21 May 2023 - Must-Reads - Turning Against Climate Alarmism - Why Are Americans Dying So Young - Assisted Suicide For Homelessness - AI Will View Humans As Scum - Flu Vaccine = Increased Risk Of Flu

A selection of the latest news, studies, reports and articles

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I spend a lot of time each day gathering new information and interesting articles. I then pick the most interesting topic and write about it but that leaves a lot of information that I’m not sharing.

Below is a summary of all the latest articles and information that I’ve found. Today, this is a slimmed down version for all subscribers but on other days will be for only paid subscribers.

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Climate Change

• Europe is beginning to turn against the prophets of climate alarmism. Levels of eco-anxiety are rising among the young, but the planet’s future is brighter than many think. The case for optimism is not just based on the pace of progress and the certainty of more innovation to come but on the basic economics of it. Reports envisaging high sea levels for Bangladesh also assume the country will end up as rich as the Netherlands is today, therefore able to build more flood defences. This is its best hope. Getting richer needs more people, so humans remain more of a solution than a problem. This is why climate-related deaths have fallen by about 90 per cent over the course of the last century: wealthier countries can better prepare for natural disasters.

• Dutch farmer ‘families are crying at the kitchen table every day’ and some have committed suicide, warns Dutch MEP Robert Roos about government farm expropriation plans. Dutch MEP Robert Roos, of the JA21 political party, spoke to Remix News in an exclusive interview about the plight of Dutch farmers, mass immigration and overpopulation, and why the Dutch media has become “the long arm of the government”.

• The noisy new net zero pylons marching across the countryside – and what they mean for house prices. In Somerset, a project to connect low-carbon energy to homes and businesses is under way. And the locals are not happy

Covid

• A FOI request in Scotland reveals that between 2020-2022 there were zero police deaths from Covid from 17,000 staff. Zero doctor and nurse Covid deaths from 150,000 staff. Zero teacher Covid deaths from 52,000 staff. Zero retail Covid deaths from 245,000 staff and five care worker Covid deaths from 120,000 staff.

Covid Mandates & Lockdowns

• Despite much criticism: Dutch Senate seems to agree with pandemic law. The criticism from opposition parties in particular was not unheard of, but a majority of the Senate still seems to agree to amend the Public Health Act, as Minister Kuipers (Public Health) wants. This law provides a legal basis for taking far-reaching measures in the event of a subsequent pandemic.

Health

• Reports reveal the risk for strokes is on the rise in young adults. Dr. El-Ghanem says researchers are still looking for answers, but he has an idea why this could be happening. "In my opinion, it’s more of the unhealthy life that we’re living. A lot of junk food, unhealthy food, people tend not to exercise, because of work and their busy lives" Dr. El-Ghanem.

• Time magazine asks “Why Americans Are Dying So Young”. Life expectancy in America fell sharply in 2020. It fell again in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly played a role, but that’s not the whole story. During this same time period, eight of the ten leading causes of death also increased. Even maternal and child and adolescent mortality increased. In August 2022, federal health officials released new data showing that across all demographic groups, Americans are dying younger.

• Neuralink competitor Paradromics gets one step closer to FDA approval for its brain implant. Paradromics, founded in 2015, is developing a device that could help patients with severe paralysis regain their ability to communicate by deciphering their neural signals. And on Thursday, the Austin, Texas-based company announced that it has received the Breakthrough Device designation from the Food and Drug Administration for its flagship system, called the Connexus Direct Data Interface.

• Ohio State University—First to Secure DEA License to Grow Psychedelic Mushrooms—Impressive Startup Secures Partnership in the Deal. Ohio State University (OSU) has become the first American university to be granted a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license to cultivate magic mushrooms, formally known as psilocybin.

• In Canada, there were 14,000 deaths WITH Covid in 2020 and in 2021. In 2022 there were 33,000 non-Covid excess deaths. What is going on?

  

Politics

• FBI Improperly Used Surveillance Program to Spy on Jan. 6 Suspects. The FBI abused its surveillance powers while spying on suspects in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol and Black Lives Matter protesters, a federal court said in a newly unsealed ruling. FBI agents violated standards the agency developed for the Section 702 program, which enables spying on Americans and others, more than 278,000 times, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said in the 2022 ruling, which was made public for the first time on May 19.

• The Chinese embassy in New Zealand has issued remark on G7 Hiroshima Summit’s hyping up of China related issues. They conclude that gone are the days when a handful of Western countries can just willfully meddle in other countries’ internal affairs and manipulate global affairs. We urge G7 members to catch up with the trend of the times, focus on addressing the various issues they have at home, stop ganging up to form exclusive blocs, stop containing and bludgeoning other countries, stop creating and stoking bloc confrontation and get back to the right path of dialogue and cooperation.

• "Deep Level Of Corruption": Gen. Flynn Condemns FBI Following Durham Report. Retired US Army Gen. Michael Flynn says that the United States needs to address the corruption revealed in the Durham report released on Monday. "What people need to really stay focused on is this deep, deep level of corruption in our federal government, particularly starting in the White House," Flynn told NTD News' "Capitol Report" host Steve Lance.

• The UK is starting to get interested in RFK Jr. Robert F Kennedy Jr’s surging support unmasks Democrats’ disquiet at Joe Biden. Anti-vaccine activist is not blessed with his relatives’ political skills, but his success in the polls embarrasses the ageing US president. His strong start in the polls means he has defied his status as a fringe candidate, as he argues that the Democratic Party is “on the wrong track”.

• One third of Canadians fine with prescribing assisted suicide for homelessness. Roughly the same number told a poll they were fine with approving MAID (medical assistance in dying) for someone whose only affliction was poverty. If a Canadian’s only affliction was “poverty,” 27 per cent said they would be fine with legalizing that person’s access to MAID. Another 28 per cent pegged “homelessness” as an appropriate bar to qualify for MAID.

• NATO to Draw Up Russia War Plans for First Time Since Cold War. According to Reuters, at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, alliance leaders will approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how to respond to a Russian attack.

Technology

• Ex-Google exec Mo Gawdat warns AI will view humans as ‘scum,’ could create ‘killing machines’. Gawdat said that the future could look like something from “I, Robot,” the 2004 film in which Smith battles a machine army that hatches a conspiracy to enslave the human race. AI could create these terminators because it will be able to “generate its own computer power and do installations itself through robotic arms.”

Ukraine

• Zelensky appears to confirm Bakhmut loss, saying ‘nothing left’. Asked if Ukrainian forces were holding on or if Russia had captured the city, Zelensky was not entirely clear, but said “you have to understand there is nothing” there. “For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts.” The Russian military announced on Saturday the capture of the city, which had turned into the bloodiest battle of the war.

• Amidst Chaos of War, A New Report Exposes the Stealth Take-over of Ukrainian Agricultural Land. “Despite being at the center of news cycle and international policy, little attention has gone to the core of the conflict — who controls the agricultural land in the country known as the breadbasket of Europe. Answer to this question is paramount to understanding the major stakes in the war,” said Frédéric Mousseau, Oakland Institute’s Policy Director and co-author of the report.

Vaccines

• [2010] - Association between the 2008–09 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Pandemic H1N1 Illness during Spring–Summer 2009: Four Observational Studies from Canada. The study concludes that prior receipt of 2008–09 influenza vaccine was associated with increased risk of medically attended pH1N1 illness during the spring–summer 2009 in Canada.