Saturday, July 31, 2021

Coal Is Still King

Bet you didn't know this:

Amid all the talk of global warming, climate change-induced catastrophes, decarbonization and green finance, the global trade in "dirty" coal is enjoying an ironic renaissance. Bulk ships are busy transporting coal to Asia - and to eco-conscious Europe - boosting freight income for some of the very shipowners who publicly tout their environmental bona fides to investors.

"Turns out the news of the demise of coal has been greatly exaggerated," said Stifel analyst Ben Nolan in a new client note. "Despite an unseemly carbon footprint, coal demand is actually accelerating this year."

You can read the rest @

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/if-coal-dead-then-why-are-ships-so-full-it

Unlike the US, countries like China are not going to destroy their economies to meet "climate change" goals. Why should they, when there is no global consensus OR any way to compel them to do so?

We are not the world's biggest polluter, so why are we apparently doing more than our fair share? I'm all for cleaning up the planet, but our current strategy is failing.

Disband The FBI ???

That's the recommendation of Chris Farrell. Here is one of the reasons he thinks this way:

The FBI ran a coup against President Trump. It failed. The following got away: Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Clinesmith, Pientka, Brower, Baker, et al. Any real consequences for attempting to overthrow the government of the United States? No.

You can find more of his reasons here:

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17602/disband-the-fbi

Search "FBI" on my blog to discover what I have written about this agency in the past. It's mostly not good.

In my view, ALL agencies (not just the FBI) should be disbanded if they chiefly serve the interests of the "national security state" instead of We the People. We've been paying big bucks for people who do nothing beneficial for us, and it's time that stopped.

Update - 8/14/2021

Here is a report which questions the value of having an FBI in the first place:

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/14/911-al-qaeada-fbi-liberty-city-seven/

If even their "successes" are phony, what are they good for?

Friday, July 30, 2021

War Over Nothing Important

"Joe Biden" says that cyberattacks could lead to a real shooting war. You can read about it here:

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/07/27/biden-says-cyberattacks-could-lead-to-a-real-shooting-war-with-a-major-power/

Dear Joe - Sticking all this important stuff on an Internet of Things (IoT) is of little or no real benefit to the majority of people on the planet. We did just fine before DARPA enabled the Internet, and we could easily revert to safe and secure systems at any time, if only TPTB would let us. But NO ... corporations and their political stooges like you have no intention of releasing us from the IoT prison they have created.

Frankly I see no reason whatsoever (other than a further increase in corporate power over our lives) to go to war with anyone over something so stupid, intrusive, and unnecessary as the Internet.

I know that many disagree with me over this, but don't you think they'll change their minds when mushroom clouds start springing up in their cities? Of course it will be too late then, but perhaps that's what you really want.

Much More Important Than COVID

While we're constantly being regaled and misdirected over COVID-related this and that, something MUCH more important is creeping up on us:

July 29 marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, the day that humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources Earth can regenerate within that year.

Over the decades, the ecological and carbon footprint of humans has gradually increased, all while Earth’s biocapacity, i.e. its ability to regenerate resources has diminished significantly.

Source - https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/earth-overshoot-day-coming-sooner-and-sooner

If we lose the ability to eat, drink, and breathe, then the ability to fight this virus will become moot.

Or will it?

Surely TPTB are not ignorant of the Earth overshoot phenomenon. But other than their constant attacks on the males of our species, what are they doing about it?

It's not unreasonable to suggest the mRNA "vaccines" are their answer to this particular problem. Giving themselves the ability to inject us with these and other potentially DNA-altering substances WITHOUT OUR CONSENT would certainly give them a "circuit breaker" on human population increase and further ecological damage. This may NOT be what they're doing, but how can anyone prove that?

At the very least, we must be suspicious of anything they say or do - especially things with irreversible consequences. And altering the DNA of the entire human population is certainly one of those things.

Is Piers Morgan Nuts ???

Saw this today:

Professional attention-seeker Piers Morgan is leading the charge for unvaccinated people to face state-sanctioned discrimination after he asserted that those who haven’t had the COVID jab should be denied medical treatment.

Source - https://summit.news/2021/07/28/piers-morgan-calls-for-unvaccinated-to-be-denied-medical-treatment/

In a limited way, I actually agree with him - they shouldn't be given the STANDARD treatment; i.e., wait until they have to be hospitalized and then intubate them until death.

What they SHOULD be given is the NONSTANDARD but EFFECTIVE treatment - ivermectin, both for prophylaxis and if they get infected. I assume Morgan's suggestion is based at least in part on the cost of standard treatment, and my recommendation certainly addresses that too.

And if you still believe all the nonsense you've been told about this drug, I urge you to read this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393

They're still a reputable newspaper, right?

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Are Vaccine Mandates Legal ???

The DOJ says it is legal to force you to take an experimental therapy/vaccine:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/biden-expected-announce-vaccine-mandates-all-federal-employees-doj-declares-mandates-legal/5751427

Don't forget - this is essentially the same DOJ which decided that torture was legal, as long as it was called "enhanced interrogation".

They're no different than the Nazis.

What was the point of the Nuremberg Trials if we're going to make the same mistakes all over again?

VP Harris And Her Fantasy Diplomacy

According to this report, VP Harris will use diplomacy in an effort to stem the invasion on our southern border:

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-diplomacy-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-central-america-c89f7b50d980dce085ec5e9f2d17dee2

Dear Kamala - Are you kidding?

They are coming here because the US wrecked their economies, just like we wrecked our economy. And how? First it was NAFTA, then the COVID response. And along the way, we forced the "free-market" system on their countries, and it has devastated all of them.

This cannot be undone via "diplomacy". It will required a complete overhaul of our economic, political, and social systems to even make a dent in the problem.

And by the way, the so-called Great Reset of the WEF is not what I'm talking about. That monstrosity will just make things worst, because at its heart is a belief that humans are a blight on the planet. Anything it accomplishes is likely to drive even MORE starving people to seek shelter in El Norte.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Who's The Robber Here ???

Here is a story from Africa about stolen copper:

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/african-bandits-steal-66-trucks-carrying-copper-worth-millions

But who is the real robber here - the "African bandits", or the multinational corporations who are plundering the resources of the African continent with the assistance of local governments they bribe to look the other way?

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

The Signal Of Harm

Here is an open letter from Doctors For COVID Ethics:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/jaccuse-governments-worldwide-are-lying-to-you-the-people-to-the-populations-they-purportedly-serve/5750650

In my view, this is what REAL doctors do - inform their patients about the facts and the risks associated with any and all treatments.

But I suppose this is the very kind of "misinformation" President Biden wants taken down from the Internet:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/president-biden-demands-mercola-banned-from-social-media/5751118

Sorry, Joe. Freedom thrives when people are free to make their own decisions. It dies when people like you take away their freedom of speech, freedom of press, and freedom of choice.

My body, my choice. An abortion takes away a human life. Avoiding an experimental vaccine with lethal side effects probably does the exact opposite.

Why Don't We Cancel Hitler ???

These days people get "cancelled" for making a single objectionable comment. Why then don't we cancel Hitler, who by all accounts was the most evil person in history?

Just about any time of the day or night, you can find a TV show about Hitler, Nazis, German weapons and battles, neo-Nazis, the Holocaust, etc. There's even a new video game called "Heal Hitler":

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-video-game-takes-a-psychological-look-into-adolf-hitler-675001

Moreover, the Olympic games continue to publicize the symbols of Hitler's involvement, including the torch lighting ceremony and the ubiquitous five rings logo:

http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/olympics/nazi-origins-olympic-torch-relay-five-rings/6068

Nazism and all things Hitler used to be banned in Germany. Why aren't they banned in the US and the rest of Europe, and I mean REALLY banned, as in let's stop publicizing them all the time?

No doubt this is a thorny issue, but the simplest reason for its continued existence may be found in this video by Natali Cohen Vaxberg:

https://youtu.be/gPLGczT6Hjw

Hey, do you want fascism and Nazism to completely go away? Then CANCEL them, just like every other despicable thing is being cancelled. But if you want them to remain, then just continue this hypocritical situation in which something acknowledged to be profoundly evil is obsessed about 24/7.

Give it a rest, permanently !!! We'll all feel a lot better.

Monday, July 26, 2021

Survival Rate

Found this on one of MY trusted websites:


If this data is correct, then why the rush to vaccinate everyone? Especially when there are existing treatments which are being denied to the sick.

Sunday, July 25, 2021

A True Military Coup ???

Here is a report about the US Secretary of Defense allegedly travelling around in one of the "doomsday planes":

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41669/e-4b-doomsday-plane-just-made-highly-unusual-visit-to-secretive-tonopah-test-range-airport

If you recall, earlier this year there was a struggle over who was allowed access to nuclear launch codes. Here is what I wrote at the time:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2021/01/aid-and-comfort.html

Here's a "what if" scenario for you:

What if the election of "Joe Biden" actually was a military coup? That would certainly explain a lot of things.

What if SECDEF (who happens to be a military general) now has full access to the launch codes? I believe he already had restricted access in certain scenarios.

What if TPTB have a plan to use one of more of our nukes for some nefarious purpose in the not too distant future?

Does anyone really believe TPTB were NOT involved in the planning and execution of the 9/11 "attacks"? I sure don't.

Maybe there is nothing untoward about the recent use of this aircraft, but when a whole lot of weird stuff happens at the same time I get really suspicious, especially since one of these planes was in use during the 9/11 "attacks". Both then and now, it could be used for just about anything.

Update - 7/28/2021

Now the Russians are building more doomsday planes:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-producing-two-new-doomsday-planes-mobile-command-centers-event-nuclear-war

Any chance this is just a coincidence? Or is everyone now preparing for a nuclear war?

Bezos's Folly

As you may have heard, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claims that at least one trillion humans could live in space colonies. Here is a brief explanation of his beliefs:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-limits-of-jeff-bezos-winged-space-utopia-2021-7

I'm not so sure. Such colonies would be relatively small compared to the size of our planet, and - face it - Earth cannot even support 8 billion humans, let alone one trillion.

Here are some relevant facts:

1. Humans are only 0.01% of Earth's biomass:

https://ourworldindata.org/life-on-earth

2. Each of us consumes 4 pounds of food per day:

https://www.stack.com/a/forget-calories-the-weight-of-your-food-is-what-really-matters/

How much biomass would it take to produce 4 trillion pounds of food per day? And how large would the space colonies need to be to produce all that food PLUS the oxygen and water needed to keep us alive? I'm not certain, but it certainly would dwarf the largest facilities currently existing on the planet. How would they all get into space?

I think Bezos's dreams are folly, and I think he may know this. And if he does, what does that say about his motives and the rationale for his private space program?

What's In The Vaccine Vials ???

Here is a website containing a video which makes claims about what is actually in the mRNA "vaccines" and which presents a novel theory about COVID disease:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-graphene-oxide-a-toxic-substance-in-the-vial-of-the-covid-19-mrna-vaccine/5750340

As far as I know none of this has been confirmed, but it certainly needs further research.

What is certain is that few people, including your doctor, know what is in the shots you are getting. Should we just blindly trust what TPTB tell us?

Update - 7/26/2021

Here is an explanation of the apparent fraud behind current practices of virus isolation, or perhaps we should say NON-isolation:

https://andrewkaufmanmd.com/sovi/

Such claims have become important for at least two reasons:

1. We apparently don't even know what is causing this disease; and

2. We apparently don't know what's in the "vaccines".

At this stage of the game how is it possible that either is true, considering how "earth shattering" this pandemic has been? You may answer "neither is true", but I think you'd be in the wrong to do so.

Something is rotten when the entire planetary power structure decides they have to bypass or ignore every time-tested and proven rule to inject us with something we apparently don't even need.

What the hell are they doing, and why are we not demanding answers? And why are the same lying clowns still in charge of this fiasco?

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Billionaires

Q: Why do billionaires exist?

A: Because Congress made it possible.

You can find a discussion here:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56667.htm

All Eyes On Temple Mount

Here is a discussion of the importance of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and what goes on there:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/5-reasons-why-the-temple-mount-is-a-sensitive-issue-and-why-it-matters-674630

Israel's current moves seem part of an incremental process designed to push Muslims out in preparation for rebuilding the Jewish temple. Anyone who denies this is not credible.

Does the world need a religious war between Israelis, Muslims, and Christians? No, but we've been in the middle of one for some time.

Since all three religions have a differing perspective on the End Times, only one of the three can benefit from what is now happening. Any guess which one?

Brave New World ???

Here is a video interview with Catherine Austin Fitts:

https://youtu.be/2LOIABoZOyw

It's broken into segments, so it may be hard for you to follow her narrative; but what she does reveal suggests we are headed for a hellish future.

Here is additional pertinent discussion:

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/transhumanism-immortality-anyone/

Friday, July 23, 2021

Are You Hungry Yet ???

I am among the fortunate few who still can afford to feed myself and my family. I'm not sure that will always be the case. The price increases and food shortages are accelerating.

Some finally are starting to worry about foreign ownership of US farmland:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/lawmakers-sound-alarm-over-china-purchases-us-farmland

I personally attended a briefing at which a former Deputy Director of the CIA stated the greatest threat to US national security is foreign ownership of US assets. That was over 10 years ago, and the situation has deteriorated even more since then.

In a former life, I evaluated air pollution permits for a state environmental agency. One of the things I noticed is that facilities for the export of US grain were being greatly expanded to allow faster transfer of such vital foodstuffs. I'm not sure where it all goes, but I would guess the Chinese are the biggest buyers, since they now have all the money.

In our economy, food and other resources go to the highest bidder. "Our" government could step in to make certain we are fed first, but it seems reluctant to do so. And with China Joe running the show, we might expect him and son Hunter to be somewhere in the pipeline which sends our food to China while US children go hungry. Do they even care about us? I doubt it.

What a country !!!

Update - 7/24/2021

Here is additional discussion:

https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/chinas-impact-on-the-global-corn-market

China appears to be genuinely interested in the welfare of its citizens, while the US clearly does not give a damn about theirs. So, who's the "evil empire" now?

Update - 7/26/2021

And if China is truly our new "enemy", then why are we allowing them to buy strategic assets within our country?

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/why-did-china-buy-an-airstrip-in-texas/

"Homeland Security" is a sick joke. It allows "our" government to spy on us endlessly without providing ANYTHING in return which looks like security for We the People.

Our Worthless DOJ

As far as I am concerned, the US Dept of Justice (sic) is absolutely worthless.

Are they investigating electoral fraud? No.

Are they indicting monopolistic, rapacious multinational corporations? No.

Will they pursue Senator Paul's criminal complaint against Anthony Fauci? I doubt it.

Will they prosecute the apparent conspirators who by willful negligence allowed millions of people to die from an easily treatable respiratory virus? No.

So what are they doing? The big news for today is their success in finding the "stolen" assets of Holocaust victims:

https://news.yahoo.com/u-seizes-scrolls-manuscripts-stolen-232438712.html

I suppose this is consistent with their utter failure to protect us from the spyware created and sold throughout the world by Israeli companies such as this one:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-toka-the-most-dangerous-israeli-spyware-firm-youve-never-heard-of/278020/

It sure would be nice if the best interests of US citizens were to be the chief priority of the US government, but it looks like that hasn't been the case for quite some time.

Once again, Israel is NOT our friend. I don't think they're ANYONE'S friend. Why are we still helping these people?

Update - 7/24/2021

Here is addition discussion about Biden's DOJ (sic):

https://www.rt.com/usa/530101-doj-michigan-new-york-nursing-homes/

Apparently it's ok to lie, cheat, steal, rape, and kill as long as you're a highly placed Democrat, or a friend of Israel.

Thursday, July 22, 2021

We The Enemy ???

According to this report, the US military is spying on US citizens to discover potential "extremists":

https://summit.news/2021/07/21/reports-pentagon-tracking-extremist-web-searches-including-the-truth-about-black-lives-matter/

What is the rationale for doing this? And should it be necessary (i.e., based upon REAL probable cause, not just Democrat feigned paranoia), shouldn't' it be in the purview of the DHS, FBI, or NSA?

Or are We the People now the Enemy? It sure looks that way to me.

By the way, are they also spying on Antifa, BLM, or any of the groups claiming to be the sworn enemies of the USA? If not, why not?

State Of The Nation

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half woke and half asleep. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other."

apologies to Abraham Lincoln

John W. and Nisha Whitehead provide a comprehensive state of the nation here:

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_state_of_our_nation_still_divided_enslaved_locked_down

Please take the time to read the entire thing, as it's a very honest, comprehensive look at what our country has become.

Some may think we're headed in the right direction. I'm not one of them. We're going to hell in a handbasket, and I see nothing on the horizon capable of changing that.

Unlike Lincoln, I think the best solution is for the Union to be dissolved. Any version in which all of us become all one thing or all the other, given what we know about the two options, would be an abomination.

And frankly, a "divided" America probably would be unable to continue its bullying and meddling in the affairs of the rest of the world, and I would consider that to be a good thing.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Freedom Of Movement Is Not Free

Here is one of the prices we all pay so that some people (not all of us) can travel wherever they want, whenever they want:

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/over-200-people-27-states-being-monitored-monkeypox-cdc

This situation ought to remind us that surveillance will NOT prevent the spread of disease. Only closing the borders might do that.

In today's world, there is NOTHING people do legally which REQUIRES the ability to freely cross borders. EVERYTHING can be done remotely, even sex. And just about every necessity can be produced locally.

So why the rush to open the world up again? Is it to create more COVID "cases" to further scare people into getting "vaccinated"?

What do you think?

Has Biden Been Excommunicated ???

Apparently the Catholic Church does not approve of "Joe Biden". You can find one aspect of their disapproval here:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/archbishop-not-asked-nor-would-he-have-granted-approval-for-biden-visit-to-catholic-university/YN5SX3OD6ZFFLJRO3D6VN3RWQY/

My own assessment on this issue goes beyond anything the Pope might declare. As far as I am concerned, "Joe Biden" is an agent of the antichrist, if not of Satan himself. This illegitimate president and his coterie of lesser demons is turning a formerly G-d loving nation into a cesspool of depravity. If the Pope had any balls (now there's a thought), he would shout this from the rooftops.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Another Wannsee Conference ???

It looks like TPTB are finally letting their masks drop:

Tom Elliott on Twitter: "@algore @GretaThunberg Jane Goodall @ Davos: "All these [environmental] things we talk about wouldn’t be a problem if there was the size of population that there was 500 years ago.” The world population 500 years ago is estimated btwn 420 and 540 million - 6.7 billion fewer people than today. https://t.co/Aa8aztiAeZ"

Was this taken from the so-called Georgia Guidestones, or is it a now universally recognized principle?

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

The people who conspire (?) at and through the WEF have developed and are perfecting the abilities to cull the human herd and to maintain it "in perpetual balance with nature". No government I know of has authorized them to do such a thing, and no government appears to have the will to stop them, either.

What they're now doing is a modern, globalist version of the Wannsee Conference held in Germany in 1942. And this time they're doing it in the open, relatively speaking. Should we fail to recognize this fact and stop them, most of us have no future.

[By the way, consider the above claims in the context of all three of today's blog posts. They are closely related.]

Conspiracy, Or Not ???

Like me, you may have heard this argument before:

It's not a conspiracy; it's just the result of like-minded individuals cooperating to achieve the same goal.

Source - https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/its-not-conspiracy

Mr. Rickards fails to address a key issue - such "cooperation" becomes conspiracy when it produces an agreement to commit an illegal act. The only exception would be the power we concede to our legally, constitutionally elected legislators, whose chief job is to turn previously illegal acts (or ones not previously openly contemplated) into legal ones.

Our current batch of legislators (federal, state, and local) typically operates right on the line between cooperation and conspiracy. That's one of the chief reasons we need an apolitical Supreme Court ... and also one of the chief reasons today's politicians want to pack the court with their political allies.

In my view, the US federal system no longer works. And no one has the power to change it for the better. Oh yes ... there will be changes, but I doubt rational observers will agree they'll be beneficial for the people at large.

Our Corporate Shadow State

"... the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source - https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/19/the-shadow-state-embracing-corporations-as-surrogates-for-government-action/

In case you haven't noticed, that's exactly where we now find ourselves.

It is despicable for the US government to be OPENLY soliciting for corporations to accomplish things forbidden to our government by the US Constitution. Indeed, I would argue that such solicitation is itself unconstitutional.

But we live in a society where oath keepers are imprisoned while oath breakers go free and are allowed to enrich themselves at public expense.

Personally, I care less about what The Founders wanted than about what I want. And I want my government to stop lying, cheating, swindling, and making war, here are abroad.

Monday, July 19, 2021

Michael Corleone Returns To Cuba

A new report suggests the US is behind the recent "unrest" in Cuba:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/

I watched The Godfather: Part II again the other day. It stirred old memories about the Cold War, the so-called missile crisis, the assassinations of JFK and RFK, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

One thing is certain - When the Cuban expats in the US return to Cuba, they will have enough money to buy up the entire island ... lock, stock, and barrel. I doubt that will benefit the vast majority of Cubans in any way.

The best thing we could do for Cuba is to lift the sanctions and stop screwing with them. But knowing Uncle Sam, I doubt such a thing could ever happen.

Here is additional discussion:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56656.htm

STUPID Question Of The Day

Q: A new report couldn’t answer the big question plaguing political polling: Why were surveys off by so much in 2020?

Source - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/18/pollsters-2020-polls-all-wrong-500050

A: Let's apply Occam's razor. The answer which relies on the fewest assumptions is this - the polls were correct; but the "certified" voting results were distorted by widespread fraud, which is being kept hidden to protect the illegitimate "Joe Biden" presidency.

I've seen nothing which could make me think otherwise.

Wireless In-Motion Charging For EVs ???

Here is one of the latest "green" schemes:

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/indiana-build-wireless-motion-charging-electric-vehicles-highway

I am guessing the widespread adoption of such a system probably would cost more than the original interstate highway system (about $600 billion). And while those highways returned more than $6 in economic productivity for each $1 they cost, I question whether electric highways will be a net producer or just a waste of money. Only time will tell.

My biggest question, however, has to do with the safety of such a system. Aren't we subject to enough EM radiation as it is? I would imagine wireless charging on this scale would be MUCH stronger than cell phone radiation, for example. Can the cars be shielded to keep us safe? And would the feds even bother to run tests to prove safety before squandering our money on this newfangled gadget?

I don't want or need this. How about you? Is "new" always "better"?

Just call me a troglodyte.

Sunday, July 18, 2021

A Quick History Of The USA

From Eric Walberg -

A quick history of the American story/ epic/ saga is:

*20,000 years of tribal hunter gatherers, in harmony with nature,

*settler colonialism, i.e., war, theft, genocide,

*declaration of bourgeois revolution promising life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (scaled back to life, liberty and private property in the constitution),

*2 centuries of wild, uncontrolled, ‘creative destruction’, using and discarding resources at an insane pace, blanketing the continent in square grids of endless roads, cookie-cutter suburbs, cities turning into ghost towns, arriving at

*a car-choked dead end, where the threat of nuclear war and environmental Armageddon loom ever closer.

Source - https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/needed-urgently-new-us-national-myth/

You know, he's not far from right. And we urgently need a new national mythos, because the existing one is being shredded before our very eyes. I liked the old one, but now I'm in the minority.

Getting High In Holland

From the German Business News:

Renowned photographer and journalist Teun Voeten, who travels around the world on drug reporting, accuses: In the Netherlands, organized crime is increasingly taking control. In an interview with DWN editor-in-chief Hauke ​​Rudolph, the insider paints a harrowing picture of the conditions in our neighboring country, whose society and institutions are in partial disintegration.

Source - https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/513253/Dealer-gehen-zur-Polizei-und-in-die-Politik-Drogenbanden-unterwandern-den-niederlaendischen-Staat [translation required]

One could say much the same about the US. Not only are drug traffickers operating with impunity, the mainstream is demanding that drugs be legalized.

The trend? Less working, more getting high, less thinking, more fantasizing. Throw CRT into the mix, and you have an almost perfect recipe for national suicide.

And no one FORCED us into this. We let it in voluntarily, so we've got no one to blame except ourselves.

By the way, we squandered trillion$ in the 'war on terror' fighting people who did minimal (if any) damage to our country. In comparison, the 'war on drugs' was hardly a war at all, in spite of the vast wreckage drugs did to our population. Was our money spent wisely in either case? What do you think?

Yes, You Should Be Worried

Here is some data which worries one of the inventors of mRNA vaccines:

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/worrying-me-quite-bit-mrna-vaccine-inventor-shares-viral-thread-showing-covid-surge-most

This data supports the possibility the vaccines themselves are now spreading the disease. This suggests that by definition, they are NOT vaccines ... but may in fact be (as some claim) a bioweapon.

If that's true and if "Joe Biden" and his thugs ignore it and continue to demand that you be "vaccinated", then you really should be worried. There appears to be an agenda other than public health behind all this.

What do you think?

The Power Of Tech Giants

Here is a link to some graphics comparing the market caps of tech giants to the GDPs of various nations:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-tech-giants-worth-compared-economies-countries/

Is it any wonder they wield such political and financial power?

All these nations have the power to tax the tech giants, but if they tax them at all it's usually just a drop in the bucket. Why is that?

The nations collectively provide all the military and social services in the world, but the largest corporations (which control most of the world's wealth) don't contribute much to such expenditures. How long can nations survive with no tax revenue?

And do the central banks even care? This will end with a bunch of bankrupt nations and a lot of happy bankers.

Quote For The Day - 7/18/2021

"South Africa was the first modern nation to be refounded on the anti-white principles of critical race theory, and now it is reaping the whirlwind of that choice."

Darren J. Beattie

If you think CRT is of little consequence, think again. What is now happening in South Africa also may be our future. Here is a discussion of that possibility:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-07-13/south-africas-present-americas-future

And that bleak future is being driven by developments like these:

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/16/let-them-die-fairfax-pta-and-naacp-officer-calls-for-the-death-of-who-oppose-crt-to-die/

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/now-they-are-saying-that-the-republican-party-is-the-1-national-security-threat-to-the-united-states-of-america/

This is not going away, people; especially because the ruling party in the US (Democrats) and their enablers in the corporate world appear to be firmly behind it. The related facts that people are now calling their neighbors a "security threat" and suggesting they should die is a very ominous development - this is the very kind of rhetoric which precedes genocide.

This will not end well. The best we can hope for is a nonviolent resolution, but with each passing day that possibility appears to be fading.

Update - 7/25/2021

Here is additional discussion:

https://alt-market.us/the-us-is-only-one-step-away-from-a-south-african-style-social-implosion/

Ask yourself this - Is "Joe Biden" doing anything to prevent such an implosion, or is his administration attempting to provoke it?

Friday, July 16, 2021

The Smoking Gun

Here is a most important interview with Dr. David Martin, who provides details of behind the scenes maneuvering regarding the bioweapon known as the COVID-19 "vaccines":

https://odysee.com/@vaccines-covid-nwo:3/JgxEMA02opvp:6

Considering the facts he presents, it is unconscionable that we are allowing, even forcing, the administration of this poison into hundreds of millions of people. Clearly RICO prosecutions of the participants is warranted, but can we expect "Joe Biden" to allow such a thing?

Please watch this BEFORE the Biden "strike teams" come to your door. This knowledge may save your life.

"Our" Wealthy Congress

Here is a prime example of how the US Congress doesn't represent We the People:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56654.htm

Many, especially the ringleaders, are there to enrich themselves at our expense.

And what's their excuse? It goes something like this:

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men [and women] in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it".

Frédéric Bastiat

More Iconoclasm

Here are two reports discussing the ongoing destruction of our national symbols:

http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/their-endgame-for-the-flag-the-national-anthem-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-constitution

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/utah-blm-says-anyone-flying-american-flag-racist-vows-donations-aoc

You may think such iconoclasm is necessary, and perhaps benign, but it is neither.

And you may believe it will help establish justice and equality, but it won't do that, either.

This is all about POWER ... shifting it from you to someone else. And we're not talking about mere left-right political power or the power to fight things like "climate change", but the power of life and death.

The Approaching Storm

From C.J. Hopkins:

You can’t remake entire societies into quasi-totalitarian systems without civil unrest, chaos, rioting, war, or some other form of cataclysm. Brainwashing the masses is all fine and good, but, at some point, you need to goad the people who are resisting your new totalitarian “reality” into getting unruly, so you can crack down on them, and transform them into official enemies, which appears to be what is happening currently.

Source - https://consentfactory.org/2021/07/14/the-approaching-storm/

Whatever you do, do NOT take the mark:

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Revelation 13 KJV

While the "vaccines" and the "passports" may not mark your hand or forehead, their purpose and impact appears to otherwise fit this scripture very well.

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Cowardice In The Pulpit

Here is a report about a priest who was removed from the ministry for doing what any genuine Christian priest would do:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-bishop-takes-rare-step-164036864.html

If we accept the premise that Jesus was a rebel who warned us about spiritual wickedness in high places, then this man is the kind of priest we should demand for OUR churches. Instead, we get wimpy cowards who pretend that Jesus was something else entirely, or that He didn't even exist.

Early Christians were willing to die for their faith. Can that be said about today's "christian churches"? No. They cower before Caesar's throne (which in many cases masquerades as "a democracy") while turning their backs on G-d's throne and His commandments.

The blind leading the hopeless.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Some fear the US may break apart into separate "confederations". Here is one version of what could happen:

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/shock-poll-two-in-three-southern-republicans-want-to-secede-from-the-united-states/

Many will say such a thing is well nigh impossible, but who would have predicted that South Africa would explode so quickly into the kind of violence they're now experiencing?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/its-war-zone-south-africa-deploy-25000-troops-country-brink-civil-war

That could be us in a few years (or months?) if things continue going as they are, with an authoritarian left wing government, possibly fraudulently elected, continuing to spend trillion$ of dollar$ and grabbing more and more power for itself.

Take a look at this S. African video on the subject of gun control, as I think it has great applicability to our own situation:

https://youtu.be/raFZNEXb7hM

Note well the current US government is trying all sorts of tactics to disarm We the People at the very time privately owned firearms may be the only thing which prevents the complete collapse of civil society. Why is that, and why should anyone trust a government which would do such a thing to its own citizens?

Be well, and pray for peace. Our prayers may be the only thing standing between us and the abyss.

Update - 7/17/2021

Here is a red herring report apparently intended to contradict the rationale for the Second Amendment to the US Constitution:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-armed-citizens-not-031835800.html

Do you want to be disarmed? If so, then go back to sleep and the feds will do the rest.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

What's In The "Vaccines" ???

Here is a revealing video about the COVID-19 "vaccines":

https://www.bitchute.com/video/4kfQqCojv3Hu/

They are NOT what is being advertised. So what ARE they, and what are they doing to us?

Update - 7/15/2021

Here is additional discussion:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/mrna-covid-vaccine-not-vaccine/5734464

Still want to take the jab?

The Very Definition Of Hypocrisy

You may have seen this report about vaccine coercion:

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/13/it-needs-to-be-hard-for-people-to-remain-unvaccinated-making-the-case-for-covid-challenges/

According to the report, the champion of this vaccine coercion is a former head of Planned Parenthood.

So, it's a constitutional "right" to kill your baby, but apparently NOT your right to refuse an experimental vaccine, a choice which has NOT been demonstrated to harm anyone? Why does "my body, my choice" apply to pregnant women but not to the rest of us?

These people are messed up in the head, and no one should listen to them ... let alone be coerced by them into doing anything.

Sunday, July 11, 2021

How Is This Possible ???

From Dr. Joseph Mercola, MD:

Moderna, together with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on December 12, 2019 - raising significant red flags

The providers agreed to transfer "mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates developed and jointly-owned by NIAID and Moderna" to the university’s investigator and was signed by Ralph Baric

Baric pioneered techniques for genetically manipulating coronaviruses, which became a major focus for research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)

Baric worked closely with WIV’s Shi Zhengli, Ph.D., on research using genetic engineering to create a "new bat SARS-like virus … that can jump directly from its bat hosts to humans"

Serious questions need to be answered, including: Were Moderna, NIAID and Baric aware that COVID-19 was circulating in mid-December 2019, or did they have knowledge far before that such a vaccine would soon be in demand?

Source - https://www.globalresearch.ca/niaid-moderna-covid-vaccine-candidate-december-2019/5749713

These claims, if true, point to a conspiracy behind the "plandemic". But, you may ask, how could they possibly get away with such a thing?

The proof is right in front of you - the scientists are lying, the doctors are lying, the media isn't investigating anything, and all the government is doing is banning potentially effective treatments while forcing us to take experimental vaccines.

And still We the People do nothing.

With this sort of ignorance and compliance, they could get away with ANYTHING. And I'm certain they will, 'cause this isn't over yet.

And ultimately, just like in Nazi Germany, everyone will claim they didn't know and were just "following orders".

Jeez, are we dumb.

Update - 7/12/2021

And before you buy the mantra "the vaccines are safe", please take a look at this report:

https://www.theautomaticearth.com/2021/07/the-safe-vaccines/

That doesn't sound like safe at all. What do YOU think?

Reasons To Stockpile Food

Here is some good advice from Michael Snyder:

http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/5-specific-reasons-why-you-should-stockpile-food-right-now

I am not a "prepper", but clearly a storm is coming and most of us are unprepared.

Do what you can before it's too late.

The Biden Crime Family ???

And speaking of US political corruption, here is a tale of Joe Biden & Son:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/07/biden_inc_hunter_joe_and_the_mexican_oligarchs_146043.html

Clearly, the cadre of people running the US government appears rotten to the core. The press is absolutely worthless, and so is the US justice (sic) system.

How low can we go? Just how far down is the bottom, 'cause that's where we're headed.

By the way, take a look at this map of the world's biggest tax havens:

Source - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-biggest-private-tax-havens/

Note the US is #2, so our elites don't even have to go offshore. But I bet a lot of them do anyway.

Who Killed Seth Rich ???

According to this report, the Clintons may have been involved in the murder of Seth Rich:

https://newspunch.com/fbi-email-clintons-hired-to-murder-seth-rich/

Granted, this is slim evidence (if we can call it that at all), but why are there still endless probes of Trump while the Clintons apparently can get away with murder?

US DOJ and FBI no longer are credible institutions, if they ever were.

Frankly, I doubt ANY of "our" institutions are credible. That's one of the things which happens in a "failed state", which the US definitely is turning into.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Why US Left Afghanistan

As you may have heard, the US has pulled out of Afghanistan after two long decades of mayhem and torture.

Some, such as Pat Buchanan, are suggesting ours was a failed war:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/buchanan-afghanistan-failed-mission

But I think this other report may reveal what's really going on:

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/07/08/russia-ready-to-activate-tajikistan-military-base-over-fighting-in-afghanistan/

The US was overjoyed when the former Soviet Union got bogged down in Afghanistan. Didn't we initially support Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda for that very reason, to give the Soviets a Vietnam of their own?

Well, now that everything Russian is evil again, it makes perfect sense we'd toss this tar baby back into the Russians' lap ... and that may be exactly what we're doing.

The Taliban is resurgent, the opium fields will be producing bumper crops again, the heroin mills will be fired up to the max, and (of course) the Taliban and the jihadists can now turn their acrimony back against the Russian devils to the north.

Everyone's happy again, except maybe Vlad Putin and his boys, who apparently now will be doing the dying instead of our boys and girls.

See, "Joe Biden" isn't so dumb after all, especially since US drones can continue to bomb Afghan wedding parties whenever we want.

Update - 7/11/2021

Apparently both Russia and the Taliban are attempting to make peace with each other. You can read about it here:

https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/say-hello-to-the-diplo-taliban/

Wouldn't it be great for all concerned if this worked out? I think it could as long as the US and Israel stay out of the conflict. What's the chance of that?

Gay Israel ???

I saw this ad in the Jerusalem Post:

https://www.hawalili.com/products/men-s-shirt-collar-abstract-printed-shirts-tops-11819126

I wonder if it is related to the following trend:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088319/Tel-Aviv-trumps-New-York-named-worlds-best-gay-city.html

Why have "the chosen people" adopted lifestyles which G-d calls an abomination?

Hmmm ...

Is Everything Racism ???

Yesterday, I saw a sign in one of my neighbor's yards which read "evolution is racism".

Hmmm ...

I've also read the following:

  • Science is racist
  • Technology is racist
  • Engineering is racist
  • Mathematics is racist
  • Language is racist

How is it that everything we recently believed our children needed to succeed in the world is somehow now "racist"?

If our world is to be converted into an Internet of Things (IoT), then how can we believe that its basis (i.e., the STEM skills which support an IoT) can be racist and therefore worthy of destruction? Does that make any sense to anyone?

If we follow such "logic" to its conclusion, I think we'll find the ultimate racism is embodied in the super AI singularity paradigm, in which an all-knowing, all-capable self-aware artificial intelligence becomes an ubermensch, while most of humanity becomes obsolete underlings.

Didn't we fight WWII to prevent such a thing from happening?

Friday, July 9, 2021

Another Fed Power Grab

The FCC is facilitating the 5G agenda in a major way. You can read about it here:

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/amicus-brief-chd-lawsuit-fcc-wireless-antennas/

This move is similar to actions described here:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-devils-in-details.html

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2021/07/say-goodbye-to-ac.html

Slowly but surely, the federal government is reshaping US "infrastructure" to force us into accepting a new way of life which benefits government-corporate surveillance and control of the population, while removing the ability of state and local governments to resist it.

Some may believe these changes are good for us. I'm not one of them.

More Chinese Biowarfare ???

What do you think about this?

According to Reuters research, the Chinese gene company BGI Group is using a test for pregnant women developed together with the Chinese military to collect genetic data from millions of women worldwide. These data will be used for extensive research into the genetic characteristics of population groups, according to company information and a Reuters analysis of scientific studies. This has raised concerns in both the US and Germany - especially as the tone in relations between Western governments, and especially the US and communist China, has tightened in recent months. The process also sheds light on the general handling of medical data by governments and corporations worldwide, especially since artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to evaluate data. The US government sees BGI's efforts to collect and analyze human genetic data as a national security threat.

You can read the rest @

https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/513115/Was-haben-die-vor-China-sammelt-weltweit-Gendaten-von-Schwangeren [translation required]

Our failure to definitively nail down the source of SARS-CoV-2 ought to give us pause when we see things like what the above report reveals. This could be benign or malevolent. But I would not be surprised if this somehow fits into the population reduction agenda.

What do you think?

Having A Conscience Is Now Forbidden

Here are some revealing comments from Kathy Kelly about US military drones:

A new variation of this missile can hurl about 100 pounds of metal through the top of a vehicle or building; the missiles also deploy, just before impact, six long, whirring blades intended to slice up any person or object in the missile’s path.

Any drone operator or analyst should be aghast, as Daniel Hale was, at the possibility of killing and maiming civilians through such grotesque means. But Daniel Hale’s ordeal may be intended to send a chilling message to other US government and military analysts: keep quiet.

You can read the rest @

https://original.antiwar.com/kelly/2021/07/08/why-daniel-hale-deserves-gratitude-not-prison/

I suppose legally Daniel Hale is in the wrong, and those who designed, built, and deployed these drones committed no crimes. I'm sure US courts will see it that way.

But as a nation, by using such indiscriminate, horrible weapons and silencing people like Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Daniel Hale we have achieved spiritual death.

This is NOT what our country should be.

Where Are The Autopsies ???

Here are some wonderful questions from Jane M. Orient, MD:

https://www.wnd.com/2021/07/dying-post-vaccine-autopsies/

And this is not just a matter of old school medicine vs. new school. My opinion is that the Big Med and Big Pharma of today thrive on fear and the lack of information. Doing more autopsies would destroy their hold on us.

I have great respect for people who achieve the distinction of an MD degree. I have no respect for those who then treat us like mushrooms (i.e., keep us in the dark and feed us shit).

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Thought For The Day - 7/8/2021

I assure you, if it requires coercion, manipulation, gaslighting, 24/7 advertising, fear-mongering, silencing of dissenting opinions and experts, slandering of alternative options, tons of incentives, and indemnification from liability, then it isn’t required for health.

Source - https://www.theautomaticearth.com/2021/07/debt-rattle-july-8-2021/

And given all that, what is its REAL purpose?

Is Google Really Green ???

When using Google's search site, you might notice this claim in the footer of the page:

"Carbon neutral since 2007"

What does that really mean? Here are some perspectives on the issue from Robert Bryce on Forbes.com:

I estimate that the company used about 12.4 terawatt-hours of juice in 2019.

Thus, by itself, Google uses more electricity than what’s consumed in more than 100 countries, including Sri Lanka and Zambia, and nearly as much as what’s used in places like Burma and the Dominican Republic. It also uses more juice than seven states - Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine - as well as the District of Columbia. Of those places, Maine (population 1.3 million) comes closest to Google’s hunger for electricity. (In 2018, Maine used about 12.3 terawatt-hours of electricity.) 

Source - https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2020/10/21/googles-dominance-is-fueled-by-zambia-size-amounts-of-electricity/

Is it enough to be carbon neutral or carbon free? Not really.

All energy use contributes to warming of the planet. So to actually be "green", We the People must regulate EVERYONE'S usage, Google included. And the only fair standard is whether such usage contributes to the welfare of humanity. Is the ability to conduct web searches for trivial pursuits more important than energy used by a farmer to feed his family and the rest of us? I don't think so.

What do YOU think?

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

WEF Clown Show

Do you want people like this telling you how to run your life? I don't:

By the way, the next time one of their "simulations" wrecks the world, I hope you'll wake up and hold them accountable.

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Squeezing A Balloon

From the German Business News:

Children and adults in Israel suddenly become ill with various viral infections that usually only occur in winter. "We have never seen anything like it", says Dr. Tal Brosh, head of the Infectious Disease Department at Samson Assuta Ashdod Hospital.

Source - https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/513029/HMPV-RSV-Rhinovirus-Ungewoehnlicher-Anstieg-von-anderen-Virus-Infektionen-in-Israel [translation required]

This is what happens when you mess with the human immune system and the web of herd immunity. And this may be just the tip of the iceberg.

Here is a related discussion:

https://www.geertvandenbossche.org/post/the-chicken-and-egg-problem-which-came-first

Update - 7/11/2021

Here is additional discussion:

https://americaoutloud.com/dont-fool-with-the-diversity-of-mother-nature/

Hypothetically if someone wanted to cull the human herd, destroying our immune systems would be one way to go. And it apparently would be relatively easy to get away with such a thing, since the tools for silencing experts and keeping the public confused already are in place and quite effective.

Our Next President ???

According to this report, former Mayor Pete Butt has a path to the presidency:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/09/the-atlantic-lays-out-pete-buttigiegs-path-to-presidency-in-2024/

That should reinforce the following claim - TPTB have multiple tools which can be used to install the candidate THEY want in any public or private office in the land. They got rid of Trump, got a living corpse named Biden elected, and only needed VP Harris to help further their electoral scheme. Now that she has become a liability, they seem ready to throw her under the bus.

I don't want to see ANY of these clowns in the White House, but it's not up to me.

Worthy Of Note

From Catherine Clifford for CNBC:

It is true that Moderna’s mRNA vaccine was ready remarkably fast, as was Pfizer’s.

Chinese scientists put the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus online on Jan. 11. Over the next two days, the NIH and Moderna used it to plot out a vaccine.

Afeyan remembers getting a key call about the development of the Covid-19 vaccine. "January 21st, my daughter’s birthday ... I got a call from Davos [during The World Economic Forum] from the CEO of Moderna," he says. Bancel had been approached by a number of public health groups at the conference "urging" him to work on a vaccine.

Source - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/03/how-moderna-made-its-mrna-covid-vaccine-so-quickly-noubar-afeyan.html

It is worth noting the vaccines were created in response to a genetic sequence provided by the Chinese - NOT the virus itself. And if the impetus for the vaccine came from the WEF, then the entire thing may indeed be a "plot".

By the way, here is the author's resume:

Catherine Clifford is the senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor’s degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is an avid yogi.

How any of that qualifies her to write knowledgeably about vaccines is a mystery to me. Same goes for the advice of movie stars, sports figures, and/or comics. Any vaccine advice they give seems WAY out of their lane.

Yes, the above report does contain tweets from people claiming to have PhDs, but that's hardly scientific "proof". And no scientist is going to keep their job if they try to tell you these "vaccines" are bad for you.

Monday, July 5, 2021

The Real Rumsfeld ???

Here is Scott Ritter's evaluation of the late Donald Rumsfeld:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56623.htm

Although it may never be proven, Rumsfeld's suspected role in 9/11 overshadows anything in Ritter's op-ed/obit. It's difficult to believe he and Cheney were NOT at the heart of what happened that day, but whatever the case they were among the chief architects of the US response to it ... and that alone assures their place in the Nine Circles of Hell.

And here's a few additional thoughts about Rumsfeld by Edward Curtin:

Then as I sit here my brief peace is roiled by the memory of reading Tacitus, the Roman historian, and his famous quote of Calgacus, an enemy of Rome:

"These plunderers of the world [the Romans], after exhausting the land by their devastations, are rifling the ocean: stimulated by avarice, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor; unsatiated by the East and by the West: the only people who behold wealth and indigence with equal avidity. To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace."

I think of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on his recent deathbed.  Here was a man whose entire life was dedicated to the American Empire.  He spent all his allotted time making war or making money from the spoils of war.  He was a desert maker, a slaughterer for the Empire.  No doubt he died very rich in gold.

Source - https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/drinking-coffee-in-the-early-morning-rain-and-thinking-of-donald-rumsfeld/

Held For Ransom

Here is some perspective on a recent ransomware attack:

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/05/1013117515/scale-details-of-massive-kaseya-ransomware-attack-emerge

There is NO WAY the Internet will EVER be secure. If we continue to construct an Internet of Everything, this is only going to get worse.

Humanity's capacity for evil ALWAYS overcomes any obstacles put in its way.