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This is the article Word Piss trashed several weeks ago.

I thought I would address NGOs – Non government Organizations – because they are a favorite weapon of the Cabal. An excellent example of the weaponization is in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Synopsis FROM THE US GOVERNMENT

It is interesting that 10 years later that website is still up.🤔

This treaty literally strips the USA of sovereignty and allows totalitarian rule by Corporations and bureaucrats with a bit of help from NGOs to add a veneer of ‘democracy.’

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

….TPP Parties aim to have these disputes resolved through impartial, unbiased panels. … Panels will consider requests from non-governmental entities located in the territory of any disputing Party to provide written views regarding the dispute to panels during dispute settlement proceedings…


georgiafl said on January 22, 2017 at 7:58 am

“Only five of the 29 chapters are about traditional trade. The others are about regulating the Internet and what Internet—Internet service providers have to collect information.

They have to hand it over to companies under certain circumstances. It’s about regulating labor, what labor conditions can be applied, regulating, whether you can favor local industry, regulating the hospital healthcare system, privatization of hospitals.

So, essentially, every aspect of the modern economy, even banking services, are in the TPP.”


FULL TRANSCRIPT – Amy Goodman – Democracy Now Interview of Julian Assange – Five Parts –

Mike Benz on NGOs

Rough synopsis:

Mike Benz points to 1913 and1917 the set up of non-profit ‘charitable organizations’ used by the wealthy to protect their wealth. think 501c3’s. This caused a money flow into private organizations and non profits. Then with the World Wars esp WWII humanitarian relief began. They became a big part of the OSS, the predecessor to the CIA. These NGOs were espcially involved with the Marshall plan after WWII. NGOs became a deniable front to run money to contacts and to provide direction and guidance to groups the USA did not want to be caught interacting with directly.

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Remember Maurice Strong, Chair of the First Earth Summit in 1972 that started CAGW? The guy who said “…current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class…are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns….” in his opening remarks at Earth Summit II in 1992.

In brief Maurice Strong worked in Saudi Arabia for a Rockefeller company, Caltex, in 1953. He left Caltex in 1954 to worked at high levels in banking and oil. By 1971, he served as a trustee for the Rockefeller Foundation, and in 1972 was Secretary-General of the U.N. Conference on the Human Environment. He was Co-founder of the WWF and Senior Advisor to the World Bank and the UN.

Strong’s early work with YMCA international “may have been the genesis of Strong’s realization that NGOs (non-government organizations) provide an excellent way to use NGOs to couple the money from philanthropists and business with the objectives of government.” Maurice Strong: The new guy in your future! By Henry Lamb January, 1997

Strong was a member of the Club of Rome, a Rockefeller Foundation trustee and senior adviser to the World Bank.

As Elaine Dewar wrote in Toronto’s Saturday Night magazine:

It is instructive to read Strong’s 1972 Stockholm speech and compare it with the issues of Earth Summit 1992. Strong warned urgently about global warming, the devastation of forests, the loss of biodiversity, polluted oceans, the population time bomb. Then as now, he invited to the conference the brand-new environmental NGOs: he gave them money to come; they were invited to raise hell at home. After Stockholm, environment issues became part of the administrative framework in Canada, the U.S., Britain, and Europe.

http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg106963.html

WHO IS   MAURICE STRONG? By Ronald Bailey  Published in The National Review September 1, 1997

“Very few of even the larger international NGOs are operationally democratic, in the sense that members elect officers or direct policy on particular issues,” notes Peter Spiro. “Arguably it is more often money than membership that determines influence, and money more often represents the support of centralized elites, such as major foundations, than of the grass roots.” The CGG [Commission on Global Governance -GC] has benefited substantially from the largesse of the MacArthur, Carnegie, and Ford Foundations….

From Jeff at Coffee & Covid

…One of Marxist revolutionaries’ most effective tactics wasn’t literally storming the palace— it was slyly capturing the certification process. Antonio Gramsci, the Italian communist theoretician, called it “the long march through the institutions,” meaning to infiltrate cultural organs not with guns, but with gatekeeping power.

The USSR mastered this model early, building parallel structures of party-approved unions, academic boards, and scientific councils—each vouching for the ideological purity of the others. In the West, the same approach evolved, virus-like, into a web of cross-reinforcing credentialing bodies: bar associations, accreditation boards, medical colleges, journal editorial committees—all marching in rhetorical lockstep.

They all work together. One group sets the guidelines, another “independently” evaluates compliance, and a third awards legitimacy. It’s Marxism in a business suit or a lab coat, spouting peer-reviewed footnotes. By the time anyone asks who made them the arbiters, they’ve already rewritten the standards and discredited anyone not compliant with the guidelines…


The Courts Are Courting Disaster by Alienating Conservatives — Kurt Schlichter


…The problem with the courts is the same as the problem with many of our other institutions. Called the Skinsuit Phenomenon, after the great @Iowahawk’s famous tweet that perfectly sums up the leftist approach to marching through our society: “1. Identify a respected institution. 2. Kill it. 3. Gut it. 4. Wear its carcass as a skinsuit, while demanding respect. #lefties.”…

When we were fighting National Animal ID and then the Food safety Modernization act, we found that Organic Consumers and Food and Water Watch were wearing Skinsuits.

Food and Water Watch had some really good info on the USDA and FDA and the corporate revolving door. But when crunch time came we found they were on the side of the big corporations.

From my old research decades ago on Food and Water Watch

Board of Directors:

Dennis Keeney is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Corporate Accountability International, an NGO in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO)

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

$2,320,000.00 1995 – 2005

(IATP) was founded in 1986 with funds from the Unitarian Universalist Church’s Veatch Foundation (which was, at the time, run by a former Greenpeace director). Its apparent mission is to criticize industrial agriculture in general and food technology in particular.

In addition to its constant rant against genetically improved foods, IATP works behind the scenes in international bodies like the World Trade Organization to increase regulatory and trade burdens for countries that don’t practice enough “sustainable” agriculture. The Foundation for Deep Ecology gave IATP $75,000 in 1999 for this exact purpose. “Sustainable” agriculture refers to the move away from new technologies and toward more “natural” (read: organic) ways of producing food.

Here in the United States, IATP uses its activist network to strong-arm American corporations into endorsing its politically-correct trading model, which includes importing more food from “sustainable” growers in other countries.

Mark Ritchie: President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Chair, International Forum on Food and Agriculture (a project of the Int’l Forum on Globalization)

Connection to Tides:

The Tides Center’s corporate registration documents on file in Minnesota show that Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) president Mark Ritchie is its “registered agent.” This might explain why the Tides Foundation has paid over $20,000 to a commercial corporation owned by Ritchie and his brother.

Information from activistcash.org

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Waterkeeper Alliance $35,000.00 2000 – 2001

Center for Science in the Public Interest $25,000.00 2000 – 2000

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $90,000.00 2000 – 2000

Biodiversity Action Network $80,000.00 1997 – 1997

Consumers Union of the United States $74,000.00 1993 – 1993

National Audubon Society $130,025.00 1993 – 2000

World Wildlife Fund $120,015.00 1996 – 2000

Union of Concerned Scientists $200,000.00 1995 – 1997

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Dev $150,000.00 2001 – 2001

Conservation International $300,000.00 2000 – 2000

Worldwatch Institute $300,000.00 1996 – 1998

International Forum on Globalization $390,000.00 1999 – 2003

National Wildlife Federation $445,000.00 1993 – 2000

Pesticide Action Network North America $415,000.00 1995 – 2001

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity $411,000.00 1993 – 2002

Tides Foundation & Tides Center $2,879,900.00 1993 – 2005

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $2,320,000.00 1995 – 2005

National Environmental Trust $1,950,000.00 1997 – 2002

Natural Resources Defense Council $1,522,510.00 1991 – 2002

Friends of the Earth $1,427,500.00 1994 – 2001

Greenpeace $1,080,000.00 1997 – 2005

Sierra Club $710,000.00 1995 – 2001

Rockefeller Brothers Foundation $2,879,900.00 1993 – 2005

Greenpeace $1,080,000.00 1997 – 2005

Sierra Club $710,000.00 1995 – 2001

ACORN $10,000.00 2002 – 2002

Rockefeller Family Fund

Greenpeace $115,000.00 2002 – 2005

Sierra Club $105,000.00 1996 – 2002

ACORN $25,000.00 1998 – 1998

Rockefeller Foundation $344,134.00 2000 – 2004

Greenpeace $20,285.00 1996 – 2001

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $71,774.00 1997 – 2001

Sierra Club $38,250.00 1997 – 2000

However the real winner was Maude Barlow who STILL Chairs the board of Washington DC -based Food and Water Watch.

In 2008, after selling US Farmers out, this Canadian became Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Maude Barlow Addresses UN General Assembly — April 24, 2009 

Food & Water Watch Board Chair Maude Barlow addressed the United Nations General Assembly today to support the Bolivian call for an annual “International Mother Earth Day” celebration. Her speech was a call to action to implement the human right to water and abandon the “hard path” of large-scale technology  – dams, diversion and desalination  – in favor of the “soft path” of conservation, rainwater and storm water harvesting, recycling, alternative energy use, municipal infrastructure investment and local, sustainable food production….

Organic Consumers sold us out too. I made a phone call and the lady apologetically told me the board was supporting the Food Safety Modernization act.

This is more of what I have in my notes:

I could not understand WHY Organic Consumers Assoc and Food and Water Watch were in favor of this bill. Until I did some digging: Maude Barlow a “no dog in this fight” Canadian, is a director of both. She has been handsomely rewarded for selling the US consumer out with an appointment as New Senior Advisor to the UN president on October 21, 2008. Note on February 18, 2008 “Hillary Clinton highlights a series of food safety proposals she would pursue as president.” (PRNewsChannel) / Washington, D.C

Organic Consumers Association $57,176.00 2000 – 2005 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

And then there was ‘Orange Cloud’ who fought online against us.

Who is Orange Cloud that attacks those against the bogus food safety bills?

She lists herself as Jill Richardson Consultant but she is “UC San Diego” Sustainability Coordinator and is working on the practical aspects of UN Agenda 21 as far as I can tell.

For example:

“Currently, we are particularly interested in receiving manuscripts that deal with some of the following subjects, although other submissions will continue to receive full consideration:

Implementing sustainable development strategies, Rio-Agenda 21 and Millennium Development” Objectives: The Journal of Environment and Development

Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies

University of California, San Diego, MC0519

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla, CA 92037-0519, USA

Raymond Clemencon another facultiy member, was one of the negotiators on the Rio Declaration and then Agenda 21

http://irps.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/raymond-clemencon.htm

Is there a Monsanto – University of California at San Diego connection? YES!

Bioinformatics researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Genentech have developed a new, quicker way to sequence monoclonal antibodies http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/19205

Monsanto bought 5% on Genetech, Genentech’s bovine growth hormone — licensed to Monsanto Corporation, In 1979, Monsanto coordinated a research program with Genentech,

UCSD’s Biotech Certificates Program is admired as the most advanced in the UC system.

Closer to the Heart of the San Diego ‘Biotech Zone’: The Program’s Service Goals

The UCSD RA Program classes recently moved to the San Diego ‘Biotech Zone’–into the same building as a major CRO, Parexel, and only blocks from another big CRO, Quintiles. Both CROs will contribute RA experts to classroom discussions of topics. Nearby are also the new headquarters of Novartis, represented on the Advisory Board of UCSD Biotech Certificates Programs, as is Invitrogen. Other Advisory Board members, Monsanto and Dow, together with its hometown subsidiary Mycogen, demonstrate regional strengths in agbiotech (which is expected to “absolutely boom” in the near future). The newest UCSD Certificate in Agricultural Biotech is under development, since the UCSD Biotech Certificates program aims to be comprehensive and progressive in service to all biotech sectors.

http://pharmalicensing.com/public/articles/view/966589884_399cfdbc546ad

Organizations Supporting the Food Safety Modernization Act that turns over control of US farming to the WTO
– The Center for Food Safety
– Center for Science in the Public Interest $25,000.00 rockefeller brothers fund
– Community Food Security Coalition
– The Cornucopia Institute
– Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
– Food and Water Watch
– National Family Farm Coalition
– Organic Consumers Association
– Rodale Institute
– Slow Food USA
– Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
– Union of Concerned Scientists

So I agree with Kurt Schlichter we have a major Skinsuit problem.

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G Edward Griffin warned us about buying POWER using tax payer money.


A Talk by G. Edward Griffin

…I think it’s time for a new definition of usury as follows: any interest on any loan of fiat money (meaning money made out of nothing). This example of a $100,000 home, as shocking as it is, producing $172,741 unearned interest, this is just a grain of sand in the Sahara. You have to multiply that by all the homes in America, by all of these hotels in America, all the high-rise buildings, all the factories, all the airplanes, automobiles, farm equipment, schools, everything, all the physical assets of America. You apply this same ratio and can you see it in your mind? We’re talking about a river of unearned wealth that is so wide you can’t even think of crossing it, flowing perpetually into the banking cartel. A dead short across the productive element of society. Money being taken from people who are working hard providing the material and the labor. They don’t even know that this is being taken from them and it’s in this huge river of wealth flowing into the banking cartel. It’s a staggering thought.

You are led to the question of where is this river flowing?…

They’re not buying more yachts and mansions with this money, they’ve already got all of those they possibly want. In fact they got rid of the mansions on Jekyll Island a long time ago because they were bored with that. That’s not it. When a person has all the wealth that you could possibly want for the material pleasures of life, what is left? Power. They are using this river of wealth to acquire power over you and me and our children.

They are spending it to acquire control over the power centers of society. The power centers are those groups and institutions through which individuals live and act and rely on for their information. They are literally buying up the world but not the real estate and the hardware, they’re buying control over the organizations, the groups and institutions that control people. In other words, to be specific, they are buying control over politicians, political parties, television networks, cable networks, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, wire services, motion picture studios, universities, labor unions, church organizations, trade associations, tax-exempt foundations, multi-national corporations, boy scouts, girl scouts, you name it. Make your own list of organizations and you will find that this is where those people have been for many decades spending this river of wealth to acquire operational control particularly over those institutions and individuals, those organizations that represent opposition to themselves. That’s a critical area for expenditure on their part.

This process has gone on not only to a marked degree in America and in the other industrialized nations of the world, but it has gone on in the so-called third world or underdeveloped nations to such a degree that I would say the process is now complete. They own these countries already. Have you ever wondered what’s going on there at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank? Kind of an obscure operation isn’t it? you don’t read much about it except once in a while on the back page of the newspaper you find out that Congress at the insistence of the President authorized another $100 billion for the International Monetary Fund. And then the article tells you that this money will be used to make loans to underdeveloped nations or grants to them to raise their standard of living. Do you believe that?… If the money is to be used to raise the standard of living of these countries they’re not doing a very good job of it because after all of these decades, after all of these hundreds of billions of dollars, you cannot point to one country that has had its standard of living raised one iota by that. In fact in most cases it’s the other way around and that’s not an accident because the money has not been used to raise the standard of living. The money does not go to the people in those countries. It goes to the politicians of those countries, to their governments and the money is designed and spent to strengthen their power structures, their ability to control their populations. They usually start off as inefficient dictatorships but by the time they get all this money from the IMF, they are now efficient dictatorships. They have a well-equipped army, a better bureaucracy, total control of their subjects. That’s where the money’s being spent…

That last sure does dovetail nicely with Colonel Towner’s Operation Gladio doesn’t it?


Historians neglecting Robber Barons

… Over the last quarter-century, historians have by and large ceased writing about the role of ruling elites in the country’s evolution. Or if they have taken up the subject, they have done so to argue against its salience for grasping the essentials of American political history. Yet there is something peculiar about this recent intellectual aversion, even if we accept as true the beliefs that democracy, social mobility, and economic dynamism have long inhibited the congealing of a ruling stratum. This aversion has coincided, after all, with one of the largest and fastest-growing disparities in the division of income and wealth in American history….Neglecting the powerful had not been characteristic of historical work before World War II...

Comment on the current wars:

I have tried to show how trade and transport routes are a big motivator in what has been happening in the middle east. I completely missed the newest planned trade routes. These certainly puts a different spin on the current wars.

Corridor wars in Geopolitics

and

North-South Transport Corridor: Iran-Russia New Railway to Circumvent Western Pressure

H/T to Gordon aka Ghost. (1:26:00)

2025.06.24 Daily Thread – American Stores: When in the Course of human events – Part 18

After the miscue and recall of this post a few weeks ago, it is now time to return to the mission. Today we will spend all of our time on one of the key Declaration signers and founding fathers in our nation’s history, John Adams.

John Adams

Much time has already been spent in this series on the person, importance, events, and interactions of the great American Patriot, John Adams. There are loads of historical articles and biographies that readers can source to learn more. I will only hit on a handful of the major points of his biographical information. Instead, I will focus some of the information on his interactions, observations he made, and quotes of interest.

Adams was born in 1735 in Braintree, MA to John, Sr. and Susanna Boylston and two brothers. John, Sr. came from a long line of Adams that immigrated to America in 1638 from England. His father was a deacon in the Congregationalist Church and was a farmer, cordwainer (shoemaker) and officer in the militia. Susanna was from an area family that were leaders in the medical field. John had a good relationship with his family and great respect for his father.

He was first educated in a “dame” school, which were private schools for children aged 2-5. He then went to a local Latin school that focused on the language, logic, rhetoric and math. John ran into truancy problems with a dislike for his teacher partially because he preferred to farm with his father, but his he made him stay in school. At age sixteen he entered Harvard College, graduating at age twenty. During the period he developed a fire for studying the works of ancient writers in their languages. He became a teacher for four years as he personally debated his future profession. His father desired he enter the clergy, however, over time he felt the honor and respect earned in the practice of the law to be his calling. From Wiki there is this interesting quote from that time period, “He decided to become a lawyer, writing his father that he found among lawyers “noble and gallant achievements” but, among the clergy, the “pretended sanctity of some absolute dunces”. He had reservations about his self-described “trumpery” and failure to share the “happiness of [his] fellow men”. He even felt guilty at age nineteen when the French and Indian War began that he was not a soldier in the militia like his family members had been as he found it to be more fitting to him than even being a lawyer.

He began law studies in 1756, earned an A. M. in 1758, and was admitted to the bar a year later. He was quite good at his profession and was a leader for the colonists when the Stamp Act was imposed. His points were simple and applied to all British subjects – taxation only by consent and that all were entitled to a jury of their peers if charged with an offense.

He first met his future wife who was a cousin, Abigail, when she was fifteen years old. It was not love at first sight. However, over time they grew very close and married in 1764 when he was 29 and she was 19 years of age despite her mother’s objections. Adams’ father had died in 1761 and left him a small farm with a home. The couple moved in and lived there until 1783. They had six children together and four survived to adulthood. They had three sons, two became alcoholics, but one was successful and a future POTUS, John Quincy Adams.

The legal career of Adams was hugely successful with many notable cases during the period that included successfully representing John Hancock and the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. Despite that he was an antagonist against the British Parliament ‘s Acts as well as moves of the Crown at every turn. He found the Boston Tea Party to be the “grandest event” in the history of the colonist independence movement. Yet, he was constantly struggling with living arrangements. He found the rural area of the Braintree farm and home to be filled with vulgar people unacceptable to raising his family, so he moved them to a home in Boston near his law practice; only to move them back to the farm a couple of years later due to the turmoil in Boston.

His activities during the Continental Congresses, votes and signing of the Declaration of Independence are well documented, sourced and legendary. I will not repeat them here as it would take too much time. However, none are more explanatory of his thoughts and devotions than the following letter to his wife, Abigail, dated July 3, 1776.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/most-memorable-epocha-john-adams-writes-about-declaration-independence

He knew what it all meant and the risks. He knew our nation was dependent on God’s Providence as written in the Declaration document he and the others signed. He was willing to risk it all for what would come of it.

For more detail of his life, including those of his person versus accomplishments, please read the following link,

https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/john-adams

An Observation

It is remarkable to me that many of our founders soon visited the nation that oppressed them after the war. Adams was no exception to this as he returned there for health reasons and because he could not get along with Benjamin Franklin in France the year the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the war. He even attended a meeting in Parliament and heard King George III recognize the independence of America. He brought his wife and family there and became the first minister (ambassador) to Great Britain from 1785-88.

As a result he desired to stay neutral with the war between Great Britain and France. However, he felt it necessary to achieve what we now know as “peace through strength” with a military build up in our homeland as well as strengthening our central government through the new Constitution and increased revenues to support it all. That would become very important with the War of 1812 looming in the not too distant future.

With his coziness with Great Britain, being a perceived antagonist of France, and the passage of the highly unpopular Alien and Sedition Acts that he promoted; it all eventually cost his political career. With his fall, the Federalist Party generally disappeared from existence after the War of 1812. In his later years, Adams reconciled with Anti-Federalist Thomas Jefferson as we discussed in a previous Part, thanks to the efforts of their mutual founding father friend, Benjamin Rush. The scars of politics and governance had healed enough for both to find perspective, put aside differences, and rekindle their friendship.

Quotes

Nothing sheds more light on the life of this patriot than his personal quotes. However, if you expect consistency in thought and word, you probably need to move on to future Parts and other signers. Nobody could flip flop better that John Adams in my opinion. He was always quick with a remark and had an opinion on every subject or person. The problem was that at times his opinion changed depending on the audience, interactions, and season. That being said, many are memorable and relevant to patriotism. Below is a sampling of quotes on various subjects.

Quotes on Government,

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people”. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

“When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.”

On Freedom and Democracy,

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”

“Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.”

On the Constitution,

“But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

“Human passions unbridled by morality and religion…would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.”

On Power,

“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all his laws.”

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

On Law and Politics,

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, “whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,” and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.”

“In politics the middle way is none at all.”

On Religion,

(The next two are dandies 😂 – TB2)

”Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell.”

“This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.”

“Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of Liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System.”

I could go on and on as he had quotes for years. Just one more, it is well noted, and is 100% truth.

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

America will not be enslaved by sword anytime soon. It was being enslaved by debt. Which is a Biblical statement of truth (Proverbs 22:7) that John Adams may have agreed with (or not) depending on situation, audience, day of the week, weather forecast… 🤪

Conclusion

Normally, I would end there. I would stay on topic, which in this case would be about John Adams and something he did or said. This great patriot achieved the highest office in the land and risked everything for liberty. He lived to 91 years of age and had a very close relationship with his wife, family and many contemporaries. As previously stated he had son who became a POTUS as well. However, I am not sure he had the relationship I would have wanted for him to have with Jesus Christ. I believe his life would have played out somewhat differently and he would not have been so polarizing and sharp of tongue. That would have led to reason and less contentiousness that sank his career in public service. I contrast him with another fiery founding father below, who was a contemporary of Adams, and who made the statement below. From the Trumpet Voice of Freedom,

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”

– Patrick Henry –

May it always be so.

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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.”

JOY

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His;
we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him; bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His steadfast love endures forever and
His faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100 issues three commands in the first two verses.

Shout joyfully to the LORD (100:1). This is quite a beginning! The term “joyfully” doesn’t appear in the Hebrew. Literally rendered, it’s “Shout to the Lord!” The word “shout” comes from a Hebrew word meaning “to raise a noise, to give a blast (as on a trumpet).” This calls for the kind of shouting that erupts from a person so full of joy he can’t contain his emotions, the kind of uninhibited whooping you hear from fans at a football game. He says, in effect, “Shout in joyful approval of God!”

When’s the last time, if ever, we shouted like sports fans because of something we read in Scripture? Have we ever pumped our fists and shouted after a sermon on God’s attributes? This is not a suggestion that we become overly expressive; but certainly we should feel some excitement, at least a little joy, perhaps a lot of joy, and even maybe some unbounded joy.

Sometimes the Lord does things that defy natural explanation, accomplishing something completely beyond our capabilities. When He comes to our rescue, we shouldn’t accept this silently. Shout to Him. Lift up our voices in praise!

Serve the LORD with gladness (100:2). A healthy sign of the grateful life is serving. Few actions are more effective in creating joy than serving others. In doing God’s work, we serve Him, not the local church, not the superintendent of some department, not the pastor or some board. We serve the Lord. It is He we worship and for Him we labor—not people! And please observe that we are urged to serve “with gladness.” The Hebrew term for this phrase was used to describe pleasant things that gave happiness.

This psalm doesn’t imply we should serve only when our hearts are filled with joy. On the contrary, we are commanded to serve regardless; gladness will soon follow. In fact, when we start feeling sorry for ourselves or our attitude takes a cynical turn, it’s time to serve someone who’s in worse shape. It’s not long before gladness pushes joy into our hearts.

Come before Him with joyful singing (100:2). God prefers to have us be happy people, rejoicing in His presence. Are we joyful? Are our faces pleasant—is a smile frequently there? Do your eyes reveal a joyful spirit within? When we sing in church, is it with joy?

It’s time to lighten up! After all, joy is a choice. We should be saturating our lives with a genuine spirit of joy! It does the heart good and it’s truly contagious.

JOY IN BELIEVING
You love Him [Jesus] even though you have never seen Him. Though you do not see Him, you trust Him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy. Your reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls. (I Peter 1:8 & 9)

JOY IN HEARING
I [Jesus] say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. (John 17:13)

JOY IN OBEYING
You know these things – now do them! That is the path of blessing. (John 13:17)

JOY IN ABIDING
I [Jesus] have told you this so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! (John 15:11)

2025·06·21 We Will Have Justice Daily Thread

What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?

Speaker Johnson: A Reminder.

And MTG is there to help make it stick.

January 6 tapes. A good start…but then nothing.

Were you just hoping we’d be distracted by the first set and not notice?

Are you THAT kind of “Republican”?

Are you Kevin McCarthy lite?

What are you waiting for?

I have a personal interest in this issue.

And if you aren’t…what the hell is wrong with you?

Fun Quote

(HT Aubergine)

This is amazing. This is glorious. Summon a surgeon – it’s been a little over a week and you’re supposed to call the doctor after just four hours.

From Kurt Schlichter, who can certainly write a good rant (https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/01/30/trumps-winning-streak-is-totally-discombobulating-the-democrats-n2651308)

Yep, Kurt has noticed that lots of people are getting twanging schadenböners.

And you do not have to be male to get this kind of böner.

Hat tip to Scott (I think–if it wasn’t Scott it was 4GodAndCountry) for this video, which implies a LOT of schadenböners in our future.

[WOLF EDIT – for whatever reason this YouTube video no longer embeds, even as the shortened URL (below), so I have converted both URLs to links which open up in a new tab.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGOddatJVku0026amp;pp=ygUfc293IHRoZSB3aW5kIHJlYXAgdGhlIHdoaXJsd2luZA%3D%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGOddatJVku0026amp

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines,  here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

Spot (i.e., paper) Prices

Last week (all prices Kitco bid/ask):

Gold $3,430.49/3,433.40
Silver $36.21/36.25
Platinum $1,228.00/1,230.00
Palladium $1,028.00/1,048.00
Rhodium $5,450.00/5,900.00
FRNSI* 165.091-
Gold:Silver 94.714+

This week, 3PM Mountain Time, Kitco “ask” prices. Markets have closed for the weekend.

Gold $3,367.09/3,369.09
Silver $35.93/36.05
Platinum $1,266.00/1,276.00
Palladium $1,047.00/1,067.00
Rhodium $5,350.00/5,800.00
FRNSI* 161.980-
Gold:Silver 93.456+

Thursday was not a good day for gold and silver. Friday was also down slightly.

*The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) is a measure of how much the dollar has inflated. It’s the ratio of the current price of gold, to the number of dollars an ounce of fine gold made up when the dollar was defined as 25.8 grains of 0.900 gold. That worked out to an ounce being $20.67+71/387 of a cent. (Note gold wasn’t worth this much back then, thus much gold was $20.67 71/387ths. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.67 back then, it was $20.67.) Once this ratio is computed, 1 is subtracted from it so that the number is zero when the dollar is at its proper value, indicating zero suckage.

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Sorry no science content.

Health Friday Open Thread 6.20.2025: The “New FDA” — Did HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Approve All of This?

The above free image of an approval stamp is courtesy of Depositphotos and Google Images.

Health Friday is a series regarding Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics. As today’s offering speaks to the disaster of the COVID-19 “vaccines” (in reality, dangerous and deadly Bioweapon Toxin Injections), Yours Truly dedicates it to the memory of all persons, of whatever age or location, who have passed away from the negative effects of the COVID-19 “vaccines” that they had permitted be injected into their bodies.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are linked here. Note: Yours Truly has checked today’s offering for any AI-generated content. There appears to be an AI-generated image in the Children’s Health Defense article by Dr. Brenda Baletti, PhD, that is cited below in today’s offering, just below the header title. If readers wish to add any AI-generated content to today’s discussion thread, they must cite their source. Thank you.

Note 2: Yours Truly is aware that there are other very important news stories and events that are unfolding that are not health-related. However, the following needs to be presented.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an attorney, an outspoken critic of Big Pharma and other entities that, up to now, had an undue influence on government health agencies, and who is the founder of Children’s Health Defense (https://childrenshealthdefense.org/), has been confirmed as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the new administration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump. Secretary Kennedy, Jr., has already done several things to re-focus the mission and activities of HHS in the direction of being more responsive to the public health of all Americans. Among these moves was his rescinding a previously-awarded HHS grant of $590 million dollars to Moderna to develop Avian Influenza and “pandemic vaccines.” This grant was awarded to Moderna by outgoing HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in the final days of the previous administration of former President Joe Biden. Please see: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/hhs-cancels-funding-moderna-s-candidate-h5-avian-flu-and-pandemic-vaccines, by Lisa Schnirring, 29 May 2025.

On the other hand, HHS has, under Secretary Kennedy, Jr., also made some decisions that have raised eyebrows: for example, in April 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, a division of HHS) granted “Fast Track” approval for the self-amplifying modRNA H5N1 “pandemic vaccine”, ARCT-2304, to be tested in the United States. Please see: https://www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-grants-fast-track-status-to-arct-2304-for-h5n1-influenza-protection, by Sophia Abene, 10 April 2025. ARCT-2304 is expected to submit the BLA (Biologics License Application) documents and data for ARCT-2304 by early fall 2025. However, there’s something else that’s eyebrow-raising about this situation: The clinical trial for ARCT-2304, the data from which is going to be used in the BLA submission, has no true Placebo Control Group (a Placebo that uses Saline solution) — instead, the “Placebo Control Group” in the clinical trial is being injected with a “Placebo Vaccine.” How does this fit in with the “new FDA” that requires Placebo testing? Does the “new FDA” concept of “Placebo” now mean anything that is not the actual “candidate” drug or injectable when used in a clinical trial? Please see: https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/arcturus-self-amplifying-rna-shots, “Arcturus self-amplifying RNA: US approval expected this year”, 11 June 2025. A screenshot from this article is below:

Also, the FDA granted “full approval” for Moderna’s “next-generation” COVID-19 “vaccine”, mNEXSPIKE, on 31 May 2025, despite a clinical trial in which there was no placebo Control Group. Please see: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/mnexspike, 31 May 2025. Please also see: https://www.theqtree.com/2026/06/06/health-friday-6-6-2025-open-thread-tlr4-s1-and-mrna-1283-mnexspike-a-scientific-gourmanderie/.

It is now well known that the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” can, and do, cause multiple types of serious adverse events reactions, medical conditions of both body and mind, and death, among the COVID-19 “vaccinated.” Thousands of these reports are found in the VAERS database, and can also been searched here: https://openvaers.com/. But the FDA still has not removed these dangerous, deadly injections from the market. However, one new drug, for certain types of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) — ELEVIDYS — was just removed by the FDA after ONLY TWO DEATHS in the “post-marketing trials” group. Please see: https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/sarepta-and-roche-halt-dmd-gene-therapy-use-after-second-death/?cf-view&cf-closed, 16 June 2025. ELEVIDYS was FDA-approved on 20 June 2024. As with the modRNA COVID-19 “vaccines”, the FDA required Sarepta / Roche to perform “post-marketing trials” of the injectable (in effect, using the persons who would take ELEVIDYS as “human lab rats” to see if the injectable really worked, and to see if there would be serious adverse events in the persons who took the injectable.) Please see the FDA-issued Package Insert for ELEVIDYS, here: https://www.fda.gov/media/184855/download. Screenshots of section Warnings and Precautions; of section 11 Description; and, of section 13 Nonclinical Toxicology are below:

And, by the way, ELEVIDYS apparently “sheds” into areas around inside the body of the person who takes this injectable. Please see section 12.3 Pharmacokinetics Vector Distribution and Vector Shedding of the ELEVIDYS Package Insert linked above.

Then, there is the recent FDA approval of the use of the meningococcal “vaccine”, MenQuadfi, in infants between two months and two years of age (although it appears that this injectable may be used in infants as young as six weeks of age.) MenQuadfi is already FDA-approved for use in persons age two years and older. Attorney Aaron Siri believes this FDA “extension of use” approval is based on the “Pyramid Scheme of Vaccine Safety.” Please see: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/all-vaccines-will-kill-you-menquadfi, “ALL VACCINES WILL KILL YOU: MenQuadfi Approval and the Pyramid Scheme of Vaccine Safety”, 15 June 2025. A screenshot of Attorney Siri’s statement from the article is below:

Which reminds Yours Truly of FDA approvals of “the latest version modRNA COVID-19 vaccine”, approvals based solely on “safety and efficacy data” from earlier “latest version modRNA COVID-19 vaccines.”

Before Yours Truly turns to yet another eyebrow-raiser FDA approval, a new article by Dr. Martin Makary, MD, MPH (FDA Commissioner) and Dr. Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH (director of the CBER division of the FDA) in the Journal of the American Medical Association: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/fullarticle/2835314, “Priorities for a New FDA”, 10 June 2025. This article is discussed by Dr. Meryl Nass, MD, on her Substack: https://merylnass.substack.com/p/another-makary-prasad-article-lists, “Another Makary-Prasad article lists the changes they are making at FDA: but again, it comes with flaws”, 10 June 2025. Screenshots from Dr. Nass’ article are below. The passages with the orange line are from the Dr. Makary – Dr. Prasad article; the rest of the language is from Dr. Nass:

This new article follows on the heels of the first one published by Dr. Makary and Dr. Prasad in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2025: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929, “An Evidence-Based Approach to COVID-19 Vaccination”, in which Dr. Makary and Dr. Prasad made it clear that the FDA would follow “new guidelines” in the approval process and implementation of “new versions” of the COVID-19 “vaccines”, including in numerous “high risk” populations. Among the populations now considered by the FDA to be at “high risk” of severe complications from COVID-19 infection (and, therefore, “in need” of being COVID-19 “vaccinated”) is that of healthy pregnant women.

Yours Truly now turns to the most recent eyebrow-raising move by the FDA: the agency’s approval of lab-grown salmon, an approval based only on the manufacturing company’s “safety claims.” Please see: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-approves-first-lab-grown-salmon-based-solely-manufacturers-safety-claims/, “FDA Approves First Lab-Grown Salmon Based Solely on Manufacturer’s Safety Claims”, by Brenda Baletti, PhD, 10 June 2025. The manufacturer is a company in San Francisco called Wildtype Foods. Please see the screenshot from this article, below:

The FDA Letter of Approval for the lab-grown salmon is found here: https://www.fda.gov/media/186752/download. Below are screenshots from the FDA Letter of Approval:

Mark A. Hartman is a holdover appointee from the Biden Administration. His job at the FDA began on 29 December 2024. Previous to this, Mr. Hartman worked for the EPA. Please see: https://www.lawbc.com/oppt-deputy-director-mark-hartman-will-become-will-become-director-of-fdas-office-of-food-chemical-safety-dietary-supplements-and-innovation/, 13 December 2024. From what Yours Truly can find, Mr. Hartman has no background in chemistry, in health, or in science. His Master’s degrees are in Environmental Studies and in Public Administration. To Yours Truly, this begs the following questions, among many more: Did HHS Secretary Kennedy, Jr., know about this man? Did he know in advance about the FDA’s approval of lab-grown (“cell-cultured”) salmon to be sold and used for consumption in the United States? Exactly what “testing” was performed on this “cell-cultured” salmon to make quite sure that is not carcinogenic? What exact “ingredients” are “fed” to the “cell-cultured salmon cells” in the “steel tanks” at Wild Type Foods (aka Wildtype, Inc.) during the “culturing” process? How many unsuspecting people will be eating this “cell-cultured” salmon in restaurants and other places? What exactly was the “Cell Culture Consultation CCC ooooo5” listed in the FDA’s Approval Letter about? What data were presented?

What on Earth is really going on at the “new FDA”?

THERE. MUST. BE. JUSTICE.

THERE. MUST. BE. TRUTH.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA

KMAG 20250618 OPEN TOPIC & ISRAEL

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This is not the article I was planning but give current events I think I should stick my oar in. Forget religion THINK MONEY…

FIRST SEE: DEAR KMAG 20250305 USS LIBERTY & DAILY THREAD – The Q Tree a discussion of the USS Liberty & a video of a survivor with Colonel Towner.

I think this DELIBERATE ATTACK to create a false flag blamed on Egypt is a KEY CLUE given the history of the Brits/Rothschilds in Egypt and their interest in the Suez canal

EGYPT: Initial Contacts with the British

Trade links had existed between the two countries for as long as anyone could remember. Egypt was a key part of the old spice and trade routes between Europe and Asia. British traders had been loading and unloading their cargoes in Ottoman waters for generations.

British military and political interest in Egypt first manifested itself as it became obvious that in the Eighteenth Century, India was falling under the influence of Britain (and away from France). Despite, the direct sail routes around the Cape of Good Hope, Egypt still provided the quickest way of maintaining communications between Britain and India. It required a brief overland journey, but it was still substantially quicker than circumnavigating Africa….


This site, by a UK teacher, has an excellent timeline dealing with the British Empire. These are the key dates dealing with the Suez Canal.

1798Napoleon arrives in Egypt to destroy British trade and influence in the area. He defeats a Mameluke army at the Battle of the Pyramids. But, the British destroy his fleet at Aboukir Bay.
1841The Turkish Government grants hereditary soveriegnty to Mohammed Ali and his heirs.
1848Mohammed Ali dies. Replaced by Abbas I
1854Said takes over. He is an enthusiastic moderniser and supports construction of the Suez Canal.
1858Alexandria to Suez Railway Opened
1869Suez Canal opened
1875Disraeli buys the Khedive’s 40% holding in the Suez Canal company. Britain is now the largest single shareholder.
1876Anglo-French control of Egyptian finances
1885Britain and France declare the Suez Canal neutral.
1904French confirm that British power is preeminent in Egypt. Upsurge in Anti-European feeling.
1914Britain orders all foreign vessels out of Suez canal. Also, declares Egypt a protectorate
1921Rioting in Cairo and Alexandria
1922Egypt declared independent, but with Britian retaining responsibility for maintenance of communications, defence, protection of European interests and the question of Sudan. Sultan Fuad becomes King Fuad I. Tutankhamen discovered.
1924Governor General of Sudan Assassinated in Cairo – Egyptians Ordered to Withdraw from Sudan and Pay Indemnity
1929Britain agrees to withdraw some troops from Egypt, but not from canal zone.
1953Britain and Egypt discuss future of Suez Canal. British families advised to leave Egypt.
1954Britain agrees to withdrawal of 65,000 servicemen. Nasser ousts Neguib.
1955Israelis raid Egyptian held Gaza strip. Britain and Egypt agree to independence of Sudan.
1956Nasser assumes full executive powers and nationalises Suez Canal Company. Expels British, French and Zionist residents. British, French and Israeli forces react. But, diplomatic problems force the withdrawal of the British and French armies. Israel keeps Gaza strip.

So given Nasser kicked the Brits out, what has been the plan?

If you go to my recent article: KMAG 20250515 OPEN TOPIC plus YEMEN,

you see the Israelis are militarizing islands in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden by grabbing territory from Yemen and kicking the natives out. This is why the Houthis are attacking.


Please note this new article: Jun 16, 2025

Iran, Yemen launch missiles on Israel


Israeli media sources reported in the early minutes of Monday that a joint missile strike from Iran and Yemen is underway toward occupied territories.


Ben Gurion Canal Project: The Real Reason Behind the Israel-Palestine Conflict?

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War on Oct. 7, rumors have circulated online about an alleged Israeli infrastructure project that would create an alternative to the Suez Canal, allowing Israel to control a waterway between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

The new canal, supposedly called the “Ben Gurion Canal” after Israeli founding father and first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, would be a financial boost for Israel, but it would also have to run directly through the Gaza Strip.

Reason Behind a ‘Ben Gurion Canal’

The Suez Canal Authority had a record revenue of $9.4 billion in Egypt’s 2022 Fiscal Year, up from $7 billion the year before. Some 25,800 ships passed through the canal in FY 2022, up from 23,800 the previous year.

(RELATED: Panama Canal Crisis – How it Impacts the World Economy)

But the Suez and its profits were not always owned by the state of Egypt. In October 1956, a conflict between Israelis and Egyptians cascaded into what historians refer to as “the Suez Crisis,” when the British and French lost control over the Suez Canal after the Egyptian government nationalized it.

The Suez Canal was created by a French diplomat in 1869 and was jointly administered by a British-French imperial corporation. By the 1950s, Egypt had already been rebuffing Britain’s military presence at the canal, and was unhappy with the existence of Israel. But when Israeli troops pushed Egyptian forces toward the canal, as the U.S. backed out on a promise to fund a dam in the Nile River, Egypt seized control over the highly important trade route….

Previous Consideration of ‘Ben Gurion Canal’

It was revealed in a document from the 1960s (declassified in 1996) that the United States considered using 520 nuclear bombs to blow through the Israeli landmass in order to create an alternative to the Suez Canal similar to the alleged Ben Gurion Canal. It was produced by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, an institution funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The document, entitled “Use of Nuclear Explosives for Excavation of Sea-Level Canal Across the Negev Desert,” proposes creating a 160 mile long canal across Israel to as a “strategically valuable alternative” to the Suez that would “probably contribute greatly to the economic development of the surrounding area.” The author also suggests using the hypothetical canal to power a hydro-electric dam.

To create the passageway connecting the Mediterranean with the Gulf of Aqaba through the Negev desert, the paper notes, “it appears that nuclear explosives could be profitably applied to this situation.” It suggests a route that would “pass by Beersheba and the Gaza Strip,” specifically Gaza’s “coastal plain” which is described as “the least difficult to excavate” as it is “fairly close to seal level.”

After discussing the economic feasibility of the project, which it argues would only be a fraction of the ultimate pay off, the document brushes up against its “political feasibility,” recognizing “it is likely that the Arab countries surrounding Israel would object strongly to the construction of such a canal.”…

Yandex.com several other articles if you search using “ben gurion canal”


Then there is a June 15th article on the Burning Platform:

Remarkable Online Poll Highlights 90 Percent of Respondents Do Not Want USA Involved in Israel War Against Iran

Guest Post by Sundance

President Trump supporter Charlie Kirk presented a poll question on his Twitter account asking, “Should the US get involved in Israel’s war against Iran?”  Almost a half million responses and the outcome is almost 90% saying no.

If you have been following my articles, I hope you can see the Rothschilds are very much behind the creation of Israel and I do not think it has anything to do with religion. I already covered Khazaria, the silk road & the Russians attacking

It is ALL ABOUT TRADE ROUTES AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN

I really love this:

To say that London is the world’s globalization headquarters is like saying the Mouse lives at Disney World. London has been the velvet-gloved epicenter of globalism ever since the East India Company shipped spices and opium on the same manifest. London’s financial class didn’t just benefit from globalization— they practically wrote the instruction manual. For them to start hand-wringing now about “mass immigration” and “no benefits from free trade” is a sign the ground is shaking beneath the WEF cathedral. Coffee & Covid

The U.S. provides Israel more than $63 million* in military aid per day,

And it gets worse from there. SEE:

U.S. Aid to Israel

The United States has granted more total aid to Israel since World War II than to any other country.

Cumulative US foreign assistance obligations between 1946 and 2022 to the top ten recipients. Inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars. (source)

In addition to this direct aid to Israel:

  • Israel gets most of its aid money at the start of each year, rather than in quarterly installments like other countries.
  • This means that Israel starts earning interest on the money right away – interest paid by the US since Israel deposits these funds into an interest-bearing account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
  • Because the US government operates at a deficit, it must borrow money in order to give it to Israel and then pay interest on it all year.
  • Together these have at times cost US taxpayers more than $100 million every year.

Like many government policies, this disbursement of U.S. tax money is not because it serves American interests, but instead is the result of special interest lobbying.

Another Unique Exception

Contrary to ordinary U.S. policy, Israel has been and continues to be allowed to use approximately a quarter of U.S. military aid to purchase equipment from Israeli manufacturers. According to CRS, “no other recipient of U.S. military assistance has been granted this benefit.” (In some years this percentage has increased to as high as 38.7%.)

The MOU requires this Off-Shore Procurement (OSP) to phase out over time, ending entirely in FY2028. However, according to the CRS report, Israeli defense contractors are responding to the planned phase-out by merging with U.S. companies or opening U.S. subsidiaries to continue their elegibility for defense contracts financed through FMF.

Thanks in part to this indirect U.S. subsidy, Israel’s arms industry has become one of the strongest in the world, and competes with US companies. Between 2001 and 2008, Israel was the 7th largest arms supplier to the world, selling $9.9 billion worth of equipment. And it continues to grow stronger. In 2021, Israel sold $11.3 billion in military goods to other countries…


Rep. Thomas Massie tells Tucker Carlson every GOP member of Congress has an ‘AIPAC babysitter’

Congressman Thomas Massie reveals to Tucker Carlson that his Republican colleagues have an “AIPAC babysitter” to ensure they vote in the interests of Israel at all times.

“It’s the only country that does this,” Massie adds.

“Everybody but me has an AIPAC person — like your AIPAC babysitter, who is always talking to you for AIPAC,” Massie said. “They’re probably a constituent from your district but they’re firmly embedded in AIPAC.”

“Every member has something like this?” Tucker Carlson asked.

“Every Repub–, I don’t know how it works on the Democrat side, but that’s how it works on the Republican side, and when you come to DC you go have lunch with them and they’ve got your cell number and you have conversations with them.”

“That’s crazy,” Carlson responded.

“So, I’ve had four members of Congress say, ‘I’ll talk to my AIPAC person’ — that’s literally what we call them, ‘my AIPAC guy,'” Massie said, laughing. “‘I’ll talk to my AIPAC guy and see if I can get them to, you know, dial those ads back.'”

“Why have I never heard this before?” Carlson said.

“It doesn’t benefit anybody,” Massie said, “why would they want to tell their constituents that they’ve basically got a buddy system with somebody who is representing a foreign country, it doesn’t benefit the congressmen for people to know that so they’re not going to tell you that.”


Working Toward a World Without Hate — FBI

Anti–Defamation League National Leadership Summit. … Since 2010, FBI employees have participated in more than 105 training sessions sponsored by the ADL on extremism, terrorism, and hate crimes, in 17 states and here in the District.

ADL defines genocide and civil disobedience within the FBI


Basic Field Training Course

The Department of Justice released the Anti-Defamation League’s Basic Field Training Course (PDF). The course is mandatory for all FBI New Agent Trainees (NATs) and New Intelligence Analyst Trainees (NIATs). This release follows a decade of Freedom of Information Act requests and denials by the Department of Justice (PDF) and evasion by publicly funded content contributors.

The ADL course is developed and conducted by Anti-Defamation League (ADL) instructors. It selects materials from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Marcus Appelbaum, Museum Director of Law, Justice and Society Initiatives in 2014 resisted any public review of the curriculum, stating, “Unfortunately we do not randomly send out the curriculum.” Appelbaum also denied that any of the large amounts of U.S. taxpayer funding supporting the museum paid for the curriculum.

The ADL course facilitates a discussion of the USHMM video The Path to Nazi Genocide by asking trainees to watch and then consider “the challenges that police officers faced, and decisions they made in Germany during the Nazi era.” The video depicts the rise of Nazi Germany from WWI to the final WWII liberation of concentration camps replete with emaciated images of the dead and barely living.

The final question the video puts to agents in training is why the word “genocide” had to be coined in the aftermath. “As the world struggled to understand what had happened, a new word, genocide, w

According to Pew, the percentage of the U.S. population that is Jewish is estimated to be 2.4%. Why do they have such an outsized influence on the USA?


 Rabbis Against War with Iran: An Open Letter 

We, the undersigned American Jewish clergy, are deeply concerned about reports thatPrime Minister Netanyahu will demand of President Obama, at their meeting at the White House today, that either the United States attack Iran, or else, Israel will...

Most of the people of the State of Israel oppose Prime Minister Netanyahu’s military threats against Iran. They fear the consequences of an attack on Iran. As Jewish leaders, we too believe that the path of wisdom towards achieving peace and stability in the region is through dialog and engagement and not through acts of war. We call on the United States government to safeguard the interests of the people of Israel and Iran…


‘Stop Vetoing Peace,’ Rabbis Tell Biden at UN Security Council Protest

….the latest high-profile demonstration demanding the United States end its opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza.

The rabbis—whose action was organized by Rabbis for Cease-fire, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace, and IfNotNow—displayed banners with messages for U.S. President Joe Biden: “Biden: The World Says Cease-Fire,” and “Biden: Stop Vetoing Peace.”

The protest came weeks after the U.S. alone vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for Israel to end its bombardment of Gaza, which has killed at least 23,210 people, injured more than 59,100, and left thousands more missing and feared dead under rubble, as the population of the enclave faces starvation and disease stemming from Israel’s blockade…


Funny how we hear about the idiots supporting HAMAS, but not the JEW CALLING FOR PEACE. 🤔

I am adding this video very late. It is about Israel and BLOOD Diamonds and it is nasty.
Israel and their American supporters are ‘rinsing the blood off’ @ 39 minutes to ~50 minutes the colonel talks of the Zionist Americans involved.

2025.06.17 American Stories: When in the Course…OK, I Lied

Yup, I said we would start back on Declaration signers today. Going to need to postpone that to next Tuesday’s opener. If I do not discuss the following I will probably forget and it is sneakily more important to the big picture of what our VSGPOTUS is doing than many realize. It is the industry in which I made my living as readers of BIMD will remember.

Small Business Acts of Importance

These links are short summaries – will not take long to read.

The official CEASE bill,

https://www.congress.gov/index.php/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2987/text

Next is an industry summary of what it is about. ABA stands for the banking industry in this instance, not the Bar Assn. for the legal industry.

House passes ABA-backed CEASE Act

Link below is to all of the bills that came out of the great work of the HR Small Business Committee, including CEASE.

https://smallbusiness.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407198

Why Is All This Important?

Let’s answer that question with a simple statement that has been true for many, many years. Approximately half of the employed people in America work for who the federal government classifies as small businesses.

Must be kind of a big deal, right?

I am focusing on CEASE because of industry knowledge and experience. However, all seven Acts are very important and part of the much larger puzzle of what PDT is piecing together. Notice that all seven passed out of Committee along party lines at 15-11.

America should really stop pretending that bipartisanship can exist consistently. That idea is trash. It was promoted by the Uniparty for decades as a means for selling their dedication to American citizens, which we now know was hogwash. If you hear the word being sold by a politician or media propagandist you know what side they are on. Full stop.

Concerning all of the Acts passed in the committee, please notice that they are not all about small business necessarily. The SBA as an agency is a means to an end with some of the acts. It is also about using the agency as a weapon against illegal voter registration, against sanctuary cities, to cut regulatory burdens, and against climate change related scams.

Some on here will remember my recent posts about a fellow co-worker from my tree that took over a small business lending department for a bank in our area after I retired. He recently called and was distraught; considering early retirement over what Brandon and cronies did to the industry. They had opened the floodgates for borrower loan requests over $1 million and did not care if they were citizens or not or even if they were creditworthy. As a result fraud was rampant, delinquencies and defaults were soaring, and the agency was not honoring their guaranties on defaulted loans of even the honest lenders on a timely basis. In fact, they were trying to renege as often as they could. It had all turned into one giant clusterf–k.

i told him to be patient as I felt it would be addressed soon by the Trump admin and MAGA elected officials. Many of them experienced great heartburn over PPP program fraud that was administered by SBA during COVID. We see the results of their and the banking industry’s concerns in the bills linked above. We also see greatly improved internal policy decisions that reflect the changes below. Effective June 1, that hammer fell. All SBA lenders and small business borrowers must comply with the following revised, common sense, sound credit parameters and requirements to obtain SBA guaranteed loans.

https://www.commerciallendingx.com/blog/sba-policy-changes-effective-june-1st-2025

Most were parameters that were already required in some format and/or amount during my career that effectively ended on a full time basis 17 years ago. That they were not followed in the years since simply points to the systematic destruction of critically important financing options for small business owners who do not ordinarily qualify for conventional financing options at banks and other lenders. Brandon’s bunch desired the opposite to increase funds for the woke and money launderers.

The primary purpose of this private/public partnership between banks and the federal government is to provide capital to small businesses that need and deserve support. In turn they grow, provide products and services to the public, pay taxes, provide incomes and benefits to owners and employees, play important parts in communities and so on. In summary, they participate in the American Way. Many successfully become larger businesses and iconic brands that employ even larger numbers of people. However, it is true that many big businesses do not want increased competition. As a result they play politics with their smaller competitors to retain market share.

Which leads to the Main Street versus Wall Street tension that SD at TCTH discusses as well as in discussion within our federal government today. The former party of big business only is now the party of Main Street as well with the America First policies of the MAGA movement, thanks to the efforts of the patriots in league with PDT. The internal tension within the GOP will be to keep the playing field level for both big and small business. Which makes the next topics encouraging for us Main Street types.

CEASE Act

Some may ask why would an act be necessary to limit the number of non-bank lenders who could be active in SBA lending programs? Here is what led to it,

https://www.icba.org/newsroom/news-and-articles/2025/06/06/house-passes-icba-backed-legislation-to-protect-sba-lending

The truth is some of the non-bank small business lenders with licenses, SBLC’s, typically are bottom feeders. Some only meet minimum capitalization requirements and receive funding from other wholesale lenders at a higher cost of funds than banks typically realize. They also are not subject to regulatory scrutiny of the banking industry. That can lead to some shady dealings at times.

As a result some SBLC’s typically take more risk and charge borrowers higher interest rates to counter. As a natural consequence they experience higher delinquency rates and loan defaults. Like many other bank lenders in the program, they sell participations in the SBA guaranteed portions of loans to investors such as hedge funds, pension funds, insurance companies, credit unions, etc, that are usually represented by investment brokerage houses. The lack of credit worthiness of some of their customers impacts the overall performance of the pools of loans that go into securitizations that are sold to the end investors. This reduces their value over time, which reduces the premium offered to all lenders in the programs. It is not fair to thousands of banks that a handful of SBLC’s acting in bad faith are allowed to spoil the debt market barrel for the product. Not to mention the extra work created for SBA’s liquidation area on defaulted loans.

This is a weakness for all types of debt markets on Wall Street. it was the underlying cause of the debt market collapse of 2008 leading into The Great Recession. So what is the primary that weakness that can cause a nation’s economy to crumble? The Wall Street buyers of all types of loans are not “credit” people as bankers view credit. For example, bankers view credit from the perspective of the 5 C’s of credit, which bank regulators like from the FDIC understand and consider in their reviews. Those categories are character, capacity, capital, collateral and conditions. Commercial bankers are trained in the long established methodology of making loans to borrowers who are most likely to repay the bank back on time. This is the Main Street view – know your borrower and how they handle their business.

Wall Street sees credit differently. They do not drill down into individual loans to determine viability. They view historical performance of industries (SIC codes) and locational aspects along with loan pool average interest rates, terms, collateral, industry concentrations, etc. as the credit of the overall deal. They rely on rating agencies – S&P, Moody’s and Fitch to ascertain their overall rating of each pool of loans. The ratings agencies typically only review a small sampling of loans and are more interested in the documentation being correctly executed. To Wall Street, those are the factors that provide the credit worthiness of the macro pool of loans, not the micro individual loans themselves.

In my opinion this void in understanding credit was a major cause of the Great Recession because it happened in every type of debt instrument – residential mortgages, car loans, credit cards, commercial real estate, etc. This led to the banker version of credit being undercut by the crappy underwriting of non-bank lenders in all of those business segments, industries, and locations. Wall Street purchased huge volumes of loans from those sources in many overheated markets. When the borrowers began tanking on their loans in large numbers as the economy and job markets cooled, caused by politicians primarily, the funding for new loans in even stable industries also dried up. The institutional buyers were deservedly spooked and sought safe harbor in treasuries and other more stable investments. All of the insurance coverage with hedges, swaps and such went down with it. The Great Recession kicked in.

As it applies to SBA lending, when lesser performing SBLC’s provide lower quality loans to a mixed pool involving other lenders, they can taint the whole pool and hide crap loans. SBLC loans are mixed into pools with those of banks. Everybody is affected. As you will see below, they rack up some profits short term and once the crap begins to hit the fan – poof – they are gone.

Current Status

Below is the list of active SBLC’s as of 1/29/25 with authorization to make loans up to $5 million.

Alaska Growth Capital BIDCO, Inc. Nationwide
Arkansas Capital Corp. Nationwide
Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. Nationwide
CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC Nationwide
First Western SBLC, Inc Nationwide
Grow America Fund, Inc. Nationwide
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC Nationwide
Lendistry SBLC, LLC Nationwide
Lendstream Small Business Finance, LLC Nationwide
Port 51 Lending, LLC Nationwide
Readycap Lending, LLC Nationwide
VelocitySBA, LLC Nationwide

Notice anything about the current list? There are 16 licenses authorized by the past act before Brandon and gang removed that restriction, at which time it went up to 19 approved lenders when they approved three new lender licenses. I will address an even worse atrocity associated with the 2023 changes involving the creation of special purpose lending companies later in this text below.

Currently, it is back to 16 authorized SBLC licenses again, yet, there are only 12 licensed lenders as of the beginning of PDT’s term of office. What happened to the four that were approved in the second half of 2024 – Cooperative Business Services (CBS), A10 Capital, Lafayette Square and Stonehenge Capital as replacements for four others who dropped out previously? They are not on the current list.

This is because their applications did not get activated with required Congressional approvals in time before PDT assumed office, so they lost out with PDT coming in. We also know one of the current licensees, Lendstream, has not made any SBA loans since 2022. They should not even have the license if they are going to be inactive, so something is “off” there. We also know that one of Brandon’s newbie three, Funding Circle, closed its operations soon after it started. Two were added that are still on the list, Alaska and Arkansas. So, sometime in 2024 they also replaced two that dropped off the list. That means a total of 6 lenders were approved to replace 6 on the list in 2024 and three were added above the former 16 limit, one of which failed. That is a movement of 9 non-bank licensed lenders in a year. That leaves 11 that are actually making SBA loans out of 16 authorized slots in 2025.

😂

Needless to say making fraudulent loans to formerly ineligible customers (i. e. illegals) by criminal enterprises using federal guaranties on the majority of the loans that create extra profits for the subject non-bank lenders is a recipe for disaster for the programs, SBA and Americans. The current admin is taking the approach of eliminating that possibility in opposition to Brandon and the Uniparty who had that as their MO for SBLC’s since banks are more controlled by Congressional acts as well as regulatory authorities.

Hypothetically, let’s say you are a higher up in a cartel and you have established some seemingly legit businesses to launder cash through. In the past you could invest into an SBLC with the Brandon regime’s approval through a shell company or other legit business. You would then have the ability to influence or otherwise approve loans to other connected businesses to pull cash and/or launder money. In those businesses there would probably be hordes of illegals as employees who were given some form of legal resident status by Brandon’s crims, which undoubtedly also led to some being illegally registered as voters, Medicaid recipients, Social Security recipients and so on. All of the above would support Dem politicians and designees.

Is some of this making sense now? SBA is just one agency of the federal government that was used for these type purposes, there were many more.

In my personal opinion, that cartel/crim scenario probably applied to more than one of the exited licensed lenders including the ones discussed in the link below. The legit SBLC’s generally make enough good loans to help cover for the excessive bad loans of the crims, who have lower loan volumes as they attempt to stay under the radar. The loan volume of the better lenders is higher and they have received SBA’s highly desired Preferred Lender status rating, which means they do things right. I know several of the leaders of these quality lenders; did business with one CEO when he was employed at a well known SBLC from BIMD.

The following SBA press release from a month ago gives clarity and examples of an explosion of the new special purpose SBLC’s that Brandon’s crims put in place.

https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/05/19/sba-overhauls-reckless-biden-era-lending-program

From the link; “However, in 2023, the Biden Administration revived Community Advantage and approved more than 140 new, unregulated lenders for the program, selectively certifying groups including “The Progress Fund,” “PeopleFund,” and “Black Business Investment Fund.” It then attempted to increase the loan limit for the program from $250,000 to $500,000 – or up to $2 million to fund climate-related projects in support of the Green New Scam.”

SBA as an agency and the industry was a goner if PDT had not won. Obviously the agency was a major source of fraud and money laundering using leftist scams and illegals.

Conclusion

All of these current congressional activities tell me the Trump admin is all over it and knows the game the crims have been playing. The plug is being pulled and it is a GREAT thing for America in many areas of concern.

Please remember Wolf’s rules for our community. In general that means to be respectful to each other and to pull no shenanigans that your mom might find offensive or otherwise cause jail time. That said, free speech is honored here.

Be blessed and go make something good happen!

Dear MAGA: 20250615 Open Topic

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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On this day and every day –

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.”

Joy of the Lord

The joy of the Lord is the gladness of heart that comes from knowing God, abiding in Christ, and being filled with the Holy Spirit.

When Jesus was born, the angels announced “good tidings of great joy” (Luke 2:10). All who find Jesus know, with the shepherds of the nativity, the joy He brings. Even before His birth, Jesus had brought joy, as attested to in Mary’s song (Luke 1:47) and by John’s response to hearing Mary’s voice as he “leaped for joy” in his mother’s womb (Luke 1:44).

Jesus exemplified joy in His ministry. He was no glum ascetic; rather, His enemies accused Him of being too joyful on occasion (Luke 7:34). Jesus described Himself as a bridegroom enjoying a wedding feast (Mark 2:18–20); He “rejoiced in the Holy Spirit” (Luke 10:21); He spoke of “my joy” (John 15:11) and promised to give His disciples a lifetime supply of it (John 16:24). Joy is reflected in many of Jesus’ parables, including the three stories in Luke 15, which mention “rejoicing in the presence of the angels” (Luke 15:10) and end with a joyful shepherd, a joyful woman, and a joyful father.

Nehemiah told the repentant Israelites that the joy of the Lord would be their strength (Nehemiah 8:10). The early church was characterized by gladness and the joy of the Lord (Acts 2:46; 13:52), and “joy in the Holy Spirit” is a distinguishing mark of the kingdom of God (Romans 14:17). Those who are part of the kingdom share in the kingdom’s delight.

Joy is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). In fact, it is our Christian duty to rejoice in the Lord (Philippians 3:1; 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:16). In Christ, the believer is “filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy” (1 Peter 1:8).

Because of its supernatural origin, the joy of the Lord—our gladness of heart—is present even through the trials of life. We know we are children of God, and no one can snatch us away from Him (John 10:28–29). We are heirs to “an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade,” and no one can steal it from us (1 Peter 1:4; Matthew 6:20). We see the Author and Finisher of our faith, and, let the enemy rage ever so much, we know who wins in the end (Hebrews 12:2; Psalm 2).

Faith is the victory that overcomes the world, and the joy of the Lord is our strength. Adverse circumstances, instead of hindering our faith, can actually enhance our joy. Paul and Silas knew adversity as they sat with their feet in the stocks in a Philippian jail cell. Their legal rights had been violated. They had been arrested without cause and beaten without a trial. At midnight, since they couldn’t sleep, they sang—loudly—the praises of the Lord they were serving (Acts 16:25). A miracle soon followed (verse 26).

The apostles in Jerusalem were arrested—twice—and ordered not to preach in Jesus’ name. The second time they faced the court, they were beaten. Unfazed, they returned home “rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name” and ready to preach some more (Acts 5:41). Of course, the apostles were only following the example of our Lord, who had “for the joy set before him . . . endured the cross, scorning its shame” (Hebrews 12:2).

The joy of the Lord may be inexplicable to the one who does not possess it. But, for the believer in Christ, the joy of the Lord comes as naturally as grapes on a vine. As we abide in Christ, the True Vine, we, the branches, are full of His strength and vitality, and the fruit we produce, including joy, is His doing (John 15:5).
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2025·06·14 We Will Have Justice Daily Thread

We should all remember Deplorable Patriot and Wheatie as we push forward with the fight. This is NOT over by any means.

Fight! Fight! Fight! Because JUSTICE must be served on those who foisted the “Vax” shit on us. And for all the other things they have done to this country.

“Don’t Tread On Me,” it says.
You failed to pay attention to this advice.
You went out of your way to do the opposite.
You chose to rub our faces in it,
imprison those who dared complain,
and even to kill our people.
Now you shall pay just a tiny fraction of the real price, Ratfuckers.

What is it that feeds our battle, yet starves our victory?

RINO scum. Like Murkowski and Collins.

That’s OK. We go around ’em for now.

January 6 Tapes Reminder

OK…I’m sick and tired of reminding you to no effect, Speaker Johnson, so I’ll do the more emotionally satisfying thing and call you a cowardly, lying, fraudulent sack of diarrhetic monkey shit.

Johnson, you are a cowardly, lying, fraudulent sack of diarrhetic monkey shit!

A Caution

Just remember…we might replace the RINO candidates. (Or we might not. The record is mixed even though there is more MAGA than there used to be.) But that will make no difference in the long run if the party officials, basically the Rhonna McDaniels (or however that’s spelled–I suspect it’s RINO), don’t get replaced.

State party chairs, vice chairs, secretaries and so on, and the same at county levels, have huge influence on who ultimately gets nominated, and if these party wheelhorses are RINOs, they will work tirelessly to put their own pukey people on the ballot. In fact I’d not be surprised if some of our “MAGA” candidates are in fact, RINO plants, encouraged to run by the RINO party leadership when they realized that Lyn Cheney (and her ilk) were hopelessly compromised as effective candidates. The best way for them to deal with the opposition, of course, is to run it themselves.

Running good candidates is only HALF of the battle!

Justice Must Be Done.

The prior election must be acknowledged as fraudulent, and steps must be taken to prosecute the fraudsters and restore integrity to the system.

Nothing else matters at this point. Talking about trying again in 2022 or 2024 is hopeless otherwise. Which is not to say one must never talk about this, but rather that one must account for this in ones planning; if fixing the fraud is not part of the plan, you have no plan.

Kamala Harris has a new nickname since she finally went west from DC to El Paso Texas: Westward Hoe.

Lawyer Appeasement Section

OK now for the fine print.

This is the WQTH Daily Thread. You know the drill. There’s no Poltical correctness, but civility is a requirement. There are Important Guidelines,  here, with an addendum on 20191110.

We have a new board – called The U Tree – where people can take each other to the woodshed without fear of censorship or moderation.

And remember Wheatie’s Rules:

1. No food fights
2. No running with scissors.
3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
4. Zeroth rule of gun safety: Don’t let the government get your guns.
5. Rule one of gun safety: The gun is always loaded.
5a. If you actually want the gun to be loaded, like because you’re checking out a bump in the night, then it’s empty.
6. Rule two of gun safety: Never point the gun at anything you’re not willing to destroy.
7. Rule three: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
8. Rule the fourth: Be sure of your target and what is behind it.

(Hmm a few extras seem to have crept in.)

Paper Spot Prices

All prices are Kitco Ask, 3PM MT Friday (at that time the markets close for the weekend). Format: bid/ask

Last Week:

Gold $3,307.67/3,311.67
Silver $35.85/36.04
Platinum $1,170.00/$1,180.00
Palladium $1,046.00/1,066.00
Rhodium $5,600.00/6,050.00
FRNSI* 159.202-
Gold:Silver 91.889-

This week, markets closed at 3PM Mountain Time Friday for the weekend.

Gold $3,430.49/3,433.40
Silver $36.21/36.25
Platinum $1,228.00/1,230.00
Palladium $1,028.00/1,048.00
Rhodium $5,450.00/5,900.00
FRNSI* 165.091-
Gold:Silver 94.714+

Gold managed to push up into the 3430s. (I got to re-use that part of the sentence from 5 weeks ago! The old sentence says “…on Monday/Tuesday” but this time it was Friday.) Gold up nearly $50 on Friday thanks to the fun in Iran; up over a hundred bucks over the course of the week. Silver dropped 3 cents on Friday but is still up for the week (not very spectacularly to be sure). As a result the gold:silver ratio has gone up. Platinum actually took a bad hit on Friday (down 67 bucks), but still up quite a bit this week. Palladium down a bit though it didn’t drop so hard on Friday. Rhodium up 75 on Friday but still down for the week.

*The SteveInCO Federal Reserve Note Suckage Index (FRNSI) is a measure of how much the dollar has inflated. It’s the ratio of the current price of gold, to the number of dollars an ounce of fine gold made up when the dollar was defined as 25.8 grains of 0.900 gold. That worked out to an ounce being $20.67+71/387 of a cent. (Note gold wasn’t worth this much back then, thus much gold was $20.67 71/387ths. It’s a subtle distinction. One ounce of gold wasn’t worth $20.67 back then, it was $20.67.) Once this ratio is computed, 1 is subtracted from it so that the number is zero when the dollar is at its proper value, indicating zero suckage.

A Couple of Videos of Some Interest

I gave a lot of Saturnian moons a bit of short shrift, on the theory that if you’ve seen one iceball, you’ve seen them all. This is a deeper dive on Tethys, the 3rd major (spherical) moon of Saturn, counting out from Saturn itself. (For laughs: Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, [Hyperion], Iapetus, [Phoebe] with the ones in brackets not actually being major moons but sizeable and of interest for other reasons, and all together comprising the “classical nine” moons of Saturn.) It is the 16th largest moon in the solar system, and has a couple of “Trojans” (no, Pat, not what you think), other smaller moons 60 degrees away from it in its orbit (I recall mentioning that because it’s unusual).

The name Tethys was also given to the gigantic “bay” that preceded today’s Indian Ocean.

As an additional aside, Saturn’s moon count is up to 274.

And,,,trigger warning, this is human evolution. (And for Wolf: trigger warning, goofy opening music.) Apparently the difference between our brains and those of our close relatives like neandertals, denisovans, erectus, etc…is ONE amino acid in ONE protein. Not only that but earlier Homo Sapiens are the same as the others, it’s only later that Homo Sapiens got this upgrade. This change in the protein helps in the development of the frontal lobe. (NB: this is two years old and may be outdated.)

The following is, yes, nearly a twelve hour video. However you’ll get the general idea in ten minutes. It’s a real time video out the window of a flight from Sydney, Australia, to Santiago Chile. Which, if the reader will recall, Rayzorback asserted does not exist, because the Flerf charlatans who have suckered him lied and said it does not. Wolf was able to demonstrate otherwise, but if that’s not enough this is a video, uncut of that flight.

The reason this is of actual interest is that in a sort of “picture in picture” layout are videos of Dave Weiss (Flat Earth Dave, Dirth, Potatohead–a likely target of defamation lawsuits if memory serves) stating that the existence of this flight would disprove Flat Earth, and other clips of him offering (usually) 3 bitcoin to anyone who can disprove Flat Earth. Needless to say many have submitted such evidence but it is ignored. There are people planning to try to sue for that as well but I suspect such suits will get nowhere because this isn’t quite a contract (in some way I don’t understand very well). Flight is by Critical Think (who had the scale and weights in Antarctica) but was edited to put the insets into it by MC “Where are the GUNS, Nathan!?!” Toon.

No Further Content

Sorry.

Health Friday 6.13.2025 Open Thread: Chemtrails? Yes, Virginia, They’re Real

The above image of chemtrails over Taiwan in May 2025 is courtesy of https://chemtrailsexposed.com/.

Health Friday is a series devoted to Big Pharma, vaccines, general health, and associated topics.

There are Important Notifications from our host, Wolf Moon; the Rules of our late, good Wheatie; and, certain caveats from Yours Truly, of which readers should be aware. They are found here.

Today’s offering follows a different path from the posts on the COVID-19 disaster. Yours Truly will make it clear that she is not a climatologist, nor a meteorologist. However, the topic warrants discussion.

Assume, for argument’s sake, that one wakes up in the morning and sees a nice, clear sky from the window looking out to the southeast. Assume, for argument’s sake, that a couple of hours later, one sees a few (or, perhaps, more) “streaks” in the sky, that resemble thin lines; these “thin lines” do not look like real clouds forming. Assume, for argument’s sake, that one hears what sounds like a small plane (or, perhaps, a couple of small planes) in the sky. Assume for argument’s sake, that one sees more of these “thin lines” that have “spread out” into what may appear to be “low-level clouds” — except, that these “clouds” follow a strange pattern of horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and/or oblique directions. Assume, for argument’s sake, that these “clouds” are seen in the southeast sky, which then “spread out” towards the northwest, and appear not to “generate” on the opposite direction on the compass (in other words, in the northwest direction.) Assume, for argument’s sake, that on days when there are multiples of these “not-real-clouds” in the air, there is also “something” that makes the sinuses hurt, that make one feel as if a bad allergy day is occurring, that makes the eyes sting, and that the usual remedies for allergy symptoms (antihistamine, saline nasal spray) have minor or no effect.

Yours Truly has seen and felt all of these things, both in the Spring of last year and also this Spring. Photos of examples of what was seen are below:

View of the sky to the SE, early morning, April 2025.

View of the sky to the SE, around Noon, April 2025.

View of the sky to the NW, morning, April 2025.

Then, there is ** something ** that was different about the Central North Carolina pollen that was in the air, on the car, covering the front porch floor, on the window sills, and just about everywhere else — including getting into one’s lungs. In the Spring, starting in about mid-March, the Central North Carolina pollen starts to show up. It is a slightly “greasy”-feeling and looks like a yellow and green mixture. Not so this year. What one observed this Spring was a dry, yellow-colored powder that coated everything. It had a slightly acrid smell. Photos of what Yours Truly observed of this yellow-colored powder are below, taken in April. The first photo is from what I scraped onto a clean index card; the second photo is this stuff on the front porch floor:

Yours Truly began to research about “chemtrails”, one of those “conspiracy theories” that has been around for some years. What she found out is quite interesting. And, Yes, they are real.

In the first place, there is a difference between “chemtrails” and “contrails.” Please see: https://welovetrump.com/2023/02/05/the-difference-between-contrails-and-chemtrails/. A screenshot from this article is below:

Another explanation of the difference is found here, in a video clip by Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/04/30/pa-senator-doug-mastriano-explains-the-obvious-difference-between-contrails-chemtrails/, 30 April 2025.

Two other websites for information regarding chemtrails is here: https://chemtrailsnews.com/; and, https://stateofthenation.co/?p=185241, “CHEMTRAILS: The Planetary Catastrophe Caused by Chemical Geo-engineering”, 8 September 2023.

One understands that “seeding” of the sky has been going on for years. However, the old-style “cloud seeding to induce rain” approach has changed — into “seeding” the sky with other types of chemicals. Please see: https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-09-10-chemtrails-no-longer-conspiracy-globalists-battle-climate-change.html, “Chemtrails no longer a conspiracy theory as globalists call it an essential part of their battle against “Climate Change””, S.D. Wells, 9 October 2024.

Another item regarding the chemicals being sprayed into the air that Americans breathe is here: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/07/02/pilots-testify-bill-gates-is-carpet-bombing-cities-with-chemtrails/, via Forbidden Knowledge, 2 July 2024. This article has portions of statements from former pilots who have observed chemtrails. A screenshot from this article is below:

The state senate of Florida recently approved a bill that bans geo-engineering and “weather modification.” Please see: https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/03/florida-senate-approves-ban-on-geoengineering-and-weather-modification/, by Mitch Perry, 3 April 2025. Also see: https://www.flgov.org/eog/news/press/2025/governor-ron-desantis-celebrates-action-protect-floridians-chemical-and, “Governor Ron DeSantis Celebrates Action to Protect Floridians From Chemical and Technological Interference”, 6 May 2025. A screenshot from this article is below:

And, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has weighed in on the issue. Please see: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-claims-us-behind-143951527.html, “Trump administration claims US is behind sinister ‘chemtrails’ programme once thought to be conspiracy theory”, by Joshua Nair, 2 May 2025. Please a screenshot from this article, below:

DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a unit of the United States Defense Department.

In Yours Truly’s opinion, if “there’s something in the air” that is being sprayed without the knowledge and consent of the American public, that is wrong and must be stopped.

Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA