Novichok Follies

Saw this report today, and just had to say something about it:

https://johnhelmer.net/new-book-published-today-long-live-novichok/

In particular, these two statements attributed to Putin deserve scrutiny:

"Regarding the tragedy you have mentioned,” Putin told reporters, “I learned about it from the media. The first thing that comes to mind is that, had it been a warfare agent, the victims would have died immediately. It is an obvious fact which must be taken into account. This is first."

That is totally correct. Novichok is nasty stuff, a tiny amount of which is sufficient to kill any human.

"The second is that Russia does not have such chemical agents. We destroyed all our chemical weapons, and international observers monitored the destruction process."

This statement is misleading. One of the major goals of the Foliant Program which produced Novichok was to be able to make it from readily available precursor chemicals which are NOT considered to be chemical warfare agents. So Putin could truthfully say "we don't have any", but it would be easy for anyone to make some whenever and wherever they wanted. Here is some background info which supports these claims:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/world/novichok-former-soviet-chemist/index.html

I believe the entire Skripal episode was a "false flag attack" intended to make the Russians look bad on the international stage. I have no idea whether the Skripals were participants or victims (or were even exposed to ANY chemical agent), but the facts presented in the above reports suggest they probably were innocent victims selected because of who they were.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

FYI, you can find my earliest writings about Novichok here:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2013/05/were-chemical-weapons-used-during-first.html

Opening The Seals Of Revelation

Had I written the first eight verses of Chapter 6 of the Book of Revelation, they would have looked something like this:

Revelation 6:1-8

Saint Howard Version

First Seal: The Rider is Apollo (the god of pestilence)

6 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

Second Seal: The Rider is Ares (the god of war)

3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: The Rider is Demeter (the goddess of famine)

5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a pale green horse, and she who sat on it had a pair of scales in her hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

Fourth Seal: The Rider is Death (followed by Hades, the ruler of the underworld)

7 When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 So I looked, and behold, a black horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with pestilence, with war, with famine, and by all manner of death.

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But I didn't, so regard the above as my poor attempt [adapted from the New King James Version] to interpret what Saint John saw and wrote down. I think it better explains the Scripture in the context of the Greco-Roman beliefs of the time.

The Trump Agenda

Here is a wonderful, independent assessment of Donald Trump and how he reacts to challenges:

https://karenkwiatkowski.substack.com/p/seven-lessons-trump-learned-incompletely

I think this does not bode well for the Trump agenda, at least not the one many people voted for.

What do you think?

Is AI Worse Than Nuclear Weapons ???

Here are two essays which claim AI is a national security imperative:

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/ai-national-security-imperative

https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-01-03-ai-a-dangerous-necessity-for-national-security.html

You may recall this is the way nuclear weapons were sold to the US Congress and We the People - by claiming they were inevitable, likely to be developed by our "enemies", and something we could not live and thrive without. And here we are, 80 years later, still being fed the same line of BS.

Human activity can occur on a broad spectrum ranging from cooperation to warfare, but unless you've been asleep you know the US doesn't EVER cooperate or coexist. Our "leaders" always have to come out on top, no matter what, no matter who has to suffer or die.

This time, please don't drink their Kool-Aid. Nukes are bad enough, but their adverse effects have so far prevented their widespread use in warfare. AI, on the other hand, doesn't produce deadly radionuclide fallout, making it much more likely to be used on a wide scale. But, like nuclear weapons, it has the capacity to cause our extinction.

To me, that makes it like "giving an idiot child a machine gun" as one of our sages has observed.

Wake up, people - make peace, stop making enemies, and stop listening to the maniacs who control our military and our government. They really don't have our best interests in mind.

Musk Confused About Hitler ???

Elon Musk made the following statement as part of his recent op-ed in Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper:

"The portrayal of the AfD as rightwing extremist is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Please!"

Source - https://www.zerohedge.com/political/last-spark-hope-germany-musk-pens-pro-afd-op-ed-major-paper-editor-resigns

Well it actually does, if you recall some of the never-proven claims made way back then:

• What about all those alleged photos of Adolf with young boys taken by his personal photographer which were later suppressed as Der Fuehrer came to power?
• There was that BS story about him catching Ernst Roehm in bed with a young male SA trooper and shooting them both. Was that concocted to draw scrutiny away from Hitler's secret sex life?
• There was that rumor that Adolf wanted Winifred Wagner to be his beard. Was there any credence in that?
• And what's with that "suicide" of his girlfriend Geli Raubal? Did she maybe discover the truth about Adolf's sexual desires?

In spite of decades of intense scrutiny, there is still much we don't know about the life of Adolf Hitler.

And one would think that a highly intelligent person like Musk would know better than to step in the same foul-smelling mess that Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh did during the Nazi era.

How Important Is The DNI ???

Here is one analyst's tongue-in-check assessment of our current and potentially future DNIs:

Tulsi Gabbard – Army LTC, veteran of US Middle Eastern wars, public and private patriot, Congresswoman, and candidate for President - cannot be allowed to be DNI. Obviously, the US needs someone like the current DNI, Avril Haines, who has a law degree she hasn’t used, once ran a bookstore, never served in the military, nor worked in the intelligence community. Instead, she made her way into government service via political appointment after political appointment. And that’s exactly how we like our DNIs. Imagine if they actually read intelligence and didn’t just serve as a rubber stamp for the professional intelligence bureaucracy? In Princess Bride terms, we prefer our intelligence directors to be puppets of the deep state, and we say in unison, “Tulsi Gabbard? Inconceivable!”

Source - https://karenkwiatkowski.substack.com/p/the-capitol-report

How important is the DNI? VERY, whether you want them to just rubber-stamp BS or to ACTUALLY do their job, which includes the following:

Leading the Intelligence Community

The DNI is the head of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), which includes the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the National Security Agency (NSA). The DNI oversees and directs the IC's activities.

Advising the president

The DNI advises the president, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council on intelligence matters.

Providing intelligence

The DNI provides timely and objective intelligence to the president, other executive branch officials, Congress, and military commanders.

Establishing priorities

The DNI sets objectives and priorities for collecting, analyzing, producing, and disseminating intelligence.

Ensuring access

The DNI ensures that intelligence information is available and accessible within the IC.

Developing the budget

The DNI develops and executes an annual budget for the national intelligence program.

Coordinating with foreign governments

The DNI oversees coordination with intelligence and security services from foreign governments and international organizations.

(h/t Google AI)

No doubt Ms. Haines is very intelligent and capable, but did she actually do these things?

I dunno. What do you think?

Could This Be Why Gaetz Won't Be AG ???

While digesting yesterday's "news" I came upon some interesting coincidences:

• OpenAI has decided to get into the military AI battlefield weapons business:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/openai-using-technology-kill/5875471

• A company named Anduril Industries also will be a major player in that business:

https://www.anduril.com/

• One of the founders of Anduril is Palmer Luckey:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey

• And Palmer's brother-in-law is Matt Gaetz.

Had I been in Matt's position, I would have been faced with the following two choices:

1. Have my name dragged through the mud for 4+ years so I could be Trump's attack dog (and in the process draw the ire of just about everyone in DC), or
2. Leave the government to get in on the next phase of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the AI/UAV revolution in military affairs, and a potential renaissance of the nuclear power industry.

I know which choice I would have made.

Besides, you don't really think the blob/deep state/swamp creatures and their ilk are going to let ANYONE hold them accountable or take away their power, do you?