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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Pfizer Used Separate Manufacturing Processes for COVID Shots Used in Clinical Trials, Public Distribution
[PJMedia] Or as Mercutio titled it when he submitted the same article, Cookin' the Books
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/07/2023 09:24 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There was literally no way to manufacture that much 'vaccine' in the amount of time they had. So all manufacturing regs were suspended. Funny how that didn't get more press.
Posted by: Angstrom || 10/07/2023 11:59 Comments || Top||

#2  So instead, we have excess deaths since the Fake Vax has been given.
Posted by: Squinty Hatfield8204 || 10/07/2023 15:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Not exactly. The vaccine killed and is continuing to kill people, many of whom had essentially zero risk of dying from COVID. The manufacturing / contamination issue complicates things though. It's hard to say how many vax related injuries were from the vax vs contamination.
Posted by: Angstrom || 10/07/2023 15:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Interesting point Ang, but the spike protein was in all of them. Contamination does not cause myocarditis, stroke, shock, blood clots etc, spike protein do. That shit they forced into the veins of America was worse than heroine...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 10/07/2023 15:39 Comments || Top||

#5  100% agree, Pan. The mRNA shots working as advertised are deadly. The fact that they were also manufactured with zero oversight and zero quality control is probably not a huge contributor to adverse events, but it's still out there, and I think it casts some light on the motives behind the people who forced this on us. The FDA, for example, must have known, because they are the ones who waived the rules.
Posted by: Angstrom || 10/07/2023 18:07 Comments || Top||

#6  I got POTS from the Fake Vax shot after surviving the Wuhan-1 virus. Has anyone heard of a treatment for it?
Thanks!
Posted by: Unatle Gray1032 || 10/07/2023 19:17 Comments || Top||

#7  The Cleveland Clinic has a web page on POTS here with some suggestions about how to handle it and some pescription meds. I hope it helps!
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/07/2023 22:59 Comments || Top||


Michigan student assaults teacher with flying steel chair, faces felony charges
In which we discover that this level of misbehaviour is shocking even in faraway Pakistan.
[GEO.TV] A Michigan Flint school system student has been charged with a felony after hurling a metal chair at her teacher and now faces possible expulsion as the educator prepares to return to the classroom.

The 15-year-old girl responsible for this shocking incident has brought negative attention to the Michigan school.

The viral video capturing the moment the student launched the heavy chair at her teacher has caused considerable concern within the school community.

Flint School Board President Michael Clack expressed how this incident has given the school a 'bad name.'

In the video, the teacher can be seen standing in front of the classroom, addressing students before being struck to the floor by the chair. The Southwestern Classical Academy classroom, where this occurred, is now dealing with the aftermath.

The unnamed teenager believed to have thrown the chair, faces serious consequences, as she has been charged with two counts of felony assault by The Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office.

Flint School Board President Michael Clack highlighted previous instances where students were expelled for various infractions, emphasising that the school takes inappropriate behaviour seriously.

The teacher who fell victim to the chair attack suffered head injuries, but there is positive news as Superintendent Kevelin Jones announced the teacher's decision to return to work.

The school community plans to extend a warm welcome to the teachers, viewing them as a hero.

The statement from the Superintendent also reassures that the student responsible will be held accountable according to the law and in accordance with the Flint Community Schools Student Code of Conduct.

Flint School Board President Michael Clack confirmed that the chair incident would be discussed at an expulsion hearing, where it will be evaluated based on Michigan law and school district policies.

Clack also expressed concerns about the negative attention brought to Flint, Michigan, due to the viral video. He reminded the public that the student involved is a minor with rights, parents, a family, and feelings.

Superintendent Kevelin Jones reached out to parents to inform them of the altercation and the staff member's injury.

The school district is actively investigating the incident to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone at Southwestern Classical Academy.

In response to the incident, the Flint Community School is committed to maintaining a safe and nurturing environment for its students and staff.

While the letter posted on their Facebook page didn't specify the student's current status, it conveyed their dedication to addressing such matters seriously.
Posted by: Fred || 10/07/2023 2023-10-07 02:01 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It’s Flint; blame it on the water.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 10/07/2023 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  SuperintendentKevelin Jones announced the teacher's decision to return to work.

Found out she wasn't qualified to work at Waffle House.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 11:57 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste #1527
[PJ Media] Friends of Slain Brooklyn Activist Create GoFundMe Page—for Themselves

Claudia Morales watched as Brian Dowling “randomly” stabbed her lefty activist boyfriend, Ryan Carson, to death in the neo-hipster, ghetto-riffic Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Carson left a legacy of Marxist hate on social media, even celebrating the death of Rush Limbaugh. His moll, Morales, has been photographed wearing an “ACAB” t-shirt (ACAB is an anagram for All Cops Are B**tards).

Though Morales didn’t run, scream, or call the police as her boyfriend was getting filleted, a group of his friends was quick to set up a GoFundMe page to procure funds for… themselves.

According to the internet tip-cup page, Ryan’s friends are asking people to donate $20,000 so Morales and other friends can take time off to grieve. As of this writing, they’ve wrangled $71,330.

A since-deleted post from a donor read something along the lines of, “I will happily pay the $5 minimum donation to say you’re disgusting for profiting off the death of your boyfriend.”
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/07/2023 07:32 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:


New York sees a surge in tuberculosis cases amid migrant influx and Covid fatigue
  • Preliminary data shows 500 cases of TB have already been recorded in the city

  • This is a rise of 20 percent from the same time last year, according to reports
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants



#3  This is what Ellis Island was all about. Screening for diseases.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 6:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Yes, but if you don't associate with them, you're oppressing them.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/07/2023 8:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Proof once again that the "progressive" project is about equal misery for all.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/07/2023 8:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Fortunately, the invaders prefer to settle in urban communities where they can spread their afflictions among the 'progressives' rather than be isolated farming in the Dakotas.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 11:55 Comments || Top||


Not The Onion: Bernie Sanders' Staffers Have Left-Wing Antiwar Activists Arrested Outside Office
[ZH] A group of 50 activists and Vermont constituents staged a sit-in inside Senator Bernie Sanders’ office on Wednesday, demanding the senator to call for peace and diplomacy in Ukraine instead of more weapons and war. The sit-in resulted in the arrest of 11 activists, including an 89-year-old CODEPINK peace activist.

The group was joined by Green Party Presidential Candidate Dr. Cornel West in the Senate lobby for a prayer vigil before the sit-in. The prayer vigil and sit-in were part of a week of action that included an antiwar rally on Tuesday night featuring Dr. West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary; Claudia de la Cruz, Co-Executive Director of The People’s Forum; Lee Camp, American comedian, writer, podcaster, news journalist; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange; and Eugene Puryear, American journalist, activist, and host on Breakthrough News.
Be funny if the Ukraine boondoggle unravels both the left and the neo-con right in America.
"We need Bernie to provide leadership to put a stop to the US funding of the Ukraine war now. Use the money for healthcare, not warfare," said Burlington resident James Marc Leas.

Crystal Zevon, an artist and CODEPINK peace activist from Barnet, VT, expressed her disappointment in Senator Sanders, who has voted for more weapons to Ukraine and even criticized Democrats who called for peace talks. "Yes, Bernie should condemn the Russian invasion, but he should also be calling for a negotiated end to this brutal war," said Zevon.

The group carried signs in support of peace talks and negotiations, including one quote from the Senator himself in which he previously called for a diplomatic solution.

Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  I have wondered where all the antiwar activists had gone for the last two years.
Posted by: Tom || 10/07/2023 11:32 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
U.S. Naval Academy's Consideration Of Race In Its Admissions Process Is Unconstitutional
[Federalist] The U.S. Naval Academy’s use of race-based admissions policies violates provisions of the U.S. Constitution, a lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges.

Filed in the Northern District Court of Maryland by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), the suit, as summarized by Politico, argues that the academy is violating applicants’ Fifth Amendment rights by "engaging in racial balancing in their admissions of new classes." According to SFFA, the Naval Academy is discriminating against applicants who are white and Asian in favor of those who are black, Hispanic, and Native American.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, and two leading Naval Academy officials are listed as defendants in the suit.

"America’s enemies do not fight differently based on the race of the commanding officer opposing them," the lawsuit reads. "Sailors must follow orders without regard to the skin color of those giving them and battlefield realities apply equally to all sailors regardless of race, ethnicity or national origin."

SFFA has asked the court to issue a judgment declaring the Naval Academy’s consideration of race in its admissions policies as a violation of the Fifth Amendment. The group also requested the court issue an injunction barring the academy from using these practices.

A nonprofit dedicated to fighting race-based college admissions policies, SFFA is the group that brought its lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s race-based admissions policies to the U.S. Supreme Court this past year. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS sided with SFFA and ruled that the aforementioned universities’ consideration of applicants’ race during the admissions process violates the 14th Amendment. The decision effectively ended affirmative action policies for institutions of higher education.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 04:59 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dependent upon the outcome, which could be years away, a cleansing of the insanity.

I long ago, as they say...."Lost confidence in senior DoD's ability to lead."

That tired phrase cries out for a case-by-case, full and open investigation.

Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 5:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Constitution. You know that little piece of paper you swore to uphold and defend.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 6:56 Comments || Top||

#3  This isn't the 1960's, that was 3++ generations ago. That wrong was corrected many, many times over the last 60 years. Resulting in other groups being discriminated against, and losing job and educational opportunities to right a wrong they had nothing to do with.

So now 60 years later, shouldn't the only goal and agenda now be to have best qualified for a position, to be selected for that position?

That way the best of the best, no matter what color or race, advance and be the leadership of our future?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/07/2023 7:10 Comments || Top||

#4  I have wondered why retired naval officers have not joined together to address and attack the rot that exists at the heart of the U.S. Navy. But then I realize the rot has been allowed to fester for more than a half-century. There is no hope.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355 || 10/07/2023 7:37 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ Excellent comments at both 3 and 4. No, it certainly "didn't just happen."

WOKE - A fancy new name for a practice emboldened by Washington for yes, several decades.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 8:00 Comments || Top||

#6  The "elites" are obsessed with skin color and chromosomes. Why these trivial things are so important is beyond me. But they are.

Again thanks to President Trump for appointing sane people to the Supreme Court. Can you imagine how these decisions would have gone with President Hillary appointees?
Posted by: Tom || 10/07/2023 11:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Why these trivial things are so important is beyond me.

Because they want to enlist the dumbest portion of the public in their project. If they went with anything that required actual intellectual firepower, they'd be limiting their appeal.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/07/2023 11:54 Comments || Top||

#8  years ago i read an employment ad that said the employer did not consider the shape or color of your skin. concise!
Posted by: irish rage boy || 10/07/2023 13:50 Comments || Top||


New York Appellate Judge Smacks Down Far-Left Judge Engoron, Pauses Dissolving Trump Org.
[ABC News via Gateway] A New York appellate judge declined to pause Donald Trump’s ongoing civil fraud trial, after attorneys for Trump sought a stay of the trial while they appeal Judge Arthur Engoron’s summary judgment ruling last week that decided the core of the case.

Judge Peter Moulton issued the ruling minutes after hearing oral arguments from both sides. While he did not pause the trial, he did stop the immediate cancelation of Trump’s business certificates that Engoron had ordered last week.

"This is everything owned or controlled by the defendant. Once you dissolve you dissolve," defense attorney Christopher Kise argued in an afternoon hearing convened at the Appellate Division’s First Department. "It’s chaos. It’s chaos right now."

Eric Trump responded to the New York Appellate Court’s decision to pause the dissolution of Trump Org.

"We thank the Appellate Division for staying the NY Attorney General’s and Judge Engoron’s overzealous attempt to cancel our New York business certificates. Judge Engoron’s order erroneously sought to adjudicate the rights of non-party business entities that employ nearly 1,000 hard-working New Yorkers, have never been accused of any wrongdoing and, were never given their day in court — in clear violation of their fundamental Constitutional rights and Due Process. We will continue to vigorously defend our company and our incredible employees from this politically-motivated persecution," Eric Trump said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 04:50 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Finally, a glimpse of judicial sanity.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 4:55 Comments || Top||

#2  After Engoron's....performance...I'd think anyone who lost a case under his...review...would be filing an appeal.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/07/2023 11:00 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Morocco begins providing cash to families whose homes were destroyed by earthquake
[AFRICANEWS] Moroccan authorities on Friday will begin providing money to families whose homes were destroyed in an earthquake last month that took nearly 3,000 lives and will require an estimated $11.7 billion in reconstruction funds over the next five years.

After a commission tasked by King Mohammed VI to oversee recovery efforts met earlier this week, the government said an initial monthly payment of 2,500 Moroccan dirhams ($242) will be disbursed starting Oct. 6.

The Sept. 8 earthquake wreaked havoc on rural regions south of Marrakech, where mountain roads remain unpaved and the economy relies on herding and small-scale agriculture. As autumn nights get cooler, many are sleeping outside in donated tents with the daunting task of rebuilding before them.

The payments are among several forms of relief that Morocco plans to provide residents displaced by the earthquake. It will provide temporary rehousing assistance and up to 140,000 dirhams ($13,600) to rebuild destroyed homes. It also plans to rebuild about 1,000 schools and 42 health centers.

The Royal Cabinet said on Sept. 14 that the payments would go to 50,000 households in the affected region. Roughly 4.2 million people live in Marrakech and the five provinces hardest hit by the quake.

Morocco has also pledged to upgrade and widen roads and offer additional assistance to farmers and herders and subsidize barley and animal feed in hard-hit areas.

The earthquake damaged landmarks throughout the region, which is dominated by Morocco's Amazigh-speaking minority.

Morocco created a special disaster relief fund three days after the earthquake. It is open to state funds and donations from within and outside Morocco, including from governments and aid groups.

Additionally, the International Monetary Fund, which is scheduled to convene for its annual meetings next week in Marrakech, approved a $1.3 billion loan to help Morocco bolster its resilience to natural disasters.

Posted by: Fred || 10/07/2023 2023-10-07 01:42 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:


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Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 9:18 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
DRC: in the Goma camps, prostitution, rape or hunger
[AFRICANEWS] Every day, "around 70 women victims of sexual assault - or more than 2,000 per month - present themselves in the structures we have set up", explains Brian Moller, MSF emergency coordinator in Goma. "These figures only represent part of the reality, since they only concern consultations carried out in the sites where MSF operates," he insists.

Sexual violence has been a scourge in eastern DRC for nearly 30 years.

Swaddled on her mother's knees, Queen breastfeeds peacefully._ "It happened the first time I left the camp," explains Charmante*, 18 years old and a mother for a month. While breastfeeding, she continues her story: "he was wearing a FARDC (Congolese Armed Forces) outfit, when he finished I could no longer walk, it was my friends who carried me back to the camp".

Like her 19-year-old sister and at least two of her friends, Charmante was raped while she was collecting wood in Virunga Park (north of Goma) to resell it and buy something to feed her brothers and sisters.

A week later, she went to an MSF health post where she "tested positive for pregnancy", in her words. Her mother opposes child sacrifice abortion. Little Queen was born a few months later. One more mouth to feed.

HUMANITARIAN AID
Some of the raped women met by AFP had received humanitarian aid, others had not. All of them had, at some point, to choose between the risk of being raped or going hungry with their children.

Last November, Rose, 43, walked for three days with her seven children to escape M23 rebels who were entering Kiwanja (about 70 km north of Goma). Since then, she has lived in Rusayo and says she has received no help.

His eyes blur, and his throat tightens. Sandra Kavira listens while Rose retraces the thread of her life—a life of violence, pregnancies, punches, miscarriages and vigilantes.

Already a victim of gang rape in 2017 - in front of her husband, who subsequently beat her daily - she knows the risks of leaving the camps to "look for wood".

She resigned herself to it in June: "We were three friends, there were four men in FARDC uniform. We were all raped. "

Before abandoning her with their seven children in the mud of the Rusayo camp, her husband beats her one last time to make her pay for this second rape and disappears.

In the MSF tent, Rose wipes her tears and hugs her little 4-year-old Jean. "In the camp, it's hard to talk about it. But here, we find neighbours, girls we know, and we say to ourselves: ah... you too?"
Posted by: Fred || 10/07/2023 2023-10-07 01:42 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a scourge in eastern DRC for nearly 30[000] years.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 21:04 Comments || Top||


Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister dismissed, reshuffle in sight
[AFRICANEWS] Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara
...the former president-for-life of Ivory Coast. He actually beat his predecessor in an election before having to eject him from the presidential palazzo....
on Friday dismissed his Prime Minister Patrick Achi, in office since 2021, and announced the forthcoming formation of a new government, two years ahead of the presidential election.

Mr. Ouattara signed a decree "terminating the functions of the Prime Minister, head of government, as well as those of the members of the government", according to a blurb read by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Abdourahmane Cissé.

The Ivorian head of state expressed "his gratitude to Prime Minister Patrick Achi and all the members of the government for their commitment to serving the nation over the past few years".

This decision had been expected in recent days in Côte d'Ivoire, as the President had informed government members of a forthcoming reshuffle at the last Council of Ministers meeting on September 28.

Patrick Achi was appointed in March 2021 following the death from cancer of his predecessor, Hamed Bakayoko, who had succeeded Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died in July 2020.

He resigned in April 2022, only to be reappointed in a minor reshuffle.

Last month, he won a comfortable victory in local elections in his region of Mé (south).

This time, the next reshuffle is likely to be more significant, and will give an indication of the heavyweights on which the Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes et la démocratie et la paix (RHDP), the ruling party, is counting for the 2025 presidential election.

Having won 60% of communes and 80% of regions in the September elections, the RHDP is shaping up to be the clear favourite.

It remains to be seen who will be its candidate: Alassane Ouattara has yet to declare whether he intends to run for a fourth term.

Posted by: Fred || 10/07/2023 2023-10-07 01:42 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:


Ivory Coast President dissolves government
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dissolved the government and dismissed Prime Minister Patrick Achi , reports Reuters.

The agency did not name the cause of the incident.

At the same time , the RFI radio station reports that the president instructed the ministers to temporarily perform their duties until the formation of a new government.

As Regnum reported, on the night of July 26, a coup d’état took place in Niger, as a result of which the military came to power. The country's new authorities removed President Mohamed Bazoum from government.

To resolve the situation, Nigeria expressed its readiness to send a military contingent of 25 thousand people to Niger. Later, Cote d'Ivoire joined it.

Posted by: badanov || 10/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yet another one.
My theory is that the fighting in Ukraine is soaking up excess security assets from all over, leaving the margins unsupported.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/07/2023 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ And when Taiwan falls to the CCP, it can be said "no resources were available" or (as with Benghazi), "the distances were simply to great."
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 8:10 Comments || Top||


Economy
Eli Lilly close on 6 Oct 2023
[GOOGLE] Market Summary

Eli Lilly And Co
565.22 USD
+238.56 (73.03%)past year
Closed: Oct 6, 7:22 PM EDT • Disclaimer
After hours 567.87 +2.65 (0.47%)

Possible early MAGA indicator, or am I just dreaming ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/07/2023 06:15 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Congress buying it.
May be new Covid, Cancer.

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Insider Trading & Ownership
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 8:47 Comments || Top||

#2  It’s Lilly’s fat drug and their Alzheimer’s therapy, both of which are superior to the alternatives, that are driving the share price. Both are massive blockbusters.
Posted by: Remoteman || 10/07/2023 14:15 Comments || Top||

#3  FDA intervention coming soon: Walmart says users of weight loss drugs are buying less food
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/07/2023 14:23 Comments || Top||


Europe
EU reform leaves Poland with a choice between second-class Europe and poverty
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Stanislav Stremidlovsky

[REGNUM] Today, October 6, the leaders of the European Union member countries are holding their informal summit in the Spanish city of Granada.

In addition to solving operational problems, they will have to discuss a strategic issue: reform of the EU and its potential enlargement.

“The outcome of our reflection process over the next few months will shape the Strategic Agenda 2024–2029,” European Council President Charles Michel said in an invitation letter to meeting participants.

And although many Western publications saw the informal summit and the meeting of the European Political Community that took place on the eve of it primarily as a discussion of the problem of “how and when to accept a debt-ridden and exhausted Ukraine into the EU,” we are talking about deeper problems of transforming the European Union.

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once said, it is necessary to clearly establish the connection between enlargement and reform so that the European Union does not ultimately turn into an ungovernable club with 35 countries with veto power.

In mid-September this year, a report by a German-French working group entitled “Navigation on the high seas: EU reform and enlargement in the 21st century” was published. It proposes, among other things, to abandon in the future unanimity when making decisions in favor of a qualified majority, to maintain the same number of members of the European Parliament and to move away from forming the European Commission on the principle of “one country, one commissioner.”

If the European Union expands to 35 members, this means that some EU member countries will lose part of the current quota of deputies and will not be represented in the European Commission. This development of events is feared not only by “small” countries, but also by larger ones that oppose Brussels.

First of all, Poland.

As the chairman of the Polish ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, recently said, “there is a plan in the EU to deprive nation states of all powers,” after which Poles “will cease to be citizens of Poland.” PiS also consistently opposes the deprivation of EU member states' veto power.

Given the unpreparedness of the Polish authorities for negotiations on EU reform, the Rzeczpospolita newspaper writes, citing its high-ranking diplomatic sources in Berlin, Germany for the first time began to lean toward accepting the traditional French concept of a multi-speed Europe.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Granada.

“We will not wait for Poland, we need to prepare for Trump’s return to the White House, then Europe will have to take more care of its own security,” we hear,” the publication reports.

This is a concept that French President Emmanuel Macron presented shortly after being elected head of the republic in 2017. It was this that was updated in the aforementioned report on the EU reform “Navigation on the High Seas”.

Experts from the German-French group propose to consider the option of creating four circles of integration. The core is the eurozone and the Schengen countries. The second circle is the EU in its current form. The third will include countries associated with the European Union. Finally, the fourth is the European Political Community as an association of European leaders “meeting twice a year to communicate with each other.”

In this case, Poland cannot get into the first integration circle, since it is not part of the euro area and is not politically motivated to abandon the zloty. Warsaw will join the club of seven EU member countries that still maintain national currencies. Five of them belong to Central and Eastern Europe, in addition to Poland itself: Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic.

Together with them, Warsaw will find itself in the role of a “second-class” member of the European Union, whose voice in the EU will be “ weakly heard.”

Some Polish experts suggest that Warsaw, in this regard, go beyond the current models of action, which involve either “ following the mainstream of European politics or empty obstructionism .” But what can she do and will she want to?

If the opposition comes to power in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Poland, then most likely it will not oppose the transformation of the European Union into a centralized superstate. If Law and Justice wins for the third time, on the principle of the lesser evil, it may tacitly agree with the concept of the four circles of integration.

It seems that PiS is confident in its abilities. The pro-government publication wPolityce believes that for Poland, which has “ already outgrown the period of dependency and poverty,” involvement “in deeper integration will be clearly unprofitable.” Especially given its current "intermediate status from an insignificant country following Germany to a regional power" and the "ambitions and challenges" ahead.

Hints of Law and Justice’s intention to follow the course of strategic autonomy can be seen in its decision to build several large nuclear power plants and active rearmament with the goal of creating the “ most powerful army ” in Europe. But the economic basis of this lies in the EU’s pull towards Poland, both in the grants allocated to Warsaw over the years and in the provision of equal competitive opportunities in European markets.

Poland will no longer have such advantages in the second round of integration. Moreover, it will have to compete with a core of incomparably more developed and rich countries of the first circle, which will begin to suck Polish labor, financial and industrial resources. This threatens a setback for Poland and the impoverishment of its society.

For the current ruling party, the choice between turning the country into one of the provinces of a centralized European superstate and maintaining strategic autonomy with an accompanying decline in living standards is obvious. But for many Poles, no.

So, if opposition forces come to power, the projects started by PiS, after their implementation, may fall into the common cauldron of the core, when the built nuclear power plants and the “most powerful army” will be managed in Berlin and Paris, and not Warsaw.

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#1  A cancer on the body of humanity.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/07/2023 1:21 Comments || Top||

#2  ^EU and it's zero sum "human rights" ideology. 1/2 a million Ukrainians = a very cheap way to fight Russia. If Poles are not careful, they'd become an additional bargain deal.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/07/2023 1:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Given that the Poles are building the largest army and most modern in the EU, that Germany reneges constantly on national defense spending, Brussels may find itself with more problems than it thought it had.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 6:55 Comments || Top||

#4  If there's a 'second class' version of Europe, the France and Germay are headed there. Look at the crime and productivity numbers.
They just want to lock down their reservations in the lifeboats.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/07/2023 8:09 Comments || Top||


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NASA's '$10,000 QUADRILLION' asteroid visit will launch next week: MailOnline's step-by-step guide to the Psyche mission to a 4.5 billion-year-old rock packed full of precious metals
[Daily Mail,where America gets its news] Call me in 6 years. I may no longer care.
Waning interest here as well, 10-12 years for me please.
Guess that's one way to pay off the national debt, assuming the money ever makes it past the Biden family. At my age I doubt I'll see the end of this movie.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 4:18:15 PM || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Turns out to be iron pyrite.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 20:09 Comments || Top||


Amish men shunned following emergency alert test that outed them for having cell phones
[MAIL] An ex-Amish TikToker revealed that the national smartphone emergency alert got his friends from the religious community in trouble for having phones.

Every US smartphone, television and radio received an alert on Wednesday at 2:18pm ET as part of a nationwide test for an emergency alert system.

Unfortunately for three members of the Amish community, the alert also involved a powerful alarm sound that outed them for having modern devices - which go against their beliefs.

Amish beliefs and traditions condemn modern technology and encourage plain clothing. The community is known for not using any modern devices, dressing in old-fashioned clothes, and even opting for a horse and buggy to get around.

Eli Yoder, a previous member of the Amish community, posted a TikTok to share what happened when the emergency alert revealed the hidden phones of his 'Amish buddies'.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 08:34 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  - which go against their beliefs.

Ah, not absolute. Some bishops allow certain individuals dispensation depending upon circumstances. In some communities, kids are allowed a bit of openness, but there comes a time when they have to decide which road to take.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 12:22 Comments || Top||

#2  The common approach is to put the phone in the barn.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/07/2023 12:32 Comments || Top||

#3  And I bet there were some very surprised inmates as well...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 10/07/2023 15:24 Comments || Top||


Long-COVID may not be the only long-term respiratory illness - study
[Jpost] Researchers at London's Queen Mary University have found that COVID may not be the only respiratory disease with long-term effects, with several others also showing evidence of long-term aftereffects.

The study published in the peer-reviewed Lancet medical journal showed that several other respiratory infections had similar long-term effects.

The researchers were prompted to begin this research after the numerous reports of "long-COVID" were confirmed earlier this year, they hope the research will show that long-term effects exist for many other infections and that more research will be done on these effects.
Just imagine, some money spend on pure research into basic immune phenomena - instead of flushing billions down the drain looking for immediate application.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/07/2023 01:55 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Air is toxic.
Breath it long enough, regardless of the additives, and...
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 21:02 Comments || Top||


The science is settled, till it isn't
[KRQE] Follow-up study confirms age of fossil human footprints found at White Sands National Park

New research reaffirms that fossil human footprints found in White Sands National Park in New Mexico date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing humans in North America thousands of years earlier than once thought.

In September 2021, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers and an international team of scientists announced that ancient human footprints discovered in White Sands National Park were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old. USGS said the footprints are the oldest ones that have been found in North America so far.

In that study, researchers used radiocarbon dating to study seeds from water plants found near the footprints. However, that report had some scientists questioning the accuracy of the dates.

“Sometimes we get old carbon in water for various reasons, and so sometimes aquatic material can give ages that are too old,” said Jeff Pigati, USGS research geologist and co-lead author of the newly published study. “This is a really well-known phenomenon in radiocarbon dating.”

In a follow-up study published Thursday, researchers used two new independent approaches to date the footprints, both of which resulted in the same age range as the original estimate, according to the news release by USGS.

“The immediate reaction in some circles of the archeological community was that the accuracy of our dating was insufficient to make the extraordinary claim that humans were present in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. But our targeted methodology in this current research really paid off,” Pigati stated.

For the follow-up study, the researchers focused on radiocarbon dating of conifer pollen, because it comes from terrestrial plants and avoids potential issues that arise when dating aquatic plants like Ruppia. The pollen samples were collected from the exact same layers as the original seeds, so a direct comparison could be made. In each case, the pollen age was statistically identical to the corresponding seed age, according to USGS.

“Just the date alone, this time stamp of White Sands National Park with these footprints, just opens up a huge can of worms about, again, ‘how did they get there,'” said Kathleen Springer, USGS research geologist and co-lead author of the study.

USGS said the team also used a different type of dating called optically stimulated luminescence, which dates the last time quartz grains were exposed to sunlight. Using this method, they found that quartz samples collected within the footprint-bearing layers had a minimum age of 21,500 years.

“Even as the original work was being published, we were forging ahead to test our results with multiple lines of evidence,” Springer stated. “We were confident in our original ages, as well as the strong geologic, hydrologic, and stratigraphic evidence, but we knew that independent chronologic control was critical.”

And their newest findings are just the beginning. “There’s other places to look, it’s a big, big area and so we’ve already kind of started looking into other spots in this national park,” Springer added.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Quick bury this because someone might postulate that what we take as the original inhabitants of the Americas may not be, but rather a follow on wave that displaced and destroyed those who were here before them. That would be awkward.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/07/2023 7:00 Comments || Top||

#2  It's settled till it isn't, but if you point out that it's being altered, you're accused of trying to change the history.
We've gone past double and triple think, into quadruple think territory.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/07/2023 8:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, no more missile testing.

Curious no discussion about anatomical structure and difference from modern feet.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/07/2023 8:54 Comments || Top||

#4  ^between 21,000 and 23,000 years old

Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/07/2023 8:57 Comments || Top||

#5  Has more arch than I do. Got to be fake.
Posted by: Chinert Ulump5275 || 10/07/2023 15:44 Comments || Top||



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