Watermelon Watershed
Sylvia Shawcross
So I’m looking at the watermelon and thinking about the world we live in.
It’s one of those small happy watermelons all round and conveniently small. It is on sale. It is $8.99. This is a big savings because it is down from $14.99.
And I’m thinking how much I love watermelons in the hot days of the summer and how this is apparently now an ancient memory because the likelihood I’d buy a watermelon such as this for $14.99 is called not bloody likely. And the idea that I could grow my own with my property…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/15/watermelon-watershed/
Sylvia Shawcross
So I’m looking at the watermelon and thinking about the world we live in.
It’s one of those small happy watermelons all round and conveniently small. It is on sale. It is $8.99. This is a big savings because it is down from $14.99.
And I’m thinking how much I love watermelons in the hot days of the summer and how this is apparently now an ancient memory because the likelihood I’d buy a watermelon such as this for $14.99 is called not bloody likely. And the idea that I could grow my own with my property…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/15/watermelon-watershed/
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WATCH: Monkeywrenching the New World Order – #SolutionsWatch
From ULEZ camera sabotage to culture jamming in the supermarkets to QR code tinkering, there are no shortage of wrenches that can be thrown in the gears of the technocratic enslavement grid.
So, what methods of monkeywrenching the New World Order will work for your own purposes? Let’s put on our thinking caps and explore the possibilities in this mischievous edition of #SolutionsWatch.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/15/watch-monkeywrenching-the-new-world-order-solutionswatch/
From ULEZ camera sabotage to culture jamming in the supermarkets to QR code tinkering, there are no shortage of wrenches that can be thrown in the gears of the technocratic enslavement grid.
So, what methods of monkeywrenching the New World Order will work for your own purposes? Let’s put on our thinking caps and explore the possibilities in this mischievous edition of #SolutionsWatch.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/15/watch-monkeywrenching-the-new-world-order-solutionswatch/
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Curiosity Killed the Cat; Satisfaction Brought it Back
Todd Hayen
It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It’s as simple as that.
Tove Jansson, Fair Play
I have been pondering for years why shrews are shrews and sheep are sheep (sorry if you don’t like my terms, it is just a habit I’ve gotten into I can’t, nor want, to get out of). Thanks to Dr. Mark McDonald of Dissident MD I think I now know the answer: shrews are curious, sheep are not. Of course there are exceptions to this. But as…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/16/curiosity-killed-the-cat-satisfaction-brought-it-back/
Todd Hayen
It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It’s as simple as that.
Tove Jansson, Fair Play
I have been pondering for years why shrews are shrews and sheep are sheep (sorry if you don’t like my terms, it is just a habit I’ve gotten into I can’t, nor want, to get out of). Thanks to Dr. Mark McDonald of Dissident MD I think I now know the answer: shrews are curious, sheep are not. Of course there are exceptions to this. But as…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/16/curiosity-killed-the-cat-satisfaction-brought-it-back/
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Another Magical JFK Assassination Pseudo-Debate and Limited Hangout
Edward curtin
Much has been made of the September 9, 2023 simultaneous reports in The New York Times and Vanity Fair of the claims of a former Secret Service agent, Paul Landis, who was part of the security detail in Dallas, Texas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Like so many reports by such media that have covered up the truth of the assassination for sixty years, this one about “the magic bullet” is also a red herring.
It encourages pseudo-debates and confusion and is a rather dumb “limited hangout,” which…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/17/another-magical-jfk-assassination-pseudo-debate-and-limited-hangout/
Edward curtin
Much has been made of the September 9, 2023 simultaneous reports in The New York Times and Vanity Fair of the claims of a former Secret Service agent, Paul Landis, who was part of the security detail in Dallas, Texas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Like so many reports by such media that have covered up the truth of the assassination for sixty years, this one about “the magic bullet” is also a red herring.
It encourages pseudo-debates and confusion and is a rather dumb “limited hangout,” which…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/17/another-magical-jfk-assassination-pseudo-debate-and-limited-hangout/
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This Week in the New Normal #72
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Climate Court-case changes tack
Three years ago we covered the story of six Portuguese teenagers, “climate activists” who were attempting to sue the governments of 33 nations (The EU, Turkey, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, the UK and Ukraine) for failing to meet recommended emissions targets.
The case was being heard by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and was quite obviously a…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/17/this-week-in-the-new-normal-72/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Climate Court-case changes tack
Three years ago we covered the story of six Portuguese teenagers, “climate activists” who were attempting to sue the governments of 33 nations (The EU, Turkey, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, the UK and Ukraine) for failing to meet recommended emissions targets.
The case was being heard by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and was quite obviously a…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/17/this-week-in-the-new-normal-72/
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Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Many Ways Our Rights Have Been Usurped Since 9/11
John whitehead
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
Abraham Lincoln
Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its citizens. It is there to protect, defend and even enhance our freedoms, not violate them.
Unfortunately, although the Bill of Rights was adopted as a means of protecting the people against government tyranny, in America today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned.…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/18/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-the-many-ways-our-rights-have-been-usurped-since-9-11/
John whitehead
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
Abraham Lincoln
Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its citizens. It is there to protect, defend and even enhance our freedoms, not violate them.
Unfortunately, although the Bill of Rights was adopted as a means of protecting the people against government tyranny, in America today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned.…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/18/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-the-many-ways-our-rights-have-been-usurped-since-9-11/
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DISCUSS: The Russell Brand “Investigation”
The Russell Brand scandal is big news right now. And by “big news” I mean it is quite literally the front-page story in every major newspaper in the UK…
British tabloids all put out the hit piece on Russell Brand at once pic.twitter.com/gTIVRsK7rx
— David Wolfe (@DavidWolfe) September 17, 2023
…that level of media coordination is weird in and of itself.
I mean, we’re in a time of war, pestilence and famine. And while “celebrity sex scandals” may be interesting to Daily Mail editors they’re not exactly a Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Honestly, most of the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/18/discuss-the-russell-brand-investigation/
The Russell Brand scandal is big news right now. And by “big news” I mean it is quite literally the front-page story in every major newspaper in the UK…
British tabloids all put out the hit piece on Russell Brand at once pic.twitter.com/gTIVRsK7rx
— David Wolfe (@DavidWolfe) September 17, 2023
…that level of media coordination is weird in and of itself.
I mean, we’re in a time of war, pestilence and famine. And while “celebrity sex scandals” may be interesting to Daily Mail editors they’re not exactly a Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Honestly, most of the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/18/discuss-the-russell-brand-investigation/
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Resisting Genetically Mutilated Food & the Eco-Modern Nightmare: Together, ‘Just You and Me’
Colin Todhunter
This image is symbolic of everything that is wrong with modern society.
A gas leak from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal in 1984 resulted in around 560,000 injured (respiratory problems, eye irritation, etc.), 4,000 severely disabled and 20,000 dead.
Not only that, but the pesticides produced at the factory and the model of farming promoted has caused well-documented misery for farmers, harm to soil, water sources and the health of the population and a radical transformation of social relations in rural communities. And these issues apply not only to India but also to…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/19/resisting-genetically-mutilated-food-the-eco-modern-nightmare-together-just-you-and-me/
Colin Todhunter
This image is symbolic of everything that is wrong with modern society.
A gas leak from Union Carbide’s pesticide plant in Bhopal in 1984 resulted in around 560,000 injured (respiratory problems, eye irritation, etc.), 4,000 severely disabled and 20,000 dead.
Not only that, but the pesticides produced at the factory and the model of farming promoted has caused well-documented misery for farmers, harm to soil, water sources and the health of the population and a radical transformation of social relations in rural communities. And these issues apply not only to India but also to…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/19/resisting-genetically-mutilated-food-the-eco-modern-nightmare-together-just-you-and-me/
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How Not to Launch a Global Anti-Censorship Movement
CJ Hopkins
So, I’ve been excommunicated from Michael Shellenberger’s global anti-censorship movement. It’s my own fault. I was sowing dissension. I engaged in harmful speech in the group chat. I was making people feel uncomfortable. I was not playing ball. I was not with the program.
The program, as you may recall, was launched in Westminster, London, in June, when Mike and Matt Taibbi and Russell Brand exposed the Censorship Industrial Complex …
…for 35 pounds sterling a head.
My readers may recall this piece I published about the secret gathering of journalists, authors, artists, academics, and activists…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/20/how-not-to-launch-a-global-anti-censorship-movement/
CJ Hopkins
So, I’ve been excommunicated from Michael Shellenberger’s global anti-censorship movement. It’s my own fault. I was sowing dissension. I engaged in harmful speech in the group chat. I was making people feel uncomfortable. I was not playing ball. I was not with the program.
The program, as you may recall, was launched in Westminster, London, in June, when Mike and Matt Taibbi and Russell Brand exposed the Censorship Industrial Complex …
…for 35 pounds sterling a head.
My readers may recall this piece I published about the secret gathering of journalists, authors, artists, academics, and activists…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/20/how-not-to-launch-a-global-anti-censorship-movement/
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UK quietly passes “Online Safety Bill” into law
Kit Knightly
Buried behind the Brand-related headlines yesterday, the British House of Lords voted to pass the controversial “Online Safety Bill” into law. All that’s needed now is Royal ascent, which Charles will obviously provide.
The bill’s (very catchy) long-form noscript is…
A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.
…and that’s essentially it, it hands the duty of “regulating” certain online content to the UK’s Office of Communications (OfCom).
Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes could barely…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/20/uk-quietly-passes-online-safety-bill-into-law/
Kit Knightly
Buried behind the Brand-related headlines yesterday, the British House of Lords voted to pass the controversial “Online Safety Bill” into law. All that’s needed now is Royal ascent, which Charles will obviously provide.
The bill’s (very catchy) long-form noscript is…
A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.
…and that’s essentially it, it hands the duty of “regulating” certain online content to the UK’s Office of Communications (OfCom).
Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes could barely…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/20/uk-quietly-passes-online-safety-bill-into-law/
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British MPs are trying to “cancel” Russell Brand…but why?
Kit Knightly
This Russell Brand story gets stranger and stranger by the day. Last night it was revealed the a senior MP had written letters to multiple social media companies requesting information on Russell Brand’s income and covertly pressuring them into either demonetizing or removing his accounts.
[NOTE: Before we continue you may want to read our recent pieces on the Russell Brand caseand the UK’s new Online Safety Bill.]
The news broke when video-hosting platform Rumble posted a screenshot of their letter, along with their official response,on Twitter.
In the letter, Dame…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/21/british-mps-are-trying-to-cancel-russell-brand-but-why/
Kit Knightly
This Russell Brand story gets stranger and stranger by the day. Last night it was revealed the a senior MP had written letters to multiple social media companies requesting information on Russell Brand’s income and covertly pressuring them into either demonetizing or removing his accounts.
[NOTE: Before we continue you may want to read our recent pieces on the Russell Brand caseand the UK’s new Online Safety Bill.]
The news broke when video-hosting platform Rumble posted a screenshot of their letter, along with their official response,on Twitter.
In the letter, Dame…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/21/british-mps-are-trying-to-cancel-russell-brand-but-why/
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In the lands of the Dodo bird
Sylvia Shawcross
Okay. The important thing is not to panic. It’s all going to be fine. We of the world may be going down in blazes not of glory but probably in blazes of gory and horrible, or whimpering and snivelling and all that but there are possibilities we haven’t yet considered.
For instance, they’ve found a new planet that can sustain life out there.
Yeah. I know, its about 150 light years away but we have scientists and engineers who are busily positing how we really don’t live in reality but can actually create untested hypotheses which will…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/22/in-the-lands-of-the-dodo-bird/
Sylvia Shawcross
Okay. The important thing is not to panic. It’s all going to be fine. We of the world may be going down in blazes not of glory but probably in blazes of gory and horrible, or whimpering and snivelling and all that but there are possibilities we haven’t yet considered.
For instance, they’ve found a new planet that can sustain life out there.
Yeah. I know, its about 150 light years away but we have scientists and engineers who are busily positing how we really don’t live in reality but can actually create untested hypotheses which will…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/22/in-the-lands-of-the-dodo-bird/
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OffG’s Fall Fundraiser – You can help make a difference!
It’s almost two years since Patreon shut down our account, cutting our income by over 50% at a single stroke.
Thanks entirely to our small community of loyal supporters we have managed to keep the lights on around here since then, but the fact is we still have not got back ANY of the income we lost and we are struggling to remain solvent.
So, the people who leaned on Patreon to close us down are currently winning.
We NEED to get back the income we lost.
The good news is that’s easy to achieve.
Currently 3…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/22/offgs-fall-fundraiser-you-can-help-make-a-difference/
It’s almost two years since Patreon shut down our account, cutting our income by over 50% at a single stroke.
Thanks entirely to our small community of loyal supporters we have managed to keep the lights on around here since then, but the fact is we still have not got back ANY of the income we lost and we are struggling to remain solvent.
So, the people who leaned on Patreon to close us down are currently winning.
We NEED to get back the income we lost.
The good news is that’s easy to achieve.
Currently 3…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/22/offgs-fall-fundraiser-you-can-help-make-a-difference/
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WATCH: How BlackRock Conquered the World
What is BlackRock? Where did this financial behemoth come from? How did it gain such incredible power over the world’s wealth? And how is it seeking to leverage that power in shaping the course of human civilization?
Find out in this in-depth Corbett Report documentary on How BlackRock Conquered the World.
For source links, download options and a full trannoscript click here....
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/23/watch-how-blackrock-conquered-the-world/
What is BlackRock? Where did this financial behemoth come from? How did it gain such incredible power over the world’s wealth? And how is it seeking to leverage that power in shaping the course of human civilization?
Find out in this in-depth Corbett Report documentary on How BlackRock Conquered the World.
For source links, download options and a full trannoscript click here....
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/23/watch-how-blackrock-conquered-the-world/
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Chance Encounters as the Walls Close In
Edward Curtin
Apple Blossom – Blue Sky by amandabhslater
“A treasure stumbled upon, suddenly; not gradually accumulated, by adding one to one. The accumulation of learning, ‘adding to the sum-total of human knowledge’; lay that burden down, that baggage, that impediment. Take nothing for your journey; travel light.”
Norman O. Brown, Love’s Body
These are “heavy” times, colloquially speaking. Forebodings everywhere. Everything broken. People on edge, nervous, filled with anxiety about they know not what since it seems to be everything.
The economy, politics, elections, endless propaganda, the war in Ukraine, censorship, the environment, nuclear war,…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/24/chance-encounters-as-the-walls-close-in/
Edward Curtin
Apple Blossom – Blue Sky by amandabhslater
“A treasure stumbled upon, suddenly; not gradually accumulated, by adding one to one. The accumulation of learning, ‘adding to the sum-total of human knowledge’; lay that burden down, that baggage, that impediment. Take nothing for your journey; travel light.”
Norman O. Brown, Love’s Body
These are “heavy” times, colloquially speaking. Forebodings everywhere. Everything broken. People on edge, nervous, filled with anxiety about they know not what since it seems to be everything.
The economy, politics, elections, endless propaganda, the war in Ukraine, censorship, the environment, nuclear war,…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/24/chance-encounters-as-the-walls-close-in/
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This Week in the New Normal #73
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. New York’s robot policemen
The NYPD is unleashing a robot police officer on wheels to patrol the Times Square subway, according to the NYT:
The K5, described as a “fully autonomous” security robot, is part of a push by the mayor for more law-enforcement technology…
As much as it’s called a “robot police officer”, in essence, it’s a mobile surveillance unit. A…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/24/this-week-in-the-new-normal-73/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. New York’s robot policemen
The NYPD is unleashing a robot police officer on wheels to patrol the Times Square subway, according to the NYT:
The K5, described as a “fully autonomous” security robot, is part of a push by the mayor for more law-enforcement technology…
As much as it’s called a “robot police officer”, in essence, it’s a mobile surveillance unit. A…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/24/this-week-in-the-new-normal-73/
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A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
John Whitehead
“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”
Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler
Are you among the 41% of Americans who regularly attend church or some other religious service?economy is about to collapse and the government will soon declare martial law?
Do you display an unusual number…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/25/a-nation-of-snitches-dhs-is-grooming-americans-to-report-on-each-other/
John Whitehead
“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”
Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler
Are you among the 41% of Americans who regularly attend church or some other religious service?economy is about to collapse and the government will soon declare martial law?
Do you display an unusual number…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/25/a-nation-of-snitches-dhs-is-grooming-americans-to-report-on-each-other/
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16 Memes to Get You Through the Day – Part 34
1.
It’s new booster season guys…
2.
You can always tell because it coincides with the latest variant.
3.
I’m sure this one is safe though.
4.
In other news, the US lost a jet this week…
5.
Not AGAIN!
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Turns out it wasthis asshole doing another heckin’ insurrection.
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Old but gold.
8.
Did you see the Canadian Parliament giving a standing ovation to a member of the SS?
9.
Well, you can’t patent eggs.
10.
Considering these people applaud Nazis and defend Big Pharma, pretty sure “left” should be in quotes.…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/25/16-memes-to-get-you-through-the-day-part-34/
1.
It’s new booster season guys…
2.
You can always tell because it coincides with the latest variant.
3.
I’m sure this one is safe though.
4.
In other news, the US lost a jet this week…
5.
Not AGAIN!
6.
Turns out it wasthis asshole doing another heckin’ insurrection.
7.
Old but gold.
8.
Did you see the Canadian Parliament giving a standing ovation to a member of the SS?
9.
Well, you can’t patent eggs.
10.
Considering these people applaud Nazis and defend Big Pharma, pretty sure “left” should be in quotes.…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/25/16-memes-to-get-you-through-the-day-part-34/
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Inside Russia’s “digital transformation”
Riley Waggaman
Things are getting very digital in Russia. For your reading convenience I have decided to compile important updates about Russia’s “digital transformation” into a single blog post. Thank you for reading and have a relaxing Friday.
Putin signs decree on creation of a “digital” domestic passport
Last Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan that will allow Russians to use a digital ID instead of a paper one. The “digital [domestic] passport” (Russia has a domestic passport system) will be stored on the State Services (Gosuslugi) mobile application.
Putin’s decree gives the government…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/26/inside-russias-digital-transformation/
Riley Waggaman
Things are getting very digital in Russia. For your reading convenience I have decided to compile important updates about Russia’s “digital transformation” into a single blog post. Thank you for reading and have a relaxing Friday.
Putin signs decree on creation of a “digital” domestic passport
Last Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan that will allow Russians to use a digital ID instead of a paper one. The “digital [domestic] passport” (Russia has a domestic passport system) will be stored on the State Services (Gosuslugi) mobile application.
Putin’s decree gives the government…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/26/inside-russias-digital-transformation/
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Major Victory for 9/11 Family: UK attorney general withdraws decision on application for new inquest
International Center for 9/11 Justice
We at the International Center for 9/11 Justice are very happy to announce — on behalf of the family of Geoff Campbell — that the decision by the attorney general for England and Wales to refuse the family’s application for a new inquest into Geoff’s murder on September 11, 2001, has been withdrawn.
This development comes a little less than two weeks after the Campbell family sent a “pre-action protocol letter” to the attorney general’s office announcing their intention to seek judicial review of the attorney general’s June 2023…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/27/major-victory-for-9-11-family-uk-attorney-general-withdraws-decision-on-application-for-new-inquest/
International Center for 9/11 Justice
We at the International Center for 9/11 Justice are very happy to announce — on behalf of the family of Geoff Campbell — that the decision by the attorney general for England and Wales to refuse the family’s application for a new inquest into Geoff’s murder on September 11, 2001, has been withdrawn.
This development comes a little less than two weeks after the Campbell family sent a “pre-action protocol letter” to the attorney general’s office announcing their intention to seek judicial review of the attorney general’s June 2023…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/27/major-victory-for-9-11-family-uk-attorney-general-withdraws-decision-on-application-for-new-inquest/
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Where Have All the Lanternflies Gone?
Michael Lesher
Remember the spotted lanternfly? Barely a year ago, this colorful winged insect was supposed to be a harbinger of national disaster.
Native to China but increasingly visible in border-jumping swarms in the eastern United States, the spotted lanternfly’s activities in this country had been well known since 2014 – and until recently hadn’t provoked any particular alarm. But in the dog days of 2022, just as coronavirus hysteria seemed to be fading, the Chinese bug suddenly emerged as Public Enemy No 1.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a sample of last summer’s fear porn…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/28/where-have-all-the-lanternflies-gone/
Michael Lesher
Remember the spotted lanternfly? Barely a year ago, this colorful winged insect was supposed to be a harbinger of national disaster.
Native to China but increasingly visible in border-jumping swarms in the eastern United States, the spotted lanternfly’s activities in this country had been well known since 2014 – and until recently hadn’t provoked any particular alarm. But in the dog days of 2022, just as coronavirus hysteria seemed to be fading, the Chinese bug suddenly emerged as Public Enemy No 1.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s a sample of last summer’s fear porn…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/09/28/where-have-all-the-lanternflies-gone/
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