1. Doesn’t the music make this theatre Macabre just a little perfect? Cannes:
2. Welcome to Davos. I hope you brought your own food.
In 2022, Davos elites will have an opportunity to celebrate “oneness” and “connectedness” with magic mushrooms, administered in part by psychedelic shamans of Burning Man. What could go wrong with global leaders tripping out while deciding the future of the whole world? ? TN Editor
Welcome to the Dose. Sure, Davos has always sought to raise global consciousness — addressing topics like food scarcity and climate change. But psychedelic drugs? These substances are still illegal in most places. Finding out that influential shamans and companies will present at this year’s World Economic Forum inspired me to take a look at what the industry has to gain from a platform with the global elite.
Psychedelics industry targets power players
The World Economic Forum, a gathering of the global elite now synonymous with the quaint Swiss town of Davos where it’s held, isn’t the usual place you’d expect to find a shaman, do breathwork or get rooted in your body.
But this year’s gathering of government leaders and corporate executives will host a “House of Psychedelics” program with almost 40 sessions and speakers, including researchers, entrepreneurs, investors — and some who consider themselves shamans. While not part of the core Davos agenda, which doesn’t permit commercial activity, the program has a space on the town’s main promenade, which traditionally showcases Fortune 500 companies to the conference’s attendees.
3. I was hoping to make this a Monkeypox free post but NOOoooo
The Gran Canarian pride festival attended by 80,000 from Britain and across Europe is being investigated after being linked to numerous monkeypox cases in Madrid, Italy and Tenerife.
Held between May 5 and May 15, Maspalomas Pride attracts visitors from across the continent.
It was attended by people who have tested positive for the monekypox virus afterwards, with public health services from the Canary Islands now investigating the any links between the cases and the LGBT+ celebrations.
‘Among the 30 or so diagnosed in Madrid, there are several who attended the event, although it is not yet possible to know if one of them is patient zero of this outbreak or if they all got infected there,’ a health source told El País.
Meanwhile, in Monkeypox disinformation town:
Here we go again.. pic.twitter.com/7acjiHhV5T
— AG ? (@Yolo304741) May 21, 2022
(The good news is, I didn’t copy over the photos)
4. Multiple governments commit to signing WHO pandemic treaty
Who is supporting the WHO’s pandemic treaty?
UPDATE: India has joined the list of countries that support giving the WHO more powers.
At the second Global COVID Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “It is clear that a coordinated global response is required to combat future health emergencies. We must build a resilient global supply chain and enable equitable access to vaccines and medicines… We also call for streamlining WHO’s approval process for vaccines and therapeutics to keep supply chains stable and predictable. As a responsible member of the global community, India is ready to play a key role in these efforts.”
On March 30, the World Health Organization published the following list of 25 world leaders who have committed to working together “towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response”:
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom;Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine; Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway; António Luís Santos da Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal; Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy; Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania; Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; Charles Michel, President of the European Council; Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece; Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain; Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile; Aleksandar Vu?i?, President of Serbia; Andrej Plenkovi?, Prime Minister of Croatia; Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea; J. V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji; Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya; Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica; Edi Rama,Prime Minister of Albania; Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa; Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; Kais Saied, President of Tunisia; Macky Sall, President of Senegal; Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia; and, of course, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. [Emphasis added and order altered]
Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand can be added to this list.
5. US Military Chief Says Taiwan Must Strengthen Its Defenses
(Bloomberg) — Taiwan must gird itself against potential Chinese aggression through military deterrence that includes acquiring the right weapons and proper training, the top US naval officer said on Tuesday.
“That is a big lesson learned and a wakeup call, particularly with respect to not only having the right kit but are people trained to use it the right way,” Admiral Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, said at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations that focused on knowledge gleaned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “That shouldn’t be lost on us with respect to Taiwan.”
Gilday spoke on a panel of all six military service chiefs, including generals from the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force and admirals from the Navy and Coast Guard.
China has said it has no intention of attacking Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing views as its territory. It has regularly protested US arms sales to the island as provocative.
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«Sharia-Erna» Solberg is not the prime monster of Norway anymore, since september last year the prime monster of Norway is Jonas Gahr «Hamas-Støre».
This will make no difference whatsoever when it comes to Norways adherence to the new WHO regime.
Monkeypox? Really??
First we endured the BATFLU, now we’re supposed to bow down and worship our saviors from the MONEYPOX —
And “they” think we’re the stupid ones!
I rather look at a poxy monkey than Prez Z of Ukraine.
I’m pretty sure that there are some that will gain quite a lot from this function of the Mon(k)ey Pox.
In January of ’96 I was at Mangochi Hospital in Malawi with a bout of Malaria, while waiting for a Doctor I noticed a guy with pustules over his body.
When I asked the Doctor later what his problem was he just said “Monkey-pox” and I shouldn’t be worried. (Well, I wasn’t, just curious)
He said since I most likely had a Small-pox vaxx as a child I’ll should not get it anyway. Although I got the chicken-pox when I was 19.
He warned me not to eat bushmeat from the market, since nobody knows what kind of disease the animal had.
I never did, although I bought sometimes Agouti at the side of the road when the animal was fresh and hadn’t been cleaned yet.
I like to check the Liver myself to see if it is looking “funny”.
Chicken pox is a different virus. (I got it when I was 17.)
Trouble with chicken pox is it makes you susceptible to shingles later in life.
2/ Interesting research on treating PTSD with psychedelics.
It’s tricky, though. Psychedelics always carry the risk of triggering a schizophrenic break in a person with a latent disposition for it.
And Davos, of course, contaminates everything. ALL research has become suspect.
I was treated for PTSD after the Marathon Bombing in 2013. Know many others both here and in Israel who’ve learned to cope with it. Not all of them well.
But – amazingly – there are first aid tactics that really seem to help. A counterintuitive approach from the Stress, Trauma & Resilience Studies Dept at Tel-Hai Uni:
https://www.israel21c.org/israels-radical-new-approach-to-psychological-first-aid/
I knew an Afghan Vet who had profound PTSD. The ONLY thing that worked was an Israeli THC derivative called, “Cesamet”.
Probably various forms of CBD oil, with or without THC may also work.
Israelis need an entire array of remedies for PTSD. The Oslo Generation. Pot is one ingredient in their resilience cocktail.
5/ How into self-defense are the Taiwanese?
Say, compared to another small nation, also at high risk?
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/taiwan/
• Military expenditures 2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military service age and obligation
Starting with those born in 1994, males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 1 year … subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist, but are restricted to noncombat roles…
Compare with Israel:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/israel/
• Military expenditures 5.5% (2017) of GDP – 5.0% (2021 est.)
Military service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; Jews and Druze can be conscripted; Christians, Circassians, and Muslims may volunteer; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript liability 48 months for officers, 32 months for other ranks, 24 for women; conscript service obligation – 32 months for enlisted men and about 24 months for enlisted women (varies based on military occupation), 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9-year service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), age 24 (women) (2021)
Singapore’s a special case. Bare bones: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/singapore/
Very special, Singapore. Serious about conscription, significant domestic munitions industry. Plus they buy the very best military equipment from all over the world.
…..and…..
Since independence in 1965, it’s been having an affair with … Israel !
2004, so Haaretz cooties have worn off. Fun reading!A Deep, Dark, Secret Love Affair
A team of IDF officers, known as the `Mexicans,’ helped Singapore establish an army. It was the start of a very special relationship.
https://www.haaretz.com/1.4758973
……….
More has been coming out in the last decade.
Singapore, a military power in South Asia built on the Israeli model
“The Singapore army was built, trained and equipped following the model of the Israeli army. Singaporeans are surrounded by Muslim countries, making their islands susceptible to paranoia. For this reason the State has developed a disproportionate military, broad and powerful. And from this point of view, their army is for them very similar to the Israeli army…”
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/110391-160420-singapore-a-military-power-in-south-asia-built-on-the-israeli-model
…….
I have a close relative who works six months a year there. He spent a decade working on the monster F-35; now he’s all drones.
Exc: the Infamous Wuhan Lab Recently Assembled Monkeypox Strains Using methods Flagged For Creating ‘Contagious Pathogens.”
by Natalie Winters – May 22, 2022
https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/05/22/wuhan-assembled-monkeypox-strains/
Strengthening Global systems to Prevent and Respond to High Consequence Biological Threats – Monkeypox beginning @ 6:49 – This Is A Fictional Scenario
Nuclear Threat Initiative – November 23, 2021
Description Box – In March 2021, NTI partnered with the Munich Security Conference to conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats…
5/ I’m troubled that the Taiwanese need a “wake-up call”. But the figures spell it out.
The percentage of GDP spent on defense has ranged from approx. 1.8- 2.1% over the past five years. Singapore spends about 3% annually. Israel: 5- 5.5% over the same period. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/
Military service requirements? See the link above; too absurd to compare. I understand the air force is 60% understaffed. That’s why Taiwanese pilots are too exhausted to keep up with PLA incursions on the island’s airspace, no longer bother with most.
They have a plan, of sorts:
Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained
https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/taiwans-overall-defense-concept-explained/
………….
A comment from a Taiwanese-American adds texture [slightly edited] :
Taiwan has native Taiwanese (Chinese originally from Fujian starting hundreds of years ago), and Chinese families who fled China after it fell to the communists. We can call these mainlanders (or outside province people. The mainlanders had the money and or connections.
After the Japanese surrender (Taiwan had been a Japanese colony) the mainlanders fleeing to Taiwan basically elbowed the Taiwanese out of the way. On Feb 28 1947, Chiang Kai Shek’s soldiers turned their machine guns on Taiwanese protestors and slaughtered at least 20,000. Many thousand more were imprisoned as “communists”.
In the 1970s (after the death of Chiang Kai :), wealthy mainlanders on Taiwan began investing heavily in mainland China, and providing technological assistance. Without their help, China would not be a power.
Now Taiwan faces the monster of their creation.
Many of the wealthy mainlanders have been promoting and facilitating “reunification” for decades. They function as a 5th column, and are playing a key role currently, although they sort of pretend to be patriotic Taiwan people. They think they will be important people, with a place at the table, after Taiwan falls. They want their ancestral lands back. They do not care about the fate of the native Taiwanese, whom will probably wind up like the Hong Kong Chinese.
ITEM 4: When you know you have an enemy or enemies working against you, the smart move would be to join the club with the goal of knowing what they are planning.
ITEM 3: What a great place to plant a virus! The paintings of ancient Roman debauchery pale in comparison to the level of depravity our new world now celebrates.
BTW, I have known and also worked with noble people of the LGBT community. None would go near anything and/or anyone associating with the Pride movement.