Friday, January 17, 2025

Last ditch media sanctions from the West against Russia are like a sick child crying for help

by Martin Jay, Strategic Culture:

Many analysts will be wondering what Trump will do about Russian sanctions when gets into the Oval office, although there is some optimism that he will try and reverse them. He is cautious not to get into a debate about this subject, which leads me to suspect that this will be one the bombshells he will drop on the Biden administration which left him the small gift of signing off over a billion dollars of military aid to Ukraine. What almost no Americans understand though, which is largely the fault of mainstream media, is that these military spending sprees are really all about feeding a dual-purpose racket which really has nothing to do with the actual war in Ukraine, which everyone now admits Russia is winning. On one hand, it is of course pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the 5 main arms manufacturers in the U.S. in a move which could arguably be called illegal state aid; on the other hand the kit which is sent to Ukraine from the U.S. – and the UK – is mainly being sold on a number of black markets, with only about 30 percent or thereabouts actually reaching Ukrainian troops. My own investigation has proved that the Zelensky cabal are selling off the heavy equipment like armoured personal carriers (APCs) and lorry loads of American made assault rifles to dealers in the international arms bizarre of Libya – where Middle Eastern terrorists, or their affiliates in the Sahel buy it at bargain prices.

At least 1/500th of the U.S. population is homeless.

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by Eric Zuesse, The Duran:

That’s 20 homeless per 10,000 people. Currently, America has 22 per 10,000.

On December 27th, HUD (the Department of Housing and Urban Development) headlined obscurely (perhaps so as not to draw attention to it) “HUD Releases January 2024 Point-In-Time Count Report” and reported: “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report: Part 1: Point-in-Time Estimates, an annual snapshot of the number of individuals in shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings. The report found more than 770,000 [1 out of every 448] people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in [it was, as explained on page 15 of the detailed report, the average from among the final 10 days of] January 2024, an 18% increase from 2023.” It was the all-time high, but America’s population likewise was at an all-time high, and, for example, back in 2010 (when America’s population was 10% less than today’s), there were 649,917 homeless Americans on a typical night. So, on a per-capita basis, America’s performance on homelessness is horrible, and it’s not getting any better. If anything, it’s getting a bit worse, over the long term.

Arkansas Looks To Hold Pharma Execs Criminally Liable For Vaccine Injuries

by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:

(Children’s Health Defense) Arkansas lawmakers are weighing legislation that could pierce the pharmaceutical industry’s federal liability shield for vaccine injuries by holding corporate executives criminally liable for “vaccine harms” if they concealed evidence of risks associated with a vaccine that subsequently seriously injured or killed the recipient.

Under Senate Bill 6, introduced by Republican State Sen. Bryan King, an executive officer of a pharmaceutical company that “knowingly hides, conceals, omits, or otherwise withholds evidence, documentation, or information that the vaccine has dangerous effects,” would be found guilty of a felony and face a prison sentence of one year to life.

Proposed Texas Bill Would Create State-Issued Gold and Silver-Backed Transactional Currencies

by Mike Maharrey, Gold Seek:

A Texas Republican has introduced bills that would create transactional currencies backed 100 percent by gold and silver. The passage of this legislation would open the door for people to easily use sound money in everyday transactions and create competition for rapidly depreciating fiat dollars.

Rep. Mark Dorazio filed HB1049 and HB1056. The language in both bills is nearly identical, but they add the provisions to different sections of the Texas code.

Under the proposed law, the Texas Comptroller would issue gold and silver specie (coins) through the Texas Bullion Depository and establish gold and silver transactional currency defined as “the representation of gold and silver specie and bullion held in the pooled depository account.”

THE FOG OF WAR & BULLION BANKERS FROM HELL — Bix Weir

from SGT Report:

Have you experienced any of the dense “fog” that’s being reported from coast to coast and in the UK? Well, I have first hand and it’s far from normal. The suppressed price of silver by the bullion bankers and their wall street minions is far from normal too and Bix Weir says once the charade end, silver will be more valuable than you can imagine. Thanks for tuning in & happy New Year!

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Is 2025 Going To Look Like A Hollywood Disaster Movie?

by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:

What kind of year is 2025 going to be?  If you ask 1,000 different people that question, you will probably get 1,000 different answers.  There are some that are very optimistic about the year ahead, but there are others that are very pessimistic about the year ahead.  In fact, Gallup just conducted a survey that discovered that most Americans believe that 2025 will be a year of “political conflict, economic difficulty, international discord, increasing power for China and Russia, and a rising federal budget deficit”…

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Putin’s Audacious Building Boom in Mariupol, Donbas – Why It’s Important

by Charles Bausman, The Unz Review:

I tweet about migrating to Russia at @cbausman and Telegram. DMs are open

Blog housekeeping: It has happened every of the 4 Falls that we have been here. Energy levels in Russia seem to fluctuate more than in the West. Russians, like the French, take their vacations very seriously, and seem to do absolutely nothing from late July to early September. They likewise enjoy an obscenely long winter break, from lat Dec. to mid-Jan, and again from late April to mid-May. Autumn and early winter however are a flurry of activity and energy, with another burst in late winter and late Spring. I was prevented from writing much here, or even tweeting as much as I would have liked due to getting pulled into various projects and activities, but I fully plan to return to it in the new year.

REPORT: Florida Has Turned So Red That it Could be 25 Years Before Democrats Are Even Competitive Again in the State

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by Mike LaChance, The Gateway Pundit:

Florida used to be considered a swing state but it doesn’t really look like that anymore.

Republicans have dominated elections in Florida in recent years and the state just keeps getting redder. One Democrat consultant there recently suggested that it could be 25 years before the Democrats are even competitive again in the state.

In the 2024 election, Trump and Republicans even managed to flip the historically blue Miami-Dade County red. Is there any wonder why Democrats in Florida keep flipping to the GOP?

Unless Something Changes, 4 Years From Now We Will Be 51 Trillion Dollars In Debt

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by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream:

The U.S. government is currently constructing the most colossal monument in the history of the world.  It is a monument of debt, and we will forever be remembered as the nation that piled up far more debt than anyone else ever did.  For decades, this generation has been recklessly spending the money of future generations of Americans.  Most people seem to think that we are totally getting away with this swindle, but the truth is that the party is almost over.  Our national debt has already surpassed the 36 trillion dollar mark, and according to usdebtclock.org at our current rate of spending our national debt will surpass the 51 trillion dollar mark four years from now.

The Big Problem: What Happened When We Send Nukes Into Space

from 21st Century Wire:

Starfish Prime and Operation Fishbowl: the real reason why we stopped sending nukes into space.

Ever since the Cold War, the domain of outer space has always been an extension of the Earthly military battlefield. Both sides were obsessed about the possibility of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) being deployed from a nuclear weapon going off in space, as well as the radiation fallout – depending on where the blast went off, whether it would be harmful or not. The U.S. military staged such event, known as Starfish Prime, and it wasn’t the first (or last time) that the U.S. or Soviet Union would test nuclear weapons in space. In fact there were more than a dozen tests between the years 1958 and 1962. The results were nothing short of horrific, and to some degree, are still affecting the planet and its inhabitants today. Watch: 

‘Green’ Scottish Ferry Emits Far More CO2 Than Old Diesel Ship

by Will Jones, Daily Sceptic:

The CO2 emissions of a long-delayed and over-budget ‘green’ Scottish ferry will be far larger than that of the 31 year-old diesel ship it is set to replace. BBC News has more.

An emissions analysis by CalMac has calculated MV Glen Sannox will emit 10,391 equivalent tonnes of CO2 a year compared with 7,732 for MV Caledonian Isles.

The dual-fuel ferry has more car capacity but requires larger engines which also emit methane, a greenhouse gas with a far greater global warming effect than CO2.

China Hacks the U.S. Treasury

by Lincoln Brown, PJ Media:

Weren’t we promised that with the advent of the Biden administration, the adults would be back in charge? Yeah, about that, time is getting short for them to show up.

On Monday, a report was relased that a Chinese hacker gained access to the U.S. Treasury Department. According to the report, this was a state-sponsored attack, and the hacker was affiliated with the Chinese government. Although the announcement was made on Monday, Fox News said officials learned about the breach on December 8. A spokesperson for the department said: