One more nail in the coffin of NPR!

I don't think it unreasonable to think that this is some type of "cyber-attack" since it involves multiple states and localities.

Just like the "pandemic" threat that was announced prior to the Covid-19 emergence, the news media has been preparing the public for this situation. At some point in the near future, expect imminent warnings of "UFO's" to emerge as a potent threat!

The public must be kept on edge and distracted from the economy, and tightening global tyranical controls that are being planned by the globalists. The pandemic treaty, Digital currencies, Vaccine passports, 24-7 video surveillance, and loss of freedom of speech via demands for controlling "misinformation/disinformation".

FOLLOWUP: The following episode of the Duran entitled "Off-ramp or wider war w/ Larry Johnson (Live)" offers a very insightful view of the issue of "intelligence failures", CIA bases in Ukraine, and the unremitting and unrelenting effort to keep the Ukraine fighting alive. Larry Johnson is a former intelligence analyst that is able to offer an inside perspective on these issues. Listen closely to comment beginning at 21.03

https://rumble.com/v4ps0v8-off-ramp-or-wider-war-w-larry-johnson-live.html

What is all the fuss about between the Polish farmers boycotting Ukraine's agricultural products.

Well, it all seems to boil down to who, either directly or "indirectly", owns or controls Ukranian agricultural production.

BACKSTORY: "The Oakland Institute published a detailed report in February 2023 titled “War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine’s Agricultural Land”, which exposed how foreign firms have clandestinely taken control of a significant share of Ukrainian farmland by exploiting a liberal law in collusion with local oligarchs. Their findings made waves around the world at the time but eventually receded from the public’s attention over half a year later once Western outlets like the USA Today misleadingly “fact-checked” it."

Jump forward to Polish President Andrzej Duda recent interview with Lithuanian National Radio and Television:

"I would like to draw particular attention to industrial agriculture, which is not really run by Ukrainians, it is run by big companies from Western Europe, from the USA. If we look today at the owners of most of the land, they are not Ukrainian companies. This is a paradoxical situation, and no wonder that farmers are defending themselves, because they have invested in their farms in Poland […] and cheap agricultural produce coming from Ukraine is dramatically destructive to them."

Putting the pieces together, the Ukrainian leader (Zelensky) made good on his May 2022 Davos proposal by offering companies “patronage” over Ukraine’s industrial agriculture, which was already in the process of unfolding prior to then but was greatly accelerated by last May’s meeting with BlackRock’s management. This took the tangible form of these indirectly foreign-controlled farms outcompeting Poland’s by far, thus leading to the Polish farmers’ protests across the country and the latest troubles in bilateral ties.

MY COMMENT: Ukraine is often referred to as the "Breadbasket of Europe". It's neighbor Russia contains a vast source of natural resources that Western economic interests would love to exploit! It does not take a vast leap of understanding to realize what the West's funding of the proxy war against Russia is really all about!!!

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/polish-president-revealed-foreign-companies-own-most-ukraines-industrial-agriculture

"Not only did the vast majority of us have no say in choosing the two presidential candidates, a similarly tiny fraction of voters is deciding most of Congress. So far in 2024, nearly a third of U.S. House seats have already been decided by only 3% of eligible votes in the eight states that have held primaries for offices other than the presidency. In 2022, 8% of voters elected 83% of Congress.

Nationwide, there are more independents than Democrats or Republicans. Nearly half of veterans identify as politically independent, as do a majority of young people. Because of our primary system, we’re telling those who fought for our country and those who are the future of our country that their voices don’t matter.

The reason our elected leaders don’t seem to represent us is because, quite literally, most of us don’t elect them.

How do we fix this broken system? With two powerful changes: One, allow all eligible voters – including independents – to cast ballots for any candidate, regardless of party, in every taxpayer-funded election. Two, require candidates to secure a majority of votes to win an election.

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/04/16/democracy_dies_in_primaries_150797.html

Surprised? I think not!

"They [flyers] also appear to be handed out when illegal aliens use the RCM for assistance in coming to the USA," the group said.

These flyers were discovered by @realmuckraker throughout the Resource Center Matamoras (RCM) location including on the walls of port-a-potties

They also appear to be handed out when illegal aliens use the RCM for assistance in coming to the USA pic.twitter.com/hvlkwOI5Xs

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 16, 2024
RCM founder Gaby Zavala told one of Muckraker's journalists that she is trying to flood the US with as many illegal aliens as possible before former President Trump is reelected.

RCM founder Gaby Zavala implied to @realmuckraker that she wants to help as many illegals as possible before President Trump is reelected pic.twitter.com/foIVJGMM3C

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 16, 2024
"RCM bills itself as an operation which houses functions for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), which helps illegal aliens enter the United States," Oversight Project said, adding that disgraced Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas "is a former board member of HIAS, which received numerous grants from Soros' Open Society Foundation over the years."

https://twitter.com/legitbrittFLA/status/1780055857587204386

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shadowy-ngo-mexico-tells-border-invaders-vote-biden

By The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget

The Biden Administration recently announced a new plan to cancel student debt for up to 30 million borrowers and released a preliminary rule this morning detailing parts of this plan. The proposal, which is being introduced through the rule making process, would replace the Administration’s initial proposal to cancel between $10,000 and $20,000 per person of debt, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.

Elements of the plan in today’s proposed rule would cost nearly $150 billion, according to the Department of Education. However, this excludes a proposal to allow the Secretary of Education to cancel debt for those facing hardship or likely to default. Including this provision, we estimate the plan could cost $250 billion to $750 billion, depending on how the additional cancellation is designed.

MY COMMENT: Buying votes in an election year despite a $34 Trillion National Debt. Let the next generation worry about it. Biden will be out of office by then, so, who care???

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/student-debt-plan-would-add-hundreds-billions-deficit

"Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was enacted to make it easier for the government to address foreign terrorist threats. Targeting Americans is prohibited but intelligence agencies have used Section 702 to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. And this week it’s looking to get a lot worse.

Elizabeth Goitein of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, does a great job of explaining it and sounding the alarm. ....

By changing the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider,” an amendment offered by House intel committee leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.

If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides any service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored.

When the amendment was first unveiled, civil liberties advocates noted that the provision would encompass hotels, libraries, and coffee shops, and so they were excluded. But the vast majority of U.S. businesses remain fair game. Including barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, and any small business that provides wifi to their customers via routers.. ....

The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill this week.

Section 702 expires on April 19, but the Biden administration has obtained FISA Court approval to continue Section 702 surveillance until April of 2025.

Call your Senators now and tell them to block the "Everyone is a spy" surveillance bill.

https://act.demandprogress.org/call/no-on-section-702-call-page/

https://gregreese.substack.com/p/small-us-businesses-to-be-forced?publication_id=706779&post_id=143630095&isFreemail=true&r=kme6p&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

There is a fair amount of controversy on the issue of whether the Pandemic Agreement or Pandemic Accord, together with amendments to the IHRs, which is scheduled to be approved in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Health Assembly’s annual meeting on May 27–June 1, would ceede U.S. Healthcare policy into the hands of un-elected, foreign bureaucrats.

A number of critics claim that "The proposed new International Health Regulations would give WHO health officials the authority to require you to use biological products labeled “vaccines,” and be tracked and undergo medical exams, quarantine and medical treatment. The proposed pandemic treaty would also greatly expand the authority of UN health officials to globally censor what they consider to be “mis-information” and “disinformation” about diseases and vaccines so you are not allowed to publicly criticize vaccine science, policy and law, which violates your First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution. 

You should be aware that "the language in the March 13 draft of the treaty appears to be compulsory, stating throughout the document that “the Parties commit to …” and “the Parties shall …” with the word “shall” used more than 160 times.

In addition, the IHR amendments state that member states “recognize WHO as the guidance and coordinating authority of international public health response during a public health Emergency of International Concern and undertake to follow WHO’s recommendations in their international public health response.

Other areas of concern regarding sovereignty include a directive that “health measures” stipulated by the WHO “shall be initiated and completed without delay by all Parties” and that “State Parties shall also take measures to ensure Non-State-Actors operating in their respective territories comply with such measures.”

In addition, references to the documents being “non-binding” on member states were removed.”

You should also be aware that "a 2022 petition signed by 15 state attorneys general argues that the HHS could have such authority once the WHO declares a health emergency.

The state AGs wrote in protest of an HHS decision on Jan. 19, 2017, “one day before President [Barack] Obama’s second term expired,” to give the Director-General of the WHO the authority to declare a public health emergency within the United States."

MY COMMENT: This post should point out the need for the "No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act".This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.

Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHO in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.

Contact your Senators and tell them to support this legislation!

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/open-minded-spirit-no-longer-exists-within-npr-npr-veteran-excoriates-outlet-over-hunter

“Everybody who wants an honest election should know that in the long run, we need the French model. Everybody votes on the same day. Everybody has a photo ID, everybody’s accounted as a person.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-upholds-georgias-voter-citizenship-verification-requirements

John Adams, ever the prophet of doom, once quipped, “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself”—a sentiment echoing through the corridors of time.

And sounding much like the belch of a senator post-banquet in ancient Rome, where democracy was more a concept for philosophical banter than a practice.

Indeed, Rome, with all its pomp and voracious appetite for self-indulgence, serves as a cautionary tale. It’s a well-trodden path.

Once upon a time in Rome, there was Juvenal. Not your garden-variety naysayer, but a man whose tongue was so sharp, he could slice the moral fabric of society with a mere quip.

“Bread and circuses,” he scoffed.

“Keep the masses stuffed and entertained, and they won’t utter a peep against you.”

How a Great Empire Withered on Opulence

And so, Rome bloated, not just in the midriff but in its sense of self, as leisure became the national pastime.

Back then, over 200,000 souls, their fingers sticky from pastry, found the concept of lifting a finger (unless it was to signal for another helping) utterly foreign.

Rome was transformed into a grand stage, where almost every day was a festival, and the citizens were either performers, spectators, or busy in the vomitorium making room for the next course.

Naval skirmishes in makeshift lakes, chariot races that put the fast and furious to shame, and theatre so risqué it could make a statue of Venus look prudish, were all funded by the very people it was designed to distract.

Ninety-three days of sheer, unadulterated spectacle each year, turning Rome from a republic into an extravagant production, where democracy was but a whisper drowned out by the roar of the crowd.

Sound familiar?

MY COMMENT: A proper functioning Constitutional Republic requires an informed and engaged public that is willing to take the time and effort to communicate with their elected representatives on the issues that affect them. How many of you have contacted your Senators about the WTO's Pandemic Preparedness Treaty that may be put into effect without Senate ratification (they are amending the provisions of a previous treaty to get around Senate ratification). Note:Contact your two U.S. Senators and ask them to support S.444 - the “No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act”, and demand that all World Health Organization treaties be presented to the United States Senate, as required by the U.S. Constitution.

How many of you have contacted both your House and Senate members on our border problem? How about money to Ukraine and Israel instead of dealing with our infrastructure needs? “Keep the masses stuffed and entertained, and they won’t utter a peep against you.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bread-and-circuses-what-it-means-once-great-nations

Your point is well taken. No, you can't eat gold (but then again, you would best be advised not to eat lead either!).

There is really no "one solution" fits all here. You need a balanced approach to deal the problems that we as a people are going to face in the near future.

Food, water, personal self-protection, beer and wine (just kidding), and financial security, are all important.

Just as you may be able to barter a box of 22's, junk silver coins will also serve that purpose well. Cash on hand, as well as some gold coins all have their place. Stay safe!

As I said in a previous post, I used to listen to NPR years ago. I have not listened to this program for a number of years, and will NEVER listen to it while their NEW and IMPROVED CEO remains at the helm!

"Introspection was the last thing on NPR's mind, however, as new CEO Katherine Maher chastised Berliner as "profoundly disrespectful, hateful, and demeaning" to his colleagues for calling out political bias. MY COMMENT: I read Mr. Berliner's article and found it to be spot on. He is liberal to the core, but honest in assessing facts in a non-partisan manner. If you haven't read his article, here is the link: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/open-minded-spirit-no-longer-exists-within-npr-npr-veteran-excoriates-outlet-over-hunter

As Jonathan Turley notes:

In a memo Friday, Maher told the staff that Berliner attacked not only “the quality of our editorial process and the integrity of our journalists” but “our people on the basis of who we are.”

...

Maher’s response was hardly surprising. She was a controversial hire at NPR. Many had hoped that NPR would seek a CEO who could steer the company away from its partisan and activistic trend. The prospect could have brought moderates and conservatives back into NPR’s listening audience. Maher, however, was part of that trend.

This should come as no surprise given Maher's history as a complete lunatic who spews woke diatribes on X - calling herself "someone with cis white mobility privilege" and other nonsense.

In response to journalist Chris Rufo pointing this out, Elon Musk replied that she's a "crazy racist!"

This person is a crazy racist!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2024

Maher also says that "America is addicted to white supremacy," which is the "real issue."

New NPR CEO seems to have many symptoms of the Cluster B Longhouse psychopathology. Antagonistic, performative, accusatory, & frankly delusional. Pronouns in bio. Unstable.
— J.D. Haltigan, PhD 🏒👨‍💻 (@JDHaltigan) April 14, 2024

She also excused looters, and even slammed Hillary Clinton for correctly gendering individuals.

Does not represent 90% of America
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2024

We fund this shite. pic.twitter.com/3QBJ6U5xv4
— Clifford Asness (@CliffordAsness) April 14, 2024

What's the answer? Donald Trump suggests defunding them.

If NPR is going to be used as purely a left wing media outlet, then all federal funding needs to be cut off. pic.twitter.com/QU89EWbGyO
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) April 13, 2024

Authored by CJ Hopkins via Substack (https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-palestine-congress)

Yes, that’s right, once again, democracy-loving people here in New Normal Berlin and all across the New Normal world were right on the brink of being exposed to “hate,” and would have been exposed to “hate,” had the Hate Police not sprang into action.

"You probably have no idea what I’m talking about.

OK, what happened was, some pro-Palestinian activists organized a “Palestine Congress,” and attempted to discuss the situation in Gaza, and call for solidarity with the Palestinians, and so on, right here in the middle of Berlin, the epicenter of European democracy, as if they thought they had a right to do that. The German authorities were clearly intent on disabusing them of that notion.

Early Friday morning, hundreds of black-clad Hate Police descended on the congress location. Reinforcements were called in from throughout the nation. Metal barricades were erected on the sidewalks. Hate Police stood guard at the entrance. The German media warned the public that a potential “Hate-Speech” attack was now imminent. Berliners were advised to shelter in place, switch off their phones and any other audio-receptive communication devices, and wad up little pieces of toilet paper and ram them deep into their ear canals to prevent any possible exposure to the “hate.”

Sure enough, minutes into the congress, the anticipated “Hate-Speech” attack was launched! A Palestinian activist — Salman Abu Sitta — who had written an article that allegedly “expressed understanding of Hamas,” and thus had already been placed on the official German “No-Speak” list, started speaking to the congress on Zoom or whatever. Or … it isn’t quite clear whether he actually started speaking. According to a Hate Police spokesperson, they raided the congress because “there [was] a risk of a speaker being put on the screen who in the past made anti-Semitic and violence-glorifying remarks.”