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<title>PRION-CONTAMINATED PORK ALERT: All U.S. Pigs Can Be “Vaccinated” Via mRNA Shots & UNLABELED</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pork producers in America have been administering mRNA-based gene therapy to pigs secretly, contaminating pork with self-assembling nanoparticles.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by<a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-26-prion-contaminated-pork-alert-pigs-vaccinated.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> S.D. Wells at Natural News under the title: PRION-CONTAMINATED PORK ALERT: All Across The United States, Pigs Can Be “Vaccinated” With Millions of Deadly Prions Via mRNA Clot Shots – UNLABELED</a>
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<li>Pork producers in America have been administering mRNA-based gene therapy to pigs secretly, contaminating pork with self-assembling nanoparticles.</li>
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<li>Harrisvaccines pioneered RNA-based livestock vaccines, acquired by Merck Animal Health in 2016, leading to the prevalence of unregulated gene therapy in the livestock sector.</li>
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<li>Merck introduced Sequivity, a swine vaccine platform in collaboration with Moderna, without safety testing, raising concerns about consumer health risks.</li>
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<li>Companies plan to expand mRNA “vaccines” to avian influenza, cows, and cattle, prompting the need for transparent labeling and stringent regulations to protect public health.</li>
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<li>Consumers are advised to avoid pork products possibly tainted with mRNA vaccines, highlighting the urgent need for transparency and accountability in the food industry.</li>
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There’s never been a more tell-tale sign that the medical industry in America wants to kill Americans than the injection of mRNA “technology” into farm animals we consume. These animals were never in danger of contracting or dying from COVID-19, so why inject them with “vaccines” that create millions of spike prions in the blood and body? The globalists, like Bill Gates, want everyone, not just the naïve vaccinated, to have bodies polluted with nanoparticles that create horrific health conditions for Big Pharma to “treat” with more poison.
It has come to light that pork producers in America have been quietly administering customizable <a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-22-covid-19-mrna-nanoparticles-emit-light-signals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mRNA-based gene therapy</a> to animals, particularly pigs, for several years now. This practice shrouded in secrecy, involves injecting mRNA clot shots into pigs without any disclosure on food labels. The implications of this clandestine operation are alarming, as consumers unknowingly ingest <a href="http://cleanfoodwatch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pork contaminated with millions of self-assembling nanoparticles</a> that pose serious health risks, including heart problems, immune dysfunction, and dementia.
The pioneering company behind this controversial method, Harrisvaccines, introduced the first RNA-based livestock vaccine in 2012, followed by an avian influenza mRNA shot in 2015. Subsequently, Merck Animal Health acquired Harrisvaccines in 2016, signaling a significant development in the mRNA-based gene therapy industry. CureVac also joined the fray by developing an mRNA-based rabies shot for pigs, further solidifying the prevalence of this unregulated practice in the livestock sector.
<h2>Shocking Revelation: mRNA Clot Shots Injected into Pigs Across America Unbeknownst to Consumers</h2>
The introduction of Sequivity, a swine vaccine platform in 2018 by Merck in collaboration with Moderna, marked a significant milestone in the integration of mRNA technology in livestock production. Shockingly, these mRNA “vaccines” undergo no safety testing, raising serious concerns about the long-term effects on consumers who have been unknowingly consuming gene therapy-treated pork for almost five years.
Moreover, the expansion of this controversial practice looms large as companies set their sights on <a href="https://www.planet-today.com/2023/04/pork-producers-have-been-using-mrna.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">implementing mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines</a> for avian influenza and cows. Lobbyists for the Cattlemen’s Association have confirmed plans to introduce mRNA “vaccines” in cattle, potentially impacting both dairy and beef products. The lack of transparency surrounding the use of Sequivity in pork production raises red flags about the integrity of the food supply chain and consumer safety.
The urgency of addressing this issue cannot be overstated, especially with the impending Trump administration. Missouri House Bill 1169 emerges as a beacon of hope in protecting consumers from <a href="http://frankenfood.news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gene-therapied pork and other meats</a> by mandating transparent labeling of products that can alter genetic composition. The resistance from industry players against this bill raises questions about their motives and underscores the need for stringent regulations to safeguard public health.
As the debate rages on, consumers are advised to exercise caution and avoid pork products, including organic options, that may have been tainted with mRNA vaccines. The ramifications of consuming gene-altering foods extend beyond individual health concerns to broader ethical and regulatory implications that demand immediate attention and action.
In a landscape fraught with hidden dangers and corporate interests, the call for transparency and accountability in the food industry has never been more critical. The veil of secrecy shrouding mRNA injecting of livestock must be lifted, and stringent measures must be implemented to protect consumers from the insidious effects of unregulated gene therapy in our food supply. #mRNAPollutedPigs
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Tune your food news frequency to <a href="http://www.foodsupply.news/2022-07-14-farmers-threatened-by-deep-state-governments-corporations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FoodSupply.news</a> and get updates on animal meat and byproducts that are highly contaminated with self-assembling nanoparticles that are reducing the world’s population quickly.
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom's rulers created an online censorship law that has now advanced to the point where small websites are being shut down. The authoritarians who authored the U.K.'s "Online Safety Act" are citing disproportionate liability and risk under the new law when it comes to these smaller web pages.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The United Kingdom’s rulers created an online censorship law that has now advanced to the point where small websites are being shut down. The authoritarians who authored the U.K.’s “Online Safety Act” are citing disproportionate liability and risk under the new law when it comes to these smaller web pages.
The new legislative landscape in the country, which is supposed to go into effect in full force in March is already claiming victims, <a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/uks-online-safety-act-drives-small-websites-to-shut-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a report by Reclaim the Net.</a> The law is not providing any kind of safety for hundreds of small websites, including non-profit forums, that will be forced to shut down because they are unable to comply with the act. Specifically, the websites are faced with what reports refer to as “disproportionate personal liability.”
The massive global censorship campaign has not slowed down as we inch our way to 2025. Much of it is still done, but it’s become a behind-the-scenes issue as those reporting on it have been more focused on who will rule over the United States for the next four years instead.
The fines for not complying with the U.K.’s new law go up to the equivalent of $25 million U.S. dollars, while the law also introduces new criminal offenses.
Ofcom, who is responsible for enforcing this act, has published dozens of measures that online services are supposed to implement by March 16th, 2025. Some of these measures include naming a person responsible and accountable for making sure a website or an online platform complies with the ruling class’s edicts.
The law is presented as a new way to efficiently tackle illegal content, and in particular, provide new ways to ensure the safety of children online, including by age verification (“age checking”), but many have pointed out it is just another way to censor things that those in charge don’t want others focused on.
Microcosm has already fallen victim to this new law, as it will be unable to comply by monitoring encrypted messages on the site. U.K. press <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/12/17/hundreds-of-websites-to-shut-down-under-chilling-internet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> have already been declaring this as one of the first examples of the harm this law will cause. The non-profit free hosting service Microcosm and its 300 sites, among them community hubs and forums dedicated to topics like cycling and tech, will all go down in March, unable to live up to the “disproportionately high personal liability.”
“It’s too vague and too broad and I don’t want to take that personal risk,” Microcosm’s Dee Kitchen is quoted. The fines alone just for disobeying could be enough to destroy the life of one single person who is to be “accountable” to the ruling class.
Ofcom has made it clear that “very small micro businesses” are also subject to the legislation, <a href="https://reclaimthenet.org/uks-online-safety-act-drives-small-websites-to-shut-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Reclaim the Net. </a>
<a class="refer-link" style="line-height: 1.3em; display: block; background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #870404; padding: 8px 30px 8px 15px; font-weight: 600; border-radius: 8px; font-size: 1.2em; position: relative; border-left: 12px solid #870404;" href="https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/disinformation-isnt-the-problem-government-coverups-and-censorship-are-the-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem</a>
The human mind has been constantly searching for truth, and we should be prepared to come across all ideas. If censorship continues, at least more people will start to figure out that it isn’t about disinformation at all, but about the things we aren’t allowed to learn about.
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” <a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/buddha_133884" target="_blank" rel="noopener">-Buddha</a>
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<title>America Has “Lost Control” Of The Bird Flu: “We Are Screwed”</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mac Slavo]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The mainstream media has declared that the United States has officially "lost control" of the bird flu as if it somehow had it under control. “We are in a terrible situation and going into a worse situation,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.”]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The mainstream media has declared that the United States has officially “lost control” of the bird flu as if it somehow had it under control. “We are in a terrible situation and going into a worse situation,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.”
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm51291ns000d3b6mqo5jnw72@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">Nearly a year into the first mention of an outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus is continuing to spread. It’s now infecting cats, both large cats at the zoo and smaller domestic pet housecats. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/24/health/america-bird-flu-next-pandemic-kff-health-news/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN laments that the</a> U.S. government has so far, failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.
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The media, which is the propaganda arm of the ruling class, wants mass surveillance of animals and is using a fear tactic to convince the public that they should be fine with this massive invasion of privacy. But dairy farmers, are attempting to at least take care of the cattle who are presumably sick with the bird flu.
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm51239rt00cp26peem3y7cdf@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">Keith Poulsen, who is a livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin claimed that farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin back in October. Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack, but he claims that the scale of the farmers’ efforts to treat the sick cows stunned him. The farmers allegedly showed Poulsen videos of systems they had created to hydrate hundreds of cattle all at once. In 14-hour shifts, dairy workers pumped gallons of electrolyte-rich fluids into ailing cows through metal tubes inserted into the esophagus.
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm51291ns000c3b6meub3k7k5@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">“It was like <a href="https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/new-yorks-covid-19-field-hospital-dismantled-after-treating-zero-patients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watching a field hospital</a> on an active battlefront treating hundreds of wounded soldiers,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/24/health/america-bird-flu-next-pandemic-kff-health-news/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said, according to a CNN report. </a>
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm51291ns000j3b6mx55pxuhy@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">The slow progression of this next potential plandemic is becoming noticeable, as the media uses similar fear narratives to describe the outbreak. “It’s disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the COVID-19 crisis reemerge,” said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the<a href="https://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/mass-surveillance-coming-100-workers-are-being-monitored-amid-bird-flu-outbreak-in-cattle" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Council on Foreign Relations.</a>
We are experiencing a slower uptick in the fear-mongering over bird flu than we did when COVID-19 was reported. But it seems as if the human cases are going to be another excuse to start really shoving that fear into the masses once again. Will the slow-burn fear be as effective as the immediate fear of COVID? Have we learned our lessons yet, and are we ready to apply critical thinking to the issue, or will we just believe without evidence once again?
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This bird flu is incredibly convenient for the ruling class, as it continues to push a climate change narrative, and a toxic processed food, plant-based system on the masses. Quite a few of the “goals” of the rulers could be accomplished by having bird flu infect cattle. But is that the reason? Or will this actually be a pandemic this time that we all should be prepared for?
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<title>Germ Theory Vs. Terrain Theory: Why You’ve Likely Only Heard Of The First Theory</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Most of us have heard of germ theory ad nauseam since the beginning of the COVID-19 scamdemic. This theory suggests that invisible germs are responsible for every illness, cold, and flu. But there is another theory that isn't getting much attention, and that's terrain theory.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of us have heard of germ theory ad nauseam since the beginning of the COVID-19 scamdemic. This theory suggests that invisible germs are responsible for every illness, cold, and flu. But there is another theory that isn’t getting much attention, and that’s terrain theory.
We all likely remember COVID-19 being called “the invisible enemy.” The mainstream media repeated it nonstop for close to a year. We were told to lock ourselves up, sterilize our living spaces, and cover our faces to slow down the spread of the “dangerous” novel virus.
“Terrain theory” argues that if the body is well and balanced, then germs that are a natural part of life and the environment will be dealt with by the body without causing sickness.
French chemist Antoine Béchamp had a different theory than microbiologist Louis Pasteur.<a href="https://www.terraintheory.net/pages/articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Béchamp’s theory, known as terrain theory,</a> stated that microbes were necessary for proper bodily functions, and if the host was healthy, there wouldn’t be a sickness manifesting. Pasteur invented pasteurization and vaccines for rabies and anthrax and claimed that many diseases are caused by invisible germs.
Now we know why germ theory was the one the “scientists” and ruling class went with. All we have to do is follow the money; there’s no money to be made by healthy humans, and we are still experiencing this<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-19th-century-crank-who-tried-to-tell-us-about-the-microbiome/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> onslaught of propaganda today</a>.
In the United States, ultra-processed foods make up <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34647997/#:~:text=Results%3A%20Adjusting%20for%20changes%20in,except%20Hispanics%2C%20in%20stratified%20analyses." target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 60%</a> of what the typical adult eats, and <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782866?guestAccessKey=c646e502-898f-443b-8558-d90a74e35415&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=081021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 70%</a> of what kids eat, <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/25/1178163270/ultra-processed-foods-health-risk-weight-gain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to statistics shared by NPR. </a> Americans are also progressively increasing their carbohydrate intake as they lower their fat and protein to government standards. Not following a “proper human diet” could be part of the problem, and why germ theory has been able to take over the narrative.
However, we feel it’s important to at least know that there are competing theories out there and that they were pushed aside for those that can make institutions a lot of money.
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<blockquote>All claims about viruses as pathogens are wrong and are based on easily recognizable, understandable, and verifiable misinterpretations. The real causes of diseases and phenomena which are ascribed to viruses have already been discovered and researched; this knowledge is now available. All scientists who think they are working with viruses in laboratories are actually working with typical particles of specific dying tissues or cells that were prepared in a special way. They believe that those tissues and cells are dying because they were infected by a virus. In reality, those prepared tissues and cells are dying because they were starved and poisoned as a consequence of the experiments in the lab. –<a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0550/0115/3596/files/The-Virus-Misconception-Part-1-Measles-as-an-example-By-Dr-Stefan-Lanka.pdf?v=1662590891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Virus Misconception Part 1, Dr. Stefan Lanka</a></blockquote>
Dr. Lanka claims that all viruses are actually simply cellular particles of dying cells. These can be referred to as exosomes, although Dr. Lanka refrains from doing so, last least at this stage of his writing. Exosomes range in size from 30 to 150 nanometers and are membrane-bound extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are produced in the endosomal compartment of most eukaryotic (cells with a membrane) cells.
<blockquote>The death of tissues/cells is also regarded as the isolation of a virus because they claim that something from the outside, from another organism, was presumably brought into the laboratory. The fact is and remains that a virus has never been isolated according to the meaning of the word isolation, and it has never been photographed and biochemically characterized as a whole unique structure. The electron micrographs of the alleged viruses, for example, really only show cellular particles from dying tissue and cells, and most photos show only a computer model (CGI – computer-generated images). Because the involved parties BELIEVE that the dying tissue and cells transform themselves into viruses, their death is also regarded as propagation of the virus. The involved parties still believe this because the discoverer of this method was awarded the Nobel Prize and his papers remain the reference papers on “viruses”. –<a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0550/0115/3596/files/The-Virus-Misconception-Part-1-Measles-as-an-example-By-Dr-Stefan-Lanka.pdf?v=1662590891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Virus Misconception Part 1, Dr. Stefan Lanka</a></blockquote>
Béchamp’s theory has no profit in it, at least not for the medical establishment. A diet close to what our bodies were designed to eat (whole foods, heavy on red meat) has also been touted as disease-causing. We are in a tough spot and may need to decide if we are going to continue to listen to the mainstream scientists, whose funding comes from those seeking to profit from our illness or start looking deeper on our own.
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<title>Flu Vaccines Are Neither Safe Nor Effective</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Pandermrix influenza vaccine was associated with a 1,400% increase in narcolepsy risk and was eventually pulled from the market due to its link with narcolepsy and cataplexy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Exposé.
The Pandermrix influenza vaccine was associated with a 1,400% increase in narcolepsy risk and was eventually pulled from the market due to its link with narcolepsy and cataplexy.
Flu vaccines are often ineffective, with annual efficacy rates in the US ranging from 23% to 52%, and independent figures consistently showing lower efficacy rates.
Flu vaccines are perhaps the most ineffective vaccine on the market and perhaps the most useless flu vaccine that should have never been approved was FluMist. Not only was FluMist found to be so ineffective that it was pulled from the market but, as with all live and attenuated vaccines, these vaccines have been shown to “shed” and infect people in contact with the vaccinated persons.
The development and promotion of the influenza vaccine are driven by financial interests, with the vaccine being a cash cow for vaccine makers, and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) exaggerating flu infections to enforce flu vaccinations.
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The Flu Vaccine: Science at its Worst
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<a href="https://garynull.com/the-flu-vaccine-science-at-its-worst/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">By Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null published by Progressive Radio Network on 20 December 2024</a>
Joshua Hadfield was a normal, healthy developing child as a toddler. In the midst of the H1N1 swine flu frenzy and the media fear-mongering about the horrible consequences children face if left unvaccinated, the Hadfield family had Joshua vaccinated with Glaxo’s Pandermrix influenza vaccine. Within weeks, Joshua could barely wake up, sleeping up to nineteen hours a day. Laughter would trigger seizures.
Joshua was diagnosed with narcolepsy, “an incurable, debilitating condition” associated with acute brain damage.[1] Looking back, Pandermrix was a horrible vaccine. Research indicates that it was associated with a 1,400% increase in narcolepsy risk. A medical team at Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare recorded 800 cases of narcolepsy associated with this vaccine. Aside from the engineered viral antigens, the other vaccine ingredients are most often found to be the primary culprits to adverse vaccine reactions. The Finnish research, on the other hand, indicated that the vaccine’s altered viral nucleotide likely contributed to the sudden rise in sleeping sickness.[2]
Although Pandermrix was pulled from the market for its association with narcolepsy and cataplexy (sudden muscle weakness), particularly in children, it should never have been approved and released in the first place. The regulatory fast-tracking of the HINI flu vaccines is a classic, and now common, example of regulatory negligence by nations’ health officials. The failure of proper regulatory evaluation and oversight resulted in Joshua and over 1,000 other people becoming disabled for life. Settlements to cover lawsuits exceeded 63 million pounds in the UK alone.
No one should feel complacent and assume flu vaccine risks only affect young children. Sarah Behie was 20 years old after receiving a flu shot. Three weeks later her health deteriorated dramatically. Diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a not uncommon adverse effect of influenza vaccination, four years later Sarah remains paralyzed from the waist down, incapable of dressing and feeding herself and rotting away in hospitals and nursing homes.[3]
Flu vaccines are perhaps the most ineffective vaccine on the market. Repeatedly we are told by health officials that the moral argument for its continued use is for “the greater good,” although this imaginary good has never been defined scientifically. Year to year, how effective any given seasonal flu vaccine will be is a throw of the dice. Annual flu vaccine efficacy rates in the US have demonstrated significant variability. Data from the CDC reveal efficacy estimates of approximately 39% for the 2020–2021 season, 37% for 2021–2022, 52% for 2022–2023, and a preliminary estimate of 50% for the 2023–2024 season. Preliminary CDC estimates for this flu season estimate 34% likely efficacy. Although these are CDC’s figures, independent figures are consistently much lower. At their best, flu vaccines in recent years are around 50% effective according to official health analysis. During some seasons, vaccine efficacy is a bust. For example, the 2014-2015 flu season strain match was such a failure that the CDC warned the American public that the vaccine was only 23% effective.[4] Nevertheless, these rates underscore the vaccine’s inconsistent protection.
Studies such as those by Skowronski and Belongia further highlight flu vaccines’ variability and force to question whether the vaccine is capable of providing any reliable protection.[5,6] Moreover, Cochrane Collaboration reviews, known for their rigorous analyses, consistently find that flu vaccines reduce influenza-like illness by only about 1% in healthy adults and have negligible impact on hospitalizations and mortality rates. This limited efficacy raises critical concerns about the vaccine’s utility, particularly when weighed against its risks.
Perhaps the most useless flu vaccine that should have never been approved was Medimmune’s live attenuated flu vaccine (“LAIV”) FluMist, which the CDC later removed from the market because it was found to be so ineffective – only 3 percent according to an NBC report.[6] However the real reason may be more dire, and this a fundamental problem of all live and attenuated vaccines: these vaccines have been shown to “shed” and infect people in contact with the vaccinated persons, especially those with compromised immune systems. Consequently, both the unvaccinated and the vaccinated are at risk. The CDC acknowledges this risk and warns “Persons who care for severely immunosuppressed persons who require a protective environment should not receive LAIV, or should avoid contact with such persons for 7 days after receipt, given the theoretical risk for transmission of the live attenuated vaccine virus.”[7]
According to the FDA’s literature on FluMist, the vaccine was not studied for immunocompromised individuals (yet was still administered to them) and has been associated with acute allergic reactions, asthma, Guillain-Barre, and a high rate of hospitalizations among children under 24 months – largely due to upper respiratory tract infections. Other adverse effects include pericarditis, congenital and genetic disorders, mitochondrial encephalomyopathy or Leigh Syndrome, meningitis, and others.[8]
The development and promotion of the influenza vaccine was never completely about protecting the public. It has been the least popular vaccine in the US, including among healthcare workers. Rather, similar to the mumps vaccine in the MMR, it has been the cash cow for vaccine makers. Determining the actual severity of any given flu season is burdened by federal intentional confusion to mislead the public. The CDC’s first line of propaganda defense to enforce flu vaccinations is to exaggerate flu infections as the cause of preventable deaths. However, validating this claim is nearly impossible because the CDC does not differentiate between deaths caused by influenza infection and deaths due to pneumonia. On its website, the CDC lumps flu and pneumonia deaths together, currently estimated at 51,000 per year. The large majority of these were pneumonia deaths of elderly patients. Yet in any given year, only 3-18% of suspected influenza infections actually test positive for a Type A or B influenza strain.[9]
As an aside, it is worth noting that during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, an extraordinary and unprecedented phenomenon occurred: influenza infections, which have long been a seasonal health challenge, seemingly disappeared. Federal health agencies such as the CDC attributed this sharp decline in flu cases to the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (“NPIs”) like mask-wearing, social distancing, and widespread lockdowns. However, this explanation raises critical questions about its plausibility. If these measures were effective enough to virtually eliminate influenza, why did they not similarly prevent the widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2? This contradiction highlights the need to critically examine the possible explanations behind the anomaly, questioning whether the disappearance of the flu was truly a result of public health measures or due to other factors such as diagnostic practices, viral interference, and disruptions to seasonal flu patterns. If these interventions were indeed effective, their impact should not have been so starkly selective between two similarly transmitted viruses. This contradiction undermines the plausibility of attributing the disappearance of flu cases solely to NPIs.
A more plausible explanation for the disappearance of flu cases lies in the diagnostic focus on SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic. People presenting with flu-like symptoms were overwhelmingly diagnosed with COVID-19 with faulty PCR testing methods rather than influenza, as public health resources were directed toward managing the pandemic. This prioritization inevitably led to a significant underreporting of flu cases. Furthermore, the symptoms of influenza and COVID-19 overlap significantly, including fever, cough, and fatigue. In the absence of influenza testing, many flu cases were wrongly diagnosed as COVID-19, further inflating SARS-CoV-2 case numbers while contributing to the perceived disappearance of the flu.
One of the more controversial findings in recent flu vaccine research involves the phenomenon of viral interference, wherein vaccinated people may become more susceptible to other respiratory pathogens. To date, there is only one gold standard clinical trial with the flu vaccine that compares vaccinated vs. unvaccinated, and it is not good news for the CDC, the vaccine makers, and the push to “booster” everyone with the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. This Hong Kong-funded double-blind placebo-controlled study followed the health conditions of vaccinated and unvaccinated children between the ages of 6-15 years for 272 days. The trial concluded the flu vaccine holds no health benefits. In fact, those vaccinated with the flu virus were observed to have a 550% higher risk of contracting non-flu virus respiratory infections. Among the vaccinated children, there were 116 flu cases compared to 88 among the unvaccinated; there were 487 other non-influenza virus infections, including coronavirus, rhinovirus, Coxsackie, and others, among the vaccinated versus 88 with the unvaccinated.[10] This single study alone poses a scientifically sound warning and rationale to avoid flu vaccines at all costs. It raises a further question: how many COVID-19 cases could be directly attributed to weakened immune systems because of prior flu vaccination?
A 2019 study conducted by the US Armed Forces investigated the relationship between influenza vaccination and susceptibility to other respiratory infections, including coronaviruses. Analyzing data from over 9,000 people, the researchers found that people who received the flu vaccine were more likely to test positive for certain non-influenza respiratory viruses. Notably, influenza vaccination was associated with an increased likelihood of contracting coronaviruses and human metapneumovirus.[11] These findings suggest a complex interaction between influenza vaccination and susceptibility to different respiratory pathogens and challenge the belief that flu vaccines provide greater benefits over risks. The same researchers’ follow-up study in 2020 furthermore concluded that “vaccine-derived virus interference was significantly associated with coronavirus and human metapneumovirus.”[12]
Additional recent studies, such as those by Bodewes, which identified immune interference due to repeated annual flu vaccinations,[13] and Shinjoh, which highlighted increased viral interference in vaccinated children, provide further evidence of this relationship.[14] These findings challenge the prevailing assumption that flu vaccination has only positive effects on immune health and raise important questions about the broader implications of repeated annual vaccination.
In a follow-up study after the H1N1 swine flu scare, Canadian researcher Dr. Danuta Skowronski noted that people with a history of receiving consecutive seasonal flu shots over several years had an increased risk of becoming infected with H1N1 swine flu. Skowronski commented on the findings, “Policymakers have not yet had a chance to fully digest them [the study’s conclusions] or understand the implications.” He continued, “Who knows, frankly? The wise man knows he knows nothing when it comes to influenza, so you always have to be cautious in speculating.”[15]
There is strong evidence suggesting that all vaccine clinical trials carried out by manufacturers fall short of demonstrating vaccine efficacy accurately. And when they are shown to be efficacious, it is frequently in the short term and offer only partial or temporary protection. According to an article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Infectious Diseases, the only way to evaluate vaccines is to scrutinize the epidemiological data obtained from real-life conditions. In other words, researchers simply cannot – or will not – adequately test a vaccine’s effectiveness and immunogenicity prior to its release to an unsuspecting public.[16]
According to Dr. Tom Jefferson, who formerly led the Cochrane Collaboration’s vaccine analyses, it makes little sense to keep vaccinating against seasonal influenza based on the evidence.[17] Jefferson has also endorsed more cost-effective and scientifically-proven means of minimizing the transmission of flu, including regular hand washing and wearing masks. There is also substantial peer-reviewed literature supporting the supplementation of Vitamin D.
Dr. Jefferson’s conclusions are backed by former Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine scientist Peter Doshi, PhD, in the British Journal of Medicine. In his article, Doshi questions the flu vaccine paradigm stating:
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“Closer examination of influenza vaccine policies shows that although proponents employ the rhetoric of science, the studies underlying the policy are often of low quality, and do not substantiate officials’ claims. The vaccine might be less beneficial and less safe than has been claimed, and the threat of influenza appears overstated.”[18]
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A significant body of research proves that receiving the flu shot does not reduce mortality among seniors.[19] One particularly compelling study was carried out by scientists at the federal National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (“JAMA”). Not only did the study indicate that the flu vaccine did nothing to prevent deaths from influenza among seniors, but that flu mortality rates increased as a greater percentage of seniors received the shot.[20]
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny reviewed the Cochrane Database reviews on the flu vaccine’s efficacy. In a review of 51 studies involving over 294,000 children, there was “no evidence that injecting children 6-24 months of age with a flu shot was any more effective than placebo. In children over 2 years of age, flu vaccine effectiveness was 33 percent of the time preventing flu. In children with asthma, inactivated flu vaccines did not prevent influenza-related hospitalizations in children. The database shows that children who received the flu vaccine were at a higher risk of hospitalization than children who did not receive the vaccine.”[21]
In a separate study involving 400 asthmatic children receiving a flu vaccine and 400 who were not immunized, there was no difference in the number of clinic and emergency room visits and hospitalizations between the two groups.[22]
In 64 studies involving 66,000 adults, “Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced risk of influenza by 6 percent and reduced the number of missed work days by less than one day. There was a change in the number of hospitalizations compared to the non-vaccinated. In further studies of elderly adults residing in nursing homes over the course of several flu seasons, flu vaccinations were insignificant for preventing infection.”[23]
Today, the most extreme wing of the pro-vaccine community continues to diligently pursue mandatory vaccination across all 50 states. During the flu season, the debate over mandatory vaccination becomes most heated as medical facilities and government departments attempt to threaten employees and schools who refuse vaccination. Although this is deeply worrisome to those who advocate their Constitutional rights to freedom of choice in their healthcare, there are respectable groups opposing mandatory flu shots. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons “objects strenuously to any coercion of healthcare personnel to receive influenza immunization. It is a fundamental human right not to be subjected to medical interventions without fully informed consent.”
The good news is that the majority of Americans have lost confidence in the CDC after the agency’s dismal handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Positive endorsement of the CDC would plummet further if the public knew the full extent of CDC officials lying to Congress and their conspiracy to commit medical fraud for two decades to cover up evidence of an autism-vaccine association.
When considering the totality of evidence, the benefit-risk ratio of flu vaccination becomes increasingly problematic. The poor and inconsistent efficacy rates, combined with the potential for serious adverse reactions and the phenomenon of viral interference, clearly indicate that the vaccine does not deliver the public health benefits it promises. Public health strategies must balance the benefits of vaccination against its risks, particularly for vulnerable populations such as children and pregnant women.
Imagine the tens of thousands of children and families who would have been saved from life-long neurological damage and immeasurable suffering if the CDC was not indebted to protecting the pharmaceutical industry’s toxic products and was in fact serving Americans’ health and well-being. One step that can be taken to begin dismantling the marriage between federal health agencies and drug companies is to simply refuse the flu vaccine and protect ourselves by adopting a healthier lifestyle during the flu season.
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<title>Red Sea Shootdown: Did The Houthis Play A Role In The U.S. Navy’s “Friendly Fire”?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea by the USS Gettysburg, part of the same Carrier Strike Group, in what officials call an "apparent case of friendly fire."]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by <a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-23-did-houthis-play-a-role-us-navys-friendly-fire-red-sea-shootdown.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Willow Tohi at Natural News. </a>
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In the early hours of Sunday, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-red-sea-disastrous-friendly-fire-incident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea in what military officials are calling an “apparent case of friendly fire.”</a> The incident, which involved the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly firing on the aircraft, has raised eyebrows and sparked skepticism among those concerned with national defense. While the official narrative points to a tragic but understandable mistake in the heat of battle, questions linger about whether this “friendly fire” incident could be a cover story for something more troubling.
The details of the incident, as reported by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), are straightforward: the F/A-18 had just taken off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier when it was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/2-navy-pilots-shot-red-sea-friendly-fire/story?id=117025025#:~:text=Two%20U.S.%20Navy%20pilots%20ejected,release%20from%20U.S.%20Central%20Command." target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck by a missile from the USS Gettysburg, part of the same Carrier Strike Group</a>. The pilots ejected safely, with one sustaining minor injuries. CENTCOM has attributed the incident to “fog of war” confusion, citing multiple Houthi drone and missile attacks on the US battle group just prior to the shootdown. The F/A-18, they claim, may have been mistaken for an inbound Houthi UAV.
At first glance, this explanation seems plausible. The Houthis, backed by Iran, have been relentless in their attacks on US and allied forces in the region, forcing sailors to make split-second decisions under intense pressure. The US military has conducted numerous airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, and the presence of drones and cruise missiles in the area would undoubtedly create a chaotic and dangerous environment. Yet, the circumstances surrounding this incident raise legitimate concerns about whether the official story holds up under scrutiny.
For one, the timing of the incident is highly suspicious. The US Navy has been operating in the Red Sea for over a year, yet this is the first reported instance of a US fighter jet being shot down—and by a US warship, no less. Given the frequency of Houthi attacks, it is peculiar that such an error has not occurred before. Additionally, the fact that the F/A-18 was shot down just moments after taking off from the same carrier group as the USS Gettysburg strains credulity. One might expect such a mistake to occur between separate units operating in different locations but within the same strike group. The likelihood of such a catastrophic error seems remarkably low.
Moreover, the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/12/23/latest-houthi-disinformation-group-claimed-to-downed-us-navy-fa-18/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houthis’ immediate claim of responsibility for the shootdown</a> adds another layer of complexity to the narrative. Within hours of the incident, the Iran-backed rebels announced that they had “foiled a US-UK attack on Yemen” and downed an F-18 fighter jet. While CENTCOM quickly dismissed this claim as false, the Houthis’ eagerness to take credit for the incident raised questions about their capabilities and intentions. Are they simply engaging in their usual propaganda tactics, or could they have had a hand in the shootdown? The Houthis have a history of making exaggerated or outright false claims about their military successes, but their rapid response suggests they may have been anticipating or even orchestrating the event.
<h2>Both parties have a history of using disinformation to promote their agenda</h2>
The broader implications of this incident cannot be ignored. If the “friendly fire” explanation is indeed a cover story, it would not be the first time the US military has obscured the truth in the interest of national security. In the past, incidents involving mistaken identity or operational failures have been downplayed or misrepresented to protect sensitive information or maintain public confidence. While this may be understandable in some cases, it also creates a dangerous precedent, eroding trust in military leadership and emboldening adversaries like the Houthis and their Iranian backers.
Furthermore, the incident highlights the growing challenge of misinformation and disinformation in modern warfare. Social media platforms have become breeding grounds for false narratives, with both sides of a conflict using them to shape public perception. The Houthis’ claim of responsibility for the shootdown, regardless of its veracity, will likely be amplified across Arabic-language media and social networks, bolstering their image as a formidable force capable of challenging US military might. This, in turn, could influence regional dynamics and encourage other actors to test US resolve in the region.
As CENTCOM conducts its investigation, it is imperative that all possible scenarios are explored, including the possibility that the “friendly fire” narrative is a cover story. While the immediate focus will be on assigning blame and preventing future incidents, the broader implications of this event demand a thorough and transparent examination. National defense depends not only on the strength of our military but also on the credibility of our leadership and the integrity of our operations. If this incident is anything other than what it appears to be, the American people deserve to know the truth.
In the meantime, the Houthis’ propaganda machine will continue to spin its web of misinformation, while US military officials work to maintain their credibility. The battle for truth in the Red Sea is as important as the battle against the Houthi rebels themselves. Let us hope that the investigation sheds light on what really happened and that the US military can learn from this incident to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
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<title>A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead]]></dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by<a href="https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_crime_bill_at_30" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute.</a>
<blockquote>“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear</blockquote>
The American police state has become America’s new crime boss.
Thirty years after then-President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act into law, its legacy of mass incarceration, police militarization, and over-criminalization continues to haunt us.
It has become the gift that America can’t seem to return.
We are now suffering the blowback from the triple threats of the Crime Bill: <a href="https://www.salon.com/2014/08/15/warrior_cops_on_steroids_how_post_911_hysteria_created_a_policing_monster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police militarization</a>, a warrior mindset that has police viewing the rest of the citizenry as enemy combatants, and law enforcement training that teaches cops to shoot first and ask questions later.
Too often, that “triple threat” also manifests itself in <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-woman-fatally-shot-police-officer-20m-settlement-new-mexico-cit-rcna181775" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadly traffic stops</a>, the use of <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-of-pregnant-black-woman-who-was-accused-of-shoplifting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">excessive force against unarmed individuals</a>, and <a href="https://abc30.com/post/police-shooting-department-justice-investigating-sonya-massey-case-ex-sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-faces-charges/15549433/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welfare checks turned fatal</a>.
The Crime Bill fueled the rise of the police state by pouring funding into law enforcement agencies, particularly for military-grade weaponry and the expansion of police forces. It also laid the groundwork for mass incarceration by incentivizing the construction of more prisons and enacting harsh “three strikes” laws that mandated lengthy sentences for repeat offenders.
Most critically, the Crime Bill led to the explosive growth of SWAT teams across the country.
It’s estimated that <a href="https://theweek.com/articles/531458/troubling-rise-swat-teams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 80,000 SWAT raids</a> are carried out every year. That translates to over 200 every single day in the U.S.
Among the tens of thousands of raids that leave in their wake the wreckage of lives, homes, and trust in the nation’s so-called peacekeepers, some are so egregious as to cut through the apathy and desensitization that has settled over the nation regarding police violence.
Breonna Taylor was killed when plainclothes police executed a no-knock warrant for her home late at night. Officers used a battering ram to enter the home. Taylor’s boyfriend, believing it was a home invasion, fired a warning shot. Officers responded with a barrage of gunfire, killing Taylor.
Such tragedies are not isolated incidents.
They are the direct result of a system built on policies like the 1994 Crime Bill.
The unfortunate reality we must come to terms with is that America is overrun with militarized cops—vigilantes with a badge—who have almost absolute discretion to decide who is a threat, what constitutes resistance, and how harshly they can deal with the citizens they were appointed to “serve and protect.”
It doesn’t matter where you live—big city or small town—it’s the same scenario being played out over and over again in which government agents, hyped up on their own authority and the power of their uniform, ride roughshod over the rights of the citizenry.
These warrior cops, who have been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/08/maurice-gordon-shooting-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trained to act as judge, jury, and executioner</a> in their interactions with the public and believe the lives (and rights) of police should be valued more than citizens, are increasingly outnumbering the good cops, who take seriously their oath of office to serve and protect their fellow citizens, uphold the Constitution, and maintain the peace.
Indeed, if you ask police and their enablers what Americans should do to stay alive during encounters with law enforcement, they will tell you to comply, no matter what.
In other words, it doesn’t matter if you’re in the right, it doesn’t matter if a cop is in the wrong. If you want to emerge from a police encounter with your life and body intact, then you’d better do whatever a cop tells you to do.
In this way, the old police motto to “protect and serve” has become “<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/04/1349342/--Comply-or-Die-policing-must-stop#." target="_blank" rel="noopener">comply or die</a>.”
This is the unfortunate, misguided, perverse message that has been beaten, shot, tasered, and slammed into our collective consciousness over the past few decades, and it has taken root.
This is how we have gone from a nation of laws—where the least among us had just as much right to be treated with dignity and respect as the next person (in principle, at least)—to a nation of law enforcers (revenue collectors with weapons) who treat “we the people” like suspects and criminals.
As a result, Americans as young as 4 years old are being <a href="http://wvtf.org/post/child-handcuffed-and-school-policies-questioned" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leg shackled</a>, <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/01/30/cops-handcuff-and-interrogate-boy-7-for-hours-over-missing-5-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handcuffed</a>, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/indiana-cops-taser-10-year-old-day-care-article-1.168155#ixzz31hBbcxYm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tasered</a> and <a href="https://www.wftv.com/news/local/groveland-officers-accused-using-excessive-force-1/69643690/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held at gun point</a> for not being quiet, not being orderly and just being childlike—i.e., not being compliant enough.
Americans as old as 95 are being beaten, shot and killed for questioning an order, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-john-wrana-textbook-police-force-case-kass-0111-20150111-column.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hesitating in the face of a directive</a>, and <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2015/02/family-asks-cops-to-check-on-74-year-old-vet-after-surgery-and-they-break-in-and-kill-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mistaking a policeman crashing through their door for a criminal</a> breaking into their home—i.e., not being submissive enough.
And Americans of every age and skin color are continuing to die at the hands of a government that sees itself as judge, jury and executioner over a populace that have been pre-judged and found guilty, stripped of their rights, and left to suffer at the hands of government agents trained to respond with the utmost degree of violence.
At a time when growing numbers of unarmed people have been shot and killed for just standing a certain way, or moving a certain way, or holding something—anything—that police could misinterpret to be a gun, or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer’s mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat to their safety, even the most benign encounters with police can have fatal consequences.
The problem, as one reporter rightly concluded, is “not that life has gotten that much more dangerous, it’s that <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/five-unnecessary-swat-team-raids-gone-terribly-wrong/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">authorities have chosen to respond to even innocent situations as if they were in a warzone</a>.”
<a href="http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/08/study-police-militarization-targets.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Warrior cops—trained in the worst-case scenario and thus ready to shoot first and ask questions later—are definitely not making us or themselves any safer</a>.
Worse, militarized police <a href="http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2017/02/15/jury-2-greenville-officers-did-not-use-excessive-force-arrest-autistic-man/97920434/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasingly pose a risk to anyone undergoing a mental health crisis or with special needs whose disabilities may not be immediately apparent</a> or require more finesse than the typical freeze-or-I’ll-shoot tactics employed by America’s police forces.
Indeed, <a href="https://rudermanfoundation.org/white_papers/media-coverage-of-law-enforcement-use-of-force-and-disability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disabled individuals make up a third to half of all people killed by law enforcement officers.</a> (People of color are <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/report-police-killing-people-of-color-at-higher-rates-than-white-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three times more likely to be killed by police</a> than their white counterparts.)
If you’re black and disabled, you’re even more vulnerable.
Specifically, what we’re dealing with today is a skewed shoot-to-kill mindset in which police, <a href="https://www.axios.com/police-training-george-floyd-2654f96d-fc58-4c59-8d04-e279f50c7107.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trained to view themselves as warriors or soldiers in a war</a>, whether against drugs, or terror, or crime, must “get” the bad guys—i.e., anyone who is a potential target—before the bad guys get them.
This nationwide epidemic of court-sanctioned police violence carried out with impunity against individuals posing little or no real threat has all but guaranteed that unarmed Americans will keep dying at the hands of militarized police.
Making matters worse, when these officers, who have long since ceased to be peace officers, violate their oaths by bullying, beating, tasering, shooting and killing their employers—the taxpayers to whom they owe their allegiance—they are rarely given more than a slap on the hands before resuming their patrols.
This lawlessness on the part of law enforcement, an unmistakable characteristic of a police state, is made possible in large part by police unions which routinely oppose civilian review boards and resist the placement of names and badge numbers on officer uniforms; police agencies that abide by the Blue Code of Silence, the quiet understanding among police that they should not implicate their colleagues for their crimes and misconduct; prosecutors who treat police offenses with greater leniency than civilian offenses; courts that sanction police wrongdoing in the name of security; and legislatures that enhance the power, reach and arsenal of the police, and a citizenry that fails to hold its government accountable to the rule of law.
Indeed, not only are cops protected from most charges of wrongdoing—whether it’s shooting unarmed citizens (including children and old people), <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/whereabouts-of-cast-out-police-officers-other-cities-often-hire-them.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raping and abusing young women, falsifying police reports</a>, trafficking drugs, or soliciting sex with minors—but even on the rare occasions when they are fired for misconduct, it’s only a matter of time before they <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/whereabouts-of-cast-out-police-officers-other-cities-often-hire-them.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">get re-hired again</a>.
Much of the “credit” for shielding these rogue cops goes to influential police unions and <a href="https://www.rlslawyers.com/oakland-paying-out-extraordinary-police-abuse-settlements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laws providing for qualified immunity</a>, police contracts that “<a href="http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-unions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provide a shield of protection to officers accused of misdeeds and erect barriers to residents complaining of abuse</a>,” state and federal laws that allow police to walk away without paying a dime for their wrongdoing, and rampant cronyism among government bureaucrats.
It’s happening <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/protests-spread-over-police-shootings-police-promised-reforms-every-year-they-still-shoot-nearly-1000-people/2020/06/08/5c204f0c-a67c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all across the country</a>.
This is no longer a debate over good cops and bad cops.
It’s a power struggle between police officers who rank their personal safety above everyone else’s and police officers who understand that their jobs are to serve and protect; between police trained to shoot to kill and police trained to resolve situations peacefully; most of all, it’s between police who believe the law is on their side and police who know that they will be held to account for their actions under the same law as everyone else.
Unfortunately, more and more police are being trained to view themselves as distinct from the citizenry, to view their authority as superior to the citizenry, and to view their lives as more precious than those of their citizen counterparts.
Instead of being taught to see themselves as mediators and peacemakers whose lethal weapons are to be used as a last resort, they are being drilled into acting like gunmen with killer instincts who shoot to kill rather than merely incapacitate.
In Barnes v. Felix, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices have been asked to do away with the “moment-of-threat doctrine,” which encourages police to act recklessly with impunity, unnecessarily escalating the level of danger in situations involving relatively minor crimes and then responding to the perceived danger with deadly force.
Like the Ghost of Christmas Past, the 1994 Crime Bill haunts us with its legacy of injustice. Its Ghost of Christmas Present shows us the ongoing struggles with police brutality and mass incarceration. And its Ghost of Christmas Future warns us of a society where over-policing and surveillance become the norm.
So how do we counter the triple threats posed by the Crime Bill?
Despite the outcry from those on the left, the answer is not to de-fund the police, although it wouldn’t hurt to loosen the military-industrial complex’s chokehold on America.
What we really need to do is de-fang the police: de-militarize (reduce the reliance on military-grade equipment and tactics), de-weaponize, and focus on de-escalation tactics (prioritizing communication and conflict resolution skills over the use of force), shift in mindset (moving away from the “warrior” mentality towards a guardian or community policing model), and better accountability.
As with all things, change must start locally, in your hometown.
Remember, a police state does not come about overnight. It starts small, perhaps with a revenue-generating red light camera at an intersection. When that is implemented without opposition, perhaps next will be surveillance cameras on public streets. License plate readers on police cruisers. More police officers on the beat. Free military equipment from the federal government. Free speech zones zero tolerance policies and curfews. SWAT team raids. Drones flying overhead.
No matter how it starts, however, as I make clear in my book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-America-War-American-People/dp/1590795229/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Battlefield America: The War on the American People</a> and in its fictional counterpart <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Erik-Blair-Diaries-Battlefield-Dead/dp/1954968027/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Erik Blair Diaries</a>, it always ends the same.
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<title>11 Signs That The Slow-Motion Collapse Of The U.S. Economy Is Far More Advanced Than Most People Think</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Snyder]]></dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The fact that economic conditions are getting worse is certainly not good news, but it is better to know in advance what is coming. After four years under Joe Biden, the U.S. economy is a giant mess. We have been witnessing a slow-motion collapse right in front of our eyes, and those at the bottom levels of the economic food chain have been experiencing more pain than anyone else. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by<a href="https://endoftheamericandream.com/is-the-revival-of-the-end-times-starting-to-erupt-right-in-front-of-our-eyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. </a>
The fact that economic conditions are getting worse is certainly not good news, but it is better to know in advance what is coming. After four years under Joe Biden, the U.S. economy is a giant mess. We have been witnessing a slow-motion collapse right in front of our eyes, and those <a title="at the bottom levels of the economic food chain" href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/demand-at-food-banks-has-soared-to-record-levels-all-over-the-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at the bottom levels of the economic food chain</a> have been experiencing more pain than anyone else.
Of course, this is one of the biggest reasons why Donald Trump won the election. Large numbers of poor and working-class Americans are desperate for change. Unfortunately, economic conditions have continued to deteriorate since early November. The following are 11 signs that the slow-motion collapse of the U.S. economy is far more advanced than most people think…
#1 When the economy is in good shape, holiday spending increases each year. In 2024, <a title="only 16 percent" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/only-16percent-of-holiday-shoppers-plan-to-spend-more-this-season-because-of-inflation-cnbc-survey-shows.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">only 16 percent</a> of Americans say that they are going to spend more than last year and <a title="35 percent" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/only-16percent-of-holiday-shoppers-plan-to-spend-more-this-season-because-of-inflation-cnbc-survey-shows.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">35 percent</a> of Americans say that they are going to spend less…
<blockquote>Americans this holiday season say they are seeing a ghost of Christmas past: inflation.
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds inflation is still haunting the buying public, leading to what’s shaping up to be just an average season for retailers. Just 16% of respondents say they will spend more, down two points compared to last year. Forty-eight percent said that they’ll lay out the same amount for holiday gifts, up five points. At the same time, 35% say they’ll spend less, down two points as well.</blockquote>
#2 The number of job openings in the U.S. is now <a title="the lowest it has been since January 2021" href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/29/business/job-openings-plunge-to-lowest-level-since-2021-as-us-market-slows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the lowest it has been since January 2021</a>, but unlike January 2021 we don’t have a pandemic to blame our poor performance on…
<blockquote>US job openings tumbled last month to their lowest level since January 2021, a sign that the labor market is losing some momentum. Still, posted vacancies remain well above pre-pandemic levels.
The Labor Department reported Tuesday that the number of job openings dropped to 7.4 million in September from 7.9 million in August.
Economists had expected the level of openings to be virtually unchanged. Job openings fell in particular at healthcare companies and at government agencies at the federal, state and local levels.</blockquote>
#3 The manufacturing numbers that we are getting are extremely dismal. For example, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index just experienced <a title="an extremely sharp decline" href="https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/philadelphia-fed-manufacturing-index-plunges-signaling-worsening-conditions-93CH-3782052" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an extremely sharp decline</a>…
<blockquote>The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index, a critical gauge of the general business conditions in Philadelphia, has reported a significant drop. The actual figure stands at -16.4, a sharp decline that suggests worsening conditions for manufacturers in the region.
This figure starkly contrasts with the forecasted number of 2.9, highlighting a more severe downturn than initially predicted. Analysts had anticipated a positive shift, indicating improving conditions, but the actual data presents a different, more concerning situation.
Moreover, when compared to the previous index value of -5.5, the current reading of -16.4 further emphasizes the severity of the decline. This continuous drop indicates a concerning trend for manufacturers within the Philadelphia Federal Reserve district.</blockquote>
#4 Thanks to rapidly rising mortgage rates, the average U.S. homebuyer just lost <a title="$33,250 in purchasing power" href="https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-update-homebuyers-lose-purchasing-power-october-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$33,250 in purchasing power</a> in just six weeks…
<blockquote>Mortgage rates hit 7% on October 28, the highest level since the start of summer and up nearly one percentage point from the 18-month low they dropped to in mid-September.
A homebuyer on a $3,000 monthly budget can afford a $442,500 home with a 7% mortgage rate, the daily average 30-year fixed rate on October 28. That buyer has lost $33,250 in purchasing power over the last six weeks; they could have purchased a $475,750 home with the 6.11% average rate on September 17. That was the lowest level since February 2023.</blockquote>
#5 Our cost of living crisis is officially out of control. According <a title="to Bank of America" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/economy/low-income-americans-inflation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">to Bank of America</a>, almost a third of all households “spend more than 95% of their disposable income on necessities such as housing costs, groceries and utility bills”…
<blockquote>Many Americans are still in a tough spot: Nearly 30% of all US households this year said they spend more than 95% of their disposable income on necessities such as housing costs, groceries and utility bills, according to a Bank of America Institute report, up from 2019 levels.</blockquote>
#6 A recent Lending Tree survey discovered that nearly a quarter of all households <a title="couldn’t pay their entire power bill" href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/energy-prices-high-people-states-face-heftiest-electricity-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">couldn’t pay their entire power bill</a> at some point within the past year…
<blockquote>LendingTree’s findings about electricity bill costs comes as it reported 23.4% of Americans experienced an inability to cover their entire energy bill or portions of it in the last year, based on Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey data.</blockquote>
#7 The same Lending Tree survey found that about a third of all households had to reduce spending <a title="“on necessary things”" href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/energy-prices-high-people-states-face-heftiest-electricity-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“on necessary things”</a> within the past year in order to pay utility costs…
<blockquote>Needing to cover utility bills prompted 34.3% of Americans to curb their spending on necessary things – or eliminate some altogether – in at least one instance in the prior year, LendingTree said.</blockquote>
#8 As I discussed <a title="last week" href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/demand-at-food-banks-has-soared-to-record-levels-all-over-the-united-states/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last week</a>, demand is at record levels at food banks all over the nation…
<blockquote>Why is demand at food banks all over the country higher than it has ever been before? The media keeps insisting that economic conditions are just fine, but it has become <a title="quite obvious to everyone" href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/falling-off-a-cliff-this-chart-proves-that-we-are-in-a-major-economic-downturn-right-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quite obvious to everyone</a> that this is not true. In particular, the <a title="rising cost of living" href="https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/look-at-these-egg-prices-37-of-americans-struggle-to-pay-their-most-basic-bills-as-food-prices-accelerate-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rising cost of living</a> has been absolutely crushing households from coast to coast. In the old days, most of the people that would show up at food banks were unemployed. But now food banks are serving large numbers of people that actually do have jobs but that don’t make enough to pay for all of the basics. The ranks of the “working poor” are growing very rapidly, and this is creating an unprecedented crisis all over America.</blockquote>
#9 During normal times, troubled retailers would at least wait until after the holiday season to throw in the towel. But we haven’t even reached Christmas and Party City <a title="has already announced" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/party-city-shut-down/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has already announced</a> that it will be closing all stores…
<blockquote>Party City is closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business, CNN has learned.
CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees Friday in a meeting viewed by CNN that Party City is “winding down” operations immediately and that today will be their last day of employment. Staff were told they will not receive severance pay, and they were told their benefits would end as the company goes out of business.</blockquote>
#10 Not to be outdone, Big Lots has announced that <a title="all 936 of their remaining stores" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14211285/discount-retailer-begins-sales-prepares-close-locations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">all 936 of their remaining stores</a> will be shutting down on a permanent basis…
<blockquote>Big Lots is beginning ‘going out of business’ sales at all its stores across the US, as it prepares to close its remaining locations.
The discount retail chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, and has already shut hundreds of stores nationwide.
In a press release Thursday, the company said it would begin the sales at its 963 remaining locations, after a sale to a private equity firm fell through.</blockquote>
#11 As of the end of November, <a title="more than 7,000 store closings" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/major-retailer-shuts-down-hundreds-of-stores-across-nationwide-chain/ar-AA1w6q2X?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=b4f69405143242efdc9e0a0198661fb3&ei=23" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">more than 7,000 store closings</a> had been announced in the United States. That is a 69 percent increase from last year…
<blockquote>According to a report from CoreSight Research, U.S. retailers had announced more than 7,100 store closures through the end of November 2024, which represents a 69% increase compared to the same time in 2023. These closures are spread across numerous different sectors of retail from auto parts to restaurants to pharmacies, leaving many consumers wondering which companies will survive. This brings us to GameStop, the beloved retail gaming store, which has not only been closing hundreds of retail store locations since 2020, but also appears to be on track to close hundreds more of its locations in the very near future.</blockquote>
This is what a failing economy looks like.
Last week, a prominent mall in downtown San Francisco was empty of shoppers <a title="in the middle of the afternoon" href="https://x.com/thomashawk/status/1869184165935202342" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in the middle of the afternoon</a>…
<blockquote>Look at all of these beautiful Christmas decorations at the Crocker Galleria mall in San Francisco. It’s 4:47 PM and everybody should be shopping and buying Christmas presents for their family, but nobody is in this mall.
There are only three stores left that are open here. The escalators hum on inside this beautiful but empty decorated mall.
Outside on Market Street the fentanyl addicts lay folded over while a street performer sings Last Christmas to an empty Street.</blockquote>
Of course, the lack of shoppers at that particular mall is just the tip of the iceberg.
Unfortunately, the truth is that downtown areas all over California <a title="“are crumbling under the weight of homelessness and drug addiction”" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14216891/americas-downtown-office-buildings-los-angeles-san-francisco.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“are crumbling under the weight of homelessness and drug addiction”</a>…
<blockquote>California’s biggest downtown areas are crumbling under the weight of homelessness and drug addiction, causing a vital part of its economy to dry out.
Cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have made countless headlines since the pandemic about their drug-infested streets where businesses are quickly pulling out due to high crime rates and low consumer passage.</blockquote>
The number of drug addicts in America is at the highest level ever.
The number of homeless people in America is at the highest level ever.
They are victims of our slow-motion economic collapse, and the holidays will not be very happy for them.
So if you still have food on the table and a warm home to sleep in, you should consider yourself to be incredibly blessed.
Sadly, more Americans are being forced out into the streets with each passing day as the slow-motion collapse of our economy accelerates.
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<title>Elon Musk Predicts The Rise Of The Machines By 2030</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that by the year 2030, machines will be more intelligent than human beings. Musk, the tech mogul, says that the probability that his prediction comes true is 100%.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that by the year 2030, machines will be more intelligent than human beings. Musk, the tech mogul, says that the probability that his prediction comes true is 100%.
In 2018, several other experts on artificial intelligence and technology said that we are approaching that singularity point, however, they disagreed on the timing. Musk’s prediction aligns fairly closely with previously mentioned timelines.
<blockquote>Singularity is the point in time when humans can create an artificial intelligence machine that is smarter. Ray Kurzweil, Google’s chief of engineering, says that <a href="https://futurism.com/kurzweil-claims-that-the-singularity-will-happen-by-2045/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the singularity will happen in 2045</a>. Louis Rosenberg claims that we are actually closer than that and that the day will be arriving sometime in 2030. MIT’s Patrick Winston would have you believe that it will likely be a little closer to Kurzweil’s prediction, <a href="https://futurism.com/separating-science-fact-science-hype-how-far-off-singularity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">though he puts the date at 2040, specifically</a>. –<a href="https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/father-of-artificial-intelligence-singularity-is-less-than-30-years-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SHTFPlan</a></blockquote>
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Back in 2018, Jürgen Schmidhuber, who is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at <a href="https://nnaisense.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI company NNAISENSE</a>, the Director of the Swiss AI lab IDSIA, and heralded by some as the “father of artificial intelligence” is confident that the singularity “is just 30 years away. If the trend doesn’t break, and there will be rather cheap computational devices that have as many connections as your brain but are much faster,” he said. “There is no doubt in my mind that AIs are going to become super smart,” Schmidhuber says.
Musk, who is the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, and owner of X, formerly Twitter, made the prediction shortly after his AI company, xAI, officially launched its first image generation model, Aurora, earlier this month, <a href="https://www.rt.com/news/609821-musk-ai-prediction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a report by RT. </a>
Aurora, an updated version of the first image generation model that xAI introduced in October, allows users to create photorealistic visuals. Compared to other AI models, Aurora has fewer restrictions and can accurately generate images at almost any prompt, including depictions of famous personalities and copyrighted characters.
“It is increasingly likely that AI will superset the intelligence of any single human by the end of 2025 and maybe all humans by 2027/2028,” Musk wrote on Monday, in a post on his social media platform X. According to him, the probability that AI will exceed the intelligence of all humans combined by 2030 “is ~100%.”
The computer scientist cited a common fear that the AI machines currently being trained “would lead to systems that turn against humans.”
 
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<title>Hypersonic Threat: Houthi Missile Overwhelms Israel’s Defense, Raising Alarms Across The Region</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a hypersonic missile, "Palestine 2," striking the Tel Aviv area and injuring 16 civilians, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article was originally published by<a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-23-houthi-missile-overwhelms-israels-defense-raising-alarms-across-the-region.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Willow Tohi at Natural News.</a>
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<li>Houthi Hypersonic Missile Attack on Tel Aviv: Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a hypersonic missile, “Palestine 2,” striking the Tel Aviv area and injuring 16 civilians, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.</li>
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<li>Iron Dome Defense Failure: The attack demonstrated the Houthi’s ability to penetrate Israel’s Iron Dome system, highlighting the challenges posed by hypersonic weapons, which can travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5 and evade traditional defenses.</li>
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<li>Regional Alignment and Retaliation: The Houthi strike followed Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, killing 25, and was praised by Hamas, signaling growing alignment among Iran-backed groups like Hezbollah and the Houthis against Israel.</li>
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<li>Humanitarian and Security Crisis: The conflict has escalated with over 45,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, Israeli operations expanding to Lebanon, and Houthi attacks targeting Israeli allies in the Red Sea, raising fears of a broader regional war.</li>
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<li>Implications of Hypersonic Technology: The use of hypersonic missiles by non-state actors like the Houthis raises concerns about the future of warfare and potential destabilization in the Middle East, with questions looming about the possibility of a larger conflict.</li>
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In a dramatic escalation of regional tensions, Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a hypersonic missile that struck the Tel Aviv area early Saturday morning, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthi-hypersonic-missile-renders-iron-dome-useless-slams-tel-aviv-area" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaving sixteen civilians lightly injured and sparking widespread concern</a> over the growing threat posed by advanced weaponry. This marks the second such attack in days, as the Iranian-backed Houthis continue to demonstrate their ability to penetrate Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome defense system.
The missile, dubbed “Palestine 2,” targeted a military site in the Jaffa region, according to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree. In a statement, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-834308" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saree claimed the missile struck its target with precision</a>, rendering Israel’s interception systems ineffective. The attack, he said, was part of the “promised conquest and holy jihad,” and a response to Israeli military actions in Gaza and Yemen.
Footage circulating on social media showed the missile evading Iron Dome interceptions, both above and below the atmosphere. Israeli authorities confirmed that the missile’s remnants caused significant property damage and injured civilians, primarily from shattered glass. Emergency services treated sixteen individuals for minor injuries and seven others for anxiety-related symptoms.
The Houthi strike comes on the heels of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 25 people on Friday, raising the possibility that the missile attack was a retaliatory measure. This week alone, the Houthis have launched multiple hypersonic missiles targeting Israeli military sites, signaling a new phase in the ongoing conflict.
<h2>Next-gen weapons are a game changer</h2>
The use of hypersonic technology has profound implications for regional security. As Elon Musk noted on X last month, “Future wars are all about drones & hypersonic missiles.” The inability of Israel’s Iron Dome to intercept the Houthi missile underscores the challenges posed by these ultra-fast, maneuverable weapons, which can travel at speeds exceeding Mach 5 and evade traditional defense systems.
Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, praised the Houthi attack, calling it a “genuine stance” in support of the Palestinian cause. The statement highlighted the growing alignment between Iran-backed groups across the Middle East, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. This coalition has intensified its attacks on Israel since the conflict in Gaza escalated in October 2023.
The <a href="https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171814/20241222/houthi-missile-hits-tel-aviv-injuring-civilians.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humanitarian toll of the conflict continues to rise, with over 45,000 Palestinians killed</a> in Gaza since the war began. Israeli operations have expanded to Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah forces, while the Houthis have also targeted Israeli allies in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The widening scope of the conflict has drawn in multiple actors, raising fears of a broader regional war.
Israeli officials are now grappling with the implications of these developments. The failure to intercept the Houthi missile has raised questions about the effectiveness of Israel’s air defense systems against advanced threats like hypersonic weapons. The Israel Air Force is reportedly investigating the incident, with experts examining missile remnants to determine their origin and capabilities.
The attack on Tel Aviv, a city rarely targeted directly, underscores the vulnerability of Israel’s commercial and diplomatic center. The use of hypersonic missiles by the Houthis marks a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, posing a new and formidable challenge to Israel’s security infrastructure.
As tensions continue to escalate, the international community is left to ponder the implications of these developments. The use of hypersonic technology by non-state actors like the Houthis raises alarming questions about the future of warfare and the potential for further destabilization in the Middle East. The question of whether “World War III is already here” looms large, as the region teeters on the brink of a broader, more dangerous conflict.
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