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January 20, 2025
Biden Lifts Sanctions on Cuba
The timing of his decision to lift the terror designation looks like mere nose-thumbing at Trump, though it may help Havana more than you think
President Joe Biden’s January 14 removal of sanctions imposed on Cuba during the first Trump administration could have been a major step toward restarting Barack Obama’s policy of engagement if Biden had done it in his first week as president instead of his last.
But done at the last minute, they are unlikely to have much impact. Two of the three will not even take effect until after Trump’s inauguration.
Senior members of Trump’s incoming foreign policy team, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Special Envoy for Latin America Maurico Claver-Carone, have criticized Biden’s actions, noting that they can be quickly and easily reversed by the incoming administration.
“No one should be under any illusion in terms of a change in Cuba policy,” Waltz said.
Nevertheless, within hours of the White House’s announcement, the Cuban government announced that, in response to appeals from the Vatican, it would gradually release 553 prisoners, many of whom were involved in the nationwide protests on July 11, 2021. The deal was the culmination of three years of Vatican shuttle diplomacy.
Biden’s package includes three measures: (1) It rescinded Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) 5, of June 16, 2017, the basic framework for Trump’s policy of regime change; (2) It suspends Title III of the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, which gives U.S. citizens, including naturalized Cuban Americans, whose property was nationalized by Cuba’s revolutionary government the right to sue in U.S. Federal Court anyone making beneficial use of that property; and (3) It initiated removal of Cuba from the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of International Terrorism.
Trump’s 2017 NSPM included several sanctions limiting travel to Cuba and, most importantly, prohibiting doing business with Cuban companies managed by the armed forces, including many of the hotels where U.S. visitors typically stayed. However, Biden’s recission of NSPM-5 does not reopen those hotels to U.S. visitors because another, separate, sanction imposed by Trump in 2020 prohibits U.S. visitors from staying in any hotel owned by the Cuban government. That prohibition remains in place.
A suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act only takes effect 15 days after the president notifies Congress of his intention to suspend it, in this case, on January 29. President Trump could either lift the suspension, like he did in 2019, or simply wait six months at which time the suspension will expire automatically unless renewed.
In Congressional testimony on May 22, 2024, Secretary of State Tony Blinken admitted that there was no factual basis for Cuba being designated a state sponsor of terrorism, and that the reasons cited in the State Department’s annual report on terrorism were no longer valid. When the administration finally undertook a formal review of Cuba’s designation, it concluded— predictably—that Cuba should be removed from the list.
But Cuba’s removal does not take effect for 45 days, giving Congress and the Trump administration plenty of time to block it. The Republican majority in Congress can vote to nullify Biden’s action or Trump can simply put Cuba back on the list at his discretion — just as he did in January 2021.
Moreover, even if Biden’s measures survive long enough to take effect, no company, U.S. or foreign, is going to invest the time and resources necessary to take advantage of reduced sanctions when there is a better than even chance that President Trump will reverse them sooner or later, just as he reversed Obama’s in 2017.
So why would the Biden administration bother to take such ineffectual and probably ephemeral steps to reduce sanctions, and why would the Cuban government release more than five hundred prisoners in response?
Winning freedom for the prisoners was obviously the main motivation for Biden, but for years the administration was loathe to engage Cuba in negotiations to free them. However, after Bob Menendez’s departure from the Senate, the Democrats’ loss in November, and the ruby red hue of Florida politics, Biden no longer had any reason to subordinate Cuba policy to domestic politics.
Perhaps entreaties from both Congressional Democrats and the Vatican that Biden do something to alleviate the deepening humanitarian crisis on the island finally broke through. Or perhaps there was some guilty pleasure in complicating Trump’s forthcoming Cuba policy — poetic justice for Trump putting Cuba on the terrorism list as a parting shot just days before Biden’s inauguration in 2020.
Cuban officials were equally resistant to freeing the protestors, whose tough prison sentences served as a warning and deterrent against future protests. Yet they agreed, despite there being slim chance that Cuba will gain any economic relief from Biden’s measures. But even in the worst case — that Trump scuttles all of Biden’s measures immediately — Cuba would still reap some political benefit. By releasing so many political prisoners — the most since the 1970s — Havana addresses a major point of friction in its relations with the European Union, an important source of desperately needed humanitarian assistance.
Havana’s prisoner release demonstrates to the international community at large its willingness to compromise and desire to reduce conflict with Washington. It puts the United States government on record acknowledging that Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism. And it puts the Trump administration in the awkward position of having to choose between leaving the new measures in place or reneging on an agreement to release 553 people from jail.
President Biden’s four years in the White House were a colossal missed opportunity in U.S.-Cuban relations — four years in which domestic political aspirations overrode foreign policy interests, advancing neither. And the Cuban people paid the price as Washington stood idly by while their standard of living plummeted, partly as a result of sanctions Trump imposed and Biden left in place.
Barack Obama took bold action to normalize relations with Cuba. Donald Trump took bold action to destabilize it. Nothing about Joe Biden’s Cuba policy was bold, and it accomplished nothing. Cuba is poorer and less open today than it was four years ago, China’s and Russia’s influence there is greater, a million more Cuban migrants have fled to the United States, and Democrats are less politically popular than ever in Florida.
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Via https://responsiblestatecraft.org/biden-cuba-trump-2670889161/
Former UK Secretary of State admits Pfizer-BioNTech expected payouts of up to £300 billion for vaccine injuries in the UK before its injections were approved
By Rhoda Wilson
Alok Sharma, a Secretary of State in the previous UK government, has admitted that the Government knew, before they received regulatory approval, that people would be injured by the covid vaccines.
It was a lie to say that the vaccines were “safe” and it was unethical to coerce and mandate people into taking them. Worse still, it was pure evil to expose our nation’s children to this unnecessary and entirely avoidable risk of serious injury and death.
The Government anticipated a £1.7 billion bill for injuries caused by the coronavirus vaccine, the Covid Inquiry has heard …
Documents show that after initial conversations with Pfizer-BioNTech – which developed one of the mRNA jabs – the Government had estimated indemnity costs of between £75 billion and £300 billion.
The documents state: … “While the vaccines will be subject to regulatory approval, given the timeframe, the vaccines will not be able to benefit from the longer and more extensive clinical trials that would usually be the norm in any vaccine development.”
Covid vaccine harms were expected to cost Government £1.7bn, inquiry hears, The Telegraph, 17 January 2025
The above is a tweet (with some edits) posted by Mike Fairclough, “Britian’s most outspoken headmaster.” You can follow Fairclough on Twitter HERE or Substack HERE. You can read an archived copy of The Telegraph article HERE.
Interestingly, The Telegraph also notes that the UK government did not offer pharmaceuticals full indemnity as was the case in the USA:
Pharmaceutical companies developing the jabs initially asked for “statutory immunity”, which would have shielded them from any civil claims and which had been agreed by the US.
However, Lord Sharma said the Government had “pushed back” on offering full immunity to pharmaceutical companies, and eventually negotiated a lesser indemnity agreement, which they expected to cost £1.7 billion in a worst-case scenario.
Without considering the fraud committed by Pharmaceutical companies when they marketed their covid injections as “safe and effective,” it seems in the UK, the pharmaceutical companies are liable for civil claims.
In the case of fraudulent activities related to their products, pharmaceutical companies can be held criminally responsible. Fraudulent activities can include various forms of misconduct such as illegal promotion of drugs, failure to report safety data and manufacturing violations.
In the UK, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) introduced a new offence where companies may be held criminally liable if they did not have “reasonable prevention procedures” in place when a fraudulent act was committed by persons associated with them.
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Via https://expose-news.com/2025/01/20/former-uk-secretary-of-state-admits/
Joe Biden Pardons Tony Fauci, Loser Mark Milley, and Entire J6 Select Committee of Liars in Final Act Against America
By Jim Hoft
Joe Biden pardoned Tony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and the entire J6 Select Committee of liars in his final act as president.
They were all faithful servants to the Democrat machine. Now comes their reward.
Fauci’s policies destroyed millions of lives, bankrupted thousands of businesses, and unnecessarily killed millions around the world.
Liz Cheney, who is currently under investigation by the US House of Representatives, knowingly lied about January 6 and President Trump’s actions that day.
General Milley was one of the architects of the worst American foreign policy blunder in history. His response to his own ineptness was to focus on the woke military agenda. Milley also was making promises with China to warn them about any possible US attack. What a traitor.
Biden just pardoned these individuals – now we know they were all criminals.
Biden pardons for Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, the members of the Jan. 6 committee and the cops who testified before the committee because they are GUILTY OF CRIMES.
Never forget what the Democrats have done.
The mask is completely OFF.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) January 20, 2025
In December, Politico dropped an explosive report that Biden’s handlers were strongly considering issuing preemptive several current and former government officials who they believe will be in the incoming Trump administration’s crosshairs.
The outlet notes that the Regime has become even more panicked since Trump announced he was picking MAGA hero Kash Patel to drain the Deep State swamp and ensure those who persecuted Trump do not escape punishment.
The figures include Senator-elect Adam “Pencilneck” Schiff (D-CA), lying warmonger Liz Cheney, and COVID fraudster Anthony Fauci.
Today Biden pardoned Fauci, Milley, and liar Liz Cheney as a final act of defiance against the American people.
Read the statement below:
Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy.
Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.
In certain cases, some have even been threatened with criminal prosecutions, including General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and the members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.
General Milley served our nation for more than 40 years, serving in multiple command and leadership posts and deploying to some of the most dangerous parts of the world to protect and defend democracy. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he guided our Armed Forces through complex global security threats and strengthened our existing alliances while forging new ones.
For more than half a century, Dr. Fauci served our country. He saved countless lives by managing the government’s response to pressing health crises, including HIV/AIDS, as well as the Ebola and Zika viruses. During his tenure as my Chief Medical Advisor, he helped the country tackle a once-in-a-century pandemic. The United States is safer and healthier because of him.
On January 6, 2021, American democracy was tested when a mob of insurrectionists attacked the Capitol in an attempt to overturn a fair and free election by force and violence. In light of the significance of that day, Congress established the bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to investigate and report upon the facts, circumstances, and causes of the insurrection. The Select Committee fulfilled this mission with integrity and a commitment to discovering the truth. Rather than accept accountability, those who perpetrated the January 6th attack have taken every opportunity to undermine and intimidate those who participated in the Select Committee in an attempt to rewrite history, erase the stain of January 6th for partisan gain, and seek revenge, including by threatening criminal prosecutions.
I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics. But these are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing. Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families. Even when individuals have done nothing wrong-and in fact have done the right thing-and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.
That is why I am exercising my authority under the Constitution to pardon General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the Members of Congress and staff who served on the Select Committee, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee. The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense. Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.
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Via https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-joe-biden-pardons-killer-tony-fauci-loser/
Left Coast Climate Delusion Ends in Flames
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Satellite images of wildfires burning in Southern California By NBC Staff • Published January 11, 2025
Rpm Clutz
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. writes in Wall Street Journal End of a Climate Delusion. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.
Amid California’s fires, voters wake up from the dream that green pork is a solution.
CO2 emitted into the atmosphere is rapidly and, for all practical purposes, uniformly distributed around the planet.
I may be stating the obvious but it needs to be pointed out. Voters and even political leaders are surprisingly poorly informed on this point. Emissions cuts in California don’t have any significant effect on California’s climate. They also have no global effect. California’s cuts are too small relative to the global whole; they also are largely illusory.
Emitting industries leave the state. They don’t stop emitting. If California imports Canadian hydro to charge its electric vehicles, consumers elsewhere have to burn more coal and gas. If Californians drive EVs, more gasoline is free to be burned by others, releasing more CO2 that influences climate change in California and everywhere else.
Green-energy subsidies do not reduce emissions. This will be news to millions of California voters. It contradicts a central tenet of state policy. It isn’t news to the actual enactors of these subsidies. A National Research Council study sponsored by congressional Democrats in 2008 concluded that such handouts were a “poor tool for reducing greenhouse gases” and called for carbon taxes instead.
Unfortunately, the incoming Obama administration quickly discovered it favored climate taxes only when Republicans were in charge. Backers would later engage in flagrant lying to promote Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, knowingly citing bogus predictions that its trillion-dollar spending profusion would reduce emissions.
A 2019 University of Oregon study had already revealed the empirical truth: Green energy doesn’t replace fossil fuels, it enables more energy consumption overall. That same year the EPA calculated that the potential emissions savings from subsidizing electric vehicles had been offset five times over by the pickup truck and SUV boom Team Obama facilitated to assure the success of its auto bailout.
American Association for the Advancement of Science study finds that of 1,500 “climate” policies announced around the world, a mere 63, or 4%, produce any reduction in emissions.
Last year, the premier journal Science put a nail in the question: 96% of policies supported worldwide as “reducing” emissions failed to do so, consisting mostly of handouts to green-energy interests.
And yet certain Journal readers still assail me with the epithet “denier.” They confuse my criticism of Democratic hypocrisy with my imagined views on climate science. As I’ve written back to many, “Don’t think politicians haven’t figured this out about you. That’s why they can give us unsustainable corporate welfare boondoggles and call it climate policy.”
A CNN moderator Saturday urged viewers to vote in an online poll on whether the California disaster should be blamed on climate change or poor leadership. Notice the non sequitur: as if climate change is an excuse for not acting against fire risk.
By all means, let politicians proclaim a “climate crisis” or any other rhetorical flourish if it helps mobilize support for public actions that actually serve a useful purpose. But a prerevolutionary situation has been building in California for two decades, starting with the Third World blackouts in late 2000 not because of any shortage of power but because of large helpings of political cowardice.
A decision in 2019 authorized yet more Third World blackouts instead of reasonably shielding utilities from lawsuit risk over fires their power lines might be accused of contributing to. One result, predictably, has been a proliferation of backyard generators, which increase fire risk.
Californians are stuck adapting in the ways left open to them. Since 2017, half a million have fled Los Angeles County.
Two social technologies might help but the state has been intent on denying itself their advantages. One is a functioning insurance market. If you can’t afford the insurance, you can’t afford the house. Get ready, instead, for a torrent of federal and state money to help residents, some of them wealthy, rebuild in high-risk fire zones.
The other is a functioning market in water. Five gallons to produce a walnut probably isn’t tenable under any realistic system of water pricing. If water were properly valued, municipalities would also rapidly discover the logic of building aquifers to capture seasonal runoff. A thousand things would change if water were priced to flow to its most highly valued uses.
Here’s another concept: Climate change can exist and yet be an insignificant variable.
In Southern California’s Mediterranean climate, anytime 100-mile-an-hour winds start blowing embers toward densely packed housing developments, a conflagration is certain. The only answer then is to have the manpower and resources ready to put fires out as quickly as they start.
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Via https://rclutz.com/2025/01/20/left-coast-climate-delusion-ends-in-flames/
January 19, 2025
Canada and Ukraine: The Suppression of a Shameful History
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, meets with Canadian Governor General Mary Simon in Ottawa on September 22, 2023. [Source: ctvnews.ca]
By Robin Philpot
A few days before Remembrance Day, November 11, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it will not release that portion of a report produced by the Commission of Inquiry into War Criminals in Canada (Deschênes Commission) that names 900 Canadians accused of war crimes committed on behalf of the Nazis.
Canada admitted these people and others after the Second World War, including many former members of the Waffen SS Galizien (Ukrainian).
We then learned that it was Global Affairs Canada which prevented Library and Archives Canada (LAC) from granting an access to information request to make these names public. According to the LAC spokesperson, the decision to keep the list sealed “was based on concerns regarding risk of harm to international relations.”
The Globe and Mail, which along with others filed the access to information request, explained the decision this way: “Global Affairs has repeatedly warned about Russian President Vladimir Putin using disinformation to justify his invasion of Ukraine.”
Remembrance Day? Or Suppression of Remembrance Day?Should we remind Global Affairs Canada that during the Second World War, these 900 people were fighting for the Nazis, and therefore against our parents and grandparents! Do we have to inform them that 1.2 million Canadians fought against the Nazis, 45,000 of whom never returned?
Fortunately, there are authors and journalists who are keeping a close eye on things, one of whom is Peter McFarlane, author of the excellent new book, Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today (Toronto: James Lorimer, 2024).
McFarlane’s starting point is the double ovation the Canadian parliament granted former Waffen SS Galizien member Yaroslav Hunka in September 2023—a shining case of Canadian governmental amnesia.
But above all, it was the hearty applauding Chrystia Freeland, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada and current Member of Parliament with the Liberal Party, whose grandfather, Mykhailo Chomiak, was a Nazi collaborator. Though Freeland cannot be held responsible for her grandfather’s crimes, she could at least recognize them and distance herself from them, which she has never done.
The author follows the journey of two families from the same region of Ukraine, then known as Galicia, who arrived in Canada in the wake of the Second World War.
On one hand, there is the family of Mykhailo Chomiak, who was the editor of the Ukrainian-language Nazi newspaper Krakivski Visti from 1940 to 1945. This newspaper, which had nothing to envy from Der Stürmer, promoted Adolf Hitler, the Nazis, the SS and, in particular, the Waffen SS Galizien (Ukrainian) and their murderous campaign against Jews, the “Judeo-Bolsheviks,” the Poles and all those they considered subhuman.
In parallel, McFarlane traces the journey of Montreal writer Ann Charney, born Ann Korsowar in Brody in 1940, a city northeast of Lviv in western Ukraine, and very close to the birthplace of the Chomiak family. Brody was a small town of about 24,000 people, 40% of whom (about 10,000) were Jews when Ann Charney was born.
Family Ties is divided into three parts. The first, entitled “Murder in Galicia,” covers the history of Galicia up to 1945 where Lviv (Lemberg, Lwow, Lvov—depending on the period) is the most important city. It was while traveling in the region for a book on another subject that the author developed this part of the story, with the help of, among others, members of the Chomiak family who had remained there after 1945.
The second part, “The Most Ukrainian of Countries,” focuses on Canadian citizens of Ukrainian origin, their deep political divisions, and their role in the politics of their country of origin and of Canada since 1945, again with the families of Mykhailo Chomiak and Ann Charney as a common thread.
The third part, “The Return of the True Believers,” concentrates mainly on the last ten years, showing in particular how the past, especially from the 1920s to the 1950s, has shaped today’s politics in both Ukraine and Canada. This part also includes a trip to Ukraine (to Lviv, Brody, and elsewhere) in 2022, after the war with Russia began.
The contrast between the two families’ stories is striking. Through his research, travels and interviews, the author allows us revisit the birth and development of the murderous fanaticism of the former, who chose to join Hitler’s hordes. He also has the reader grasp the terror suffered by millions of Jews, Poles, Russians, anti-fascist Ukrainians, and anyone who refused to adhere to the Nazi ideology.
For example, the author, who visited all the places inhabited by both, demonstrates how comfortable Chomiak lived from 1940 to 1945, especially in Krakow, the capital of the Nazi-occupation government of Poland. This comfort is illustrated in terms of the salary he was paid to edit the Nazi newspaper Krakivski Visti and the offices and equipment needed to do this work, which were confiscated from Jewish owners, but also his lodgings, seized from a Jewish family whose “filth” and “vermin” Chomiak complained about to his German employers.
In contrast, Ann Charney, her mother Dora, and her aunt Regina took refuge during the war in a barn loft a few kilometers from Brody. For two-and-a-half years, they could only rarely leave their hiding place, fearing death at the hands of German soldiers or Ukrainian collaborators, who were sometimes their neighbors from Brody. They were at the mercy of Manya, a Ukrainian woman who, in return for a few pieces of bread, extorted from them everything they had brought with them in terms of money or jewelry.
Liberated by the Red Army and in particular by a young soldier named Yuri in the summer of 1944, they could barely walk due to extreme hunger and atrophied muscles. Ann was four years old.
Peter McFarlane was inspired by Ann Charney’s memoir Dobryd (Brody) first published in 1973 (published in French in 1996) and compared by critics to that of Anne Frank. Unlike what she calls “the Holocaust industry” or “Holocaust porn,” Ann Charney, an award-winning Montreal writer and journalist, refuses to stoop so low. For her, that way of approaching these crimes dehumanizes the victims by making them objects, when there are verifiable facts and where ordinary humans attack other ordinary humans.
In Brody, the German army and the Ukrainian militias first rounded up all the Jews in a ghetto surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by Ukrainian collaborators, often residents of Brody themselves. Then came deportation, in particular to the first Nazi extermination center in Belzec, northwest of Lviv, which Heinrich Himmler established in early 1942.
Ann, her mother, her aunt and her cousin managed to escape the ghetto and take refuge in the barn in time to avoid the fate of the others. They were thus among the 88 survivors of Brody, out of a Jewish population of nearly 10,000 in 1939.
“So they exited our history”The two visits that Peter McFarlane made to the Museum of History and Local Lore in Brody are the most revealing as to both what happened at that time and the current state of mind of many Ukrainians in that part of the country. McFarlane describes his arrival at the Brody Museum in 2022 as follows:
“The road to Brody was a memory lane for the SS Galizien….there is a roadside chapel surrounded by five hundred white crosses that Ukrainian SS veterans had erected in 1994 as a memory to their comrades who had fallen in the battle of Brody….”
Of the current exhibits, he adds:
“They were much the same as the previous year—still with the final room celebrating the Galizien division with photos and weapons and uniforms and maps from the battle of Brody. They had added a photo of Yaroslav Stetsko and included his declaration of independence of Ukraine ‘under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.’”
On his first visit to the Brody Museum, McFarlane had immediately noticed that there was no mention of the Jews of Brody, who had founded the town and who, in the 1880s, made up 80% of the population. He reminded the museum director of this fact, who acknowledged that it was true. The author then asked why the museum had no record of the presence of Jews. The director responded, “There were no more Jews after 1943, so they left our history,” waving his hand like a magician.
A damning portrait of CanadaThe journey of these two families during and after the war and their arrival in Canada presents a damning portrait of Canada and of the leaders of the Ukrainian Canadian community, many of whom were also Nazi sympathizers and with whom the Canadian government worked at the time. The fact is that Canada rolled out the red carpet for thousands of Nazi collaborators, including Mykhailo Chomiak.
At the same time—and this makes the portrait all the more damning—Ottawa was subjecting real refugees from the Nazi war to a cruel obstacle course as they sought to immigrate to Canada. That was the case of Ann Charney and her family.
The criticism of Canadian policy does not stop there. In a clear, factual and hyperbole-free style, the author demonstrates how Canada has pursued, to this day, a policy of support for this fringe of Ukrainians who today openly and proudly herald and emulate fighters of the SS Galizien and who are very influential in the current government in Kyiv.
Family Ties is a remarkable book on a period of history—the Second World War, before and after—that continues to haunt us. It is also a powerful antidote to Canadian amnesia and especially to the attempts to rewrite the history of that war to justify the warmongering provocations of Washington, Ottawa, London, Paris and other NATO countries.
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Via
Covid Jab Immunosuppression: Why Infectious Diseases Are on the Rise
Dr Alejandro Diaz
Over the last few years, I’ve had the privilege and honor of speaking in some of the most important global health forums. The topics discussed in these forums are information of the highest level. This information provides a broad epidemiological outlook on global health, but what about the feeling on the ground? I believe treating patients is vital to my understanding of the current state of health.
What I’ve seen in consults recently is alarming—immunosuppression like never before. The rate of infectious diseases, particularly upper respiratory infections, is through the roof this season. The long duration of symptoms is what has caught my attention the most.
I attribute this to widespread immunosuppression, stemming from the toxic injectable materials so-called “COVID vaccines”, and the rest of the pandemic-era “public health” policies. Beginning with the insane restrictive measures that were implemented worldwide and continuing with the rollout of the jab. The result has been an unprecedented immunocascade. It is estimated that approximately 5.5 billion people around the globe took at least one dose of the COVID Vaccine. Imagine the level of widespread harm.
The immune system is composed of a complex and unique set of molecules. It can be described as the summation of all those physiological processes that endow the host with the capacity to recognize “materials” as foreign and neutralize, eliminate, or metabolize them with or without injury to its tissue. This ability to differentiate “self” from “nonself” constitutes the basic hallmark of the immune response. Recently there has been a lot of talk about “new” viruses like avian influenza (H5N1) which has been around since the 1960s. There is also mention of RSV and Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) known since the early 2000s with recent outbreaks in China. All these “outbreaks” are different versions of the same agenda of fear and critical mass formation psychosis.
After the COVID op, everything is sold out as an outbreak. However, few people have realized that all these infections have existed for many years. Due to the different measures taken during the COVID operation, including and especially the jabs, weakened immune systems aren’t able to respond accordingly. This is why we are seeing a rise in respiratory illnesses, and other health problems like turbo cancer.
At scale, people have not yet begun to understand the true consequences of these COVID-era policies. Policies that “experts” implemented to supposedly mitigate the spread of an infectious disease (COVID), forced the entire globe to isolate for nearly an entire year. What resulted has been an entire generation of immunosuppressed individuals, particularly children who were in their age of prime immune system development. The consequences are just barely being shown. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
It’s not as though new pathogens are springing up out of nowhere. Instead, people now have suppressed immune systems incapable of fighting off simple infectious diseases that have been around forever.
What is true, is that infections are up. The UK, for example, reported a ‘tidal wave’ of flu cases in hospitals this season.
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Isn’t it interesting that during the COVID Op, all respiratory infections were labeled as COVID until proven otherwise? In the same time period, the flu seemed to disappear. Interestingly, after a 3-year hiatus, the flu is back. Doesn’t that seem suspicious?
Obviously, this is being used as an excuse to promote further vaccination.
The so-called “novel” viruses, while they may have been around for some time, are being artificially pushed onto the public.
The McCullough Foundation recently published a research paper in the Poultry Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences Journal. This study looks into two laboratories that have been conducting gain-of-function research on H5N1, leading to the possible conclusion that these recent outbreaks may be the result of laboratory leaks.
A “manmade problem”, as Dr. Peter McCullough describes it, just as the COVID Operation was. There seems to be coordination here. They are purposefully pushing these diseases to spread fear and incite information warfare, taking advantage of the fact that there are now more immunocompromised people.
They’re pulling out the same playbook as they did for the COVID Op. They are trying to create a perfect storm in a renewed effort to exert further control of people.
Fortunately, the collective consciousness is elevated, and I’m certain that people won’t fall for it the same way that they did before.
Compromised immune systems are at the heart of the problem here. Strengthening them will be key to fighting off these coordinated bioattacks by utilizing early treatments such as nasal sprays, nutraceuticals, and natural remedies to prevent and treat these diseases effectively.
Trust has been greatly eroded in conventional medicine, as I have mentioned repeatedly in my articles. In the middle of all the chaos that surrounds the constant barrage of fear and health crises, patients must have options. Trusted messengers that they can look to and trust when it comes to their well-being. There is an increased awareness worldwide. People are starting to look for better health options.
There is no doubt that a new shift in attitude is required. An alternative/parallel healthcare system must be built. It should revolve around specialists who understand these basic principles of care, not those who have been captured by rhetoric and indoctrination of the medical religion.
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A Fragile Victory – Details of Ceasefire in Palestine
Photo Credit: The Cradle
The Cradle
After 15 months of a brutal and relentless genocide that took the lives of over 50,000 Palestinians, a Gaza ceasefire has finally been reached. The truce deal marks a devastating victory for the Palestinian resistance, achieved at a staggering human cost, and a political loss for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the occupation state.
Unless Netanyahu pulls an unexpected move, which seems improbable for various reasons – most of them tied to demands from the incoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump – it is clear to all involved in Doha, Cairo, Istanbul, and Washington that the agreement to halt the Gaza genocide has been finalized and is now underway.
Sources familiar with the negotiations reveal to The Cradle that the announcement delay on 14 January stemmed from an Israeli “final attempt” to manipulate withdrawal maps. Tel Aviv sought to insert the term “withdrawal from populated areas,” which implied maintaining its forces in “open areas” near civilian zones.
This effort was thwarted by “decisive American pressure.” On 15 January, further delay arose from disagreements over who would announce the agreement: the Qataris, Americans, Egyptians, or a joint conference. “Everyone wants to pick the image of achievement, but the balance is weighted in favor of the Qataris,” explains one of the sources. In the end, Qatar announced the ceasefire due to its pivotal position in mediating the deal. A few hours later, US President Joe Biden also announced the ceasefire.
Two months prior, Qatar temporarily withdrew from mediation to secure a US mandate from the new administration. Washington, recognizing Qatar’s “distinguished relationship” with Hamas, sidelined Cairo and resumed negotiations in Doha instead.
The ceasefire will take effect on Sunday, 19 January, just one day before Donald Trump’s inauguration. This timing is partly attributed to US efforts to shape optics and partly to allow logistical preparations by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
Key details of the agreement
Hamas and Israel have agreed to a phased approach, balancing both their immediate and long-term goals. The deal includes the release of 1,000 Palestinian detainees, including 250 prisoners serving life sentences, women, and minors under 19 years old. Israel also agreed to withdraw from key areas of the strip, notably the Netzarim and Philadelphi axes, facilitating the return of displaced Gazans to the north without preconditions.
A significant element of the agreement was Hamas releasing 33 or 34 Israeli prisoners still held in Gaza, out of a total of 98, representing a third of the remaining captives. Notably, this was achieved without providing Tel Aviv with prior disclosure of the hostages’ condition, whether alive or deceased.
For the first time, Israel publicly revealed the number of Gazan prisoners: 3,436, with 529 denied legal counsel – a mix of fighters and civilians, debunking the Israeli narrative throughout the war to have captured thousands of fighters.
Despite Israeli attempts to prioritize certain Shin Bet and Unit 8200 operatives in initial prisoner swaps, the agreed process ensures transparency. Prisoner release protocols, including pledges and documentation, began days prior, the sources inform The Cradle.
The withdrawal adheres to pre-7 October 2023 borders, averting Israeli attempts to establish buffer zones and achieve territorial encroachment – a significant victory for the Palestinian resistance. Hamas also secured commitments for reconstruction, including hospital rehabilitation, field medical teams, and unrestricted humanitarian aid.
This includes the re-opening of the destroyed Rafah crossing with Egypt, although Egyptian sources tell The Cradle it will likely be opened in March, while work is already underway to repair the Egyptian side. Qatar will sponsor 600 daily aid trucks, 200,000 tents, and 60,000 caravans. Moreover, Israel must limit air operations over Gaza to 8 to 10 hours daily in order to facilitate Palestinian search-and-rescue efforts.
Throughout the six-week implementation, Hamas will gradually release Israeli prisoners – three to four prisoners per week – an average of 19 in the first five weeks – and the remaining 14 or so at the end of the first phase, retaining 65 individuals as leverage for subsequent phases. The details of those phases will be negotiated later, provided that the Americans uphold their guarantee to prevent the return of war.
The first troop withdrawal phase, allowing displaced Palestinians to return to the north, from Al-Rashid al-Bahari Street to the west, begins on the seventh day of the ceasefire. By the 22nd day, Israel will fully withdraw, restoring freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
Netanyahu’s bitter pill
Over 15 months of total war, Netanyahu has faced numerous internal and external hurdles to reach this agreement. In the interim, the Israeli narrative of “absolute victory” has unraveled. Widely-touted promised gains, such as retaining the strategic Netzarim and Philadelphi corridors, have been abandoned, leaving Netanyahu and his extremist governing coalition grappling with a public relations crisis. The liberation of Palestinian prisoners and the reversal of territorial ambitions evoke memories of the 2011 exchange that freed 1,027 Palestinians for Gilad Shalit – a painful reminder for Israelis.
Israeli media’s reactions reflect this bitterness. “The pressure Trump is exerting right now is not the kind that Israel expected from him,” lamented the rightwing commentator Jacob Bardugo on Channel 14 on Monday. The network’s journalist Ariel Segal, close to Netanyahu, remarked, “It could be that we (Israel) are the first to pay the price of Trump’s election.” Meanwhile, a journalist ally of extremist Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir concedes that “Trump increased the pressure on Hamas to the point that Israel broke.”
To compensate, there are reports of an “American compensation package” offering Netanyahu political cover for this domestic defeat. It includes lifting sanctions on extremist settlers, shielding Israeli leaders from international legal action, and permitting major West Bank settlement expansions. Yet, compared to Tel Aviv’s far-reaching initial ambitions, such as annexing the West Bank or attacking Iran, these concessions appear diluted.
The late, martyred Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who spearheaded the resistance’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, emerges as a key figure in the context of a prison swap. According to Hamas sources, the resistance negotiated the ceasefire on Sinwar’s stringent terms, and in death, he achieved his goals. This will further glorify the man whose fight to the bitter end was captured in emotive images during his direct, defiant confrontation with the occupation forces.
His soldiers, unaware of his identity until after his martyrdom, viewed him as a symbol of resistance. Today, Israel faces the prospect of releasing hundreds of prisoners with life sentences and will be bitterly weighing the likelihood of future ‘Sinwars’ among them. For Israel, prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment are seen as having “blood on their hands,” signifying their perceived threat and resilience as formidable Palestinian figures.
A fragile victory
Despite unparalleled suffering – over 200,000 casualties, mass displacements, and Gaza’s near-total devastation – Palestinians are finding solace in halting the war and securing key concessions. The resistance’s steadfastness and Qatar’s deft diplomacy reshaped an agreement that, while imperfect, forestalls further bloodshed and displaces Israeli ambitions of long-term occupation.
However, the cessation remains precarious, hinging only on American guarantees and mutual adherence to terms. For Gaza’s people, scarred by war yet defiant, the deal symbolizes not just survival but a step toward reclaiming their dignity amid a continuing struggle.
When viewed alongside the key components of this agreement and juxtaposed with Israel’s objectives – the displacement of Gazans, the exile of resistance leaders, and the forcible retention of prisoners – the outcome marks a notable “achievement.”
This is particularly evident after over a year of relentless warfare, during which the occupation state seemed intent on perpetuating its presence in Gaza indefinitely. What complicates the narrative is the perception that the cessation of hostilities was largely driven by a “quasi-personal” decision by Donald Trump, who indirectly attacked Netanyahu during the process.
Yet, this outcome would not have been possible without the unwavering determination of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza. Their recent intensifying operations, especially on the front lines near Beit Hanoun, which exacted heavy death tolls on Israeli forces, played a crucial role in addition to the regional fronts opened by Hamas’s allies in the Axis of Resistance.
Nevertheless, these efforts alone did not directly prompt the war’s end. Gazans have endured horrors they liken to “doomsday scenes.” The toll includes 17,000 orphans and countless families erased from the civil registry.
On 16 January, one day after the announcement came, Netanyahu attempted to delay the approval of the ceasefire deal, blaming Hamas for “backtracking.” However, Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq stated the group remains “committed” to the ceasefire announced Wednesday. Israeli media attributed the delay to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s threats to leave the government in protest.
The people of Gaza are choosing to celebrate the agreement and its implications. Their joy and relief are visible not only in the diaspora and the West Bank but also in the streets of Gaza and among the makeshift tents they now call home, even before the agreement’s official declaration.
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Via https://thecradle.co/articles/the-war-is-over-hamas-reaps-the-fruits-of-7-october
Six Lawsuits Accuse Makers of Children’s Fluoride Toothpaste of Violating Federal Law
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.Six class action lawsuits filed today accuse major dental product manufacturers of deceptively marketing products containing fluoride to young children, and misleading parents to believe the products are safe for toddlers.
The lawsuits name children’s toothpaste brands Crest and Colgate/Tom’s of Maine, and the children’s mouth rinse brands Act, Colgate/Tom’s of Maine, Firefly and Hello.
Plaintiffs include parents and caregivers in multiple states, including California, Illinois and New York. In the case of Crest toothpaste, the proposed class is nationwide. The lawsuits were filed in federal courts in California and Illinois.
According to the complaints, the plaintiffs were misled by the product marketing and as a result, didn’t follow public health guidelines when using the products. The lawsuits also allege the companies fail to adequately flag instructions for proper use, as mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
According to the complaints, the companies design their product labels with candy and fruit juice flavors and images and cartoon characters to appeal to young children, often misleading them to think the products are meant to be consumed as food.
The complaints also accuse the defendants of using false and misleading labeling that leads parents and caretakers to believe the products are “extra safe for children.” As a result, they “unwittingly permit and encourage” children to use more toothpaste or mouth rinse than recommended.
According to the lawsuits, the brands’ deceptive marketing tactics put “the health of millions of children at risk” and violated the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and several state consumer fraud statutes. The complaints highlight the serious risks to children’s health from ingesting excess fluoride. These include flu-like symptoms from acute toxicity, dental fluorosis, neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption and even death.
Attorney Michael Connett, partner at Siri & Glimstad, is representing the plaintiffs.
Connett successfully represented plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over water fluoridation. In that case, a federal judge ruled in September 2024 that water fluoridation at current U.S. levels poses an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children and ordered the EPA to take regulatory action.
The lawsuits seek to hold the companies accountable for including packaging elements on their products that allegedly mislead consumers and violate the act. Plaintiffs seek statutory damages to compensate for their financial loss incurred by purchasing more of the products than they needed because they were misled to overuse them. They also seek punitive damages.
“I am delighted to see class action lawsuits against manufacturers that have been knowingly and deceptively marketing toothpaste and mouthwash to children in ways that could harm them through excessive use,” Children’s Health Defense CEO Mary Holland told The Defender.
“These corporations have known of the risks of fluoride to children — IQ loss, dental fluorosis and other serious health concerns — for decades. Their continued marketing to kids is akin to how illegal cigarette ads target kids,” she said. “This litigation is an important step building on the victory against the EPA for its failure to address risks demonstrated by fluoride science.”
Advertising strategy ‘more than misleading and irresponsible … it’s unethical’
Each class action challenges similar practices by the major manufacturers, although the practices vary depending on the type and brand of product.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Dental Association (ADA), the American Academy of Pediatrics and others recommend that children under age 3 should use no more than a “smear” of fluoride toothpaste and children ages 3 to 6 should use no more than a “pea-sized” amount.
Two of the complaints allege Procter & Gamble, maker of Crest Kids and Colgate-Palmolive, maker of Colgate and Tom’s of Maine, understand that encouraging caregivers to use the safe, recommended amount of toothpaste “is bad for their bottom line.”
As a result, they use “misleading” and “aggressive” tactics to prompt parents to use “far more than is safe” — a practice researchers have long linked to toothpaste overconsumption by children.
For example, both companies’ packaging and websites show images of a toothbrush with a full strip of toothpaste. The lawsuit alleges the image implies a full strip is the recommended quantity. However, it is eight to 10 times more than the recommended amount for a child under 3 and three to four times the recommended amount for a child ages 3-6.
Colgate uses pictures of fruit with matching flavors and names like “Watermelon Burst,” which sounds like a candy product or a juice drink — a common signal to a child that toothpaste is intended to be consumed as if it were food.
Colgate Kid’s natural product, marketed as “Silly Strawberry” by Tom’s of Maine, also features the word “natural,” implying that the product is free from toxic ingredients — which it isn’t — and that there is no need to limit how much paste goes on the brush.
Crest offers flavors like “Bubblegum” and “Sparkle Fun” with cartoon animals on the box. Candy flavors and cartoons make it tempting for children to eat toothpaste, according to the National Capital Poison Center, increasing the risk of overdose.
The lawsuits also accuse the brands of hiding the required FDA warnings behind a label containing promotional claims. The stamp of the ADA, for example, which is often featured prominently, is much larger than the FDA-mandated warning that parents must carefully follow instructions.
The mouth rinse companies — including Chattem Inc., a subdivision of Sanofi, and Perrigo — also market their products as candy-like and juice-flavored, and use strategies to encourage kids to use more than the recommended dosage. For example, Firefly Rinse resembles a toy and includes a cup that holds more than the recommended serving size.
The lawsuits also note that the mouth rinse products prominently feature cartoon characters, with names like “Groovy Grape” and “Pineapple Punch,” and the word “kids,” despite the FDA’s warning that fluoride mouth rinses are too dangerous for children under age 6.
Integrative biologic dentist Dr. Griffin Cole told The Defender these marketing strategies are highly effective for getting kids to consume more dental products.
“The advertising of toothpastes is more than misleading and irresponsible … it’s unethical,” he said. “The use of vibrant colors, bubblegum flavors and pretty swirls is clearly aimed at children and misleads parents into thinking these products, which contain fluoride, are safe.”
Products contain ‘enough fluoride to kill a toddler’
Children’s rinses generally has the same amount of fluoride as adult rinses, according to the lawsuits, but poses a greater risk to children who receive a higher dose by body weight.
Children under age 6 lack the developed swallowing reflexes that allow them to control how much they ingest, increasing the likelihood they will swallow the products.
The CDC reports that 35% of children frequently eat toothpaste, and an additional 22% have tried eating it. It also reports that some children under age 6 swallow substantial amounts of mouth rinse.
Excessive fluoride intake can lead to dental fluorosis, a tooth discoloration caused by overexposure during childhood. Since the introduction of candy-like fluoride products in the 1980s, the rate of dental fluorosis among U.S. schoolchildren has skyrocketed. Rates rose from 23% of children in 1986-87 to “a staggering 68%” of children by 2015-16, the complaint alleges.
Ingesting too much fluoride can also cause acute toxicity, with flu-like symptoms such as nausea, stomach upset and vomiting — symptoms that parents may not recognize as being related to fluoride. The complaints note that swallowing just one full strip of toothpaste can cause these effects in toddlers.
They also allege that a third of a tube of “kids” fluoride toothpaste contains “enough fluoride to kill a toddler.” The same is true for a little over half a bottle of the sweet-tasting Act, Firefly or Hello mouth rinses.
Each year, Poison Control receives between 10,000 and 15,000 calls due to excess consumption of fluoride toothpaste, most of which involve young children and hundreds of which result in hospitalization, according to the complaints. There are also thousands of calls related to the ingestion of mouth rinse.
Kathleen Thiessen, Ph.D., who authored the 2006 National Research Council report on fluoride in drinking water, told The Defender the dangers of fluoride go beyond immediate toxicity and include “neurotoxicity concerns, endocrine disruption, increased risk of bone fracture.”
The evidence supporting these claims is growing. Scientists at the National Toxicology Program last week published a meta-analysis in the JAMA Pediatrics linking fluoridated water and IQ loss in children. It “found significant inverse associations between fluoride exposure and children’s IQ scores.”
They also published a monograph in August that also found a link between higher fluoride exposure and lower IQ in children. In May, a study in JAMA Open Network found children born to women exposed during pregnancy to fluoridated drinking water were more likely to have neurobehavioural problems.
Cole said that excessive use of fluoride-containing dental products adds to the risks associated with fluoridated drinking water and that manufacturers must include more responsible labeling at a minimum.
“The warnings on the packages clearly state that very small amounts are to be used and that a poison control center is to be contacted should a child swallow more than a pea-sized portion,” he said. “Assuming parents read these warnings and carefully watch their children as they brush, perhaps dangerous accidents can be avoided.”
“Even better,” Cole added, “The manufacturers should do the right thing and remove this unnecessary and clearly harmful chemical from all pastes.”
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Via https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/class-action-lawsuits-kids-fluoride-toothpaste-makers/
Octopus Game Part I – Hidden History of Palestine
The Octopus Game Episode I
Press TV
Film Review
This intriguing 10-part series purports to “delve into the contrasting dynamics of U.S. military aid provided to Ukraine and Israel, highlighting the political divisions and influences shaping American foreign policy decisions.”
Only one episode addresses US military aid to Ukraine, but the background provided on the history of Palestine and the formation of the Palestinian resistance is invaluable. The last three episodes provide a day-by-day chronology of the current Israel-Palestine war up to January 30, 2024.
The first episode traces the birth of the Zionist movement from the formation of the First Zionist Congress in Basel Switzerland, called by European Jews seeking to establish a permanent Jewish homeland. Although the Congress voted to set up a fund to purchase land in Palestine, Zionist terrorist gangs would seize the vast majority (94%) of Palestinian land by force.
In 1899, Theodore Herzl formed the Jewish Colonial Trust (the first Zionist bank) in London to help finance Jewish emigration to Palestine. In 1901 the Jewish National Fund formed, which raised about a billion dollars over 40+ years to purchase Arab property to resettle European Jews. The Rothschilds also donated 15 million francs to buy land in Palestine. Eventually approximately 6% of Palestine was purchased and the rest seized by force.
Following the defeat of the Ottoman empire in 1918, Britain and France divided the lands they controlled in the Middle East between them. In 1920, the League of Nations awarded Britain control of the states of Palestine and Transjordan. By then the Federation of Israeli Scouts (which became the Zionist terrorist group Haganah in 1920) had been operating for a year. Immediately after assuming control in Palestine, the British facilitated wave after wave of illegal European Jewish immigration into the country.
Starting in 1934, the Italian fascist dictator Mussolini became the strongest sponsor of Zionist terrorism in Palestine, opening a training camp in Italy for Zionist terrorists the same year.
In 1934 the first major Palestinian resistance movement formed when Palestinian leaders learned Haganah was smuggling weapons into the country. This resulted in a two year armed rebellion against British rule (1936-38), triggered by routine Arab eviction by Jewish terrorists from their farmland.
In 1947 the UN ascertained that Jews constituted on 1/4 of the population of Palestine. A year later when Israel declared independence, they comprised 1/3 of the population, with most residing in Palestine three years or less. Nonetheless, the UN granted 62% of Palestine to the Zionists (a little more than half of what they asked for).
Owing to escalating terrorist attacks against Palestinian residents, six Arab countries (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia) declared war on Israel after President Harry Truman recognized the terrorist Zionist regime (one day after Israel declared independence on May 14 1948) as the legitimate government of Palestine and began supplying them military aid. A year later the Arab coalition surrendered. The three main terrorist groups (Haganah, Irgun and Lehi) united following independence to form the Israel Defense Force, which was larger than the armies of all six Arab countries combined.
January 18, 2025
“This Is A Disaster”: Fire Erupts At California Battery Storage Plant
Zero Hedge
If the raging wildfires across Los Angeles County weren’t enough, California faced another crisis overnight as one of the world’s largest battery storage facilities, situated about 100 miles south of San Francisco, caught fire, triggering area-wide evacuations.
AP News reported that a fire broke out Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant, a natural gas-fired generation plant with thousands of lithium batteries for energy storage. Fires involving lithium batteries, as seen with electric vehicles, are notoriously difficult to extinguish and could burn uncontrollably for days.
“There’s no way to sugarcoat it. This is a disaster, is what it is,” Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church told local media outlet KSBW-TV. However, Church did not expect the fire to spread outside the perimeter of the plant.
Local media outlet The Mercury News noted that fires at the Vistra plant, which Vistra Energy owns, and one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world boasting a capacity of 750 megawatts and 3,000 megawatt-hours, experienced fires in 2021 and 2022. The energy storage facility plays a massive role in stabilizing California’s power grid.
It’s unclear at this point what started the fire. Local authorities evacuated more than 2,000 people around the plant due to concerns over hazardous materials and potential chemical releases.
“Our top priority is the safety of the community and our personnel, and Vistra deeply appreciates the continued assistance of our local emergency responders,” Jenny Lyon, a spokesperson for Vistra, said in a statement.
KSBW said Vistra confirmed the fire was detected in the 300-MW Phase I energy storage facility.
Here’s footage of the fire posted on X:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1880115898276597875Elon Musk on X denounced MSM for spreading misinformation and disinformation about the fire:
There’s no update yet on the current grid impacts or how operations at the Moss Landing Power Plant are affected. It’s another setback for Democrats in their push for a ‘green’ utopia in a state that seems to be imploding by the week.
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Via https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/disaster-fire-erupts-california-battery-storage-plant
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