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Anthony Fauci’s Deceptions by DAVID ZWEIG
Antioxidants vs Spike by JESSICA ROSE
Thought Policeman: Rob Flaherty by JUSTIN HART
Barbarism With A Digital Face by BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE
The First 28 Days by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
Leprosy (Hansen’s) Fear Porn by ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
Pharma Is 75% Of TV Ad Money by BILL RICE, JR.
FBI’s “No Comments” On Hunter’s Laptop by AMUSE
Israel’s Anti-Semitism by BRUCHA WEISBERGER
Is Myocarditis Damage Permanent? by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
Canceled Priests & Collapse Of Trust by SUZY WEISS
England Pandemic Mortality by STEPHEN ANDREWS
Transracialism. The New Trans by REBECCA VELO
2023 Deaths Trending Higher Than 2022 by CARL HENEGHAN & TOM JEFFERSON
Submarine Volcano by NAKED EMPEROR
12.7% Never Recovered by MERYL NASS
Myo Relapse by ALEX BERENSON
Infecting T Helper Cells by JEFF CHILDERS
Dual Release And Reactivation by STEPHEN ANDREWS
Republican Deaths: More Data Crimes by T CODDINGTON
Anthony Fauci’s Deceptions by DAVID ZWEIG
the template for much that would follow from Fauci over the next three years. That is, evasion, deception, and misdirection about his support of high-risk virology research and its connection to the possibility that a lab leak in Wuhan caused a worldwide catastrophe.
Fauci, who was the face of the public health community during the crisis, pushed the idea that the evidence strongly indicated that the virus was just a tragic, natural occurrence. He insisted, repeatedly, that an epidemic that started in Wuhan was unlikely to have been the result of an escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
Fauci’s posture—dismissive toward the theory of the lab leak, and later, condescending toward those who entertained it—set what became the accepted narrative about the origins of the pandemic. It was a narrative that was parroted by the government, public health officials, and the media, and even enforced by social media platforms at the request of the Biden White House.
But last month, a trove of explosive emails and other documents were released by the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. These revealed evidence of Fauci’s and other officials’ behind-the-scenes involvement with scientists and journalists, demonstrating their efforts to quash the lab leak theory.
Antioxidants vs Spike by JESSICA ROSE
For all intents and purposes, the spike protein was absolutely the worst protein that could have been selected for use in the COVID-19 injections because of what it binds. And yes, ‘they’ were well aware of this bindability and the ubiquitousness of the expression of ACE-2 in a wide variety of cell types and tissues including the testes, the heart and adipose tissue
Antioxidants, such as thioredoxin, downgrade COVID-19 severity by interfering with SARS-CoV-2:ACE-2 binding to prevent infection of cells
Both the SARS-CoV-2 RBD and ACE-2 proteins have redox active disulfides acted upon by antioxidants
The redox status (the balance of antioxidants and reactive species) that regulates the role of cysteine residues of the cellular environment is vital and a shift in redox status pre-determines ‘disease’ states
the value of antioxidants - both as endogenous and exogenous agents. We will always metabolize oxygen, and so we will always have free radicals, ROS and RNS. And perhaps as we age, the balance of the endogenous antioxidants will result in redox modulation. There’s nothing much we can do about that. But we can help ourselves stay vital and healthy (balanced) by maintaining a supply of exogenous antioxidants from food sources to counterbalance the damages induced by these normal, albeit harmful by-products. Luckily, some of the yummiest foods like blueberries and chocolate are incredibly high in antioxidants.
Thought Policeman: Rob Flaherty by JUSTIN HART
After serving on the failed presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Beto O’Rourke, Flaherty joined the Biden White House as Director of Digital Strategy in January 2021.
In that role, he repeatedly worked with Big Tech companies to suppress political opponents’ speech
Flaherty sought to control who could have a Facebook account, determine what they could post, and influence what they see. He didn’t own the company or work for Mark Zuckerberg – he used the threat of government retribution to impose censorship.
Jenin Younes, litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, wrote in The Wall Street Journal: “These emails establish a clear pattern: Mr. Flaherty, representing the White House, expresses anger at the companies’ failure to censor Covid-related content to his satisfaction. The companies change their policies to address his demands. As a result, thousands of Americans were silenced for questioning government-approved Covid narratives.“
Barbarism With A Digital Face by BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE
Elites deployed one nostrum after another – shutdowns, travel restrictions, church and school closures, restrictions on gatherings, oceans of sanitizer, Plexiglas and officious signage, and finally untested shot mandates – to control the microbial kingdom.
They failed but they are still in power and not admitting error. Many of the original lockdowners are retired, fired, or otherwise out of public life. But they are replaced by their students, colleagues, and networked cronies. This is true in politics, media, tech, and the Deep State.
The goals are simple. Keep the cover-up going for as long as possible. Deny the obvious. Smear the truth tellers. Censor dissidents.
Covid was of course the original driving impetus but a government and its connected interests became intoxicated with power, using the confidence they gained in lockdowns for other nefarious acts. As a result, we quickly moved to the broader crisis over civil liberties, censorship, digital invasiveness, and the unleashing of the administrative powers of the state. Daily, the ruling class is drumming up new excuses to retain the power they gained and expand it.
The First 28 Days by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
Marchand et al, found three self-controlled cohorts where the first 28 days after injection could be critically examined after COVID-19 vaccination. Compared to the longer-term of observation over 25 months, the first 28 days carried a pooled hazard ratio (HR) suggesting that COVID-19 vaccination is associated with an increased risk of cardiac-related mortality (HR = 1.06, 95% CI [1.02, 1.11], p = .007). Subgroup analysis showed that male gender is significantly associated with increased risks of cardiac mortality (HR = 1.09, 95% CI [1.02, 1.15],= .006).
These data show the 28 day period after injection is the highest in all time periods for those who took a shot. Importantly, these data are not compared to unvaccinated who have much lower population risks since they have had no exposure to the mRNA or adenoviral DNA coding for the lethal Wuhan Spike protein.
Leprosy (Hansen’s) Fear Porn by ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
So, two hundred people get leprosy in the USA a year, which takes years to develop into anything serious, and is an entirely curable with drug treatment. Again, this is not a disease that deserves front page headlines for a week! In contrast, another mycobacterium-associated disease, tuberculosis, and in particular multi-drug resistant tuberculosis certainly merits attention.
But last time I checked, TB is a major problem in major urban areas like Chicago. But that apparently does not fit with the political agenda which is in play in Florida.
Cutting to the chase, to my eyes what we have going on here is yet another case of weaponizing public health by corporate media and various politicos to support an agenda, compounded by what can only be termed gross reporter incompetence.
Pharma Is 75% Of TV Ad Money by BILL RICE, JR.
Here’s the breakdown:
Big Pharma: $4.58 billion.
Every other company in the world that advertises on TV: $1.53 billion.
Even I didn’t think Big Pharma was that rich or had captured TV media to that extent. But that’s what Statista says.
“In 2020, the pharmaceutical industry spent 4.58 billion U.S. dollars on advertising on national TV in the United States, unsurprisingly representing a big shift in spending compared to the 2019 pre-covid market. In 2020 TV ad spending of the pharma industry accounted for 75 percent of the total ad spend.”
If there was no Big Pharma advertising, all 200 or so TV networks would be fighting over just $1.53 billion in advertising.
Wouldn’t 90 percent of these networks go out of business if there was no Big Pharma advertising sugar?
FBI’s “No Comments” On Hunter’s Laptop by AMUSE
FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan…has emerged as the primary link between the FBI and major tech companies. On October 14, 2020, the same day the New York Post released its story on Hunter Biden's laptop, Agent Chan was present at a meeting between the FBI and Facebook.
When Twitter sought clarity on the laptop's authenticity, an FBI agent confirmed its legitimacy. However, another agent, a lawyer, interjected, offering "no further comment."
This inconsistency led to emergency internal deliberations within the FBI, culminating in a decision to maintain a "no comment" stance on the matter. Later that day, when Facebook posed the same question, the FBI, now with a unified narrative, reiterated their "no comment" response.
The FBI's possession of the laptop since December 2019 further complicates the narrative. The Biden Department of Justice's reluctance to allow the Committee to interview Agent Chan has only added to the intrigue.
Israel’s Anti-Semitism by BRUCHA WEISBERGER
Why do the people in positions of power in the Israeli government act as if they want their population - specifically their Jewish population - DEAD?
They denied their citizens proper covid treatment - of which there was knowledge from the beginning - resulting in thousands of needless deaths.
Although by their own admission, precisely zero healthy people under 50 years old died from the virus, the vaccine was pushed with tremendous force upon the entire Jewish population, including very young people.
The members of the government lied to their citizens about the safety of the shots, claimed that they were FDA approved when they weren’t, and did not have a monitoring system in place for adverse reactions
Is Myocarditis Damage Permanent? by PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD
Now a Hong Kong study by Yu and colleagues have found that of young persons who had heart damage confirmed by MRI and who underwent a second scan one year later, 58% had residual abnormalities suggesting a scar could be forming in the heart muscle.
Forty adolescents, mean age of 15, mostly boys were evaluated. It was notable that 73% had no cardiac symptoms, so without an evaluation, the parents would have had no idea their child was suffering heart damage from the COVID-19 vaccine. Approximately 18% of cases initially had reduced left ventricular ejection fraction indicating they were at risk for the development of heart failure.
Canceled Priests & Collapse Of Trust by SUZY WEISS
hundreds of devout Catholics from across the country are gathered to confront a conflicting notion: that the faith they love, whose teachings they believe are infallible, is being led by the “woke pope,” a man they despise.
The purpose of this conference, which started last year and is run by the Coalition for Canceled Priests, an organization founded in 2020, is ostensibly to bring all the canceled priests together.
Theirs is an extreme expression of what’s become a familiar feeling among millions of Americans who feel alienated from organizations or institutions or political parties they used to trust: I didn’t leave it. It left me. It’s an alienation that has led to a collapse of trust—even among the most faithful, even when it comes to one of the most ancient institutions in the West.
England Pandemic Mortality by STEPHEN ANDREWS
Despite significant variation in the levels (see below) of covid-19 mortality the changes in deviation from the red trend lines are consistent. If the red trend line curves downwards (2020, 2022 & 2023 – Fig 1) then it is indicating an increased covid-19 risk with age. If the trend line curves upwards (2021 – Fig 1) there is a decrease in mortality risk with age. If it is a straight line, then mortality is tracking the “prevailing” mortality age risk profile.
The distinct shift in the shape of the curve from 2020 to 2021 indicates that the relative risk of younger age groups was increasing relative to the overall population
What could explain these observations? The relatively rapid switch in shape of curves for the beginning and end of 2021 would indicate a profound rapid change.
As extensive vaccination program was instigated from the beginning of 2021 this is a likely candidate.
Transracialism. The New Trans by REBECCA VELO
there are vastly more people who wish to express another racial or ethnic identity than another gender. And although transgenderism is acceptable to progressives, transracialism is actually far more common.
An entire tanning industry is dedicated to helping light skin people obtain varying shades of darker skin. In fact, melanin, which is the hormone in our body that determines how light or dark our skin is, is now injectable or inhalable. So light skin people can increase their melanin to achieve extremely dark skin.
On the flip side, in places where people tend to have darker skin, there are many skin-bleaching treatments to help people achieve lighter skin.
If a White person has spent his entire life in a Black community and feels most comfortable within that community why can't he transition to be a member of that community, racially?
If we accept one form of transism (transgenderism) we cannot socially or legally reject the others. So not only will transracialism become accepted and normalized, the other forms of transism eventually will as well.
2023 Deaths Trending Higher Than 2022 by CARL HENEGHAN & TOM JEFFERSON
The total number of deaths in 2023 is roughly 21,000 fewer than in 2020. However, it’s worth noting the difference compared with last year when we became concerned about excess deaths - there are roughly 18,000 more deaths than this time last year. Deaths in 2022 and 2023 have both been trending higher than in 2020, apart from the 7 weeks in March/April
Submarine Volcano by NAKED EMPEROR
The eruption of the submarine volcano, situated between the islands of Fiji and Tonga, was not just another entry in the annals of geology.
This eruption defied conventions. Its plumes, in a display of sheer intensity, ascended to altitudes of up to 58 km, venturing beyond the familiar realms of the stratosphere and grazing the lower mesosphere. While many volcanic eruptions are characterized by their release of sulphur dioxide, known to induce global cooling, this eruption charted a different course. It unleashed a significant volume of water vapor directly into the stratosphere, an injection amounting to 5-10% of the stratosphere's typical water vapor content.
Why is this significant? Stratospheric water vapor is a linchpin in the Earth's climate machinery. It possesses the capability to trap heat, potentially warming our planet.
12.7% Never Recovered by MERYL NASS
This paper was published this year (2023) but the research described in it was begun 20 years ago, when the DOD rolled out its smallpox vaccine program for military servicemembers.
A civilian vaccine program for first responders rolled out at the same time, but there were so many cases of heart attacks and heart failure that the civilian program imploded quickly, with only about 40,000 people being vaccinated.
The military physician scientists who evaluated soldiers for myo and pericarditis have published previous papers on affected soldiers over a number of years. This paper is the latest, published May 8, 2023.
25% of myocarditis cases (mainly young men) had not recovered by one year. Half of those (12.7%) of the survivors never fully recovered.
Myo Relapse by ALEX BERENSON
Two teenage boys who suffered heart inflammation following Pfizer’s Covid jabs and then seemed to recover had relapses months later, Italian researchers have reported.
Both teenagers showed evidence of new heart damage from the recurrences, including high levels of proteins from injured cardiac muscle. Scans showed one boy had new lesions in his heart wall, and he needed nearly two weeks of hospitalization.
The researchers could not determine why the boys suffered the relapses, which came 8 to 12 months after the initial myocarditis episodes.
Published in late May in the journal Vaccine: X, the paper appears to be the first case report showing mRNA jabs can cause recurring myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart.
Infecting T Helper Cells by JEFF CHILDERS
Once inside the CD4 cell, the covid virus weakens and kills it, destroying part of the immune system each time it happens. Worse, this process increases systemic levels of an inflammatory cytokine called Interleukin-10 (IL-10 ), which is associated with “viral persistence,” meaning an IL-10 inflammation makes it harder for the body to clear an infection. So covid — specifically its spike protein — hits the immune system two different ways.
“Infection of CD4+ T cells by SARS-CoV-2 could explain lymphocytopenia and dysregulated inflammatory response in severe COVID-19 patients. Moreover, from an evolutionary perspective, infection of CD4+ T cells represents an effective mechanism for viruses to escape the immune response.”
target and infect CD4 cells themselves, thereby knocking out the frontline immune response and weakening the overall immune system — which alarmingly creates increased vulnerability to other opportunistic infections.
Opportunistic infections like monkeypox, Hansen’s disease, RSV, and so on. Just to name a few
Dual Release And Reactivation by STEPHEN ANDREWS
We can see that Omicron apparently spread around all continents of the world at approximately the same rate in under two weeks. This demonstrates that the conventional person to person transmission model is entirely flawed.
It indicates that the virus has embedded within a population and then is reactivated. This activation mechanism, for the Wuhan and variants up to Omicron were driven by mutation and seasonal ultraviolet light conditions. This made them much more explosive and even more synchronous in regions that were exposed to the same UV light stimulus
The only explanation that I can provide for this explosive emergence of Omicron is that there was, as a minimum, a dual release of gain of function variants. Both viruses initially embedded at a low level that did not activate the immune systems.
Republican Deaths: More Data Crimes by T CODDINGTON
to calculate Excess Deaths, they compare the actual deaths to the predicted deaths of their model. What this means is that when they are calculating “Excess Deaths” in 2018-19, they are comparing the actual deaths to predictions from a model that was based on the same 2018-19 data. That is, as I said before, at best extremely sloppy (wrong). The portion of the graph above for 2018-19 does not show Excess Deaths, what it actually shows is the accuracy of the model they built to fit the 2018-19 data.
Unless their models stunk, the calculation they made necessarily will hover closely around zero. If they really wanted to show what Excess deaths looked like in 2018-19, they would need to compare deaths in those years to a baseline created from some other period of time, say 2013-17.
What the authors have essentially said is “Using 2018-19 as our baseline death rate, we found no excess death in 2018-19”. Well, duh.
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