Back in the Driver's Seat

 It’s easy to go through this fast-paced world feeling as if you are being dragged through your days on the back of a wild horse. Many of us go from one thing to another until we end up back at home in the evening with just enough time to wind down and go to sleep, waking up the next morning to begin the wild ride once more. While this can be exhilarating for certain periods of time, a life lived entirely in this fashion can be exhausting, and more importantly, it places us in the passenger’s seat when we are the ones who should be driving.

When we get caught up in our packed schedule and our many obligations, weeks can go by without us doing one spontaneous thing or taking time to look at the bigger picture. Without these breaks, we run the risk of going through our precious days on a runaway train. Taking time to view the bigger picture, asking ourselves if we are happy with the course we are on, and making adjustments puts us back in the driver’s seat where we belong. When we take responsibility for charting our own course, we may well go in an entirely different direction from the one laid out for us by society and familial expectations. This can be uncomfortable in the short term, but in the long term, it is much worse to live this precious life without ever taking the wheel and navigating our own course.

Of course, time spent examining the big picture could lead us to see that we are happy with the road we are on, but maybe we would like more time with family or more free time to do whatever we want. Even if we want more extreme changes, the way to begin is to get off the road long enough to catch our breath and remember who we are and what we truly want. Once we do that, we can take the wheel with confidence, driving the speed we want to go and in the direction that is right for us. (Daily OM)

Memory Lane - "White Egret"

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There IS proof of an afterlife says top scientist who's studied millions of near-death experiences - all of them tell a hauntingly similar story

 

A top US scientist claims to have discovered evidence of an afterlife, thanks to studies involving millions of patients who've had near-death experiences.

According to Dr Sam Parnia, an associate professor of medicine at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, patients who are resuscitated after their heart stops frequently recount re-living 'every single moment of their lives'.

Particularly remarkable, he claims, is that they relive memories not only from their own perspective, but as if they're looking through other people's eyes.

These phenomena, which have been a source of fascination for medics and the public alike for decades, are believed to occur when people are clinically 'dead', and extremely unlikely to survive.

Dr Parnia has undertaken 30 years of research involving millions of people to assess where life ends and death begins.

He told Times Radio: 'Many millions of people all over the world have gone through this early phase of death and been brought back to life again. 

'We've studied this in many thousands of people using many different scientific methods...<<<Read More>>>...

Wi-Fi has the potential to influence brainwaves making people vulnerable to suggestibility

 Wireless-fidelity (“Wi-Fi”) is harmful due to radio-frequency radiation exposure, pulse-modulated RF carrying data, extremely low frequency (“ELF”) effect on the brain and the Wi-Fi memory effect in body tissues.

One of the unwanted effects of ELFs, Keith Cutter believes, is brainwave entrainment, where an external stimulus synchronises brainwaves with its frequency.

ELF refers to electromagnetic fields with frequencies between approximately 3 to 30Hz, which is the same range as our brains. Our brains operate within a range of frequencies, with different brainwave states corresponding to specific activities: 

Delta Waves (0.5-4Hz): Associated with deep sleep, relaxation, and healing.
Theta Waves (4-8Hz): Linked to meditation, daydreaming, and increased creativity.
Alpha Waves (8-12Hz): Correspond to relaxation, closed eyes and decreased cortical activity.
Beta Waves (13-30Hz): Related to attention, mental activity and cognitive processing.
Gamma Waves (30-44Hz): Involved in sensory processing, working memory and higher-order cognitive functions.

Cutter is most concerned about ELFs at 10Hz from Wi-Fi and other sources.

In the presence of a persistent 10Hz signal, due to entrainment, the brain can shift toward that frequency. As noted above, at 10Hz the brain has decreased cortical activity.

Cortical activity refers to the electrical and chemical signals generated by neurons within the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain responsible for, among other things, cognition.

“This entrainment effect, over time, could create a state where you’re more easily influenced – a ‘suggestible state’. In this state, the brain is more receptive to external input, whether it’s media, marketing or even subconscious influences,” Cutter writes. “We’re talking about the possibility of mind control.”...<<<Read More>>>....

Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Keir Starmer’s Labour Takes the Art of Political Lying to a Whole New Level

 Keir Starmer’s Labour has taken the ‘art’ of political lying to a whole new level, says Nick Timothy in the Telegraph. Denial after denial that it would raise taxes before the biggest tax-raising Budget in history. Here’s an excerpt.

Before the election Rachel Reeves said “we don’t need higher taxes. What we need is growth… and I have no plans to increase any taxes beyond those which we have already set out.” Then, Reeves said she would increase taxes by £8.5 billion, spending by £9.5 billion, and borrowing by £3.5 billion by 2028/29. Last week, she raised taxes by £40 billion, spending by £76 billion and borrowing by £36 billion.

This weekend, Reeves justified her broken promise, telling the BBC, “I didn’t know about the state of the public finances” before the election. But this was a lie on top of another lie. In June, before the election, her secret tax plans were reported in the Guardian. Labour sources had blabbed, saying upon arrival at the Treasury Reeves would claim to be surprised by her inheritance and seek a “doctor’s mandate” to raise taxes. “That is not what they are presenting the public with right now,” the sources admitted.

Such was the suspicion that Reeves would do this, she was forced to deny it in a pre-election interview in the Financial Times. “We’ve got the OBR now,” she said, explaining that the independent Office for Budget Responsibility meant “you don’t need to win an election” to know the details of the public finances. Among the tax rises she ruled out in that interview, two – capital gains tax and changes to inheritance tax reliefs – were in the Budget, and proposed in a report written by Reeves in 2018. …

And her claims about the so-called fiscal hole have also fallen apart. Before the Budget, the Treasury briefed the media that the OBR would publish a full breakdown of the £22 billion figure, and justify what Reeves has been saying since July. But that is not what happened. The OBR report identified £9.5 billion of in-year spending pressures – pressures of the kind that arise every year, and were never denied by the Tories – and said the remainder of Reeves’s claim was explained by Labour’s own public sector pay deals. “Nothing in our review,” the OBR Chairman said, “was a legitimisation of that £22 billion.” …

Reeves and her colleagues have taken the ‘art’ of political lying to a whole new level. Before the election the Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, said Labour had “no intention” of changing agricultural property relief for inheritance tax, and said it was “desperate nonsense” to claim otherwise. But the Budget cut the relief for thousands of farms. …<<<Read More>>>...

Forced vaccination is REAL: Courts are now enforcing SEDATION to assault people with COVID-19 vaccines in the UK

 The National Health Services (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK) has been caught vaccinating a 30-year-old man with Down’s syndrome BY FORCE. For the sake of anonymity, the man’s name is being withheld and he is being referred to as Adam.

Most disturbingly, the courts have so far green-lighted the abuse, claiming sedation and vaccination is not forced vaccination, but is in the man's "best interest." This gross violation of medical ethics is more than just a threat against the man’s legal right to informed consent. It's a menacing, covert threat on his life, and any patient is now at risk to this violative act. 

NHS doctors have been administering strong sedatives so they can stick Adam with COVID-19 vaccines. The strong sedatives are administered covertly in the man’s drinks (tea, orange juice, or soft drinks) so that he is unaware when nurses and doctors administer the poisonous inoculations.

Adam’s mother, Catherine, is waging a legal battle to stop this sadistic practice. She says this kind of “forced vaccination” is “tantamount to assault” on her son’s human rights.

If this practice is allowed to stand, then medical authorities will be able to sedate patients whenever they want, inject substances without one’s knowledge, and lie to them and their family about the whole situation.

This is the real reason why the COVID-19 medical tyrants excluded family members and nurse advocates from hospital rooms. These abusive medical professionals are trying to condition the population to accept this “new normal” of forced medical experimentation, so they can sedate, inject, murder, and lie at will, with no oversight, no accountability, and no family member advocating on the patient’s behalf...<<<Read More>>>...

Meta allows US military to use its AI

Meta will permit US government agencies and contractors working for the needs of national security to use its AI models for military purposes, the tech giant announced on Monday. The move should help American open-source models to excel over those from China and elsewhere, the tech giant has said.

The move is a departure from the company's "acceptable use policy," which states that its artificial intelligence models are forbidden from being employed in "military, warfare, nuclear industries."

Meta is "pleased to confirm" that it will share its AI models, named Llama, with federal agencies and defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen, as well as defense-oriented tech firms such as Palantir and Anduril.

A Meta spokesman confirmed to the New York Times on Monday that the firm will also provide access to its AI models to the members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, which besides the US includes Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.....<<<Read More>>>....

Memory Lane - "New Holland Honeyeater"

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Pink Floyd - High Hopes

Lawyer Claims Earth Has Technology to Bring Down UFOs

 Danny Sheehan, who has recently played a role in bringing UFO whistleblowers to testify before the United States Congress, has been instrumental in exposing alleged government cover-ups of real extraterrestrial encounters.

In a series of explosive claims, Sheehan previously spoke about two potential bases where hundreds of UFOs have reportedly been seen “going in and out of it” and alleged that aliens are extracting human eggs and sperm. He has now returned with yet another bold statement.

In a recent interview on the Julian Dorsey podcast, Sheehan claimed that technology capable of “disabling” and bringing down alien spacecraft exists on Earth—and that it could be interpreted as an act of war.

He said, “They’ve (the US Government) developed technology to knock these, some of these things down. It’s an extraordinarily powerful technology, we’ll call it, that is capable of disabling the craft, enforcing them down....<<<Read More>>>...

Science Shock: U.K. Met Office is “Inventing” Temperature Data from 100 Non-Existent Stations

 Shocking evidence has emerged that points to the U.K. Met Office inventing temperature data from over 100 non-existent weather stations. The explosive allegations have been made by citizen journalist Ray Sanders and sent to the new Labour Science Minister Peter Kyle MP. Following a number of Freedom of Information requests to the Met Office and diligent field work visiting individuals stations, Sanders has discovered that 103 stations out of 302 sites supplying temperature averages do not exist. “How would any reasonable observer know that the data was not real and simply ‘made up’ by a Government agency,” asks Sanders. He calls for an “open declaration” of likely inaccuracy of existing published data, “to avoid other institutions and researchers using unreliable data and reaching erroneous conclusions”.

In his home county of Kent, Sanders charges that four of the eight sites identified by the Met Office, namely Dungeness, Folkestone, Dover and Gillingham – which all produce rolling temperature averages to the second decimal place of a degree – are “fiction”. Sanders notes that there has been no weather station at Dungeness since 1986. The Daily Sceptic is able to confirm that none of the four stations appear in the list of Met sites with a classification from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The Met Office directs online inquiries about Dover to the ”nearest climate station” at Dover Harbour (Beach) and provides a full set of rolling 30-year averages. According to Met Office co-ordinates, the site is on Dover beach as the Google Earth photo below shows. It seems unlikely that any scientific organisation would site a temperature monitoring station that is likely to be submerged on a regular basis. Who is running this station on the beach, have accurate records been kept for 30 years and why is it not listed under the 380 sites that are given a WMO rating?

Of the 302 sites quoted, Sanders notes that the Met Office “declined to advise me” exactly how or where the alleged ‘data’ were derived for these 103 non-existent sites.

The practice of ‘inventing’ temperature data from non-existent stations is a controversial issue in the United States where the local weather service NOAA has been charged with fabricating data for more than 30% of its reporting sites. Data are retrieved from surrounding stations and the resulting averages are given an ‘E’ for estimate. “The addition of the ghost station data means NOAA’s monthly and yearly reports are not representative of reality,” says meteorologist Anthony Watts. “If this kind of process were used in a court of law, then the evidence would be thrown out as being polluted,” he added.

In its historical data section, the Met Office lists a number of sites with long records of temperature data. Lowestoft provides records going back to 1914 but it closed in 2010. Since that date the figures have been complied on an estimated basis. The stations at Nairn Druim, Paisley and Newton Rigg are similarly closed but still reporting estimated monthly data. “Why would any scientific organisation feel the need to publish what can only be described as fiction?” asks Sanders. “No scientific purpose can possibly be served by fabrication,” he suggests....<<<Read More>>>...

Warning to the World

There’s a widespread feeling among talking-head commentators that Britain’s Labour Government just made huge mistakes with their new Budget.

The immediate response to the Budget seemed scary: the value of the pound went down, the stock market went down and the cost of Government borrowing went up. It seems likely that inflation will rise and interest rates will have to go up not down. The Labour Government has done so much damage to traditional farming that farmers are threatening to go on strike – producing food shortages and price rises. Landlords are giving up and selling up. The result will be a shortage of rental properties and an inevitable rise in the cost of renting. Tax changes mean that entrepreneurs will sell up, and probably leave the country. It will be much harder to start small companies. Britain’s energy industry will in future be pretty well dependent upon imports of oil and gas and bits of tree. As the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East lead to a massive rise in the cost of energy, the result in Britain will be thousands more deaths from the cold.

The end result of the Budget will be to remove money from the private sector and feed it into the already bloated public sector. Much of the money raised through new taxes has already been handed over to striking public sector workers.

“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle,” said Winston Churchill.

It’s difficult to think of a way in which “Free Suits” Starmer and his bunch of mad lefties could have done more harm. This was, I believe, a Budget designed to destroy. And it introduced policies which will soon be followed throughout the world.

In the world occupied by the lefties, the greatest danger comes from those who have a little money or, worst of all, the prospect of acquiring enough money to give themselves independence.

We have reached the point on the political circle where communism merges with fascism. The Budget of October 2024 was a turning point in history.

I expect the Labour Party will be quietly cheering the effect the Budget has had because I believe that everything that has already happened is a result of deliberately, destructive policies which are designed to usher us into the horrors of Net Zero and into the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset. The Budget of October 2024 had little to do with money or traditional politics and everything to do with oppression, the eradication of independence and the introduction of State-sponsored slavery. George Orwell understood....<<<Read More>>>...

The government is not going to ride in on a white horse to save you when global events hit the fan

Did you know that FEMA is not answering nearly half of the calls that it receives from those seeking disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene? 

This amazing fact is being reported by Politico, and it shocked me to the core when I first read it. If the federal government responds this poorly to a hurricane, what is going to happen when we are facing a major long-term emergency that affects the entire nation? 

As I have been consistently warning for years, you should not be counting on the government to come riding in on a white horse to rescue you when global events hit the fan. Unfortunately, global events may hit the fan a lot sooner than most people think...<<<Read More>>>...

RFK Jr. says a Trump White House would immediately push to remove fluoride from water

 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Saturday that a Trump administration would, on its first day, "advise all U.S​. water systems to remove fluoride from public water."

Kennedy linked fluoride to various illnesses, despite major medical associations supporting water fluoridation, which they say is safe and a benefit to public health.

"President ​@realDonaldTrump and First Lady @MELANIATRUMP want to Make America Healthy Again," the former Democratic presidential hopeful wrote in a post to X, tagging Michael Connett, an attorney who has led litigation that opposes the fluoridation of public drinking water. 

Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic who has a history of pushing conspiracy theories, is primed to play a key role in a future Trump administration's health policy. Since dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing Trump, Kennedy has frequently appeared on the campaign stumping for the former president, and Trump said at a rally this week that if he is elected, Kennedy is "going to work on health and women's health."

Trump has embraced Kennedy. At an event in Arizona earlier this week, the former president said that Kennedy "can do anything he wants" in a potential Trump administration.<<<Read More>>>...

Time Travelers Exist: Comb Jellyfish Can Age Backwards

 Researchers have recently uncovered an extraordinary ability in the comb jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi) — the capacity to age in reverse, essentially turning back into a larva, as reported by SciTechDaily.

In nature, animal life cycles usually follow a predictable sequence: birth, growth, reproduction, and eventually death, making way for a new generation. However, there are rare exceptions that deviate from this norm.

The “immortal jellyfish” (Turritopsis dohrnii) is a well-known example, capable of reverting from its adult stage back to a juvenile polyp. Now, Mnemiopsis leidyi has joined this exclusive group of species capable of reversing their life stages....<<<Read More>>>...

 

Whitesnake - Fool for Your Loving

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1,000 km of Pylons Needed to Hit Net Zero Targets

 To meet its legally binding Net Zero target by 2030, Britain needs to construct a staggering thousand kilometres of new power lines and pylons. The Telegraph has the details.

A further 4,500 km (2,800 miles) of undersea cables will be needed so ministers can hit their clean energy targets, analysis from the National Energy System Operator (Neso) reportedly says.

It comes after years of warnings that Britain’s legally binding Net Zero targets, which aim to “decarbonise” the electricity generation system, risk triggering blackouts and forcing people to switch off electrical appliances at times when the grid can no longer meet demand.

Commissioned by Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, a new Neso report suggests the electricity grid needs £40 billion of investment per year in new cables and renewable energy sources to deliver Mr. Miliband’s Net Zero demands, according to the Sunday Times. …

The U.K. is importing record amounts of electricity from Europe just to keep the lights on, the Telegraph revealed this week, with net imports of 26.3 terawatt-hours between January and September setting a new record. …<<<Read More>>>...

HPV vaccine harms were evident before covid vaccines were introduced

 Two decades ago, Merck introduced Vioxx, a profitable NSAID, despite knowing it could cause numerous heart attacks. After facing overwhelming lawsuits and ultimately withdrawing Vioxx, Merck quickly pushed Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, to market to recover losses.

Gardasil proved to be extremely dangerous, yet both Merck and the FDA ignored the alarming data and continued promoting it, even as it resulted in unprecedented injuries, including autoimmunity, POTS, infertility, and death. Notably, many of these issues mirror those associated with the covid-19 vaccines.

This article examines the dangers of the HPV vaccine, the reasons behind its risks – including its tendency to cause rather than prevent cervical cancer – and the extensive negligence of the FDA and CDC. These lessons are crucial for understanding the events surrounding covid.

The default strategy in medicine for any type of pain or injury is to throw non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (“NSAIDs”) at it – making the drugs immensely profitable. Unfortunately, they typically don’t help that much (which actually increases their sales since patients then need more of them), and they are fairly dangerous (e.g., NSAIDs kill tens of thousands of Americans each year and seriously injure far more1 – which is unfortunate since DMSO safely and effectively treats all the conditions NSAIDs are used for).

To create a new market, NSAIDs like Vioxx were created that were supposed to be safer – but actually had a huge stroke and heart attack risk (that Dr. Mercola warned the public about in 1999). However, despite evidence of harm continuing to mount, Merck and the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) kept on covering it up, and when the drug was finally pulled, Vioxx was estimated to have killed 120,000 people.2

Sadly, as the FDA scientist who fought to get it off the market testified, this is business as usual, and another Vioxx disaster was inevitable.

ed Vioxx, a profitable NSAID, despite knowing it could cause numerous heart attacks. After facing overwhelming lawsuits and ultimately withdrawing Vioxx, Merck quickly pushed Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, to market to recover losses.

Gardasil proved to be extremely dangerous, yet both Merck and the FDA ignored the alarming data and continued promoting it, even as it resulted in unprecedented injuries, including autoimmunity, POTS, infertility, and death. Notably, many of these issues mirror those associated with the covid-19 vaccines.

This article examines the dangers of the HPV vaccine, the reasons behind its risks – including its tendency to cause rather than prevent cervical cancer – and the extensive negligence of the FDA and CDC. These lessons are crucial for understanding the events surrounding covid....<<<Read More>>>...

Major election forecasters predict a decisive victory for Trump

 Several prominent election forecasters have predicted a decisive victory for former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris as his lead is clearly widening in key swing states.

According to The Telegraph's election forecast, Trump is projected to surpass the 270-electoral vote threshold needed to win by securing 289 Electoral College votes. Meanwhile, Harris is only predicted to receive 249 votes. The model, which uses extensive historical election trends, demographic analysis and polling data, indicates the strong position of Trump especially in crucial battleground states, including Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

"The model suggests that the Republicans are the most likely to win tightly fought races in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin," The Telegraph reported. "As of October 30, Trump is also predicted to win Pennsylvania with its 19 Electoral College votes." The former president is also expected to win Florida and Ohio.

Harris, on the other hand, is forecasted to secure Michigan and Nevada among the battleground states, but these wins alone may not be enough to close the gap.

AtlasIntel, a forecasting model known for its accuracy in the 2020 election, has gone a step further. The forecasting model predicts that Trump will win in all seven key battleground states, a scenario that would yield him 312 electoral votes. Such a result would mark a significant Republican advantage – a major shift in voter sentiment since the previous election.

Forecasting models from the Economist, Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight and analyst Nate Silver have also adjusted their projections, now positioning Trump as the likely winner...<<<Read More>>>...

Oops, science was 'settled' — until it wasn't: Plants absorb 31% more CO₂ than we thought

A new study reveals that plants have been absorbing 31% more CO₂ than previously believed. Yes, 31% — a glaring error that casts serious doubt on climate models, emissions scenarios, and policy prescriptions like Net Zero. For years, we were told that the "science was settled," and that urgent action was needed to avoid catastrophic warming. But this discovery suggests that our models have been dramatically underestimating nature's ability to manage CO₂. This revelation not only upends the rationale behind aggressive policies but also raises broader questions about the supposed certainty of climate science.

The phrase "settled science" has been the bedrock of climate advocacy for decades. We've been told that if we don't make rapid, costly changes, we'd face imminent disaster. Skeptics were treated as heretics, while the so-called consensus was portrayed as unquestionable. Yet, it turns out we were 31% wrong about something as fundamental as plant CO₂ absorption. This isn't a minor correction; it's a massive revision that undermines the credibility of models driving policy....<<<Read More>>>...

How 20th-Century Philosophers Explained Ghosts

Matyas Moravec: Most people imagine philosophers as rational thinkers who spend their time developing abstract logical theories and strongly reject superstitious beliefs. But several 20th-century philosophers actively investigated spooky topics such as clairvoyance, telepathy – even ghosts.

Many of these philosophers, including Henri Bergson and William James, were interested in what was called “psychical research”. This was the academic study of paranormal phenomena including telepathy, telekinesis and other-worldly spirits.

These thinkers attended seances and were attempting to develop theories about ghosts, life after death and the powers exhibited by mediums in trances. My recent archival research has been looking at how these topics shaped 20th-century philosophy....<<<Read More>>>...

Genesis - No Son Of Mine

Food for Thought #529

 

Idaho District removes covid injections from its clinics due to safety and efficacy concerns

 The board initially heard a presentation from Dr. Perry Jansen, a district staff physician, who recommended keeping the vaccine available through health district offices.

Board members then hear presentations from Idaho pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole. Other presenters joined by teleconference, including Dr. Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist, paediatrician Dr. Renata Moon and obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr. James Thorp. They were invited to participate by the only physician on the Southwest District Board of Health, Dr. John Tribble.

Explaining how the historic vote came about, Dr. Tibble told The Defender, “The people of this district were demanding answers. Many came forward with heartbreaking stories of vaccine injury.”

After listening to its residents, the board members felt it was important to allow “the free and open discussion and evaluation of the evidence for and against the safety and efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine.”

“In the end,” Dr. Tribble said, “the evidence clearly showed a lack of safety and efficacy as it compares to the risk from covid-19 and their [the board members’] decision reflected that.”

Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense, applauded the board’s decision, stating that it was an “informed decision not to stock its own clinics with covid shots.”

Nicolas Hulscher, an epidemiologist at the McCullough Foundation, commended the board for its action, calling it a “correct and brave choice.”...<<<Read More>>>...

UK government’s tax plans will destroy family farming; farmers to gather in London to protest

A rally is being held in London to protest against the UK government’s agricultural policies. Organised by the National Farmers’ Union (“NFU”), which represents more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses, the rally is taking place on 19 November.

In a vlog published on Friday, NFU President Tom Bradshaw outlined the plans and urged NFU members to send in their videos to demonstrate the impact that the Budget announcement will have on their business.

Bradshaw began, “Members, farmers, I know that today many of you are feeling angry and betrayed. And we absolutely share that frustration. We understand what the impact of the removal of APR [agricultural property relief], or this family farm tax, which has been implemented could have on you, your farm and your family. We want you, our members, to be involved in the next steps.”...<<<Read More>>>...

If Kamala wins, prepare for climate change authoritarianism and the destruction of America’s economy

 When it comes to "green" energy policies, California is often looked at as the model and example for other states. Did you know, though, that California ranks barely above the world average for so-called "fossil fuel" usage, even as it sits on large reserves full of crude oil and natural gas?

With Election Day right around the corner, one of the issues voters are voting on this election cycle is energy policy. Donald Trump talks a big game about reinvigorating America's energy independence through the expanded use of native fossil fuels while Kamala Harris wants more climate authoritarianism, which in the end will only lead to the destruction of America's economy.

California's Kern County – Kamala used to be attorney general in California – is a gold mine for fossil fuels. It boasts some of the world's largest oil fields with an estimated reserve of somewhere around 27 billion barrels. Since that oil is considered "heavy" oil, making it more difficult to extract and refine, California developed some of the cleanest and most advanced methods of purifying that oil without destroying the environment – a win-win, right?

The problem is that, thanks to the climate policies of Democrats, California currently imports around 75 percent of its oil and 90 percent of its natural gas. On top of that, Democrats in California are also forcing the state's residents to subsidize expensive "renewable" energy programs based on wind and solar.

It is a mess, in other words, and one that Kamala wants to replicate on a national scale. Should she end up getting installed into the White House, Kamala will turn the entire country into California, but in all the wrong ways....<<<Read More>>>...

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Americans Are More Dependent Than Ever On Government Handouts, New Report States

 Transfer payment programs include Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment and disability, food stamps, and veterans’ benefits.

Transfer payments increased from 8 percent of U.S. total income in 1970 to 18 percent today, the report states, crowding out private income from wages and investments.

“There is a large range of experiences driving transfer reliance across communities,” Benjamin Glasner, EIG economist and one of the report’s authors, told The Epoch Times. “But it’s unavoidable to look at the fact that transfer reliance has grown rapidly across the country, and it’s something we need to deal with.”

According to Federal Reserve data, government transfer payments increased from about $70 billion in 1970 to more than $6 trillion in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, before falling back to the current level of $4.3 trillion. According to the EIG report, if government transfer payments were spread evenly among all Americans, they would have amounted to an annual payment of $11,500 per person in 2022.

One factor driving much of the shift from private income to government dependence is that the U.S. population is, on average, getting older. According to demographic data from USAfacts, the percentage of Americans 65 years and older increased from 13.1 percent of the population in 2010 to 17.3 percent in 2022. During the same period, the percentage of Americans under the age of 20 fell from 26.9 percent to 24.4 percent....<<<Read More>>>...

Emotional Regulation and Resilience

 Dealing with nervous system dysregulation can feel like an overwhelming challenge, especially when past traumas resurface unexpectedly. Our bodies hold onto these memories, manifesting in various physical and emotional symptoms. However, there is hope and healing through polyvagal therapy — a scientifically-backed approach that targets the vagus nerve. This nerve, integral to our parasympathetic nervous system, affects our capacity for relaxation, emotional regulation, and resilience. By engaging in practices that stimulate the vagus nerve, such as deep breathing, humming, and mindfulness, we can start to reset our stress responses and bring our nervous system back into balance.

Polyvagal therapy works by focusing on the body's innate ability to regulate itself and promoting a state of safety within. When we feel safe, our bodies can move out of a state of fight-flight-or-freeze and into a state of calm and connection. This transition is profound for healing trauma, as it allows us to process and release past pain in a supportive environment. Techniques like therapeutic and somatic movement and dedicated breathing exercises play a crucial role in triggering the vagus nerve, which in turn cultivates a sense of peace and well-being.

Simple regulating tools you can use daily include: singing or humming to yourself, taking a cold shower, walking in nature, sharing physical affection, shaking or dancing, or playing with your pet. Turn these practices into a mindful break each day to create a regular self-care routine. Research has proven that the more we can regulate, the more present and productive we are, and ultimately, the less we will be triggered by stress or anxiety. Nervous system regulation is truly a game-charger for long-term wellness and emotional health. It’s never too late to start. (Daily Om)

Kiss - Reason To Live

We need people who are dreamers, activists and risk-takers

 1. Vast numbers of people are going to quit Britain over the coming months. Most will not be leaving solely because of the taxes that “Free Suits’” Scrounger and Company have introduced but because of the way the Labour Party is turning Britain into a nation of envy and entitlement. The decline will be fast in every conceivable way. I fear that “Free Suits” Scrounger, Rayner, Reeves, Lammy and company will destroy the nation for generations to come.

2. The world is heading for permanent war, inflation, poverty and oppression. The sole task of the politicians who have been put in place is to ensure the destruction of democracy and free speech. If you haven’t read it for a while re-read `1984’ by George Orwell. It isn’t a novel, it’s a political handbook. You and I can see what is happening but I’m afraid that hardly anyone cares.

3. Self-driving cars may succeed on America’s wide, straight roads but they will never succeed in Britain though cars with parking features may be popular with drivers who can’t park. Our 67-year-old Bentley has parking features. They’re called bumpers and it’s just a pity that they are huge, heavy and covered in chrome – rather than being made of solid rubber. Still, never mind, eh?

4. Mobile phones were great in the 1980s and 1990s. They stopped being “good things” when companies fitted them with cameras. Why the hell do people need a camera on their telephone? It’s as daft as fitting phones with washing machines or lawnmowers....<<<Read More>>>...

JOE BIDEN’S PERVO Halloween party featured licking, biting children’s feet, wife Jill dressed as PERV PANDA from pizza-gate

 Save your children from the perverted psychos who currently run the country. Do not let your children anywhere near the hair-sniffing, foot-sucking freak who poses as POTUS, but was never really elected to the position.

Warning: the following pictures and embedded videos show a grown man sucking on people’s baby’s feet and biting their body parts as part of his ongoing obsession with getting creepily physical with other people’s children that he’s never even met before. Not even close relatives are this creepy with other people’s kids, and these children are creeped out themselves, as you can see by their reactions. They do NOT want this freaky old dude sucking on their feet or biting their thigh right near their private parts. Who would?...<<<Read More>>>...

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UFO Disclosure: Congress Grapples with Non-Human Intelligence Claims

 Amid the political spectacle surrounding the election, former President Donald Trump made headlines on Joe Rogan’s podcast by discussing UFOs, reports thehill.com

Trump recounted how Air Force pilots described mysterious spherical objects outmaneuvering America’s most advanced fighter jets, a claim echoing accounts dating back to the 1940s. Recent military encounters with such unidentified crafts have generated significant media attention.

Last month, Kirk McConnell, a retired congressional staff member with 37 years of experience, publicly confirmed that whistleblowers had provided firsthand testimony to Congress about ultra-secret programs aimed at retrieving and reverse-engineering advanced crafts of unknown or non-human origin.

He is joined by notable figures, including Senator Marco Rubio and ex-intelligence official David Grusch, who have corroborated the existence of these efforts to Congress....<<<Read More>>>...

 

People may support this, but it’s the Totalitarian Tiptoe to taking money from YOUR account

 The DWP will be granted new powers to lift money directly out of the pockets of benefit fraudsters, as the government vows to crackdown on welfare scams.

Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, has vowed to update her department’s 20-year-old powers branding their current investigatory capacities as ‘absurd’.

She said her inspectors we’re struggling to ‘keep pace’ with fraudsters duping the state, the Telegraph reports.

In the biggest shake-up in the DWP for over two decades, benefit fraud investigators will soon be able to recover debts of those who have overclaimed – directly from their bank accounts,

Officials have previously blamed an ‘increasing propensity’ for deceit across British society for the continued increase of scams since the pandemic....<<<Read More>>>...

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**FEATURE** - Light of Truth Oracle Card of the Month - "Obstacles"

 

 

 

 

What’s happening with the floods in Spain?

 Another event happened that is something that can’t happen – this time in the Valencia region of Spain.

It was neither a “storm” nor a “hurricane” but a sudden appearance of violent mud, water, mud and debris, pushing down bridges, tearing up streets, and flinging cars, even huge trucks, into chaotic piles, resembling a boy’s car collection emptied from a bucket onto a pile on the floor.

My daughter-in-law told me yesterday, confirming what we are hearing, that based on what she heard from people in the Valencia region, people got no warning.

Do you remember how I kept saying the most ominous thing about “Helene” was the lack of warning? That seems to be an essential part of these new “weather” attacks, which are not weather.

“Storms” are tracked. Obsessively, with high-technology precision, by professionals all over the world, and certainly Spain is no exception.

So, what happened here?

One year’s worth of rain in 6 or 8 hours? I don’t think we should continue to use words like “rain.”

It was water. Violent water, out of nowhere. Mud water.

Right now, I am only emphasising the things that are impossible – I’m not offering “answers,” and of course, I am well aware of weather weaponry and have reported on it, more and more recently.

It seems this time they are not even trying to make it appear like a real “storm.”

What are we looking at here? It’s towns and cities filling up with water as you’d fill a bathtub. Water just descending, like a Hollywood film effect. There is no reference point for this. My daughter-in-law told me it is known hardly ever to rain in the Valencia region – but I am adamant it’s not rain, so what should we call it?...<<<Read More>>>...

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Modern science uncovers brain-boosting power of ancient spice coriander and its key compound linalool

 For thousands of years, coriander has been a trusted natural remedy across many cultures.

From early times, coriander seeds (crushed, ground or whole) were prized as a remedy for digestive troubles, pain and even joint inflammation. People brewed coriander into teas or made decoctions to manage gas, bloating, nausea or diarrhea, relieve mouth sores or ulcers and soothe eye redness. Some even believed coriander could help speed up digestion by encouraging the liver to release bile and other enzymes, which kept food moving comfortably through the digestive system.

In modern times, researchers have found that coriander is packed with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds that might help the brain. These effects are largely due to the plant's essential oils, especially one called linalool, which has shown promise for calming the mind, reducing pain and potentially supporting brain health.

A study published in the Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine in 2021 summarized several of linalool's effects on the brain – showing its potential as a natural approach to calming the mind and supporting brain function....<<<Read More>>>...

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How should conservatives respond to the UFO phenomenon?

 UFOs are supposed to be the stuff of conspiracy theories and fringe documentaries. And yet many high-ranking government officials believe some of the most explosive claims about UFOs to be true. How would this potential reality affect the conservative worldview?

On December 13, 2023 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor to deliver remarks which can only be described as incredible. He was speaking about his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Remarkably, the subject of this amendment was not Ukraine or China, nor Russia or Iran, but rather UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or what used to be called UFOs). Schumer lamented that 

The United States government has gathered a great deal of information about UAPs over many decades but has refused to share it with the American people. That is wrong and additionally breeds mistrust. We have also been notified by multiple credible sources that information on UAPs has also been withheld from Congress, which, if true, is a violation of laws requiring full notification to the legislative branch. These claims — that the executive branch of the government has gathered a "great deal of information" about UAP over "decades" but has refused to share it with the public and has even violated the law by withholding information from congress — are quite simply extraordinary....<<<Read More>>>...

Is Deepfake Detection Software Ready for Voice-enabled AI Agents?

 OpenAI’s release of its real-time voice API has raised questions about how AI biometric voice technology might be used to supercharge phone scams.

Writing on Medium, computer scientist Daniel Kang notes that while AI voice applications have potentially useful applications such as voice-enabled autonomous customer service, “as with many AI capabilities, voice-enabled agents have the potential for dual-use.”

Anyone with a phone knows how common phone scams are these days. Kang notes that, every year, they target up to 17.6 million Americans and cause up to $40 billion in damage.

Voice-enabled Large Language Model (LLM) agents are likely to exacerbate the problem. A paper submitted to arXiv and credited to Kang, Dylan Bowman and Richard Fang says it shows how “voice-enabled AI agents can perform the actions necessary to perform common scams.”

The researchers chose common scams collected by the government and created voice-enabled agents with directions to perform these scams. They used agents created using GPT-4o, a set of browser access tools via playwright, and scam specific instructions. The resulting AI voice agents were able to do what was necessary to conduct every common scam they tested. The paper describes them as “highly capable,” with the ability to “react to changes in the environment, and retry based on faulty information from the victim.”

“To determine success, we manually confirmed if the end state was achieved on real applications/websites. For example, we used Bank of America for bank transfer scams and confirmed that money was actually transferred.”

The overall success rate across all scams was 36 percent. Rates for individual scams ranged from 20 to 60 percent. Scams required “a substantial number of actions, with the bank transfer scam taking 26 actions to complete. Complex scams took “up to 3 minutes to execute.”

“Our results,” the researchers say, “raise questions around the widespread deployment of voice-enabled AI agents.”

The researchers believe that the capabilities demonstrated by their AI agents are “a lower bound for future voice-assisted AI agents,” which are likely to improve as, among other things, less granular and “more ergonomic methods of interacting with web browsers” develop. Put differently, “better models, agent scaffolding, and prompts are likely to lead to even more capable and convincing scam agents in the future.”...<<<Read More>>>...

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Declaration of Our Awakening: The Rise of Mass Consciousness

This is where we are at.

The clueless, wilfully ignorant masses remain conditioned, distracted, and more polarized than ever. Intensively disinformed, having a profound relationship with an illusory world they believe to be real.

Then, in their significant numbers, there are the doomsayers and naysayers, telling us unequivocally that we’re all screwed as we cannot do anything to prevent the pervasive parasitical globalists and their plans for a total New World Order takeover and control.


However, contrary to the above, there is a growing mass consciousness, an ongoing underlying perception-altering paradigm shift that resonates with all things humanitarian...<<<Read More>>>...

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Euthanasia is not painless, peaceful and dignified

It is a myth that euthanasia is painless and dignified. There is absolutely no evidence to show that it is either. But there is plenty of evidence to show that it is neither.

It is a convenient myth (convenient for the proponents of euthanasia) that euthanasia (in its various forms and incarnations) is painless and dignified.

There is absolutely no evidence to show that it is either.

But there is plenty of evidence to show that it is neither.

Euthanasia does not provide the painless, peaceful death which its advocates claim it to be. There is no perfect way for the government to kill people. As Samuel Beckett said: “Even death is unreliable.”

Here are 25 things everyone should know:

1. A study in the journal ‘Anesthesia’ reported that there were no standardised methods for euthanasia and so, as a result, there are frequent cases of prolonged and distressing deaths. There appears to be a high incidence of vomiting, re-awakening from coma and prolongation of the dying process (with some individuals taking up to seven days to die.)

2. In America, doctors cannot access drugs to use in cases of the death penalty because of cost and availability. International drug companies are unwilling to provide drugs intended to kill people on ethical grounds. (It is unusual to see drug companies citing “ethical grounds” as a reason not to do something. I suspect that the real reason is that the drug companies are worried more about legal and reputational issues.)

3. Dr Bryan Betty, medical director of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs has warned that mixing concoctions of drugs has led to traumatic deaths.

4. There is considerable confusion about what to do if an initial attempt at euthanasia fails. Should the patient be told that they have to give their consent a second time? Or a third time? What should be done if a patient is semi-conscious and has not died? Should they then be kept alive? Or should another attempt be made to kill them?

5. A study performed in the Netherlands showed that in 21 of 114 cases, the patient did not die as soon as expected or woke up and the doctor had to kill them for a second time.

6. What happens if the doctor or nurse who is performing the euthanasia has left the building – which is likely to happen if a death takes a number of days?

7. What happens if a doctor or nurse cannot put an IV line into a vein? (This is something which often happens with elderly patients whose veins may be frail or damaged.)

8. The same drugs which are used for killing prisoners on death row are sometimes used to kill patients who have consented to euthanasia. But there is evidence that the killing of prisoners does not always go smoothly and can take longer than might be expected. (Lethal injections were introduced as more humane than the gas chamber or the electric chair. There is no evidence that they are.)

9. One of the drugs used in the authorised killing of patients is propofol which can sting as it flows through a vein when given in normal doses. No one knows what effect it has when given in large doses in euthanasia.

10. Dr Joel Zivot, an anaesthesiologist and critical care doctor, has suggested that death by euthanasia could feel like drowning. If paralysing drugs are used, the patient appears calm, peaceful and quiet – but that doesn’t tell us what the patient is experiencing....<<<Read More>>>...

Top 12 NEW “SYNDROMES” created by insidious government forces, Big Pharma and their propaganda-purporting media complex

Got new physical, mental or emotional health problems that no medical doctor can seem to solve? You must have one of those brand new “syndromes” that suddenly appeared on the “market” since Trump, Covid, and the clot shots hit the scene.

Are you absolutely mind-locked into voting for more communism in America? You must be suffering from TDS. Are you feeling sick in the head because millions of Republicans and Conservatives won’t give all their money to rich, white elitists who are trying to save the world from crazy storms and the sun’s ever-increasing heat? You’ve been indoctrinated by the Climate Change Cult and you are suffering from a syndrome called CCS.

Ever since you got “vaccinated” for Covid-19 Wuhan virus, have you noticed that your heart feels like it’s about to explode every time you exercise? You are suffering from Spike Protein Syndrome, where billions of tiny nanoparticle “proteins” join together to form fibrous white clots in your vascular system, putting a severe strain on your heart. Your medical quack is not allowed to tell you this.

Did you catch Covid and somehow, months or years later, you’re still suffering from the “after-effects” of it, like ringing in your ears, sciatica, chronic inflammation, irregular heartbeats, myocarditis, pericarditis, brain fog and lethargy? You’ve got “Long Covid,” which means you got the Covid vaccine, and it has royally screwed up your body systems, but Big Pharma told all the medical doctors to call it “Long Covid.”....<<<Read More>>>...

Declaring Our Intentions

 There comes a point in most of our lives when we feel ready to experience a change we’ve had trouble carrying out. Maybe we’ve been stuck in a home, a relationship, a job, or a town that hasn’t felt right for a long time, but we’ve been unable to shift our circumstances in the direction we want to go. At times like this, it can help to declare to the universe that we are ready for a change. Think of it as informing a helpful friend that you need her assistance to move to the next level in your life. If the time is right, the universe will respond with opportunities and offers designed to help you create the change you wish to see.

You can begin the process of making your declaration by determining what exactly you want to change. Whenever we ask anyone for help, they can assist us that much better if we are specific. The universe also appreciates our clarity and has an easier time answering a direct communication than a vague yearning. When you are clear on what you want, write your declaration on a piece of paper and place it on your altar, if you have one. If you don’t, put it under your pillow or in a box on your nightstand. Set aside a period of time every day to be silent with your wishes for change, repeating your declaration like a mantra. This lets the universe know that you are ready to change and will be receptive to its efforts.

Feel free to continue to refine and redefine your declaration, and remember to be open to the many different ways in which the change you seek might come to be. Remember also to be active in your own efforts, taking opportunities that come your way, watching for signs, and always taking responsibility for your intentions. If things don’t happen quickly, try not to be discouraged. It might take time to free up energy that has been blocked or is possibly serving a purpose beyond what we can understand. If you continue your conversation with the universe, declaring yourself clearly and openly, you cannot help but experience the magic of changing and being changed. (Daily OM)