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Posted: 5/31/2023 8:31:44 AM EDT
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Cull of Ireland’s dairy cattle for climate targets should be ‘voluntary’, farmers say
Agriculture can play ‘significant role’ in climate journey ahead, milk suppliers’ representative says Any plan to cull Ireland’s dairy herd must be voluntary, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association has warned. Pat McCormack told Newstalk Breakfast that “if there is to be a scheme, it needs to be a voluntary scheme. That’s absolutely critical because there’s no point in culling numbers from an individual who has borrowed on the back of a huge financial commitment on the back of achieving a certain target that’s taken from under him. Up to 65,000 dairy cows a year could be culled as the Government moves to bring the agriculture sector in line with climate targets, according to a report by the Irish Independent. An internal Department of Agriculture briefing paper sought to find ways to help the sector “close the gap” on emissions. But Mr McCormack said farmers should be brought along in any change in strategy and were willing to play their role in the “environmental journey” ahead. “We should be investing in an infrastructure that can deliver from a scientific perspective. And we know low emissions are better and we should be continuing to invest in further science and research because that’s absolutely critical as we move forward,” he said. “This isn’t a start. This isn’t the end. This is an environmental journey and agriculture can play a significant role there.” Farmers are willing to do their part from an environmental impact perspective, but it was important to acknowledge that the current dairy herd was at the same level as it was 30 years ago, said Mr McCormack. Numbers had fallen due to quotas more than 10 years ago, but had risen again in the past number of years. Mr McCormack said that if a cull were to be introduced and it was voluntary, then some farmers would refuse while others would exit the dairy sector. Equally there were farmers in other sectors who would also like the opportunity to reduce or to exit and that opportunity was not being afforded to them, which was “a huge disappointment”. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2023/05/30/cull-of-irelands-dairy-cattle-for-climate-targets-should-be-voluntary-farmers-say/ |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 8:57:45 AM EDT
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I saw a news story on TV yesterday about a trend of using credit cards to pay rent. The angle of the story was that people were doing that to rack up bonus points for flight miles, cash back, etc….
How many do you think are actually doing that? Americans owe $1 trillion in credit card debt America’s credit card balance has passed $1 trillion, or it’s about to, depending on whom you ask. The average interest rate on a new card is 24 percent, the highest figure since the Reaganomics era. A typical American household now carries $10,000 in credit card debt, by one estimate, another record. If that doesn’t sound like a lot of debt, try paying it off. At $250 per month, with 24 percent interest, you’ll be making payments until 2030, and you’ll spend a total of $20,318, twice what you owed. And that assumes you never use the card again. “It’s hard to build wealth when you’re paying 20 percent interest every month,” said Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate.com. The nation’s credit card debt stands at $986 billion, according to the Federal Reserve. The figure has climbed by $250 billion in two years. . . https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/4023009-americans-owe-1-trillion-in-credit-card-debt/ |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:03:19 AM EDT
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Ay ay ay.
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:03:50 AM EDT
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AI should be 'a global priority on par with pandemics and nuclear war': Dozens of academics - including the creator of ChatGPT - sign new letter calling for tech to be regulated
- A new letter urges policymakers to see the risks of AI like that of nuclear war - The document is just 22 words and was signed by more than 350 experts - READ MORE: NYC lawyer admits using ChatGPT for research in case - as it's revealed the AI chatbot cited cases it had MADE UP Mitigating the risk of extinction from Al should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12140103/AI-global-priority-alongside-pandemics-nuclear-war-new-letter-states.html |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:08:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:23:19 AM EDT
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As many people have said many times, “Get out of the big cities.”
LAS VEGAS LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE AS MASSIVE FIGHTS UNFOLD https://www.outkick.com/las-vegas-memorial-day-weekend-fights-videos/ |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:33:50 AM EDT
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Mexico Highway Shootout Leaves 10 Armed Men Dead, 4 Police Injured
 Reuters) - A shootout on a northern Mexican highway left 10 suspected criminals dead and four police officers injured, authorities said late on Monday. "Police officers managed to kill 10 heavily armed suspected criminals on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway," an official statement said. The clash took place Monday afternoon after officers were attacked, it said. Four police officers were injured, the statement added, though all were reported to be in stable condition. The authorities said they seized 12 large-caliber weapons, grenades, a hundred pieces of ammunition as well as three armored trucks. The shootout comes as the country struggles with drug cartel violence and a high homicide rate. In the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi early on Tuesday, two members of the armed forces were killed in an attack by suspected organized crime members, according to a separate statement by authorities. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-30/mexico-highway-shootout-leaves-10-armed-men-dead-4-police-injured |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 9:45:16 AM EDT
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Hints that the European front of WWIII is escalating towards a scary level.
Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.  URGENT ALERT | THIS Could Trigger EVERYTHING |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 11:19:38 AM EDT
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 Peter Zeihan on China, Apple, and Europe |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 12:27:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Cull of Ireland’s dairy cattle for climate targets should be ‘voluntary’, farmers say Agriculture can play ‘significant role’ in climate journey ahead, milk suppliers’ representative says Any plan to cull Ireland’s dairy herd must be voluntary, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association has warned. Pat McCormack told Newstalk Breakfast that “if there is to be a scheme, it needs to be a voluntary scheme. That’s absolutely critical because there’s no point in culling numbers from an individual who has borrowed on the back of a huge financial commitment on the back of achieving a certain target that’s taken from under him. Up to 65,000 dairy cows a year could be culled as the Government moves to bring the agriculture sector in line with climate targets, according to a report by the Irish Independent. An internal Department of Agriculture briefing paper sought to find ways to help the sector “close the gap” on emissions. But Mr McCormack said farmers should be brought along in any change in strategy and were willing to play their role in the “environmental journey” ahead. “We should be investing in an infrastructure that can deliver from a scientific perspective. And we know low emissions are better and we should be continuing to invest in further science and research because that’s absolutely critical as we move forward,” he said. “This isn’t a start. This isn’t the end. This is an environmental journey and agriculture can play a significant role there.” Farmers are willing to do their part from an environmental impact perspective, but it was important to acknowledge that the current dairy herd was at the same level as it was 30 years ago, said Mr McCormack. Numbers had fallen due to quotas more than 10 years ago, but had risen again in the past number of years. Mr McCormack said that if a cull were to be introduced and it was voluntary, then some farmers would refuse while others would exit the dairy sector. Equally there were farmers in other sectors who would also like the opportunity to reduce or to exit and that opportunity was not being afforded to them, which was “a huge disappointment”. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2023/05/30/cull-of-irelands-dairy-cattle-for-climate-targets-should-be-voluntary-farmers-say/ The insanity is contagious. A country destroying its food supply is like a man cutting off his dick. |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 12:28:26 PM EDT
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ONLY 81% NOW IRISH BORN – AND 70% OF POPULATION GROWTH IN CENSUS FROM MIGRATION
This is given as 12% “non Irish citizens” but does not include people born outside of Ireland who have dual citizenship or who have acquired Irish citizenship. The CSO’s more detailed table shows that just 81% of those enumerated in the 2022 Census were born in Ireland. That represents an increase of just 135,164 from the 2016 Census, and a sharp decline of 4% in the percentage of people living within the state who can properly be described as Irish having been born here.  . . https://gript.ie/only-81-now-irish-born-and-70-of-population-growth-in-census-from-migration/ TommyRobinsonOfficial@TommyRobinsonOfficial 2h · Residents of Santry north county Dublin say they are afraid for the safety of their community after learning that 303 male asylum seekers are to be housed in a factory shed in the area. https://gab.com/TommyRobinsonOfficial/posts/110463611967015265 |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 12:34:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Cull of Ireland’s dairy cattle for climate targets should be ‘voluntary’, farmers say Agriculture can play ‘significant role’ in climate journey ahead, milk suppliers’ representative says Any plan to cull Ireland’s dairy herd must be voluntary, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association has warned. Pat McCormack told Newstalk Breakfast that “if there is to be a scheme, it needs to be a voluntary scheme. That’s absolutely critical because there’s no point in culling numbers from an individual who has borrowed on the back of a huge financial commitment on the back of achieving a certain target that’s taken from under him. Up to 65,000 dairy cows a year could be culled as the Government moves to bring the agriculture sector in line with climate targets, according to a report by the Irish Independent. An internal Department of Agriculture briefing paper sought to find ways to help the sector “close the gap” on emissions. But Mr McCormack said farmers should be brought along in any change in strategy and were willing to play their role in the “environmental journey” ahead. “We should be investing in an infrastructure that can deliver from a scientific perspective. And we know low emissions are better and we should be continuing to invest in further science and research because that’s absolutely critical as we move forward,” he said. “This isn’t a start. This isn’t the end. This is an environmental journey and agriculture can play a significant role there.” Farmers are willing to do their part from an environmental impact perspective, but it was important to acknowledge that the current dairy herd was at the same level as it was 30 years ago, said Mr McCormack. Numbers had fallen due to quotas more than 10 years ago, but had risen again in the past number of years. Mr McCormack said that if a cull were to be introduced and it was voluntary, then some farmers would refuse while others would exit the dairy sector. Equally there were farmers in other sectors who would also like the opportunity to reduce or to exit and that opportunity was not being afforded to them, which was “a huge disappointment”. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/farming-food/2023/05/30/cull-of-irelands-dairy-cattle-for-climate-targets-should-be-voluntary-farmers-say/ lol, we’re all going to starve to death but take consolation in the thought your last few breaths will be of clean air. |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 12:43:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: I guess the question is how far down the ranks does the collaboration go? Probably deeper than anyone wants to admit. I can see those levels being built further back than Obama, too. Obama may have just been the one to put it all into action. His “five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America” speech was made with full confidence of it happening and happening soon. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Originally Posted By planemaker: Originally Posted By Alacran:
I don't think it's institutionalized cowardice at all. It's the Chicom control of the upper echelons of our .gov that is doing this. On purpose. I guess the question is how far down the ranks does the collaboration go? Probably deeper than anyone wants to admit. I can see those levels being built further back than Obama, too. Obama may have just been the one to put it all into action. His “five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America” speech was made with full confidence of it happening and happening soon. It's Turtles all the way down. |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 2:33:40 PM EDT
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We avoided the railroad strike, can we avoid the UPS strike, too?
July 31… Plan accordingly, just in case.  This Could Be The Biggest Strike In U.S. History |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 5:49:32 PM EDT
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Worth the complete read…
Globalists revving up plans to engineer global famine and starvation: 13 nations agree to convert over to less-productive ‘green’ farming methods The global climate cult is getting ready to kick its war on food into overdrive with 13 nations – many of them major cattle and food-producing states led by the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain – signing onto a commitment to place farmers under new restrictions intended to reduce emissions of methane gas. The Global Methane Hub announced in a May 17 press release that agriculture and environmental ministers and ambassadors from 13 countries, including the United States, have signed a commitment that pledges to reduce methane emissions in agriculture. The U.S. was represented by Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry. What does this mean and why should you care? We’ll break it down. . . So it’s curious to me that, at the very time the globalists are warning about food shortages and famine, their mouthpieces at the World Bank, the U.N., and within the administrations of the U.S. and its allies (notice China and Russia are nowhere to be found in these preposterous anti-food policies), are talking about converting over to a new and unproven form of “sustainable” farming that’s focused more on reducing methane than it is on producing the highest yields of food. Modern food production is bad, they tell us, because it produces methane which supposedly harms the environment. “Food systems are responsible for 60% of methane emissions,” said Marcelo Mena, CEO of Global Methane Hub. “We congratulate countries willing to take the lead in food systems methane mitigation and confirm our commitment to support this type of initiative with programs that explore promising methane mitigation technologies and the underpinning research of methane mitigation mechanisms to create new technologies.” . .
. . I’ve also reported extensively on the Deagel forecast, which forecasted a nearly 70 percent reduction in the population of America by 2025, with similarly drastic population declines for the U.K., Germany, Canada, Australia and other NATO-aligned countries. There is no more efficient way to depopulate than through war, famine and plagues. Isn’t it interesting that all three of these time-tested methods of murder are in play right now? The war on food is very similar to what’s going on in the energy sector, where governments are colluding with big business to transform all transportation from gas-powered to electric-powered, meaning far fewer people will be able to afford electric cars, and even if they can afford them, the use of those cars will be much more tightly monitored and controlled due to the need for charging stations that rely on an already overtaxed power grid. If you can’t charge your car up when you want to, only when you are allowed to, you have now turned over your freedom of movement to the regulators of those charging stations. In the food industry, Big Agriculture will also collude with the governments of the world to produce much less beef, chicken and pork, replacing that protein with insects and lab-grown fake meat, the health effects of which are largely unknown. . . https://leohohmann.com/2023/05/31/globalists-revving-up-plans-to-engineer-global-famine-and-starvation-13-nations-agree-to-convert-over-to-less-productive-green-farming-methods/ |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 5:59:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Worth the complete read… Globalists revving up plans to engineer global famine and starvation: 13 nations agree to convert over to less-productive ‘green’ farming methods The global climate cult is getting ready to kick its war on food into overdrive with 13 nations – many of them major cattle and food-producing states led by the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain – signing onto a commitment to place farmers under new restrictions intended to reduce emissions of methane gas. The Global Methane Hub announced in a May 17 press release that agriculture and environmental ministers and ambassadors from 13 countries, including the United States, have signed a commitment that pledges to reduce methane emissions in agriculture. The U.S. was represented by Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry. What does this mean and why should you care? We’ll break it down. . . So it’s curious to me that, at the very time the globalists are warning about food shortages and famine, their mouthpieces at the World Bank, the U.N., and within the administrations of the U.S. and its allies (notice China and Russia are nowhere to be found in these preposterous anti-food policies), are talking about converting over to a new and unproven form of “sustainable” farming that’s focused more on reducing methane than it is on producing the highest yields of food. Modern food production is bad, they tell us, because it produces methane which supposedly harms the environment. “Food systems are responsible for 60% of methane emissions,” said Marcelo Mena, CEO of Global Methane Hub. “We congratulate countries willing to take the lead in food systems methane mitigation and confirm our commitment to support this type of initiative with programs that explore promising methane mitigation technologies and the underpinning research of methane mitigation mechanisms to create new technologies.” . .
. . I’ve also reported extensively on the Deagel forecast, which forecasted a nearly 70 percent reduction in the population of America by 2025, with similarly drastic population declines for the U.K., Germany, Canada, Australia and other NATO-aligned countries. There is no more efficient way to depopulate than through war, famine and plagues. Isn’t it interesting that all three of these time-tested methods of murder are in play right now? The war on food is very similar to what’s going on in the energy sector, where governments are colluding with big business to transform all transportation from gas-powered to electric-powered, meaning far fewer people will be able to afford electric cars, and even if they can afford them, the use of those cars will be much more tightly monitored and controlled due to the need for charging stations that rely on an already overtaxed power grid. If you can’t charge your car up when you want to, only when you are allowed to, you have now turned over your freedom of movement to the regulators of those charging stations. In the food industry, Big Agriculture will also collude with the governments of the world to produce much less beef, chicken and pork, replacing that protein with insects and lab-grown fake meat, the health effects of which are largely unknown. . . https://leohohmann.com/2023/05/31/globalists-revving-up-plans-to-engineer-global-famine-and-starvation-13-nations-agree-to-convert-over-to-less-productive-green-farming-methods/ And none of that crap will pass the Senate here. Ask Sri Lanka about their "sustainable" farming program that bankrupted the nation and caused the head of the government to be deposed and run out of town. These green imbeciles are completely out of their minds. And, it won't occur to them how stupid they are until they are destitute and starving. |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 6:02:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/31/2023 6:06:04 PM EDT
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The eroding of American cities aren’t going unnoticed around the world.
 Chicago is on a path to ‘utter self-destruction’ |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 8:02:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran:
I'll have a coke  Just kidding
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Posted: 5/31/2023 10:43:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jungatheart: I'll have a coke Just kiddingQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By jungatheart: Originally Posted By Alacran:
I'll have a coke Just kiddingAre you sure you want one?   |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 10:46:00 PM EDT
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I'll whip Michael Yon's ass.
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Posted: 5/31/2023 10:53:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: As many people have said many times, “Get out of the big cities.” LAS VEGAS LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE AS MASSIVE FIGHTS UNFOLD https://www.outkick.com/las-vegas-memorial-day-weekend-fights-videos/ This sounds worse than any dystopian zombie movie I’ve seen, but it looks like where we’re going. BBN, May 30, 2023 - DEATH of the American CITY: Nine trends you need to know |
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Posted: 5/31/2023 11:23:58 PM EDT
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Growing food indoors…
 USA Farms are Next : Here is One Solution |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 6:28:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2023 6:34:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker: And none of that crap will pass the Senate here. Ask Sri Lanka about their "sustainable" farming program that bankrupted the nation and caused the head of the government to be deposed and run out of town. These green imbeciles are completely out of their minds. And, it won't occur to them how stupid they are until they are destitute and starving. You trust our government to not fuck us? |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 6:36:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Originally Posted By Alacran: Law & Border with Ben Bergquam aired yesterday on Real America’s Voice Network Continued… https://rumble.com/embed/v2mcb89/?pub=4 Part 3 Part 4 preview -
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Posted: 6/1/2023 7:11:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Ink to Video - https://rumble.com/v2q97yo-webinar-kinetic-war-on-the-u.s.-home-front-the-ccps-plans-to-attack-america.html https://presentdangerchina.org/webinar-kinetic-war-on-the-u-s-home-front-the-ccps-plans-to-attack-america/ Webinar | Kinetic War on the U.S. Home Front: The CCP’s Plans to Attack America Is Xi Jinping’s Putting in Motion an Insurgency Here to Win a Shooting War? Eyewitness accounts of large numbers of unaccompanied, fighting-age men who appear to be fit, similarly equipped and moving in groups through Latin America, across what was once the United States’ southern border and disappearing into our nation raises a profoundly important question: If the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actually preparing to complete its longstanding “unrestricted warfare” aimed at taking down the USA with a violent military conflict, is its dictator, Xi Jinping, setting the stage for attacks not just on Taiwan and our Indo-Pacific allies, but ones that would strike decisively in our homeland, as well? This CPDC webinar addresses the evidence that by some estimates 5 battalions worth of what may be People’s Liberation Army special operations personnel – roughly 5,000 men – have been insinuated into this country in organized units over the past few months and continuing today. It also examines: the doctrinal basis for surprise Chinese attacks in our rear; the vulnerabilities in this country that would likely be targeted and exploited; and those who, in addition to possible recently arrived military elements, might undertake such missions including: Ministry of State Security spies; “Overseas Police” and those they coercively control; and/or other Chinese assets in place, like “businessmen,” scientists and researchers or some of the PRC’s 300,000 students in this country. Moderator: - Frank Gaffney, Founder and Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China Panelists: - Michael Yon, Former Green Beret, combat correspondent, author, photographer – Topic: “Knock, Knock: Who’s There in the Darien Gap: The PLA?” - Todd Bensman, Author, “Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History“ and “America’s Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation’s Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration” – Topic: “They Say They’re from China: An Eyewitness Account of Men with Problematic Characteristics Entering America Daily” - Richard Fisher, Senior Fellow for Asia, International Assessment and Strategy Center; and author, “China’s Military Modernization: Building for Global and Regional Reach” – Topic: “Chinese Military Doctrine: Surprise, Deception and Insurgency” - J.R. Nyquist, Author, “Origins of the Fourth World War,” essayist at JR Nyquist.blog JRNyquist.blog – Topic: “Communist Playbook: What the Top Soviet Military Defector to America Revealed about the Kremlin’s Plan for Attacking America’s Homefront” - LTC Tommy Waller, USMC Reserves (Ret.), President, Center for Security Policy, Director, Secure the Grid Coalition – Topic: “America the Vulnerable: What Would the CCP Target Here – and How Do We Prepare for and Defeat Such Attacks?” - Brian T. Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; President of American Strategy Group; Former President, Claremont Institute – Topic: Deterring the CCP: Disabusing Xi Jinping that He Can Wage War Against Us with Impunity” I finally got around to watching the Sean Ryan interview with David Tice from the thread posted by DaGoose that’s linked below. It’s worth taking the time to watch. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/David-Tice-The-Power-Grid-Blackout-America-s-WORST-Enemy-Could-Attack-Any-Moment-SRS-60/5-2648732/?page=1 What caught my attention early on is David’s reference to following a few names from the Webinar I posted just a week ago with David Gaffney and J.R. Nyquist being the main ones. It’s not a matter of if but when and the clock has been in countdown mode for a while now. The part about Russian defector Stanislav Lunev’s detailed information with Russia & China collaborating against the United States has also been mentioned by J.R. Nyquist as proof that the speculated secret speech given by General Chi Haotian to CCP leadership back in the early 2000s is legitimate. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 7:24:38 AM EDT
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The economic world war is already in play. Some have even said that a kinetic world war is also already in play. As the economic world war grows, the kinetic world war will become extremely obvious and deeply impacting to everyone.
BRICS  BRICS expansion: Economic bloc discussing widening its membership |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:13:04 AM EDT
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We’re way past coincidences at this point.
Suspected Chinese spies, disguised as tourists, tried to infiltrate Alaskan military bases ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Chinese citizens posing as tourists but suspected of being spies have made several attempts in recent years to gain access to military facilities in this vast state studded with sensitive bases, according to U.S. officials. In one incident, a vehicle with Chinese citizens blew past a security checkpoint at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, several soldiers told USA TODAY. The vehicle was eventually stopped, and a search found a drone inside the vehicle. The occupants claimed they were tourists who had gotten lost. Many of the encounters have been chalked up to innocent mistakes by foreign visitors intent on viewing the northern lights and other attractions in Alaska, officials say. Other attempts to enter U.S. military bases, however, seem to be probes to learn about U.S. military capabilities in Alaska, according to multiple soldiers familiar with the incidents but who were not authorized to speak publicly about them. Not all who appear to be tourists in Alaska, are, in fact tourists, one Army officer said. Instead, they are foreign spies. . . https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/31/suspected-chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-discovered-in-alaska/70260712007/ |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:15:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:17:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker: These green imbeciles are completely out of their minds. And, it won't occur to them how stupid they are until they are destitute and starving. They are not. They are executing a deliberate attack on modern civilization. It may be "crazy" to want to do what they are doing, however what they are doing perfectly fits with what they want to do. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 10:23:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RR_Broccoli: No. They are not. They are executing a deliberate attack on modern civilization. It may be "crazy" to want to do what they are doing, however what they are doing perfectly fits with what they want to do. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RR_Broccoli: Originally Posted By planemaker: These green imbeciles are completely out of their minds. And, it won't occur to them how stupid they are until they are destitute and starving. They are not. They are executing a deliberate attack on modern civilization. It may be "crazy" to want to do what they are doing, however what they are doing perfectly fits with what they want to do. I think the green imbeciles he is referring to are the citizens that buy the climate change narrative with out any thought or critical thinking |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 3:58:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By zeekh: I think the green imbeciles he is referring to are the citizens that buy the climate change narrative with out any thought or critical thinking The Useful Idiots. |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 5:12:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By trails-end: The Useful Idiots. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By trails-end: Originally Posted By zeekh: I think the green imbeciles he is referring to are the citizens that buy the climate change narrative with out any thought or critical thinking The Useful Idiots. exactly |
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Posted: 6/1/2023 9:35:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: This sounds worse than any dystopian zombie movie I’ve seen, but it looks like where we’re going. BBN, May 30, 2023 - DEATH of the American CITY: Nine trends you need to know Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Originally Posted By Alacran: As many people have said many times, “Get out of the big cities.” LAS VEGAS LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE AS MASSIVE FIGHTS UNFOLD https://www.outkick.com/las-vegas-memorial-day-weekend-fights-videos/ This sounds worse than any dystopian zombie movie I’ve seen, but it looks like where we’re going. BBN, May 30, 2023 - DEATH of the American CITY: Nine trends you need to know I’m getting a pretty strong feeling that we are quickly approaching this point…
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Posted: 6/2/2023 7:35:40 AM EDT
[#36]
Brick and Mortar is dying...
The overall delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) skyrocketed in May by 53 basis points to 3.62%, according to new data from Trepp LLC. The CMBS delinquency rate is now at its highest level since March 2022, while the 53-basis point upswing was the largest since June 2020. Trepp noted that it does not include delinquent loans that are past their maturity date but are current in interest payments as part of its data, but if they were included the delinquency rate would be 4.99%. The abrupt rise in the delinquency rate was attributed to office properties – this sector’s standalone delinquency rate was up 125 basis points to 4.02%. This is the first time in five years that the office rate was above 4%. “Office has been the most heavily watched part of the market as firms look to aggressively reduce space,” said Manus Clancy, senior managing director at Trepp. “Sublease space is at or near record highs in many markets as demand from big tech firms has eroded sharply. In addition, many companies are letting leases expire or are renewing with smaller footprints. At the end of May 2023, Google announced it was offering up 1.4 million square feet in Northern California for sublease.” Among commercial real estate’s sectors, the retail delinquency rate climbed 56 basis points to 6.67% (the second greatest increase behind office property) while the delinquency rates on multifamily, industrial and lodging properties were all down for the month. Link |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 7:38:23 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Heuristic: Brick and Mortar is dying... The overall delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) skyrocketed in May by 53 basis points to 3.62%, according to new data from Trepp LLC. The CMBS delinquency rate is now at its highest level since March 2022, while the 53-basis point upswing was the largest since June 2020. Trepp noted that it does not include delinquent loans that are past their maturity date but are current in interest payments as part of its data, but if they were included the delinquency rate would be 4.99%. The abrupt rise in the delinquency rate was attributed to office properties – this sector’s standalone delinquency rate was up 125 basis points to 4.02%. This is the first time in five years that the office rate was above 4%. “Office has been the most heavily watched part of the market as firms look to aggressively reduce space,” said Manus Clancy, senior managing director at Trepp. “Sublease space is at or near record highs in many markets as demand from big tech firms has eroded sharply. In addition, many companies are letting leases expire or are renewing with smaller footprints. At the end of May 2023, Google announced it was offering up 1.4 million square feet in Northern California for sublease.” Among commercial real estate’s sectors, the retail delinquency rate climbed 56 basis points to 6.67% (the second greatest increase behind office property) while the delinquency rates on multifamily, industrial and lodging properties were all down for the month. Link I've been calling out the commercial collapse since the shutdowns began. I do maintenance work on commercial buildings. I have had exactly 0 return to full occupancy. When these leases start ending a lot of tenants will not be renewing. |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 8:42:05 AM EDT
[#38]
Just peachy.
 Winter freeze destroys Georgia peach harvest | FOX 5 News |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 8:54:53 AM EDT
[#39]
The impact that legal marajuana growers has on the local water supply and how cartels are just as involved in the legal side as it was when it was illegal.
 Episode 705 - Chinese Illegals Working Marijuana Farms in US |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 11:49:13 AM EDT
[#40]
Water is becoming the new gold, except more valuable.
Arizona announces limits on construction in Phoenix area as groundwater disappears Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven drought. A new study showed that the groundwater supporting the Phoenix area likely can’t meet additional development demand in the coming century, officials said at a news conference. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the state’s top water officials outlined the results of the study looking at groundwater demand within the Phoenix metro area, which is regulated by a state law that tries to ensure Arizona’s housing developments, businesses and farms are not using more groundwater than is being replaced. The study found that around 4% of the area’s demand for groundwater, close to 4.9 million acre-feet, cannot be met over the next 100 years under current conditions – a huge shortage that will have significant implications for housing developments in the coming years in the booming Phoenix metro area, which has led the nation in population growth. . . https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/us/arizona-phoenix-groundwater-limits-development-climate/index.html |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 12:42:49 PM EDT
[#41]
CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA
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Posted: 6/2/2023 9:39:34 PM EDT
[#42]
 Failed To Load Title 15 Great Depression Foods We Will All Be Eating Again Soon |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 10:13:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: highstepper]
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: I’m getting a pretty strong feeling that we are quickly approaching this point…
 *just a touch of GD humor to lighten things up a smidge… |
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Posted: 6/2/2023 11:02:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran: Water is becoming the new gold, except more valuable. Arizona announces limits on construction in Phoenix area as groundwater disappears Arizona officials announced Thursday the state will no longer grant certifications for new developments within the Phoenix area, as groundwater rapidly disappears amid years of water overuse and climate change-driven drought. A new study showed that the groundwater supporting the Phoenix area likely can’t meet additional development demand in the coming century, officials said at a news conference. Gov. Katie Hobbs and the state’s top water officials outlined the results of the study looking at groundwater demand within the Phoenix metro area, which is regulated by a state law that tries to ensure Arizona’s housing developments, businesses and farms are not using more groundwater than is being replaced. The study found that around 4% of the area’s demand for groundwater, close to 4.9 million acre-feet, cannot be met over the next 100 years under current conditions – a huge shortage that will have significant implications for housing developments in the coming years in the booming Phoenix metro area, which has led the nation in population growth. . . https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/us/arizona-phoenix-groundwater-limits-development-climate/index.html It's been a few years ago now but last time I went to Phoenix, they had more golf courses per capita than anywhere else I've ever been. Given that it's in a desert, that seems like an incredible waste of water. And, surprise, surprise, surprise, they find out they're going to run out of water. Well, duh. |
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Posted: 6/3/2023 12:02:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By highstepper: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/af6b088626ed4d7085ccb2df217c616a-1200-80.gif *just a touch of GD humor to lighten things up a smidge… Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By highstepper: Originally Posted By Alacran: I’m getting a pretty strong feeling that we are quickly approaching this point…
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/af6b088626ed4d7085ccb2df217c616a-1200-80.gif *just a touch of GD humor to lighten things up a smidge… Great. Now, I want to rewatch that movie. Not on Tubi or Pluto.  |
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Posted: 6/3/2023 6:31:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Alacran:
Read the whole thread…
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Posted: 6/3/2023 7:14:48 AM EDT
[#47]
US Food Production Has Taken A Very Dangerous Turn In The Wrong Direction
If farmers and ranchers don’t produce enough food, we don’t eat. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-food-production-has-taken-very-dangerous-turn-wrong-direction |
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Posted: 6/3/2023 7:25:13 AM EDT
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I remember when everyone thought shit was going to go down on Y2K because the computers wouldn’t be able to handle the year 2000.
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Posted: 6/3/2023 7:36:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2023 7:41:39 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MHowski: I remember when everyone thought shit was going to go down on Y2K because the computers wouldn’t be able to handle the year 2000. I remember when some were telling people to get the hell out of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina comes ashore because the city is actually below sea level. |
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