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Could GMO crops be the MAIN REASON for the explosion of LEAKY GUT SYNDROME?

Dr Eddy Betterman

BT corn contains a toxic genetic trait that causes insect stomachs to explode, potentially leading to leaky gut syndrome in humans.The cure for leaky gut lies in avoiding toxins that destroy the gut lining, emphasizing the need to stop consuming genetically modified foods.A study by MDVIP and Ipsos revealed that two-thirds of American adults suffer from digestive symptoms, highlighting the lack of awareness about gut health importance.Leaky gut syndrome results from compromised intestinal lining, allowing toxins to enter the bloodstream and trigger chronic inflammation.Genetically modified organisms like BT corn and GM soy are linked to exacerbating leaky gut, emphasizing the importance of choosing organic foods to protect gut health.

This article aims to shed light on the critical issue of gut health and the impact of genetically modified foods on leaky gut syndrome. It emphasizes the importance of informed dietary choices and the potential health risks associated with consuming GMOs.

Did you know that BT corn contains a toxic genetic trait that was inserted into its seeds in a laboratory that makes bugs’ stomachs explode when they eat it? This creates holes or permeations in the stomach lining of those insects. Does this directly translate to the massive uptick of cases of humans suffering from leaky gut syndrome?

The only known cure for leaky gut, according to the medical community, is to treat the underlying condition. If that condition is a direct result of consuming toxins that destroy the lining of the gut, well then, there is the solution, which is even better than just “treating the condition” with medications. That means humans should entirely STOP eating genetically modified foods that literally breed a toxic microbiome in the gut.

In a recent study conducted by MDVIP and Ipsos, alarming statistics have emerged regarding the state of gut health among Americans. It revealed that a staggering two-thirds of adults in the United States suffer from digestive symptoms such as gas, bloating, and abdominal pain. Despite the prevalence of these issues, most individuals remain unaware of the critical importance of gut health and how to address it. Also, most Americans consume genetically engineered products on a regular basis, and even in every meal and snack.

Here are some key points to understand about the dangers of consuming BT (GMO) corn:

Corn rootworms cost the corn industry approximately $1 billion per year.Biotechnology companies have claimed success in controlling corn rootworms by inserting toxic bacterial genes (Bt genes) into corn plants.The Bt genes make genetically modified corn plants toxic to insects and animals, including humans.The biotechnology industry has asserted for three decades that GMO technology provides increased yield for corn farmers and is safe for humans, which is criticized as false.Agri-chemical corporations like DuPont, Monsanto, Bayer, Dow Chemical, and Syngenta are accused of prioritizing profits over safety.Scientists involved in creating Bt corn are acknowledging the evolving resistance of corn rootworms to the inserted genes, leading to challenges in pest control.The gut health crisis is exploding so it’s more important than ever for consumers to understand leaky gut syndrome

According to the survey, 61% of respondents reported experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in the past week. The most common symptoms reported were heartburn/reflux, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. These symptoms, while seemingly common, can indicate a deeper underlying issue – leaky gut syndrome.

Leaky gut syndrome, also known as increased intestinal lining permeability, occurs when the tight junctions in the intestinal lining become compromised. This allows undigested food particles and toxins to leak into the bloodstream, triggering a cascade of health problems. Toxins entering the bloodstream can lead to chronic inflammation, affecting vital organs like the liver, kidneys, and pancreas.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) like BT corn and GM soy have been implicated in exacerbating leaky gut syndrome. These GMOs, commonly found in processed foods, contain toxins that can disrupt the delicate balance of the gut microbiome. Glyphosate, a chemical herbicide used in GMO farming, has been linked to damaging vital organs and promoting leaky gut.

Addressing the issue of leaky gut syndrome and its association with GMOs is crucial for maintaining overall health and well-being. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in mood regulation, can be affected by the consumption of GMOs. By reducing or eliminating the intake of GMOs, individuals can support their gut health and potentially alleviate symptoms associated with leaky gut syndrome.

As awareness grows about the detrimental effects of GMOs on gut health, it becomes imperative for individuals to make informed dietary choices. Opting for organic foods free from toxic herbicides and pesticides, like glyphosate, can help protect the gut microbiome and reduce the risk of leaky gut syndrome.

In conclusion, the link between genetically modified foods and gut health cannot be ignored. By prioritizing the health of our gut microbiome and reducing exposure to harmful toxins found in GMOs, individuals can take proactive steps towards improving their overall well-being. It’s time to listen to what our gut is telling us and make conscious decisions to support a healthier future.

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Via https://dreddymd.com/2024/12/23/gmo-crops-main-reason-explosion-leaky-gut-syndrome/

Trump Appoints Sustainable Farming Champion Joel F. Salatin s “Advisor to the Secretary” for USDA

S D WellsConventional farming in America has led to soil depletion and health issues due to chemical use.Joel F. Salatin appointed Advisor to the Secretary of the USDA, sparking excitement for clean food and sustainable practices.Salatin advocates for no chemical farming and totally sustainable agriculture.Salatin to collaborate with RFK, Jr. to address pollution from chemicals in agriculture.Salatin’s vision includes promoting soil health, organic farming, and eliminating harmful practices like GMOs and antibiotics.

Conventional farming in America has become a complete nightmare, where the soil and crops are doused with chemical-laced pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and even fluoridated water to the extent that the soil is nearly void of nutrients. This has also created a massive wave of sickness across the nation over the past several decades, including cancer and dementia. Especially with these GMO crops, genetically engineered to resist dying from chemicals like glyphosate, that are highly toxic to humans and can decimate cleansing organs like the liver, pancreas, and kidneys.

The whole agricultural complex needs a massive makeover, where crops are no longer adulterated with chemicals and toxins that cause disease, disorder and death. The breaking news that Joel F. Salatin has been appointed by President Trump to be the Advisor to the Secretary of the USDA has sparked a wave of excitement and anticipation among Americans who are passionate about clean food, healthy soil, and sustainable farming practices.

Joel Salatin, a renowned American farmer, lecturer, and author, is no stranger to the spotlight. Known for his strong convictions and advocacy for no chemical farming, totally sustainable agriculture, and the importance of soil health in relation to food health, Salatin’s appointment signifies a significant shift in agricultural policy in America.

Salatin’s Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, has been a beacon of hope for those seeking alternatives to conventional farming practices that rely heavily on chemicals and toxins. With a firm belief in the power of regenerative farming and the preservation of traditional farming methods, Salatin has inspired a new generation of modern homesteaders who are dedicated to living healthy, simple, and sustainable lives.

New Advisor to the Secretary of the USDA is monumental step towards reshaping the agricultural landscape in the United States

The appointment of natural health advocate and organic farming expert Joel Salatin as Advisor to the Secretary of the USDA is a monumental step towards reshaping the agricultural landscape in the United States. His expertise and commitment to promoting local food systems and empowering individuals to take control of their food and health align perfectly with the values of Americans who are striving for a healthier and more sustainable future.

As the news of Salatin’s appointment spreads, the anticipation and excitement among supporters of the modern homesteading movement are palpable. With Salatin at the helm, there is renewed hope for a future where clean food, healthy soil, and organic farming practices are prioritized for the well-being of both the people and the planet.

In a time when the agricultural complex is in dire need of a makeover, Joel F. Salatin’s appointment as the Advisor to the Secretary of the USDA signals a new era of possibility and progress. His vision for a future where sustainable farming practices are the norm and where individuals have the power to shape their food and health is a beacon of hope for all who believe in the importance of clean food, healthy soil, and a sustainable future for generations to come.

Key goals for the newly run USDA and American farms:

No chemical farmingTotally sustainable agricultureSalatin will be pairing with RFK, Jr., known for suing Big Ag for polluting the soil and water supply with chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.Salatin will oversee all farming practices in the United StatesUnderstands the importance of soil health as directly related to food healthHas written books and given talks about the importance of minerals in the soilSome refer to him as the Nikola Tesla of farming … organically!

Ultimate end game would be to get rid of GMOs, Roundup, seeds from China, stop shooting up animals with antibiotics and hormones, stop fattening cows with GM corn and soy and grain.

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Via https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-21-joel-salatin-appointed-by-trump-advisor-for-usda.html

Data Centers Eating Grid Alive

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Julianne Geiger

The future of data centers is about to make a huge draw on the power grid. According to a DOE-backed report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, U.S. data center energy use could nearly triple by 2028, eating up as much as 12% of the country’s electricity. Why? Blame AI and its insatiable hunger for powerful chips and energy-guzzling cooling systems.

Currently, data centers are responsible for a modest 4% of U.S. power demand. But with AI servers becoming the star of the show, the power draw has already doubled since 2017. The GPU chips that are needed to run complex machine learning algorithms are pushing the limits of what the grid can handle. And then there is the heat they generate, causing cooling systems to work overtime.

The report warns that this growth could strain electrical grids, spike energy prices, and raise a few eyebrows about the climate impact. Researchers are calling for better transparency around energy use and efficiency improvements, but Big Tech isn’t exactly eager to spill the tea on their proprietary power habits.

And don’t count on renewables to ride to the rescue just yet. A study last month highlighted that scaling up solar and wind power isn’t happening fast enough to keep up with this demand surge. Plus, when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow, the grid still needs fossil fuels to back it up.

If this trend keeps up, AI’s energy footprint might rival entire industries. So, while your chatbot’s witty replies might feel magical, powering that magic is no small feat. Unless the industry gets serious about efficiency, the real cost of our AI-powered future could be a blackout waiting to happen.

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Via https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Data-Centers-Are-Eating-the-Grid-Alive.html

The WHO Treaty Law Hidden in the Ommibus CR Funding Bill

 

Tom Renz

Did you know that the omnibus CR funding bill that GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson put forward would have enshrined a number of aspects of the WHO Treaty into law in America? Did you know it expanded COVID lockdown law to other diseases? Did you know it reiterated and strengthened laws that provide legal immunity for vaccine manufacturers? I’m guessing you didn’t because almost no one did but all these things are true and Congressional leadership seems hell bent on bringing it back. While a full evaluation of everything this nightmare does let me offer a few examples of the shadiness as a means of explanation.

Hundreds of pages of this continuing resolution spending bill were dedicated to health policy. Why? The purpose of the bill is to keep the government funded – temporarily – until an actual budget could be passed (I know – ha ha). Regardless of the likelihood of Congress doing their job and passing a budget, the Republican led House ought to want to pass something minimalistic so that the next Congress and incoming Trump administration can fight for their agenda more fully. Instead, we have major critical provisions everywhere.

While the focus here is on the corrupt health policies included in the bill, it should be noted that there is also a related provision of the bill that would have supported the State Department Global Engagement Center (GEC). The GEC worked with numerous NGOs from other nations to promote censorship during COVID and, in light of the major focus on health policy in this bill, it appears that the continued support for the GEC is likely to be based on a desire to continue to censor information on health.

That censorship has been incredibly severe and it seems like this provision is timed to provide legal cover for censorship activities related to the upcoming plandemics that Peter Hotez referenced recently in an interview.

In the shadow of this nightmarish backdrop – Congress drops this bill. The bill was written in a way designed to hide its true purpose. This is particularly true in terms of its expansion of COVID lockdown laws. For example, here is a portion of page 724 of the bill:

Lines 9-15 really look innocuous and make almost no sense… at least until you look at what they mean in context. These lines reference other law and changes a few words so let’s look at what they change. Here’s the law as it is written today:

As you can see the law that is being changed is in reference to creating a “National Health Security Strategy” and a “public health workforce.” This section of law was created specifically to put people in place to deal the the “COVID emergency”. The new bill changes about 7 words but completely changes the law. With the changes, the newly updated law would read:

(3) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE

The National Health Security Strategy shall include a national strategy for establishing, maintaining, and sustaining an effective and prepared public health workforce, including defining the functions, capabilities, and gaps in such workforce (including gaps in the environmental health and animal health workforces, as applicable), describing the status of such workforce, identifying strategies to recruit, retain, and protect such workforce from workplace exposures during public health emergencies, and identifying current capabilities to meet the requirements of section 300hh-2 of this title.

This means that instead of letting an old COVID policy expire, we are now creating and funding a permanent “public health workforce” to deal with “public health emergencies.” We were told repeatedly that COVID was a once in a century plandemic so why do we need a permanent workforce to deal with this sort of thing?

A similar example can be found on pages 740 and 741. Here we see 42 USC 247d-7e being amended in a way that makes very little sense.

Here’s the original section of law:

(D) Supporting innovation

To carry out the purpose described in paragraph (2)(D), the Secretary may award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, or enter into other transactions, such as prize payments, to promote—

(i) innovation in technologies that may assist countermeasure and product advanced research and development, including to improve manufacturing capacities and capabilities for medical countermeasures;

(ii) research on and development of research tools and other devices and technologies; and

(iii) research and development of medical countermeasures for priority virus families that have significant potential to cause a pandemic, including such countermeasures that take either pathogen-specific or pathogen-agnostic approaches, and platform technologies to improve the development and manufacture of such medical countermeasures; and”;

(iv) research to promote strategic initiatives, such as rapid diagnostics, broad spectrum antimicrobials, vaccine-manufacturing technologies, dose-sparing technologies, efficacy-increasing technologies, platform technologies, technologies to administer countermeasures, and technologies to improve storage and transportation of countermeasures.

This addition of section iii is significant. While a bit vague, the section appears to authorize research very broadly. It could also easily be read to allow gain of function work on about any virus family out there as long as it was being done to “create a cure.” The language about pathogen specific or agnostic approaches allows for additional research on platforms/gene therapies – like mRNA, DNA, etc. It also broadly authorizes research into “platform technologies” that may include transhumanist concepts such as nano-tech. None of this is required under the law but the Secretary may offer such awards. This might all be fine with Bobby Kennedy at the helm but if we have another crooked clown at HHS like we have now you can bet that the loosely written nature of this section would be leveraged.

In my mind, before such broad discretion is provided to the executive branch to basically research anything and everything, using any means necessary to find cures to any potential disease perhaps we ought to consider the ethical failures of the last 4 years. Why would Congress authorize the Secretary to fund risky research in a CR funding bill? This was clearly meant to be unnoticed.

Ultimately this bill was a disaster and appears to have been shelved. That said, the fact that Mike Johnson would put forth a bill that does so much damage to our freedom should be terrifying. This bill would open the door to the WHO treaty being implemented in the next emergency, limit Kennedy’s ability to deal with many issues related to healthcare, and expand COVID lockdown powers.

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Via https://joehoft.com/tom-renz-the-omnibus-cr-funding-bill-the-who-treaty-in-disguise/

Washington Deploys Proxies to Xinjiang to Scuttle China’s Giant Infrastructure Project

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A Uyghur separatist group that helped to topple the government of Bashar al Assad has declared its intention to return to Xinjiang in order to conduct military operations against the People’s Republic of China. The announcement suggests that Washington and its allies are preparing to open another front in a war that has already plunged large parts of eastern Europe and the Middle East into chaos. The announcement was mostly ignored by the western media, but analysts believe we may have entered a new phase in America’s struggle to preserve its waning hegemony, a phase in which the probability of a direct clash between the United States and China has increased dramatically.

Also, if we assume that Washington’s sabotage of the Nordstream pipeline was designed to prevent the economic integration of Russia with the European Union, then we must assume that the same blueprint will be applied to China. Washington will use its Uyghur proxies to sever the critical arteries that link China to Europe, thus, blocking the rise of a free trade Superstate that would severely undermine US regional influence. This means we should expect a wave of asymmetrical attacks on vital infrastructure aimed at preventing the development of China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative.

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Central Asia is the hill on which the US empire has chosen to die. Even so, a “cornered” Superpower that is armed to the teeth and led by ravenous warhawks can do considerable damage before it is brought to heel. That said, Washington’s focus on Central Asia is thoroughly understandable given the fact that the area is on-track to become the most populous and prosperous region in the world.

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Bottom line: The Uighur genocide is a human rights hoax that has been concocted in order to justify future hostilities against the PCR.

 

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Ron Unz’s view of the Uighur genocide is further reinforced by the group’s suspicious relationship to the CIA which suggests that the militants have been groomed for carrying out Washington’s geopolitical agenda. Check out this excerpt from an article at Global Research:

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High profile Uyghur separatists, like the Xinjiang-born Anwar Yusuf Turani, founder of the East Turkestan Government in exile, is himself living in the state of Virginia, on America’s east coast. Turani has been a willing tool in Washington’s power game with China; in June 1999, he met with president Bill Clinton and asked him to back political movements seeking independence for Xinjiang; and Turani later enjoyed dialogue with Clinton’s successor, George W. Bush, who promised to support the “fundamental human rights” of “Uyghurs and others living in China”….

Further prominent Uyghur exiles living in America have called for Xinjiang’s independence from China, such as Rebiya Kadeer, a five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, born in Xinjiang, and who also resides in the US state of Virginia.

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So, a number of Uyghur separatists are “living in Virginia” (as guests of the CIA?) and we are expected to believe that Washington’s only interest is human rights?

Nonsense. The US is obviously arming, training and funding another vicious terrorist organization it intends to use to inflict a “strategic defeat” on China, the same as it is doing to Russia in Ukraine.

This is from an article at the Asia Times:

The rapid collapse of the Syrian Arab Army in the face of the advance of Turkish-backed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham… has drawn attention to the foreign fighters within their ranks. First and foremost among those foreign fighters are the Uyghurs from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. They used to fight China as part of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement but rebranded as the Turkistan Islamic Party some years back.

Regardless of whichever name they go by, the… organization has a history of collaborating with terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda in support of the quest to carve out a Uyghur state from China. That’s why it was designated as a terrorist group by the UN Security Council….

attacks against Belt and Road projects there or in Pakistan….

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Another factor for observers to keep in mind is the role of Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency. The Washington Post reported that GUR played a role in HTS’s blitz across Syria. …Nevertheless, the contemporary GUR is also a CIA project, as the Washington Post reported in late 2023.

The possibility thus arises of the CIA using GUR as a plausibly deniable proxy for managing or at least encouraging the Turkistan Islamist Party’s expansion to the geostrategic Central Asian region between Russia and China. Uyghur separatist threat could reach beyond China’s Xinjiang,Asia Times

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Of course, this is exactly what’s happening. The CIA is directly involved in hybrid war on China that will include the destruction of soft targets that are essential to complete Beijing’s massive infrastructure project. And what other choice does Washington have? Like Israel, Washington cannot preserve its privileged place in the world order by competing on a level playing field with China that has already overtaken the US in nearly every area of commerce, science and technology. The only way the US can maintain its tenuous grip on power is obliterating anything that threatens its global dominance and then convincing the world that it is just fighting for human rights. Here’s more from the Times of Israel:

Uighur militants have killed hundreds, if not thousands, in attacks inside China in a decades-long insurgency that initially targeted police and other symbols of Chinese authority but in recent years also included civilians. Extremists with knives killed 33 people at a train station in 2014. Abroad, they bombed the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan in September last year; in 2014, they killed 25 people in an attack on a Thai shrine popular with Chinese tourists…..

China is just like the West, its officials say: the country is a victim of terror, and Uighur men are pulled by global jihadi ideology rather than driven by grievances at home.…. Seyit Tumturk, a Uighur activist in Turkey who often speaks to fighters in Syria… said it was impossible for Uighurs militants to liberate Xinjiang…. But he said Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious project to develop railway lines, ports, and other infrastructure linking various regions to China makes Beijing vulnerable to militant attacks abroad.

The Islamic State took credit in June for kidnapping and killing two Chinese teachers in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, which is a cornerstone of Beijing’s so-called Belt and Road infrastructure project….

Chinese officials and Western analysts alike say that the Uighurs’ experience in the Syrian jihadi melting pot will likely exacerbate violence against “soft” targets outside China. China’s foreign ministry called the Turkistan Islamic Party a security threat for the Middle East. Uighur militants in Syria look to Zionism as model for their homeland,Times of Israel

So—according to the Times of Israel—the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) is a ruthless group of bloodthirsty mercenaries who are motivated more by “global jihadi ideology rather than driven by grievances at home”. This is the organization the US has decided to back in its quest to destabilize China. And, notice that the authors of the Times article have drawn the same conclusion as the author of the Asia Times piece, that the Uyghurs MO will be to attack soft targets that will impact critical infrastructure in order to isolate China from the West while US military bases and Pacific alliances tighten the noose on China’s maritime trade.

And what targets will these Asian jihadis choose?

Some analysts like Andrew Korybko think that they will “carry out attacks against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor….. (which) is considered to be the Belt and Road Initiative’s flagship project, Asia Times

But IMHO, I think Washington will attack critical nodes on the China-Europe Freight Train (CEFT) system. Keep in mind, the United States remains fully-committed to preventing the re-emergence of a rival in a region it considers vital to its national security (Central Asia) so, logically, we should expect that it will take extraordinary steps to separate China from Europe and, thus, lay the groundwork for economic strangulation. Here’s more from the The European Financial Review:

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will officially be ten years old in 2023…. A crucial precursor to the BRI, and arguably its most prominent flagship project, the China-Europe Freight Train (CEFT) has already run through its first decade of 2011-21. With 82 routes currently connecting nearly 100 Chinese cities to around 200 cities across 24 European countries and more than a dozen Central, East, and Southeast Asian countries, the CEFT has formed a vast transcontinental freight system spanning both ends of Eurasia. While only 17 freight trains ran from China to Europe in the CEFT’s inaugural year of 2011, 60,000 trains cumulatively will have traversed the Eurasian landmass and its maritime margins by October 16, 2022 when the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) opens in Beijing.

As the CEFT enters its second decade poised for continued growth, a critical question looms: Is Russia’s war against Ukraine disrupting the CEFT, and how? On the one hand, the CEFT has depended heavily on Russia as both the most important terminus and through-corridor accounting for 37 percent of all CEFTs through 2021, leading Germany at 24.3 percent and Poland at 23.4 percent. On the other hand, the CEFT is anchored to a vast network of major and minor cities with grounded flexibility and resilience to weather the Ukraine storm.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 threw a big geopolitical wrench into the CEFT-enabled Eurasian freight network….. The disruption appears major as the war is the biggest European conflict in eight decades, with severe geopolitical consequences…… Some disruption might arise…. as European companies avoid using the Russian Railway, fearing economic sanctions….

As the war in Ukraine keeps geopolitical tensions high, the extensive city-based CEFT network has acquired sufficient resilience from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability. These qualities may ensure the CEFT’s sustainability as a Eurasia-wide freight system. Eurasia’s Freight Infrastructure vs. Russia’s War in Ukraine, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

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While economic sanctions on Russia have reduced freight traffic along the northern route by roughly 50 percent, the makeshift blockade in the Red Sea by the Houthis has dramatically impacted shipping through the Suez Canal. These growing threats to global security have shifted traffic to the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)—which is a trade route from the Black Sea and the Caucasus to the Central Asian steppe. This so called Middle Corridor which ” follows the route of the ancient Silk Road” offers a viable alternative to the northern route but also faces its own security and infrastructure challenges.

Regrettably, we think US foreign policy strategists will focus on this Middle Corridor as a prime chokepoint for disrupting China’s freight service to Europe. Once again, the US cannot prevail in its war against China unless it is able to weaken the country via sanctions, isolation and persistent proxy warfare. Washington is positioning itself to either block or sabotage China’s trade-flows to Europe just like it sabotaged the flow of Russian gas to Europe. We believe that Uyghur jihadists will be used to help conduct these operations.

We also think that Washington will use any overreaction by Beijing as an excuse to deploy the U.S. Navy to block energy shipments to China, thereby preventing the country from accessing the resources it needs to heat its homes and fuel its industries. China imports over 70 percent of its oil which makes it vulnerable to hostile interdiction.

The US used this same strategy against Japan just months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, so it fully understands the implications of its actions.

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Via https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/washington-deploys-proxies-to-xinjiang-to-scuttle-chinas-giant-infrastructure-project/

 

Lost Kingdoms of Africa Ethiopia

Lost Kingdoms of Africa: Ethiopia

BBC (2013)

Film Review

Prior to a 1974 coup that deposed Emperor Haile Selassie, his ancestors had been ruling Ethiopia continuously since 950 BC. With Emperor Fasilidis defeating Portuguese invaders in the 16th century and Menlik thwarting Italy’s attempt at conquest in 1896, the African country also enjoys the distinction of escaping European colonization.

Archeologists have found signs of human development dating back 4 million years in the northern Ethiopian highlands. When the first Europeans arrived, Ethiopia was the only country on the continent using ox-drawn plows (dating from 2,000 BC).

Tradition holds that Menlik I (975-950BC), Ethiopia’s first king, was the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Queen McKakla). It’s still claimed that Menlik brought the Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem to Ethiopia, where, too sacred for publicly viewing, it’s preserved to this day in a sacred Aksum shrine. Judaism was Ethiopia’s official religion until it converted to Christianity in the 4th century AD.

A huge thriving city-state in the first century AD, Aksum once ranked alongside Rome and Persia as a major world power. See Urban Life After the Fall of Rome

Coffee was first cultivated in Ethiopia in the 9th century AD, and it’s always been an important source of frankincense, which grows wild there.

Most of the film concerns art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford’s search for proof that Ethiopia’s emperors are descended from Solomon and Sheba. In northern Ethiopia, he finds evidence in the form of inscriptions written in Greek, Darian (common Ethiopian language) and Sabian (Yemenite language spoken in the region the Queen of Sheba came from); a 500 BC temple (contemporaneous with the Old Testament prophets) containing an altar for animal sacrifice; and a second 500 BC temple with an incense burner inscribed in Sabean.

To this point, there’s no alternative explanation for the country’s conversion to Judaism between 1500 and 500 BC nor for its widespread use of Sabean (long designated an official Ethiopian language).

 

Why Did Trump Buckle with CIA Appointment?

Jacob G Hornberger

Before he even takes office, President-elect Trump has buckled to the CIA and its supporters in the U.S. Senate. Trump intended to appoint Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, who is married to the son of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as deputy director of the CIA. Given opposition among CIA supporters in the U.S. Senate, however, Trump has buckled and is withdrawing Fox Kennedy’s name from consideration.

But wait a minute! The office of deputy director of the CIA doesn’t require Senate confirmation. Trump has the authority to follow through with his plan and appoint Fox Kennedy to the post regardless of what any member of the U.S. Senate — or, for that matter, any member of the CIA — says.

Of course, it’s not surprising that the CIA or its supporters in Congress would fiercely oppose the appointment of any close relative of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as the CIA’s deputy director. What if one day Fox Kennedy, for example, were to send out an order stating the following: “I want to see the CIA’s files relating to George Joannides (or any other files or records relating to the JFK assassination). What then? CIA personnel would then be forced into a position of refusing to obey an order of the agency’s deputy director to produce such records for her review.

During the 1970s, the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations had reopened the investigation in the JFK assassination, with a major focus on the CIA. The CIA appointed Joannides to serve as a liaison to the House Select Committee, with the ostensible aim of assisting investigators to secure whatever CIA records they needed. As it turned out many years later, it was a standard CIA lie. In actuality, Joannides was appointed to serve as an obstacle, with the aim of preventing the House investigators from accessing CIA records relating to the assassination.

It gets worse. As former Washington Post investigative reporter Jefferson Morley discovered after the Assassination Records Review Board had gone out of existence in the late 1990s, Joannides had played a critically important role in matters relating to the assassination back in 1963. He had served as the CIA liaison to a group of Cuban exiles in New Orleans called the DRE, which the CIA was funding generously and supervising — secretly, of course.

Immediately after the assassination, the DRE sent out a press release detailing the communist bona fides of Lee Harvey Oswald, thereby quickly establishing the image that the president had been killed by a “communist.”

When former head of the ARRB, federal judge John Tunheim learned about Joannides’s secret role with the DRE, the stated that CIA has misled the ARRB and that had the ARRB known the truth about Joannides, he would have been called as a witness.

Morley fought an 11-year court battle to secure the CIA’s records on Joanndes. Why 11 years? Because the CIA fought fiercely to protect the secrecy of its Joannides records. Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary ended up ruling in favor of the CIA. To this day, the CIA fiercely protects the secrecy of its Joannides files.

Can you imagine the internal CIA uproar if Fox Kennedy issued an order to place the Joannides files on her desk? They wouldn’t have any excuse to say no, like they did with Morley. That’s because Fox Kennedy worked as a CIA official for some ten years and, thus, surely would have all the required security clearances to review the files. The CIA obviously could not let a Kennedy family member see those files.

Needless to say, it is extremely disappointing to see Trump buckle on any matter relating to the CIA before even he takes office. It would have been nice to see him stand up to the CIA and its supporters in Congress and stick with his initial plans to appoint Fox Kennedy as deputy director.

But of course this is not the first time that Trump has buckled when it comes to the CIA. The last time he was president he announced that he was going to order the release of the long-secret CIA records stretching back to the ARRB’s term in the 1990s. In the week before the scheduled release, however, Trump received a visit by the CIA director. After that visit, Trump announced that he was no longer going to release the records.

Moreover, I am confident that it will not be the last time that Trump buckles with respect to the CIA. Before his election, Trump told podcaster Joe Rogan that if he were to be reelected, this time around he would order the release of those long-secret records. My prediction? The CIA will visit Trump again and oppose the release of its long secret records, at which point I predict that Trump will buckle again, release a few records to make it look good, but keep the vast majority of them secret. Assuming that Trump doesn’t indefinitely delay making a decision, we will soon find out if I am right.

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Via https://www.fff.org/2024/12/19/why-did-trump-buckle-with-cia-appointment/

Ex-DOD Analyst: Russia’s Invincible Oreshnik Has Left West in The Dust

 

 

Svetlana Ekimenko

Russia’s Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile grabbed the attention of military observers the world over after it was fired at a major defense-related enterprise in Dnepropetrovsk days after the US and the UK okayed the launch of ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles at targets deep inside Russia.

The West is in denial about Russia’s Oreshnik missile that defense systems are powerless to counter, Michael Maloof, former senior security policy analyst in the Pentagon, told Sputnik.

He pointed out that Russia’s multi-warhead, nuclear-capable Oreshnik has left the United States far behind.

“The US not only does not have a hypersonic offensive system – it doesn’t even have a defensive system that has any hope of stopping Oreshnik and the new class of missiles that are coming out,” the veteran analyst maintained.

While the US scrambles to be in the vanguard of such cutting-edge weapons systems, in effect it tends to “put all the bells and whistles on a system, overprice it and then fall behind,” said Maloof.

Washington is reluctant to acknowledge that both Russia and China have weapons systems that the US does not have, namely, hypersonic missiles.

he pundit speculated that if the United States had remained in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a missile like the Oreshnik might not exist today. He observed that Russia’s clear demonstration of the missile’s unmatched capabilities serves as “another way of Putin telling Trump to maybe reconsider.”

“I think in order to lessen the threshold of war […] and this would be a good start and, at least, beginning with the United States and Russia. And the other countries can follow suit,” said Maloof, adding:

“It’s something that the world needs to really focus in on, recognize, and deal with constructively.”

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Via https://sputnikglobe.com/20241219/russias-invincible-oreshnik-has-left-west-in-the-dust—ex-dod-analyst-1121214587.html

The US Government Hijacking of Bitcoin

By Neenah Payne

Roger Ver is facing life in prison for revealing how the US government worked secretly to subvert cryptocurrency and prevent economic freedom. More people should hear this story.

Roger Ver is widely known as “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early promotion of the cryptocurrency. In 1999, at age 19 while in college, Ver founded MemoryDealers.com, the first business to accept bitcoin as payment. Around 2017, the multi-millionaire Bitcoin advocate switched his allegiance to Bitcoin Cash.

Ver calls Bitcoin “one of the most important inventions in the history of humankind.” He is best-known for managing Bitcoin.com from 2015-19. Ver says in the video further below with Tucker Carlson that he bought bitcoin when it cost less than $1. This month, Bitcoin broke through $100K for the first time. Ver points out that some people are now using Monero for more privacy.

Ver relocated to Japan in 2006. When he renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2014, Ver became a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In April this year, Ver was arrested in Spain at the behest of U.S. authorities while on a trip to Barcelona to attend a crypto conference. The Biden administration wanted to put Ver in jail for 109 years! However, the crypto-friendly Trump administration is unlikely to do that.

US authorities are seeking his extradition on charges including tax evasion, mail fraud, and filing false tax returns. Prosecutors claim Ver undervalued his assets and failed to report ownership of about 131,000 bitcoins. Ver denied the allegations in an interview with Tucker Carlson on Dec. 10. “I wasn’t an American citizen or living in the US at the time these claims were made,” Ver said.

Ver accused the US government of being “angry” not about taxes but about his “lack of obedience.” The Bitcoin evangelist also linked his indictment to the publication in April 2024 of book Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC which he claims exposes government interference in the cryptocurrency industry. Ver is contesting charges made against him by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Tucker Carlson Interview

According to a Bloomberg report, Ver was permitted to leave jail on May 17 on the condition that he hand in his passport and remain in Spain pending a decision on his extradition to the U.S. where he faces $50 million tax evasion charges. Ver was released on bail after posting a €150,000 bail. Ver must report to court every two days and must remain on the island of Maiorca.

Ver says in the video below that only Tucker has interviewed him since his arrest in April. Ver asks people to sign at https://www.freerogernow.org/. The site currently has 16,812 signatures with the goal of 20,000.

Roger Ver is facing life in prison for revealing how the US government worked secretly to subvert cryptocurrency and prevent economic freedom. More people should hear this story.

Known for his early investments in bitcoin (BTC) and his libertarian advocacy, Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver faces potential extradition to the United States from Spain on allegations of tax evasion—charges he strongly contests.

“I think they’re not really angry about taxes at all,” Ver told Carlson during his interview, emphasizing what he perceives as the U.S. government’s disapproval of his long-standing promotion of financial autonomy through cryptocurrencies. Often referred to as “Bitcoin Jesus,” Ver was one of the earliest adopters and proponents of cryptocurrency, investing heavily in its ecosystem.

The entrepreneur always advocated for bitcoin to function as peer-to-peer cash, Ver explained, criticizing how he believes the leading cryptocurrency has been transformed into a speculative asset. According to him, early hopes for bitcoin as an alternative to fiat currency were subverted by a combination of intelligence agencies and institutional players.

He detailed these claims in his book, “Hijacking Bitcoin.” Carlson noted the ideological shift in cryptocurrency. The podcast host explained how the promise of bitcoin was freedom—autonomy over your own money, but now it felt different. Carlson said he was “very interested in how that happened.” The interview delved into Ver’s assertions that U.S. agencies have sought to stifle the potential of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

He accused intelligence agencies of intervening early on to promote narratives that reduced bitcoin’s use as a medium of exchange. Ver claimed that online forums such as bitcointalk.org and the Bitcoin subreddit r/bitcoin were manipulated through censorship and propaganda, which allegedly steered the currency away from its decentralized roots.

He asserted that moderators aligned with U.S. intelligence agencies suppressed discussions about scaling bitcoin for global use. Ver, who renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2014 and adopted St. Kitts and Nevis nationality, questioned the legal basis for his extradition. He emphasized that he was not a U.S. citizen during the years in question and adhered strictly to his tax obligations through legal counsel.

Carlson asked Ver if he felt Bitcoin was originally crafted by U.S. intelligence agencies. “I don’t think it was created that way initially, but I am suspicious and I do think the intelligence agencies and other groups have converted it and hijacked it into becoming a financial trap,” he said.

Despite facing a possible 109-year prison sentence, Ver maintained optimism. He expressed hope that the Spanish courts would reject the extradition request and emphasized the need for public advocacy. “There’s a lot of ways to stop this but the most useful way I think is to get the public to speak out,” Ver remarked. “The more people speak out, the safer all of us can be.”

Ver told Carlson that his supporters set up a website at freerogernow.org and said that the website hosts his Motion to Dismiss. “[This is] where you can literally see for yourself with your own eyes, the U.S. government is literally lying in their indictment and the proof is up there with the emails between myself and my attorneys,” Ver stated. “You can go and see it. Please go take a look at it.”

The bitcoin entrepreneur added:

Don’t take my word for it, take a look at that Motion to Dismiss, they’re lying … they’re lying to the court in Spain they’re just lying every which way, because they don’t want the world to know the truth about cryptocurrencies.

“I’m a little bit surprised that the government of Spain is honoring the extradition request,” Carlson remarked during the interview, diving straight into the heart of the matter with Ver. Calling the U.S. government’s charges “absurd on its face,” Tucker questioned why Spain would even consider going along with such an extreme move. Ver, ever the composed optimist, praised his Spanish attorney’s efforts, sharing that his lawyer in Spain remains “optimistic about the situation,” despite the looming uncertainty. Ver remarked that he is “cautiously optimistic that Spain will see through this.”

Ver stated: President Biden can do the right thing. He just recently pardoned his own son. He can issue a preemptive pardon for me. Trump when he gets into office, if anyone knows what it’s like to be the victim of lawfare, it’s Trump. So I think he’ll be able to see it with this case as well. [Trump] can issue a preemptive pardon for me as well, and for a bunch of other people that deserve it.

“That is just one of the craziest stories I think I ever heard,” Carlson concluded. “Roger, Godspeed, we are just rooting for you fervently and I hope this helps in some small way. You’re in our thoughts.”

 

Book: Hijacking Bitcoin

Roger Ver is the author of the April 2024 book Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC.

Amazon Description

Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin’s design.

Few people know the true history of Bitcoin and its original design due to years of heavy censorship, social media engineering, and tight information controls online. Hijacking Bitcoin destroys the most popular narratives that surround Bitcoin and sets the historical record straight.

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Via https://activistpost.com/2024/12/the-hijacking-of-bitcoin.html

Biden Regime to Remove $10 Million Bounty on Syrian Terrorist Leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani Following Assad’s Overthrow

Jim Hoft

The Biden regime is set to rescind the $10 million bounty on Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of the jihadist terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), following his pivotal role in toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

This decision coincided with al-Jolani’s initial direct talks with U.S. diplomats in Damascus.

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, now referring to himself by his birth name as Ahmed al-Sharaa (Muhammad al-Jawlani), is the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian militant group that evolved from the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra.

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Jolani and HTS now control significant parts of Syria, including the capital city, Damascus.

He remains closely associated with the ANF faction and its al-Qaeda ties, raising questions about governance, stability, and the group’s true intentions.

Al-Jolani has been working to persuade the international media and foreign powers that he has transitioned from a terrorist commander to a statesman, but skepticism remains about whether such a transformation is genuine. Even if his intentions are sincere, HTS does not control all of Syria.

Power is shared with groups like the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Turkish-backed coalition of rebel factions operating primarily in northern Syria.

Now, the Biden regime is set to rescind the $10 million bounty placed under the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program on Abu Mohammad al-Jolan.

However, the U.S. State Department, while lifting the bounty, continues to designate HTS as a terrorist organization.

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Via https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/biden-regime-remove-10-million-bounty-syrian-terrorist/