The War on Cash


Programmable #Digital #Currency”: The next stage of the new normal?The war on cash’s endgame is here: money replaced by vouchers subject to complete state control.

Building on the #bitcoin model, central banks are planning to produce their own “digital currencies”. Removing any and all remaining #privacy, granting total control over every transaction, even limiting what ordinary people are allowed to spend their money on.

From the moment bitcoin and other #cryptocurrencies first emerged, sold as an independent and alternative medium of exchange outside the financial status quo, it was only a matter of time before the new alternative would be absorbed, modified and redeployed in service of the state.

Enter “Central Bank Digital Currencies”: the mainstream answer to bitcoin.

For those who have never heard of them, “Central Bank Digital Currencies” ( #CBDC ) are exactly what they sound like, digitized versions of the pound/dollar/euro etc. issued by central banks.

Like bitcoin (and other crypto), the CBDC would be entirely digital, thus furthering the ongoing war on cash. However, unlike crypto, it would not have any encryption preserving anonymity. In fact, it would be totally the reverse, potentially ending the very idea of financial privacy.

https://off-guardian.org/2021/10/01/programmable-digital-currency-the-next-stage-of-the-new-normal/

German elections:

SPD, Greens & FDP in talks to form next Govt

The Greens, who are seen as closer ideologically to Mr Scholz's SPD, were first out of the blocks on Wednesday, saying that a centre-left-led coalition made most sense.

Co-leader Annalena Baerbock told reporters that Germany needed "a new beginning" and could ill afford a long period of political stalemate.

The Greens said significant differences had to be addressed but they had found common ground with the pro-business liberals.

Later in the morning the head of the FDP, Christian Lindner, announced the party had accepted a proposal for three-way talks with the Greens and the SPD to "explore common ground that will move our country forward".


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58813215.amp

POLO - The Power of Leaving Out
(read the whole thing):

In the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE:
"Instead of a Free Press":

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/05/patrick-lawrence-instead-of-a-free-press/

"Have you read anywhere that #China just sent the first laden freight train from #Shanghai to #Hamburg, marking the start of a China-to-Europe #rail service?

Xinhua had it (http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/28/c_1310215324.htm) , nobody else.

Have you read anywhere that #Venezuela and #Iran just signed an agreement to trade the former’s heavy #crude for the latter’s #condensate?

Reuters ( https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-under-us-sanctions-iran-venezuela-strike-oil-export-deal-sources-2021-09-25/) had a piece, but it focused on the likelihood of U.S. #sanctions rather than on what this development means in geopolitical terms. On the latter topic, nothing. "

US SMS Hack

Company that routes #SMS for all major #US carriers was #hacked for the last five years.

Syniverse hasn't revealed whether text messages were exposed.

#Syniverse, a company that routes hundreds of billions of text messages every year for hundreds of carriers including #Verizon, #TMobile, and #AT&T, revealed to government regulators that a hacker gained unauthorized access to its databases for five years.

Syniverse and carriers have not said whether the hacker had access to customers' text messages.

A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week said that:

"in May 2021, Syniverse became aware of unauthorized access to its operational and information technology systems by an unknown individual or organization.

Promptly upon Syniverse's detection of the unauthorized access, Syniverse launched an internal investigation, notified law enforcement, commenced remedial actions and engaged the services of specialized legal counsel and other incident response professionals."

#NSA

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/company-that-routes-sms-for-all-major-us-carriers-was-hacked-for-five-years/

Water as Weapon of War:

Activists Say #Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out #Palestinians


The history of #water #apartheid


When Israel occupied the West Bank and #Gaza after the 1967 war, it took control of the areas’ water resources. The state established pumping quotas and banned construction of new wells in the occupied territories.

Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, was put in charge of the Occupied Palestinian Territories’ (oPT) water in 1982. By 1986, pumping quotas were reduced by 10 percent for Palestinian wells — fostering greater water insecurity.

The 1995 Oslo II Accord was portrayed as a turning point for water independence in Palestine. The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee were created but Israel retained control of the flow and volume of water given to the oPT.

Despite the name, the PWC doesn’t oversee water resources. Instead its role is to distribute the limited water supply Israel provides.

The agreement was supposed to last only five years but remains in effect today. Under the initiative, 80 percent of the West Bank’s water is for Israeli use and 20 percent is for Palestinian use. Israelis also enjoy an unlimited supply of water while Palestinians have their supply restricted.

What was billed as a cooperative venture between Palestine and Israel is merely the occupation of water in disguise.

“There are no official meetings between the Palestinans and the Israelis because the Israelis don’t consider us as a counterpart,” Dr. Abdelrahman Al Tamimi, PHG’s director, said.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) nonetheless told MintPress that the Palestinian Authority is responsible for providing water to the West Bank and touted collaboration between Palestine and Israel.

“Master programs are being promoted in the area of Judea and Samaria [West Bank], which will address the water supply until the years 2040-2050, to all populations in the area. We will note that these programs are being coordinated with the Palestinian Water Authority and [have] even been shifted in light of its requests,” a COGAT spokesperson said.


https://www.mintpressnews.com/water-weapon-war-activists-say-israel-drying-west-bank-drive-palestinians/278628/

Russia Europe Energy "Crisis"

Russian Gas Rescues Europe’s Energy Crisis


This week as Europe’s #energy crisis broke new records in terms of soaring consumer prices, President #Putin stepped in with a promise to increase exports of natural #gas.

The news had an immediate calming effect on Europe’s energy markets which saw prices whipsawing to lower levels. Rather than simply greeting the development as a positive move, there were predictably sinister comments from some quarters. #Russia was accused in Western media of “holding Europe hostage” over the continent’s energy crisis and using its vast supply of natural gas as a “geopolitical weapon.” Jake Sullivan, the US national security advisor to President Biden, told the BBC that Moscow was “exploiting” Europe’s energy crunch.

This is an overwrought, convoluted way of interpreting what is normal economic interplay of supply and demand. But the irrationality betrays an obdurate mindset of Russophobia that is untenable. If politicians and experts are so possessed of such foolish bigotry then their assessments on the subject and much else besides are hopelessly unreliable.

Europe’s current energy crisis and market turmoil have nothing to do with Russia as a primary factor. The pent-up demand after a year of economic quiescence due to the coronavirus pandemic, the low storage of natural gas by European countries due to government policies, the switch to renewable energy sources not being able to meet demand, and the approach of winter, have all compounded the overall supply of gas.

This has, in turn, caused benchmark prices for the fuel and other forms of energy to skyrocket. Gas prices are up more than five-fold.

What has that got to do with Russia? Nothing, at least in causality.

Russia is historically Europe’s biggest supplier of natural gas. It accounts for about 40% of the continent’s consumption.

As President Putin pointed out this week, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom has met all its contractual deliveries of natural gas to Europe.

The allegation from some quarters that Russia is withholding gas supplies to Europe in order to exert political pressure on Europe is a baseless lie that stems from anti-Russia prejudice and propaganda.

The fact is Europe is faced with an energy crisis partly of its own making, and Russia is able to alleviate it by increasing its already substantial supply of natural gas.


https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/10/08/russophobia-absurdity-as-russian-gas-rescues-europe-energy-crisis/

Fire hits Gazprom's Amur gas facility

Fire hits major #Gazprom #gas processing facility under construction near the Sila Sibiri trunkline that supplies gas to #China

No casualties, but gas plant damage.


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A major fire stopped commissioning of a second gas processing train at the Gazprom-operated #Amur gas processing plant in East #Siberia, #Russia in the early hours of Friday.

There were no casualties reported but newbuild facilities were damaged.

According to eyewitness reports, the accident started with a natural gas leak near a de-ethanisation column, with escaping gas igniting several minutes later.

The Amur plant is a key element in Gazprom’s plan to expand its gas deliveries to China via the Sila Sibiri pipeline, with its facilities designed to remove high-value components from the outgoing methane mixture, such as ethane, propane, butane and helium.

According to Gazprom, gas intake to the plant has been halted until the the accident investigation and damage assessment have been concluded.

In the short-term, the accident is not expected to affect the flow of Russian gas to China via Sila Sibiri because Gazprom is able to deliver volumes from the Chayanda field in East Siberia without treatment at the plant.

The Amur plant, which saw its first train formally commissioned in June this year, is set to host six trains and will be able to process 42 billion cubic metres per annum of untreated gas.

Gazprom had earlier estimated that the plant will require total investment of over $11 billion to bring it to its full capacity by 2025.

https://www.upstreamonline.com/safety/no-casualties-but-plant-is-damaged-fire-hits-gazproms-amur-gas-facility/

Conspiracy Theory?

Russian #Gas Company #Gazprom solves European #Energy #Crisis by pumping more gas.......

https://news.1rj.ru/str/MIB_MessageInABottle/264

and immediately afterward a Gazprom gas facility supplying gas to #China burns down.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/MIB_MessageInABottle/265

Just Sayin'...........

Davos WEF Plandemic

How is the Davos World Economic Forum involved in the coronavirus pandemic?

The Davos World Economic Forum ( #WEF ) is a premier forum for governments, global corporations and international entrepreneurs.

Founded in 1971 by engineer and economist #Klaus #Schwab, the WEF describes its mission as “shaping global, regional and industry agendas” and “improving the state of the world.”

According to its website, “moral and intellectual integrity is at the heart of everything it does.” The WEF has been involved in the coronavirus pandemic in several ways.

First, the WEF was, together with the #Gates #Foundation, a sponsor of the prescient #Event201 coronavirus pandemic simulation exercise, held in NYC on Oct 18 2019, the same day as the opening of the #Wuhan Military World Games, seen by some as “ground zero” of the global pandemic.

China itself has argued that US military athletes may have brought the virus to Wuhan.

Second, the WEF has been a leading proponent of #digital #biometric #identity systems, arguing that they will make societies and industries more efficient, more productive and more secure. In Jul 2019, the WEF started a project to “shape the future of travel with biometric-enabled digital traveler identity management.” In addition, the WEF collaborates ;with the #ID2020 alliance, which is funded by the Gates and Rockefeller foundations and runs a program to “provide digital ID with vaccines”. In particular, ID2020 sees the vaccination of children as “an entry point for digital identity.”

Third, WEF founder Klaus Schwab is the author of the book COVID-19: The Great Reset, published in Jul 2020, which argues that the coronavirus pandemic can and should be used for an “economic, societal, geopolitical, environmental and technological reset,” including in particular, advancing global governance, accelerating digital transformation, and tackling climate change.

Finally, the WEF has been running, since 1993, a program called “Global Leaders for Tomorrow,” rebranded, in 2004, as “Young Global Leaders”. This program aims at identifying, selecting and promoting future global leaders in both business and politics. Indeed, quite a few “Young Global Leaders” have later managed to become Presidents, Prime Ministers, or CEOs (see below).

https://swprs.org/the-wef-and-the-pandemic/%22

Alex Berenson's Substack:

"In an Israeli hospital outbreak, 96% vaccination rates (and universal masking) made no difference. And guess who had mild cases?

Hint: not the vaccinated."



https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/so-much-for-vaccine-generated-herd

there's no such thing as "asymptomatic"

Plandemic: WEF and its lackey Journalists

Who Are The Journalists, TV Presenters & Massive Media Companies That Have Such Close Ties To The World Economic Forum ?

The media have been running & controlling the whole covid narrative since February 2020 and the common link seems to be the WEF.

Coincidence ?

https://mobile.twitter.com/ThreadsIrish/status/1446777475065778176

What is the cause of the "gender pay gap"?

A new study has looked at the difference in salary between men and women.

It's suggested it's down to what women study at university.

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"They cited previous IFS studies which show that taking a degree in economics at university boosts women’s pay by 75 per cent by age 30. This is more than ten times the return to studying creative arts (7.2 per cent).

Women make up nearly two-thirds of creative arts graduates and less than a third of economics graduates, meaning they are over-represented in the subjects with low financial returns.

Xiaowei Xu, a senior research economist at IFS and an author of the research, said:

“Women disproportionately choose to study subjects that yield low financial returns. Of course, money isn’t – and shouldn’t be – the only factor when it comes to choosing what to study.

“But more needs to be done to inform young people about the financial consequences of degree choices, and to overcome gender stereotypes, so that women are not locked out of high-paying careers by choices at a young age.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1446406823049846797

IN-SHADOW

A Modern Odyssey - Animated Short Film

Embark on a visionary journey through the fragmented unconscious of our modern times, and with courage face the Shadow. Through Shadow into Light.

“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
-C.G. Jung

Written, Directed & Produced by Lubomir Arsov

Original Soundtrack “Age of Wake” by Starward Projections

'IN-SHADOW' is an entirely independently funded, not-for-profit film. https://www.inshadow.net/

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/inshadow/



Film Website: https://www.inshadow.net/

Happiness

Steve Cutts

The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.


Music:
'Habanera' by Bizet

'Morning Mood' by Edvard Grieg

www.stevecutts.com

https://www.facebook.com/SteveCuttsArt
https://www.instagram.com/steve_cutts
https://twitter.com/Steve_Cutts


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk

Dishonest Doctor

On the 22nd July, an ICU doctor from the #Mater hospital in #Belfast, #Emma #Keelan, claimed that her hospital was:

"...full with young (in 20/30s) critically unwell, UNvaccinated COVID patients on ventilators..."

This claim was false on every level.

https://citizenjournos.com/2021/10/06/confirmed-the-mater-hospital-was-not-full-of-unvaccinated-20-30-year-olds-on-ventilators-on-the-22nd-july/

Media Manipulation

THEY JUST "FOUND" 10 MILLION MORE “COVID DEATHS”

After two years of intense “beware the pandemic” messaging being somewhat undermined by a lack of significant mortality, the New Normal crowd have decided to take the next logical step and just start inventing “Covid deaths” that never actually happened.

An article in the Guardian details how a statistician from Israel decided to find the “real” #Covid #mortality figures by just sort of guessing the official numbers are too low and adding other numbers to it.

More specifically, generally speaking, wherever there are “#excess deaths” that aren’t attributed to Covid…he decides they were probably Covid.

Using this rough method, the Covid death toll increases from 4.8 million to over 16 million.

This doesn’t need a detailed refutation. The “numbers are not credible” the researchers say.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/08/global-covid-death-toll-higher-pandemic

Economic Apartheid

Fruit Market in #Israel

Prices for a carton of tomatoes:

Unvaccinated - Out of stock.

1 vaccine shot - 28 shekels.

2 vaccine shots - 25 shekels.

3 vaccine shots - 20 shekels.

https://mobile.twitter.com/FreedomIsrael_/status/1444743070612869124

More US Troops in Syria

More than 50 #US vehicles Carrying #Soldiers Enter #Syria From #Iraq
Al Mayadin, Oct 9 2021

This batch of vehicles is the second in two weeks, after US forces introduced about 70 vehicles a week ago.

US forces brought about 50 vehicles loaded with equipment and weapons from Iraq to Syria, as revealed by a source to Al Mayadin.

The source added that “these vehicles carry a number of US soldiers coming from Iraq.”

Additionally, the batch of vehicles is the second in two weeks, after the US forces introduced about 70 vehicles a week ago.

Furthermore, the source divulged that last week’s vehicles carried fuel and equipment to the military bases in Rmelan and Tal Baidar, located in the countryside of Hasaka.

On the other hand, sources close to the SDF reported:

A batch of US troops who began withdrawing from Iraq have actually arrived in Syria.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-mayadeen-sources:-more-than-us-vehicles-carrying-soldiers

Excess Mortality now due to vaccine

#Excess #Mortality is now showing up amongst the young

Too many people are dying and it’s starting to worry the demographers

You can see for yourself the excess mortality for much of the EU here. Few people realize that in 2021 we have had as much excess mortality, as we did in 2020.

The difference is that the age profile has shifted: Whereas most of the excess mortality was in elderly people in 2020, in 2021 it’s increasingly showing up among younger people.

The excess mortality has a peculiar characteristic, in that it starts showing up later in younger age groups, with the exception of children, in whom no excess mortality is observed.

https://www.rintrah.nl/too-many-people-are-dying-and-its-starting-to-worry-the-demographers/

Full list of Davos WEF Attendees


In Jan 2020, 161 editors & 122 journalists
descended upon Davos.

Nearly every major global media was represented from the #BBC, New York Times, #Economist, #Reuters, #Bild, Washington Post, La Stampa, #CNN etc

What could be so important ?

The #WEF has publicized the attendees to varying degrees in recent years. At times it has kept the list private, released it in full, or released it while excluding certain groups of people.

This year, the WEF publicly released its list without names of participants and cited the European data-privacy law known as GDPR as the reason for doing so.

That list included person-by-person demographic information, not linked to any identifiable information. A separate list with names is provided to press in attendance; it includes instructions not to release the names of attendees.

https://qz.com/1787763/the-list-of-delegates-to-the-2020-world-economic-forum-in-davos/