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Charging the Ambush at Ubuntu 26.04.1
Alternate Title: Terrible Trash Panda Release Domesticated With Some Extra Effort
This is just to let you know that I am back in (meaning, I can publish easily on WordPress with all my lazy-ass hacks), after deciding to manually update my box to the latest Ubuntu (26), instead of giving up and going back to version 24 or 22.
I took a chance that most of the problems are with the update process and product thereof, and not the release per se, and that appears to be the case.
After an attempt to do a normal Ubuntu upgrade from 24 to 26 on a favorite box blew up VERY badly, I was prepared to go back to 24 or even the older (and superior) Ubuntu 22. However, in a form of “double or nothing”, I decided to see if a clean install to version 26 followed by “hand migration” might work as nicely as it usually does for me. If it didn’t work, I would know more about the future of Ubuntu, and whether I needed to look more closely at alternatives.
And yes. It did work. I’m back on my comfy ride, and already found several improvements that have paid me back for the effort. These were problems with version 24 that are now as GONE as they were in version 22.
So yeah. Version 26 is working nicely so far, by following default parameters and installing it cleanly, erasing everything.
That’s all. I’ll keep it short. My recommendation is that if you want Terrible Trash Panda 26.04.1 running on your machine, then do a clean install and migrate everything else by whatever usual methods you prefer.
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Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
For God”s Glory
In the first section of Colossians 3 (1–17) Paul writes to encourage his readers in their general mindset and behavior. Concluding that section, Paul writes that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory (Colossians 3:17). This is the overarching principle that should govern the life of the believer.
Paul provides specific descriptions of what doing all for God’s glory should look like in how we think (Colossians 3:1–4), how we handle the desires of the flesh (Colossians 3:5), and how we should care for and treat one another (Colossians 3:12–15). He then identifies the basis for empowering that kind of thought and conduct (Colossians 3:16). Paul concludes the section with the exhortation that we make sure that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory (Colossians 3:17). Following those general instructions, Paul offers specific ways believers can faithfully steward the various relationships God provides (Colossians 3:18—4:6).
Because of the work God has done to make us alive in Christ, we should be focused on things above where Christ is (Colossians 3:1–4). Because of the future return of Christ in glory and the associated glorification of believers, we should put on the new self—walking in the newness of life and avoiding the idolatry of focusing on things that serve the flesh (Colossians 3:5–11).
An important aspect of walking in this newness of life is in how believers treat one another, and that should be characterized by love and its specific expressions like compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (Colossians 3:12–14). Those expressions of love ought to be based on the peace that God has provided us through Christ, and that peace of Christ should be a controlling factor in how we think and act within the body—because we have been called to be part of that body with other believers. We ought also to be grateful for this (Colossians 3:15).
The key is to diligently allow the word of Christ to be at home in us—to dwell richly in us (Colossians 3:16a). As His Word shapes us, we can be sure that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory. The Word should change how we talk to each other, providing us avenues to build one another up and to teach each other—again, this is always to be accompanied by gratitude and thankfulness to God (Colossians 3:16b).
After providing these directions, and before discussing the expectations of our conduct in specific relationships (Colossians 3:18—4:6), Paul covers overarching principles that help us make sure that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory (Colossians 3:17). In this also we are to express thankfulness.
We are given important tools that enable us to make sure that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory (Colossians 3:17). Those tools include a heavenly focused mindset (Colossians 3:2), considering the “old self” to be dead and putting on the new self (Colossians 3:5–10), putting on a heart that expresses love and its individual characteristics (Colossians 3:11–14), allowing His peace to govern our hearts (Colossians 3:15), immersing ourselves in the Bible, which is allowing His word to be at home in us (Colossians 3:16), and being constantly filled with and focused on gratitude and thanksgiving (Colossians 3:15, 16, 17). When we are putting these tools to use, we are more likely to ensure that whatever we do in word or deed is for God’s glory (Colossians 3:17). xhttps://www.gotquestions.org/whatever-you-do-word-deed.html
Isaiah 43:7 – “Even every one that is called by My Name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.”
Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
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A Feud between Micro$oft & A Security Guy going hot…
This is a fun one…
Has everything from corporate intrigue to morality play, big corp crushing small guys who keep fighting, and just to round it out, a zero day exploit that looks a lot like a “backdoor” (or could just be stupid programmer games).
I’d worry if I ran anything Microsoft, but I don’t, so I don’t 😉
Yes, it is a couple of months old, but I don’t usually follow M.S. stuff closely. The White hat “Nightmare Eclipse” is having a bit of a feud with M.S. over their ‘bug bounty’ program. Having not been paid for turning in some serious exploits, Nightmare Eclipse then started dropping “zero day” exploits on public servers. M.S. responded by getting them banned from Git Hub and Git Lab (so a bit of “whack a mole” going on). That won’t end well as the more they push the disclosure toward dark web / mesh network tech, the more exploits will be zero-day for the Black Hat community and hidden from the White Hats & the company.
Yes, a ZERO DAY exploit is bad. Yes having it quarantined with the company until a fix is published is better. BUT when the company goes all Pissy Dissy at the folks notifying them, the company can expect lack of cooperation in return. Companies can play nice or have Dark Web Exploits floating around for weeks or months before they find out. M.S. is not known for playing nice, IMHO.
FWIW: I survived all sorts of zero day exploits for years (decades…) via other site sanitation measures. Just because a given computer has an exploit doesn’t mean you can’t protect it. Isolation of critical systems from communications networks (i.e. not everything needs to be on the internet all the time…), very tight isolating firewalls, network architecture that prevents some kinds of access, access control facilities and more. They all work.
For example: I have a lot of data on disk. It is absolutely safe from attack from the internet. Why? Because the disk is not plugged into a computer, it is locked in a drawer. Also, the computer is left turned off and without power 99%+ of the time (that computer is only used when I want to access those disks) and, unless I’m actively downloading data from the internet, it doesn’t need an internet connection. I can download things (on a different system / uSD chip) that that gets moved to the archival system, maintaining isolation.
Bit of a PITA for things like system updates and adding data? Yeah, but a lot less trouble than getting shut down or data corrupted / stolen. Also note that I have copies of my various computer builds in the archive. IF one of my systems got corrupted or “locked” for ransom: I just remove the media with the locked OS on it, flash a new one from the saved image using my offline system builder system, and I’m back in business. All the important offline data is still secure and the online system recovered. Maximum loss is whatever I’ve done very recently, not backed up, and usually that’s easily recreated or just not important to me.
So yes, were I running a live on-line corporate center, some of those zero day exploits would matter to me a lot more (they did back when was doing that for a living). BUT, I find it a lot easier to have a dedicated system for personal web / on-line stuff that is semi-disposable, AND separate systems used only for things like financials, archives, and building systems. Compromising an exposed system doesn’t compromise anything important. With a separate computer costing in the $100 range, and uSD cards for an isolated system down around $10, running multiple computer images is very cheap and easy. Add that the Raspberry Pi 4 & 5 are enough for common web browsing stuff, and the barriers to entry for isolating “random browsing” from “important stuff” drops to the cost of a fancy coffee or at most a tank of gasoline.
Yes, that also involves avoiding the Microsoft Tax on the systems (one licence each) via Linux, but I’m fine with that 😉
So, here’s the Soap Opera Story, along with the tech of the exploit(s) involved:
Yes, this “exploit” requires access to the hardware. That’s one of the first big barriers to protect yourself. Keep your hardware / systems away from physical access by randoms. The laptop I use “on the road” at public WiFi has NOTHING on it of importance. No financials. No email archive. At most, a couple of days of “on the road” email reading records (email left on the server when on the road). Isolating use cases, it’s a good thing.
Also note that at about 11 minutes, there’s a ‘letter’ from Nightmare Eclipse stating that M.S. patched a vulnerability under active exploit without telling anyone (a bad behaviour). Once you push the patch, you notify everyone so they can assure they patch it AND find out if they were hacked.
For this particular bug, I don’t see it as a major risk for most users / use cases. For secure sites depending on disk encryption? Yeah, it would be an issue. OTOH, as someone who has needed to use “exploits” to recover other folks systems sometimes: To me it looks more like a way to recover an encrypted disk when the employee left the company or the PIN was lost… not all “security bypasses” are bad all the time…
Why? Because the path forward now sucks. Management at Canonical has made a series of “corporate friendly user hostile” decisions. SNAP is obligatory, which also means loss of control of YOUR code as it self updates “packages”. The inherent code bloat has pushed memory demand to levels higher than Microsoft Windows(!). Wayland is now obligatory so kiss off any old Xorg applications or recovery methods. Want to remove SNAP? Then you also lose sound as computer sound now depends on it. Kernel stable? Maybe, maybe not, as the Long Term Support version release may happen before kernel stability date. Then there is Uutils, the Rusty re-write of well tested well proven Gnu Coreutils pretty much guaranteed to induce bugs, script failures, downtime and commands that do not act as they did before.
I also have several very old PC boxes that I like to keep in service. Keeps e-waste down and old hardware useful. Canonical is abandoning old hardware, so abandoning me.
The “good news” is that the only system I’ve regularly used with Ubuntu was an Asus Laptop that came with it pre-installed. After some effort, I’ve reached the point where I can manage EUFI well enough to swap the OS on it – just as the keyboard and power connection have started being flaky… so I bought a new Think Penguin laptop with Devuan pre-installed. My only other Ubuntu systems tend to be alternative uSD cards for various Single Board Computers since many vendors supported Ubuntu first or only. Odroid, for example, liked to support it. For them, I’ve generally gotten a Devuan or Armbian alternative running as the main OS. I’ll now be “not bothering” to use the alternative Ubuntu, and actively replacing it.
Some of the boards (Odroid N2) were purchased with a pre-installed Ubuntu on an emmc chip. I’ll be putting the main OS on that chip instead… Devuan where possible, Void sometimes,others as interesting. Slackware runs on some of them too.
Canonical has embraced “The Microsoft Way” and abandoned The Unix Way, so I’m abandoning them. Here’s a nice 17 minute summary of why Ubuntu 26.04 LTS sucks:
A Minor Rant about Huge Corporations trying to “enclose the commons”
Over the last couple of decades, a growing trend in Linux has been Big Corporate “Support” in the form of Money, Programmers on Staff, and Membership In Governance Boards.
This has been very helpful in that resources have been provided to what had been a “Potluck Programming by The Little Guys” process without much funding or resources at all. This has been bad to the extent that the Big Corporate Players gain power over the direction of Linux, and then use it to capture it, and remove the very freedom that created it in the first place.
Microsoft has long had a known strategy of “Embrace and extend” (to capture and kill…). So they would “embrace” a proposed Standard, but then extend it in proprietary ways that were not compatible. Due to their size, they could do this with impunity, but it also prevented Other People and Other Companies from running on their “stuff” and ‘encouraging’ you to Buy Micro$oft products…
RedHat rose to dominate a lot of the Userland Codebase, so what RedHat did got propagated out to many (most?) other distributions. SystemD is a good example. Now owned by IBM (since 2019). Note that IBM has a long history of attempted monopoly practices in various markets. (Disclosure: At one time I worked for Amdahl Corp. who made “IBM compatible” mainframe computers, so saw this up close.) IBM does not care, at all, about Open Source or keeping free software free. ANY “new and improved” way of doing things from RedHat / IBM is something I will suspect of being directed at capturing control of the commons.
Canonical (Ubuntu) is also a large corporation and mostly cares about making an OS Release that works well and is easy for them to maintain. Your control and your choices and machine efficiency not so much. So they embrace SNAPS despite resources that uses and despite putting the package run (and updates to it) beyond your control. (SNAPS are automatically updated when Canonical feels like it, on your machine, for example.) Canonical is also making somewhat incompatible changes to their version of Linux, pushing you into being tied to their way of doing things – like forcing the use of the Rust based uutils instead of the GNU CoreUtils.
Mozilla (the FireFox browser) is pushing their creation of the Rust computer language. Supposedly for the “memory safety”, but that is only one type of bug and is NOT concerned with memory footprint or efficiency on small machines (like the Single Board Computers -SBCs- I like). After the re-write in Rust, FireFox tended to keep hold of more memory when a lot of tabs were kept open. I like to keep a lot of tabs open, even if inactive. This eventually had me move from FireFox to Brave (that seems to understand a page cached to disk doesn’t need to stay in memory). Do I really want ever more chunks of my Rusty-Linux system to demand memory residency?
Somewhere in my Bone Yard is an old Hitachi Laptop from about 1988? that has 8 MB of memory. Yes MEGAbytes. It has a RedHat Linux on it (from that era, not updated). I “inherited it” for free when it could no longer run Windows (so I don’t really know how old it is…). I turned it into a firewall / router for my office when I was the Build Master & IT Guy for a small software company of about 50 people. All MY traffic went through it to the corporate network. (Why? Because the Systems Admin AND a guy in charge of defending the sanctity of a build chain MUST protect against all kinds of things, even folks inside the company). The point?
Re-purposing old small memory & CPU equipment is of no interest to Major Corporations (selling new equipment is), but it IS in the interest of small corporations, independent developers, students, anyone who is poor and living in the 3rd World, and folks interested in reducing the tonnage of resources hitting landfills as eWaste.
A large part of the Linux World population has goals and values that do not align with those of the Major Corporations. Major Corporations want to control the commons and exploit it for their profit and gain. Not necessarily a bad thing (I’m all for profit in corporations, as long as it is not evil in execution). The problem comes with the “Enclosure of the commons”. A problem defined since before Medieval times. When there was a “commons” where everyone could chop wood or hunt food, then The King (or other local Lord) would claim it was for his private use alone. Under his rules. Kind of like saying: You Must use SystemD, Gnome & Wayland…
Also note, that the Rusting of various packages often comes with a licence change from GPL (GNU Public Licence that is “copyleft” and requires changes be published) to MIT (“permissive” that lets you keep changes a hidden secret). The point of a copyleft license is to prevent “Embrace and extend” as a way to “enclose the commons”. The move away from GPL to MIT helps big corporations, but endangers the Open Source Community and encourages making Variations Of Linux that are NOT compatible with others, that are proprietary and tied to one vendor.
I choose to stay in the GPL License world. Not as energetic about it as Richard Stallman, I’ll accept proprietary driver code for some odd peripheral, but aware of the risks of Corporate Capture, Enclosure of The Commons, and Proprietary incompatibility risks “going forward”. So I will run Wayland sometimes, but encourage Xlibre. I’d try to avoid SystemD, and I’ll not use Gnome at all. Ubuntu is on my “walk away and avoid” list due to their changes over the last few years, and Void is coming on board.
Embrace those Linux distributions who recognize these Corporate Capture Risks. Stay free.
May be wise to share with siblings, children, grands, friends…
An Inconvenient Study
MarieUrsula dropped off a link for one of the best documentaries I’ve seen in years – and IMO you would do well to watch this, too.
Her comment:
MarieUrsula (@guest_1644157) Online
August 25, 2026 00:55
#1644157
Found on my trapline a few hours ago, on a related subject:
“Here’s a story about vaccines with danger, deception, and intrigue, like a thriller. It’s an important piece of the vaccine puzzle. Produced by Del Bigtree, it’s essential for anyone still considering the validity of vaccines.” c. 1 hour 22 minutes.
This movie explains a whole bunch of things – even more than they intended to explain. The logic is beautiful. Del Bigtree is a truly excellent journalist. He understands exactly how to make things make sense with zero ambiguity.
This movie explains…..
numerous problems with vaccines
a critical study which went unpublished because it gave the wrong finding, but had a “plausible” exit for the author and institution
why RFKJ wants to do placebo studies
how the vaxxbots skate out of placebo studies on bogus ethics grounds
The general summary: Moderna’s “on-demand cancer vaccine”, mRNA-4157, takes the concept of modRNA to a new, and potentially dangerous, level. There are no published results for the most-recent clinical trial for this “vaccine”, NCT05933577; Moderna states it will release the “topline results” of this study “at a medical meeting.” The results of the previous clinical trial for mRNA-4157, NCT03897881, were not “stellar”, to say the least. The 2020 Patent for mRNA-4157, WO2020097291, discussed below, states that this “cancer vaccine” is apparently to be primarily used as a preventative measure in healthy persons, with the “option” to also use it for a treatment of diagnosed cancer in persons. mRNA-4157 is formulated using potentially multiple types of lipid nanoparticles. mRNA-4157 is formulated using potentially multiple types of uracil RNA destroyers, chief among them, the N1-methylpseudouridine already in use in the company’s COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines.” Moderna has partnered with Merck, Sharp and Dohme, in the development and clinical trials for mRNA-4157. These two companies have a 50/50 partnership agreement in place. Moderna has also borrowed $1.5 Billion dollars from Ares Capital Corporation for more funding.
However, no results have been publishedfor Phase 3 of NCT0593577 — more on that below. Here is the announcement by Moderna, covered in BioPharmaDive: https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-landmark-result-melanoma/828238/, “Moderna and Merck cancer vaccine returns ‘landmark’ result in melanoma”, Jonathan Gardner, 19 August 2026. Please see the screenshot, below:
So, Team Merck and Moderna have no plans to release these “topline results” of NCT05933577 to the general public — but, instead, “intend” to release these “topline results” at a “medical meeting.” How “interesting.”
Look at what Dr. Carlino states: non-significant improvement in the study subjects who were taking mRNA-4157 + pembro; and, more risk of Grade 3 or higher adverse events in study subjects who were taking mRNA-4157 + pembro. Grade 3 adverse events “are serious” and interfere with the person’s ability to do normal activities such as, eating (https://dipg.org/treatment/clinical-trials/side-effects/, “Side Effects in Clinical Trials.”)
Look at the Results section above: less than 50% RFS risk reduction for mRNA-4157 + pembro compared to pembro use alone; SEVEN study patients died after taking the mRNA-4157 + pembro, and SEVEN patients died after taking pembro alone: in other words, no reduction of risk of death from the mRNA-4157 + pembro “conbo drug treatment.” The website for NCT03897881 are here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03897881. In the “Reseacher View” details of this clinical trial, the only results are those in the two scientific papers that are cited; there is nothing in the “Results Posted” section on the clinical trial “Overview” webpage.
BUT, despite this set of results for NCT03897881, the FDA granted “breakthrough therapy designation” for the mRNA-4157 + pembrolizumab “combo cancer vaccine treatment”: https://www.onclive.com/view/fda-grants-breakthrough-therapy-designation-to-mrna-4157-v940-plus-pembrolizumab-in-high-risk-melanoma, Chris Ryan, 23 February 2023. Not a bad “return on investment” for Moderna on this one — even though the results of the NCT03897881 clinical trial appear to be “less than stellar.” A perfect example, in Yours Truly’s opinion, of how Big Pharma controls the FDA.
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Yours Truly now turns to a major “source document” for mRNA-4157: the Patent for this “cancer vaccine”, found here: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO2020097291, “RNA Cancer Vaccines”, publication date 14 May 2020; the Applicant is: ModernaTX, Inc., 200 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139. The following exhibits are from the Patent document; summaries are by Yours Truly. To begin: first, the Publication page; then, second, a portion of the Status Report page:
From the Summary of Invention, page 2: first, lines 5 – 11; then, lines 22 – 29. Notice that the “invention” is intended to stimulate the body to produce cancer proteins or parts thereof. This appears to be the “autogene” part of the “invention.” Notice also that the “invention” is to be administered multiple times to the patient. Notice also that mRNA-4157 can contain one or more mRNAs, each with one or more ORFs (Open Reading Frames):
Page 4, lines 20 – 28: the Patent’s inventors waste no time in making sure that N1-methylpseudouridine, among other uracil (RNA) destroyers (“modifiers”) can be used in mRNA-4157:
**** Page 5, lines 15 – 17: the basic mechanism of mRNA-4157 — to “provoke” a “memory immune response” in the patient’s body. Shades of the “immune memory response” that is supposedly “taught” to the body of the person who takes Moderna’s COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines” SPIKEVAX or mNEXSPIKE, perhaps?:
**** Page 5, lines 25 – 27: It appears that either cancer tumor DNA, or blood sample DNA, from the patient, can be used to lab-generate the peptide epitopes in mRNA-4157:
**** Page 17, lines 20 – 24: mutations; look at the mention of frameshifting. A tacit admission that mRNA-4157, as do the modRNA COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines”, induce frameshifting in the body:
Page 31, lines 25 – 31: Depending on the ORF (Open Reading Frame) used, the treatment with mRNA-4157 can go on for up to 5 years:
There is extensive mention in the Patent of the use of N1-methylpseudouridine to completely replace (“uniformly modify” or “fully modify” are the terms used in the Patent) the uracil RNA of Uridine in the patient’s body. Example: please see Page 42, lines 8 – 14.
**** Methods of Treatment section: Page 67, lines 5 – 14: It appears that, in reality, mRNA-4157 is to be used as PROPHYLACTIC PROTECTION from cancer. Look at the language, “It may be reasonable” to use the “vaccine” ALSO as a treatment for a person who already has cancer. Also — Page 68, lines 30 – 31, and Page 69, lines 1 – 6: the mRNA-4157 “cancer vaccine” can ALSO be used in HEALTHY PERSONS as a “primer” and/or as a “booster shot”:
**** Page 70, lines 28 – 31, through Page 71, lines 1 – 14: the list of cancers that the Patent claims can be treated by mRNA-4157. This list includes dozens of types of cancer. The list from Page 71 is below:
Page 82 through Page 90: Discussion and description of the “Formula (1)”, aka “Compound 1” (which appears to be at least one of the mRNA-4157 “formulas” that is being used in the clinical trials); discussion and description of “Formula 1A”; discussion and description of “Formula II.”
Page 91, lines 9 – 11: What looks like the chemical schema of the lipid nanoparticle SM-102 being used in the “Compound 1” of mRNA-4157:
Or, that Moderna modified the “backbone” of the SM-102 lipid nanoparticle that is used in the company’s COVID-19 modRNA bioweapon “vaccines” for use in mRNA-4157.
**** Page 105: Phase 1 clinical trial for mRNA-4157 + pembro, “Combination arm” results. “Compound 1” (“C1” — see above in the Patent presentation) was used. Table 6, included on Page 105, indicates that, of the 20 advanced metatastic / advanced cancer patients in the study, 8 then presented with Progressive Disease. This appears to mean an almost 50% risk of presenting with progressive cancer while taking mRNA-4157 + pembro. The results of this 2019 Phase 1 clinical trial (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03739931) are summarized here: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JGO.2019.5.suppli.93. From the Abstract of this paper, the Results section, which equates to the Table 6 on Page 105 of the Patent:
**** Team Merck and Moderna KNOW that mRNA-4157 CAN SHED. Please see: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/03739931, the “Researcher View”; scroll down to the subsection “Exclusion Criteria”. BOTH male and female study subjects in this Phase 1 clinical trial had to agree TO USE BIRTH CONTROL:
The above is not an exhaustive analysis of the cited Patent for mRNA-4157. In fact, there are multiple other Patents listed for mRNA-4157, per Page 30 of the above cited Patent. What the exhibits and summaries of the above cited Patent do indicate, however, are:
That Moderna is using the “framework” of their COVID-19 modRNA bioweapon “vaccines” to move on to the next step: the lab-creation of “on-demand” cancer treatment “vaccines” that would be tailored to the individual patient, and lab-created from various types of samples from the patient;
That Moderna is potentially including MULTIPLE TYPES of lipid nanoparticles in the potential “compositions” of the “cancer vaccines” that the company is using mRNA-4157 as the “template” for;
That Moderna is taking the concept of “modRNA” to a different — and, in Yours Truly’s opinion, a potentially dangerous level, absent YEARS of intense research and clinical trials — “modRNA” that is lab-created using an “automated one-demand” process from the cells of an individual person (blood; tumor; urine; sweat; saliva, etc.);
That Moderna is making the claim that a “cancer treatment vaccine” lab-created from the patient’s own DNA can be, almost literally, be produced “on the spot” for near-real time, “instant’ treatment use; and has built an entire “automated facility” to produce this “vaccine”;
That it appears Moderna intends for mRNA-4157 to be used in healthy persons as a PREVENTATIVE “vaccine” for cancer, in addition to the product being used to treat persons who ALREADY HAVE cancer; and,
That Moderna appears to be using persons who already have cancer as “human lab rats” to see if mRNA-4157 has any real benefit as a cancer treatment;
That Moderna may be using these “human lab rats” in mRNA-4157 clinical trials as “proof” of “If cancer can be cured with a modRNA “vaccine”, and cancer being something that people never want to have: then, taking mRNA-4157 as a cancer preventative can erase cancer from humankind.”
Page 10: the “surface properties” regarding the lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform systems.
**** Page 19: the mRNA-4157 “Intismeran autogene” targets the CD4 and CD8 cells of the body (shades of the attack on the CD4 and CD8 cells that occurs from the modRNA COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines.”) Also: Moderna will share 50% with Merck regarding the costs, profits and losses worldwide for mRNA-4157. Please see the screenshot, below, from Page 19 of the SEC filing:
Page 22: Moderna has built an entire “dedicated” facility in Marlborough, MA, devoted solely for the lab-creation and processing of mRNA-4157.
**** Page 26, section THIRD-PARTY STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: Merck has paid Moderna a total of $450 million in research and development costs for mRNA-4157. This is pursuant to a third-party strategic alliance agreement that was signed by Moderna and Merck in January 2015, for the development, approval, and marketing of “cancer vaccines.” (Recall that Moderna also has a STILL-EXISTING third-party strategic alliance agreement with NIAID regarding the development, approval, and marketing of mSPIKEVAX and mNEXSPIKE. Moderna is paying royalty payments for NIAID for every dose of these “vaccines.” This particular third-party strategic alliance agreement began in 2015, with Moderna and NIAID agreeing to co-develop and co-own the Patent for mRNA-1273. This is discussed in the SEC filing of 31 December 2025, on Page 31) Please see the screenshot below, regarding mRNA-4157 and Merck:
**** Page 43 et seq., Item 1A. Risk Factors section of the Moderna SEC filing of 31 December 2025: the following, from Page 44: “The commercial success of our products depends on the degree of market acceptance by physicians, patients, third-party payors and others in the medical community.” From Page 46: “If we cannot obtain, or are delayed in obtaining, regulatory approvals and advisory committee recommendations, we will be unable to effectively commercialize, or be delayed in commercializing, our product candidates.” In Yours Truly’s opinion, Moderna is stating that its products are “successful” if they have “market acceptance”; and, that Moderna needs to have swift regulatory approval of its products to get them on the market as soon as possible.
**** Page 144, Exhibit 10.7 (title hyperlinked): Moderna borrowed $1.5 Billion dollars from Ares Capital Corporation on 19 November 2025. The lender(s), of course, will be looking for a “full return” of the loan. Please see below:
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Yours Truly turns to one more aspect of modRNA “vaccines”: the potential that they will shed onto other people. This phenomenon is likely, as most vaccines can shed, at least for a limited time; however, in the case of the modRNA “vaccines” (and this now includes modRNA “cancer vaccines”, such as mRNA-4157), the potential for “vaccine” shedding is ALSO brought to a new, and possibly very dangerous, level. If a modRNA COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccine” can shed, what about the potential for an “individualized cancer vaccine” to ALSO shed? For more information regarding COVID-19 “vaccine” shedding, please see: https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/inadvertent-exposure-to-pharmacologically, “Inadvertent Exposure to Pharmacologically Designed Lipid Nanoparticles Via Bodily Tissues: Biologic Plausibility and Potential Consequences”, Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, 3 March 2024. The three types of exposure are: “vaccine” biodistribution within the body of the “vaccinated” person; Two, via “secondary exposure” (skin-to-skin contact, sexual intercourse, bodily fluids, etc.); and, Three, via contaminated blood in blood transfusions. The paper referred to in the McCullough article, of the same title as his article, is here: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.1267.v1, T.J. Halma, Jessica Rose, Peter A. McCullough; 22 February 2024.
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Gentle reader, does one see how the game is played by Moderna? In November 2015, Moderna and NIAID signed a CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT regarding development of injectable drugs. NIAID (NIH) would pay Moderna as part of this “collaborative” agreement. Amendment No. 5, of April 2019, is the first mention of mRNA technology being co-developed by Moderna and NIAID; Amendment No. 6, of February 2020, extends this “collaboration.” In addition to these, Moderna and NIAID signed a COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (“CRADA”) in August 2016. The above documents are found here: https://www.documentcloud.org/doceuments/6935295-NIH-Moderna-Condifential-Agreements/.
So, Step One is in place: Moderna and the US government agree to co-develop, co-own, and share royalty payments for certain vaccines, including mRNA-based bioweapon “vaccines.” Step Two: between April 2019 and November 2020, the “collaborators” work on the lab-creation of mRNA-1273. Step Three: the COVID-19 disaster begins, late fall of 2019. Step Four: the FDA grants the initial EUA for mRNA-1273 on 11 December 2020. Step Five: millions of Americans are gaslighted, coerced, or “mandated” to take COVID-19 bioweapon “vaccines” — such as, mRNA-1273 and its “descendant clone vaccines.” Step Six: hundreds of types of serious adverse reactions and adverse effects begin to present. These adverse effects include cancer.
Meanwhile, Moderna and Merck, in January 2016, sign an agreement to “collaborate” on the lab-creation of an modRNA-based “cancer vaccine”, (which would eventually be called mRNA-4157 (Intismeran)), and get this injectable to the clinical trials stage. Moderna and Merck agree to share 50 / 50 the costs, profits, and losses regarding this “cancer vaccine.” The Patent for mRNA-4157, described above, specifically states that mRNA-4157 is to be used as a preventative for cancer, with the “option” for it to also be used as a cancer treatment (with another cancer drug as an “adjunct”; in the case of mRNA-4175, it is pembrolizumab.) Moderna has several “bases” covered at the same time: create a “vaccine” that can (and does) induce cancer in the body; then treat that cancer with another modRNA-based “vaccine” (mRNA-4157) that is coupled with pembrolizumab; while, at the same time, keeping mRNA-4157 “under wraps”, so to speak, in the Patent for this “cancer vaccine”, for future use as a preventative for cancer.
Moderna is already moving along in the mRNA-4157 trajectory. There are two other clinical trials using this “cancer vaccine”: NCT06307431, for persons with renal cell carcinoma; and, NCT06961006, for persons with advanced melanoma. The clinical trials cited in today’s offering were / are sponsored either by Moderna or by Merck.
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That was stolen from Wheatie.
Let’s steal her rules, too.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
First, I’m reposting a tweet that Kalbo posted, about an almost-complete lunar eclipse on Thursday night.
A near-total lunar eclipse will take place Thursday night and into Friday morning (August 27th-28th), which will be visible for most of North and South America and parts of Europe and Africa! ☀️🌎🌑
Steve is probably excited and ready to observe it. Say a prayer for Steve! Yes, now that he’s not here, we can openly pray for Steve and not worry about offending him!
And now, very importantly…..
An Inconvenient Study
MarieUrsula dropped off a link for one of the best documentaries I’ve seen in years – and IMO you would do well to watch this, too.
Her comment:
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Found on my trapline a few hours ago, on a related subject:
“Here’s a story about vaccines with danger, deception, and intrigue, like a thriller. It’s an important piece of the vaccine puzzle. Produced by Del Bigtree, it’s essential for anyone still considering the validity of vaccines.” c. 1 hour 22 minutes.
This movie explains a whole bunch of things – even more than they intended to explain. The logic is beautiful. Del Bigtree is a truly excellent journalist. He understands exactly how to make things make sense with zero ambiguity.
This movie explains…..
numerous problems with vaccines
a critical study which went unpublished because it gave the wrong finding, but had a “plausible” exit for the author and institution
why RFKJ wants to do placebo studies
how the vaxxbots skate out of placebo studies on bogus ethics grounds
IMO RFKJ neatly avoided an ETHICS TRAP on the mRNA flu vaccine. Had he forced the issue of a placebo trial for mFlusiva, IMO he would have been set up for ethics charges by the Demoncrats. As things are unfolding, NATURAL CONSEQUENCES for the TRABANT SHOT are happening!
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I thought I would continue the look at supplements since many are compounds necessary for good heart health, brain function and a healthy immune system. I have increasingly noticed more and more ‘mis-information’ designed to prevent people, especially older people or those vaccine injured, from obtaining the best health they can. Also, as I found out the hard way, Google Advanced has now removed the ability to search a URL (blog) for a key phrase so you can find old comments. Therefore I am trying to put important info from the comments into articles so it can be found later. (Sorry if I do not do a H/T to everyone, though I do try.)
This is a CLASSIC that may or may not be from an actual doctor. Her credentials are Baylor, who kicked out and sued Dr McCulloch and John Hopkins of Event 201 (Plan-demic) fame. She also has the blue checkmark by her name.
HOW I HEALED MYSELF of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, HYPOTHYROID, GLAUCOMA, FIBROMYALGIA, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Take a pea-size dose of IVERMECTIN HORSE PASTE (NOT A BIG-PHARMA WATERED DOWN & ALTERED PILL!) every MONDAY & TUESDAY to get your body’s parasites under control!
Lord have mercy. This is the kind of misinformation that lets them kill us.
She says “IVERMECTIN HORSE PASTE is WORMWOOD & HONEY.”
NO, it most certainly is NOT. Good grief.
She says “FENBENDAZOLE is BLACK WALNUT, CLOVES, & HONEY.”
Again, NO, it most certainly is NOT.
People like this frustrate and infuriate me. They sound like crazy people, so when I tell people to use ivermectin or fenbendazole, I get tarred with this brush. It makes me so mad.
This is a sneakier example of the same type of Psy-op. Notice these are attacks on the three most critical ‘NEW’ compounds for fighting the effects of the Covid Vaccine.
Nattokinase
I stumbled across this video and decided to take a look. I did not bother to actually watch it and instead looked at the comments first before I decided whether or not to take the time.
I take NOW Foods (100 mg/ ~2000FU) nattokinase. Thanks to the comments I now know that is way too little to make a difference. The Ultra Spike Detox that I have suggests a serving size of 400 mg and a serving is 4 capsules or approximately 8000FU. This would be on the bare minimum side of the effective dose.
Video: I Stopped Using Nattokinase. Here’s Why.
A couple of the comments that made me decide to write this article.
Saying that 2000 FU of nattokinaise doesn’t work is like saying aspirin doesn’t work for a headache because the people who took half a tablet didn’t get relief. You ignored the study that compares 10,800 FU with 3600 FU. The people who took 3600 FU saw no improvement. The people who took 10,800 FU did see improvement. No wonder the studies with 2000 FU didn’t see any difference! It would be interesting to see you and Dr. Ford Brewer, who taught preventative medicine at Hopkins and is licensed in all 50 states, arm wrestle over this topic. He uses natto and sees plaque REVERSAL, which many doctors say is impossible.
I watched this all the way, I was patient to see the point you wanted to make, and I struggled. A the end of the day, this was a lot of baseless fear mongering about Nattokinase imho. Fundamentally, Natto is food, the safety profile based on ingestion by those who have been eating it for like forever is considerable. This population are also some of the most long lived in the world.
You can’t use 1 data point (Susan) to calibrate studies and or any nutraceutical. I sincerely wish MDs would talk about drugs i.e. pharmaceuticals for which they received training and not nutraceuticals. Natural substances are “smart”, they are able to detect what the issue is and “act” appropriately i.e. if your blood viscosity does not need thinning, most natural substances would go about “doing other things” and not continue to thin your blood. Drugs are manufactured to do one specific thing and are usually blind to other things hence the myriad of negative side effects. The reality is most of the people who take Nattokinase have already given up on allopathic medicine. They will definitely hedge their bets on Nattokinase and other nutraceuticals irrespective of what MDs like yourself think or say.
So much for watching that video!
Now a quick look at the Wellness Company’s “Ultimate Spike Detox” [Take 4 a day = serving]
Per Serving:
Selenium — 75 mg
Tumeric Root extract –500 mg
Bromelian — 500 mg
Natto Seed Extract 400 mg or (Nattokinase — 8,000 FU)
Black Cumin Seed Powder — 100 mg
Dandelion Root — 50 mg
Black Pepper [makes body absorb turmeric better] 5 mg.
Nigella sativa – Wiki: “Nigellasativa (common names, black caraway, blackcumin, nigella, charnushka, or kalonji) “
You can get Black Seed Oil from Walmart. (I think it was Singing Soul who suggested it) I take it some times and it seems to help my mobility.
Brave AI
Black seed oil, derived fromNigella sativa seeds and rich in the active compound thymoquinone, is widely used to support immune function, reduce inflammation, and improve skin health.
Since ancient times, black seed, orNigella sativa, has gained popularity in modern industry and health due to its numerous nutritional and therapeutic applications. Detailed coverage of the botanical description, taxonomy, and phytochemical composition can be seen in this review about the most crucial bioactive compounds, such as thymoquinone, alkaloids, saponins, and fixed oils. This therapeutic plant has undergone numerous studies about its solicitations in treating cancer, its protective effects on the heart, and its antiviral, antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties. Side by side with its function in conventional medical practices of Ayurveda and Unani, its amalgamation is also specified in the review. This also takes into account the health benefits of black seed, its metabolism, macro‐ and micronutrient composition, and other nutritional considerations. The usages discover the product development potentials within the pharmaceutical and food industries, such as functional foods, health supplements, and cosmetics. Customer attention in natural products has made novel prospects, but side by side with them, there are different concerns about stability, bioavailability, and regulatory problems. To augment the medicinal and economic value ofN. sativa, there is potential for its genetic development, for more progressive cultivation methods, and for biotechnological policies. Thus, the incorporation of N. sativainto current healthcare and industry comprises creative, multidisciplinary investigation.
10,800 FU of nattokinase is approximately equivalent to 540 mg of the enzyme.
This conversion is based on the standard ratio where 2,000 FU corresponds to roughly 100 mg. Therefore, a 10,800 FU dose represents the higher end of clinical study ranges, often used in observational research for atherosclerosis and lipid management, whereas the standard daily dose for general cardiovascular support is typically 2,000 FU (approx. 100 mg).
Market standard: 2,000 FU (5.4x below clinical dose)
3,600 FU/day was tested and found ineffective for lipids and atherosclerotic plaque support
Minimum threshold for modest blood pressure support: 2,000 FU/day
Getting the nattokinase dosage right is the single biggest factor in whether supplementation delivers real results. If you’ve been researching nattokinase, you’ve probably noticed something frustrating: every product seems to list a different dose, and none of them explain why they chose that number…
I discussed this with a researcher in the US who collaborates with Resia who said to titrate up to 4000 FU 2x per day. You can also look up some articles from long COVID PharmDwhose written a lot about nattokinase
She cites a paper that showed safety at 10k+ FU but she suggests 4K twice a day.
Neprinol is 15,000 fus a pill of natto and serra so not sure which fu number is for which enzyme which but they recommend up to 9 pills a day and one to 3 as a starter dose. 9 pills : That’s 135k fus. This stuff won’t kill you it’ll just make you feel like your dying for a few weeks when it’s working. and then it gets better from there on out. I hope. I’m 1.5 weeks in and praying the fates finally cut my life web fully. These clots are no effing joke . Killing them off is hell too. Start low and slow and go up from there and good luck
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Dr. Ford Brewer MD MPH
The ONE Supplement Every Senior Should Take — Co-Q-10 (9 minutes)
First, there is a supplement I always take for cardiovascular health that he [Dr. Ford Brewer ] doesn’t mention. That is hawthorn berry. That is the best herbal I know for general heart health:
Hawthorn berry is a small fruit rich in plant antioxidants that supports heart health, lowers blood pressure, improves blood fats, and helps digestion. [1, 2, 3] Heart and Circulation
Lowers blood pressure: Relaxes blood vessels to improve blood flow.
Aids heart function: May reduce symptoms in people with mild heart failure.
Improves cholesterol: Helps lower bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. [1, 2, 3]
Body Wellness
Fights cell damage: High in polyphenols that neutralize harmful free radicals.
Aids digestion: Acts as a prebiotic fiber to support healthy gut bacteria.
Reduces inflammation: Protects organs from oxidative stress.
All learned using alterai.systems to find the sources for this information.
I would take the leaves, flowers/fruit and a branch to the local extension service for a positive ID if you find what you think is a wild tree and would like to use the berries.
This article contains a list of references at the bottom.
…Modified food starch is a common ingredient in processed foods, but concerns about its use have grown due to its potential effects on digestion, metabolic health, and overall food quality.
Here are five reasons you should consider removing modified food starch from your diet.
— Lacks nutrients…
— Linked to metabolic imbalances… may increase the risk of metabolic imbalances, including insulin resistance, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
— Genetically modified..
— Disrupts microbial gut balance ..
— May be contaminated with chemicals
A short video by the author Dr Berg.
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7 Supplements Every Senior Must Take (Inflammation, Weak Legs, Blood Sugar & More)
I have tried to tighten up the transcript so you get the meat without the fluffy vignettes about fictitious people. The transcript is in italics, my comments & additions are separated out using dots.
Nine out of 10 people don’t get enough of the nutrients that their bodies need. But the good news is the right supplements can help correct these nutrient deficiencies…
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Supplement number one — CoQ10 ( 1 to 200 milligrams per day)
Comparison of CoQ10 and CoQH2 by application. Results are demonstrated as %. Cardiovascular diseases are marked in red. LINK
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…..David is 72… he had a mild heart attack. He would get tired just a few minutes into his walk and
that didn’t used to happen. He needed muscular work. He needed some HIT [high intensity] training.. But we also recommended something else… Several clinical studies have shown this supplement reduces fatigue compared to placebo and it could have significant effects in reducing cardiovascular risk even in people with heart failure. There’s also evidence that shows it can reduce muscle aches when you’re taking statins…. Some people experience mild side effects like nausea, even insomnia or upset stomach, especially at higher doses or when you first start taking it or if you take it later in the day. Now, ..The supplement.. was co-enzyme Q10, better known as CoQ10.
I usually recommend taking 1 to 200 milligrams per day. If you’ve heard about Ubiquinol being more bioavailable, you can take more or you can take Ubiquinol. [A comment said it Ubiquinol is more sensitive to degradating in light.]
Our findings go along with the biochemical description of CoQ10 and CoQH2, recording cardiovascular benefits for CoQ10 and antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties for CoQH2. Our main outcomes are the following: (I) CoQ10 supplementation reduced cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure. This is not reported for CoQH2. (II) Test concentrations leading to cardiovascular benefits are much lower in CoQ10 studies than in CoQH2 studies. (III) Positive long-term effects reducing cardiovascular mortality are only observed in CoQ10 studies…
Coenzyme Q10 is a redox molecule occurring in the human body in 2 bioactive states, ubiquinone (CoQ10) as oxidised state and ubiquinol (CoQH2) as reduced state [5]. Both redox forms of Coenzyme Q10 are bioactive and important for human health [6]. CoQ10 is essential for cellular adenosine phosphate (ATP) energy production [7] as it shuttles electrons from complexes I and II to complex III of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (Fig. 1). CoQH2 is an important lipid-soluble antioxidant preventing peroxidation of the low-density lipoproteins in the blood circulation [8] with additional anti-inflammatory activity [9]…
Function of CoQ10 in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. CoQ10 is an essential transfer molecule for complex I and complex II at the beginning of the respiratory chain.
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Energy loss is one kind of aging, but some changes are quieter, the kind you don’t feel until the damage is done. Inflammation plays a major role in heart disease, cognitive decline, and even mood.
So, we’ll look at a nutrient that helps put out those fires before they spread.
Supplement number two — omega-3 (1 to 4 grams)
Inflammation builds slowly deep in the body without pain, without any warning… now it’s considered one of the driving forces behind nearly every chronic disease we associate with aging. So, if there was a way to reduce that inflammation before it causes damage, it would be worth paying attention to… a specific supplement that could possibly help… support heart health and brain function and has been studied extensively in older adults. The supplement helps [people] get essential fatty acids, the kind the body can’t make on its own. These fatty acids or fats are found in cell membranes, and they play a role in everything from cardiovascular function to immune response. But what they’re best known for is their ability to reduce inflammation, especially the kind you don’t feel until it becomes a problem. In particular, those fatty acids help lower triglycerides. Several studies show a clear reduction in triglyceride levels among adults who supplement consistently. There’s also evidence that they may help stabilize mood, support memory by promoting healthy brain cell structures, and by reducing neuron-inflammation… Neuro means brain, and inflammation, you know what that means. So, it’s inflammation of the brain. Age- related cognitive decline doesn’t usually happen all at once. It’s gradual. So, having a way to protect brain health while also supporting the heart makes this nutrient uniquely valuable… Like any supplement, it comes with a few cautions. These fatty acids can thin blood slightly, which may increase bleeding risk, especially for people already taking anti-coagulants. High doses can also lead to digestive issues like nausea or loose stools. That’s why dose and quantity matter and quality. The supplement [is] omega-3, especially EPA and DHA. The two active forms are the EPA and DHA. They’re found in fatty fish like salmon and sardines. These are different from the short- chain versions found in plants which aren’t as readily converted by the body…
I recommend 1 to four grams every day. Take the lower end of that dosage if you have atrial fib or if you have you have concerns with episodes of atrial fi atrial fibrillation. I have atrial fib and I take omega-3s. All right.
Let’s turn to the root cause of most chronic problems, metabolism. Because when that starts to slow down or change, the effects show up in your blood sugar, your weight, your long-term risk for chronic disease, your arteries, plaque, cardiovascular risk, and Alzheimer’s risk.
Although the efficacy of standard fish oil has been the subject of research in arthritis, the effect of krill oil in this disease has yet to be investigated. The objective of the present study was to evaluate a standardised preparation of krill oil and fish oil in an animal model for arthritis..
Results
Consumption of krill oil and supplemented diet significantly reduced the arthritis scores and hind paw swelling when compared to a control diet not supplemented with EPA and DHA. However, the arthritis score during the late phase of the study was only significantly reduced after krill oil administration. Furthermore, mice fed the krill oil diet demonstrated lower infiltration of inflammatory cells into the joint and synovial layer hyperplasia, when compared to control. Inclusion of fish oil and krill oil in the diets led to a significant reduction in hyperplasia and total histology score. Krill oil did not modulate the levels of serum cytokines whereas consumption of fish oil increased the levels of IL-1α and IL-13.
Conclusions
The study suggests that krill oil may be a useful intervention strategy against the clinical and histopathological signs of inflammatory arthritis.
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Supplement number three -– Berberine (500 milligrams once or twice a day)
Metabolism is one of the first systems to slow down with your age. You might notice it in your weight, your digestion, or how your body responds to meals. You first start losing your ability to metabolize carbs when you eat them. That raises your insulin. Your higher insulin changes your ability to burn fat.So what started out as a problem with one fuel quickly turns into a problem metabolizing both fuels. Often the earliest signs show up in your blood work. blood sugar begins to creep up, A1C rises, doctors use words like borderline or pre-diabetic or you got a touch of sugar. Then they usually follow it with advice to eat a little bit less and walk a little bit more. And that’s just incomplete advice.
…We recommended a specific supplement. It comes from several different plants, and it’s been used in traditional medicine for centuries. particularly in parts of Asia. But what’s unique about it is how it affects cellular metabolism. It helps activate an enzyme called, again, geek alert, AMK, what the geeks call a phosphocinase. It’s critical to energy metabolism. Sometimes it’s described as the body’s metabolic switch, which plays a key role in how cells use energy, store fat, and manage blood sugar. Evidence backs this up. Several trials have shown that it can lower fasting glucose, improve insulin response, and reduce A1C over time. In some head-to-head comparisons, it’s even shown similar effects to metformin, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for type 2 diabetes.
But its benefits don’t stop at blood sugar. There’s evidence that it may also support gut health by positively influencing the microbiome. Some studies have found improvements in cholesterol levels, particularly LDL, and triglycerides. The results can vary based on the individual and your metabolism.The supplement[is]berberine, a yellow plant compound with a long history and a growing body of modern research behind it. While it’s generally well tolerated, berberine isn’t free of risks. It can cause digestive issues like cramping, constipation, diarrhea, especially in high doses or on an empty stomach. It may also lower blood sugar more than expected, especially when combined with diabetes medications like metformin, which is why monitoring this supplement is important, especially at the start.
I recommend taking 500 milligrams once or twice a day, although there are some people that can benefit from taking twice that amount. I usually split it into two or three servings with meals. Taking smaller amounts more often can help reduce the risk of side effects and support better absorption.
This article provides an overview of berberine, including its potential mechanisms of action, possible health benefits, potential side effects, and considerations for its use. [Good article – GC]
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Supplement number four — Magnesium (200 to 400 milligrams per day)
Now that we’ve looked at metabolism, let’s go deeper into a different kind of system slowdown. The kind that you feel in your muscles, your recovery, and your physical strength. As you age, your legs cramp at night. Small aches linger longer than they used to, and they can get you to feeling restless, anxious, tense. These issues often come and go, so they’re easy to dismiss. It happens for a few minutes, and then it’s gone, and you forget about it. But for many people, they’re signs of a quiet deficiency. We identified something that over half of people deal with. It’s a specific mineral deficiency. The supplement we recommended is involved in more than 300 enzyme reactions in the body. It helps regulate nerve signals, muscle contractions, heartbeat, and glucose metabolism. Perhaps more important, it also helps regulate melatonin and GABA. G- A B A. These are two key drivers of healthy sleep and stress management. Several studies show that restoring normal levels can improve sleep quality, can help support healthy blood pressure in people with mild high blood pressure problems. The supplement [is] magnesium.
While generally safe and well tolerated, magnesium can cause side effects if taken in large doses, especially in forms that are less easily absorbed. These may include diarrhea, nausea, or abdominal discomfort. [It is used to clean you out before a Colonoscopy. -GC] Most people take between 200 and 400 milligrams per day, often in the evening, due to its calming effect. Certain forms like magnesium glycinate or citrate are better absorbed and gentler on the stomach compared to cheaper forms like magnesium oxide. So, as usual, and is is often the case especially with supplements, you get what you pay for.
Now, for people looking to support cognitive function, Magnesium-Threonate is worth considering. It’s a form that’s been shown to cross the blood- brain barrier and may support working memory, focus, and age related brain health. It’s usually more expensive, but some find the cognitive benefits are worth the investment. And it’s not just cognitive benefits. It is mood as well. It’s a big mental health improvement. With depression and its twin brother or kid brother anxiety, magnesium helps. But again, you got to get that magnesium across the blood-brain barrier. And that’s what magnesium thteonate has demonstrated it can do. Timing and consistency matter. The benefits build gradually, not overnight.
Now, we’re going to shift. We’re going to talk about something that ties it all together. A nutrient that protects strength, focus, and resilience in both the body and the brain.
Supplement number five — creatine (3 to 5 grams per day.)
….we ask for a test that helps us assess muscle and fat. It’s called a DEXA scan, a DEXA metabolic scan to tell us about muscle and fat. [Sometimes] the results suggest [we are] dealing with sarcopenia. Sarco is a Greek word that means flesh or muscle and pineia is also a Greek word that means lack of. So basically sarcopenia is lack of muscle or weak muscles. [Many people have] heard of resistance training and protein intake and high intensity interval training, but most don’t expect the next recommendation. A supplement, a specific supplement that is best known for supporting muscle growth in athletes, but research has shown it can keep older adults strong. Help them retain their strength, maintain independence, and even support cognitive function. This compound is stored in your muscles, and it’s used during short bursts of activity. It’s also used during long, slow activity, too. It helps recycle energy so your muscles can contract and recover more efficiently. Again, back to the geeks and nerds. That ATP when it drops off a phosphorus group, guess where it’s dropping it off? To this supplement. In younger people, the body produces enough on its own for routine living. But with age, these reserves begin to shrink. Multiple clinical trials have shown that supplementing with this compound helps improve muscle mass and strength in older adults, even in those who don’t engage in heavy exercise. But using this supplement and heavy exercise is a great combination. It has been associated with better balance, lower risk of falls, and improved performance in daily activities like climbing stairs or even getting up from a chair. There’s also promising research connecting it to brain health. It plays a role in cellular energy in the brain and may help support memory, focus, and processing speed, especially under physical or cognitive stress. [Some people,] after a few months, [find their] balance was improved. The supplement he used [is] creatine. While generally safe, some people report a little bit of water retention, bloating, mild digestive discomfort when they’ve first began taking it, so give it some time. These effects usually fade with consistent use. I have a full video discussing creatine in more detail. The link is in the description and we’ll put it at the end as well. The typical doses for older adults is 3 to 5 grams per day. It doesn’t need to be cycled on and off like some people do. It can be taken with or without food. Some people choose to load with higher doses initially, but for most, a steady daily intake is a simple and effective way to do this kind of supplementation. A powdered form dissolved in water is the most common way of getting it.
Healthy muscles are more about strength than bulking up. Strong muscles, especially the ones in your legs, become your best safety valve against metabolic disease, insulin resistance. For pre-diabetes and diabetes. So taking care of those leg muscles is critical. There’s one specific vitamin we haven’t discussed yet and it becomes critical to the purposes of healthy aging and that’s coming right now.
Supplement number six. B12 (500 to a 1,000 micrograms )
… forgetting words, leaving sentences incomplete, misplacing things more often than in the past. Again, all of us have some of these things. The question is how often and how serious. ..starting feeling numbness in the fingers making it harder to handle small things like keys. [For these symptoms] I was worried about Alzheimer’s. We talk about the role of metabolic disease in Alzheimer’s and helped people clean up their lifestyle. Some of the key things lowering carbs, the glycemic carbs, improving muscle work like HIT training, strength training, resistance training. But sometimes, after running tests, we decide to try supplementing with a specific vitamin. The body needs very little of it, but it does need it consistently. And with age, it becomes harder and harder to absorb. [Over time even though the] diet has not changed, the ability to absorb the nutrient from food had declined slowly and silently. Often there is no clue until [people] start having symptoms in [their] hand and fingers. That’s when we began to notice it. Low levels of this vitamin are surprisingly common in older adults, especially those over 60 and even more so in those over 70. After cleaning up lifestyle and with the help of the supplement, within a month, the numbness in the fingers [should] start to fade a little bit. He was clear that he was getting better. And the vitamin, the supplement, B12, it’s water soluble.
It’s generally safe even at higher doses. But there is still a few things to know. In some people, especially those with a kidney disease or certain blood disorders, high dose B12 should be used carefully. Mild side effects like nausea, acne, or a slightly racing heart can occasionally occur, but they’re uncommon. The real concern is missing the deficiency entirely, or assuming the symptoms are just part of getting older. Most people take between 500 to a 1,000 micrograms every day. Some take it as part of a B complex, others as a standalone B12 supplement. I usually recommend a methylated B complex supplement, especially for those with methylation issues. And guess what? Over half of us have methylation issues. That’s a long topic…. Cognition is complex and no supplement fixes everything. But correcting a deficiency can made a real difference in how the brain and body feel.
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[I use B-12 sublingual, under the tongue, for contact allergy relief. It works in about 10 minutes, going directly into the blood stream and by-passing the absorption issues. –GC]
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Now, we’ll turn to the next and final supplement in this series. It’s one of the oldest healing agents in the world. Something found in nearly every kitchen. You’ve probably had it in yours, and it has surprising effects on blood sugar, on inflammation, and therefore on aging… Let’s talk about the final supplement.
Supplement number seven. — ceylon cinnamon ( 500 to 1,000 milligrams per day )
To me, metabolic disease, that is insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, diabetes are the real culprits of accelerated aging. Most people are not aware because 75% of doctors don’t know how to diagnose it. Over time, the body becomes less responsive to insulin and even a balanced meal can send glucose higher than it used to….
There’s a spice that has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce fasting blood sugar. It appears to work by slowing the rate at which food leaves the stomach and enters the bloodstream. This reduces post meal spikes. Some studies have also found improvements in cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Though the results aren’t always consistent and appear to be variable by person. What stands out here is that it appears to mimic part of insulin’s action, helping the body process glucose more efficiently. For people with insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, that kind of support can help the body regain balance before things progress further, and it might just be what your body needs. A little bit of a slowdown in that sugar hitting your bloodstream. ..Within a few weeks, you may notice the post meal energy crashes have stopped. He described it as feeling less up and down and more stable throughout the day… And while that one supplement isn’t a solution to all of the problems on its own, it can be a meaningful positive step, a step in the right direction.
We’re talking about cinnamon, specificallyceylon cinnamon and not the more common cassia variety.Ceylon has much lower levels of a compound called coumarin.LINKCoumarin can be harmful in high doses over time, that’s why you want theceylon cinnamon. That’s why source and quality matter here more than most people realize. While cinnamon is generally safe, it can lower blood sugar more than expected if combined with diabetes medications. So anyone already on treatment should be careful.
Anytime you add berberine or cinnamon or anything else that can impact blood sugar and you’re already taking metformin, just be careful when you start taking it. It can also cause mild digestive upset in some people, especially if taken in high doses or on an empty stomach. Most people take between 500 and 1,000 milligrams per day, a half a gram to a gram in a standardized extract, not the spice that comes out of the spice cabinet. It’s often divided with meals. The powdered form used in cooking isn’t concentrated enough to have a therapeutic effect unless taken in very, very large amounts, which I don’t recommend. Look for supplements that clearly stateceyloncinnamon and list the extract strength.
[People can make]huge progress,bycombined the cinnamon with the most important lifestyle strategies.[Reduce]carb intake, especially the glycemic carbs that changed blood sugar levels.Getthe right amount of calories.Started exercising., improved strength.Doresistance training, the high-intensity interval training. All of those things together[can make]a big big change. So, now that you know the the seven supplements I recommend, especially for s seniors, there’s something else to think about. It’s just as important, in fact, in some ways more important. That’s knowing which supplements to avoid. Take a look at the worst supplements most seniors think are healthy….[Link to another video]
1. Calcium: When taken as a supplement, it can build up in arteries instead of bones, increasing the risk of vascular calcification and heart attacks. It’s better to get calcium from food sources.
2. Fat Burners: These are often loaded with stimulants that can dangerously raise heart rate and blood pressure, increasing the risk of palpitations and even stroke.
3. Meal Replacement Shakes: These highly processed formulas have been linked to liver injury and can cause systemic inflammation. Prioritizing whole, real foods is a safer alternative.
4. Iron: Unnecessary supplementation can lead to an iron overload, which acts as a pro-oxidant, damaging arteries and increasing the risk of plaque buildup. Iron should only be taken if a deficiency is confirmed by a doctor.
5. Supplements with Heavy Metals: Many supplements, especially plant-based powders, can be contaminated with heavy metals like lead and mercury. These toxins can damage blood vessels and increase the risk of heart disease. It’s crucial to choose products that are third-party tested for purity.
[I would worry about mercury in fish oil too, especially if it is sourced from China or India.] — GC
This DePat Tuesday Open Thread honors the author of the original Tuesday open thread on this site, namely the late Susie Sampson, a.k.a. Deplorable Patriot, among her other handles, pen names, etc.
For more on the untimely passing of Dear DePat, please see these three posts.
At one time, DePat handled FOUR daily open threads here, in addition to taking care of her relatives, choir duties, and numerous other responsibilities. She was a powerhouse – a dynamo – a true force of nature.
DePat’s faith in Trump, Q, “The Plan”, the White Hats, and “the anons” in general, was legendary. Although I didn’t always agree with her quick acceptance of some sketchier evidence and fringier theories, I will gladly admit to “coming around” to numerous so-called “conspiracy theories” which she championed first. I was always careful to give her credit for being right, too, when I had been wrong.
It is impossible to overstate how much DePat did for not only this site, but for her country. I urge all to say a quick prayer of thanks, whenever you think of her, for the privilege of knowing, in life or after death, such an exemplary human being, and lover of God.
And thank you, Susie, for the firm foundation which you left us, when you were called to your true home!
The Alpha-Gal Switcheroo – Is Bill Gates Using “Boxes of Ticks” Misdirection to Protect Vaccines?
Let’s do an experiment. Answer this question.
If you realized that – because you were getting vaccines – there was an increasing and dose-related chance you would become allergic to beef, and would have to stop eating beef – would you keep getting vaccines?
THAT is the question of the century. And it is a question nobody in Big Harma wants you to ask.
Stop for a moment to think about your answer, because IMO this question is NOT merely rhetorical. IMO, it’s REAL.
Speaking for myself, I’m not taking one more vaccine until I am shown the BOX it comes in, and then given WEEKS to research what is in that vaccine. Most vaccines will fail my standards, for one reason or another, and there are many good reasons. The exception might be a non-mRNA rabies vaccine after just being bitten by a bat, but otherwise, yeah. I am going to be a VERY difficult sell on any vaccine. You see, I read a very interesting scientific paper. You need to read it, too.
But before I tell you about it, I want to teach you about how I believe misdirection prejudiced me into believing an inferior scientific theory FIRST.
How the Scam Works
Magic – scams – con artist games – dirty FIB political manipulations – they almost all work by misdirection.
So how does that play out here? This is hypothetical, but tell me this doesn’t make all kinds of sense.
Bill Gates is deep in the weeds, controlling vaccines world-wide, for some reason (let’s not get into that now)
people have to want to take vaccines, because if they don’t (“hesitancy”), vaccines have no power to do whatever it is that they’re capable of doing (which includes literally remaking humanity)
suppose that vaccines start causing a problem
suppose that ticks also cause the same problem
suppose that pockets within vaccine science become aware that injection itself is and always has been a problematic methodology, due to side effects, including unwanted immune responses, off-target antibodies, etc.
well, if ticks alone can be blamed by those scientists, then vaccination and other injections can get off scot-free
even better, a vaccine for the “tick disease” can be turned into a hero, and any problems with THAT vaccine can then be blamed on ticks
note how COVID vaccine problems were blamed on the virus and “super-spreaders” who allegedly spread the virus right after the vaccine was given in nursing homes – same principle – misdirection
In the PAST – when I believed in an INFERIOR scientific theory – it was the “ticks alone can be blamed” part.
NOW – I believe the SUPERIOR and MORE GENERAL theory that injection itself can be, and often is, problematic. I am now a WISE GUY, who knows the same stuff as the people who wanted to blame everything on ticks.
It’s an AWESOME SCAM. Absolutely brilliant. But, in the words of every AI slop video….. IT’S OVER.
How I got from the bad theory to the good theory is next.
The Idea That Changed Everything and Opened My Third Eye to the Scams
I had heard of this “alpha gal allergy” that was spread by ticks – and I believed it all. It sounded a bit strange, but many parasitic and parasite-borne diseases (or in this case, really a “disorder”) are strange.
The fact that we had never experienced this condition before, but now it was going like gangbusters – well, that’s suspicious, too, but not unprecedented. I was willing to accept it.
The fact that Bill Gates was involved with it – sad, maybe outrageous, but typical. The man has a nose for BAD THINGS. Malaria, mosquitoes, failing vaccines. Its like he has an injection fetish. Ticks fit right into it. Not unbelievable, either.
And then I got an email for a substack article. Shown here as a tweet.
BREAKING: FIRST-EVER STUDY LINKS VACCINES TO THE 10,000% RISE IN ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME
We found more than 90% of U.S. children are injected with ~54 mg of alpha-gal-bearing mammalian gelatin through routine childhood vaccines before school entry.
We found more than 90% of U.S. children are injected with ~54 mg of alpha-gal-bearing mammalian gelatin through routine childhood vaccines before school entry. The evidence points to two possible pathways: 1) DIRECT: Vaccines may DIRECTLY promote alpha-gal sensitization. 2) PRIME-BOOST: Vaccines may PRIME the immune system, so a later tick bite BOOSTS the response to clinically relevant alpha-gal IgE levels. Yet the most obvious experiment has NEVER BEEN DONE: Measure alpha-gal antibodies BEFORE AND AFTER vaccination. This could help explain why suspected Alpha-Gal Syndrome has exploded by nearly 10,000% since 2013, while only a fraction of people bitten by ticks ever develop the condition. Alpha-Gal Syndrome has been known for 18 YEARS, yet no scientific paper bothered to investigate whether alpha-gal containing vaccines could be contributing. With 104 references, our study is one of the most comprehensive papers on Alpha-Gal Syndrome to date, covering its explosive rise, tick biology, vaccine exposures, immune mechanisms, genetic susceptibility, prevention, and treatments. This major McCullough Foundation–The Wellness Company collaboration brings together researchers across epidemiology, medicine, immunology, and public health to confront one of the biggest unanswered questions in Alpha-Gal Syndrome.
Figure 1. Rising incidence of suspected alpha-gal syndrome in the United States, 2013-2024. Incidence of alpha-gal-specific IgE seropositivity among adults tested within the TriNetX US Collaborative Network, rising from 0.95 per 100 patient-years in 2013-2014 to 94.06 in 2023-2024. Redrawn from data reported by Rama et al.12 The event was defined by a positive alpha-gal IgE result without a requirement for documented symptoms; such patients meet the standard surveillance definition of a suspected rather than a confirmed case. Rates are calculated among persons who underwent testing and therefore reflect clinical recognition and testing practice as well as any true change in occurrence.Figure 3. Two proposed pathways by which vaccine-derived alpha-gal could contribute to alpha-gal sensitization. Neither pathway is demonstrated, and the two are not mutually exclusive. Pathway 1, direct induction. Historical aluminum-adjuvanted DTP and DTaP preparations delivered gelatin-borne alpha-gal parenterally. Dendritic cells take up the epitope in an aluminum-conditioned, Th2-biased environment, and alpha- gal-specific memory B cells undergo IL-4-dependent sequential class switching to IgE without tick involvement. The pathway is depicted for historical formulations because every gelatin-containing vaccine in current United States use is unadjuvanted. Pathway 2, priming followed by tick-bite boosting. Gelatin in live viral vaccines such as measles-mumps-rubella and varicella carries alpha-gal and expands the alpha-gal-specific memory pool, with or without detectable circulating IgE. A subsequent lone star tick bite delivers alpha-gal on a salivary glycoprotein carrier with intrinsic adjuvant activity, boosting a recall response to clinically relevant titers. Amblyomma americanum is depicted as the dominant vector, although other tick species have been implicated. Convergence. In both pathways, alpha-gal-specific IgE bound to mast cells and basophils through the high-affinity IgE receptor FcεRI mediates the delayed reaction occurring 3 to 6 hours after ingestion of mammalian meat that defines clinical alpha-gal syndrome. Because all humans carry non-allergic anti-gal IgG and IgM, neither pathway requires primary priming against a novel epitope; the required event is redirection of an existing response toward the IgE isoty
This new thinking makes incredible sense to me.
Tick bites are common, but they’re small, and neither leave much nor take much. The tiny payload makes sense for communicable diseases, which require only a tiny amount of biological material to cause a huge problem, but for allergies, the larger assault of vaccines just makes more sense than a tick bite.
The recent appearance of the disease – also neatly explained by vaccines. NOT well explained by ticks.
No – in my mind, vaccines need to share EQUAL HYPOTHETICAL LIABILITY with ticks – and IMO it’s actually more likely to be vaccines that are ultimately responsible.
Again, I urge you to look at the paper, and maybe download it.
That post mentions SIX other posts, all of which cover what appear to be various wicked machinations by Billy Ghoul Gates of Hell (as some call him).
But my big question is THIS.
Has Bill Gates gone too far this time? Has he actually entered FRAUD territory? Has he even done something comparable to the SPLC supporting Nazis with donor money, as a way to stir up useful trouble to make MORE donor money?
Think about it. What if vaccines, in general, have an “off-target immunity problem” that can stem from the immunogen, the adjuvant, or BOTH. If so, misdirecting the public – and science – away from this alpha-gal story THROUGH Gates’ own enemies, would be a very smart move. Actually a diabolical move, but still. Very smart.
But is it legal? I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe DOJ does. At the very least, it’s reprehensible, IMO.
Let me put it this way. I don’t think these “Bill Gates is shipping boxes of ticks” stories are real. I certainly don’t think they’re organic. They’re obviously phony – but I think they’re phony with a purpose. A purpose that seems to help GATES and not US.
Is Gates behind those stories? Is there a money trail, like with SPLC?
I think these tick stories are a psy-op that is designed to gets blamed on the “anti-vax” and “anti-Gates” crowd – to sap the credibility of Gates’ enemies. At the same time, I think this psy-op is designed to mislead people – AWAY from vaccines – which Bill Gates is defending with all his might – and TOWARDS ticks – which Gates really doesn’t care about.
It’s not ticks. It’s vaccines. I’m convinced – at least right now – that they’re a better answer than ticks, on the question of alpha-gal syndrome. And it could even be that Bill Gates is defrauding all of us by blaming a vaccine problem on something else, and making his enemies be the mouthpiece for the phony alibi.
Bill Gates is innocent until proven guilty – just like SPLC. But I think somebody needs to look at this whole thing, and see if Gates has gone beyond just propping up bad science hit pieces like Lancetgate for corporate profits, which is perfectly legal, and has actually done any other things to defraud government, investors, and others – which are not legal. “Boxes of ticks” stories may be legal – but who knows? Maybe the people prosecuting SPLC would know.
As I said, things may get rough around here. Stay frosty. We’re up against the BIG-TIME trouble now.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
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Our beloved country is STILL under DIRECT THREATS by hostile forces – notably COMMUNISTS – and they’re HERE IN AMERICA.
Daily outrage and commie phuckery still abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Commies won’t win!
And we will keep saying COMMIES OUT until we get their FRAUD and INSANITY out of our country!
THE STUFF
Win the MAHA Front to Win the MAGA War
Recently, I had a bit of a revelation – followed by a much bigger one. The bigger revelation – the second one – is the title above. Specifically, it includes the MIDTERMS as a critical component.
We need to win on the MAHA front, to win the midterms. I’m not saying that MAHA is everything that wins the midterms. But I am saying that I believe MAHA victory is KEY to MAGA winning the midterms. And beyond.
Allow me to explain….
The First Revelation
At some point recently, I realized that the Democrats have seized on the idea of splitting MAHA against MAGA to weaken President Trump. They are seeking out natural contradictions between MAHA and MAGA, and looking for ways to turn the more liberal MAHA voters against President Trump.
scaring them on things like AI data centers
angering them on things like Epstein
disillusioning them on things like vaccines, RFKJ, etc.
playing to the racists and antisemites among them (this is orthogonal to MAHA, but is still depleting it)
And yet – ironically – we are making great strides on the MAHA front, if one simply looks at where we HAVE won battles. Yes, not everything is going our way RIGHT NOW, but seriously – we’re making a LOT of headway.
The Second Revelation
In my opinion, the Democrats and their allies in Big Harma, Bad Tech, and Cabal Finance, are barely hanging on in MAHA world – but they are using psy-ops and media mind control to convince us that we’re not winning. I’m not willing to go along with their bullshit.
In the last two or three years, I’ve stepped away from posting regularly about vaccines, medical technology, depop, and other MAHA topics, but I am being drawn back into the fight. Here is why.
We have had some great victories lately, from my scientific standpoint, but I feel that those victories are being underappreciated by MAHA. People are not seeing them. Each time, I realize just how “on the ropes” the Demmunists, the Faucists, the Weffen SS, and the Mandate Scumbags, really are.
I realize that if our side rallies around these MAHA victories, and push for more, we’re gonna CRUSH these criminals at the midterms.
I’m already seeing some recognition, on our side, of the “winnability” of this election by Trump and MAGA/MAHA in November. BUT – IMO – it’s not enough. It’s not as much as it should be.
Let’s just take a look at where things REALLY stand.
Fauci could have made a stand – but he didn’t. He pleaded the Fifth. This is a HUGE win for the forces of patients, real health, MAHA, and sanity.
Fauci’s top aide has pleaded guilty and is clearly cooperating with the DOJ on Fauci.
Fauci definitely committed federal money and ethics crimes, as called out by Josh Hawley in the Senate.
The mRNA flu vaccine is barely snaking by, and has demonstrated obviously and substantially lower safety than even the existing but still dubious traditional flu vaccines.
Even Grok admits that the mRNA flu vaccine is not a sound choice for vaccine-qualified patients in good health – and I believe that I can argue effectively that it’s not a good choice for MOST qualified but “should-be-contraindicated” patients.
CDC and FDA emails are TORCHING numerous villains of the Biden administration.
Top Slovakian academics were caught red-handed colluding with the mRNA vaccine industry to publish misleading science which knowingly minimized dangerous levels of DNA contamination in mRNA vaccines.
An impressive new theory liking alpha-gal syndrome to vaccines is not only fitting all the facts BETTER than pure tick-borne theories – it is explaining why Bill Gates doesn’t seem to mind those “boxes of ticks” accusations AT ALL. In fact – he may very well be BEHIND those misdirecting conspiracy theories.
The bottom line is that MAHA’s TRUTH-CENTERED SCIENCE is winning, and the MONEY SCIENCE that wants Trump gone yesterday is in big, big trouble. The other side is desperate, and doing desperate things.
And not only that – they are being swept away. We are changing the ecosystem.
I believe – strongly – that we can REFORM science in the next few years, if we (1) win the midterms, and (2) push to victory for MAHA during this election cycle.
But better still, I believe that if MAHA can WIN and SEE ITS OWN WINS during 2026, the winning of the midterms by MAGA is assured.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Thus, our task is to HELP MAHA WIN, and then to HELP MAHA SEE THE WINS.
I believe this site can be a VERY strong fighter in this cause.
There will be push-back – on many fronts. Some will be in this world. Some will be spiritual. We will contend with both. But we are positioned to help MAHA win, and MAHA’s win will insure that MAGA wins.
Please join me in this endeavor. Whether your support is spiritual, intellectual, moral or emotional, it is WELCOMED. Help to keep this site pure, God-loving, honest, friendly, welcoming, and free of unnecessary conflict (note that I did not say ALL conflict). Do what you think best – pitch in where you feel you can help.
There are 72 days until the election. Let’s make them count!
This Rejoice & Praise God Sunday Open Thread, with full respect to those who worship God on the Sabbath, is a place to reaffirm our worship of our Creator, our Father, our King Eternal.
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We have a policy of mutual respect, shown by civility. Civility encourages discussions, promotes objectivity and rational thought in discourse, and camaraderie in the participants – characteristics we strive toward in our Q Tree community.
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God is in Control . . . and His Grace is Sufficient, so . . . Keep Looking Up
Hopefully, every Sunday, we can find something here that will build us up a little . . . give us a smile . . . and add some joy or peace, very much needed in all our lives.
“This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” . . . “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Post about God – comments or articles – whenever and wherever you desire. FEAR NOT. God is with us, because we make sure He is WELCOME.
At all times, remember. The QTree is a House of the Lord. NEVER be afraid to speak His name.
Shalom! May PEACE be on this House.
Faith is the Victory
The apostle Paul exhorts Christians to “walk by faith and not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7, ESV). What we see here is a contrast between truth and perception—what we know and believe to be true and what we perceive to be true. This is where the Christian struggle with a lack of faith finds its basis. The main reason why so many Christians struggle with a lack of faith is that we follow our perceptions of what is true rather than what we know to be true by faith.
Perhaps before going any further it may be helpful to come up with a working definition of faith. Faith, contrary to popular opinion, is not “belief without proof.” This is the definition that many skeptics give for faith. This definition reduces faith to mere fideism—i.e., “I believe despite what the evidence tells me.” Skeptics are right to reject this concept of faith, and Christians should reject it, too. Faith is not belief without proof or belief despite the evidence; rather, faith is a complete trust or confidence in someone or something. That trust or confidence we have in someone is built up over time as he proves himself faithful time and time again.
Christianity is a faith-based religion. It is based on faith in God and in His Son, Jesus Christ. God has provided us with His Word, the Holy Bible, as a testimony of His faithfulness to His people all throughout history. In its bare essentials, Christianity is faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ claimed to be the promised Messiah and the Son of God. His life was one of perfect righteousness according to the revealed Law of God, His death was an atoning sacrifice for the sins of His people, and He was raised to life three days after His death. When we place our faith and trust in Christ alone for our salvation, God takes our sin and places it on the cross of Christ and awards us, by grace, with the perfect righteousness of Christ. That, in a nutshell, is the Christian message. As Christians, we are called to believe this message and live in light of it.
Despite this, Christians still struggle with believing the biblical account because it doesn’t match up with our perception of reality. We may believe that Jesus was a real person, we may believe that He died by crucifixion at the hand of the Romans, we may even believe that He led a perfect life according to God’s Law, but we don’t “see” how faith in Christ makes us righteous before God. We can’t “see” Jesus atoning for our sins. We can’t “see” or “perceive” any of the great truths of Christianity, and, therefore, we struggle with lack of faith. As a result of this lack of perception, our lives often do not reflect the fact that we really believe what we claim to believe.
There are many reasons for this phenomenon among Christians. The main reason we struggle with faith is that we don’t truly know the God in whom we profess to have faith. In our daily lives, we don’t trust complete strangers. The more intimately we know someone and the more time we have had to see him “in action,” the more likely we are to believe what he says. But, if God is essentially a stranger to us, we are less likely to believe what He has said in His Word. The only cure for this is to spend more time in God’s Word getting to know Him.
The world, the flesh, and the devil often distract us. By “the world” is meant the accepted “wisdom” of the unbelieving world and the culture in which we find ourselves. For those of us living in Europe and North America, that dominant worldview is naturalism, materialism, skepticism, and atheism. “The flesh,” refers to our sinful nature that still clings to Christians and with which we struggle on a daily basis. “The devil” refers to Satan and his horde of evil spirits who excite and entice us through the world and our senses. These things all afflict us and cause us to struggle with faith.
That is why Christians need to be constantly reminded of what Christ has done for us and what our response should be. The apostle Paul says, “Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17, ESV). Our faith is built up as we have the gospel continually preached to us. Our churches need to be built on the solid preaching of the Word and the regular observance of the ordinances. Instead, too many churches spend their time, energy, and resources on the creation of “programs” that neither feed the sheep nor draw a clear distinction between godliness and ungodliness.
Consider the example of the Israelites in the Old Testament. God had performed great miracles in rescuing His chosen people from slavery in Egypt—the Ten Plagues, the pillar of smoke and fire, and the crossing of the Red Sea. God brings His people to the foot of Mount Sinai, gives them the Law and makes a covenant with them. No sooner does He do this than the people begin to grumble and lose faith. With Moses gone up on the mountain, the people convince Aaron, Moses’ brother, to construct an idol (against God’s clear prohibition) for them to worship (Exodus 32:1–6). They were no longer walking by faith, but by sight. Despite all the clear miracles God did in their redemption, they lost faith and began to go on their perception.
That is why God instructed the new generation of Israelites before going into the Promised Land to continually remind themselves of what God had done for them: “And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise” (Deuteronomy 6:6–7, ESV). God knows that the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak (Mark 14:38), and so He commands His people to be in constant remembrance of these things.
In conclusion, we need to heed the example of the disciple Thomas. When Thomas heard the stories of the resurrection, he wouldn’t believe them until he saw Jesus with his own two eyes. Jesus accommodated Thomas’ lack of faith by making an appearance to him and allowing him to see and touch Him. Thomas responds in worship, and Jesus says to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29, ESV). Many skeptics today echo Thomas’ sentiment: “Unless I see Jesus face to face, I will not believe!” We must not behave as the unbelievers do. We need to continually keep in mind Paul’s exhortation to walk by faith rather than sight. We learn in the book of Hebrews that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6) because faith is believing the Word of God and acting upon it, not responding to our perceptions.
Faith is the Victory
Encamped along the hills of light, Ye Christian soldiers rise, And press the battle ere the night Shall veil the glowing skies; Against the foe in vales below Let all our strength be hurled; Faith is the victory, we know, That overcomes the world.
His banner over us is love, Our sword the Word of God; We tread the road the saints before With shouts of triumph trod. By faith, they like a whirlwind’s breath, Swept on o’er every field; The faith by which they conquered death Is still our shining shield.
On every hand the foe we find Drawn up in dread array; Let tents of ease be left behind, And onward to the fray. Salvation’s helmet on each head, With truth all girt about, The earth shall tremble ’neath our tread, And echo with our shout.
To him that overcomes the foe, White raiment shall be giv’n; Before the angels he shall know His name confessed in heav’n; Then onward from the hills of light, Our hearts with love aflame, We’ll vanquish all the hosts of night, In Jesus’ conqu’ring name.
Faith is the victory! Faith is the victory! O glorious victory, That overcomes the world. John Henry Yates (1837-1900)
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Lawrence Reed’s new book, “Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America,” is out September 1, and every American thinker will appreciate it.
At a time when universities are shuttering their presses, Grove City College has launched Faith & Freedom Press through publisher Whitaker House. Their inaugural book, “Born of Ideas,” written by distinguished author, academic and historian Lawrence W. Reed, frames how our nation’s founding was “born of ideas” through the lens of faith, personal responsibility and divine purpose.
Rather than reiterating the more conventional Revolutionary yarns, Reed commences his dissertation not in 1776 but with the Mayflower Compact in 1620. Reed is a learned student of the genre and devotes nearly a quarter of his tome explaining why the Mayflower Compact is not merely a political agreement but was rooted in the Pilgrims’ religious conviction that they were acting under God’s providence.
Reed, the author of more than a dozen books that blend liberty, economic history and political philosophy, underscores how America emerged first not from battlefields or politics, but from covenantalism that shaped much of freedom’s prevailing rise.
Divine Providence is a partner to the covenant. It is with the whole of the people not just between leaders covering the whole of life and the consent of the governed mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. Historically, it dates back to the book of Exodus that many scholars argue influenced the development of self-government and the later American doctrine of the consent of the governed.
Reed acknowledges America’s founding was first “a revolution of ideas” while still emphasizing the extraordinary nature of the American Revolution. As he writes in the Introduction, “Ours was first a revolution of ideas that produced a revolution in governance accomplished by heroes and ordinary Americans.”
The brevity of the 32 chapters does not diminish its clarity. Rather, it sharpens Reed’s argument and keeps the narrative moving into a fast read of 143 pages that can be accomplished in one sitting that delivers a fresh look at what makes the American experiment exceptional.
It is this mosaic approach that is the book’s defining strength. The chapters are historical vignettes that are crisp, thematic and tightly focused that absorb the founding era and its moral, philosophical and economic foundations. These engaging essays Reed says, “tells a particular story about a key figure or an aspect of the Revolution.”
Reed introduces readers to both the known and unsung heroes whose convictions shaped a nation. Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine appear, but Reed also devotes space to lesser-known contributors: Pelatiah Webster, “America’s First Economist”; Mercy Otis Warren, “The Conscience of a Great Cause” and Joseph Warren the fallen hero of Bunker Hill that made the American experience unique and yet remain essential today.
Whether discussing paper money, Native American alliances, Lafayette’s contributions, or the Roman influence on American republicanism, Reed returns repeatedly to the same core ideas: liberty, moral courage, personal responsibility and the belief that ideas, not accidents, forged the nation.
One of Trump’s biggest campaign promises was that he would close our borders to illegal immigration and remove those illegal aliens already here. He has indeed almost completely closed America’s southern border, but the Democrats then managed to turn deportation into a cause célèbre that seemed to derail that effort. It didn’t occur to them that Trump would find another way to accomplish the goal, or that Democrat politicians in blue states would help him.
Early this year, the headwinds seemed to be blowing in the Democrats’ direction. When Rebecca Good was killed while aiming a car at an ICE agent and a (legally) armed Alex Pretti was killed while violently resisting ICE agents, they seemed like the perfect poster children for the Democrats’ anti-ICE and anti-deportation push. Democrats thought it helped that there were other incidents in which illegal aliens confronting ICE also managed to get killed.
But somehow, despite the Democrat base’s hysteria, the American public didn’t rally to the cause. Those illegal immigrants who were killed turned out to have been engaged in violent actions against ICE agents or had heinous personal records. There were no George Floyd-style marches and riots. Without COVID lockdowns to make people desperate for any reason to get out of the house, and with most Americans happy to see the last of violent illegal aliens in their communities, this was not going to be a winning cause.
Trump then wisely removed the grandstanding Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing her with the ostensibly low-key but incredibly effective Tom Homan. With that, the air really went out of the Democrat anti-ICE balloon.
Sure, the Democrats are still agitating over ICE. It’s their cause, and the Democratic Socialists’ cause. Indeed, the DNC, reflecting the DSA’s power within the party, just approved competing resolutions about ICE. One demands that ICE reform, while the other wants to abolish it entirely.
However, while Democrats at the national level are fighting over the finer details of leaving tens of millions of illegal aliens in America, Benny Johnson reports that ICE is going about its work with Homan-esque low-key efficiency:
Something big is about to happen with deportations in America. You should be ready for this…
I just spoke with a senior DHS official. They shared deportation numbers with me that frankly stunned me.
+69,000 illegals are in DHS jails waiting to be deported at this moment.
And you haven’t heard a blip about it in the corporate press. Why? My DHS source says “stealth tactics.”
“We’re everywhere in every major city. We tell no one. Plain clothes. Beat up old cars. Quick work. Tactical strikes. No one sees anything. No drama. No tears. No media circus. You’re just going back home where you belong.”
And here’s where it gets insane…
DHS tells me blue states are quietly and very secretly working with the Trump administration to assist in the mass deportation of criminals. The criminal alien issue has become so “politically toxic” and “costly” that Democrat Governors have given the green light to Sheriffs and Police Chiefs in major blue cities to drop their illegals off with undercover ICE for removal.
It’s happening. You just don’t see it.
We can track if these numbers hold, but as for now this is a historic white pill and exactly what MAGA voted for.
This is great news. We are a country of people whose forebears immigrated here legally and promised when they arrived never to become a charge on the American people (a promise my hard-working parents kept).
It is absolutely unsustainable for a nation to be flooded with people whose first act is to violate the law, who immediately suck on the government teat (whether federal, state, or local), who are often criminally inclined, and who do not share our values and cannot or will not assimilate. If you want to see how that story ends, just look at Europe and the UK, which may be majority Muslim in the next 10 or 15 years.
There’s one more thing I like about the tweet, and that’s the bit about the blue state politicians assisting ICE. They’re cowards for refusing to do this openly, and they’re hypocrites for aiding deportations but not speaking out against their party’s stance on illegal aliens in America. And of course, we know that, once the illegal aliens are gone, leading to an inevitable decrease in crime rates and a drop in housing costs, they’ll claim that it was their leftist policies that made the difference.
For that reason, I sincerely hope that, once ICE drains a blue city or state of its illegal aliens, Tom Homan turns around and thanks those Democrat politicians for all their help with getting the job done.
As I wrote at the time, Pres. Trump made a good deal in June, got the oil flowing, and left the Iranians with no leverage and few benefits. So the IRGC reneged on it in a few weeks and started shooting.
Now we learn the U.S. Navy has set up a stealth convoy system for Hormuz that is taking 9-15 million barrels a day out of the Gulf, according to Energy Sec. Chris Wright. When you combine that with the 7-8 million barrels from the Hormuz bypass pipes, we are getting back to the pre-war normal of 20 million barrels from the Gulf.
Wright was bitterly mocked by the MSM when he announced this last week, but further mainstream reporting is now conceding this is basically true. While all the national and international media obsessed about the hopeless position the United States had reached, the stalemate was carefully being reversed.
It seems our military specifically targeted Iran’s anti-ship capacity, including coastal radars and look-out boats, over the last two months. It is very much harder to hit fast-moving tankers with a missile than a fixed land target. Especially if it is being protected by Navy jammers and interceptors.
The ball is in the Iranian court. We can now move a lot of oil without them being able to do much about it. Complicating things further, while the IRGC is firmly in control of the country, apparently each commander has near autonomy for his own forces. That leaves decision-making slow, and the guys in charge of the dwindling missile forces may not be in agreement with Tehran on what to do next.
While they figure it out, we might see a big drop in oil prices. This may lead to a situation like 1988, when the Iranians threw in the towel after President Reagan destroyed their navy and ended Iran’s first attempt to block the Gulf.
On the other hand, if the IRGC wants to keep playing a losing hand, they can strike the oil fields and desalination plants of their neighbors and try to take everyone down with them.
So far, they talk like that, but I wonder if that is more for show. All-out war would, in the end, leave Pres.. Trump and the Arab states no choice but some kind of Allied ground invasion to end the regime; much like Pres. Trump did in 2017 with ISIS in Iraq and Syria. I suspect the Iranian regime knows whose side most ordinary Iranians will be on if it comes to that.
New tire regulations will add hundreds of dollars to tire costs and drive 70 percent of tire manufacturers out of the market.
So what happens under solid blue rule when the budget gets blown out, the taxes hit the limit, the billionaires flee, and the government appetite for spending just gets bigger?
In California, they start to eye the things that make California California: Cars, freedom, houses, prosperity. It’s not just necessity, of course. They also long to make it Not California.
We’re seeing these kinds of new developments, and none of them are good.
Sacramento just dropped another regulatory bomb on everyday Californians.
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the nation’s first replacement tire efficiency standards on Monday, setting strict limits on rolling resistance for tires sold in the state. Phase 1 kicks in for tires manufactured starting in 2029. The tougher Phase 2 hits in 2033.
Tire industry representatives say the 2033 standards would eliminate roughly 70% of the replacement tires currently on the market from being sold in California. Goodyear and America’s Tire have warned that applying the Phase 2 limits to today’s inventory would knock out the majority of available options.
The rules require lower rolling resistance (less energy lost as heat when the tire rolls) and a minimum wet-grip standard so replacement tires match the efficiency of the ones that come on new cars. Specialty tires – deep-tread off-road, certain winter/all-weather, competition, and some others – get carve-outs.
The Energy Commission insists the changes will save drivers nearly $1 billion a year in fuel and electricity costs statewide and cut 2 million metric tons of CO2 annually. It pegs the extra cost to consumers at just $1.50 per tire in Phase 1 and $6.50 in Phase 2, with fuel savings quickly offsetting that.
State officials claim it will add just $6.50 to the cost of a tire, a veritable nothingburger, not explaining why they needed to use an obscure 2003 law to justify it, or why they need to do it in phases. After all, why not do it all at once and reap the tax benefits if it’s just the little piddly thing they claim it is? We all know this story.
Here’s the lie sheet from the California Energy Commission, no guaranteed refunds offered when the opposite of what they promise actually happens, and it will. Many have noted that tire manufacturers are not at all onboard with this bad idea, and the supposed support from the big ones is the equivalent of CostCo getting its shops open during the lockdowns while everyone else had theirs closed, they stand to benefit from all the small fry shutting down. Meanwhile, if you like to stick your head into a live volcano, read the comments section:
Let’s set the record straight on California’s tire efficiency standard.
This very odd bird who is now regulating what tires you can get in CA just gave away the whole scam. She cites high gas prices to justify it: "If we can bring down those costs even a little bit, why wouldn't we do it?" Of course, no mention of reducing CA's self-imposed gas taxes… pic.twitter.com/Ua3NZiOwfK
⛽️ DO NOT FORGET! This is the SAME @GavinNewsom Energy Commission that has a WRITTEN plan to TAKE OVER REFINERIES: make it impossible to operate refineries in California, then have state purchase & run refineries, controlling the supply and cost of gasoline. In plain English👇… https://t.co/l3odJcfkfnpic.twitter.com/VKk0YcoJF3
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) August 18, 2026
California just mandated what tires you're allowed to buy. Their own numbers say it costs you more. Analysts say up to $365 a set.
Gas tax. Registration. Paid parking at Balboa. Now tires.
They're not banning your car. They're pricing you out of it. One fee at a time. pic.twitter.com/hMmm07URZN
