN women are former mudsharks who paid the toll, etc. >These sweeping statements against White women are of course, totally and absolutely offensive and wrong. >I've got better questions to ask them: >Are you gay then? If white women are also your "biggest enemies", I am sure that you certainly wouldn't want to sleep with your enemies and produce White children with them. >Or....Maybe you wish to be stuffed with nigger dicks but you won't admit it? lolol. You are more obsessed with bbc than anyone else. either that or you're extremely insecure and pathetic. No wonder no White girl wants you. >Ironically, it's mostly WN men who have burned the rice and paid the price and not the other way around (and some of these men say that they travelled to Asia for "other reasons". Do they think we're stupid?) >Even on White nationalist forums, there is open sympathy for these men and they have the audacity to blame the "evil White feminist whores" for that. >Of course, not all of you are like this, and I have total and absolute respect for the ones who deserve it. >And I absolutely agree that it is right to shame and criticize mudsharks, and it makes me sick to my stomach when I see some mudshark walking around with some nigger male or pushing around a nigglet in a shopping cart. >I detest them as much as I detest White men who do sex tourism and bring oriental/spic sluts here, and condemn their behavior and it's absolutely disgusting. >PS: Here are some stats where you can see that the MAJORITY of White women voted and vote for closed borders and are conservative. >Also, how high the birth rate of chink/White shitlets is, it's even higher than nigger/White's >And many of these men are against abortion yet they're against single mothers. Those who are, what would you have them do? Abort White babies?? Cannot even follow their own logic. >Also, you can thank kikes and liberals for the modern west, not single mothers. https://gab()com/Jack0Neill2Ls/posts/112800120949849082 >Weak White women are only a reflection of the absolute weakness of weak White men. We had a responsibility. And we are failing. Miserably. I speak out against this constantly when I see things like (((fellow White men))) celebrating the possibility of women being eligible for conscription. "Take that dose of equality, whores!" When we should be looking to protect our women at ALL costs. https://gab()com/Acityonahill/posts/112800268676546562 >White men have become weak and lazy. Most do not recognize responsibility to work and provide so a woman can thrive. >So video games, fishing, niggerball, White men feel entitled to be lazy. 8 hour work day- sit on your ass- expect woman to work a job and come home to cook and clean, laundry and dishes because that is women's work. I detest men like this. >Women do not appreciate when a man does work- one job, two jobs, helping with kids, sacrifice. The woman gets her head turned by a any guy that seems fun because her husband is either the first lazy slob or the second that can't dote on her constantly because he is working. >Grass is always greener in the other field.

>>20563 >"Idiocy and imbecility are found comparatively more often among Jews than among non-Jews... The Mongolian type of idiocy is also very frequently observed among Jews... Among the Jews the proportion of insane has been observed to be very large... Jews are more liable to acute psychoses of early age than are non-Jews." >(The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. VI, (1904), pp. 556, 603-04). >"The Jews are more subject to diseases of the nervous system than the other races and peoples among which they dwell. Hysteria and neurasthenia appear to be most frequent. Some physicians of large experience among the Jews have even gone so far as to state that most of them are neurasthenic and hysterical." >(The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. IX, (1905), p. 225). >Robertsez -- This is not surprising as race-mixing always produces flotsam and jetsam. The nice thing is that most of the wacky jews are never confined to asylums. They become psychiatrists who view sanity as a form of dementia and charge the goyim big bucks to be told they are looney. >Others get elected, and appointed, to high positions in the government. If you can handle that tidbit, then you'll be able to see the direction of this failed Republic. >The bottom question is, who are the more crazy? The jews or the morons who allow them to direct their lives? https://www.jrbooksonline()com/roth.htm https://archive.ph/MJZD4

https://web.archive(Please use archive.today)/web/20051106021704/http://www.sdss.jhu.edu/~ethan/jFAQ.html https://archive.ph/kiQh1 By Ethan Vishniac Edited for length. >This is a compilation of references to the genetics of Jews, and a brief summary of the current state of our knowledge. >The information it gives about the ancestry of Jews is statistical in nature, i.e. it says something about most of the ancestors of most Jews. >This means that any particular Jewish family (or more probably any particular small Jewish community) could be an exception. >The articles cited here tell a fairly consistent story. Where inconsistencies exist, they seem to be due to an undue emphasis, in earlier work, on characteristics that are adaptive (like blood groups) rather than neutral (for example, the work of Karlin et al. 1979, suggests that Jewish groups have been relatively isolated since the Christian reconquest of Spain in the Middle Ages, rather than the longer timespan indicated by more recent work). >I have included summaries of some of the articles and listed the author of the summary when it wasn't me. I have made an effort to find dissenting articles. >The comment by Zoossman-Diskin seems to be the only recent example, and the genetic evidence seems to lie overwhelmingly with the majority viewpoint. >Warning: I am not a geneticist. I have tried to list the articles that seemed most interesting to me. There are some more technical articles that I've left out, because they didn't seem to add anything for the non-specialist. I do not think that I've biased the references by shortening the list. >Briefly, this work shows that Jews are a single ethnic group, in the sense that the major Jewish communities are typically more closely related to each other than to their neighbors. >This does not mean that they share no ancestry with their immediate neighbors, but rather that intermarriage with their neighbors has had only a modest impact on the genetic makeup of most Jewish communities. >That may be because the rate of intermarriage has been very low, or because intermarriage normally resulted in a loss of affiliation with the Jewish community. >There are some Jewish communities which are an exception to this, and are probably descended mostly from local converts, the most obvious example being the Jews of Ethiopia (see below). >However, the results are consistent with bulk of Jewish community having its origins in the Eastern Mediterranean. The results are not consistent with the Jews being descended solely from the inhabitants of the ancient kingdoms of Judah and Israel. >The amount of mitochondrial diversity is comparable to what one would expect in a region the size of New Guinea, but not larger. This suggests that a number of maternal lineages were assimilated from neighboring regions prior to the diaspora. >These results are grossly inconsistent with the notion that the Ashkenazim are descended, to any significant degree, from the Khazars or some Slavic group. >Such claims have often rested on the large numbers of Ashkenazim, relative to the small numbers of German Jews a thousand years ago. >However, the genetic evidence supports the notion that the Ashkenazim are descended from a small ancestral population. The effective size of this population has been estimated by Risch et al. (1995) to have been as small as several thousand people about 500 years ago (see Drifting Genes Divulge History). >There are some claims for some significant German ancestry, but these seem to hinge on adaptive characteristics (blood groups and skin coloring) rather than neutral characteristics. >Relying on adaptive characteristics would exaggerate the actual degree of kinship. As a general rule, the more recent papers concentrate on neutral genes. The older ones tend to rely on adaptive characteristics. >Finally, it's worth noting that the Y-chromosome work by Ritte et al. (1993) suggests that the Jewish community most closely related to the Ashkenazim are the Jews of Yemen (in terms of patrilineal lineage), which is hard to reconcile with a significant European or Central Asian contribution to the Ashkenazic gene pool. >A similar analysis of mitochondrial DNA by Ritte et al. places the Moroccan and Ashkenazic communities together, reflecting a slight difference in matrilineal and patrilineal kinship in the sample groups, but leading to the same conclusion. >The most interesting recent work on this topic is a paper in Nature (Skorecki et al., 385, 131, 1997) which shows that Cohanim tend to show a similarity in a stretch of their Y chromosome, indicating a linked paternal ancestry. >Again, this is statistical in nature and shows only that some, perhaps most, Cohanim share a common patrilineal ancestor more recently than other Jews. >Popular Articles: >`Gene From Mideast Ancestor May Link 4 Disparate Peoples' by Nicholas Wade, from the New York Times, August 22, 1997 >This article discusses the identification of a pair of closely related genes found among Turks, Jews, Armenians, and Arabs. These genes cause familial Mediterranean fever, a recessive trait which is easily treated once correctly diagnosed. Interestingly enough, both varieties are found in Jewish populations, although in different groups. >Also, it's probably important to note that the Turks in question are the citizens of the Republic of Turkey, and not the Turks of Central Asia. https://archive.ph//kx2qb >`Human Genetics: Jewish Lysozymes' by Jared Diamond, Nature (1994) 368:291. >A News and Views article discussing the discovery that various Ashkenazi genetic diseases consist of several independent mutations with similar effects. >`Who Are the Jews' by Jared Diamond, Natural History (November 1993) >Books: >1. Genetic Diversity Among the Jews: Diseases and Markers at the DNA Level edited by Batsheva Bonne-Tamir (New York, Oxford University Press 1992, ISBN 0195068173).

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>2. Genetic Disorders Among the Jewish People Richard Goodman 1979 >3. The Genetics of the Jews, Mourant, A.E., Kopec, A.L., and Domaniewski-Sobszak, K., Clarendon Press, 1978. >Articles (roughly in chronological order, most recent first, numbered in reverse order for convenience in adding new references): >22. `A Candidate Gene for Familial Mediterranean Fever', The French FMF Consortium, Nature Genetics, 17, 25, 1997. >21. `Ancient Missense Mutations in a New Member of the RoRet Gene Family are Likely to Cause Familial Mediterranean Fever', The International FMF Consortium, Cell, 90, 797, 1997. >20. `Y Chromosomes of Jewish Priests' (Scientific Correspondence), Skorecki, Selig, S., Blazer, S., Bradman, R., Bradman, N., Warburton, P.J., Ismajlowicz, M., and Hammer, M.F., Nature, 385, 32, 1997. >19. `Two Distinct Origins of a Common BRCA1 Mutation in Breast-Ovarian Cancer Families: a Genetic Study of 15 185delAG-mutation Kindreds.' Berman, D.B., Wagner-Costalas, J., Schultz, D.C., Lynch, H.T., Daly, M., and Godwin, A.K., American Journal of Human Genetics, 58(6):1166-76, 1996. >18. `Genetics of Human Body Size and Shape: Complex Segregation Analysis' Livshits, G., Otremski, I., and Kobyliansky, E., Annals of Human Biology, 22(1):13-27, 1995. >The genetic component in a mixed heritability model, including major gene, multifactorial and sibling environment transmissible components, was studied for some 20 anthropometric traits in 83 Ashkenazi Jewish nuclear families living in Israel. >17. `The Carrier Frequency of BRCA1 185delAG Mutations is approximately one percent in Ashkenazic Jewish Individuals' Struehling, J.P., Abeliovich, D., Peretz, T., Avishai, N., Kaback, M.M., Collins, F.S., and Brody, L.C., Nature Genetics, 11, 198 (1995) >A mutation which predisposes towards breast cancer appears at a frequency of 1% in Ashkenazim and did not appear in the sample of 815 non-Jewish individuals at all. The authors attribute this gene to a founder effect, i.e. an indication of population bottleneck in the Ashkenazim. (This explanation assumes that the mutation has no benefits which would increase the fitness of carriers.) >16. `One of the Two Common Mutations Causing Factor XI Deficiency in Ashkenazi Jews (type II) is Also Prevalent in Iraqi Jews, Who Represent the Ancient Gene Pool of Jews' Shpilberg, O., Peretz, H., Zivelin, A., Yatuv, R., Chetrit, A., Kulka, T., Stern, C., Weiss, E., and Seligsohn U., Blood, 85(2):429-32, 1995. >15. `Two Common Mutations Causing Factor XI Deficiency in Ashkenazi Jews May Point to a European Origin', Zoossmann-Diskin A., Blood, 86(8):3267, 1995. >This is a comment on the previous note, pointing out that the assumption that Iraqi Jews represent the ancient gene pool of Jews is not justified and arguing that the same mutation also appears in NW England, casting doubt on the notion that it originated within the Jewish community. >14. `Response' (to the above), Selighsohn, U., Peretz, H., Zivelin, A., Shpilberg, O., Blood, 86(8): 3268, 1995 >This is a response to the comment above which points out that the report of Factor XI deficiency in NW England is from a single kinship group, and that there is no reason to believe that the same mutation is involved or that the mutation is widespread or ancient in the local population. >13. `Genetic Analysis of Idiopathic Torsion Dystonia in Ashkenazi Jews and Their Recent Descent from a Small Founder Population' Risch, N., de Leon, D., Ozelius, L., Kramer, P., Almasy, L., Singer, B., Fahn, S., Breakefield, X., and Bressman, S., Nature Genetics, 9(2):152-9, 1995. >"We have examined data on six closely linked microsatellite loci on chromosome 9q34 from 59 Ashkenazi Jewish families with idiopathic torsion dystonia (ITD). Our data show that the vast majority (> 90%) of early-onset ITD cases in the Ashkenazi population are due to a single founder mutation, which we estimate first appeared approximately 350 years ago. We also show that carriers preferentially originate from the northern part of the historic Jewish Pale of settlement (Lithuania and Byelorussia). The recent origin of this dominant mutation and its current high frequency (between 1/6,000 and 1/2,000) suggest that the Ashkenazi population descends from a limited group of founders, and emphasize the importance of genetic drift in determining disease allele frequencies in this population." >12. `Comparative Analysis of HLA Polymorphism at the Serologic and Molecular Level in Moroccan and Ashkenazi Jews.' Roitberg-Tambur, A., Witt, C.S., Friedmann, A., Safirman, C., Sherman, L., Battat, S., Nelken, D., and Brautbar, C., Tissue Antigens, 46(2):104-10, 1995. >11.`Tight linkage of pyruvate kinase (PKLR) and glucocerebrosidase (GBA) genes.' Glenn-D. Gelbart-T. Beutler-E. Hum-Genet. 93(6). P 635-8, 1994 >10.`Y-chromosome specific haplotype diversity in Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews' Gerard Lucotte, Human Biology, v65 n5 pg 835, 1993 >The conclusions were that the Jewish populations showed strong affinities with each other, but exhibited types also found in some non-Jewish populations. In other words, they were about what you would expect if you believed that Jews derived from a single historical population, but had undergone a moderate amount of intermarriage in the last few thousand years. The results were grossly inconsistent with the notion that the Jewish subjects of the study were about as much related as any random collection of Europeans and North Africans.

>>21017 >9. `The Differences Among Jewish Communities - Maternal and Paternal Contributions' Ritte, U., Neufeld, E., Broit, M., Shavit, D., and Motra, U., Journal of Molecular Evolution, 37, 435, 1993 >This paper discusses Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA affinities between various Jewish communities. The data presented here are for the Y-Chromosome. The mtDNA data comes from the following paper on the list. >The sample was divided into six Jewish populations: Yemenite, Ashkenazic, Near Eastern, North African, Asia Minor and the Balkans, and Ethiopian. The first five showed a strong affinity, with the Ashkenazic and Yemenite populations coming out the closest. >The Ethiopian community was a distant outlier, suggesting that that community is primarily descended from local converts. >The Yemenite community had the smallest number of significant differences with the other communities in pair-wise comparisons using the Y-chromosome data. >The Moroccan community had the smallest mtDNA differences. >There were no direct comparisons with neighboring populations, so it was not possible to come up with an exact estimate of the genetic contribution from intermarriage, but the close affinity of the various Jewish communities can be taken as showing that any such contribution must be modest. >8. `Mitochondrial DNA affinity of several Jewish communities' Ritte, U., Neufeld, E., Prager, E.M., Gross, M., Hakim I., Khatib A., and Bonne-Tamir-B., Hum-Biol. 65(3). P 359-85, 1993 >7.`Y-chromosome-specific haplotypes of Jews detected by probes 49f and 49a' Lucotte-G. David-F. Hum-Biol. 64(5). P 757-61, 1992 >6. `mtDNA Polymorphisms in Two Communities of Jews' Tikopchinski et al. American Journal of Human Genetics, v48, pg 129, 1991 >This is what it sounds like, i.e. similar results from mitochondrial studies. In this case they examined 39 subjects, roughly half Sephardic and half Ashkenazic. >The mitochondria represented at least 21 distinct lineages (with common ancestry about 4 to 5 thousand years back). All primary, secondary and tertiary branches led to both Sephardim and Ashkenazim. >Of the four types of mtDNA that occurred more than once in the sample, 3 were similar to types previously found in non-Jewish Caucasian populations. There was insufficient data to determine whether this was due to similar origins for these groups, or from intermarriage during the diaspora. >The mtDNA genetic diversity was higher than one would expect given the size of Israel, but much lower than one would obtain from a random group of East Asians or Africans. It was roughly comparable to that shown by Papuans, who inhabit an area much larger than Israel. >The conclusion was that either the early Jews had an abnormally high mtDNA diversity (doubtful) or Jews have acquired maternal lineages since their emergence as a distinct group (quite likely). Jewish men and Gentile women, as we have been saying. White men marrying their daughters off to jews in return for money and fame, e.g. Trump. >5. `Genetic Affinities of Jewish Populations' Livshits, T., Sokal, R.P., and Kobliansky, E., American Journal of Human Genetics, v49, 131, 1991 >"Our results consistently show lower distances among J populations than with their NJ neighbors, most simply explained by the common origin of the former. Yet there is evidence also of genetic similarity between J and corresponding NJ populations, suggesting reciprocal gene flow between these populations or convergent selection in a common environment." >A close reading of the paper shows that the abstract is a fair summary of their results. The only cautionary note is that the gene complexes they used were from data collected from various places, mostly in connection with other work. >Most of the genes whose names I recognized were connected with the immune system or with blood groups. This is a major problem in a kinship analysis, as reflected by the last phrase I quoted from the abstract. A good kinship analysis should rely on non-expressed genes or those whose adaptive significance is clearly small. Taking random nuclear or mitochondrial DNA is thought to be close enough. Taking blood groups and immune system genes is clearly not. Consequently, one has to worry that they have measured a common history of disease exposure rather than kinship (hence their qualifying phrase). More recent work has tried to avoid that pitfall. >4. `A Biochemical Response to an Halakhic Challenge: The Case of the Ethiopian Jews' Karen Bacon, The Torah U-Madda Journal, 3, pp.1-7., 1991-92 >3. `Human Mitochondrial DNA Types in 2 Israeli Populations', Bonne-Tamir et al., American Journal of Human Genetics, v38, pg. 341. 1986. >2. `Polymorphic Evidence for a Mediterranean Origin of the Ashkenazi Community' Szeinberg, in "Genetic Diseases Among Ashkenazi Jews" Goodman and Matulsky (eds.) 1979. >1. `Analysis of Biochemical Genetic Data of Jewish Populations', Samuel Karlin, Ron Kennet and Batsheva Bonne-Tamir, American Journal of Human Genetics 31 pp.341-365, 1979 >In that paper Karlin,et.al. (Stanford Univ.) presented data describing the gene frequency distribution for 14 different genetic markers among 9 Jewish and 6 non-Jewish populations. The conclusion reached was that Ashkenazic and Sephardic populations (from Germany, Poland, Russia, Libya, Morocco, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and Egypt) were similar to each other in genetic profile and distant from the non-Jewish populations with whom they were compared (i.e. Germans, Poles,Russians, Iranians, Arabs, Armenians). >To quote Karlin: the data is consistent with the thesis that "the present day Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews were the remnants of several small Jewish populations of the 14th and 15th centuries.... Since the Christian reconquest at the end of the Middle Ages, the contribution of non-Jews to the Jewish gene pool has been extremely small."

>>21017 >>21018 >Genetic Studies: Jews are Not Khazars Meanwhile, here's a more recent study asserting that you cannot actually track Jewish genes: https://archive.ph/0bhF6 And here's another where they delcare that actually trying to pinpoint what makes someone genetically Jewish and are unable to because no one wants to participate: https://archive.ph/DlrLn

>Jews are not an identifiable ethnic group Sure thing rabbi. Don't worry your little head about it, we're still putting all of you in camps for the rest of your lives where you'll be forced to bathe regularly and do productive work. Terrifying, isn't it? A literal Shoah if you ask me.

https://brownstone()org/articles/how-to-protect-your-food-and-medical-freedoms/ https://archive.ph/qCWBj By Tracy Thurman, 3 July 2024. Edited for length >In my previous articles, we looked at the global war on farmers, the organizations pushing for the Great Food Reset, the tactics used to foist these changes on the public, the projects underway to remove your access to healthy, farm-fresh foods, the mRNA, RNA, and DNA gene therapies entering our food supply, and how the One Health agenda threatens to destroy both food freedom and medical freedom. https://brownstone()org/author/tracy-thurman/ >The good news is that there are many things we can do. >Do not give in. Do not comply. Do not take the convenient route. It leads to serfdom. >1. Get involved. Start speaking up about this issue to the people around you. >2. Stop eating processed foods. They are an addictive poison and only becoming more poisonous. >3. Join the movement to defund and disband the USDA, the FDA, and your state’s Department of Agriculture. Support bills that limit their power. >4. Abandon the grocery store. At a minimum, aim to spend at least 50% of your food budget on food direct from local farms. >5. Find local farms whose husbandry practices meet your requirements. >Tour the farm and ask questions – what pesticides do you use? Do you vaccinate your animals? Are your cows 100% grass-fed? Where do you source your feed grains? Do you put any additives in your raw milk, and do you process your own meat? What chemicals are used in your meat processing? >When you find a compatible farm, aim to purchase as much of your food as possible from them. You can find local farms at localharvest()org or through a local chapter of the Weston A Price Foundation. If you can’t find compatible farms locally, you can find farms that will deliver to your area at FarmMatch()com. >6. Support raw milk farmers in your state, and defend their right to produce it, even if you don’t personally drink raw milk. The government bureaucrats view raw milk as the tip of the food freedom spear and believe that if they lose the battle against raw milk, they could lose the food freedom battle entirely. Let’s prove them right. If you want to find a local source of raw milk, visit getrawmilk()com. >7. Build a local parallel society of like-minded people committed to supporting local food producers and looking out for each other in the challenging times ahead. When the truly hard times hit, it is too late to begin building community. Develop and strengthen your social bonds now, particularly in your local area. >8. Vote with your wallet while you still have that option. Use cash when you can to prevent your purchases from being tracked and used against you. If your local farmer will take payment in non-fiat currency, even better. >9. When a retail central bank digital currency launches and cash is phased out, or when states begin to crack down on food purchases that violate the planetary health paradigm, we’re going to need to be ready to transact in alternate currencies. It’s time to start brainstorming and testing payments in cryptocurrencies, pre-1965 silver quarters and dimes (known as junk silver), or by barter. Be creative and get started now. >10. Plant your own garden. Study permaculture. It’s a lot easier to ramp up an existing garden with the knowledge you have gained from years of trial and error than it is to start from scratch when you really need it. >11. Create your own seed vault of heirloom, non-GMO seeds. You can buy them or save seeds from your garden every year. Buy heirloom seeds from trustworthy sources like True Leaf Market. >12. Get your own backyard chickens and find a local trustworthy feed source. Ask your local pastured chicken farmer where he gets his feed, or if he’s willing to sell some to you. >13. Buy a large freezer if you can and stock up on frozen fruits and vegetables from farmers you can trust during the growing season. >14. If you can’t afford a freezer, you can probably afford a couple of grow lights, seed-starting trays, organic potting soil, and seeds. Grow your own microgreens all winter for a small daily salad. They’re nutritious, taste good, and can be harvested in as little as a week. If you can’t afford that, get seeds and a sprout jar, and grow sprouts. >15. Don’t blindly trust USDA-inspected meat and eggs. It’s a deep rabbit hole you’re welcome to go down, but eggs are washed with chemicals that leave them porous – absorbing those chemicals like chlorine, ammonia, and peracetic acid – and then the eggs are coated with soybean oil, canola oil, or other toxic seed oils which also absorb into the egg white. Don’t see it on the label? Anything that’s an “industry standard” doesn’t need to be listed on the packaging. >For meat, that means your beef, pork, goat, chicken, and turkey are soaked with peracetic acid, GMO citric acid, chlorine, lauric acid, or other chemicals. Many of these substances are banned for food use in Europe yet required here. >Amish farmer Amos Miller’s battle with the USDA has largely been about his refusal to spray so-called citric acid on his meat, which the USDA mandates for chicken processed in their slaughterhouses unless you want to use bleach or peracetic acid. >You’d be excused for thinking commercial citric acid comes from citrus fruit. Instead, it is made from black mold and GMO corn. It is manufactured in China and then sprayed on almost all meat sold in grocery stores in the United States. Black mold is a known allergen and likely causes autoimmune disease. >If feasible, only get your meat from dissident farmers committed to pasture-raised, GMO-free, vaccine-free meat and poultry who process meat without chemical additives. >16. If you feel you can’t afford food like this, consider where your money is going, and if you can rearrange your priorities. It is possible you can barter labor for food with your local farmer. Be prepared to work hard. Also, recognize that the money you spend on truly nutritious food is money you won’t be spending later on medical bills.

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>17. Constitutional sheriffs have played a key role in protecting farmers in several states when bureaucrats attempted to shut them down for selling raw milk and processing their own meat. If you live in a state that still recognizes the constitutional role of sheriffs, get to know your county’s sheriff and find out if he is willing to support the rights of local farms against state and federal agencies. If he is not, find someone to run against him who will. >18. Call your congressman and senators to ask them to co-sponsor the PRIME Act. This bill would not fix everything, but it would remove many of the federal obstacles to pushing for agricultural reforms on a state and local level. >19. Spread the word to everyone you know about what is happening to our food supply. If we all refuse to comply, the scheme is guaranteed to fail. >We are at a crossroads: if we fight now, we can build a future where local farm-to-table networks feed us, and where we choose for ourselves what we want to put in our bodies. If we ignore the plan set out by the global elites for control of our bodies through diet, injections, and injunctions, we do so at great peril. >Your health and your family’s health are at stake. Please join the movement to protect both medical freedom and food freedom, as we fight to hold fast to these fundamental rights for future generations.

https://archive.ph/0x3nj By Karl Radl >When you challenge those individuals who claim to be part non-White or to have a part non-White partner or spouse, you will very quickly run into the claim that the Nuremberg laws, enacted by Adolf Hitler, and that formed the foundation stone of the Third Reich’s incomplete drive to create a racially-based state, allowed this and therefore it is okay. >The problem with this usage, however, is threefold: >Firstly, the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were an initial legal definition of who was to be defined as a German citizen and who was not. Specifically, the laws were targeted at defining at what point an individual became Jewish or German legally, but not in racial terms. >In other words, the Nuremberg laws were a legal document separating citizens from non-citizens based upon ancestry for the purposes of the law, not an endorsement of the idea that if someone had only one Jewish grandparent then that grandparent’s Jewishness didn’t matter. It still made them mischlinge (i.e. mixed race Jews), but of the second degree rather than the first degree. >This is what many of those using the Nuremberg laws as some kind of litmus test of who is and who is not White fail to comprehend. If you had even one Jewish grandparent then you were still mixed race, but were treated in broad legal terms like you were a German. Hence why there were many requests for re-investigation and reclassification from first degree mischlinge (two Jewish grandparents) looking to be classed as second degree mischlinge (one Jewish grandparent). >Secondly, the laws applied to the differentiation between who was legally Jewish and who was legally German and thus who were the citizens of the country as a whole. It wasn’t applied more widely because there simply were not many citizens of Germany at the time who weren’t either European or Jewish. >The most notable examples of this were the Rhineland Bastards — the offspring of rape and/or sexual degeneracy resulting from the deliberate French use of Black troops to occupy the Rhineland in 1919 — who were not dealt with under the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, but rather under the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring of 1933. >The Rhineland Bastards were not treated as German citizens, but rather as a racial danger to the state and were arrested and forcibly sterilized under the supervision of the foremost German anthropologist of the time: Professor Eugen Fischer. >So, in other words, the Nuremberg Laws were to define at what point a phenotypically similar, but genetically dissimilar, small alien population that had a long history of intermarriage and interbreeding with the host population was classified legally either German or Jewish. >Thus, they were not meant for, and not applied to, mixed race individuals without Jewish ancestry who were resident in Germany at the time. These were dealt with separately as a threat to the German national integrity and rather than being allowed to live and ‘do what they wilt’ within the Third Reich as many on the Right wish to fantasize, they were arrested and forcibly sterilized as well as subjected to intense social shame. >Therefore, citing the Nuremberg Laws to define who is and who is not mixed race outside of the Jewish question is not only moronic, but is in essence a falsehood because the Nuremberg laws didn’t apply to such individuals, nor were they created in the context of a multiracial state. They were conceived of a way of rooting out and legally classifying Jewishness within an almost completely homogeneous German culture and society. >In fact, if we are to take the Third Reich as our touchstone for defining who is and who is not White, then it would mean that anyone who is mixed race — ½, 1/4 or 1/8 — should not only not be treated as White, but promptly excluded from society, arrested, forcibly sterilized and then probably deported back to their national home rather than being welcomed as fellow racial nationalists. >Thirdly and lastly, we have to understand that the Third Reich was operating in the world of genetics that existed before the discovery of DNA and used Mendelian inheritance to understand race. As such, it was much more lenient in terms of definition than we can be today with our deeper but yet imperfect understanding of inheritance and the relationship between genotype and phenotype. >If we do not apply that deeper understanding and less lenient genetic framework to the question of race than the Third Reich within its more lenient genetic framework, then we are guilty of not only misrepresenting the inheritance of the Third Reich, but also denying the simple scientific reality that a mixed race individual is a mixed race individual rather than a ¾ White person.

https://slavlandchronicles()substack()com/p/putin-has-already-drafted-a-plan Via: renegadetribune()com/perfidious-putins-plans-to-flood-russia-with-refugees/ https://archive.ph/VyGXH Rurik Skywalker, 20 July 2024. Edited for length. >Lead #1 >You may have seen this bit of news floating around the interwebs and felt concern [pic 1]. <Russia will accept 43'000 Palestinian refugees over six months as a humanitarian gesture. >On its own, proof of nothing. Just the usual Communist fist-pumping in support of global Antifa values. Is there any smoke to this fire though? >Lead #2 >There was a Memri report that cited Russian local media explaining that, yes, thousands of Palestinians were being shipped to Russia, despite protests from locals. Here: www.memri()org/reports/displaced-unemployed-russians-express-outrage-russian-governments-funding-new-homes-and-jobs https://archive.ph/Qthzr <On June 24, 2024, a Russian newspaper, Vedomosti, reported that the Russian government would allocate 57.6 million rubles (about US $672,000) to support refugees from the Palestinian territories. <Nine Russian regions are hosting the refugees: Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, as well as Kaluga, Lipetsk, Moscow, Tver, and Chelyabinsk oblasts. <Against a background of economic difficulties and Islamist terrorism in Russia, the government's decision caused bewilderment and public outcry, as the level of xenophobia in the country is on the rise. <The feelings seem to focus on groups that receive "unfair" or "favourable" treatment from the state in the form of benefits, budget transfers, etc. <Such sentiments might be prevalent among groups who also depend on a diminishing state budget – i.e., pensioneers, low income and/or single-parent families, workers in state enterprises, government employees, and military servicemen (who constitute a significant percentage of Russian society), as well as the poor. <These feelings are also being exploited by some extremist groups to win sympathy or to attract new members. >What is interesting is that Putin’s government still routinely denies pay to soldiers. Just the other day, I shared the story about all the disgruntled volunteers being treated as traitors and criminals by the federal bureaucracy. >This kind of attitude towards veterans is very typical of the “Russian” government. >The story behind the fates of the prisoners of “Storm Z” is particularly egregious and gruesome. Shoigu and the FSB were essentially rounding up prisoners and sending them in meat-wave storm assaults against fortified Ukrainian positions. The casualty counts were grotesque. >Lead #3 >A Russian blogger laid out all the disturbing information and cited far higher numbers (40k+) of “refugees” to be dropped all over Russia. https://dzen()ru/a/Zn0ZdOt7cVccXOkw https://archive.ph/YlBjU <The media is still discussing rumors — about whether 43 thousand Palestinians should come to Russia. <Someone will say that this is a fake, but large publications write about it for a reason, and the news did not appear from scratch. <The arrival of refugees from Palestine was discussed after the government decree appeared in the public domain on the Web, according to which the Ministry of Emergencies should receive about 58 million rubles for the maintenance of refugees from the Middle East. <It is planned that the Palestinians will stay in Russia for about six months, so the Ministry of Emergencies will still allocate millions and millions of rubles for their maintenance. <Moreover, money will be allocated already this year, the amount for the maintenance of Palestinian refugees is already laid down in the reserve fund. <Tools “ are being sought ” among the regions where guests from the Middle East will be resettled. <One refugee is entitled to a day: 415 rubles to eat, and 913 rubles to live. <In what regions will Palestinian citizens settle? First of all, Muslim: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya, Dagestan, Bashkiria, Tatarstan. <In addition to them, the Palestinians will settle in the Middle Strip: they will arrive in the Lipetsk, Yaroslavl, Tverskoye, Tula and Ryazan regions. <Of course, a sane person understands that they will not sit in one place, but will disperse throughout Russia, especially in large cities of its European part. <And when the six-month stay will come to an end, the new “foreign experts” are unlikely to leave our country, they will most likely try to “help us” some more. <I wonder what moved our authorities, who decided to shelter people from an absolutely alien state for us? Russian officials are not able to cope with “ our ” Tajiks, let alone people from Palestine who can never adapt and live normally in our country.

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<Then, do not forget - they hate everyone in a row, they are unlikely to treat the Russian and other peoples of our country in a friendly manner. Western countries have already accepted millions of 'refugees', and spends billions of tax-payers' money on them, and they're still not grateful, they're mostly far-left people who want to tear down the West. <Will their stay in Russia result in yet another criminal problem for our citizens? Or are there few problems for our officials with people from the former republics of Central Asia? <After the news of the Palestinian imports into Russia, the famous military correspondent Sergey Kolyasnikov was one of the first to react. <“ Why only 43 thousand refugees? Give a million or five. Of Africa, another ten million, can be cited from all over the world ”, - exaggerates Kolyasnikov. <And then he asks a fair question: why do they help foreign refugees, while spitting on their own population? <By the way, about Africa - in 2023 at the “ Valdai Club ” there was a proposal to attract as many refugees from Africa as possible to Russia. This was proposed by Dmitry Poletaev, an employee of the Institute of National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He even spoke about the fact that specifically for the future import of refugees from Africa, it is necessary to change the legislation of Russia. <In addition, it is planned to allocate huge quotas for the education of students from Vietnam in the universities of our country, so the Vietnamese invasion should be expected. <It seems that the authorities want to change the racial and national composition of the inhabitants of Russia in every possible way, and turn the Russians into a minority in general <As for the Palestinians, these are generally very specific people, after their arrival, the criminal situation is unlikely to improve. <They differ in that wherever they are, they everywhere create some kind of paramilitary formations. For example, you can recall at least Jordan, which sheltered them, as we are going to do as well. <So, after some time, they began to create paramilitary groups to fight already with Jordan, where all conditions were created for them. Will this happen again in Russia? <And if these people from Palestine find comrades in the person of the same Tajiks? What will happen then? Goodbye Russia? <Author: Andrey Gudov, journalist. Higher philological education. Worked for Moskovsky Komsomolets, The New Times and other well-known publications. Now a freelance writer for the Hacknam Media Group, he writes on a wide range of topics from politics to IT. >Lead #4 >If you don’t know, Valdai is sort of the Russian Bilderberg or Davos equivalent for Putin and his cabal of oligarchs and spooks and psychos. They invite weirdos from all over the world to participate and spend colossal sums at these events. Most of the money goes to hookers and coke, as Riley has reported before. https://edwardslavsquat()substack()com/p/multipolar-world-order-converges >So what did the Valdaians have to say about the prospects of opening Russia’s borders to infinity negroes? Let’s take a look at the report. https://valdaiclub()com/a/highlights/african-migration-to-russia-what-changes/ https://archive.ph/9vl1A <By 2035 the African population could reach 1.9 billion people, and in 2050 — 2.5 billion people. <Because of the increasing competition for resources on this continent and growing risks of economic and political instability, forced migration flows from Africa to Russia may become a new component of the migration situation already in the medium term, and it is worthwhile to prepare for this in advance. Why is it our gracious masters think it's OK for Blacks to breed well beyond their capacity to care for themselves, and beyond the capacity of their environment to sustain them? If they were wild rabbits, we would be regularly culling their numbers, and strongly discouraging do-gooder White Christians and leftists from feeding them. Converting the Earth's bio-mass into Blacks serves what purpose exactly? But what do I know, I'm not a white-collar criminal with a hooked nose and a bank. <It is necessary to develop [...] a system of integration and adaptation for migrants who do not know the language, culture, and life arrangements in Russia well; support the work of non-governmental organisations in the field of migration; as well as expand and develop migration policy programmes in the Russian Federation. <The most important step in this direction is to improve the financing of measures to implement Russia’s comprehensive migration policy, without which the implementation of any migration measures and programmes will be ineffective. >They are planning to subsidize the invasion. >This is identical to what all of our occupation governments are doing to us in all formerly White countries. >I don’t care if I get banned for saying this or if I offend some Communist scum-bastards — this is White Genocide. This is a worldwide war on White people. >And we know who is waging it. We know who is financing it. We know who is justifying it. >We see the same agenda unfolding in Ireland right now. The natives are fighting back. https://x()com/RustPilled/status/1806087037562314847 >And the war will come to Russia as well. The population replacement agenda has already been in full swing with the importation of hundreds of thousands of Muslims into Russia by the Putin government while Slavs (and Buryats) are sent to die in a pointless Special Friendly Policing Socialist Policing Operation Yes. >Lead #5 >The “Russian” government has already proven its hatred for the Russian people by letting in millions of hostiles with deep-seated resentment of White people into the country. >It becomes much easier to accept that Putin plans to flood Russia with Arabs and Africans when you realize that this is just standard MO for the Kremlin. >Fellow Substacker Andrew Korybko (who used to work for Sputnik News) covered it. https://korybko()substack()com/p/russia-should-think-twice-about-inviting https://archive.ph///YxgvS <It’s unclear why Russia is exploring the import of migrants from much more fundamentalist and dangerous Afghanistan who struggle to assimilate and integrate while scrutinizing migrants from much more secular and safer Tajikistan who have a history of assimilating and integrating into new societies. <One would have thought that Russia would therefore rule out Afghan migrants in principle, but that’s evidently not the case as revealed by Omari, but it would do well to think twice about this.

>>21092 Cont. <“Russia Is Preparing To Strategically Partner With The Taliban” for the reasons explained in the preceding hyperlinked analysis, which include clinching deals on the megaprojects that were described in the introductory paragraph’s second [link]. https://korybko()substack()com/p/russia-is-preparing-to-strategically <This policy advances Russia’s interests in the New Cold War, but it doesn’t obligate the country to expose itself up to the panoply of security risks that could be brought about by importing Afghan migrants. <While it’s true that Russia is “facing a terrible demographic hole” like Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko warned last week regarding its expected shortage of 2.4 million workers by 2030, its high Muslim birth rate might mitigate the damage. www.rt()com/russia/598948-russia-demographic-gap-chernyshenko/ <The Grand Mufti predicted in 2019 that nearly one-third of Russians will be Muslim by 2030, and President Putin said during last week’s forum that “We are not against the increase in the Islamic population, on the contrary, we are happy with what is happening”. https://ria()ru/20240605/putin-1950844277()html >Go see for yourself the demographics “on the street” as it were. >Ride the green line out past the tourist inner circle. Count how many pale faces you see in the wagon with each stop further away from the center. >Go to Krasnodar and see who wanders the city in groups of eight or more while spitting seeds and throwing cigarette butts around all over the place. >Meet the Indian communities resettled into St. Petersburg. >Visit the restaurants of Syrians in the Amur. >Go there and see for yourself with your own eyes. >Russians are dying out. >Or, more accurately, we are being systematically butchered by a government that is hostile to us and fulfilling the key tenants of the Kalergi plan to destroy White people. >And if you don’t know what I am talking about, still, at this late hour in the game, well, probably best to just keep things that way at this point. >Pray for rabbi Yeshua’s return like a good little g— boy and don’t worry your precious little heart out. >This “Rurik Skywalker” and his talk of “wastelanders” and “Africans” is the stuff of nightmares. Pay him no mind. >I promise a more serious article about Putin’s treacherous migration policies some other time. We’ll take a fresh crack at it. Comment below article. >'Logan's Rant: I am finishing my tour of Russia and all you say is true. >I've had a lot of fun talks here, met actual skinhead youths on the Moscow metro, and insulted some begging gypsy-turks who had the temerity to insult me for not giving them money IN SIBERIA.

https://www.marcpalasciano()com/p/elon-baited-free-thinkers-into-exposing https://www.marcpalasciano()com/p/elons-social-credit-score https://www.marcpalasciano()com/p/elon-wants-me-to-upload-my-id-and By Marc Palasciano Edited for length. >I was suspended on Elon’s Free Speech App in October 2023 just 5 days after launching my journalism, I couldn’t get anyone from X/Twitter to respond to my requests. >I finally got my account unsuspended after 55 days because I got creative and emailed Tesla & X Leadership asking how to burn my Teslas safely for New Years Eve. >My 2024 started off with a BANG! I had some freedom on X and was blowing up, Gateway Pundit published a story about me exposing T-Mobile’s Censorship, I was recognized by Lara Logan, I exposed the Dallas Mayor, I exposed T-Mobile’s DEI, and a lot more. >Even while I was winning and having fun in January and February, I was fighting through Elon’s censorship, I managed to generate over 15 million impressions and grew to 7,300 followers. >Now I understand Elon was baiting me into exposing myself. >They attracted free thinkers with the promise of free speech and opportunity to do citizen journalism while getting paid. THAT WAS MY DREAM! I bet everything on it because I knew I was supposed to. >Elon Used X To Help Dataminr Create A Centralized Database to Censor People Across All Platforms https://theintercept()com/2024/03/25/elon-musk-x-dataminr-surveillance-privacy/ >Dataminr is an AI plugin that’s on every website and application you use, this means they can manipulate what you see based on who you are - and it’s helped learn everything about you. >If you know me or follow me on social medias, of course I’ll show up in your Google search results, but if you don’t know me and you have a higher social credit score, you probably won’t see me in your Google search results. >My censorship tightened up BIG TIME after exposing T-Mobile’s Gender Transition Guide. >The above image is a new change for me [pic 2]- Brave browser won’t show any images of me if you search my name. >Brave browser is necessary when researching truth because it works around Google's manipulated algorithms. >Yup, I made excuses for Elon because I was one of those people who believed somebody had to be the good guy. AND now I’ve learned the good guys are not allowed to have a big platform. Comment: >I rated Musk a high achiever, but as I learned more about his background I began to doubt his motives. Another thing I doubted about him was how two-faced he was. One moment he was a person one thought they could trust, and the next he's making statements that are completely opposite, or developing something that is very harmful, for example, developing brain chips that can turn you into a robotic. That was confirmation for me that this dude is ultra-dangerous. >Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022 with the promise of turning it into a citizen journalism platform with free speech. >If you wanted a be a citizen journalist, you could use X to post your stories and Elon would give you a cut of the advertising money. >Elon was my real life hero! In 2021 and 2022 while the rest of society was allowing my rights to be violated for being unvaccinated and supporting Trump, Elon seemed to be the only one fighting for my rights. >I knew when Elon bought Twitter that I would end up using it to do journalism in the future. >I created a new X account for journalism in May of 2023 and bought my blue checkmark in July 2023 - I was ALL IN on supporting Elon and I know how to quickly grow an account on X. >Timing was on my side, because T-Mobile’s big layoff was communicated in August of 2023. T-Mobile laid off 5,000 people, and I heard rumblings about the layoff a few weeks before it happened - I asked an SVP I was close with to add me to the list. She hooked me up and I couldn’t haven’t been happier when I got the call T-Mobile was laying me off and giving me $146,627 to go away. >But within 24 hours, my lottery feelings died, because I read the severance document and found the clause that would silence me about anything T-Mobile for the rest of my life. >I was also signing away my right for the ability to hold T-Mobile accountable in court for violating my rights with un-constitutional vaccine mandates. >Once I verified with a lawyer I couldn’t take the money, I went all in on professionally trolling T-Mobile because X was supposed to be the Digital Town Square with free speech. >My plan to go viral was to [...] expose how they use ESG & DEI to destroy America from within, and show people how they violated my rights in Texas. >And that’s how I learned first hand about Elon’s Censorship. >I know exactly how it all works, I know who Elon’s Grifters are, I know how he uses advertising money to socially engineer societies conversations, I know how he’s selling our data to Dataminr to be used against us, I know why he’s forcing people to submit their ID and biometrics to an Israeli company, I know A LOT about Elon’s tyranny from my own first hand experience! >Elon’s Social Credit Score >You only need to see one thread to validate my point - from Alex Finn. https://x()com/AlexFinnX/thread/1758910031003586731

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>I’ll break it down for you. >First, Alex is friends with one of Elon’s biggest grifters, Mario Nawfal. These guys got rich running cryptocurrency hustles in 2021 and now they’re on Elon’s platform pretending it’s free speech and promoting lies to help support the illusion X supports free speech. >Alex has multiple posts exposing how the algorithm works - the one I linked above is from February 2024, it without a doubt outlines a social credit score on X. >What Destroys Your Reach On X >1. Following too many people >2. Interacting with “low reputation” accounts >3. Talking about blacklisted topics >4. Sharing outside links >5. Using hashtags >6. Harsh or aggressive language >That’s nowhere near free speech… >On the surface, some of those may seem good for a social media company, but the outcome is never what’s on the surface, it’s what they’re not telling you that should worry you. >Blacklisted topic, exposing T-Mobile as a whistleblower. >Aggressive language is using the wrong pronoun. >Low reputations can be created from speaking truth. >Some people will make excuses for Elon pretending he inherited this algorithm, but he’s running some of the most technical companies on the planet with Tesla and SpaceX, he’s completely changed Twitter’s algorithm by now. >Once you understand no heroes are allowed big platforms in 2024, then you understand all your heroes are controlled opposition. >X is a 100% a PsyOp, and my guess is it’s the real Disease X from the World Economic Forum. X is creating a narrative of being truth when it’s really a GIANT LIE. >A few of Elon’s Grifters that all have questionable activity in their past: >Mario Nawfal https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=HMWxDBA9pGw >Dom Lucre https://dominick32394()wixsite()com/domlucre >Ian Miles Cheong https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=g_085cY_FfA >Krassenstein Brothers https://x()com/goddeketal/status/1659025200258662400 >Ashley St. Claire. https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=h2KuRnJ9TEc >Those accounts along with Elon control the narratives on X - the algorithm promotes them and there’s a 100% chance you’ll see one of their posts on your timeline. >All of them are easily getting over $50k a month from Elon’s advertising payouts, and there’s probably a team of people behind the account when most people think it’s just one person. >New Creator Requirement Email & App Screenshot >In order to continue Ads Revenue Sharing, I’m required to upload my ID and take a selfie which includes my biometrics. >I’ve been censored on X for months. I made around $400 in January and February but gave up on using X to make money in February when I learned they were in complete control of my destiny with shadow banning and censorship. >Now I’m thankful for being censored on X because I’d be pissed if I was making good money and then got this email. I’m 100% not uploading my ID or Biometrics. I know they already have all my info anyway. >If you’re on X and follow some of the big name “freedom fighters", just remember they’re 100% ok with this. >AU10TIX Is An Israeli ID Verification Company [3rd pic] >There isn’t a lot that needs to be said here, below is a summary of AU10TIX. If you’re interested more in this rabbit hole, here’s an interesting thread on X about AU10TOX ties to other notable events, like 9/11. https://x()com/TheOfficial1984/status/1804899975521870060 >Elon Musk and the WEF created a genius social engineering tool - the WEF’s Disease X is Elon’s X. >He’s conquering humanity by paying people to talk about certain topics and controlling the algorithm which naturally results in people talking about whatever pays more. >Marc Palasciano - All of My Links https://linktr()ee/marc()palasciano

https://empoweredsustenance()com/psychiatry-industry-creates-mental-health-epidemic/ Videos: https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=WZLqy9kJvWo https://laurengeertsen()substack()com/p/the-psychiatry-industry-debunked >Why has mental illness, and disability from mental illness, skyrocketed alongside the introduction of psychiatric drugs in the 1950’s? If drugs worked to solve our mental challenges, wouldn’t we see a different pattern? >Consider these quotes: <“For many reasons now, going to a psychologist is probably the most dangerous thing you can do in the western world, other than do something illegal.” – Dr. Peter Breggin <“Instead of the medications fixing pathology, what we really learned is they create abnormalities in neurotransmitter function. As soon as you understand that science it becomes fairly easy to understand why over the long term these drugs are not gong to improve functioning, they’re more likely to impair functioning.” – Robert Whitaker >Here are 3 ways the psychiatric industry is creating the mental health epidemic. >1. The DSM Isn’t A Scientific Manual >The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It was created with the stated intention of standardizing psychiatric diagnosis, and standardizing treatment. >The problem is the diagnosis are not based on the scientific method — where you start with a hypothesis and test it with the scientific method. There is no scientific consensus behind these diagnosis. >These diagnoses were created by a “task force.” This group of psychiatrists came together in a room and voted on the creation of psychiatric diagnosis, and the symptoms that made up those diagnosis. >Dr. Paula Caplan was in some of those task force meetings and she said, “psychiatric diagnosis are not scientific, they’re not reliable, and they’re not valid.” https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=qBTM_qYYaH8 >Here’s one example. Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder by the DSM until it was voted out in the 1970’s. >This shows us that the inclusion, and then exclusion, of gayness as a mental disorder reflected the shifting personal biases and cultural beliefs of the time. It wasn’t science, it was simply what people believed and then what people didn’t believed. >So we have to ask ourselves: how are we repeating that pattern today? >Have you been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, hoarding disorder, binge eating disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, or 95% of the other “diagnosis” in the current DSM-5? >Consider, first, there is NO scientific backing that those issues originate in the brain at all. >Second, there is no scientific evidence these conditions are mental disorders. >Third, there is the possibility these are normal emotional expressions that may result from factors such as trauma, upbringing, lack of spiritual maturity, and/or poor nutrition. >There are only known biological causes for about 5% of the disorders in the DSM, such as Alzheimers. >When it comes to common diagnosis like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia, there is no identifiable biological cause — we have no proof these problems are brain problems! >More than 50 mental health associations have petitioned for an independent scientific review of the current DSM due to its lack of scientific backing for its diagnosis. https://www.aafp()org/afp/2013/1015/od1()html >For example, going by the book, a practitioner would categorize normal grief as “major depressive disorder” or poor focus as ADHD. >Now, predatory Big Pharma comes in. When there are new diagnosis added to the DSM, Pharma looks at ways to create new drugs, or repackage old drugs, for these issues. >Here’s an example: in the DSM-4, there was a new diagnosis for PMDD — premenstrual dysphoric disorder. This was literally really bad PMS. PMS is not a brain problem, or a mental illness, it’s a hormonal disorder. Really bad PMS is a bad hormonal disorder… you fix it on a hormonal level. >Yet seeing an opportunity, Eli Lilly started marketing a drug called Serafem. They launched series of commercials showing women suffering from PMS symptoms. The commercials suggested the symptoms may not be PMS, but PMDD, and encouraged women to talk to their doctors about Serafem. https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=2TPtuPt_5Uc >So what was Serafem? It was literally Prozac, repackaged in a pink and purple capsule. >2. Psychiatric drugs create chemical imbalances rather than solving them >Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance or lack of serotonin. That “chemical imbalance theory” was first proposed in 1965, but since then, there have been experiments showing people with good moods can have high or low levels of serotonin, and that depressed people have serotonin levels all over the board. >Similarly, research shows if you depress serotonin levels in chipper people, it doesn’t change their mood. >This may be why antidepressants are shown to be no more effective than placebo when we consider non-pharma funded studies.

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>Other research shows antidepressants work as much as the patient expects them to work. >The same goes with the high dopamine theory of schizophrenia. >There is no research showing schizophrenia is a chemical imbalance or even a problem that originates in the brain. (See below reading list for the citations/research.) >So why are drugs that change neurotransmitters “working” for some people? Why do some people like the experience they feel taking these drugs? >First, it’s important to understand these drugs are not creating balance in your brain. They are creating neurotransmitter imbalances. >These imbalances may feel useful or preferable for some people. It may feel useful to be numbed out and less attached to your pain. >That raises the question: is being numbed and less attached to your pain helpful or empowering? >It’s also crucial to consider these drugs are correlated with worse mental health outcomes in the long-term, and carry common side effects (such as a tanked sex drive, creative drive, and spiritual drive.) >Psychiatric drugs have the same impact as recreational drugs: they create an altered state that some people find preferable to experiencing their un-drugged emotional state. >If there is a biological cause of the most common mental disorders, it seems linked to inflammation, poor nutrition, and trauma, all of which are addressed with nutritional, spiritual and lifestyle changes. >3. Informed consent for psychiatric drugs is virtually impossible >Informed consent means the medical provider is informing the patient of the risks of any treatment, as well as the alternatives and what happens if the patient might opt out of any treatment. >When it comes to psychiatry, as with the rest of Western medicine, this is simply not happening. >Patients aren’t getting the full scientific research on psychiatric drugs, for example, because pharmaceutical companies routinely don’t publish any studies that show bad effects. >30+ studies on antidepressants were simply not published because they showed no efficacy or bad side effects for example. >Pharmaceutical companies use highly nuanced methods to lie with statistics when running drug trials. Links to Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks by Ben Goldacre. >This includes testing the drug on group of people who aren’t the target customer base, yet would respond more positively to the drug. >Or, testing a new drug against an improperly prescribed old drug to make the new one look good. >Or, drug companies throw out anomalous data, or simply run trials with different testing methods until they get the desired results… and they don’t publish the undesirable results. >Here’s what fully informed consent around psychiatric drugs might sound like: <“Research shows this drug is no more effective than placebo and that the use of this drug is correlated, long term to worse mental health outcomes. That means people who use these drugs are more likely to end up with recurring mental health episodes and more likely to be disabled by their mental health issues. These drugs work by creating neurotransmitter imbalances that will affect your brain over the long term. <“With long-term use, these drugs can be more addicting than heroine and have literally ruined people’s lives. The drugs can create a slew of side effects which your medical practitioner might confuse as other mental health symptoms, and so you may be prescribed more medications. <“Your normal human pain is not mental illness, but using these drugs can create mental illness and even mental disability. <“Additionally, there is also a spiritual component to your mental challenges that we, doctors and psychiatrists, are completely unequipped to address because many of us are completely numbed to the spiritual dimension of the world. If I was able to give you fully informed consent, it would include a discussion about the spiritual influences that can alter a person’s mood and the ties of the pharmaceutical industry to a dark spiritual agenda to dehumanize humanity. <“Your alternative is to address your pain and dysfunction using nutrition, belief changes, and spiritual practices. Using that approach, People have fully healed from your diagnosis, whether that’s major depression or schizophrenia or debilitating PTSD. The individuals who take this approach not only heal, but go on to live lives filled with more love, purpose, and spiritual connection than they had previously.” >Have you ever heard a doctor say that, or anything close to that? Of course not, because doctors are simply NOT providing informed consent. >Closing thoughts >Taking any pharmaceutical drug is like being the battered woman who keeps going back to her abusive partner. >If we look at the track record of every single pharmaceutical company, we find they are pathological liars. Their criminal fines, hospitalization and death rates from drugs, buried research, and cherry-picked studies show this. >These companies are a psychopath in a corporate form. You wouldn’t trust a person with that kind of history. https://empoweredsustenance()com/big-pharma-dangerous/ >So why do people know Big Pharma isn’t trustworthy, yet they keep taking pharmaceutical drugs? It’s the same reason a battered woman go back to her abusive partner… she doesn’t think she has any other choice, and her suffering has become normalized to her. >I’m speaking from experience here, because I used to believe that pharmaceutical drugs were my only choice. By the time I was 18, I had been on antidepressants, sleep drugs, autoimmune drugs, and even anti-cancer drugs to treat an autoimmune disease. >Yet I fully healed my “mental diagnosis” and “incurable” autoimmune disease, and have been medication free for a decade. >If I could break up with the pharmaceutical industry and fully reclaim my health… you can too! >FURTHER RESOURCES AND READING >Anatomy of An Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker >Dr. James Davie’s presentation on the development of the DSM and corruption of Big Pharma in psychiatry https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=-Nd40Uy6tbQ >Psychiatrist Dr. Joanna Moncrieff debunking the “chemical imbalance theory” and how psychiatric drugs create altered brain states rather than creating neurotransmitter balance https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=IV1S5zw096U >A Mind Of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives by Dr. Kelly Brogan >The GAPS Diet, a nutritional protocol used successfully to reverse “mental illness” like schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD https://empoweredsustenance()com/gaps-diet/

>>21094 Why are you treating this like it's "news" or some big revelation? Anyone with a brain knows that Elon Musk only cares about free speech to the extent that only he isn't censored. He still does business with West Taiwan, even agreeing to a lot of their authoritarian policies. And he hasn't exactly been quiet about wanting Twatter to be the Western equivalent od WeChat (The "everything" app in West Taiwan). >Elon Musk and the WEF created a genius social engineering tool Yes, pay no mind to Jack Dorsey and how he was ALREADY doing much of this shit from when Twatter was founded in 2006 up to when Elon Musk bought it. Most infamous of which was when Twatter destroyed how the search algorithms functioned in response to GamerGate in 2014. No, this was ALL Elon's fault. Twatter was functioning "perfectly" up to 2022. In all honesty, Elon did marginally improve Twatter compared to when Jack was running the show, but the site is still trash by default.

http://frontnationalsuisse()hautetfort()com/archive/2024/07/12/over-75-percent-of-jews-in-europe-hide-their-identity-6506711()html https://archive.ph/EypCa 12 July 2024 >A vast majority of Jews in Europe feel the need to hide their identity in public. https://twitter()com/JewishChron/status/1811714989452833138 https://www.thejc()com/news/world/three-quarters-of-european-jews-now-hide-their-identity-in-public-ot5lqdr3 https://archive.ph/Wp8BA <80% of jews said racism directed at them had grown in the past five years "It was real in my mind" <Antisemitism surged by up to 400% in some European countries following the October 7 attack, a new report from the European Union has revealed. "Antisemitism" is defined as not brown-nosing jews. Also, brown-nosing jews too much is also antisemitism https://www.lifesitenews()com/news/leading-rabbi-mortified-after-biden-praises-jews-immense-influence-in-promo/ >Rhetorical question here. Why would they feel the need to do hide their identity? I thought they were a “light on to the world” and “God’s chosen people.” It would appear as if that’s not really the case! >They are clearly feeling the heat from their terrible behavior and this has only escalated with the genocide the Jews are doing in Gaza. >Jews have pushed central bank usury, endless wars, a mass third world invasion into European lands, a genocide against Palestinians, promoted endless forms of sexual degeneracy and numerous other depravities. They are becoming increasingly hated and for good reason. >Ironically the Islamists they brought into Europe as a weapon against Europeans are increasingly targeting Jews for what they’ve done to the Palestinians. Not a single jew has actually been targeted. In fact, these muslims are saying they're going to target Whites for what Israel is doing. https://www.thejc()com/news/world/masked-figure-threatens-rivers-of-blood-will-flow-at-paris-olympics-over-wests-support-of-zionist-regime-f2rscwl0 One of the great myths is that muslims and jews are in conflict. They are not, at the top they work together. >If these Jews feel so unsafe in Europe, I would advise them to take a one way trip to Tel Aviv. Unfortunately for these Jews, Tel Aviv and Israel might not exist within a decade considering all that’s happening. The world is awakening to the Jewish problem in a big way.

https://www.reuters()com/world/europe/finland-vote-turning-back-migrants-crossing-russia-2024-07-12/ https://archive.ph/PfDMv 12 July 2024 >Finland's parliament passed a law on Friday granting border guards the power to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia, after more than 1,300 people arrived in the country, forcing Finland to close its border. >Finland has accused neighbouring Russia of weaponising migration by encouraging scores of migrants from countries such as Syria and Somalia to cross the border, an assertion the Kremlin denies. >The right-wing government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has said the bill is vital to stop future arrivals, despite the law being at odds with Finland's international human rights commitments. >Finland's move is similar to steps taken in recent years in other European countries, including Poland and Lithuania, to make it more difficult for migrants to cross the border from Russia and Russia-ally Belarus. >Orpo urged migrants who were considering coming to Europe through Russia not to embark on the journey. https://odysee()com/@GermanBro:6/RussiasPartInMigrantCrisis:4

https://www.thelancet()com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext https://archive.ph/BzYK6 5 July 2024 Edited for length >37' 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip by 19 June 2024, since the attack by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry >The Ministry's figures have been contested by the Israeli authorities, although they have been accepted as accurate by Israeli intelligence services, the UN, and WHO. >These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible. >The number of reported deaths is likely an underestimate. The non-governmental organisation Airwars undertakes detailed assessments of incidents in the Gaza Strip and often finds that not all names of identifiable victims are included in the Ministry's list. >Furthermore, the UN estimates that by 29 February 2024, 35% of buildings in the Gaza Strip had been destroyed, so the number of bodies still buried in the rubble is likely substantial, with estimates of more than 10' 000. >Even if the conflict ends immediately, there will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases. >The death toll is expected to be large given the intensity of this conflict; destroyed health-care infrastructure; severe shortages of food, water, and shelter; the population's inability to flee to safe places; and the loss of funding to UNRWA, one of the very few humanitarian organisations still active in the Gaza Strip. >In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths. >Applying a conservative estimate of 4 indirect deaths per 1 direct death to the 37' 396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186' 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. >Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2 375 259, this would translate to 7·9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of fake care agencies are flooding the UK with immigrants (attached). https://odysee()com/@WelshNationalistJoe:d/thousands-of-dodgy-care-companies:e https://www.youtube()com/watch?v=WtrS4wq-vyU

VDARE is suspended and Peter Brimelow is resigning https://odysee()com/@VDARE:0/Why-Weve-Suspended-VDARE-and-Ive-Resigned-After-25-Years:b https://twitter()com/vdare/status/1815810301864075542 VDARE doesn't name the jew, as far as I know, but they still talk about other matters about race and immigration.

>>20578 Microsoft hates the use

https://www.rferl()org/a/seregi-sobyabnin-moscow-square-of-europe--square-of-eurasia/33049106()html https://archive.ph/OtXqU 24 July 2024. >The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, on 24 July signed a decree renaming the "Square of Europe" in central Moscow as the "Square of Eurasia". >The square was unveiled in 2002 as part of a Russian-Belgian project symbolizing European unity. National flags of 48 European nations were flying on the square until they were removed without explanation in March 2023. >A monument called "The Abduction of Europa" by Belgian sculptor Olivier Strebel is located on the square, while a shopping center called European Shopping Mall was opened nearby in 2006. It was not clear if the monument would be removed.

68y.o. Nationalist Arrested https://t()me/astrapress/60216 >A criminal case was opened against a 68-year-old Krasnodar resident because of posts in Odnoklassniki >A criminal case was opened against Valery, a 68-year-old resident of the village of Neftegorsk, under two articles at once - on propaganda of Nazi symbols and on "discrediting" the Russian army. >The reason was his publications in Odnoklassniki, in which the security forces found a swastika and "discrediting" the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. >What exactly was in the posts is unknown, at the moment they have been deleted. Valery is on his own recognizance. Stavropol Region Without Water https://t()me/astrapress/60212 >"We will simply die from lack of water: both livestock and people," residents of the Stavropol Territory were denied water supply because there is no money for it. >They appealed to Putin Residents of several villages in the Apanasenkovsky District recorded a video message to Putin, in which they said that they had been living without water for two weeks. It has come to the death of the birds, the cattle will soon die, and people have nothing to bathe their children and wash their clothes with. >"There is a supply of drinking water, but it is very cloudy, dirty and stinks of bleach. Technical water is given only 200 liters, it is not enough even for the farm. The water in the well ran out. How can we survive? The death of poultry has already begun, the death of livestock will begin soon," residents say. >Vodokanal responded to the complaints, according to them, that there was "no funding" for the restoration of water supply. As a result, people were promised to be given water by 2025. >"We supply the state with milk and meat. And in return, what? You can't buy water. A five-liter bottle costs 120 rubles. Children walk around dirty, unbathed. We walk in dirty water. We no longer have the strength, our nerves are at the limit," say people who asked Putin to give money to restore the water supply. >After the publication of the appeal to Putin, the local administration reported that they had allegedly restored water supply in the villages. However, local residents write in chats that this is not the case. Russian Children Sent to North Korean Camp https://t()me/astrapress/60211 >Almost 250 Russian children will end up in a camp in North Korea The Russian authorities sent almost 250 children to rest in the North Korean children's camp "Seongdowon". This was reported by the government of the Primorsky Territory. >Children were collected from several regions of the Russian Federation, for example: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Primorsky Krai, Krasnodar Krai and others. They carry various national attributes with them - for example, a balalaika and folk costumes. >In the DPRK, children will participate in events called "Korea Day", "Russia Day", "Stage of Talented Children" and "Evening of Friendship". >The camp has a clear routine, and the program, for example, included sweeping the square in front of the monument to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong-il in the early morning and other ideological actions. >Visiting the camp is possible only with the constant accompaniment of North Korean guides and only in groups. >The approximate cost of the tour is 450 euros. Mother Threatened to have Children Taken Away https://t()me/astrapress/60209 >A mother of four children, who recorded a video with a request to return her mobilized husband home, is threatened with custody. >The wife of a mobilized man from Tver, Alesya Fedorova, who recorded an appeal in May with a request to return her husband home, since she is expecting her fourth child, is threatened by the guardianship authorities. >This is stated in the channel of another activist of the movement of wives of mobilized Paulina Safronova. >The fourth child has already been born in the family, but "not only that during these months the issue of the return of the father of the now four children has not been resolved, Alesya faces an inspection by the guardianship authorities." >According to the activists, after the publication of the video message, Fedorova received a call "with claims" that the video appeared on Ukrainian channels. >When she again appealed to the governor of the region, citing the fact that it was difficult for her to cope alone with four children, the woman was sent to the mobilization commission, and from there to the military registration and enlistment office. >"The issue has not moved from the dead center. BUT! Alesya was warned that today, on Monday, the guardianship authorities would come to her with an inspection on the topic of raising and maintaining children," the report said.

https://eprimefeed(Please use archive.today)/latest-news/court-fees-to-increase-tenfold-why-is-the-tax-increasing-and-what-will-change/562593/ https://archive.ph/ej1pC 23 July 2024. Edited for length. >The State Duma immediately approved in the second and third readings a law amending the Tax Code in connection with the increase in court fees. >Overall, tariffs have increased between 5 and 50 times. >The fee for filing an appeal before the Supreme Court will increase from €3,000 to €80,000. >To file administrative claims to recognize decisions, actions or inactions of government agencies as illegal, individuals will have to pay 3,000 rubles (currently 300 rubles), legal entities – 15,000 rubles (instead of the current 2,000 rubles). So a ten-fold increase in cost for citizens to challenge the government in court. >If we talk about property claims, then the state duty will be calculated as a percentage of the amount of claims – from 0.5% to 4%. At the same time, the new bill cancels the current upper limit of state duty of 60 thousand rubles. >There are currently no state fees for private complaints (complaints against court actions or against a decision). Individuals will now pay 3,000 rubles; organizations – 15,000 rubles. >At the same time, the bill retains existing benefits. For example, employees will continue to be exempt from paying state taxes when protecting their labor rights, disabled persons of group I or II, disabled children, those disabled since childhood, war veterans, military veterans who apply for protection of their rights established by veterans legislation, consumer rights claimants, and in some cases, retirees. Orphans and children deprived of parental care are also exempt from paying fees.

https://edwardslavsquat()substack()com/p/putin-calls-for-full-scale-implementation https://archive.is/nE1ke By Edward Slavsquat. 18 July 2024. Edited for length. References in original. Putin calls for "full-scale implementation" of digital ruble >Praising the “efficiency and functionality” of the Bank of Russia’s CBDC, Putin instructed his government on Wednesday to prepare for the widespread introduction of the digital ruble. >“Now we need to take the next step, namely: move to a broader, full-scale implementation of the digital ruble in the economy, in business activities and in the financial sector,” Putin said during a meeting on economic issues. >Since August 2023, the Bank of Russia has been conducting a pilot program for the digital ruble involving 12 banks, 600 individuals and 22 trade service enterprises. The program will be expanded in September to include an additional 20 credit institutions. >Participants will be able to make payments via QR code during the second phase of testing. >The law on the digital ruble was adopted in July 2023, designating the Bank of Russia’s CBDC as the third form of national currency. The CBDC will be introduced into the economy beginning in 2025. >Despite widespread opposition to the digital ruble from across Russia’s political spectrum, the Bank of Russia and its media cheerleaders claim that the traceable, programmable, centralized digital token will help bypass sanctions and fight corruption through greater financial transparency. >On Russian Telegram channels, reactions to Putin’s call for the “full-scale implementation” of the digital ruble were mostly negative. >However, Moscow already has an alternative to SWIFT that can be used to circumvent sanctions, and the Bank of Russia already has the ability to monitor all money transfers in the country. Basically Putin is doing in Russia all the things the jews are doing in the West. https://unlimitedhangout()com/2022/07/investigative-reports/resetting-without-schwab-russia-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/ Some comments below the article. >Patriot >Putin is one of them [1][2][3]. He's been selected, trained, and deployed in Russia by Primakov, Kissinger and Schwab. In many aspects, he's way ahead with implementations of globalist agendas, like digital currency, etc., compared to other "leaders". >He's imported 14.5-16.5 million Muslims into Russia [4][5][6][7][8] - that's at least 10% of the population! Migrants' violence there is just like in EU, including assaults on Russian women and girls! Russian MSM is silent on that! >Putin/Kremlin expressly imported 1.2 million Muslims just in the first 4 months of 2024! They seem to be in some kind of a hurry to get as many of them as possible into Russia. Are Putin/Kremlin preparing a civil war in Russia? >Also, local Muslims are into crimes against Russians too [9]! >[1] What the West gets wrong about Putin https://unherd()com/2022/01/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-putin/ >[2] Klaus Schwab in 2019 speaks of Putin (1952), Tony Blair (1953), and Angela Merkel (1954) as his Young Global Leaders back in the 90s - fast forward to 1:14 https://www.bitchute()com/video/7LQEL3GWI1P1 >[3] “So we penetrate the cabinets”, Klaus Schwab in 2017 https://twitter()com/JamesMelville/status/1488472558425063430 >[4] "You, Russians, took Siberia away from us!" a multicultural dispute with a migrant from Central Asia https://sponsr()ru/bamedia/59123 >[5] "These people want to live here instead of us": More than a million migrants were brought to Moscow in four months https://tsargrad()tv/articles/jeti-ljudi-hotjat-zhit-zdes-vmesto-nas-za-chetyre-mesjaca-v-moskvu-vvezli-bolee-milliona-migrantov_1020468 >[6] Bystrykin called for a change in Russia’s migration policy: The head of the Investigative Committee called honest figures

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https://www.kp()ru/daily/27600/4951703/ >[7] Bastrykin: Such a migration policy is a threat to Russia’s national security https://eadaily()com/ru/news/2024/06/27/bastrykin-takaya-migracionnaya-politika-ugroza-nacionalnoy-bezopasnosti-rossii >[8] Bastrykin’s migration campaign. Under whose banners are the fighters of the NWO called? https://47news()ru/articles/253015/ [>9] Who excuses the members of Azerbaijani diaspora organized criminal group that kidnapped and r***d Russian schoolgirls in Izhevsk, Russia? https://ruslanostashko()livejournal()com/935815.html >Observer >Two other articles on the immigration problem in Russia that I can recommend: >Migration policy is destroying Russia >"Musician, public figure, blogger Mikhail Mavashi , who deals with migration issues, noted that, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Moscow 70% of crimes related to rape, stabbing, fights, harassment are committed by migrants from Central Asia . It is impossible for a migrant to pass Russian language tests to obtain citizenship. This means one thing - bribery, Mavashi said. That is, the migration system has completely failed. Migrants go to Russia, actually buy citizenship and replace the indigenous population. After all, the birth rate among migrants is much higher. >“Our culture is being replaced. If this does not stop, you and I will not exist in 100 years. In the center of Moscow, they closed the Russian Cultural Center, but donated a five-story building to the cultural center of Tajikistan . We now need to build up Mariupol, and tons of migrants are already being brought there And the people who live there and to whom we brought the Russian world, don’t they need work? But construction conglomerates are bringing them there,” said Mavashi." https://www.nakanune()ru/articles/120955/ >My brother Cain: The migration problem will probably only be solved when it reaches a boiling point >"...the problem of migrants “in the rear” is already so acute that it is impossible not to notice it. And when developers and service owners who need couriers say that “migrants are our brothers,” I want to ask: what is the name of this brother? Maybe Cain? There have already been attacks by Tajik robbers on elite villages near Moscow, and now it has come to the rape of TV employees." https://versia()ru/problema-migracii-po-vidimomu-reshitsya-tolko-kogda-dojdyot-do-tochki-kipeniya >Patriot >Putin is also not even hiding his disrespect for Russian lives and the genocide they suffered under communists, as Lenin seems to be Putin's most respected mass murderer of Russians [1][2][3]. >At the same time, this globalist clown and apparatchik insults and denigrates Russian Tsar, Nicolas II [4]. But, he refers to his NWO recruiter/mentor Schwab as 'Dear Karl'. >He's not an Orthodox Christian either. That just Kremlin's Marketing/PR machine. Putin is a Liberal Globalist. >When Tucker Carlson asked him: “Do you see the supernatural at work as you look out across what’s happening in the world now? Do you see God at work?” “No, to be honest, I don’t think so,” Putin replied. “My opinion is that the development of the world community is in accordance with the inherent laws, which are what they are.” >[1] No plans to remove Lenin’s body from mausoleum, Kremlin says - Society & Culture - TASS (2021): https://tass()com/society/1381203 >[2] Lenin’s tomb should stay in Red Square, Putin says - The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost()com/world/europe/lenins-tomb-should-stay-in-red-square-putin-says/2013/01/12/670c9fbe-5b53-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html >[3] Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won't Remove the Soviet Union's Founder: https://www.newsweek()com/why-putin-will-still-not-bury-lenin-his-red-square-mausoleum-698730 >[4] Putin’s negative assessment of Nicholas II https://tsarnicholas()org/2021/03/15/putins-negative-assessment-of-nicholas-ii/ >Observer >Alexander Bastrykin: migrants opened a second front >The influx of migrants is due to officials who, together with the oligarchic elite, create favorable conditions for visitors, but not for native residents >"Alexander Bastrykin says correctly: “Our guys are in the trenches, and migrants have opened a second front.” Russia is fighting with NATO countries on the territory of Ukraine, and this second front could be disastrous for the country. >You can, of course, blame migrants, they say, they have come in large numbers. But their influx is due to the actions of the Russian state apparatus, officials who, together with the oligarchic tops, create favorable conditions for visitors, but not for native residents." https://ruskline()ru/news_rl/2024/07/15/aleksandr_bastrykin_migranty_otkryli_vtoroi_front >The vast majority of Western so-called 'dissidents' don't know a damn thing about Russia. And for the most part, DON'T want to know about it either. It's too enticing of a fantasy to let go off. >Jeffrey Strahl >And once again, the delusional "alternative" media commentators and their captive audiences are clinging to illusions about Vladimir the Liberator or at lest the Resister (to 4IR), swimming in the face of facts. >Just like Trump's fans, even those in "freedom" ranks, are clinging to illusions about him, never mind the flood of billionaires who have endorsed him the last few days, including 4IR central figures Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz (Andreessen;Horowitz social impact investing giant), Peter Thiel (Palantir) and Elon Musk. >[Full list, as of two days ago: Ben Horowitz, Bill Ackman, Cameron Winklevoss, Doug Leone, Elon Musk, Eoghan McCabe, Ken Howery, Kyle Samani, Marc Andreessen, Jacob Helberg, Joe Lonsdale, Palmer Luckey, Peter Thiel, Shaun Maguire, Trevor Traina, Tushar Jain, Tyler Winklevoss]

www.renegadetribune()com/speaker-johnson-introduces-netanyahu-as-his-excellency/ https://twitter()com/kellyfphares/status/1816151835117257207 In which based Elon Musk tells us he's Netanyahu's special friend

https://daniellarison()substack()com/p/netanyahus-dishonest-propaganda-speech https://archive.ph/QkiyJ 25 July 2024 >Yesterday Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a dishonest and obnoxious speech to a joint session of Congress. >As expected, the prime minister obsessed over Iran and exaggerated the threat from Iran and its proxies. >He absurdly claimed that Israel was fighting on behalf of the “civilized” world against “barbarism.” In reality, Israeli forces have been committing countless war crimes and the Israeli government deliberately starves the entire population of Gaza. >It was crude propaganda that insulted the intelligence of anyone that heard it, and to their lasting discredit most of the audience lapped it up and cheered. >One exception was Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who sat in silence holding a sign condemning Netanyahu as a war criminal guilty of genocide while her colleagues gave him standing ovations. >Using a hostage and war veterans as props, Netanyahu tried to sell the U.S. on war with Iran as he has done so many times before. >Netanyahu also attacked American citizens protesting against this atrocious war as “Iran’s useful idiots.” This is a standard lie that warmongers always tell about the people that oppose them. They cannot defend the real war being fought, so they seek to smear opponents as disloyal or as dupes. This just shows everyone how desperate they are to change the subject from the disaster they have created. >It is still an insult to have a foreign leader in the Capitol attacking Americans for exercising their constitutional rights to protest peacefully against policies they oppose. >Netanyahu lied when he denied that Israel is starving the population of Gaza. It is an easily debunked lie. Multiple independent humanitarian relief and human rights organizations and numerous U.N. experts have documented how the Israeli government has been starving the people. https://www.refugeesinternational()org/reports-briefs/siege-and-starvation-how-israel-obstructs-aid-to-gaza/ https://www.hrw()org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza https://www.cbsnews()com/news/u-n-experts-say-gaza-children-dying-in-israeli-targeted-starvation-campaign/ https://www.btselem()org/publications/202404_manufacturing_famine >The ICC prosecutor’s application for the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant said, “the evidence we have collected, including interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses, authenticated video, photo and audio material, satellite imagery and statements from the alleged perpetrator group, shows that Israel has intentionally and systematically deprived the civilian population in all parts of Gaza of objects indispensable to human survival.” https://www.icc-cpi()int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state >The Israeli government is not only starving the population, but it is clearly doing so on purpose with full knowledge of what the consequences will be. The man-made famine in Gaza is the direct result of a deliberate policy of starvation, and Netanyahu is responsible for causing it. >Netanyahu will soon be facing an ICC arrest warrant for this very crime. Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon is also at the heart of the genocide case brought against their government at the International Court of Justice. Netanyahu’s lies are pathetically weak, and any informed person can see right through them. >Netanyahu then lied again when he said that Israeli forces aren’t deliberately targeting civilians. There is extensive evidence of this, including the recent accounts of the surgeons that served in Gaza: <"You're saying that children in Gaza are being shot by snipers?" asked Smith. <"Definitively," said Dr. Perlmutter. "I have two children that I have photographs of that were shot so perfectly in the chest, I couldn't put my stethoscope over their heart more accurately, and directly on the side of the head, in the same child. No toddler gets shot twice by mistake by the 'world's best sniper.' And they're dead-center shots." https://www.cbsnews()com/news/children-of-gaza/ >One of Netanyahu’s dumber talking points is when he emphasizes that Hamas wants Palestinian civilians to die, as if that somehow excuses the Israeli military when it kills them. >If Netanyahu is right about what Hamas wants, he has been giving Hamas what it wants every day for more than nine months. Talk about being a useful idiot. >Among Netanyahu’s other ridiculous lies was the claim that Israeli forces hadn’t killed any civilians in Rafah. In reality, there have been many attacks on Palestinian civilians in tent camps that have killed dozens of people in each strike. https://www.aljazeera()com/news/2024/5/27/heinous-massacre-israels-attacks-on-rafah-tent-camp-widely-condemned >Most of the war has been like that: indiscriminate attacks on places that were supposed to have been safe havens. Netanyahu’s denials on this score ring hollow. >Netanyahu predictably tried to make Israel look like an asset to the U.S. rather than the liability it is. According to the prime minister, “we also help keep American boots off the ground while protecting our shared interests in the Middle East,” but it is impossible to miss that U.S. soldiers and sailors across the region are in greater danger right now because of U.S. backing for the war in Gaza. >The Israeli government knows that it can act as recklessly and aggressively as it does because it can count on the U.S. to bail it out, and in the end that means they assume that the U.S. will go to war to protect them. >They pretend that they are keeping “American boots off the ground” while taking for granted that the U.S. will plunge into unnecessary wars on their behalf. >That is where Netanyahu’s “Abraham Alliance” idea comes in. He says he wants a regional anti-Iran security alliance, and of course the U.S. would be at the heart of that alliance. The purpose of such an alliance would be to wage war against Iran, and in that war the U.S. would end up bearing most of the costs. So much for keeping American boots off the ground. >Netanyahu’s presentation is a bait-and-switch. He tries to convince everyone how useful Israel is to the U.S. to justify continued military assistance, but then he switches to trying to lock the U.S. into ever more security commitments in a region that American forces should be leaving. 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>The truth is that every Israeli action against Iran’s nuclear program has backfired and provoked Iran to expand its program. >The Israeli government undermined the nuclear deal that actually prevented Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons and under Netanyahu’s leadership it successfully agitated for the U.S. to renege on the deal. Iran is closer to having a nuclear weapon today than it has ever been because of the Israeli government and Netanyahu himself. >Despite all this, Iran has not been trying to build nuclear weapons for more than twenty years. If Israel launches more “preventive” attacks in the future, that could change. >Israel hasn’t been protecting the U.S., and with its own nuclear arsenal Israel is already secure. Netanyahu has been fearmongering about an Iranian bomb for most of my life, and everything he has done about it during that time has only made it more likely.

https://nypost()com/2024/07/10/us-news/jewish-cult-leaders-sentenced-for-kidnap-of-2-ny-kids-including-a-child-bride-in-twisted-sex-scheme/ https://archive.ph/kFb6i 10 July 2024 >Leaders of a jewish cult were sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for kidnapping two kids— including a child bride – then smuggling them into Mexico, prosecutors said. >Three brothers, who are members of the Lev Tahor sect, forced the girl back into the arms of her adult “husband” in a sickening and sophisticated sex scheme. >Yakov Weingarten, 34; Smiel Weingarten, 28; and Yoil Weingarten, 36; were sentenced Tuesday for snatching the children from their NY home in 2018 after their mother fled Lev Tahor, a group of zealots who practice stomach-churning habits like child marriages, NSA agents and family separations, US Attorney Damian Williams said Wednesday. >The brothers — who live in Guatemala — used a variety of disguises, aliases, drop phones, fake travel documents and encrypted apps to pull off the 3 a.m. kidnapping that December day, then smuggle the brother and sister across the border, the feds said. >Local, federal and international authorities launched a massive three-week search that eventually found Yante Teller, 14, and Chaim Teller, 12, and returned them to their mother. >In March, a federal jury convicted the trio of posting on /leftypol/ual exploitation and kidnapping charges. >As punishment, US District Judge Nelson Román has sentenced Yakov and Smiel to 14 years in prison, and Yoil to 12 years, the feds said. >“The sentencing of the Weingarten brothers holds them accountable for kidnapping children from their mother in the middle of the night, including for the purpose of coercing a child into a sexual relationship with an adult,” Williams said in a statement. >“This Office will do everything in its power to protect children and use every available tool to investigate and prosecute those who sexually exploit them.” >The twisted saga began in 2017, when Lev Tahor leaders arranged for Yante — then just 12-years-old –to marry an 18-year-old man, the feds said. >Even though the two were never legally married, Lev Tahor leadership — which included the three Weingartens — demanded the two have sex and lie about their ages and relationship to others. >“For example, Lev Tahor leaders instructed child brides to deliver babies inside their homes instead of at a hospital to conceal the mothers’ young ages from outsiders,” the statement said. >The girl’s mom, Sara Helbrans, fled the community compound in Guatemala around October 2018 after deciding it was no longer safe for her kids. >It was the only life Helbrans had ever known — her father, Shlomo Helbrans, founded the group in Jerusalem back in 1987. >Eventually, all six of her kids joined her, Williams said. And a Brooklyn family court banned the kids’ dad — another cult leader — from communicating with them. >“I am very imminently afraid from the cult and what the [children’s] father and other cult members may do now that we are no longer under their power and manipulation,” the frantic mom wrote in a court filing. >That’s when the Weingartens hatched a plan to kidnap Chaim and Yante, and bring them back to Guatemala — and Yante’s 20-year-old “husband,” prosecutors claimed. >Their plan was initially successful. They grabbed the kids in the dark of night, forced them out of their home in Woodbridge, NY, and flew them out of an airport in Scranton, Pennsylvania. >Then they reunited the poor teen with her “husband,” which let him continue his illegal sexual relationship with her, according to officials. >Authorities caught up with them three weeks later, and freed the children in the small town of Tenango del Aire, near Mexico City. >They then brought them back to New York — but that wasn’t the end. >The zealots again tried unsuccessfully to steal the kids in 2019 and 2021, Williams said. >The group to which they belong claims it practices “unadulterated Judaism” that demands severe modesty for women and girls, who must wear burka-like coverings from head to toe. >The cultists settled in Brooklyn in 1994, but Helbrans’ father was convicted of kidnapping and conspiracy and later deported. <The whole group of about 40 families fled to Canada, then Guatemala. >The group has been constantly dogged by accusations including child neglect. Comment below article: >M P: This is more common than most people know. These people are all over Brooklyn NY and Lakewood NJ. Women must be covered. They 'marry' young, have many children. >Ollie: 14 and 12 years? For kidnapping and making a child a bride basically a slave and taken by force from their mother? Something is not here. >Aminath: They are above the law. >diyaboa: Reading this article felt like a "fork found in kitchen" joke if you know what I mean. Can we really say any of us are surprised? >Ed: Maybe the stains on the mattresses in the underground tunnels could mean something now >Chris: Pillars of Society. NOT! Them and their ilk are known for this type of behavior. People are slowly waking up to the fact. They have been thrown out of so many other countries for this type of behavior. >Queens Guy: Only god knows what they were doing in those tunnels in Brooklyn. But that case has disappeared from the news.

>>21215 Sure, 'anon'.

>>21220 >Don't derail the news thread. <Now watch as I post inane ramblings that consist of nothing related to ACTUAL news, such as... >The Jews Love Christianity' Meanwhile... <Christians Discriminated Against by Israel https://archive.ph/k1U7q <Israel: Situation of Christians; anti-missionary legislation and its use in practice; activities of Yad L'Achim in relation to Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses and Messianic Jews https://archive.ph/xmUE3 <Jewish persecution of Christians https://archive.ph/LL94W <Some ultra-Orthodox Jews have been reported to have a decades-old practice of cursing and spitting on Christian clergymen in Jerusalem, and there have been cases where churches and cemeteries were defaced by price taggers. When the doors of the Latrun Trappist monastery were set aflame and the phrase "Jesus was a monkey" was painted on its walls in September 2012, the Vatican reacted with a rare official complaint against the Israeli government's inaction. <... <Members of the Palestinian Christian community claim that such statements attempt to hide the discrimination that Arab Christians face within Israel due to alleged discrimination against Arabs as well as the effect of the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza on the Christian population in these areas. Hell, do you even know where the term "Kike" comes from?

>>21229 And, I still forgot the last source: https://archive.ph/1KysJ

>>21229 Who cares, Moshe? Jews spit on Christians but genocide Palestinians. Maybe you should move to Gaza to spite the jews?

https://www.informationliberation()com/?id=64571 https://archive.ph/uv1Vl 29 July 2024 >The "pro-rape riots" in Israel on Monday reportedly interfered with Israel's war plans against Lebanon, and even forced them to pull troops from Gaza in order to deal with the domestic unrest. >Israelis rioted outside the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel and then stormed the building to protest the detention of nine reservists suspected of "serious sexual abuse" against a Palestinian detainee. Videos: https://twitter()com/davidsheen/status/1817984932062625856 https://twitter()com/davidsheen/status/1818023373764448690 >A NY Times investigation in June reported that dozens of Palestinians died in the camp, and many described being stripped naked, tortured, sodomized with a metal pole or cattle prod and forced to wear a diaper. >Israeli MPs also debated whether or not it's okay to rape Palestinian prisoners. https://www.informationliberation()com/?id=64570 Comments below article. >Primus Pilus: Imagine if you will be belonging to a tribe of moral reprobates who believe that their imaginary god of death and destruction has not only given them permission to sodimize their male captives but encourages them to commit wanton mass murder of women and children. At some point you have over played your Holahoax routine and need to face a retribution so dire you will commit mass suicide to avoid it. The worst possible pejorative you can call someone today is to call someone a Jew. >Filho da Terra: Yes, all jews.

https://whitepapersinstitute()substack()com/p/more-on-the-dangers-of-claudia-sheinbaum https://archive.is/npQlD 26 July 2024. Edited for length. References in original. >Mexico has elected its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The 61y.o. jew, who holds a PhD as an energy Engineer and currently serves as the mayor of Mexico City, represents both a serious divergence and a concerning continuation of the policies the current president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly known as AMLO). >Whereas AMLO was unwilling to address the question of abortion, leaving it to the Mexican Supreme Court and the country’s constituent states, Sheinbaum has said she would make the matter a priority. >AMLO similarly avoided the thorny topic of homosexual marriage and preferred to focus on the country’s economic ills, though whether he did a decent job is something only Mexicans can truly decide. >Sheinbaum on the other hand wants a “gender-focused” culture that combats heterosexuality and has said she would prioritize LGBTQ (etc.) rights during her administration. >This is believable as she has a strong track record already. Sheinbaum eliminated ‘gendered’ school uniforms as mayor of Mexico City and was one of the first politicians in the country to attend pride parades. >Sheinbaum has also said she wants to prioritize feminism, the state of women in the family (meaning she wants to attack nuclear families) and various made various other hard-line liberal stances. >If this is what the Mexican people truly want (though the polling on individual issues seems to indicate otherwise) then that is their business, but this newfound domestic focus on various left-wing social issues will spell disaster for Americans. >The few utterances Sheinbaum has made on the issue of immigration are worrying, though. Sheinbaum has already promised to "defend Mexicans abroad” from deportation or repatriation by the United States. >Some commentators have gone so far as to label Sheinbaum an “activist” who will side with the most radical pro-immigrant elements of Mexico’s political framework. >David Abraham, a professor at the University of Miami, believes that Sheinbaum will side with immigrants and against the United States even more doggedly than AMLO has, mostly due to Sheinbaum’s commitment to “international human rights”. >Sheinbaum may, therefore, be significantly more hostile toward the United States than AMLO ever was. She may even turn a blind eye to increased immigration, drug trafficking, and people smuggling into the United States as a method to pressure the American government into giving her what she wants. >Sheinbaum has also started announcing her slate of future cabinet members, many of whom will be carried over from the AMLO administration or upgraded from their posts in her state-level cabinet from her time as Mayor of Mexico City. >Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who has served as Mexico’s Secretary of Security since 2020, will remain in government despite a track record of failure. Cartel violence has surged during the tenure of Ms. Rodríguez, and she and AMLO pursued a strategy now mockingly called “hugs not bullets” in dealing with the cartels. >Sheinbaum plans to move her to a new post she will continue to have a voice in the security strategy of a government that has failed so spectacularly at domestic security that its cartel violence now regularly overflows into the United States. >Sheinbaum’s choice for Mexico’s foreign secretary should also concern Americans. Juan Ramón de la Fuente is a long-time political operator and diplomat who has served as Mexico’s ambassador to the UN and played a role in attempting to stop the arrival of Haitian migrants to Mexico, though to little effect. >If Fuente’s track record is to be an indication of his future performance he will spend much more time dealing with the war in Ukraine and focusing on issues beyond the scope of North America than he will in dealing with Mexico’s immediate neighbor and largest trading partner, the United States. >And then there is Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, whom Sheinbaum has selected to function as her chief of staff and to run her office as president. >Mr. Batel is perhaps the most problematic appointment for them all when it comes to his views on immigration and the United States. >Batel has long been a proponent of Mexicans affecting political change in America to the benefit of their homeland and participated in a Wilson Center project known as the Strengthening Hometown Associations: Mexican Immigrants as Agents for Political Change in Mexico and the United States. https://www.wilsoncenter()org/person/lazaro-cardenas-batel https://archive.is/BLyPk >Batel has written that the United States has an obligation to provide Mexican migrants with food, healthcare, education, work, a fair wage, and the right to ‘not migrate’ should they refuse to cross a border they’ve already crossed. >Mr. Batel went further in the 2010 piece, saying that the United States should expect two to seven million new undocumented immigrants and that no move, including constructing a wall, could be expected to stop this “powerful stream of humans moved by need and by the unequal situation among our countries.” >Perhaps most insulting of all to the American people is that American politicians are unlikely to do anything about Sheinbaum’s aggression. They did nothing about AMLO’s antagonism, after all. >But this does not mean that American policymakers are without options. >Only 35% of the 10.7 million Mexican immigrants living in the United States possess US citizenship. The US government should and could cancel the visas of the remaining 7 million Mexicans who reside in the country, starting with the 15% of Mexican immigrants who work in high-powered scientific or cultural positions in the United States. Disrupting the incomes of high-earning Mexican immigrants will put significant pressure on Sheinbaum. >Ambassador Michele Thoren Bond has testified before the US Congress that visa restrictions are an effective tool at convincing recalcitrant states to cooperate, but as is typical with the modern neoliberal government of the US, the State Department is not enforcing these rules. >A 2020 Congressional Report also backs up these claims of visa restriction effectiveness. The report outlines how the nation of Guyana was subject to visa restrictions and relented after two months, finally issuing travel documents for 113 criminal Guyanese the United States sought to deport. >The next step would be to limit or outright restrict the flow of remittances to Mexico from and through the United States. In 2023 some $63.3 billion flowed to Mexico in remittances from the United States, representing nearly 5% of the Mexico economy. >Cutting off this income flow would significantly damage the Mexican consumer economy without affecting the large volumes of trade between the two countries. >Mexico’s elite class, represented best by the corrupt billionaire Carlos Slim, would feel an immediate sting as Mexicans have less money to eat at their restaurants and consume their popular products. This would, again, place significant domestic pressure on Sheinbaum to work with the United States. >There are other options as well, such as restricting the sale of luxury goods to Mexico. This strategy has worked in the past to force reluctant African and Chinese leaders to work with the West, and unlike these countries, Mexico is one of the world’s most prolific consumers of luxury goods with some goods being consumed on a societal scale beyond simply the elite consumption that defines places like China. >America’s neighbors are picking increasingly hostile leaders. These leaders continually threaten American national security and contribute significantly to shrinking the White majority that founded and defined the United States. >Unless American politicians are willing to take up a genuinely nationalist stance in defense of the homeland it will be foreign presidents like Claudia Sheinbaum who determine what the America of the future looks like.

>>21234 >Jews spit on Christians but genocide Palestinians. <Netanyahu’s authoritarian rule is turning Israelis against the state https://archive.ph/4MLwr <Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu’s new government https://archive.ph/DjVmq <Progressive Jews protest against Netanyahu government outside Israeli Consulate in New York https://archive.ph/3ZUMt <Netanyahu’s moves stir fears of ‘civil war’ between Israeli Jews https://archive.ph/Ievlx <Israel judicial overhaul: protests mount against Benjamin Netanyahu after bill passed https://archive.ph/UQm4s

>>21251 Two things First, where's the archives? Second, we already have a thread for this shit: >>>/pol/19382

https://cointelegraph()com/news/argentina-government-ministry-of-security-uiaas-artificial-intelligence-ai https://archive.ph/PNoJx 4 August 2024. Edited. >Argentina is set to develop a specialized task force using artificial intelligence to identify and deter future crimes within the nation. >The Ministry of Security of Argentina has announced the creation of the Applied Artificial Intelligence for Security Unit (UIAAS), led by the director of cybercrime and cyber affairs, along with members from the Argentine Federal Police and security forces. >One of the main tasks of the group will be to “use machine learning algorithms to analyze historical crime data to predict future crimes and help prevent them,” according to a recent statement by the Ministry of Security of Argentina. >The crimes of interest for the UIAAS range widely. >A major focus is identifying potential cyber threats by detecting “unusual patterns in computer networks,” including malware, phishing and other types of cyberattacks. >It will also handle more dangerous tasks, such as bomb disposal, and attempt to improve the speed of communication between the police and relevant security teams. >Monitoring social media activity was also mentioned as a method to detect any signs of communication about potential future crimes. >“Analyze social media activities to detect potential threats, identify criminal group movements, or foresee disturbances,” it stated. >Some have taken to social media to argue that it may not be beneficial in the long run. >Well-known American software engineer Grady Booch claimed it “will not end well” to his 165,500 X followers in an Aug. 2 post. >“Argentina is using AI to fight crime, but at what cost to privacy?” computer software engineer David Arnal commented. >“Once again, where are the Milei supporters on this one?” author Derrick Broze added. We don't need to go over how "artificial intelligence" is nothing of the sort, it's just a bunch of jews and leftists writing programs to give kosher answers. So what happens when an extreme philo-semite like Milei uses talmudic "AI" to detect pre-crime, to monitor social media, protests and "thought crime"? See also: "Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology" https://archive.is/375AB

https://www.msn()com/en-us/money/markets/the-mystery-of-argentina-s-gold-milei-admits-that-it-was-transferred-abroad-without-specifying-the-quantities-or-destination/ar-BB1qKA8L https://archive.is/yDVIX >Argentina’s reserves, held by its Central Bank, include almost two million troy ounces of gold, valued at about $4.5 billion. >But lately, there’s a question that’s on everybody’s lips: where is it? Was it taken out of the country? Did some of it remain within Argentina, while the rest was transferred abroad? >Well, the official information only offers partial answers. >The administration of President Javier Milei admitted to the recent transfer of gold abroad, but didn’t specify quantities, the destination, or the purpose for this measure. Nor did the Central Bank provide any details. >In a scenario of financial instability — and with the government facing the need to accumulate reserves — the decision generated suspicions and speculation. There are also fears that the gold could possibly be seized, due to long-standing legal cases that have been filed against Argentina by foreign creditors. >The news about the transfer of the gold was not officially announced by the government or the Central Bank. Rather, the information came from the bank workers’ union, known as La Bancaria. >Its leader — the left-wing legislator Sergio Palazzo — presented a request within the framework of the Law of Access to Public Information for the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA), asking “if there [were any] operations to send gold bars abroad during the month of June.” >Specifically, he demanded to know if transfers of gold took place on June 7 and June 28 through Lumil — a private security firm that transports valuables — and British Airways. He also wanted to know the specific amounts, their destination, the administrative procedures taken, as well as the names of the officials involved. You can read the rest of the kosher back and forth in the original if you want; but some puppet of the jews comes to power in Argentina and starts shipping out their gold. You put two and two together. And the kikes have installed another of their own in Mexico, while lining up Trump in the USA. Another article on this: https://www.zerohedge()com/news/2024-08-02/liber-dud-milei-government-begins-shipping-gold-reserves-overseas

The Irish burning hotels for "asylum seekers". https://www.bitchute()com/video/WOeyWb4qH8QR

>G7 Ambassadors to Skip Atomic Bomb Ceremony in Nagasaki; Joint Letter Cites Decision to Not Invite Israel as Reason https://archive.ph/H6UjQ <The ambassadors from Japan’s fellow members of the Group of Seven will not attend the annual ceremony in Nagasaki on Friday marking the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, it has been learned. <Representatives of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the decision was prompted by the fact that Israel was not invited to the ceremony. Counselors and consuls from the six countries will attend instead.

https://wattsupwiththat()com/2024/08/13/anthropogenic-global-warming-is-political-not-physical-science/ https://archive.ph/d1esO Arvid Pasto. 14 August 2024. Edited. >By now, almost everyone knows that “the world is warming”, and has been told over and over by the mainstream media that it is due to man’s emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), principally but not limited to carbon dioxide (CO2). >This claim is largely due to the efforts of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). >A history of this institution is very instructive, as its roots trace back to the Club of Rome. >A MUST read is https://climatism()blog/2018/12/19/draconian-un-climate-agenda-exposed-global-warming-fears-are-a-tool-for-political-and-economic-change-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-actual-climate/ >I quote extensively from this reference below, in brackets […]: >[The Club of Rome was a group of mainly European scientists and academics, who used computer modelling to warn that the world would run out of finite resources if population growth were left unchecked. >The Club of Rome’s 1972 environmental best-seller “The Limits To Growth”, examined five variables in the original model: world population, industrialization, pollution, food production and resource depletion. >They noted that “In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that…the threat of global warming…would fit the bill…the real enemy, then, is humanity itself.” >Not surprisingly, their study predicted a dire future for mankind unless we ‘act now’: >“We are unanimously convinced that rapid, radical redressment [not a word] of the present unbalanced and dangerously deteriorating world situation is the primary task facing mankind…Concerted international measures and joint long-term planning will be necessary on a scale and scope without precedent…This supreme effort is…founded on a basic change of values and goals at individual, national, and world levels…” >Around the same time, influential anthropologist and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Margaret Mead, gathered together like-minded anti-population hoaxsters at her 1975, North Carolina conference, “The Atmosphere: Endangered and Endangering”. >Mead’s star recruits were climate scare artist Stephen Schneider, population-freak George Woodwell and former AAAS head, John Holdren (Obama’s Science and Technology Czar). >All three of them were disciples of Malthusian catastrophist Paul Ehrlich, author of “The Population Bomb”. >The conference concluded that human-produced carbon dioxide would fry the planet, melt the ice caps, and destroy human life. >The creator, fabricator and proponent of global warming alarmism, Maurice Strong, founded the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and its ‘science’ arm, the UN-IPCC, under the premise of studying only human (CO2) driven causes of climate change. >Strong’s, and the UN’s, ‘Climate Change’ agenda was clearly laid out before the ‘science’ of climate change was butchered and tortured to fit the Global Warming narrative… >“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?” – Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Earlier the author claimed one of the aims of the 'global warming' racket was to stop development in the third world, I cut that out because here one of the early promoters of GW, Strong, explicitly states that it's targetted at the "industrialized civilizations", i.e. White countries. That's a common lie they like to slip in so they can go for the angle that it's "nazis" doing all these things because they hate none-Whites, when in reality all these things are done to destroy Whites. >“Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class – involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban housing – are not sustainable.” – Maurice Strong, Rio Earth Summit > “It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We must therefore transform our attitudes, and adopt a renewed respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature.“ – Maurice Strong, first Secretary General of UNEP >Why Did They Choose CO2 as the Villain? >Atmospheric physicist, MIT Professor of Meteorology and former IPCC lead author Richard S. Lindzen, examined the politics and ideology behind the CO2-centricity that drives the man-made climate change agenda. >His summary goes to the very heart of why carbon dioxide has become the center-piece of the ‘global’ climate debate: >“For a lot of people including the bureaucracy in Government and the environmental movement, the issue is power. It’s hard to imagine a better leverage point than carbon dioxide to assume control over a society. It’s essential to the production of energy, it’s essential to breathing. If you demonize it and gain control over it, you so-to-speak, control everything. That’s attractive to people. It’s been openly stated for over forty years that one should try to use this issue for a variety of purposes, ranging from North/South redistribution, to energy independence, to God knows what…” "North/South redistribution" is just another way of saying its aim is the destruction of White nations. >“CO2 for different people has different attractions. After all, what is it? – it’s not a pollutant, it’s a product of every living creature’s breathing, it’s the product of all plant respiration, it is essential for plant life and photosynthesis, it’s a product of all industrial burning, it’s a product of driving – I mean, if you ever wanted a leverage point to control everything from exhalation to driving, this would be a dream. So it has a kind of fundamental attractiveness to bureaucratic mentality.” >Energy rationing and the control of carbon dioxide, the direct by-product of cheap, reliable hydrocarbon energy, has always been key to the misanthropic agenda of depopulation and deindustrialization. A totalitarian ideology enforced through punitive emissions controls under the guise of “Saving the Planet”. >Stanford University and The Royal Society’s resident global warming alarmist and population freak Paul R. Ehrlich spelled out in 1976 the anti-energy agenda that still underpins the current ‘climate change’ scare: >“Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.” >(end of cited article) Yes, Ehrlich was a jew >This introduction to the IPCC ought to set the reader up to expect nothing but political polemic from them. >However, to make their stand successful, they had to have some science behind the vilification of CO2. This “science” had long been prophesied, from Joseph Fourier in France in 1824, with evidence provided by Claude Pouillet in 1827 and 1838. >John Tyndall showed evidence in 1896. But the effect was more fully quantified by Svante Arrhenius in 1896, who made the first quantitative prediction of global warming due to a hypothetical doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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>[Names/dates from Wikipedia, e.g.- https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science ] >With this scientifically proposed mechanism as a means to vilify CO2, the IPCC was off to the races! The UN gave grants to study the topic, as did many national research institutions in various countries. >As academic, and non-governmental organization (NGO), scientists realized how much money there was to be had, the topic ballooned. >The UN constructed the UN-FCCC (Framework Convention on Climate Change), with almost all of the countries in the world as “parties” to it. You can see again here that White countries are targetted by this agreement: https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change#Membership_and_participation The industrialized or developed countries that are named as specifically targetted are green or blue in the third image attached. Israel is not listed in either group. >The IPCC convened yearly meetings, where up to 30,000+ government, academic, NGO, media, and other interested people appeared. >These were usually in very nice, expensive places, as their conferences were so large that only certain cities could host them. >A few noteworthy were the Conference of the Parties (COPs) numbered 3 (Kyoto, Japan 1997), 15 (Copenhagen, Denmark 2009), 16 (Cancun, Mexico), 21 (Paris, France 2015), and 24 (Katowice, Poland 2018). I call these five out because I will describe some of their outcomes, and some telling, typically off-camera, commentary from the attendees as to the REAL purpose of these meetings. >The COP official attendees (representatives of the governments, NOT the press or NGOs) developed plans, many of which became “treaties” to be signed by the countries. >For instance, at COP 3 in Kyoto, it was agreed that the world should reduce its GHG output. As WIKIPEDIA puts it: >“The Kyoto Protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to reduce the onset of global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to “a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. The Kyoto Protocol applies to the six greenhouse gases listed in Annex A: Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). >“The Protocol is based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities: it acknowledges that individual countries have different capabilities in combating climate change, owing to economic development, and therefore puts the obligation to reduce current emissions on developed countries on the basis that they are historically responsible for the current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” https://en()wikipedia()org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol >So, you see immediately that the push is to blame the “developed nations”, and this mantra becomes the basis of later agreements on “climate reparations” >The US and other developed nations put all of these horrible GHGs into the atmosphere, and thus they should pay those who need the money and DID NOT add significant CO2 to the atmosphere. As stated above, look at the official map in the third attachment to see "developed nation" means White nation. >Bill Clinton was US President at this time, and he agreed to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, even though it had legally-binding requirements on the US, and would require Senate ratification. >George Bush became president in 2001, and the Senate refused to ratify the Protocol, so, for all intents and purposes, it was dead. >Not to be defeated, the IPCC kept pushing each year to get everyone on board. And each time, they ratcheted up their demands on the developed world. >The term “Loss and Damage” became the rallying call for the “developing” countries, wherein they could claim that the developed world caused the climate problems they face(d), and they could then sue (us). >At COP15 in Copenhagen, the “Parties”, emboldened by the election of Barack Obama to presidency of the US in 2008, agreed to an unbelievable (to me) wording. >If we signed on to this, the United States would agree to become subservient to a “government” consisting of over 100 other nations, including giving this “government” the ability to tax the U.S. to pay “reparations” for having burned fossil fuels; to give it permission to tax our GDP up to 2% annually; and other assorted insults!

>>21541 Cont. >I put the word government in quotations, because that is the word the proposed Copenhagen Treaty actually used. >Meanwhile at that COP, the press was able to capture some very candid commentary from the attendees: >According to Jacques Chirac, the (1997) Kyoto Treaty is “the first component of an authentic global government.” >In the words of Margaret Wallstrom, the EU’s commissioner for the environment, “This is about creating a level playing field for big businesses throughout the world.” >Canada’s environment minister Christine Stewart comments: “No matter if the science is all phony, there are still collateral environmental benefits” to global warming policies… >“Climate change provides the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world.” [Leo Johnson, Understanding the Global Warming Hoax, 2009, Red Anvil Press, Oakland, CA, Page 65] >How damning is that? Now we know exactly, that what we thought was true…the goal is NOT to “reduce global warming”…it is to control the world. >Further, at the later Cancun COP, in a candid interview with Ottmar Edenhofer, co-chair of the IPCC’s Working Group III, and Lead author of the IPCC’s Assessment Report #4, in 2007, he was quoted as saying: >“Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection. >“...the world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit, during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.” http://www.cfact()org/a/1858/Do-you-believe-in-magic—-climate-numbers >And it gets worse. At COP 21 in Paris in 2015, the UN Climate Chief stated “This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years…since the industrial revolution”. https://citatis()com/a34446/077687/ >My question would be: the “economic development model” has worked for 150 years…why change it now? It has been very successful. >However, at COP 24 in Poland in 2018, the UN doubled down, with the UN climate chief stating: >“Failure to act will be catastrophic...We require deep transformations of our economies and societies...The impacts of climate change are increasingly hard to ignore.” http://www.climatedepot()com/2018/12/03/un-climate-chief-has-solution-to-urgent-climate-threat-we-require-deep-transformations-of-our-economies-and-societies/ >While much of this international subterfuge was happening, the US was under President Obama’s regime. >He knew that there was NO CHANCE of getting any of these UN “treaties” ratified by the Congress. He also had seen that there was no chance of getting any carbon tax, or carbon “cap and trade” agreement passed. So, he unleashed the EPA to do the dirty work. >The EPA managed to get a court ruling that CO2 was “pollution”. Many lawsuits were brought against this “finding”, resulting in its going before the Supreme Court. >Without ANY scientific background, the SCOTUS allowed the finding against CO2. Now, under the Clean Air Act, the EPA could wreak havoc. >And they tried to, numerous times. For instance, in 2011, they promulgated new rules on carbon dioxide. >“Using their own figures: they said that the new regulations would cost the US $78 billion per year.” http://wattsupwiththat()com/2011/03/13/how-much-would-you-buy/ >And the EPA chief (Gina McCarthy) said that these regulations were estimated to lower global mean temperature by 0.006 to 0.015C by 2100. >(ARVID’s note…this is ABSOLUTELY INSIGNIFICANT compared to the 3+/- degrees of warming that the IPCC was claiming, by the year 2100.) >These EPA costs represented $1900 TRILLION PER DEGREE! >What the hell were they thinking? You will see later…. >In 2015, EPA released new regulations, designed to bankrupt America. These new regulations were cheaper than the 2011 versions, and would only cost us about $2.5 TRILLION. That is $125 trillion per degree of saved warming. >And then, under questioning, EPA’s chief (Gina McCarthy) said that the global cooling effect would be less than 0.02F, but that it was important that we do it to set an example to the world! >Really…the US will bankrupt itself to set an example to the world? Tikkun Olam, goy. >And then, in 2016, again under Senate questioning, the truth comes out: “…she says the rule is about “driving investment in renewables…,[and] advancing our ongoing clean energy revolution”. >McCarthy says, “That’s what… reinventing a global economy looks like.” https://www.climatedepot()com/2016/05/12/epa-chief-concedes-no-climate-impact-from-climate-rule-its-about-reinventing-a-global-economy/ >At this point, I don’t even need to get into the incredibly poor “science” used by the IPCC and then totally swallowed by the lamestream media. I can talk about it until the world ends, but surely to no avail. >Many people with access to world-class computers have shown the ridiculousness of the IPCC’s attempts to “control global warming”. Some examples follow: >‘If the U.S. delivers for the whole century on President Obama’s very ambitious rhetoric, it would postpone global warming by about eight months at the end of the century.

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>‘The cost of the UN Paris climate pact is likely to run 1 to 2 trillion dollars every year.’ https://www.climatedepot()com/2017/01/17/danish-statistician-un-climate-treaty-will-cost-100-trillion-to-postpone-global-warming-by-less-than-four-year-by-2100/ >An analysis in 2013 showed that: >“…if the US as a whole stopped emitting all carbon dioxide emissions immediately, the ultimate impact on projected global temperature rise would be a reduction, or a 'savings', of approximately 0.08C by the year 2050, and 0.17C by the year 2100…amounts that are, for all intents and purposes, negligible.” >I hope you got that…if the US “completely disappeared”, it would NOT stop global warming. >The UNIPCC Conference(s) of the Parties have continued, with gatherings in major world sites, from COP-22 in Morocco through COP-28 in Dubai. For complete listing, see https://unfccc()int/process/bodies/supreme-bodies/conference-of-the-parties-cop >At each of these, the world’s leaders convened, and wrangled over thorny issues, trying to push to a “FINAL” agreement. >Two major issues were (1) trying to end production and use of fossil fuels, and (2) implementing a means of “loss and damage”, whereby those countries deemed to have produced the most global warming via fossil fuels would compensate those countries most affected by “climate change”. >In Dubai in 2023, the participants came close to agreeing to stop fossil fuels. The closest they could come to “stopping” fossil fuels was to agree to “phase down” their production and use. This was most unsatisfactory to the strongest climate alarmists. >“However, many countries walked away from the talks frustrated at the lack of a clear call for a fossil-fuel “phase-out” this decade – and at a “litany of loopholes” in the text that might enable the production and consumption of coal, oil and gas to continue.” https://www.carbonbrief()org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai/ >Regarding the second topic: >“Despite an early breakthrough on launching a fund to pay for 'loss and damage' from climate change, developing countries were left disappointed by a lack of new financial commitments for transitioning away from fossil fuels and adapting to climate impacts.” https://www.carbonbrief()org/cop28-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-dubai/ >Meanwhile, greenhouse gas emissions, principally CO2 and methane, have been inexorably increasing, even as thousands of megawatts of renewable energy have been brought on line. And global temperature has been slowly increasing. And the alarmists and media continue their shrill voices demanding “change”.

>>21543 See also Climate Meltdown: Ivy League Scientists Expose Climate Fraud. 16 minutes https://rumble()com/v5b8db9-climate-meltdown-ivy-league-scientists-expose-climate-fraud()html

https://www.cnbc()com/2024/08/17/new-privacy-battle-is-underway-as-tech-gadgets-capture-our-brain-waves.html https://archive.ph/nmUSS 17 August 2024. >Like anything else measurable, our thoughts are subject to increasingly technical answers, with data captured by tracking brainwaves. >That breakthrough also means the data is commodifiable, and captured brain data is already being bought and sold by companies in the wearable consumer technologies space, with few protections in place for users. >In response, Colorado recently passed a first-in-the-nation privacy act aimed at protecting these rights. The act falls under the existing “Colorado Consumer Protection Act,” which aims to protect “the privacy of individuals’ personal data by establishing certain requirements for entities that process personal data [and] includes additional protections for sensitive data.” >The key language in the Colorado act is the expansion of the term “sensitive data” to include “biological data” — inclusive of numerous biological, genetic, biochemical, physiological, and neural properties. >Elon Musk’s Neuralink is the most famous example of how technology is being embedded with the human mind, though it isn’t alone in the space, with Paradromics emerging as a close competitor, alongside devices that have returned speech to stroke victims and helped amputees move prosthetic limbs with their minds. Do you trust crypto-heeb Musk with your brainwave data, goy? >All of these products are medical devices that require implantation, and are protected under HIPAA’s strict privacy requirements. The Colorado law is focused on the rapidly growing consumer technology sphere and devices that don’t require medical procedures, have no analogous protections, and can be bought and used without medical oversight of any kind. >There are dozens of companies making products that are wearable technologies capturing brain waves (aka neura data). >On Amazon alone, there are pages of products, from sleep masks designed to optimize deep sleep or promote lucid dreaming, to headbands promising to promote focus, and biofeedback headsets that will take your meditation session to the next level. >These products, by design and necessity, capture neural data through use of small electrodes that produce readings of brain activity, with some deploying electric impulses to impact brain activity. No doubt the devices are primarily for recording and modifying your brain activity, the stuff like promoting "meditation" is advertising guff to convince the cattle to buy and use these tracking devices; just like how your "smart phone" is primarily there to spy on you. Mega-kike Yuval Harari talks about these kinds of things. https://www.bitchute()com/video/VDEpNEakxXeF Just a cohencidence his fellow heeb and pretend-White man Musk is working on exactly these devices. >The laws in place for the handling all of that brain data are virtually non-existent. >“We have entered the world of sci-fi here,” said lead sponsor of the Colorado bill, Representative Cathy Kipp. “As with any advances in science, there must be guardrails.” How are all the "privacy laws" working on all your other "smart" devices? You talk about needing a new fridge in your car, and back home your "smart tv" starts showing you adverts for fridges, even if you've opted out of everything >A recent study by The NeuroRights Foundation found that of thirty companies examined who are making wearable technology that is capable of capturing brainwaves, twenty-nine “provide no meaningful limitations to this access.” >“This revolution in consumer neuro-technology has been centred on the increasing ability to capture and interpret brainwaves,” said Dr. Sean Pauzauskie, medical director at The NeuroRights Foundation. >Devices using electroencephalography, a tech readily available to consumers, is “a multibillion-dollar market that is set to double over the next five or so years,” he said. “Over the next two to five years it is not implausible that neuro-technology might see a ChatGPT-moment.” >Pauzauskie said the value to companies comes in the interpretation or decoding of the brain signals collected by wearable technologies. >As a hypothetical example, he said, “if you were wearing brain-sensing earbuds, not only would Nike know that you browsed for runners’ shoes from your browsing history, but could now know how interested you were as you browsed.” "We just want to make your life more convenient, goy". Let's hear again from slithering sheenie Harari: https://www.bitchute()com/video/oOFpXhhim4Lk >How much data can be collected depends upon several factors, but the technology is rapidly advancing, and could lead to an exponential increase in applications, with the tech increasingly incorporating AI. >Apple has already filed patents for brain-sensing Air Pods. >“Brain data are too important to be left unregulated. They reflect the inner workings of our minds,” said Rafael Yuste, professor of biological sciences and director, NeuroTechnology Center, Columbia University, as well as Chairman of the NeuroRights Foundation and leading figure in the neutotech ethics organization Morningside Group. >“The brain is not just another organ of the body,” he added. “We need to engage private actors to ensure they adopt a responsible innovation framework, as the brain is the sanctuary of our minds.” >The concern targeted by the Colorado law may lead to a wave of similar legislation, with heightened attention to the mingling of rapidly-advancing technologies and the commodification of user data. In the past, consumer rights and protections have lagged behind innovation. >“The best and most recent tech/privacy analogies might be the internet and consumer genetic revolutions, which largely went unchecked,” Pauzauskie said. >A similar arc could follow unchecked advancements in the collection and commodification of consumer brain data. Hacking, corporate profit motives, ever-changing privacy agreements for users, and narrow to no laws covering the data, are all major risks, Pauzauskie said. Under the Colorado Privacy Act, brain data is extended the same privacy rights as fingerprints. >According to Professor Farinaz Koushanfar and Associate Professor Duygu Kuzum of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, it is still too early to understand the limitations of the technology, as well as the depths of the potentially intrusive data collection. >Tracking neural data could mean tracking a broad range of cognitive processes and functions, including thoughts, intentions, and memories, they wrote in a joint statement sent via email. At one extreme, tracking neural data might mean accessing medical information directly. >The broad range of possibilities is itself an issue. “There are too many unknowns still in this field and that’s worrisome,” they wrote.

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>If these laws become widespread, companies may have no choice but to overhaul their current organizational structure, according to Koushanfar and Kuzum. >There may be a need for establishing new compliance officers, and implementing methods such as risk assessment, third-party auditing and anonymization as mechanisms for establishing requirements for the entities involved.

https://arthurfirstenberg()substack()com/p/nophone https://archive.ph/eb192 27 June 2024. Edited. >The most important, and most ignored, medical study in the world was published in 2004 by Olle Johansson, a scientist at the Karolinska Institute, the institution that awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Its other author was Örjan Hallberg and its title was “1997 – A curious year in Sweden”. http://r()mail()cellphonetaskforce()org/mk/cl/f/sh/7nVU1aA2nfsTSzBnMIe7uDXWvpQTIkk/jZClhMokwi4U https://archive.ph/DDAtX >In the autumn of 1997, in every one of the 21 counties in that country, the number of sick people stopped declining and abruptly began increasing. >The number of people registered as sick for more than a year had been declining and reached a record low of 43,256 in July 1997. The following month that trend suddenly reversed direction and began rising steeply. In December 2003 the number of long-term sick was 135,318. >The number of people absent from work due to illness, which had been declining steeply for years, also suddenly began increasing. It rose from a low of 118,530 in August 1997 to 309,124 in February 2003. >The number of people registered with load injury (pain in the neck, shoulders, back, etc.) doubled between 1997 and 2001. >The number of suicide attempts by young people increased by 30% between 1998 and 2001. >The yearly incidence of prostate cancer began rising sharply and increased by 32% between 1997 and 2004. In Stockholm, in men aged 50–59, new cases of prostate cancer increased nine-fold. >The number of people seriously injured in traffic accidents, which had been steadily declining, increased from 400 in 1996 to 1,200 in 2004. The number of traffic accidents involving bus drivers increased from less than 150 in 1997 to 250 in 2003. >The recovery time after breast or heart surgery operations began increasing in 1997. >Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease began to increase in 1997, and deaths due to other neurological diseases began to increase drastically. >What changed in Sweden in the fall of 1997? Digital cell phones (GSM 900 and 1800) were introduced to the whole population. >Hallberg and Johansson wrote: >“In 1997 many large companies introduced wireless office phone systems. One such is called GSM-in-Office and operates at 900 MHz... The employees had to use the mobile phone for all calls, in many cases for long calls. So, from 1997 many employees became exposed to microwave radiation during all work hours from small base stations, in addition to stronger radiation from their handsets during all their calls.” >The authors concluded that according to their data, it was the mobile phones, and not the mobile phone towers, that were responsible for the drastic decline in the health of the Swedish population. >Prior to 1997, the number of sick days registered per person was greater in densely populated areas than in sparsely populated areas. After 1997, it was the reverse: rural residents were suddenly sicker than city residents. This was true for all the data they looked at: short- and long-term sicknesses; accidents, murders, and suicides; workplace-related injuries and sicknesses; breast and heart surgery recovery times; and diseases of the nervous system. >They noted that in less populated areas, there is less radiation from cell towers but more radiation from a cell phone: the cell phone has to increase its power in order to maintain a connection. >The only disease that did not follow this pattern was prostate cancer: it spiked equally in both city and rural dwellers. The authors concluded that mobile phones were not the cause of prostate cancer, but they were incorrect. >The brain, breast, heart, and nervous system are exposed to a mobile phone at close range when it is on and in use. The prostate, by contrast, is exposed at close range when the phone is in a person’s pocket and on standby, airplane mode, or turned off; it still emits radiation at those times but the radiation does not depend on distance to a base station and is therefore the same in the city and in the country. http://r()mail()cellphonetaskforce()org/mk/cl/f/sh/7nVU1aA2nfwFS2CPJR71ywB9GYQ2mdm/E76vGTbARi64 https://archive.ph//2vdtS >In 2009, the health situation in Sweden was still getting worse. Hallberg and Johansson explored the same ground in even more depth, in an article titled “Apparent decreases in Swedish public health indicators after 1997 – Are they due to improved diagnostics or to environmental factors?” >They found that all the trends in their earlier article had continued. In addition, they found: >-The percentage of newborns with heart problems began to increase after 1998, and almost doubled by 2007. >-Between 1997 and 2005, lung cancer incidence doubled among elderly men and women. >-The incidence of melanoma of the face in younger people increased by 40% between 2000 and 2006. >-The age-standardized incidence of Alzheimer’s mortality increased by almost 300% between 1998 and 2008. And it increased by about 8,000% since 1979, two years after Apple invented the personal computer and everyone started being exposed to a computer screen for hours every day. The increase became steeper after the population acquired mobile phones. Before the personal computer, the incidence of Alzheimer’s mortality had been about 0.1 per 100,000 people throughout the 1970s and earlier. >When I knocked on Pelda Levey’s door on 17 July, 1996 and said “We have work to do,” no one I knew owned a cell phone, and Wi-Fi had not yet been invented. >Trees were the tallest structures outside of cities, and they teemed with birds, insects and wildlife. Even the trees in my Brooklyn neighborhood were frequented by wild parrots. >It is now 28 years later. In three decades of activism by the Cellular Phone Task Force and hundreds of other organizations, the world has gone from almost no mobile devices to 17 billion of them. >The radiation that they produce, together with the radiation that they force all the cell towers and satellites to produce, has eradicated most of the insects, birds and wildlife on this planet and sickened the majority of its human inhabitants. >Who among us sleeps well, thinks clearly, and does not suffer from one or more respiratory, neurological, cardiac, digestive, metabolic, arthritic, or psychological ailments, or from cancer or diabetes? >Rates of stroke in China have more than doubled since the advent of cell phones. >The global rate of diabetes has quadrupled. One billion people are obese. The fantastic rise in diabetes and obesity are purely a result of the slowing of metabolism due to interference with electron flow in everyone’s mitochondria. >60% of all Americans today have one or more chronic illnesses. >One-third of the world’s people have more than five ailments, and less than 5% of people worldwide have no health problems. >The number of drug prescriptions dispensed annually in the U.S. has increased from 1.5 billion in the 1990s to 4 billion in 2009 to 7 billion in 2022. 42% of older adults in the U.S. take five or more prescription drugs, more than triple the rate before there were cell phones. 70% of all American adults take one or more prescription drugs daily.

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>When there are 17 billion mobile devices on Earth in the hands of people traveling around the planet in airplanes and automobiles and “needing” them wherever they go, no amount of organizing, protesting, litigating or legislating is going to change anything. Neither is using your cell phone less. >If you want to be able to make even a one-minute call in an emergency even once a year, all the cell towers on Earth have to be there at your beck and call, irradiating the hell out of all of living creation 24/7. >As long as it is socially acceptable to use a cell phone at all, whether in public or in your own home, hundreds of millions of people who have been severely injured by them, including me, are condemned to lonely lives of perpetual torture, unable to socialize, make a living, go to the movies, stand next to you in line at the grocery store, travel, live next door to you, or even have a home at all, until they die or commit suicide -- which too many of my friends and contacts have already done. >Even people who know what is killing them don’t really understand it. Cell phones have become so normalized that even people who call themselves “EHS” are using them. They are helping to kill our world and themselves. >The majority of phone calls and emails I receive now come from cell phones. >A woman called who had just purchased a plug-in device to protect her from cell tower radiation. She was calling from a cell phone. >A woman who said she has EHS called looking for a doctor who can diagnose her so she can avoid jury duty. She called from her cell phone. >A woman emailed me from her iPhone asking for information on cell tower dangers to bring to a city council meeting. >A filmmaker called who wants to do a movie about my work. He called me from his cell phone. He has had knee replacements and has cancer. “Where are the dragonflies, chameleons, lizards and birds that I grew up with?” he asked me. >People do not understand that a cell phone emits the same radiation as a cell tower, and that the radiation travels just as far. >That if you put your cell phone 20 feet away from you it exposes you to as much radiation as any cell towers. >That cell towers only emit enough radiation to enable the cell phones that are in use at that time to work. >That when you make a call or send a text, the nearest tower (or satellite) turns on frequencies just for you and irradiates your entire neighborhood or city and everyone and everything alive in it just so you can make your call or send your text. >That simply owning a cell phone, no matter how little you use it, requires all the cell towers and satellites on Earth to be there so that your phone will work when you need it. >That a single cell phone call causes permanent damage to your brain cells. >That a two-minute call can take your body hours or days to recover from, if ever. That distance does not protect you. >That you cannot “neutralize” radiation. That there are no “safe frequencies”. >That your phone was manufactured with rare earth minerals that were mined by child slaves in the Congo. >That the willingness to use cell phones ensures the demise of landlines -- and of birds, insects and wildlife. >That a cell phone emits radiation even when it is off. >That the only difference between “electrosensitive” people and other people is that “sensitive” people know what is sickening them and other people do not know what is sickening them. >As I told an audience in Taos, New Mexico six years ago, we are like the monkey who cannot not get his hand out of the jar unless he lets go of the peanut. We are grasping it more tightly than ever. >We must let go of our cell phones now. Not after you figure out how, which may be never. First throw it away, then figure out how to live without it. >You won’t be able to do everything you are doing now, but you will be living as if the world will be here tomorrow. >Throw it away, tell everyone you know that you are doing it and why, and tell them to do likewise. It is the only way we and our children and the animals and plants around us -- the ones who are still here -- will survive.

https://odsllc()substack()com/p/artificial-lighting-health-impacts https://archive.ph/McUqP 6 Feb. 2024. By Shane Reilly. >Light is more than just a way to keep working after dusk. It impacts every cell in your body. The scientific community increasingly agrees that not only the type of light we see, but also the time of day we see it, have big implications for our health. >Sunlight is the gold standard, the vital source under which all life on Earth developed. “Fun in the sun” is more than just a saying; it’s how we're wired! Your body depends on the sun’s complex symphony of colors and frequencies to regulate energy levels and recovery. >No matter what diet you follow, everything you eat starts with sunlight, and it’s the essential catalyst for our biological cycles and hormones. >The further we get away from this natural source, the more problems we run into. >For about 130 years, artificial light has dominated our homes, cities, and skylines. While convenient, LEDs and fluorescents pose three noteworthy challenges: >FLICKER >Flicker is the rapid, repetitive change in brightness. At slower rates, flicker is a distraction, while intense flicker promotes headaches and even epileptic seizures. >If you think your indoor lighting is flicker-free, try taking a slo-mo video inside and you’ll see the flickering effect that your naked eye doesn't pick up. Guess what doesn’t flicker: the sun. >COLOR >Screens and light bulbs emit unnatural color patterns that stress the eye over time. >These sources typically have isolated spikes of blue and green that suppress melatonin, the night-time cancer-scavenging hormone, and some studies have linked them to diabetes. https://www.optimaldwellingspaces()com/alan-diabetes-infographic https://archive.ph/W4JpK >Many manufacturers now make glasses to block excess blue light “blue blockers” to combat computer eye strain. Hint- blue blockers with clear lenses aren’t effective in protecting you. >Sunlight, on the other hand, provides all the colors of the rainbow, plus infrared and ultraviolet at set times of day. >BRIGHTNESS >Artificial light operates at brightness levels and intervals that warp our internal software. >The human eye evolved to take information from the brightness, or lux, of natural light sources at specific times of day. Starlight is very dim, topping out at 0.002 lux, and sunlight reaches 100,000 lux. >This wide range is where we thrive. Mother Nature gradually tapers brightness levels throughout the day from twilight pitch to high noon blaze. >Modern life isn’t so kind. Indoor environments hover between 50 and 500 lux. If you spend a majority of your time inside (like most people these days), your days are drastically dimmer than optimal health requires, and your nights are roughly a thousand times brighter. This can chronically disrupt circadian rhythm, leading to trouble sleeping, inconsistent energy, immune system suppression, mood and cognition issues, and more. >COOPERATE WITH YOUR CLIMATE >The image below [3rd attached] shows that the sunlight where you live varies throughout the year, based on your latitude. >Live above the 37th north in winter, or the equivalent in the southern hemisphere, and you won’t be able to get full spectrum sunlight. This has huge implications for health. >Additionally, sunlight changes throughout the day, so similar to eating a balanced diet of local, seasonal foods, we also need to take in a balance of sunlight varieties through the day. >During summertime, prior to about 9:30 a.m. UV levels are quite low, and infrared levels are dominant. >After 10 a.m. UV A and B wavelengths reach the surface, bringing healthy full spectrum sunlight to your body. >Listen to your body and slowly build up your tolerance. If you want to achieve optimal health, the goal is to be able to absorb as much sunlight as possible without burning. [See 4th pic] >Solar noon is when the sun is directly overhead, with the most intense energy levels being emitted. >Then in the afternoon, around 4, the UV will drop out again, leaving mostly infrared and visible light. >While your standard SPF might keep you from burning, building biology experts encourage blocking UV rays with apparel instead, as sunscreen filters light into a spectrum not made anywhere in nature. >Consuming fish, seaweed, and algae builds your body’s DHA stores. When the sun hits your skin, this omega-3 fatty acid actually turns the light into usable electric energy and reduces risk of future burns. How’s that for solar powered?! >Additionally, exposing skin during low UV, high infrared times of day can inoculate your skin to be more resilient. >If you’re in an area with little sunshine during winter, a bit of ingenuity goes a long way. Ten to 20 minutes per day with a tanning lamp paired with an infrared lamp is a powerful bio hack. https://soleilwell()com/ >But the best way to cope with chronic clouds is to jet-set somewhere sunnier, so take that vacation — your health depends on it! >BRIGHT IDEAS FOR OPTIMAL LIGHT EXPOSURE:

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>--Spend 15-30 minutes outside at sunrise, midday, and sunset. Leave sunglasses inside and remove prescription glasses so that your eyes can absorb light. >Set your gaze about 20 degrees off of the sun. If you can, go barefoot for added anti-inflammation benefits from grounding to the soil or grass. >Your skin is equivalent to a solar panel, so reduce clothing to maximize absorption when outside. >--Leave the window open, as glass blocks the colors, frequencies, and brightness of sunlight. >Install Iris software on your computers and configure phone settings for healthier light output. https://iristech.co/?ap_id=ODSLLC >For iPhone and Android. https://www.optimaldwellingspaces()com/product-page/the-ultimate-iphone-emf-hack https://gumroad()com/a/250069203/rkemzr >--Look for incandescent bulbs or low-flicker LEDs. https://www.1000bulbs()com/fil/categories/incandescent-light-bulbs https://www.waveformlighting()com/support?query=flicker%20free >Increase the brightness with multiple bulbs of a warmer color temperature, 4000K or less. >--After dark, rely on warm light (<2000K) as much as possible, such as candles and orange or red bulbs. https://store()waveformlighting()com/collections/a19-bulbs/products/superwarm-1700k-flicker-free-a19-10w-led-bulb >Consider red-tinted, blue-blocking glasses, and a red-tinted TV overlay. https://www.optimaldwellingspaces()com/product-page/after-dark-blue-blockers https://shopwakn()com/ >--For those midnight trips to the bathroom use battery powered orange/red lights such as headlamps or flashlights https://amzn()to/3wesTBb >--Resist the urge to binge-watch until bedtime. Avoiding tech and TV for two hours before snoozing (even if you follow the tips above) helps protect melatonin release and quality sleep patterns. The author's LinkTree https://linktr()ee/ODSLLC

>"Can't Take It Anymore": Residents Of Springfield Ohio Beg For Help After 20,000 Haitians Overwhelm City, Eat Local Wildlife https://archive.ph/aAZeq <The city of Springfield, Ohio - population 60,000, has been overwhelmed by roughly 20,000 Haitian illegal migrants, who flocked to the city - exacerbating a 'significant housing crisis' according to city officials, and eating pets and wildlife according to locals. <During an Aug. 27 City Commission meeting, one local resident said that Haitians were "in the park grabbing ducks, cutting the heads off, and eating them." <Another local resident posted to a Facebook group that their neighbor had a cat go missing - only to see it "hanging from a branch, like you'd do a deer for butchering, & they [the Haitians] were carving it up to eat." <While the cat claim has been refuted by as racist fear-mongering, others have provided receipts showing that cats are indeed part of Haitian cuisine. <Another local told the city that she "can't take it anymore," as Haitian migrants are littering on her yard and harassing she and her husband. <Resident Glenda Bailey told the city "They have become the occupiers. What they've done is they've replaced the population in Springfield." >Leaked US Army Documents: Thousands Of Violent Venezuelan Prison Gang Members Run Amok Across America https://archive.ph/tsJyO <Investigative reporter James O'Keefe published unclassified information from the US Army North Division on X, revealing that the Venezuelan prison gang wreaking havoc across the northern Denver suburb of Aurora has become a nationwide crisis. Law-abiding Americans will soon feel the growing consequences of the Biden-Harris administration's failed open southern border policies (recall what's happening in Springfield, Ohio) of importing the third world into the first world. >Professor Warns Of "European Christian Imperialism" In Outer Space https://archive.ph/AtHWH <Now, Wesleyan University Dean of Social Sciences Mary-Jane Rubenstein, a “philosopher of science and religion” (who’s also affiliated with the school’s Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program), says she’s noticed how “many of the factors that drove European Christian imperialism” have been put to use in “high-speed, high-tech forms.” <Rubenstein wonders if “colonial practices” like “exploitation of environmental resources and the destruction of landscapes,” all “in the name of ideals such as destiny, civilization and the salvation of humanity,” will be part of man’s expansion into space. >Opposition Candidate Burst into Venezuelan Politics Just Months before Being Chased into Exile https://archive.ph/LNv6M <For millions of Venezuelans and dozens of foreign governments, Edmundo González was the undisputed winner of the country’s July 28 presidential election. <But on Sunday, he joined the swelling ranks of once-prominent government opponents who have fled into exile, leaving his political future uncertain and tightening Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power. <The former presidential candidate arrived at a military airport outside Madrid after being granted safe passage by Maduro’s government so he could take up asylum in Spain. His surprise departure came just days after Maduro’s government ordered his arrest. >NYC Hands Out Free Money to Illegal Aliens https://archive.ph/fgZ1s <The city’s Department of Homeless Services announced that it will give illegal aliens up to $4,000 in grants to 150 migrant families to help alleviate the burden of the migrant shelters and move them to more permanent housing. <Even those arrested and accused of crimes are still eligible for the money.

>>21733 >>"Can't Take It Anymore": Residents Of Springfield Ohio Beg For Help After 20,000 Haitians Overwhelm City, Eat Local Wildlife

>Professor: People's "Street Race" Should Be Included In U.S. Census https://archive.md/SUGaq <A sociology professor at the University of New Mexico believes “how you believe others see you” should be included in the United States Census. <Nancy López, whose research interests include race, ethnicity, gender, inequality, and Latino/a Studies, refers to this as a person’s “street race,” according to the UNM Newsroom. <Aspects such as hair, facial features, and skin color can lead people to believe a person is an ethnicity/race the person actually is not, López said. <Latinos, in particular, can be the victims of anti-Asian hate or anti-blackness based on how they look to others. <López (pictured) said adding “street race” to the Census can “make visible discrimination and equity that happens based on race as a visual status.” >The Blair Witch Project: Former UK PM Calls For Global Censorship https://archive.md/aSfXJ <In the 1999 cult classic The Blair Witch Project, one character tells his friends “I could help you, but I’d rather stand here and record.” For free speech advocates, we often feel that other citizens have become passive observers as an anti-free speech movement grows around us, threatening our “indispensable right.” <One of the most infamous figures in this movement has been former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has long been the smiling face of censorship. As the head of the Labour Party, Blair pushed through some of the early crackdowns on free speech in the United Kingdom. He is now calling for global censorship to expand these efforts. <In an interview on LBC Radio, Blair declared: <“The world is going to have to come together and agree on some rules around social media platforms. It’s not just how people can provoke hostility and hatred but I think… the impact on young people particularly when they’ve got access to mobile phones very young and they are reading a whole lot of stuff and receiving a whole lot of stuff that I think is really messing with their minds in a big way.”

>Science's favourite theory about the Moon may be totally wrong https://archive.md/FMTVJ <We’ve long been told that the Moon was created when a Mars-sized object named Theia smashed into Earth, hurling material into space which eventually became our beloved celestial companion. <This idea, known as the giant impact hypothesis, helps explain why our planet and the Moon share a number of key properties, for example, identical minerals. <And yet, a new study has poked a massive hole in this widely accepted theory because of one glaring fact: we have zero clear-cut evidence that such a massive impact ever took place.

>>21766 >made-up shit can be wrong mind = blown

>46% Of Americans Didn't Read A Book In 2023 https://archive.md/JRRBy <Of the 1,500 polled adults, 46 percent said they had not listened to or read a book in the past year, while 27 percent said that they had read between 1-5 books and nine percent said they had read 6-10. <Eleven percent of Americans are particularly voracious readers, having read 20 books or more in that time frame. >Pokémon GO was an intelligence tool, claims Belarus military official https://archive.md/oxE2B <A defense ministry official from Belarus has claimed augmented reality game Pokémon GO was a tool of Western intelligence agencies. <Alexander Ilanov, head of the department of ideological work at Belarus's defense department, this week appeared on a local TV talk show and was reportedly asked about the most likely targets for spies. <Ilanov responded that at the peak of Pokémon GO's popularity, the location where most of the digital monsters could be found was on the grounds of a military runway. At the peak of the game's popularity the virtual creatures could of course be found just about everywhere.

>Why's Russia Re-Engaging With The IMF? https://archive.ph/D5Ffu <The relationship between Russia, the IMF, and BRICS isn’t what most folks have been led to believe... <IMF Communications Director Julie Kozack confirmed during a press briefing on Thursday that the first Article IV consultations with Russia since 2021 will take place next week. She also praised BRICS expansion. Both of these caught multipolar enthusiasts off guard since they assumed that Russia wouldn’t ever re-engage with the IMF, which they consider to be BRICS’ rival. >The US Is As Close As Ever To Saudi Arabia, 23 Years After 9-11 https://archive.ph/FwAko <The legacy of 9-11 is full of misinformation and misguided policy initiatives. Rather than taking seriously the motives of the hijackers and their supporters, American politicians went head first into creating a massive surveillance state and growing the American presence overseas. What is worse is that not all of the masterminds are identified by Washington. While we know firmly that actors with connection to the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency (GIP) were at least aware of the incoming attacks on 9-11, politicians in Washington have rarely attempted to hold the Saudis responsible, and have been quick to strengthen ties between the Gulf monarchy and the United States. <Osama bin Laden, in his Letter to the American people, laid out the reasons behind 9-11 and other instances of terror and military opposition. It is easy to condemn terrorism and to look at those who hate America as simply barbarians who don’t understand freedom, but terrorists and barbarians will exist in the world for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately for George Bush and presidents after him, the War on Terror was a complete failure, with each campaign against terror simply creating new rebel groups ready to oppose American imperialism. This game of whack-a-mole was predicted by bin Laden in his letter, saying “...then be aware that you will lose this Crusade Bush began, just like the other previous Crusades in which you were humiliated by the hands of the Mujahideen, fleeing to your home in great silence and disgrace.” <Rather than learning lessons from the Soviets in Afghanistan, politicians in Washington jumped into Afghanistan with full force, ready to occupy and radically change the cultural makeup of the central Asian country. The goal of the United States was to go after Al Qaeda and defeat the Taliban, whom Bush asserted was responsible for harboring Al Qaeda. While the Taliban may have been powerless to stop some Al-Qaeda operatives from operating in Afghanistan, regime change in Afghanistan should have been seen as foolish and utopian from the start. The 2021 pull out of the country ended the 20 year occupation, and the following collapse of the American-supported government proved that it was an utter waste. <Meanwhile, America is consistently a strong ally of Saudi Arabia, a nation which has funded the Taliban for years. The United States has regularly intervened on behalf of the Saudis, including the Gulf War in 1991 where we turned on our then-ally, Saddam Hussein, when he threatened Saudi oil profits. In 2015, then-President Obama, agreed to allow the United States to assist Saudi Arabia in its campaign against the Shia Houthis in Yemen. This relationship was continued by Trump, and resulted in what is widely regarded as genocide towards the Houthi people. Fast-forward to recent years, President Trump worked tirelessly to undermine Iran, Saudi Arabia’s chief enemy, while also having significant business dealings with the Saudi royal family. <Present day, the United States is addicted to selling arms to Saudi Arabia, with President Biden announcing a $500 billion arms sale in 2023. Despite human rights abuses, ties to 9-11, and regular support for America’s enemies, Riyadh continues to enjoy high levels of support from the United States. It is likely that President Trump will renew talks surrounding his Abraham Accords with Saudi Arabia if he is re-elected in 2024. The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements made between the United States, Israel, and willing Muslim-majority nations. The agreements always involve normalizing relations with Israel, millions of dollars in aid from the United States, as well as other tantalizing items. Normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel would have implications of enormous magnitude, as the Saudis carry high levels of influence not just in the Middle East, but also around the world. >Netanyahu's Popularity Surges Despite Large Protests In Tel Aviv: Poll https://archive.ph/nbSZT <An opinion poll published on Friday showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party would win the largest number seats in the parliament if an election were held now. <The poll, published in the Hebrew language Maariv newspaper, showed Likud winning 24 Knesset seats, against the 32 the party now holds. The National Unity Party led by former general Benny Gantz would receive 21 seats. <Though Likud would win the most seats, Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, which includes nationalist-religious and ultra-Orthodox parties, would lose any election held now, with 53 seats in the 120-seat parliament. The main opposition bloc would win 58-seats, according to the poll. <Earlier opinion polls taken after the start of the war in Gaza regularly showed Likud gaining only 16 to18 seats. <Netanyahu and Likud’s popularity fell drastically, as many Israeli voters blamed the Prime Minister for the alleged security failures of the military and intelligence apparatus on 7 October. >SEC "Regrets Any Confusion" From Dubbing Crypto Tokens As Securities; New Filing Shows https://archive.ph/HL9Cv <According to a footnote in a Sept. 12 court filing, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has retracted its longstanding characterization of cryptocurrencies as “securities” and intends to use more careful language in the future. <Specifically, as CoinTelegraph's Alex O'Donnell reports, the retraction arose from the SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance for allegedly offering and selling unregistered securities. In a 2023 complaint, the SEC identified 10 crypto assets on the Binance platform as “securities,” including the native tokens of Solana, Cardano (ADA) and Polygon.

>Venezuela Arrests Navy SEAL Among Several Foreigners Behind Alleged Maduro Assassination Plot https://archive.ph/8Z62J <Venezuela has announced the arrest of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen, accusing them of plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. The arrests were first announced Saturday by the country's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who said that one of the Americans is Wilbert Joseph Castañeda Gomez - a Navy SEAL - who state television said served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Colombia. <Cabello alleged this was all part of another CIA plot to overthrow the Maduro government, which comes after Washington has contested the official results July 28 election which ensured the longtime strongman another six-year term as leader. >International Day of Democracy 2024: Safeguarding Freedoms in an AI-Driven Era https://archive.ph/uaNau <On September 15th, the world marks the International Day of Democracy, a United Nations initiative aimed at promoting democratic governance and fundamental freedoms. Established in 2007, this annual observance underscores the global importance of democracy. With over 50 countries—representing half of the world’s population—holding elections in 2024, this year’s theme is particularly timely and critical. <The Role of AI in 2024: Balancing Risks and Opportunities for Democracy <A key focus for 2024 is the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in governance. As AI continues to evolve, concerns have emerged about its potential to undermine democracy. The United Nations Secretary-General has warned of the dangers AI poses, including the spread of disinformation, the rise of deepfakes, and the intensification of political polarization. These risks could erode democratic institutions if not properly regulated. <Despite these challenges, AI also offers valuable opportunities to strengthen democratic processes. The United Nations highlights AI’s ability to enhance public participation, promote equality, and foster human development. By improving education about democracy and creating more inclusive civic spaces, AI can help citizens hold institutions accountable. <UN Calls for Global AI Governance to Safeguard Democracy and Civil Liberties <To maximize these benefits while minimizing risks, the UN’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence has called for effective governance of AI at both national and international levels. Their recommendations emphasize the need for AI to serve humanity equitably and responsibly, ensuring it strengthens rather than weakens democratic principles. <As the world faces growing threats to civil liberties and democratic freedoms, the International Day of Democracy is a reminder of the urgent need for global cooperation. Looking ahead to the upcoming Summit of the Future, the UN calls for renewed efforts to protect these values and build a more inclusive, just, and equal world for future generations. >Are New-World-Order Elites Plotting To Use AI To 'Deprogram' So-Called Conspiracy Theorists? https://archive.ph/Ya0W0 <Might the New World Order use biased, pre-manipulated artificial intelligence programs to try to “deprogram” those with unpopular opinions by persuading them that their logic does not compute? <A recent study on that subject underwritten by the John Templeton Foundation might give so-called conspiracy theorists one more thing to be paranoid about, according to Popular Science. <Critics have already sounded the alarm that leftist radicals in Silicon Valley and elsewhere were manipulating the algorithms used to train AI so that it automatically defaulted to anti-conservative biases. <The next step may be programming any verboten viewpoints into the realm of “conspiracy theory,” then having powerful computers challenge human users to a battle of logic that inevitably is stacked against them with cherrypicked data. <The study, titled “Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI,” attempted to counter the common view that some people will not change their minds, even when presented with facts and evidence. <Addressing the problem of “widespread belief in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories,” researchers postulated that conspiracy theories can, contrary to the scientific narrative, be countered by way of systematic fact-checking. <Among those theories tested were more traditional conspiracies such as those involving the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the possibility of alien landings that were known to the United States government. <But others included more immediately politicized claims, such as the lawfulness of COVID lockdowns or the validity of the 2020 presidential election, both of which are a “major source of public concern.” <The study was conducted by having conspiratorial participants engage in brief conversations with AI, with the aim of “curing” the participants of their ostensibly false opinions. <Researchers concluded that “the treatment reduced participants’ belief in their chosen conspiracy theory by 20% on average,” suggesting that “treating” people with certain facts can indeed alter their opinions, particularly when those facts come from AI bots. <The “treatment” received also reportedly “persisted undiminshed for at least 2 months,” meaning that such conditioning could eventuate in regular treatment for those deemed conspiracy theorists. <Ultimately, then, AI conditioning was determined to be a potentially useful tool in addressing the “psychological needs and motivations” of such people. Researchers speculated that the technology could be implemented online in the coming years, particularly in online forums or on social media. >The SEC's Risky Plan To Decarbonize The U.S. Financial Markets https://archive.ph/bYzDC <Reports of the impending death of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement have been greatly exaggerated. <While several sustainability-minded companies and Wall Street firms have recently adopted a lower ESG profile due to the public backlash, this is largely a tactical retreat until the government provides air cover. Financial regulators are now riding to the rescue, passing rules that make the entire climate-focused ESG system compulsory and prescriptive. <In March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final climate disclosure rules that require every large U.S. corporation to report in detail all the climate-related physical and transition risks faced by their businesses, along with the size of their carbon footprints. <The new SEC rules will force the management of all reporting companies to act as meteorologists and disclose every conceivable weather impact to their businesses over exceedingly long investment horizons, thereby reinforcing the climate change narrative. They will also discourage investment in the traditional energy sector by highlighting the outsize regulatory, litigation, contingent liability, and reputational risks now facing the industry due to government climate policies. <However, rather than de-risking the financial markets by improving disclosure for investors as promised by the SEC, the agency’s new rules will have the opposite effect. By imposing a climate test on all issuing and investing companies—basically, every financial market participant in the U.S.—the SEC’s goal is to help force the clean energy transition by stigmatizing carbon-emitting industries in general and specifically redirecting capital flows away from fossil fuel producers.

>Personal Carbon Footprint Of The Rich Is Vastly Underestimated By Rich And Poor Alike, Study Finds https://archive.ph/tGCOK <Although it is well-known that there is a large gap between the carbon footprint of the richest and poorest in society, it’s been unclear whether individuals were aware of this inequality. The four countries chosen for the survey are all different in terms of wealth, lifestyle and culture. Survey participants also differed in their personal income, with half of participants belonging to the top 10% of income in their country. <The vast majority of participants across the four countries overestimated the average personal carbon footprint of the poorest 50% and underestimated those of the richest 10% and 1%. <However, participants from the top 10% were more likely to support certain climate policies, such as increasing the price of electricity during peak periods, taxing red meat consumption or subsidising carbon dioxide removal technologies such as carbon capture and storage. <The researchers say that this may reflect generally higher education levels among high earners, a greater ability to absorb price-based policies or a stronger preference for technological solutions to the climate crisis. The results are reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. >Republicans drive efforts to block civil rights protections against pollution https://archive.ph/nYzW6 <In short: <A federal court ruled that Louisiana is no longer required to address racial disparities when issuing pollution permits, undermining Black communities' civil rights complaints. <The ruling stems from a case involving pollution in Cancer Alley, where residents face some of the highest cancer risks in the U.S. due to industrial emissions. <Advocates fear this decision will embolden similar efforts nationwide, as Republican attorneys general push to remove racial justice considerations in pollution regulations. >Teens are losing faith in college, giving rise to interest in the skilled trades https://archive.ph/DCu7v <Concerns over rising college costs and student loan debt are causing some high schoolers to choose more career-connected pathways over a four-year degree. <Increasing opportunities in the skilled trades with a secure job track and high earnings potential are helping transform Generation Z into the so-called “toolbelt generation.” >Manager Admits She’s ‘Biased’ Against Hiring Workers Who Attended Women-Only Colleges https://archive.ph/M0sdK <A female manager admitted that one of her biases against certain employees could pose a real issue in the workplace. <The manager says that she holds an unfavorable view of applicants who attended women-only colleges to obtain their degrees. She worries that their education and college environment may hinder their abilities to be a part of a team that includes men.

>"All Been Hoaxes" - Ohio Governor Debunks Claims Of Bomb Threats Against Haitians https://archive.ph/aP6CH <Update (1330ET): Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is refusing to identify the 'foreign actors' who called in the majority of the hoaxes... <As Luis Cornelio detailed earlier, via HeadlineUSA(Please use archive.today), remember the claims that Haitian nationals in Springfield, Ohio were facing bomb threats due to national scrutiny over rampant illegal immigration? It turns out it was all a hoax. <Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that the state has received zero credible bomb threats against schools in Springfield—the same community affected by 20,000 Haitian nationals paroled into the U.S. by the Biden-Harris administration. <“These threats have all been hoaxes, none of them have panned out,” DeWine said during a press conference with law enforcement officials on Monday. <“We have people unfortunately overseas, who are taking these actions,” the Republican governor added. <“Some of them are coming from one particular country. We think that this is one more opportunity to mess with the United States and they’re continuing to do that.” <DeWine said that state law enforcement officials will continue to patrol schools to ensure parents feel safe even in the light of non-credible threats. <DeWine’s comments debunked conspiracy theories spread by the legacy media in the aftermath of national criticism over the arrival of foreign nationals under the current administration. >US Industrial Production Is Flat YoY In August, Despite Surge In Auto Production https://archive.ph/OkLfq <After a significant decline in July, US Industrial Production rebounded dramatically in August, rising 0.8% MoM (as July was revised down from -0.6% to -0.9% MoM). That lifted Industrial Production back up to unchanged on a YoY basis... >US Retail Sales Better-Than-Expected Thanks To Non-Store Retailers https://archive.ph/c0gye <After August's upside surprise (+1.0% MoM, thanks to some shenanigans in the used car sales segment of the economy), US Retail Sales was expected to decline MoM (-0.2% MoM) in August (with BofA suggesting a 0.3% MoM decline). <But.... just like in July, the headline retail sales print for August beat expectations, rising 0.1% MoM (with July revised up to +1.1% MoM) thanks to non-store retailers... >Claudia Sahm's Recession-Denial-Theory Flunks A Simple Data Test https://archive.ph/jboIf <Claudia Sahm claims to have invented a recession indicator created by Ed McKelvey. Now she says the indicator is wrong. Let’s investigate. <What is the McKelvey Recession Indicator? <Take the current value of the 3-month unemployment rate average, subtract the 12-month low, and if the difference is 0.30 percentage point or more, then a recession has started. <Edward McKelvey, a senior economist at Goldman Sachs, created the indicator. <Claudia Sahm, a former Federal Reserve and White House Economist, modified the indicator from 0.3 to 0.5. <The rule triggered in August but Sahm is in denial. <Sahm Denial <Marketplace discusses Sahm’s Recession Denial. <When the monthly jobs report from the Labor Department was released in August at 8:30 a.m., it packed a punch. Something called the Sahm Rule had been triggered — it was like an economic fire alarm was going off. <“I was live on the radio, and they read the numbers out loud. I said, ‘OK, so the Sahm Rule says we would be in a recession, but Sahm says we’re not,’” said Claudia Sahm. <Sahm discovered the rule when she was studying previous recessions as part of a project to help policymakers prepare for the next one. <So why is Sahm, the economist, discounting Sahm, the rule, now? <The unemployment rate, Sahm explained, has an Achilles’ heel: It doesn’t only go up when people lose their jobs, it can also go up when the number of people looking for jobs goes up. <“When you have people enter the workforce, it can take longer to find a job, even in the best of times,” she said. “That will push up the unemployment rate.” <Sahm certainly did not discover the rule. She modified Ed McKelvey’s rule with no credit given to McKelvey. <And it might behoove Sahm to actually investigate her explanation. <In 7 of 10 recessions, the labor force was higher in the third month of recession than the start of it. <In isolation, that would tend to raise the unemployment rate as Sahm says. But it is also normal behavior. <The Covid recession only lasted 2 months and was so unusual in many other ways that it’s best to remove it for comparison purposes. But if you insist, then call the score 7 of 11. >The EU Retreats Further Into A World Of Self-Delusion https://archive.ph/URTLA <Draghi has spent time at Goldman Sachs, the European Central Bank (ECB) during the sovereign debt crisis, and as unelected prime minister of Italy during the early days of the Covid pandemic and runup to Project Ukraine. Depending on where you sit, he could be an odd choice to chart a path forward; while Draghi knows his way around a crisis control center, he’s also plenty experienced at creating them. <He was one of the chief architects of the EU’s disastrous economic war against Russia and he’s always been a grim reaper for working class citizens of his native country of Italy. No wonder that for months the neoliberal, war-loving spreadsheet crowd in Brussels has eagerly awaited the report as if it is manna from heaven that will help deliver them from the corner they have backed themselves into. <Curiously, his report was delayed by months, which only increased the anticipation, and it finally dropped last week, conveniently timed at another crisis point. Project Ukraine is quickly unraveling and pressure is coming from all directions for Berlin to give the go ahead for joint EU debt in order to make the EU “competitive” again and buy a bunch of weapons to do something (nobody is too sure of what exactly) about Russia. Indeed, Draghi’s report doesn’t say, nor does it ever consider making nice with Moscow. <That’s because the report, “EU Competitiveness: Looking Ahead” is a political document more than economic one intended to not only give cover to the bloc’s disastrous Russia policies, but continue to double down. And it is already being used as more ammunition for those in the Baltics, Poland, the media, US-funded think tanks in Europe, and more who are calling on Germany to support debt for an extended Cold War. Specifically, they wanted Super Mario to tell them how to get out of the predicament of their own making without changing course on Russia and a host of other issues, and Draghi delivered — as long as you don’t let reality get in the way. His answer? More money. Lots of it.

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<He calls for massive infusions of cash into multiple sectors: green, tech, energy, and of course defense. According to Draghi, the price tag is a minimum of 800 billion euros annually until 2030. <Asked if his message was “implement your report, or die?” he replied that “It’s ‘Do this, or it’s a slow agony.’” >Japan Survey: More Than 60％ Do Not Read Any Books In a Month; Almost 70％ Read Fewer Books Than Before https://archive.ph/zzfOZ <Excluding manga and magazines, respondents were asked how many books in paper or electrical form they read per month, to which 62.6% said they do not read any books. The figure increased by 15.3 percentage points from the previous fiscal 2018 survey, which was conducted in person. <Although a simple comparison cannot be made due to differences in the surveys’ methodologies, this year’s result is the highest since the survey started. <For the first time, people who do not read books were asked how often they read other types of texts, such as social media posts and internet articles, and 75.3% responded “almost daily.” <Of the respondents, 36.9% said they do read at least one books a month, which was 15.7 percentage points lower than the previous survey. The proportion of respondents who read 1 to 2 books a month was 27.6%, while 6.0% read 3 to 4 books, and 3.3% read 5 books or more. <Asked to say why they read fewer books, with multiple answers allowed, the most popular reason at 43.6% was because they spend their time on devices such as smartphones and tablets. That percentage has tripled since fiscal 2008. >Associated Press: A Key Employee who Called the Titan Unsafe will Testify before the Coast Guard https://archive.ph/t9V1H <A key employee who labeled an experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage was set to testify Tuesday before U.S. Coast Guard investigators. <David Lochridge is one of the most anticipated witnesses to appear before a commission trying to determine what caused the Titan to implode en route to the wreckage of the Titanic last year, killing all five on board. <Lochridge is former operations director for OceanGate, the company that owned the Titan and brought it on several dives to the Titanic going back to 2021. <His testimony will come a day after other witnesses painted a picture of a troubled company that was impatient to get its unconventionally designed craft into the water. The accident set off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration. >Reuters: Central Europe Braces for Further Flooding ‘Apocalypse’ as Death Toll Rises https://archive.ph/xhU3M <Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in over two decades left a trail of destruction and a rising number of deaths. <Border areas between the Czech Republic and Poland were hit hard over the weekend as heavy rain that has fallen s(Hello, I just arrived from Leddit, please bully me)ast week and surging water levels collapsed some bridges, forced evacuations and damaged cars and houses. >Sunlight And Clouds - Not CO2 - Drive Earth's Climate; 'Shocking' New Study Finds https://archive.ph/gOTa1 <“Climate is controlled by the amount of sunlight absorbed by Earth and the amount of infrared energy emitted to space. These quantities—together with their differences—define Earth’s radiation budget,” NASA’s Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) website states. <Since March of 2000, the NASA team has been collecting satellite data to examine the energy exchange between the Earth and space. <Using those measurements and a “novel climate-sensitivity model derived from independent NASA planetary data,” Nikolov and Zeller evaluated how Earth’s decreasing albedo impacted global temperature during the 21st century. <“CO2 is an invisible trace gas that does not interfere with sunlight. It’s believed to trap thermal radiation coming from the surface, but that’s a misconception because the absorption of longwave radiation by CO2 and heat-trapping are completely different physical processes. According to the 2nd law of thermodynamics, heat-trapping is impossible in an open system such as the atmosphere,” Nikolov said. <He added that while water vapor is also a greenhouse gas, it becomes visible when it condenses and forms clouds. And because clouds “reflect solar radiation back to space,” their impact on the climate is “measurable and significant.” <“Cloud formation is partially controlled by cosmic forces. When clouds decrease, the planetary albedo drops and more radiation reaches the surface, causing warmer temperatures.” <“In our paper, we show, using the best available observations from the [Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System] platform, that the warming of the last 24 years was entirely caused by the observed decrease of Earth’s albedo and not by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations as claimed by the IPCC.” >Big Lots is closing stores in 2024, joins growing list of retailers at risk of bankruptcy https://archive.ph/46ihX <Discount retail chain Big Lots is planning to close at least 35 stores this year amid falling sales and speculations that it may declare bankruptcy.

>Small Town Alabama Residents Silenced For Questioning Sudden Flood Of Haitian Migrants https://archive.ph/9egVb <This week U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its latest statistics showing at least 530,000 migrants flew into the U.S. and were paroled into the country as part of the Biden administration’s controversial mass parole program for those migrating from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (the CHNV program). The program essentially expedites the transfer of migrants from these countries with minimal vetting under refugee laws and allows them to stay in the US for at least two years with a work visa. <The CBP also notes that at least 800,000 more migrants have applied for the program at US ports of entry, meaning they are likely already in the country. The numbers are not counted as illegal border crossings. The CBP has warned that once the two-year work period ends they do not have the manpower to track down those migrants that refuse to leave voluntarily. <Concerns over this immigration agenda are being raised after presidential candidate Donald Trump highlighted the flood of 20,000 Haitians into Springfield, Ohio (a city of only 60,000 people) during his recent debate with Kamala Harris. Reports are mounting and suggest this issue is not limited to Ohio; small towns across the US are being inundated with third-world immigrants. Native-born residents feel powerless as their communities are trampled by decisions made at the federal level. <One such town is Sylacauga in Alabama with a tiny population of 12,236 people southeast of Birmingham. Reports indicate at least 2000 Haitian migrants have been dumped into the area with little or no communication with the locals. <Sylacauga city council member Laura Barlow Heath says she's worried Sylacauga will become the next Springfield. She criticized her colleagues after they abruptly shut down a council meeting when residents raised concerns over the overwhelming influx of migrants and worries 'civil unrest' may be the result. <Citizens continued to approach council members after the meeting, and many of the exchanges became heated. <Mayor Jim Heigl confirms that the immigrants were brought in "legally" for employment. He said they have been "model citizens," and there are no issues with the current number of immigrants living in the city. However, this is the same rhetoric from the leadership in Springfield, Ohio, and reports from native resident conflict dramatically with the claims made by local politicians. They say crime is on the rise, and of course, pets are disappearing. >Meanwhile In Germany... https://archive.ph/4kLjs <On Wednesday morning, another explosion rocked the city center of Cologne, this time destroying a clothing store and slightly injuring one person. This follows a similar explosive attack on a dance club on Monday, just a few hundred meters away, according to Mandiner. <The attack is just one of a wave of bombings in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), where Cologne is located, in recent months. Police are investigating a link with the notorious Mocro Mafia, which is based out of the Netherlands. >Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform https://archive.ph/1cqJw <Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the suspect they cuffed last night, who is charged with being the alleged mastermind. <Australian national Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, of Narwee, New South Wales, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and faced five charges in a Sydney court today in relation to the development and administration of Ghost. <The platform operated in a similar fashion to EncroChat, although it was much smaller in scale. EncroChat was infiltrated and taken down in 2020, and the analysis of its users' communications continues to yield convictions. <Like the analysis of EncroChat's users, the AFP said today that 38 additional Ghost users are currently facing "serious charges" for their various activities on the platform, including "significant prison sentences." <The arrests took place over the course of two days of action on September 17-18 which involved 700 AFP members executing search warrants across four Australian states. <Additional arrests across Australia and international territories are expected in the coming days, the AFP said. <Ghost was used by different types of criminals and transnational organized crime groups (OCGs), although it was mainly relied upon by drug traffickers, money launderers, and those who wished to arrange violent attacks on individuals. >Lazard CEO Says Junior Bankers Are Fine With 80-90 Hour Weeks As Long As The Work Is "Interesting" And "Important" https://archive.ph/LZIq6 <Lazard Chief Executive Officer Peter Orszag doesn't seem to be bothered by recent complaints of junior bankers being overworked on Wall Street. As a matter of fact, he took to Bloomberg yesterday to proclaim his young bankers are actually asking for longer hours, providing the work is interesting. <Whether its just PR spin aside, Orszag's comments come days after we reported that JPMorgan is now capping junior bankers' hours at 80 per week, while Bank of America is rolling out a tool requiring detailed time tracking. <Those moves come years after the infamous Goldman Sachs slide deck, wherein junior bankers complained about working long hours on...of all places, Wall Street. Despite this, we wrote back in July that junior bankers were working 100 hour weeks again <Orszag said in an interview this week: “There are many, many people who would rather work whatever number of hours per week on interesting, important things rather than fewer hours on things that are not that interesting. And that’s what we’re looking for. That’s the trade-off.” >Biden's Department Of Energy Short On Cash To Refill SPR At Low Prices https://archive.ph/0THFa <The price of the U.S. WTI crude oil has finally stayed in the low $70s per barrel for a sustainable period of time, allowing the Biden Administration to ramp up the refill of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which it had said would do at prices of $79 a barrel or below. <WTI Crude is now at $70 per barrel as of Tuesday morning, after spending days below that threshold. <But the Energy Department has just $841 million left to buy crude for the SPR, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing an estimate by ClearView Energy Partners, a consulting firm. That money would be enough to buy only around 12 million barrels of crude at today’s prices, per Bloomberg’s calculations. <This would be a drop in the ocean, considering that the SPR is only just over half full compared to its capacity of 700 million barrels. >Companies Are 'Ghosting' Job Applicants In The Middle Of The Hiring Process https://archive.ph/EomhT <Ghosting isn't just for dating apps anymore. It's also happening in the world of hiring... <"Ghost jobs" are defined as job listings for roles with no hiring activity. And a new Bloomberg report says that those types of listings have hit a two year high, citing data from Greenhouse. <In the world of consulting, these 'ghost' listings rose to 31% in Q2, up from 26% two years ago, the report says. These jobs are seen as "a bellwether for the white-collar economy", the report says. <Consultants have also reported being "ghosted," where recruiters abruptly stop communication during the hiring process without explanation, according to Bloomberg. The shift has left many jobseekers frustrated. <One job seeker told Bloomberg: “It can be so awful. I don’t care for automated rejection letters, but would prefer that, just to have closure.” <Declining demand for traditional consulting services has led to job cuts and slower hiring at firms like Accenture, Ernst & Young, and McKinsey. <Growth in the U.S. consulting market slowed to 5.2% last year, down from 14%, with many firms scaling back or canceling projects. This year's growth is projected at around 6%, according to Source Global Research.

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>Washington Post: China Shut Down Foreign Adoptions. This Family Doesn’t Want to Give Up. https://archive.ph/esiOb <On Sept. 5, China’s Foreign Ministry suddenly, and with little explanation, announced an end to the country’s three-decade-old foreign adoption program, which has sent more than 82,000 children to the United States, more than any other country. <Chinese civil affairs officials “will not continue to process cases at any stage,” the State Department said. That will stop hundreds of families who have been matched with children by Chinese authorities from completing their adoptions, even those in the final stage of what can be a years-long process, adoption advocates said. >The Media Is Exaggerating The Impact Of Anti-Proxy War Posters In Italy https://archive.ph/2OMpP <CNN headlined an article last week about how “Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy” as part of their ongoing campaign fearmongering about alleged Russian influence in the West. <The posters themselves are innocuous though and simply call for an end to the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine. Some municipalities like Rome ordered them taken down for using the city’s name and official symbol, but others let them stay up. <Ukraine protested these posters and predictably demanded censorship. <It turns out that all this is organized by a local activist who’s connected to groups formed during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, thus meaning that they represent Italians with heterodox views. >Not Just 'Russia, Russia, Russia': Hillary Demands Criminal Charges For Americans "Engaged" In "Propaganda" https://archive.ph/EX2Xv <Amid claims that Trump is a "danger to this country and the world," Hillary Clinton - the original sinner of 'Russia, Russia, Russia'-propaganda - has called for anyone spreading "misinformation" to be criminally charged as a "better deterrence" ahead of the election. <Specifically, the former Secretary of State told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday that Americans "engaged" in "propaganda" - similar to the type that led to the Russians "boosting Trump" in 2016 - should face criminal prosecution. <"I think it's important to indict the Russians, just as Mueller indicted a lot of Russians who were engaged in direct election interference and boosting Trump back in 2016. <"But I also think there are Americans who are engaged in this kind of propaganda. And whether they should be civilly or even in some cases criminally charged is something that would be a better deterrence, because the Russians are unlikely, except in a very few cases, to ever stand trial in the United States," Clinton told Maddow. >"It Changes The Math": Biden's Tariff Crackdown Throws Amazon And Walmart's Sneaky China Plans Into Chaos https://archive.ph/I8G0h <For months, these U.S. retailers have been quietly plotting to overhaul their business models, aiming to ship more goods directly from Chinese factories straight to your doorstep. By doing so, they'd cut out pricey U.S. warehouses and stores, all while skirting hefty tariffs using a little-known loophole in a century-old trade law. <This loophole, known as "de minimis," lets importers bypass U.S. taxes and tariffs on shipments valued under $800. The result? Chinese platforms like Shein and Temu have been flooding the market with dirt-cheap products, leaving American companies scrambling to keep up. <But on Friday, the Biden administration threw a wrench in the works. In a surprise announcement, officials declared plans to slam the door on many Chinese imports exploiting the de minimis rule—especially clothing items. The crackdown aims to curb the tsunami of duty-free packages pouring into the country, predominantly from China.

>>21808 >Interest payments on the national debt top $1 trillion as deficit swells https://archive.ph/3rDH4 <With the Federal Reserve holding benchmark rates at their highest in 23 years, the government has laid out $1.049 trillion on debt service, up 30% from the same period a year ago. <The jump in debt service costs came as the U.S. budget deficit surged in August, edging closer to $2 trillion for the full year. >Objections to datacenter builds may be overruled now they are 'Critical National Infrastructure' https://archive.ph/gW4es <The UK government's decision to designate datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI) may do more than just offer protection against critical incidents; it may also allow developers to override any local objections to such facilities being built. <Last week, the country's Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, announced that datacenters in Britain are now classed as CNI, putting them on the same footing as water, power grid and emergency services systems. This means they can expect greater government support in preparing for and recovering from critical incidents. <But The Register understands that there may be a side effect to this policy move, which is that classing these facilities as CNI means they are no longer subject to the same planning restrictions as before, and so more of them are likely to get approval. <This may not go down well in some parts of the country, especially areas close to London where much of the UK's datacenter infrastructure tends to cluster and which are likely targets for future development. >'I was virtually hibernating last winter due to the cost of heating - it'll be the same this year' https://archive.ph/sHiXl <The Government faces calls to provide urgent targeted help to hard-up households as debt charities revealed they are encountering “heartbreaking life or death situations”. <A group of 17 organisations have signed a joint letter to the Department for Work and Pensions demanding support for those on “chronically low incomes”. While inflation has fallen sharply, they warn that for many people there is no let-up in the daily cost of living crisis. <The letter, whose signatories includes grass roots bodies across the UK, say people are “skipping meals, limiting utility usage, borrowing informally, and even selling possessions”. Among those involved is the charity Christians Against Poverty which says its debt advisors are reporting “heartbreaking life or death situations as many don’t feel able to carry on living on shockingly low incomes”. <Campaigners fear a new wave of misery when energy bills jump from October. Recent polling by YouGov found almost half (48%) of UK adults limit their electricity or gas use in the house at least once a month because of the cost.

>Dutch watchdog wants more powers after EU drops Microsoft Inflection probe https://archive.ph/QoLCS <The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has declared it needs fresh powers after the European Commission elected not to investigate Microsoft's acquihire of AI startup Inflection. <The UK's regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), itself decided the deal was too small to bother with earlier this month. And yesterday the Commission said it would not open an investigation into the affair after member states withdrew their referral requests in light of the European Court of Justice's judgment in the Illumina/GRAIL case. >Plunge In Jobless Claims Exposes Apolitical Fed-Cut 'Policy Error' Further https://archive.ph/KN8bt <Does that really look like an economy that needs a 50bps rate-cut? <As one market veteran pointed out to us this morning, "either The Fed is a bunch of idiots, or this data is total bullshit." Fact of the matter is, Powell even admitted - after bringing up the massive revision to the payrolls data - that it is more likely the latter (bullshit data) than the former (idiots); though we suspect it's a bit of both (blending with some political pressure). >"Bitcoin - A Unique Diversifier" - BlackRock Releases New Pro-Crypto Report https://archive.ph/p9Y4O <Asset management giant BlackRock, with over $10 trillion in assets under management, has published a new report touting Bitcoin as a unique portfolio diversifier. <This marks the latest embrace of Bitcoin from the world's largest asset manager. >Japanese Govt to Create Framework to Use Startups’ Advanced Technologies for Development of Defense Equipment https://archive.ph/BDgcr <The Defense Ministry and the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry announced on Wednesday that they will create a new framework in which advanced technologies of startups can be utilized for the development of defense equipment as dual-use projects. <As combat has become increasingly high-tech worldwide, it is essential for defense equipment to utilize advanced technologies developed by the private sector, such as satellites and drones. <By encouraging startups to participate in the nation’s defense industry, the government aims to strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities and help related industries grow. <The ministries had earlier agreed to set up the new framework, named the “dual-use startup ecosystem.” >UN General Assembly Passes Resolution Demanding Israel Pull Out Of Palestinian Areas Within 12 Months https://archive.ph/zpKrD <Despite intense US lobbying efforts in the other direction, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to demand an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, approving a resolution demanding a total withdrawal within 12 months. <It passed with a final tally of 124 member states in favor, 14 against, and with 43 nations abstaining. The "no" votes include a handful of tiny island-nations which typically vote on the side of the United States. They are: United States, Hungary, Israel, Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, and Tuvalu. <The resolution calls for all UN member states to "implement sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against natural and legal persons engaged in the maintenance of Israel's unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including in relation to settler violence." <It further asks nations to "take steps towards ceasing the importation of any products originating in the Israeli settlements, as well as the provision or transfer of arms, munitions and related equipment to Israel… where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they may be used in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." <The resolution further calls on Israel to completely end its military operations, in line with the recent ruling of the International Court of Justice. >Study: U.S. Bat Decline Triggered at Least 1,300 Infant Deaths https://archive.ph/Mcl60 <A collapse in North America’s bat population led to a surge in pesticide use by farmers as an alternative way to protect crops from insects — in turn triggering a rise in infant mortality, a study revealed recently. <The paper, published in Science, provides concrete evidence supporting predictions that global biodiversity decline will have severe consequences for humans. <“Ecologists have been warning us that we’re losing species left and right … and that will potentially have catastrophic impacts on humanity,” author Eyal Frank, of the University of Chicago, told AFP. <“However, there was not a whole lot of empirical validation to those predictions because it is very hard to go and manipulate an ecosystem at a very large spatial scale,” added the environmental economist. >"A Symbol Of Imperial Violence And Colonialism": Activists At UPenn Deface Statue Of Benjamin Franklin https://archive.ph/yaMCU <Benjamin Franklin once wrote “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.” <Yet, Franklin might be a bit confused by his critics at the University of Pennsylvania. <Anti-Israel activists vandalized his statue as a symbol of colonialism. >Lebanon now hit with deadly walkie-talkie blasts as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war https://archive.ph/91j6e <First it was pagers, now Lebanon is being rocked by Hezbollah's walkie-talkies detonating across the country, leaving more than a dozen dead. <The Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported multiple people were taken to hospital in the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon today after their "wireless communications" equipment suddenly and unexpectedly blew up. This is in addition to yesterday's simultaneous pager bombings. <Reports of exploding walkie-talkies in Lebanon have been numerous, with blasts also being witnessed in the cities of Tyre and Beirut.

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<Lebanon's health ministry said at least 14 people were killed in the latest round of violence, in addition to the 12 fatalities and 2,800 injuries from yesterday's pager attack. Two children were allegedly among yesterday's dead. <The ministry also said more than 100 people were wounded in today's attacks, and the Lebanese Red Cross said it was deploying more than 30 ambulances in response to Wednesday's attacks, with an additional 50 on standby. In both yesterday's and today's incidents, many of the reported wounds were suffered to victims' hands and faces. <While no one has come forward and claimed responsibility for the pager or walkie-talkie attacks, the Lebanese government has blamed Israel, and several news agencies have reported the attack was a joint operation between Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, and its Defense Force. <American officials were reportedly briefed on the pager bomb supply-chain attack, with unnamed insiders telling the New York Times that as many as 5,000 Gold Apollo AR924 pagers ordered by Hezbollah from a company in Taiwan were intercepted and modified by Israeli operatives to include explosives before being sent on their way. <The devices were then blown up once in the hands of members of the Iran-backed terror collective Hezbollah, which holds significant power in Lebanon. Hezbollah and Hamas had been working together in attacks on neighboring Israel. <It's not disclosed what sort of walkie-talkies were involved in today's incident, or if US officials are aware of a wider campaign of Israeli officials compromising hardware bound for its enemies. It wouldn't be the first time, of course: Israel used a similar tactic to assassinate a Hamas bomb maker in 1996, planting a bomb in his cellphone and detonating it during a call.

>Threats of violence in Springfield are taking a toll in the city’s finances https://archive.ph/HDwxv <Springfield Mayor Ron Rue has spent over a week scrambling to respond to a wave of bomb threats while subtly noting how the tab to keep people safe is growing daily. <“This is costing the city. We’re definitely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense. We haven’t calculated the overtime, the contracts that need to be secured to be able to secure and communicate… take care of our city,” Rue told CNN’s Boris Sanchez earlier this week. <City officials had already asked for state and federal funding to address the challenges of a growing population – largely driven by the arrival of Haitian immigrants. Then, the small Midwestern city was thrust into the national spotlight, as Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance amplified debunked conspiracy theories claiming Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating pet cats and dogs. <The false claims triggered a weeklong string of bomb threats. They have shut down schools, government offices and grocery stores. The chaos has put more law enforcement on the streets, including tower cameras and state troopers stationed at public schools — all, at a cost to the city that has faced budget shortfalls. In the past decade, the city made significant cuts to its police and fire departments. >All The Manual Pickup Trucks In America Are Dying - This Is Why https://archive.ph/vPKSq <Manuals Don't Work Well In EVs Or Hybrids <It's More Affordable To Build Cars With Automatic Transmissions >Young women are starting to leave men behind https://archive.ph/Pbc3p <The problem with this framing is that in an increasing number of countries, we have moved beyond a narrowing gap in socio-economic outcomes, and there is now a new and growing gap in the opposite direction. <Much less appreciated than the widening tertiary education gap is the fact that in several rich countries young women are now more likely to be in work than young men. The UK joined this group in 2020, and the female employment rate lead among 20-24s has since widened to three percentage points. The crossover is yet to happen in the US, but young women’s employment rate deficit has shrunk from almost 10 percentage points in 2006 to a single point last year. <Put another way, the UK is part of a growing list of countries where the answers to “who is doing most of the legwork raising children?”, “who is focused on getting a good education?” and “OK, but who is out working to bring home a good income?” are all: “Women.” <If this were simply a case of women making strides, it would be something to celebrate — and that side of the story certainly is — but a substantial minority of young men are actively moving backwards, with growing numbers increasingly disengaged from society. <Across the developed world, the portion of young men who are neither in education, in work nor looking for a job has been climbing steadily for decades. In countries including the UK, France, Spain and Canada there are now more young men than women in effect outside the economy for the first time in history. Unlike young women, these men are generally not occupied by caring for other family members either. They are adrift and likely to be the ones in need of care themselves. More than 80 per cent of this group in the UK report long-term health problems. <... <But while discourse and policy remain focused on other things, the repercussions of these tectonic shifts are quietly playing out everywhere you look. <With socio-economic trajectories heading in different directions, a growing minority of young men and women do not see eye to eye. Young male support for populist rightwing parties is on the rise, particularly among those without jobs and degrees. Violent unrest is more likely with a growing pool of young men with little stake in society or their future. <And relationship formation itself is being affected, as growing numbers of female graduates discover a shortage of male socio-economic counterparts, and simultaneously have less need than ever to pair up with a man for financial support. >Visualizing US Population Racial Breakdown Since 1990 https://archive.ph/lMOHh <The U.S. population has seen significant demographic shifts over the last few decades, with notable increases in non-white populations, particularly among Hispanics and Asians. <This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, breaks down the American population by race and/or ethnicity between 1990 and 2023. >EU Leadership Urges Europe To Be Ready To Fight Russia In 6-8 Years https://archive.ph/1mNlo <NATO's tiny Baltic states have continued to be among the most hawkish within the alliance when it comes to 'confronting Russia' and making war plans. <One Lithuanian official is making headlines for saying that eventual NATO war with Russia is inevitable, and that Europe must begin preparing now. Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian prime minister and the EU's new defense commissioner, has told Reuters that Europe must prepare to go to war with Russia withing the next six to eight years. >Bitcoin Mining Shutdown Caused 20% Surge In Norwegian Electricity Bills https://archive.ph/UN6cS <The mine was shut down after the municipality declined to renew its permit due to noise complaints. <Kryptovault operated the mining facility for 20% of local power company Noranett's revenue. <With the loss of its largest customer, Noranett is raising prices for households to compensate. <Locals had complained for years about noise from the mine's cooling fans. However, due to the closure, residents are now faced with paying several hundred dollars more per year for electricity. <"When such a large individual customer switches off overnight, it has an impact," said a Noranett manager. <The company estimates bills could rise by up to $300 monthly. <While unhappy about the price hikes, Hadsel's mayor said the municipality must deal with the consequences of losing a major power consumer under the regulations. He said the town will now seek new projects to utilize the excess energy capacity. >MSM Journos Inadvertently Reveal Shocking Truth About Global Warming https://archive.ph/KTQF6 <To wit... a funny thing happened when the Washington Post tried to map out half a billion years of global temperatures and the "disaster of global warming" ... <WaPo journalists cited a new study about Earth's global surface temperatures over the last 485 million years. In 2023, Earth's average temperature reached 58.96 F (14.98 C), well below the average 96.8 degrees F (36 degrees Celsius) the study showed around 100 million years ago. The trend shows Earth's temperatures have been sliding for 50 million years.

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>Woke Panic: Civil Rights Groups Demand That Corporations Stop Cutting DEI Programs https://archive.ph/R2XjL <There's a good reason why the corporate media loses their minds every time there's a successful boycott of a product like Bud Light or a progressive series like Star Wars: The Acolyte - Each time this happens the event stands as proof that the political left is a paper tiger, a tiny minority with no power or influence beyond their ties to corporations and governments. They are an astroturf movement created by psychopathic billionaires and politicians. <Consumers and the free market have spoken - They don't like DEI and will not buy DEI products. But leftists insist the public is being "misled" by the right wing. The only way they can keep the farce going is to continue to maintain DEI programs across the board despite public refusal to participate. If corporate programs start to shut down then the entire facade is shattered. DEI finally dies. <This is probably the motivation behind a recent push by the NAACP, the National Organization for Woman and other "civil rights" activist organizations to pressure companies to keep DEI departments in place. At least 19 of these groups penned and published an open letter to corporate leaders of Fortune 1000 companies demanding that they stop cutting woke programs. <The groups claim that "companies that abandon their DEI programs are shirking their fiduciary responsibility to employees, consumers and shareholders." <Their statement reads: <“Diversity, equity and inclusion programs, policies, and practices make business-sense and they’re broadly popular among the public, consumers, and employees...But a small, well-funded, and extreme group of right-wing activists is attempting to pressure companies into abandoning their DEI programs...”

>Caterpillar Pulls Back On DEI, Joining John Deere, Ford, and Others https://archive.ph/7jCDI <Caterpillar Inc. has introduced new guidelines that refocus the company’s various employee programs on core business goals as part a broader review of its Code of Conduct and other underpinnings of corporate culture. <With the move, the company joins a growing number of U.S(Please use archive.today)panies that are rethinking policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as such initiatives come under pressure from conservative activists. <The updated guidelines, laid out in a Sept. 19 internal memo from the company’s executive office to employees that was viewed by The Epoch Times, include mandating senior management approval for external speakers at company events, concentrating employee training programs on promoting “high performance,” and establishing new rules for employee resource groups. >US Navy Directed To Prepare For War With China By 2027 https://archive.ph/gCCSw <The U.S. Navy on Sept. 19 released a new strategic document centered on countering communist China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific. <It directs the Navy to develop “readiness for the possibility of war with the People’s Republic of China by 2027,” pointing to China’s preparations for a possible invasion of Taiwan in the same year. <“The Navy emphatically acknowledges the need for a larger, more lethal force,” the document, titled “Navigation Plan for America’s Warfighting Navy,” states. <“By 2027, the Navy will be more ready for sustained combat as part of a Joint and Combined force, prioritizing the People’s Republic of China as the pacing challenge and focusing on enabling the joint warfighting ecosystem.” >4 Japanese Banks Participate in Int’l Digital Currency Project https://archive.ph/nHtKs <Four Japanese banks are among over 40 commercial financial institutions participating in an international demonstration test for cross-border payments using digital currencies led by the Bank for International Settlements. <Project Agora, as the international public-private project is called, is aimed at expediting international money transfers, cutting costs and enhancing transparency. <In April, the BIS announced the launch of the project, involving seven central banks, including the Bank of Japan, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the British, French and South Korean central banks. <Last week, the BIS announced the participation of private financial institutions, saying that those involved “will now begin the design phase of the project.” <From Japan, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Mizuho Bank and SBI Shinsei Bank participate. <Other participants include U.S. giants JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citigroup Inc., as well as Deutsche Bank, France’s BNP Paribas SA and Britain’s HSBC Holdings PLC. U.S. credit card companies Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are also members. >Washington Post: Travel Can Slow the Aging Process, New Study Says https://archive.ph/dH4vv <On your next trip, you can leave behind the anti-aging serums and books of brain teasers. According to a new published study by researchers at Edith Cowan University in Australia, travel itself can keep you young. <The positive experiences associated with trips – the social interactions, mental stimulation, physical activity and healthy cuisines – can delay the aging process, the scientists say. <In the Edith Cowan study, which Science Daily published earlier this month, the experts wanted to find out how positive travel experiences help maintain the human body’s “low entropy,” or gradual decline. <“Tourism isn’t just about leisure and recreation,” Fangli Hu, the study’s principal researcher, told The Washington Post on a Zoom call from Australia. “It also plays an important role in individual health and public health.” >Reuters: US to Propose Ban on Chinese Software, Hardware in Connected Vehicles, Sources Say https://archive.ph/Wp2bH <The U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday to propose prohibiting Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns, two sources told Reuters. <The Biden administration has raised serious concerns about the collection of data by Chinese companies on U.S. drivers and infrastructure as well as the potential foreign manipulation of vehicles connected to the internet and navigation systems. <The proposed regulation would ban the import and sale of vehicles from China with key communications or automated driving system software or hardware, said the two sources, who declined to be identified because the decision had not been publicly disclosed. >Reuters: Israeli Forces Storm Al Jazeera Bureau in West Bank with Closure Order https://archive.ph/RWE4z <Qatari Al Jazeera TV said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank’s Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. <The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops storming the channel’s office and handing over a military closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff before the broadcast was disrupted. <In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate condemned the Israeli move, saying “this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and media works, which has been exposing the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people.” >NYPD Faces Uncertain Future Amid New York's Growing Political Crisis https://archive.ph/Jq7Ii <With the resignation of New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward Caban amid a federal probe of Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, city officials are facing a public trust crisis. <Add to that an incident last weekend in which officers in a Brooklyn subway station opened fire on an alleged turnstile jumper armed with a knife and accidentally shot a fellow officer and a bystander. <The police force and mayoral administration are both scrambling to regain credibility, according to Michael Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan and a retired NYPD detective. >"Who's Running The Country..." - Why Is Jill Biden Chairing A Cabinet Meeting?

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https://archive.ph/WzLtD <The Biden White House held its first cabinet meeting in a year, and for some bizarre reason that no one can fathom, Joe Biden’s wife was chairing it. <Biden introduced Jill, mumbling “This is the first time that Jill has joined us and that goes to show how important the issue is she is about to speak to with us.” <“And Jill is going to give an update on the White House initiative to fundamentally change how we approach women’s health services,” he continued, adding “So, I’d like to turn it over to Jill for any comment that she has. It’s all yours kid.” <The media acted like it was completely normal for Biden’s wife to be running the meeting. <Her name is also on legislation folders bearing the presidential seal. <Did everyone miss the point when Jill Biden was elected to office? <Kamala Harris, the supposed vice president wasn’t even at the meeting, because she was too busy speaking to a paltry amount of people at a campaign stop. <What’s the motive here? <Leftists are all like, “what’s the big deal?” but imagine the armageddon that would ensue if president Trump had allowed his wife to do anything like this. <Who is in charge? <“This is nuts,” commented Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk on X. “Who is running the country?! Absolutely NO ONE elected Jill Biden.” >"No Americans": Insider Of Alleged Trafficking Network Reveals How Migrants Ended Up At Charleroi, PA Factory https://archive.ph/lcOdD <The story in Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, should not be about goat sacrifices and migrants eating cats and dogs. It's more sinister than that. It's about a much darker reality of an alleged large-scale human trafficking and labor exploitation network operated by mysterious staffing companies with dozens and dozens of passenger vans in what some have called "modern-day slavery." These migrants are shuttled around to factories, displacing native-born workers. <Let's start with a chronological recap of our coverage of Charleroi, which began just over a week ago (before Trump even mentioned the tiny manufacturing town). <Since then, the developments have been nothing short of explosive: <Migrant Population In Charleroi, Pennsylvania Explodes 2,000% As Crisis Unfolds <Watch: Resident Of PA Manufacturing Town Exposes Reality Of Haitian 'Great Job Replacement' <"Blow Your Mind": Ex-WSJ Journo Uncovers Hub Of An Alleged Migrant Trafficking Network In Springfield, Ohio <"He's Taking My People": Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot In Charleroi Reveals Migrant Labor Mules

>Union Makes Shock Claim: Colorado Meat Factory Involved In "Mgmt-Led Human Trafficking" Of Haitians https://archive.ph/WFnoP <The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) has urged federal, state, and local authorities to investigate JBS SA's meat processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, for alleged human trafficking violations involving Haitian migrants. Similar accusations have been made regarding human trafficking networks exploiting migrants at factories in Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pennsylvania. <UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova said these Haitians and other foreigners came into the country legally and were quickly exploited for cheap labor in a possible human migrant trafficking scheme. >BlackRock Sees AI Driving A 50% Jump In Asian Energy Demand https://archive.ph/Fnk41 <BlackRock expects the AI boom and data centers to drive a 50% jump in energy consumption in the Asia Pacific region over the next decade, a senior executive at the world’s largest asset manager said on Wednesday. <“The need for data centers over the next five years is going to be double what is currently in the markets,” Brad Kim, BlackRock’s Asia Pacific managing director for global infrastructure funds, told a media briefing, as carried by Bloomberg. <“[O]verall energy consumption will increase by about 50% in the next 10 years across Asia Pacific,” the executive added. >USA Remains The World's Strongest Superpower https://archive.ph/L4v1a <The global economic order is stitched together by trade and economic collaboration, but these show signs of fraying. <With nationalism on the rise and cross-border trade flows stagnating, economies are growing more protectionist. At the same time, demographic shifts are driving economic growth and productivity in India and Asia, which could shift the global power balance. >Visualizing The Extreme Cost Of Training AI Models https://archive.ph/NQ6Yc <The cost of training AI models has exploded in just the past year, according to data released by the research firm Epoch AI. <This development aptly shows how much more complex and capable AI models have gotten in a short time span. <Last year saw the release of ChatGPT-4 in March by OpenAI, which kickstarted the global AI hype. Google followed suit with its advanced AI model, Gemini, in December. <As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, both systems have been much more expensive to train than previous AI models and their development has potentially cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Epoch AI release. >UK's National Grid Admits It Doesn't Have A Clue How To Reach Net Zero https://archive.ph/gCqpD <The letter starts off with warm words announcing the formation of a “cross-cutting delivery unit” that will report back to Government by the end of Autumn 2024, less than three months away. It says its plan will be: <A whole systems spatial view of what is required to deliver a clean, secure, operable electricity system by 2030. The plan will consider possible clean energy generation mixes and their associated network, market and operability requirements, referred to as pathways. <That sounds good as far as it goes. <However, the letter then goes on to say that all pathways will “meet clean power in 2030 against a definition to be agreed with U.K. Government.” <In other words, there is no agreed definition of what a zero-carbon grid by 2030 actually means. It does not know what the target is. It seems that Miliband and Labour have set the country on a journey without properly defining the destination. And the initial request from Miliband and Stark reveals they don’t know how to get there. It’s the blind leading the blind to an unknown destination. >4 In 10 US Teens Admit Problems With Their Smartphone Usage https://archive.ph/3u18B <A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that most U.S. teens between 13 and 17 think they spend just the right amount or too little time on their smartphones and social media. <Conversely, as Statista's Florian Zandt details below, 38 percent of all teenagers say they spend too much time on their smartphones and 27 percent claim that social media takes up too much of their time. However, the study also shows that even though this awareness exists, only a minority of respondents have cut back on using said devices and services. <The survey conducted in the fall of 2023 among 1,453 parent-teen-dyads or pairs also highlights significant differences in usage awareness between teenage boys and girls. A third of all surveyed boys and 44 percent of all surveyed girls said their smartphone use is too intense. Girls are also more likely to cut down on their screen time, with 41 percent saying they use their smartphone less, contrasted with 32 percent of all male teens participating in the survey. >AI PCs will dominate shipments by 2026, but not because of demand https://archive.ph/1ybUQ <At the recent Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference, HP CEO Enrique Lores told analysts that he expects AI PCs to represent approximately 50 percent of shipments in 2027 and drive an average selling price increase across the sector of between 5 and 10 percent. <Jitesh Ubrani, research manager, Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers at IDC, said this week: "Businesses certainly recognize the importance of AI though many struggle to (Hello, I just arrived from Cuckchan, please bully me) immediate use case and instead are opting for AI PCs as a means to futureproofing." <According to analysts at IDC: "The long term trend undoubtedly points towards an onslaught of AI PCs as the inclusion of an NPU propagates down to lower-tier PCs and supply eventually finds itself in a position where producing processors without an NPU becomes cost prohibitive." <The eventual dominance of the AI PC appears inevitable, even if the hardware currently surpasses the software applications, yet it is coming at a terrible time for some vendors. Atwal noted that for Intel, "it's almost the worst time for it to happen." >Climate Change Will Escalate Child Health Crisis Due to Malnutrition, Says Gates https://archive.ph/1GFIt <Malnutrition is the world’s worst child health crisis, and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-cofounder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates. <Between now and 2050, 40 million more children will have stunted growth and 28 million more will suffer from wasting, the most extreme and irreversible forms of malnutrition, as a result of climate change, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said in a report on Sept. 17.

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>Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh https://archive.ph/qfzD2 <Using this data, the Russia-based biz put together a list of 25 services that the anti-tracker detected more often across nine regions and certain individual countries. <"Eight tracking systems appeared in almost all of the TOP 25 lists for the regions we studied," report authors Anna Larkina and Flavio Negrini said. "Four of these belong to Google." <The four are: Google Display & Video 360, which monitors advertising-related activities like clicks and ad metrics; Google Analytics, which is a more general user behavior and keyword tracker; another ad-tracking system called Google AdSense; and YouTube Analytics, which hoovers up data about video views and audience engagement. >Texas Sues Biden HHS Over Rule Impacting Parental Consent For Minors’ Medical Care https://archive.ph/qE02V <Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden Administration, challenging a new rule that he argues overrides parents’ state-law rights to consent to their children’s medical care. >Researchers develop revolutionary method for transforming plastic waste into food — here's how it could change the world https://archive.ph/WPg7H <Plastic waste is a huge problem for our planet and, despite the efforts of many scientists to create viable alternatives for packaging and other uses, it is not going away overnight. <We produce 440 million tons of plastic waste every year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, with much of it ending up in the oceans where it poses an immediate threat to marine life. <But researchers at Michigan Technological University may have discovered one way to solve two problems at once — by turning plastic into food, as Undark reported.

>Iran's Supreme Leader Transferred To Secure Location As Region Braces For What's Next https://archive.ph/b8txW <Events are moving fast in the Middle East region following the massive Israeli airstrikes which killed Hezbollah's longtime leader, Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah belatedly confirmed his death on Saturday. <Overnight, Iran held an emergency meeting of its national security council, at the home of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But immediately after the meeting, which was likely disclosing to Iran's leadership and miliary the death of Nasrallah, the Ayatollah was reportedly transferred to a secret and secure location. >GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm On EU's New "Debilitating" Green Policy On US Firms https://archive.ph/2rNnl <A group led by more than 60 US House and Senate Republicans urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to postpone the implementation of the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"). The new EU requirement would force companies to better track environmental impacts across supply chains, which the group claims would "hinder business growth and raise consumer costs." <"Now, the EU is attempting to impose its debilitating regulatory agenda on American companies through its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (also known as "CSDDD" or "CS3D")," the group of US lawmakers wrote in a letter to Yellen, adding CSDDD is "neither practical nor realistic — nor does it genuinely constitute 'due diligence,' which is generally defined as review and analysis prior to actions being taken." <The lawmakers continued, "American companies will be required to comply with [Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive] even though the US has not ratified many of the international conventions underlying the directive." <"We are deeply concerned that the Administration is surrendering its regulatory responsibilities to European officials, allowing them to dictate draconian social and climate policies to American companies," they cautioned. >British Government Warns Of Weak Military - Says Civilians Must Be 'Ready To Fight' https://archive.ph/wfLPt <The British House of Lords has published a report claiming that military recruitment is dangerously low and the country's combat readiness is at risk. They say the civilian population 'must be ready to fight' (a clear reference to military conscription) should war with Russia be triggered. <The paper, titled 'Ukraine: A Wake-Up Call', admits to weaknesses in NATO's assumptions on "deterrence", though it seems to pretend as if Ukraine is part of NATO when it's not. Chaired by Lord de Mauley, the committee launched the inquiry in February 2024, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the goal of assessing the conflict’s implications for UK defence policy. <"...We identified two key lessons. First, our deterrence strategy towards Russia clearly failed. If we are to restore the credibility of NATO’s nuclear and conventional deterrence posture towards Putin, we must develop a clearer understanding of the reasons for this failure." <"Secondly, the invasion exposed significant weaknesses in both the UK’s and NATO’s military strength, and the UK's ability to sustain large-scale warfare. Successive governments have attempted to maintain the notion of the UK as a global power, but the war in Ukraine has been a wake-up call, laying bare the gap between that ambition and reality." >The 'Chemical War' Killing 70,000 Americans Each Year https://archive.ph/hMZto <The United States needs to ramp up enforcement against every step of the manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly synthetic drugs if it hopes to stem the crisis, several experts told The Epoch Times. With every passing day, however, the path to success gets narrower as the criminal organizations involved get more sophisticated. <More than 100,000 Americans died of an overdose last year; of which more than 70,000 overdosed on synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). <The United States government has poured billions into addiction treatment, but the drugs are too broadly available for the treatment to stick, some experts said, arguing the supply needs to be drastically curbed. <Illicit fentanyl usually comes across the southern border from Mexico where it’s manufactured from chemicals made in China and pressed into pills that often look like prescription drugs such as Xanax, Adderall, or oxycodone. <Steps by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to regulate export of illicit chemicals have been dismissed by the experts as cosmetic. Instead, they say, the regime is using drugs as a strategic weapon against the United States. <“This is a chemical war that we’re facing, and no one’s treating it as a war,” said Derek Maltz, former head of special operations at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). >'Conspiracy' Confirmed? Fluoride In Drinking Water May Lower Kids' IQs, Judge Rules https://archive.ph/crQem <A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. <The ruling, which came with little fanfare, appeared to validate one of the longest-running so-called conspiracy theories in America’s alt-right subculture—that the government’s use of fluoridation, especially in specific communities, might be part of a deliberate attempt to lower intelligence in order to create a more compliant and subservient population for the New World Order. >Family Businesses Display Admirable Strengths, Awful Weaknesses https://archive.ph/BiPCd <Several scandals have involved family-owned companies, including sexual assaults by the founder of the former Johnny & Associates talent agency and fraudulent insurance claims by the former Bigmotor Co., primarily a dealer in used cars. The health problems caused by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.’s supplements containing benikoji red rice mold led to a review of the government’s deregulation system and the end of six generations of family-led management. Are family-owned businesses hotbeds of corruption? <Family-owned businesses run by founders and relatives are the most basic form of corporate management. In many cases, certain relatives, including founders, hold most of the shares and capital invested in a company. <In contrast, the basis of the joint-stock company system is the separation of ownership and management. However, there is a possibility that the interests of the two parties will conflict. <On the other hand, family-owned businesses, in which significant shareholders and managers are monolithic and share a common vision, can eliminate such conflicts of purpose and make it easier to implement consistent strategies. >Americans & Britons Already Stuck In Lebanon As Embassies Plead 'Leave Now' https://archive.ph/gSOgk <The UK Foreign Ministry has issued an urgent appeal for all all British nationals still in Lebanon to exit the country as soon as possible and by any means due to the rapidly deteriorating situation with Hezbollah-Israeli fighting. <"British nationals in Lebanon should leave now. You should take the next available flight," the new Friday alert said. >Structural Supports Of North Carolina Dam "Compromised" As Officials Warn "Imminent Failure" https://archive.ph/toKoE <The remnants of Hurricane Helene have dumped torrential rains across the southeastern US, particularly in Florida's Big Bend region and up the coast into the Carolinas. In western North Carolina, officials have issued urgent evacuation orders, warning residents to move to higher ground as a dam collapse could occur.

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<In a Facebook post, Rutherford County Emergency Management told residents that Lake Lure Dam's "structural supports" have been compromised but are currently holding. >Mystery Of Upward GDP Revision Solved: You Are All $500 Billion Richer Now According To A Revised Biden Admin Spreadsheet https://archive.ph/GATmm <To summarize: disposable personal income (after tax) was revised 3.8% higher to $21.8 trillion, while personal spending was revised higher by about half that, or 1.7%, to $20.7 trillion. <And since the difference between how much you make and how much you spend is also called savings, we can finally get to the bottom of how the US economy magically grew in the past several years instead of shrinking more: it turns out that, when some bureaucrat in Gina Raimondo's Bureau of Economic Analysis decided to click on a mouse button in recent weeks perhaps in (political) response to the dramatic plunge in revised jobs, Americans suddenly became much wealthier... if only in some Dept of Commerce spreadsheet. <You see, when subtracting the revised personal spending from the revised personal income, what you get is the revised savings of US consumers, which as of today's deus ex revision has almost doubled, rising from $600 billion in July to $1.1 trillion in August! <Yes, dear Americans, rejoice for a spreadsheet revision means you are all now half a trillion bucks richer! >David Stockman On Why The Biden-Harris "Strong" Economy Claim Is A Big Lie https://archive.ph/FUGwY <There is only one way to rescue America’s faltering economy and that’s the wholesale abandonment of Washington’s reckless spending, borrowing and printing policies of the last quarter century. These policies did not remotely attain their ostensible goals of more growth, more jobs and more purchasing power in worker pay envelopes. What they did do, of course, was to freight down the main street economy with crushing debts, dangerous financial bubbles, chronic inflation and stagnating living standards. <For want of doubt, go straight to the most basic economic metric we have - real compensation per labor hour. The latter metric not only deletes the inflation from the pay figures, but also measures the totality of worker compensation, including benefits for health care, retirement, vacation, disability, sick leave and other fringes. <... <It doesn’t get any cleaner than this. No matter how the White House, the Fed and the fawning financial press cherry pick the “incoming data” you flat-out can’t say the US economy is “strong” when the growth of the inflation-adjusted pay envelope of 161 million workers has deflated to the vanishing point. Indeed, it has literally been dead in the water for the last 52 months running. >Elon Musk blasts Britain for 'releasing paedophiles' - but Starmer STILL wants his money in the UK https://archive.ph/eagC8 <Social media tycoon Elon Musk has blasted Britain for "releasing convicted paedophiles" online - but Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he would "encourage" his investment in the UK. <Musk had failed to secure an invitation to an investment summit in the UK - with a BBC report blaming his online comments during the summer's unrest for his snub. <... <But now, the PM has insisted that he would "encourage investment from anywhere" in response to the BBC report. >The Last Day Of Life On Earth Has Been Calculated By NASA, This Is How Long We Have Left https://archive.ph/Db8TM <According to NASA’s calculations, life on Earth has about 1.5 billion years left. This may seem like a long time, but it is a blink of an eye in cosmic terms. Once the moist runaway greenhouse effect takes hold, Earth’s surface will become too hot to support life as we know it. The oceans will boil away, the atmosphere will be stripped of its moisture, and the last remnants of life will perish in the searing heat.

>EU is taking Hungary to court. It says a law targeting foreign influence really targets basic rights https://archive.ph/K1z5P <The European Commission is taking Hungary’s right-wing government to court over laws that could allow the authorities to investigate and prosecute people accused of undermining the country’s sovereignty. The “sovereignty protection act″ took effect in December. It created a government authority with the power to gather information on any groups or individuals that benefit from foreign funding and could influence public debate. Hungary’s secret services can assist in its investigations. Opponents have compared it to Russia’s “foreign agent” law. The commission says it referred Hungary to the Court of Justice because it had failed to address EU concerns about likely breaches of several basic rights, including privacy and freedom of expression and association. >More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low https://archive.ph/gB9uZ <The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week but remains at healthy levels. <The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for jobless claims rose by 6,000 to 225,000 for the week of Sept. 28. It was slightly more than the 221,000 analysts were expecting. >Solar boom in China turns electricity prices negative https://archive.ph/aNoiO <Electricity prices have gone negative in parts of China as renewable energy overwhelms the grid. <The country is building twice as much wind and solar as the rest of the world combined, and grid officials have had to resort to reducing output, while the industry tries to build battery storage to smooth the flow of energy, OilPrice reported, which is itself shaping up to become a major market. >NYC hotel owners do about-face and support bill that critics call ‘nuclear bomb’ on industry https://archive.ph/IG3Wh <The Hotel Association of New York City has signed off on a proposal that would create new licensing requirements for lodging businesses after some modifications — though some smaller hotels are still holding out on the controversial plan. <The association’s president has previously called the bill a “nuclear bomb” and some owners united in an effort to raise $20 million to lobby against the plan. <“We listened to stakeholders, prioritized their feedback and now look forward to a hearing on this vital legislation which protects hotel guests, workers and the broader community,” said Councilwoman Julie Menin, the bill’s sponsor. <The Hotel Trade Union, a union for the city’s hotel workers, has supported the legislation, which would ban establishments from contracting out most services — meaning they’d have to directly employ many workers. <The latest version of the bill clarifies that the Department of Consumer Affairs commissioner cannot rescind a license for a temporary service disruption, such as a leak. >Putin Asks Russian Government To Consider Limiting Nickel, Uranium Exports, Potentially Impacting Commodity Prices https://archive.ph/Y9RUs <Political risk is an ever-present but often understated risk that investors face, as its occurrence can reshape the entire investment landscape. One asset class that is among the most susceptible to political risk is commodities. As Bloomberg reported recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked his government to consider limiting exports of some commodities like nickel, titanium and uranium in retaliation for Western sanctions. Against the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, the U.S. and other developed economies have placed numerous sanctions on Russia, intending to weaken the nation's economy. >Judge Finds Newsom's New California Deepfake Ban Unconstitutional https://archive.ph/G58bd <The law — AB 2839 — allowed any person to sue for damages over AI deepfakes within 120 days of an election and up to 60 days after if the perpetrator’s post resembled a political candidate. <Judge John A. Mendez said artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose significant risks but ruled that the law was “unconstitutional” as it likely violated the First Amendment. <“The Court finds that AB 2839 is also unconstitutional under California’s free speech provision.” >Jobless Claims Remain Low Despite 50%-Plus Surge In Job Cuts https://archive.ph/aT6Dl <On the heels of a 53.4% YoY rise in job cut announcements (released by Challenger, Gray, & Christmas), initial jobless claims remain in a world of their own, rising very modestly to 225k from 219k... >Industrial-Size Staffing Firms Reportedly Support Biden-Harris' Mysterious Nationwide Migrant Network https://archive.ph/WJ3lC <Large staffing companies that thrived during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars under the Bush-Obama years retooled their business models as the US involvement and war funding in the Middle East wound down. Now, these staffing firms seem to be profiting off the Biden-Harris administration's open-border migrant invasion by providing essential services, such as private security, transportation, and many other services, to ensure the fed's migrant network nationwide operates smoothly. <These companies are likely awarded handsome federal contracts, paid for by the US taxpayer. <Bussing and housing millions of illegal and legal aliens is big business for staffing companies and non-profits. Americans have to realize their tax dollars are paying for all of this while the migrants displace and replace blue-collar workers in small-town factories nationwide. The folks in Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, know firsthand just how devastating globalist open border policies can be for them. <Real America's Voice host Ben Bergquam posted on X, "More breaking footage of the Democrats harboring illegals in Chicago. Now using unmarked brand new hotels like this Holiday Inn at [XXXXXXX] to disguise Kamala and Biden's illegal invasion operations." >Accelerating Middle East Crisis: Bring A Stop to The Fighting That Has Spread beyond Gaza https://archive.ph/KkPxP <While the fighting in Gaza continues, Israel has also carried out operations in Iran and Lebanon under the guise of self-defense and started new fights, which have undoubtedly aggravated the situation. <First of all, it is imperative to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the root of the crisis. In particular, the United States, which continues to provide military support to Israel, bears a heavy responsibility. <Although the Gaza conflict began with Hamas’ cross-border attacks, Israel’s counteroffensives have gone far beyond the scope of self-defense. In one year, more than 41,000 people, including women and children, have been killed.

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<The Gaza conflict and the spread of fighting to neighboring areas have had a negative impact, not only on the Middle East, but also on the world as a whole. <The Houthis, an armed rebel group in Yemen that collaborates with Hamas, have been attacking ships and other vessels associated with Israel in the Red Sea, an international logistics route. They have also seized a merchant ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha. <On top of that, if the confrontation between Iran and Israel intensifies and develops into a war between the nations, the situation will become critical. This would affect the navigation in the Persian Gulf, the main artery for crude oil transportation to countries around the world, and also would deliver a major blow to the global economy. >Student Wearing Black Paint On Face Isn't Protected By First Amendment: Judge https://archive.ph/mbm09 <A middle school student who wore black paint on his face during a California football game is not protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, according to a federal judge. <The student, dubbed J.A. in court papers, his parents, and his lawyers have not shown that wearing the black paint is expressive conduct shielded by the First Amendment, U.S. District Judge Linda Lopez said in a Sept. 30 ruling. >Get ready: US port strike likely to snarl tech supply chains https://archive.ph/GiFiG <Dockworkers at American ports from Maine to Texas have gone on strike, and experts are warning it won't be long before the tech sector feels a supply chain pinch that could easily stretch into the beginning of next year. <The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) went on strike at midnight on October 1, leading to tens of thousands of people responsible for loading and unloading cargo at US ports on the east and gulf coasts walking off the job. <... <"Looking back to 2002 when the last US west coast strike occurred, it took a full six months to recover from an 11 day strike," Whitlock told The Register in an emailed statement. "A strike that drags on for two weeks or more will have a devastating effect on supply chains that will drag on for months – well into 1Q25." <Ships will likely be rerouted to the west coast, taking weeks to arrive. The delays will ripple across global shipping, as containers stuck on ships won't return to ports, leaving origin locations unable to send out new goods. <US ports on the west coast don't have much in the way of space either, Whitlock noted. They're already operating at between 60 and 71 percent capacity, meaning many of the ships redirected from the east and gulf coasts will be stuck waiting for an open port as goods languish and perishables expire. <"Waiting time of ships waiting to berth at the west coast will increase substantially from days to weeks [and] overall capacity will begin to shrink causing disruptions across global trades," Whitlock told us. "Spot market pricing will quickly escalate as capacity becomes stranded or delayed in transit." >Media Uses Hurricane Helene To Promote "Global Warming" Agenda https://archive.ph/nXXYb <Even as the death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to rise, pundits in the mainstream media are rushing to use the disaster as an excuse to promote their narrative that “global warming” is real. <As reported by Just The News, a number of prominent anchors, commentators, and other television personalities have used the occasion of the hurricane to spread lies about so-called “global warming,” also referred to as “climate change.”

>>21871 >US Closes $1.5 Billion Loan To Resurrect Shuttered Michigan Nuclear Power Plant https://archive.ph/tbg1E <The world was abuzz two weeks ago when we learned that the notorious Three Mile Island nuclear power plant - site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history - would restart to power Microsoft data centers. As we said at the time, that was only the beginning, as the staggering electricity needs of the coming AI revolution - which we dubbed "the next AI trade" earlier in the year, meant that much more nuclear capacity will have to be either built from scratch or reopened. <Sure enough, the US said on Monday that it closed a $1.52 billion loan to resurrect Holtec's Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, and a senior Biden administration official said it could take two years to reopen the plant (longer than the company predicted). The Biden administration has called for a tripling of U.S. nuclear power capacity as U.S. power demand surges and worries about climate change mount. The Trump administration, should it take over in November, will be even more aggressive about the coming US nuclear renaissance. >Georgia Judge Says State Election Certification Rule "Vague" In Hearing https://archive.ph/zre5O <One of the rules at issue in Tuesday’s trial provides a definition of certification that includes requiring county officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results, but it does not specify what that means. <The other includes language allowing county election officials “to examine all election-related documentation created during the conduct of elections.” <Supporters of the rules say they are necessary to ensure the accuracy of the vote totals before county election officials sign off on them. <However, critics worry that supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump could use the rules to delay or deny certification if the former president loses the state to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, causing confusion and casting doubt on the results. >Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, & John Maynard Keynes Are Wrong! https://archive.ph/kewNo <John Maynard Keynes, the Godfather of Keynesian economics, famously called gold the “barbarous relic,” a term he used to denigrate the gold standard and to disparage the use of gold as money. <Specifically, he hated the constraint the gold standard placed on government spending. If the government prints too much currency that can’t be redeemed in gold, then it must cut back its spending, bringing on a recession or depression, or face runaway price inflation in the economy. <Following in Keynes footsteps, investment whiz kid Warren Buffett, son of the great investor and Congressman, Howard Buffett, has famously disparaged gold as an investment, saying it has “no yield.” He otherwise has voiced no coherent political philosophy, like his father. <Hotshot Radio voice, Dave Ramsey, has likewise sharply disparaged gold as an investment, saying it’s just a “shiny, shiny rock,” with no yield, and is a terrible investment. <... <I will show here how wrong all three men are on all the investment points and even how contradictory their views on gold are, but I must emphasize that I am not offering any kind of investment advice here! This is just analysis and commentary on the current scene. <This hatred and disparagement of gold as money and the gold standard has become standard dogma of and a pillar of the modern state. >Coffee Set to Become a Luxury Good in 2024 https://archive.ph/3Y9uh <Starting in 2024, coffee could become a luxury item in the European Union (EU) due to new regulations to combat deforestation. The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which took effect on June 29, 2023, is designed to prevent the import of coffee beans, along with other products such as palm oil, cocoa, and beef, from deforested or degraded lands. Companies that fail to comply it by the end of 2024 will face steep fines. <The regulation requires that all coffee producers exporting to the EU provide detailed data on the land where their crops are grown, ensuring that no deforestation occured after December 31, 2020. This rule has already led to record-high prices for robusta and arabica coffee, with the International Coffee Organization (ICO) warning that Europe could face coffee shortages next year. <The move has sparked concerns across multiple sectors, with smaller farmers in Asia, South America, and Africa expected to bear the brunt of the changes. Experts also point to potential disruptions in supply chains, affecting industries beyond coffee. Despite calls to delay implementation, the European Commission has no plans to postpone the deforestation rules, intensifying uncertainty for both businesses and consumers as the deadline approaches.

>>21871 >More Americans file for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low >Jobless Claims Remain Low Despite 50%-Plus Surge In Job Cuts

>>21873 It goes to show that, depending on the media that you listen to, people live in entirely seperate worlds.

>CNN’s Elie Honig Calls Out Hillary Clinton For Getting ‘Her Facts Wrong’ on ‘Cheap Shot’ Against Trump In January 6 Case https://archive.md/XSsYC <“”Well, all to respect Secretary Clinton, she’s the one who suffer the consequences for James Comey’s, I believe, outrageous conduct in 2016; DOJ found later that it was outrageous. The problem, though, with Secretary Clinton’s analysis of the Jack Smith case is, respectfully, she’s got her facts wrong,” he began after listening to her comments. “First of all, she’s confusing the judges here. I think she’s thinking of Judge [Aileen] Cannon, who, yes, has ruled almost entirely for Donald Trump. But that’s the judge in the other case. The judge here is Judge Chutkan. I get it, similar names — Judge Chutkan has ruled almost entirely against Donald Trump.” <“More to the point, the last thing we just heard Secretary Clinton say was, quote, ‘There is nothing out of the ordinary.’ But as I described before, the way they flip this procedure is the opposite of the ordinary,” he continued. “They reversed the actual way that motions are done. You can talk to 100 former federal prosecutors who’ve collectively handled 100,000 cases. They will all tell you they never filed their motions first. And I think it begs the question, what was the rush here? Why did Jack Smith have to ask for this, to quote Judge Chutkan, ‘procedurally irregular approach?’ So I respectfully disagree with the secretary there.” >Texas Ghost Gun Machine Manufacturer To Face Lawsuit In California After Case Transfer Denied https://archive.md/HJNZ2 <A Texas-based company that manufactures machines that allow individuals to build untraceable firearms will have to face a lawsuit brought by the State of California in that state, following a federal judge’s decision to deny the firm’s request to transfer the case to Texas. <In a ruling issued on Oct. 4, U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia remanded the case back to San Diego Superior Court, rejecting a bid by Austin-based Defense Distributed, along with affiliates Coast Runner Industries and Ghost Gunner, to move the case to Texas. <The judge ruled that California is the real party in interest and there are no grounds for federal jurisdiction based on the companies’ argument of diversity of citizenship, which is a legal concept allowing federal courts to preside over cases involving parties from different states. >Musk PAC Offers $47 Bounty For Every Swing-State Voter Referred To Sign Petition https://archive.md/o6nBb <In a head-turning move as we head down the stretch of the 2024 presidential election, the Elon Musk-financed America PAC announced it will start paying $47 to anyone who refers a registered, swing-state voter to sign a petition embracing free speech and gun rights. With no limit on the number of referrals, the program seemingly offers individuals the chance to rack up hundreds of dollars in bounties with little effort. <"Our goal is to get 1 million registered voters in swing states to sign in support of the Constitution, especially freedom of speech and the right to bear arms," America PAC states on the petition page. "This program is exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina." >Hurricane Helene Exposes A Deep Betrayal Of America https://archive.md/1Qnr2 <Americans across several states are suffering and attempting to survive under unimaginably harsh conditions, without food and water, in that aftermath of Hurricane Helene which tore across ten states in the Southeast last week, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. And a week later, these people have found that they are largely on their own, as all the real help that has arrived has come through the efforts of individuals and nonprofit groups such as Samaritan Purse, Mountain Mule Packers Ranch, Save Our Allies and Aerial Recovery, which has exposed the fact — to anyone who didn’t already know — that the Biden regime doesn’t give a good damn about them, as Biden and his minions have engaged in not just dereliction of duty but the worst betrayal of the American people ever witnessed, since the birth of the nation. <Joe Biden, the placeholder-in-chief, showed up in Georgia [10-3-24] to give lip-service to the disaster and made promises of money to come, some twenty million dollars, and a recovery that will supposedly be totally undertaken by the federal government. No one should hold their breath waiting on that help to arrive, but if it does, they can bet the farm it will come with the intent of helping Biden special interest groups and supporters first. <Americans should note: $20 million for the victims of Helene and well over $640 million for illegal aliens and approximately $180 BILLION for Ukraine. When does THIS Damned MADNESS Stop!?! >As Israel Marks Year Since Oct.7 Slaughter, Hamas Unleashes Largest Missile Barrage In Months https://archive.md/lFFuK <As Israelis mourn October 7, Hamas chose to launch its heaviest missile barrage on Israel in months, which Israel's military says it was mostly able to thwart through its missile defenses. <The terror group even timed its rockets to the coincide precisely with the start of memorial events across the country. Regular rocket attacks had previously largely ceased amid the ongoing ground war in the central and south parts of the Gaza Strip, but for now they've resumed. <"Starting at 6:29 a.m., ceremonies, rallies and ad hoc memorials held across Israel marked the moment a year ago that Gazan terror groups began lobbing massive volleys of rockets, providing air cover for thousands of terrorists speeding across the suddenly pregnable border by land, air and sea and kicking off the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust," Israeli media describes. >CCP Targets US Shipping Infrastructure https://archive.md/QdzTd <A congressional investigation uncovered concerns about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in cranes at U.S. ports, pointing to the discovery of surveillance equipment and ties to China’s military, which poses a national security threat to U.S. shipping infrastructure. <The House Homeland Security Committee and the Select Committee on the CCP recently released a report highlighting the growing threat to U.S. security from China’s dominance in the global maritime industry. <The report focuses on Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a Chinese state-owned company that manufactures about 80 percent of the ship-to-shore (STS) cranes used at U.S. ports. The investigation found that these cranes pose cybersecurity and national security risks due to embedded technology that could allow the CCP to access or disrupt U.S. port operations. Additionally, ZPMC has pressured some U.S. port operators to grant remote access for maintenance and diagnostics, raising concerns about potential espionage and sabotage. >Tren De Aragua Gang Members Nabbed In Huge Raid On San Antonio Apartment Complex https://archive.md/3Ma2e <A combined city-state-federal raid on a San Antonio apartment complex said to be under the "control" of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang yielded 20 arrests and detentions on Saturday, including "confirmed" members of the Venezuelan gang, police said. <The pre-dawn raid was a joint operation carried out by more than 150 officers of the San Antonio Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, ATF, and the Texas Anti Gang Unit. Officers swept through some 300 vacant units at the Palatia Apartments, a complex on the city's north side, about a mile west of the airport and just east of the Harmony Hills residential subdivision. >Children's Diets Are Now "Over 70%" Ultra-Processed Foods; Dietitian Warns https://archive.md/H0LBi <It looks like the "Make America Healthy Again" movement could be showing up right on time... <At least according to one registered dietitian nutritionist in Los Angeles, who recently took to Fox News to lay out the risks from ultra-processed foods in the American diet. <Ilana Muhlstein said on Fox news that America’s diet is 60% ultra-processed, but that kids consume even more than that. <"With children, it’s actually over 70%. That is really wild when you think about it," she said. "What we eat defines how our cells work, how our organs work, and we're seeing a strong decline in mental health and well-being." >Top EU Court Rules Against Meta, Limits Use Of Personal Data For Targeted Ads https://archive.md/uTnkg

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<In a landmark decision, the top court in the European Union (EU) has ruled that Facebook parent company Meta cannot use personal data gathered from its own platforms or from external sources for targeted advertising without adhering to strict limits and restrictions under the bloc’s privacy laws. <The ruling, hailed as a victory by privacy advocates, was issued on Oct. 4 by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in response to a lawsuit brought by Austrian activist Max Schrems, who has long campaigned for stricter enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). >Washington Post: Police Seldom Disclose Use of Facial Recognition Despite False Arrests https://archive.md/5HfMT <Hundreds of Americans have been arrested after being connected to a crime by facial recognition software, a Washington Post investigation has found, but many never know it because police seldom disclose their use of the controversial technology. <Police departments in 15 states provided The Post with rarely seen records documenting their use of facial recognition in more than 1,000 criminal investigations over the past four years. According to the arrest reports in those cases and interviews with people who were arrested, authorities routinely failed to inform defendants about their use of the software – denying them the opportunity to contest the results of an emerging technology that is prone to error, especially when identifying people of color. <In fact, the records show that officers often obscured their reliance on the software in public-facing reports, saying that they identified suspects “through investigative means” or that a human source such as a witness or police officer made the initial identification.

>Insurance companies exit US state after severe storms — here's how it will impact thousands of homeowners https://archive.ph/KBOMe <Bad weather is causing more than just storms in Texas. ABC affiliate KVUE reported that Progressive is just one of several home insurance companies that have exited the market, or significantly limited the coverage they are offering, in the Lone Star State because of fear of storm-related damage. <According to Cassie Brown, commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance, these departures will impact 11,000 homeowners. "Several companies are making some decisions to not grow as fast in Texas as they have been in the past," she said. "It could be that they are … increasing their deductibles. They may say this is a particular area of the state where we've seen a lot of losses. So we're not going to grow as fast." <While it's concerning for homeowners, insurers are sustaining losses from storms. KVUE cited Progressive's quarterly reports, which stated that 40% of all recent storm losses occurred in Texas. <"The carriers just can't provide the capacity that they need to write everywhere," risk consultant Frank Barbella explained. >Owners of once-prized real estate assets are facing a major problem: 'This ... has exposed the people that know what they're doing and those that don't' https://archive.ph/TZLSt <Homeowners across the United States are experiencing difficulties with obtaining insurance policies or keeping up with rising premium costs as extreme weather events alter the shape of the market. But business owners, landlords, and property developers are starting to feel the strain, too. <As The New York Times reported, insurance premiums are rising for homeowners as the threat of extreme weather events including deadly storms, wildfires, and flooding — all made more likely, stronger, and longer lasting because of human-caused global heating — increases, but commercial building owners are also in increasingly difficult positions. <While it's not easy to quantify how many buildings have gone into foreclosure because of this issue, those in the industry attest that deals are falling apart with insurance costs rising to unreasonable levels. <According to insurance brokerage Marsh McLennan, as the Times detailed, insurance costs for commercial properties in storm-vulnerable areas such as Florida and California have risen as much as 50%. >Musk and JD Vance want to colonize the universe. It’s a horrible idea https://archive.ph/FwZwo <Earlier this week, Vice President Nominee JD Vance announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he wants the United States to “conquer the stars.” It’s a reference to his support of Elon Musk, who, at a Trump rally a few weeks ago, declared that he wants to “make science fiction real.” The rhetoric is part of Musk’s effort to establish a human population on Mars and make humanity “sustainably multiplanetary.” But Musk’s dream is my nightmare, and despite what JD Vance says, it shouldn’t “inspire all of us.” <For context, JD Vance and Musk aren’t alone in such an aspiration. Jeff Bezos, who has his own space exploration company, Blue Origin, remarked last year that he’d “love to see a trillion humans living in the solar system.” Richard Branson, who founded space tourism company Virgin Galactic, once noted that he too is “determined to being a part of starting a population on Mars.” <Forget luxury real estate and financial tech — space, and specifically the expansion of human civilization beyond Earth, has become the latest obsession of the ultra-wealthy. >"Consumers Running Out Of Money": Former Target Exec Offers Dire Warning Ahead Of Christmas https://archive.ph/uaqJi <"It's very clear that consumers are running out of money. They're increasingly stressed by inflation and the exhaustion of their pandemic-era savings. When you take a look over the last several years, what you see month after month, everyone talks about, the consumer's still spending. They might be, but they're spending less than the growth of inflation," Storch Advisors CEO Gerald Storch told Fox Bussiness' Maria Bartiromo on Thursday during an interview. <Bartiromo then asked Storch about his forecast on the upcoming spending season between Black Friday and Christmas. The former Target executive said, "[I don't expect] too much, frankly ... and think that [if] we can get growth in [the] 2.5% range, that'd be doing pretty well, and that's not very good. In the heydays there, we'd really want to see something that's more like 4% type of growth. You have, by the way, the shortest holiday season you can even imagine, so that's against retailers." <Besides Target, Storch was also the former CEO at Toys "R" Us. He noted, "Now and the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is very, very short, so that's going to be bad. The election's going to weigh on things and the geopolitical situation as well, so I think it's going to be a pretty weak Christmas." >"I'm With Elon": Gavin Newsom Unexpectedly Backs SpaceX In California Lawsuit Against Rogue Democrats https://archive.ph/juy0y <California's far-left governor, Gavin Newsom, has unexpectedly backed Elon Musk and SpaceX. The private spaceflight company, which handles the majority of US space launches and leads the space race in this solar system, filed a lawsuit against a California state commission early last week, accusing it of political bias. The suit alleges that Democrats are hindering SpaceX launches off the Pacific coast. <"I'm with Elon," Gov. Newsom said in an interview Thursday after campaigning for VP Kamala Harris in the swing state of North Carolina, which Politico quoted. He continued, "I didn't like that." <On Tuesday, SpaceX filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against the California Coastal Commission for alleged political discrimination. <The lawsuit stems from the California Coastal Commission's (CCC) decision to halt SpaceX's plans to increase the number of rocket launches from the Space Force base in Santa Barbara County.

>OPEC+ Delays Production Hike (Again) https://archive.ph/rrKYi <OPEC+ agreed to push back its December production increase by one month, the second delay to its plans to revive supply as faltering demand in China and swelling supplies from the Americas pressure prices. <"Market conditions won out," said Harry Tchilinguirian, head of oil research at Onyx Commodities Ltd. <"OPEC+ showed it couldn’t ignore the current macroeconomic economic realities centered on China and Europe, which point to weaker oil demand growth." >Iranians Frustrated By China, Russia For Meager Response To Israeli Strikes https://archive.ph/DXG6C <China and Russia's response to Israel's attacks on Iran has drawn widespread criticism, with many deeming the reactions insufficient and delayed. <The Tehran-based Ham-Mihan daily newspaper emphasized that given the extensive promotion of strategic relations between Tehran, Moscow and Beijing in recent years, there was an expectation that Russia and China would officially condemn the attacks on Iran. <The newspaper wrote: "Three days passed after the Israeli military attack on sites in three Iranian provinces before China’s foreign ministry responded. The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson also commented on the attack only hours afterwards. In the end, neither Beijing nor Moscow condemned Israel's actions." >Visualizing 'Law and (Dis)Order' Around The World In 2024 https://archive.ph/w6gTK <Many prosperous countries are among the safest globally, highlighting the link between economic stability and physical security. <Despite global conflicts reaching their highest levels since World War II—currently at 56—the public’s sense of safety has improved over the past decade. This rise in perceived safety is largely attributed to greater trust in law enforcement, which remains a key factor in how secure people feel, regardless of a country’s economic standing. <This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, shows Law and Order Index scores by country, based on data from Gallup’s Global Safety Report 2024. >Models Show Caribbean Disturbance Threatens US Gulf Energy Complex https://archive.ph/J80ny <Norcross said, "A dense plume of tropical moisture is forecast to rotate north with the potential storm. This will enhance the flooding threat on the Caribbean islands west of Puerto Rico beginning Monday. Some of the moisture could reach South Florida by midweek." <The potential impact area is home to major offshore oil/gas platforms across the Gulf Coast and about 60% of the US refining capacity. >"RIP My Best Friend": Outrage Ensues After Beloved Rescue Squirrel Seized By NY, Euthanized https://archive.ph/alowr <The internet is ablaze with rage after the state of New York seized a beloved rescue squirrel Peanut from its owner's home Wednesday and euthanized it. <The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation staged a five-hour, no-warrant raid on the home of Mark Luongo after an anonymous complaint was lodged against the P'nuts Freedom Farm, where internet sensation Peanut the squirrel was taken into custody before the state euthanized it along with a raccoon 'in order to test for rabies.' >UK Foreign Secretary Blames Civil Unrest In Europe On "Russian Disinformation" https://archive.ph/T2O80 <In the UK and Europe, protests have erupted over a number of problems, most importantly the threat of mass immigration from third world countries and the deliberate agenda to erase traditional European culture. Some of the unrest has also been related to the Ukraine war and ongoing discussions about "conscription" among government officials. <The UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is one of many bureaucrats that are trying to lump all civil actions together, labeling them a "threat to democracy." The narrative also seeks to tie these events to "Russian disinformation." In other words, according to David Lammy the public is being brainwashed by Vladimir Putin into protesting and this is a strategy by the Kremlin to sow discord within Europe. >The Internet Is Getting Flushed Down Orwell's Memory Hole https://archive.ph/ohxXY <When the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was hacked in early October, it looked at first like just another email-and-password smash-and-grab. But that was followed up by repeated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that crippled the service. The Internet Archive was hit again on Oct. 20, "this time with the threat actors gaining access to their Zendesk support email system." <The Wayback Machine came back but as a read-only service. <What that means is, while you can search archived webpages from before the attacks, "you can’t currently capture an existing web page into the archive." <That matters bigly. When the New York Times, Washington Post, or anyone else stealth-edits a news report to hide the truth, you could still find the original on the Wayback Machine. That's no longer true. "For the first time in 30 years, we have gone a long swath of time – since October 8-10 – since this service has chronicled the life of the Internet in real time," the Brownstone Institute reported this week. <As of this writing, fully three weeks of web content have not been archived. What we are missing and what has changed is anyone’s guess. And we have no idea when the service will come back. It is entirely possible that it will not come back, that the only real history to which we can take recourse will be pre-October 8, 2024, the date on which everything changed. <But it gets worse. <Google killed off its cache feature — similar to the Wayback Machine — right around the time the Internet Archive got hacked. Coincidence? Probably. But I'm making a tinfoil hat, just in case. >South Korean Parliament Warns President Sending Arms To Ukraine Risks War With Kim Jong Un https://archive.ph/RAMBV <Yoon has vowed not to “sit idle” in response to the North Korean deployment. His office confirmed this week that Seoul intended to send a delegation to Ukraine to monitor the North Korean forces, following a call on Tuesday between Yoon and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. <But this has been consistently opposed by South Korea's left opposition, which maintains a parliamentary majority. <Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic party, declared days ago that "[Arming Ukraine] is an incredibly dangerous idea that treats people’s lives like pawns in a game of chess."

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<Yoon "shouldn’t engage South Korea in a proxy war with North Korea . . . in a faraway land," continued Park. He warned that escalating Seoul's involvement in any way would "risk starting a military conflict on the Korean peninsula." >That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled https://archive.ph/OmxKs <This is no fringe phenomenon either, as Silicon Valley-adjacent news outlet SFGate discovered by chatting with some recruiters and looking at research from career and resume websites. To make matters worse, it's becoming increasingly prevalent in the tech industry as it slides into an era of perpetual layoffs, the publication concluded. <According to research published in August by MyPerfectResume, 81 percent of recruiters admitted to posting ghost jobs, with 41 percent saying half or more of the jobs they post are straight-up fake. Resume Builder similarly found by speaking to more than a thousand hiring managers that 40 percent of companies posted fake jobs in the past year, and that three in ten had active fake openings posted as of June, when it published its report. >Reuters: TGI Friday’s Operator Files for Bankruptcy amid Financial Woes https://archive.ph/IQvCD <TGI Fridays, an American casual dining chain, said on Saturday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after grappling with prolonged financial challenges and a collapsed deal with UK-based Hostmore. <In a filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Texas, the company listed both assets and liabilities in the range of $100 million to $500 million. <Privately owned by TriArtisan Capital Advisors, TGI Fridays has been a beloved dining destination since its inaugural bar opened in Manhattan, New York, over five decades ago, in 1965. <TGI Fridays, owner and operator of 39 domestic “Thank God it’s Friday!” restaurants, said it maintains operations across its corporate-owned ‘happy hour’ dining places in the U.S., adding that it has secured a financing commitment to support operations.

>Trump pick to run the DEA withdraws after conservative backlash over quotes about immigration, diversity and COVID rules https://archive.ph/FxmMa >Trump FBI pick Kash Patel gets lukewarm reception from GOP senators https://archive.ph/JIL4h >Trump's Top SEC Chair Pick Paul Atkins Reluctant to Take Job: Source https://archive.ph/NSERI >Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate https://archive.ph/gDYi9

>US, Russia forge ahead on peace talks, without Ukraine https://archive.ph/qGUkL <US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Feb 18 it agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washington’s previous approach that rallied US allies to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. >Trump Warns 25% Tariffs On Cars, Drugs And Chips Coming In April https://archive.ph/dzv3J <With Wall Street growing more confident by the day that Trump's tariffs are nothing but hot air, and pushing stocks to new record highs, today after the close President Donald Trump tried to reassure the market that tariffs are indeed coming and said he would likely impose tariffs on auto, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, with an announcement coming as soon as April 2. <The new duties, if implemented, would widen the president’s trade war. Trump previously announced 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum that are set to take effect in March, but Tuesday’s comments are his most detailed yet in specifying other sectors that would be hit with fresh barriers. <“I probably will tell you that on April 2, but it’ll be in the neighborhood of 25%,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club when asked about his plan for auto tariffs. <Asked about similar levies on pharmaceutical drugs and semiconductor chips, the president said: “It’ll be 25% and higher, and it’ll go very substantially higher over a course of a year.” Trump added that he wanted to give companies “time to come in” before announcing new import taxes. <“When they come into the United States and they have their plant or factory here there is no tariff, so we want to give them a little bit of a chance,” he said. >AI ‘hallucinations’ in court papers spell trouble for lawyers https://archive.ph/CT7oJ <US personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email in February to its more than 1,000 lawyers, informing them that artificial intelligence (AI) can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get them fired. <A federal judge in Wyoming had just threatened to sanction two lawyers at the firm who included fictitious case citations in a lawsuit against Walmart. <One of the lawyers admitted in court filings last week that he used an AI programme that “hallucinated” the cases and apologised for what he called an inadvertent mistake. <AI’s penchant for generating legal fiction in case filings has led courts around the country to question or discipline lawyers in at least seven cases over the last two years, and created a new high-tech headache for litigants and judges, Reuters found. >Pro-Democracy Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Dying in Hong Kong Prison https://archive.ph/ZlVPO <Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is reportedly in deteriorating health while imprisoned in Hong Kong, and his son warns there’s little time left unless the US and UK intervene to secure his release. >Milei to meet Musk, IMF chief in Washington following crypto controversy https://archive.ph/wRzZD <Following an intense backlash to his promotion of the ‘$LIBRA’ cryptocurrency, President Javier Milei will fly to the United States just after midnight on Wednesday, seeking to put the controversy behind him. <Milei’s visit centres on the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC but will also include high-profile meetings with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. >DOGE Finds $4.7 Trillion In Virtually Untraceable Treasury Payments https://archive.ph/eKaC5 <The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Monday revealed its finding that $4.7 trillion in disbursements by the US Treasury are "almost impossible" to trace, thanks to a rampant disregard for the basic accounting practice of using of tracking codes when dishing out money. <Mind you, it's not as if such a federal tracking system wasn't already in place -- it simply went casually unused for all sorts of payouts adding up to an almost unfathomable $4.7 trillion. Without Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) identification codes associated with those payouts, there's little hope in figuring out where all that money went. >Trump attacks climate science and spreads fear among scientists https://archive.ph/pFFfj <"404: Page not found." This is what internet users discover when they arrive on the White House's climate change page in the United States. They're no luckier when they click on the portals and sections related to this topic on the websites of the Departments of State, Defense, Transportation or Agriculture. They've evaporated. On the website of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the section on climate change is no longer accessible from the home page nor in the "environmental topics" tabs. <These examples are far from isolated. Frozen subsidies, a censored nature report, budget cuts... In less than a month, Donald Trump has struck fast and hard. The 47th president of the US, a climate skeptic who regularly casts doubt on the reality and gravity of global warming, has fought on multiple fronts and rained down attacks on climate and environmental science, declaring a "war" on it, to use the term of American science historian Robert Proctor. <"We are entering a golden age of ignorance," warned the professor at Stanford University in California, while climate scientist Valérie Masson-Delmotte, former co-chair of IPCC Group 1, sees this as "obscurantism." "For this administration, scientific facts are dangerous and must be silenced," she said, adding: "It's the heritage of the Enlightenment that's under threat. This is unprecedented in a democratic country, outside of fascist periods." >EU lawmakers warn Europe cannot ‘rely on’ US https://archive.ph/etlIW <EU lawmakers on Feb 18 demanded Europe “double down” on bolstering its defences and supporting Ukraine after the United States launched efforts with Russia to stop the war. <“Europe can no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests, including continued support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said a statement from the European People’s Party, Socialists and Democrats, Renew and Greens. <“We must face this new reality and double down on our joint European effort in defence of Ukraine and European security as a whole by establishing a credible and strong deterrence against any aggression.” >Tax enforcers, rocket scientists, bank regulators fired as Trump slashes federal workforce https://archive.ph/Oxife <President Donald Trump’s administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers on Feb 18 for dismissal as a US judge gave him the green light to continue with the unprecedented remaking of the US civil service - at least for now.

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>US$30 billion a year – Ecuador reveals size of local cartel trade https://archive.ph/hq5ui <Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa admitted Tuesday that cartels and gangs move US$30 billion worth of drugs, arms and other illicit goods through his country a year -- about a quarter of the country's GDP. >Why Brazil's Lula is bleeding support https://archive.ph/bAyO1 <Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 79, has been on a whirlwind campaign of interviews and public appearances in recent weeks to shore up dwindling support, but the numbers keep getting worse. <The latest survey from Datafolha puts his popularity rating at 24 percent — the lowest in the three terms the charismatic former metalworker has served as Brazilian president. <Here are some reasons analysts give for the precipitous fall in his public approval numbers. <It’s the economy <A strengthened right <Losing the digital battle >Japan Calls for More Renewable, Nuclear Power in Revised Energy Plan; Govt Expects Increased Demand Amid AI Boom https://archive.ph/lnXj9 <The government approved a revised Strategic Energy Plan at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the first time the policy had been updated in three years. <The revised plan, which serves as guidelines for the nation’s mid- to long-term energy policy, clearly states that renewable energy and nuclear power generation will be “utilized to the maximum extent possible” to ensure a stable supply of electricity and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. >Washington Post: Under Trump, CIA plots bigger role in drug cartel fight https://archive.ph/wd0PY <The Central Intelligence Agency is poised to take a larger, more aggressive role under President Donald Trump in the battle against Mexican-based drug cartels, devising and evaluating plans to share more intelligence with regional governments, train local counternarcotics units and possibly conduct other covert actions, according to people familiar with the matter. <The expanded focus on cartels, which smuggle fentanyl and other narcotics into the United States, represents a new and potentially risky priority for the spy agency, which in recent years has made espionage against China, counterterrorism operations in the Middle East and Africa, and support for Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 invasion its main concerns. >Vietnam paves way for Musk's Starlink, seen as "olive branch" amid US tariff threats https://archive.ph/6RD1S <Vietnam plans to adopt rules that would allow Elon Musk's Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country while maintaining full ownership of any local subsidiary, a draft of the regulations shows. <The change paves the way for Starlink to launch in Vietnam and follows protracted talks with its parent company SpaceX, a government official said. <It represents a sudden shift in stance and can be seen as "an olive branch" to SpaceX amid nervousness in Vietnam about tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.

>Trump, Musk To Discuss Sending US Taxpayers $5,000 Checks Using DOGE Savings https://archive.ph/taEbj <Billionaire Elon Musk said on Feb. 18 that he will discuss with President Donald Trump a proposal to send U.S. taxpayers rebate checks representing a portion of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). <Musk is spearheading the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal government and reduce wasteful spending. <The DOGE leader took to his social media platform, X, to say he would check with Trump regarding the possibility of introducing a “DOGE Dividend.” <The SpaceX and Tesla founder made the remarks in response to a suggestion from James Fishback, CEO of investment firm Azoria, that a “tax refund check” be sent out to Americans after DOGE completes its work in July 2026. <The refund would be funded “exclusively with a portion of the total savings delivered by DOGE,” according to Fishback’s proposal. <As Katabella Roberts reports for The Epoch Times, DOGE aims to deliver $2 trillion in federal spending cuts during its 18-month lifespan. <Fishback’s proposal calls for 20 percent of the $2 trillion in savings—approximately $400 billion—to be returned to 79 million tax-paying households via direct payments. <That would amount to roughly $5,000 being returned to each of those 79 million households, according to Fishback. >First Pharaoh Tomb Found in Egypt After 100 Years https://archive.ph/HtbgF <This is the first mausoleum of a pharaoh discovered by Egyptologists since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb over a century ago. <The 18th Egyptian dynasty’s final undiscovered royal tomb was King Thutmose II’s. >US Designates Mexican Cartels As "Foreign Terrorists," Signaling Financial Warfare Looms https://archive.ph/TY7oZ <The US State Department has designated eight Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, setting the stage for a series of legal and financial measures aimed at paralyzing command structures and financial networks of cartels to stop the drug death catastrophe in the US. >Highly dependent on the US market, Germany worries about Donald Trump's customs threats https://archive.ph/1HbSJ <US Vice President JD Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, not only marked a turning point in transatlantic defense relations. It also shattered a close economic trust between Germany and the US formed in the aftermath of the Second World War and confirmed the worst fears of business circles: the Trump administration will do European exporters no favors. Germany is far more dependent on the US economy than it was in 2017, at the start of the Republican president's first term. This historic split could put a further strain on an already sluggish German economy if the threatened tariffs are effectively implemented. >Trump can't quickly or easily kill the CHIPS Act, but he can fire the workers funded by it https://archive.ph/a48YY <US President Donald Trump has made it plain he’s not a fan of the $53 billion CHIPS and Science Act that funds semiconductor manufacturing and research on American soil – and now it appears he’s decided to make substantial staff cuts at the agencies that administer it. <Reports in Axios and Bloomberg claim that almost 500 staff at the US government's National Institute of Standards and Technology, aka NIST, are about to be let go, among them workers responsible for running the agency’s $11 billion semiconductor research and development program that was funded under the Biden-era CHIPS Act. The layoffs are also expected to gut the US AI Safety Institute, which was responsible for evaluating the security of emerging AI models. >Paging DOGE: Study Finds 28% Spike In Corruption When Feds Shower Local Governments In Cash https://archive.ph/k4ydV <Federal grants are a crucial funding source for local governments, growing from $135 billion in 1990 to an astounding $1.2 trillion in 2022. However, a new study reveals that sudden surges of federal money - so-called "windfalls" - increase local corruption by up to 28%. This research underscores the urgent need for stringent oversight mechanisms, particularly at the federal level, to ensure these funds serve their intended purpose rather than lining the pockets of corrupt officials. >US to cut size of diplomatic mission in China by up to 10%: Report https://archive.ph/P3Fun <The United States is set to cut the size of its diplomatic mission in China by up to 10 per cent, the South China Morning Post reported on Feb 19, citing people familiar with the situation. <American diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong as well as local employees might be given notice as early as Feb 21 in a round of downsizing that the media outlet described as unprecedented. <The cuts would affect the embassy in Beijing and the consulates in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang and Wuhan, as well as the consulate in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post said. >Trump moves to end New York congestion pricing, sparking legal challenge https://archive.ph/FiyPZ <The US government on Feb 19 moved to kill New York’s nascent congestion pricing scheme designed to ease traffic and finance public transport by imposing tolls on drivers in Manhattan – a first-in-the-nation plan US President Donald Trump had vowed to quash. <The US$9 (S$12.09) daytime toll for motorists entering areas of Manhattan south of Central Park was introduced in early January after being approved at the last minute before the inauguration of the Republican President – a native New Yorker. <In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy terminated approval for the pilot programme, sparking an immediate backlash from city officials. >EU trade chief says bloc will respond swiftly to US tariffs https://archive.ph/bbRjv <The European Union will respond “firmly and swiftly” to protect its interests if Washington imposes tariffs on the bloc’s goods, its trade chief said on Feb 19, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s claim that US-EU trade ties are unfair.

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>Trump Could Be About To Ban COVID Vaccines; Report https://archive.ph/ztNDO <Trump health officials could be about to recommend a complete stop to covid vaccines for all age groups in the US, according to a report. <The move would effectively ban the vaccines amid widespread suggestions that they are having expansive side effects and causing a spike in excess deaths. <The Daily Mail outlines how Dr Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump’s nomination to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has backed a petition calling for the mRNA vaccines to be paused and retested. >Yoon becomes South Korea’s first sitting president to go on criminal trial https://archive.ph/5m57k <Ousted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol became the country’s first sitting head of state to stand trial in a criminal case, as hearings open on Feb 20 on his bid to impose martial law. <The 64-year-old former prosecutor has been behind bars since he was arrested in January on charges of insurrection, for which he could be sentenced to life in prison or face the death penalty. >Trump administration tells Pentagon to slash budget by 8% a year https://archive.ph/WyPGH <US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of the department’s 2026 budget so as to reallocate US$50 billion (S$67 billion) in funds, the Pentagon said on Feb 19, following reports that he had directed deep, multi-year cuts to military spending. <US media said Mr Hegseth directed senior Defence Department leaders to plan for cuts that could slash the defence budget by 8 per cent annually, or some US$290 billion within the next five years. <The Pentagon did not directly deny those reports, but instead described an effort aimed at removing funding from programs favored by former president Joe Biden and using it on those advocated by his successor Donald Trump. >Trump tariffs put tourism on edge https://archive.ph/OEKs8 <Uncertainty over the Chinese market and the effect of US President Donald Trump's policies are the most critical factors for the tourism industry in the first half, as airlines and hoteliers consider market trends after the high season. <Fuel prices, which typically make up a large portion of travel costs, have been monitored this year as new trade tariffs from Trump are expected to impact global oil prices. <Tassapon Bijleveld, executive chairman of Asia Aviation, the majority shareholder of Thai AirAsia, said fuel prices would be the most crucial factor for the aviation industry to watch in the new round of trade wars. >Canada refugee claims drop as country issues fewer visas https://archive.ph/rdspH <Refugee claims in Canada are dropping from historic highs as the country grants fewer visas and advocates worry legitimate claimants are being left stranded with few good options. <About 11,840 people filed refugee claims in Canada in January, down from a high of 19,821 in July, Immigration and Refugee Board data shows. This was the lowest monthly figure since September 2023. <Canada is publicly discouraging asylum-seekers and clamping down on the visas it issues, aiming to gradually reduce the population and reduce strain on services amid a broader backlash against migrants. >Trump Trounces "Modestly Successful Comedian... Dictator" Zelenksy After Ukraine Leader Revives Debunked Russiagate Narrative https://archive.ph/6Ok0g <President Trump has absolutely excoriated Zelensky in a growing tit-for-tat which is fast turning into an exchange of wide-ranging criticisms and direct insults. Trump in a fresh Truth Social post has dismissed the Ukrainian leader as a "modestly successful comedian" who essentially tricked the US into spending hundreds of billions for a war that "couldn't be won" and should have never started. <Worse, Trump blasted Zelensky as "A Dictator without Elections" given that he "refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden 'like a fiddle.' Trump added: "I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues..." and said the Ukrainian leader "better move fast" or he "won't have a country left."

>US Abruptly Cancels Media Conference After Zelensky Met With Trump's Ukraine Envoy https://archive.ph/dhnvE <Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, is in Kiev where on Thursday he had an (apparently) brief meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. <A scheduled post-meeting news conference has been unexpectedly canceled, though no reason was immediately forthcoming, according to a Ukrainian official, presidential spokesman Serhii Nikiforov. The US side made no comment upon the presser's cancelation. >Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy party moves to disband https://archive.ph/QPWmf <Hong Kong's Democratic Party said late on Thursday it would start preparations to disband and wind up its affairs after a meeting of its leadership, amid a years-long national security crackdown in the China-ruled city. <Founded in 1994 in the run-up to the city's return from British to Chinese rule in 1997, the Democratic Party grew into the largest and most successful opposition party -- garnering strong public support in city-wide elections and has long been a key symbol of the city's freedoms and plurality. <Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said the party's members still needed to vote on the dissolution to make it final at a future meeting, with a 75% majority required from the members in attendance. >US IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees on Feb 20 in Trump downsizing spree https://archive.ph/0E6kt <The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to fire about 6,700 employees on Feb 20, a person familiar with the matter said, eliminating roughly 7 per cent of the tax-collecting agency’s workforce amid the critical tax-filing season. <The planned cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s radical downsizing effort that has targeted bank regulators, forest workers, rocket scientists and tens of thousands of other government employees. The effort is being led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, Mr Trump’s biggest campaign donor. <The planned layoffs at the IRS would largely target workers at the 95,000-person agency who were hired as part of an expansion under former Democratic President Joe Biden, who had sought to expand enforcement efforts on wealthy taxpayers. >Mexico says won’t accept US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels https://archive.ph/VAg4D <Mexico will never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum warned on Feb 20, after Washington designated Mexican cartels as terrorist organisations. <“This cannot be an opportunity for the US to invade our sovereignty,” she said. <“With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion.” >PM calls on EU to ‘move from words to action’ in defense https://archive.ph/vMHoy <The European Union should “move from words to action” on defense spending and joint borrowing is becoming part of the conversation for how to defend the bloc’s interests, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said. <In an interview with Bloomberg TV, the premier said that “some sort of joint European borrowing facility is on the table and I expect it to pick up steam quickly.” <“We need more fiscal flexibility, so when we spend more on defense, the incremental spending should not count towards out European deficit calculations,” he said, pointing out that Greece spends more than 3% of GDP on defense. >Trump Confirms Fort Knox Audit, But Gold Slips As Bessent Downplays Revaluation Rumors https://archive.ph/Dwxlo <With our suggestion immediately going viral on X, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) indicating he's on board - replying to Musk with "Let's do it." <...we were pleased to see that during comments to the press aboard Air Force One, President Trump announced that he and Elon Musk’s DOGE are going to open up Fort Knox and make sure all the gold that is supposed to be there is present. <“We’re going to go to Fort Knox make sure the gold is there,” Trump said, adding “if the gold isn’t there we are going to be very upset.” >Trump Signs Executive Order Terminating All Federal Taxpayer Benefits Going To Illegal Aliens https://archive.ph/6eDEF <President Trump signed his executive order, PRESERVING FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS, Wednesday night “to ensure taxpayer resources are not used to incentivize or support illegal immigration.” >Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard https://archive.ph/jGcE7 <IBM, like Amazon, Dell, and other tech firms, wants employees allowed to work remotely during the COVID pandemic to resume working from a corporate office – ostensibly for better communication and team cohesion. <In 2024, IBM Consulting instructed executives and people managers to work from a corporate office at least three days per week. IBM Software issued similar orders to employees several months earlier. Earlier this month, Finance & Operations employees faced an RTO demand. <But IBM's co-location program affects workers who have never worked from corporate offices. <"IBM is implementing a 'co-location' program," an IBM employee told us. "This program is intended to get people not only back in the office but bring teams with common work functions together into the same location. <"In 2024, IBM mandated all US managers back into the office. This was the start of co-location. Now, rolling out in phases, all US employees will be required to co-located or resign from IBM." >Futures Fall On Tariff, Walmart Concerns; Gold Hits Another All-Time High

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https://archive.ph/ikOz4 <US equity futures slide from the latest record high as concerns around trade tariffs and a disappointing outlook from Walmart weighed on sentiment. As of 8:00am ET, contracts on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 slipped about 0.3% as Mag7 names are mixed with Semis lower. Palantir was among the biggest losers in US premarket trading, on track to extend Wednesday’s 10% slide, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined plans to cut military spending by 8% over the coming years. Walmart plunged 8%, the most in a year, after the company's guidance disappointed Wall Street. Europe's Stoxx 50 continues its ascent rising 0.6% led by real estate and auto sector. The potential for a pausing of the Fed’s QT hinted in yesterday's FOMC minutes helped a late-day rally and Trump says a bigger China trade deal is possible but says there is a shot clock for Ukraine to find a deal. Bond yields are down 2-3bps with the USD weaker as the yen continues its recent surge. Commodities are seeing strength in both Ags and Metals; gold set a fresh all-time high above $2950. The macro data focus is on Jobless Claims and the Leading Indicator Index. >US refusing to co-sponsor UN motion backing Ukraine ahead of war anniversary, say diplomats https://archive.ph/kPz0l <The US is refusing to co-sponsor a draft UN resolution marking three years since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine that backs Kyiv's territorial integrity and condemns Russian aggression, three diplomatic sources told Reuters, in a potential stark shift by Ukraine's most powerful Western ally. <The step appears to mirror a widening rift between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump, who is trying to rapidly end the war in Ukraine and whose team has held talks with Russia without the involvement of Kyiv. >Offensive Comments on Japan’s Yahoo News Site Down by 20%; AI Feature Asks Commenter to Reconsider Vulgar Words, Phrases https://archive.ph/4Raiu <The number of offensive comments posted on Yahoo News’ website declined by over 20% after the firm introduced an artificial intelligence feature that asks users to reconsider comments before posting, according to the site’s operator LY Corp. <The feature was introduced in September. The program detects vulgar words or offensive expressions in comments as they are about to be posted. It then notifies the commenter and suggests changing the expressions to less offensive wording. >Malaysia set to grab bigger share of US glove market with new Trump tariffs on China goods https://archive.ph/PlIVI <The escalating US-China trade war appears to present an opportunity for Malaysian glove manufacturers to establish a firmer footing in the US market. <Malaysia, the world’s largest rubber gloves producer, could gain an additional 10 per cent share of the US medical glove market following fresh tariffs that Washington has slapped on all Chinese imports, analysts say. >US appeals court upholds block on Trump's order to end birthright citizenship https://archive.ph/8yP0b <An appeals court upheld an order on Wednesday, February 19, blocking President Donald Trump from ending birthright citizenship for children whose parents are in the United States illegally. The emergency request was filed by the Justice Department in an attempt to clear the path for Trump's executive order, which has been blocked by judges in lower district courts since it was issued in January. >Nigel Farage gives up ownership of Reform UK to make party more democratic https://archive.ph/0NeAf <Eurosceptic politician Nigel Farage has given up formal control of his right-wing Reform UK party, which is currently leading in opinion polls, as he seeks to democratise its structure in a bid to win Britain's next general election. >'The America of the rule of law and the liberal international order is disappearing' https://archive.ph/wnNZp <A little bit more every day: The America we had become accustomed to in Europe is disappearing. Our America followed the rule of law at home and, abroad, it invented the "liberal international order" in 1945. It was unfaithful to it, didn't respect its own rules, but it had worked out rather well for it, and for us too. It's over now. Donald Trump doesn't want it anymore. He demolishes, he breaks, he says the "system" no longer benefits Americans, either at home or abroad. Another America is coming – one that is tough on the weak. >Sakiewicz: Europe’s Tendency to Take Offense at the United States https://archive.ph/8w4w5 <Europe has a long-standing habit of taking offence at the United States, especially when America stands up for its own interests. As Editor-in-chief Tomasz Sakiewicz pointed out, “Europe has a habit of taking offence at the United States, particularly when the U.S. defends its interests—not even at Europe’s expense, but simply when it refuses to be exploited.” >South Korea slaps tariffs on Chinese steel https://archive.ph/GcXXD <South Korea has decided to provisionally impose tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese steel plate imports after an investigation into alleged dumping of the product used in shipbuilding and construction. <The move announced by the industry ministry on Thursday comes after South Korean authorities initiated an investigation into dumping by Chinese steel suppliers after local companies had filed complaints about an influx of low-cost steel plates from China, the world’s biggest steel producer.

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>Anthropologist Michel Agier: 'Biological race does not exist, but race produced by racism does exist socially' https://archive.ph/QsCma <Research director at France's Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), anthropologist Michel Agier examines in his new book Racisme et Culture: Explorations Transnationales ("Racism and Culture: Transnational Explorations") the political revival of racism in cosmopolitan and globalized societies. >Trump says he wants Musk to be ‘more aggressive’ in federal cuts https://archive.ph/m82am <US President Donald Trump said on Feb 22 he would like his billionaire advisor Elon Musk to get “more aggressive” in implementing his reform agenda cutting back the federal government. <“Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Remember, we have a country to save.” >Philippines removed from ‘dirty money’ list https://archive.ph/ghBXu <The Philippine government has welcomed the country’s removal from a global watchdog’s dirty-money list, which could spur remittances and foreign investments in one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. <The decision by the Financial Action Task Force to take Manila off the list is expected to “facilitate faster and lower-cost cross-border transactions, reduce compliance barriers and enhance financial transparency”, the Philippines’ Anti-Money Laundering Council said in a statement on Saturday. >Pentagon Purge: Trump Fires Chairman Of Joint Chiefs, Navy Chief And Other Top Brass https://archive.ph/QTtGi <Making good on a campaign pledge to shake up the senior military ranks to ensure a focus on his policy priorities, President Trump on Friday night took the extraordinary step of firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and five more senior Pentagon officers. The fired chair, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., had only served two-and-a-half years of his four-year term. <Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs usually stay in their posts when control of the White House changes hands. Trump's move immediately triggered accusations that he was politicizing the US military. “A professional, apolitical military that is subordinate to the civilian government and supportive of the Constitution rather than a political party is essential to the survival of our democracy,” said Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed in a statement <To replace Brown, Trump has nominated retired USAF Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Cain. The selection of Cain is highly unusual: Not only had he already retired from service, but he would be the first three-star general to ascend to the highest post in the US military. Cain is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and an F-16 pilot credited with 150 combat hours and two tours in Iraq. From 2021 to 2024, Cain served as the CIA's associate director for military affairs, collaborating on several highly classified initiatives, the New York Times reports. >US wants UJN Security Council to vote first on Ukraine on Feb. 24, say diplomats https://archive.ph/26GKg <The United States wants the UN Security Council to vote on a brief draft resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24 before the 193-member General Assembly votes on the same text, diplomats said on Feb 22. <The US move at the UN pits it against Ukraine and the European Union, who have for the past month been negotiating with UN member states on their own draft text on the war, which is due to be voted on by the General Assembly on Monday. >Brazil's Lula grapples with opposing climate and economic goals https://archive.ph/9g1K <During his January 2023 inaugural address, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as "Lula," vowed to make Brazil a "leader in the fight against the climate crisis." "Our goal is to achieve zero deforestation in the Amazon [by 2030] and zero greenhouse gas emissions in our electricity mix [by 2050]," he had declared in Brasilia before the Brazilian Congress. <Since then, the center-left president has introduced multiple measures to meet these commitments. He has, for example, strengthened controls against illegal deforestation, implemented a national energy transition policy with an investment potential of 2 trillion reais (€330 billion), and ratified a law that has established a mandatory carbon market. But these efforts, which have received frequent international praise after four years of environmental devastation under the policies of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), now face numerous economic challenges. <Maria Cristina Yuan, director of institutional affairs at the Brazil Steel Institute, which represents the country's steel companies, has expressed concerns about the carbon market's impact on the sector's competitiveness. The market allows companies to emit a quota of 25,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year. Despite efforts to find greener solutions, steel production, which involves smelting iron ore and coke in blast furnaces, still emits above this threshold. Inevitably, "we will have to buy credits on the carbon market" from less-polluting companies, said Yuan. <As a result, she warned, the additional production costs of purchasing these credits could drive up the price of Brazilian steel. Without public subsidies or trade tariffs, this could make Brazilian steel less competitive against the cheap Chinese steel currently flooding the market, which might be even more polluting. According to Brazilian steel manufacturers, Brazil emits an average of 1.7 metric tons of CO₂ per metric ton of steel produced, compared to 2.1 metric tons of CO₂ in China, according to calculations by the Helsinki-based nonprofit Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. >Bulgaria's anti-euro protesters try to storm EU mission building https://archive.ph/xLjtg <Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria's ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against the country's plans to adopt the euro next year. <The anti-government protesters, chanting "Resignation" and "No to the Euro", threw red paint, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails at the EU building in the capital Sofia, setting the front door on fire before the police pushed them away. >Germany's Baerbock Issues Warning To US Over Failure To Back "Liberal Democracies" https://archive.ph/mHtKw <After days of EU officials essentially begging Washington to give the bloc a seat at the table in talks with Russia to end the Ukraine war, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned the US that its actions could severely damage relations with Europe. <She urged for the European Union to put more pressure on Washington, and coupled the statement with a warning of what will happen if "liberal democracies" can't be supported. This is after President Trump has blasted Ukraine and the Zelensky government for refusing to hold elections or achieve peace with Moscow. <"We are increasing the pressure on the Americans" to signal "that they have a lot to lose if they stop standing by the liberal democracies of Europe," she said Friday during a campaign event near Berlin. >Tunisian president calls for amendments to central bank law https://archive.ph/HRq2K <Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday called for the law governing the central bank to be amended, raising concerns the lender will lose its independence and of direct government intervention in monetary policy. <Saied said in a meeting with central bank Governor Zouhair Nouri that "it is time to change the 2016 law" that granted the bank power over monetary policy, reserves and gold. <"We want a national central bank, not as others wanted it based on dictates from abroad," he added, in a video published by the presidency.

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<In October, dozens of Tunisian lawmakers proposed a bill that would strip the central bank of its exclusivity over interest rates and foreign exchange policy, ending its independence. >Nervousness in Germany on eve of elections https://archive.ph/tHnK1 <German politicians made a final scramble for votes on Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right targeting a record showing. <Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united Western stance on the Ukraine conflict by reaching out to Russia. <Trump’s threats of a trade war spell more trouble ahead for Germany, after its economy has shrunk for the past two years, and as it also faces bitter social polarisation on the flashpoint issues of immigration and security. <Sunday’s vote is being held more than half a year ahead of schedule after centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition collapsed in early November. >Arab countries outline plan for rebuilding Gaza https://archive.ph/RATAb <In Riyadh on Friday, February 21, the leaders of the Gulf states, Egypt and Jordan showed their unity. They had been invited by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to formulate a counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's plan to take control of the Gaza Strip and move two million Gazans out of the enclave. <Arab leaders are seeking a common position on the financing of reconstruction, estimated at $53 billion (€50.6 billion) by the World Bank, and the future governance of the Gaza Strip. Their proposal is due to be presented in Cairo on March 4, at an emergency summit of Arab League countries. >As global bean prices surge, coffee planters in Johor are on a caffeine rush https://archive.ph/SVAzw <Record-high prices of wholesale coffee beans may bring frowns to latte lovers around the world, but small coffee farms in Johor are in a sweet spot. >Washington Post: With Multiple Tariffs Looming, Farmers Who Support Trump Grow Nervous https://archive.ph/DDf3M <But President Donald Trump’s near-daily edicts on tariffs and trade threaten to upend all her careful calculations. As the president mulls a revolution in global economics, farmers like Shirbroun, who raises soybeans and corn with her husband, Joe, find themselves in the crosshairs. <Trump’s recent tariffs on Chinese goods will make the herbicide she uses to keep her fields weed-free more expensive. The levies he’s announced on foreign steel and aluminum will raise the already inflation-swollen price of tractors and other farm machinery. And his enthusiasm for increasing taxes on all imported products could ignite a global trade war that boomerangs on American farmers, the principal targets of foreign retaliation in Trump’s first term. <... <Iowa produces soybeans for China and corn for Mexico, and it depends on Canada for almost 90 percent of the potash fertilizer that makes it all possible. Each of those countries has been hit or threatened with tariffs during Trump’s first month back in the White House. <Shirbroun, who has traveled to Vietnam, Chile, Brazil and Colombia on industry trade missions, worries that the president’s “America First” approach could become a costly turn inward that overlooks farmers’ need for customers outside the United States.

>Who is Friedrich Merz, Germany's next chancellor? https://archive.ph/ay18W <Germany's conservatives, the CDU/CSU alliance, won the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday, February 23 with 28.6% of the vote, ahead of the far-right AfD party, which achieved its best-ever score with 20.8% of the vote. This score enables the president of the CDU party, Friedrich Merz, to realize his dream, or rather his revenge: to become Germany's chancellor. <Angela Merkel's rival, a corporate lawyer and millionaire, and a politician accused of cooperating with the far-right AfD... Here's what you need to know about Friedrich Merz. >Musk Effect: Real-Time DC Traffic Data Shows "We've Returned To Office" https://archive.ph/m4Yhg <On Monday morning, Elon Musk issued a very straightforward directive to federal workers: "Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave." <By Tuesday morning, Musk, who is leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, appeared to have struck fear into federal workers, as TomTom real-time traffic data shows congestion levels around the DC Capitol Beltway and within the DC metro area hit the highest level earlier this AM in the last seven days. Note: the spike in traffic congestion comes a day after Musk's directive, and also President's Day - a federal holiday - was on Feb. 17. >Trump wants controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline to be built https://archive.ph/gdx4o <Republican US President Donald Trump said in a post late on Feb 24 he wants the Keystone XL Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the crude oil project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists before its permit was revoked by the Biden administration. <The US$9 billion pipeline was first proposed in 2008 to bring 830,000 barrels per day of oil from Canada’s Western tar sands to US refiners and was halted in 2021 by then-owner TC Energy after former Democratic president Joe Biden revoked a key permit needed for a US stretch of the project. <In a social media post on Feb 24, Mr Trump urged the company that was building the pipeline to “come back to America,” saying his administration would offer easy approvals and an almost immediate start, though the company said on Feb 25 that it had moved on from the project. >Musk's Starlink Reportedly Set To Upgrade America's National Airspace System https://archive.ph/yZsgS <Bloomberg reported that Elon Musk's SpaceX subsidiary, Starlink, is preparing to deploy terminals nationwide to upgrade the Federal Aviation Administration's national airspace system. Musk responded to the report on X, indicating that the current ground-based internet, managed by Verizon, "is not working and so is putting air travelers at serious risk." <Here's more from the report: <Musk approved a shipment of 4,000 Starlink terminals to the FAA last week for the initiative, said one of the people. One terminal has already been installed at the FAA's air-traffic control technology lab in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for testing, the person said. <The person familiar with the matter said the program will be called TDM X. The goal is to have the entire program fully functional within 12 to 18 months. >Impeachment trial hearings conclude as support for S. Korean leader Yoon surprisingly grows https://archive.ph/yEXJq <South Korea’s Constitutional Court held its 11th and last hearing in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial on Feb 25, with the verdict widely expected to be announced in two weeks’ time. <The trial, which began at 2pm, lasted nearly 8½ hours as both the National Assembly and Mr Yoon’s legal teams presented their final arguments, with Mr Yoon allowed to deliver a final statement without any time limit. <Appearing at the court some six hours after the session began, Mr Yoon, wearing his characteristic navy blue suit, insisted that his declaration of martial law on Dec 3, 2024, was “completely different” from past martial law decrees that “evoked negative memories of the past”. <“It was not an attempt to suppress the people by force but a desperate appeal to the people using the form of martial law,” he said, urging the judges to consider the facts of the case carefully, and calling the impeachment “a political ploy by the opposition to overthrow a democratically elected president”. <Mr Yoon repeated his earlier accusations that the opposition-dominated National Assembly paralysed the government by blocking policy reforms, impeaching high-ranking officials and working against national security by slashing budgets and sabotaging key national defence projects. <He ended his 67-minute final statement with a promise to focus on constitutional reforms and foreign policy should he be allowed to return to office and would leave domestic matters to the prime minister. >British PM pledges to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense by 2027 https://archive.ph/WWT3J <British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday, February 25, to boost defense spending to 2.5% of the economy by 2027, as uncertainty reigns over US President Donald Trump's commitment to European security. <Starmer expressed an intent to eventually reach 3%, a rise of 0.7% from current spending that would mark the biggest increase since the end of the Cold War. His announcement comes ahead of key talks on Ukraine with Trump in Washington on Thursday. It will be seen as an attempt to appease the US president who has demanded that European powers pay more for their own security. >Mexico says talks with US ongoing ahead of tariff pause deadline https://archive.ph/vYbzk <Mexico is holding talks with the US government on trade policy before a deadline expires in a week for a pause on tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday, in a push to reach a new deal. <Sheinbaum said she expected to reach an agreement that could head off a potential trade war with the US, its top trade partner, even after President Donald Trump said on Monday that tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods were "on time and on schedule." >Conference Board Consumer Confidence Collapses As Inflation Fears Soar https://archive.ph/wIMRy <In February, consumer confidence registered the largest monthly decline since August 2021,” said Stephanie Guichard, Senior Economist, Global Indicators at The Conference Board. <“This is the third consecutive month on month decline, bringing the Index to the bottom of the range that has prevailed since 2022. Of the five components of the Index, only consumers’ assessment of present business conditions improved, albeit slightly. Views of current labor market conditions weakened. <Consumers became pessimistic about future business conditions and less optimistic about future income. Pessimism about future employment prospects worsened and reached a ten-month high.”

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>US House Republicans set for vote on Trump's tax-cut agenda https://archive.ph/sMFA3 <The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will try to take its first step on Tuesday toward enacting President Donald Trump's tax-cut and border agenda, giving Speaker Mike Johnson hours to corral wayward Republicans into supporting the effort. <Johnson appears to lack the near-unanimous support he needs from his 218-215 Republican majority to deliver on Trump's $4.5 trillion tax-cut plan, which would also fund the deportation of migrants living in the U.S. illegally, tighten border security, energy deregulation and military spending. >We Caught FBI Using "Minority Report Style" Secret Form Pressuring Gun Owners To Forfeit Their Rights https://archive.ph/a6wz8 <Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, along with 15 other members of Congress, sent a letter to the FBI demanding that it remove any records from any database relating to those who have signed these forms, remove the records from NICS, and finally confirm that the FBI has halted its use of this unlawful form. <... <Today, we've uncovered even more evidence that not only was the use of the FBI's secret form more widespread than it initially appeared but also that the FBI was training its field offices on how exactly to implement and effectively use the form in a Minority Report-style of dystopian justice. <... <GOA has also uncovered emails showing FBI agents congratulating each other on successfully coercing a "subject" sign the form. <Incredibly, the FBI's secret form asks the bureau's victims to certify that they "lack mental capacity adequately to contract or manage the details of [their] life," while simultaneously requiring "verification" by a "physician or mental-health professional" that the individual nevertheless "has adequate mental capacity voluntarily to execute this document." <In other words, the form claims that individuals can have enough mental capacity to sign their rights away, but not enough capacity to have those rights in the first place. >French Government Proves JD Vance Right After Silencing Conservative Broadcaster https://archive.ph/isGBb <"Freedom of expression is guaranteed in Europe...Nobody is obliged to adopt our model, but nobody can impose theirs on us..." <This, of course, is a lie. The French government went on to prove JD Vance right this week after they finalized a move to shut down conservative French TV station C8. The outlet will cease broadcasting on February 28th after the Council of State, France's top court, rejected their appeal against the removal of their frequency. <Arcom, France's audiovisual regulator, excluded the channel in July from the shortlist of selected candidates for the reallocation of digital terrestrial television frequencies which expire at the end of the month. Arcom confirmed its decision on December 12th. Arcom pulled up C8 for a lack of editorial control over its programming following a series of incidents on the conservative "Touche pas à mon poste" show hosted by Cyril Hanouna, who regularly criticized the progressive establishment. The show racked up fines of over 7.5 million euros. >U.N. General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Russia’s Aggression; U.S., Russia Vote Against https://archive.ph/p0A1F <The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution on the third anniversary of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine on Monday, including a call for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the country, among other actions. <The draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly was created by Ukraine, European nations and others. <Out of a total of 193 member countries, 93 countries, including Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy, voted in favor of the resolution; 18 countries, including the United States and Russia, voted against; and 65 countries, including China and Brazil, abstained.

>Why Aren't Chicken-Meat Prices Rising Like Egg Prices? https://archive.ph/y9HVs <The United States’ top egg-producing states—Iowa, Ohio, and Indiana—have lost more than 62 million birds because of culling since the beginning of the outbreak. <The latest Department of Agriculture Egg Markets Overview report, published on Feb. 21, placed the national average wholesale price of eggs at $8.07 per dozen. In some regions of the country, the average was nearly $10 per dozen. <The price of eggs has driven the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to step up its action in response to the crisis. On Feb. 26, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the agency would spend as much as $1 billion to boost biosecurity on farms and compensate farmers who lost birds to HPAI. The USDA is also weighing the possibility of using vaccines to control the spread of the disease and taking steps to override state animal welfare laws. <Meanwhile, the average retail price of boneless, skinless, conventionally raised, frozen chicken breast meat, according to the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service’s weekly report for Feb. 15 through Feb. 21, was $2.99 per pound. Fresh, boneless, skinless breast meat was slightly more expensive, at $3.09 per pound. Boneless, skinless breast meat is the most popular cut in the U.S. market. <According to Consumer Price Index data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of eggs rose by 53 percent between January 2024 and January 2025. During the same period, the average price of “fresh and frozen chicken parts” rose by just 0.8 percent. <The significant difference in price changes is due to multiple factors, including industry size, disease susceptibility, and market economics. <Agricultural economists who spoke with The Epoch Times earlier in February said the main reason egg prices are so high currently is the sheer number of birds being killed, because the virus was discovered in a flock. Additionally, egg farmers are hard-pressed to replace the lost birds because an egg-laying hen—known as a layer—takes several months to grow from a hatchling to a productive bird. >Homebuilders Have Most Speculative Unsold Inventory Since May Of 2008 https://archive.ph/ZyEe <We are building apartments for immigrants who are here (legally or illegally) and others who aren’t going to get here because Trump effectively closed the border. <Completed units have not yet impacted the price of rent, at least renewals. How long can that last? >Germany Blackmails Neighbors: “Accept Illegal Migrants or Lose EU Funds” https://archive.ph/fjnfb <Germany is attempting to force European countries, including Poland, to accept illegal immigrants. If countries resist, Germany wants to impose penalties, such as cutting EU funds. This is another example of the arrogance of German politicians towards EU member states. >G-20 finance meeting ends without consensus or communique https://archive.ph/xKMUd <South Africa voiced dismay on Feb 27 that Group of 20 (G-20) talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus after top officials from several countries skipped it, and delegates remained far apart on issues like climate finance. <The two-day G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Cape Town failed to come up with a joint communique. However a “chair’s summary” issued by the host said participants “reiterated the commitment to resisting protectionism”. <The summary added that they had “supported a rules-based, non-discriminatory, fair, open, inclusive, equitable, sustainable and transparent multilateral trading system,” using several words the Trump administration has already strongly objected to. >EU green finance row-back sets climate investment challenge https://archive.ph/X73fU <That regulatory backdrop had led to a sharp rise in new European financial products aligned with the bloc's climate goals, which include a near-term aim to cut net emissions 55% by 2030. <Faced with growing pressure from companies and some EU governments to help struggling industries, and in view of the rejection of climate change action by the United States under Donald Trump, the European Commission on Wednesday laid out plans to trim the reporting burden on firms. <As well as slashing the number of companies having to report data, the EU executive proposed scaling back a landmark supply chain due diligence law and softened penalties for those that breach it. >RFK Jr Pauses Multi-Million Dollar Contract To Develop New COVID-19 Vaccine https://archive.ph/YESld <Clinical trials for a new COVID-19 vaccine were halted after a multi-million contract authorized by the Biden administration to develop the inoculation was paused by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <Kennedy implemented a 90-day stop-work order on Feb. 21 regarding the HHS contract with Vaxart Inc., according to the announcement, which was first reported by Fox News Digital on Feb. 25. >Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs to take effect on March 4 https://archive.ph/Z1mxt <US President Donald Trump said 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico are on track to kick in on March 4, and said he would impose an additional 10 per cent tax on Chinese imports. <Mr Trump had paused the sweeping duties on the US’ largest trading partners on Feb 3 for one month after Canadian and Mexican leaders announced new border security measures. But he recently sowed confusion about whether they would take effect once the grace period ended. <Mr Trump said on Feb 27 in a social media post that drugs from the country’s North American neighbours are still entering “at very high and unacceptable levels”, with a large percentage of them the deadly opioid fentanyl. <“We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed tariffs scheduled to go into effect on March 4 will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled,” he wrote. “China will likewise be charged an additional 10 per cent tariff on that date.” <The new tariffs on China come on top of a previous 10 per cent duty he allowed to take effect in January, when he delayed the tariffs on Canada and Mexico. <The 25 per cent tariffs apply to all Canadian and Mexican imports, except for energy products from Canada, which will be taxed at 10 per cent. >Ukraine ready to sign agreement with US in hope of appeasing Trump https://archive.ph/GjvEP <After two weeks of tensions and negotiations, Kyiv and Washington have agreed on a draft agreement on the revenue from the exploitation of Ukrainian natural resources. The document is only the first step towards a global agreement, but President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Washington on Friday, February 28, has been confirmed. He is expected to meet his American counterpart to sign the document and, he hopes, to improve relations. The most important thing for Ukraine is to get closer to the American president, who is making a diplomatic U-turn towards Russia with the aim of bringing a swift end to the war, even if it means sidelining Kyiv.

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>Services collapsing as USAid cuts health contracts worldwide https://archive.ph/dZo5n <Only weeks later, the administration decided to terminate more than 90 per cent of the programmes globally, according to a February 25 court document, including many that were initially covered by waivers such as work tackling HIV as well as wider health programs. <Several of the largest US-funded HIV/AIDS programmes in South Africa were told that their funding would not resume, according to three senior leaders at health organizations, while a global non-profit that works on malaria and maternal and newborn health had the majority of its contracts cancelled. <UNAIDS, the United Nations agency tackling HIV and AIDS, had its contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) cancelled, documents reviewed by Reuters showed. <Khana in Cambodia, an HIV and TB organisation, also got a termination notice, according to a source familiar with its work. <There was no immediate response to a request for comment from the US State Department. >Supreme Court Blocks $2B Aid Payment Order to Trump Administration https://archive.ph/2xxSZ <The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order that mandates the Trump administration to unfreeze approximately $2 billion in foreign aid payments. <According to a brief order from Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday night, the lower court’s order was paused until the justices considered the case. >UK Aid Funded Mexican Group Behind Illegal Abortion Pill Shipments to the US https://archive.ph/XsIC9 <A Mexican organisation that illegally transports Abortion Pill to the United States has received funding from Britain’s aid budget. <For the past five years, Las Libres, an organisation that advocates for abortion rights, has received assistance from the Foreign Office’s development budget. <The organisation was established to offer abortion services in Mexico. However, in 2022, it began mailing abortion drugs across the US border after the Supreme Court eliminated nationwide protections for reproductive rights. >Japan set to raise tourist tax to counter overtourism https://archive.ph/RtIaf <Japan’s government and ruling parties are considering raising the International Tourist Tax, which is currently 1,000 yen (S$8.95) per person and levied on people leaving Japan as a “departure tax”. <The government intends to expand the purposes for which the tax revenue is used, such as measures against overtourism, which has become a problem in many areas due to the rapid increase of foreign visitors. >Talks to sign South China Sea Code of Conduct ramping up: Asean sources https://archive.ph/t3I4L <Talks between Asean and China to sign the long-delayed South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC) are ramping up, with differences closer to being ironed out than before. <Sources tell The Straits Times that the fresh momentum to ink the code – which sets out ways for Asean and China to peacefully manage conflicts in the disputed South China Sea – is partially driven by Beijing’s desire to constrain the actions of other claimant states as well as to pre-empt any moves in the region by the new US administration under President Donald Trump.

>More funding/defunding - Larry Sanger https://archive.md/s1xkV <Hi @ElonMusk. Wikipedia co-founder here. May I ask you to determine what branches of the U.S(Please use archive.today)ernment—if any!—have employees paid to edit, monitor, update, lobby, etc., WIkipedia? <Such operations should be defunded, if any. If there are *none*, we’d like to know. Agree?

>Egypt unveils $53 billion plan to rebuild Gaza as alternative to Trump's proposal https://archive.ph/WXaRH <Egypt has proposed a $53 billion plan to rebuild Gaza over five years, focusing on emergency relief, infrastructure restoration and long-term economic development, according to a draft document seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP). <Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Tuesday, February 4, that the Palestinian Authority would reassume control over the Gaza Strip under the plan. Abbas said in his opening remarks at an Arab League summit in Cairo that his administration could assume "its duties in the Gaza Strip through its governmental institutions, and a working committee has been formed for this purpose." Under the post-war plan, the Palestinian Authority's security apparatus would take "on its responsibilities after restructuring and unifying the cadres present in the Gaza Strip and training them in Egypt and Jordan." >What the World Blames Trump For: “They Got Used to Having an ATM and a Daddy” – Tarczyński’s Take https://archive.ph/3c8VR <Dominik Tarczyński, a Member of the European Parliament from Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), addressed these issues in detail in a social media post today. <He argued that the backlash against Trump stems from the fact that, after years of footing the bill for others, the U.S. is no longer willing to do so. <Tarczyński criticized Germany for expecting American protection despite mocking Trump at the UN and failing to meet NATO’s 2% defense spending requirement—opting instead to fund welfare for illegal migrants, whom they continue to bring in as cheap labor. He also emphasized that Trump is simply fulfilling his campaign promise: “America First!” >Taiwan needs to hike defence spending to 10% of GDP, says Pentagon nominee https://archive.ph/WlIIZ <Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defence spending to around 10 per cent of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become a top Pentagon policy adviser said on March 4. <Mr Elbridge Colby, the nominee to become under secretary of defence for policy, admonished Taiwan for doing too little now, saying its defence spending was “well below” 3 per cent of GDP. <“They should be more like 10 per cent, or at least something in that ballpark, really focused on their defence. So we need to properly incentivise them,” Mr Colby said, at his Senate confirmation hearing. >X Denies Sen. Warren's Demand For 24,000 Deleted Posts From Trump's FHFA Nominee https://archive.ph/8yVMX <Social media platform X has declined Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) request to retrieve and provide her office with more than 24,000 deleted social media posts from William Pulte, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). <In a March 3 statement, X’s Global Government Affairs team reaffirmed the platform’s commitment to user privacy in rejecting Warren’s demand. >Trump halts military aid to Ukraine - what does that mean? https://archive.ph/pPcDF <U.S. President Donald Trump has frozen military aid to Ukraine, just days after publicly confronting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House and accusing him of being insufficiently grateful for Washington's backing. <The halt to U.S. military aid does not only have significant implications for the three-year-old war between Ukraine and Russian invasion forces. It will also impact the U.S. defense industry. >Trudeau calls Trump's tariffs on Canada a 'very dumb thing to do' https://archive.ph/Jtwz7 <Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, March 4, that President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada to destroy the country's economy to make it easier for the United States to annex its northern neighbor. The extraordinary warning about Trump's threat to Canadian sovereignty came as the US president delivered on his vow to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods. Canada immediately retaliated, triggering a trade war between previously close allies and threatening future commerce across a border that regularly sees billions of dollars in daily trade. >Putin Agrees To Mediate Iran Nuke Talks After Trump Request https://archive.ph/cHOmD <A very unexpected and unlikely development and plan is being widely reported Tuesday: Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to help the Trump White House broker talks with Iran on curtailing the country's nuclear program. <Trump reportedly relayed the request for Putin to play a direct role in new negotiations with Iran during their February phone call. The topic was further broached and more details were discussed during the US-Russia Riyadh talks which followed, reports Bloomberg on Tuesday. >Trump cannot oust chair of federal employees' appeal board, US judge rules https://archive.ph/l5LsS <A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican U.S. President Donald Trump from firing the Democratic chair of a U.S. agency that hears appeals by federal government employees when they are fired or disciplined. <U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump could not remove Cathy Harris from her position at the Merit Systems Protection Board before her term expires in three years without cause, saying the agency's "mission and purpose require independence." >Trump To Address Congress As Dems Plot Disruptions With 'Eggs, Noisemakers & Props' https://archive.ph/UQ70M <When President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, he is expected to outline his policy agenda with a focus on three pressing challenges: the war in Ukraine, tariffs, and a potential government shutdown. <This will be Trump’s first address to Congress since his 2020 State of the Union address, less than two months before the pandemic upended his first administration’s priorities. Trump’s talk will mark the only time a president has given a post-inaugural address to Congress after a five-year gap. >Ireland moves to drop UN requirement for troop deployment, PM cites US veto risk https://archive.ph/QKobS

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<Ireland moved on Tuesday to remove a law that prevents the deployment of its troops without U.N. approval, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin saying he did not want Russia, China or the United States having a veto on deployments. <Ireland, which is militarily neutral, currently only allows troop deployment with the approval of the United Nations, the government and parliament - the so-called "triple lock". <A draft law removing the U.N. requirement was presented to a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday after plans to drop it were announced in late 2023. >US’ Vance denies disrespecting UK and France over Ukraine peacekeeping force https://archive.ph/Au0SL <US Vice-President JD Vance denied on March 4 disrespecting Britain and France by describing a planned peacekeeping force in Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some "random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years". <Mr Vance's comments about the planned British- and French-led European peacekeeping force caused politicians and veterans in both countries to say he was dishonouring hundreds of troops killed fighting alongside US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. <Mr Vance said it was "absurdly dishonest" to suggest he had criticised British or French troops in his comments, made in an interview with Fox News on March 3. <"I don't even mention the UK or France in the clip, both of whom have fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond," he said on X. >"Everything Is Going To Come Out": AG Pam Bondi Says She Received "Truckload" Of Hidden Epstein Documents From SDNY https://archive.ph/FIQA0 <After last week's botched Epstein files release, many are calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired over the lame binders given to right-wing influencers and journalists that contained old information. <On Monday, Bondi appeared on Fox News, where she told host Sean Hannity that she received a truckload of files on Friday morning containing additional Epstein files which were hidden away in the Southern District of New York. <"FBI handed over a couple hundred pages of documents, but you know Sean, I gave them a deadline of Friday at 8am to get us everything, and a source had told me where the documents were being kept - southern district of new york (shock), so we got - hopefully all of them, Friday at 8am. Thousands of documents," said Bondi. <"I have the FBI going through them ... Now that we have Kash here it's a game changer of course, and Director Patel is going to get us a detailed report as to why the FBI withheld all of those documents." >Why Is Kamala Harris Still Begging For Money? https://archive.ph/gdtkv <Worst presidential candidate ever Kamala Harris has released a new fundraising video for the Democratic Party. <Wait, what? Why are they still portraying her as the leader of the Party? Have they learned nothing from the massive public rejection of her as a candidate? <“Please stay active. Whether it’s attending a town hall meeting or volunteering in your community or talking with friends, neighbours and relatives about what’s at stake,” Harris blathered with a “DONATE NOW” command chyron displayed below her. <What exactly is she campaigning for now? >Mexico vows retaliation as Trump trade war erupts https://archive.ph/Elan5 <Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on March 4 condemned US President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and said her government would respond with its own measures, without immediately providing details. <Mr Trump’s across-the-board tariffs, which took effect overnight, mark a turning point in over 30 years of economic integration between Mexico and the US and could have deep repercussions on Latin America’s second-largest economy. >Trump says will cut funding for US schools allowing ‘illegal’ protests https://archive.ph/R2fkJ <US President Donald Trump said on March 4 that he will cut funding for schools that allow “illegal protests”, his latest threat to turn off the flow of federal money to the country’s education system. <The Republican has previously threatened to cut government funds to US colleges, schools and universities over teachings on gender and race, if they allow transgender athletes to compete on girls’ sports teams, or if they insist on Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

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>Macron says he will 'open debate' on using French nuclear deterrence to protect Europe https://archive.ph/3SuCs <French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, March 5, he will confer with European allies on the idea of using France's nuclear deterrent to protect the continent in the face of threats from Russia. Macron made the comments in a televised address to the nation. France is the only nuclear power in the European Union. <Macron described Russia as a "threat to France and Europe," and said he had decided "to open the strategic debate on the protection of our allies on the European continent by our (nuclear) deterrent." He said the use of France's nuclear weapons would remain only in the hands of the French president. <EU leaders are set to address the issue of nuclear deterrence, among other issues, during a special summit in Brussels on Thursday, focusing on support for Ukraine and European defense. >Trump grants US automakers one-month exemption from tariffs on Mexico and Canada imports https://archive.ph/VYpoT <President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for US automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm US manufacturers. <The announcement came after Trump spoke with leaders of the "big 3" automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis on Wednesday, March 5. Trump also said he told the automaker chief executives that they should move production to the US from Canada and Mexico, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. <"We spoke with the big three auto dealers," Trump said in a statement read by his spokesperson. "We are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming through USMCA," referencing the North American free trade agreement he renegotiated in his first term. <Trump's press secretary said the president is open to hearing about additional exemptions, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not willing to lift Canada's retaliatory tariffs if Trump leaves any tariffs on Canada, a senior government official told The Associated Press. The official confirmed the stance on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. "Both countries will continue to be in contact today," Trudeau’s office said. >US House starts reprimand of Democrat Al Green for disrupting Trump speech https://archive.ph/gPDCL <The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives kicked off a process on Wednesday that could lead lawmakers to censure Democrat Al Green, who was kicked out of the chamber after yelling at President Donald Trump during an address. <Representative Green, a Texas Democrat who has been in Congress for 20 years and has repeatedly called to impeach Trump, is facing a House censure resolution for yelling at the president, waiving his black cane and refusing to sit down during Trump's Tuesday night speech. <Green's message was drowned out by boos from Republicans, but he told reporters on Tuesday that he was saying Trump had no electoral mandate to slash funding for Medicaid, the government healthcare program that helps cover costs for people with limited income. <Green was eventually escorted out by chamber staff who maintain the decorum and security of the floor. >Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order https://archive.ph/9YdpT <Apple has reportedly filed a legal complaint with the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) contesting the British government's order that it must forcibly break the encryption of iCloud data. <The appeal will be the first of its kind lodged with the IPT, an independent judicial body that oversees legal complaints against potential unlawful actions by a public authority or UK intelligence services, according to the Financial Times, which broke the news. >New Filing In Anti-DOGE Lawsuit Cites Trump's Remarks On Musk's Role https://archive.ph/lruxw <A recent court filing from the Office of Administration states that Musk is a senior adviser to the president, has no authority to make government decisions, and is not an employee of DOGE. <In their filing with the court, the National Security Counselors said Trump’s remark “conclusively demonstrates that expedited discovery is urgently needed” to “ascertain the nature of the Department of Government Efficiency and its relationship to the United States DOGE Service.” <The filing is part of a lawsuit the National Security Counselors filed against Musk, Trump, and others in January. <It argues that DOGE is operating as a federal advisory committee, putting it in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) which governs the establishment, operation, and termination of advisory committees within the executive branch of the federal government. >Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt https://archive.ph/GBrPK <Donald Trump has renewed his call for CHIPS Act funding to be cancelled, and suggests any remaining money be set against national debt. <In a rambling speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, the US President reviewed many of the events that have already taken place under his administration, including a deal this week with Taiwanese semiconductor contract manufacturer TSMC to invest an extra $100 billion on expanded operations in Arizona. <"And we are not giving them any money," Trump claimed. <With regard to the semiconductor subsidy scheme, he said: "Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn't mean a thing. They take our money and they don't spend it." <"You should get rid of the CHIP Act (sic) and whatever's left over, Mr Speaker, you should use it to reduce debt. Or any other reason you want to," he added. >Watch Live: Sanctuary City Mayors Testify Before Congress https://archive.ph/DSUcy <The Democrat mayors of several sanctuary cities testify before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, March 5. <Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams face questions from Congress over their policies shielding illegal aliens from federal immigration enforcement. <Trump Border Czar Tom Homan has warned sanctuary mayors and governors that efforts to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their states and cities could lead to them personally being prosecuted. >Japan Goverment to Shelve Abolishment of NTT Law; Revisions to Drop Requirement for Uniform Landline Services https://archive.ph/FFu9A

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<The government’s planned abolishment of the law regulating NTT Corp. will be postponed, according to the outline of draft bills to revise that and other legislation. <While reviewing NTT’s obligation to uniformly provide landline telephone services nationwide, the government plans for the time being to maintain major restrictions stipulated in the law, such as the requirement that the government hold at least one-third of NTT’s shares. <It plans to submit the draft bills to the Diet by the end of this month, after presenting them to a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. <The laws to be revised are the NTT Law and the Telecommunications Business Law, the latter of which regulates the entire telecommunications industry. According to the outline, the obligation imposed on NTT to uniformly provide landline telephone services nationwide will be deleted from the NTT Law. <The government plans to newly stipulate in the Telecommunications Business Law that NTT is obliged to provide telecommunication services in areas where no other providers are available. Telephone and broadband services are expected to be among the required services. >Some Room Left? https://archive.ph/Zt4mL <President Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China took effect yesterday. Trump had said on Monday that there was “no room left” for those countries to negotiate on trade, but Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick walked back the hawkishness late on Tuesday by suggesting that some wiggle room may exist to reduce duties on goods covered by the USMCA trade agreement. Earlier in the week Mexico floated a proposition to apply 25% tariffs to imports from China as a quid-pro-quo for continued US market access. Could we see a united trade front against China on the table as the Trump Administration’s price for watering down duties on Canada and Mexico? <Lutnick said that Trump is considering lowering the 25% tariff rate if USMCA rules are followed, but threw a jab at the USA’s northern neighbours by saying that Canadians “like to cheat”. Similar accusations of foul play have previously been levelled by trade advisor Peter Navarro against Australia, specifically in relation to aluminium exports that were granted exemptions to trade restrictions during the first Trump term through a handshake agreement that Australian exports of aluminium to the USA would be informally restricted. >Alito says he's 'stunned' the Supreme Court ruled against Trump over USAID's funding https://archive.ph/9ajL2 <The US Supreme Court on Wednesday sided against the Trump administration and upheld a lower court's decision to force the release of nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds. <The nation's high court ruled 5-4 in rejecting the Trump administration's request to cancel the foreign aid money from the US Agency for International Development. <Justice Samuel Alito, in his dissenting opinion, wrote that he was "stunned" by the court's decision that ultimately forces the Trump administration to pay out the billions to USAID contractors. <"Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic 'No,' but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise. I am stunned," Alito wrote in his dissenting opinion. <The opinion was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh. <Alito wrote that the Trump administration has "shown that it is likely to suffer irreparable harm if a lower court's decision "is not stayed." <"The Government has represented that it would probably be unable to recover much of the money after it is paid because it would be quickly spent by the recipients or disbursed to third parties," Alito wrote. <Alito added in his dissent that the Supreme Court made a "most unfortunate misstep that rewards an act of judicial hubris and imposes a $2 billion penalty on American taxpayers." <The relief ordered by the Supreme Court, Alito said, "is, quite simply, too extreme a response." >Panama president says Trump ‘lying’ about reclaiming canal https://archive.ph/R1b1b <Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on March 5 accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of “lying” about Washington taking back the Panama Canal. <“Once again, President Trump is lying. The Panama Canal is not in the process of recovery,” Mr Mulino wrote on X. <“I reject, on behalf of Panama and all Panamanians, this new affront to the truth and to our dignity as a nation,” Mr Mulino added, after Mr Trump said that his administration had started to take back the vital waterway. <“To further enhance our national security, my administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal, and we’ve already started doing it,” Mr Trump said in a speech to Congress on March 4. “We’re taking it back.” <Under mounting pressure from Washington, Hong Kong firm Hutchison said on March 4 it had agreed to sell its lucrative Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium. <CK Hutchison Holdings said it would offload a 90-per cent stake in the Panama Ports Company (PPC) and sell a slew of other non-Chinese ports to a group led by asset manager BlackRock.

>US ‘destroying’ world order, says Ukraine’s ambassador to UK https://archive.ph/4l5TC <The United States is “destroying” the established world order as it tears up its stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s ambassador to the UK said on March 6. <General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who became ambassador in 2024 after three years as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s army, said the US was now trying to meet Russia “halfway” and Moscow’s next target “could be Europe”. <It came as European Union leaders started crisis talks in Brussels on confronting US President Donald Trump’s pivot away from Kyiv and its allies. >Trump Drafts Executive Order To Close Down Education Department; Report https://archive.ph/ABEnG <President Donald Trump has drafted an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be shut down, The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing unnamed “people briefed on the matter.” <A draft of the order “directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department’ based on ‘the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law,'” the Journal reported. >Trump accuses Japan of currency manipulation, hints at tariffs https://archive.ph/ykjCt <Japan was also in the firing line on Monday. The US president accused the country of currency manipulation, and hinted he might respond with tariffs. <Trump said other countries are deliberately pushing down the value of their currencies to give their economies a competitive advantage. He singled out Japan and China. <Trump said he had phoned Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese leaders. He said he told them that they can't continue to devalue their currencies against the dollar because it's unfair to the US. <Trump said the easy solution for America is to impose tariffs on its trading partners. >DOGE Deep-State Demolition Sparks Surge In Layoffs https://archive.ph/aaQ5N <Despite strong employment indications from the US PMI sub-components, ADP was a disappointment yesterday, and this morning saw global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas report that U.S.-based employers announced 172,017 job cuts in February, the highest total for the month since 2009 when 186,350 job cuts were recorded. <It is the highest monthly total since July 2020 when 262,649 cuts were announced. >Anger at new UK ‘two-tier’ sentencing rules for minorities https://archive.ph/B1Zka <The UK opposition leader on March 6 backed the justice minister over scrapping new guidance for judges requiring them to consider a convict’s background, including their ethnicity, when deciding jail terms. <Under new guidelines – due to come into force from April – a pre-sentence report examining a defendant’s circumstances will usually be needed before handing out punishment for someone of an ethnic, cultural or faith minority. <The reform drawn up by the independent Sentencing Council would also be applied to other groups such as young adults aged 18-25, women and pregnant women. >Grand Announcements, but the Same Countries Still Paying the Most? Estonia’s Foreign Minister Summarizes Brussels’ Plans https://archive.ph/6haEh <“There is a risk that the burden of defense costs will still fall on the same countries in the East,” said Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna. He emphasized that “the EU’s €800 billion plan for defense investments should be evenly distributed among all member states.” <During the EU leaders’ summit scheduled for Thursday, a proposal to allocate up to €800 billion for defense will be discussed. This comes amid growing concerns about the United States’ continued military support for Ukraine. <“Yes, Estonia is doing its part (spending significantly on defense relative to its GDP), but Europe must share the burden of defense collectively,” Tsahkna said on Vikerraadio. He stressed that frontline countries defending NATO and Europe ultimately bear the highest costs. “We are facing the same problem with Europe that the U.S. has,” he admitted. <Currently, Estonia allocates around 3.5% of its GDP to defense, and the goal of Prime Minister Kristen Michal’s government, announced at the beginning of 2025, is to reach 5%. <I don’t see any Southern European country reaching 5%. I hope they will start adjusting to the 3% threshold,” he said, referring to the fact that in countries like Spain, Putin’s aggression raises relatively “little concern.” He also announced that at the NATO summit in The Hague in June, Estonia will push for a 3.5% threshold for all member states. >TSMC investment a ‘historic moment’ for Taiwan-US ties, says Lai Ching-te https://archive.ph/dIhwL <Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC’s plan to invest US$100 billion (S$133 billion) in the United States was a “historic moment” for Taiwan-US ties, the island’s President Lai Ching-te said on March 6. <TSMC, which counts Apple and Nvidia among its clients, announced the plan this week after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on overseas-made chips. <It will take the total amount the world’s biggest chipmaker has pledged to invest in the United States to US$165 billion, which TSMC said was the “largest single foreign direct investment in US history”. <Mr Lai hailed the “historic moment for Taiwan-US relations” at a joint news conference with TSMC chairman and chief executive C.C. Wei at the Presidential Office. >Walmart Asks Chinese Suppliers To Absorb Tariff Costs https://archive.ph/FzpK8 <Walmart asked Chinese suppliers to lower prices, aiming to absorb the new tariff burden at the supplier level rather than passing it on to consumers. The move is part of its strategy to maintain pricing power amid a value war with other retailers competing for cash-strapped consumers.

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<Bloomberg reports that the big-box retailer has asked Chinese suppliers, including those producing clothing and kitchenware, to reduce prices by about 10% per round of tariffs, likely shouldering the full cost of President Trump's duties. The report was based on information from people familiar with the matter. <The people said that few suppliers have complied with Walmart's request. >UN slashes support for Rohingya refugees in Indonesia due to U.S. cuts, sources say https://archive.ph/QgZtk <The United Nations' migration agency has slashed aid to hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, according to a letter seen by Reuters and two people briefed on the matter, because of massive funding cuts by their biggest donor, the United States. <In the letter, dated February 28, the International Organization for Migration said it would be unable to provide healthcare and cash assistance to 925 Rohingya refugees sheltering in the western city of Pekanbaru from March 5, "due to resource constraints". Some help would continue for the most vulnerable people, it said. <Many ethnic Rohingya - who are mostly Muslim, originally from Myanmar and constitute the world's largest stateless population - escape squalid camps and persecution in Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh each year, sailing aboard rickety boats to Thailand or Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia. <IOM's move was due to the decision by the Trump administration to cut most foreign assistance, said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, a group that monitors the Rohingya crisis, and another person briefed on the matter. <In a statement to Reuters, IOM said it was "complying with all legal orders" as a result of the U.S(Please use archive.today)ernment's decision, which was "impacting our staff, operations, and the people we serve". <The organization remained “committed to delivering vital humanitarian assistance” and continued to engage donors and partners including the U.S. to sustain critical services, it said. >World must stick to climate goals despite US, UK envoy says https://archive.ph/R3Aqm <The world must carry on pursuing the greenhouse gas emissions reductions outlined in the Paris Agreement, despite the United States' withdrawal, Britain's climate envoy said on Thursday, adding that the UK was moving ahead with its targets. <Last month U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the world's second biggest emitter from the agreement that aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit). <"Around the world people are noting that the U.S. has pulled out of Paris, but we've got to carry on," Rachel Kyte told Reuters in an interview on a visit to South Africa's capital Pretoria. "The science hasn't changed, no other country has changed its position ... the direction of travel is the same." <U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday called pledges to achieve net zero carbon emissions a "sinister goal," singling out Britain for its clean energy targets. "(Britain's) energy security ... food security, and the well being of the British people is entirely linked to the (world's) ability ... to manage this climate crisis," Kyte said. "So it's regrettable that the United States is out ... but we're moving ahead," she said. >Germany's future coalition pledges to do 'whatever it takes' to boost flagging growth https://archive.ph/ad2t8 <It was an astonishing moment when, early in the evening on Tuesday, March 4, future chancellor Friedrich Merz − who until now had embraced 1990s economic dogma and budgetary discipline − uttered these words: "The rule for Germany's defense must be: 'Whatever it takes'." The Christian Democrat thereby adopted as his motto the famous words of former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, who put an end to the euro crisis in 2012, announcing an accommodative monetary policy long reviled by German conservatives. <This belated tribute to the Italian has represented a historic break. Germany has recognized that its strict budgetary rules are no match for the double danger it faces: A significant threat to its security, at a time when the Americans no longer wish to guarantee European defense, and also a serious risk of economic collapse. Together with his likely future Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, Merz therefore announced a reform of the debt brake, eliminating this constitutional mechanism for limiting the deficit to 0.35% of gross domestic product (GDP) and exempting defense spending in excess of 1% of GDP from this rule. <Added to this is the creation, over the next 10 years, of a special fund worth €500 billion, to be used for renovation of infrastructure (roads, trains, schools) damaged by years of under-investment. The decision must still be approved by a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag on March 17.

>Trump Warns Russia of Sweeping Sanctions Amid Ukraine Conflict https://archive.ph/iY8Ag <Former US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Russia, threatening large-scale sanctions unless a ceasefire and a final peace deal are reached with Ukraine. The move signals escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow as the war in Ukraine continues to dominate global geopolitics. <Speaking at a press conference, Trump emphasised that economic and financial pressure on Russia would intensify unless significant progress was made toward ending hostilities. <“The United States will not stand by while innocent people suffer. We will impose severe sanctions on Russia until they agree to a ceasefire and a lasting peace agreement,” he declared. >"Maximum Security For US": DoE Head Plans $20 Billion Refill Of Depleted SPR After Biden Drain https://archive.ph/hw2aG <West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices have fallen to levels where the Trump administration sees a massive opportunity to begin refilling the nation's depleted Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The move comes as WTI prices slide on President Trump's 'Drill Baby Drill' energy policies, mounting US growth fears, trade wars, easing tensions in the Middle East, and confirmation that OPEC+ will proceed with an output hike. <US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Bloomberg in an interview that the Energy Department is preparing to purchase $20 billion worth of crude oil as the first step in refilling the nation's depleted SPR to a sufficient level. He said the initiative, which may take years, would restore holdings "just close to the top." >Europe talks big on defence spending, but the real amount could be much less https://archive.ph/aMkil <All American presidents since John F. Kennedy have urged their European allies to spend more on their militaries and rely less on US military might. <But what Mr Kennedy and his successors failed to achieve during more than six decades, US President Donald Trump has now accomplished in under 60 days. At a summit held in the Belgian capital Brussels on March 6, the European Union’s heads of state and government agreed on the most significant increase in military spending in their continent’s peacetime history. <Facing the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and deeply shaken by Mr Trump’s determination to conclude a separate US-Russia deal above their heads and without their consultation, the Europeans have finally stepped up to the plate by pledging vast sums of money to their militaries. <According to a plan dubbed “ReArm Europe” presented at the Brussels summit by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, her executive body alone will be responsible for “mobilising” around €800 billion (S$1.15 trillion) in extra spending for defence. <... <Hence, vast sums of money are now pledged for defence spending. Still, the figures announced at the Brussels summit have been deliberately inflated. <Take, as an example, the €800 billion package announced by Dr von der Leyen. Only €150 billion of this grand sum is new money to be raised by the EU as a whole. <The rest is derived from the von der Leyen assumption that EU member states will now be free to ignore previous limits on how much they can borrow and may end up spending an extra €650 billion within the coming four years, by increasing their defence budgets by 1.5 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP). <Yet there is no evidence that any European state plans for such significant increases in spending; at least for the moment, national defence budgets are growing by only decimal fractions of 1 per cent of GDP. And in any case, telling a country that it is free to borrow is not the same as saying that the money is either now available or will be spent, as European leaders attending the summit appeared to imply. >Deep divisions in Congress raise fears of upcoming government shutdown https://archive.ph/A9AD2 <With just one week remaining before a government funding deadline, Congress finds itself at a critical juncture early in President Donald Trump's second term. The looming question in Washington is whether a government shutdown will occur. <Amidst the uncertainty, stark differences between Democrats and Republicans over government funding have emerged. Democrats are expressing their anger toward recent cuts to government spending endorsed by Elon Musk, calling for legal action. Some lawmakers argue that these cuts, which have affected government agencies and employees, are illegal and should be challenged in court. As part of their funding negotiations, Democrats are pushing for language that would require the Trump administration to allocate all funds set by Congress. <A potential legal battle over these cuts appears to be heating up, as Democrats seek judicial intervention to counter Musk's policies. <On the Republican side, consensus is forming around a short-term funding bill aimed at maintaining current funding levels until next October. This proposal would effectively keep government spending flat, without increasing allocations for defense or other sectors. Rep. Andy Harris, chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, expressed support for the plan. >US stopping all federal funding to South Africa, Trump says https://archive.ph/hMeiQ <The United States is stopping all federal funding to South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday. <"To go a step further, any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. >Seoul court orders release of President Yoon, points out need to ensure clarity in investigation https://archive.ph/djVy6 <On March 7, the Seoul Central District Court made the ruling after Mr Yoon’s lawyers challenged his arrest on the grounds that the lead agency involved had no legal basis to investigate him on insurrection charges. <The agency, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, had argued that it can investigate insurrection as a crime linked to abuse of power, which falls under it. <The court said it was “reasonable to cancel the arrest” as there was a need “to ensure clarity in the procedure and eliminate any doubts about the legality of the investigation process”. <Mr Yoon’s legal team hailed the court decision as “a confirmation that the rule of law is still alive”. >After tariff victory, Mexico seeks win on aluminum, steel shipments to US https://archive.ph/oNcGJ <Mexico will negotiate with the US on newly imposed tariffs of steel and aluminum coming into the United States, a top official said on March 7, after winning an early victory with a pause on tariffs on most shipments sent from Mexico. <Mexican officials are set to meet with US trade officials next week to discuss the steel and aluminum tariffs, Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a press conference alongside President Claudia Sheinbaum.

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>US added 151,000 jobs last month, though unemployment up to 4.1% https://archive.ph/kK2rA <US employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, March 7. Hiring was up from a revised 125,000 in January, but economists had expected 160,000 new jobs last month. <The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.1% as the number of jobless Americans rose by 203,000. >Trump: Everybody Should Get Rid Of Their Nuclear Weapons https://archive.ph/MtGSk <President Donald Trump restated his desire to abolish nuclear weapons during a White House presser on Thursday. "It would be great if everybody would get rid of their nuclear weapons. [I know] Russia and us have by far the most," the president told reporters in the Oval Office. <"China will have an equal amount within four to five years. It would be great if we could all de-nuclearize because the power of nuclear weapons is crazy," the president emphasized. >Kremlin says Russia may need to act to respond to EU 'militarisation' plans to ensure its own security https://archive.ph/VyUUd <"We see that the European Union is now actively discussing the militarisation of the EU and the development of the defence segment. This is a process that we are watching closely, because the EU is positioning Russia as its main adversary," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. <"This, of course, could potentially be a topic of deep concern for us and there could be a need to take appropriate measures in response to ensure our security. <"And, of course, such confrontational rhetoric and confrontational thinking that we are now seeing in Brussels and in European capitals is, seriously at odds with the mood for finding a peaceful settlement around Ukraine." >This Will Make Democrats Act Even More Unhinged... https://archive.ph/uAcpO <A CBS News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans related to President Trump’s Congressional address and viewed it very favourably from multiple angles. <As we earlier highlighted, Democrats thoroughly embarrassed themselves during Trump’s address, screeching and holding up puerile slogans on paddles. <... <CBS News reports “This CBS News/YouGov survey interviewed a nationally representative sample of speech watchers immediately following the president’s address to Congress. Most speech viewers described the president as ‘presidential,’ ‘inspiring’ and more ‘unifying’ than ‘divisive.’ A big majority also called it ‘entertaining.'” >EU saw record drop in births in 2023: Data https://archive.ph/5GNWN <The number of babies born in the EU was down 5.4 per cent to 3.67 million in 2023, the largest drop in decades, official data showed on March 7, underscoring the bloc’s demographic issues. <The fertility rate across the EU’s 27 countries stood at 1.38 live births per woman, down from 1.46 in 2022 and well below the “replacement level” of 2.1, at which a population is stable. <“This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961”, the first year for which EU-wide aggregate data is available, the bloc’s statistical agency, Eurostat, said of the drop in births.

>Is Trump Trying To Push The US Into A Recession? https://archive.ph/tAegm <One month ago, when we first realized just how much fat Elon Musk's DOGE was slashing from the government money laundering apparatus, we made an observation: so much (deep state laundered) money was about to come out of the economy (one way or another), the US would enter a recession, first in Washington DC (something which others such as Michael Hartnett have since confirmed) and then across the US. <We were surprised at how much pushback we got, especially from supporters of Trump. But this wasn't meant to be a judgment call against the new administration which had only been in power for a few weeks. If anything, we had explained long ago that the only reason the US economy hadn't collapsed into a recession long ago is because of Biden's unprecedented debt issuance spree which we first described in the summer of 2003 (see "Here Is The $1 Trillion "Stealth Stimulus" Behind Bidenomics"), and which had sent US debt soaring by $1 trillion every 100 days. <But now that particular debt party appears to be ending. <Understandably, defusing this debt time-bomb is precisely what Elon Musk has undertaken, and the process of undoing all the catastrophic trends that culminated under the Biden administration would inevitably result in a recession (just as allowing the debt pile up to continue is the only thing that delayed the inevitable economic slowdown). <Still, our observation came a time when the "US exceptionalism" trade was still all the rage if only for a few more days, and thus few were willing to accept it. <Then little by little sentiment turned, and just a few weeks later, Wall Street was full of reports such as this one from Mizuho's Dominik Konstam "discovering" what we had said weeks earlier, namely that the efforts of DOGE would spark a new recession, first in the government and then everywhere else. <... <So slowly but surely, Wall Street admits that we were right. But what about the administration: would Trump be surprised to learn that Musk's austerity push plus the admin's tariff policies would lead to a recession? We wondered and then we start paying closer attention to what Trump and his closest lieutenants were saying. <First, there was Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who (correctly) explained last week on Face the Nation how the media was misleading people that the economy was doing just great under Biden, and how the mood suddenly changed when Trump came in power. His point, of course, is that Trump has not been nowhere near long enough in power to slam the economy. <Some days later Bessent also explained why the economy had been doing so "great" during Biden's last years - he basically echoed what we said two years ago in "Here Is The $1 Trillion "Stealth Stimulus" Behind Bidenomics", in which we explained that the only reason the US economy hadn't collapsed is because the government was issuing $1 trillion in debt every 100 days, or as Bessent put it, "the market and the economy have become hooked, become addicted, to excessive government spending and there’s going to be a detox period.” <... <But the clearest indication that Trump is now eager to push the US economy into a recession - one which he can correctly blame on Biden's drunken-sailor spending ways - came from the president himself when in another interview over the weekend with Maria Bartiromo, the president was oddly defensive, and saying “I hate to predict things like that,” when asked if he expected a recession this year. “There is a period of transition, because what we’re doing is very big. We’re bringing wealth back to America. That’s a big thing. And there are always periods of — it takes a little time. It takes a little time. But I think it should be great for us. I mean, I think it should be great.” >Canola Futures Drop After China Slaps 100% Tariffs On Canadian Rapeseed https://archive.ph/bn0Ju <China's Ministry of Finance slapped retaliatory tariffs on key Canadian exports, including rapeseed oil, pork, and seafood, escalating trade tensions between Beijing and Ottawa. The long-anticipated measures come in response to Canadian tariffs imposed last year on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum. Escalating trade wars add growth scares and sparked turmoil for global equity markets as President Trump advances his "America First" agenda, reshaping economic alliances and complex supply chains in friend-shoring and reshoring efforts. <On Saturday, the Ministry of Finance issued a statement announcing that Beijing would enact retaliatory measures in response to the Canadian government's 100% tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China, effective October 1, 2024, and 25% tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products, effective on October 22, 2024. <MoF said these tariffs are "protectionist practices" that "seriously violate the rules of the World Trade Organization" and "damage China's legitimate rights and interests." <In response, Beijing imposed a 100% tariff on rapeseed oil, oil cake, and peas and a 25% tariff on pork and seafood products. >How Beijing frames the Taiwan issue in a statue and its descriptive plaque https://archive.ph/4Ncz1 <Inside the Taiwan Hall, one of the many cavernous meeting rooms at the Great Hall of the People named after provinces and regions in China, there is a statue that embodies what is tricky about the Taiwan issue. <The white statue, which caught my attention at a meeting on March 9 during China’s annual parliamentary session, depicts Ming Dynasty navy general Zheng Chenggong, or Koxinga as he is known internationally, wearing a robe with a dragon emblem on his chest and a sword at his waist. <A bronze plaque at his feet describes him as a “minzu yingxiong”, or national hero, who “reclaimed Taiwan, the sacred territory of the motherland” in 1662. <Unlike other Asian national heroes like Jose Rizal or Mahatma Gandhi, who helped liberate the Philippines and India, respectively, from Western colonial powers, the case of Koxinga is more complex. <While it is unquestionable that he had captured Taiwan from the Dutch about 3½ centuries ago, it is a lot more contentious what the “motherland” is that he fought for. <The Communist Party of China (CPC), which founded the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 – more than 250 years after Koxinga’s heroic feat – and built the Great Hall that now houses his statue, says the motherland is the PRC and that Taiwan is but one of its provinces. <Many Taiwanese think otherwise, even as they similarly hail Koxinga as their national hero. Taiwan has been ruled separately from mainland China since 1949, when China’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) was defeated by the CPC in a civil war and fled to Taiwan. Today, many Taiwanese think of the island that they live in, officially the Republic of China (ROC) – which had been China’s formal title from 1912 until the KMT’s defeat – as a separate if not independent entity from the PRC. <We will never know which side Koxinga would have agreed with – he died long before the PRC and the ROC came into existence. <For the purposes of the plaque describing his statue in the Taiwan Hall, it does not matter what he would have thought. All that matters is the framing of the narrative. >'Europe's railways are teeming with projects that don't come to fruition' https://archive.ph/Rm5eD <More than 10 years ago, Deutsche Bahn gave up on a similar group. Since then, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, Getlink (formerly known as Eurotunnel), has been struggling to break down the many technical barriers to such a project, one by one. Meanwhile, a train depot in north-east London has become Eurostar's best argument for protecting its de facto monopoly. <According to British regulations, operators of international routes must store their rolling stock there. The problem is that Eurostar has claimed that there's no more room. Under pressure from Virgin Trains and Evolyn, a Spanish start-up that is also in the running, the British rail and road regulator has commissioned an independent study, which it recently admitted was, at this stage, "inconclusive." <The fact that Europe's railways are teeming with projects is good news for the climate. It would be even better if they came to fruition. Indeed, while rail is a low-carbon passenger transport alternative to air travel, it suffers from often less competitive fare rates. So long as the cost to the planet linked to CO2 emissions is not factored into ticket prices, putting incumbent operators up against competition is the best way to bring train fares down. >Mark Carney, a political novice, will succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada's PM https://archive.ph/UQYJp <It was an evening punctuated by a victory speech and a farewell address. For one, it marked a lightning-fast rise; for the other, the end of a decade in power. Mark Carney took Justin Trudeau's place at the head of the Liberal Party of Canada, winning the leadership contest hands down on Sunday, March 9. With 85.9% of the vote, the former senior civil servant comfortably beat his main rival – and friend – Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister, who received 8%. Freeland's shock departure in December 2024 plunged the government into crisis and pushed Trudeau to resign. <"We needed big changes," insisted the future prime minister, as if to mark a break with the past. "We face the greatest crisis of our generation," he added, to set the tone for the challenges ahead for Canada, immersed in a trade war with Washington. "These are dark days. Dark days brought on by a country [the United States] we can no longer trust." >Greenland Elections: US, Denmark, Or Independence? https://archive.ph/Dgdlf <Greenland’s upcoming elections have gained global attention after former U.S. President Donald Trump expressed interest in acquiring the territory.

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<While most Greenlanders favor independence, they rely heavily on Denmark for economic support. <Three of the five political parties support independence, but the path to full sovereignty requires a deal with Denmark, a Greenland-wide referendum, and approval from the Danish parliament. > >'Faced with Musk and Zuckerberg's refusal to comply with European legislation, the Commission seems to be responding with... less regulation' https://archive.ph/EzMty <Digital deregulation is only the visible part of a much larger problem: attacks on European state power, warn academics Lola Avril and Céleste Bonnamy in an op-ed.

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>Egg Prices Plummet After Trump Unveiled Plan To Reverse Biden's Bird Flu Mess https://archive.ph/MNmoF <The rudderless and delusional Democratic Party attempted to blame President Trump for the Biden-Harris regime's egg price hyperinflation crisis. However, the prior administration was hellbent on culling 150 million chickens nationwide, plunging the nation's egg-laying hen population into a disaster without any meaningful countermeasures to offset lost production. <Monday's print of the Urner Barry Egg Index (EBP) shows that wholesale prices have plunged from a record high of $7.57 on Jan. 24 to $5.72—a 24% drop in just weeks—while remaining essentially unchanged since President Trump took office. <One week ago, Trump told a joint session of Congress that "Joe Biden especially let the price of eggs get out of control. The egg price is out of control. And we're working hard to get it back down." <... <With egg prices sliding from their peak, the Trump administration recently outlined plans to import between 70 million and 100 million eggs over the next two months to cap prices. There was a follow-up report last week that US officials were speaking with large egg producers worldwide to procure new supplies. >SCOTUS Rejects Effort To Block Climate Lawsuits Against Energy Companies https://archive.ph/SqsoS <On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rejected a lawsuit by Republican attorneys general that aimed at blocking left-wing lawsuits targeting energy companies for their alleged role in contributing to “global warming.” <As ABC News reports, the lawsuit was filed by attorneys general from 19 different states in response to several Democrat-led lawsuits against oil and gas companies. <... <In a 7-2 ruling, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented and said that they would have allowed the Republican lawsuit to move forward. <In his dissent, which did not comment on the merits of the case itself, Justice Thomas said that the Supreme Court did not yet have the discretion to reject the Republican lawsuit. <The high court has already rejected several appeals by energy companies, similarly seeking an end to the left-wing challenges. >Ukraine ready to accept 30-day ceasefire as US says 'ball is now in Russia's court' https://archive.ph/7XjGT <Ukraine on Tuesday, March 11, backed a US proposal for a 30-day general ceasefire with Russia, with the United States in turn agreeing to lift restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing, a joint statement said. <After talks in Saudi Arabia, the two sides also agreed to conclude "as soon as possible" a deal on Ukrainian minerals, the statement said. The 30-day ceasefire is subject to Kremlin agreement. >Judge Declines Bid To Force Federal Government To Restore Canceled Foreign Aid Contracts https://archive.ph/JNRad <A federal judge on March 10 declined to compel President Donald Trump’s administration to restore foreign assistance contracts that it had canceled. <U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said that Trump’s administration must spend money allocated by Congress on foreign aid, but that it is up to the Executive Branch as to which projects it funds with the money. <“The separation of powers dictates only that the Executive follow Congress’s decision to spend funds, and both the Constitution and Congress’s laws have traditionally afforded the Executive discretion on how to spend within the constraints set by Congress,” Ali said in a 48-page ruling. <“The appropriate remedy is accordingly to order Defendants to ’make available for obligation the full amount of funds Congress appropriated' under the relevant laws.” >Kennedy unveils plan to strengthen FDA’s role in food additive regulation https://archive.ph/vk4N8 <Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is directing the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate a food safety loophole. <The rule known as "Generally Recognized as Safe" — or GRAS — allows manufacturers to add certain food additives without prior approval if they meet specific criteria deemed safe for consumption by experts. <GRAS originated in the late 1990s when the agency struggled to keep up with a surge of requests to approve new additives. It was intended for narrow application to common ingredients such as sugar, vinegar, and baking soda. <However, critics argue that it is too easy for manufacturers to add ingredients to products without notifying regulators. <“For far too long, ingredient manufacturers and sponsors have exploited a loophole that has allowed new ingredients and chemicals, often with unknown safety data, to be introduced into the U.S. food supply without notification to the FDA or the public,” said Kennedy. “Eliminating this loophole will provide transparency to consumers, help get our nation’s food supply back on track by ensuring that ingredients being introduced into foods are safe, and ultimately Make America Healthy Again.” >Wall Street losses continue as Trump ups trade war with Canada https://archive.ph/ReX2H <A major sell-off of stocks on Wall Street continued Tuesday on the heels of an intensifying trade war between the U.S. and Canada. <The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 500 points and surpassed losses of 1% in midday trading, while the S&P 500 was down about 0.7% since markets opened. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite index — often used as an indicator of growth in the technology sector — saw moderate periods of both growth and decline. <This comes a day after the three major U.S. indexes continued to skid amid rising economic fears and talk of a potential recession on the horizon. A recession is broadly defined as two consecutive quarters of decline in U.S. Gross Domestic Product, or the total value of goods and services produced. <There are also growing concerns over the threats of additional tariffs on major U.S. trade partners as President Donald Trump warns of an economic "transition period" ahead. <President Trump announced Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. He said on social media that the increase of the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday is a response to the price increases that the provincial government of Ontario put on electricity sold to the United States. >'Getting scary': US aid cuts undermine global fight against TB https://archive.ph/PAQTi <The Trump administration's sweeping foreign aid cuts will send tuberculosis cases and deaths soaring around the world, humanitarian workers have warned.

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<One told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that people are already dying from a lack of treatment in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). <The United States has long been the biggest funder for the global fight against tuberculosis -- once known as consumption -- which is again the world's biggest infectious disease killer after being briefly surpassed by the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19). <But President Donald Trump froze US foreign aid after returning to the White House in January, abruptly halting the work of many US-funded programmes against tuberculosis and other health scourges such as HIV and malaria. >The Educational Cartel: How Randi Weingarten Finally Said The Quiet Part Out Loud https://archive.ph/ftFu1 <Now, however, Weingarten has resumed her natural state of being “really angry.” In an interview with MSNBC, Weingarten explained: <“That is why so many people are so mad about it. Because they’re just taking opportunity away from kids that don’t have it. So billionaires – kids of billionaires, they have it, they go to private schools. Everyone else, 90% go to public schools. Don’t take away their opportunity. Sorry, I’m really angry about this … I’m really angry,” <However, it is the reason that is most interesting. <In a podcast, Weingarten explained that they have to avoid such “block grants” going to families. <Host Molly Jong-Fast readily agreed, raising the danger that it might even support Catholic and religious schools. <Weingarten stressed that “We know, for example, what Texas would do. They’ll use it for vouchers. So they won’t give [federal funding] to the kids who have it now, they’ll just give it for vouchers.” <There is reason for Weingarten and the teacher’s union being so concerned. <Florida allows for school choice and has demanded greater performance from public schools. Despite attacks by Weingarten and other Democrats, Florida has been ranked as the number one state for both education and the economy. >If Europe Seizes Russian FX Reserves, It Would Immediately Reset The Global Financial System https://archive.ph/ZcSgF <In Europe, Politico notes ECB Governing Council’s Kazaks has become the first member to say that seizing €200bn of Russia’s FX reserves to help Ukraine is a “viable option,” with other Baltic central bank officials reportedly privately endorsing the same, and pressure maybe building to act. ECB President Lagarde is still opposed for now, but recognzses it will ultimately come down to politicians, who face a huge rearmament bill, not central bankers: and that’s a dynamic central bankers need to get used to going forwards. <Were this to occur it would be the most radical European economic statecraft step in that area since WW2. It would shatter EU assertions of their defence of the ‘rules-based order’, or unilaterally rewrite them, reduce the attractiveness of the Euro as a global reserve currency just as the same is being said of the US dollar in some quarters, and could even have an impact on the holding of Eurozone government bonds by key Global South asset holders. And what if the US opposed the move, bringing US-EU financial tensions onto the table alongside trade, geopolitical, and military? <In short, seizing Russia’s FX reserves would prompt urgent discussions about a reset of the global financial system, and its bifurcation. >UK Government Preparing For More Riots This Summer https://archive.ph/OYCrp <Following last year’s riots in response to the Southport attack, the government made an example out of those involved, including by imprisoning people who had merely posted offensive comments on social media as well as “inaccurate information” about the attack. <Given that prisons were already overcrowded, measures were activated that saw some existing prisoners, including ones locked up for violent crimes, released after serving just 40% of their sentence to make room for thought criminals. <Despite there being no actual intelligence concerning more riots in the upcoming months, the government appears to be expecting them anyway. <"Hundreds of extra makeshift cells and newly refurbished cells will be in use by the end of this year,” reports the Guardian. <According to the justice minister, James Timpson, prison capacity needs to be available without the need to enact emergency measures like early release. <“We need to be prepared for the capacity that would be needed if we had the riots, the civil disobedience, [we saw] in the summer. We’re clear there are no more emergency measures to do. We just need to make sure we use all of the operational levers we have,” he said.

>Government panel steps in after FDA cancels advisory meeting on flu shot recommendations https://archive.ph/3HYOW <After the Food and Drug Administration abruptly canceled an advisory committee meeting tasked with recommending the composition of annual flu shots, a group of government doctors issued guidelines for vaccine makers. <The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled to meet on March 13 to discuss the composition of the 2025-26 flu shots. Traditionally, the committee meets each winter to issue recommendations on the following season's flu vaccines. The committee is made up of non-government experts, and their report is then considered by the FDA. In years past, the FDA has used the committee's recommendations as part of its final guidelines for developing the annual flu shot. <Influenza vaccines are adjusted annually to best target the most prominent strains of the virus. Vaccine manufacturers then have several months to translate these government recommendations into the following season's flu shot. <Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the committee, was among those who were not able to weigh in on the vaccine guidelines. <"I guess the FDA has decided they don't need an independent group of experts to help them out," he previously told Scripps News. >Immigration Detention Facilities At Maximum Capacity: ICE Official https://archive.ph/Rahdw <U.S. immigration detention facilities have reached capacity at about 47,600 beds, a top-level U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said on March 12 in a call with reporters. <The federal government is now seeking more bed space for detained illegal immigrants, added the official, who requested anonymity as a condition of the call. <ICE is now expanding its capacity with support from the Department of Defense, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. >AI running out of juice despite Microsoft's hard squeezing https://archive.ph/CFJol <Yeah, with the release of ChatGPT-3.5 in November 2022, AI became a huge deal. Now, though, the AI revolution, once heralded as the next big leap for businesses worldwide, is facing a sobering reality check. Recent data reveals a marked slowdown in AI adoption. <The simple truth is that AI is not living up to its rep. Sure, Elon Musk still thinks "there will come a point where no job is needed." Especially in the US government, where his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is using AI to help fire employees and, eventually, replace them. <Other people, however, have figured out that AI is not ready for prime job time. AI adoption rates in business are stalling. In the US, general AI adoption rates are grinding to a halt. According to the Fall 2024 Slack Workforce Index, AI adoption growth rates among US workers have slowed over the last three months to a mere percentage point gain versus near-double digit gains in the same period a year earlier. <Why? Well – surprise, surprise! – they don't know how to use it. Christina Janzer, Slack's senior VP of research and analytics, explained: "Too much of the burden has been put on workers to figure out how to use AI. To ensure adoption of the technology, it’s important that leaders not only train workers but encourage employees to talk about it and experiment with AI out in the open.” >USPS to slash 10,000 jobs as outgoing postmaster general partners with DOGE https://archive.ph/Zjyzf <DOGE announced that the United States Postal Service will cut 10,000 jobs. The move was agreed to by outgoing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. In a letter he sent to Congress, DeJoy said USPS would work with DOGE to "identify and achieve further efficiencies." <"The scale of our daily work is unprecedented and extraordinary; our infrastructure has greatly deteriorated due to years of underinvestment, and our operating practices were for a postal environment of long ago that were never adjusted as the times and our business changed," DeJoy said. "We are encumbered by many unreasonable rules and regulations that handcuff our service expectations and, in many instances, that were a barrier to meaningful change." <"In that regard, we all need to bear in mind that we are a self-funded organization by law that must pay our bills and cover our costs through the sale of postal products and services. We receive essentially no taxpayer dollars to support our operations. It is our responsibility to achieve our public service mission while operating in a self-sufficient manner—an obligation that I take very seriously." <The Postal Service employs about 640,000 workers nationwide. >Futures, Yields, Gold All Jump After Schumer Caves To Keep Government Open https://archive.ph/4mACa <US equity futures and global stocks rose as the threat of a US government shutdown receded, removing at least one element of uncertainty confronting investors. Meanwhile, gold hit a record above $3,000 an ounce as the precious metal already anticipates the stimulus flood that is coming over the horizon.As of 8:00am S&P futures are higher by 0.9% as a stopgap funding bill is set to pass in Congress after top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer caved and opted not to block the measure. That helped lift the mood after the benchmark index extended its three-week rout beyond a 10% correction on Thursday. Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 1.2% with Nvidia leading premarket gains among the Mag7. In Europe, the Stoxx 50 advances 1.3% with outperforming sectors including consumer staples and materials; Asian stocks were also higher. Bond yields are 1-3bp higher this morning; the USD fell as the EUR surged after politicians agreed to a deal to drown Germany in debt to fund "military spending." Commodities are higher led by Oil (WTO +1.0%) and Iron (+1.5%). Since yesterday’s close, there has been some positive developments on macro policies: meeting between Lutnick and Ontario’s Ford was viewed as positive; the US government managed to avoid the shutdown. Internationally, China will hold a press briefing next Monday to outline some additional measures boost consumer; Japan announced the largest pay hike in over three decades (+5.36% average pay gain and +3.84% base pay vs. 3.8% JPMe vs. 3.7% last year), a positive catalyst for consumption growth, yet not enough to push the yen higher. Today's calendar includes March preliminary University of Michigan sentiment at 10am where consensus expects a 63.0 print. >Egyptian Tourism Minister Hopes to Attract 30 Mil. Tourists Annually by 2031; Egypt Trying to Organize ‘Temporary or Mobile’ Museums https://archive.ph/9x9Wm <Sherif Fathy, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, who visited Japan for the exhibition “Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs,” expressed his hope that people in Japan have the chance to see a “great reminder of what Egypt has in potential,” while also expressing confidence that Egypt would achieve its goal of receiving 30 million tourists a year by 2031. <Regarding the exhibition, Fathy mentioned the VR experience program that accompanies it, saying he would like visitors to enjoy the “stories they are trying to tell by spreading these antiquities.” <With its abundant antiquities, Egypt is trying to “organize temporary or mobile kinds of museums,” Fathy said. By showcasing a “sample” of what Egypt has to offer, Fathy hopes tourists from around the world will visit the country. <Egypt also aims to fund restoration work at the archaeological sites spread across the country using the revenue generated through these events, he said. “We have too many archaeological sites … and need millions and even more dollars in order to keep [them] intact and also keep investing in restoration and maintenance.” >Invite from Israeli government opens new chapter for French far-right party with anti-Semitic past https://archive.ph/QkFAd <Eighteen months of unreserved support for the Israeli government have finally paid off: On March 26 and 27, the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party will be granted a new occasion to certify its "de-demonization," as its president, Jordan Bardella, has been invited to Israel for a conference that will be concluded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Marion Maréchal, a far-right member of the European Parliament who is no longer an RN member but is allied with her former party, will also be present. The RN called it a "historic" invitation. >Quarrels at the top of the British far right https://archive.ph/XKohh <Storm in a teacup or symptom of a deeper crisis? Reform UK, the British far-right party led by Nigel Farage, which overtook the Conservatives and even the ruling Labour Party in the polls at the start of 2025, has been going through a turbulent period since its founder Farage expelled fellow MP Rupert Lowe from the party on Friday, March 7. <Lowe, a businessman who briefly served as a member of the European Parliament (in 2019 and 2020) before being elected to the House of Commons in July 2024, has been accused by Farage and his entourage of threatening to physically attack Reform UK party chairman Zia Yusuf. Yusuf also claimed to have received complaints of harassment from people working in Lowe's parliamentary team. Lowe's conduct has been reported to the police. <Pending the outcome of a just-launched police investigation, Lowe denied all allegations against him and claimed to be the victim of a witch-hunt. It's true that his dismissal from the party came just after he declared, in the columns of the Daily Mail, that Reform UK was "a protest party" headed by a "messianic" leader. Farage "has to learn to delegate, as not everything can go through one person," he added.

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>Battered by job cuts, National Weather Service prepares for tornado outbreak https://archive.ph/sqMtn <A massive severe storm system is expected to sweep through the central U.S. this weekend, bringing winds, rain, and potentially tornadoes. <The storm could also pose a challenge for the slimmed-down National Weather Service, which has cut numerous employees amid downsizing in the federal government. The agency is responsible for forecasting and issuing urgent weather warnings. >Champagnes and European spirits risk becoming collateral damage in Trump's trade war https://archive.ph/sRZlm <Donald Trump has taken the pressure up a notch. This time, the target is wines, champagnes and other spirits from European countries, including France. At stake: a potential 200% tax on the entry of these products onto American soil. The threat was made on Thursday, March 13, via a message broadcast on its Truth Social network. <"The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World... has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky. If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the US will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER EU REPRESENTED COUNTRIES," wrote the American president, accusing, once again, the European bloc of having been "formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States."

>Ishiba Cabinet Approval Rating Hits Low of 31％ as Broad Majority Takes Issue with PM’s Gift Certificates, Survey Says https://archive.ph/noK14 <The approval rating for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet has dropped to 31%, the lowest level since it was inaugurated in October last year, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey. The number was down eight percentage points from the survey last month. <At the same time, the disapproval rating rose to 58%, up 15 percentage points from 43% in the previous poll, according to the nationwide survey conducted from Friday to Sunday. <Declining support for the Cabinet is thought to reflect a harsh public reaction, after it was learned that Ishiba gave out gift certificates each worth ¥100,000 to 15 House of Representatives members in the Liberal Democratic Party who he had dinner with at the prime minister’s official residence. >Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam's digital death grip https://archive.ph/yR19H <A group of technology companies and lobbyists want the European Commission (EC) to take action to reduce the region's reliance on foreign-owned digital services and infrastructure. <In an open letter to EC President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty Henna Virkkunen, the group of nearly 100 organizations proposed the creation of a sovereign infrastructure fund to invest in key technology and lessen dependence on US corporations. <The letter points to recent events, including the farcical Munich Security Conference, as a sign of "the stark geopolitical reality Europe is now facing," and says that building strategic autonomy in key sectors is now an urgent imperative for European countries. <Signatories include aerospace giant Airbus, France's Dassault Systèmes, European cloud operator OVHcloud, chip designer SiPearl, open source biz Nextcloud, and a host of others including organizations such as the European Startup Network. >China has a plan to boost consumption, but will it work? https://archive.ph/J2AcY <A main thrust of the measures is boosting people’s incomes and wealth. <The government plans to extend subsidies for companies that do not lay off their staff, help the jobless upgrade their skills and start their own businesses, and help farmers monetise their agricultural resources. It also wants to stabilise the stock and property markets. <To encourage the buying of big-ticket items like property, China is making it easier and cheaper for people to draw from their Housing Provident Fund accounts. >Dems' Approval Collapses 20 Points In 4 Years As Trump Posts Career-High https://archive.ph/An03k <In the most striking read on the pulse of America, the Democratic Party's favorability rating has collapsed by a whopping 20 percentage points in just four years, and now stands at just 29%, according to CNN. That's the lowest in the history of CNN's poll, which goes back to 1992. NBC News had a similar reading: 27% positive against 55% negative. "In more than 30 years of this poll, we've never seen either party hit a number this low, in terms of negatives," said NBC's Steve Kornacki. >US aid cuts to Myanmar are having catastrophic impact, says UN rapporteur https://archive.ph/d7wgm <US cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Mr Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar told a press briefing in Geneva on March 17. <Sudden cuts to food and health programmes supporting people have made an already grave humanitarian situation worse, as airstrikes and violence by the military junta, which seized power in 2021, increase, Mr Andrews said. >WHO chief warns US aid cuts could cost millions of lives https://archive.ph/wTqsQ <"We ask the US to reconsider its support for global health," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, saying that disruptions to global HIV programs alone "could undo 20 years of progress, leading to more than 10 million additional cases of HIV and three million HIV related deaths." >The "American Dream" May No Longer Consist Of Access To Cheap Flat Screens, But The "Chinese Dream" Suddenly Might https://archive.ph/i5fTZ <Bessent last week articulated the ideological underpinnings of the Trump economic agenda as clearly as anyone when he said that “access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream.” This is a landmark statement, because access to cheap consumption goods has been the essence of the American dream since the 1950s at least and America’s role as consumer of last resort for foreign surplus has been one of the enduring linchpins of the post-WWII economic system. The rise of China – a nation that does not share American values - and the structural imbalances created by suspected state-subsidized overproduction means that this model is now past its use-by date. Thus, a new model is being adopted to safeguard US pre-eminence in world affairs. <Markets seemingly interpreted this “grand economic reordering” not as an abandonment of the post WWII model (which no longer serves the interests of the United States), but a doubling-down on the policies of the post-2008 malaise where US institutions magicked up new liquidity to bid up asset prices and make rich people richer. The hope was that the ensuing wealth effect would spur consumption spending and that prosperity would resume while addressing structural imbalances could be addressed piecemeal or put off for another day. This is no longer the game being played. As Bessent said in a recent interview with CNBC: “the bottom 50 percent of working Americans have gotten killed. We are trying to address that.” <In a nutshell, what is now happening is that the United States is aiming to confront and contain the rise of an ideological challenger – China - by mirroring its trade practises back to it. Bessent says that trade has been free, but it has not been fair. He says that reciprocal tariffs will force US trading partners to give the USA the same access to their markets that they have to the US market, and that he expects the 20% tariffs on China exports to be “eaten” by Chinese firms as they seek to offload their enormous exportable surplus into the world’s largest consumer market. >Putin, Trump to discuss Ukraine Tuesday https://archive.ph/8uqf9 <Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump will speak by phone on Tuesday, as one US official expressed hope the two could agree a Ukraine ceasefire within "weeks". <Trump said earlier "a lot of work" had been done between the US and Russia on settling the three-year Ukraine conflict, and that there was a "very good chance" hostilities would end. <Putin said last week he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire, but warned he had "serious questions" about how it would be implemented that he wanted to discuss with Trump. <Kyiv has agreed to the ceasefire, while its European allies have criticised Putin for not committing to an unconditional and immediate halt in fighting, with the UK accusing the Russian leader of "dragging his feet". <"There is such a conversation being prepared for Tuesday," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters including AFP ahead of the Trump-Putin call, without commenting on what the two leaders would discuss. >Romania Bars Another Nationalist From Presidential Race For Opposing EU, NATO Membership

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https://archive.ph/E2EkV <Romania's electoral commission on Saturday announced that Diana Sosoaca would be banned from competing for the country's presidency. That news is troubling enough on its face, but the Central Election Bureau's rationale makes the development all the more chilling: Sosoaca is unfit for office because she has publicly voiced opposition to Romania's memberships in the European Union and NATO. >Trump administration defends deportation of Venezuelans as legal questions loom https://archive.ph/qSEwQ <After his administration appeared to defy court orders and deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend, President Donald Trump applauded the move via social media. <"These are the monsters sent into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats. How dare they!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Thank you to El Salvador and, in particular, President Bukele, for your understanding of this horrible situation." >Trump Declares Biden's Autopen-Signed Pardons "Void" https://archive.ph/Lq6cI <"The "Pardons" that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen," Trump wrote on Truth Social late Sunday night. The president continued: "In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime." He went on to say that members of that House committee are "subject to investigation at the highest level"... >Clean Hydrogen Business Facing Growing Headwinds; Supply Costs, Trump’s Focus on LNG Dent Confidence https://archive.ph/UO6MB <Governments have been supporting the production of hydrogen, assuming that the momentum for decarbonization will continue. Japan, for example, aims to promote the spread of hydrogen energy by importing cheap hydrogen, among other means. <However, the Trump administration is expected to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, an international framework to combat global warming, in January 2026, and is aiming to increase the production of fossil fuels. <Since the cost of supplying hydrogen is higher than that of oil and LNG, there is a growing skepticism that demand for hydrogen will steadily increase. >Last Call? How Gen Z Is Changing The Drinking Landscape https://archive.ph/Ivbn6 <An NC Solutions consumer sentiment survey of more than 1000 people over 21 found that nearly half of Americans expressed a desire to cut back on drinking in 2025. The shift is most pronounced among Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012, with 65 percent aiming to drink less in 2025 and 39 percent planning to abstain entirely. >54％ in Japan Approve of Trump’s Ceasefire Talks for Ukraine, Yomiuri Poll Finds; Approval Highest Among Younger Respondents https://archive.ph/A5uqR <An opinion poll indicated that 54% of respondents approve of U.S. President Trump’s efforts in leading ceasefire negotiations regarding Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The poll, conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun, also found that 37% of respondents disapproved.

>London Copper Surges Back Above $10,000 On US Tariff-Driven Fears https://archive.ph/XvSEz <Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange surpassed $10,000 per ton on Thursday, driven by concerns over President Trump's potential tariff expansion on the crucial industrial metal used in everything from electric vehicles to power grids. Traders are rushing to deliver copper into the US before potential tariffs later this year. <On Feb. 25, President Trump signed an executive order directing the US Department of Commerce to investigate the potential national security risks of copper imports, which could lead to tariffs on all copper imports—including raw mined copper, copper concentrates, refined copper, copper alloys, scrap copper, and certain derivative products. Since then, US prices have surged, and traders have been rushing to send their metal to the US ahead of tariffs, thereby tightening global supplies. The Secretary of Commerce will submit a report to the president 270 days from when the executive order was signed. >"Do The Right Thing" - Trump Warns Fed To Cut Rates As Tariff Trouble Looms https://archive.ph/J5Ljb <Remember when Senator Liz Warren urged The Fed to cut rates dramatically last summer and fall as Democratic Party approval ratings plunged into the toilet (but inflation was re-rearing its ugly head and spoiling the doves' party)? <Well, it's different this time... and probably 'dangerous' to democracy and a 'constitutional crisis'... as President Trump took to social media last night to urge Jay Powell to cut rates now in an effort to help the economy through some short-term pain from tariffs... <"The Fed would be MUCH better off CUTTING RATES as U.S. Tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy. Do the right thing. April 2nd is Liberation Day in America!!!" >Trump will order a plan to shut down the US Education Department https://archive.ph/mpg7A <President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. <... <A White House fact sheet said the order would direct Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.” <Trump’s Republican administration has already been gutting the agency. Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress. >Nvidia CEO Will Spend Hundreds Of Billions On US-Made Chips https://archive.ph/YqnFF <In an exclusive interview with the Financial Times, Nvidia's chief executive and co-founder, Jensen Huang, revealed that the company plans to spend several hundred billion dollars worth of U.S.-made chips and electronics over the next four years. Nvidia's move aligns with President Donald Trump's "America First" vision, shifting supply chains away from China and Taiwan and back to the US for national security purposes. <"Overall, we will procure, over the course of the next four years, probably half a trillion dollars worth of electronics in total," Huang said, adding, "And I think we can easily see ourselves manufacturing several hundred billion of it here in the US." <Huang said the latest artificial intelligence chips for Nvidia-powered servers can be manufactured at US-based factories operated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Foxconn Technology Group. >White House Hails Recent Drops In Egg And Gas Prices https://archive.ph/WfrqX <The White House on March 17 announced a drop in egg and gasoline prices, calling it a win for the Trump administration’s economic agenda. <“Americans are continuing to (Hello, I just arrived from Cuckchan, please bully me) benefits as the economic agenda of President Donald J. Trump and his administration comes into focus,” the White House press office said in a statement. <The average wholesale price per dozen of eggs has dropped to $3.10, down 47 percent from $6.55 per dozen from Jan. 21, 2025, the White House said. <Egg prices soared in recent months, reaching an average high of $4.95 per dozen in January, according to the Department of Labor. From January 2024 to January 2025, egg prices increased by 54 percent, data show. >Morgan Stanley Prepares To Cut 2,000 Jobs & "Water Down" DEI Initiatives https://archive.ph/spHvJ <Morgan Stanley is set to cut around 2,000 jobs by the end of the month as part of a broader effort to enhance operational efficiency, according to a report from Bloomberg. At the same time, The Wall Street Journal reported that the investment bank is scaling back or restructuring its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in response to internal backlash. <A source familiar with the upcoming layoffs told Bloomberg that cuts are companywide except for its 15,000 financial advisers. Workforce reductions at the 80,000-person bank were implemented before market turmoil sent the Nasdaq 100 Index down 7.3% on the year. <A spokesperson for the New York-based bank declined to comment on the cuts. However, the source said the reduction is based on "keeping a lid on costs as executives grapple with minimal attrition in their ranks." >"$225 & Dropping!": Unhinged Gov. Tim Walz Openly Roots Against American Company https://archive.ph/tfxJB <Unhinged Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told Democrats at an Eau Claire, Wisconsin, town hall on Tuesday he openly roots for the death of the most American-made car company: Tesla Motors. <"I was saying, on my phone, I know some of you know this, on the iPhone. They've got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day," Walz told the crowd. <The failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee then excitedly yelled: "$225 and dropping ..." >Trump Cuts Off All Russian Oil Sales to the European Union https://archive.ph/GQIoI <U.S. President Donald Trump has blocked the sale of Russian oil to the European Union, effectively closing a loophole that had allowed European nations to continue purchasing Russian fuel despite sanctions. This move comes after the expiration of a Biden administration policy that had permitted sanctioned Russian banks to process fuel transactions for EU buyers. 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https://archive.ph/0Wfc9 <The Bank of Japan’s resolve to closely monitor the possible impact of U.S. tariffs on Japan’s economy prompted it to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% on Wednesday. Analysts are split over when the central bank’s next raise will be. <At a press conference following the bank’s Monetary Policy Meeting, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated the effects of the high tariff policy of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Japan’s economy and consumer prices would need to be carefully assessed. “Overseas uncertainty has heightened sharply,” Ueda emphasized. >On defense and Ukraine, European nations still have no consensus https://archive.ph/OQM7h <The declarations are strong, but the facts more ambiguous. While the Europeans are pleased to have begun to take the future of their defense into their own hands and to stand united behind Ukraine, they are not yet totally credible. With European heads of state and government scheduled to meet in Brussels on Thursday, March 20, the 27 member states are still looking for the compromise that will enable them to hold their place in the new world order taking shape since Donald Trump's return to the White House. <In a major change, they now assert that they need to work together to better protect themselves at a time when the United States may no longer fund their security, and where Russia's imperialist aims are worrying. But the Commission's "ReArm Europe" plan, which is intended to accompany the war effort of the 27 member states, is only a "first step," as French President Emmanuel Macron put it on March 6. <It authorizes member states to activate a "national derogation clause," which exempts their defense spending from the rules of the Stability Pact and, in theory, frees them from the budgetary yoke to the tune of €650 billion. It also enables the Commission to borrow €150 billion, which it will then lend on favorable terms, and to organize joint purchases of military equipment. However, the 27 member states are unlikely to invest €800 billion in rearmament. >Trump Admin Removes Advisory From HHS Website Labeling Gun Violence A Health Crisis https://archive.ph/60cxu <The June 2024 advisory by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declaring violent crime involving guns a public health crisis has been removed from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. <The unprecedented advisory was the realization of a goal for gun control proponents. <An HHS spokesperson said the change was made to comply with a Feb. 7 executive order. <“HHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trump’s Executive Order on Protecting Second Amendment Rights,” Emily G. Hilliard, HHS deputy press secretary, wrote in an email to The Epoch Times. >Recycling Hero Or Dumpster Fire? How The World Handles Trash https://archive.ph/eiPCl <While developing Latin American nations Colombia, Costa Rica and Chile factor into the count, more than 80 percent of people in the OECD Americas sample live in the United States and Canada. <Only around 27 percent of municipal waste in the American member countries was recycled or composted in 2022, the latest year the numbers are available. <This is in stark contrast to the almost 46 percent of waste in this category in the OECD's 14 European member nations and also below the rate of around 31 percent in developed Asia-Oceania, namely Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan. <... <Reasons why countries use landfills, according to industry bulletin Pollution Solutions, include convenience and affordability - not something well-governed and affluent North American countries would need to rely on. The ample space in the region might therefore be the biggest draw to landfill waste. Recycling rates in North America are also way below their potential. According to the California Management Review published by the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, a lot of recyclable materials in the U.S. end up in landfills. The report faults outdated federal standards and based on them, complicated collection practices that vary regionally for these shortcomings. It goes on to explain that differing systems and facilities' autonomous decision making create confusion with consumers as well as unpredictability in the country's recycling market, both of which diminish the quality of recycled materials, curb demand for it and hamper the rise of recycling as a money-making tool for industries.

>China, Japan, South Korea Meet in Tokyo for Trilateral Ties https://archive.ph/SpFBa <During the meeting Wang Yi stressed the three countries generate more than $24 trillion combined output through their joint 1.6 billion population. He wanted free trade talks to restart and to develop the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. <While they have common economic motives, important disagreements remain between them. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul of South Korea asked China to support North Korea’s denuclearization measures and stop Russian and North Korean military cooperation. Tokyo and Seoul strongly oppose Beijing’s Taiwan military moves and Russian backing in Ukraine. <During this meeting the countries examined their common problems related to low birth rates and increasing senior population numbers. Japan prepares to hold official meetings with China to talk about their economic relationship which has not happened since 2016 because China blocked Japanese seafood exports after Japan released water from the Fukushima plant. >US: Trump administration revokes legal migrant status for 500,000 people https://archive.ph/QwmjB <The United States said, on Friday, March 21, that it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country. This comes as President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations. <The order affects around 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who came to the United States under a scheme launched in October 2022 by Trump's predecessor Joe Biden, a process expanded in January the following year. >Outrage After German Intel Chief Says Ukraine War Should Keep Going For Another 5 Years https://archive.ph/JsVmU <Bruno Kahl, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) made the comments in an interview, saying: <“If a war in Ukraine comes to a standstill earlier than (2029 or 2030), then all the means (of Russia) – both the technical and the material – are able much earlier to provide a threat against Europe.” <In Ukraine, this portion of the interview has been met with sharp backlash. >The old order is fighting back https://archive.ph/mC5sb <The street battles that have erupted in Buenos Aires after more than a year of relative calm tell us a great deal about the forces fighting for Argentina’s future. As government spokespeople lost no time in pointing out, by taking advantage of what even supporters of Javier Milei’s cost-cutting policies recognise is a legitimate cause for complaint, the Peronists – helped by large numbers of hooligans wearing the shirts of their favourite football clubs – are doing their best to claim the moral high ground. This is something they did previously with considerable success, when Mauricio Macri was president; the allegedly pro-pensioner riots of December 2017 put his government, which until then had been fairly successful, on the back foot. It never recovered. <Milei thinks he is made of sterner stuff than Macri. Unlike him, he – along with his feisty Security Minister Patricia Bullrich – is more than willing to order baton-wielding cops and gendarmes to wade into demonstrators despite warnings that, should they bludgeon any to death, public opinion could swing sharply against the government as it did on June 25, 2002, when Eduardo Duhalde occupied the Pink House and two protestors were killed. On that occasion, Duhalde reacted by throwing in the towel, but Milei has let it be known that he has no intention of doing the same. His determination to stay the course is greatly strengthened by his evident belief that he has nothing in common with wishy-washy pragmatists such as Duhalde, who follow the rules of the political “caste” that he and many others say came close to turning Argentina into a poverty-stricken wasteland like Venezuela. >The SEC Reports That 10% of Its Employees Welcome Offers of Resignation. https://archive.ph/3mrrw <According to some accounts, over ten percent of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) employees—roughly 500 out of 5,000—have taken buyouts or deferred-resignation offers and are planning to leave the organisation. <Five hundred out of roughly five thousand employees is what that represents. <According to a report released by Bloomberg on Friday, which quoted persons who asked not to be named, the number might rise as more people accept buyouts before a deadline set for this Friday, March 21. The deadline has been set for this coming Friday. >Israel: Power struggle between government and judiciary thrusts the country into the unknown https://archive.ph/Y52uj <Israel, in the midst of war, is heading for a major political crisis. On the night of Thursday, March 20, Benjamin Netanyahu's government unanimously decided to dismiss Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence service. <In early March, the prime minister had tried to force him to resign – to no avail. The cause: The police and Shin Bet are investigating alleged business ties between Netanyahu's aides and Qatar, a country which many Israelis see as supporting Hamas. The scandal, dubbed "Qatargate" by the Israeli media, comes at a time when Netanyahu is already on trial for fraud, corruption and breach of trust in three separate cases. In addition to this first dispute between Netanyahu and the Shin Bet head, there is a second, more political one: In a recent report on the October 7 massacre, the intelligence service pointed out the government's failings – and therefore of the prime minister. <Netanyahu has justified Bar's dismissal by a "persistent loss of professional and personal trust." Bar is due to step down on April 10, or sooner, if a successor is appointed. <The response came swiftly: That same day, Israel's Supreme Court issued an injunction suspending Bar's dismissal. Judge Gila Canfy-Steinitz explained that this decision does not reflect the court's position on the matter, but rather aims to prevent irreversible action. The injunction will remain in force while the court hears petitions filed against the dismissal, until the court rules on the matter, no later than April 8. >Voice of America Was Closed Illegally, According to a Federal Complaint. https://archive.ph/SLz3R <The Trump administration is accused of arbitrarily terminating Voice of America, according to a petition that was submitted late Friday night. The petition requests that a federal magistrate reinstate the organisation. The complaint was submitted on Friday evening. <The US Agency for Global Media and Kari Lake, an unsuccessful candidate for President Trump’s Arizona congressional seat, are named as defendants in the action. <The complaint was initially lodged by journalists from Voice of America, Reporters Without Borders, and other unions. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York received the grievance. <The lawsuit asserts that “in numerous regions globally, a vital source of objective news has vanished, leaving only censored state-sponsored news media to occupy the void.” How the Hell did this guy even become such a hot news item in the first place? >Andrew Tate back in Romania after flap over US trip https://archive.ph/i64Ws <Self-described “misogynist” influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan returned to Romania for police checks in an ongoing criminal investigation, denying claims that the Trump administration had pressured authorities to end a travel ban and allowed them to spend the last few weeks in the United States. <The Tates flew into Bucharest early Saturday morning. Romanian prosecutors lifted their travel ban in February. <The brothers are required to regularly check in with Romanian authorities under preventive judicial control measures in a human trafficking and rape investigation. Their next scheduled appearance is Monday. Both deny any wrongdoing.

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>Pro-Trump senator meets China’s economy czar amid trade tensions https://archive.ph/xQOTN <US Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, met China’s economy czar, Vice-Premier He Lifeng, on March 22, marking the first visit by a US politician to Beijing since Mr Trump returned to the White House. <Striking a cordial tone at the start of their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, the Chinese Vice-Premier joked that the Montana Republican looked younger and more handsome than on television, according to a pool report. <“A very warm welcome to you, Senator Daines,” said Mr He. “I'm very happy to see you.” >Cut the ‘gobbledygook’, Trump official tells consultants https://archive.ph/gf3vD <The Trump administration is escalating its probe into consulting firms doing work for the US government, including Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture, warning them that they must explain what they do in plain language rather than “jargon or gobbledygook”. <In a letter to the 10 highest-paid consulting firms working for the government, the top procurement official at the General Services Administration requested a trove of information on the companies’ billions of dollars in government contracts. <The letter also asks the firms to explain how they intend to help “reduce or eliminate” spending, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg News. <“Do not submit a scorecard that does not identify any waste and spend-reduction opportunities,” Josh Gruenbaum, who is leading cost-cutting efforts at the GSA, said in a letter to the consulting firms’ executives. <“Scorecards that do not identify waste and spending reductions will not be deemed credible and your firm will be seen as unaligned with the Administration’s cost cutting goals.” >Europe Prepares Plan B in Case of U.S. Withdrawal from NATO https://archive.ph/nyGAu <Europe’s leading military powers are working on a plan to gradually take over responsibility for the continent’s defense from the United States. This initiative, reported by the Financial Times, is a response to growing concerns about a potential U.S. withdrawal from NATO and the weakening of transatlantic ties, particularly in light of statements made by President Donald Trump. <Talks are underway between the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Nordic countries to develop a plan that will be presented to the U.S. administration ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague in June. The proposal includes increasing European defense spending and strengthening military capabilities to persuade the U.S. to accept a gradual transfer of responsibility, allowing Washington to shift its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region.

>Trump Eyes Two-Stage Tariffs On April 2 To 'Strengthen Legal Framework': Report https://archive.ph/C6Zfr <As April 2nd approaches - the day President Donald Trump is set to roll out a global tariff regime, the Financial Times reports that Trump is now considering 'a two-step approach,' which would split tariffs into two stages; targeted emergency tariffs now to raise money for planned tax cuts, and more after his administration has completed probes into trading partners to provide a more robust legal framework to deploy "reciprocal" tariffs (we charge them the same percentage they're charging us). <Basically while Trump and Lutnick want to go full bore now, US trade representative Jamieson Greer (a lawyer who worked for Trump's first trade chief Robert Lighthizer), insisted they pump the brakes in order to legally justify sweeping tariffs. <The dual-track strategy is poised for a high-profile unveiling on April 2, a date Trump has branded “Liberation Day,” spurring a flurry of diplomatic activity as allies seek exemptions. >UN to reduce staff in Gaza, blaming Israel for a strike that killed its employee https://archive.ph/J6TfW <The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer from Bulgaria and wounding five other employees. <The world body will temporarily remove about a third of its approximately 100 international staffers working in Gaza, U.N. Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. He pointed to the increased danger after Israel relaunched its military campaign last week with bombardment that has since killed hundreds of Palestinians. Israel has also cut off all food, medicine, aid and other supplies to Gaza's population for the past three weeks. >Russia Says Ukraine Continually Striking Energy Sites In Violation Of Trump Agreement https://archive.ph/FDv8O <Russia has charged that Ukraine has continued deliberate strikes on Russian energy facilities, in violation of the 30-day agreement both warring sides made with President Trump last week, to temporarily halt such attacks. <"Ukraine continues to attack Russian civilian infrastructure, proving that Kiev does not actually want peace," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has charged. <Both Russian and Ukrainian leaders agreed in separate phone calls with Trump days ago to halt such assaults on energy infrastructure. But the Russian Defense Ministry has since said multiple waves of drones strikes have targeted oil and gas facilities. >Conference Board Consumer Expectations Plunge To 12 Year Lows; Inflation Expectations Rise https://archive.ph/cztC1 <“Of the Index’s five components, only consumers’ assessment of present labor market conditions improved, albeit slightly. Views of current business conditions weakened to close to neutral. Consumers’ expectations were especially gloomy, with pessimism about future business conditions deepening and confidence about future employment prospects falling to a 12-year low. <Meanwhile, consumers’ optimism about future income—which had held up quite strongly in the past few months—largely vanished, suggesting worries about the economy and labor market have started to spread into consumers’ assessments of their personal situations.” >EU must acquire all means to defend itself against military aggression, EU’s Costa says https://archive.ph/MLTWW <"If Russia considers that Ukraine's borders are just a line on a map, why should it respect any other country's borders?", he said at a European Policy Centre event in Brussels. <The Council president called for boosting NATO's European pillar. <"Now it's clear that the best way to protect our transatlantic alliance, is to strengthen the European pillar of NATO, is to become more autonomous, to become more sovereign, to be less dependent of others, namely on the United States," he said. >Milei blocks sale of Telefónica Argentina to Clarín’s Telecom https://archive.ph/oVauC <President Javier Milei’s government has confirmed it will take preventive action to suspend the sale of the local branch of Spain’s Telefónica to Telecom. <In a March 21 statement, it said the move would lead to concentration of over 60 percent of the telephone and Internet market. <Argentina’s government has made "the decision to take preventive measures to suspend the effects of the purchase of Telefónica by Telecom," read a Milei administration communiqué published on the X social network. <The preventive measures take the form of a recommendation by the CNDC (Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia) anti-monopoly watchdog seeking to defend the consumers and "competition from any market distortion." >Alibaba exec warns of overheating AI infrastructure market https://archive.ph/I2sL9 <Alibaba is warning of a datacenter spending "bubble" amid the rush to build infrastructure in anticipation of an AI feeding frenzy. <Speaking at the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong this week, Alibaba Group co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai expressed concern at the amount of funding being allocated to datacenter construction for AI development, saying it looks set to exceed actual market demand. <"I start to (Hello, I just arrived from Cuckchan, please bully me) beginning of some kind of bubble," said Tsai, who noted some of the projects are raising investment to build datacenters on spec, meaning they don't even have a buyer or tenant lined up before going ahead. <Tsai's unease is based on the billions being committed by mega-corps, especially in the US. In January, Microsoft alone indicated its intention to invest $80 billion this year on building out its AI infrastructure, while Meta said it plans to pour $60-65 billion into more resources, and the Stargate Project said it expects to lay out as much as $500 billion over the next four years. <AI investments in America seem to be outpacing current demand, Tsai cautioned. <However, Alibaba itself also announced last month that its digital infrastructure splurge over the next three years will exceed the total it laid out in the prior decade, although the e-commerce and cloud giant did not specify exact investment figures. >Brazil judges weigh whether to put Jair Bolsonaro on trial for 'coup' https://archive.ph/Kl5n6 <Brazil's Supreme Court will weigh Tuesday whether to put far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial for allegedly masterminding an attempted coup after losing elections in 2022.

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<If convicted, the 70-year-old risks a prison sentence of about 40 years. >France updates US travel advice over gender 'at birth' https://archive.ph/QrsDG <France has modified its official advice to nationals traveling to the United States, warning that they must now state their gender assigned at birth in visa or ESTA applications. It stopped short of warning, as Denmark did recently, that transgender people could be barred from entering the US as a result of a decree signed by President Trump on January 20. <But potential visitors are "strongly recommended" to check the website of the US embassy in Paris "for any changes or new measures adopted," the French foreign ministry said in an update to its travel advice published on the night of Monday, March 24. >Indonesia to join Brics’ New Development Bank, says President Prabowo https://archive.ph/uvNV1 <Indonesia will join New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral bank developed by Brics member nations, President Prabowo Subianto said on March 25. <Joining NDB as a member would help Indonesia accelerate its economic transformation, Mr Prabowo said. <The Brics group also includes Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. <Mr Prabowo made the announcement during a visit by NDB president and former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. <Ms Rousseff said the bank is interested in collaborating in sectors such as renewable energy and biodiesel, as well as technological development. <Mr Prabowo has presented dozens of projects for potential partnership with NDB, Ms Rousseff told reporters. >South Korea hosts Alaska governor, energy team amid talk of gas pipeline https://archive.ph/FGlZi <Alaskan state representatives led by the governor and including energy officials visited South Korea on March 25 to discuss energy cooperation, amid a push for US allies in Asia to join a stalled gas pipeline project touted by President Donald Trump. <Governor Mike Dunleavy’s delegation includes officials from the Glenfarne Group, which is a partner in the project to transport gas from Alaska’s remote north via a US$44 billion (S$58.78 billion) pipeline and the state gas agency, the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (Amcham) said. <Mr Dunleavy met South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun and discussed energy cooperation, including over the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and other trade issues, the ministry said in a statement. >7 Actions That NATO Countries Are Taking Which Indicate That Something Really Big Is Coming https://archive.ph/W6R6J <#1 France is getting ready to distribute a 20 page survival manual that instructs citizens what to do if a full-blown war erupts… <#2 The French government is also telling their citizens to leave Iran “immediately” <#3 It is being reported that military planners in the UK have ordered special forces units to get ready to be sent to Ukraine… <#4 Turkey has announced that it would also be willing to deploy troops to Ukraine “if needed”… <#5 Poland is preparing for a showdown with Russia by “conscripting every adult male for military training”… <#6 The Baltic states are jointly constructing a massive defense line that includes six hundred bunkers, tank ditches, dragon’s teeth and rocket systems… <#7 In a letter that was delivered to the Iranians, Donald Trump has given Iran only two months to reach a peace agreement… >China seeks stronger ties with Europe, it says in meeting with Portugal's foreign minister https://archive.ph/ubjoz <Chinese foreign minister met with his Portuguese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, calling for closer ties with Europe as Chinese and European leaders navigate intensifying global trade tensions. <China will work with Portugal to promote Chinese-European relations, Wang Yi told Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel, according to a Chinese ministry statement. >Japan backs close security ties with India, South Korea in Indo-Pacific https://archive.ph/hu7Zw <Japan has said that it backed close security cooperation with South Korea and India in the Indo-Pacific, days after the Philippines' military chief said a U.S.-backed security group wanted both nations to join to counter China in the region. <Japan's Ministry of Defense said in a statement to Reuters on Monday that it supported building a multi-layered network of alliances in general, and but declined to say whether it has given its consent or made any specific considerations on the expansion of the Squad group. >India eyes tariff cut on $30b of US imports, to shield $88b in exports, say sources https://archive.ph/evCK4 <India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth US$23 billion (S$30.81 billion) in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources said, the biggest cut in years, aimed at fending off reciprocal tariffs. >Washington Post: Democrats Once Killed a Pipeline in the Northeast. Now They May Help Trump Revive It. https://archive.ph/FOue4 <A decade ago, Democratic governors in New England cheered the demise of a plan to pipe natural gas from the shale fields of western Pennsylvania to population centers across the Northeast. But now, as President Donald Trump seeks to bring the project back from the dead, anxiety over energy costs has state leaders rethinking their opposition.

Countries are panicking in response to Trump's 25% auto tariffs, will just be consolidating these particular articles instead of providing each article's contents because of how this is dominating the news cycles: >Japan putting ‘all options on table’ in dealing with US auto tariffs, PM Ishiba says https://archive.ph/GAzj2 >Thai auto sector frets over US tariffs https://archive.ph/fi7Lh >Canadian PM Mark Carney slams Trump's auto tariffs as 'direct attack' https://archive.ph/HrdAU >President Trump Unleashes 25% Tariffs On Foreign-Made Auto Imports https://archive.ph/8fMH2 >Trump's 25% tariffs on car imports worries manufacturers and consumers alike https://archive.ph/aGViF >Taiwan plans response to Trump tariffs with energy imports, tariff cuts https://archive.ph/VTEo8 >Trump Escalates Global Trade War with New 25 Percent Automobile Tariffs https://archive.ph/L2IXO Now back to the regular news: >Trump Says Government Likely Won't Be Using Signal After The Atlantic Fallout https://archive.ph/LcLME <President Donald Trump said on March 25 that government officials likely will not be using the Signal messaging app after The Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently included in a group chat with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz. <When asked about the Signal chat during remarks at the White House on March 25, Trump said: “A lot of times you find out defects by exactly things like that, but I don’t think it’s something we’re looking forward to using again. <“We may be forced to use it. You may be in a situation where you need speed as opposed to gross safety, and you may be forced to use it, but generally speaking, I think we probably won’t be using it very much.” >Tech suppliers await final grade as Trump prepares to flunk Department of Education https://archive.ph/UAIST <Tech vendors are awaiting the outcome of a constitutional battle to decide the fate of government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the federal Department of Education to be dismantled. <Accenture, General Dynamics, T-Rex Solutions, and Peraton – which acquired fellow Department of Education vendor Perspecta in 2021 – are all eyeing how the unprecedented decision to close the Department of Education, created by Congress in 1979, will play out. >Musk Cuts Billions from Budget: Controversial Cuts to Government Grants https://archive.ph/RTWIN <According to a press release, DOGE has terminated 113 contracts worth a total of $4.7 billion, aiming to save $3.3 billion. Among the canceled contracts is a $145,000 consulting agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for “climate change initiatives in Peru.” <Additionally, DOGE reported that the Department of Labor has scrapped “America Last” grants worth $577 million, projected to save $237 million. The funding cuts include: <$10 million for “gender equality in the Mexican workplace” <$12.2 million for “empowering workers in South America” <$6.25 million for “improving labor rights in agricultural supply chains” in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador <$5 million to increase female workforce participation in West Africa <$4.3 million for assisting foreign migrant workers in Malaysia <$3 million for expanding social security access and worker protections for domestic migrant workers in Bangladesh <$3 million for safe and inclusive work environments in Lesotho <DOGE was established by President Donald Trump through an executive order with a mandate to optimize federal government operations and reduce spending within 18 months. <As of March 26, DOGE claims to have saved Americans $130 billion, averaging $807.45 per taxpayer. >Europe Rules Out Easing Of Russian Sanctions, Killing Ceasefire Hopes https://archive.ph/9VUYW <French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting nations in Paris who make up a 'coalition of the willing' in their continued support to Ukraine, and on Thursday he has announced that sanctions on Russia will not be lifted, as unanimously agreed to among participants. <The twenty-seven heads of mostly European states and governments represented there further agreed there will be no easing of sanctions in exchange for a Black Sea ceasefire. >US to give $97m to aid Rohingya refugees, State Department says

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https://archive.ph/CPId0 <The Trump administration said on March 27 it will provide US$73 million (S$97.8 million) in new financial aid to Rohingya refugees through the UN World Food Programme, amid concerns that aid cuts could deepen the crisis for the world's largest stateless population. <"This food and nutrition support through @WFP will provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance for more than one million people," US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a post on X. <"It is important that our international partners engage with sharing the burden with life-saving assistance such as this." >Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers in a major restructuring plan https://archive.ph/F6a3I <In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. <... <Overall, the department will downsize to 62,000 positions — losing 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and voluntary separation offers encouraged by President Donald Trump’s administration. >Taliban seek Japan support for infrastructure, industry development https://archive.ph/NKIBg <The Taliban regime hopes to strengthen relations with Japan to obtain support for Afghanistan's infrastructure and industry development, Deputy Minister of Economy Latif Nazari said in a recent interview following his trip to Japan. <While Japan is among the countries that do not officially recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government, largely due to its repressive policies against women, Nazari insisted that the regime's intention is "not to completely exclude women from social participation." <"Women are working in places such as the Ministry of Education, airport, and even the police," he said in the interview with Kyodo News, which took place in Kabul. >US closes subsidiary loophole on dozens of Chinese entity list members https://archive.ph/uEjRk <The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two lists of fresh entries yesterday that are set to hit the Federal Register on Friday. Some 80 companies were added in a bid to hamstring China's development of high-performance, exascale and quantum computing, among other things. <"We will not allow adversaries to exploit American technology to bolster their own militaries and threaten American lives," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thundered. "We are committed to using every tool at the Department's disposal to ensure our most advanced technologies stay out of the hands of those who seek to harm Americans." >Kohl's to close 27 'underperforming' stores this Saturday: See the full list https://archive.ph/wqUOm <Kohl's will shutter 27 underperforming stores this Saturday, March 29, as part of its restructuring efforts, according to store webpages. <The store closures were first made public in a company announcement in January this year. At the time, the Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based retailer reaffirmed its confidence in the overall strength of its store base but acknowledged that these specific locations were not meeting performance expectations. >Thousands of jobs at risk after tariff-hit British Steel confirms furnace closures https://archive.ph/ZkH3q <Chinese-owned British Steel confirmed on Thursday, March 27, plans to shut blast furnaces and other operations in England, blaming a decision that risks up to 2,700 job losses partly on US tariffs. <The company said in a statement that "the blast furnaces and steelmaking operations are no longer financially sustainable due to highly challenging market conditions, the imposition of tariffs, and higher environmental costs relating to the production of high-carbon steel." <People close to the matter told Agence France-Presse that between "2,000 and 2,700" jobs could be lost as a result of the shutdowns, which first came to light in late 2023. >Mass Layoffs in Poland: Thousands Losing Their Jobs https://archive.ph/VTZWZ <According to data from the Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Policy, cited by Rzeczpospolita, employers planned group layoffs affecting 14,800 people in the first two months of this year. This is nearly three times more than during the same period last year. In January and February 2025 alone, 7,700 people have already lost their jobs. <Notably, in February, the number of announced group layoffs was slightly lower than a year earlier. However, the actual job losses were much higher, with 5,700 employees laid off—2.5 times more than in February 2024. <The newspaper also highlights alarming forecasts from the Polish Ceramic Union, warning that the ceramic tile industry could face widespread bankruptcies and rising unemployment. The main reasons are soaring energy costs and a lack of protective measures against unfair competition, particularly from India. <One example of the economic downturn is the soda plant in Janikowo, owned by Qemetica Soda Polska (formerly Ciech). The company has announced a complete shutdown of production, citing high energy costs and an influx of cheap soda imports from outside the EU. If this closure proceeds as planned, around 350 employees will lose their jobs. >Denmark condemns what it calls Trump's escalated rhetoric on Greenland https://archive.ph/kH50I <Danish government ministers condemned what they called President Donald Trump's escalated rhetoric on Thursday and praised Greenland's inhabitants for their resilience in the face of US pressure for control over the Arctic island. <Reiterating his desire to take over Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous Danish territory, Trump told journalists on Wednesday that the US needs the strategically located island for national and international security. <"So, I think we'll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland and the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark," he said. >Ishiba Hopes to End Brazil’s Dependence on China, Strengthen Relations with Leader of Emerging Nations https://archive.ph/ZZlAt <Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for strengthening relations between Japan and Brazil during a summit meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Tokyo, as Brazil is increasingly influential as a leader of the Global South emerging countries. <Ishiba hopes to put a brake on Brazil’s leaning toward China by offering support on key issues for Brazil, such as handling climate change. >“There Is No Alternative to NATO.” Rutte on Security in Europe and America https://archive.ph/4Bcve <When it comes to keeping Europe and North America safe, there is no alternative to NATO, said the head of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, on Wednesday in Warsaw during a lecture delivered at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). As he stated, no one is capable of providing such security guarantees—including nuclear deterrence—as the United States. >Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 Okinawa islanders near Taiwan https://archive.ph/3oidO <Japan on March 27 unveiled a plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from southern islets near Taiwan – regarded by China as its territory – in case of an emergency. <Ships and planes would be able to transport around 110,000 residents and 10,000 visitors from the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, to eight south-western and western prefectures within six days.

>‘Not much to celebrate’ despite fall in poverty, says expert https://archive.ph/OtsCF <Figures released by the INDEC national statistics bureau published Monday revealed that 38.1 percent of the population was considered poor in the second half of last year – a steep decline from the 52.9 percent recorded in the preceding six months. <President Javier Milei hailed those figures in a post on social media. “Poverty fell very sharply. The drop in inflation, the growth in the level of activity and the policies promoted by the Human Capital Ministry have lifted more than eight million people out of poverty,” said the La Libertad Avanza leader in a post on X. <Yet Agustín Salvia, the director of the widely respected Observatorio de la Deuda Social poverty watchdog of the Universidad Católica Argentina (Social Debt Observatory of the Catholic University of Argentina, UCA), said that beyond the headline figure, there remains serious cause for concern. <“Behind the improvements in poverty statistics there is not much to celebrate,” said Salvia, whose department won acclaim for consistently tracking poverty throughout the 2000s, when government data became unreliable. <"If we compare the third quarter between the two years, we are almost even, with 38.2 percent in the third quarter of 2024 versus 39.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023,” he said. >"Smacks Of Racism" - Activist Judge Halts Trump Admin's Move To Revoke Protected Status Of Venezuelans https://archive.ph/SnuB2 <Another activist judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its mandate - this time, regarding a plan to lift protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. <In his order to temporarily pause DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's plan, California-based US District Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, said the move "smacks of racism." <According to Chen's 78-page order, the government did not follow proper procedures for stripping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from potential deportees. >US prosecutors to seek death penalty for alleged killer of insurance CEO https://archive.ph/LtXod <US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday, April 1, she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4. <Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing. The federal charges include a charge of murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. >Bitcoin Could Reduce Dominance Of US Dollar, BlackRock's Larry Fink Warns https://archive.ph/E9n0t <Fink wrote in his Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors that “decentralized finance is an extraordinary innovation” that makes “markets faster, cheaper, and more transparent.” <"To be clear, I'm obviously not anti-digital assets (far from it)," Fink states, but “that same innovation could undermine America’s economic advantage if investors begin seeing Bitcoin as a safer bet than the dollar.” <"The U.S. has benefited from the dollar serving as the world’s reserve currency for decades. But that’s not guaranteed to last forever. <... <If the U.S. doesn’t get its debt under control, if deficits keep ballooning, America risks losing that position to digital assets like Bitcoin." >Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough https://archive.ph/Ngylf <According to reports, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has indicated that he intends to withhold CHIPS Act grants already agreed in order to push the companies involved to substantially expand the projects they have planned. <The aim is to force semiconductor makers promised grants and subsidies for building new manufacturing facilities on American soil to invest even more, without increasing the size of federal grants. This follows the example of TSMC, which earlier this month pledged to spend $100 billion to expand its US fabrication plants. >Latin Americans split on retaliation as Trump’s tariffs loom https://archive.ph/LVagc <Half of Mexicans, Argentines and Brazilians want their governments to retaliate to Trump’s tariffs, with slightly smaller shares of Colombians and Chileans saying the same, according to LatAm Pulse, a survey conducted by AtlasIntel for Bloomberg News and published Tuesday. <But while at least a third of respondents in each nation say that should involve higher tariffs on US goods, many prefer that their countries seek to bolster trade ties with US rivals like China or pursue other options instead. >"Someone Will Be Arrested": Elon Musk's DOGE Finds Massive Social Security Fraud Scheme https://archive.ph/Cj72K <Musk responded: "I believe someone is going to be arrested tomorrow, because there's someone who actually stole 400,000 Social Security numbers and personal information from the Social Security database… And was selling Social Security numbers and all the identification information in order for people to basically steal money from Social Security." <"This is a particular avenue of fraud for illegal immigrants and voter fraud - because the main way identification is established in the US is via Social Security. If you comprise the Social Security system, you can basically get people to get defacto registered to vote - even if they're not citizens - and get a bunch of benefits and to milk the system - this is pretty insane," Musk said. >US farmers expected to bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs https://archive.ph/CDVuu <Alex Durante, a senior economist with the Tax Foundation, warned that these import tariffs are harmful not only to U.S. exports but also to domestic production. <"A lot of these imports that are targeted by these import tariffs are used as inputs into the production of goods that are then exported," Durante said. "So, the import tariffs also hurt our exports, and on top of that, you have the retaliatory tariffs which are directly targeting our exports. From both ends, U.S. exporters are getting walloped." <Farmers are expected to bear the brunt of these trade tensions. 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>Japan prepares for war with new joint command, evacuation plans and missile unit deployments https://archive.ph/21bQb <The contours of Japan’s war plans are becoming clearer as the Defence Ministry in recent weeks launched its Joint Operations Command, or JJOC, and confirmed its first evacuation plans for Okinawa civilians. <Japan has, in recent years, already been deploying missile units to its south-west to bolster its so-called “counterstrike capabilities”. As the next step, it intends to station surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni – Japan’s westernmost point, located 2,000km from Tokyo but just 110km from Taiwan. <It also reportedly aims to install long-range anti-ship missiles on Kyushu from around March 2026, which will put North Korea and coastal Chinese cities such as Shanghai within the crosshairs. >Trump Dials Back Putin Criticism, Renews Attacks On Zelensky For Stalling Minerals Deal https://archive.ph/FaMbT <It was only on Sunday that President Trump declared he's "very angry" at Russian President Putin, statements which featured the threat of secondary tariffs on Moscow, but now the US leader is already dialing back this criticism, Bloomberg observes. <Instead he's once again focused his ire on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warning of "big problems" if he doesn't sign the controversial minerals agreement and tries to renegotiate. <"I see he’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal. And if he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems," Trump earlier told reporters aboard Air Force One. "We made a deal on rare earth and now he’s saying, ‘well, you know, I want to renegotiate the deal.’" >Military chief says Philippines ‘inevitably’ involved if Taiwan invaded https://archive.ph/4u3IR <The Philippines’ military chief said on April 1 his country would “inevitably” be involved if neighbouring Taiwan was invaded while warning China was working to infiltrate the Filipino military and other institutions. <General Romeo Brawner made the comments as Beijing’s military surrounded Taiwan in large-scale exercises it said were practice for a blockade of the self-ruled island, which China has vowed to one day bring under its control. <“Start planning for actions in case there is an invasion of Taiwan,” he told troops in northern Luzon island. <“Because if something happens to Taiwan, inevitably we will be involved,” Gen Brawner said without naming the potential invader. >Ukraine Has Secret Nuclear Doomsday Plan, According To Former Zelensky Advisor <This is according to Oleksiy Arestovych, a former adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. <In an interview with a Ukrainian journalist that he gave last month, Arestovych claimed that Ukraine’s current head of military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, has floated a plan to blow up all of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, and possibly some of Russia’s as well, if all other defensive measures fail. >Sen. Chuck Grassley Introduces 'Judicial Relief Clarification Act' To Rein In Activist Judges https://archive.ph/2aPDw <Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a proposal Monday to rein in judicial injunctions like the ones currently hampering President Donald Trump’s popular MAGA agenda. <The Judicial Relief Clarification Act of 2025 (JRCA) would “limit federal court orders to parties directly before the court, ending the practice of universal injunctions,” according to a Judiciary Committee Majority press release. The bill also aims to clarify the constitutional role of the judicial branch. >Germany's Stern Magazine Calls For Conscription Of Young People To Take Up Arms "To Defend Diversity" In Pro-War Propaganda Piece https://archive.ph/5RMvG <Stern Magazine is calling for mass conscription of German youths to join the army, including to ensure the defense of “freedom and diversity.” The reaction to the article has been harsh to say the least, with hundreds of negative comments directed at Stern. <The article, entitled “Others no longer defend us? Then we must do it ourselves!” claims that “the USA no longer wants to protect Germany. This brings a bitter realization: Our unbearable complacency must end.” >Trump says he’ll be ‘kind’ with tariffs https://archive.ph/tsHXB <The Republican billionaire insists that action is needed because the world’s biggest economy has been “ripped off by every country in the world” and is promising “Liberation Day” for the United States. <Asked for details, he told reporters on Monday: “You’re going to see in two days, which is maybe tomorrow night or probably Wednesday.” <But he added: “We’re going to be very nice, relatively speaking, we’re going to be very kind.” >After Romania and France, Courts in Other Countries May Also Begin Eliminating Inconvenient Politicians https://archive.ph/RF2Yk <“If in a country as large as France, it is possible to eliminate from the elections one of the key political figures—who, moreover, is leading in the polls—then, by extension, similar situations may be expected elsewhere. Let us not forget what happened earlier in Romania. These are unprecedented developments, previously unseen in Europe,” said Kacper Kita, an expert on French affairs and columnist for the Nowy Ład portal, in an interview with Niezależna.pl. <Today, a court in Paris found Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French right, guilty of misappropriating public funds in a case concerning the fictitious employment of parliamentary assistants by Members of the European Parliament. The court also found eight of her co-defendants guilty. The sentence handed down was four years of impri

>The Trump administration has released charts outlining its new “reciprocal tariff” structure. https://archive.ph/38VJr The countries that will be experiencing a 40+% tarrif will be: Vietnam (46%), Cambodia (49%), Sri Lanka (44%), Madagascar (47%), Myanmar/Burma (44%), Laos (48%), Sanit Pierre and Miquelon (50%), and Syria (41%). After that, the countras experience less than 40% but at least 30% include: West Taiwan (34%), Taiwan (32%), Thailand (36%), Switzerland (31%), Indonesia (32), South Africa (30%), Bangladesh (37%), Serbia (37%), Botswana (37%), Nauru (30%), and Libya (31%). >Trump’s tariffs shock U.S. trade partners, sending Asian markets lower: Live updates https://archive.ph/tAAWP

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Rapid fire time, again, because you know why: >Senate Votes To Block Trump Tariffs On Canada After Four Republicans Cross The Aisle https://archive.ph/mCZ72 >VW Among Several European Automakers To Halt Vehicle Shipments, Raise Prices, In Response To Tariffs https://archive.ph/2rPms >US tariffs ‘to cost Thai economy B360bn’ https://archive.ph/l4nPO >System builders say server prices set to spike as Trump plays customs cowboy https://archive.ph/7BBtJ >Trump tariffs spark fears for jobs, export sectors in Asia https://archive.ph/OYa4S >Europeans to respond to Trump's tariffs with both openness and retaliation https://archive.ph/slIlz >Tariffs rip through Southeast Asia stocks, sink baht https://archive.ph/SFQMz >European Officials Now Worry About Reliance Of Dollar Funding By The Fed https://archive.ph/K1chJ >Australian beef farmers say Trump tariffs to boost price of US hamburgers https://archive.ph/JI6yj >U.S. Tariffs Are Extremely Regrettable, Disappointing, Says PM Ishiba; Expresses Willingness to Work with Trump https://archive.ph/x5z9X >China vows retaliation as Trump unleashes ‘bazooka’ US tariffs https://archive.ph/UicsS >Apple production hubs hard hit by tariffs https://archive.ph/lGmma >Americans set to pay more on all imports: Trump activates blanket tariffs https://archive.ph/rWkqk >Taiwan says US tariffs unreasonable, partly blames Trump policies for trade surplus https://archive.ph/mqiiv >Malaysia rules out retaliatory tariffs, explores measures to mitigate export impact https://archive.ph/tIVnm >Thailand PM says prepared to deal with US tariffs, plans bilateral talks https://archive.ph/YzyQb >Thailand's richest man picks bad day to debut his flagship firm https://archive.ph/ff81h >Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ local impacts https://archive.ph/18KKf >Trump sparks trade war with huge tariffs; 10% for Argentina https://archive.ph/0NmFc >Trump piles pressure on ‘friend’ Modi with 26% tariff on India https://archive.ph/ARjbu >Gold steadies after hitting all-time high https://archive.ph/WphXm Back to your regular news: >China Intensifies Strategy to Block U.S. Intervention in Case of Conflict in Taiwan or South China Sea https://archive.ph/JQaqH <China’s increased deployment of drones in the airspace around the Nansei Islands that span Kyushu and Okinawa Island is seen as part of its anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy aimed at challenging U.S. military power.

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<A2/AD is a Chinese military strategy to prevent U.S. military intervention in the event of a conflict in Taiwan or the South China Sea. <It seeks to impede U.S. movement between the first island chain, which stretches from the Nansei Islands to the Philippines, and the second island chain, which stretches from the Ogasawara Islands to Guam, where U.S. bases are located, and to deny access within the first island chain, which is closer to China. <China’s heightened operational capabilities for drones pose a critical security threat to Japan, necessitating the immediate implementation of new countermeasures by the Defense Ministry. >'Luigi Mangione' Copycat Kills Pharmacy Worker In California https://archive.ph/yIqt5 <A copycat of alleged insurance executive assassin Luigi Mangione apparently harbored so much hatred toward large pharmacies that he targeted a Walgreens in California and fatally shot a vulnerable employee, police said. <The accused perpetrator, Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, shot and killed Erick Valasquez inside a Walgreens in Madera, California during Velasquez’s shift in what investigators describe as a random attack, Madera Police Chief Gino Chiaramonte said. >NATO Chief on U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Europe: What’s Next for Article 5? https://archive.ph/7dVxW <“The United States has repeatedly confirmed its commitment to NATO and Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. I am absolutely convinced that the alliance will continue to function together with the U.S.,” Rutte told reporters. <The Secretary General added that this commitment comes with the expectation that European NATO members and Canada will increase their defense spending. The alliance’s current goal is to allocate at least 2% of GDP to defense, but President Trump has advocated for raising this threshold to 5%. Rutte mentioned a target “significantly higher than 3%.” This issue is set to be discussed at the upcoming meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. >Arguments set for Thursday on deportations under Alien Enemies Act https://archive.ph/3bLiN <After Judge James Boasberg temporarily blocked the use of the 18th-century wartime law as a legal justification for deportations in March, he will hear arguments on Thursday for and against the expulsions. <This block is in place through April 12. This week, the U.S. sent 17 more migrants to a prison in El Salvador, but it's unclear what legal grounds were used. Boasberg has asked the Trump legal team to return to court to explain itself. >'DOGE Impact': Federal Govt Layoffs Dominate Biggest March Job Losses In 36 Years https://archive.ph/V5OjE <Over the last two months, DOGE actions have been attributed to 280,253 layoff plans of federal workers and contractors impacting 27 agencies, according to Challenger tracking. <Another 4,429 job cuts have come from the downstream effect of cutting federal aid or ending contracts, impacting mostly Non-Profits and Health organizations. <The Government led all sectors in job cuts in March with 216,215, all of which occurred in the federal government. <So far this year, the Government has cut 279,445, an increase of 672% from the 36,195 cuts announced in the first quarter of 2024. >HIV workers race to plug funding gaps after Trump USAID cuts https://archive.ph/pPAtH <Since US President Donald Trump froze funds under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in January, even the donor-funded cars Lokotsch and her colleagues use to visit rape victims have sat idle. <CEO of the Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project Group (GRIP), Lokotsch said she had to stop gender-based violence and HIV prevention programmes for 11,000 girls in the eastern Mpumalanga province as she tried to keep other services afloat. <... <GRIP's PEPFAR funding is one of more than 5,000 USAID contracts terminated in March following a review prompted by Trump's decision. >See a German police car in Poland? Document these incidents! https://archive.ph/34a2L <Reports of German police crossing the Polish border and moving through border towns—on our side of the country—are becoming more frequent in the media. It turns out that Poland’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration has not received any official requests for such actions. And that is against the law! >Maine Gets Final Warning on Males in Female Sports https://archive.ph/KGOHz <The OCR proposed a resolution agreement on March 19 detailing corrective actions, including banning males from female sports. However, “MDOE has taken no action to protect women and girls from discrimination in sports or intimate spaces,” the federal agency said in a March 31 statement. <On Monday, the OCR notified Maine that “unless it signs a Resolution Agreement by April 11, OCR will refer the matter to DOJ (Department of Justice) for proceedings, which could result in termination of MDOE’s federal education funding.” >Nashville Police Claim Transgender Christian School Shooter Never Had 'Manifesto' https://archive.ph/i8HBL <Contrary to widespread media reports, the investigation said that no manifesto existed. <“In this case, a manifesto didn’t exist. Hale never left behind a single document explaining why she committed the attack, why she specifically targeted The Covenant, and what she hoped to gain, if anything, with the attack,” the Nashville police report states. <Instead, the shooter, Audrey Hale, left behind “a series of notebooks, art composition books, and media files created by Hale documenting her planning and preparation for the attack, the events in her life that motivated her to commit the attack, and her hopes regarding the outcome of the attack,” police determined. >Homeless Union in Colorado Springs speaks out during cleanup operation https://archive.ph/TTPrn <Briggs is part of the Homeless Union in Colorado Springs. A group that was formed in 2023 and wants to make sure the voices of the unhoused are heard. The group was warning of a major camp clean-up operation taking place before the city announced it publicly. <... <The goals of the group include expanding shelter options, ending criminalization and over-policing of homelessness, free bus transit, trash cans and bathrooms in public parks and long-term housing solutions. >Maxine Waters Alleges Trump Wants To Replace US Dollar With His Stablecoin https://archive.ph/X7cnl <“With this stablecoin bill, this committee is setting an unacceptable and dangerous precedent, validating the president and his insiders’ efforts to write rules of the road that will enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else,” said Waters, adding: <“Trump likely wants the entire government to use stablecoins from payments made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to Social Security payments, to paying taxes. And which coin do you think Trump would replace the dollar with? His own, of course.” >Unearthed FBI Chat Logs Reveal 'Gag Order' On Biden Laptop Exposé https://archive.ph/9JmZ5 <Internal FBI chat logs revealed that the bureau imposed a “gag order” on agents regarding the New York Post bombshell story on the Hunter Biden laptop. Along with showing Hunter’s depravity, the laptop revealed Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s foreign business dealings. <The chat logs, published Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee on X, show that the gag order extended to an FBI analyst who attempted to alert social media companies that the laptop was authentic—before these companies moved to censor the story’s spread. >Associated Press: Amazon’s Last-Minute Bid for Tiktok Comes as a US Ban on the Platform Is Set to Take Effect Saturday https://archive.ph/bhvIk <Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday. <The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. >Rape, Violent Crime Explodes Even Higher In Germany; Number Of "Non-German" Suspects Up https://archive.ph/35Pyz <Violent crime and sexual assault cases have increased in number even further in Germany, according to police statistics. <The number of “non-German” suspects has also risen by over 7 and a half percent, according to the figures seen by German newspaper Die Welt. <The statistics show that violent crime as a whole was up by 1.5 per cent in 2024, a new record high for the country. >Washington Post: White House Studying Cost of Greenland Takeover, Long in Trump’s Sights https://archive.ph/o64sB <The White House is preparing an estimate of what it would cost the federal government to control Greenland as a territory, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish island into actionable policy. >US reclaims spot as South-east Asia’s preferred superpower amid concerns of China’s sway: Survey https://archive.ph/nrbP6 <The US has reclaimed its pole position as the superpower that South-east Asia would pick if the region is forced to choose a side, a new survey found. <This marks a pendulum swing back after China edged out the US for the first time in the 2024 edition of the same study.

More rapid fire headlines: >Trump tells Americans to 'hang tough,' trade war 'won't be easy' https://archive.ph/ccGta >BREAKING: SANAE TAKAICHI CALLS FOR JAPAN TO FILE WTO DISPUTE AGAINST UNITED STATES OVER TRUMP TARIFFS https://archive.ph/eJdmx >Taiwan president discusses US tariff response with tech execs https://archive.ph/wMBxV >‘It’s going to affect us very badly’: New Trump tariffs cast gloom over businesses in Asia https://archive.ph/8VR5B >'You have to pivot': Bridal industry concerned about rising costs amid tariff uncertainty https://archive.ph/WZCCT >US starts collecting Trump's new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms https://archive.ph/IwQgO >Ishiba Seeks Shared Responsibility for Response to Trump Tariffs; Parties’ Leaders Attend Joint Meeting https://archive.ph/VMIlt >Tariffs: A major global economic slowdown looms https://archive.ph/gWFDH >Robots and fraught consumers star in China AI videos mocking tariffs https://archive.ph/NzT3y >S’pore must be ‘nimble’ in wake of US tariffs and stay united, says WP chief Pritam Singh https://archive.ph/ijoqw >Wall Street plunges after China reacts to Trump's tariffs https://archive.ph/yPl3d >Associated Press: Federal Reserve Chief Says Trump Tariffs Likely to Raise Inflation and Slow US Economic Growth https://archive.ph/1IbSb >Associated Press: US Added 228,000 Jobs in March as Economy Showed Strength in Buildup to Trump Trade Wars https://archive.ph/xBulH >Reuters: U.S. Starts Collecting Trump’s New 10% Tariff, Smashing Global Trade Norms https://archive.ph/IUwcB >China hits back at America with retaliatory tariffs, export controls on rare earth minerals https://archive.ph/iYsIT >China says ‘market has spoken’ after US tariffs spark sell-off https://archive.ph/b62v1 >Trump’s global ‘baseline’ tariff takes effect https://archive.ph/XWZei >US tariffs could trigger ‘full-blown global trade war’: PM Wong https://archive.ph/rADce >Escobar: How Trump's Tariff Tizzy Is Burning Down The House https://archive.ph/U9FQA Back to your regular news: >Senate GOP Approves Framework for Trump’s Tax Breaks and Spending Cuts After Late-Night Session https://archive.ph/WSUim <Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that's central to his agenda. <The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines, but with sharp dissent from two prominent Republicans. It could not have come at a more difficult political moment, with the economy churning after Trump's new tariffs sent stocks plummeting and experts warning of soaring costs for consumers and threats of a potential recession. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky both voted against the measure. >‘We will fight to the end’: Thousands protest in Seoul day after Yoon’s impeachment is upheld https://archive.ph/5mGbx

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<Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has finally been ousted, four months after a botched martial law declaration, but protests held a day after the Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment have highlighted the country’s political divide. <Undeterred by the rain, thousands of poncho-sheathed Yoon supporters filled Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on April 5, waving South Korean and American flags while chanting for his reinstatement. Organisers claimed that more than 20,000 people attended the protest. >New UK Internet Policing Law Targets US Online Forums https://archive.ph/z8k26 <Hailed by the British government as the world’s first online safety law, the Online Safety Act (OSA) became law in October 2023, but the duties related to the regulation of so-called illegal content took effect on March 17. <The law requires online platforms to implement measures to protect people in the UK from criminal activity, with far-reaching implications for the internet. <... <Under the OSA, sites that allow user interaction, including forums, must have completed an illegal harm risk assessment by March 16 and submitted it to Ofcom by March 31. <Ofcom warned that noncompliance could result in enforcement action—including massive fines of 18 million pounds (more than $23 million), or 10 percent of a company’s annual revenue—or even court orders to block access in the UK. >1 In 10 Say They Have Been Harmed By The NHS, Survey Finds https://archive.ph/Y4WEh <Researchers surveyed over 10,000 people across England, Wales, and Scotland between 2021 and 2022 and found that 988 of them (9.7 percent) had reported experiencing physical or emotional harm caused by the health service in the previous three years. <According to researchers at the University of Oxford’s Population Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), 6.2 percent said they experienced harm owing to care they had received. <The remaining 3.5 percent blamed the harm on having a lack of access to treatment. <The study, published on Tuesday, found that just 17 percent of people chose to take formal action by making a complaint, with an even smaller proportion (2.1 percent) taking legal action. >India and UAE to develop Sri Lanka energy hub https://archive.ph/WGTyx <India and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, the Indian foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi’s competition with China grows in the Indian Ocean island nation. <The three nations signed the pact for the hub during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka, the first by a global leader since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September. >USAID team fired during Myanmar quake mission https://archive.ph/iAMM6 <Three US aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration’s dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response. <After travelling to the Southeast Asian country, the three staff were told late this week that they would be let go, Marcia Wong, a former official at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), told Reuters. <... <The three USAID workers have been sleeping on the streets in the earthquake zone, Wong said, adding that their terminations would take effect in a few months. Many residents have been sleeping outside for fear of aftershocks and further building collapses. >Protest at the Western Border. Bąkiewicz and Kowalski Already on Site: Let Us Say “NO” to Being Burdened with Migrants! https://archive.ph/phXJf <On Saturday, a demonstration is being held in opposition to the transfer of migrants to Poland by Germany. The event is taking place in Gubin, and its organizers—Robert Bąkiewicz and MP Janusz Kowalski—had arrived at the location beforehand. <In a video message, the opposition politician encouraged public participation in the event. He also called upon citizens to document the actions of the German police, asserting that “buses are travelling from the German side to the porous Polish-German border […] and are dropping off migrants here.” <Bąkiewicz declared that Saturday’s demonstration constituted a protest against “the actions of the German state and its officials, who are attempting to forcibly impose migrants upon the Polish people.” He further stated, “This demonstration is also a protest against the migration pact and against the actions of Donald Tusk’s government, which favour the opening of Poland’s borders to a flood of migrants who are entirely foreign to us in cultural terms—something that, objectively, will lead to a decline in Polish security.” >Calls mount to redraw electoral boundaries across India to ensure fair representation https://archive.ph/HjVZo <A plan to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies to reflect changes in the population offers India the chance to make structural changes to its governance system to better serve its 1.4 billion people. <But how Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government does it will determine how soon the nation reaches its goal of becoming a developed country, along with uplifting its poorest and youngest. >Associated Press: The US Must Return a Maryland Man Mistakenly Deported to an El Salvador Prison, a Judge Says https://archive.ph/Cdlgs <A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, while a U.S(Please use archive.today)ernment attorney was at a loss to explain what happened. <The ruling rejected the White House’s claim that it lacks the power to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, because he is no longer in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has corrected deportation errors in previous years, according to Abrego Garcia’s attorney and legal experts. <... <ICE expelled the 29-year-old Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs. >Associated Press: Trump Abruptly Fires the 4-Star General Who Headed the National Security Agency https://archive.ph/TcEvU <President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. <Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, the officials said. They received no advance notice about the decision to remove a four-star general with a 33-year career in intelligence and cyber operations, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel decisions. >Associated Press: Europe and Canada Say They’ll Spend More on Defense, but Are Cool on US Demands https://archive.ph/qSxWs <European NATO allies and Canada on Friday said they are willing to ramp up defense spending but are cool on American demands for the size of their military budgets, particularly given U.S. President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. <U.S. allies have spent billions of dollars more on defense since Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, but almost a third of them still don’t meet NATO’s target of at least 2% of their gross domestic product. >Singapore will keep working closely with Malaysia, Asean to deepen economic integration: PM Wong https://archive.ph/U7Jgz <Singapore will continue working closely with Malaysia and its Asean partners to deepen regional economic integration and engage constructively with their global trading partners, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said. <His comments, in a Facebook post late on April 4, come in the wake of US President Donald Trump announcing sweeping tariffs on all imports into America. <PM Wong put up his post after he spoke to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim over the phone to convey his Hari Raya Aidilfitri greetings. <He noted that even as celebrations continue, it had been a sobering week with significant developments in the region and beyond.