GOV/MIL Main "Great Reset" Thread

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WHITBECK: It’s Time To Bring Down The Church Of Climate Change Once And For All

It’s time we turn up the heat.

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WHITBECK: It’s Time To Bring Down The Church Of Climate Change Once And For All

RICK WHITBECK
ALASKA STATE DIRECTOR, POWER THE FUTURE
August 13, 2022

When you look at climate alarmists, there are really only two options: they either don’t know what they’re talking about, or they’re lying.

The “Little Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’”-like cries of “existential threats” brought on by climate change would be hilarious, if it wasn’t for the disastrous impact from misguided actions to “fix” the problem. However, the fable about a youngster fabricating an emergency time and again isn’t that far off from today’s climate-change evangelists; they both need to recognize their stories are quickly losing credibility.

In my home state of Alaska — along with the rest of the Arctic — we’ve heard warning after warning about warming. Look no further than just last December when the warming warning of two to four times more quickly than anywhere else in the world was sounded throughout my state. (RELATED: BASTASCH: Europe Is Descending Into Climate Lockdowns. Will America Blindly Follow Suit?)

If we have learned anything over the past two years, it’s that the experts don’t always agree with “the science.” In fact, when it comes to their own warming warnings, they don’t even agree with themselves. Here’s a sampling of their recent wolf cries, see if you notice a pattern:

“Australia is Heating Up Faster Than the Rest of the World!” reads the story’s headline in Popular Science.

“Africa is Warming More, and Faster, Than Rest of World” is the finding from a report published on com.

“China Heating Up Twice as Fast as the Rest of the World!” a headline from ChinaDaily reads.

Even Israel wants to get into the act. “Israel Warming Up Almost Twice as Fast as Rest of World, Data Shows,” according to Ynet News.

And if the Arctic is warming two to four times as fast, what about its often-forgotten opposite? “South Pole Warming Three Times Faster than Rest of Earth” declares Phys.org.

Here’s a question to ponder: If everything is warming faster than everywhere else, is anything warming faster, or is it all bogus? Is the “data” supporting each of the claims above legitimate, or are the facts and figures deliberately being skewed?

The “climate cult” — those who can’t accept the benefits to mankind since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution – is attempting to control human activity under the guise of a pending climate catastrophe.

They’ve watched life stop under the threat of COVID-19, with people around the world giving up freedoms of movement, association, personal choice and individual expression so that a global pandemic could be thwarted. Who can remember “two weeks to flatten the curve?” Who still bristles every time they’re told to put a mask on in stores, hospitals and public buildings?

If it worked for COVID, why wouldn’t it work for another global “threat,” especially one that climate evangelists preach could end life on Earth?

The environmentalists orating the threat of climate change must keep hyping up their cause; one amplified by left-of-center politicians, academics and media outlets. Without repetition and continual warming warnings designed to keep the populace on edge, they risk rational people will one day react like they did with the boy who cried “wolf” time and again.

Again, it would be laughable if not for the terrible results. We are suffering under rampant inflation that is fueling a man-made recession. Our most important supply chains — tech, military, health and energy — all run through Communist China, with little being done to change that trajectory. All in the name of the green dream.

Now is the time for Americans fed up with incrementally losing our freedoms, our place of world leadership and our national self-reliance to stand and fight back. It is time for mayors, state legislators, governors, members of Congress and everyday citizens to push back on the fear-over-facts narrative being driven by the Church of Climate Change.

It’s time we turn up the heat.

Rick Whitbeck is the Alaska State Director for Power The Future, a national nonprofit organization that advocates for American energy jobs. Contact him at rick@powerthefuture.com and follow him on Twitter @PTFAlaska.

 

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Border Crisis Videos and Stats Are So Shocking, Even Elon Musk Chimed In ⋆ The Liberty Daily

If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. When billionaire Elon Musk chimes in on politics, it’s almost always about economic issues. Occasionally he’ll tackle cultural topics, but for the most part he sticks with business, technology, and other things that are “in his lane.”...

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Border Crisis Videos and Stats Are So Shocking, Even Elon Musk Chimed In

By J.D. Rucker • Aug. 14, 2022

When billionaire Elon Musk chimes in on politics, it’s almost always about economic issues. Occasionally he’ll tackle cultural topics, but for the most part he sticks with business, technology, and other things that are “in his lane.”

Today, a Twitter thread from Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin drew Musk into the border crisis discussion for, as far as I know, one of the first times. The videos were telling:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558828889295781894

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558828889295781894
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558829536137076737

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558829536137076737
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558830512021688320

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558830512021688320
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Eagle Pass isn’t even the worst spot for illegal aliens to cross, but it’s been a consistent destination for years.

Unfortunately, the Biden-Harris regime do not consider it a problem.

When Melugin went into the statistics surrounding the crossing, Musk chimed in.

400k from one border crossing in less than a year?


Strange that this receives very little attention in the media



Actually, there’s nothing strange about it when we consider both Democrats who are currently in charge and corporate media are working to keep the scope of the crisis hidden from the people.

This is one of the many issues that drove me to sell my company and get into journalism. Realizing that “normies” who get their news from corporate media would never be presented the truth about how important border security is compelled me to make the jump.

If more people knew how bad it was at the border, changes would be made. The truth is motivating and empowering. But the truth is a dangerous thing in modern American society. Those telling it are often cancelled.

 

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Study blames climate change for children eating too much and not exercising enough

A study from Temperature argued that rising temperatures have caused children to stay indoors, grow inactive, and eat more.

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Study blames climate change for children eating too much and not exercising enough

A study from Temperature argued that rising temperatures have caused children to stay indoors, grow inactive, and eat more.

Joshua Young
August 14, 2022 12:59 PM

The talk show CBS Mornings cited a study on Saturday that correlated the growing trend of American obesity to climate change, as increased heat, the study says, is making children stay indoors, consume more calories, and embrace a sedentary lifestyle.

"The study published in journal Temperature found today's children are 30 percent less aerobically fit than their parents were at their age," the CBS host said. "Fewer children are reaching the World Health Organization's recommendation of 60 minutes of exercise a day."

In the study from Temperature, Shawnda A. Morrison argued that rising temperatures have caused children to stay indoors, grow inactive, and eat more. Her work focused on "heat stress assessment" and makes the point that it's more dangerous and less fun to be active if it's extremely hot outside.

However, the author conflates metrics from the Covid-19 shutdowns that led to increased obesity in some regions as evidence for her assertions.

"Climate change will not only exert direct effects like higher ambient temperatures in many regions but it will also be responsible for indirect effects that can independently affect child physical activity habits, for example as observed during the Covid-19 global pandemic."

A 2021 abstract published in the US National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) titled "Climate Change and Obesity" noted that the "current Covid-19 pandemic has caused some decline in greenhouse gas emissions," in an indication that the pandemic was a positive development for global climate change.

The piece also said, "Following multiple lockdowns, there was further increase in obesity in wealthier populations." The NIH/NLM piece indicates that humanity can still gain weight if they're addressing climate change, so long as they're sedentary and consuming more calories than they burn.

A study cited by MarketWatch suggests that obesity may actually be causing climate change. "Obesity is associated with approximately 20 percent more greenhouse gas emissions compared to people considered to have a healthier weight."

"Researchers in a recently published study found that global obesity was estimated to contribute to an extra 700 megatons of carbon dioxide emissions per year," the study said, according to MarketWatch.

Obesity is causing climate change, according to the study, and climate change is causing obesity, according to Temperature.

A 2017-18 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that surveyed over 5,000 US adults found that four out of 10 Americans are obese and one out of 10 are severely obese. Americans that were considered severely obese in 1970 was only about one in 100, a number that is ten times more common today. The overall obesity rate has gone up by about 40 percent since 2000.

As Americans get fatter, which is also an objective metric for physical fitness and health, a media trend has emerged to redefine being fat as being healthy.

In January of 2021, the magazine Cosmopolitan launched its "This is Healthy" campaign and featured nearly a dozen obese models who Cosmo qualified as "healthy."

Obesity is caused by consuming more calories than a human being burns off.

Regular exercise and a healthy diet with appropriate caloric intake wards off a variety of negative health effects, with obesity high on the list. While other factors, all of which are marginal, contribute to someone being overweight, a sedentary lifestyle combined with hefty calorie consumption is the answer to obesity's riddle.

In 2020 Earth.org published a piece also linked climate change and obesity and wrote, "Malnutrition, especially obesity, is the leading cause of poor health worldwide. Despite no obvious connection, climate change is also a contributing factor to this issue."

With no "obvious connection" linking the two, Earth.org stated that the correlating pieces of evidence between obesity and climate change were "numerous but less certain."

 

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Scientists report major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy

Scientists recently confirmed that they achieved a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion.The results of the breakthrough were published last week in three peer-reviewed journals. The experiments occurred at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) National Ignition Facility (NIF)...

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Scientists report major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy​

August 14, 2022

Scientists recently confirmed that they achieved a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion.

The results of the breakthrough were published last week in three peer-reviewed journals. The experiments occurred at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California last year.

Nuclear fusion reactions are what power the sun and other stars. In a fusion reaction, two atoms collide with enough force that they fuse together to form a different atom. This process releases large amounts of energy as a by-product.

According to Discovery Magazine, nuclear fusion has been considered the “holy grail” of energy research almost since its existence was first theorized in the 1920s by English physicist Arthur Eddington.

For decades, scientists have attempted to harness energy from fusion in machines on Earth. Successful fusion reactors would be among the cleanest, safest, and most sustainable energy sources possible, explains ITER, an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project.

This latest breakthrough may be the most significant step yet towards human application of nuclear fusion. Data from this experiment — and its continuous follow-ups — will help researchers further streamline the fusion process and explore nuclear fusion as a real option for electricity generation, reports Newsweek.

What makes this experiment so significant is that researchers were able to achieve ignition: the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining. Ignition is a fundamental step towards humanity’s ability to use fusion to generate electricity.

This experiment “was a major scientific advance in fusion research, which establishes that fusion ignition in the lab is possible at NIF," said Omar Hurricane, chief scientist for LLNL's inertial confinement fusion program, in a statement.

“It is extremely exciting to have an ‘existence proof’ of ignition in the lab,” Hurricane said. “We’re operating in a regime that no researchers have accessed since the end of nuclear testing, and it’s an incredible opportunity to expand our knowledge as we continue to make progress.”

The breakthrough is a result of years of research and the work of countless people. More than 1,000 authors are included in one of the academic papers “to recognize and acknowledge the many individuals who have worked over many decades to enable this significant advance.”

 

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Inflation Reduction Act Should Be Named 'Exactly the Opposite,' Will Have 'Disastrous Effects': Finance Professor

The Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act will not reduce inflation as claimed and might end up harming ...

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Inflation Reduction Act Should Be Named ‘Exactly the Opposite,’ Will Have ‘Disastrous Effects’: Finance Professor

By Naveen Athrappully and Kevin Hogan August 14, 2022 Updated: August 14,

The Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act will not reduce inflation as claimed and might end up harming the American economy, a finance professor said in an interview with NTD.

“They really didn’t name this inflation reduction act correctly, it should be exactly the opposite,” Michael Busler from Stockton University said in the interview. The Act will neither reduce the country’s high inflation nor speed up economic growth, he said. The economy has had two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which indicates a recession.

As such, the American economy is currently in stagflation, which refers to a “stagnant economy with inflation.” The last time the United States was in stagflation was during the time of the Carter administration (1977-1981), Busler said.

Video on website 3:03 min

In the last three fiscal years, including the current one that ends in September, the federal government will have spent $7 trillion more than its tax revenues on a country with a $23 trillion economy. “That excess demand is very inflationary,” the professor said.

“So the worst thing to be doing at this time when you have excess demand is to continue to government spend and add more excess demand,” he said. “That’ll make the inflation problem worse. Now, they’re gonna argue ‘We’re gonna raise taxes, so the inflation problem won’t be worse.’ All the tax increase will do is slow down the recovery.”

Back in 1980, the Fed raised interest rates and triggered “a recession to get out of the recession,” Busler said, adding that in 1982, Congress cut down taxes significantly, after which the United States enjoyed a 25-year economic expansion.

To get the country out of stagflation today, Busler said the government needs to reduce its spending as well as reduce taxes for all Americans and businesses. However, the Inflation Reduction Act does “exactly the opposite” and is going to have “disastrous effects.”

Climate Agenda Hurting Americans
In the interview, Busler also criticized the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act—specifically the tax credits for Americans using “green” energy.
He points out that such credits are an attempt to stimulate demand where “there isn’t demand to be stimulated.”

“If you buy an electric car, whatever kind of tax credits are in there, it means the government is not raising that tax revenue. They’re essentially increasing spending, and that’s gonna make the problem even worse. Fiscally, this is not the time to be doing that,” Busler said.

The $700 billion Inflation Reduction Act was passed by House Democrats on Aug. 12 in a strict party-line vote of 220-207. The bill will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk for final approval. The Senate passed the bill on Aug. 7 through the reconciliation process, which overrides the 60-vote filibuster threshold for a simple majority.

During the house floor debate, Budget Committee Ranking Member Jason Smith (R-Mo.) pointed out that the bill is being passed at a time when inflation, which has risen 13.7 percent since Biden came to power, is at a 40-year high and real wages of Americans have fallen by 4.5 percent.

“Are we here debating how to alleviate that suffering? No. We are here to debate what Democrats call the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’—which everyone from the Congressional Budget Office to 230 different economists, [and even] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), have said will not reduce inflation,” Smith said.

 

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Let Them Eat Solar Panels: Energy Secretary Says We Should Buy More Really Expensive Junk to "Save" Money Through Inflation Reduction Act ⋆ The Liberty Daily

If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. As more details are analyzed from the so-called Inflation “Reduction” Act, it’s clear this will have effects that are the exact opposite of its name. Inflation will not be reduced now. It won’t be reduced later. It’s a standard...

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Let Them Eat Solar Panels: Energy Secretary Says We Should Buy More Really Expensive Junk to “Save” Money Through Inflation Reduction Act

By J.D. Rucker • Aug. 14, 2022

As more details are analyzed from the so-called Inflation “Reduction” Act, it’s clear this will have effects that are the exact opposite of its name. Inflation will not be reduced now. It won’t be reduced later. It’s a standard Washington DC Democrat bill that uses doublespeak to gaslight the people. It’s a con.

For some reason, the Biden-Harris regime thought it would be a good idea to trot out their minions to the Sunday talk shows to discuss the bill. The results have been comical so far. ABC’s Jonathan Karl grilled Karine Jean-Pierre about it and it didn’t turn out well. But even the moronic press secretary did far better than Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on CNN’s State of the Union today.

When asked about how Americans will see lower costs today, Granholm went into an odd, repetitive response about how Americans need to buy expensive junk such as electric vehicles, solar panels, and other “green” products. These technologies often require massive expenditures to acquire and install, far beyond the means of the vast majority of Americans.

Even for those who can afford this stuff, the net effect from the tax credits will not outweigh the costs in the short term. It may take years, even decades for any cost-savings to materialize, tax credits or not.

“Immediately, people will be able to lower the fuel costs in their home through the 30% tax credit you can claim in 2022 for installing energy-efficient windows, heat pumps, energy-efficient appliances,” she said. “That is right away. And, on top of that, of course, if citizens want to install solar panels on their roofs so that they can generate their own power, that’s another 30% tax credit. And, of course, there’s the tax credits that are at the dealership for the automotive sector, for electric vehicles.”

Watch:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558819585692151808

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558819585692151808
1:07 min

This is how disconnected the Biden-Harris regime is with the people. Their answer to how Americans will benefit today is to tell them to spend a ton of money on green products. I guarantee Jennifer Granholm isn’t worried about rising potato prices like the rest of us.

(COMMENT: Tax deductions don't help if you make so little that you don't itemize deductions.)

 

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Border Crisis Videos and Stats Are So Shocking, Even Elon Musk Chimed In ⋆ The Liberty Daily

If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. When billionaire Elon Musk chimes in on politics, it’s almost always about economic issues. Occasionally he’ll tackle cultural topics, but for the most part he sticks with business, technology, and other things that are “in his lane.”...

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Border Crisis Videos and Stats Are So Shocking, Even Elon Musk Chimed In

By J.D. Rucker • Aug. 14, 2022

When billionaire Elon Musk chimes in on politics, it’s almost always about economic issues. Occasionally he’ll tackle cultural topics, but for the most part he sticks with business, technology, and other things that are “in his lane.”

Today, a Twitter thread from Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin drew Musk into the border crisis discussion for, as far as I know, one of the first times. The videos were telling:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558828889295781894

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558828889295781894
.43 min

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558829536137076737

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558829536137076737
.45 min

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1558830512021688320

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558830512021688320
.29 min

Eagle Pass isn’t even the worst spot for illegal aliens to cross, but it’s been a consistent destination for years.

Unfortunately, the Biden-Harris regime do not consider it a problem.

When Melugin went into the statistics surrounding the crossing, Musk chimed in.

400k from one border crossing in less than a year?
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Strange that this receives very little attention in the media

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Actually, there’s nothing strange about it when we consider both Democrats who are currently in charge and corporate media are working to keep the scope of the crisis hidden from the people.

This is one of the many issues that drove me to sell my company and get into journalism. Realizing that “normies” who get their news from corporate media would never be presented the truth about how important border security is compelled me to make the jump.

If more people knew how bad it was at the border, changes would be made. The truth is motivating and empowering. But the truth is a dangerous thing in modern American society. Those telling it are often cancelled.

Delete

 

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Time for Some “No Justice! No Peace!”?

The origin of the protest chant, “No justice! No peace!,” is uncertain but most agree it came about…

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Time for Some “No Justice! No Peace!”?

Mark Schwendau
August 14, 2022

No Justice No Peace

The origin of the protest chant, “No justice! No peace!,” is uncertain but most agree it came about in the 1980’s relative to black people who were victimized by white people without consequences. When people do not see a system of justice that is equivalent to all, trouble starts to brew for those seen as responsible for the inequity. America is seeing that now.

When talking about both non-violent and violent civil disobedience many experts agree that, in general, there are four phases or stages seen as to what has come about throughout history.

Unrest may occur due to events related to suppression, diversions, concessions, and disorder.

We have now witnessed many examples of this in just the last 3 years.

In 2020 there was the suppression of the origin of the Covid-19 origin, the Hunter Biden laptop, and systematic widespread voter fraud in our General Election for President of the United States. There was the suppression of many of our rights.

In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic was used as a diversion to place illegal ballot drop boxes all over the United States to collect votes, many of which had no chain of custody or an illegal chain of custody (mules). The SCOTUS has since ruled them all illegal.

In 2020 Americans made concessions with their Constitutional rights for Covid-19 being placed in lockdowns and prohibited them from free association and assembly. They were sold the idea of an experimental drug as a vaccine with no informed consent statement and without knowing the ingredients of the drugs. Proven drugs of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were illegally prohibited from the market. We were to believe the only cure for a virus with a less than 1% mortality rate was to take the experimental “fauxccines”.

In 2020 we saw examples of disorder in the BLM and ANTIFA protests, which seemed more about rioting and looting than mourning the loss of human life. In early 2021 we saw the Capitol protest, which turned into a riot. Few of those engaging in these crimes faced any consequences.

The media lied then about people defending the Capitol being killed when the reality was only several Trump protesters were killed, one shot by a D.C. cop in the chest at point-blank range.

Some experts believe the origin and character of hostile outbursts follow a path of steps or phases as follows:

FIRST, the people must perceive a crisis exists and must assign responsibility for this crisis to an agency, group, or individual. Intolerance would be the keyword here.

The crisis today is the perception the justice system does not apply the law to all based on their relative political affiliation. This is now termed a “two-tier justice system.”

The people responsible are termed “socialist Democrats” and/or progressive liberals.

Their perceived crime is partisan discrimination.

The most passive form of a demonstration at this stage of civil disobedience is “non-compliance”. Going out in public without an N-95 mask during the Covid-19 lockdowns and pandemic is one recent example.

In this example, people may switch parties from Democrat to Republican to send a message of their displeasure.

At this stage, people are still operating as individuals.

SECOND, these disenfranchised people begin to organize to stop the ongoing scenario. Such group association with peaceful activities such as rallies and protests with prominent public speakers galvanizes the cohesiveness of the group and can draw in new people undecided from the fringes. A sense of comradery is established in learning that there are a large number of like-minded people in society.

The recent protests of the abortion rights people relative to the SCOTUS ruling on Roe v. Wade is a good example of this.

THIRD, the people realize the existing institutional mechanisms are inadequate to solve their problems because they are biased and unfair, and that must be changed, by force, if necessary.

For example, when the mainstream mockingbird media reads from Teleprompters the same phrase across all networks and platforms, “FBI search warrant shows Trump under investigation for potential obstruction of justice, Espionage Act violations,” without seeking comment from President Trump, that is a serious problem to the general public. Americans live with the premise we are all innocent until proven guilty and we are all entitled to due process to offer our side of an event.

Instead, President Trump has to take to alternative news sources and social media to tell his side as the mainstream news media is deemed worse than biased and worthless. It is deemed as a propaganda tool of those pushing a narrative for power and control like was done previous in Nazi Germany.

President Trump’s explanation has been this is a lie like all the other lies propagated before by the same group of sleazy people, and the truth of the matter is the DOJ and FBI were welcome to Mar-a-Lago to collect any materials that may have been mistakenly taken from the White House and he did not have any classified materials but only materials that were declassified by himself serving as president.

Two things the American people detest are bad people trying to frame good people as well as being lied to.

INTERESTING ASIDE:
Americans also REALLY hate crooked cops!

When I was a teen boy of a church-going family my Chicago-born and raised father took the entire family to see the hit movie “The GODFATHER”. I was kind of shocked, but I guess Mom and Pop figured it was American history we needed to witness as they did as young children in the newspapers and on the radio.

The thing that shocked me the most happened after Police Captain Mark McCluskey (played by Sterling Hayden) a corrupt Irish-American cop, got shot in the throat while eating his spaghetti dinner.

The movie audience in the theater erupted into cheers and applause as I sat there, horrified both by the movie scene and the audience’s reaction to it!

The police captain’s perceived crime by the audience was having gotten into bed with the Tattaglia crime family to power up over the Corleone crime family to give them an advantage. The Corleone family was sending a message all the way up to the chief of police.

That very graphic movie seen can be seen here (WARNING – NOT FOR KIDS):

View: https://youtu.be/ppjyB2MpxBU
2:43 min

Since Merrick Garland is regarded as our “Top Cop”, I hope he reads this experience of mine and thinks before he acts in the future. I wanted to be a cop before I became an educator so this is very personal to me.

NOBODY LIKES A DIRTY COP!

FOURTH, the people who have been meeting and communicating with one another to separate facts from fiction begin to organize and develop an action plan. These plans themselves often have their own stages of escalation, as we have seen in the recent past:

Non-violent
Sales of merchandise such as yard signs, flags, bumper stickers, hats, and shirts with a message.

Peaceful protest marches and stationary speaker rallies.

Expressing dissenting opinions and calling out hypocrisy in the media in print and voice.

Boycotting the economic interests of those pushing the narrative such that their product becomes tainted to the public. (i.e., Go woke and go broke.)

Violent
Merchandise is sold but now carries messages of hate and violence.

Protests give way to riots which may include arson, assaults, murder, rape, and vandalism.

Marshal law is declared to lock people down from free association, and weapon confiscation can begin.

Civil war ensues with an attitude of, “If it is us or them (to die), it is going to be them,” and, “This is my country, and you can’t have it!”

Conclusion:
Most conservative Christians who truly do believe in God do not want to see violence and killings in their lifetime. They want to be spared, making the choice of “fight or flight.” Still, it would be a big mistake for people like Chris Wrey of the FBI and Merrick Garland of the DOJ to assume Americans are going to sit idly by and watch this continuing sh*t show while not raising a finger.

What concerns me the most is Hillary Clinton coming out with a piece of her own $30 merch baseball cap on it that reads, “BUT HER EMAILS” as if to mock the current situation of former President Trump. It is a snarky way to remind us all of what she got away with which was so much more serious than anything President Trump has ever done…. I.E. use a private unsecured secret computer to conduct government business and then intentionally deleted over 30,000 emails after a government subpoena which constituted Contempt of Congress with no charges to follow. Former FBI Director James Comey was guilty of aiding and abetting in that miscarriage of justice when he downgraded the seriousness of her crimes.

Maybe President Trump should now sell a new cap, “BUT SHE’S A BLEACHBIT-CH”? A direct reference to her using software called “BleachBit” to scrub her electronic devices such that Congress could never recover what was on them

The sales of the two caps would be a good warning to Democrats of where the majority of Americans lie in what they want and what they think these days.

 

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Henry Kissinger Is Positioning the World for War

There are few authors who are as ideologically polarizing as Caitlin Johnstone. I find myself wholeheartedly agreeing with her half

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Henry Kissinger Is Positioning the World for War

When the Godfather of Modern Globalism acts like he's concerned about war breaking out, it's not because he's really concerned. He's posturing. What do the globalist elites have planned next?

by JD RUCKER August 14, 2022 in Opinions

There are few authors who are as ideologically polarizing as Caitlin Johnstone. I find myself wholeheartedly agreeing with her half the time and adamantly disagreeing with her the other half. In the article below, I believe she has allowed her hatred for American interventionism to make her miss the real message from Henry Kissinger in a recent interview he did with WSJ.

Throughout the article, Kissinger expresses his concern that the United States is being too reckless with its handling of Ukraine-Russia and Taiwan-China. He says he believes “we are at the edge of war with Russia and China” and it’s really our fault. But the Godfather of Globalism is fully aware of the truth that it’s his cronies among the globalist elites who have guided both the east and west to this precipice. We are exactly where they want us at this stage of The Great Reset.

What Johnstone perceives as a warning by the 99-year-old Kissinger is, in my humble opinion, another step towards programming the world to expect war to break out between the U.S. and either China, Russia, or both. He’s clearly normalizing the concept. This isn’t really a warning from the man who has never been opposed to destabilization abroad. He’s not being less hawkish than the Biden-Harris regime. His “warning” is meant to keep the conversation at top of mind in a time when Ukraine is less of a focus than it was just a month ago.

Kissinger fully expects war of some sort, whether it’s kinetic or something else. They’ve been plotting this course for decades. We’re already in a full-blown economic war with all sides maneuvering to not only improve their own status, but to destroy the opposition. Cooperation for mutual benefit is no longer on the table.

Then, there’s the possibility of a cyberwar, which I see as more likely than the nations going nuclear. But before you wipe the sweat off your brow, keep in mind that a cyberwar would be absolutely devastating and could push this nation and others into total societal collapse that could cause a catastrophic implosion. With that said, a protracted cyberwar will allow the powers-that-be to “build back better” more easily than in the aftermath of a nuclear war. Both are destructive, but only one doesn’t result in radioactive contamination for centuries.

What Johnstone misses in the interview is the nuance of propaganda. The most cunning manipulators — and Kissinger is among the top globalist manipulators alive today — will almost never say what they truly mean when speaking publicly. Interviews such as this are not designed to reach the White House and get them to have a steadier hand. Real discussions like that are not done in public. What Kissinger is doing is planting more seeds of concern among the American people. We seem to have put Ukraine and Taiwan on the mental backburner and that doesn’t sit well for Kissinger or his globalist cronies.

This isn’t about American empire expansion, which is Johnstone’s favorite topic of discussion. The United States is in no position to be expanding anything. This is about a puppet regime in the White House doing the bidding of Kissinger’s cronies. They are trying to weaken the United States and western dominance so they can achieve their long-standing goal of ten regional governments equally powered and submissive to the one-world government apparatus. Kissinger is fearmongering for effect to keep us expectant of a war ahead.

With all that said, here’s Johnstone’s article. While I disagree with her conclusions, her analysis is worth reading. You can always leave a comment about which one of us you believe is correct… or maybe we’re both wrong.

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Modern US Warmongering Is Scaring Henry Kissinger

Caitlin Johnstone

In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, immortal Hague fugitive Henry Kissinger says the US is acting in a crazy and irrational way that has brought it to the edge of war with Russia and China:

Mr. Kissinger sees today’s world as verging on a dangerous disequilibrium.
“We are at the edge of war with Russia and China on issues which we partly created, without any concept of how this is going to end or what it’s supposed to lead to,” he says. Could the U.S. manage the two adversaries by triangulating between them, as during the Nixon years? He offers no simple prescription. “You can’t just now say we’re going to split them off and turn them against each other. All you can do is not to accelerate the tensions and to create options, and for that you have to have some purpose.”

On the question of Taiwan, Mr. Kissinger worries that the U.S. and China are maneuvering toward a crisis, and he counsels steadiness on Washington’s part. “The policy that was carried out by both parties has produced and allowed the progress of Taiwan into an autonomous democratic entity and has preserved peace between China and the U.S. for 50 years,” he says. “One should be very careful, therefore, in measures that seem to change the basic structure.”

Mr. Kissinger courted controversy earlier this year by suggesting that incautious policies on the part of the U.S. and NATO may have touched off the crisis in Ukraine. He sees no choice but to take Vladimir Putin’s stated security concerns seriously and believes that it was a mistake for NATO to signal to Ukraine that it might eventually join the alliance: “I thought that Poland—all the traditional Western countries that have been part of Western history—were logical members of NATO,” he says. But Ukraine, in his view, is a collection of territories once appended to Russia, which Russians see as their own, even though “some Ukrainians” do not. Stability would be better served by its acting as a buffer between Russia and the West: “I was in favor of the full independence of Ukraine, but I thought its best role was something like Finland.”

I don’t know about you, but to me this warning is much, much more ominous coming from a bloodsoaked swamp monster than it would be from some anti-imperialist peace activist who was speaking from outside the belly of the imperial machine. This man is a literal war criminal who, as a leading empire manager, helped to unleash unfathomable horrors all around the world the consequences of which are still being felt today.

And as far as you can tell from his own comments, he remains completely unreformed.

“Looking back over his long and often controversial career, however, he is not given to self-criticism,” The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Secor writes.

“I do not torture myself with things we might have done differently,” Kissinger tells her.

So Kissinger remains an unapologetic warmongering psychopath. But if he hasn’t changed as a person, what has? Why is he now cautioning against US aggression and warning that the empire has taken things too far?

Well, if Kissinger hasn’t changed, we can only surmise that it is the US empire itself that has changed. Its behavior is now so insane and illogical that it is making a 99 year-old Henry Kissinger nervous.

Which, if you really think about it, is one of the scariest things you could possibly imagine.

The empire’s departure from the Henry Kissinger iteration of murderous madness to its new form of insanity appears to have begun around the turn of the century, when the influx of neoconservatives into the White House combined with the jingoism which followed 9/11 to usher in an era of interventionism and military expansionism of such brazenness and recklessness that many from the old guard balked.

Kissinger was supportive of the 2003 Iraq invasion, but well before it began he was already saying that he had serious misgivings about the lack of clear thinking and forward planning he was seeing on that front. The neoconservative goal of US planetary hegemony at any cost which led to that invasion (and the planning of many more) has since become the mainstream Beltway consensus perspective on US foreign policy, and it is responsible for the escalations that Kissinger is now warning about.

“The PNAC plan envisions a strategic confrontation with China, and a still greater permanent military presence in every corner of the world,” wrote Michael Parenti in his 2004 book Superpatriotism. “The objective is not just power for its own sake but power to control the world’s natural resources and markets, power to privatize and deregulate the economies of every nation in the world, and power to hoist upon the backs of peoples everywhere — including North America — the blessings of an untrammeled global ‘free market.’ The end goal is to ensure not merely the supremacy of global capitalism as such, but the supremacy of American global capitalism by preventing the emergence of any other potentially competing superpower.”

By “PNAC plan” Parenti means the plans of the neoconservatives behind the notorious Project for the New American Century think tank, whose unipolarist militaristic agendas they explicitly advocated.

Henry Kissinger is warning about the dangers of US warmongering not because he has gotten saner, but because the US war machine has gotten crazier. That we are now hurtling toward confrontations that don’t appear rational to someone who has spent the majority of his life watching the mechanics of empire from inside its inner chambers should concern us all. When you are talking about brinkmanship between major world powers, especially nuclear brinkmanship, the last thing you need is for one of the parties involved to be acting erratically and nonsensically.

We need de-escalation and detente, and we need it yesterday. If you’re too hawkish for Henry Kissinger, you’re too mother****ing hawkish.

 

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House Democrats Refuse to Support Second Part of Manchin-Schumer Deal for Increased Energy Development and Permitting - The Last Refuge

Looks like we are going to find out exactly what Joe Manchin’s leverage was over Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer {REMINDER HERE}. On July 31, According to Manchin the deal between himself, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden includes his support for the current green energy...

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House Democrats Refuse to Support Second Part of Manchin-Schumer Deal for Increased Energy Development and Permitting

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Looks like we are going to find out exactly what Joe Manchin’s leverage was over Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer .

On July 31, According to Manchin the deal between himself, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden includes his support for the current green energy spending, in exchange for two new items in future legislation: 1) Streamlined energy permitting/regulation; and 2) Increased development of Oil, Coal, Gas. Both of these pieces of legislation have to be handled in a separate Senate bill.

According to Manchin, his agreement to the current spending bill was contingent upon a promise that: (A) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will generate a new bill for streamlined energy permitting and increased oil, gas and coal development; (B) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take up the Senate bill and whip enough of her House Democrat membership to join with Republicans in support of that Senate bill; and (C) Joe Biden will sign that increased energy production bill.

Here’s the important part. Senator Manchin claimed he has leverage over Biden, Pelosi and Schumer to ensure a new bill with those priorities is created and advanced. Manchin further claimed there were “consequences” for Biden, Pelosi and Schumer if they were to renege on the deal. He is quite emphatic about that point if you listen to the NBC interview. (LINK Did Joe Manchin Threaten to Switch Political Parties? Chuck Todd Seems to Know He Did - The Last Refuge )

The only possible leverage Manchin could have of such significance would be a threat to switch parties if Biden, Pelosi and/or Schumer reneged on the deal. That would immediately flip the Senate. In the latest development, the House democrats are threatening not to support the increased energy production and streamlined permitting part.

(Politico) – House Democrats managed to maintain party discipline in passing a historic climate bill heavily influenced by fossil fuel state centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) on Friday. But a contentious, intraparty battle on permitting of energy projects lies ahead.

Progressives ultimately supported the Inflation Reduction Act now heading to President Joe Biden’s desk despite it spending less to fight climate change than initially envisioned in the Build Back Better legislation. But they are now vowing to fight a secondary agreement struck by Manchin, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Biden to pass permitting reform legislation aimed at speeding up the building of oil and gas pipelines, green infrastructure projects and mines to dig up critical minerals.

“I am not going to be steamrolled into a bunch of fossil fuel give-aways just because Manchin cut a deal in a closed room with Chuck Schumer,” said Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.). “He doesn’t get to run the show on something like this, and many of us will have a say on what that deal looks like if it even happens.” (more POLITICO Pro: After Democrats pass climate bill, progressives vow to fight Manchin’s permitting deal )

The barking moonbats were obviously not part of the negotiations. However, if they dig in, we might find out what that leverage was that Joe Manchin was talking about.

 

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New York Times Applauds Violent Eco-Nut Tactics to ‘Avoid Planetary Catastrophe’

The New York Times is going all in on radical “climate change.” First, reporter Cara Buckley issued the paper’s latest profile Friday in praise of disruptive eco-nuts: “These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.”

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New York Times Applauds Violent Eco-Nut Tactics to ‘Avoid Planetary Catastrophe’

Clay Waters
August 13th, 2022 10:30 PM

The New York Times is going all in on radical “climate change.” First, reporter Cara Buckley issued the paper’s latest profile Friday in praise of disruptive eco-nuts: “These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.”

They’ve taken hammers to gas pumps and glued themselves to museum masterpieces and busy roadways. They’ve chained themselves to banks, rushed onto a Grand Prix racetrack and tethered themselves to goal posts as tens of thousands of British soccer fans jeered.

The activists who undertook these worldwide acts of disruption during the last year said that they were desperate to convey the urgency of the climate crisis and that the most effective way to do so was in public, blockading oil terminals and upsetting normal activities.

Can one imagine how the paper would cover a similarly aggressive right-wing protest movement using these tactics? The paper was ideologically repelled even by peaceful protests against vaccine mandates by Canadian truckers.

Here’s Buckley’s punch line: The disruption is being bankrolled by guilt-ridden members of the oil-rich Getty and Rockefeller families.

They also share a surprising financial lifeline: heirs to two American families that became fabulously rich from oil.

Two relatively new nonprofit organizations, which the oil scions helped found, are funding dozens of protest groups dedicated to interrupting business as usual through civil disobedience, mostly in the United States, Canada and Europe. While volunteers with established environmental groups like Greenpeace International have long used disruptive tactics to call attention to ecological threats, the new organizations are funding grass-roots activists.

Buckley was histrionic about the dangers of “climate change.”

So far, the fund has given away just over $7 million, with the goal of pushing society into emergency mode, she said. Even though the United States is on the cusp of enacting historic climate legislation, the bill allows more oil and gas expansion, which scientists say needs to stop immediately to avert planetary catastrophe.

Buckley sympathized with the radicals, then let the eco-nuts compare themselves to an actual hero without rolling her eyes.

Protesters have been screamed at, threatened, labeled eco-zealots and dragged off by angry commuters. Research from the University of Toronto and Stanford University also found that while more disruptive protests attracted publicity, they could undermine a movement’s credibility and alienate potential support.

But Ms. Salamon and activists backed by the Climate Emergency Fund said pushback was inevitable. They pointed to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who, according to a Gallup Poll, had a 63 percent disapproval rating in the years leading up to his death.

In Saturday’s edition, Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport unsubtly suggested the “septuagenarian lawmakers” that lead the Democratic party were moving too slow to save the planet: “Climate Bill Heads to Biden’s Desk. There Is More to Be Done.”

….younger Democrats and climate activists crave more. They look at the bill as a down payment, and they worry a complacent electorate will believe Washington has at last solved climate change -- when in fact scientists warn it has only taken the first necessary steps….But scientists say the United States needs to do more. It must stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2050, which the bill won’t achieve.…Even as scientific evidence links climate change to extreme weather that is causing death and destruction in the United States, polls show that the American electorate is divided along partisan lines about the scale of the problem and what to do about it.

 

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"They Can Do Audio, Video, & Physical Surveillance On You 24H/365D A Year": Rex Lee On Intrusive Apps | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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"They Can Do Audio, Video, & Physical Surveillance On You 24H/365D A Year": Rex Lee On Intrusive Apps

SUNDAY, AUG 14, 2022 - 04:25 PM

In this special episode, The Epoch Times' Tiffany Meier sat down with Rex M. Lee, cybersecurity adviser at My Smart Privacy. He helps shed light on China’s cyberattacks on America, how they affect us in our daily lives, and what can be done to stop them.

Lee notes one way adversarial countries can get in is through invasive apps:

“You have to look at an app as legal malware. And that’s the best way you can describe apps today. An app—whether it’s a social media app developed by Bytedance, such as TikTok, or Facebook, or Instagram—any of these apps, they are basically legal malware that enable the developer to monitor, track, and data mine the end user for financial gain 24 by seven, 365 days a year.

“A single intrusive app enables the developer to collect over 5,000 highly confidential data points associated with the end user’s personal information, business information, medical information, legal information, and employment information because the surveillance and data mining done by these companies is indiscriminate, meaning that they’re not only collecting consumer information, they’re collecting every bit of information from the end user, including text messages, email, email attachments, calendar events, and so forth,” he added.

As to just how invasive these are, Lee said:

“What an app will do is it will interlink with all of the hardware on the device and the sensors on the device, such as camera and microphone, as well as sensors, such as the accelerometer. So they can do audio, video and physical surveillance on you 24 hours, 365 days a year while collecting those 5,000 highly confidential data points on the end user. What they’re doing is they package that and they monetize it. But also, as we’re seeing in the news, is that these tech companies are aligned with governments. So the information a lot of times is ending up in the hands of the government.”

Meier also sat down with Greg Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association and author of “The New Total War.” He touches on the recent buzz over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan and what that means for this November, both in terms of our midterm elections and Chinese leader Xi Jinping seeking an unprecedented third term.

Copley said:

“We’re now getting a better idea as to how the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] would fight a war against Taiwan, if it came to that. And if they in fact allowed the General Secretary Xi to make them go to war on the Taiwan issue, Japan has made it clear, and it repeated that declaration during Speaker Pelosi’s visit, that Japan would support Taiwan in the event of a military attack by the People’s Republic of China. Certainly, the U.S. will be drawn into it one way or another. Yes, it would involve high risks and the potential for many casualties.

But it would also involve higher risks for the People’s Republic of China, not just in the direct conflict between the PLA and the Republic of China armed forces and the United States armed forces and the Japanese self-defense forces, but also there are other forces who would become engaged automatically.

“That probably would include Australia, but it would certainly include India, and the Indian factor is one which Beijing does not wish to discuss openly.

Even in the current war game posture against Taiwan, the PLA started moving additional forces down into the Tibetan plateau to be ready for an Indian response there. The Indian response would be massive. India has a similar force capability in many respects to the People’s Republic of China, and could move the entirety of its forces against the PRC, both on the Tibetan plateau and in the Eurasian context, but also in the Indian Ocean in a naval context,” he added.

Watch the full interview below:

View: https://youtu.be/lG0phJFEvZY
12:05 min

 

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Plurality Predict Higher Inflation, Gas Prices Six Months from Now

A plurality of Americans predict that inflation will rise and gas prices will be higher six months from now, an Economist/YouGov poll found.

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Plurality Predict Higher Inflation, Gas Prices Six Months from Now

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A plurality of Americans predict that inflation will rise and gas prices will be higher six months from now, a poll from The Economist/YouGov found.

A plurality, 46 percent, believe there will be a higher rate of inflation six months from now, compared to 21 percent who said it will be the same. Just 18 percent said it will be lower, and 14 percent remain unsure.

Democrats have the most positive outlook, as over one-third, 34 percent, believe there will be a lower rate of inflation in six months. However, 51 percent of independents and 64 percent of Republicans believe it will be higher.

The survey also asked respondents where they believe gas prices will be in six months. A plurality, 37 percent, predict they will be higher, followed by 28 percent who said lower, 22 percent who said the same, and 12 percent who remain unsure.

Overall, the economic outlook among Americans is not good, as 45 percent said the economy is “shrinking,” compared to just 18 percent who said it is growing.

The survey was taken August 7-9, 2022, among 1,500 U.S. adults and coincides with the Department of Labor’s Wednesday report showing inflation rising by 8.5 percent in July:

Economists had expected CPI to rise at an annual rate of 8.7 percent, down from 9.1 percent in June. They expected a month-over-month increase of 0.2 percent, a sharp decline from the 1.1 percent recorded in June.

Inflation has hit American families hard by raising prices for everyday necessities like food, gasoline, housing, transportation, and utilities. A sizeable decline in the price of gasoline in July, which retreated from record highs hit the prior month, helped bring down the overall rate of inflation. The index for gasoline fell 7.1 percent in July. Compared with a year ago, the gas index is up 44 percent.

However, everyday items have risen beyond 8.5 percent, as the Consumer Price Index summary shows food up 10.9 percent over the last year and energy up 32.9 percent.

 

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Energy Sec. Granholm When Asked What Bidenflation Bill will Do to Help Americans: Installing an EV Charging Station in Your Home will Get You a Tax Credit (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

Joe Biden’s incompetent Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” to discuss the Bidenflation scam that just passed through both chambers of Congress.

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Energy Sec. Granholm When Asked What Bidenflation Bill will Do to Help Americans: Installing an EV Charging Station in Your Home will Get You a Tax Credit (VIDEO)

By Cristina Laila
Published August 14, 2022 at 2:30pm

Joe Biden’s incompetent Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” to discuss the Bidenflation scam that just passed through both chambers of Congress.

The Democrats’ answer to record inflation: More spending!

More than 230 economists wrote letters to Congress warning that the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ will make inflation worse.

“What, specifically, will [the Bidenflation Scam] do to lower costs for Americans right now?” CNN’s Brianna Keilar asked Granholm.

Granholm absurdly claimed that Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck will save money by installing an electric vehicle charging station in their home.

“If you install an electric vehicle charging station in your home, you can also get a tax credit!” Granholm said.

WATCH:

View: https://youtu.be/g5R3CDBW6Ao
.57 min

The House of Representatives on Friday passed the $740 billion Bidenflation scam bill which will raise taxes on the middle class and make inflation worse.

The Senate passed the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ through budget reconciliation last week and Pelosi brought it to the House floor on Friday.

The House voted 220 to 207 on party line.

Not one Republican voted in favor of the bill.

The bill will allocate $369 million for ‘green energy’ – it’s actually just one big Marxist slush fund.

The bill will add 87,000 new IRS employees to harass and abuse working Americans and their political opponents.

 

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(Twitter grab bag)

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1233607828239196162

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(London - looters gotta loot)

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View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1558943454633287684
1:01 min

 

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U.N. War On Fertilizer Began in Sri Lanka

UN Environment Programme launched its anti-fertilizer efforts from Sri Lanka in 2019

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U.N. War On Fertilizer Began in Sri Lanka
UN Environment Programme launched its anti-fertilizer efforts from Sri Lanka in 2019

Michael Shellenberger
Aug 13

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) describes itself as “the global authority that sets the environmental agenda… and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.” Through its “Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food” program launched in 2014, the UNEP advocates that nations “steer away from the prevailing focus on per hectare productivity.”

But today the world is in its worst food crisis since 2008. The number of people suffering acute food insecurity increased by 25% since January 2022 to 345 million, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. Why, then, is the UNEP trying to steer nations away from fertilizers that increase food production?

The UNEP’s Acting Director in 2019 said the reason was humankind’s “long-term interference with the Earth’s nitrogen balance.” In October of that year, the UNEP hosted a meeting in the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo and issued a “road map” to push nations to cut nitrogen pollution in half.

But the Netherlands proves that nations can slash nitrogen pollution from livestock by 70% while also increasing meat production. Same for crops. Since the early 1960s, the Netherlands has doubled its yields while using the same amount of fertilizer. While rich nations produce 70 percent higher yields than poor nations, they use just 54 percent more nitrogen.

One month after the Colombo meeting in 2019, which generated significant media attention in Sri Lanka, voters in that nation elected an anti-fertilizer president, H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who claimed, without scientific evidence, that synthetic fertilizers were causing kidney diseases. In April 2021, he banned fertilizer imports.

In June, 2021, two months after the fertilizer ban, Sri Lanka hosted a UN-sponsored “Food System Dialogue” aimed at influencing the UN’s broader anti-fertilizer agenda for the world. “Sri Lanka’s inaugural Food System Dialogue is part of a series of national and provincial dialogues conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture ahead of the 2021 UN Food System Summit set to take place in New York later this year.”

In his statement to the UN Food System Summit in New York in September, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa repeated his claim that “chemical fertilizers… led to adverse health and environmental impacts.” He said, “My Government took the bold step to restrict imports of these harmful substances earlier this year,” and blamed farmers for resisting his fertilizer ban, saying that “changing the mindset of farmers long accustomed to using chemical fertiliser has proven challenging.”

In fact, the fertilizer ban was causing a crash in agricultural production. After the fertilizer ban, 85% of Sri Lankan farmers experienced crop losses. Rice production fell 20%, prices rose 50 percent, and the nation had to import $450 million worth of the grain. In Rajanganaya, where farmers operate on just a hectare (2.5 acres), of land on average, families reported producing half their normal crop harvest.

There were other factors behind the government’s fall, but those factors affected many other nations and none fell. Covid lockdowns hurt tourism. The government borrowed too much. Oil prices rose. All were factors and none were decisive. What made the difference was Sri Lanka’s ban on fertilizers.

Hardest hit was tea. It had generated $1.3 billion in exports annually and provided 71% of the nation’s food imports before 2021. After the fertilizer ban, tea production crashed 18%, reaching its lowest level in 23 years. The government’s devastating ban on fertilizer thus destroyed the ability of Sri Lanka to pay for food, fuel, and service its debt.

The UN justifies its anti-fertilizer agenda on the same basis as the Sri Lankan government: cost savings. UN documents claim that its goal for nations to “Halve Nitrogen Waste” would save nations “$100 billion annually.” But the same document promotes a “circular economy,” which is a euphemism used by Green parties in Europe to refer to economic “de-growth” based on making food and energy production less productive.

UNEP isn’t the only UN agency promoting an anti-fertilizer agenda. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2018 launched the “Scaling Up Agroecology” Initiative. It is not a research initiative, it is an advocacy initiative. It claims “agroecological systems are vital… for addressing poverty, hunger, and climate change.” In fact, agroecology, which doesn’t use synthetic fertilizer, reduces food production, and thus increases poverty and hunger.

Now, the UNEP is seeking to move nations away from modern fertilizers through “the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS)” under the guise of science. It calls INMS a “science support process” as part of an “Inter-Convention Nitrogen Coordination Mechanism (INCOM).”

What’s going on? Why is the United Nations promoting a kind of food production proven to reduce yields, raise prices, and topple governments? And what can be done to stop it?

 

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The Nitrogen Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme | INMS

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The Nitrogen Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme​

First e-briefing for the Nitrogen Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme, June 2020

On 8th & 9th June 2020, the UNEP-CEH/GEF ‘Towards INMS’ Project (INMS) hosted the ‘First e-briefing for the Nitrogen Working Group of the United Nations Environment Programme’.

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The e-briefing was the first of its kind, building on the progress made during the historic signing of the Colombo Declaration in October 2019 as part of the Launch of the Global Campaign on Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The e-briefing also follows the adoption of the Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management,during the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) in March 2019.

Session 1 of the meeting, on 8th June, focused on a briefing from INMS on the International Nitrogen Assessment, while Session 2, on 9th June, focused on what is needed from the Inter-convention Nitrogen Co-ordination Mechanism (INCOM), with input from UN Conventions and Programmes.

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Ms. Leticia Carvalho, Coordinator, Marine and Freshwater Branch, Ecosystem Division, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), opened Session 1, noting that the e-briefing was taking place on World Oceans’ Day and highlighting the importance of caring for our oceans, including through sustainable nutrient management.

Prof Mark Sutton, Director of the INMS Project, explained the history leading up to the e-briefing, including nominations of National Focal Points to the Nitrogen Working Group by Member States which began in September 2019 through the UNEP Committee of Permanent Representatives (UNEP CPR).
The e-briefing was the first time that National Focal Points had met together to agree and discuss the next steps in deciding how to move forward in implementing the Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management.

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Prof Sutton spoke about the importance of the International Nitrogen Assessment (INA), a major output from the INMS Project, set for publication in 2022 which will bring together all of the evidence that is needed to showcase the multiple benefits of a joined-up approach to sustainable nitrogen management. Session 1 also provided an opportunity for National Focal Points to voice support for, and to provide feedback on, the INA.

Session 1 finished with the playing of the Nitrogen Song by Grammy® Award Winner and US Billboard #1 artist, Ricky Kej, who described nitrogen as “…a forgotten piece of the puzzle in solving climate change..."

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Session 2 of the meeting on 9th June was opened by Prof Sutton who outlined the 4 options for moving forward towards improved nitrogen science and policy co-ordination, including:

1) The Status Quo, 2) One Convention Leads, 3) A New Convention, 4) Co-ordination Mechanism

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Option 4, a Co-ordination Mechanism, or the proposed Inter-convention Nitrogen Co-ordination Mechanism (INCOM), was the focus of Session 2.
Representatives from the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Global Programme for Action on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA), the Ozone Secretariat, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), spoke on the importance of international co-ordination and highlighted the relevance of a multi-actor process involving both Member State and Convention co-operation.

Session 2 also provided an opportunity for Member States to provide interventions, with several countries providing comments, including: India, Sri Lanka, Romania, and Germany.

With over 160 delegates representing over 50 countries in attendance, the e-briefing was a very successful step in the implementation of the Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management.

A Task Group has now been established to refine the Terms of Reference for the Inter-convention Nitrogen Co-ordination Mechanism, with a second e-briefing for the UNEP Nitrogen Working Group planned for early 2022.

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Meeting Documents
All briefing documents, presentations, and recordings of the meeting will be posted here: UN Environment Assemby Papersmart Platform (new link)
You can also view key documents below:
NWG Briefing-1/W.Doc.1:

Draft Agenda.pdf​

Draft Agenda.pdf

NWG Briefing-1/W.Doc2:

Meeting Report.pdf​

Meeting Report.pdf

UNEP/EA.4/Res.14:

Sustainable Nitrogen Management.pdf​

Sustainable Nitrogen Management.pdf

 

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https://www.inms.international/sites/inms.international/files/Nitrogen%20Grasping%20the%20Challenge%20%28Summary%20Version%29.pdf

Why Nitrogen? 1. Nitrogen for Life: Without nitrogen there would be no life on Earth: no chlorophyll, no haemoglobin, no plants or animals. While carbon gives the basic skeleton of organic matter, nitrogen is fundamental to life’s functioning and diversity. From amines and amino acids to proteins and DNA, all of them are nitrogen compounds.

2. A nitrogen-rich atmosphere: As di-nitrogen (N2), nitrogen is extremely abundant. It makes up 78% of every breath we take. It makes the sky blue, and it provides a unique atmosphere in the Solar System, which allows life on Earth to flourish with safe levels of oxygen.

3. Dead or Alive: N2 may be thought of as ‘dead nitrogen’, an inert medium that allows life to flourish and to which ‘live nitrogen’ reverts upon its decay. In order to form the building-blocks of life, N2 must first be converted into reactive nitrogen (Nr) compounds, such as ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4+) and amino acids, from which proteins, DNA and other nitrogen molecules are made. Decay of organic matter releases these reactive nitrogen compounds, which are eventually converted (or ‘denitrified’) back to N2.

4. Nitrogen Civilization: The very existence of humanity depends on inputs of nitrogen compounds into agriculture. New sources of fresh Nr production include synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, biological nitrogen fixation and a small amount of nitrate (NO3-) from lightning. These nitrogen compounds are needed to raise crops and livestock, where increased Nr production by humans has allowed an approximate doubling of world’s human population, together with even larger increases in livestock populations. In soils, nitrogen is also made available by mobilization of existing nitrogen pools, e.g., by decomposition of plant material and manure. Figure ES1: Major threats associated with unstainable nitrogen management.




5. Nitrogen waste causes multiple pollution problems: Globally, only around 20% of nitrogen compounds reach useful products, with 80% lost to the environment, through a multiplicity of nitrogen sources and forms. Wasted nitrogen includes losses as ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4+), nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen oxides (NOx, including nitric oxide, NO, and nitrogen dioxide, NO2), nitrate (NO3-) and di-nitrogen (N2). Together the different forms of wasted nitrogen threatens air quality, water quality, climate change, soil quality and biodiversity and leads to the depletion of stratospheric ozone. All these losses reduce economy-wide Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE), exacerbating the threats of nitrogen pollution (Figure ES1). The global flow of nitrogen can be envisaged as a cascade, where 1-2% of world energy is used to make synthetic fertilizers, and further energy used in biological nitrogen fixation and inadvertent oxidation of N2 to NOx and N2O in high temperature combustion processes. Energy is dissipated as nitrogen cascades through multiple forms with multiple impacts until it is eventually denitrified back to N2 (Figure ES2).

6. Everywhere and Invisible. Nitrogen pollution arises from multiple sectors: from agriculture, livestock, wastewater, industry, energy and transport systems. Nitrogen affects all aspects of our lives. It is all around us as N2, within our blood and part of our DNA. It feeds our crops and livestock. Nitrogen contributes simultaneously to air, soil and water pollution, threatening human health, environment and the economy. The result is that nitrogen is relevant almost everywhere across the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Figure ES3). Remarkably, however, nitrogen is almost entirely invisible in the SDG process and SDG indicators. This reflects the fragmentation of nitrogen science and policies, leading to this major global issue being largely ignored by the SDGs. Figure ES3 illustrates how a coherent approach to Sustainable Nitrogen Management would contribute to meeting multiple SDGs, where a goal to Halve Nitrogen Waste from all sources would mobilize shared global action. 4

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A Manifesto for Science-in-Action

7. This report summarizes the state-of-the-art in global nitrogen science and policy development. It outlines the global nitrogen challenge and highlights the limits of what is being done about it. It then identifies options for consideration in moving forward if the nitrogen challenge is to be grasped. It identifies key areas of what is currently known or not known, especially in the light of the importance of nitrogen action for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and beyond.

8. The report is framed as a manifesto for ‘Science-in-Action’. By this we mean applying the evidence from science and the experience of researchers engaged in policy development to 5 develop a vision of how Sustainable Nitrogen Management must be a core theme for sustainable development. The report is aimed at stimulating discussion, raising awareness and catalysing action by governments, business, civil society, scientists and citizens for a more sustainable Nitrogen Earth. We present options as opportunities for environment, health and economy. In identifying these opportunities, we point to benefits and limitations of particular actions, while avoiding recommendations for specific policies. These must be for governments to agree, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, in the light of the emerging evidence.

Multiple Co-benefits through Nitrogen Management

9. Sustainable nitrogen management recognizes that nitrogen is not just another problem; rather it must be part of the solution to so many of the challenges we know so well. For example: o Water Quality, Clean Rivers and Seas: The problems of algal blooms, hypoxia and fish kills, as well as nitrate (NO3-) in drinking water quality, cannot be achieved without sustainable nitrogen management. o Air Quality and Health: Clean air with low levels of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and tropospheric ozone cannot be achieved without sustainable nitrogen management to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ammonia (NH3) emissions and deposition. o Greenhouse Gases and Climate: Substantial reductions in the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) cannot be achieved without sustainable nitrogen management. If countries wish to keep global temperatures within 1 or 2 °C, then this cannot be done without action on nitrogen. o Ecosystems & Biodiversity Protection: Levels of atmospheric nitrogen deposition are wellabove safe thresholds, pointing to the need for sustainable nitrogen management to reduce ammonia NH3 and NOx emissions. o Stratospheric ozone: N2O is now the major ozone depleting substance, pointing to the need for actions to reduce emissions.

Soil quality & Food Production: Excess atmospheric nitrogen pollution can lead to the acidification of natural soils, while maintenance of nitrogen in soil organic matter is essential for the health and resilience of agricultural soils, while promoting carbon sequestration.

10. Sustainable nitrogen management provides a framework to add-up the multiple co-benefits of taking action, for water, air, climate, biodiversity and stratospheric ozone. The core hypothesis is that fragmentation between science and policies across these issues has contributed substantially to the barriers-to-change. By bringing these issues together through a clearly visible and coherent approach, we hypothesize a win-win-win situation for environment, health and economy that will help to overcome the barriers-to-change.

11. Too much and too little: In many parts of the world excess use and waste of nitrogen is a core cause of many pollution problems. Simultaneously, in other parts of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Latin America, inputs of reactive nitrogen and other nutrients are insufficient to meet crop needs, risking ‘soil mining’ of nitrogen that is also associated with depletion of soil organic matter, further reducing soil fertility. Nitrogen pollution can still be an issue in such regions where low nitrogen use efficiency continues to waste the limited amounts of available reactive nitrogen to air
and water pollution. This means that a focus on reducing wasted nitrogen can be of benefit to all, whether in regions of nitrogen surplus or nitrogen shortage.

12. If all pathways of nitrogen losses are added-up globally, the total nitrogen wasted amounts to around 200 million tonnes of nitrogen per year. Multiplied by a nominal fertilizer price of US$1 per kg, this is equivalent to a waste of US$200 billion annually. This cash value is in addition to even larger estimated societal costs for health, ecosystems and climate, estimated at 400 to US$4000 billion, but is much easier to value. Halving Nitrogen Waste

13. A goal to Halve Nitrogen Waste would save US$100 billion annually, stimulating innovation in an emerging Nitrogen Circular Economy, where Nitro-Finance could become a key theme in mobilizing change, with multiple economic and environmental benefits. Such a global goal would broadly halve the overall contribution of nitrous oxide to climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion, halve the contribution of nitrogen to air and water pollution and halve the nitrogen threat to human health, ecosystems and biodiversity. In this way, it would make a major contribution to meeting multiple Sustainable Development Goals.

14. In the Our Nutrient World report previously prepared for the UN Environment Programme, a less ambitious goal was identified to improved Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) by 20%, offering cash savings of US$23 billion and net economic benefits (considering implementation costs and societal benefits to environment, climate and health) worth US$170 billion, annually.

15. Using the shared goal from Our Nutrient World to increase efficiency by 20% had a disadvantage for equitability, in that those countries with the highest efficiency were assigned the largest improvement requirements. For example, a country with a present NUE of 20% would have a goal of 24% (i.e., a relative increase of 20% requires an absolute improvement of only 4%), whereas a country with a present NUE of 50% would have a goal of 60% (representing an absolute improvement of 10%) (see Table ES1)


16. By contrast, a goal to reduce nitrogen waste by a standard amount (here set at half), offers a more equitable approach, since those countries currently wasting more nitrogen would need to take more ambitious steps. For example, in a country wasting 80%, halving nitrogen waste across the economy would need to reduce total nitrogen losses from all sources to 40% of inputs (absolute reduction of 40%). By contrast, in a country wasting only 50%, halving nitrogen waste would reduce total losses to 25% (requiring an absolute reduction of 25%) (Table ES1). 7

17. The goal to halve nitrogen waste is taken as an aspirational focus to raise awareness: a) in getting serious about grasping the Nitrogen Challenge, b) in examining the multiplicity and scale of benefits and c) in focusing attention on the feasibility and barriers to progress. Its purpose is not to indicate whether this represents a suitable level of ambition, which must be a matter for global society and governments to decide, based on the outcomes of the assessment.

18. A first examination of the global goal to halve nitrogen waste indicates that it represents an extremely ambitious target that is only likely to be achievable by multiple actions across multiple source sectors, including production and consumption oriented measures across food, energy, wastewater and transport systems. The following key areas need to be considered:

i. Improving the performance of nitrogen fertilizers through a combination of technical measures including more widespread adoption of improved products, including application of precision agriculture, fertigation and conservation to target placement and timing.

ii. Improving the management of biological nitrogen fixation as a natural ‘slow release’ source of nitrogen, including use of legume and other nitrogen fixing intercropping, and exploration of methods to avoid ‘hot-moments’ of nitrogen losses following ploughing-in of green manures such as legumes.

iii. Improving the performance of livestock production, including all measures relevant to increase feed conversion efficiency and reduce livestock excretion per kg of food product, including optimization of livestock diets and actions to improve animal health and welfare.

iv. Ensuring that all available organic nitrogen resources are used, including animal manures, urine, human wastes and plant residues, avoiding discharges to air and water, while ensuring links to carbon, phosphorus and other nutrient management to restore and improve resilience of degraded soils.

v. Improving the methods by which organic nitrogen are utilized, reducing the need for fertilizer manufacture from new nitrogen fixation, including reprocessing of available organic resources. Marketing opportunities should be considered for companies committing that their fertilizers are made from a minimum (e.g. 20%) of recycled nutrients.

vi. Developing new technologies to recapture nitrogen oxides from combustion sources as a resource that could ultimately produce value added nitrogen products. Such innovation would complement existing technologies that focus on reducing nitrogen oxides emissions from combustion sources (by destruction of NOx to N2).

vii. Avoiding excessive meat and dairy consumption, especially where above the recommended mean daily intake (RMDI), including a mix of demitarian, vegetarian and other dietary approaches while meeting dietary requirements, since this reduced the total nitrogen inputs required to sustain the food systems, thereby reducing nitrogen pollution.

viii. Applying measures to avoid food waste across the agri-food chain, including post-harvest waste and consumer food waste, which otherwise multiply nitrogen requirements for food production and the associated nitrogen pollution.

ix. Applying measures to avoid waste-water pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus, including increased adoption of sewage collection and treatment, and implementation of measures to safely process and recycle the nutrients in agriculture and value-added agricultural products.

x. Applying measures to improve landscape resilience to nitrogen pollution, including adoption of spatially targeted planning requirements to avoid pollution in the most sensitive locations, use of buffer approaches to protect nearby nature features (e.g. natural land and rivers) and use of regional planning to reduce unsustainable regional nitrogen surpluses and sinks, including promoting the connection between crop and livestock systems.

19. Achievement of an ambitious goal to halve nitrogen waste would be expected to give major profit opportunities for innovative business models (e.g. nitrogen pollution; new resources ; lowfertilizer manufacture from recycled financial savings for farms with less manure, wastewater and NO x cost improved products with improved NUE). Through Nitro

20.finance to catalyse change, major business the development of realignment of could be expected. Next steps in the INMS research will focus on relating different pathways to halve nitrogen wast e to a wide range of future nitrogen scenarios drawing on experience from international climate and land use assessments.

21. These activities form part of the ongoing programme of INMS to develop a first comprehensive International Nitrogen Assessment (for 20 22) together with detailed methodologies and measures for improved nitrogen management



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(COMMENT: UNEP is the pan-ultimate technocracy. It spreads it's comprehensive management plan tentacles across every ecological niche in its "Rules Based Order." This planning on nitrogen management is just as onerous and complex as the analysis I did for their global forest and water planning. Just like those plans federal and blue state bureaucracies will lap it up, incorporating the plan and implementation in their regulations - particularly with an Administration that is a technocratic handmaiden, like Biden's. Can't wait to see the ones on ammonia and phosphorous.

Small farmers and businesses will be wiped out with the cost of compliance. That is why the Netherlands is so important. It is small, compact and educated. The US is so large, they batter the farmers and ranchers and nobody knows or cares. As you can see from my dot connecting, our food supply will be throttled and down before most are aware it's happening or where it is coming from and the technocratic/"science" agenda being proffered as justification.)

 

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People Are Going to Go Absolutely Insane When Food Prices Double or Triple From Current Levels

If you think that people are getting pretty crazy now, just wait until the cost of food skyrockets to levels

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People Are Going to Go Absolutely Insane When Food Prices Double or Triple From Current Levels

BY MICHAEL SNYDER August 14, 2022 in Cross-Posted, Opinions

Food Prices

If you think that people are getting pretty crazy now, just wait until the cost of food skyrockets to levels that hardly anyone ever anticipated. Most people don’t realize this, but to a very large degree we are still eating the food that was grown in 2021. Unfortunately for all of us, far less food is being grown in 2022 than originally projected, and that is going to cause immense global stress in 2023. Nightmarish droughts are absolutely devastating crops in the United States and Europe, the major war that is happening on the other side of the globe is greatly restricting the flow of agricultural goods from Ukraine, and the fact that some fertilizers have now more than quadrupled in price is deeply affecting farmers all over the planet. In 2023, there is going to be a lot less food to go around, and we are all going to pay a lot more for it. Needless to say, this is not good news.

Of course the cost of living has already gotten completely out of control. According to Zero Hedge, the median rent in the United States has now surpassed $2,000 a month for the very first time…

The cost of rent in the U.S. is moving higher at the highest pace in three decades, the report notes, blowing past a median of $2,000 per month for the first time ever. Rents are now above where they were prior to the pandemic in most major cities.

Areas just outside cities, which saw a large influx of new renters during the pandemic, have seen their rents rise disproportionately higher. People returning to large cities, post-pandemic, have also not helped prices cool off.

Who can afford to pay $2,000 a month for rent?

According to the Social Security Administration, the median yearly income for U.S. workers in 2020 was just $34,612.04. No wonder most families need to have more than one income just to survive these days. This is what I mean when I say that our standard of living is being systematically destroyed.

Many people have to work as hard as they possibly can just to pay the bills each month. Yes, the top 10 percent are still doing well, but the vast majority of the country is really struggling.

And that is why the soaring price of food is such a big deal right now. The latest numbers that we just got from the government tell us that the cost of “food at home” has been rising at the fastest rate since 1979…

The food-at-home index, which represents food purchased in places like grocery stores for consumption at home, jumped by an annual 13.1 percent, which is the fastest pace since March 1979.

“Consumers are getting a break at the gas pump, but not at the grocery store,” Bankrate Chief Financial Analyst Greg McBride told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement. “Food prices, and especially costs for food at home, continue to soar, rising at the fastest pace in more than 43 years.”

But the truth is that we haven’t seen anything yet.

What we see at the grocery store right now is largely a reflection of what happened last year.

Let me give you an example that illustrates what I am talking about.

In the last few days, the mainstream media has been buzzing about the fact that there is now a potato shortage in Idaho. But what most people don’t realize is that this shortage was caused by a tremendous heat wave that happened last summer…

Idaho has a potato shortage. If you haven’t heard about it already or noticed fewer and fewer potatoes in your grocery store’s produce section, you will soon.

So, what’s the problem? The weather. Not this year’s weather, mind you. It’s the weather from over a year ago that’s to blame.

“I’m not sure if you remember last June, but we had some just unbelievably hot temperatures here in Idaho. It did a number on our potato crop,” said Jamey Higham, president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission. “And so, our yields were significantly down last year.”

So did you catch that?

A bad harvest in 2021 is now being felt in the latter stages of 2022.

Looking ahead, what our farmers are experiencing right now will be felt very keenly in 2023.

For example, it is being reported that the price of some fertilizers has now more than quadrupled…

“Last year [fertilizer] was around $270 per ton and now it’s over $1,400 per ton,” Meagan Kaiser, of Kaiser Family Farms and farmer-director of the United Soybean Board, told NBC’s “Nightly News with Lester Holt.”

“It’s scary. It turns my stomach a little bit to think about the amount of risk that our family farm is taking right now.”

Farmers are finding themselves forced to pass some of those costs along to customers, resulting in higher grocery prices.

When those cost increases get passed along to us in 2023, a lot of people are going to be screaming bloody murder.

But at least we will have food to eat. On the other side of the globe, there simply will not be enough food for everyone.

For years, I have been trying to explain that global famines would inevitably be coming, but I still don’t think that it is sinking in for many people out there.

And of course famine is just one of the elements of “the perfect storm” that we are now facing. Recently, Egon von Greyerz listed some of the other major elements…

Debts at levels that can never be repaid – sovereign, corporate & private
Epic global bubbles in stocks, bonds & property – all about to collapse
Major geopolitical conflicts with no desire for peace – major wars likely
Energy imbalances and shortages, most self inflicted
Food shortages leading to major famine and civil unrest
Inflation, leading to hyperinflation & global poverty
We have got a giant mess on our hands.

And conditions are going to get worse and worse and worse in the months ahead.

As things deteriorate, a lot of people out there are going to go completely nuts.

In fact, a lot of people are already going completely nuts. Let me give you an example that just happened…

An unidentified man reportedly set his car on fire by driving into a U.S. Capitol barricade early Sunday morning. He then got out of his car and began firing a weapon indiscriminately before shooting himself, police say.

U.S. Capitol police say officers immediately responded when they heard the sound of gunfire at roughly 4 a.m. There were no reported injuries aside from the driver.

The only reason you would do something like that is if you have lost all hope.

And in the months and years ahead, much of the general population will lose all hope.

 

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Frightening Prediction for Europe Without Enough Gas & Oil

Hungary along with Poland refused to support the EU’s rationing plan aimed at cutting gas consumption by 15%.

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By M Dowling -August 14, 20220796

German official Stephen Kramer predicts energy rationing riots that will make anti-lockdown unrest look like a “children’s birthday party” in comparison, Paul Joseph Watson wrote on The Summit News.

The EU has sanctioned themselves into abject misery and grave danger. He could be correct.

Hungary, which is about 85% dependent on Russian gas, is trying to bolster its reserves before the cold season. Budapest has been strongly opposing calls to introduce EU sanctions on Russian gas imports. The country’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, has also managed to secure an exemption from the bloc’s sanctions on Russian crude oil imports.

Hungary along with Poland refused to support the EU’s rationing plan aimed at cutting gas consumption by 15%.

Giving up Russian gas would be suicidal for these nations.

Hungarian National Assembly Speaker Laszlo Kover has condemned the EU’s economic sanctions on Russia as “wrong to the core,” predicting economic devastation as a result. Kover, a long-time critic of the bloc, added that Hungary’s success depends on cooperation with both East and West.

It is suicidal for Germany, but they are doing it anyway.

The EU is up to their 7th sanctions package. The first six isn’t stopping Russia and is hurting the West far more, so, they are doing another one.
This next set of sanctions will ban Russians from traveling to EU member states. Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are pushing for this sanction. It won’t hurt the Russians and it won’t stop their war on Ukraine. That’s obvious but they’re doing it anyway.

The gas and oil issue is the worst of the sanctions. The predictions in the clip below are very alarming, If true and if the sanctions are not reversed, people will die needlessly, and Russia will be fine. Biden isn’t going to do a thing to help them after November. That’s our prediction.

Watch:

View: https://youtu.be/jR80q_CEWu4
3:08 min

Michael Shellenberger also believes the EU is facing a frightening situation.
He writes, “Skyrocketing natural gas prices are ravaging Europe and oil prices are likely to pop once Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases end, and yet the Biden administration has “no energy plan past November,” a senior energy industry insider tells me. Scary stuff.”

From Shelenberger:
The world’s largest chemical company, BASF in Germany, just announced it would further cut ammonia production due to high and rising natural gas prices, which could result in shortages of the ingredient used in many items including fertilizers, plastics, and carbonated beverages.

Energy bills are expected to reach over £500 per month for consumers in the UK. “Huge swathes of the British public aren’t going to be able to afford their bills this winter,” said an energy expert. “Average families with two working parents will be in fuel poverty.”

And while global crude oil prices came down thanks to releases from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (STR), Saudi Arabia will price its flagship crude oil to Asia at a record price for September, “highlighting a potential turning point for the market,” according to Bloomberg.

And yet the leader of the free world, President Joe Biden, has no intention of significantly expanding American oil and gas production and indeed has no energy plan beyond November, according to a senior oil and gas industry lobbyist who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Biden’s only plan is to empty out the strategic oil reserves until November and keep his jackboot on oil, gas, and coal production. His administration will cut half the coal production in the US.

 

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Victor Davis Hanson: We’re No Longer a Republic, We’re Transitioning to Radical Democracy 2:38 min

Victor Davis Hanson: We’re No Longer a Republic, We’re Transitioning to Radical Democracy​

Red Voice Media Published August 15, 2022

“… what anybody wants to do on any given day, if they have the power or the boats, they do it… If you want to have a warrant for a particular FBI operation, you can find a judge and you do it.”

 

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Fourteen Whistleblower Agents Come Forward to Expose the Corruption of the FBI .56 min

Fourteen Whistleblower Agents Come Forward to Expose the Corruption of the FBI​

Red Voice Media Published August 14, 2022

Rep. Jim Jordan: "14 FBI agents have come to our office as whistleblowers ... Some of these good agents are coming to us telling us 'This is bologna what's going on.' ... It's becoming a well-worn trail of agents who say this has got to stop."

 

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Rep. Scott Perry says the Bidens are "completely compromised by the Communist Party of China." 3:10 min

Rep. Scott Perry says the Bidens are "completely compromised by the Communist Party of China."​

The Post Millennial Clips Published August 14, 2022

Rep. Scott Perry: "It should be pretty apparent to anybody that's been alive for the past 5 years that the Biden family is completely compromised by the Communist Party of China."

 

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German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, "Extremists" Fueling "Mass Protests And Riots" | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, "Extremists" Fueling "Mass Protests And Riots"

MONDAY, AUG 15, 2022 - 02:45 AM

As queries for "firewood" have exploded on Google in Germany, and Deutsche Bank predicting that "wood will be used for heating purposes where possible," German officials are now warning of extreme energy rationing measures, along with the potential for "extremists" to fuel national unrest over the deteriorating situation.

For starters, German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck - who previously called on residents to cut back on heating, visits to the sauna, and showers - announced on Friday that public buildings across the country won't be allowed to set heating above 19 degrees Celsius (66.2F) this fall.
Exceptions will be made for hospitals and 'social facilities.'

In an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung, one of the country's largest daily newspapers, Habeck said that the new regulations would be part of the Energy Security Act - adding to previously announced bans on heating private pools.

In addition, buildings and monuments will not longer be lit at night, and there will be curbs on illuminated advertising - while "more savings are also needed in the work environment," he added.

Habeck's announcement comes just days after the head of Germany's grid regulator, Klaus Mueller, said that German families would need to cut 20% of their normal energy consumption in order to avoid gas shortages by December.

"If we don't save a lot and get extra fuel, we will have a problem," he told Welt am Sonntag in an interview last week.

The situation has been brewing, as the bloc's reliance on Russian energy comes into conflict with sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine - causing prices to skyrocket amid a decrease in Russian natural gas supplies to Europe.

Meanwhile, German officials are preparing for civil unrest.

In an interview with ZDF, Stephan Kramer - who heads the domestic intelligence service in the German state of Thuringia - warned that 'legitimate' protests over the energy crisis could be 'hijacked by extremists' (and definitely not just enraged average citizens).

Kramer said that officials were bracing for protests over "gas shortages, energy problems, supply difficulties, possible recession, unemployment, but also the growing poverty right up to the middle class," adding that "extremists" which include "lateral thinkers" who rallied against pandemic lockdowns, and 'right-wing activists' who have been stirring the post over social media, could be at the heart of them.

"We're likely to be confronted with mass protests and riots," he continued.

"We’re dealing with a highly emotionalized, aggressive, future-pessimistic mood in society, whose trust in the state, its institutions and political actors is fraught with massive doubts."

"This highly emotional and explosive mood could easily escalate," the security chief continued, adding that the Covid-19 clashes would "probably feel more like a children's birthday party" by comparison.

Kramer offers a warning to would-be participants: "think carefully about which protests and demonstrations you join, or better stay away from them altogether, so as not to support the enemies of democracy."

 

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How Your Carbon Footprint And Your Carbon Wallet Are Really Going To Work In The Dystopian World That WEF Has Planned? | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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How Your Carbon Footprint And Your Carbon Wallet Are Really Going To Work In The Dystopian World That WEF Has Planned?

SUNDAY, AUG 14, 2022 - 11:00 PM
Via 'threadsbyirish' Substack,

Let me introduce you to Barbara Baarsma. Barbara is the CEO of Rabo Carbon Bank. Yes, you read that right. Not Rabo Bank but Rabo Carbon Bank. In this 53 second video interview below she is advocating for a "Personal Carbon Wallet". That may not seem like a big deal but when you hear what she has to say you should be concerned, very concerned in fact.



I’ve transcribed the interview as it is in Dutch. It contains critical information. If you prefer to watch the video with subtitles by all means please do so.

“Let’s ensure that every household or every citizen of the Netherlands receives a certain amount of carbon emission rights. This way we can ensure that we do not emit more than our yearly limit. Your emission rights will be stored in a carbon wallet. So if I wanted to fly, I would buy some carbon emission rights from someone who can’t afford to fly. For example this way this poor person can earn some extra money.

Or if someone lives in a small house, he can sell his emission rights to someone who lives in a big house, this way poor people can benefit from the green economy”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1555869859799617537

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1555869859799617537
.53 min

Wow. Quite something isn’t it. Let’s pick it apart and then look at how they are probably going to implement it.

You could argue that it’s just another level of taxation which the globalists will take. I think it runs far deeper. When Bankers start using expressions like rights, poor people and green economy you can be sure that they are envisaging a world for the elite. They don’t give a fig about anyone else.

So in its most basic form, you'll have no fun and won’t be allowed to travel anywhere. But don’t worry the elites will have the fun for you.

This is nothing more than Totalitarianism.

Did I forget to mention that Rabobank and Baarsma are both in the World Economic Forum.

Rabobank

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and...

www.weforum.org

Barbara Baarsma - Agenda Contributor

CEO Carbon Bank

www.weforum.org

When most people think of carbon emissions and carbon footprints they think it only refers to travel, fuel, gas and electricity all under the guise of emissions. I hate to break it to you but it runs far deeper than that.

Let me now introduce you to Doc Ono, a company you may never have heard of.

Doconomy is a “credit card” endorsed by Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum.

View: https://youtu.be/uNJwepeNdnY
2:11 min

In May 2019 an article appeared on the WEF site called

“This credit card has a carbon-emission spending limit”

In the article it says

“Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a new credit card that monitors the carbon footprint of its customers - and cuts off their spending when they hit their carbon max”

Yikes, cuts off their spending.

It continues

“The DO card tracks the CO2 emissions linked to purchases to calculate the carbon impact of every transaction. The aim is to encourage people to actively reduce their carbon footprint and demonstrate the impact that small changes can have on the environment.

The card uses the Aland Index as the basis on which it calculates the carbon footprint of each product purchased. Users can set a maximum value for their carbon spend and learn how to compensate for their carbon footprint by contributing towards schemes to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions”

Now we are getting closer to the truth of how this is going to operate. It isn’t just travel, it will be for everything.

This credit card has a carbon-emission spending limit

The DO card allows customers to offset the cost of carbon emissions associated with purchased products.

www.weforum.org

In February 2019 Mastercard published an article called

Mastercard and Doconomy Launch the Future of Sustainable Payments

where they say

“Doconomy and Mastercard announce their joint effort to combat climate change by enabling DO – a free and easy-to-use mobile banking service that lets users track, understand and reduce their CO2 footprints through carbon offsetting”

Mastercard and Doconomy Launch the Future of Sustainable Payments

www.mastercard.com

Isn’t it fascinating that they emphasise it will allow the users to track everything. It would never be used for nefarious purposes such as banks and governments tracking everything. Of course not

Mastercard is also a WEF partner.

Mastercard

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and...

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The United Nations also got on board in May 2019. They published an article called

Innovative Climate Action – New Credit Card Limits Climate Impact of Users

https://unfccc.int/news/innovative-climate-action-new-credit-card-limits-climate-impact-of-users

Patrica Espinosa, the UN Climate Change Executive Secretary couldn’t get enough of the concept, singing its praises.

View: https://youtu.be/2h_ME5EC_WI
1:44 min

And yes, you guessed it, Espinosa and UN are also WEF partners. We are beginning to see a trend here yet again, aren’t we.

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano

Graduate in International Relations, Mexican University El Colegio de México; postgraduate studies in International Law, Institute for High International Studies, Geneva. 1981, with Mexican Foreign Service: 1982-88, responsible for economic affairs, Permanent Mission of Mexico to UN, Geneva...

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United Nations

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and...

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The big banks also see this as a massive opportunity. In 2021 Barclays hopped into bed with MasterCard and Doconomy.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1435630041065533449

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1:22 min

Seems like full on surveillance and socialism to me. And you probably don’t need me to tell you by this stage that Barclays is also a WEF member.

Barclays

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and...

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But that’s not even close to what the WEF, Mastercard, UN and all these globalist bodies have planned. You are only being told a fraction of the story.

Let me paint you a picture of how this might play out. In Ireland, back in March of this year, Marc Ó Cathasaigh who is a Green Party TD (MP) paid a visit to a pub called Brew Dog in Dublin. He showed an image of the menu which had CO2 (carbon dioxide) labelling beside every food item on the menu and asked the question

Would this influence what you would order?



On the left side of the menu is your standard chicken, beef, lamb etc whilst on the right is your ‘plant-based’ food including the lab processed ‘Beyond Meat’. Bill Gates is also an investor in ‘Beyond Meat’

Synthetic meat investor Bill Gates calls for rich countries to shift entirely to synthetic meat - Beef Central

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There isn’t much difference in the outrageous Dublin prices between the two food types. There is however a massive difference in the CO2 levels.

The other point which is important to mention is that a seed is being planted in people’s minds about the different CO2 levels. They are trying to influence people into the hands of plant based foods and Beyond Meats. There is no doubt about it that there is an agenda at play.

I have no idea what the criteria was that they used for measuring the CO2 levels but the point is restaurants are beginning to trial this. I read all the comments below the thread with some saying it was a good idea and some said it wasn’t. The problem though was that everyone responding totally missed the point.

Here is what is probably going to happen. When you go out to a restaurant depending on what your “carbon footprint” has been, will determine what you can and cannot order off the menu.

Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it ? Depending on how many points you have left for that month will determine whether you are allowed to eat “proper food” or “lab food”.

If you’ve been a bold boy or girl you’ll only be allowed to eat the lab grown plant-based food so you don’t surpass your carbon quota. If you try to order beef which apparently has high CO2 levels you won’t be allowed to.

This will also be the case when you go to supermarkets to do your weekly shop. Every item you buy will be assigned a CO2 number.

It gets even more ridiculous though. Within the last month Eamonn Ryan who is a WEF member and leader of the Green Party in Ireland has advocated for the reduction in the numbers of Irish cattle. Instead we will import cattle from Brazil. I like to call this the work of the “Ruminati” If you know, you know.



How do you think the carbon footprint of importing beef from Brazil would look like on a menu now. It would be off the charts. Do you see what they are trying to achieve and where this is going ?

The whole thing sounds ridiculously Dystopian, doesn’t it ? That would never happen. It’s so 1984, I hear you shout. If you have been paying attention to the last 2.5 years then you will realise it’s not remotely far-fetched at all.

We are being told how this is going to pan out. All you have to do is watch an episode of Black Mirror called Nosedive where the topic is social credit scores. Just substitute social credit score with carbon footprints and you will understand. Digital IDs and Currency, Social Credit Scores and Carbon Footprints will all work in tandem in the future.

I mentioned earlier Doc Ono. On their own site they give another example of how this would work for clothing. Let’s say you wanted to buy a pair of jeans

On their web site they say

“Consumers could cut their carbon footprint in half by choosing lower impact products”

Consumers could cut their carbon footprint in half by choosing lower impact products

The 2030 Calculator by Doconomy provides brands with insights on how choices relating to materials, manufacturing processes, energy and logistics impact carbon emissions generated in the course of bringing products to the consumer.

doconomy.com

Imagine going shopping and having to whip out your “carbon calculator” and realise you only have 10 points to play with. You won’t be able to buy the 21.45 CO2 jeans, you’ll have to plump for the 8.98 CO2 jeans. After all, you won’t be allowed to go over your quota or your card will stop working and your digital payment will be declined.



I just mentioned a “carbon calculator”. It just so happens that Mastercard have already developed it.

In a 2021 press release on their site they say

Mastercard unveils new Carbon Calculator tool for banks globally, as consumer passion for the environment grows.

Guess who they have collaborated with. Doconomy. Go Figure.

Mastercard Unveils New Carbon Calculator Tool for Banks Globally, as Consumer Passion for the Environment Grows

Mastercard, in collaboration with Doconomy, developed the Mastercard Carbon Calculator for banks to adopt and customize for eco-conscious consumers who are looking for more ways to be informed about their spending.

www.mastercard.com

This will be rolled out in the shape of an app so you can check your carbon footprint which will determine what you can and can’t buy.

The 2030 Calculator: A product carbon footprint calculator

The 2030 Calculator can be used to calculate the carbon footprint of products based on the emissions created from manufacturing up until the point of sale.

www.2030calculator.com

But it isn’t just any old “carbon calculator” it’s a 2030 carbon calculator, as in Agenda 2030. If you look closely enough at the top left hand corner of the image you can see the transition from 2020 to 2030.

It will eventually take the shape of an app that covers all the bases of Digital ID, Digital currency, social credit score etc. Basically a total control and surveillance grid which there will be no escape from. Welcome to Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and George Orwell’s “1984” rolled into one.

Now whether this happens in reality or not is another story entirely. These are not the rantings of some mad, conspiracy theorist. I’ve tried to provide proof of what is going on in the real world. It’s up to you whether you want to believe it or not and whether we let it happen….

 

[marsh]

(France - watch the pattern)

French Conservatives Slam Push By Macron's Deputy To Legalize Voting For All Foreigners In Municipal Elections​

By John Cody of Remix News

A deputy for Emmanuel Macron has put forward a radical constitutional bill aiming to grant voting rights to all foreigners in French municipal elections, with the move earning harsh criticism from conservatives who warn the entire country’s future faces dire consequences if such a bill passes.

Sacha Houlie, founder of Youth With Macron movement, arrives at the Elysee Palace for Emmanuel Macron's inauguration as French President, Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Paris

Currently, only foreigners residing in France from the European Union have the right to vote in these types of elections. However, Sacha Houlié, an MP in the French city of Vienne for Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party — which was recently rebranded from La République En Marche! (LaREM) — says foreigners should not only be able to vote but also run for elected office.

“This recognition is long overdue. However, we owe it to those who have often and for a long time participated in the dynamism of our society,” said Houlié, who also denounced what he said is the “discrimination between two categories of foreigners.”

Politicians from the conservative and right-wing political groups are heaping criticism on the proposed change to the country’s voting laws.

“I will oppose this project with all my might,” warns Eric Ciotti, a deputy from Nice for Les Republicans and candidate for the presidency of his party.

Marine Le Pen’s party was also quick to slam the bill.

“While (Interior Minister) Gérald Darmanin agitated the media over the (failed) expulsion of an Islamist, the Macronists quietly tabled a bill for the right to vote for foreigners, that is to say the final seizure from the French of their country. They will find the RN on their way!” wrote Jordan Bardella, the president of National Rally (RN).

The move to allow non-EU foreigners to vote in French elections has long been advocated by the left, including former President Hollande. Left-wing parties, which almost uniformly promote mass immigration across the West, have long seen replacement immigration as a means towards securing permanent electoral majorities. For example, data from the last election shows that 85 percent of Muslims ended up voting for Macron, showcasing why his party may be so interested in converting more foreigners into a stronger voting bloc. This strategy from the left seeks to offer as many voting access opportunities to foreigners, including non-citizens. Laws, such as the one advocated by politicians in Macron’s party, have been seen in cities like New York. However, a judge there recently ruled that the law was illegal.

There are signs that Macron himself is not necessarily onboard with the idea, at least not yet, with his own interior minister coming out against it.

“The minister of the interior is firmly opposed to this measure,” said an official working for Minister Gérald Darmanin.

Even if the text were to be adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate as it currently reads, the journey to becoming law would still be long because the proposed constitutional law would still have to be adopted by a national referendum.

 

[marsh]

“Cash Free” Central Bank Digital Currency Roll Out Coming in December?

Editor's Note: Mac Slavo's article below may seem "unhinged" to those who are not familiar with Central Bank Digital Currencies or

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“Cash Free” Central Bank Digital Currency Roll Out Coming in December?​

If you think this could never happen, you haven't been paying attention. Between the WEF, World Bank, the Fed, and the Biden-Harris regime, it seems everyone with power wants it to happen.

BY MAC SLAVO August 15, 2022

Editor’s Note: Mac Slavo‘s article below may seem “unhinged” to those who are not familiar with Central Bank Digital Currencies or who have dismissed them as something that can never happen in America. First and foremost, they can and almost certainly will happen. The only question is whether they will be rolled out this year, next year, or beyond. It is incumbent on everyone who has a voice to speak to get ahead of this. They are already in the process of selling it subtly to the American people, but in the near future they will turn from subtle to overt. If we’ve learned anything the last two years, it’s that nothing can be dismissed as “that can’t happen in America.” Here’s Mac…

The endgame is to total control of the slaves with a cash-free system. Those at the top will fully control a central bank digital currency or CBDC, and once they roll it out, it’s game over for the slave class.

Executive Order 14067 signed by Joe Biden gives the ruling class the power to create CBDCs, distribute them at will, take them from you when they want, and just shut it off if you do something they don’t like.

Famous Author if the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki has called this executive order “communism in its purest form,” encouraging Americans to “stay awake.”

But this is beyond communism. This is permanent and overt slavery. They are no longer hiding it. We are not free and they intend to make it permanent. It would behoove everyone to listen up and stand together to oppose this and refuse to participate. Choosing the CBDC is literally choosing to be slave.

Before we were lied to and propaganda was used to make sure we thought we were free. This is overt, and in our faces now.

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.” -Frank Zappa

Kiyosaki called President Joe Biden’s signed executive order “the most treasonous act in U.S. history” and he isn’t the only one speaking out against it. Jim Rickards, another economist, investor, and former CIA official is calling it a step toward the end of cash. Rickards has four decades of experience on Wall Street. The new “digital tokens” can be “turned off” if the government doesn’t like what you are doing.

Be ready, because this is the slavery we have been warning is coming. Not that we aren’t slaves now, but this is the complete abandonment of the illusion.

Prepare for “C-Day” which is coming on December 13th of this year.

The Endgame: Central Bank Digital Currency

Rickards criticized CBDC and labeled it as “Bitcoin’s Evil Cousin.” He also exposed the supposed singular event called C-Day, which according to him, will take place on December 13, 2022, and will disrupt the traditional financial systems in the U.S.
He said when what he calls “C-Day” happens, paper money would be worthless and the U.S. dollar would crash. He further added that consumer spending and access to basic needs would also be restricted, and people holding too much money would be penalized. –WND

“Thanks to Section 4 of Biden’s Executive Order 14067, calling for urgent research into developing the digital dollar, I believe the U.S. dollar, the standard of the world since 1792 … will be REPLACED by a new currency, the digital dollar,” Rickards said. But this has been in the works for a long time. It’s all a part of the plan. They even tried to desensitize the world to this during the COVID-19 scamdemic claiming COVID spread on coins and cash:

This literally is good for NO ONE except those who create the currency and want power over everyone else. “I call the digital dollar ‘Biden Bucks’ because I want him to take full credit for what I consider to be crimes,” says Rickards. “This is not like the money in your online bank account …

No, this is new and different. Every digital dollar will be a programmable token, like bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. But there’s a big difference … Cryptocurrencies are decentralized digital currencies. Instead, if it plays out the way I see it … Biden Bucks will have the full backing of the U.S. Federal Reserve. They will REPLACE the cash (‘fiat’) dollar we have now. And will soon be the sole, MANDATORY currency of the United States.”

If you haven’t realized that government is slavery yet, it is probably a good time to get on the right side of history. This new CBDC “will begin an era of total government control and surveillance,” Rickards stated according to WND. “This is not hyperbole. This would dramatically expand the power and influence of the federal government … essentially acting as a new type of ‘spyware.’ With Biden Bucks, the government will be able to force you to comply with its agenda. Because if you don’t, they could turn off your money.

This won’t be like freezing a bank account, it will be so much easier.”

This is not fear-mongering either. “It’s just Executive Order 14067. Biden signed it on March 09, 2022 – “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America.”

So, Constitution lovers, have you figured it out yet? It’s just a piece of paper.

Biden is just one guy that signed a piece of paper. It’s our belief it has power that’s keeping us from being free. You are running out of time.

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.” -Lysander Spooner

 

[marsh]

The Hill to Die On › American Greatness

Growing up in our house, Election Night was like the Super Bowl. We would stay up late into the night watching the returns. The 2020 election was no different. That night, I watched Donald Trump take…

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The Hill to Die On
This country was founded as a middle finger to tyranny and it’s about time we got back to those roots.

By Lauren Farrell
August 14, 2022

Growing up in our house, Election Night was like the Super Bowl. We would stay up late into the night watching the returns. The 2020 election was no different. That night, I watched Donald Trump take state after state with ease. Then I watched as votes started to fluctuate, barely trickled in, and then, with only a handful of states to go, I watched as counting was halted altogether. A sinking feeling crept over me as I witnessed things I had never seen in my life.

The media, the Left, and RINOs like to say that these “feelings” about Trump stem from a cult-like devotion to him. It couldn’t possibly be that for years, prior to the election, we observed an unprecedented witch hunt against him. Neither could it be that I, like many others, watched as states halted their counts under the flimsiest of circumstances. It certainly looked odd. Almost two years on, Americans still question—with evidence—whether or not the 2020 election was rigged.

But polite people are not supposed to mention it. America, we are supposed to believe, is far too civilized for cheating. That’s for Third World countries and communist regimes, not us. Right?

They’ve taken gaslighting to a whole new level.

And now, with last week’s raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, I felt that sinking feeling again. They are expecting us to believe that a raid that was authorized by a judge who had previously represented Jeffrey Epstein’s staff isn’t fishy? At what point does objecting to such “coincidences” stop being labeled conspiracy-thinking and start being recognized as a true representation of corruption?

What we have seen over the last year and a half, with hundreds of Americans locked up for a faux “insurrection,” sends a clear message of intimidation from the Justice Department, the FBI, and this administration. They are showing the American people what happens when they don’t conform.

We are in dangerous territory. Whether you like Trump or not, these are obviously abnormal times. Even if we take Trump and the mass media hysteria surrounding him out of the equation and just look plainly at the number of people being censored for opinions, the extreme gun bills being advanced, the planned hiring of 87,000 IRS agents, the FBI classifying the Betsy Ross flag as a symbol of militant violent extremists, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recognize our country. Is this the America that once was?

This goes far beyond Trump. He is simply the one being used to bring their contempt for us and the things we want politically into the light. The ocean of corruption in our government has been building like a massive tidal wave for decades and many are just now seeing it.

The economist Martin Armstrong writes about The 224 Year Cycle of Political Change. No matter how an empire begins, Armstrong argues, it always results in a dictatorship. We allow this cycle to continue because we let parties and issues divide us instead of focusing on government overreach. Do you think it is an accident that one of our founding principles was limited government or that George Washington himself was opposed to the people dividing themselves into separate political parties? Washington knew that if we fought among ourselves over petty partisan differences it would authorize those in office to increase their power over us.

There comes a time when one realizes all that is at stake. Then one must decide to put aside the petty issues and focus only on the truly important ones. Our founders knew that freedom of speech and the right to bear arms were the only way to achieve true freedom from tyranny. That will never not be true. For me, these two issues—the First and the Second Amendments—are the hills I’m willing to die on.

It is no coincidence that these two amendments are attacked relentlessly every day in our country. If they fear what we will say and fear our ability to defend ourselves their motives can only be impure.

Between now and November, be prepared for the Left to pull out all the stops. These are desperate times for those in power because they are realizing the stronghold they once held over the American people is weakening. Trust in the media is the lowest it’s ever been. The scourge of inflation, coupled with the obvious corruption of our governing elites, leaves us with the perfect storm where people cannot help but be energized.

As we have discovered, voting is not enough. Activists in Arizona knew there was much more to do this year and decided to hold drop box tailgate parties during their primary to curb the temptation for the Left to commit fraud. This is just one way to be more involved. Become a poll watcher. Become a poll worker. Get creative. But more than anything do not be complacent, do not give up. Now is the time to be resilient and energized.

This country was founded as a middle finger to tyranny and it’s about time we got back to those roots. As Americans we have to stop waiting for someone else to fix our problems. We have to be courageous enough to be our own saviors. Individually, it is your responsibility to play a bigger role—if not for yourself then for the future of your children and the future of America. Do not let complacency be our downfall.

 

[marsh]

(Canada)

Our Food Supply Is Under Attack | Druthers - IrnieracingNews 27:37 min

Our Food Supply Is Under Attack | Druthers - IrnieracingNews​

irnieracing Published August 14, 2022 7 Views

Food Crisis: Food related manufacturing facilities continue to burn, regardless of the cause, poultry continues to be culled at an alarming rate, water is cut off for California farmers, fertilizer and diesel exhaust fluid shipments are capped, and grocery prices skyrocket, just remember, there’s a cheaper, creepy crawly alternative coming to a grocery store near you if it isn’t already there. Bon appétit! By Michelle Zeh @DRUTHERS

 

[glennb6]

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oh no, not larva fat

 

[marsh]

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A parasitological evaluation of edible insects and their role in the transmission of parasitic diseases to humans and animals

From 1 January 2018 came into force Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, introducing the concept of “novel foods”, including insects and their parts. One of the most commonly used ...

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Published online 2019 Jul 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219303
PMCID: PMC6613697
PMID: 31283777

A parasitological evaluation of edible insects and their role in the transmission of parasitic diseases to humans and animals (edited see website for complete article)

Abstract
From 1 January 2018 came into force Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, introducing the concept of “novel foods”, including insects and their parts. One of the most commonly used species of insects are: mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), house crickets (Acheta domesticus), cockroaches (Blattodea) and migratory locusts (Locusta migrans). In this context, the unfathomable issue is the role of edible insects in transmitting parasitic diseases that can cause significant losses in their breeding and may pose a threat to humans and animals. The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the developmental forms of parasites colonizing edible insects in household farms and pet stores in Central Europe and to determine the potential risk of parasitic infections for humans and animals.

The experimental material comprised samples of live insects (imagines) from 300 household farms and pet stores, including 75 mealworm farms, 75 house cricket farms, 75 Madagascar hissing cockroach farms and 75 migrating locust farms.

Parasites were detected in 244 (81.33%) out of 300 (100%) examined insect farms. In 206 (68.67%) of the cases, the identified parasites were pathogenic for insects only; in 106 (35.33%) cases, parasites were potentially parasitic for animals; and in 91 (30.33%) cases, parasites were potentially pathogenic for humans. Edible insects are an underestimated reservoir of human and animal parasites.

Our research indicates the important role of these insects in the epidemiology of parasites pathogenic to vertebrates. Conducted parasitological examination suggests that edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals. According to our studies the future research should focus on the need for constant monitoring of studied insect farms for pathogens, thus increasing food and feed safety.

Introduction
The growing demand for easily digestible and nutritious foods has contributed to the emergence of new food sources in agricultural processing. Edible insects are one such category of under-utilized foods with a high nutritional value [1]. Insects are farmed for direct consumption and for use in the production of foods and feeds [2]. The concept of “novel foods”, including insects and their parts, has been introduced by Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, which came into force on 1 January 2018.

The growing popularity of exotic pets has also increased the demand for novel foods. However, edible insects are often infected by pathogens and parasites which cause significant production losses [3]. These pathogens also pose an indirect threat for humans, livestock and exotic animals.

The majority of insect farming enterprises in the world are household businesses, and in Europe edible insects are rarely produced on a large scale. In European Union, entomophagy is rare, and it is regarded as a cultural taboo [4]. More than 1900 species of insects are considered to be edible. The most popular edible insects include mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) [5], house crickets (Acheta domesticus) [4], cockroaches (Blattodea) [6] and migratory locusts (Locusta migrans) [4].

Mealworms are beetles of the family Tenebrionidae. Adult beetles are generally 13-20 mm in length, and larvae have a length of around 30 mm. During their short life cycle of 1-2 months, females lay around 500 eggs. One of the largest mealworm suppliers in the world is HaoCheng Mealworm Inc. which produces 50 tons of live insects per month and exports 200,000 tons of dried insects per year [7]. Mealworms are used in human and animal nutrition, and they are a popular food source for exotic pets, including reptiles and insectivores. The nutritional value of mealworm larvae is comparable to that of meat and chicken eggs [8]. Mealworms are easy to store and transport. They are abundant in highly available nutrients and are regarded as a highly promising source of feed in poultry and fish breeding. Mealworms can also be administered to pets and livestock [4]. The popularity of mealworms consumption by humans is on the rise especially in Europe. Mealworms effectively degrade biological waste and polystyrene foam [9]. The most common mealworm parasites include Gregarine spp., Hymenolepis diminuta and mites of the family Acaridae. Mealworms are model insects in parasitological research [10–12].

The house cricket (A. domesticus) has a length of up to 19 mm, and its life cycle spans 2-3 months. It is a source of food for reptiles, amphibians and captive bred arachnids, including spiders of the family Theraphosidae. House crickets are consumed by humans in powdered form or as protein extracts [13, 14]. Whole crickets are consumed directly in Thailand [1]. These insects are frequently infested by Nosema spp., Gregarine spp. and Steinernema spp.

Cockroaches of the order Blattodea include the German cockroach (Blattella germanica), American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), Cuban burrowing cockroach (Byrsotria fumigata), Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), speckled cockroach (Nauphoeta cinerea), Turkestan cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis) and oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis). Cockroaches can live for up to 12 months, and the largest individuals reach up to 8 cm in length. Cockroaches are increasingly popular in human nutrition, and they are a part of the local cuisine in various regions of the world [15].

Migratory locusts are members of the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera. Insects have up to 9 cm in length and live for up to 3 months. Locusts are consumed by amphibians, reptiles and humans, mainly in Africa and Asia. Locusts contain up to 28% protein and 11.5% fat, including up to 54% of unsaturated fats [16]. Nosema spp. and Gregarine spp. are the most prevalent locust parasites [17].

The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the developmental forms of parasites colonizing edible insects in household farms and pet stores in Central Europe and to determine the potential risk of parasitic infections for humans and animals.
experimental material comprised samples of live insects (imagines) from 300 household farms and pet stores, including 75 mealworm farms, 75 house cricke

Results​

Prevalence​

Parasitic developmental forms were detected in 244 (81.33%) out of 300 (100%) examined insect farms. In 206 (68.67%) of the cases, the identified parasites were pathogenic for insects only; in 106 (35.33%) cases, parasites were potentially parasitic for animals; and in 91 (30.33%) cases, parasites were potentially pathogenic for humans.

Nosema spp. spores were detected in 27 (36.00%) cricket farms and 35 (46.67%) locust farms. The presence of Cryptosporidium spp. was observed in 12 (16%) mealworm farms, 5 (6.67%) cricket farms, 13 (17.33%) cockroach farms and 4 (5.33%) locust farms. Forty-four (58.67%) mealworm farms, 30 (40.00%) cricket farms, 57 (76%) cockroach farms and 51 (68.00%) locust farms were infested with Gregarine spp., including Steganorhynchus dunwodyii, Hoplorhynchus acanthatholius, Blabericola haasi, Gregarina blattarum, G. niphadrones, Gregarina cuneata and Gregarina polymorpha. Isospora spp. were detected in 7 (9.33%) mealworm farms, 4 (5.33%) cricket farms, 9 (12.00%) cockroach farms and 8 (10.67%) locust farms.

Eleven (14.67%) mealworm farms, 13 (17.33%) cockroach farms and 9 (12.00%) locust farms were infested with Balantidium spp. including B. coli and B. blattarum. The presence of Entamoeba spp., including E. coli, E. dispar, E. hartmanii and E. histolytica, was determined in 9 (12%) mealworm farms, 14 (18.67%) cockroach farms and 4 (5.33%) locust farms.

Seventeen (22.67%) cockroach farms were colonized by Nyctotherus spp., including N. ovalis and N. periplanetae. Tapeworm cysticercoids, including Hymenolepis nana, H. diminuta and Raillietina spp., were detected in 9 (12%) mealworm farms, 3 (4%) cricket farms, 4 (5.33%) cockroach farms and 3 (4.00%) locust farms. Nematodes of the order Gordiidea colonized 6 (8.00%) cricket and locust farms. Hammerschmidtiella diesigni was detected in 35 (46.67%) cockroach farms.

Steinernema spp. was identified in 22 (29.33%) cricket farms, and Pharyngodon spp.—in 14 (18.67%) locust farms. The presence of Physaloptera spp. was observed in 4 (5.4%) mealworm farms, 2 (2.67%) cricket farms, 9 (12.00%) cockroach farms and 7 (9.33%) locust farms. Five (6.67%) mealworm farms and 7 (9.33%) cockroach farms were infested with Spiruroidea.

Thelastomidae spp. was detected in 10 (13.33%) cricket and locust farms. Thelastoma spp. was identified in 58 (77.33%) cockroach farms. Acanthocephala were observed in 2 (2.67%) mealworm farms and 3 (4.00%) cockroach farms. Two (2.67%) cockroach farms were infested with Pentastomida.

The presence of Acaridae, including house dust mites, was observed in 35 (46.67%) mealworm farms, 15 (20.00%) cockroach farms and 7 (9.33%) locust farms. In the group of samples collected from mealworm farms, Cryptosporidium spp. were noted in 37 (12.33%) samples, Gregarine spp. were detected in 99 (33.00%) samples, Isospora spp.—in 12 (4%) samples, Entamoeba spp.—in 12 (4.00%) samples, Balantidium spp.—in 14 (4.67%) samples, cysticercoids—in 18 (6.00%) samples, Pharyngodon spp.—in 10 (3%) of samples, Physaloptera spp.—in 15 (5.00%) samples, Spiruroidea—in 6 (2.00%) samples, Acanthocephala spp.—in 2 (0.67%), and Acaridae in 80 (26.67%) samples. In the group of samples collected from cricket farms, Nosema spp. were identified in 74 (24.67%) samples, Cryptosporidium spp.—in 5 (1.67%) samples Isospora spp.—in 8 (2.67%) samples, Gregarine spp.—in 72 (24.00%) samples, cysticercoids—in 4 (1.33%) samples, Physaloptera spp.—in 4 (1.33%) samples, Steinernema spp.—in 11 (3.67%) samples, and nematodes of the order Gordiidea—in 19 (6.33%) samples. In the group of samples obtained from cockroach farms, the presence of Cryptosporidium spp. was determined in 89 (11.87%) samples, Gregarine spp.—in 236 (31.47%) samples, Isospora spp.—in 16 (2.13%) samples, Nyctotherus spp.—in 57 (7.60%) samples, Entamoeba spp.—in 34 (4.53%) samples, Balantidium spp.—in 35 (4.67%) samples, cysticercoids—in 4 (0.53%) samples, Pharyngodon spp.—in 20 (2.67%) samples, Physaloptera spp.—in 23 (3.07%) samples, Spiruroidea—in 14 (1.87%) samples, Thelastoma spp.—in 270 (36.00%) samples, H. diesigni—in 143 (19.07%) samples, Acanthocephala spp.—in 5 (0.67%) samples, Pentastomida spp.—in 5 (0.67%) samples, and Acaridae—in 29 (3.87%) samples. The following parasites were identified in locust farms: Nosema spp.—in 125 (16.67%) samples, Cryptosporidium spp.—in 13 (1.73%) samples, Gregarine spp.—in 180 (24.00%) samples, Isospora spp.—in 15 (2.00%) samples, Entamoeba spp. in 9 (1.20%) samples, Balantidium spp.—in 14 (1.87%) samples, cysticercoids—in 15 (2.00%) samples, Physaloptera spp.—in 17 (2.27%) samples, Steinernema spp.—in 31 (4.13%) samples, nematodes of the order Gordiidea—in 7 (0.93%) samples, and Acaridae—in 31 (4.13%) samples. Detailed results of the parasitological examination have been placed in Table 1.

(See website for the rest of this nasty report)​

 

[marsh]

oh no, not larva fat

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqtsgH_wnn4
.29 min

 

[marsh]

Greyerz - This Global Collapse Will Be Like Nothing Seen Before Featuring Economic Disintegration, War And Riots - King World News

The man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE and historic moves in currencies and metals warned King World News that this global collapse will be like nothing seen before featuring economic disintegration, war and riots.

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Greyerz – This Global Collapse Will Be Like Nothing Seen Before Featuring Economic Disintegration, War And Riots Gold​

August 14, 2022

The man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE and historic moves in currencies and metals warned King World News that this global collapse will be like nothing seen before featuring economic disintegration, war and riots.

Each week Egon von Greyerz articles are published first on KWN
August 14 (King World News) – Egon von Greyerz, Founder of Matterhorn Asset Management (based in Switzerland): The world economy and especially the political and economic situation today consists of a potpourri of lethal ingredients which will have dire consequences.

Let’s look at what this deadly potion consists of:

• Debts at levels that can never be repaid – sovereign, corporate & private
• Epic global bubbles in stocks, bonds & property – all about to collapse
• Major geopolitical conflicts with no desire for peace – major wars likely
• Energy imbalances and shortages, most self inflicted
• Food shortages leading to major famine and civil unrest
• Inflation, leading to hyperinflation & global poverty
• Political and economic corruption in US, Europe and most countries
• No country will afford social security, medical or pension payments

So what are governments around the world doing to solve these problems.

Nothing of course.

The only thing they know is to print more money. They have never understood that a debt problem cannot be solved with more debt. All they can try to achieve is to pass the batten to the next leader so it will be his problem.

This means that all the political, economic and financial mismanagement of the past 50 years will result in a global collapse never seen before in history.

The consequences will be both dire and unpredictable since the world has no experience of this magnitude and complexity of problems.

So what are global leaders doing?

What is clear is that Western leaders will not assume any responsibility for the coming calamities…

Covid will obviously be blamed although there is a lot of evidence that it was manmade and could have been controlled with simple and cheap existing medicines. And all the lockdowns and restrictions have certainly had a bigger impact than the disease itself. Sweden for example virtually had no lockdowns or mask requirements and did not suffer more deaths than countries in total lockdown.

Special interests like Big Pharma clearly had the politicians in their hands. They had trillions of dollars to gain and nothing to lose since they are immune against any prosecution.

Anyway, it has happened and we can’t go back. The future will tell us if, as many scientists believe, the people’s immune system will have been severely weakened by the vaccines.

Secondly, the Russians will be blamed for the current global economic problems of inflation, energy shortages and decline of global trade. The fact that these problems started well before the Russian invasion of Ukraine is quickly forgotten.

WILL THE WAR DRUMS BECOME LOUDER?

Since 3600BC, governments have fought 14,000 wars against each other. As far as I am aware, there is no period in history without an important war.

At the end of the 30 year war, European nations tried to put a stop to unprovoked wars with the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia. The peace conference in Muenster involved 194 states. The start of the war in 1618 was the Protestant Bohemians rising against the Catholic Holy Roman Empire. The major opponents to the Roman Catholics were the Habsburgs supported by Sweden and the Netherlands. Spain and France were also involved in the war together with many other nations.

Interestingly, my two home countries benefitted from the peace. Sweden by virtue of being a major military power at that time gained substantial territories around the Baltic and Switzerland gained formal independence from Austria.

But the major result of the Westphalian peace treaty in 1648 was:

• National self-determination
• Precedent for ending wars through diplomatic congresses
• Peaceful coexistence among sovereign nations
• Acceptance of the principle of non-interference in the affairs of other nations if there was not a clear present danger to the aggressor.

Almost all wars in history have been between neighbouring countries. But in the 20th century the US changed that.

Without provocation and far from its borders, the US invaded Vietnam, Serbia, Iraq, Libya and Syria. So the 300 year old Westphalian principle of non-interference was properly buried by the US on multiple occasions. But not only did the US break this principle but also failed in each single one of the aforementioned conflicts.

One could of course argue that Japan broke the treaty first with the Pearl Harbour attack. But like all aggressors they claimed self defence against potential US interference in Japan’s ambitions in the Pacific.

The Russians will of course argue that they haven’t broken the Westphalian treaty since Ukraine historically has been part of Russia. In the Maidan revolution in 2014, a US inspired coup ousted the Soviet friendly Ukrainian leader and replaced him by a Western friendly leader. Since then Russia has always warned the West that it cannot accept being surrounded by an increasing number of NATO countries just like the Russian missiles on Cuba in 1962 directed against the US.



What we do know is that, sadly, wars are an integral part of history and as long as there are people on earth there will be wars.

The risk is that what now seems a local conflict in eastern Ukraine will become a major international conflict.

This is not a war between a small innocent country and a superpower. No this is a major conflict between the US and Russia. And since China has declared it is supporting Russia, this is a conflict between the three major superpowers in the world.

And since the US has coerced the EU to join in against Russia with weapons, money and sanctions, this is a conflict of major proportions.

GERMANY BITING OFF THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM
The lack of statesmen and strong leadership in the US and EU has created an absurd situation with the EU not just biting the hand that feeds them but actually biting it off totally.

With many European countries being dependent on Russian gas, oil, cereal and fertilisers, EU’s left hand doesn’t know what the right one is doing. Not only is this a human and economic catastrophe of major proportions but one which will have major implications for Europe for a long time. Germany used to be the economic and financial engine of Europe but is now on the way to becoming a basket case. But sadly they haven’t discovered it yet.

Scholz inherited ludicrous Marxist policies from Merkel. For example, to close down both nuclear energy and coal was always a recipe for disaster with no medium term viable alternatives. And her immigration policy will not only be economically ruinous for Germany but also lead to major social unrest.

The demographics of Germany is also another irreparable problem. With the lowest fertility rate in Europe combined with the highest life expectancy, Germany is entering a long term cycle of economic contraction.

Add to this that Germany has financed a major part of the Mediterranean EU countries’ woes through the Target2 transfer payment system.

As the Target2 graph shows below, the transfer payments to Italy of €596 billion, Spain €526b, to the ECB €358b, Greece €107b and Portugal €69b have been mainly financed by Germany to the extent of €1.2 trillion.



Add to that the balance sheet of the ECB which has grown more than 8X since 2004 to €8.7 trillion GRAPH and we can confidently state that the whole European Economic Community -ECB- has now become -EDC- or the Economic Debt Community.



It is clear that the old basket cases of Greece, Italy and Spain which were forced by Brussels to change leadership and to take on more debt are the immediate danger to the EU and the Eurozone.

If we just take Italy, their debt has doubled since 2000 to €2.7 trillion which at 150% of GDP means that the country is on the verge of bankruptcy.

But it is not only that Italy’s debt that has surged but even worse the cost of financing it. Since September 2021, 10 year Italian bond yields have gone up 6X from 0.5% to 3.4%.

This is obviously more than Italy can afford!



GREECE AND ITALY SHOULD LEAVE THE EU NOW
The head of the Bundesbank Joachim Nagel has made it clear that it would be fatal for the ECB to hold borrowing costs down for ill-disciplined Eurozone states. He declared that such action would be “treacherous waters”. So Italy and Greece can no longer expect subsidised rates from the EU.

Italy needs to roll over €300 billion of debt annually plus finance its annual deficit of €100 billion, a real Sisyphean task. When Germany was the rich uncle of the EU, these debt levels were tolerated just to keep this dinosaur from falling apart. But with the coming severe German economic downturn combined with insoluble debt and structural problems in all EU countries, the inevitable collapse of the European dream is now reality is I have predicted for over 20 years.

Politicians always learn too late that political dreams and economic reality are as far apart as heaven and hell. Had these politicians ever studied history, they would have learnt that all these illusions of grandeur always end not just in tears but in total collapse.

If I were in charge of Greece and Italy I would quickly default on the debt and create new Drachmas and Liras. That would give these countries a short term relative advantage rather than to sink in the general quagmire of the EU at a later stage. If they stay in the EU, Brussels will force Greece and Italy to take on more debt and impose unacceptable conditions. No country will ever repay their debt anyway or be in a position to finance it so better to run for the exit now rather than to wait for the EU’s total collapse.

So with Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain all having their problems, so does Macron in France. Having lost a working majority, he can no longer afford to be arrogant and will find it hard to reduce the French budget deficits, a condition to get German agreement for joint debt issuance.

So the EU and the Euro is now entering a final chapter. Like all political monstrosities, the fall will take a number of years. Brussels and government leaders in especially Germany and France will remain on the barricades for a long time although everything around them will fall apart. The only thing that could precipitate the fall is a debt default by the ECB when investors instead of buying the worthless debt paper will use it for fuel as they have ran out of energy sources.

The only problem is of course that the debt is electronic and therefore unsuitable for burning- Hmmm.

US INFLATION
Going across the pond, the US elite has never hated someone more than Trump. They tried all they could during his reign and now he is the first ex-president who is being raided by the FBI.

The US regime shot themselves in the foot with the sanctions against Russia. The Russians are still selling their energy to Germany, China, India, etc, and instead the suffering parties are the US, Europe and the rest of the world with high inflation and energy shortages.

With already high support for the Republicans and Trump, this raid is likely to have the opposite effect of the one desired by the regime. How many times can you shoot yourself in the foot before it really hurts?

UN AGENDA 2030 – THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
This UN programme, supported by Schwab and the WEF (World Economic Forum) was always going to fail.

Starting in 2016, bureaucrats with no understanding of the real economy created this programme signed by 194 nations. There are 17 admirable but unrealistic goals like No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health, Clean Energy, Climate Action, etc.

Today almost half way into the programme, every single goal is hopelessly behind schedule with no chance of achieving the target.

How could anyone believe that 194 nations could jointly achieve these 17 goals when not even one single country can do it?

More about Agenda 2030 and Schwab’s attempt to take over the UN in a later article.

(See Website for the rest of the article)

 

[marsh]

(Germany)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1559141954843287553

View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1559141954843287553
.39 min

(Netherlands)

 

[StarryEyedLad]

Coming soon to a drive-thru near you...



I'll pass!

 

[marsh]

Michael Yon@MichaelYon
August 14, 2022


UK Energy Crisis — Death Spiral Symptoms
14 August 2022
Holland
Mind Dump, sans edit

Many symptoms here. Let’s shoot to a couple main points.
In crisis such as looming famine, government nearly always blames farmers, or something else besides their own policies.

For instance, blaming Putin for energy prices and conveniently forgetting the years wasted not building other sources such as nuclear. Let’s just forget years of not buying batteries at the grocery store, and blame Putin when our flashlight dies. And conveniently forget that much of Europe pushed for war with Russia. I see Ukrainian flags all over the place. Putin can make a phone call that destablizes at least a dozen if not many dozens of countries just by squeezing energy exports.

View: https://youtu.be/sx83n5C-IMo
10:15 min

 

[marsh]

Zerohedge

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A Horrifying Drought Is Causing Widespread Crop Failures Throughout The US And Europe

MONDAY, AUG 15, 2022 - 01:25 PM
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

We really are reaching a major crisis point. Thanks to soaring fertilizer prices, insane weather patterns and the war in Ukraine, global food supplies have been getting tighter and tighter. So we really needed a banner year for agricultural production in both the United States and Europe in 2022, and that is not going to happen. In fact, unprecedented drought is absolutely devastating crops all over the northern hemisphere. A lot of people are complaining about how high food prices are right now, but just wait. If some sort of a miracle doesn’t happen, agricultural production is going to be way below expectations in both the United States and Europe, and that is going to have very serious implications for 2023.

Let me start by talking about the nightmare that is starting to unfold in Europe.

According to CNN, it is now being projected that farmers in Italy have lost “up to 80% of their harvest” because the drought has become so severe…

In Italy, farmers in some parts of the country have lost up to 80% of their harvest this year due to severe weather anomalies, the Coldretti farming association said Thursday.

How are those farmers going to survive?

Many farmers in France are facing similar losses because they have only been receiving a fraction of the rainfall that they normally get…

In France, where an intense drought has hammered farmers and prompted widespread limits on freshwater use, there was just 9.7 millimetres (0.38 inches) of rain last month, Meteo France said.

That was 84 percent down on the average levels seen for July between 1991 and 2022, making it the driest month since March 1961, the agency added.

Crop failures in France would be a really, really big deal, because France is normally “the fourth-largest exporter of wheat” in the entire world…

France is the fourth-largest exporter of wheat and among the top five exporters of maize globally. Poor harvests due to drought may heap further pressure on grain supplies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused global shockwaves.

The situation in Germany is also extremely dire.

It is being reported that things are already so bad that some sections of the Rhine River have dropped to dangerously low levels…

Germany’s most-important river is running dry as Europe suffers through a drought that is on course to become its worst in 500 years, with terrifying wildfires burning once again in France.

Water levels in the Rhine – which carries 80 per cent of all goods transported by water in Germany, from its industrial heartlands to Dutch ports – are now so low that it could become impassable to barges later this week, threatening vital supplies of oil and coal that the country is relying upon as Russia turns off the gas tap.

Of course the U.S. is dealing with severe drought too.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, about half of the nation is experiencing some level of drought at this moment, and we are being told that the ongoing megadrought in the Southwest is the worst in 1,200 years.

Things are particularly bad in Texas. If you can believe it, Dallas just had a stretch in which they had no measurable rain at all for two straight months…

The daily highs in Dallas have been 95 degrees or higher for three straight weeks, much hotter than normal for this time of year. The Dallas-Fort Worth area has even more problems amid an extreme drought going as far back as May 17. One hundred percent of Dallas County is in an extreme drought, while 21 percent of the whole state is experiencing exceptional drought — the most intense category of drought — according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

A 67-day stretch with no measurable rain came to an end in Dallas on Wednesday when 0.41 of an inch of rain fell. That was the second-longest dry streak at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The standing record was 85 consecutive days that spanned much of the summer of 2000.

The lack of moisture has been crippling for the state’s absolutely massive agriculture industry. There are 247,000 farms and ranches in Texas, and nearly all of them are deeply suffering right now…

The drought pressing Texas’ agriculture industry — which is responsible for 10 percent of the state’s gross domestic product — is pushing farmers and ranchers to the brink. The state’s 247,000 farms and ranches covering 127 million acres haven’t had a whole year of rain since 2017. Almost 24 million of Texas’ population lives in drought-facing areas.

As of the first of August, less than 1 percent of the state was not facing some level of drought or abnormal dryness.

At this point, conditions are so dry in Texas that many ranchers have been forced to “panic sell” their herds. For much more on this, please see my previous article entitled “Ranchers Are Selling Off Their Cattle In Unprecedented Numbers Due To The Drought, And That Has Enormous Implications For 2023”.

Other states in the Southwest are also being hit extremely hard by this drought.

Over in Utah, the size of the Great Salt Lake just continues to get smaller and smaller due to the relentlessly dry conditions…

The warm arid desert in the West certainly had its fair share of the summer heat. Salt Lake City International Airport recorded a high of 100 degrees on July 28, marking the 16th day that month of triple-digit temperatures and breaking the previous record of 15 in July 1960. Last month, the city tied its record for the hottest recorded temperature of 107 degrees for the fourth time, according to NOAA weather data. The other occasions on which the mercury rose to 107 in Salt Lake City were in June 2021, July 2002 and July 1960. Record-keeping began there in 1874.

That intense heat hasn’t just made the residents of Utah sweat though — it has also magnified the ongoing megadrought, which has contributed to the dire state of the Great Salt Lake. Between July 2021 and 2022, the average daily water level of the lake dropped by about one foot, a historic low, and is expected to fall even farther.

There have always been times of drought all throughout history, but in modern times we have never seen the United States and Europe simultaneously experience such a severe drought for such an extended period.

For years I have been warning that we are moving toward a time when global famines will become quite common, and widespread crop failures throughout the western world this year would greatly accelerate that process.

We are being told that a child dies every 11 seconds from malnutrition.

But as food supplies get tighter and tighter, global hunger is going to get far, far worse than it is now.

In 2023, there simply is not going to be enough food for everyone.

I hope that you are getting prepared for that, because next year is just around the corner.

 

[marsh]

(EU)

Shocking Footage Reveals Rhine's Dried Up Riverbeds As Water Levels Continue To Fall | ZeroHedge

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Shocking Footage Reveals Rhine's Dried Up Riverbeds As Water Levels Continue To Fall​

MONDAY, AUG 15, 2022 - 09:40 AM

Water levels on Germany's Rhine River continued to decline Monday, hitting a new threshold as an extended period of dry weather exacerbated Europe's energy-supply crunch. Falling water levels have also revealed shocking photos of partially dried riverbeds that would make the Rhine impassible at certain points, according to Euronews.

"The current water levels on the Middle and Lower Rhine are currently at an exceptionally low level for this time of year," the Rhine Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA), said in a statement. "They are the result of the lack of precipitation in recent weeks and months."

Levels at Kaub, a narrow and shallow point of the river west of Frankfurt, Germany, fell to 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) on Monday and could hold those levels through Thursday.



The Rhine is one of Europe's most important inland waterways for the transport of fuel and other industrial goods. Many shippers find it uneconomical to operate barges past Kaub when water levels drop below 40 centimeters (15.7 inches).



As of Monday, it wasn't clear how the drop to 30 centimeters at Kaub would affect river traffic. We noted last week at least one German shipper said barge operations would be halted -- and this would impact the flow of industrial goods, especially coal used for power generation.

Last week, we pointed out the top companies exposed to falling water levels that would disrupt barge traffic, implying they would have to resort to trucks or rail to transport goods.



Not all barge traffic has been halted, and some shippers have dramatically reduced cargo sizes on vessels to improve draft to navigate shallow parts of the river -- this has caused barge transport prices to skyrocket.

It's distressing enough to see data on the Rhine's water levels dropping, but actually seeing footage is reveals just how much impact it's going to have on transport networks for Germany to move around commodities and goods.





Kaub's reading is just 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) from 2018's record low of 25 centimeters (9.9 inches), which then caused the waterway to close and unleashed an economic downturn in the EU's largest economy. The same is likely to happen and possibly be much worse as a persisting energy crisis amplifies the downturn.

 

[marsh]

Arizona 'Has Had Enough,' Starts Stacking Shipping Containers in Border Wall Gaps

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered 60 double-stacked shipping containers to be placed in border fence gaps near ...

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Arizona ‘Has Had Enough,’ Starts Stacking Shipping Containers in Border Wall Gaps​

By Charlotte Cuthbertson

August 12, 2022 Updated: August 13, 2022

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered 60 double-stacked shipping containers to be placed in border fence gaps near Yuma, the state’s busiest illegal border crossing area.

The containers will be reinforced with concertina wire at the top, according to the governor, who issued an executive order for the work to begin on Aug. 12.
“Arizona has had enough,” Ducey, a Republican, said in a news release.

“We can’t wait any longer. The Biden administration’s lack of urgency on border security is a dereliction of duty. For the last two years, Arizona has made every attempt to work with Washington to address the crisis on our border.”

Contractors started placing the shipping containers on Aug. 12 and expect to complete the 1,000-foot gap in the border wall on Aug. 14. It’s expected to cost $6 million.

The stacked shipping containers will reach about 22-feet high and will be linked together and welded shut, Ducey said. The existing border wall constructed during the Trump era is 30-feet high.

Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector have experienced the largest spike in apprehensions along the southern border since President Joe Biden took office.

During fiscal year 2022, minus three months still to be reported, border agents have arrested more than 162,700 illegal crossers, according to Customs and Border Protection data.

In fiscal 2021, the total was more than 184,500, while in fiscal 2020 Border Patrol agents apprehended just over 8,700 illegal crossers.

A Border Patrol agent organizes illegal immigrants who have gathered by the border fence after crossing from Mexico into the United States in Yuma, Arizona, on Dec. 10 2021. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)

Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls declared an emergency in his city on Dec. 9, 2021, due to an overwhelming influx of illegal aliens.

During that influx, the local 911 dispatch center was tied up for hours with calls from illegal aliens asking for transport, food, and clothing, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot told The Epoch Times.

Nicholls said Yuma—which has nearly 100,000 residents—doesn’t have the resources to handle the thousands of people now crossing.

“The surge of migrants the federal government has allowed to trek over the border has the grave potential to greatly impact and strain our community,” Nicholls said on Aug. 12 in a press release. “Washington must send a clear message that this is not the way to immigrate to our country.”

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly said the “border is closed.”

Contractors begin stacking shipping containers in border fence gaps near Yuma, Ariz., on Aug. 12, 2022. (Courtesy of Arizona Governor’s office)

Border Wall Halted​

Biden halted all border wall construction the day he took office on Jan. 20, 2021.

“It shall be the policy of my Administration that no more American taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall,” Biden’s executive order states.
Millions of dollars of unfinished border wall materials have lain in the deserts of Arizona since.

A report by Senate Republicans issued in July 2021 states that the construction stoppage is costing taxpayers $3 million per day.

The senators who produced the report estimated that the administration has spent between $618 million and $708 million on contractors between Jan. 20, 2021, and July 15, 2021, and will ultimately spend up to $1.2 billion more to exit the border wall projects.

Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines welcomed the shipping container wall.

“National security starts with border security. Biden’s border crisis deteriorates daily while the White House is silent,” he said in a press release. “Border communities like Yuma bear the burden of a broken border while narcotics poison our youth, human smuggling rises and mass amounts of migrants wear on our nonprofits.”

Illegal immigrants walk toward the border fence to wait for Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico into the United States in Yuma, Arizona, on Dec. 10 2021. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)

Term-limited as governor, Ducey has pledged to support GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, who will face Democrat Katie Hobbs in on Nov. 8.
Lake has pledged to declare the border crisis an invasion on day one, should she win.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued an opinion on the invasion clause in the Constitution on Feb. 7.

“The on-the-ground violence and lawlessness at Arizona’s border caused by cartels and gangs is extensive, well-documented, and persistent. It can satisfy the definition of ‘actually invaded’ and ‘invasion’ under the U.S. Constitution,” the Brnovich opinion reads.

“The federal government is failing to fulfill its duty under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution to defend the States from invasion. The State Self-Defense Clause exists precisely for situations such as the present, to ensure that States are not left helpless.”

As commander-in-chief for Arizona, Ducey has the power to “engage in defensive actions within its own territory at or near its border,” according to Brnovich.

Ducey has stopped short of enacting his power to use the National Guard and militia forces in such a way.