Saturday, February 15, 2025

Cocksure Deputy Sheriff

 Global Townfolk,


​  Do watch 18 minutes of JD Vance ​addressing European military and political elites yesterday in Munich.
"There's a new sheriff in town" he sa​ys with steely eyes.
​  He went into the room like that one Texas Ranger with a Gatling gun, sent to disperse a crowd of striking workers... 
​Deputy JD Vance was unflinchingly, word-perfectly, aiming and shooting ​each and all of them in the face as he looked them ​directly in the eyes.
​  It is a bit disturbing. My words are not your own viewing of it.


  Foreign Policy says:  Vance Leaves Europe Gobsmacked
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a rebuke on immigration and alleged censorship to a shocked Munich Security Conference.
“A New Sheriff in Town”
  When Vance took the stage in Munich, most people were expecting him to hold forth on the topics that had animated the huddles and discussions around the venue leading up to his speech: European defense spending and the fate of Ukraine.
  But those subjects only got a passing sentence each. Instead, Vance spent the bulk of his 20 minutes on stage criticizing what he characterized as a European retreat from the West’s “shared democratic values” driven by excessive censorship of free speech.
  “The Cold War positioned defenders of democracy against much more tyrannical forces on this continent. Consider the side in that fight that censored dissidents, that closed churches, that canceled elections—were they the good guys? Certainly not, and thank God they lost,” Vance said.
​  “Unfortunately, when I look at Europe today, it’s sometimes not so clear what happened to some of the Cold War’s winners,” he added, before rattling off a list of examples aimed at illustrating his point: European Union officials’ threats to shut down social media “the moment they spot what they’ve judged to be ‘hateful’ content,” Germany’s raids on people posting misogynistic speech online, Sweden’s jailing of an activist who burned the Quran in public, and “safe access zones” around abortion clinics established in the United Kingdom.
​  For Europeans and others watching, Vance had a MAGA message: “In Washington, there is a new sheriff in town, and under [U.S. President] Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square,” he said, to scattered and hesitant applause—one of the few times he got any.
​  “Utterly, utterly frightening.” Several times in his speech, Vance singled out Romania, which late last year annulled its elections due to alleged Russian interference uncovered by Romania’s security services and is scheduled to hold them again. “You can believe it’s wrong for Russia to buy social media advertisements to influence your elections—we certainly do—you can condemn it on the world stage, even. But if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with,” he said.
​  The U.S. vice president also spoke at length about the alleged threat posed by immigration, a major right-wing talking point on both sides of the Atlantic that he described as the most “urgent” challenge the nations represented in Munich face“In England, they voted for Brexit—agree or disagree, they voted for it,” he said. “And more and more all over Europe, they’re voting for political leaders who promise to put an end to out-of-control migration.”
​  Most of the speech was met with stunned silence. “Gobsmacked” was a word used repeatedly in the aftermath, and SitRep overheard one attendee walking out of the Bayerischer Hof describe the speech as “utterly, utterly frightening.”
​  One senior European official, who spoke to SitRep on the condition of anonymity, said Vance “did something whilst being in Germany that Germans are pretty good at: Teaching lessons to others.”
​  Another official had far stronger words. “It was total bullshit. We don’t know what planet he is on,” the official said. “At least when we met Keith Kellogg, we could talk geopolitics,” they added, referring to Trump’s special envoy for Russia and Ukraine. “With Vance, we can’t even agree what a democracy is.”
​  Whither Europe? While Vance told Europe early on in his speech that “we are on the same team,” the more lasting impression appears to have been left by his final words: “Good luck to all of you, God bless you.”
​  Conversations we’ve been having with European officials in Munich over the last two days have betrayed deep concerns about the United States’ status as a reliable partner, even amid a recognition that Europe must do status as a reliable partner, even amid a recognition that Europe must do more for its own defense. ​  “A stronger Europe works with the United States to deter the threats we have in common as partners, and this is why we believe that trade wars and punitive tariffs make no sense,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said onstage to loud applause earlier in the day, a veiled swipe at Trump’s Thursday move to slap reciprocal tariffs on all U.S. trading partners.
​  Vance, who took the stage right after her, didn’t mention trade at all.
 But his speech drove home a key message for former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. “If that wasn’t a wake-up call for Europe, I don’t know what is,” Landsbergis told Foreign Policy. “We have to get our act together and figure out how to manage our problems on our own.”​   
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/14/vance-speech-munich-msc-russia-ukraine-censorship-free-speech/

​  From Zero Hedge, also with video snippets:  European Leaders 'Horrified' After JD Vance Slams Censorship Laws To Their Faces
​  In his first major speech on the international stage, Vice President JD Vance criticized European leaders for allowing mass migration and extreme laws censoring speech, remarking that he worries more about Europe’s  “threats from within” than from external threats like Russia and China.
​  “While the Trump administration is very concerned with European security and believes we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine … the threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor,” said Vance.
​  “What I worry about is the threat from within – the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.”...​ Vance called them out for embracing authoritarian policies and using “ugly Soviet era words like misinformation and disinformation” to enact laws marginalizing populist voters.
​  As an example of Europe’s draconian attacks on on free speech, the veep cited a recent egregious case in Great Britain:  “A little over two years ago, the British government charged Adam Smith Conner, a 51-year-old physiotherapist and an Army veteran, with the heinous crime of standing 50 meters from an abortion clinic and silently praying for three minutes, not obstructing anyone, not interacting with anyone, just silently praying on his own,” Vance recounted. “After British law enforcement spotted him and demanded to know what he was praying for, Adam replied simply, it was on behalf of the unborn son.”
​  Vance said the man was “found guilty of breaking the government’s new buffer zone law which criminalizes silent prayer and other actions” that could influence a woman’s decision to have an abortion within 200 yards of an abortion clinic. The man ended up having to “pay thousands of pounds to the prosecution” for praying.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/european-leaders-horrified-after-jd-vance-slams-censorship-laws-their-faces

​  Larry Johnson,  JD Vance Gobsmacks NATO
If Pete Hegseth’s Wednesday gut punch was not enough to rile up the European grifters, JD Vance jumped into the ring and did a body slam in a speech today at the opening of the Munich Security Conference. It lasted approximately 20 minutes and was met with mostly stony silence. The Eurocrats were not a happy lot. Vance made the following key points:
​  Internal Threats: Vance argued that the primary threat to Europe comes “from within,” not from external actors like Russia or China.
Free Speech: He accused European governments of censoring free speech and retreating from fundamental democratic values.
​  Immigration: Vance described immigration as the most “urgent” challenge facing European nations.
European Defense: He briefly mentioned that Europe must significantly enhance its own defense capabilities.
​  Ukraine Conflict: Vance touched on the Ukraine war, expressing hope for a “reasonable settlement” following President Trump’s announcement about initiating peace talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.​..
​..Let me remind you that it was precisely the leaders of EU countries—German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande—who not long ago openly admitted that they never actually intended to implement the Minsk agreements, despite previously assuring the world otherwise. Their official position now is that the Minsk agreements were merely an attempt to rearm Kyiv and “buy it time.”
​  In other words, they pretended to be working in good faith on the Ukrainian issue while actually engaging in a harmful charade.
​  The problem is not just that they lied—everyone is used to that by now. The real issue is that they betrayed Europe’s interests, and this betrayal is one of the causes of the current tragedy.
​  The Minsk agreements became part of international law through their approval by the UN Security Council. This means they were legally binding.
Both Hollande and Merkel, as well as Italy’s leadership, knew this perfectly well then and understand it today. By violating international law—something they now openly admit—EU leaders became key accomplices in the catastrophe that unfolded in Ukraine. As a direct result of their actions, Europe now faces an armed conflict on its own continent. Had the Minsk agreements been implemented, Ukraine would have been saved, and at the same time, the current dire situation of EU citizens—whose well-being has significantly declined due to their leaders’ misguided, and at times outright criminal, decisions—would have been alleviated.
​  Looking even deeper, this was not only a personal betrayal by these leaders but also a reflection of the complete loss of independence in conducting a “sovereign” foreign policy. The European Union, as an integration bloc, and nearly all of its member states have become an extension of NATO, obediently following Washington’s directives. In this regard, the situation surrounding the sabotage and “investigations” of the Nord Streams is more than revealing.
​  Further confirming this is the vague comment from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about whether Putin’s phone call with Trump constitutes a “betrayal of Ukraine” by the West or not. Both the question and the answer are meaningless.
​  Let me repeat: The West betrayed Ukraine when it obstructed its democratic transition and independence, interfered in its internal affairs, pitted Ukrainians against Russians, incited Slavs against Slavs, then initiated an unconstitutional coup, lied about implementing the Minsk agreements, and ultimately provoked a bloodbath in the region.“​   
https://sonar21.com/jd-vance-gobsmacks-nato/​ 

​  Rachel Marsden, Trump ejects from the Ukraine joyride, leaving the EU screaming in the backseat
Western European leaders are having a meltdown because shutting them out from talks is the only way to peace
​  Its leaders cribbed America’s talking points, completely oblivious as they indulged in economic seppuku.
​  The EU’s entire economy-wrecking “strategy” over Ukraine was based on the fantasy that they were America’s little bro, not being used as naive pawns in a grand game that would knock them right off the chessboard. If Washington had picked peace over profit from the start, the closest thing that the Euroclowns would have seen to a military confrontation with Russia in Ukraine would have been playing Sergeant Savoir-Faire back home, armed with a map of the nearest coffee shops and a five-course lunch.
​  And now the previously unthinkable has happened. The jig is up on Biden’s ridiculous scam of vowing to do “whatever it takes” for Ukraine to beat Russia on the battlefield – mainly by dumping cash into US weapons which miraculously get lost en route to the frontlines after the cheque clears.​   
https://swentr.site/news/612724-trump-ukraine-european-leaders/

​  Before he talked to JD Vance...  Zelensky names only Russian he will talk with
The Ukrainian leader says he is ready to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin once Kiev and its Western backers have a “common plan”​   https://www.rt.com/russia/612747-zelensky-will-only-meet-putin/

​  Zelensky completely disheartened after conversation with Trump — expert
According to Mikhail Pavliv, this most likely indicates that the new administration in Washington, along with the demand for elections, "is prepared to declare the Verkhovna Rada as the only legitimate authority in the country"​   
https://tass.com/world/1913229

​  Zelensky will only sign away Ukraine's mineral wealth for security guaranties, if not from the US, then from the EU, which lacks 100,000 soldiers for the deal. Not stated is that China is already building rare-earth processing facilities in Novorusssia.  No Agreement On Rare Earths After First Rounds Of US-Ukraine Talks In Munich   https://www.eurasiareview.com/15022025-no-agreement-on-rare-earths-after-first-rounds-of-us-ukraine-talks-in-munich/

​  2/14/25  Chernobyl Nuclear Sarcophagus Hit By Drone; Ukraine Blames Russia
​  Overnight, a drone carrying high explosives struck the nuclear sarcophagus covering the melted-down Reactor at the nuclear disaster site of Chernobyl.  That cement sarcophagus seals-in the ongoing radiation leak from the destroyed Reactor inside.
​  Ukraine immediately blamed Russia, saying they found the engine from a "Russian Shahed Drone" at the explosion site.
A small fire at the explosion impact site was quickly put out.   There is no Radiation leak from the explosion.
​  This comes just one day after the US made clear Ukraine cannot be in NATO, and US troops will NOT enter Ukraine as part of any peace plan.
​  It seems clear to most learned observers that Ukraine, the European Union, and in particular the UK, are now engaging in efforts to actually cause a radiation leak, so as to declare NATO Article 5, collective self defense, and FORCE an actual war between NATO and Russia.​   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/chernobyl-nuclear-sarcophagus-hit-by-drone-ukraine-blames-russia

​  Russia claims Ukrainian soldiers massacred all but 1 male in Kursk village
Ukrainian forces “used them as a human shield,” mocked them and killed them​   
https://rmx.news/russia/russia-claims-ukrainian-soldiers-massacred-all-but-1-male-in-kursk-village/

​  Ukrainian forces boobytrap wells in Kursk border area, four people reported injured
According to Rodion Miroshnik, some of the injured still remain hospitalized​   
https://tass.com/politics/1913677

​  More than 50,000 people left without power due to Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on Zaporizhzhya TPP
The Ministry of Energy of Zaporizhia Oblast reported that on the night of February 13, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an artillery strike on the Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant (TPP). No one was hurt, but the power equipment was critically damaged. As a result, more than 50,000 subscribers lost power.​  
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7499217?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp


​  Simplicius, pessimistic about peace, has the most entertaining wrap-up:  Munich Bloodbath Ruptures Western Order Wide Open
  It’s been another whirlwind day as the Munich Conference finally took off. The theme of the show was the epic confrontation between the US and European deep state, as represented by various comprador mouthpieces.
​  But before it could even kick off, Zelensky felt the need to spritz on a little false flag for added effect, to make sure the tension of Russia’s imagined ‘threat’ can color the proceedings. And so, a ‘mystery drone’ was sent to hit the infamous Chernobyl reactor, piercing the sarcophagus shelter...
​..Humorously, Arestovich just days ago foresaw that leading up to the Munich conference, Zelensky would predictably send a drone to hit either the “Kremlin dome” or a “nuclear power plant” for the obvious effect...
​..Speaking of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, he blankly admitted his only purpose was to extract mineral concessions and obtain US ‘securities’ from Ukraine​. ​ [I suspect Bessent made Zelensky an offer-he-could-not-refuse]...
..The most devastating rumor of all—though there’s no corroboration to it yet—came from Ukrainian Rada MP Max Buzhansky, who claimed that (presumably secret) ‘proposals’ will be voiced in Munich to give Russia not only Ukrainian territory it currently controls, but even that which it does not...
​..The obvious insinuation here is that the West is possibly considering Putin’s true proposals for a ceasefire, which include things like the full territories of Kherson and Zaporozhye. After all, Vance hinted something strange when he said that the deal would “shock” a lot of people...
​..There is simply no getting around the fact that Trump and the US do not have the power—at the moment—to deliver Putin’s full demands list. And Putin almost certainly will not water down the demands about demilitarization, deNazification, and the four regions which have already constitutionally joined the Russian Federation.​  https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/munich-bloodbath-ruptures-western 

  Gilbert Doctorow makes an important point.  What a difference a couple of days make in our appreciation of the Trump White House!
​  The shake-out in German domestic politics is yet to come, hopefully at the ballot box on 23 February. It appears that after his speech to the Security Conference, Vance had meetings with both Alice Weidel of the Alternative for Germany and with Friedrich Merz of the Christian DemocratsIf that should result in the formation of a new governing coalition in Germany, then the entire political orientation of Europe will be directed away from suicide and towards healthy realism.​   https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/what-a-difference-a-couple-of-days

  Helping AfD:  Scholz calls for state of emergency in Germany
The chancellor has spoken in favor of relaxing the constitutional ‘debt brake’ mechanism to continue supporting Ukraine​   https://swentr.site/news/612726-germany-scholz-wants-state-emergency-ukraine/ 

​  JOE ROGAN: “The (Deep State) cant conspire right now because their phones are tapped. The power that the Government has to look into people’s emails, their phones, their texts, their signal, their everything — the idea that they’re not doing that if they’re not in the middle of a trillion dollar fraud investigation is ridiculous. They also have to worry about people taking deals. There’ll be some people that squeal. So you don’t know who’s your enemy and who’s your friend and you go to lunch with someone and they’re wearing some button camera and now you’re f**ked. So they’re not united right now. This is why it’s working and they’re able to release all these information and people are in this hot panic right now.”​   https://revolver.news/2025/02/joe-rogans-take-on-the-current-deep-state-panic-is-pretty-darn-interesting/

​  Senior Hamas leader says Israeli ceasefire violations aim to continue genocide through other means
Hamas politburo member Ismail Radwan tells Mondoweiss that Israel's violation of the ceasefire's humanitarian protocols "attempts to achieve what it could not achieve through its criminal war of extermination" in Gaza.​   https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/senior-hamas-leader-says-israeli-ceasefire-violations-aim-to-continue-genocide-through-other-means/

‘It’s a second birth for me’: sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners released as ceasefire deal hangs by a thread​   https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/its-a-second-birth-for-me-sixth-batch-of-palestinian-prisoners-released-as-ceasefire-deal-hangs-by-a-thread/

​  Humiliating King Abdullah on camera was crude. No other heads of state will visit.  Malaysia, Egypt reject Trump's plans to displace Palestinians in Gaza
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim discusses latest developments in Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/malaysia-egypt-reject-trumps-plans-to-displace-palestinians-in-gaza/3482824

​  From the UK, no less:  ‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan
Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’​   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/rabbis-ad-trump-gaza-plan

​  Family describes Israel's 'cold-blooded murder' of pregnant daughter in West Bank's Nur Shams
Her mother, Mona, had prepared a crib for the baby and laid out clothes for the parent's to use. The crib is now empty, eternally.
​  With tears that seem endless, Mona Shalabi, the mother of Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, a pregnant woman killed by the Israeli army last Sunday in the occupied West Bank's Nur Shams camp, described to The New Arabs the horrific details of her "cold-blooded murder".
​  Sondos, who was in the eighth month of her pregnancy, didn't pose any danger to the Israeli soldiers, her family said, and was simply seeking to help her injured husband.
​  Three bullets ended her life, and her dreams of being a mother for the first time, because her unborn baby, Saif, also died with her. Her husband, Yazan, remains injured and d​id not know at that moment they were both dead.  ​ https://www.newarab.com/news/family-describes-israels-murder-pregnant-daughter-wb

​  'Bulldozer tore everything apart': Israeli invasion expands in Jenin
Inside the refugee camp itself, where Israeli military vehicles now patrol a dirt road, entire rows of houses have been demolished.​   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-bulldozer-tore-everything-apart---israeli-invasion-expands

  "Mutt & Jeff Routine":  Israel Preparing Preventive Strike on Iran's Nuclear Facilities – WP
​  Experts interviewed by the newspaper said there was a widespread belief in Israel that the October bombing of Iran had seriously weakened the Islamic Republic's air defenses, leaving it vulnerable to further attacks.
​  The author of the article, however, stipulates that the US under Donald Trump is leaning towards the need to conclude a deal with Iran in order to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. In any case, this is precisely what the head of the White House said in a recent interview with Fox News.
​  However, as noted in the publication, if Iran delays signing the relevant agreement too much, Washington’s position may change.​   
https://en.topcor.ru/56635-izrail-gotovit-preventivnyj-udar-po-iranu-wp.html

​  Esprit de Corps; They will prevail:  DOGE Workers 'Energetic And Dug In' Despite Threats
“The young DOGE engineers seemed surprised and initially unprepared to be personally targeted by so much animus,” one source familiar with DOGE’s operations, speaking on the condition of anonymity as they were unauthorized to speak to the media, told The Epoch Times. “But they are energetic and dug in.”​ ...​  DOGE aims to deliver $2 trillion in federal spending cuts during its 18-month lifespan. It ends in 2026 on the 250th anniversary of July 4th, 1776.​  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doge-workers-energetic-and-dug-despite-threats-source

Eruption In "BleachBit," "Wipe Hard Drive," "Offshore Bank" Searches In DC Suggest Deep State Panic Mode​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/eruption-bleachbit-wipe-hard-drive-offshore-bank-searches-dc-suggest-deep-state-panic

​  El Gato Malo,  DOGE due diligence at treasury​  "adventures in hide the ball" and other fun lawfare
​  Did you know that since 1946 no president nor any of his appointed staff of secretaries up to and including the treasury secretary has had access to the US government’s payment system?  None. nada. zilch. ​It’s one big opaque black box to which the executive branches executives have been barred.
​  This is past shocking. ​This is surreal.  It’s also astonishingly explanatory and gives amazing insight into “how we got to here.”
​  Payables are the record. when you due diligence a company, once you decide you might be interested, this is where you start. you look at every​thing that goes out and you match it to bank statements. ​It’s DD 101. Any first year investment banker, auditor, or accountant knows this. ​It’s so obvious that the idea that someone might not do it at trillion dollar scale with a ​Pentagon whose $2000 hammers cannot hammer out any semblance of a passing audit grade beggars belief and the fact that it has not been done by the US government for 79 years threatens to make beggars of us all.​  
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/doge-due-diligence-at-treasury

​A lot of money passes through...  DOGE Descends On IRS As Musk Prepares To Audit Agency   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doge-descends-irs-musk-prepares-audit-agency

A Weaponized FBI: It's Real, Whistleblowers Testify, Boasting Scars To Prove It​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/weaponized-fbi-its-real-whistleblowers-testify-boasting-scars-prove-it

​  Baby?  Bath-water?  Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
The order also blocks acting CF​PB Director Russ Vought from taking steps to defund the agency.​   
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/judge-halts-cfpb-firings-00204464

  ​She's supposed to "uphold laws and the constitution"​, subject to interpretation:  Tom Homan Refers AOC to DOJ for Investigation​  
President Donald Trump's Border Czar, Tom Homan, accused New York Democrat Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of impeding U.S. immigration law enforcement efforts after she was caught advising illegal aliens on how to avoid deportation.​   https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2025/02/14/tom-homan-refers-aoc-to-doj-for-investigation-n4936976#google_vignette

​It's not so bad, but it's embarrassing:  First Photo Of USS Truman Carrier Shows Extensive Damage After Collision With Tanker   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/first-photo-uss-truman-carrier-shows-extensive-damage-after-collision-tanker

It's easier than making it work, right?  Is DOGE Going to Kill the F-35?​   https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2025/02/14/is-doge-going-to-kill-the-f-35-n4936978

​No purchase of bulletproof trucks, then? "Biden's" idea?   Trump admin cancels $400 million Tesla deal made under Biden   https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/video-trump-admin-cancels-400-million-tesla-deal-made-under-biden/

​  Trump to Strip Federal Funding From Schools That Mandate COVID Vaccines
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to defund schools, universities and other education agencies that require COVID-19 vaccines for students and staff. The order directs HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the secretary of Education to create a plan to end the mandates.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/trump-executive-order-defund-schools-covid-vaccine-mandates/

Louisiana To End Mass Vaccine Promotion, Surgeon General Announces​  https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/louisiana-end-mass-vaccine-promotion-surgeon-general-announces

​They don't even feel sick... Horrifying!   Bird Flu has been silently spreading from infected animals to veterinarians​   https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/bird-flu-has-been-silently-spreading-from-infected-animals-to-veterinarians/#google_vignette

​  It's a wholesome idea with obvious problems:  ABLECHILD: Kennedy’s Wellness Farms: Potential Home for “Exit Plans” from Psychiatric Medications
​  So, for AbleChid’s purposes, Kennedy’s desire to make available to the public options for getting off prescribed drugs sounds like a legitimate concept, especially because the nation is now going into its second decade of what is being called a “mental health crisis.” The “crisis,” many would argue, is the excessive number of Americans being drugged for behavior modification.
​  What is unique about Kennedy’s “wellness farms” is that the lawyer and author will attempt to use tax revenue from legalized marijuana sales. So, those people smoking dope will actually be contributing to getting people off illegal and legal drugs. That’s an ironic concept that Kennedy believes would rely on peer-to-peer support and behavioral solutions.
​  For example, part of the wellness farm program would include addicts at drug free rehabilitation farms where addicts would learn farming, including livestock, tractors and machine maintenance and repair. A day in the life on a wellness farm also would include meditation, 12-step programs, and yoga. But the bottom line is that no drugs and medications would be allowed on property.​   
https://joehoft.com/ablechild-kennedys-wellness-farms-potential-home-for-exit-plans-from-psychiatric-medications/

​Everything should finally be studied:  Kennedy Says Trump Wants Study of Abortion Pills, Which Have Killed Dozens of Women and Injured Thousands   https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/14/kennedy-says-trump-wants-study-of-abortion-pills-which-have-killed-dozens-of-women-and-injured-thousands/

This is a huge problem:  PAGING MAHA: The Turbo Cancer Emergency Continues   https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/paging-maha-the-turbo-cancer-emergency

  This proposed law probably needs to be written differently:  Two Democratic State Representatives in Ohio have introduced legislation that would see men fined for ejaculating if they don’t intend on having a baby.
​  Democratic State reps Anita Somani and Tristan Rade brought forward the bill which they’ve named the ‘Conception Begins at Erection Act’.
Ohio 19 News reports that Men would be charged with a felony under the law if they engage in unprotected sex without the intent of impregnation.​   
https://modernity.news/2025/02/14/democrats-introduce-legislation-to-fine-men-for-ejaculating/

​Can we learn to understand Humpback nursery-rhymes?  Whale Song Reveals Eerie Similarities to Human Speech, Scientists Find   https://www.sciencealert.com/whale-song-reveals-eerie-similarities-to-human-speech-scientists-find


Singing in the Shower (took this picture of Jenny with blossoming Anna Apple Tree)



Friday, February 14, 2025

Scandalous Speech

 Scandalized,


​  Russia and US to hold ‘high-level’ meeting in Munich – Trump​   Ukrainian representatives are “also invited,” the US leader added
​  The Munich Security Conference is taking place from February 14 to 16 in Munich, Germany. US Vice President J.D. Vance will lead the American delegation, and is expected to meet with Vladimir Zelensky. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the conference is an opportunity for American officials to “lay out a broad path forward” on Ukraine.
​  Meanwhile, US presidential envoy Keith Kellogg is reportedly expected to make it clear that the US has no intention of deploying troops to protect Ukraine and wants Washington’s European NATO allies to increase their defense spending.
​  Russian officials have not attended the Munich Conference since 2022, and Moscow has yet to confirm its participation this year or announce the composition of its delegation.​   
https://swentr.site/news/612680-russia-us-munich-trump/

  ​Alex Krainer has been on this for a long time, but his book got banned.  Why US-Russia relations matter more than anyone knew?
Hegel prophesized, that, America is the land where, in the ages that lie before us, "the burden of the World’s history shall reveal itself." Those ages have begun.
​  President Trump posted a statement on his TruthSocial platform that he had a "lengthy and productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia." Among other things, Trump stated that he and Putin, "each talked about the strengths of our respective Nations, and the great benefit that we will someday have in working together."​...
..Other commenters said that the US is dominated by the banking cartel of the Wall Street - City of London axis of evil, that these bankers hate Russia and will not allow friendly relations between the two powers to hold. Now we’re getting closer to “Mordor.” The role of the banking cartel has been critical in defining the US-Russia relations, reminding us once more of Lord Acton's statement that, "The issue that has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks."​...
..Trusting in the commonality of Russian and American interests, Putin has indeed maintained this attitude even in the face of disapproval on the part of many Russians. One Russian diplomat told Lev Alburt that, “In our government, there is only one man who still believes that Russo-American partnership is possible, and worth aiming for. Because that man is Vladimir Putin the rest of us follow.”
​  One possible reason why Vladimir Putin might believe in the commonality of U.S. and Russian interest is because he understood that the enemy that has had Russia in its crosshairs for over two centuries now, is the same system, or structure of power that has taken the American people and their government captive, squandering America’s wealth and destroying her prosperity in their drive to build a global empire. This enemy is the global financial oligarchy that has been able to impose control over most nations of the world through their system of money and credit and their central banking franchise.​..
..This very same financial oligarchy that took control of the Bank of England and set up the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., has today spawned a global central banking franchise that controls most of the world’s central banks. The ultimate owners of this system belong to the same dynastic oligarchy that has over the centuries supported multiple attacks on Russia, from Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), Crimean War (1853-1856), the Bolshevik Coup (1917), Hitler’s 1941 invasion, as well as the 1990s raid conducted under the guise of Shock Therapy transition...
..Perhaps he has resolved instead to build bridges of understanding and cooperation with Russia’s American friends and work together to rid both nations, and perhaps all of humanity, of the money changers for good. If this truly is Mr. Putin’s game plan, and if he finds in the United States true partners and allies in this struggle, we may be so fortunate to witness a new U.S.-Russian alliance.​   https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/why-us-russia-relations-matter-more

  ​Gilbert Doctorow,  J.D. Vance speech to the Munich Security Conference
​ I urge you to watch Vice President Vance’s speech to the plenary session of the Munich Security Conference earlier today. It was surely the most important speech given at this venue since Vladimir Putin delivered his lengthy criticism of United States hegemonic behavior and the monopolar world in 2007...
..Vance opened by saying that the biggest threat to Europe comes not from Russia or China or other external threats. It comes from within by the antidemocratic instincts and behavior of those in power, who trample free speech in the name of fighting ‘disinformation’ and show no respect for political opposition. His first point of reference was the scandalous overturning of the election results in Romania when the candidate who favors normalization of relations with Russia was said to have received illicit support from Moscow. Vance was directly criticizing the authorities in Romania who refused to accept the verdict of the people when it went against them, and also the authorities in Brussels and elsewhere in the EU who encouraged this anti-democratic behavior...
​..Vance’s point is that the military defense of Europe is pointless if the leadership in Europe does not respect the values of democracy and free speech, if it does not accept the validity of those voters who happen to have different interests from the ruling parties.​..
..In Germany the censorious behavior is seen in the ‘firewall’ of the centrist parties against the supposedly ‘extreme right’ Alternative for Germany party.​..  Germany can put up with Elon Musk campaigning in favor of the AfD for a month or two. If their democracy is so fragile that it cannot stand up to dissonant voices, then there is in effect no democracy to speak of, and nothing to defend by military forces.
​  Vance’s speech was brilliant, very well composed and delivered. The man has to be the very best Vice President of the United States since the days of the Founding Fathers.​..  It was remarkable to be treated to such brave words from a top American official in defense of the people against the authoritarian rulers in Brussels, in Berlin, in Paris.​  It is hard to see how the usurper Ursula van der Leyen and her whole team of people-haters will be able to hold onto power in these conditions.​   https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/14/j-d-vance-speech-to-the-munich-security-conference/

​  Putin-Trump summit on the way – Kremlin​.   Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has welcomed the US administration’s desire to reach peace in Ukraine
​  It is hard to overestimate the significance of the recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He also noted that the presidents have instructed their teams to lay the groundwork for the summit.
​  The call on Wednesday marked the first known conversation between the US and Russian leaders since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Trump has since signaled that he is “okay” with keeping Ukraine out of NATO and suggested that it is “unlikely” that Kiev could regain all of the territory it has lost to Russia over the past decade. Trump also noted that the presidents had exchanged invitations to visit each other’s countries...
..At the same time, Peskov would not confirm or deny Trump’s remarks that Saudi Arabia would host a summit between the two leaders. He also did not provide any timeline for a potential Trump-Putin meeting, or when Russian and American work groups could get down to negotiations.​   https://swentr.site/russia/612646-kremlin-prospects-trump-putin/

  February 13, 2025:  ​ Rare U.S. military jet arrival in Moscow sparks questions
A U.S. Air Force Gulfstream C-37B [SAM080/09-0525] recently landed in  Moscow, an event that has drawn significant attention due to the aircraft’s specialized role in transporting high-ranking government and Department of Defense officials, as well as diplomatic delegations.​   https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/13/rare-u-s-military-jet-arrival-in-moscow-sparks-questions/#google_vignette

Trump refuses to call Ukraine an equal participant in peace talks​   https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/13/7498050/

Only Ukraine's Zelensky Can Negotiate With Putin, Must Avoid 'Capitulation': Macron​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/only-ukraines-zelensky-can-negotiate-putin-must-avoid-capitulation-macron

​  Ukraine says it won’t accept US-Russia peace deal reached without Kyiv
Zelensky said it was ‘unpleasant’ that Trump called Putin before talking to him, but tried to play down the significance of the move​   
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3298600/ukraine-says-it-will-not-accept-us-russia-peace-deal-reached-without-kyiv

High Explosive Drone Pierces Shell of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant At Very Moment Trump Pushes Ukraine Towards Peace   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/high-explosive-drone-pierces-shell-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-very-moment-trump-pushes

​ (Only Ukraine?)  Trump announces Ukraine meeting next week in Saudi Arabia
Contacts on the settlement of the military conflict in Ukraine will take place next week in Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump said. According to him, representatives of Ukraine will also take part in the meeting. He did not name a specific date or the composition of the meeting participants.​   https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7499192?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

​  (Not next week.)  Trump to meet Putin in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump will see his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for their first meeting since taking office in January.
​  Trump’s announcement came after an almost 90-minute phone conversation with the Russian leader, where they discussed in ending the nearly three-year Moscow offensive in Ukraine.
“We ultimately expect to meet. In fact, we expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there, and we’re gonna meet also probably in Saudi Arabia the first time
, we’ll meet in Saudi Arabia, see if we can get something something done,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.​..
..A date for the meeting “hasn’t been set” but it will happen in the “not too distant future,” the US president said.
He suggested the meeting would involve Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “We know the crown prince, and I think it’d be a very good place to meet.”​   
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590037/world

​Finances are dangerously bad and criminals won't get a say.  Musk Fraud Probes May Explain 'Urgency' of Trump-Putin Call on Ending Ukraine Crisis: Ex-DoD Analyst   https://sputnikglobe.com/20250212/musk-fraud-probes-may-explain-urgency-of-trump-putin-call-on-ending-ukraine-crisis-ex-dod-analyst-1121561787.html

  Zelensky will be forced to hold elections. His term is long expired.  Zelensky targets political opposition
The Ukrainian leader has implemented asset freezes and media gags against his potential rivals​   https://swentr.site/russia/612658-zelensky-personal-sanctions-rivals/

​Mostly bribed criminals...  Panic Grips European Leaders as EU Left Out of Trump-Putin Call   https://sputnikglobe.com/20250213/panic-grips-european-leaders-as-eu-left-out-of-trump-putin-call-1121563947.html

​  Trump wants a deal with Russia – but can he deliver?​   The two presidents have opened the door to dialogue, and the ‘Investors in War’ are nervous​   
Every face-to-face meeting between Trump and Putin during his first term was marked by strong personal chemistry and productive discussions on key global issues. However, each time Trump returned to Washington, those tentative diplomatic breakthroughs were undermined by a political establishment determined to preserve the narrative of a Russian threat.​   https://swentr.site/news/612654-trump-wants-deal-with-russia/

European NATO ‘fears cost’ of Trump’s Ukraine burden shift – FT​  Bloc members can’t realistically support Kiev without US help, an official has told the newspaper​   https://swentr.site/news/612641-eu-ukraine-burden-trump/

​  Vance Hits Back At Headlines On US Military Action As His Meeting With Zelensky Begins​ 
Just before going into his scheduled meeting with Ukraine's President Zelensky, Vice President J.D. Vance has pushed back against the international headlines which claimed he threatened military action against Russia if it doesn't take a deal to end the war, based on a Friday published WSJ interview.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vance-warns-us-could-use-sanctions-military-action-if-russia-doesnt-agree-end-ukraine

​I presume he got there.  Sec. of State Marco Rubio en route to Germany after plane suffers mechanical issue   https://abcnews.go.com/US/sec-state-marco-rubios-plane-germany-experiences-mechanical/story?id=118810447

​  DOGE subcommittee uncovers $2.7 trillion in improper Medicare, Medicaid payments
DOGE subcommittee reveals $2.7 trillion in improper payments since 2003, urging reforms to curb government waste.​   
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2528359/doge-subcommittee-uncovers-27-trillion-in-improper-medicare-medicaid-payments

​  Treasury Inspector General Launches Audit Of "Fraudulent Payments" Found By DOGE
The US Treasury's Department of Inspector General is launching an investigation into "alleged fraudulent payments" found by Elon Musk's DOGE team, and will analyze the past two years of transactions within the government's payment system.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/treasury-inspector-general-launches-audit-fraudulent-payments-found-doge

​  Evil NED:  Trump freezes all National Endowment for Democracy funding – media
The US president’s spending cut reportedly leaves the organization unable to pay staff and grantees​   https://swentr.site/news/612665-trump-freezes-ned-funding/

US govt paid Reuters millions for ‘social deception’ – Musk​   The billionaire claimed that the agency was running a “total scam” in plain sight​   https://swentr.site/news/612663-musk-reuters-funds-doge/

Biden’s EPA issued $20 billion in green grants. Now Trump’s administration wants that money back​   
https://apnews.com/article/green-bank-epa-zeldin-climate-clean-energy-191b394cda251ef772867369f61f07b7

​North Carolina could still use the help.  DHS ‘Clawed Back’ $59 Million FEMA Allocated to House Illegal Aliens   https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/12/dhs-chief-noem-clawed-back-59-million-fema-allocated-house-illegal-aliens-nyc-hotels/

Not clickbait, but a lot of good history on Elon Musk's critical relationships with the MIC:  The Pentagon is Recruiting Elon Musk to Help Them Win a Nuclear War   https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-recruiting-elon-musk-nuclear-war/289055/

Trump Tells Xi, Putin 'Let's Cut Military Budget In Half' - Says Russia Should Be Back In G7​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-russia-should-be-back-g7-tells-xi-putin-lets-cut-military-budget-half

​Meryl Nass MD noticed that...  MSNBC cut the feed for RFK, Jr's remarks at his swearing in ceremony--  The flailing of a dying network and a dying industry of fake news   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/msnbc-cut-the-feed-for-rfk-jrs-remarks

  Dr. Nass,  Trump makes RFK Jr. leader of presidential ‘MAHA’ commission to study chronic disease  https://merylnass.substack.com/p/trump-makes-rfk-jr-leader-of-presidential

​That document:  EXECUTIVE ORDER - Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/executive-order-establishing-the

This is likely to actually be important:  Trump asks Mel Gibson to clean up Hollywood, his response is perfect: ‘It’s REVENGE time'   https://revolver.news/2025/02/trump-asks-mel-gibson-to-clean-up-hollywood-his-response-is-perfect-its-revenge-time/

​  Trump & DOGE Fire Layoff Bazooka: Targets 200,000 Fed Workers On Probation​   
Thursday afternoon DOGE's crosshairs were aimed at probationary workers because they have fewer protections and no right to appeal. ​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-doge-fire-layoff-bazooka-targets-200000-fed-workers-probation

14 States Sue To Block DOGE From Uncovering Government Abuses, Slashing Waste​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/14-states-sue-block-doge-uncovering-government-abuses-slashing-waste

New "Task Force for the Declassification of Federal Secrets" Announced​   JFK Assassination and Covid Origin and Epstein Client List Oh My!​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-task-force-for-the-declassification

  ​Caitlin Johnstone,  The IDF Didn't Just Target Hospitals, They Destroyed Individual Medical Machines
Doctors Without Borders emergency coordinator Caroline Seguin reports that lifesaving medical equipment inside the hospitals in northern Gaza has been methodically destroyed, “smashed to pieces, one by one, to make sure no medical care could be provided anymore.”
​  “You have to ask: What is the motivation of such action? These machines are made to save people’s lives, mothers, fathers, children,” 
Seguin writes.​   
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-idf-didnt-just-target-hospitals

​  WATCH — Craig Murray: UN Peacekeepers Watch Civilians Massacred
What went wrong? Is this Srebrenica syndrome? The author probes UNIFIL Spokesman Andrea Tenenti about what happened in southern Lebanon on Jan. 26.
​  On Jan. 26, at least 22 unarmed civilians in southern Lebanon were shot dead by Israel and 147 wounded in a massacre observed by heavily armed U.N. Peacekeepers who did not intervene. I asked the U.N. the very hard questions which nobody else is asking them.
​  The civilians were simply attempting to return to their homes in accordance with both U.N. Security Resolution 1701 and the current ceasefire agreement, and indeed UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, has a specific mandate under 1701 to assist displaced people to return.​   
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/13/watch-craig-murray-un-peacekeepers-watch-civilians-massacred/

​  Israeli army tells Palestinians to leave their homes or die
Israeli occupation forces commandeered mosque minarets in Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and used the loudspeakers to demand all Palestinian residents of the camp immediately leave their homes ‘or die’.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250212-israeli-army-tells-palestinians-to-leave-their-homes-or-die/

2 Palestinians, including child, killed by Israeli gunfire, unexploded ordnance in Gaza​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250213-2-palestinians-including-child-killed-by-israeli-gunfire-unexploded-ordnance-in-gaza/

​  Israeli forces use UN agency health center as detention site in occupied West Bank: UNRWA
This is a new development in the blatant disregard for the inviolability of United Nations facilities,’ says UN agency for Palestinian refugees​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-forces-use-un-agency-health-center-as-detention-site-in-occupied-west-bank-unrwa/3481959

​   Hamas to release hostages on schedule, adhering to Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas also emphasized that during talks, its representatives stressed "the need to fulfill all conditions of the deal," especially the delivery of substantial humanitarian aid to Gaza​   https://tass.com/world/1912841

​  US awaits Arab plan for Gaza, Trump plan remains default option: Washington
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is giving Arab nations time to present a viable proposal for post-war Gaza, but for now, "the only plan is the Trump plan."
​  Speaking on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Rubio emphasized that while a ceasefire appeared to be holding, the key issue remained: "At some point, then you’ve got to figure out, okay, what happens with Gaza?"   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/us-awaits-arab-plan-for-gaza-trump-plan-remains-default-option-washington/3481813

​  Donald Trump has vowed that displaced Palestinians will not be allowed to return to Gaza under the U.S. plan for the region. As part of this, he is threatening to cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refuse to accept Palestinians.​   https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/trump-says-palestinians-wont-be-able-to-return-to-their-homes-in-gaza-under-his-plan/

​Hey, what's happening in Riyadh next week?    Saudi Arabia spearheads Arab scramble for alternative to Trump's Gaza plan   https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-arabia-spearheads-arab-scramble-083959751.html

  Prime real estate...  Former Turkish PM suggests that Gaza become Turkish territory
Turkiye's former prime minister suggests holding a referendum to see if the Palestinians would like Gaza to become autonomous Turkish land until the establishment of a Palestinian state.​   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/former-turkish-pm-suggests-that-gaza-become-turkish-territor

​  U.S. Aircraft Carrier COLLIDES with Bulk Carrier Vessel on High Seas
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) collided with the bulk carrier Besiktas-M off the coast of Egypt yesterday. The Pentagon reports that the collision "did not endanger the Harry S. Truman."​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/u-s-aircraft-carrier-collides-with-bulk-carrier-vessel-on-high-seas

American B-52 heavy bombers arrive in UK as tensions heat up in Middle East​   
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/american-b-52-heavy-bombers-arrive-in-uk-as-tensions-heat-up-in-middle-east/

​  Teens Who Eat Ultraprocessed Foods Have Lower Muscle Mass
Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) significantly increase the risk of low muscle mass, a key indicator of sarcopenia, by 60% in young and middle-aged adults. Teenagers consuming more UPFs have significantly lower muscle mass and lean body mass due to the lack of essential nutrients like protein.​   
​  UPF consumption is linked to various health issues beyond muscle mass reduction, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Studies show UPFs increase intramuscular fat accumulation independent of physical activity or body mass index (BMI), highlighting the impact of diet quality.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/teens-ultraprocessed-foods-lower-muscle-mass-cola/

  Sudden Infant Death syndrome, "Crib Death", is highly associated with infant vaccinations. Musk must know that by now.
'I was the one holding him': Elon Musk's ex-wife Justine knocks back his claim that he held their dying newborn son in his arms as he died
​  Justine Musk, with whom Elon shares five living children, wrote that it was she and not her ex who held their 10-week-old son Nevada in her arms as he was taken off life support.​ Nevada Alexander Musk, the couple's first child together, tragically died at just two-and-half months after a sudden infant death syndrome episode.​   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11478481/Elon-Musks-ex-wife-refutes-claim-held-dying-newborn-son-arms-died.html

​  State Lawmakers Embrace RFK Jr.’s Health Policies
Under the MAHA banner, state lawmakers are working to regulate candy and soda purchases under social welfare programs, remove fluoride from public water systems, roll back state vaccination requirements, and remove ultra-processed food from schools.​   https://scheerpost.com/2025/02/12/state-lawmakers-embrace-rfk-jr-s-health-policies/

​Slow Foodie (pictured recently after harvesting broccoli)


Thursday, February 13, 2025

So Now What

 Leaping Faithfully,


  There is a lot of danger in the endowment of any human with the powers and agency required to restructure a society, which is declining within a rigid and corrupted system, as the resources which feed the economy dwindle. The decline has become intolerable, and we don't know what plan-a was to be if Trump had not turned his head to look at a video display last July 13, but it was not going to make use of his talents. It may well have involved a kinetic world war...
  I suspect that plan-b, with Trump winning the presidency, had to be quickly negotiated under duress. Musk, and then the other tech oligarchs flocked to Trump. What is being offered is a technical solution to the vast divergence between real-economy and financial-economy, which will involve the admission of a lot of financial losses to create a match with reality. those financial losses will need to be "assigned" to asset-holders, and nobody wants to accept losses. 
  "Assets" are now seldom held in a legal sense, but remain held on trading platforms, while people buy and sell the rights to trade them and get paid dividends from them. In the case of a financial crash, the "owners" do not actually have ownership, but a form of claims. The super-senior claims, which get served first, are now held by the holders of derivatives-contracts, which is backwards and unjust, but the system would otherwise have a hair-trigger for crashing, as everybody tried to unwind their derivatives in a panic.
  Elon Musk's forensic-auditing A.I. is doing something in real time that was previously impossible on any time scale. It is doing this with the federal government spending. The arcane is revealed as illegal and poorly hidden, like the $600,000,000 Pentagon spending last year for "sushi". One must wonder about the specifics, but stopping it seems urgent.
  It appears that the financial economy is headed for part-2 of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, and that a technical resolution of this reckoning with forensic AI, and somewhat-fair assignment of properties and losses, is at least possible. The alternative is a really big war in a world of nuclear ICBMs, and now hypersonic bunker-busters with pinpoint accuracy, which can take out deeply buried elite bunkers.
  Since $2 trillion of graft and corruption money has been flowing out of the federal government, borrowed on our behalf for nefarious ends, it has been supporting much of the real economy, in ways nobody can really see, but it is money and it has been getting fed into the economy in channels which will now be cut. That is bound to crash the US, and global economy, in ways that we can't foresee. Perhaps the Forensic AI is mapping that now. It will still happen, though. 
  Crashes like this take about a dozen years to sort out and restructure an economy for health. There was the decline of high-quality coal after WW-1, which contributed to the decline of British alliances, such as Italy, when Newcastle couldn't provide them enough coal any more. Now energy resources are in terminal decline, and we have an elite class which has the hammer of killing-some-folks, which makes our world look like billions of targets to eliminate. Nuclear weapons can't be modulated, and destroy factories and pipelines, so variations on slow-poison are being tried, with some success. But, regular people have caught on. The herds are getting restless, so now what?
  What if there could be a meeting of dangerously endowed, powerful and competent elites to negotiate a mechanism to harmonize inflated financial claims to correspond with real physical economy, without the necessity of assumptions of economic growth. How could that be accomplished equitably enough to be more appealing than nuclear war to enough "stakeholder" elites? Is Musk's forensic AI worth a try in this predicament? Can it be downgraded to a problem?

  Celia Farber feels good again today. This is a good step, but the work has no end.  SENATE CONFIRMS RFK JR. FOR HHS SECRETARY
Despite Millions or Maybe Billions Of Black PR, Smear Campaigns, Lies, Slander, Bullying, Mockery, And On The Sweat, Blood and Tears Of Thousands Of Warriors, Over Decades— VICTORY!​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/senate-confirms-rfk-jr-for-hhs-secretary

  Steve Kirsch is also invigorated:  RFK Jr. confirmed: 52 to 48. The world is about to change forever.
The FDA and CDC will now be required to answer all the questions from the misinformation spreaders that they've been ducking all these years. What a glorious day.​   https://kirschsubstack.com/p/rfk-jr-confirmed-51-to-47-the-world

Federal judge allows Trump to push forward with buyouts for government workers after 75K accept offers​   https://nypost.com/2025/02/12/us-news/federal-judge-allows-trump-to-push-forward-with-buyouts-for-government-workers/

​  Gilbert Doctorow on Trump and Putin holding a wide-ranging summit without Europeans or Ukrainians:  Shock and awe: News of Donald Trump’s 90-minute phone conversation with Vladimir Putin
​  News of the 90-minute telephone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin came late in the day in Europe, but not too late for the Evening with Vladimir Solovyov show broadcast at midnight from Moscow...
​..Looking over the text on Truth Social, he pointed out that the language was diplomatic. Vladimir Putin was referred to as ‘President Putin.’ The words ‘aggressor,’ ‘unprovoked,’ and similar derogatory, propagandistic words used habitually during the Biden administration in relation to the Russian leader and his ‘full scale invasion of Ukraine’ were absent. Very importantly, Trump mentioned the cooperation of the United States and Russia in World War II. He called out the millions of Russians who died in the war as well as ‘many Americans,’ properly indicating who had paid the cost of fighting Nazism more fully.
​  Implicit in this was the notion that the two countries could have a cooperative relationship again today.
 Such a notion was further suggested by mention that their talks went well beyond the issue of the Ukraine war and also touched upon energy matters, the general situation in the Middle East, the Iran nuclear program and upon Artificial Intelligence.​..
..Solovyov pointed out that per Peskov’s summary President Putin had remained firm on Russia’s conditions for a peace, namely that the causes that lay behind the decision to invade, the need to revise the security architecture of Europe and to roll back NATO, be addressed...
..They found it to be very significant that Trump made no mention of the European allies, as if they do not exist
..Since Trump spoke of a visit to Russia that could take place in the near future given his wish to end the confrontation as soon as possible, perhaps they both had sketched 9 May on their agendas as the tentative date. After all, during his first presidency Trump had hoped to come to the Victory Parade in 2020 but was dissuaded from doing so by his advisors...​ From that speculation on dates, one panelist noted that perhaps the Chinese leader Xi could also show up in Moscow for the Parade, setting the stage for three-way parlays.​...
..Per the Russians Witkoff spent three and a half hours in talks with top Russian leadership and we may assume the talks were preparatory to what Donald Trump spoke about with Vladimir Putin yesterday.
​  One panelist noted that Trump’s talk with Putin also has to be linked with what U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier in the day within his introductory remarks to the Ukraine Contact Group in Brussels. The main points in this were: no to Ukraine joining NATO, no to Ukraine ever recovering its 2014 borders, no American troops participating in any ‘peace keeping force’ to protect Ukraine as part of the peace settlement, the idea that such a force should consist of both European and non-European member countries, no extension of NATO’s article 5 provisions to such a peacekeeping force, the division of labor between the United States and its European NATO allies whereby the USA will redirect its attention to China and the Far East while the Europeans look after their own defense for conventional warfare on their Continent and raise their own defense budgets from 2% to 5% to achieve that move up from its present dependency on the United States.​..
..I call attention to the contrast between the high sounding and reassuring words in which Hegseth wrapped his speech and the absolutely empty contents from the standpoint of his audience. The high-sounding words ‘Peace through Strength’ were repeated several times, but behind this façade was a vacuum that must have left his audience shocked. The overarching idea was that the Ukraine war is being handed over to the Europeans to pursue as they wish.​..
​..The United States evidently sees its division of labor with Europe to mean that the United States will continue to provide its ‘nuclear umbrella’ as a deterrent to nuclear attack but will no longer contribute to defense for conventional warfare as has been going on in Ukraine. The implication of this is that there will be a draw-down of U.S. forces across Europe.  The further implication is that when the Europeans understand they cannot on their own stand up to the Russian armies, then they will on their own understand that they have to make some accommodation with the Russians on Europe-wide security...
..It comes 11 days before the Germans go the polls in their federal elections, where the favored candidate to become the next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has been campaigning on a Cold War platform that Trump just shot to hell.​ There could have been no better boost to the chances of Alice Weidel and the Alternative for Germany than what Trump & Company did yesterday.​  https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/02/13/shock-and-awe-news-of-donald-trumps-90-minute-phone-conversation-with-vladimir-putin/
​  Trump's former adviser says Trump "has effectively surrendered to Putin"
​  Bolton stressed that "it is unconscionable to allow Russia to assault Ukraine’s sovereignty, recruit enemies like North Korea to aid in their fight, and then sell out the Ukrainians by conceding the loss of their territory and NATO security guarantees or membership".  
​  "By making these and others concessions before negotiations even started, Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin on Ukraine," he said.​   
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/13/7498077/

​  Kiev backtracks on Tulsi Gabbard claims
Ukraine’s ‘anti-disinformation’ center has admitted to spreading disinformation about the new US director of national intelligence​   
​  The news site Strana.ua reported in November that the CCD took down four of its bulletins mentioning Gabbard from social media, including one from April 2022 that described her as someone who “for several years, has been working for foreign audience for the Kremlin money.”
​  A June 2024 bulletin accused Gabbard of spreading disinformation about Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, and a February 2023 post claimed she was “espousing pro-Russian rhetoric,” according to the outlet.
​  On Thursday, the center admitted to past misjudgments concerning Gabbard,
 who has just been confirmed by the US Senate as the national intelligence director.​   
https://swentr.site/russia/612660-gabbard-ukraine-disinformation-center/

​  Alex Krainer is hopeful.  Is a Grand Bargain between US and Russia in the works? 
The Grand Bargain could lead to a complete overhaul of the global order.
​  We know that the Kremlin and many other powers including China, India and Iran are keenly interested in redrawing the Eurasian continent's security architecture and also improving global economic, financial and trade relations.
​  Since the post World War II period, these relations have heavily favored the Western world in general, but especially the United States
. As a result, the West will resist any real changes. However, judging by the statements of Trump's Secretary of State during his confirmation hearing last month, the current administration may have adopted a different approach.
​  Secretary Marco Rubio said that, "The postwar global order is not just obsolete - it is now a weapon being used against us. And all of this has led to a moment in which we must now confront the single greatest risk of geopolitical instability and of generational global crisis..." At the same time, one of Russia's leading intellectuals and an advisor to the Kremlin, Sergei Karaganov may have revealed the Russian thinking in stating that Russia's task was to help the United States transition to the new global order as peacefully and with the least disruption as possible.​   
https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-a-grand-bargain-between-us-and

European Leaders Freaking Out Over Trump-Putin Summit: 'Dirty Deal' For Ukraine​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/european-leaders-freaking-out-over-upcoming-trump-putin-summit-dirty-deal-ukraine

​  European leaders are freaking out at the speed at which Presidents Trump and Putin are headed toward a summit to talk Ukraine peace, following their 90-minute Wednesday phone call, the first known contact between the two since Trump took office.
​  Zelensky too is loudly demanding that nothing be agreed to without Ukraine's direct representation and input. He has also asserted that in any negotiations to end the war, Kiev's European allies must be at the table. Reuters has characterized a "scramble" to get a seat. Defense Secretary Hegseth's Ukraine bombshell of ruling out future NATO membership in statements yesterday have also left the Europeans reeling.
​  There's also Trump's blunt Monday words to Fox wherein he said of Ukraine, "They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday."​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/european-leaders-freaking-out-over-upcoming-trump-putin-summit-dirty-deal-ukraine

​  Trump Orders Reciprocal Tariffs, Will Also Respond To Value Added Taxes
​  As reported last night, Trump has officially signed an action on reciprocal tariffs, targeting all countries around the globe that have higher tariffs than the US. It appears that Trump has picked reciprocal in place of a inform tariff on all exports. That's just the start however: what is more important is that as we cautioned earlier, the US also appears set to retaliate against Europe's VAT buffer which could very well cripple the continent's exporters. Trump ordered his secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick to prepare the tariffs for implementation by April 1.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-imposes-reciprocal-tariffs-will-also-respond-value-added-taxes

​  Simplicius has a contrarian read:  Hysteria Ignites as Trump Throws Ukraine on the Third Rail​  Meltdown in the Atlanticist sphere ensues.
  If you read between the lines above, you’ll note Ukraine barely covered a fraction of the talk, which included artificial intelligence and a host of other geopolitical issues. Likewise, Trump’s guarded remarks in press statements afterwards also left much to be desired, for instance describing the only Ukraine-related ‘achievement’ of the talks being Putin acknowledging that ‘he would like to end the killing’.
​  This is the clear definition of reaching: Trump’s team is trying to sell the phone chat as a much larger leap of progress than it really was. The added declaration that Putin intends to meet Trump in Saudi Arabia was empty garnish, as no urgent date was set, and they were bound to meet at some point in the future anyway. The same goes for the timed release of “political prisoner” Mark Fogel, which was meant to dress up the occasion, to add grist to the narrative that Trump is making some big ‘headway’ with Russia—nothing of the sort; this is desperate trickery to mask the major failure of Trump’s braggadocio about swiftly ending the war.
​  In short: the talk was the perfunctory, basic exchange of pleasantries and customary political gestures, nothing more. If you read the actual quotes and soundbites from various Russian officials, it is clear that Russia is no closer to any real negotiations, and is merely indulging the US its moment in the limelight of ostensibly ‘leading the peace charge’. In fact, I believe Trump even said he offered Putin a temporary ceasefire, which was quickly swept under the rug after Putin declined.
​  I say the above because I was quite taken aback by the online reactions, particularly from well-known geopolitical cognoscenti, who have flown into premature declarations that the war is now officially nigh over, and the final performative phase of negotiations will proceed from here on out.​   
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/double-decker-special-hysteria-ignites

​  Russian SVR: Ukrainian intelligence plans to blow up a ship in the Baltic Sea and shift the blame onto Russia
​  Ukrainian intelligence agencies are planning to detonate a vessel in the Baltic Sea and shift the blame onto Russia, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated on February 11.
​  According to the SVR press bureau, the plan involves using Russian-made naval mines that Ukraine possesses to stage an explosion of a foreign vessel in Baltic waters. The incident would then be attributed to Russia.
​  Western and Ukrainian intelligence agencies believe that such an operation could pressure NATO leadership into restricting Russia’s access to the Baltic Sea under the pretext of ensuring maritime security.​   
https://eu.eot.su/2025/02/11/russian-svr-ukrainian-intelligence-plans-to-blow-up-a-ship-in-the-baltic-sea-and-shift-the-blame-onto-russia/

​  John Helmer, Russia's War Against The Baltic Pirates
​  A new era of piracy may begin in the Baltic SeaThe European Union is going to proclaim it if the EU implements its intention to hunt down Russian oil – or rather, tankers carrying Russian oil. Ships sailing under various flags, carrying black gold and not subject to Western oil sanctions, including the so–called price ceiling.
​  The motives of the European pirates are simple and at the same time multifaceted. For example, some countries want to achieve a direct Russian-American conflict, or at least disrupt the US Administration’s plans for negotiations with Russia.​   
https://johnhelmer.net/russias-war-against-the-baltic-pirates/#more-91073

​Simplicius:  European elite bets appear to have been placed upon war, not technical solutions.  Danger Ramps Up in the Baltics, as War Party Won't Go Quietly   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/danger-ramps-up-in-the-baltics-as

​  Maybe Xi can just visit Moscow on May 9 for Victory Day.  China offers to host Putin-Trump summit – WSJ
Beijing has long sought to mediate the peace process between Moscow and Kiev​   
https://swentr.site/news/612639-china-putin-trump-summit/

​  Musk calls for complete overhaul of NATO
The Trump-appointed US government efficiency tsar earlier called for the closure of state-funded cold-war-era propaganda outlets​   
https://swentr.site/news/612568-us-musk-nato-needs-overhaul/

​  Trump decries ‘tremendous kickbacks’ in US government contracts​.  America has lost billions of taxpayer dollars to “waste, fraud, and abuse,” the president has said​   https://swentr.site/news/612572-trump-tremendous-kickbacks-government/

​  Trump ally promises info on Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’
Americans should be given the “answers they deserve,” new declassification task force head Anna Paulina Luna has said
​  The Republican-led congressional task force was created to oversee the release of government files linked to a wide range of high-profile topics, including the 9/11 attacks, the origins of Covid-19, UFOs, and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother and political ally Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights campaigner Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.​   https://swentr.site/news/612623-epstein-client-list-classified/

​  The Houthis are ready to mount attacks on Israel if it resumes its assault on Gaza and does not commit to the ceasefire deal, the group’s leader Abdulmalik Al-Houthi said on Tuesday.​  “Our hands are on the trigger and we are ready to immediately escalate against the Israeli enemy if it returns to escalation in the Gaza Strip,” Al-Houthi said in a televised speech.​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2589830/middle-east

​  Trump's ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza derails recovery of Red Sea shipping
Shipping executives fear Yemeni forces will resume attacks on US and UK-linked ships off the Yemeni coast in response to Trump's plan​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/trumps-ethnic-cleansing-plan-for-gaza-derails-recovery-of-red-sea-shipping

​  Not even Hezbollah, just the locals.  Lebanese tribesmen humiliate HTS elite forces
Ongoing battles on Syrian Lebanese border have potential to undermine Al Jolani's assumed power in Syria​   
https://beeley.substack.com/p/lebanese-tribesmen-humiliate-hts

​  Egypt to present proposal for Gaza’s reconstruction ensuring Palestinians remain on their land
Egypt expresses its eagerness to cooperate with US administration to ‘reach a comprehensive and just peace in the region’​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/egypt-to-present-proposal-for-gaza-s-reconstruction-ensuring-palestinians-remain-on-their-land/3479131

​  Truth-serum? What's his motive?  UAE Ambassador Says Arab World Has 'No Alternative' To Trump's Gaza Plan
​  In an extraordinarily surprising development, the United Arab Emirates (UAE​) has signaled the possibility of removing all Palestinians from Gaza, in accordance with Trump's controversial Gaza plan.
​  UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba in a fresh interview called the plan "difficult but inevitable" and said he's sees "no alternative" but Trump's plan to expel Gaza's population and undertake massive economic redevelopment of the Strip. He had been asked by a reporter whether the UAE is working on a separate plan, to which he responded no, there's no other plan.​.. 
..UAE has long been a close regional US-ally, but the ambassador's words are still deeply surprising and might actually contradict the UAE's official stance.
For example, regional media just yesterday reported:
​  The UAE, a key ally of both Israel and the United States in the Muslim world, has taken a firm stance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported plan for Gaza.
 In a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan strongly rejected any attempt to displace Palestinians or deny them their “inalienable rights.”
​  The country's leadership has just this week called for a two-state solution. And per Reuters:
It said the UAE, one of the few Arab countries that normalised relations with Israel, categorically rejected any attempt to displace the Palestinians and deny them "inalienable rights".​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uae-ambassador-says-arab-world-has-no-alternative-trumps-gaza-plan

​  US Intelligence Suggests Israel Is Trying To Drag Trump Into Preemptive Attack On Iran​    ​                                                                                                                         The key line in the report is that "The intelligence analysis concluded Israel would push the Trump administration to back the strikes, viewing him as more likely to join an attack than now-former President Joe Biden and fearing the window for halting Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon was closing, two of the people familiar with the intelligence said."   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-intelligence-report-suggests-israel-trying-drag-trump-preemptive-attack-iran

  ​I just wrote a vaccine exemption for a little girl to get into school, who got seizures after her 8 month vaccinations, which lasted for weeks, and after her 12 month vaccinations, which lasted over a year. Her little sister now has them after getting shots.  Her Pediatrician is sympathetic, but apparently afraid to fill out the form.
​  Nicole Shanahan Announces $3.5 Million Foundation Grant For Honest Scientists To Publish Papers Documenting The Evidence Of Vaccines Inducing "Autism" (Toxin Induced Gut-Brain Inflammation)
​  Posts One Mother's Story Of Her Child's Regressive Autism After Shots And Says She Gets "Thousands Of Messages Like This A Week."​   
https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/nicole-shanahan-announces-35-million

Kentucky Becomes the 9th U.S. State with Legislative Efforts to Ban mRNA Injections​.  Amid Interference by the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex​   https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/breaking-kentucky-becomes-the-9th

​Ugo Bardi tries, but all the pieces don't quite fit properly.  The Mesozoic Climate Mystery​:  What caused Warming During the age of Dinosaurs?   https://livingearth.substack.com/p/the-mesozoic-climate-mystery

  It's only 1 out of 43...   Asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth in 2032 just got higher – but don’t panic
Space rock now has 2.3% risk of collision – up from 1.3% in December – but danger is likely to fall with more data​   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/06/asteroid-impact-chances

​Monitoring the Situation (pictured throwing out kitchen compost)