BS”D (בס״ד), which is an acronym for the Aramaic phrase b’syata d’shmaya (“with the help of heaven”).
‘Faith Not Fear!’
Things are not always as they appear to be! Please read between the lines! (B2EN THE//S)
BIG TECH
CHILD ABUSE / CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING
Are U.S. Bishops Complicit in the Trafficking and Exploitation of Migrant Children?
This article originally appeared on Complicit Clergy and was republished with permission.
The Catholic Church is one of the largest recipients of government grants and contracts for immigration-related activities in America. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which lobbies the government for ever-expanding migrant programs, received over $67 million in migrant-related funding in 2021, it’s second-largest source of revenue that year. Likewise, the USCCB spent $69 million to provide “migration refugee services,” a figure representing 40% of the organization’s operating expenditures. These facts beg the simple question:
Is the USCCB is a religious organization whose mission is the salvation of souls or is it simply a non-governmental organization (NGO) at the beck and call of political operatives?
While Catholic organizations certainly provide many worthy services to migrants, there is no question that a substantial portion of their funds most recently have been used to enable illegal immigration.
CHINA
COMMENTARY / OPINION
The Kindness of Strangers Theodore Dalrymple
It is nearly Christmas—or what Google, with its acute sensitivity toward Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Druze, pagans, animists, atheists, agnostics, and others, calls the holiday season—and so, contrary to my natural disposition, I should try to write something heartwarming and cheerful. After all, even the greatest misanthrope and pessimist must admit that this vale of tears we call the world sometimes wears a smile.
In fact, as I age smaller and smaller things please me, whether disproportionately I cannot say (for something to be judged disproportionate there must be a standard of comparison). Perhaps the ease with which I am now pleased is a sign of the involution of old age, with its reduced expectations of what pleasures life can supply, or perhaps a sign of having achieved a degree of wisdom at last. At any rate, a pleasant encounter now stays with me for days. Whereas in the past I was inclined to dwell on the rudeness or unkindness of people, or some humiliation suffered, I now dwell on the opposite.
I was in the Paris Metro recently, for example, on the platform waiting for a train. There were only a few other people and one of them was an accordionist who was about to get on the next train himself to play for the passengers in return for coins. As he was waiting, he played a few chords and looked up. I smiled at him, and he smiled back—aged about 50, he had a very pleasant smile. He came over to me and started to play one of the famous Parisian tunes for accordion. I gave him two euros and he thanked me. Never were two euros better spent: Unlike the music of many buskers, the accordion, simultaneously joyful and melancholy, transforms a ride in the Metro into a real pleasure. He was a very good accordionist, and his pleasure at my donation was my pleasure also.
[Ed.:
Truth And Consequences By James Howard Kunstler
“I would advise the more-sciencey-than-thou to not pivot from Covid directly into climate change bullying just yet. 2023 is going to be replete with excess death, and you are gonna have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do. Lots of apologetic to push, in support of the Narrative.” — The Ethical Skeptic on Substack
Even if NBC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, The WashPo, and the rest of the Big News Media mafia ignore the Twitter Files story, the revolution at Twitter is going to shake their windows and rattle their walls. There will be free debate in 2023 on this social media platform. News and ideas will be set loose across the landscape, and, for the first time in years, reality will have a chance to compete with the bad faith narratives of a regime at war against its own people.
We’ll have to see how long this lasts before the Intel Community tries to shut Twitter down, ramp up a campaign to defame it, or blow it up as a viable business. Or make a move to, shall we say, neutralize the person behind the revolution there. The more that free speech is actually permitted on Twitter, the more every other platform will look like a lame organ of propaganda, especially when it comes to issues that really matter such as the deadly consequences of the mRNA “vaccines,” the shady doings around recent US elections, the actual condition of the US economy, the perilous folly of “Joe Biden’s” war in Ukraine (and the family grifting operation that prompted it), and the evil machinations of the Intel Community itself.
In about three weeks, the Party of Chaos will be swept out of power in the US House of Representatives. Their opponents will take control of all the House committee chairs, with subpoena power to compel the testimony of public figures who have managed to avoid answering questions for years. The Big News Media may not be able to avoid reporting on it, especially with Twitter loosened up, and their lying attempts to spin events is going to look pathetic when it is instantly contrasted with free analysis and informed debate in the public arena.
Why Leftists Won’t Survive the Economic Collapse JD Rucker
It’s easy to think this is satire, but it’s really not. Many leftists will be caught flat-footed if the economy and/or society breaks down. But they won’t be alone. Conservatives need to prepare too.
If the article below by Brandon Smith were written just a couple of years ago, it would be considered satire. It’s not that anything he says in it would have been any less true then than it is now, but prior to the Plandemic there were very few people who were seriously considering the possibility of the U.S. economy experiencing a full-blown collapse. Today, the possibility is real and becoming increasingly more likely every day.
While the article and today’s show discussing it are intended to highlight weaknesses inherent in leftists, it should also act as a warning to patriots who may not be as prepared as we should be. Not every patriot is currently armed. Most patriots do not have the food or other necessary resources stored away to help them through very troubling times if they come. There is, of course, the spiritual preparedness we will need in order to persevere should a real economic collapse happen, followed by a societal collapse in America.
Before, I would have lambasted anyone screaming about a future economic collapse. During the Trump years, our economy was soaring. Even during the Obama years, it seemed like we had the fiscal fortitude to weather the storm and still thrive on the other side. For the last year or so, I’ve joined the growing chorus of voices who are truly concerned about what’s around the corner. That’s why today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show is dedicated to making people aware of the potential disasters we face.
Brandon Smith from Alt-Market does a fantastic job of explaining why he believes leftists will be in huge trouble if the current economic downturn becomes a full-blow collapse. As you listen to the show and read the article, take note of the areas that you could improve on as well. Nobody wants to be caught unprepared.
Here’s today’s show and Brandon’s article:
A big winter FREEZE WAVE is coming for Western Europe and North America – learn winter survival tips and power grid BLACKOUT solutions from the Health Ranger in today’s podcast [1:59:57] by Mike Adams
(Natural News) In early 2021, those of us in Texas survived the Texas freeze-out which obliterated 1) The power grid, 2) Fuel supplies at gas stations, 3) Water pipes, 4) Cell towers, 5) Roads, 6) Grocery stores, 7) 911 services response.
Now another big freeze is looming over North America and parts of Western Europe, expected to plunge temperatures well below the seasonal average beginning around Dec. 22nd in North America.
The Epoch Times is reporting that NERC (North American Electric Reliability Council) is expecting power blackouts across vast regions, including Texas, the Great Lakes and New England, adding:
Meanwhile, a “large portion” of the U.S. power grid is at risk of insufficient electricity supplies during peak winter conditions, the agency concluded in the same analysis.
In other words, it’s about to get cold and dark, all while vegetable prices have exploded by 38% in just the last month, and 80% in the last year, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Prepare now and beat the rush
Beginning in about six days or so, things are going to get very dicey for millions of people in North America. In today’s podcast, I share some of the hard-earned lessons I learned in the Texas freeze of early 2021. Here are some of the highlights (but listen to the full podcast, below, for more detailed advice):
- Head to the stores in advance of the storm to stock up on food and supplies. Beat the rush. Understand that extreme weather will also likely cause disruptions in restock deliveries at retailers, so shelves may be partially empty for many days both during and after the freeze wave.
- Prepare for pipes to burst, and make a plan to shift away from PVC or copper pipes to PEX pipes, which are far easier to repair and can handle the expansion of water freezing without bursting. Stockpile some PEX pipe repair tools (couplers, rings, bands, crimpers, etc.) and you’ll beat the post-freeze rush which may wipe out plumbing supplies at local hardware stores.
- Have backup communications for when the power grid fails. Cell towers only have a few hours of power from local generators, and those generators run on gas. When the power grid fails, gas stations can’t pump gas, so no one can get gas to the generators to run the cell towers. This is why satellite phones and satellite messaging devices make so much sense – they work when the cell towers don’t. See SAT123.com for satellite phone and text messaging solutions from our sponsor.
- Own off-grid power systems or so-called solar generators (power stations) that have on board charge controllers and inverters. EcoFlow and Jackery are two brands recognized for their quality. Much larger scale units worth considering include Bluetti. These allow you to charge batteries, electronic devices, laptop computers and even, in some cases, run freezers during short blackouts. (Check your freezer power draw and understand the limitations of these units in terms of inverter capacity and total kWh of energy available. The EcoFlow devices and solar panels are also available at SAT123.com. (Shop there instead of at Amazon in order to support pro-liberty businesses.)
- Have a backup supply of cash, since ATMs won’t work and credit card processing won’t function when the grid is down. You might also consider “junk silver” coins or other means of barter or exchange. Remember, when the power goes out, retailers can’t process digital payments. Cash may be the only thing that works.
- For backup heat that requires no complex installation, remember that you can burn isopropyl alcohol (IPA or Ethanol) indoors using alcohol fireplaces or stoves, given that IPA burns cleanly and requires no stovepipe exhaust. Importantly, be extremely cautious about any open flames indoors, and beware of flammable materials, children and pets. Have a fire extinguisher available and don’t leave fires unattended. Practice all necessary safety precautions if you choose to invoke this emergency measure for off grid heat.
- In this video on PrepWithMike.com, I reveal how to make an alcohol stove using a paint can and a roll of toilet paper. See it here:
COVID-19
British Olympian Tom Daley’s 31-Year-Old Diving Coach Dies Suddenly from “Sudden Adult Death Syndrome” By Jim Hoft
The death of British Olympic diver Tom Daley’s coach, David Jenkins, was revealed on Friday.
On October 9 of last year, David Jenkins, a 31-year-old from Chingford, East London, was found unresponsive in a pool in Antalya, Turkey.
David Jenkins, the Development Lead Coach for England’s top diving program Dive London, had spent the day coaching Great Britain’s top athletes following their success at the Tokyo Olympics before he died.
“Staff said he did exercises in the water and then died underwater,” according to testimony provided at the inquest by Alexei Evangulov, ex-National Performance Director for British Diving.
My latest all-cause mortality survey: the comments tell you everything you need to know Steve Kirsch
We couldn’t get a clear signal from the quantitative data (yet), but the comments… well, they are a crystal-clear signal that we have a vaccine which needs to be stopped immediately.
About 24 hours ago, I launched an all-cause mortality survey.
My fellow “misinformation spreaders” were skeptical I’d find a signal because the survey is death reports only. I was confident I would find something really big.
It turns out that we were both right!!
We now have nearly 2,000 responses to my all-cause mortality survey and have looked at the data for various signals, but so far, it’s pretty tough due to a variety of issues (reporter bias, selective recall, biased sample set, etc). Basically, with only 2,000 responses, you get a lot of statistical noise which can easily drown out your signal. We have a vaccinated population which is changing over time, a deadly virus coming and going, we have to stratify by age groups, etc. Little signal, lots of noise.
Joel Smalley looked at the data with me and his first impression was that at best, the vaccine was completely useless for saving lives. But he wanted more time to give a more definitive analysis. I will update this as I learn more.
So my friends were right on that part.
Here’s part of the Pivot table where if you view the unvaccinated column, you can see the numbers just jump around too much. It should be smoothly going down in 2021 and then stabilizing to be flat since the unvaccinated have remained relatively stable in 2022.
HOSPITAL HOMICIDE: Newborn baby DIES from “huge blood clots” following pre-surgery transfusion of covid vaccine-tainted blood by Ethan Huff
(Natural News) Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Wash., murdered a newborn recently by giving the child a covid vaccine-tainted blood transfusion instead of the pure blood transfusion his family requested and procured for him.
Baby Alex was born with a 95 percent survivable congenital heart defect as well as anemia, which required a blood transfusion. Since a close friend of the family had previously died after getting injected for the Fauci Flu, Alex’s parents specifically asked for clean blood to go into his body.
A member of the family’s church who is both unvaccinated and a blood type match donated the blood to Sacred Heart, which agreed to use it in the transfusion. However, when it came time to do the procedure, the hospital claims it “lost” the pure blood sample, after which staff members proceeded to give Baby Alex blood from the general pool.
Alex’s parents had specifically asked Sacred Heart not to give him blood from the general pool due to concerns about him suffering complications. They did it anyway, resulting in the formation of “huge blood clots” that ended up killing the child not long after the transfusion.
It should be noted that Alex’s family paid extra for Sacred Heart to put in place this special protocol, and went out of their way to get the exact blood they wanted and that he needed. In the end, hospital staff “lost” the blood, took the money, and effectively murdered the child with their malpractice.
Unvaccinated Blood Is Now in Very High Demand Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Unvaxxed Blood, the World’s Most Valuable Asset?
The current unknowns regarding ‘vaccinated blood’ are being compared with the ‘Russian roulette’ risks of HIV-tainted blood that was used for transfusions in the 1980s. And this 4-month-old has just set off a media firestorm.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- A growing number of people in need of blood transfusions are requesting blood that comes from people who haven’t received COVID-19 shots
- Pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole compared the current unknowns regarding “vaccinated blood” with HIV-tainted blood that was used for transfusions in the 1980s
- Directed donations and autologous donations, or self-donation, are options for receiving blood free of mRNA, but in both cases you’ll need your doctor to submit a Red Cross Special Collections Order form
- A “Safe Blood” donation campaign has also been formed to match blood donors and recipients who have not had COVID-19 shots
ELECTION
Watch “Kari Lake WINS Lawsuit! Judge RULES AGAINST Katie Hobbs!!!”
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The 2021 Maricopa Audit Proved After Three Days that the 2020 Election in Arizona Was Uncertifiable (Part I) By Joe Hoft
After the 2021 Election, there was an unstoppable effort to get to the bottom of the 2020 Election in Arizona’s Maricopa County. Eventually, an audit was voted on, approved and performed in the Arizona GOP-led Senate.
There was much discussion then on who would perform the audit and where it would be performed. Eventually, it was determined that the audit would be performed at the Maricopa County Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
There also were months between when the audit was voted on and when it started.
The audit did occur, but based on the information we know today, the ballot count and review should have ended after three days.
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Many good people volunteered and spent many hours counting and reviewing ballots during the 2021 audit of Maricopa County.
They are not to blame.
A few weeks after the audit started a letter was sent to Maricopa County officials in May 2021 from the Arizona Senate and signed by Karen Fann. In this letter, the following was noted:
FOOD SHORTAGE
HEALTH
Are Late Dinners Wrecking Your Health? [3:22] By Dr. Joseph Mercola
Fasting is an ancient1 health intervention embraced through the ages for its rejuvenating effects.2 In more recent years, researchers have demonstrated that less challenging forms of fasting, such as intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating (TRE), are just as effective as longer water fasts, helping your body repair cellular damage, reduce inflammation, improve brain function and much more.3,4,5
According to Satchin Panda, Ph.D., who has conducted important research into the impact of meal timing on circadian rhythm, 90% of people eat across a span of 12 hours a day, and many across even longer timespans, which is a recipe for metabolic disaster.
I believe this is part of why more than 93% of Americans are metabolically unfit. In July 2022, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology6 posted an update on the metabolic fitness or flexibility of the American population. In 2016, approximately 88% were metabolically unfit.7 As of 2018, it’s over 93%.
Metabolic fitness includes things like blood glucose and blood sugar, blood pressure and weight. This means 14 out of 15 Americans could benefit from improving their metabolic health, and TRE is one of the easiest yet most powerful interventions for reducing insulin resistance, restoring metabolic flexibility and losing excess body fat.
How TRE Can Improve Your Health
For most people, TRE is the easiest to implement as you get to eat every day, albeit only within a certain window of time. Most TRE regimens call for eating during four to eight hours of the day and fasting for the remaining 16 to 20 hours. The sweet-spot is probably six hours of eating and 18 hours of fasting.
As explained by Steve Hendricks, author of “The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting”8 in a Salon article:9
IRAN
Iran’s police are brutalizing those it catches at the protests By Hassan Mahmoudi
The protests in Iran are now in their fourth month, and the government is responding with increasing aggression. It has already executed two protesters, both for murder, condemned another protester to death, and has accused 20 or more protesters of crimes punishable by death.
Recently, the Iran Human Rights Society printed a letter from a high school student who was arrested for attending a protest. The law enforcement agents to whom he refers were probably members of the Ministry of Information (MOIS) intelligence service because they tend to drive Samand brand white cars. However, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps occasionally work with MOIS, with the IRGC seizing people and then delivering them to MOIS for interrogation. Given the known track record of the regime when it comes to those who threaten it, there’s good reason to believe the letter is legitimate.
The following is my translation of the student’s letter:
We were a large crowd, and we were shouting slogans. They threw tear gas, and the crowd dispersed. They had already deployed plainclothes forces inside the alleys so that, when people try to run away, they can attack them in the alleys and arrest them. I, along with a few others, entered an alley and, when we reached the end, some plainclothes shot at us. It was a shotgun, and a few pellets hit my leg so that I fell. Luckily, the others managed to escape, and they could only arrest me.
They immediately beat me and then took me [from the alley] to the sidewalk. A few minutes later, a white car (Samand brand) came, picked me up, and took me away. Inside the car, they kicked and punched me so much that I wished we could get to wherever they were taking me sooner! But I did not know that these blows are a joke compared to what they would do to me!
ISLAM
ISRAEL (IINO)
JANUARY 6TH / POLITICAL PRISONERS
NEWS
New York appeals court orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBT club By World Israel News Staff
Orthodox Jewish college loses case in New York State appeals court, but is expected to turn to US Supreme Court again with First Amendment rights claim.
Yeshiva University faced yet another legal setback Thursday, with a New York appeals court ruling against the Jewish college’s claim that it does not have to recognize an LGBT student group.
The Appellate Division in Manhattan handed down the ruling ordering Yeshiva University to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, after the Supreme Court declined to intervene while the case was still pending in the appeals system.
The appellate court upheld a decision by a lower court and supported by a ruling handed down by the New York State Supreme Court that since the Manhattan-based school is officially nonsectarian, it is bound to comply with the New York City Human Rights Law and cannot discriminate against anyone based on sexual orientation.
Thursday’s ruling found the school does not qualify as a religious corporation, and thus cannot be extended the protections a religious institution would enjoy.
As part of the ruling, the four judges unanimously rejected the argument that forcing Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBT club would violate First Amendment rights to freedom of religion.
[Ed.: But, but, Yeshiva University is a religious corporation! That is precisely what it is! Nevertheless, we are very fortunate that the Appellate Court, in their infinite wisdom and mercy, did not rule that Yeshiva University had to serve pork to the students, just to be fair to the bacon-loving gay students.]
Peru protests: Demonstrators try to storm airport, block border with Bolivia Global News
At least one person was killed and 10 more were injured on Friday after protesters attempted to storm a Peruvian airport and clashed with police and the army, according to local media.
Armed forces fired tear gas and shots in the air to disband the group of supporters of former president Pedro Castillo.
At the Peruvian-Bolivian border in Desaguadero, trucks blocked the roads as demonstrators continued to call for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.
Boluarte spoke in Lima, calling for peace while condemning vandalism that had taken place during past several days of political turmoil.
[Ed.: There are protests against the chaos, as well! Everybody’s pissed off.]
Lima — Protests erupted late Thursday in Peru’s southern city of Ayacucho, with clashes between demonstrators and the military killing at least seven people as unrest grows over the treatment of ousted president Pedro Castillo. The country’s Supreme Court earlier on Thursday ordered Castillo to remain in detention for 18 months after his arrest last week, which has sparked protests that have killed at least 15 people in the capital Lima and across the South American nation, according to authorities.
Castillo was removed from office and detained after he tried to dissolve the legislature and announced he would rule by decree, in what opponents say was a bid to dodge an impeachment vote amid several corruption probes.
The leftist former schoolteacher stands accused of rebellion and conspiracy and could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty, according to public prosecutor Alcides Diaz.
A Supreme Court judge granted the request from prosecutors to keep Castillo in custody, saying he posed a flight risk after trying to seek asylum at the Mexican embassy in Lima. The detention order extends to June 2024.
Peru: Tens of Israelis to be evacuated as protests rip through country
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is warning Israeli tourists to stay away from areas where protests and confrontations are taking place.
Hundreds of tourists, including Israelis, are stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru, after violent protests erupted in the country on Thursday, after an attempted coup.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry suggested travelers not go near areas where protests and confrontations are taking place. The Foreign Ministry also stated that anyone who needs help from the Israeli embassy is receiving it. “The Foreign Ministry is monitoring the Israeli tourists that are known to us, especially those who are in problematic areas,” the ministry wrote in a notice.
Are we being played for fools? I’m pretty sure we are. This explains why. Tierney’s Real News
I want to show you what’s really going on with Twitter and how the SPY AGENCIES, which I believe are STILL actually running Twitter behind the scenes, and pulling Elon’s strings, are playing us all for fools.
Twitter Files Part 6 reveals FBI’s ties to tech giant: ‘As if it were a subsidiary’ [3:30] By Joseph A. Wulfsohn
Matt Taibbi released the sixth installment of the ‘Twitter Files’ outlining the FBI flagging Twitter users
‘Twitter Files’ Part 6 details company ties to FBI
Fox News correspondent David Spunt examines the latest release of the ‘Twitter Files’ on ‘Special Report.’
Substack writer Matt Taibbi dropped his latest installment of the “Twitter Files” on Friday that detailed the FBI’s ties with the tech giant.
“The #TwitterFiles are revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content. Twitter’s contact with the FBI was constant and pervasive, as if it were a subsidiary,” Taibbi began the thread on Friday. “Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth… a surprisingly high number are requests by the FBI for Twitter to take action on election misinformation, even involving joke tweets from low-follower accounts.”
In response to the “Twitter Files,” a spokesperson for the FBI told Fox News Digital, “The FBI regularly engages with private sector entities to provide information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors’ subversive, undeclared, covert, or criminal activities. Private sector entities independently make decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and for their customers after the FBI has notified them.”
Taibbi highlighted the FBI’s social media task force established after the 2016 presidential election that assigned as many as “80 agents” to monitor foreign interference prominently featured in the Twitter Files.
“Do agencies like FBI and DHS do in-house flagging work themselves, or farm it out? ‘You have to prove to me that inside the f—ing government you can do any kind of massive data or AI search,’ says one former intelligence officer,” Taibbi wrote.
That’s a Lot of Cake! Oberlin College Makes Full $36 Million Payment to Bakery In Defamation Suit By Margaret Flavin
Gibson’s Bakery has confirmed that Oberlin College, which falsely accused the family owned bakery of racial profiling, has made the full $36 million payment awarded by a jury in the case.
The Gateway Pundit reported on the original incident in 2019:
Allyn Gibson, the person working at the shop at the time, was repeatedly accused of racial profiling after being assaulted by the men — though no evidence was ever provided of his alleged racism. The Oberlin Student Senate even passed a resolution claiming that Gibson had “a history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment.”
“Racism can’t always be proven on an Excel sheet,” Kameron Dunbar, an Oberlin junior and vice chair of the student senate, told the Chicago Tribune.
For decades the college would buy baked goods from the small family-owned and operated business, but the bakery says that ended after the students were arrested. The administration reportedly told the bakery that they would restore the business relationship only if they stopped prosecuting first-time shoplifters and notified the school instead. Owner David Gibson declined the offer, citing the difficulty in determining who is a first time offender and the high cost of stolen goods.
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Though the three men were clearly in the wrong, the bakery was subject to Black Lives Matter protests and even pressured by the college’s administration not to pursue charges.
In 2019, a jury found in Gibson’s favor.
Legal Insurrection reported:
Woke Oberlin College FINALLY pays out $25M to Ohio family bakery it tried to destroy with false accusations of racism in 2017: Father and son owners have since died By ANEETA BHOLE
- Oberlin College has completed paying out the $25 million defamation payment
- Bakery owners Allyn Gibson and his son, David, sued Oberlin College in 2017
- They claimed they’d been libeled by the school and their business harmed
- The lawsuit was filed after a shoplifting incident involving three black students
- A Lorain County jury initially awarded the Gibsons $44 million in damages
- A judge later reduced this amount to $25 million, which has now been fully paid
Oberlin College has completed paying out a $25million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after a shoplifting incident involving three black students.
The store’s owners, Allyn Gibson and his son, David Gibson, sued Oberlin College in 2017, claiming they had been libeled by the school and their business had been harmed following protests over the shoplifting.
Both died before the settlement was reached and had said at the time that the claims had pushed the store to the bring of closure.
The yearlong legal fight involving a school and town known for its liberal leanings erupted into a debate over racism, free speech and political correctness.
A Lorain County jury in 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in damages, which a judge later reduced to $25 million.
OTHER / MISCELLANEOUS
Welcome to Albania’s Little London BY DAVID PATRIKARAKOS
Back home, the exodus has taken a surreal form
I’m standing near the foot of a mountain that looms over Has in north-eastern Albania, staring at a bright red phone box that appears to have been transported here from the streets of Nineties London. To one side, a row of squat, post-Soviet-style residential buildings and then, across the road, a sign. It reads “Britain Resto Lounge”, with an image of Big Ben where the ‘i’s should be. Down the road is the Bar London; next week, the municipality will unveil a statue of the late Queen. Has is a surreal town. If its reality is pervasive and obvious poverty, its aesthetic, at least in parts, is Britpop as envisaged by a commissar.
There is a reason for this. Has is known as “Little London” because so many of its people have left for the UK to find, if not a better life, at least some form of work. Its population was once 17,000 but now, thanks to migration, it hovers at around 5,000, of which only 14% are employed. According to its mayor, Liman Morina, more teenage boys leave the town for England than from anywhere else in Albania. He recently explained that 80% of “his constituents survive thanks to the “hard and honest work of their relatives in Britain”.
RUSSIA
TYRANNY / TOTALITARIANISM
Descent into Public Health Totalitarianism by David Stockman
The unspeakable stain of the Covid tyranny requires the very opposite of the “pandemic amnesty” that the craven poltroons at the Atlantic magazine suggested recently. That’s because the precedent was such a grave affront to constitutional liberty and capitalist prosperity that those responsible should be exposed, hounded and shamed, and prosecuted where warranted, so that future power-grabbers will forever be reminded that tyranny cannot be imposed with impunity.
From the very beginning of the pandemic, there were legions of pedigreed epidemiologists and other scientists—many of who later signed the Great Barrington Declaration—who correctly held that viruses cannot be extinguished via draconian quarantines and other clumsy one-size-fits-all public health interventions; and that when it came to corona-viruses in particular, it was doubtful whether even vaccines—which had never been successful with coronaviruses—could defeat the latter’s natural propensity to mutate and spread.
In a word, from its earliest days, there was no reason for a sweeping intervention by the public health apparatus at all. Nor for the coercive one-size-fits all, state-driven mobilization of quarantines, lockdowns, testing, masking, distancing, surveilling, snitching and ultimately mandated mass vaxxing with experimental drugs developed under a dangerous multi-ten billion government subsidy scheme called Operation Warp Speed, followed by an open-ended Emergency Use authorization that shielded the pharma companies from any and all liabilities.
That truth from the earliest days was especially the case because in addition to decades of scientific knowledge about the proper management of virus based pandemics, there existed the screaming real time evidence from the stranded Diamond Princess cruise ship. The 3,711 souls (2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew) aboard skewed heavily to the elderly, but the survival rate known in mid-March 2020 was 99.7% overall, and 100% for those under 70 years of age. In short, just 0.19% of an elderly skewed population had succumbed to the virus. So the facts which were known to the White House (or certainly should have been) made absolutely clear that the Covid was no Black Plague type threat. Full stop.
UKRAINE
Fresh Missile Barrage Leaves Cities Across Ukraine Without Power Or Water In Sub-Zero Temps BY TYLER DURDEN
“Another wave of massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure,” Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced Friday, describing a large Russian barrage of dozens of missiles across major cities. “There will be emergency power outages,” he added.
Air raid sirens have been blaring throughout the day in this latest wave of strikes, which resulted in electricity and water outages in multiple cities and towns amid sub-zero temperatures.
Commander of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi tallied that Russia launched 76 missiles at critical infrastructure throughout the country. He then claimed that national air defenses were able to intercept and down a whopping 60 of the missiles.
More attacks rocked the capital as well. “Due to damage to energy infrastructure, there are interruptions to water supplies in all areas of the capital,” a statement by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko indicated. City authorities temporarily halted metro lines in order to provide a place for residents to take cover underground while the attacks ensued.
Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv is also completely without electricity, as are the the central cities of Poltava and Kremenchuk, among others. Ukrenergo, the national electric utility, said this has forced the country into a continued rationing situation as emergency crews work around the clock.
“We ask for your understanding regarding the power outages and temporary water and heat supply interruptions,” a statement from President Zelensky’s office said.
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Corrupt Courts Deny We the People the Right of Redress of Grievances
PEOPLE “DON’T HAVE STANDING?” by Bob Russell
The new dodge, especially by devildemocommiecrat appointed judges, when they don’t want to address an uncomfortable issue is to reject the case, saying the plaintiff “doesn’t have standing” to bring the case to court. The right to redress our grievances is one of the basic tenets of our Constitution. The founders fought a war against just such tyranny. King George III, when colonists objected to his tyranny, just dismissed their objections saying he was the ruler and they had no right to object to his orders.
The founding fathers of the United States of America were so angry about this that they covered the issue in both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, giving citizens the right to go to court when their issues were not answered by the politicians. Now, when judges don’t want to make a decision in a matter they know is wrong but goes against the devildemocommiecrat party and they know the complaint is valid and the outcome guaranteed to go against their party, just claim that the plaintiff “has no standing” to bring the case. Sadly, even judges appointed to the supreme court by President Trump used that lame excuse to refuse to look at the very obvious FRAUD committed in the 2020 election. If We the People have no standing to redress our grievances, what use is the Constitution?
It is bad enough that an entire political party and most of the other party ignore We the People but now our right to redress our grievances is being denied by judges who are either corrupt or cowardly. The recent intimidation tactics against Justice Brett Kavanaugh have solidified the anarchist left’s control of America, much to the detriment of liberty for We the People who they hate and are determined to abolish. Like censorship, “lack of standing” only applies to one side of the political and moral battles going on in the nation these days.
How are We the People ever going to wrest control of the nation back from the globalist hacks who now control every aspect of government if we cannot use the Constitution to do so? It is very clear to everyone, even those who refuse to acknowledge it, that America is no longer the nation OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE as established by the founders and also IS NOT a representative republic any longer. The political ruling class ignores We the People, preferring to cater to those who buy them with campaign contributions.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: The CIA’s Murder of My Uncle Was a Coup d-Etat From Which Democracy Has Never Recovered [7:28] By Jim Hoft
As reported earlier – On Thursday the National Archives released thousands of the never disclosed JFK documents.
But the FBI-CIA would not allow the release of all of the documents. Around 3% of the JFK documents are still being withheld from release by the government to the public — more than 50 years after the assassination.
What are they hiding?
Tonight Tucker Carlson provided the answer to this question on Thursday night.
According to Tucker Carlson the answer is that the CIA was involved in the assassination of JFK.
Tucker Carlson: “We spoke to someone who has access to these still hidden CIA documents. The person is deeply familiar with what they contain. We asked this person directly, did the CIA have a hand in the murder of John F. Kennedy, an American President. And here is the reply we received, verbatim, “The answer is yes. I believe they were involved. It’s a whole different country from what we thought it was. It’s all a fake.”
Fox News host Tucker Carlson gives his take on a source saying the CIA was involved in JFK’s assassination on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
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Congress passes defense bill nearly $45 billion over Biden’s budget request as debt climbs to $32T By Nicholas Ballasy
President Biden requested $813.3 billion for the defense budget and the bill Congress passed is $858 billion
The Democratic-led Congress passed a defense bill with bipartisan votes in the House and Senate nearly $45 billion over President Biden’s defense budget request.
Biden had requested $813.3 billion for the defense budget and the National Defense Authorization Act that Congress passed costs $858 billion.
The legislation includes pay raises for U.S. troops, aid to Ukraine and eliminates the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the military. In addition to the defense bill, the Biden Administration is asking Congress for $38 billion more in Ukraine assistance as the Russian invasion continues.
Biden is expected to sign the bill.
Last year, the Democratic-led Congress passed a $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which was about $29 billion more than Biden had requested. According to an analysis, the U.S. government wound up spending $777.7 billion on defense in FY2021.
The U.S. ran a budget deficit of $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2022. The national debt is climbing to $32 trillion. Inflation is at 7.1%, according to the Labor Department.
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New World Order: Coalition of Private Companies Release ‘Policy Blueprint’ for State Government Officials to Push for Digital ID By Jim Hoft
It’s all about control.
A coalition of private companies has released a “digital ID blueprint,” which urges individual states to adopt the policies necessary to establish a digital ID system.
“In December 2022, the Better Identity Coalition released a complementary set of policy recommendations for State government officials, entitled Better Identity in America: A Blueprint for State Policymakers,” according to its website.
“These recommendations are squarely focused on ways governments can improve the privacy and security of digital identity solutions.”
Better Identity Coalition, launched in 2018, is a cross-sector partnership of 27 companies developing policy initiatives to drive better solutions for identity verification and authentication.
The Better Identity Coalition’s founding members include industry leaders from the financial services, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, financial technology, payments and security whose goal is to establish a
Members include AT&T, CVS, Discover, Early Warning, Equifax, Experian, Facetec, Fidelity, ID.me, IDEMIA, JPMorgan Chase & Co., LexisNexis, MassMutual, Mastercard, Microsoft, Norton LifeLock, Notarize, Okta, OneSpan, Onfido, PNC Bank, Ping Identity, TransUnion, Uniken, US Bank, Wells Fargo, and Yubico.
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