Open Thread – April 2024

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  1. kaysee kaysee says:

    Censorship in Brazil
    Michael Shellenberger

    BRAZIL IS ON THE BRINK

    I’m reporting to you from Brazil, where a dramatic series of events are underway.

    At 5:52 pm Eastern Time, today, April 6, 2024, X corporation, formerly known as Twitter, announced that a Brazilian court had forced it to “block certain popular accounts in Brazil.”

    Then, less than one hour later, the owner of X, @ElonMusk
    announced that X would defy the court’s order, and lift all restrictions

    “As a result,” said Musk, “we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit.”……


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  2. kaysee kaysee says:

    Pfizer accused of ‘bringing discredit’ on pharmaceutical industry
    after Covid social media posts

    Pfizer has been accused by the UK’s pharmaceutical watchdog of “bringing discredit” on the industry after senior executives used social media to promote an “unlicensed” Covid vaccine.

    The company has been found to have breached the regulatory code five times, which also includes making misleading claims, failing to maintain high standards and promoting unlicensed medicines.


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  3. kaysee kaysee says:

    This is a supporter – a writer for the Daily Mail – asking serious questions. For some pro-Israel campers in the UK, the genocide of Palestinians did not really bother them, but three of their own, aid workers, has woken them up to the reality.

    Stephen Glover:
    I’m a supporter of Israel, but there comes a point
    when the killing wreaked on innocent people outweighs the original sin

    So we have arrived at a point where the entire civilised world, led by the U.S., is urging the Israeli government to desist. Will it listen?

    Let me answer that question by referring to the past. I believe that supporters of Israel — among whom I count myself — sometimes make a fundamental mistake. Perhaps because the country was born in the aftermath of the great crime that was the Holocaust, they forget that Israel has long had an extremist political undercurrent

    ……..

    This was from Glover in October 2023 about the evil Hamas on British streets.


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  4. kaysee kaysee says:

    Some rambling thoughts on a Sunday afternoon ….

    1/
    There are people whose avenues of information about what is happening in our society, country or world is limited to MSM or their peer groups or family or some such similar setup. They will not look outside that box to widen their horizons. Whether it is about Covid, Climate Change, Wars, Gender, Elections, New World Order, Wokeism or some other topic, they are conditioned to think in one particular way only.

    For example: a + b = 27.

    They can be provided with detailed explanations to show that the value of a = 51 and the value of b = 34, so a + b (51 + 34) = 85. You can provide them with a complete lesson using objects and illustrations. A mathematician will show them why the total is 85. But it will make no difference. They will continue to believe that when a and b are added together the sum is equal to 27.

    Our threads on this blog are mostly focused on providing information from different sources. I don’t claim to know everything or have all the answers. I don’t know when I post something if it is accurate and not a fake story. But I am willing to accept that I may have got it wrong if there is evidence to show this. The important thing is to keep seeking the truth, and to share it for others, so that those who are also truth-seekers may benefit from what we find. It is meant to be a combined sharing for the benefit of all. We have been tackling here many of the contentious issues in the world and have been providing, through links, the information in various formats – videos, photos, articles, diagrams, charts, maps. podcasts, graphs, pictures.


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  5. mh says:

    I’m a supporter of Israel, but there comes a point
    when the killing wreaked on innocent people outweighs the original sin

    The original sin is not October 7, it’s the Nakba.


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  6. kaysee kaysee says:

    2/
    Just as I have learnt much about climate or Covid or the Ukraine war, the Middle East crisis, US Elections, wokeism and other topics on my truth-seeking mission, elsewhere as well as what is shared on this blog by other contributors, I hope that there are others who learn from what we have posted here.

    But, like the example above, no matter how much info we post with links that provide verification from reputed sources, there will still be those who are so programmed to think a particular way, that they will disregard all the evidence and insist that a + b = 27.

    I will be posting a new thread on the US Election. My advice to readers is this: If you have in your mind fixed opinions, and no matter what material is posted there you have no wish to think, analyse, question or evaluate anything outside your comfort zone…..it would be better not to read that thread.

    There is a difference between an Open mind that seeks truth and a Closed mind that refuses to change even if the facts prove otherwise.


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  7. kaysee kaysee says:

    🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕 ┈┈┈┈ 🎕
    And for this Sunday…

    Fr Mike Schmitz
    Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?

    How can God be good, but allow bad things to happen? Fr. Mike Schmitz tackles one of the toughest questions religious believers must answer.

    .

    A Ponderable


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  8. mh says:

    I will be posting a new thread on the US Election. My advice to readers is this: If you have in your mind fixed opinions, and no matter what material is posted there you have no wish to think, analyse, question or evaluate anything outside your comfort zone…..it would be better not to read that thread.

    Remember who the donors are – Jews.

    Joshua Landis
    @joshua_landis
    Biden’s California fundraiser proves his pro-Israel stand is paying off.

    Haim Saban, an Israeli-American, who said “I’m a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel”, threw the party that cost up to $250,000 a seat

    It was co-hosted with Casey Wasserman and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, who said ““As an American Jew…, I am deeply grateful to President Biden, for showing up for Israel.”

    Biden’s campaign raised $145.4 million from Californians in 2020. This January, he raised $42 million alone and has raised more money this early in a campaign than any candidate in history.

    https://x.com/joshua_landis/status/1762609439830360187

    Trump’s donors are also Jews, the biggest the wife of the late Sheldon Adelson.

    Wiki

    Adelson created the Adelson Foundation in 2007, a private charity focusing on healthcare and support of Israel and the Jewish people. He was a major contributor to Republican Party candidates and was often dubbed a “kingmaker” due to the size and frequency of his donations

    Trump begged Sheldon Adelson for his support at the start of his run for Presidency (2016). Sheldon switched allegiances from Rubio to Trump, and he was repaid nicely with Trump’s Presidency being the most pro Zionist in history.


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  9. mh says:

    GG comedy on Labour Friends of Israel

    I mean, have you seen Runcorn?

    George Galloway MP

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Ekng1Oo3s


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  10. mh says:

    Mark Sleboda: Putin just Dropped BOMBSHELL Warning to Israel as Iran Prepares for War

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezOpxSUs8p8


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  11. mh says:

    Larry Johnson talking about Chef Andres from World Central Kitchen

    From this point

    IDF Attacks Iran – Direct Confrontation between Iran and Israel? | Larry C. Johnson

    https://youtu.be/OSl7TkkitP0?t=1211


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  12. mh says:

    King George 👑

    SIX MONTHS LATER – MOATS with George Galloway Ep 332

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AidlEeLlPtA


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  13. Old bloke says:

    Antony Blinken recently said that Russia was gaining the upper-hand in the Ukrainian conflict as China was arming Russia. This will be the narrative going forward to explain to the gullible that NATO would have defeated Russia if it wasn’t for those dastardly Chinese.

    Russia may have been getting some military support from China but it doesn’t need any external support, it has the manufacturing capacity to out produce the USA and Europe combined in armaments. Given that the USA’s defence budget far exceeds Russian and Chinese combined expenditure, a narrative had to be created to explain NATO’s failure to the American taxpayer.

    This narrative will probably be used as the basis for sanctions against China which will lead the the western world vs. China conflict coming our way in the next year or two.

    🔴 SHOCKING: Yellen THREATENS CHINA Over Trade with RUSSIA – Lena Petrova – 8 mins.


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  14. Old bloke says:

    Mark Sleboda: Putin just Dropped BOMBSHELL Warning to Israel as Iran Prepares for War

    Danny Haiphong has the annoying habit of explaining at great lengths about the bleeding obvious and not allowing his guests to get a word in.


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  15. mh says:

    Sky News

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the Jewish community is “shocked” by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seeking to “walk both sides of the street” on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP8XTHzgveg

    ***

    Why would the Australian PM give 100 percent support to a regime that is facing charges of genocide at the ICJ – already found to be “plausible” charges. Almost every nation on earth voted for Israel to stop months ago.

    Dutton means the Israel lobby is shocked that the Australian government is making its own decisions.


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  16. kaysee kaysee says:

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the Jewish community is “shocked” by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seeking to “walk both sides of the street” on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

    The Libs on the other hand are walking one side of the street.
    They – Taylor, Birmingham, Dutton …. – are all reading from the script handed to them:
    – The death of the aid workers is a tragedy.
    – Israel has taken responsibility…investigation ….
    – Unlike Hamas
    – These things happen in war.
    Also:
    -Jewish communities are living in fear (in Australia).

    Is anyone in the Liberal party speaking about what is happening to the people in Gaza?
    Living in fear? How about dying from bombs and starvation?
    No food, no medicines.
    .

    Oct 7 – Apr 7 stats
    .

    The US support continues on both sides of their street.
    Left and Right.


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  17. mh says:

    Danny Haiphong has the annoying habit of explaining at great lengths about the bleeding obvious and not allowing his guests to get a word in.

    Mark Sleboda doesn’t appear on many platforms. He needs to increase his online presence.

    Sleboda was on The New Atlas a while back and Brian just let him go with no interruptions.


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  18. mh says:

    Ian Miles Cheong
    @stillgray

    There are multiple videos of Ukrainian men with obvious physical and intellectual disabilities being press-ganged, “mobilized” and forced to be on the front lines—some of whom are rescued by women who no longer want to lose their men to fight Zelensky’s war.

    This video of an intellectually disabled man is one such example. How much longer must this go on?

    https://x.com/stillgray/status/1777214782682394822


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  19. mh says:

    They – Taylor, Birmingham, Dutton …. – are all reading from the script handed to them:
    – The death of the aid workers is a tragedy.
    – Israel has taken responsibility…investigation ….
    – Unlike Hamas
    – These things happen in war.
    Also:
    -Jewish communities are living in fear (in Australia).

    Yes, they always have to be the victims

    James O’Brien’s wild exchange with Jewish Tory councillor objecting to ‘Islamophobia’ discussion

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n04VhuZgns


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  20. shatterzzz says:

    Is anyone in the Liberal party speaking about what is happening to the people in Gaza?
    Living in fear? How about dying from bombs and starvation?
    No food, no medicines.

    There are no “innocents” in Gaza .. they elected Hamas, they support Hamas & plenty of ’em took an active part in Oct 7 …
    You reap what you sow ….!


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  21. kaysee kaysee says:

    There are no “innocents” in Gaza .. they elected Hamas, they support Hamas & plenty of ’em took an active part in Oct 7 …

    Can you provide evidence to your statement, please?
    Post links to objective sources (non-Zionist) which provide detailed proof of the points you have made in your comment.


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  22. mh says:

    Trump’s commentary is so dumb these days

    Via Al Jizz

    Trump: ‘Incredible’ that Jews vote Democrat as Biden ‘100%’ on Palestinian side

    Former US President Donald Trump has said that any Jewish person that votes for Joe Biden at the upcoming presidential election “does not love Israel and frankly, should be spoken to”.

    Trump told conservative outlet Real America’s Voice that he doesn’t know “how a Jewish person can vote for Biden or a Democrat because they are on the side 100 percent of the Palestinians”.

    Trump continued that he was “more pro-Israel than any other president by far” when he was in the White House from 2017 to 2021, a time in which he recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved the US embassy there.

    “Frankly, it’s incredible that historically Jewish people vote for Democrats. I don’t understand that,” he said.

    Of course!

    Biden and the Democrats have been arming the Palestinians all this time, and blocking arms sales to Israel.

    Thanks Don!


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  23. mh says:

    Former US President Donald Trump has said that any Jewish person that votes for Joe Biden at the upcoming presidential election “does not love Israel and frankly, should be spoken to”.

    American voters must love a foreign nation, or get spoken to.

    Thanks for clearing up “America First”, Donnie!


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  24. kaysee kaysee says:

    Controlled Opposition
    Another of those these things happen in war shills.

    Nigel Farage

    Some of the comments:

    – I listened to Joe Rogan talking about drones. They can pin point targets using their mobile phone signals.

    This wasn’t some random mistake.

    3 times. 3 different vehicles.
    .

    – Downplaying veteran assassinations to push his #ZionistPuppetry.
    .

    – Follow the money… well, he does anyway.
    .

    – Calling the targeted execution of 3 British citizens on an aid mission “friendly fire” is disgusting. He is well and truly bought and paid for and a traitor to his country.


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  25. kaysee kaysee says:

    If you have links to disprove this, please post.

    1/
    Timeline of Israeli theft of #Palestine land…
    .

    2/
    Solution to the problem?
    Everyone go back to where they came from?
    .

    3/
    “Statute of Limitations” argument


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  26. mh says:

    KC, thought you might like this call to GG MOATS from Sylvia, a Palestinian Christian living in America

    https://youtu.be/AidlEeLlPtA?t=5719


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  27. shatterzzz says:

    Can you provide evidence to your statement, please?
    Post links to objective sources (non-Zionist) which provide detailed proof of the points you have made in your comment.

    Why waste my time..? .. your one eyed “I luvs Hamas” ideals are never gonna be swayed by reality or facts ..


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  28. SVC says:

    Why waste my time..? .. your one eyed “I luvs Hamas” ideals are never gonna be swayed by reality or facts ..

    Very poor response.


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  29. SVC says:

    Here is a Palestinian pastor from Bethlehem. Just because he is a Palestinian, are we going to jump into conclusion straightaway that this guy supports destroying non-Palestinian people?

     


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  30. mh says:

    SVC says:
    April 10, 2024 at 3:52 pm

    Just when I thought Tucker couldn’t get any dumber, he goes and does something like this… and totally redeems himself!


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  31. kaysee kaysee says:

    2007
    Doomsaying prediction from climate expert.
    .

    Reality – This weekend

    On Saturday afternoon, the Tallowa, Nepean, Blue Mountains and Warragamba dams were overflowing after receiving significant rainfall.

    Warragamba Dam was the first to spill in the early hours of Saturday morning, after the catchment area got a dumping of 100mm over a six-hour period.

    Closer to the dam wall, that figure reached 130mm. The dam is currently spilling about 200 gigalitres per day.


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  32. mh says:

    Penny Wong on RN

    Australia might recognise Palestinian state, suggests Foreign Minister | ABC News

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzBgmgdiaEY

    ***

    How about joining some of our regional neighbours like Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives and Pakistan in NOT recognising ISRAEL.

    Just putting it out there.


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  33. mh says:

    Jon Leibowitz must be a self hater

    BRUTAL: Jon Stewart TORCHES US Support For Israel | The Kyle Kulinski Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y2dsFfz8s4


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  34. Old bloke says:

    The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has just published in their journal that the vaxxs are no good.

    I can’t post the link as WordPress comes up with an error message.


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  35. Old bloke says:

    Try again…

    💥BREAKING💥

    𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀!! This explains the increased disease/deaths and long Covid in three paragraphs.

    “Multiple studies have shown an increased risk of myocarditis after vaccination with mRNA encoding SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. mRNA vaccines can result in spike protein expression in muscle tissue, the lymphatic system, cardiomyocytes and other cells after entry into the circulation. 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙍𝙉𝘼 𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙜𝙂4 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝘼𝙗𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙜𝙂4 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙄𝙜𝙂 4-𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 (𝙄𝙜𝙂4-𝙍𝘿) 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨.”

    And

    “There are clear implications for vaccine boosting where these and similar observations relating to COVID-19 vaccination and the incidence of long COVID-like symptoms are substantiated, adding further to public health officials’ concerns. Understanding the persistence of viral mRNA and viral protein and their cellular pathological effects after vaccination with and without infection is clearly required. Because COVID-19 VACCINES WERE APPROVED WITHOUT LONG-TERM SAFETY DATA AND MIGHT CAUSE IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION, it is perhaps premature to assume that past SARS-CoV-2 infection is the sole common factor in long COVID.”

    And

    There is concern that COVID-19 vaccination per se might contribute to long COVID, giving rise to the colloquial term ‘Long Vax(x)’.22 The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits pathogenic characteristics and is a possible cause of post-acute sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination.

    Link to the publication sent to General Practitioners in Australia in comments below 👇👇👇
    4:33 AM · Apr 10, 2024


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  36. Old bloke says:

    Copied from Twitter / X “The White Rabbit Podcast”

    I can’t post the link.


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  37. mh says:

    Nick covers the Tucker interview with the Palestinian Pastor.

    Haven’t watched this episode, so I don’t know how Nick will react

    Tucker vs Israel

    Nicholas J. Fuentes
    66.5K followers

    https://rumble.com/v4omtt8-tucker-vs-israel.html


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  38. Old bloke says:

    Dr. John Campbell talking about the RACGP journal vaxx paper.

    Trickle of truth – 20 mins.


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