Today's Must-Reads - 21 February 2023
A selection of the latest news, studies, reports and articles
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I spend a lot of time each day gathering together new information and interesting articles. I then pick one or two of the most interesting topics and write about them. However, that leaves a lot of missed out 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 will be for paid subscribers only a lot of the time in the future.
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Covid
A preprint with new results finds evidence of unpublished virus engineering projects similar to those which may have caused Covid. The discovery was actually found in contaminated rice genome samples. It seems MERS-like bat viruses were being modified in a similar way as SARS- like viruses were in Wuhan. “Our findings...document the use of a previously unpublished HKU4 reverse genetics system in apparent MERS-CoV related gain-of-function research”.
The Slog looks at Ukrainian biolabs and a trail all the way back to Marxists at the core of Covid19. He also looks at the latest WHO power play to dictate global health policy.
Covid Mandates & Lockdowns
The Brownstone Institute looks at the landmarks on the road to Covid tyranny. Authoritarian Covid policies were shocking but not surprising with plenty of post- 9/11 precedents that paved the way.
Economy/Energy/Finance
US government interest payments are going exponentially higher. Whilst nowhere near the peak when comparing interest as a percentage of GDP, it is still a worrying trend.
Trade between Russia and the UAE is up by 68% in 2022. Clearly Europe is the only one hurt by sanctions against Russia.
Health
Could Alzheimer’s be caused by viruses or bacteria? Previous research has focused on plaques in the brain but the Guardian looks at the latest studies suggesting an infection may be driving the disease.
The NY Times is catching up on the dangers of Gain of Function work. In a guest essay titled ‘Biology is Dangerously Outpacing Policy’, the author argues that additional scrutiny is warranted to prevent any future devastating pandemics.
Bloomberg worries that Covid hasn’t taught the world how to beat the next deadly virus. According to the article, for the past century, elimination was the gold standard for dealing with new viruses but China’s Zero Covid reversal has cast doubts over the approach.
The never-ending cold is still making headlines, this time with the Telegraph suggesting ways how you can prevent these perpetual illnesses.
Ohio has been hit by another major explosion. This time at a metal factory in Bedford.
News
Project Veritas has issued a statement from its board of directors claiming James O’Keefe decided to leave. However, James thinks differently.
Technology
Civil servants in the UK have been told not to use AI chatbots to write policies and carry out Government work. However, they haven’t ruled out their use entirely meaning more woke policies on the way.
Ukraine
In Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address today he announced that Moscow is suspending its participation in the new START nuclear non-proliferation agreement with the US. This is the last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the US.
Putin also warned that the Russian Ministry of Defence should prepare for the testing of Russian nuclear weapons if the US undergo similar tests.
Meanwhile, Belarus is claiming that a significant grouping of Ukrainian armed forces have amassed at their border. They say they will take ‘adequate measures’ to respond to any provocations.
According to Yahoo, a leaked internal strategy document from Putin’s executive office lays out a detailed plan on how Russia plans to take full control over neighbouring Belarus in the next decade under the pretext of a merger.
Dutch military intelligence warns that Russia will attempt to sabotage energy infrastructure in the North Sea. This includes underwater cables, wind farms and gas pipelines.
EU commissioner, Josep Borrell says all European industry must focus on arming Ukraine - Russia must not be allowed to win.
The UK, along with another nations, is still supporting the ban of Russian athletes ahead of the Olympics next year. The IOC is exploring the idea of Russian athletes competing in Paris as neutrals.
Vaccines
Pfizer and Moderna are gearing up for a 2024 trial in London over Covid vaccine patents.
World
Another powerful earthquake struck Turkey last night, two weeks after the huge quake that has killed at least 45,000 people so far.
For the past century at least and on an accelerated basis in the 21st Century, the strategy of the Marxist Left, currently in full control of the US and most of the world, has been to Infiltrate Everything. The overarching strategy was labeled in 1967 as “The long march through the institutions” by German socialist Rudi Duschke, however by then it was decades into the implementation phase, but only then rapidly accelerating. It is now complete, even as we continue to be shocked at its’ reach and manifestations. In the US it included the subversion of the 2 Party political system under a two fold strategy of running Democrats as Republicans in every “Red” state in America and then using Federal money to complete the coups and overtake the machinery of every State government. This too is complete and was wildly successful. The list of global tactics underpinning the infiltration strategy is far too long to enumerate here, but as the unfolding story of Project Veritas and James O’Keefe demonstrates, Boards of Directors of public, private and non-profit businesses and institutions were high on the list for infiltration starting in the 20th century. James O’Keefe was the founder of Project Veritas and both its’ face and its’ voice. How is it that he ended up with a Board full of Brutuses, ostensible friends who were in fact enemies? Was he not in a position to carefully choose his own Board?
The same can be observed in thousands upon thousands of Boards - we call them Woke!, a term Caesar never would have applied to Brutus on March 15, 44 BC.
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