Targeted Civilians,
David Hughes has one of his excellent video interviews, with full transcript here, from November 25, 2024, tracing the lines of fascist oligarchy forward from the 1920s to the present, and into the future, which is already happening, but he didn't expect Trump-2 to be much different from Trump-1, so it is kind of entertaining that way. It is hard to tell how these well laid plans for the Great-Reset will play out now.
Interview with Ken Shino, November 25, 2024 The Omniwar symposium; the relevance of the Nazi era to the present; the IT/Bio/Nano era; "Covid-19" as a military operation; George Kennan; 1968 and global consciousness; NATO; academia's failings https://dhughes.substack.com/p/interview-with-ken-shino-november Meryl Nass MD, I was thinking about writing a post titled something like, "Trump is using a sledgehammer against globalism, and I don't think globalism will survive." But Aleksandr Dugin beat me to it. Please give Trump time. He is trying to save your children's lives.
So, gentle readers, we are fighting for our lives and our health. Maybe it took a President whom the Deep State fought with all its might and finally attempted to assassinate when law fare did not do the job—to be willing to risk it all to change things and turn us back to a path of freedom. Maybe it was necessary to ignore some niceties. A sledgehammer is the only thing the Deep State/ Global cabal understands.
There is much we do not know. Will we get an electronic control mechanism snapped into place under the guise of managing illegal immigrants aka undocumented individuals who were invited into the US to improve the prospects for Democrats in elections. And perhaps for other reasons. Will the ethnic cleansing of Gaza be brushed under the rug? Simply to create a new French Riviera for fun and profit? Somehow, I don’t see that. Trump had no power to affect Gaza prior to January 20. He claimed to be 100% for Israel—but immediately forced a ceasefire. He says many things he does not mean, for strategic purposes or otherwise. He demanded Netanyahu come to DC shortly after Bibi’s prostate was removed, while still in recovery, to give Bibi a message. We don’t know what that message was. Can we wait to find out, while Trump is doing the job that not even RFK would have been able to do: ending the corruption and rot at the center of the American Empire—in which no nation was safe from a US-instigated regime change.
Please give him some time. Like RFK, Trump is risking his life to reconstruct our nation and hopefully we will get something in the end that more closely resembles what our forefathers created. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/darn-i-was-thinking-about-writing
Nearly 20 years ago, in October 2005, the refusal of USAID officials to admit they were funding a prostitution ring in India so angered Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that he vowed to introduce a new law enabling every U.S. citizen with the internet to quickly and easily find out how federal officials are spending his or her tax dollars. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-decades-ago-senators-probe-usaid-funding-led-government-transparency-reform
I'm not sure how accurate this is: CONGRESS FUNDED $516 BILLION IN **EXPIRED** PROGRAMS! https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/insane-congress-funded-516-billion-in-expired-programs
The forensic accounting AI is just way too fast and accurate...
Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin Officials' Access To 'Sensitive' Treasury Records, Cites "Cybersecurity Risk" A federal judge has temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by Elon Musk, from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department...
..The injunction specifically prohibits President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from granting access to records containing personally identifiable or confidential financial information to political appointees, special government employees, or any other employees from outside of the department. The White House has designated Musk a special government employee.Under the order, only those working at the Bureau of Fiscal Services and have passed background checks may access those records in order to do their job.
The judge further ordered any person among those whom he restricted to “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from the Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any.” A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Feb. 14...
..The decision was made after 19 state attorneys general sued the Trump and Bessent after DOGE was given access to the Treasury records... The judge further ordered any person among those whom he restricted to “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from the Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any.” A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Feb. 14...
..“Defendants’ new expanded access policy poses huge cybersecurity risks” that put “vast amounts of funding for the States and their residents in peril and endangers the [personally identifiable information] of States’ residents whose information is stored on the payment systems.” ... ..Musk responded to the controversy Saturday, saying in a post to X:
To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:
- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.
- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!
- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored...
To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:
- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.
- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!
- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored...
..The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already!
Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.
When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obama-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-admin-officials-access-sensitive-treasury-records
Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.
When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obama-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-admin-officials-access-sensitive-treasury-records
The DOGE has uncovered a government racketeering operation of which the USAID scandal is but one cog in a colossal engine of grift. What the public, including you readers, may not appreciate is how much planning went on over the past year to mount the DOGE effort, and how comprehensively the work of its many hundreds of computer techies (not just six whiz-kids) has laid bare the money-trails out of previously impenetrable government computers. Their algorithms have pierced the firewalls, revealing decades of fraud and deceit.
Mr. Trump’s cabinet officers have started the job of dismantling the machine by getting rid of the employees who set it up and worked for it. By Thursday, Secretary of State Rubio, fired all but 300 of the 10,000 people working for USAID. CIA Director Ratcliffe offered the agency’s entire workforce a “deferred resignation” option that will allow them to bail out and still collect their salaries until September. Look for straight-up firings to ensue. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the acting FBI director to terminate eight senior FBI officials and asked for a review of up to 5,000 involved in J-6 investigations. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-it-worked
WikiLeaks published the bombshell report in the overnight hours that shows the massive taxpayer-funded state propaganda network - operating as a shady NGO - called "Internews Network":
USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, "Internews Network" (IN), which has "worked with" 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and "training" over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives.
The operation claims "offices" in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-funded-massive-global-state-propaganda-news-matrix-nearly-billion-people-reach
USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, "Internews Network" (IN), which has "worked with" 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and "training" over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives.
The operation claims "offices" in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-funded-massive-global-state-propaganda-news-matrix-nearly-billion-people-reach
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, also agreed to block an order that would have given the thousands of overseas USAID workers the administration wanted to place on abrupt administrative leave just 30 days to move families and households back to the U.S. on government expense. Both moves would have exposed the U.S. workers and their spouses and children to unwarranted risk and expense, the judge said. https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-trump-rubio-48f8460804d33bdaa18d7765c4b24f9e
Hungary moves to expose USAID funding https://swentr.site/news/612360-hungary-orban-ngo-crackdown/
Why Trump’s assault on USAID could change US foreign policy forever
The president’s offensive against America’s ‘state within a state’ marks the end of an era. By Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club
As the United States grapples with its internal divisions and reassesses its global role, Russia must continue to assert its interests while remaining vigilant against attempts to destabilize its neighbors. The lessons from USAID’s failures are clear: true influence comes not from manipulation but from fostering genuine partnerships. https://swentr.site/news/612319-why-trumps-assault-on-usaid/The president’s offensive against America’s ‘state within a state’ marks the end of an era. By Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club
Speaking with podcaster Shawn Ryan, she painted a picture of dysfunction at the highest levels of government: “After the [CNN] debate, Hunter basically commandeered the White House. He sat in on all of the White House top-level meetings. We had a former cocaine addict sitting in on the most sensitive meetings of the most consequential and most important government in world history. Does that sit right with you?"
Ryan’s immediate reaction—“No”—reflected what many are surely thinking. “Without security clearance mind you,” Li added.
The idea that Hunter Biden, with no security clearance, was allegedly dictating the flow of information to his father is a much bigger deal than Elon Musk going after government waste, don’t you think? https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/08/now-we-know-who-was-running-the-country-for-joe-biden-n4936803
Ryan’s immediate reaction—“No”—reflected what many are surely thinking. “Without security clearance mind you,” Li added.
The idea that Hunter Biden, with no security clearance, was allegedly dictating the flow of information to his father is a much bigger deal than Elon Musk going after government waste, don’t you think? https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/08/now-we-know-who-was-running-the-country-for-joe-biden-n4936803
Trump Revokes Biden's Security Clearances, Intel Briefings Citing "Poor Memory" https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youre-fired-trump-revokes-bidens-security-clearances-intel-briefings-over-poor-memory
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been caught on a hot mike telling businessmen that US President Donald Trump is not joking when he talks about absorbing Canada, the Toronto Star newspaper has reported. https://swentr.site/news/612379-trudeau-trump-canada-us/
How much credence should be given here? Trudeau warns Trump’s threat to annex Canada is ‘real thing’ – media
The Canadian PM believes that the US president wants the country’s mineral resources, the Toronto Star has reported Russia might agree to pay for Ukraine's rebuild if the EU just stays out. Trump To 'Force' Zelensky To Agree On Ceasefire By Easter According To Alleged Leaked Peace Plan
The plans will reportedly begin with a phone call between Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in early February, a meeting between the two warring leaders in late February to early March and an official ceasefire declaration of a ceasefire by April 20.
A declaration on the agreed parameters for ending the war would then be released by May 9, after which Kyiv would be asked not to extend martial law or mobilize troops. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-force-zelensky-agree-ceasefire-easter-according-alleged-leaked-peace-plan
Trump says he ‘will probably’ meet Zelensky next week
“American weapons programs need to be completely redone. The current strategy is to build a small number of weapons at a high price to fight yesterday’s war. Unless there are immediate and dramatic changes made, America will lose the next war very badly,” Musk wrote on X...
The US departments of defense and education are next in line for budget reviews, President Donald Trump has confirmed https://swentr.site/news/612378-doge-audit-pentagon-trump/
"First, negotiations with the US have no effect on solving [Iran’s] problems. The reason? Experience!" Khamenei said on Friday. He explained that during the Obama presidency, "we sat down and negotiated with the US for about two years, and an agreement was formed. In this agreement, the Iranian side was very generous and gave many concessions to the other side."
During Trump's first term, he unilaterally pulled the US from the 'bad' JCPOA nuclear deal, which happened in April 2018 - after which a "maximum pressure" campaign was imposed on Tehran. Trump this week revived this pressure campaign via ramped-up sanctions.
Khamenei continued, "But the US did not carry out that agreement. The same person who is now in office tore up that agreement. We must learn from this experience."
He then emphasized, "One must not negotiate with a government like the US government. Negotiations with it is not wise, it is not intelligent, and is not honorable."
Many critics of Trump's Iran policy back in 2018 warned that the Iranians would never be able to trust Washington again if a deal to end the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is dangled in front of Tehran. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ayatollah-shuts-door-negotiations-us-after-trump-restores-maximum-pressure
It's not feasible. Trump Envoy Demands Hezbollah Be Booted From Lebanese Govt In 'Red Line' https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-envoy-demands-hezbollah-be-booted-lebanese-govt-red-line
The Trump administration is seeking to end the war within 100 days.
"The unconfirmed plans, reported by Ukrainian outlet Strana, have been doing the rounds in 'political and diplomatic circles' in Ukraine, and will include a ceasefire by April 20 that would freeze Russia's steady advance, a ban on Ukraine from joining NATO, and a demand for Kyiv to accept Russian sovereignty on annexed land."...
..On top of these alleged key aspects.. a ban on NATO admission, freezing the front lines, and agreeing to Russian sovereignty over the four annexed territories in the east... Ukrainian troops will be made to leave Russia's Kursk region, where it launched a counteroffensive in August, while a contingent of European soldiers, which could include British troops, would be asked to police a demilitarised zone. American troops will not be involved in this contingent.
The EU will reportedly be asked to assist Ukraine in its reconstruction efforts, which may cost as much as $486billion (£392billion) over the next decade according to the German Marshall Fund thinktank. The plans will reportedly begin with a phone call between Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in early February, a meeting between the two warring leaders in late February to early March and an official ceasefire declaration of a ceasefire by April 20.
A declaration on the agreed parameters for ending the war would then be released by May 9, after which Kyiv would be asked not to extend martial law or mobilize troops. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-force-zelensky-agree-ceasefire-easter-according-alleged-leaked-peace-plan
Addressing the press during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, President Trump said: “I will probably be meeting with [Vladimir] Zelensky next week.” He added that talks would most likely take place on US soil, as “I’m not going there.”
“And I will probably be talking to President Putin. I’d like to see that war end,” Trump said, adding “President Putin and I have always had a good relationship.” https://swentr.site/news/612361-trump-ukraine-zelensky-talks/
“And I will probably be talking to President Putin. I’d like to see that war end,” Trump said, adding “President Putin and I have always had a good relationship.” https://swentr.site/news/612361-trump-ukraine-zelensky-talks/
Trump reveals he’s spoken with Putin by phone, says Russian president ‘wants to see people stop dying’ in Ukraine war https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-and-putin-in-talks-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war/
Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine were wins? US ‘will lose the next war very badly’ – Musk
The nation faces the risk of major defeat in future conflicts without immediate reforms to outdated weapons programs, the tech billionaire has warned..Musk’s critique also extended to specific defense programs. He has been particularly damning of the F-35 fighter jet program, labeling it a “sh*t design” and advocating for a shift toward unmanned systems, which he believes are more effective and economical in modern combat.
Speaking at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York in February, Musk emphasized the transformative impact of drones and artificial intelligence (AI) on warfare, citing the Ukraine conflict as a prime example.
“The current war in Ukraine is very much a drone war already,” Musk noted. “If there’s a major power war, it’s very much going to be a drone war.” He called for increased investment in drone production and a significant acceleration in manufacturing, warning against the pitfalls of preparing for past conflicts instead of future ones. “Countries pretty much are geared up to fight the last war, not the next war,” Musk cautioned. https://swentr.site/news/612323-us-will-lose-next-war/
The US departments of defense and education are next in line for budget reviews, President Donald Trump has confirmed https://swentr.site/news/612378-doge-audit-pentagon-trump/
A useful starter-war: Border Czar "Expects" Kinetic Warfare Between US Troops & Mexican Drug Cartels https://www.zerohedge.com/military/border-czar-expects-kinetic-warfare-between-us-troops-mexican-drug-cartels
Old-fashioned: Ayatollah Shuts Door On Negotiations With US After Trump Restores 'Maximum Pressure'
During Trump's first term, he unilaterally pulled the US from the 'bad' JCPOA nuclear deal, which happened in April 2018 - after which a "maximum pressure" campaign was imposed on Tehran. Trump this week revived this pressure campaign via ramped-up sanctions.
Khamenei continued, "But the US did not carry out that agreement. The same person who is now in office tore up that agreement. We must learn from this experience."
He then emphasized, "One must not negotiate with a government like the US government. Negotiations with it is not wise, it is not intelligent, and is not honorable."
Many critics of Trump's Iran policy back in 2018 warned that the Iranians would never be able to trust Washington again if a deal to end the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is dangled in front of Tehran. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ayatollah-shuts-door-negotiations-us-after-trump-restores-maximum-pressure
Lebanese PM forms new government including Hezbollah allies
Despite interventionist statements from White House officials urging the exclusion of Hezbollah from the government, the Lebanese resistance secured the representation it initially sought https://thecradle.co/articles/lebanese-pm-forms-new-government-including-hezbollah-allies
Syria's New HTS Government Clashes With Hezbollah On Lebanese Border In First
Israeli army warns displaced Lebanese not to return to south
Army says its forces still deployed in southern Lebanon after deadline for withdrawal was extended https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-warns-displaced-lebanese-not-to-return-to-south/3474295
Israeli forces strike Lebanon's East, South, in ceasefire violation
Turkish Officials Say Military Bases in Syria Being Considered
Limited hangout ignores IDF killing concertgoers & Jewish settlers: Gallant admits 'Israel' used Hannibal Directive during war on Gaza
Netanyahu suggests Palestinians can have a state in Saudi Arabia
The Israeli prime minister's statement is the latest slap in the face of the normalisation process with Riyadh, which has just condemned a US proposal to displace Palestinians https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-suggests-palestinians-can-have-state-saudi-arabia
66 Palestinian bodies retrieved from sand mounds built by Israel in Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250206-66-palestinian-bodies-retrieved-from-sand-mounds-built-by-israel-in-gaza/
US approves sale of $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles to Israel
The US said the billion-dollar weapons sales to Israel will help its ally 'meet and deter current and future threats' and 'strengthen' its defence. https://www.newarab.com/news/us-approves-sale-74-billion-bombs-missiles-israel
US Coordinated With Israel on Strikes in Gaza Knowing Hundreds of Civilians Would Be Killed
Gaza authorities warn of looming crisis as rainwater, sewage floods out displaced civilians from tents
Nearly 88% of Gaza’s infrastructure destroyed by Israeli onslaught, according to local authorities https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-authorities-warn-of-looming-crisis-as-rainwater-sewage-floods-out-displaced-civilians-from-tents/3474070
Severe cold, floods put Palestinians in Gaza at grave risk: UN
Netanyahu thanks Trump for sanctions against International Criminal Court https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/netanyahu-thanks-trump-for-sanctions-against-international-criminal-court-3698177
Trump Admin Wants to Resettle Gazans in Somalia https://defconnews.com/2025/02/07/trump-admin-wants-to-resettle-gazans-in-somalia/
Conclusions: The large decrease in reporting rate of autopsy as a percentage of death reports, combined with the large increase in absolute counts of autopsy reports in the COVID-19 IP context indicates that there is an unexplained void in the data with regard to autopsy reports. This corresponds to known de-incentivization to perform autopsies during the COVID-19 era due to the alleged danger associated with SARS-CoV-2. A large percentage of autopsy-linked VAERS reports in the context of the COVID-19 IP are linked to myocarditis, cardiac arrest and PE, and suggests that the COVID-19 IPs are deterministic for death due to myocarditis, cardiac arrest, and PE. Confirmation of this theory can, and should have been obtained by way of autopsy. https://jessicar.substack.com/p/reports-of-autopsies-in-vaers-and-de3
“Recycling” Makes Plastic Pollution Worse
Despite interventionist statements from White House officials urging the exclusion of Hezbollah from the government, the Lebanese resistance secured the representation it initially sought https://thecradle.co/articles/lebanese-pm-forms-new-government-including-hezbollah-allies
For the first time since Assad's ouster in early December, Syrian Army under the new Islamist government of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have entered areas of Hermel, Lebanon, resulting in fierce clashes with Hezbollah fighters.
The border breach came amid internecine fighting this week along the border, which Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported as involving "artillery shelling and heavy machine gun fire on the town of Jarmash on the city of Hermel’s northern border with Syria." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syrias-new-government-clashes-hezbollah-lebanese-border-first
The border breach came amid internecine fighting this week along the border, which Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported as involving "artillery shelling and heavy machine gun fire on the town of Jarmash on the city of Hermel’s northern border with Syria." https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syrias-new-government-clashes-hezbollah-lebanese-border-first
Army says its forces still deployed in southern Lebanon after deadline for withdrawal was extended https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-warns-displaced-lebanese-not-to-return-to-south/3474295
Israeli aircraft launched several strikes on areas in Eastern and Southern Lebanon, in continued violation of the ceasefire agreement. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-forces-violate-ceasefire-strike-lebanon-s-east--sout
Turkish Officials Say Military Bases in Syria Being Considered
Details are still emerging on what this might look like, and thousands of Turkish soldiers are already reported to be operating on Syrian soil, mostly targeting the Kurdish SDF. Turkey has recently threatened invasion if the new Islamist government of Syria doesn’t eliminate the SDF. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/02/06/turkish-officials-say-military-bases-in-syria-being-considered/
Limited hangout ignores IDF killing concertgoers & Jewish settlers: Gallant admits 'Israel' used Hannibal Directive during war on Gaza
Former Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant admitted the army used the Hannibal Directive during the war, killing several of their captives in Gaza. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gallant-admits--israel--used-hannibal-directive-during-war-o
The Israeli prime minister's statement is the latest slap in the face of the normalisation process with Riyadh, which has just condemned a US proposal to displace Palestinians https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-suggests-palestinians-can-have-state-saudi-arabia
The US said the billion-dollar weapons sales to Israel will help its ally 'meet and deter current and future threats' and 'strengthen' its defence. https://www.newarab.com/news/us-approves-sale-74-billion-bombs-missiles-israel
The US coordinated closely with Israel on massive strikes in Gaza on residential buildings, knowing that more than 100 civilians would be killed even though Israel didn’t have precise intelligence about the location of a Hamas commander it was claiming to target, the Israeli outlet 972 Magazine reported on Thursday.
The report also detailed how Israel weaponized deadly carbon monoxide gas released by conventional bombs underground to kill Hamas commanders hiding in the tunnels, and in some cases, the gas killed Israeli hostages. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/02/06/us-coordinated-with-israel-on-strikes-in-gaza-knowing-hundreds-of-civilians-would-be-killed/
The report also detailed how Israel weaponized deadly carbon monoxide gas released by conventional bombs underground to kill Hamas commanders hiding in the tunnels, and in some cases, the gas killed Israeli hostages. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/02/06/us-coordinated-with-israel-on-strikes-in-gaza-knowing-hundreds-of-civilians-would-be-killed/
Nearly 88% of Gaza’s infrastructure destroyed by Israeli onslaught, according to local authorities https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-authorities-warn-of-looming-crisis-as-rainwater-sewage-floods-out-displaced-civilians-from-tents/3474070
Relentless overnight rain, as per the agency, inundated tents and shelters across northern and southern Gaza, further worsening the humanitarian crisis for forcibly displaced Palestinians, many of whom are forced to live among the ruins of their destroyed homes...
.."This has resulted in sewage overflow in several areas that flooded streets and mixed with rainwater in collection basins," he added.
The spokesperson also noted that the ongoing electricity and fuel shortages are intensifying the crisis, preventing municipal authorities from effectively managing the flooding.
It is worth noting that the death toll in Gaza has risen to 47,583, with 111,633 people injured since October 7, 2023, according to the latest daily statistical report. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/severe-cold--floods-put-palestinians-in-gaza-at-grave-risk
The spokesperson also noted that the ongoing electricity and fuel shortages are intensifying the crisis, preventing municipal authorities from effectively managing the flooding.
It is worth noting that the death toll in Gaza has risen to 47,583, with 111,633 people injured since October 7, 2023, according to the latest daily statistical report. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/severe-cold--floods-put-palestinians-in-gaza-at-grave-risk
Trump Admin Wants to Resettle Gazans in Somalia https://defconnews.com/2025/02/07/trump-admin-wants-to-resettle-gazans-in-somalia/
Meryl Nass MD has another way to cut federal spending: I am worried about the bird flu caper. Here is some ammo to fight back: a USDA spreadsheet on 1188 farms that depopulated 100 million chickens, ducks and turkeys using a variety of cruel measures
$841 million paid for the culls up to last July--with over 50% more birds culled since then https://merylnass.substack.com/p/i-am-worried-about-the-bird-flu-caper Meryl Nass MD, CDC has issued a bulletin requiring hospitals to test for bird flu (H5N1) so they can find human cases and start the vaccine rollout
Was this the idea of Gerald Parker, DVM, former Fort Detrick, One Health proponent, just appointed to head the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy? https://merylnass.substack.com/p/cdc-has-issued-a-bulletin-requiring Jessica Rose Ph.D. Reports Of Autopsies In VAERS And Associated Adverse Events Linked To Cause Of Death
A new study sheds light on cause of death with respect to COVID-19 shotsI hope mine is just a soda-straw worth: Microplastics Found In Brain Weighs As Much As A Plastic Spoon: Study https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/microplastic-found-brain-weighs-much-plastic-spoon-study
Many municipal recycling programs simply encourage people to toss all their RIC-stamped plastics in the bin and let the recyclers sort it out.
Which ones do recyclers actually want? The most-recycled plastic in America is stamped with a “1,” identifying the item as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). You’ll find it on beverage bottles, cooking oil containers, and many other liquid-containing bottles. A “2” tells you it’s high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Another generally recycling-suitable plastic, it’s used for milk jugs and laundry detergent jugs, and spray-cleaner bottles.
It’s all downhill from there. Chances are your bin has plenty of #5 — polypropylene (PP) — which is frequently used for single-serve coffee-maker pods; yogurt, butter, prescription pill and soft tofu containers; and the lids on paperboard raisin cartons. Unfortunately, while there’s been a modest recent uptick in recyclers’ interest, polypropylene generally isn’t being recycled in the United States...
Which ones do recyclers actually want? The most-recycled plastic in America is stamped with a “1,” identifying the item as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). You’ll find it on beverage bottles, cooking oil containers, and many other liquid-containing bottles. A “2” tells you it’s high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Another generally recycling-suitable plastic, it’s used for milk jugs and laundry detergent jugs, and spray-cleaner bottles.
It’s all downhill from there. Chances are your bin has plenty of #5 — polypropylene (PP) — which is frequently used for single-serve coffee-maker pods; yogurt, butter, prescription pill and soft tofu containers; and the lids on paperboard raisin cartons. Unfortunately, while there’s been a modest recent uptick in recyclers’ interest, polypropylene generally isn’t being recycled in the United States...
..The public’s falsely favorable perception of plastic recycling has been deliberately cultivated. Knowing consumers are increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of their purchase decisions, plastic manufacturers and product-packagers are quick to say a package is recyclable — failing to differentiate between plastics that are technically recyclable and those that are actually being recycled in practice...
..To a great extent, America’s entire recycling regime is the creation of the companies that profit from plastics. Staring down the barrel of proposed plastic bans in the late 1980s, big oil and chemical companies created The Council for Solid Waste Solutions, which funded municipal-recycling pilot programs...
..Greenpeace bluntly declared in a 2022 report that concisely summed up plastic recycling’s empty environmental promise:
“Mechanical and chemical recycling of plastic waste has largely failed and will always fail because plastic waste is: extremely difficult to collect, virtually impossible to sort for recycling, environmentally harmful to reprocess, often made of and contaminated by toxic materials, and not economical to recycle.”...
“Mechanical and chemical recycling of plastic waste has largely failed and will always fail because plastic waste is: extremely difficult to collect, virtually impossible to sort for recycling, environmentally harmful to reprocess, often made of and contaminated by toxic materials, and not economical to recycle.”...
..Despite more than a generation of effort, only 8.7% of plastic waste is being recycled in the United States, according to the EPA’s most recent data, compared to 68.2% of paper and cardboard and 50.4% of aluminum...
..In 2018, China effectively slammed the door shut on the import of plastic trash. However, other developing countries stepped up; among them, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Predictably, the same terrible practices that caused China to change course are being observed in these countries too, with processors extracting the “good stuff” from piles of unsorted plastic and putting the rest wherever they feel like it.
Just as the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, it turns out the plastic “recycling” stream may ultimately deposit your #5 yogurt tub or #1 blueberry carton into an Asian river, and then the Pacific Ocean...
Just as the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, it turns out the plastic “recycling” stream may ultimately deposit your #5 yogurt tub or #1 blueberry carton into an Asian river, and then the Pacific Ocean...
..“Americans support recycling. We do too,” wrote former EPA administrator Judith Enck and Last Beach Cleanup founder Jan Dell at The Atlantic. “But although some materials can be effectively recycled and safely made from recycled content, plastics cannot. Plastic recycling does not work and will never work.” https://starkrealities.substack.com/p/recycling-makes-plastic-pollution-worse
On a scale of One-to-Bitcoin: Indoor Marijuana Ops Are Consuming a Staggering Amount of Energy
Indoor marijuana growing operations in the U.S. use more energy than all outdoor agriculture combined.
The high energy consumption is due to lighting, temperature control, and the current legal framework requiring in-state production.
Despite awareness of the issue, no significant action has been taken to reduce the marijuana industry's energy footprint. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Indoor-Marijuana-Ops-Are-Consuming-a-Staggering-Amount-of-Energy.html
The high energy consumption is due to lighting, temperature control, and the current legal framework requiring in-state production.
Despite awareness of the issue, no significant action has been taken to reduce the marijuana industry's energy footprint. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Indoor-Marijuana-Ops-Are-Consuming-a-Staggering-Amount-of-Energy.html
Gardening In Sunlight (pictured in Austin garden with 4 small olive trees to plant in Yoakum)
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