World Economic Forum 2019 Report Warned " Technologies make it increasingly easy for new Biological Threats to be manufactured and released"

 SSTNews

Mark Matheny



Every Year the World Economic Forum releases what is called a "Global Risks Report" 

What is interesting is the report they released in 2019. 

Page 44 of the report that year is titled Going Viral The Transformation of Biological Risks.

On page 45 of the report it states:

This chapter considers another set of threats being shaped by global transformations: biological pathogens. Changes in how we live have increased the risk of a devastating outbreak occurring naturally, while emerging technologies make it increasingly easy for new biological threats to be manufactured and released—either deliberately or by accident.

The report goes on to say that the world is badly under prepared for even modest biological outbreaks.

Going on to page 49, it refers to "Deliberate Attacks" 

Even if restraint on the part of state actors could be guaranteed, biological weapons still have attractions for malicious non-state actors. The current state of microbial forensics would make it difficult to reliably attribute a biological attack, and the impact could be incalculable: the direct effects—fatalities and injuries— would be compounded by potentially grave societal and political disruption.

 Pgs 44-51

Read the Report Here

A peer-reviewed U.S. study found that the experimental COVID vaccine being rolled out across the world poses multiple serious adverse side effect risks.

 Infowars

August 11, 2021


The May 2021 study, called “Worse than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19” published in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice and Research, was conducted by by senior scientist Dr. Stephanie Seneff at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and Naturopathic oncology specialist Dr. Greg Nigh.

The study thoroughly analyzes the possible pathways in which the experimental mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna could be causing serious adverse effects in vaccinated individuals.

“Both are delivered through muscle injection, and both require deep-freeze storage to keep the RNA from breaking down,” Seneff and Nigh stated.

“This is because, unlike double-stranded DNA which is very stable, single-strand RNA products are apt to be damaged or rendered powerless at warm temperatures and must be kept extremely cold to retain their potential efficacy.”

“This form of mRNA delivered in the vaccine is never seen in nature, and therefore has the potential for unknown consequences…manipulation of the code of life could lead to completely unanticipated negative effects, potentially long term or even permanent.”

The study explained how one notable vaccine side effect called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is brought on by the spike proteins produced in the human body via the mRNA injection.

“The mRNA vaccines ultimately deliver the highly antigenic spike protein to antigen-presenting cells. As such, monoclonal antibodies against the spike protein are the expected outcome of the currently deployed mRNA vaccines,” Seneff and Nigh wrote.

“Human spike protein monoclonal antibodies were found to produce high levels of cross-reactive antibodies against endogenous human proteins. Given evidence only partially reviewed here, there is sufficient reason to suspect that antibodies to the spike protein will contribute to ADE provoked by prior SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination, which may manifest as either acute or chronic autoimmune and inflammatory conditions.”

The study also produced evidence of vaccine shedding, prion and neurodegenerative diseases, and coronavirus variants brought on by vaccinating a minority of the public.

The study concluded by suggesting that public health institutions employ a more cautious approach to rolling out new experimental technologies to the public rather than rush to get everybody jabbed when long-term data has not yet been collected.

“Public policy around mass vaccination has generally proceeded on the assumption that the risk/benefit ratio for the novel mRNA vaccines is a ‘slam dunk.’ With the massive vaccination campaign well under way in response to the declared international emergency of COVID-19, we have rushed into vaccine experiments on a world-wide scale,” Seneff and Nigh wrote.

“At the very least, we should take advantage of the data that are available from these experiments to learn more about this new and previously untested technology. And, in the future, we urge governments to proceed with more caution in the face of new biotechnologies.”

Read the study here

World Economic Forum 2019 Report Warned " Technologies make it increasingly easy for new Biological Threats to be manufactured and released"

 SSTNews

Mark Matheny



Every Year the World Economic Forum releases what is called a "Global Risks Report" 

What is interesting is the report they released in 2019. 

Page 44 of the report that year is titled Going Viral The Transformation of Biological Risks.

On page 45 of the report it states:

This chapter considers another set of threats being shaped by global transformations: biological pathogens. Changes in how we live have increased the risk of a devastating outbreak occurring naturally, while emerging technologies make it increasingly easy for new biological threats to be manufactured and released—either deliberately or by accident.

The report goes on to say that the world is badly under prepared for even modest biological outbreaks.

Going on to page 49, it refers to "Deliberate Attacks" 

Even if restraint on the part of state actors could be guaranteed, biological weapons still have attractions for malicious non-state actors. The current state of microbial forensics would make it difficult to reliably attribute a biological attack, and the impact could be incalculable: the direct effects—fatalities and injuries— would be compounded by potentially grave societal and political disruption.

 Pgs 44-51

Read the Report Here


Truly Disturbing! Tourist is Brutally beaten and Robbed!

 News Wars

August 9, 2021


A 22-year-old man was brutally beaten and robbed during a recent visit to Seattle, Washington, according to reports.

The incident unfolded at around 6:15 p.m. on July 31 as a young photographer who goes by the handle Caliber Visuals was walking down a street in the Mount Baker neighborhood of the city.

In shocking surveillance footage released by Seattle police, the victim is approached by a black male suspect who can be seen extending his hand for a shake.

WARNING: DISTURBING FOOTAGE

Visuals appears to engage in the handshake, but the suspect refuses to let go, slamming his victim to the pavement.

The victim is stomped repeatedly in the head and face, eventually losing consciousness.

His barbaric attacker delivers another vicious kick to the side of his head as he lays motionless on the ground.

The suspect can be seen rifling through Visuals’ pockets before making off with around $900 in cash, an iPhone 12, a wallet, and the keys to a car, according to the victim.

“My friends found me unconscious laying on the ground where the ambulance insisted to pick [me] up and rush me to the hospital,” Visuals explained on a post on GoFundMe.

“My left eyes was fractured and bleeding in my brain, when I got to the hospital I had to take multiple MRI’s to make sure I didn’t need surgery right away. Four days later im trying to stay positive with the facts im still here and able to move forward in life but I still find myself spitting up blood and severe headaches.”

Crime is rising across the city, but Seattle police are short-staffed and incapable of providing adequate patrols, according to local radio host Jason Rantz.

“The situation may soon worsen. A police and prison abolitionist, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, just won the primary for Seattle City Attorney. She’s vowed not to prosecute most misdemeanors. Those criminals often graduate to felonies,” Rantz wrote in an article about the attack.

Authorities are requesting anyone with pertinent information to contact the Seattle Police Department’s Robbery Unit at 206-684-5535.

Renowned German Pathologist Urges More Autopsies of Vaccinated People Due to High Rate of Vaccine-related Deaths

 The New American

August 6, 2021

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A renowned German pathologist has sounded the alarm on the number of fatal consequences of COVID-19 vaccinations being drastically underestimated, according to his findings.

Peter Schirmacher, the director of the Pathological Institute of the University of Heidelberg, who was admired by The Pathologist magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential professionals in the field, stated that 30 to 40 percent of people who died within two weeks after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and whom he performed an autopsy on died from the vaccination, according to the local outlet Augsburger Allgemeine.

The pathologist argues that just like cadavers of people who died from COVID-19, corpses of people who die within the short period of time after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine should be examined more frequently and meticulously. He added that currently, pathologists do not study possible connections between inoculation and a development of deadly health implications such as cerebral vein thrombosis or autoimmune diseases. Since vaccinated people usually do not die under clinical observation, Schirmacher explains, “The doctor examining the corpse does not establish a context with the vaccination and certifies a natural death and the patient is buried. Or he certifies an unclear type of death, and the public prosecutor sees no third-party fault and releases the corpse for burial.”

Schirmacher said that in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, his autopsy group worked closely with public prosecutors, the police, and resident doctors to study the phenomenon, and that the vaccine-related morbidity rate that they established is a “politically explosive statement in times when the vaccination campaign is losing momentum, the delta variant is spreading rapidly and restrictions on non-vaccinated people are being discussed.”

Baden-Württemberg Science Minister Theresia Bauer stated that the findings of 200 autopsies of COVID-19 victims have led, among other things, to better treatment and ventilation of COVID-19 patients. “The knowledge gained here therefore helps to be able to treat sick people better and more successfully and to save lives,” Bauer added.

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Dr. Kaufman Warns That Humans Injected With Covid Shot Become 'Toxin Factories'

 Mark Matheny

August 4, 2021


In a recent interview at The Red Pill Expo, Dr. Andrew Kaufman warned that those injected with the experimental RNA Covid shots are becoming factories for spike proteins that travel in the bloodstream throughout the body, causing real concern.

In the interview he explains that new information has come to light in a study he was privy to, that has not yet been published, but has been spoken of in the media.

Dr. Kaufman stated that the Pharmaceutical Companies that made the vaccines never truly researched to see if human subjects could actually produce the spike proteins from the genetic code in the vaccine prior to releasing the Injections for public use.

The Study only used 13 subjects to evaluate using the Moderna Vaccine. 

The Tests revealed the spike proteins in the blood of the subjects up to two weeks from the start of testing.

According to Dr. Kaufman, the Moderna mRNA Gene produces the spike protein not only in the cells, but also which travel through the blood to all areas of the body, and possibly other parts of the body and fluids as well.

One other aspect Dr. Kaufman spoke on was 'Bio distribution' which the makers failed to research before distributing the jab. 

" When you inject it into your arm,  where does it actually go in your body? Now there was some [...] delusional scientists who would think it would just stay in your arm at the sight of injection, but we have this thing called blood that circulates around our body and it brings things from one part of the body to the next."

He went on to explain that  a Canadian scientist that received a FOIA request from a Japanese Bio Distribution Study which summarized that the spike proteins travel throughout the body and can become concentrated in areas of concern that correspond with certain reported adverse effects such as the menstrual problems occurring in women.

"... it seems that a preponderance of this material goes to the female genital track." 

He went on to say this might be the reason for the high amounts of toxicity, heavy periods, miscarriages and possible infertility in the long term.

Further into the interview Dr. Kaufman explained the dangers of the possible 'shedding' of the vaccine from those vaccinated to the unvaccinated. 

Dr Kaufman reminded us to also remember that the vaccinated are not the enemy of the unvaccinated. The enemies are those trying to force the experimental gene therapy upon us and that we must have compassion for those suffering from this onslaught.

You can see the full interview here: https://rumble.com/vkoifb-andrew-kaufman.html

Is The FDA Approval of Pfizer Jab the Prelude to Federal Mandatory Vaccination Program?

 Mark Matheny

August 4, 2021


While Many Americans are skeptical of taking the Covid 19 'Gene Therapy' commonly called a vaccine by the controlled mainstream media, Big Pharma is salivating over the news that the FDA may approve the jab within a couple weeks.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that they are accelerating their timetable in order to fully approve the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine by early September.

According to The New York Times:

The F.D.A.'s unofficial deadline is Labor Day or sooner, according to multiple people familiar with the plan. The Agency said in a statement that its leaders recognized that approval might inspire more public confidence and had "taken an all-hands-on-deck approach" to the work.

Meanwhile,  The Big Apple has decided to accelerate the "great Reset Agenda" by requiring proof of vaccination to enter all restaurants, fitness centers and indoor entertainment venues, by command of Mayor Bill De Blasio.

This move comes as the Globalist vaccination scheme is running into resistance not only in the United States, but in many other countries already familiar with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and previous vaccination campaigns that have left thousands injured or dead.

Here in the United States, the Mainstream media continues to show their disappointment in the low percentage of vaccinated Americans by calling for the unvaccinated to be prohibited from buying food and from moving about freely - (Mark of the Beast anyone?)

According to NPR, only 49.7% of Americans have taken the experimental Gene therapy.

CNN news reported recently that The Biden Administration is developing a plan to mandate vaccinations for nearly all foreign visitors to the United States, but are still in early stages of development.

It appears quite clear that The Elites are desperate to get the rubber stamp of approval By the FDA in order to push mandates to schools, Universities and other institutions while calling upon private businesses to require mandatory vaccines for all employees to keep their jobs. 

As winter nears, and the common cold increases, I believe the controlled media Dooms Day cult will  pour on the fearmongering against the unvaccinated, demanding the Federal Government to step in with an all out mandatory vaccination Agenda.

They know there is a line that many Americans have drawn in the sand, and forced vaccines will cross that line, setting off the powder keg of  patriotic resistance.


Why Are Globalists And Governments So Desperate For 100% Vaccination Rates?

 Alt Market

August 1, 2021



I don’t think I am the only person that has noticed it – There has been a sudden deluge of covid vaccination propaganda and vaccine passport propaganda in the past month, more so than I think we have seen since the beginning of this year. 

I am speaking of the US in particular, but it is important to point out that in the US the establishment is still desperately clamoring for a much higher vaccination rate. In places like Europe, the UK and Australia vaccinations rates are higher and governments have moved on to the vaccine passport phase of their agenda.

Some people may be confused by the obvious lockstep that most nations are moving in as far as covid mandates and restrictions are concerned. How is it possible that almost all the governments on the planet are in agreement on medical totalitarianism? Well, it’s rather easy to understand when you realize the majority of them are linked together through globalist institutions like the World Economic Forum, which has repeatedly called the pandemic a “perfect opportunity” to push through their plans for a “Great Reset”.

The “Great Reset” is a long term ideological usurpation of what’s left of individual freedom and free market economies, and it’s goal is the imposition of a global socialist/communist dictatorship. Globalists wrap these objectives in pretty sounding words and humanitarian sounding aspirations, but at bottom the “Reset” is about an end to liberty as we know it. This is not an exaggeration, this is reality; this is what these people desire above all else. But how to achieve such a goal?

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IT’S REAL: Science paper documents “self-assembled magnetic nanosystems” for cybernetic biocircuitry interface and control systems in humans, including “DNA hydrogel” tech

 SSTN

July 21, 2021


The average person living today has little idea how far the development of self-assembling nanotech biocircuits has progressed. So-called “fact-checkers” (professional propagandists and liars) deliberately mislead people into thinking there’s no such thing as a self-assembling graphene-based biocircuitry system that could be feasibly injected into people and called a “vaccine,” but the published scientific literature lays out a comprehensive, well-documented body of research that shows this technology is quite real… and has been tested in biological systems for at least two decades.

A “self-assembling” system means that a person is injected with instructions that set into motion a process where a structure is assembled inside the body, using resources available in the blood (such as iron and oxygen atoms). In effect, nanotech self-assembly means that a microchip doesn’t need to be “injected” into someone, since the circuitry can be assembled in vivo after injection.

Every biological creature on Earth is a living example of self-assembly, by the way, since DNA is a self-assembled nanostructure. Genetic replication is, of course, a process rooted in self-assembly. So anyone who doesn’t realize self-assembly is a real phenomenon is rather ignorant, even about the mechanisms at work in their own body. Viral replication is also a self-assembly process, of course.

“A myriad of magnetic nanosystems can be created by using self-assembly as a synthetic tool,” says the abstract of a study published in January of this year. Published in the journal Aggregate Open Access, it’s  entitled: Self-assembled magnetic nanomaterials: Versatile theranostics nanoplatforms for cancer.

The paper focuses on, “Self-assembled magnetic nanomaterials (MNMs)” and details their use in biomedicine, writing:

[M]agnetic fields have been widely used for nanomaterials assembled of one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) aggregates.

The study makes reference to the self-assembly of iron oxide nanoparticles, which can exhibit magnetic properties in certain configurations. These are known as SPIONs (Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles).

The paper explains:

This approach could be used for the assembling process of other MNPs such as Ni NPs, Co NPs, and Fe3O4 NPs. Such self-assembly strategy might play an important role in the construction of DDSs. (Drug Delivery Systems)

Additionally, the paper makes reference to self-assembled cubic nanoparticles (functional 3D nano structures) in solution:

Wang et al. reported growth of Fe3O4 nanowires induced by the magnetic field.[38] Subsequently, Taheri et al. reported the discovery of an interesting magnetic field–induced self-assembled phenomenon of cubic nanoparticles (NPs) in solution (Figures 1(A)–1(E)).

In addition, the magnetic field also shows their great ability in NPs’ assembly. Magnetic field–induced self-assembly simplifies the operation steps, but requires accurate magnetic field control equipment to achieve, which increases the dependence on the equipment.

What’s clear from this analysis is that external magnetic fields can direct the self-assembly of nanostructures which can function as cybernetic biocircuity interface systems in the human body.

The self-assembly of iron oxide nanowires

Another study published in 2004 in the journal Advanced Materials shows some of the early research in self-assembly of iron oxide nanowires using external magnetic fields.

See: Magnetic-Field-Induced Growth of Single-Crystalline Fe3O4 Nanowires

Single-crystalline nanowires of Fe3O4 hydrothermally synthesized under a magnetic field are reported. The square and hexagonal crystals formed in zero applied field are shown to give way to nanowires as the magnetic field is increased.

And that was 17 years ago.

What researchers have discovered since then is that the required energy to initiate self-assembly is surprisingly small. From the first paper, above:

The interaction between the induced magnetic dipole and the external field was very weak, which was on the order of van der Waals force. The past decades have witnessed the progress of the self-assembly of MNMs under magnetic fields.

What this means, essentially, is that relatively weak broadcast energies can induce the growth of nanowires inside the human body, given the right substances being injected into the body to start with. The van der Waals force describes a very weak intermolecular bonding phenomenon that’s well known in mainstream science.

Here’s an electronic microscopy image of some of the nanoparticle lattices created through external magnetic fields:

Magnetically controllable DNA hydrogels

The same study also mentions “DNA hydrogels,” explaining that they are “magnetically controllable.” From the study: (emphasis added)

DNA is considered as a core genetic biological molecule in living systems. Although DNA molecules are composed of simple units, different deoxynucleotide chains and flexible conformations can be achieved through precise design and organization, which can be programmed. In other words, this is the nature of DNA self-assembly. For example, Ma et al. introduced DNA-modified MNPs, Y-scaffolds, and DNA linkers into the framework of DNA hydrogels to construct magnetic controllable DNA hydrogels.

If you’re wondering what “DNA hydrogels” are all about, another paper published in 2019 reveals some clues: DNA hydrogel-empowered biosensing

That paper explains how “smart hydrogels” self-modify in response to the organism: (emphasis added)

DNA hydrogels as special members in the DNA nanotechnology have provided crucial prerequisites to create innovative gels owing to their sufficient stability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and tunable multifunctionality. These properties have tailored DNA hydrogels for various applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, sensors, and cancer therapy.

Recently, DNA-based materials have attracted substantial consideration for the exploration of smart hydrogels, in which their properties can change in response to chemical or physical stimuli. In other words, these gels can undergo switchable gel-to-sol or sol-to-gel transitions upon application of different triggers. Moreover, various functional motifs like i-motif structures, antisense DNAs, DNAzymes, and aptamers can be inserted into the polymer network to offer a molecular recognition capability to the complex. In this manuscript, a comprehensive discussion will be endowed with the recognition capability of different kinds of DNA hydrogels and the alternation in physicochemical behaviors upon target introducing.

Starting to get the picture?

Once these nanostructures are assembled inside the body, they are controlled through external magnetic fields or electromagnetic broadcasts, requiring very little power.

It’s all real

What this research demonstrates is that:

  • Self-assembling nanotechnology is real.
  • Biocircuitry interface nanotech is real.
  • The nanowires and nanocircuits can be controlled by external electromagnetic fields.
  • This tech has been studied and developed for at least two decades and is backed by a large body of published research.
  • It is therefore feasible for today’s “vaccines” to contain self-assembling nanotechnology that interfaces with human biology and is controlled by external broadcasts. This doesn’t prove that such a scenario is happening for certain, but it shows that the tech exists and is feasible.

If you’re still not convinced, consider this text from a study published nearly a decade ago, in December of 2012:

Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Delivery Systems for Biotherapeutics

This review covers recently-developed magnetically-driven delivery systems, their unique characteristics, and their applicability for delivery of biotherapeutics. Since methods for synthesis of SPIONs and use of SPIONs as MRI contrast agents for diagnosis have been extensively reviewed [18, 19], this review focuses on the SPION-based formulations that are specific to delivery of biotherapeutics. Magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in organic solvent and aqueous solutions can be loaded within liposomes, micelles, hydrogels, and micro/nanospheres during formulation.

First, we examine recent formulation strategies for modification of SPIONs including particle clustering and encapsulation within hydrogels, liposomes, micelles, and micro-/nano-spheres. Second, we discuss the considerations to be taken into account in design of SPION-based carriers for the delivery of specific biotherapeutics including cells, proteins/peptides, genes, and viruses. Further, we examine several commercial magnetic nanoparticles for delivery of biotherapeutics. Finally, we provide perspectives in the future directions of magnetically triggered, SPION-based carriers for biotherapeutics, and their potential clinical applications.

That was nearly a decade ago. Imagine what has been developed and deployed in the years since.

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Greene: Dr. Fauci, China Must Be Held Accountable For COVID ‘Bioweapon’

 SST NEWS

June 16, 2021



"We've got to hold him accountable. We have to hold China accountable, and they have to pay reparations," Greene says. "This is something we're demanding."


Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) laid into Dr. Anthony Fauci and Communist China during a news conference Tuesday over their roles in creating and releasing COVID-19 upon the world.

“How do you feel about being part of a human experiment with COVID-19? Because that has been what we have been over this past year,” Greene began.


“And the reason why we deserve answers is because of Dr. Fauci’s emails with him himself stating that he funded to the Wuhan lab this gain of function research.”

Greene then claimed that humanity became “victims of a bioweapon” due to Fauci’s gain of function research at the Wuhan lab.

“And here’s the question that needs to be asked: why would there ever be viruses created, taken out of nature, that can be shared and passed among bats or other creatures, and then harnessed and then changed into some sort of virus that can be spread among people?” she asked.

“There’s a word for that. It’s called bioweapon,” she added. “Were we all victims of a bioweapon? We demand answers.”

The Georgia congresswoman also pointed out how Fauci misled President Trump on the true death rate of the coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic to justify unprecedented nationwide lockdowns.

“He told President Trump millions were going to die,” Greene said. “He was saying that on CNN in March. But yet in his email, he stated the spread rate and the death rate was going to be several hundred thousand. Imagine that, advising the president one way, but yet in his own personal emails admitting the truth.”

Greene then blamed Fauci for essentially “governing” the country with unprecedented recommendations like lockdowns and wearing masks all the time.

“Dr. Fauci must be fired. People that are not elected by the American People should never be governing our country, should never be controlling our lives. We’ve got to hold him accountable. We have to hold China accountable, and they have to pay reparations,” Green concluded. “This is something we’re demanding.”

Greene introduced the Fire Fauci Act in April, which has since gained 10 Republican co-sponsors.

If the bill passes, Fauci could still keep his job, but his salary would be reduced to $0.

But given Democrats control the House of Representatives, Greene’s measure is unlikely to pass.

This Article first appeared at Infowars.com

Fossil Fuels Aren't Dying, They're Shifting To National And State Backed Companies

 Zero Hedge

June 12, 2021


Despite the activist shareholder battles, calls for ESG changes and just outright negative press about fossil fuels, it looks like rumors of oil's death have been greatly exaggerated. Fossil fuels aren't dying - rather, their output is just being shifted to national and state owned companies. 

Even as the supermajor oil companies shrink in size and adhere to incessant criticism, fossil-fuel demand holds strong, according to Yahoo Finance. Activists have been the busiest they have been in years...

Recent weeks saw Exxon and Chevron rebuked by their own shareholders over climate concerns, while Shell lost a lawsuit in the Hague over the pace of its shift away from oil and gas.

...and this has been a tailwind for national oil companies (NOCs) and state owned players who aren't under the same pressure to play ball with activists. The report notes that "Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. are spending billions to boost their respective output capacities", as is Qatar Petroleum. 

NOC's share of global oil output is expected to rise to 65%, from about 50% today, by 2050. Companies like Exxon and Chevron are keeping output at lows and curtailing future investment in traditional oil and gas infrastructure. 

Patrick Heller, an adviser at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, told Yahoo Finance: “We hear government officials and NOC officials say, ‘We look at the divestment of international oil companies from some projects as an opportunity for us to grow. And I do think that’s potentially really risky.”

Jason Bordoff, director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, thinks that the shift to government owners could wind up doing just the opposite of what activists are intending on doing. 

"A shift in production to major nationally owned companies — such as in Latin America or the Gulf or Russia — carries geopolitical supply risks, while smaller independents have often demonstrated poorer safety and environmental practices,” he said.

And emissions and carbon footprints from NOCs will eventually need to be addressed. 

“NOCs are sort of the biggest keys when it comes to looking at country-level emissions. It’s easy to see how taking action on NOC emissions, especially methane, will yield pretty quick and more effective climate results,” Ratnika Prasad, director of energy strategy at the Environmental Defense Fund, said.

Recall, just days ago we wrote how Saudi and Russian oil producers were actually benefitting from activism in the industry involving Western producers. Wins in the courtroom for activists against Shell, Chevron and Exxon have been a tailwind for Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co and Gazprom, we wrote. The pressure for U.S. names to cut carbon emissions faster pushes more business to companies in Saudi Arabia and Russia, and to OPEC, Reuters reported. 

Among the recent wins was a Dutch court ruling that required Shell to "drastically cut emissions". Exxon and Chevron also both activist battles with shareholders who have accused the giants of not being proactive enough in addressing climate change. 

Amrita Sen from consultancy Energy Aspects said: “Oil and gas demand is far from peaking and supplies will be needed, but international oil companies will not be allowed to invest in this environment, meaning national oil companies have to step in.”

The Saudis, meanwhile, don't seem quite as alarmed by the issue of climate change. When The International Energy Agency issued guidance last month to scrap all new oil and gas developments, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman responded by stating: 

"It (the IEA report) is a sequel of the La La Land movie. Why should I take it seriously? We (Saudi Arabia) are ... producing oil and gas at low cost and producing renewables. I urge the world to accept this as a reality: that we’re going to be winners of all of these activities."

A spokesperson from Gazprom jabbed: "It looks like the West will have to rely more on what it calls 'hostile regimes' for its supply".

"Western oil majors like Shell have dramatically expanded in the last 50 years" as a result of the West trying to cut reliance on Middle Eastern and Russian oil, Reuters notes. Now these producers must balance a growing chorus of criticisms about climate change with continued output. 

Nick Stansbury at Legal & General, which manages $1.8 trillion, said: "It is vital that the global oil industry aligns its production to the Paris goals. But that must be done in step with policy, changes to the demand side, and the rebuilding of the world’s energy system. Forcing one company to do so in the courts may (if it is effective at all) only result in higher prices and foregone profits."

While Saudi Arabia claims to have targets to cut carbon emissions, it isn't beholden to U.N.-backed targets or activist investors like Western companies are. Gazprom has indicated a shift to natural gas to try and manage its carbon emissions. 

Western names account for about 15% of all output globally, while Russia and OPEC make up about 40%. At the same time, global oil consumption has risen to 100 million barrels per day from 65 million barrels per day in 1990. 

“The same oil and gas will still be produced. Just with lower ESG standards,” one Middle Eastern oil executive concluded.


JPMorgan Cuts Off Donations to Republicans Who Objected to 2020 Election Results

 Western Journal

June 6, 2021



The nation’s largest lender, JPMorgan Chase & Co., is set to resume political donations after pausing 

them in the wake of the Capitol incursion — but will maintain a freeze on donations to lawmakers 

who objected to the certification of the 2020 election.

Of course, like much of the narrative surrounding the Jan. 6 riot, this move is reliant upon the notion 

that objecting to the election is the same as barging into the Capitol in the middle of official 

proceedings with a motley crew of disgruntled voters and a far-left activist or two.

According to an internal memo obtained by Reuters, JPMorgan’s PAC will not donate to a “handful” 

of the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election in January.

The pause will last through the 2022 midterm elections.

I have no memory of JPMorgan or anyone else ending donations to the many vocal and prominent 

lawmakers who told us for years that the 2016 election was illegitimate, do you?

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Heroes and More.....



SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!!
Mark Matheny
May 31, 2021


"Every fallen soldier is a hero in my book..... but those sending them are the cowards...."
-Mark Matheny


Today is the day when we look back to remember those who have fallen in the horrors of war. Each man and woman who has put their life in danger to secure the blessings of liberty is a hero in my book.

Though the wars are now illegal, and used to fatten the military industrial complex, the soldiers are the ones who see the pain and anguish of the battle. The ones who make it back never truly leave the battlefield, for it remains in their memories.

For those who have not seen war, no documentary or testimony can ever bring the reality to them. Experience is the only real way of knowing.

It is shameful when media whores and gatekeepers attack the soldier who is on the field, simply fighting for the cause of Liberty, and family. War is sometimes necessary, and sometimes not -  but those who actually fight the battle, do so in order to keep us free. Those who send them most always do so in order to enslave, kill, steal and destroy.

One day war will come to an end, and true peace will reign in the earth. We will then beat our swords into plowshares, and the nations shall know war no more.

Until that time, men and women will continue to fall upon lonely battlefields.

Families will continue to mourn, and there will be those who fatten their coffers on the bodies of those heroes who sacrificed.

Henry Kissinger once said something to this effect...

"Soldiers are just dumb animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy", and while this may be partly true, it is only true because our nation has been educated in the ways of war, but in the ways of peace we have been ignorant.

I only know that my heart remembers the sacrifice of those fallen..... but more than that - it absolutely breaks for those who still have yet to fall.

Get our soldiers home!!! Lift up your voices and bring them home Now!!!!

I'm tired of seeing so many fallen Heroes....

Veteran Mark Matheny

Autonomous drones may have ‘hunted down’ and attacked troops in Libya without human control – UN report

 RT News

May 29, 2021


A UN report found that autonomous drones armed with explosive devices may have “hunted down” fleeing rebel fighters in Libya last year. If true, the report chronicles the world’s first true robot-on-human attack.

According to the report, anti-government Libyan National Army fighters, under military commander Khalifa Haftar, were retreating last March following an unsuccessful attack on Tripoli, when they ran into a swarm of terrifying aerial opponents.

They were “hunted down” by unmanned drones, as well as “lethal autonomous weapons systems,” the latter of which can be programmed by controllers to seek out and attack targets, and carry out these instructions even if communications with the controllers are severed.

Haftar’s fighters “were neither trained nor motivated to defend against the effective use of this new technology and usually retreated in disarray,” the report continues. While in retreat, “they were subject to continual harassment” from the killer robots.

It is unclear whether the drones were in contact with human controllers during these reported attacks, or whether they were directly responsible for any casualties or deaths. Were they operating autonomously, the scenario described in the report would likely mark a horrifying milestone: the first recorded incidence of truly independent robots attacking humans on the battlefield. However, the report does not specify what level of autonomy the robots were functioning under.

The drones, known as “loitering munitions,” are quadcopter-type vehicles outfitted with cameras and carrying small explosive devices. Left in an area to operate, they identify targets and dive from the air, blowing themselves up upon impact. The devices identified in Libya were ‘Kargu-2’ loitering munitions, deployed on the Libyan battlefield by Turkish forces allied with the UN-backed and Tripoli-based Government of National Accord.

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Top Brass Not Above The Law

 The New American

May 15, 2021

He should have taken his own advice: General James Mattis, a former Secretary of Defense, disparaged President Trump in the media over his handling of the George Floyd riots. This was out of character for Mattis, as someone who has traditionally stayed out of politics and commanded his men to do the same.

Politicized generals who maligned President Trump in their efforts to undermine his policies and force him out of office can and should be held accountable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).


When does a law become not a law? When the lawbreaker has reached such a high level in our society, or government, that his friends in government decide simply to ignore that law, as if nothing has happened. 

Can this happen in our American Republic, or is it limited to those third-world countries where the rule of law is not always followed?

Up until September 2020, I would have said, “Ranking U.S. military leaders would not flagrantly disregard the law; that cannot happen in America.” But all that has now changed, since, clearly, if you are or were in a position of power, you may be above the law.

Unfortunately, in America today, active-duty and retired military officers are violating the law and appear to be getting away with it. After bringing this to the attention of the appropriate governmental authorities to no avail, I am convinced that public pressure might be the only hope to get Congress to act to remedy this problem.

The law in question is extremely clear, and there is no doubt that it is being violated. Career members of the U.S. military, like all who have taken the oath in our Armed Forces, are subject to the jurisdiction of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and that jurisdiction and certain duties continue, even once they retire and draw pay. As to who is subject to the Code, Article 2 of that Code specifically states that it includes “retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay.” This places them under all laws in that Code for as long as they live.  

As early as 1880, in the case of United States v. Tyler, the Supreme Court held that officers on the retired list still remained in the service. This situation has been before the Supreme Court a number of times, and in Parker v. Levy (1974) the court made its position crystal clear with this statement: “While the members of the military are not excluded from the protection granted by the First Amendment, the different character of the military community and of the military mission requires a different application of those protections. The fundamental necessity for obedience, and the consequent necessity for imposition of discipline, may render permissible within the military that which would be constitutionally impermissible outside it.”(Emphasis added.) And the court then “nailed it to the wall” in 1992 in Barker v. Kansas when it said, “Military retirees unquestionably remain in the service and are subject to restrictions and recall — as well as ongoing punishment by military court-martial.” (Emphasis added.)

As recently as February 2021, the Supreme Court refused to review, for the second time in two years, a case based on this principle — thereby reaffirming their earlier decisions! Some may not like that situation — and there are additional cases working their way through lower civil courts attempting to have this “retired recall for trial” issue reversed. There is no way to predict that outcome. But, unless and until this article of the UCMJ is reversed or revised, it remains the existing law of the land and must be enforced. Simply put, retired members of the U.S. military must comply with all laws included in the UCMJ, or face recall to duty and trial by court martial.

Because he understood the importance of obedience down the chain of command, George Washington ensured that the original “Articles of War” included a law and punishment for any “ill words” spoken publicly about both military or civil government leaders. This has been retained in all versions of U.S. military law since that time, and in 1947, when Congress wrote the original version of the current UCMJ, it was included as Article 88, “Contempt toward officials.” It remains as such in the latest (December 20, 2019) UCMJ revision. Article 88 states, “Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President,the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.” (Emphasis added.) 

Congress has always considered this a very serious crime, providing punishment up to “Dismissal, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 1 year.” For instance, a four-star general, retired on 40 years of service, would lose over $250,000 per year; and in 1958, a retired flag officer, Admiral Selden Hooper, USN, was recalled and tried and convicted by a general court-martial with that maximum penalty. More than 150 service members have been tried and convicted since the Articles of War first carried these penalties.

The UCMJ also requires, under Article 137, “Articles to be explained: (c) TRAINING FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS. — Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, officers with the authority to convene courts-martial or to impose non-judicial punishment shall receive periodic training regarding the purposes and administration of this chapter.” (Emphasis added.) All senior officers have been deeply involved in carrying out the UCMJ during the later years of their service, and cannot claim “no knowledge of the law.”

One would think that such clear wording in the UCMJ would prevent senior officers from disparaging our nation’s leaders. In the past, this certainly was the case. Things have changed, apparently. In 2006, four senior retired officers “tested the waters” by making some damning public comments regarding then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Unfortunately, they were not charged, and escaped courtmartial. 

Some high-ranking military officers seem to uphold the UCMJ, only to violate it when it suits them. Consider the case of General James Mattis, USMC (Ret.). On June 13, 2018, while serving as secretary of defense under President Trump, Mattis wrote a “Memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments, Chiefs of the Military Services and Commanders of the Combatant Commands,” in which he emphasized, “It is incumbent on our leaders to ensure that American Forces are always the most disciplined on the battlefield.” “Enforcing standards is a critical component of making our force more lethal,” the Mattis memo noted. “Leaders must uphold proven standards. They should know the difference between a mistake and a lack of discipline.” Mattis insisted, “We must not tolerate or ignore lapses in discipline.” “The military justice system is a powerful tool that preserves good order and discipline while protecting the civil rights of Service members,” the Mattis memo continued. “It is a commander’s duty to use it.” Mattis went on to admonish commanders against the trend to forgo the UCMJ for easier administrative procedures. “Leaders must be willing to choose the harder right over theeasier wrong,” he stated. “Administrative actions should not be the default method to address illicit conduct simply because it is less burdensome than the military justice system.” Finally, Mattis declared, “let nothing prevent us from becoming the most disciplined force this world has ever known.” (Emphasis in original.) 

However, after resigning from his position as secretary of defense, General Mattis then ignored his own emphatic directive, and on June 3, 2020, issued an extraordinary criticism of President Trump’s leadership in a statement in The Atlantic magazine. “Donald Trump,” wrote Mattis, “is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership.” The Mattis attack was published one day after a similarly contemptuous article in the Atlantic by Admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as part of a well-coordinated political attack. 

Should current leaders follow General Mattis’ earlier advice and charge him with violating Article 88 of the UCMJ?

Another example: In June 1993, Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill Anthony “Tony” McPeak moved swiftly to protect his friend, Major General H. N. Campbell, who called President Bill Clinton a “dope smoking,” “skirt chasing,” “draft dodging” commander-in-chief. Instead of receiving a court martial, the 53-year-old General Campbell was ordered to pay a fine of $7,000, take an immediate retirement, and have an official letter of reprimand placed in his file. “This is not a trivial matter,” General McPeak said at a Pentagon news conference. “There should be no doubt about the lesson learned. The chain of command has to be almost pollution-free.It runs from the President all the way down to the corporal who pulls the trigger.” 

It may come as a surprise that the now-retired General McPeak, along with a significant number of other high-ranking retired military officers, affixed his signature to “An Open Letter to America” that spoke contemptuously of then-President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential campaign. This letter, written by a group of 489 individuals calling themselves “National Security Leaders for Biden,” received favorable coverage in most of the major media. It declared that President Trump “has demonstrated he is not equal to the enormous responsibilities of his office; he cannot rise to meet challenges large or small. Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us. Climate change continues unabated, as does North Korea’s nuclear program. The president has ceded influence to a Russian adversary who puts bounties on the heads of American military personnel, and his trade war against China has only harmed America’s farmers and manufacturers.” Had General McPeak totally forgotten about Article 88 of the UCMJ?

One might ask, “Do such statements have any impact on the outcome of elections?” I believe they do, especially in a close election! According to polls, the military as a profession has historically been highly respected by some 80 percent of the U.S. population, although recent polls have shown that number gradually sliding down to around 60 percent. When a number of high-ranking retired officers speak out in a partisan manner — not just as citizens, but using their military rank as part of their title — it certainly will have an impact on the members of the military, both active and retired, who perhaps knew, or served under, the officer making the damning statements. A few votes can swing an election one way or the other.

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