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Sunday, 16 April

16:29

New low for THEIR ABC. Senator Jacinta Nampinjimpa Price is a CELTIC-Walpiri woman. "IndyWatch Feed National"

"Next to Celtic-Warlpiri senator Jacinta Nampinjimpa Price in Alice Springs." Never in the history of ABC reportage have we seen a self-identifying Aboriginal person described first by their European blood-line. No "proud Warlpiri woman" for Senator Jacinta Nampinjimpa Price. But Lidia Thorpe - check - proud Aboriginal woman. And Marcia...

16:23

Outside Insiders - today with Backdoor Bill "IndyWatch Feed National"

Michael, Todays Outside Insiders reminded me of the Good Old Days, when I used to encounter Bill Shorten leaving their ABC, or the Melb C'wealth Offices, via the back door, instead of the usual entrances. I started calling him "Billy Backdoor" as a result! Thanks to Paul Kennedy for being...

15:00

Contagion The Real Plandemic Plot "IndyWatch Feed National"

A gumshoe adaption

For todays entertainment, I [DM] adjusted the 2011 poster for the movie CONTAGION to adapt to the real 2019 2023 story.

The original plot:

Returning from a Hong Kong business trip after an affair, Beth Emhoff is feeling a little bit sick which she attributes to jet lag. Her husband rushes her to the hos...

14:08

Someone remind The Guardian and AFL about Raelene Castle's Rugby. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Historic you say? May I present Exhibit One - the uniquely shithouse sports-management stylings of Ms Raelene Castle.

12:28

70 Years Jail For Spitting On A Cop In The Land Of The Free "IndyWatch Feed National"

BREAKING NEWS: A jury in the United States land of the brave and home of the free has been given what effectively amounts to a life sentence in prison for spitting at two police officers.

Larry Pearson, aged 36, was this week sentenced to 70 years in jail for two counts of harassment of a public servant.

It followed a domestic violence incident in May last year, in which Pearson twice assaulted his girlfriend, before their vehicle was pulled over by police.

Pearson got angry after officers didnt arrest the woman (her car was unregistered) and spat at them and a third officer at the Lubbock Country Detention Centre.

During closing arguments of the sentencing phase of the trial, prosecutor Jessica Gorman asked the jury to send a message, and they certainly did that, delivering a combined sentence of 70 years.

Pearson had prior convictions for family violence and aggravated robbery, meaning that in Texas law, under the law of habitual offenders, Pearson faced a minimum sentence of 25 years.

Seeking to explain the sentence after trial, Prosecutor Gorman told media, Youre not going to get 70 years for something like this when youve never been in trouble before.

The treatment of Pearson stands in stark contrast to that of another Texas offender last week. Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, aged 30, was convicted of first degree murder after shooting dead a #BlackLivesMatter protestor in Austin. Perry had repeatedly boasted on social media that he would kill a protestor, before firing on 28-year-old Garret Foster, also a veteran, who approached Perrys vehicle after Perry drove into the crowd of protestors. Foster was legally carrying an unloaded assault-style rifle.

Immediately after his conviction, far-right Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite a pardon for Perry (he hasnt even been sentenced yet), which Abbott said he would sign.

The town of Lubbock is situated deep in the heart of rural Texas, about 500 kilometres west of Dallas, and 100 kilometres from the New Mexico border. The town is named in honour of Thomas Lubbock, a Confederate colonel who fought for the preservation of slavery in the United States.

Its a deeply conservative community of the 20 most populous counties in Texas, Lubbock returned the second widest winning margin for former US president Donald Trump in 2020.

By US standards, Lubbock is not a big city it has the...

11:02

Artificial Intelligence is scarily good. Scarily. "IndyWatch Feed National"

This is an INSANE use of AI. I love it. All forms of media are going to be majorly transformed with AI in ways we can't yet predict. - Movies / TV - Video games - Music This is just the beginning. via @Flawlessai pic.twitter.com/LHBsvHds33 Matt Schlicht (@MattPRD) January...

10:50

No better way to be taken seriously and to avoid trolling than to pose in your knickers "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ahead of the release of her memoir, Running Strong, Warner sat down with Stellar for an exclusive interview. She opens up about the lasting repercussions of her 2007 hotel bathroom encounter with then-NRL player Sonny Bill Williams, laments how it affected her family and the years she can never get...

06:00

Will Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump be protected by their mate the bribe-taking US Supreme Courts Justice Clarence Thomas? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump have had a very bad week with their numerous court cases and smoking gun evidence in the Dominion Voting Systems versus Fox News defamation case could end []

01:00

A Decade of Stonewalling: 10 Years After the Boston Bombing "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ten years ago today, two bombs close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured hundreds many of them severely.

 

What happened next was unprecedented in US history. While the nation watched with bated breath, Boston was essentially shut down. Thousands of law enforcement personnel participated in a door-to-door search for the perpetrator(s), whom the authorities eventually identified as the brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

 

The story had all of the ingredients of a drama destined to keep Americans glued to their screens for days: terrorism, Muslim bombers, a shootout, heroes, a city that emerged Boston Strong, and, most importantly, a happy end. 

 

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following the shootout while his brother Dzhokhar was captured later, tried, and sentenced to death.

 

It was such a good story that not many people asked whether the narrative that the authorities presented, and that was repeated by most of the media, was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

 

But WhoWhatWhy did. 

 

And it quickly became apparent that, at the very least, there were some questions that should have been asked and were not. During the coverage of the bombing, and then during the trial of Dzhokhar, lots of information was withheld and inconsistencies were glossed over. 

 

That is not to say that the Tsarnaevs were not the perpetrators of the bombing. They very likely were. However, it is also true that we were not told the whole story. 

 

What role did Tamerlan Tsarnaevs previous contact with the FBI play? Is it at least possible that he was one of the young Muslims targeted to serve as informants or to participate in a fake terrorist plot hatched by the bureau itself to show the US was making headway in the War on Terror? What exactly happened a month later when an FBI agent killed a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev? And why, if the brothers acted as lone wolves, were special administrative measures put in place that severely restricted Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs ability to communicate with the outside world ostensibly to prevent him from talking to accomplices which the government said didnt exist? 

 

These are just some of the many unanswered questions that the mainstream media should have asked but didnt. Instead, it was a small nonprofit news organization with a tiny budge...

00:56

NPR ragequits Twitter. Musk hatte zuvor dafr gesorgt, ... "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

NPR ragequits Twitter. Musk hatte zuvor dafr gesorgt, dass an ihren Tweets das Warnlabel "state-affiliated media" klebt, das sonst fr Organisationen wie Russia Today reserviert ist.

Pikantersweise hat die Deutsche Welle kein solches Warnlabel, obwohl es da ja tatschlich hingehren wrde.

Das Money Quote aus dem Artikel ist allerdings das hier:

For years, many journalists considered Twitter critical to monitoring news developments
Muhahahaha, ja, damals... Gute Zeiten!!

Ich finde ja immer bemerkenswert, wie viele Leute Elon Musk fr ein Genie halten, oder zumindest fr eine schlaue Person.

00:00

Fantasies "IndyWatch Feed National"

It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.

Bertrand Russell, The Pursuit of Truth in The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell (1993).

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Saturday, 15 April

20:30

Hey Chris Minns: flags should be at half mast for a Paramedic murdered on duty. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Easy to overlook the things that matter in the early days of a new government. But this matters. On Friday morning, a young Paramedic was murdered on duty at Campbelltown in Sydney. Horrific. Thankfully, this happens so so rarely that this calls for a strong statement from the State. We...

19:45

Shocking. "IndyWatch Feed National"

More from Darwin @BenFordhamLive @liammendes pic.twitter.com/XxGRc9zzJi Action for Alice 2020 - Darren Clark (@actionforalice) April 15, 2023

19:00

Saturday Supplement "IndyWatch Feed National"

    The Truth is Out There. WSF lamented in comments yesterday that we may never know the truth. In an effort to address that concern, I turned to the Alien Cathouse, where intergalactic overweight, aging whores, who may (or may not) have hygiene issues, are said to have  answers of some description An extraterrestrial-themed []

The post Saturday Supplement appeared first on Virtual Mirage.

17:13

The Arrest of a 21-Year-Old National Guard Member for Leaking Classified Docs Leads to More Questions Than Answers "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Arrest of a 21-Year-Old National Guard Member for Leaking Classified Docs Leads to More Questions Than Answers By Larry Johnson | 14 April 2023 | Until I saw the document labeled, CIA Operations Center Intelligence Update, I was inclined to believe that the leaked documents were the work of a frustrated whistleblower. But I have changed my mind. This looks like a controlled, directed leak by individuals who manipulated the 21-year-old National Guard troop member into taking certain documents and posting them on a public server. The CIA Operations Center Intelligence Update is a document produced by analysts in the Operations Center to be delivered to the regular CIA analysts. When I worked in the Ops Center...I would write up summary paragraphs just like the ones in the documents leaked online. This was an internal CIA document. It was not broadcast to the other intelligence agencies. In my 23 years working with U.S. military commands around the world, I never saw a copy of this type of report circulating among those with the highest clearances. Never. How did a 21-year-old kid get his hands on at least two of these?

17:00

Pragmatic approach may be the way forward for clinical trials "IndyWatch Feed National"




What is potentially so powerful and also why we never did it in hte past is that we can recover and store observations and answer many more questions at the same time.  you have the patient and why not look at a spectrum of data.

We already know that an observer sees a conforming spectrum of data, but then drills down on one aspect.  t5his needs to be captured.

Software can readily expand on such a report.


Pragmatic approach may be the way forward for clinical trials

April 12, 2023


A new US clinical trial evaluating cancer treatment is adopting a pragmatic model, which lowers many of the barriers that usually come with clinical trials


https://newatlas.com/medical/pragmatic-approach-way-forward-clinical-trials/

That a new cancer trial is about to start in the US is positive but not out of the ordinary, right? Except it is. This trial will be one of the first undertaken in a real-world clinical setting and represents a new model for future clinical trials.


The USs National Cancer Institute (NCI) has helped launch a ph.........

16:55

Trump Spends 7 Hours Answering Questions in Deposition for $250 Million Fraud Lawsuit "IndyWatch Feed National"

Trump Spends 7 Hours Answering Questions in Deposition for $250 Million Fraud Lawsuit | 14 April 2023 | Former President Donald Trump spent nearly seven hours on April 13 answering questions during his second deposition as part of a $250 million fraud case bought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump was seen arriving by motorcade at the attorney general's office in Lower Manhattan just after 9:30 a.m. and left just after 6 p.m., according to reports. His attorney Alina Habba said he was "not only willing but also eager to testify" in the deposition for which James, a Democrat, was reportedly not present. That marks a reversal from Trump's previous deposition in the civil case last year when he invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and remained silent. "He remains resolute in his stance that he has nothing to conceal, and he looks forward to educating the attorney general about the immense success of his multi-billion dollar company," Habba told The Epoch Times.

15:49

A Diabolic Gun Control Strategy "IndyWatch Feed National"

Michael Hoffman michaelhoffman.substack.com April 14, 2023

www.RevisionistHistory.org

April 19 marks the 248th anniversary of the day on which 700 agents of the lawfully constituted government of Massachusetts approached the town of Lexington intent on seizing the guns of the areas farmers. Eight farmers were gunned down on Lexington Green, after which the uniformed gun confiscators came under attack by thousands of swarming farmers organized as the Minutemen, a citizen militia armed with the same weapons as the governments forces. On the day of The Shot Heard Round the World in Massachusetts, these United States were founded.

The battle of Lexington and Concord which marked the start of the civil war known as the American Revolution, is too often presented in books and lectures as between foreign troops and Americans. In order to disguise what was a police action by the royal governor acting on the order of the Commander in Chief (King George), the event is presented in terms of foreign troops invading New England, the equivalent in our day of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army landing in Seattle and disarming the local citizens.

By framing Lexington and Concord as Americans vs. aliens, the role of the loyalist American government is overlooked, as is the fact that this was a police action by troops charged with enforcing the law of the land, who spoke the same language and were in some cases cousins of the English-Americans they killed.

Beginning the previous autumn, the local governors of New England began to enforce the kings October 19 order for the seizure of the peoples guns and ammunition (Cf. Boston Gazette, December 12, 1774). One patriot remarked, the Decree that prohibited having arms and ammunition was a violation of the law of self-preservation and the right to defend the liberties which God and nature have given us. (New Hampshire Gazette, January 13, 1775).

A Short History of our Militia Heritage and Ideology

These thoughts didnt spring from erewhon. They were inspired in part by another civil war, in Britain itself some 130 years earlier, when the people took up arms against the government of King Charles I. Those Puritans had argued that the legislature, i.e. the House of Commons didnt just represent the people, it answered to them: We are your principals, and you are our agents.

Their petition, Remonstrance of Many Thousand Citizens and other Freeborn People of England to their own House of Commons (July 1646), did not only denounce (King) Charles, but monarchy itself. It was possible, the petitioners said, for a nation to be happy without a king. It argued for thorough reform. It asked of the victorious Puritan New Model Army, Have you shook this nation like an........

15:48

Questions About You Must Know the Answers To "IndyWatch Feed National"

How Barry Silbert is Contributing to Positive Changes in the World of Cryptocurrency

Barry Silbert, a millionaire entrepreneur and the founder of Digital Currency Group, has been instrumental in the growth and development of the cryptocurrency industry. Silberts expertise in finance and experience in the world of cryptocurrency have established him as a prominent figure in the field.

Silbert is the founder of Gensis Trading, a trading firm that specializes in cryptocurrency, and Grayscale, a cryptocurrency investment firm. Silberts most recent project, Foundry, intends to fund and assist bitcoin mining ventures.

One of Silberts most notable contributions to the cryptocurrency industry is his role in preventing the bankruptcy of Mt. Gox, a major bitcoin exchange. Silberts efforts to revive Mt. Gox involved purchasing a large amount of bitcoin from the exchanges bankruptcy estate and establishing a syndicate of investors to purchase additional bitcoins. Silberts actions helped to prevent a catastrophic loss for many bitcoin holders and helped to stabilize the cryptocurrency market at a critical moment.

Silbert has been a strong supporter of establishing regulatory guidelines in the cryptocurrency industry. According to Silbert, instituting transparent regulations would improve investor confidence and entice institutional investors to get involved in the cryptocurrency market.

Established in 2016, the caucuss goal is to educate legislators on the advantages and potential hazards related to digital currencies and blockchain technology.

Silberts involvement in the caucus has helped to bring attention to the need for clear regulatory guidelines in the cryptocurrency industry, and his efforts have played a role in the introduction of several bills related to digital currencies and blockchain technology in the U.S. Congress.

Silberts advocacy for regulatory clarity and his contributions to the growth and development of the cryptocurrency industry has made him a respected figure in the world of finance and technology.

As the cryptocurrency sector continues to develop and expand, Silberts efforts and support will undoubtedly remain critical in shaping its trajectory. Barry Silberts contributions to the cryptocurrency industry are numerous and varied, and his work has had a significant impact on its growth and development. It is evident that as the cryptocurrency sector continues to develop and mature, Barry Silberts contributions and support will continue to be crucial in determining its future, and he will undoubtedly remain a prominent leader in the industry for many years to come.

Finally, Barry Silbert is a prominent figure in the world of cryptocurrency, having made a fortune as a Bitcoin investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, which oversees a diverse portfolio of...

15:00

Bureau Releases Limited Parallel Data from Brisbane Airport "IndyWatch Feed National"

One might think it prudent to have maintained the two methods of measurement alongside each other for some period at Rutherglen to determine whether there were any biases.

14:41

When the wheels fell off - from science to econobabble "IndyWatch Feed National"

The 100 years from 1870 is described as the innovation century in which there more more inventions, starting coincidentally with the light bulb, than in the rest of mankind's history. For the most part their roll out into society was slow enough to dampen the impact of the invention, electricity wasn't connected fully in Australia until 1989. But for me there was one event that stood out and that occurred on on the 4th of October 1957 just before my birthday.

It was an event of enormous significance, yet is now almost completely forgotten. It changed the world mostly for the better - in many ways, including preventing or at lessening the chance of a nuclear war, and greatly enhanced the standing of science in government, even making the moon landing possible.

At that time Australia was blessed with a visit by a famous Rock star called Little Richard, (top song Good Golly Miss Molly), and on that day he cancelled the tour and went into retirement in a monastery after he claimed to see a message from God in the sky.

In fact most Australians saw the same thing. The next night our family went out into the back yard of our house and, looking up into the sky, we saw a little aluminium sphere drift across the heavens. It was the worlds first satellite, launched into space by the Russians, called Sputnik.

I can't remember anyone saying anything, but right then we realized the cold war was not restricted to the northern hemisphere. Suddenly the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction or MAD for short was very close to home, and the expression one flash and your ash had become reality.

For the US, this was a slap in the face, being beaten in science technology by a rival whose political philosophy they had scorned.

Sputnik plunged Americans into a crisis of self-confidence, including the idea that the country had grown lax with prosperity and had used science for frivolous purposes. This was so promoted by the media that people stopped buying luxury cars, and Ford Edesel, an oversized vulgar yank tank that aimed at the luxury market, went broke. One eminent scientist took advantage of the hysteria to proclaim: Teach science or teach Russian,

"Teach Science or Teach Russian"

It would have to be the slogan of the century because, by golly Ms Molly, it worked. Congress responded with the National Defence Education Act, which increased funding for education at all levels, including low-interest student loans to college students, with the focus on scientific and technical education. They enacted reforms in....

14:30

BRICS vs. The Debt Iceberg "IndyWatch Feed National"

Titanic formerly known as Olympic with J.J. Astor aboard

J.G. Olsen / Financial Expositor

Our newly generated CBDCs will be sold on safety, basically, a blockchain arrangement where every cent is traceable from its first creation. With the increase in hacking and identity fraud, the public will rush to the CBDC database with its security and convenience. Just a small chip implanted next to the thumb or for the more fainthearted, iris recognition and all your account changes will be notified instantly via the hip-pocket telephone.

In old times native Americans used beads for money and this went on presumably for very many generations. When the Europeans appeared they brought counterfeit beads and paid for real estate and services with these beads, which destroyed the local economy.

The natives were not so much swindled as betrayed, the newcomers were not playing by the established rules. Now its happening all over again, money has been swapped for debt.

The money at present in your pocket and bank account is not sound money on a solid foundation of gold with sensible layers of currencies, bonds, shares and options on top, this is a popular imagining, based on various historical arrangements which no longer exist. The king, queen, or president on one side, as commander of the army, is your best guarantee of security but even that doesnt make modern money sound. Modern money is not piled up like a py...

14:13

Warning to ADF Chief General Campbell - pack your toothbrush over war crimes. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Great work from our mate Ross Eastgate OAM. Thank you Ross. Lest We Forget. All ranks should be aware about what's coming BEN Fernencz, the last Nuremberg War Crimes trials prosecutor died on April 7, aged 103. Fernencz successfully prosecuted dozens of Nazis accused of committing war crimes, and then...

12:54

What Are Transformer Models and How Do They Work? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Via: cohere.ai: So why would a transformer model build text word by word? One answer is, because that works really well. A more satisfying one is that because transformers are so incredibly good at keeping track of the context, that the next word they pick is exactly what it needs to keep going with an []

12:14

The legal realities of Albanese's Vanity Voice to Parliament "IndyWatch Feed National"

Thank you Steve for the tip on this great insight into Albanese's Voice.

10:36

Murder charge after paramedics fatal stabbing "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Paramedic, Steven Tougher, who was tragically stabbed to death on Friday

A MAN has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of Ambulance paramedic Steven Tougher at Campbelltown on Friday.

Police were called to a McDonalds restaurant on Queen Street about 5.30am on Friday April 14, following reports a man had been stabbed.

Steven Tougher, a former Bulli High School student, was with a colleague when they stopped for a break at the fast food outlet when he was stabbed.

The 29-year-old man was treated at the scene and taken to Liverpool Hospital, where he later died.

A crime scene was established, which was forensically examined by specialist officers.

The State Crime Commands Homicide Squad and detectives from Campbelltown Police Area Command commenced an investigation into the incident under Strike Force Tarpaulin.

A 21-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Campbelltown Police Station.

Homicide detectives have now charged the man with murder. He has been refused bail to appear at Pa...

10:00

Madame Lagardes Admission: CBDCs Are about Control "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

First, she committed the crime of financial negligence while French finance minister. Then she immolated the Greek economy while head of the IMF, according to the IMFs own watchdog. Then she engineered the greatest inflationary debacle in Germans living memory while head of the European Central Bank. And now she plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC). With Christine Lagarde in charge, what could possibly go wrong?

The answer, surprisingly enough, is a prank interview with a fake Volodymyr Zelensky

You can watch the amusing video here. Its been getting a lot of attention lately because of the comments Lagarde makes about CBDCs specifically.

Now I can remember when CBDCs were nothing but a conspiracy theory. And then, once central banks around the world announced they were developing them, the conspiracy theory became how they could be used. Whether governments would use them to actively control our lives, or whether they would let us use them without interference.

Sure enough, as Lagarde told fake Zelensky in her prank interview, there will be control, you are right, you are completely right.

The question is how much control and in what ways. Which is, of course, a mere sideshow.

The point is that, using CBDCs, governments are able to impose a new type of control over our lives. And if you think they wont go on to use that control in the future, based on reassurances of how CBDCs will look when initially launched, then you mustve been living under a rock since 2007, at least.

But lets start at the beginning

About halfway through the interview, fake Zelensky asks Lagarde about CBDCs:

There are many protests in Europe against the electronic euro. What is the reason?

Lagarde dodges the question by pointing out that some people are also in favour of it. Specifically young German men, for some reason. Fortunately, fake Zelensky prompts her on the correct answer:

The problem is they dont want to be controlled. They dont want to.

The criminally financially negligent Lagardes reply to this is where things get interesting:

Yeah, but you know what? Now we have in Europe this threshold above 1000 euros you cannot pay in cash. If you do, you are on the grey market. You take your risk. You get caught, you are fined, or you go in jail.

But, you know, the digital euro is going to have a limited amount of control. There will be control, you are right, you are completely right.

We are considering whether for very small amounts, anything that is around 300, 400 euros, we could have a mechanism where there is zero control.

But that could be dangerous. The terrorist attacks on France back 10 years....

09:47

Can You Fight for Climate Justice Without Being Antiwar? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Can organizations sincerely say they are leading the climate justice fight without also being unapologetically antiwar? Short answer no. Heres why.

We cannot end climate change without ending war. The United States military is the planets largest single emitter of greenhouse gasses and consumer of oil. The US military and its weapons, consistently deployed to secure economic dominance for the few while ensuring suffering for the many, has no place on a just and livable planet. The corporate interests and fascist, militarist tendencies that lead humanity into conflict are the very same that view our Earth, its atmosphere, and its abundant life as a resource to be exploited for profit. Ending war means ending the war economy the colonial system of extraction and exploitation that got us into this mess in the first place.

That a more peaceful world could be a result of the broad system change climate activists are calling for is no coincidence. But the theoretical intersection alone isnt enough! Environmentalists and climate change activists must make a commitment to peace explicitly. Our planet depends on it.

There are already plenty of reasons to oppose war such as the threat of nuclear destruction, massive civilian casualties, and violence against women and the concentration of fascist imperialist powers into corporatized hands. But if that is not enough for folks doing important work in climate justice to also oppose all wars, then lets also consider militarism and the war economy.

The Pentagon is already the planets largest single institutional emitter of fossil fuels, and US-backed conflicts around the world since WWII can always be tied back to economic gain dominance, especially via the private control of fuel and natural resources. A war with China, which the US has gradually encircled with hundreds of military bases and weaponry, is being provoked for economic reasons as the government and media manufacture the consent of the American public. This will only result in the increase of Pentagon funding (already at $858 billion), siphoning off billions of dollars of taxpayer money to infrastructure and weaponry which is destroying our climate.

Many people dont realize that every solution to climate change already exists. The problem is the government simply will not fund it while its priority is war. Demilitarization is one of the most important things we can do for the climate, and for living beings inside and outside conflict zones.

Currently, our measure of success as a country is based on how much we can destroy and exploit. While the basic tenets of capitalism are taught in America as economic law, this is hardly the case.The economic system we operate under is a choice. There are other options. Our broken and optional system  where income inequality is at an all-time high, the poor have little access to healthcare, and the climate is nearing deadly tipping points is...

09:20

The Road to Legendhood "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Mike Palecek

HE STOOD FIRM, FINE, LEAN, justice warrior, smart, ebullient, handsome, simulated, phony baloney.

In The Hall Of Me, a cavernous though sparkling, ravishingly lit room of mirrors.
From the middle He saw the smoke machine finally beginning to work, the rolls billowing, spreading out, like the ghosts of Damascus past.

This was his favorite room, one of several hundred, maybe soon several thousand with the planned additions, of His Library Of Me, taking up sizeable, significant acreage in this Chicago neighborhood that could have no more purposeful purpose, He had to admit.

Out in front sat the bronze statue showing Him dealing three-card monte on Pennsylvania Avenue wearing His Magicians hat, His wand in a pocket, a white rabbit on His lap and Habeas Corpus under his feet.

From the rooftop helicopter pad He could be in Marthas Vineyard in a quick jiffy, if need be, or D.C., or Honolulu, Tel Aviv or Nairobi, as the case may be.

He sported a gabardine suit, open shirt, sandals, sunglasses atop His head, and gold, embossed Forty Years of Service de...

08:27

Doubled Pregnancy Loss Rate, Raised Foetal Abnormality Rate and Concentration of Lipid Nanoparticles in Ovaries How Could They Call This Vaccine Safe? "IndyWatch Feed National"

BY ALEX KRIEL AND DR DAVID BELL | THE DAILY SCEPTIC | APRIL 14, 2023

The mRNA vaccines were released globally in early 2021 with the slogan safe and effective. Unusually for a new class of medicine, they were soon recommended by public health authorities for pregnant women. By late 2021, working age women, including those who were pregnant, were being thrown out of employment for not agreeing to be injected. Those who took the mRNA vaccines did so based on trust in health authorities the assumption being that they would not have been approved if the evidence was not absolutely clear. The role of regulatory agencies was to protect the public and, therefore, if they were approved, the drugs were safe.

Recently, a lengthy vaccine evaluation report sponsored by Pfizer and submitted to the Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) dated January 2021 was released under a Freedom of Information request. The report contains significant new information that had been supressed by the TGA and by Pfizer itself. Much of this relates directly to the issues of safety in pregnancy and impacts on the fertility of women of child-bearing age. The whole report is important, but four key data points stand out:

  • The rapid decline in antibody and T cells in monkeys following a second dose;
  • Biodistribution studies (previously released in 2021 through an FOI request in Japan);
  • Data on the impact of fertility outcomes for rats;
  • Data on foetal abnormalities in rats.

We focus on the last three items as, for the first point, it is enough to quote the report itself: Antibodies and T cells in monkeys declined quickly over five weeks after the second dose of [Pfizer Covid vaccine] BNT162b2 (V9), raising concerns over long term immunity. This point indicates that the regulators should have anticipated the rapid decline in efficacy and must have known at the outset that the initial two dose course was unlikely to confer lasting immunity and would, therefore, require multiple repeat doses. This expectation of failure was recently highlighted by Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director at the U.S. NIH.

The three remaining items should be a major cause for concern with the pharmaceutical regulatory system. The first, as re...

07:00

More Than Two Feet of Rain in Ft. Lauderdale Causes Severe Flooding in 1-in-1,000 Year Event "IndyWatch Feed National"

South Florida was hit with a 1-in-1,000 year deluge of rainfall this week as a series of storms pummeled the area, causing widespread flooding, stranded vehicles, closed schools and airport shut-downs.

A record 25.91 inches of rain was measured at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, according to the National Weather Services preliminary report, falling in the 24 hour period leading up to Thursday morning.

Ana Torres-Vazquez, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami, said a typical strong hurricane would produce 20 to 25 inches of rainfall over the course of more than one day, reported CNN.

This amount of rain in a 24-hour period is incredibly rare for South Florida, Torres-Vazquez said, describing the rainfall as a 1-in-1,000 year event, or greater, as CNN reported.

This means the chance of it happening in any given year is 0.1 percent.

The average rainfall for all of April in Fort Lauderdale is three inches, and the city hasnt seen 20 inches of rain in a month for almost 25 years.

South Floridas historic rainfall followed a low pressure system that developed in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, causing a warm front to move across southern Florida, reported The Guardian. This was followed by a series of slow-moving supercell thunderstorms.

The amount of rainfall is unprecedented, Mayor Dean Trantalis said Thursday, as NBC News reported.

Experts have predicted more extreme weather as the climate crisis wears on.

According to the National Weather Service, another two to three inches of rain...

Victorian State Government Begging for Private Renewable Energy Investment "IndyWatch Feed National"

"... We need to see 25GW of new [generators] between now and 2035 ..." - but Victoria is consistently voted the hardest place to do business in Australia.

05:50

Joe Biden Is A Criminal Says Ex-Obama Whistleblower Alleging Family Kickback Scheme "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge | April 14, 2023

A former staffer who worked in the Obama administration is blowing the whistle on the Bidens  and has accused President Biden of being involved in a kickback scheme directly related to his son Hunters overseas business dealings.

Mike McCormick, a stenographer in the White House for 15 years who worked with Biden from 2011 to 2017, told Fox & Friends First that the FBI has completely ignored him despite his willingness to testify under oath before the grand jury investigating Hunter.

In February, I went to the FBI and filed one of their tips on their website. If you do that, and youre lying to them, you go to jail. Im not lying. Im telling the truth, and Im not going to jail, McCormick said on Thursday. Joe Biden is a criminal. He was conducting malfeasance in office to enrich his family. Jake Sullivan is a conspirator in that, and theres more Obama officials involved in it, I believe.

McCormick specifically noted a key dialogue involving then-VP Biden, aide Jake Sullivan and the press on Air Force Two before an April 21, 2014 trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, in which Sullivan now Bidens national security adviser outlined a US investment in the Ukrainian energy sector just days after Hunter joined the board of Burisma.

Months after the trip, Congress allocated $50 million to Ukraines energy market.

Im sitting back there with a tape recorder. Jake Sullivan comes back and somebody asks about fracking. His answer is, well, were bringing a lot of American assistance over for fracking. Burisma was the direct beneficiary of that fracking, and thats what I recorded, and thats in a White House transcript, said McCormick, adding: In the transcript, you dont know who Jake Sullivan is. Its a senior administration official. Im the witness that says Jake Sullivan is the guy who said it and he should be investigated because at the time Hunter Biden was on the board of Burisma and Joe Biden is bringing American taxpayer money to enrich that company and himself and his family.

Hunter joined the board of the Ukrainian natural gas firm on April 18, just three days before Biden and his team traveled to Kyiv. But that critical piece of the...

04:31

On Joe Biden's woke conquest of Ireland "IndyWatch Feed National"

The president is using his Irish identity to bully Brexit Britain. Power often wears the mask of weakness in the 21st century. Think of those strapping, angry 'transwomen' who cry victimhood even as they harass real women. Or privileged students in the luxury surrounds of Oxford or Yale heaping pressure on hapless administrators to decolonise the curriculum so that they might be spared the pain of reading Shakespeare, Chaucer and other long-dead white men. Or Hillary Clinton depicting herself as a victim of sexism even as she wielded her extraordinary power to brand half her compatriots as deplorables. Julie Burchill calls them 'cry-bullies' - a 'hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper'. Now there's President Biden, the most powerful cry-bully in the world. He's taken the grievance machine global. He speaks of his historic pain even as he impresses his imperial power across the Earth. Witness his visit to Ireland. He's hyping up his status as a descendent of the...

02:53

How Can Biden Model Success For The Next Generation If He Cant Even Explain What It Is? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Joe Biden stands with group of children waving flagsInstead of looking into the eyes of the future and offering an answer that might truly speak to young people, Biden made it all about himself.

01:19

Orban: Conflict in Ukraine to End Once US, Europe Stop Backing Kiev "IndyWatch Feed National"

Sputnik 14.04.2023

BUDAPEST Ukraine is a non-existent country in financial terms, and as soon as the US and Europe stop supporting it, the conflict will end, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

In fact, Ukraine is a non-existent country in financial terms. The fall in economic indicators is huge, which is completely understandable Obviously, Ukraine cannot finance itself. The question is whether we support Ukraine, Orban told a Hungarian broadcaster.

He added that the moment America and Europe answer no to this question, the conflict will end.

Europe spends tens of billions of dollars to support Ukraine, this cannot continue indefinitely, the Hungarian leader stressed.

01:00

Has Tulsi Gabbard Adequately Addressed the WEF Young Global Leader Question? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has once again been confronted with her membership in the World Economic Forums Young Global Leaders program. Should we trust her answers? On April 4th, former U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spoke at the Independent National Convention in Austin, Texas. Other speakers included journalist Chris Hedges and former Cleveland Mayor and U.S. Read More...

The post Has Tulsi Gabbard Adequately Addressed the WEF Young Global Leader Question? appeared first on The Last American Vagabond.

00:54

Corporate Equality Index (CEI): Why brands risk going broke to look woke "IndyWatch Feed National"

If you're anything like me, you may have been utterly baffled by recent events in marketing. Companies like Gillette, Disney, Nike, Tampax, and Bud Light seem to have completely abandoned their core customer base and pandered to an entirely different demographic - one that's unlikely to even need or want their products in the first place. (Trust me when I tell you this is really important content. Let's see if I can write this article in a way that won't get me slapped with another round of defunding and deplatforming.) Well, look no further for the answer. Move over, ESG scores. Now big corporations are competing for super-high CEI scores. And to do it, many of them have to completely turn their backs on the loyal consumers who've been buying their products for years. What is a CEI score? Brought to us by a group of control-freaks-pretending-to-be-do-gooders who call themselves The Human Rights Campaign, CEI stands for Corporate Equality Index.

00:16

Quote of the Week "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 

A new paper from the Australia Institute shows 93% of the benefits of economic growth between 2009 and 2019 went to the top 10%, while the bottom 90% received just 7%. The paper shows the share of economic growth going to the top 10% over that period was far higher in Australia than in other developed countries, including the US and Canada.

[Political reporter Amy Remeikis, writing in The Guardian, 11 April 2023]


00:15

Phrase of the Week "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 

digital euthanasia: the use of a block button to terminate the presence of a troll in your social media timeline. [Simon Homes Court, 2023]

 

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20:32

Inside the Australian warehouses with robotic workers "IndyWatch Feed National"

Amazons new Sydney distribution warehouse spans over 200,000 square metres, across four levels, and is...

20:30

Walk Into City Hall "IndyWatch Feed National"

 

(Source: Strong Towns/Edward Erfurt.)

I get asked regularly, What is the most powerful thing I can do in my community to advance or share the Strong Towns message?

The answer is really simple: walk into your city hall.

Your city hall is the hub for all the activities in your community and is more than just a brick-and-mortar building in the center of town. City hall is the location where ideas are debated and codified into ordinances by your elected officials through various meetings. This is where a team of city employees are managing the day-to-day operations of the city, ranging from trash collection to tax collection. City hall is an institution with a diversity of responsibilities serving your community.

Here lies an opportunity to humbly observe how your local city operates and is managed. There is no better way to start this discovery than by introducing yourself and sharing what you love about your community.

Here are four simple things you can do when you walk into your city hall:

1. Meet City Staff

Take the time to meet the staff that are working in your city. These are the people who have the job of implementing the policies and programs as directed by your city council or mayor. They're working on the business of the city by writing ordinances, administering codes, and preparing meeting agendas.

Take time to meet these people and learn about their jobs and the various projects they are working on. Ask lots of questions and learn about how things work in your city. Share what you love and want to see more of. Ask how to enact change for things that are not so loved by you and your neighbors. This breaks down barriers and opens the door for you to...

18:05

Fear of a Microbial Planet "IndyWatch Feed National"

BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE | APRIL 13, 2023

Fear of a Microbial Planet, by Dr. Steve Templeton, is a wonderfully accessible book on the Covid era now published by Brownstone institute, offers desperately needed clarity and science on the organization and management of individual social life in the presence of pathogenic infection. It can be read as a definitive answer to expert arrogance, political overreach, and population panic.

For three years following the arrival of the virus that causes Covid, the dominant response from governments and the public has been to be afraid and stay far away through any means possible. This has further mutated into a population-wide germophobia that is actually being promoted by elite opinion.

Steve Templeton, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine Terre Haute, argues that this response is primitive, unscientific, and ultimately contrary to individual and public health. The most unhealthy populations are those which preserve immunological naivete in the presence of a virus that is otherwise going to circulate widely.

Dr. Templetons story is both scientific and highly personal, taking the reader through the basics of immune response and public health even while relaying his personal frustrations with trying to talk sense to others in senseless times.

If a public health response is like an immune response, then consider this book as immunization against germophobia, politicized science, a self-defeating safety culture, and misplaced faith in...

17:19

The one-world digital currency is almost here but first they have to collapse the global financial system to make way for it "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ethan Huff Natural News April 13, 2023

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which is often described as the central bank of central banks, is working on a new global central bank digital currency (CBDC) that could become the new one-world digital currency.

Known as Project Icebreaker, the plan involves coordinating all of the worlds central banks and their respective currencies under a new foreign exchange clearing house for retail CBDCs, meaning digital currencies used by ordinary people and businesses in their day-to-day affairs.

Much like the SWIFT payment system for international settlements, Project Icebreaker will enable varying digital currencies to be traded from country to country both quickly and efficiently.

The Icebreaker Hub, as the BIS is calling it, will facilitate data transfers for an array of transactions that occur at banks, both internally and in their dealings with other banks.

(Related: Australia recently launched its own CBDC pilot program to replace all cash throughout the country with a central bank-controlled digital currency.)

The central banking cartel wants total control over everything

When Russia invaded Ukraine, it was expelled from the SWIFT network by the central banking cartel as retaliation. The same type of thing would happen under Project Icebreaker to those who break script; they would face financial sanctions.

In Russias case, it was able to sidestep the SWIFT ban by dealing directly with economic powerhouses like China and India that belong to BRICS, minimizing the damage that the West tried to impose.

Project Icebreaker would make such an action a whole lot harder because it would tighten the noose on global trade and finance. The goal is to entangle every country into the CBDC web, enabling absolute totalitarianism on a global scale.

What if all monetary transactions were centralized through CBDCs and the BIS controlled the hub in which all retail CBDCs are exchanged globally? This is what Icebreaker is, explains Brandon Smith from the Birch Gold Group.

Now imagine that you operate a business that relies on overseas transactions; say you need to pay manufacturers in Vietnam or Taiwan to produce your products. With CBDCs in place you will most likely be completely dependent on a system similar to the Icebreaker Hub to move that digital money to Vietnamese banks and into the accounts of your manufacturers. Say officials at the BIS, for whatever reason, decide they dont like you and they initiate Russian-style sanctions denying your access to the hub. Your business is now dead.

You...

17:06

Russia jamming U.S. smart bombs in Ukraine, leaked docs say "IndyWatch Feed National"

Lara Seligman Yahoo April 12, 2023

American-made smart bombs are falling victim to Russian electronic jamming in Ukraine, causing them to miss their targets, according to leaked documents and confirmed by a Defense Department official.

In some cases, the weapons were also failing to detonate due to a technical issue, which Ukrainian troops have since addressed.

The news adds to an increasingly bleak picture of the state of Ukraines military that has emerged from a trove of top secret intelligence documents that leaked on social media and came to light over the past week. The documents show that Washington has grave concerns about Kyivs dwindling ammunition and air defenses, which could cause it to fall short of its goals for the anticipated spring counteroffensive.

The Pentagon in December began sending Kyiv advanced equipment that could convert unguided air-dropped munitions into precision-guided smart bombs that can hit Russian targets with a higher degree of accuracy.

The guided bombs can be launched by a variety of aircraft such as bombers and fighters, and are called Joint Direct Attack is called a JDAM-Extended Range, or JDAM-ER.

But the weapons have experienced higher-than-expected dud rates and have missed their targets on the battlefield, according to a leaked slide prepared by the Joint Staff and confirmed by a U.S. official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.

In some cases, the bomb fuzes were not arming when they were released, causing the weapon to fail to detonate. The Ukrainian air force put in place a fix to ensure the bombs are arming correctly, according to the slide and the official.

The document includes a diagram of the munition and lays out the technical issue the weapons are experiencing as well as the proposed fix. It also provides a detailed account of the weapons failure rate in several recent attacks, including the dates and the number of munitions it took to take out the target. However, POLITICO could not independently verify that information.

A larger problem is that Russia is using GPS jamming to interfere with the weapons targeting process, according to the slide and a separate person familiar with the issue whos not in the U.S. government. American officials believe Russian jamming is causing the JDAMs, and at times other American weapons such as guided rockets, to miss their mark.

I do think there may be concern that the Russians may be jamming the signal used to direct the JDAMs, which would answer why these munitions are not performing in the manner expected and how they perform in other war zones, said Mick Mulroy a former Pentagon official and retired CIA officer.

A........

16:55

Trial project aims to identify safety black spots for women, girls and gender diverse "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

A TRIAL project has been launched to improve perceptions of safety for women, girls and gender diverse people who travel to, through and within public spaces in Wollongong.

Wollongong City Council and Transport for NSW are calling for community feedback on a public safety project called Safer Cities: Her Way.

The project that will test community-driven solutions for making public spaces feel safer.  Wollongong is one of 10 councils participating in the Safer Cities: Her Way pilot program, including City of Sydney.

Through this project the NSW Government will invest $1 million in funding on trial interventions which will improve safety for women, girls, and gender diverse people in three locations within the City of Wollongong.

You can get involved in this project by:

  • Registering your interest to participate in a co-designing walk and workshop. Participants will join Council Staff and NSW Police on walks to explore the identified public spaces and note the things that make them feel safe and/or unsafe. Register your attendance online via the Our Wollongong website.
  • Drop a digital pin on Councils interactive map t...

16:32

Climate change protestors again block trucks from entering or leaving Russell Vale Colliery "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

THIS morning about 20 campaigners have again picketed the gates of the Russell Vale Colliery, preventing coal trucks from entering and leaving the gates of the mine. The action is the latest in a string of protests at the Wollongong Resources owned mine since it resumed operations in late 2021.

Stop Russell Vale Mine spokesperson Renata Field slammed a 2020 approval for a five year expansion plan for the old South Bulli Colliery, established in the late 1880s and one of the oldest in Australia.

In the wake of the most catastrophic IPCC status report on climate change thus far, continuing to mine for dirty, fossil fuels is simply not an option for our planet and future generations, she said.

The expansion plan was following a decade-long campaign by local residents, which successfully prevented a much larger longwall mining expansion from being granted the green light. However, there remains significant community concerns about the greenhouse footprint of the mine, Ms Field said, and the subsiden...

16:00

Wollongong mayor joins other civic leaders calling to supercharge the supply of affordable electric vehicles "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Picture: Kindel Media on Pexels.com

WOLLONGONG Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery has joined other civic leaders calling on the Federal Government to supercharge the countrys supply of affordable electric vehicles.

The Climate Council* have collected the names of 120 mayors and councillors from across the country, who are urging the implementation of fuel efficiency standards in an effort to bring more affordable electric vehicles to Australia.

A  joint statement, released earlier this week, and signed by 120 council elected officials, including Cr Bradbery, urges the Federal Government to legislate fuel efficiency standards that:

  • Are mandatory and deliver at least equivalent settings to those in other major markets.
  • Give Australian drivers more choice and affordability than they have today.
  • Support 100% of new vehicles sold in Australia to become zero emissions as soon as possible.
  • Are reviewed and updated approximately every five years.

We want to be part of the growing clean transport movement and champion the uptake of electric vehicles, Cr Bradbery said.

Thats why were calling on the Federal Government to implement fuel efficiency standards its an absolute must for o...

15:27

Lawrence Hargrave Drive to close in both directions at night during landslip repairs "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

WORK to complete repairs on a section of Lawrence Hargrave Drive at Stanwell Tops, damaged during last years severe weather events, will start in the coming weeks. 

A Transport for NSW spokesperson said the work would start on Sunday, April 30 to repair landslip damage located about 500m south of Longview Crescent. 

 This work will repair the road surface and aims to make the road more resilient to heavy rainfall, the spokesperson said. 

The work will involve adding strength to the slope where a minor landslip created cracking along a 20-metre section of the road surface. 

We will reinforce the slope by adding rockfill to replace the material lost in the landslip before resurfacing the road and replacing the guardrail. 

The spokesperson said the repair work was expected to be complete by Thursday May 18, weather permitting. 

Work will be carried out from Sunday to Thursday from 8pm to 4am each week to minimise disruption to traffic. 

The road must be closed in both directions during the work to ensure safety for motorists and work crews. However, traffic access will be provided during a 10-minute period at 10pm, 12am and 2am. 

Outside the work hours, the road will be restricted to single lane access under traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40kmh. 

Detours will be via Bulli Pass or McKell Avenue at Waterfall and then Lady Wakehurst Drive. 

A single lane closure will be in place on Sunday, May 7 during a planned night closure on the M1 at Mount Ousley and on Sunday, May 14 during planned rail track work. 

...

13:51

Dramatic scenes as convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne is jailed: Distraught wife bursts into tears and has one long final hug with her husband as hes handcuffed and taken away "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Dramatic scenes as convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne is jailed: Distraught wife bursts into tears and has one long final hug with her husband as hes handcuffed and taken away

  • Jarryd Hayne taken into custody
  • Emotional NRL star hugged wife 

By CANDACE SUTTON and AIDAN WONDRACZ FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 14 April 2023 

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Both Jarryd Hayne and his wife broke down in tears as he was taken into custody following a failed bid to remain free until his sentencing hearing next month. 

There were dramatic scenes in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday morning as Justice Richard Button revoked the dis...

12:47

Tweed Shire Council apply for Special Rate Variation "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has confirmed that Tweed Shire Council apply for Special Rate Variation (SRV) of 2.35 per cent, this will be on top of the general rates increase of 4 per cent rate rise (all councils will receive at rise from between 3.76.8 per cent depending on population) taking it to 6.35 per cent. However, Tweed Councillor Reece Byrnes has said he will not support the SRV application. 

Tweed Shire Councillor Reece Byrnes. Photo supplied.

Cr Byrnes opposed

Im always fighting for our community, and that is why I voted against the rate increase, Councillor Byrnes told The Echo

When the decision was made to apply for the SRV in February Mayor Chris Cherry told the meeting that she was supporting the application to ensure to keep the option of an SRV available to councillors while other saving measure alternatives had been considered. 

...

12:10

Thats Capitalism, Folks! "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Something seems to have broken with capitalism.

Albert Edwards

Something seems to have broken with Albert Edwards.

Bill Bonner

You can tell when were in an economic crisis. The influencers begin to tell us how capitalism has failedyes, the system that made us so wealthy has now reached the end of the lineno more juice in that lemon, they say.  Now, its time for the experts to take over. Heres Futurism: Economist Warns That Capitalism May Be Ending:

The world is changing, and its getting more expensive while wages, as most working people have witnessed in their own lives, have failed to keep up with the rising cost of pretty much everything. According to Albert Edwards, a global strategist at the 159-year-old bank Socit Gnrale, this phenomenon is the result of what he calls greedflation.

The latest release of US whole economy profits data delivered another shock to my weakening confidence that the capitalist system is working as it should, the note continues. Companies have used first the pandemic and then the war in Ukraine to profiteer.

In other words, in Edwards eyes, the fact that Fortune 500 companies are raking in normal if not record-breaking profits in the wake of pandemic and war-induced geopolitical and economic stress, while price-gouging consumers as working-class wages stay the same, isnt exactly a sustainable way for people to live

No! Unbelievable! Those greedy SOBs: they raise priceswhen they can get away with it!

Lower salaries everyday

Well, thank God other segments of the population are more public spiritedmore self-sacrificingand more civic minded. You dont see them trying to take advantage of a bad situation, do you?

Take the long-suffering consumer, for example. He realises that producers are always trapped between resource costs, labour, taxes, and interest rates. So, the consumer always wants to pay full price so that producers profit margins can be maintained, right? No discount shopping for him.

And what about laborers? Employees? You dont see them asking for wage increasesjust because they know theres a shortage of skilled labour. Un un. They happily stick with their low salaries so employers can keep prices as low as possible for consumers.

But whats this? Rutgers already charges out-of-state students US$33,963 per year. From Fortune: Around 9,000 Rutgers employees are going on strike for the first time in 275 years:     

Classes were still being held at Rutgers as picket lines were set up at the schools campuses in New Brunswick/Piscataway, Newark and Camden. Union officials had decided Sunday night to go on strike, citing a stalemate i....

10:00

How Many Have Died From COVID Vaccines? "IndyWatch Feed National"

From Dr. Joseph Mercola

Since COVID-19 first entered the scene, exchange of ideas has basically been outlawed. By sharing my views and those from various experts throughout the pandemic on COVID treatments and the experimental COVID jabs, I became a main target of the White House, the political establishment and the global cabal.

Propaganda and pervasive censorship have been deployed to seize control over every part of your life, including your health, finances and food supply. The major media are key players and have been instrumental in creating and fueling fear.

I am republishing this article in its original form so that you can see how the progression unfolded.

Originally published: May 22, 2021

In a May 5, 2021, Fox News report, Tucker Carlson asked the question no one is really allowed to ask: How many Americans have died after taking the COVID vaccine?1

If you havent paid attention, the answer to this verboten (forbidden) question may shock you. Carlson points out (inaccurately, if you ask me) that vaccines have been shown to be generally safe, citing statistics on how many Americans have died after the seasonal influenza vaccine in recent years.

Each year, more than 165 million Americans get the flu shot, and according to the U.S. vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS), there were 85 reported deaths following influenza vaccination in 2017; 119 deaths in 2018; and 203 deaths in 2019. How do those rates compare to the death rates from the coronavirus vaccine? Carlson asks. The answer is, theres really no comparison.

How Many Have Died From COVID Vaccines?

Between mid-December 2020, when the first COVID-19 shots were rolled out, and April 23, 2021, at which point between 95 million and 100 million Americans had received their COVID-19 shots, there were 3,544 reported deaths following COVID vaccination.2

Thats 182 more deaths than cited by Carlson. As of April 23, 2021, VAERS had also received 12,618 reports of serious adverse events. In total, 118,902 adverse event reports had been filed. If, like Carlson estimates, about 30 people per day are dying from the shots, these numbers will grow by the hundreds each week.

Carlson also cites data from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which found that VAERS catches a mere 1% of vaccine injuries,3,...

09:10

An invitation to celebrate Ramadan Iftar at SCU "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

The 2019 Iftar feast provided by the Muslim community of Lismore. Photo Tree Faerie

Muslims all over the world are observing the blessed month of Ramadan which includes the fasting from dawn to dusk followed by Iftar.

To share the spirit of Ramadan as has been done in previous years, Southern Cross Universitys Muslim students and staff with collaboration with the Northern Rivers Muslim Community invite you and your family members to the Ramadan Iftar (breaking fast) event this Saturday, 15 April 2023, at 4.30 pm at Goodman Plaza, Lismore campus.

This is a wonderful occasion where the local Muslim community cook delicious and famous traditional foods to share with the wider community of Lismore and also include an some of the other Muslim traditions that happen at this time of day.

To attend, please register to help with numbers for catering and event management.

The deadline of registration is today, Friday 14 April 2023 at 4pm.

To find out more visit the Southern Cross Universitys Muslim students webpage.

The post An invitation to celebrate Ramadan Iftar at SCU appeared first on The Echo.

07:40

Sing 2 in the cinema under the stars tonight "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

The Cast of Sing 2 and their voice people will screen tonight for free in Lismore.

A lovely thing to do is sit under the stars and watch a movie and tonight in Lismore you can do just that with the Newcastle Permanents Cinema Under the Stars event and a huge evening of family-friendly fun in Nesbitt Park.

After a wet weekend led to the January event being postponed, this great family-friendly evening will make its long-awaited return to the Lismore region for the first time in three years.

The free event includes live music, childrens activities and roving acts, with the feature film, Sing 2 (PG, 2021), to begin at sundown.

Bring a blanket (or two) and pack a picnic or buy something delicious from local vendors at the event and there will be plenty of free popcorn to munch on!

David Parker, Branch Manager (Lending) Lismore Branch, said that after three years of COVID-enforced hibernation and awful floods organisers were very happy to be bringing Cinema Under the Stars back.

Its on! said Mr Parker.

We are so excited to host Cinema Under the Stars and holding it over the Easter school holidays means even more people families, friends and visitors from out of town will be able to attend this amazing night out.

More than just a free night at the movies, this is a wonderful showcase of the exceptional talent we have in the Lismore region, with amazing food, brilliant performers and stunning musicians all ready to put on a show!

Pack a picnic, bring the whole family, and get there early to enjoy all the fabulous, fun, free events and activities that help make Cinema Under the Stars such an awesome night!

Event details

  • Venue: Nesbitt Park
    Time: 4pm
    Movie: Sing 2 (2021)
    FREE
    Live music, childrens activities and roving acts

The post Sing 2 in the cinema under the stars tonight appeared first on The Echo.

07:20

Market Talk April 13, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

ASIA:

 

Japans wholesale prices rose 7.2% in March from a year earlier, with the pace of increase slowing for the third straight month, data showed on Wednesday, offering some relief to households and firms hit by a steady rise in raw material costs. The gain in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, was roughly in line with a median market forecast for a 7.1% gain. It followed a revised 8.3% increase in February. Rising global commodity and fuel costs have pushed Japans wholesale and consumer inflation to multi-decade highs, heightening market expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may soon phase out its massive stimulus program.

 

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

  • NIKKEI 225 increased 74.27 points or 0.26% to 28,156.97
  • Shanghai decreased 8.82 points or -0.27% to 3,318.36
  • Hang Seng increased 34.62 points or 0.17% to 20,344.48
  • ASX 200 decreased 19.80 points or -0.27% to 7,324.10
  • Kospi increased 11.02 points or 0.43% to 2,561.66
  • SENSEX increased 38.23 points or 0.06% to 60,431.00
  • Nifty50 increased 15.60 points or 0.09% to 17,828.00

 

 

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

  • AUDUSD increased 0.009 or 1.35% to 0.67780
  • NZDUSD increased 0.0084 or 1.35% to 0.63050
  • USDJPY decreased 0.797 or -0.60% to 132.323
  • USDCNY decreased 0.01442 or -0.21% to 6.86728

 

Precious Metals:

  • Gold increased 26.24 USD/t oz. or 1.30% to 2,040.91
  • Silver increased 0.304 USD/t. oz or 1.19% to 25.781

 

Some economic news from last night:

Australia:

Employment Change (Mar) decreased from 63.6K to 53.0K

Full Employment Change (Mar) decreased from 79.2K to 72.2K

Unemployment Rate (Mar) remain the same at 3.5%

China:

Exports (YoY) (Mar) increased from -6.8% to 14.8%

Imports (YoY) (Mar) increased from -10.2% to -1.4%

Trade Balance (USD) (Mar) decreased from 116.88B to 88.19B

 

Some economic news from today:

India:

Exports (USD) (Mar) increased fr...

06:42

Petes long distance walk highlights racism "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Peter Elzer, who arrived at Brunswick Heads via the beach from Byron Bay on April 5, plans to make a 2,023km walk to 1770, by April 24. Photo Tree Faerie.

#Racism Not Wanted

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06:19

Driver charged after two pedestrians hit Casino "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

NSW Police says a driver who was allegedly drunk at the time, has been charged after two pedestrians were hit in Casino yesterday.

Police say that at about 10.45am yesterday, (Thursday, 13 April), emergency services were called to Barker Street, Casino, following reports two women had been hit by a car.

Police and NSW Ambulance paramedics administered CPR to one of the women, aged 73, before she was airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical, life-threatening condition.

A 74-year-old woman was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Lismore Base Hospital in a serious condition.

Investigators from Richmond Police District attended and established a crime scene, which was examined by specialist police.

Breath test reading of 0.155

The driver of the vehicle, a 57-year-old man, was subject to a roadside breath test, which allegedly returned a positive result. A secondary analysis returned a reading of 0.155.

The man was arrested and taken to Casino Police Station, where he was charged with five offences including:

Aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm,
Cause bodily harm by misconduct, in charge of motor vehicle,
Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm drive manner dangerous,
Drive with high range PCA, and
Negligent driving (occasions grievous bodily harm).

The man was refused bail yesterday to appear before Lismore Local Court today (Friday, 14 April).

The post Driver charged after two pedestrians hit Casino appeared first on The Echo.

06:12

Fire Could Burn For Days At Richmond Plastic Waste Plant This Could Be Worse Than Ohio #Dioxins "IndyWatch Feed National"

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/13/23).
As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
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Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect | US military | The Guardian
China sent not-so-subtle threat to Joe Biden by revealing Hunter's bank records, says senator - Washington Times
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Elon Musk on Twitter: "@BillyM2k This will make some people upset, but I need to emphasize that accelerating synthetic mRNA technology was another silver lining. It is a revolution in medicine, like going from analog to digital. The Covid mRNA vaccine dosage level was too high and having a zillion booster shots" / Twitter
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04:59

Husband Of Late Branama Crooner, Gospel Singer Kefee Remarries After Nine Years "IndyWatch Feed National"

<p><h1><a href= "http://urhobotoday.com/husband-of-late-branama-crooner-gospel-singer-kefee-remarries-after-nine-years/teddy/" rel="attachment wp-att-44106"><img alt="TEDDY" class= "alignleft size-full wp-image-44106" height="383" src= "http://urhobotoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TEDDY.jpg" width="493"></a></h1> <p><strong>LAGOS APRIL 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Teddy Don-Momoh, the husband of late gospel singer Keefe Obareki Momoh, better known as Kefee, has remarried.</strong></p> <p><strong>According to reports, Don got married to his new wife, Lara Kudayisi, during the Easter break.</strong></p> <p><strong>The couple shared photos and videos from their low-key wedding ceremony on Instagram, as they expressed love for each other.</strong></p> <p><strong>For Teddy he is excited getting married to Lara after the long mourning period.</strong></p> <p>Mr Don-Momoh is back yall. Thanks to all who waited patiently prayed for me supported me with all the -lys in search of my heart Ladies and gentlemen Im glad to let you know that Im back to fulfill destiny whole again, equipped with all the tools and Im not alone in this, he captioned his post.</p> <p>His new wife expressed joy in becoming Mrs Momoh.</p> <p>She noted how one can always find love again after trauma and pain.</p> <p>Expressing her love for her husband, she promised to share details of their love story, writing:</p> <p><em>Mr & Mrs Don-Momoh in the building.

Im still in the moon guys, but let me just drop this here;</em></p> <p><em>You can find love again after trauma and pain.</em></p> <p><em>I am coming back to share with you how it all happened very soon.</em></p> <p><em>Meanwhile, ask me all about it in my Insta story and I will answer you</em></p> <p><em>My husband @teddiizle stand correct Sha. Me sef, my shoe shine.</em></p> <p>Teddy had been married to Kefee before her untimely death on June 12, 2014.</p> <p>Kefee died in a hospital in Los Angeles, California after been in Coma for 15 days.</p> <p>They were married for two years before she passed on.</p> <p>Sun Online</p> <p><a href= "http://urhobotoday.com/husband-of-late-branama-crooner-gospel-singer-kefee-remarries-after-nine-years/"> Source</a></p></em></p>

03:47

The war, the separation of the world, or the end of an Empire? "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Thierry Meyssan | Voltaire Network | April 11, 2023

Many are those who predict a World War. Indeed, some groups are preparing for it. But the States are reasonable and, in fact, consider rather an amicable separation, a division of the world into two different worlds, one unipolar and the other multipolar. Perhaps we are actually witnessing a third scenario: the American Empire is not struggling in the trap of Thucydides; it is collapsing like its former Soviet rival died.

The American Straussians, the Ukrainian integral nationalists, the Israeli revisionist Zionists and the Japanese militarists are calling for a generalized war. They are alone and they are not mass movements. No state has yet committed itself to this course.

Germany with 100 billion euros and Poland with much less money are rearming massively. But neither of them seems eager to take on Russia.

Australia and Japan are also investing in armaments, but neither of them has an autonomous army.

The United States is no longer able to replenish its military and is no longer able to create new weapons. They are content to reproduce the weapons of the 1980s in an assembly line fashion. However, they maintain their nuclear weapons.

Russia has already modernized its armies and is organizing itself to renew the ammunition it uses in Ukraine and to mass produce its new weapons, which no one can compete with. China, for its part, is rearming to control the Far East and, in the long term, to protect its trade routes. India thinks of itself as a maritime power.

It is therefore difficult to see who would and could start a World War.

Contrary to their speeches, French leaders are not at all preparing for a high-intensity war [1. The military programming law, established for ten years, plans to build a nuclear aircraft carrier, but reduces the size of the army. It is a question of giving ourselves the means of projection, but not of defending our territory. Paris continues to reason as a colonial power while the world is becoming multipolar. It is a classic: the generals prepare for the previous war and ignore the reality of tomorrow.

The European Union is implementing its Strategic Compass. The Commission coordinates the military investments of its member states. In practice, they all play the game, but pursue different goals. The Commission, on the other hand, is trying to take control of decisions on the financing of armies, which until now have depe...

00:17

"Free The Weed" For More than Medical and Recreational Use "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Now that both "marijuana" and "industrial hemp" are legal in many places, why isn't the latter taking off?----If you have to ask why, the answer is usually "money."

Thursday, 13 April

11:22

5 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

any of us are used to putting ourselves last and thinking about the needs of others before our own, but its essential for our overall health and well-being to prioritise taking care of ourselves. This means creating healthy habits and practices in our day-to-day lives that can help reduce stress, increase physical activity, improve mental alertness, protect against disease, and much more. It doesnt have to be complex or complicated, take a few minutes each day to do something good for yourself. Here are some ways you can incorporate self-care into your daily routine to live a happier and healthier life.

1. Use Organic Skincare Products

Taking good care of your skin is one of the most important things you can do for yourself.
Investing in organic skincare products made with natural, non-toxic ingredients can help nourish and protect your skin from environmental stressors like pollution and UV radiation. Many organic skin care lines are available, so do your research and find one that works for you. Hemp skincare products are especially effective at calming and hydrating the skin. They can also help reduce inflammation and redness.

2. Get Enough Sleep

Sleep is essential for our overall health, but too often, its the first thing we sacrifice when were busy or overwhelmed with life. Make sure to get at least seven to nine hours of sleep per night to ensure your body has time to rest appropriately and recover from the days activities. Try establishing a regular bedtime routine if youre having trouble getting enough sleep. This could include turning off electronics an hour before bed, taking a warm bath or shower, and reading a book before going to sleep. You should also avoid caffeine and sugary foods late in the day as these can make it harder for you to fall asleep.

3. Practise Mindful Eating

Mindful eating involves paying attention to what and how much were eating so that we are more aware of our bodys signals and cues. This helps us recognize when were feeling full, which can help prevent overeating or mindless snacking throughout the day. Mindful eating also helps us become more aware of how our foods affect our mood, energy levels, and overall health. You can practise mindful eating by taking the time to savour each bite and pay attention to your foods texture, flavours,and smell. Slow down when youre eating and focus on truly enjoying the experience.

4. Exercise Regularly

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09:41

Free Hawai`i "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

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Confused? Dont Worry.<br> <br> <a href="http://FreeHawaiiTV.com" target="_blank"><span style= "color: red;">Watch For Our Simple Explanation & Why Youll Soon Be Hearing A Lot More About This.</span></a><br></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://FreeHawaiiTV.com" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style= "color: red;"><b><span> </span></b></span></span></p></p></p>

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