Reader’s Links for March 14th, 2023

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56 Replies to “Reader’s Links for March 14th, 2023”

  1. 8:33

    As an aside to this video, it is clear that the Fed is using its tried but tiring playbook of allowing private wealth growth in the biggest banks while socializing losses. The question is how much exposure to derivatives do all banks have? With something like 400 trillion dollars in derivatives floating around there is, needless to say, quite a bit of counter-party risk in the works. And a derivatives wager is no big deal until the guy who loses a bet loses so big that he can’t pay the winner because he’s now flat broke. (For an idea of what a trillion is think in terms of one dollar being one second. One trillion seconds equals 31,688 years.)

    I imagine this to be a time when many predators are becoming prey. Big fish eat bigger fish until the music stops. Only then do we see who still wears clothes.

  2. United Airlines Flight from Guatemala Diverted to Houston Airport After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency
    By Jim Hoft Mar. 14, 2023 7:45 am60 Comments
    TruthGettr

    On Saturday night, a United Airlines flight from Guatemala to Chicago was rerouted to Houston International airport due to medical and technical emergencies.

    Emergency was called “for an incapacitated pilot, according to an internal Houston UAL memo obtained by CDM Press.

    “UA Flight 2007 GUA-ORD is diverting to IAH. Declaring an emergency for an incapacitated pilot. Gated at E20. Current ETA shows 1747. Unknown if flight will clear here at this time or just re-crew and go. Will advise when information is available. Pilot reportedly taken to a hospital,” states the UAL Operation Center communication,” according to the memo.

    Augusto Bernal, Director of Communications, HAS, issued a statement to Click2Houston.

    According to the UAL file, “Left seat Capt had chest pains. Could not get him out of the seat. Right seater landed.”

    United Airlines Flight 2007 was diverted to IAH. It was diverted for a technical and a medical condition,” said Bernal.

    A spokesperson for United Airlines provided the following response:

    “United flight 2007 from Guatemala City to Chicago landed safely in Houston (IAH) at 5:39 p.m. to address a medical situation, and is expected to re-depart shortly for Chicago.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/united-airlines-flight-from-guatemala-diverted-to-houston-airport-after-pilot-suffered-medical-emergency/

  3. Shocking Study Out of Australia Shows up to a 26 Fold Increase in Excess Mortality in 2021 and 2022. Consistent With American Insurance Companies Findings.
    By Brian Lupo Mar. 14, 2023 7:30 am74 Comments

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    A pre-print study published in February 2023 by Dr. Wilson Sy shows an incredible analysis of excess mortality data in Australia. Based on his research and analysis of the data, Dr. Sy concluded that there is an excess death rate in 2021 that is 7-fold higher than than 2020 and 14-fold in 2022. The 2022 data was only available up to September 2022. Dr. Sy predicts the final months of 2022 could amount to a 19-fold increase overall for that year.

    Yes, you heard that right: a 7-fold and potentially 19-fold increase in excess mortality in 2021 and 2022, respectively, over 2020, the “year of the pandemic”.

    To be clear: Dr. Sy is not a medical doctor, but as you will see, his research and analysis is based solely off of data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and requires minimal, if any, medical expertise.

    Dr. Sy began analyzing excess mortality data ranging back to 2015 through September 2022. He was able to draw concerning conclusions based on the ABS data:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/shocking-study-out-of-australia-shows-up-to-a-26-fold-increase-in-excess-mortality-in-2021-and-2022-consistent-with-american-insurance-companies-findings/

  4. Dr. Anthony Fauci Assists Collapsed Woman During a Formal Dinner in Washington, DC
    By Jim Hoft Mar. 14, 2023 8:45 am54 Comments
    TruthGettr

    On Saturday night, a woman passed out and struck her head at the annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, DC, which prompted a response from Dr. Anthony Fauci.

    “Last night at the Gridiron Dinner in DC, maybe 10 feet from me and Sarah Gruen, a woman collapsed, hit her head on a table, and was laying on the floor without moving,” speech writer Chandler Dean wrote on Twitter.

    “People gather trying to help, but no one is sure what to do. Someone goes to find a doctor. They found one,” he added.

    The cause of the collapse is still unknown.

    While the details of Fauci’s treatment for the woman remain unclear, another speechwriter Eric Schnure tweeted that “she was okay.”

    “Thankfully, she was okay. And the good doctor posed for a photo with her, documenting one of the best “only in Washington” stories of all time!” Schnure wrote.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/dr-anthony-fauci-assists-collapsed-woman-during-a-formal-dinner-in-washington-dc/

  5. American Thinker
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    March 14, 2023
    The Miscalculations of Empire
    By Alex Gordon
    The history of Russia for hundreds of years has been a history of autocracy and dictatorship. The Soviet Union had an area of 22.4 million kilometers. The Russian Federation had an area of 17.1 million square kilometers. The lost 5 million square kilometers makes Russian Federation authorities nostalgic. For imperial self-assertion, they need to return the territories taken from the Soviet Union. These sentiments are the subject of a 2021 article by Russian President Vladimir Putin “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians.,,” The purpose of the article, published seven months before the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, was to prove the identity of Russia and Ukraine. Putin states it this way: “…the wall that has emerged in recent years between Russia and Ukraine, between the parts of what is essentially the same historical and spiritual space, to my mind is our great common misfortune and tragedy. These are, first and foremost, the consequences of our own mistakes made at different periods of time. But these are also the result of deliberate efforts by those forces that have always sought to undermine our unity.” He strongly denies the independence of Ukraine and the Ukrainian nationality: “The name “Ukraine” was used more often in the meaning of the Old Russian word ”okraina“ (periphery), which is found in written sources from the 12th century, referring to various border territories. And the word ”Ukrainian“, judging by archival documents, originally referred to frontier guards who protected the external borders…Taras Shevchenko wrote poetry in the Ukrainian language, and prose mainly in Russian. The books of Nikolay Gogol, a Russian patriot and native of Poltavshchyna, are written in Russian, bristling with Malorussian folk sayings and motifs. How can this heritage be divided between Russia and Ukraine?”

    Putin sharply criticizes the Ukrainian people’s attempt to create their own independent state, the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UPR) during the Russian Civil War after WW I: “The example of the UPR shows that different kinds of quasi-state formations that emerged across the former Russian Empire at the time of the Civil War and turbulence were inherently unstable.”

    Putin considers the formation of Ukraine a historical anomaly of Soviet production: “Therefore, modern Ukraine is entirely the product of the Soviet era. We know and remember well that it was shaped — for a significant part — on the lands of historical Russia.” He asserts the artificiality of the separation of the former Soviet republics of the USSR from Russia and undermines the idea of their independence: “…inside the USSR, borders between republics were never seen as state borders; they were nominal within a single country, which, while featuring all the attributes of a federation, was highly centralized — this, again, was secured by the CPSU’s leading role. But in 1991, all those territories, and, which is more important, people, found themselves abroad overnight, taken away, this time indeed, from their historical motherland.”

    Putin the historian perceives Ukraine’s independence as the malice of the “collective West”: “Step by step, Ukraine was dragged into a dangerous geopolitical game aimed at turning Ukraine into a barrier between Europe and Russia, a springboard against Russia. Inevitably, there came a time when the concept of “Ukraine is not Russia” was no longer an option. There was a need for the “anti-Russia” concept which we will never accept.” In July 2022, at a session in the State Duma, Putin denied that Russia started the war in Ukraine and accused the “collective West” of aggression against Russia: “For decades, the so-called collective West, led by the United States, has behaved extremely aggressively against Russia. […] we hear today, that we started the war in Donbass, in Ukraine. No, it was unleashed by this very collective West, which organized and supported an unconstitutional armed coup in Ukraine in 2014, and then encouraged and justified genocide against people in Donbas.”

    He is convinced that the sovereignty of Ukraine is absurd and proclaimed only to harm Russia: “I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia… Our kinship has been transmitted from generation to generation. It is in the hearts and the memory of people living in modern Russia and Ukraine, in the blood ties that unite millions of our families. Together we have always been and will be many times stronger and more successful. For we are one people.”

    Putin is the creator of a parallel history in which Ukraine is not a genuine country with no right to independence. He considers Ukraine an artificially created country. At the same time, he is convinced that Russia is a naturally created country. Imperial consciousness proceeds from its natural right to exist and the artificiality of the existence of opponents. Are all modern countries created naturally? Is it only the natural formation of countries that gives them the right to sovereignty?

    The ideology of Russian imperialism underlies the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, along with Putin’s contemptuous attitude toward the West and his belief that Western countries are weaklings that would not provide effective assistance to Ukraine if Russia attacked. His view is reinforced by the weakness of the West during Russia’s attack on Georgia in 2008 and its annexation of Crimea in 2014. Putin was counting on the West’s passive reaction to his aggression in Ukraine; he miscalculated. The West is resolutely and actively helping Ukraine.

    Another motive has to do with Putin’s nostalgia for the imperial greatness of the Soviet Union. He resents the “unipolarity” of the world order and the dominant role of the United States. However, the world has long been bipolar, divided between the U.S. and China. The Russian Federation, claiming to be a superpower, has weakened rather than strengthened itself by attacking Ukraine.

    The war in Ukraine is not a world war, but it affects the situation elsewhere on the globe. Some wars can prevent other wars, as was the case with Finland, which will soon join NATO for self-defense.

    The war in Ukraine could also mean the division of the world between the United States and China. A bleeding, weakened Russia loses its status as a superpower. Putin’s references to Russia having nuclear weapons are his regime’s recollection of its imperial power, which the Russian Federation is losing in the war in Ukraine. Russia is a colossus on clay feet. Putin reminds himself and others of his superpower status by mentioning his nuclear weapons. China, which remains a superpower, does not need to shake its nuclear weapons to prove its status as a world power. Rather, China is shocked by the powerful anti-Russian reaction of the West. Russia’s war in Ukraine was a failed rehearsal of China’s war in Taiwan. China also fears being a colossus on clay feet. Its fears are correct, for empires do not have the ability to retreat in wars. They must fight the war to the end. But that end is not always victorious. History is replete with examples of empires collapsing because of unsuccessful wars they started. The U.S. and France lost the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Algeria and withdrew their troops. The western superpowers are democracies with the capacity for self-criticism and self-control. The nature of these regimes allows them to stop wars, even if they lose them. Totalitarian countries like China and Russia need to win at all costs. The price of winning an empire may be too high, leading the empire to its destruction, as was the case with Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, with Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, and with the Soviet Union in the war in Afghanistan. To paraphrase Putin’s words that the collapse of the USSR was a national catastrophe, by attacking Ukraine he created the preconditions for an international disaster, as Ukraine bleeds and the Russian federation risks its own disintegration. However, perhaps the war in Ukraine prevented another international catastrophe: China’s attack on Taiwan

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/the_miscalculations_of_empire.html

    (Richard: Some of the article repeats what many people are saying, other parts are not being said very often.

    China is backing Russia, personally I think this is to weaken Russia so they remain the Junior partner. They are also pushing the US to stay in the war to weaken us. Xi sees the coming economic collapse and wants to (try to) ensure that after the collapse no nation or group of nations will be strong enough to prevent China from arising as the strongest nation on earth.

    Will he achieve this goal? Only if the left remains in control of the Western Nations. We are entering into a period on chaos as various groups of varying political ideologies compete to seize control of their home nations. )

  6. (Richard: The Founding Fathers wrote the Second Amendment and the States approved adding it to the Constitution because The People were afraid that an autocratic government would arise and try to strip our rights away while refusing to protect us from criminals. The modern Democrats are what The People were afraid of. They with the help of the majority of the professional politicians in the Republican party are working to create a neo feudal society where We The People are reduced to serfdom. Some of our Oligarchs and Professional Politicians are leading the fight to restore Freedom to the world. The article below is about the Party of Slavery fighting to make us slaves of the state.)

    Biden to sign executive order to require background checks on more gun sales
    The executive order will increase background checks and prevent firearms dealers without licenses from selling guns
    Brooke Singman By Brooke Singman | Fox News

    President Biden is expected to announce an executive order on Tuesday that would expand background checks to more firearm sales by expanding the statutory definition of a firearms dealer, the White House said.

    Biden is set to sign the order during a trip to Monterey Park, California, where he will meet with families and the community impacted by the mass shooting that killed 11 and injured nine others in January. The White House said the executive order will bring the U.S. “as close to universal background checks as possible” without additional legislation.

    Under the executive order, Biden is also directing Attorney General Merrick Garland to develop and implement a plan to prevent former federally licensed firearms dealers, whose licenses have been revoked or surrendered, from continuing to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.

    The order will also improve public awareness and increase the use of extreme protection, like “red flag” laws and safe storage of firearms.

    Biden is directing his cabinet to encourage the “effective use” of those orders, by partnering with law enforcement, health care providers, educators and other community leaders. Biden is also directing members of his cabinet to expand existing federal campaigns and efforts to promote safe storage of firearms.

    The order will also direct the secretary of transportation, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to work to “reduce the loss or theft of firearms during shipment,” and to improve the reporting of such losses or thefts by engaging with carriers and shippers.

    The White House said the order will also hold the gun industry “accountable,” by providing the public and policymakers with “more information regarding federally licensed firearms dealers who are violating the law.”

    The order directs the attorney general to publicly release ATF records from the inspection of firearms dealers cited for violation of federal firearm laws.

    The National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) currently allows federal, state and local law enforcement to match fired cartridge casings to the guns from which they were fired, making it easier for law enforcement to connect multiple crime scenes and catch shooters.

    The executive order will direct all federal law enforcement agencies to issue “rigorous requirements regarding NIBIN data submission and use of this tool.”

    President Biden, under the order, will also accelerate and intensify implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; improve federal support for gun violence survivors, victims and survivors’ families, first responders to gun violence, and communities affected by gun violence; and advance congressional efforts to prevent the proliferation of firearms undetectable by metal detectors.

    The White House said the president will also encourage the Federal Trade Commission to issue a public report analyzing how gun manufacturers market firearms to minors.

    A senior administration official touted Biden’s executive actions throughout his presidency related to reducing gun violence. That official said Biden will also continue to call on Congress to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

    Biden, earlier this month, said he is going to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines “come hell or high water.”

    Last June, after it was passed by both the Democrat-controlled House and Senate, Biden signed into law the most significant gun control bill in nearly 30 years.

    Spearheaded by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, the measure came in the wake of recent mass shootings at the time and provides funding for states to create programs, often called red flag laws, that could keep weapons away from people who are a danger to themselves or others.

    In addition, the measure enhances background checks for gun buyers under 21, adds penalties for some gun criminals and provides funding for a variety of health and mental health-related programs. It also addresses closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole,” which is a gap in federal law that means spousal domestic abusers can have gun rights taken away but not unmarried ones.

    think when you do gun violence policy, you always have to have hope. And I think there always is hope.”

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    “The president is going to continue to fight for common sense gun safety legislation, and there are all sorts of pieces of legislation we need,” the official said. “But in the meantime, [the president] wants the federal government to be doing all we can with existing authority to reduce gun violence. And that is what this executive order does.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-sign-executive-order-require-background-checks-more-gun-sales

  7. paul j watson –Canadian Foreign Minister Calls For “Regime Change” in Russia

    Freudian slip?

    Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly admitted that the long term goal of western involvement in Ukraine is not merely to see Moscow defeated, but to enact “regime change” in Russia.

    Joly made the comments while her government announced new sanctions against the import of Russian aluminum and steel.

    “We’re able to see how much we’re isolating the Russian regime right now — because we need to do so economically, politically and diplomatically — and what are the impacts also on society, and how much we’re seeing potential regime change in Russia,” Joly stated.

    “The goal is definitely to do that, is to weaken Russia’s ability to launch very difficult attacks against Ukraine. We want also to make sure that Putin and his enablers are held to account,” she added.

    Russian ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov reacted to Joly’s remarks by stating that they may have been a “Freudian slip of the tongue.”

    “What she or other decision-makers in Ottawa don’t want to recognize is that the current Russian policy is supported by the ultimate majority of the nation,” Stepanov said.

    A similar awkward ‘slip of the tongue’ occurred back in January when Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock acknowledged, “We are fighting a war against Russia, and not against each other.”

    Joly’s comments will only serve to bolster Vladimir Putin’s assertions that NATO support for Ukraine is about isolating Russia and eventually overthrowing its government.

    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky recently warned that if Ukraine loses then Americans “will have to send their sons and daughters” to war with Russia over the Baltic states “and they will have to fight” and “they will be dying.”

    Former UK Defense Minister Sir Gerald Howarth also said last month that NATO may need to send ground forces to Ukraine.

    The US military-industrial complex is making massive gains as a result of the war in Ukraine and other global conflicts, with weapons manufacturers enjoying soaring profits.

    Data released by the State Department shows that US weapons sales to other countries rose from $103.4 billion in 2021 to $153.7 billion in 2022.

    https://summit.news/2023/03/14/canadian-foreign-minister-calls-for-regime-change-in-russia/

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    The Honourable Mélanie Joly was first elected to represent Ahuntsic-Cartierville in the House of Commons in 2015. In her ministerial roles, Minister Joly has worked to promote Canadian culture, and to grow and increase the visibility of Canada’s tourism sector. She has also worked to safeguard Canada’s two official languages while promoting the use of French in Canada and around the world, including in the digital sphere.

    Prior to entering federal politics, Minister Joly founded the Vrai changement pour Montréal party and ran for mayor of Montréal in 2013 under its banner. Minister Joly holds an Honours Bachelor of Law from the Université de Montréal and a Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford. She is the author of Changing the Rules of the Game, in which she shares her vision for public policy and civic engagement. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

    https://www.weforum.org/people/melanie-joly

    • redacted – “This could be a 100 year war” if NATO keeps pushing Putin

      European leaders are warning of a possible “100 Years War.”

      Could Europe survive that with its economy teetering on the brink from entering this war in the first place?

      Russia launched a massive offensive on critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Will this lead to an end or drag it on for longer?

    • FRANCE – The military captured successfully, the city of Cahors. Military exercises Orion 2023

    • FRANCE – NATO finishing Operation Orion amid siege by protesters across France

      NATO has completed an urban battle in Europe in Cahors, France under the code name Orion-2023.

      Operation Orion unfolds in the city’s streets on a mission to retake the besieged city, amidst protests raging across France.

    • AFP – ‘Incident’ involving US-made drone over Black Sea: military sources

      Western military sources told AFP Tuesday there had been an “incident” involving a US-made Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea, an area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines.

      “Something happened but we don’t have confirmation that the drone has been shot down. An investigation is underway,” one of two Western sources who confirmed “an incident” told AFP.

      The sources, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information, did not say which country was operating the drone, which is used extensively by the United States as well as many of its NATO allies.

      https://insiderpaper.com/incident-involving-reaper-drone-over-black-sea-western-military-sources/

      • BBC – Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea

        A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned aircraft to crash into the Black Sea, the American military says.

        It says the drone was on a routine mission in international airspace when two Russian jets tried to intercept it.

        The US European command said the crash was the result of an “unprofessional act by the Russians”.

        US and allied forces will continue to operate in the area, it added. There is no word on the incident from Russia.

        “Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9,” the US statement said.

        The engagement began with the Su-27s fighter jets dumping fuel on the drone in a “reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner”.

        MQ-9 Reaper drones are large unmanned aircraft with a 20m (66ft) wingspan designed for high-altitude surveillance.

        Shashank Joshi, defence editor for the Economist magazine, said the Russians may have been trying to intimidate the drone as it was hoovering up their communications.

        For it to be lost completely in an attempted intercept is highly unusual, he notes.

        https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64957792
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        • …the Russian fighter jet did not actually ram the American drone, but simply poured fuel from external tanks in front of the drone and damaged its engine.

      • Pentagon holds briefing after reports Russian war plane hits U.S. drone over Black Sea

      • …. the UAV had been flying with its transponders turned off while headed towards Russia’s border.

        https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-reaper-drone-downed-over-black-sea-incident-russian-jet

        One of the fighters dumped fuel several times and flew in front of a U.S. UAV “in a reckless andenvironmentally damaging manner.”

        The Pentagon confirmed that the US drone intercepted over the Black Sea was on a reconnaissance mission, but did not specify if it carried a weapon

    • CNN – US Army vet fighting in Ukraine responds to waning support within GOP

      Ron DeSantis’ stance that continued US support in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is not a “vital national interest.”

  8. twitter @TuckerCarlson

    We asked every potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate to answer six key questions on the war in Ukraine.

    As promised, their full responses are below.

    https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1635442071073955841
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    Former President
    @realDonaldTrump
    answers our Ukraine questionnaire:

    “Like inflation and numerous other self inflicted wounds and mistakes made over the past two years, Russia would definitely not have raided and attacked Ukraine if I was your President. In fact, for four years they didn’t attack, nor did they have any intention of doing so as long as I was in charge. But the sad fact is that, due to a new lack of respect for the U.S., caused at least partially by our incompetently handled pullout from Afghanistan, and a very poor choice of words by Biden in explaining U.S. requests and intentions (Biden’s first statement was that Russia could have some of Ukraine, no problem!), the bloody and expensive assault began, and continues to this day. That is all history, but how does it end, and it must end, NOW! Start by telling Europe that they must pay at least equal to what the U.S. is paying to help Ukraine. They must also pay us, retroactively, the difference. At a staggering 125 Billion Dollars, we are paying 4 to 5 times more, and this fight is far more important for Europe than it is for the U.S. Next, tell Ukraine that there will be little more money coming from us, UNLESS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PROSECUTE THE WAR. The President must meet with each side, then both sides together, and quickly work out a deal. This can be easily done if conducted by the right President. Both sides are weary and ready to make a deal. The meetings should start immediately, there is no time to spare. The death and destruction MUST END NOW! Properly executed, this terrible and tragic War, a War that never should have started in the first place, will come to a speedy end. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!”

    Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?

    “No, but it is for Europe. But not for the United States. That is why Europe should be paying far more than we are, or equal.”

    What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it?

    “Our objective in Ukraine is to help and secure Europe, but Europe isn’t helping itself. They are relying on the United States to largely do it for them. That is very unfair to us. Especially since Europe takes advantage of us on trade and other things.”

    What is the limit of funding and materiel you would be willing to send to the government of Ukraine?

    “That would strongly depend on my meeting with President Putin and Russia. Russia would have never attacked Ukraine if I were President, not even a small chance. Would have never happened if I were President, but it has. I would have to see what the direction in which Russia is headed. I want them to stop, and they will, depending on the one that delivers that message. But with everything said, Europe must pay. The United States has spent much more than Europe, and that is not fair, just, or equitable. If I were President, that horrible war would end in 24 hours, or less. It can be done, and it must be done– now!”

    Should the United States support regime change in Russia?

    “No. We should support regime change in the United States, that’s far more important. The Biden administration are the ones who got us into this mess.”

    Given that Russia’s economy and currency are stronger than before the war, do you believe that U.S. sanctions have been effective?

    “No, they have not been effective. Just the opposite. They drove Russia, China and Iran into an unthinkable situation.”

    Do you believe the United States faces the risk of nuclear war with Russia?

    “It depends on who the President of the United States is. At the moment, with Biden as president, absolutely yes. He says and does all the wrong things at the wrong time.”

    https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1635445988381925379

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    Tucker: This is where GOP 2024 hopefuls stand on Ukraine

  9. twitter @disclosetv

    JUST IN – EU Parliament votes for the mandatory renovation of old buildings to save energy — estimated 35 million buildings are affected across Europe – SPIEGEL

    MORE – The “climate-neutral conversion” of buildings could cost 254 billion euros in Germany alone (kfW).

    Spiegel writes that tenants and owners will have to pay for this first and foremost.

    https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1635637126841729032

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    European Parliament – How can we get our buildings to consume less energy?

    Watch our live interview with leading legislator Ciarán Cuffe. He will explain how the European Parliament sees new rules to reduce buildings’ energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

    Spoiler: it includes measures to increase the rate of renovations and access to funds and grants.

    This will help to reduce Europeans’ energy bills and achieve the European Union’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

    In the EU, heating, cooling and domestic hot water account for 80% of the energy that households consume. Buildings account for 40% of all energy consumed and 36% of energy-related direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions.

  10. European Commission – Launching the storage of CO2 in the first full value chain Carbon Capture Storage project in the EU

    Speech by President von der Leyen on the occasion of launching the storage of CO2 in the first full value chain Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) project in the EU (Project Greensand), via video message

  11. europravda – Tunisia: Misleading and racist content goes viral on social media leading to attacks on migrants

    The attacks on migrants started after President Kais Saied’s remarks caused a wave of racist violence across the country.

    He said that migration was a ‘conspiracy’ to change the country’s identity

  12. EXPLOSIVE: The 2020 Election Steal Required an “Emergency” on Jan 6 to Culminate the Coup
    By Joe Hoft Mar. 14, 2023 10:45 am60 Comments

    An “emergency” was required on Jan 6 to prevent the 2020 election coup from being uncovered.

    (When I first read and put this together I jumped out of my chair and said aloud – “No Way”)

    The Conservative Treehouse laid this out in an article a couple of days ago. This is a very important read. What this shows is that the Democrats and the Deep State needed an “emergency” on January 6th to culminate their 2020 Election steal.

    In order to complete the 2020 Election coup, Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell and Pence needed to create an emergency. The only way to prevent Congress from delaying the certification of state electoral votes was to create a crisis that could easily be designated an emergency.

    Just moments, literally 3 minutes before two representatives issued a vote for motions to suspend the certification, the House members were “informed” by capitol police and other “agents” that a protest was about to breach the chambers. It was at this time that key people: Pence, Pelosi, Schumer, Mcconnell can be seen being walked out and escorted from the chamber. This effectively halted the Entire Chamber Process…

    The crisis was created to eliminate the motion challenges to halt the certification and to begin voting to look into voting irregularities and fraud.

    The two motions were completely legal and constitutional under at least two constitutionally recognized procedures… procedures that would REQUIRE the House to pause the certification and then vote to determine whether the motions of suspend could move forward…

    Conservative Treehouse opines that by eliminating the motions from the records of the House, they could certify the fraud with no detractors on record and give SCOTUS a reason to claim that cases before it lacked standing.

    In order to prevent those two motions, the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leaders and the President of the Congress (VP Pence) could not be PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS.

    This allowed Speaker Pelosi to suspend the Congress UNILATERALLY UNDER EMERGENCY RULES. This protest was necessary. The crisis was created because there is no other way to suspend the business of certification UNILATERALLY. The crisis invoked emergency procedures and Pelosi was able to prevent the delay of certification herself.

    When Congress returned later that night, Pelosi was in charge:

    The Speaker initiated the NEW sessions under special emergency rules. These rules abandon and make it clear that the ONLY purpose of the new session was to EXPEDITE the certification and dismiss all prior regular session procedural rules. This is why those two motions to table votes to consider a debate and pause to the certifications of state vote electors never happened later that evening when the house business was reconvened!…

    …it was at THIS NEW SESSION that VP Pence, President of Congress, would also have no ability to even consider pausing the electoral certification, because there were no motions of disagreements on the matter. So, in a technical legal claim, he is correct that he had no constitutional authority to address any issues of fraud or doubts about electoral irregularities.

    But how did Pence know this ahead of time so that he could clarify it in his statement that he released while President Trump was still talking?

    This was a coup….it was a very organized and carefully planned coup. VP Pence without a doubt as well as most members of the house were quite aware of how the certification was going to be MANAGED. It would require new rules to prevent the debate clause from occurring! New rules that ONLY AN EMERGENCY CRISIS COULD CREATE! So, they created an emergency.

    The Jan 6 riots were planned. We all know it. Now we better understand why.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/explosive-the-2020-election-steal-required-an-emergency-on-jan-6-to-culminate-the-coup/

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    Motive Behind the J6 Fedsurrection
    March 12, 2023 | Sundance | 1,493 Comments
    The Ring of Truth – “I am too well accustomed to the taking of evidence not to detect the ring of truth.” 1908, Edith Wharton

    Much has been made of the events of January 6, 2021, and with the latest broadcast of CCTV video from inside the Capitol Hill complex, more questions have been raised

    Long time CTH reader “Regitiger” has spent a great deal of time reviewing the entire process, looking at the granular timeline and then overlaying the bigger picture of the constitutional and parliamentary process itself. What follows below is a brilliant analysis of the federal government motive to create a J6 crisis that permitted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to trigger an emergency session and avoid the 2020 election certification challenges.

    Those congressional floor challenges, known and anticipated well in advance of the morning of January 6, 2021, would have formed a legal and constitutional basis for ‘standing’ in judicial challenges that would have eventually reached the Supreme Court. The certification during “emergency session” eliminated the problem for Washington DC.

    Regitiger explains below, only edited by me for clarity and context:

    I think most, not all, but a large number of people, are totally missing what happened; and why this happened on Jan 6th. I am going to try my best to outline the events that day, blast past the commonly held assumptions and get right down to the core corruption.

    I will present this as a series of questions and answers.

    ? Q1: How do you prevent congress from delaying the certification of state electoral votes?

    A: It requires a crisis. A crisis that creates an “emergency” …An “emergency” that invokes special house rules.

    FACTS: Remember carefully, focus please. Just moments, literally 3 minutes before two representatives issued a vote for motions to suspend the certification, the House members were “informed” by capitol police and other “agents” that a protest was about to breach the chambers. It was at this time that key people: Pence, Pelosi, Schumer, Mcconnell can be seen being walked out and escorted from the chamber. This effectively halted the Entire Chamber Process.

    ? Q2: Why was it necessary to halt the chamber process?

    A: The crisis was created to eliminate the motion challenges to halt the certification and to begin voting to look into voting irregularities and fraud

    FACTS: The two motions were completely legal and constitutional under at least two constitutionally recognized procedures… procedures that would REQUIRE the house to pause the certification and then vote to determine whether the motions of suspend could move forward.

    ? Q3: What was so important to refuse this motion and the subsequent votes to suspend the electoral certification?

    A: It was important to remove that process entirely and continue the fraud and certify the fraud with no detractors on record. This effectively gives no standing for a SCOTUS ruling appeal! Understand this. If those two motions, even just one had successfully been voted EVEN IF THE MOTIONS were DENIED IN VOTE, this gives those who presented them with STANDING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL ARGUMENT BEFORE SCOTUS.

    ? Q4: Could this have been done some other way other than creating a crisis/protest?

    A: Unlikely. In order to prevent those two motions, requires that speaker of the house, minority leaders, and the president of the congress (vice president of the United States: Pence), to NOT BE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS.

    Once the capitol police and other “law enforcements agents” informed the speaker and these three other individuals, Pelosi UNILATERALLY UNDER EMERGENCY RULES, suspended the business of the congress. This protest was necessary. The crisis was created because there is no other way to suspend the business of certification UNILATERALLY. By creating a crisis invokes emergency procedures. No other circumstances other than war or mass simultaneous explosive diarrhea can create such unilateral speaker delivered suspension of the certification.

    ? Q5: Why did the motions, once that the speaker RECONVENED congress, move forward back again to the floor for votes? Why were members disallowed to even consider putting forward ANY motions to the floor in when the chamber business was reopened?

    A: The Speaker initiated the NEW sessions under special emergency rules. These rules abandon and make it clear that the ONLY purpose of the new session was to EXPEDITE the certification and dismiss all prior regular session procedural rules. This is why those two motions to table votes to consider a debate and pause to the certifications of state vote electors never happened later that evening when the house business was reconvened!

    ? Q6: Other than new rules, emergency rules, what other peculiar things occurred when the speaker reconvened?

    A: Members were allowed to “vote” in proxy, remotely, not being present. You can use your imagination about what conditions were placed on ALL members during this time to prevent anyone from “getting out of line”.

    Also clearly, it was at THIS NEW SESSION that VP Pence, President of Congress, would also have no ability to even consider pausing the electoral certification, because there were no motions of disagreements on the matter. So, in a technical legal claim, he is correct that he had no constitutional authority to address any issues of fraud or doubts about electoral irregularities. But this completely dismisses the FACT that congress created rules in this crisis/emergency that never allowed them to be floored!

    Understand what happened in Jan 6, 2021. Don’t get hung up on Viking impostors, stolen Pelosi computers, podium heists, and complicit capitol police. Understand the process and what happened and what WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

    This was a coup….it was a very organized and carefully planned coup. VP Pence without a doubt as well as most members of the house were quite aware of how the certification was going to be MANAGED. It would require new rules to prevent the debate clause from occurring! New rules that ONLY AN EMERGENCY CRISIS COULD CREATE! So, they created an emergency.

    •NOTED: I understand why many people have great interest in debunking the j6 event. I get that. I think it is important to dissect and examine the events of that day but please, step back and understand WHY these things happened. Examine the chain of events in congress. Why those two motions that would have at least paused the certification THAT WOULD GIVE VP PENCE THE CONSTITUTIONALLY RECOGNIZED POWER TO MOVE TO SUSPEND THE ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION AND THEN EXAMINE THE IRREGULARITIES AND CLAIMS OF FRAUD!

    At the very center of this coup stands Mike Pence, the same individual who also spoiled President Trump’s first opportunities in the earlies hours of his Presidency just 4 years prior, when he created and facilitated the removal of Lt General Michael Flynn. I will not spend much time on this thread explaining why Lt Gen Flynn was so important to President Trump and why the IC was so afraid he would have advisory power to the President. That I will leave for another day, another time. But understand this clearly: MIKE PENCE WAS AND IS WORKING FOR THE MOST CORRUPT CRIMINAL TREASONOUS PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT.

    •PRO TIP: If you really want to get a true understanding of this matter videos of protesters walking in the capitol is not going to address them. Actual video and timeline records of events and the specific actions taken by the speaker just moments before TWO MAJOR ELECTORAL ALTERING MOTIONS WERE ABOUT TO BE FLOORED.

    This crisis was developed just in time with a precise coordination to prevent those two motions to be entered into the chamber record. The two motions do not exist. The emergency powers established in the new session made sure they never could be entered. The emergency powers could never happen without a crisis.

    God Bless America!”

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    Note from Author: “I started this effort years ago. To date, no one and I mean no one has replied. It’s as if everyone that can expose it that has a larger platform is either disinterested, or suspiciously withdrawn from the issue. I made several comments about this over the years right here at CTH, on article threads that are relevant to the topic.

    I was watching the certification live that day. I recorded it ALL on every channel. I was doing this because no matter what happened that day, I KNEW IT WOULD BE A PROFOUND AND SIGNIFICANT EVENT TO REMEMBER. I never in my wildest imagination (and I have a pretty vivid imagination, always have), expected to see the unmistakable perfectly timed “coincidences” that occurred.

    One member raises a motion (with another in waiting for his turn) those two motions were well known and advertised. These were motions to vote for a pause in the certification to examine electoral vote fraud and irregularities. I can’t speak to the veracity and substance of those motions. They were never allowed to even be floored. it was at that exact moment that the house chambers were suspended and 4 of the key members, Pence, Pelosi, Schumer and McConnell were escorted OUT right after initiating the end of the session.

    Effectively, this resulted in that motion never being floored at all. Then, when reconvened under special emergency rules, inexplicably those two motions (and perhaps more – we will never know – or will we?) were not even attempted to be motioned. That was not just peculiar to me.

    It all started to make more sense when I did some study on constitutional law AND THE HISTORY of specific special authorities given to president of the congress, Pence in this case. Not only did he have the authority and power to suspend the certification, but the duty to address the motion in the same sense that it becomes vital to the debate clause.

    There really is no higher significance of weight given to the debate clause than the certification of the votes. This was more than odd to me the way that the media and pence framed their narrative: Pence would not have the constitutional power to suspend certification. Then it hit me, like the obvious clue that was there all the time. He was right. But the reason he is right, is because there WAS NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CAUSE HIM TO SUSPEND!

    Understanding this, happened for me about 4 or 5 months after this Jan 6 day. I took me this long to examine the facts, look at the video again, compare it to the arguments made by several leading constitutional academics, and again, inexplicably even some that I respect seemed to dodge that central reality. The motions were never allowed to be floored in the re-convened house rules later that evening. Most would not even venture to address the exotically coincidence that the moment those two members would stand to place the motion before the house, that the House Speaker Pelosi AND Pence ended the session, effectively blocking the motions from being heard in normal house rules.

    It’s been a journey for me. A journey that was initiated because I am just a simple but curious person. Perhaps even to a point where I get obsessive in those efforts. Many days and nights combing over the details. praying and trying to make sense of what makes little sense. With over 6 states having serious well known and obvious defects in the voting process, some more credible to believe – some less, but one would not expect the house would be so deliberate in marching past the motions that were definitely going to be present to slow this process down and take the time to get it right. Even IF the claims never reached an intersection that would change the outcome.

    There are two possibilities: Millions of people, against all the odds, hitting all-time records even past Obama and Clinton, voted for a naval gazing ambulatory pathological racist moron. And chose Joe Malarkey as their leader. Or this was a coup, a conspiracy, and a treasonous manipulation regime change because President Trump could not be controlled by the deep state and globalists who OWN AND OPERATE WASHINGTON DC.

    BOTH POSSIBILITIES ARE TERRIFYING.

    The only way for THE PEOPLE to gain power in this country is to force the transfer of it. If truth isn’t the fuel and vehicle, we will just be replacing deck chairs and hitting the next series of expected ice bergs.

    Knowing the truth is not enough; however, it is truth that makes it a righteous cause.

    God Bless America

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/12/the-parliamentary-motive-behind-the-j6-fedsurrection/

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    McConnell’s ‘Exhilarating’ Insurrection
    When it comes to January 6, there are no coincidences

    https://amgreatness.com/2022/04/28/mcconnells-exhilarating-insurrection/

    • The political class is out to prove they rule the US, rule it as autocrats that are above the law. They aren’t going to quietly give up power, they are going to make the 2024 election so crooked that the 2020 election will look honest. Throw their deliberately destroying the US economy, the treasonous actions of the Biden family and other politicians and you have a recipe for an asymmetric civil war that will last well over a decade.

  13. Vermont Christian School Banned from Future Sporting Events After Forfeiting Girl’s Basketball Game Against Team with Trans Player
    By Cullen Linebarger Mar. 14, 2023 10:30 am241 Comments
    TruthGettrGab

    The Vermont Christian school that forfeited a game in the girls state basketball playoffs because its opponent had a biological male student has been banned from participating in sporting events going forward.

    The Gateway Pundit reported last month Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) withdrew from Vermont’s division IV basketball tournament due to a biological male being on the opposing team.

    MVCS head of school Vicky Fogg explained in a statement it was unfair and unsafe for the high school girls to play against a biological male.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/vermont-christian-school-banned-from-future-sporting-events-after-forfeiting-girls-basketball-game-against-team-with-trans-player/

  14. If the GOP Tries to Compete with Dems in Mail-In Ballots and Ballot Harvesting They Will Lose Because DEMS CHEAT – AND HERE’S THE PROOF
    By Joe Hoft Mar. 14, 2023 9:45 am227 Comments

    Some really decent and smart people believe that if the GOP just works harder on its mail-in ballot efforts, it will overcome the Democrats and win the 2024 election. This is a ludicrous losing proposition!

    First of all these people need to realize that the Democrats and their Deep State are really, really corrupt and criminal. They are not good people.

    The Dems and Deep State will spy on innocent Americans without the right to do so. They will make up lies about Russian collusion and run a coup in an attempt to remove a sitting president from office. They will turn the Justice Department into a crime syndicate. They will create a “censorship industrial complex” to censor conservative speech and pay for it with taxpayer money.

    They will physically beat Americans, and incite violence, and riots resulting in the destruction of cities and businesses, many injured and several dead. Of course, the Dems, their Deep State, and their media will do all they can to steal elections.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/why-the-gop-will-lose-if-it-tries-to-compete-with-dems-in-mail-in-ballots-because-dems-cheat-heres-the-proof/

  15. Time’s Up: Treasury Finally Agrees to Turn Over Hunter Biden Transaction Reports

    For years, members of Congress have asked for access to suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to the Biden family’s foreign business deals. Those efforts were cut off by the Biden Administration and the Democratically controlled houses of Congress. Even after the GOP took over the House, however, the Treasury Department continued to refuse to turn over the SARs. While the GOP had to threaten hearings with Treasury officials, the department has finally relented. It now appears that time is up for Hunter Biden on the SARs fight and it could finally answer a number of questions over the alleged influence peddling of the Biden family. It may also put pressure on the Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who is looking into possible criminal conduct by

    https://jonathanturley.org/2023/03/14/times-up-treasure-finally-agrees-to-turn-over-hunter-biden-transaction-reports/

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    Post-Decency Politics: House Democrats Use Hearing to Attack Both Free Speech and a Free Press

    Below is my column in The Hill on continued scorched earth tactics of Democrats in attacking any witnesses raising free speech concerns over government censorship.

    Here is the column:

    “At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” Those words were first asked by lawyer Joseph Welch in his confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) during the Senate’s infamous Army-McCarthy hearings. This week, nearly 70 years later, Welch’s words seem more relevant than ever after House Democrats savaged two journalists who attempted to explain a government effort to censor citizens.

    https://jonathanturley.org/2023/03/13/post-decency-politics-house-democrats-used-a-hearing-to-attack-both-free-speech-and-a-free-press/

    • epoch times – Young Pilot Fights Post-Jab Heart Issues, Speaks Out on COVID Shot Fears

      Sierra Lund, a recreational pilot, shudders to think what could have happened if she had been in the cockpit when she started experiencing heart attack-like symptoms.

      Just 18 hours after being injected with a COVID-19 shot, Lund felt intense pain in her chest. She was having trouble breathing. “Walking was a struggle,” she said.

      None of this made sense.

      Lund was a well-conditioned, competitive athlete with no family or personal history of heart issues. And she was just 23. So Lund tried to shrug off her symptoms. They didn’t abate, so she sought emergency medical care.

      Now, a year and a half later, her symptoms persist.

      Lund was diagnosed with two heart conditions: myocarditis (cardiac muscle inflammation) and pericarditis (inflammation of the sac encasing the heart). Studies have linked both conditions to COVID vaccinations, and Lund says she’s sure the jab is to blame for her new health issues.

      As a result, Lund can no longer fly a plane solo. Flying has been her passion since she first got her pilot’s license at age 17.

      Lund and Josh Yoder, co-founder of aviation advocacy group “US Freedom Flyers,” say many other pilots—including commercial captains—have also suffered health issues that they strongly suspect could have been caused by taking a COVID jab. Yoder’s group has encouraged pilots to get screened specifically for myocarditis, which can remain undetected during routine medical exams.

      “A lot of people are afraid to talk about it, afraid to lose their job,” Lund told The Epoch Times. “And since I’m not in that situation, I have a responsibility to speak out.”

      Lund is sharing her story, she said, in the hopes of increasing public awareness about the health issue. She is also urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other government officials to look into vaccine-related health risks that could affect pilots more seriously.

      Failure to do so is “extremely dangerous for the pilots and for the general public,” Lund said.

      ‘Zero Doubt’ Vaccine Caused Problems
      A large percentage of commercial pilots received the COVID shots after being threatened with losing their jobs if they failed to comply with federal mandates.

      Yoder, a commercial pilot, said he has heard from dozens of vaccinated pilots who worry that the shots hurt their health, may be threatening their livelihoods and affecting their ability to fly safely.

      “Unfortunately, many of them have been suffering with these issues for quite some time … they were hoping the symptoms would go away,” Yoder told The Epoch Times of conversations he’s had with those in the industry.

      He said word had spread that his organization was connecting pilots with medical professionals who could help diagnose and treat their health conditions; US Freedom Flyers connected Lund with doctors who are trying alternative therapies after conventional treatment methods yielded little improvement in her heart conditions.

      While proving a link between vaccines and medical conditions can prove elusive, Lund says cases such as hers, which document near-immediate effects after vaccination, are hard to dispute reasonably.

      After consulting with four cardiologists and learning about many reports similar to hers, Lund says she has “zero doubt” that the COVID shot caused her heart problems.

      After receiving a COVID vaccine in September 2021, Lund felt terrible chest pain and shortness of breath as she headed for a flight as a passenger on a commercial aircraft. She called her father, who had just dropped her off. He headed back to pick her up and took her to an urgent care clinic, where an X-ray showed inflammation in her chest.

      Her chest has hurt ever since.

      Lund took the shot voluntarily, mostly because she wanted to take a trip to a foreign destination where the shot was required. She also felt societal pressure to get the vaccine.

      She now regrets the decision, which has changed her life dramatically.

      As a daughter of a commercial airline pilot who also flies recreationally, aviation has been a constant in her life. Since her diagnosis, Lund still pilots small planes to keep her skills sharp. But she must always have a second pilot accompanying her; she is no longer medically cleared to fly alone.

      Lund’s past schedule of daily gym workouts are also in her rear-view mirror—at least for now.

      She tries not to think about all that she is missing.

      “If I did, I’d probably be depressed,” Lund said. “I’m trying to figure out how to get better and figuring out how to come up with some sort of normal life in the meantime.”

      She now runs her own business as an aircraft broker, keeping her in touch with the aviation community that she loves so much.

      In between, Lund heads to medical appointments, including some that require travel from her home state, Georgia. She has spent about $15,000 out-of-pocket trying to get well so far.

      FAA Decision Puzzling
      U.S. government agencies insist that cases such as Lund’s are rare and that the COVID shots are safe and effective for the general public. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stood by its decision to OK them for pilots’ use.

      Lund and others, however, fault the FAA for approving the vaccines for pilots.

      “Allowing pilots to put any substance in their body that has not had the appropriate clinical trials and abundant data to back its safety goes directly against what the FAA has always stood for,” Lund wrote in a Jan. 25 email to Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup.

      The FAA forbids pilots from using numerous substances, including over-the-counter medications, within a certain number of hours before flying.

      That’s why the FAA’s willingness to approve the emergency use COVID-19 vaccines for pilots is mystifying, Lund said.

      “Instead of advocating for pilots, you allowed mandates to roll out,” Lund told Northrup.

      Now, many pilots are vaccinated with the same shot that Lund blames for her predicament.

      As of March 13, Lund said she had yet to receive a reply from Northrup.

      When the Epoch Times sought comment from Northrup, an FAA spokesman responded on her behalf: “The FAA has seen no credible evidence of aircraft accidents or incapacitations caused by pilots suffering medical complications associated with COVID-19 vaccines.”

      U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has been investigating COVID vaccine concerns in aviation.

      In a Feb. 10 letter to Johnson, Northrup said that the FAA knew of only four “potentially vaccine-related adverse events in active pilots.”

      She also said that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “is the responsible agency for tracking and follow up of suspected vaccine adverse events”—not the FAA.

      Johnson accused the agency of ignoring problems that the COVID shots might be causing among pilots that pose serious risks specific to the airline industry.

      Pilots Not ‘Your Average Person’
      “I think one thing that the public needs to know is, if they hear of a pilot having a condition, or a heart attack in the cockpit, they aren’t just your average person … I mean, these people go in for extensive medical screenings to keep their jobs,” Lund said. “So these should be the healthiest people out there.”

      Yet, at least anecdotally, people seem to be hearing more reports of pilots suffering from heart ailments similar to Lund’s, or worse, Yoder said. This suggests that effects from the COVID shots or the illness itself could be the culprit.

      “This is not something that we’ve seen happening on this scale before,” Yoder said. “You never heard about it; it was very rare … Now it’s something we hear about now almost every week.”

      Epoch Times Photo
      Josh Yoder, president of US Freedom Flyers. (Josh Yoder)
      Through aviation networks, Yoder has heard numerous reports of flight attendants collapsing at work. Periodically, he has also seen reports of pilots being incapacitated or dying suddenly. Few of the reports in the mainstream press raise the possibility that the COVID vaccine may have been a factor.

      Lund said people tend to shy away from talking about anything related to COVID vaccines because it can cause controversy. But she said more open discussion and investigation are needed to protect people’s safety.

      Yoder concurs. He worries about undetected cases of cardiac inflammation. With the disclaimer, “I can’t speak as a doctor,” he said that cardiologists were telling him, “The longer you go with severe chronic inflammation, it’s not something that gets better over time. It gets worse.”

      “So, left untreated, we’re gonna continue to see these deaths and incapacitations increase, most likely,” Yoder said.

      Her Condition ‘Rare,’ Officials Say
      In April 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) acknowledged an uptick in cases of myocarditis and pericarditis, especially among adolescents and young males. But the CDC insists these incidents are “rare” and that the benefits of the shots outweigh the risks.

      “COVID-19 vaccines have undergone—and will continue to undergo—the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history,” the agency says on its website. “Evidence from the hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines already administered in the United States, and the billions of vaccines administered globally, demonstrates that they are safe and effective.”

      Data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) show 26,584 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID vaccinations, according to an analysis on OpenVAERS.com.

      Prior to the availability of the COVID vaccines in the United States, those conditions barely registered on VAERS. But the number of myocarditis and pericarditis reports in VAERS soared to almost 16,000 in 2021—the first full year that the COVID shots were in use.

      Lund said her case was submitted to VAERS; it is listed among 3,819 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis for COVID-inoculated people in her age group 12-25. But COVID vaccine recipients in the age group above hers, ages 25-51, recorded the highest number of those heart conditions in VAERS: 5,456.

      As of March 3, more than 1.5 million “adverse events” have been reported to VAERS. That’s a fraction of the 270 million people in the United States who have had at least one COVID vaccine, the CDC argues.

      But as OpenVAERS, a group that questions vaccine safety, points out: “VAERS is widely acknowledged, even by the CDC, to be vastly underreported.” If that is true, the number of adverse effects of the COVID vaccines could be many times higher than the VAERS data show.

      ‘Real Solution’ Needed
      Lund said she hopes that people on both sides of the political spectrum—and on both sides of the COVID vaccine mandate debate—can look for answers more open-mindedly.

      She has heard the vitriol surrounding the issue and finds it unproductive.

      “If you are extremely pro-vaccine, don’t blow people off when they say they have had an adverse side effect to the vaccine,” she said. “You need to be more understanding and listen to other people’s experience and listen to the studies that are coming out and maybe try to do some critical thinking as far as what you put into your body.”

      It’s wrong for people to label vaccine skeptics “grandma killers” and “conspiracy theorists,” Lund said.

      On the other hand, people who are anti-vaccine “need to be more understanding of the pressure that people are under and how scared they were of the pandemic,” and about their willingness to trust the government-appointed experts, Lund said.

      “People on both sides of the aisle really need to come together, especially on this front, and just look at it logically based on the facts that we have now,” Lund said.

      “It’s a real big issue … But as far as the FAA, I think that they need to start investigating these cases of pilots and people in the aviation world that are getting adverse side effects and come up with a real solution.”

      https://www.theepochtimes.com/young-pilot-fights-post-jab-heart-issues-speaks-out-on-covid-shot-fears_5115037.html

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      twitter @BernieSpofforth

      JAPAN – The Government is urged to tell the truth about the huge number of vaccine injuries and excess deaths.

      Stating deaths in the vaccinated are 38 times higher than after the flu vaccine.

      + 3 min 40 video

      https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1635547568175214594

      Christine Anderson, AfD. Durch C. Impfung. 20 mal mehr schwere Nebenwirkung, 23 mal mehr Todesfälle

  16. Texas’ unique plan to close the border looks promising

    Texas’ unique plan to close the border looks promising
    AP Photo/Eric Gay
    As the Biden border crisis grinds on into its third year, residents along the southern border are growing increasingly frustrated and, in some cases, frightened. That’s particularly true in Texas, where legislators are clearly tired of waiting for the White House to fix Joe Biden’s disastrous policies and have decided to take matters into their own hands. The state legislature is reportedly finalizing some new laws that would empower state law enforcement to take a much more active and aggressive role in securing the border and ensuring the safety of the Texans living in the affected areas. The plan will potentially include an entirely new police force dedicated to blocking illegal migrants’ access to the Lone Star State. (Boston Globe)

    Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation that makes it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, the latest in the state’s continued push to test the limits of the federal government’s authority over immigration.

    Civil rights organizations, immigration advocates, and Democrats immediately decried the efforts that began drawing attention after Friday’s deadline for filing bills in Texas’ ongoing biennial legislative session.

    Yes, Texas Democrats are up in arms over this bill because, well… of course they are. Anything that slows the flow of illegal aliens, deadly drugs and human trafficking across the border runs counter to The Narrative. But the popularity of Greg Abbott’s previous efforts to secure the border suggests that the Republicans in the legislature are unlikely to listen.

    Creating an entirely new police force dedicated to arresting illegal aliens and either jailing them or forcing them to return to Mexico will cost money, but Greg Abbott and the Texas GOP haven’t been shy about paying the bills if their efforts produce positive results.

    The proposed legislation includes a term we don’t run across all that often. Illegally crossing into Texas would become a “state felony.” That may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s not. State felonies in Texas are laws that align with certain federal laws and can result in significant penalties. But because it’s a state law, perpetrators are not sent to federal prison. They would instead serve their time in a state jail

    Allowing the new law enforcement agency to deputize people living near the border is another interesting twist. More than 45% of Texas households have at least one firearm in them. (Compare that to 19.95% in New York.) That puts the old expression about not messing with Texas in perspective. And many of those gun-owning Texans who have been watching bands of migrants traipsing across their property and menacing their families would likely be eager to sign up for a deputy’s badge. Also, being deputized would likely shield them from some repercussions if they are forced to respond to violent migrants.

    Migrants arrested under the new law would face up to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine for each offense. Once the news about this law starts circulating in Mexico (assuming it passes), both migrants and cartel mules might think twice before making their next trip. The law is being framed as an extension to the Governor’s $4 billion border effort known as Operation Lone Star. If they manage to pull this off, Arizona and New Mexico may want to start considering something similar. If Joe Biden refuses to close the border, someone else will need to step up and do it for him. And Greg Abbott may be just the person for the job

    the border and ensuring the safety of the Texans living in the affected areas. The plan will potentially include an entirely new police force dedicated to blocking illegal migrants’ access to the Lone Star State. (Boston Globe)

    Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation that makes it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, the latest in the state’s continued push to test the limits of the federal government’s authority over immigration.

    Civil rights organizations, immigration advocates, and Democrats immediately decried the efforts that began drawing attention after Friday’s deadline for filing bills in Texas’ ongoing biennial legislative session.

    Yes, Texas Democrats are up in arms over this bill because, well… of course they are. Anything that slows the flow of illegal aliens, deadly drugs and human trafficking across the border runs counter to The Narrative. But the popularity of Greg Abbott’s previous efforts to secure the border suggests that the Republicans in the legislature are unlikely to listen.

    Creating an entirely new police force dedicated to arresting illegal aliens and either jailing them or forcing them to return to Mexico will cost money, but Greg Abbott and the Texas GOP haven’t been shy about paying the bills if their efforts produce positive results.

    The proposed legislation includes a term we don’t run across all that often. Illegally crossing into Texas would become a “state felony.” That may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it’s not. State felonies in Texas are laws that align with certain federal laws and can result in significant penalties. But because it’s a state law, perpetrators are not sent to federal prison. They would instead serve their time in a state jail

    Allowing the new law enforcement agency to deputize people living near the border is another interesting twist. More than 45% of Texas households have at least one firearm in them. (Compare that to 19.95% in New York.) That puts the old expression about not messing with Texas in perspective. And many of those gun-owning Texans who have been watching bands of migrants traipsing across their property and menacing their families would likely be eager to sign up for a deputy’s badge. Also, being deputized would likely shield them from some repercussions if they are forced to respond to violent migrants.

    Migrants arrested under the new law would face up to ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine for each offense. Once the news about this law starts circulating in Mexico (assuming it passes), both migrants and cartel mules might think twice before making their next trip. The law is being framed as an extension to the Governor’s $4 billion border effort known as Operation Lone Star. If they manage to pull this off, Arizona and New Mexico may want to start considering something similar. If Joe Biden refuses to close the border, someone else will need to step up and do it for him. And Greg Abbott may be just the person for the job

    https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/03/14/texas-unique-plan-to-close-the-border-looks-promising-n536862

  17. Russian jet collided with American drone over Black Sea, says US military
    A Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea, forcing the US Air Force to bring down the drone.

    By India Today World Desk: A Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea, according to the American military. The US Air Force was forced to bring down its unmanned aircraft, it added.

    US Air Force General James Hecker said the MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the drone. “US and Allied aircraft will continue to operate in international airspace and we call on the Russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely,” Hecker added

    https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/russian-jet-collides-with-us-drone-over-black-sea-2346710-2023-03-14

  18. ESG. Environment, Social and Governance

    3 Pillars – – Environment , Social responsibility and Economic —together they support sustainable goals.
    Sustainability is often defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet theirs.

    Well here is where the problem with the left loons begins:
    a good quality wind turbine will generally last 20 years.

    Pennequin Wind Farm on the border of Colorado and Wyoming just retired their 44 wind turbines at an average age of 18 years.

    Excel Energy plans to dynamite the turbines and cart them off to a landfill.

    Wind Farms are not required to set aside money for cleanup. fibreglass blades end up in landfills.

    Solar panels have a life expectancy of 25 years, although they produce less and less after 5 years. made with some hazardous materials , assembled with adhesives and sealants makes. Reading them apart challenging. many end up I; landfills. This many be where the ESG has a problem with meeting the needs of future generations.

    A 66.5 tree covers (shades) a 17,200 square feet, benefitting homes, animal habitat……….

    Trees life expectancy
    Green ash -175 years
    White ash – 300 years
    Basswood – 140 years
    Ginko 1000 plus years
    Live Oak -2000 years
    Red Oak – 500- 600 years
    Red Maple 300 years
    sugar maple 400 years.

    Hell does anyone remember the Song “Big Yellow Taxi”, “ They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

    The Climate Clowns, like Justine Trudeau know nothing about the environment. Remember Justine promised to plant how many millions of trees and NONE have been planted.

    Stop the WEF madmen from stripping the earth of all God gave us. Sitins may be required, just stop the carnage.

    • Signature Bank’s Pride Council – Special Presentation: Know Your Pronouns with Finn Brigham

    • Signature Bank execs starred in cringey Broadway-style musical sketch video

      Executives at the doomed Signature Bank produced a Broadway-style musical video to launch the firm in the early 2000s — and its song branded the bank “the stupidest idea I ever heard” and even quipped that it could “diminish and fail.”

      Clips of the musical number — now dripping with irony after regulators stepped in over the weekend and took control of the New York-based firm in a bid to stave off a US banking crisis — resurfaced online and went viral this week.

      “Look, the only way we are going to do this thing is if we start a bank from scratch,” the bank’s co-founder and chairman, Scott Shay, declares at the start as he fidgets in front of a dressing-room mirror with fellow executives.

      “From scratch?” replies John Tamberlane, the bank’s vice chairman. “You gotta be kidding.”

      “How in the world do you do that?” asks Joseph DePaolo, Signature’s CEO. “Is there a book ‘How to Build a Bank for Dummies?’”

      MORE :

      https://nypost.com/2023/03/14/signature-bank-execs-starred-in-cringe-broadway-sketch-video/

    • DAILY MAIL – REVEALED: Only ONE member of failed SVB’s board had a career in investment banking –

      – and the rest were Obama, Clinton mega-donors who ‘grieved’ when Trump won including one who went to Shinto shrine ‘to pray’

      Tom King, 63, was the only member of the Silicon Valley Bank board who had experience in investment banking

      The others were major Obama and Clinton mega-donors, including one who cried when Trump won in 2016

      The board is now being investigated for its failure to act ahead of the bank’s collapse, as some argue it was too focused on being woke

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859379/Only-ONE-member-failed-SVBs-board-experience-investment-banking.html

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      NEW YORK POST – Obama official, Hillary donors, improv actor: Meet SVB’s board of directors

      One is a Hillary Clinton mega-donor who went to a Shinto shrine to pray after Donald Trump won the White House.

      Another worked for President Barack Obama before her own political career spectacularly failed.

      A third is a prolific contributor to Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi — who owns a Napa Valley vineyard just 15 minutes from the former House speaker’s.

      There’s even an improv performer.

      The 12 directors who were supposed to oversee fallen Silicon Valley Bank — and prevent the catastrophic errors that threw the entire banking system into jeopardy on Friday — might not be household names.

      But they are facing a series of investigations into their collective role in its collapse.

      A Post examination of the board reveals it did not jibe with Silicon Valley’s young image: Only one independent director is under 60, while the oldest is 78.

      SVB touted its diversity, though, noting in its 2022 proxy statement that 45% of its board are women, in addition to “other diversity” like “one black” member, “one LGQBT+” and “two veterans.”

      MORE :
      https://nypost.com/2023/03/14/obama-aide-hillary-donors-improv-actor-meet-svbs-board/

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    • Yeah, poor timing for whining.
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      There are compensations for The Chosen…..
      ONLY Jews can control the weather with an app on their VERY special TALMUDIC smart-phones.

      So there’s that.
      (_o_)

  19. RFK Jr. Says CIA Is Connected to 2001 Anthrax Attacks

    Robert F. Kennedy was recently a guest on the Jimmy Dore Show and during his interview, he shared a wealth of knowledge about the 2001 anthrax attacks and the development of bioweapons in the United States.

    The anthrax attacks also known as the “Amerithrax” attacks occurred just one week after the September 11th terror attacks in 2001.

    The attacks consisted of anthrax being sent through the United States Postal System via letters and delivered to several news organizations, Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Tom Daschle.

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    Kennedy shared that the letters were sent to both Sen. Leahy and Sen. Daschle because they were trying to block the Patriot Act in 2001.

    Read: One Way To Keep Your Family Fed In A Crisis

    He went on to reveal the Patriot Act was a vicious attack against the US Constitution and “re-opened the bioweapons arms race that was shut down by Nixon in 1969.”

    The son of the late US Attorney General Robert Kennedy then captivated Dore’s listeners by sharing that the FBI discovered anthrax in the letters originally “stemmed from a CIA lab in Fort Detrick, Maryland.”

    WATCH:https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/rfk-jr-says-cia-is-connected-to-2001-anthrax-attacks/