Weekly Wrap-Up: September 16 & 17, 2022
9/11 at 21, More COVID Discoveries,, Technocratic Developments, Middle East Boogaloo and More Economic Tensions and Sanctions, and Many More
Local News
Palace: State of calamity due to COVID continued for ‘possibly 3 months’
The state of calamity placed over the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been continued “possibly for three months,” Malacañang announced Monday.
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said the extra time is only for indemnification, emergency procurement, and special risk allowance for health care workers.
“The state of calamity is extended for possibly three months but only for the purpose of preserving the benefits under it such as but not limited to the indemnification, emergency procurement, special risk allowance for healthcare workers,” she said in a Palace briefing.
DOH asks House to restore P500M cancer fund in proposed 2023 budget
The Department of Health (DOH) has asked the House of Representatives to restore the P500 million line item budget for cancer patients, which was not included in the proposed 2023 national budget.
During the hearing of DOH’s budget before the House of Representatives committee on appropriations, officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire lamented that when they reviewed the National Expenditure Program (NEP) made by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the line item for the cancer assistance fund was omitted.
PhilHealth will still last only until 2027 even if Pagcor, PCSO give funding – exec
Even with funding from the two government agencies, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) actuarial life wouldn’t extend beyond 2027.
PhilHealth officer-in-charge Eli Dino Santos issued the warning on Monday before the House committee on appropriations hearing on the proposed 2023 budget of the Department of Health (DOH).
Purchase of 'new generation' COVID-19 jabs seen in early 2023
The Philippines may be able to procure “new generation” COVID-19 vaccines by the first quarter of 2023, the Department of Health said Monday.
“We are now in the process of discussions with the manufacturers of these new generation COVID-19 vaccines,” health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said Monday during a House panel hearing on the agency’s proposed P301-billion budget for 2023.
Poe pushes SIM registration bill anew to end scammers’ anonymity
Amid the influx of pesky scam messages, the subscriber identity module (SIM) registration bill will eradicate individuals perpetrating crimes “under the shadow of anonymity,” Senator Grace Poe stressed anew on Tuesday.
During the Senate plenary session, Poe, Senate Committee on Public Services chairperson, sponsored the committee report of Senate Bill No. 1310 or the SIM Registration Act.
COVID/ Health
Irrefutable Proof’ That mRNA Vaccines Cause Vascular and Organ Damage: Study
A recent study claims to have found “irrefutable proof of causality” that the mRNA vaccines cause vascular and organ damage.
The study, conducted by microbiologists Dr. Michael Palmer and Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, was mostly based on the findings of German pathologists Dr. Arne Burkhardt and Dr. Walter Lang.
Here is a summary of the findings:
mRNA vaccines don’t stay at the injection site; they instead travel throughout the body and accumulate in various organs.
mRNA-based COVID vaccines induce long-lasting expression of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in many organs.
Vaccine-induced expression of the spike protein induces autoimmune-like inflammation.
Vaccine-induced inflammation can cause grave organ damage, especially in vessels, sometimes with deadly outcomes.
Denmark: No More COVID Vaccines Offered for Under-50
This new policy is relatively soft: if someone under 50 insists on having some special risk from Covid, they are still allowed to get the booster. But, in a bit of good news, the general public under 50 is NOT offered boosters.
50-Page Study Shows Why COVID Vaccine Mandates for College Students Are Unethical, 98 Times Worse Than Virus
A team of nine experts from Harvard, Johns Hopkins and other top universities has published paradigm-shifting research about the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and why mandating vaccines for college students is unethical.
How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight
Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a POLITICO and WELT investigation found.
Letter to the Editor: A Collection of Covid Propaganda from Around the World
One of our readers from Spain has done an incredible job of collecting over 1,500 images of Covid propaganda from around the world and turning them into a video. It is a truly astounding collection and serves as a visual reminder that we must never forget what has been done to so many by so few.
400 Doctors and Professionals Declare International Medical Crisis Due to Covid Vaccine Injuries and Deaths
Over 400 doctors, scientists and professionals from more than 34 countries this morning declared an international medical crisis due to “diseases and death associated with the ‘COVID-19 vaccines'”.
Launched at a press conference on Saturday, September 10th, the declaration states: “We are currently witnessing an excess in mortality in those countries where the majority of the population has received the so-called ‘COVID-19 vaccines’. To date, this excess mortality has neither been sufficiently investigated nor studied by national and international health institutions.”
Covid Vaccine Destroys Natural Immunity, NEJM Study Shows
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows not only that the effectiveness of the Pfizer Covid vaccine becomes negative (meaning the vaccinated are more likely to be infected than the unvaccinated) within five months but that the vaccine destroys any protection a person has from natural immunity.
The study is a large observational study that looks at 887,193 children aged 5 to 11 years in North Carolina, of whom 273,157 (30.8%) received at least one dose of Pfizer vaccine between November 1st 2021 and June 3rd 2022. The study includes 193,346 SARS-CoV-2 infections reported between March 11th 2020 and June 3rd 2022.
Hong Kong has extended its Covid-19 vaccine pass to children as young as 5. Here’s what parents need to know
New scheme will come into force by end of the month in a first phase requiring younger residents to get at least one vaccine dose
Range of criteria for those who have recovered from Covid-19, depending on their vaccination status and time since last jab
Children are being killed: 8x increase in Excess Deaths among Children in Europe since COVID Vaccine roll-out according to Official EU Data
Official mortality figures for Europe show that there has been a shocking 691% increase in excess deaths among children since the European Medicines Agency extended the emergency use authorisation of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 15 in May
Before this decision by the European Medicines Agency, deaths among children in 2021 were below the expected rate. But following the emergency use authorisation, excess deaths among children by the end of the year had risen by a deeply troubling 1,599% compared to the 2017 to 2020 average.
Rockefeller Foundation, Nonprofits Spending Millions on Behavioral Psychology Research to ‘Nudge’ More People to Get COVID Vaccines
The Rockefeller Foundation, the National Science Foundation and other nonprofits are pouring millions of dollars into a research initiative “to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and other recommended public health measures by countering mis- and disinformation.”
Geopolitics & Economy
Sustainable Debt Slavery
In this first instalment of a new series, Iain Davis and Whitney Webb explore how the UN’s “sustainable development” policies, the SDGs, do not promote “sustainability” as most conceive of it and instead utilise the same debt imperialism long used by the Anglo-American Empire to entrap nations in a new, equally predatory system of global financial governance.
WEF publishes ideas on a carbon allowance system where surveillance tech is used to track personal emissions
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is publishing ideas about yet another reason, or excuse, to deploy more surveillance technology: this time it’s climate change, and specifically, monitoring carbon emissions – at the individual level.
This is generally referred to as “My Carbon initiatives” and according to a post on the group’s website, penned by the director of India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Smart Cities Mission, it’s all about “inclusivity of citizens” in reducing carbon emissions in urban areas.
Big Banks Making a Killing Off Global Hunger, Energy Crises
Russia's war on Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global commodity markets, driving up energy and food prices and exacerbating the global hunger crisis, but the chaos has been a major boon for Wall Street commodity traders, new data show.
Taliban Rejects US Plan to Transfer Afghan Assets to Swiss Bank
The statement comes in response to TRT World’s exclusive report revealing that an international board has been set up by the US to disburse a portion of frozen funds through a Swiss bank.
US banks suffer record deposit outflows – WSJ
Deposits at American banks plunged by a record $370 billion in the second quarter of the year, the first decline since 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
According to the report, deposits had dropped to $19.563 trillion as of June 30, down from $19.932 trillion in March.
Chinese Oil Demand Set For First Annual Drop In Over Three Decades
Earlier today we reported that the IEA revised down its estimate for global demand growth in 2022 by 110Kb/d to mmb/d. But what was most remarkable is that according to the energy agency, China faces its biggest annual drop in oil demand in more than three decades due to the continued Covid-19 lockdowns and the seemingly neverending property crisis weighing on growth in the world’s No. 2 consumer.
Satellite Image Reveals 'Agriculture Wasteland' Across California's Rice Capital
New satellite imagery shows a large swath of California's rice fields has been left barren without harvest as fears of a 'mini dust bowl' emerge due to diminishing water supplies.
Kurt Richter, a third-generation rice farmer in Colusa, the rice capital of California, told San Francisco Chronicle that fields upon fields of the grain have already transformed into a "wasteland."
"An Ugly Thing To Watch" - China Is Facing An Employment Crisis
The implosion of the real estate sector has stalled the Chinese growth machine. As a consequence, unemployment is rising. Western consumer goods companies with a significant presence in the country will feel the knock-on effects.
Germany's Power Grid Faces Collapse As Millions Stock Up On Inefficient Electric Heaters For The Winter
Maybe they ran out of firewood to buy.
A few weeks after we reported that google searches for "firewood" exploded in Germany, ground zero of what is sure to be a very cold winter...
EU Scraps Price Cap On Russian Natural Gas
The European Commission is walking away from the idea of proposing a price cap on Russian gas as part of measures to tackle the energy crisis, the Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing a leaked draft document of proposals it had seen.
The draft document, expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, contains no reference to any price cap on gas, be it Russian or not, according to the leak viewed by the Guardian.
A Cold Dark Winter Is Coming
In Europe, the price of natural gas is spiraling out of control. It is now around 10 times higher than they were on average over the last decade and 10 times higher than in the United States. This has been wreaking mayhem across a continent that now finds itself on the precipice of an economic abyss. It’s sending inflation to 40-year highs, shutting down whole industries, shuttering businesses and filling the general population with dread when they get their energy bills in the mail. And it’s only going to get worse with winter approaching.
Ron Paul: Europe Commits Suicide By Sanctions
Prison time for heating your home? In the “free” world? How is it possible in 2022, when Switzerland and the rest of the political west have achieved the greatest economic success in history, that the European continent faces a winter like something out of the dark ages?
Sanctions.
Over 600 Palestinians arrested last month: report
A statement released by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs for Palestinian Prisoners on 12 September revealed that the Israeli authorities arrested 607 Palestinians, including 13 women and 59 children, last month.
The commission added that there has been an increase in the number of violations committed by Israeli forces in August, including field executions and organized arrest campaigns, which resulted in grave human rights violations against the detainees and their families.
Gun Purchases to be Tracked by Global Organization | Armstrong Economics
The far left is eager to repeal 2A. We are not as free as we think. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an organization headquartered all the way in Geneva, will be tracking all gun purchases made on credit. The ISO develops standard documentation that is globally recognized. Gun sales were previously listed as “general merchandise,” but the ISO is changing the code.
If you purchase a gun through a credit card, an international agency will document the purchase. Cash is still an option for now, but I expect it will become increasingly difficult to gain access to firearms – at least for those who plan to purchase them legally.
JPMorgan's Investment Banking Fees Slide 50% In Q3
Last quarter JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon caused quite a stir when we unexpectedly suspended the bank's stock buyback, and warned that an "economic hurricane" was coming.
Israel boasts of attacks on Syria, sells weapons to Ukraine
Seven months after Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, media revealed that an Israeli defense firm sold weapons to Kiev through a Polish intermediary.
Online newspaper Zman Yisrael reported on 12 September that an Israeli defense contractor, with ties to the Israeli security establishment, sold anti-drone systems to the Ukrainian army.
The equipment is classified as “advanced defensive technology” with the ability to jam the signals of small and medium-sized drones and is able to intercept them using the soft kill mechanism.
Iran, Venezuela boost food security in huge swipe at US sanctions
Venezuela has offered millions of hectares of agricultural land to Iranian producers, in a bid to guarantee food security for the two sanctioned nations.
“We are making available five to seven million hectares [of usable land] our country possesses, in order to reach 30 million cultivable hectares,” Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo said on 12 September.
OPEC+ with Russia’s Cooperation Has Kept the Alliance Together
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is headed by Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, who said on August 18 that the OPEC+ oil production deal wants to keep Russia part of the alliance beyond 2022.
“We would love to extend the deal with Russia and the other non-OPEC producers … it’s very hard for me to imagine that the deal will not continue,” Al Ghais said.
“This is a long-term relationship that encompasses broader and more comprehensive forms of communication and cooperation between 23 countries. It’s not just in terms of production adjustment,” he said.
Where Military Aid To Ukraine Comes From
Looking at pledges of military aid to Ukraine between Jan 24 and August 3, Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports that the U.S. government has committed to providing the most arms, weapons and other equipment by far.
$25 billion in military aid was pledged up until the given date, according to the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
US Increased Intelligence-Sharing With Ukraine Ahead Of Kharkiv Counteroffensive
Ukraine had stepped up intelligence sharing with the US ahead of its northeast counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region that has seen significant success, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
The report cited unnamed US officials who said Ukraine started sharing more information with the US on its planned operations. The officials said this allowed the US to give advice and share intelligence for the counteroffensive, although the details of how exactly Washington helped are not clear.
Climate Hustle Fail: China’s Coal Power Boom
While the United States and Europe continue to implode their own economies and virtue-signal to the world by restricting its consumption of ‘fossil fuels’ (hydrocarbons), the Chinese are moving forward with coal imports, coal mining and the construction of new coal-fired power plants – as it strives to become the world’s leading economy.
Kim Jong Un Is Putin’s and Xi’s New Best Friend
This week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan. Xi’s trip, which includes both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, will be his first time outside of China’s borders since the COVID-19 pandemic started two and a half years ago—a sign of confidence that his absence won’t mean trouble ahead of the upcoming 20th Party Congress, and perhaps also a convenient excuse for frank words with Putin. The meeting will be their first face-to-face encounter since they declared an “no limits” partnership just before Russia invaded Ukraine, a rhetorical arrangement that has largely backfired for China in the face of global anger and Russian military catastrophes.
US Gov't To Broaden Chip Curbs To China, Reuters Says
The Biden administration plans to broaden curbs on US exports of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence to China and chipmaking tools, Reuters reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. This comes after the US government recently restricted exports of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s artificial intelligence chips to the country.
"The Mob Overlooks That The Elite Have To Raise Rates To Try And Preserve Even A Part Of The System They Have Built For Themselves"
Recent events have again been so dramatic a Twitter intellect noted, “One day they will write a book about this.” I nodded, then realised of course they will write a book about it: it’s called history. Then I quickly remembered that nobody will read it, or learn anything from it regardless.
I’m not just talking about Sweden’s election seeing a party with Nazi roots surge, as Italian opinion polls point to a larger right shift. Rather, I have long held a Wittgensteinian view that as we progressed from daubing images on cave walls to become Renaissance “men of letters”, so our public ability to conceive of higher concepts did too; and as we regress back to emoticons, so our thinking will become more cave-man like. An article from Harrington (drawing on Garfinkle) agrees the internet-addicted public’s inability to do long-form reading is rewiring our biology and sociology. Skimming and clicking shift us from true cognition towards “continuous partial attention” - which sounds like almost everyone in markets. It also has broader consequences:
“If “deep reading” produced democracy as its governing political form, what can we expect to see associated with its networked digital successor? As Garfinkle sees it, this would probably be toward “a less abstract, re-personalized form of social and political authority concentrated in a ‘great’ authoritarian leader””.
UN Report: 50 million People Trapped in ‘Modern Slavery’
While the political left and progressives in the US, Canada and Europe continue to invoke the woke and rail against slavery which happened 200 or 400 years ago, the epidemic of modern slavery continues to go relatively unnoticed.
Norwegian central bank uses Ethereum to build national digital currency
The central bank of Norway has hit a major milestone in digital currency efforts, releasing the open-source code for the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) sandbox.
Available on GitHub, the sandbox is designed to offer an interface for interacting with the test network, enabling functions like minting, burning and transferring ERC-20 tokens, the Norges Bank’s official CBDC partner Nahmii said in a blog post.
Biden Admin Has Issued The Fewest Oil And Gas Leases Since The 1940s
While President Biden stands in front of podium after podium assuring the American people he is doing everything within his power to help bring down the costs of energy in the country, the facts tell a different story.
In fact, it was reported last week that Biden's administration has "leased fewer acres of land for oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters than any administration in the last 76 years," according to the Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal.
Armenia Requests Russian Military Assistance As Fighting Breaks Out With Azerbaijan
The overnight outbreak of fighting in multiple spots along the Armenian-Azerbaijan border is serious enough for Yerevan to have asked for its powerful ally Russia's help. This has been revealed hours after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a late night telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin. The Armenian government has since confirmed it has requested Russian military assistance to repel Azerbaijan aggression and shelling, according to a statement (machine translation):
"During the meeting, further steps were discussed to counter the aggressive actions of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia that began at midnight. In connection with the aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, it was decided to officially appeal to the Russian Federation in order to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, as well as to the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the UN Security Council.
New Biden Executive Order: 'Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy': what say you? Frightening?
I need to read this slowly to study it more; 'We need to develop genetic engineering technologies and techniques to be able to write circuitry for cells'??? Why do we need a Presidential EO for this?
Federation of Arab American Associations (FEARAB) condemns coercive economic measures imposed on Syria
Addressing the President of the UN General and Assembly and the President of the UN Security Council in two message, the Federation board of directors of FEARAB said that the barbaric terrorism and the interference of states in Syria’s affairs caused the destruction of large parts of infrastructure and public service facilities and the displacement of a large number of people.
Biden Scrambles For Damage Control After Disastrous Inflation Report
After bragging just four weeks ago that the economy had "zero percent inflation" in the month of July (looking at cherry picked month-over-month figures which completely ignored the highest food price inflation since 1979), President Biden issued yet another insultingly stupid statement in response to Tuesday's extremely hot CPI print which sent markets into turmoil and rate hike expectations shooting higher.
Other News
Abp. Viganò: The damages of this ‘pontificate’ are incalculable
'It seems obvious to me that the assessment of the intellectual dishonesty of the proponents of the recent restrictions on liturgical matters – all of whom are emissaries of Bergoglio – is inexorably negative.'
Julian Assange’s kin accept keys to Mexico City on his behalf
The mayor of Mexico’s capital presented the keys to the city on Wednesday to the father and brother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently jailed in London facing possible extradition to the United States on charges of violating the Espionage Act.
“It is an honor to give you the keys to the city. It is a act symbolic of what Mexico City represents: freedom of expression,” Claudia Sheinbaum said.
Man Claiming To Be Prince Of Ghana Standing Trial Over $800,000 Fraud Scheme
The man known as “Daryl Attipoe” displayed all the apparent hallmarks of success, power, and wealth. He wore nice clothes, exuded charisma, and drove two high-end cars: a sporty red Dodge Viper and a sleek black Mercedes-Benz.
He boasted of exotic business ventures, such as mining for chrome and diamonds. He asserted that he was a member of the royal family in the West African nation of Ghana.
Twitter Ramps Up Wrongthink Apparatus Ahead Of Midterms
As Democrats seek to hobble the competition ahead of the 2022 midterms - between Trump's ongoing Mar-a-Lago raid drama, a Steve Bannon indictment over fundraising for a private wall, and Biden's DOJ slapping 35 Trump associates with warrants or subpoenas - 'Big Tech' is doing their part to protect establishment narratives from dangerous wrongthink.
7,000 Smuggled Donkey Penises Intercepted By Nigerian Officials After Smell From Sacks Aroused Suspicion
Donkey skin and penises are frequently traded illegally from Nigeria to China for the purpose of the manufacture of Chinese medicine. Now, 7,000 smuggled donkey penises have been intercepted by Nigerian officials after smell from sacks aroused suspicion.
Facebook spied on private messages of Americans who questioned 2020 election
Facebook has been spying on the private messages and data of American users and reporting them to the FBI if they express anti-government or anti-authority sentiments — or question the 2020 election — according to sources within the Department of Justice.
Kamala Comes Out Of Hiding, Slams "Activist" Supreme Court
On Meet the Press, Vice President Kamala Harris denounced the conservatives on the Supreme Court as “activists” due to their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. She objected that the decision ignored decades of precedent and “we are suffering as a nation because of it.” The common attack on the integrity of the justices is beneath the office of the Vice President and only legitimates the unfair attacks on these justices who are fulfilling their oath to uphold what they believe are the dictates of the Constitution (as did their colleagues in dissent in Dobbs).
Yet another “whistleblower” means yet more censorship
A new Twitter “whistleblower” has come forward. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, allegedly a former hacker and Twitter’s ex-head of security, testified in front of congress today, with dire warnings about the business practices of the social media giant.
Did he talk about the company’s egregious attacks on their users’ free speech under the guise of “protecting” the public?
Did he mention the suppression of alternative and independent journalism through practices such as “shadow-banning” and discretely removing followers?
Some 9/11 Content
WATCH: False Flags – The Secret History of Al Qaeda Part 3
America’s decades-long debacle in the Middle East—from the invasion, occupation and eventual choatic retreat from Afghanistan to the illegal invasion of Iraq and the rise of ISIS to the regime change operations in Libya and Syria—had been portrayed as a “failure” of military planning.
But, when viewed in its proper context, the war on terror was no failure. In fact, waged on fictitious grounds against a shadow enemy, the great military campaign of the 21st century was not a war on terror at all. It was a war of terror, a pretext for the construction of an international security grid in the name of fighting a bogeyman that never existed in the first place.
And by that metric, the war of terror was successful beyond its planners’ wildest dreams…
This is the third part of James Corbett’s series on the history of al Qaeda, you can watch part 1 here and part 2 here. Links, sources and shownotes – as well as a transcript and audio only version – are available here.
WATCH: Covid19/11 – Narratives Intertwined (Full version)
In 2021, on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Off-Guardian asked 15 experts, including scientists, medical practitioners, journalists and activists, to share their views on 9/11 and the Covid-19 narrative.
Perhaps these two narratives have more in common than we realise? A global War on Terror filtering into a global war against a virus, both instrumental in cracking down on personal liberties, both instilling unprecedented fear into world populations.
JAMES FETZER ON THE 9/11 COVERUP
In the following two-hour conversation, James presents 135 slides and an enormous amount of critique, including
what happened (or didn’t happen) at the Pentagon;
what happened (or didn’t happen) at Shanksville;
why planes could not have crashed into the Twin Towers;
why two of the four planes didn’t even take off;
why Osama and Muslim “terrorists” were a false flag;
the use of “mini-nukes” (which gives weight to the spike in cancers);
the names and faces of those involved; and
the motivations behind the operation.
I recommend watching instead of listening, for obvious reasons.
JFK To 9/11: Everything Is A Rich Man's Trick
This is one of the only documentaries that actually speaks on the real Secret Societies which for most are still a secret. Shocking, informative, eye-opening, professionally presented, and well worth a very attentive watch, or two.
Authoritatively written and narrated by Francis Richard Conolly, the film begins its labyrinthine tale during the era of World War I, when the wealthiest and most powerful figures of industry discovered the immense profits to be had from a landscape of ongoing military conflict. The film presents a persuasive and exhaustively researched argument that these towering figures formed a secret society by which they could orchestrate or manipulate war-mongering policies to their advantage on a global scale, and maintain complete anonymity in their actions from an unsuspecting public. Conolly contends that these sinister puppet masters have functioned and thrived throughout history, to the build-up and aftermath of September 11.
Everything is a Rich Man's Trick examines a defining event of our times from a perspective not often explored. While it may or may not win over viewers who remain skeptical of mass-scale conspiracy, it presents its findings in a measured and meticulous manner that demands attention and consideration.
The Forgetting of 9/11
I have written a lot about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 over the years, including a book on United Flight 93, which went down a few hours from my home in central Pennsylvania. In much of that work, I argued for the importance of that day not only in its human and material cost but also in what it represented as a contribution to the American civil religion. Core aspects of traditional American national identity—masculine heroism, a democratic citizenry prepared to stand in its defense, the deeply spiritual values that were present at the country’s origin—were displayed that day. I believed our collective memory of the response to terror by our heroic co-citizens would be sustained in our culture and perhaps even point the way to a return to previous unity.
The September 11 Lesson on Creating Change
Much will be said, remembered and commemorated on this day, the 21st anniversary of the tragedies on September 11, 2001.
While there are many lessons from what happened prior to, during and following that day, there’s one take-a-way that should never be forgotten: the political and economic power elite never lets a tragedy, catastrophe or crisis go to waste to further attempt to increase their political and/or economic dominance.
Barry Jennings Revisited. Is His Explosive WTC 7 Testimony Still Court-Worthy?
Among all the highly credible video and forensic evidence indicating that WTC Building 7 was brought down by explosive controlled demolition on September 11, 2001, the accounts of explosions related by eyewitness Barry Jennings are particularly persuasive.
9/11, Osamagate and The “Blowback”. America’s “Just War” against Afghanistan
Within hours of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was identified as the architect of the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon, without a shred of evidence.
On the following day, the “war on terrorism” was launched. The media disinformation campaign went into full gear.
From the outset, the objective was to use 9/11 as a pretext for launching the first phase of the Middle East Central Asian War, which consisted in the bombing and occupation of Afghanistan. This was achieved by sustaining the myth that Muslim terrorists supported by the Afghan government had attacked the WTC on September 11, 2001.
To this date there is no evidence that Al Qaeda was behind these attacks.
Other Interesting Reads and Videos
JOHN PILGER: Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
"Pinter was a friend of mine and possibly the last great political sage – that is, before dissenting politics were gentrified. I asked him if the “hypnosis” he referred to was the “submissive void” described by Leni Riefenstahl.
“It’s the same,” he replied. “It means the brainwashing is so thorough we are programmed to swallow a pack of lies. If we don’t recognise propaganda, we may accept it as normal and believe it. That’s the submissive void.”
Mass Formation Hypnosis Disorder
Well, gosh, this is kind of embarrassing. For approximately the last two and a half years, I have been documenting, analyzing, and occasionally satirizing the so-called “New Normal,” i.e., the new, pathologized, official ideology that has been rolled out all across the planet by the global-capitalist ruling classes under the pretext of combating an apocalyptic pandemic … or at least that’s what I thought was going on.
As it turns out, I was totally wrong.
Looks like ever since 9/11 and COVID, we have not learned anything. We live in an idiocracy…
Great blog. Keep up the good work.