FBI Documents Allege Japan Used Germ Warfare in Attack on US and Canada – Jeffrey S. Kaye 5/17/24

Source: Antiwar.com

Two FBI reports, one of them newly declassified, suggest the use of biological agents, in particular bubonic plague and anthrax, as part of a large-scale balloon barrage – code name “Fu-Go” – carried out by Japan over the United States and Canada in late 1944 and the first four months of 1945.

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Boeing 747 Engine Erupts In Fireball During Takeoff – ZeroHedge 5/17/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

Another week, another mid-air mishap for a Boeing plane. This time, a 747-400 carrying 468 passengers from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia had to make an emergency landing immediately after takeoff when one of the plane’s four engines erupted in a fireball.

“The decision was made by the pilot in command immediately after takeoff, considering engine problems that required further examination after sparks of fire were observed in one of the engines,” Garuda Indonesia president director Irfan Setiaputra wrote in a statement obtained by the local media outlet The Jakarta Post. …

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Crypto-Libertarian Erik Voorhees Warns Your Chatbot Queries Are Not Safe – ZeroHedge 5/15/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

Crypto-libertarian Erik Voorhees, fresh off his passionate defense of crypto in the ‘Gold vs. Bitcoin’ debate recently hosted by ZeroHedge, spoke with crypto news site Unchained’s Laura Shin and Venice’s COO Teana Baker-Taylor about the alarming honeypots of user search history data on AI chatbot platforms that could potentially be harvested.

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Blowback in the African Coup Belt – Marcel Dumas Gautreau 5/11/24

Source: Mises.org

Starting in 2020, things started to get strange in Africa for those who knew what to look for. Normally, coups in Africa are nothing to write about. But starting in 2020, we saw six countries flip into a pro-Russian direction in just three years. Individually, they were a curiosity. Taken together, that rate of turnover outpaced even the most optimistic neoconservative ambitions for pro–United States regime changes in the Middle East. As General Wesley Clark summarized, “We’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.”

That fourth country, Libya, is where our story starts….

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Peru Classifies Transgender Individuals as ‘Mentally Ill’ – ZeroHedge 5/16/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

The Peruvian government has officially categorized transgender and intersex people as “mentally ill,” which the health ministry says is the only way that Peru’s public health services could guarantee “guarantee full coverage of medical attention for mental health,” The Telegraph reports.

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Despite Claims of 215 ‘Unmarked Graves,’ no Bodies have been Found at Canadian Residential School – Anthony Murdoch 5/13/24

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

Canada’s Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations has confirmed it has spent millions searching for “unmarked graves” at a now-closed residential school once run by the Catholic Church, despite the fact that no human remains have been found.

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Getting Played: The Demolition of Cohen on Cross Examination Reveals “The Grift” to a New York Jury – JonathanTurley 5/17/24

Source: JonathanTurley.org

Below is my column in Fox.com on the approaching end of the Trump trial in Manhattan. With the dramatic implosion of Michael Cohen on the stand on Thursday with the exposure of another alleged lie told under oath, even hosts and commentators on CNN are now criticizing the prosecution and doubting the basis for any conviction. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper admitted that he would “absolutely” have doubts after Cohen’s testimony. CNN’s legal analyst Elie Honig declared “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a star cooperating witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically.” He previously stated that this case would never have been brought outside of a deep blue, anti-Trump district. Other legal experts, including on CNN and MSNBC, admitted that they did not get the legal theory of the prosecution or understand the still mysterious crime that was being concealed by the alleged book-keeping errors.  The question is whether the jury itself is realizing that they are being played by the prosecution.

Here is the column:

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The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons that are Destroying Gaza – Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies 5/15/24

Source: Antiwar.com

On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of 1,700 500-pound and 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and threatened to withhold more shipments if Israel went ahead with its full-scale invasion of Rafah.

The move elicited an outcry from Israeli officials (National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted “Hamas loves Biden”), as well as Republicans, staunch anti-Palestinian Democrats and pro-Israel donors. Republicans immediately prepared a bill entitled the Israel Security Assistance Support Act to prohibit the administration from withholding military aid to Israel.

Many people have been asking the U.S. to halt weapons to Israel for seven months, and of course Biden’s move comes too late for 35,000 Palestinians who have been killed in Gaza, mainly by American weapons.

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 223: Israeli Army Withdraws from Zeitoun Area after Sustaining Casualties, Intensifies Combat in Jabalia and Rafah – Qassam Muaddi 5/16/24

Source: Mondoweiss.net

Israel’s war minister declares opposition to Israeli military control of Gaza as Netanyahu insists on continuing the war. Meanwhile, the Israeli army killed five Palestinians in the West Bank, including a student on Nakba day.

Casualties

  • 35,272 + killed* and at least 79,205 wounded in the Gaza Strip.*
  • 503+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
  • Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,139.
  • 626 Israeli soldiers have been announced as killed by the Israeli army since October 7, and at least 3,431 have been announced as wounded.***

*Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed this figure on its Telegram channel on May 9, 2024. Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much higher when accounting for those presumed dead.

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Biden is Sending Israel Another $1 Billion in Weapons – Michael Arria 5/15/24

Source: Mondoweiss.net

The move comes days after a State Department report that documents likely international humanitarian violations by Israel.

Congressional aides say that the Biden administration will send Israel another $1 billion in weapons and ammunition. The package includes roughly $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million for tactical vehicles, and $60 million in mortar rounds.

The move comes amid rising tensions over a potential military invasion of Rafah, a town in Southern Gaza.

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White House ‘Deeply Troubled’ As Georgia Enacts Law To Thwart NGO ‘Interference’ – ZeroHedge 5/15/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

Defying large domestic protests and condemnation from the United States and other Western governments, the Republic of Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a “foreign agents” law that would impede foreign nongovernmental organizations’ (NGOs’) ability to operate in the country — and put Georgia’s European Union and NATO ambitions in jeopardy.

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Boeing may be Prosecuted after Breaking Safety Agreement that Prevented Criminal Charges for 737 Crashes, US DOJ Says – Evan Perez 5/15/24

Source: CNN.com

The US Justice Department on Tuesday notified Boeing that it breached terms of its 2021 agreement in which the company avoided criminal charges for two fatal 737 Max crashes.

After a series of safety missteps earlier this year, including a door plug that blew off an Alaska Airlines flight shortly after takeoff in January, the Department of Justice said Boeing is now subject to criminal prosecution.

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French Government Blocks TikTok to Curb Civil Unrest in New Caledonia – Christina Maas 5/15/24

Source: ReclaimTheNet.org

France has imposed a state of emergency in New Caledonia in response to protests and riots, leading to a ban on TikTok as authorities seek to stabilize the region. The French government has taken these measures to address the unrest that erupted after a contentious vote extending voting rights in the territory’s provincial elections and is the latest example of a government restricting internet access as a means to control citizens.

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Slovak PM Robert Fico Expected To Survive; UK Media Appears To Justify Assassination Attempt – ZeroHedge 5/16/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

Update(1840ET): Prime Minister Fico is said to be improving, following reports that he was in surgery due to several gunshot wounds from the Wednesday assassination attempt. Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba has told the BBC he “is not in a life-threatening situation at this moment.”

“Fortunately, as far as I know, the operation went well – and I guess in the end he will survive,” the statement indicated.

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Francis Collins’ House Testimony Released – Robert W. Malone MD 5/16/24

Source: rwmalonemd.substack.com

Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released the transcript from Dr. Francis Collins’s transcribed interview. Dr. Collins helped lead the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until his resignation at the end of 2021. In conjunction with the transcript, the Select Subcommittee also released a new staff memo that highlights the key takeaways from Dr. Collins’s transcribed interview. The memo can be found here.

The full transcript can be found here. Below are important exchanges from Dr. Collins’s transcribed interview:

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The Hush-Money Case Against Trump is Ridiculous and Revealing – Connor O’Keeffe 5/15/24

Source: Mises.org

As the 2024 election cycle is heating up and the summer party conventions approach, Donald Trump—the current front-runner—has been trapped in a New York City courtroom. The former president is charged with thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records with the intent to commit, aid, or conceal another crime.

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 220: Resistance Returns to the North, UNRWA Says 300,000 People Fled Rafah – Qassam Muaddi 5/13/24

Source: Mondoweiss.net

The Israeli army has intensified its renewed assault on Jabalia refugee camp and the Zeitoun area in northern Gaza as resistance factions regroup there, months after the Israeli army said it had “defeated Hamas” in the north.

Casualties

  • 35,034 + killed* and at least 78,755 wounded in the Gaza Strip.*
  • 498+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
  • Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,139.
  • 620 Israeli soldiers have been announced as killed by the Israeli army since October 7, and at least 3,415 have been announced as wounded.***

*Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed this figure on its Telegram channel on May 9, 2024. Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much higher when accounting for those presumed dead.

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South Carolina Passes Ban on Transgender Surgeries for Children, Secret ‘Transitions’ at School – Raymond Wolfe 5/11/24

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

South Carolina has become the latest U.S. state to crack down on mutilating transgender surgeries and hormones for children and taxpayer funding for “gender transitions.”

On Thursday, South Carolina’s Republican-led legislature approved House Bill 4624, which prohibits medical professionals from giving puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to children under 18 years old or subjecting minors to “genital or nongenital gender reassignment surgery.”

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RFK Jr. Confirms he Supports Legal Abortion Up Until Birth in New Interview – Calvin Freiburger 5/10/24

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

Democrat environmental activist turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. erased all doubt this week as to his pro-abortion absolutism, declaring that he opposes legal protection for even fully-developed preborn babies at the end of pregnancy.

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Delinquencies on Office Property Loans at Banks are at 8 Percent While Office Loans the Banks Sold to Investors Show 31 Percent in Trouble – Pam Martens and Russ Martens 5/13/24

Source: WallStreetOnParade.com

On Friday, the Federal Reserve released its semiannual Supervision and Regulation Report on banks. Commercial real estate loans at banks – particularly on office properties – continued to rank high on the Fed’s list of concerns. The Fed included the chart above showing that delinquency rates on office property loans held by the banks had skyrocketed from just over 1 percent at the end of 2022 to over 8 percent as of December 31, 2023. (The red text and arrow have been added by Wall Street On Parade.)

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Beyond Rap Beef: Kendrick Lamar’s Dark Accusations Against Drake (Including Sex Trafficking) – Vigilant Citizen 5/9/24

Source: VigilantCitizen.org

The ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar recently turned dark and personal. While, at first, it was about rap, Kendrick’s latest songs describe Drake as a pedophile and predator who runs a sex trafficking ring from his mansion. Here’s a look at Kendrick’s accusations against Drake and the industry people around him….

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Pfizer to Sell Drugs Online to Consumers, Bypassing Doctors and Pharmacies – Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. 5/8/24

Source; ChildrensHealthDefense.org

Pfizer is developing a direct-to-consumer platform to sell some of its drugs online, including Paxlovid and a migraine nasal spray, the Financial Times reported.

The move is the latest by Big Pharma to bypass primary care physicians and traditional pharmacies to sell drugs. It follows Eli Lilly’s launch in January of LillyDirect, which provides home delivery of diabetes, obesity and migraine medications.

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Netanyahu Vows To ‘Stand Alone’ & ‘Fight With Fingernails’ After Biden’s Arms Supply Warning – ZeroHedge 5/10/24

Source; ZeroHedge.com

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest reaction to President Biden earlier in the week threatening that the US could withhold offensive weapons from Israel if its military escalates a ground offensive against Rafah has been to vow that his country is ready to “stand alone” and “fight with fingernails” in Gaza.

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Medical Elites’ Disgrace Over Ivermectin – David Gortler 5/11/24

Source: Brownstone.org

In the wake of the FDA settling a lawsuit brought against it for wantonly and aggressively smearing ivermectin, the agency has deleted its postings. That’s good, but we shouldn’t forget how egregiously it mischaracterized the drug, ignored copious evidence in its favor, and portrayed its proponents as dangerous crackpots.

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“Something Super Weird Is Going On”: Musk Reacts To ‘Anticapitalist’ Attack On Berlin Gigafactory – ZeroHedge 5/10/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

Update (1340ET): Some are wondering why the so-called ‘anticapitalist’ protesters who attacked the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin are ignoring other automakers whose brands cater the the upper class they claim to oppose.

“Why not protest factories making BMW 7 series and Mercedes S Class or Maybach?” asks X user ‘Warren Redlich,’ adding “Because they’re full of crap.

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The Machinery of Fascism Revisited – Jeffrey A. Tucker 5/5/24

Source; Brownstone.org

Fascism became a swear word in the US and UK during the Second World War. It has been ever since, to the point that the content of the term has been drained away completely. It is not a system of political economy but an insult.

If we go back a decade before the war, you find a completely different situation. Read any writings from polite society from 1932 to 1940 or so, and you find a consensus that freedom and democracy, along with Enlightenment-style liberalism of the 18th century, were completely doomed. They should be replaced by some version of what was called the planned society, of which fascism was one option.

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Racist Secession? Conservatives Escape Democrat-Run Baton Rouge With Creation Of New City – ZeroHedge 5/11/24

Source: ZeroHedge.com

The battle started a decade ago with conservative parents in the eastern areas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana seeking the right to send their children to better public schools.  Their requests for a redistricting to build a new school in their area was denied by the city.  Year after year Louisiana public schools have been rated some of the worst performing schools in the US, not just in education but also in safety.

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