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Friday, 20 March 2026

Food for Thought #1005

 

Cheating the Ferryman: A New Paradigm of Existence?

 What happens when we die? This is the ultimate question and one that we still have no real answer. From the first few moments that man became a self-aware being he has pondered upon this mystery.

Every culture has attempted an explanation, and it is reasonable to conclude that all religions exist to give an account of what happens at that moment and, more importantly, where does the person go after their body dies.

One of the most enduring myths is that of the Ancient Greeks. They believed that the recently dead would find themselves at the banks of a vast river, the River Styx. Out of the mists would appear Charon, the Ferryman. It was his job to ferry the soul, termed a “Shade,” across to the other side…. To the Land of the Dead.

But he did not do this for free. He needed a payment. The relatives of the recently dead person made sure the Shade could pay the ferryman. This payment was usually a small coin called an obolus. Depending upon the tradition, either this would be placed under the tongue of the corpse or two oboli would be placed over each eye.

This well known myth still resonates over three thousand years later. “To Pay The Ferryman” can still be heard today. However, there is a lesser known myth that suggests a deeper truth: The myth of the River Lethe....<<<Read More>>>...

Why They Demolished Every Hospital Built Before 1900

 

 

What explains how humanity abandoned an architectural healing tradition — buildings mathematically engineered for resonance, equipped with large bell systems tuned to frequencies now being rediscovered in acoustic medicine — and replaced it with a standardized, commercially driven medical infrastructure, without a single serious public reckoning about what that exchange actually cost us? 

The standard explanation — that modern medicine simply won out through scientific advancement and institutional logic — collapses when you examine what the infrastructure actually replaced: not a primitive or superstitious healing tradition, but a system apparently built around the relationship between the human body, sound frequency, and the designed environment. Buildings so acoustically deliberate that their bell systems corresponded to the exact tonal ranges now studied in experimental cellular therapy. Spaces engineered not to contain the sick, but to work on them. 

As I investigated the architectural record — from the undocumented foundations of pre-1900 hospitals across Europe to identical demolition patterns appearing simultaneously in South America, India, and Australia — a disturbing pattern materialized. These weren't parallel coincidences across unconnected cultures. They were the same underlying erasure, executed within the same thirty-year window, across every continent where this older infrastructure had taken root. And the bells came down with the buildings. Melted. Repurposed. Gone — with gaps in the archive that cluster, with unsettling precision, around the exact moments the new pharmaceutical system was being institutionalized.

No BBC, there is no “international gas price” – and yes, drilling in the North Sea would give the UK gas security

 There is no single “international gas price” as BBC journalist Fiona Bruce claimed. This is not the only dubious claim she made. She also claimed that UK natural gas would be “sold on the international markets” to “somewhere else” and so drilling in the North Sea wouldn’t make the UK more energy secure. Bruce is wrong on both accounts.

Currently, UK gas production is about half of UK gas consumption. The UK can increase its gas security by exploiting North Sea gas. North Sea gas is sold to the highest bidder with a pipeline connection, which is currently the UK. “The North Sea will always be our most secure supply,” Catherine McBride writes.

It makes economic sense, too. Drillers in the North Sea pay 40% tax on their profits. Drilling for North Sea gas would benefit the UK, as it would reduce reliance on imported gas, create jobs and generate tax revenue....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1004

 

The Flash Has Hit: Why the Coming Energy Catastrophe Will Blindside the Oblivious Masses

 We are living in the flash-to-bang delay, and the silence is deafening. The recent, deliberate destruction of Qatar's critical natural gas infrastructure was the flash -- the economic detonation seen by those watching the geopolitical board. 

I believe this is the opening salvo in a coordinated campaign to dismantle the global energy system, and it has already happened. The public, however, remains oblivious, conditioned to see their food materialize on grocery shelves and their lights turn on with a flick of a switch, utterly disconnected from the brittle supply chains that make it all possible.

The bang -- the wave of cascading failures in food production, logistics, and power generation -- is now inevitable. This is not speculation or fear-mongering; it is the confirmed, unfolding physics of collapse. The first domino has been tipped. Such actions are strategic moves to seize energy resources and cut off adversaries, creating profound regional implications [1]. The chain reaction has begun, and we are merely counting the seconds until the shockwave hits Main Street.

The disconnect between the triggering event and its consequences is our greatest vulnerability, and it is why 99% of the population will be blindsided....<<<Read More>>>....

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The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Shows the World Still Runs on Fossil Fuels

 The Strait of Hormuz is barely 21 miles wide at its narrowest point. Yet this narrow maritime corridor carries one of the greatest concentrations of economic risk on the planet. 

When tensions flare in the Persian Gulf, the reverberations travel far beyond the Middle East. They are felt in Mumbai, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok and Manila — and ultimately across the entire global economy.

The reason is simple. Roughly one fifth of the world’s oil consumption and a similar share of global LNG trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the most critical energy marine chokepoint on Earth (Daily Sceptic)

Thursday, 19 March 2026

Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)

 

Surrendering Control

 Trying to maintain control in this life is a bit like trying to maintain control on a roller coaster. The ride is going to go its own way, regardless of how tightly you grip the bar. There is a thrill and a power in simply surrendering to the ride and fully feeling the ups and downs of it, letting the curves take you rather than fighting them. When you fight the ride, resisting what’s happening at every turn, your whole being becomes tense, and anxiety is your close companion. When you go with the ride, accepting what you cannot control, freedom and joy will inevitably arise.

It is not always easy to let go, even of the things we know we can’t control. Most of us feel a great discomfort when we realize we have no control over what happens. Sometimes this awareness comes only when we have a stark reminder, and all our attempts to be in control fail. We can cultivate awareness in ourselves gently, by simply making surrender a daily practice. At the end of our meditation, we can say, “I surrender to this life.” This simple mantra can be repeated throughout the day when we find ourselves gripping the safety bar of our own roller coaster.

We can give in to our fear and anxiety, or we can surrender to this great mystery with courage. When people ride a roller coaster, some have their faces tight with fear, and others smile broadly, with their hands in the air, riding on a wave of freedom and joy. This powerful image reminds us that often the only control we have is choosing how we are going to respond to the ride. (Daily OM)

Food for Thought #1003

 

The forgotten root vegetable that scientists say could fight cancer, diabetes, and heart disease

Turnips are ancient vegetables historically associated with poverty.

Modern science reveals they are nutritional powerhouses from root to leaf.

They contain cancer-fighting compounds and improve blood sugar and heart health.

The greens are exceptionally rich in vitamins and support bone and gut health.

They are versatile in cooking and deserve a place in modern diets.

For centuries, the humble turnip has been tossed aside, both literally and figuratively. Romans hurled them as insults, Dickens used the name as a slur, and they became a symbol of poverty in classic literature. But modern nutritional science is now forcing a dramatic reappraisal of this ancient root vegetable. Buried beneath its unassuming appearance lies a powerhouse of disease-fighting compounds, versatile culinary potential, and benefits that extend from its crisp root to its leafy green tops. It turns out our ancestors were sitting on a goldmine of nutrition and failed to recognize it.

This isn't just another health fad. Turnips are among the world's oldest cultivated vegetables, yet they remain tragically underutilized. The prejudice is deep-seated, rooted in "classical classism" where turnips were seen as second-class, poor people's food. This historical baggage has obscured the fact that both the turnip root and its greens are edible, safe to eat, and praised for their health-promoting effects....<<<Read More>>>... 

Every Old Building Has a Sealed Entrance You Were Never Meant to Find

 

Depopulation agenda marches forward: UK House of Lords passes legislation legalising DIY abortion up to and during birth

 On Wednesday, the UK House of Lords voted to approve a clause in the Crime and Policing Bill that removes criminal liability for women who self-induce abortions at any stage of pregnancy, including up to and during birth.

This decision, passed by 185 votes to 148, means that women in England and Wales will no longer face prosecution for performing their own abortions, regardless of gestational age or reason – such as sex-selective termination.

Clause 208 of the Crime and Policing Bill, originally introduced in the House of Commons by Labour Member of Parliament (“MP”) Tonia Antoniazzi, was debated in the Commons in June 2025 for only 46 minutes and passed with 379 MPs for and 137 MPs against.

The House of Lords’ vote on Wednesday followed a failed attempt by Baroness Rosa Monckton to remove the clause entirely. The change does not alter the current 24-week legal limit for abortion but eliminates criminal sanctions for self-induced terminations beyond that point.

Critics, including Christian groups and other pro-life groups like Right to Life and Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (“SPUC”), argue the Bill passed by the Lords undermines safeguards, increases risks to women’s health and could lead to more late-term abortions, including of viable babies....<<<Read More>>>...

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EV Mandates Tighten the Noose on the UK Car Industry

 Car manufacturers must ensure that electric cars make up at least 33% of their total registrations this year or face swingeing Government fines of £12,000 for every car they are short.

So far, they are struggling at below 22%, which is even less than at the same stage last year. They finished 2025 at 23.4%, well below the Government Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandated target of 28%. The harsh reality is that few private buyers want one, despite what the Government orders. (Daily Sceptic

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Food for Thought #1002

 

Beyond flavor: Science reveals the potent health benefits of common herbs like basil, dill, and oregano

 Common culinary herbs are potent sources of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds.

Basil may help reduce inflammation and could play a role in preventing heart disease.

Dill may help lower LDL cholesterol and manage diabetes through its antioxidant activity.

Parsley is a nutritional powerhouse that may protect against heart disease and cognitive decline.

Incorporating these herbs into daily meals is a simple strategy to combat chronic inflammation.

Forget the supplement aisle; the most powerful tools for your health might already be growing in your garden or sitting in your refrigerator’s crisper drawer. A growing body of research confirms that common culinary herbs like basil, dill, and oregano are not just flavor enhancers but potent sources of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. These kitchen staples offer significant, science-backed benefits for heart health, brain function, and immune response, making them a weekly grocery essential for the health-conscious consumer.

Historically, herbs have been cornerstones of traditional medicine systems worldwide, from Ayurveda to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Today, modern science is catching up, validating what ancient healers long understood: these plants are powerful. Incorporating them into daily meals is a simple, accessible strategy to combat chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, two root causes of many modern ailments....<<<Read More>>>....

The Final War of Tartaria Was Fought Against Something Inhuman

 

 

Eight administrative documents. Four continents. Three centuries apart. No known connection between the institutions that wrote them. And every single one contains the same quiet, bureaucratic language describing the same quiet, bureaucratic decision — the organized removal of a giant human population from the world's labor records, military logs, and official history. 

This investigative documentary follows one reluctant researcher's accidental discovery of a pattern that no single archive was supposed to reveal, and no coordinated system was supposed to preserve.

Radical depopulationist Paul Ehrlich has died – good riddance

 American biologist and depopulationist Paul Ehrlich died on 13 March 2026. He was the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University and known for his 1968 book ‘The Population Bomb’ co-authored with his wife, Anne Ehrlich.

The book warned of impending global famine and societal collapse due to overpopulation, famously predicting that “hundreds of millions of people will starve to death” in the 1970s and 1980s.

Though many of his predictions did not materialise, Ehrlich remained a prominent voice in environmental science, advocating for population sustainability – i.e., population reduction and control....<<<Read More>>>...

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How “Unprecedented” is the Kent Meningitis Outbreak?

 Are the students being given lumbar punctures to test for any virus in the spinal chord? That we believe is the only way to test for meningitis. 

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Wes Streeting has expressed concern about the rapid spread and severity of the meningitis outbreak in Kent. According to UKHSA health officials, the number of confirmed cases has risen from 15 to 20. Streeting described the outbreak in Kent as “unprecedented”. Therefore, we thought we’d take a look at the data.

Based on UKHSA annual surveillance reports (2010-2025), the number of meningococcal cases in England decreased significantly, from approximately 1,915 in 2010 to 1,010 in 2015. This downward trend continued more gradually, reaching below 700 cases by 2019. In 2020, the number of cases dropped dramatically, largely due to COVID-19 restrictions. Following this decline, cases began to rise again, stabilising at roughly 340-400 per year.

The case numbers for infants declined markedly from 2010 to 2019, dropped sharply in 2020, and then rose again post-pandemic. Teenagers and young adults formed the second-largest group, following a similar pattern of decline. Adult cases were lower overall but still showed the same temporal trend.

Across all age groups, cases decreased substantially over the decade, with a clear disruption in 2020 and partial recovery thereafter....<<<Read More>>>...

UK plans for fuel emergency revealed - from 50mph speed limits to rationing

All according to the 2030 plan. Iranian attacks on oil nations to cripple the world's fuel reserves. A sudden outbreak of Meningitis around the world to force lockdowns ... its just the start of their final stage of 2030 madness. Be warned, be alert and DON'T LISTEN TO THE BBC or other j3w15h controlled news outlets!! 

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 Plans allow for lower speed limits and petrol rationing to be imposed to cope with any fuel shortage. The measures would also potentially see fuel prioritised for the emergency services as measures that could help supplies running out.

 The plans have been in place since 2022 but have been put into sharp focus by the Middle East conflict.

It came as a top expert warned this week that the government could be forced to ration energy if the Iran war drags on. A virtual  (ALITD - a strange choice of word, Sounds like a computer simulation) blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has crippled exports of oil from the Gulf. 

Nick Butler, ex-head of strategy at BP and a former advisor to Labour PM Gordon Brown, warned: “There will be a real, physical shortage of supply in a few weeks’ time.

“How long that goes on we don’t know, but I think the government here must now be preparing for a significant shortfall of supply over the next two months....<<<Read More>>>...

 

Food for Thought #1001

 

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

The Catastrophe of 1700 That Reset the World

 

 

 Beneath modern cities lie buried structures that official history struggles to explain—entire systems entombed under meters of sediment, rebuilt over, then quietly erased. 

This documentary investigates evidence of a global catastrophe around the year 1700, tracing synchronized destruction, reconstruction, and technological regression across continents. 

Using archival records, engineering reports, and forgotten maps, it explores whether human civilization didn’t smoothly advance into the modern era—but recovered from a reset that history no longer openly acknowledges.

Silent Weapons for the Secret War on You

 The world of non-lethal weaponry has opened the door to technologies that allow the control of one’s mind, thoughts, actions, and behaviours via the use of pulsed high-frequency microwave blasts, electrical transmissions, and directed heat and sound waves. These can bypass our regular inhibitors and enter the human body and brain unbeknownst to the targeted person until they suffer the consequences.

It’s been going on for decades and not just for war purposes, but to stop protests and riots, silence and incapacitate dissenters, and bring unruly crowds under control.

For years, law enforcement has been using non-lethal weapons, including LRAD – Long-Range Acoustic Device – which blasts sound waves to cease behaviour by temporarily disorienting the intended victims. But while these devices serve practical and easily identifiable purposes for both military and law enforcement, there exists a more insidious use for this kind of technology. 

In February of 2022, alternative media reported on the use of LRAD during anti-vaccine mandate protests in Canberra. Australian Federal Police admitted using the device during a Canberra Convoy Freedom rally outside Parliament House. A number of videos and images hit social media showing people with various injuries, such as heat sores, rashes, and what looked like allergy-induced welts. There were also reports of sunburn and heatstroke symptoms, weakness, and temporary and permanent hearing damage....<<<Read More>>>...


Little-known benefits of LIMES include: enhanced iron absorption, kidney stone prevention, and improved cardiovascular health

 In the corner of a grocery store produce section, nestled among its more ostentatious citrus cousins, the lime often plays a supporting role. It is a garnish for a cocktail, a squeeze over tacos, a subtle note in a dressing. Yet, a growing body of scientific research suggests this bright green fruit deserves a leading part in the narrative of nutritional wellness. Beyond its zesty flavor, the lime is emerging as a multifaceted contributor to human health, with compounds that scientists are meticulously linking to benefits ranging from fortified immunity, enhanced iron absorption, to kidney stone prevention and even a healthier heart.

Key points:

  • Limes are a dense source of vitamin C and bio-active compounds like flavonoids and limonoids, which act as powerful antioxidants.
  • Research indicates potential benefits for cardiovascular health, skin integrity, kidney stone prevention, and enhanced absorption of dietary iron.
  • Vitamin C is crucial for collagen formation; therefore limes help out in the synthesis of collagen.
  • Specific animal and test-tube studies provide a mechanistic look at how lime components may slow atherosclerosis, combat oxidative stress, and influence cancer cell growth.
  • The fruit's utility extends from global cuisines to natural cleaning solutions, underscoring its versatility beyond nutrition.
  • Limonoids are concentrated in the peel, an often overlooked source of nutrition....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #1000

 

WHO claims radiation from EMFs is safe; WHO is plagued with conflicts of interest and flawed studies

 WHO claims that electromagnetic radiation from sources such as 5G and smartphones is safe. But independent researchers disagree, citing concerns over cancer, mental health and other health risks.

The International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields has criticised WHO for conflicts of interest, flawed methodologies and downplaying of health risks.

The official line from the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) and others says 5G and other sources of electromagnetic radiation are entirely safe, but independent researchers with no financial backing from, in this case, the Telecoms industry have a very different view.

The public, as always, is largely in the dark. The same “tin foil hat” attributions abound. Quite apart from any electromagnetic mechanisms, there are also huge concerns about excess time on smartphones and devices in childhood linked to an increase in mental health difficulties,

Your smartphone, your Wi-Fi, your smart meter, your other smart gadgets and much else all use radio-frequency radiation (“RFR”), but what physical effect is this having on you and your family’s health? Where can the truth be found? Although we only ever hear publicly that RFR “should” be safe, a glimpse behind the scenes reveals a raging battle amongst scientists in an attempt to control the narrative.

This struggle comes at a time when the governments of the world are awaiting the forthcoming WHO Environmental Health Criteria monograph, which will pronounce on the health risks or otherwise of exposure to electromagnetic fields, including RFR. Even more critical is the upcoming possible reclassification of RFR as a probable cancer risk by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (“IARC”). The stakes could not be higher....<<<Read More>>>...

Untold Secrets of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (Photographic Evidence)

 

Serve Warmer Beer to Save on Bills, Miliband Tells Pubs

 Pubs should serve warmer beer and turn off ovens to save money on their energy bills, Ed Miliband has said, amid a crisis in the sector set to be made worse by spiking energy prices. The Telegraph has the story.

The Energy Secretary has launched an advice tool aimed at hospitality businesses, which he hopes will ease the burden of rising costs in the struggling sector.

The tool encourages firms to reduce unnecessary electricity use by turning off bottle fridges overnight and to monitor hotspots such as extraction systems, ovens and lamps.

It comes as fears mount that more pubs are being pushed to the brink, as the conflict in Iran sends energy prices soaring.

Analysis by the Telegraph last weekend suggested that the spike in energy bills will heap an extra £169 million a year onto pubs’ costs, with Wetherspoons chief Sir Tim Martin saying businesses would have no choice but to push up prices.

Businesses claim they are being quoted energy rates around 30% higher than in February, before the US and Israel launched their first strikes on Iran. Oil prices have risen from $73 (£55) a barrel before the strikes to hover around $100.

Industry leaders on Tuesday said the Government tool would not save pubs from the “eye-watering bills” that were crippling hospitality businesses, with landlords ridiculing the suggestions as “groundbreaking stuff”.

Emma McClarkin, the Chief Executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said: “There are a host of appliances that you simply cannot turn off, many for health and safety reasons, so it is not just help with reducing eye-watering energy bills that the beer and pub sector needs the Government to help with, but the overall cumulative costs of doing business, including disproportionate tax bills.”

However, she said: “With the typical pub making just 12p profit on every £5 pint, it’s essential for landlords to save money on their energy bills wherever they can, with the added bonus of reducing their carbon footprint.” …

Pub owner Andy Lennox urged ministers to slash VAT rates for British hospitality firms rather than offer them simplistic energy-saving suggestions.

Lennox ran a campaign last year to ban Labour MPs from hospitality venues across the country, which ultimately forced Labour to announce an emergency support package for pubs.

He said: “To be told to turn the lights off overnight really is groundbreaking stuff. Thank goodness someone in Whitehall finally cracked it. Decades of hospitality experience across the country, and the answer was sitting there all along.

“In reality, this is yet another short-sighted, bureaucratic, headline-grabbing load of rubbish. Any half-decent operator already runs an efficient kitchen, manages energy properly and watches costs like a hawk. That is Hospitality 101.”...<<<Read More>>>....

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Monday, 16 March 2026

The Secret Science of Mind: How Positive Thinking Became a Force in the Modern World

If there is a central religious doctrine for the New Age, surely it is this – the belief that positive thoughts can bend reality to their own shape. It is an alluring concept. If it’s true, we don’t need to act or work or perform in the world. All we need to do is change our thinking. But is there anything to this idea?

To understand something about the doctrine of thought power, it’s helpful to look at its history. The father of the religion of positive thinking was an obscure New Englander named Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802–66). 

Quimby, like many men of his time, was a jack of all trades. He started as a clockmaker, but eventually became fascinated with alternative methods of healing and learned the art of mesmerism or animal magnetism, a forerunner of hypnosis. Quimby found that if he put an assistant into a trance, the assistant could diagnose and prescribe a remedy for a patient’s disease (much like Edgar Cayce, the celebrated “sleeping prophet” who lived a couple of generations later).

Quimby built up a successful practice this way, but soon he came to a startling conclusion: it didn’t matter what remedy was prescribed; it was the faith of the patient that made the difference. So Quimby dismissed his assistant and began to practice his own radical method of healing, in which he would simply convince the patient that he or she was already well. Quimby’s warm and gentle nature aroused a sense of confidence. His office filled with patients, and many came away from his treatments feeling great relief or even fully cured. He often treated people for free when they could not pay...<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #999

 

Another UN “anti-Islamophobia day” passes without recognition of the hatred for non-Muslims displayed in the Koran

 Yesterday was the UN’s “International Day to Combat Islamophobia.” To celebrate, Hellish 2050 is giving free copies of the book ‘Can the Koran be Banned in Scotland and India?’.

Hellish 2050 also points out that Islamophiles fail to recognise the hatred for non-Muslims as is written in the Koran.

In a recent article, we highlighted the UK government’s plan to tackle “anti-Muslim hostility.” The policy paper for Labour’s “Protecting What Matters” plan states: “Working with the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), we will use our diplomatic network to press for laws and policies that protect religious or belief minorities and promote inclusive, tolerant societies.”

Whenever we see the “collaboration” of the United Nations, we know the UK government are being obedient servants to the controligarchs’ global plans and not the four nations whom it is their duty to serve. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, to discover the push for the “Islamophobia” agenda is coming from the UN.

In 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to observe the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia” every year on 15 March. The date, 15 March, was chosen as it is the anniversary of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand.

For the UN and its supporters, the day serves as a global call to action to combat Islamophobia, defined as racism, discrimination, hostility or violence against Muslims or Islam.

In 2025, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé of Spain, the UN’s High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations, as the UN Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia. “Let’s eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community,” Guterres said. 

To celebrate the UN’s anti-Islamophobia day 2026, Hellish 2050 is providing a free PDF copy of the book ‘Can the Koran be Banned in Scotland and India?’.

What supporters of the anti-Islamophobia agenda fail to point out, Hellish 2050 says, is the discrimination and hatred for non-Muslims displayed in the Koran and other Islamic scriptures and provides some examples....<<<Read More>>>...


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The Great Taking Has Begun: Why Your Financial Assets Are Now Trapped in a War Zone

I believe we have passed the point of theoretical warnings and entered the realm of undeniable action. The system you were told was liquid and secure is actively locking the doors. Investment funds are not a future risk; they are a present reality of restricted access. 

We saw this with Silicon Valley Bank's failure, a liquidity crisis triggered by a $2 billion loss from bond sales that caused a bank run. More recently, Blackstone has limited withdrawals from its Real Estate Investment Trust. This is the 'bail-in' mechanism in practice, where your assets can be converted to equity or frozen to save the institution. As one analysis put it, these institutions are 'struggling to provide liquidity when customers demand their funds, essentially telling us our money is safe as long as it remains in the system'. The promised safety net is a trapdoor.

This is not an anomaly; it is the template. Remember Credit Suisse? Its bondholders were wiped out in a 'combination bail-in/bail-out' that proved 'the entire western financial system is a grand con'. The rules are changed in an instant to protect the system at your expense. The 2008 crisis required a $1 trillion bailout, but the Federal Reserve recently prepared to inject up to $2 trillion to prevent a systemic collapse. When the need for liquidity reaches these stratospheric levels, your access to your own money becomes the first casualty. The domino has tipped.

The trigger for the next, far more devastating wave of defaults is not hidden in a spreadsheet; it's unfolding in real time on the geopolitical stage. As I write this in March 2026, the Strait of Hormuz -- a chokepoint for 20% of the world's oil -- is functionally closed. Iran has threatened to open fire on vessels, and the U.S. Navy has declined 'near daily' requests for armed escorts. This is not a temporary disruption; it is a systemic severance. The immediate consequence is a historic surge in oil prices and supertanker rates, but the secondary, cascading effect is where the real danger lies.

This physical blockade activates the legal clause known as 'force majeure' -- an act of God or war that voids contracts. From energy producers to chemical manufacturers to shipping insurers, a cascade of defaults is now inevitable. One analysis labels this a '12-order cascading' crisis, where the interruption of this one corridor 'can propagate outward into a general crisis of civilization' . 

The destruction of Gulf infrastructure has already severed the global supply of elemental sulfur and sulfuric acid, the 'chemical Achilles' heel of modern civilization' . When a manufacturer in Germany or a farmer in South Africa cannot get vital inputs because contracts are voided by war, the defaults ripple up to the investment funds holding their commercial paper. Your pension, your 401(k), your ETF -- they are all exposed to this chain of broken promises. The legal avalanche has begun, and it burries counterparty risk under an insurmountable pile of defaults....<<<Read More>>>...

Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

 

The Jevons Paradox Explains Why Net Zero is an Exercise in Futility

 Peter Cook and Rowan Atkinson’s ‘End of the World’ sketch from The Secret Policemen’s Ball is a timeless piece of comedy because, like with all great comedy, we instantly recognise the target of the joke. Every generation throws up its own cultists, convinced that they alone can anticipate and possibly avert the ‘end times’.

If the bloke who stood, with sandwich boards proclaiming “the end of the world is nigh” in my childhood town had had access to social media, who knows, he may have become the Greta Thunberg of his day, with millions hanging on his every word.

Greta always puts me in mind of two characters: one fictional, Violet Elizabeth Bott of Just William fame, the spoilt brat from next-door who would yell, “I’ll thcream and thcream till I’m thick!” (translation: I’ll scream and scream until I’m sick); and, Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent, who almost brought down Henry VIII, so popular were her visions and prophecies.

While Greta chucked in school when she was about 12, Barton never went. Despite this, and again, like Greta, Barton met repeatedly with Henry’s senior ministers, though her meetings ended rather less well for her than did Greta’s. It was Thomas Cromwell who, worried that the Barton cult was getting out of hand, had her executed on trumped up charges and a number of her followers hung, drawn and quartered.

Perhaps humans are pre-programmed to adopt apocalyptic cults. After all, the Abrahamic religions all anticipate the end of the world as we know it. Christian breakaway sects, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christadelphians, appear to expect Judgement Day any time soon, but perhaps no sooner than those ‘green’ zealots who set up a trestle table each Saturday in our town square, cover it with baize and pamphlets and, literally, try and frighten the children. Ironically, their pitch is immediately opposite the Jehovah’s Kingdom Hall! Take your pick, they’re all selling the same thing....<<<Read More>>>...


Food for Thought #998

 

Sunday, 15 March 2026

The Countdown Begins: Two Years to Transform or Be Transformed

 It’s like a movie – for example, Star Wars – where suddenly we find ourselves in an existential situation with a very short time to respond… and it’s for the whole game. Everything. It’s almost surreal – the stuff they make movies of! That’s where we are. Right now.

There’s a lot about the world these days that is surreal. Honesty, integrity, logic, commonsense – all suddenly seemed to walk away within less than a decade. The underpinnings of how we understood reality to work – our paradigm – made their way to the door and departed. Now we can’t even tell what’s real for sure. Technology can duplicate every major characteristic of an individual within a digital environment with such fidelity that you don’t know for sure if it’s Donald Trump or Elon Musk (or anyone) really saying or doing what you just saw them say and do.

It’s one thing to fixate on the extraordinary eruption of information technologies with all of the nano, bio, genetic, cogno, AI and social subsets of the explosion; they’re all clearly the major driving force of this planetary upheaval. But it’s more than that. Much more than that.

The stage for these present months and years was systematically set throughout the last century – if not longer. Some three hundred thousand years ago, a major force (reptilians or archons, see the Gnostic Gospels) captured this planet. The humans, with their then 12 strands of DNA, were extraordinarily capable, connected and on their way to greatness. The controller reptilians felt it was inevitable that the humans would overtake them and become a threat.

Something had to be done. The solution was to genetically disable ten of the dozen DNA strands. Break them up, but leave the broken strands in there such that they can’t operate – and be sure to manipulate the genetics to generate fear, pain, hate and terror – all of which produce the negative energy (loosh) that nourishes the reptilians/archons.

Why have humans constantly killed each other and produced extraordinary injustices to each other for millennia? That’s why. It’s been designed into us to sustain the vitality of the controller/suppressor force that coexists with us on this planet.

Those controllers have spent the last millennia working to incrementally shape this 3D reality so that we humans, exercising our “free will,” decision-by-decision, increasingly choose or “allow” the growth of conditions and initiatives designed to systematically constrain and suppress us to the point where these non-human forces can completely subsume humans into Matrix-like power sources (perhaps even housed in cells). At the very least, they want us to be afraid, powerless, dependent, docile, obedient and certainly amused and uninformed. Nothing sovereign or powerful here....<<<Read More>>>...

Weathering the Storms

 This is a time for many of us when we are digging deep, as the saying goes, to find a way to meet the challenges of our lives, both personally and collectively. Many of us have been powerfully impacted by each other’s emotional struggles, current events, and the feeling of the world shaking with change. The question is: Can we find our way back to a state of grounded, calm, openhearted connection with ourselves and others?

The need to answer this question is great. And although we can't change what we've been through or what we're going through now, we can influence how we respond moving forward. And we can begin by cultivating the inner resources we need — ones that can offer us a glimpse of relief and comfort — when we find ourselves in difficult situations and challenging nervous system states.

When we listen attentively to what our nervous system asks of us, when we allow it to speak through our body and emotions, and when we respond compassionately to its calls with the kindness of a loving friend, healing is naturally evoked. As we learn to support our well-being through self-regulation, breathing techniques, and movement we can step forward with greater resilience and grounded clarity — better prepared to weather whatever storms may come. (Daily OM)

Ursula’s Nuclear Epiphany Marks a New Era of EU Desperation

 We have discussed previously on these pages, Ed Miliband’s proclamation of Britain’s “golden age of nuclear”. This week, Miliband’s atomic chorus was joined by none other than European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 

In a speech to the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris, the leader of the conflicted Commission of the collapsing Union announced that “Europe needs homegrown, low-carbon energy sources”, and that “nuclear and renewables together have a key role to play”.

There has never been a meaningful proposal for “nuclear and renewables” for precisely the reason von der Leyen states: “Nuclear energy is available around the clock, providing electricity all year.” Europe’s and its member states’ energy policies were driven by fantasies of 100% renewables. 

And what would be the point of building intermittent generation capacity alongside 24/7 capacity, which is furthermore not well-suited to ramping its output up and down? Moreover, the green ideology that was absorbed into Europe’s political architecture was overtly hostile, not only to nuclear energy, which it claimed was too risky, but to all abundant and cheap energy – i.e., solutions that didn’t require immiseration. 

It was in response to the possibility of ‘clean’ nuclear power providing cheap energy that the green movement’s godfather, Paul Ehrlich claimed it would be like “giving an idiot child a machine gun”....<<<Read More>>>...

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The silent saboteurs: How everyday diet choices can undermine thyroid health

Iodine and selenium are foundational nutrients for thyroid hormone production and protection.

Skipping meals or restrictive low-carb diets can signal starvation to the body, slowing thyroid function.

Raw cruciferous vegetables, legumes and seeds contain goitrogens that can impair thyroid activity if not prepared correctly.

Quality of meat matters, as grain-fed animals may accumulate fats and pesticide residues that disrupt thyroid metabolism.

Regular testing, avoiding smoking and excess caffeine, and consulting a doctor are crucial alongside dietary management.

For millions managing thyroid dysfunction, the path to wellness is often paved with good intentions—supplements, exercise and careful eating. Yet, emerging insights from nutrition experts reveal that several common, seemingly healthy dietary habits can inadvertently counteract these efforts, slowing metabolism, exacerbating fatigue and hindering treatment. The thyroid gland, a master regulator of metabolism, energy and mood, has specific nutritional needs that extend beyond simply ingesting key nutrients like iodine and selenium. Avoiding critical missteps in meal timing, food preparation and sourcing is equally vital for optimal function....<<<Read More>>>...

15,000 Babies a Year Were Left in These Walls — 90% Never Survived and Nobody Investigated

 

 

Foundling wheel, Italy surnames, Esposito, Innocenti, Trovato, abandoned babies, and hidden history all converge in one of the darkest systems early modern Europe ever built. For centuries, infants were placed into rotating wooden wheels set into church and hospital walls, renamed by institutions, and absorbed into a system where survival was often the exception. 

What if your last name is not really your last name? What if it is a label assigned to a child no one officially claimed? 

 Across Italy and much of Catholic Europe, foundling hospitals used the ruota degli esposti — a revolving box built into the wall of a church or hospital. A mother could place her baby inside, ring a bell, and disappear. Inside, the child would be received, baptized, renamed, and entered into institutional records. In Italy, surnames such as Esposito, Trovato, Innocenti, and in some regions Colombo became part of that history. In many family trees, the surname itself is the surviving evidence. 

The official story was mercy. The numbers tell a harder story. 

In Dublin, parliamentary records show roughly 127,000 admissions to the Foundling Hospital, with mortality averaging around 800 deaths for every 1,000 children admitted. In one horrific five-year stretch, more than 5,000 infants entered the infirmary and only a handful survived. In London, the Foundling Hospital’s General Reception took in nearly 15,000 children in just four years, and mortality rose to 81 percent. Across Europe, institutions relied on anonymous surrender, wet-nurse systems, transport networks, and bookkeeping that often hid the true scale of infant death. 

And then there are the tokens. 

When mothers surrendered a baby, they sometimes left behind a half coin, a ribbon, a medal, a bead, a scrap of cloth — something that could prove identity if they ever returned. The London Foundling Museum still holds hundreds of these objects. One ribbon once carried the embroidered words: Cruelle Separation. Cruel separation. The institutions kept the tokens. The children rarely got the connection back. 

This is what makes the story bigger than one city or one country. It is not only about infant abandonment. It is about how Europe built a system to process poverty, illegitimacy, and social shame through architecture, paperwork, and religious charity — and how that system may still be visible today in the surnames millions of people carry without knowing why. 

 If your Italian family tree stops suddenly… if an ancestor appears from nowhere… if a surname seems oddly generic or symbolic… the missing branch may not be random. It may have begun at a wheel in the wall.

UK Failures on Asylum Hotels Continue With New Ruling

 For UK taxpayers, residents, and anyone who believed ministers were serious about ending hotel dependency, this is another reminder that the asylum system is still consuming vast sums of public money while overriding local opposition. The political language has shifted repeatedly, but the underlying reality remains intact: hotels are still in use, councils are still fighting, and the bill is still landing on the public.

The latest decision follows months of legal and political conflict around the Bell Hotel in Epping. Back in August 2025, we reported that the hotel had become a flashpoint for protests after a resident was charged with sexual assault, which he denied, and after the UK High Court initially granted a temporary injunction stopping the Home Office from housing asylum seekers there. Ministers immediately sought to appeal, arguing that removing residents would itself inflame tensions.

That earlier legal setback for the government did not last. On 29 August 2025, we then reported that the government had won a court ruling allowing asylum seekers to remain at the Bell Hotel, a decision we described as a worsening of the wider asylum disaster. The hotel remained open for asylum accommodation, and protests continued.

Now the position has hardened further. GB News and LBC report that Lady Justice Andrews and Lord Justice Holgate refused Epping Council permission to pursue its appeal, holding that the High Court judge had not “ducked the issue” and that there was “no arguable basis” for criticising his refusal to grant relief. In plain terms, the Bell Hotel stays in the asylum system....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #997

 

Saturday, 14 March 2026

The Power of Storytelling

 Ever since our ancestors could first communicate, we have gathered to share our stories. We have passed along creation tales and tragic stories of lost love. We have repeated accounts of real heroism and simple stories of family history. When our forebears lived closer to the land and to each other, the practice of storytelling was imbued with ritual and occasion. Members of the tribe would often gather around the fire to hear their genealogy recited aloud by an elder or master storyteller. Listeners could track how their own lives, and the lives of their parents, connected to other tribe members. Everyone’s ancient relatives once played out similar life dramas together.

As a custom, some cultures’ storytellers repeat the same tale over and over because they believe that each time you hear it, you come to the story as a different person and view the plot and characters in a new light. Hearing the story over and over is a way to gauge where you have been and where you are now on your path of personal evolution. It also helps the younger generation learn the stories so that they can pass them to forthcoming generations.

When we hear others tell stories, we can laugh at their humorous adventures, feel the thrill of exciting encounters, see parts of ourselves in them, and learn from the challenges they face. Though most of our formal traditions of storytelling are lost, it does not mean we have to be without. We can begin new practices in our own families — listening to one another, honoring our own path, and witnessing the journeys of those around us. We can revive this tradition by gathering around the campfire or hearth with family and friends, and sharing stories. By building these new practices, we give ourselves and the ones we love an opportunity to draw ever closer in our shared human experience. (David Icke)

Poisoned Mind: Social Media in the 21st Century

 According to an article on the website of ‘Radio Free Europe’, a nondescript modern 4-storey building on Savushkina Street, St. Petersburg, houses the innocuously titled ‘Internet Research Centre’.

Inside the building operate government controlled and tasked teams of professional ‘trolls’. Spread across approximately 40 rooms, the trolls prowl the Internet in 12 hour shifts, generating pro-Kremlin comments and ‘gaming’ Internet forums and online conversations.

St. Petersburg blogger Marat Burkhard recently came forward to describe the apparent covert activities in detail. Burkhard describes his co-workers as “politically illiterate young people” who must be briefed on current topics at the beginning of each shift and continually supervised.

At this point it would be pertinent to note the source of the article – Radio Free Europe – notoriously a CIA funded propaganda outlet for decades (now financed, more obtrusively, through the State Department and ‘private donors’). While only the congenitally naive would doubt the veracity of the article’s basic claims, what is (unsurprisingly) lacking is context. Whether financed and operated by Russia’s intelligence agency FSB, or some other shadowy enclave, it is estimated that the entire Russian security establishment currently operates with just one twentieth (1/20) of the US equivalent (not even including the UK and other close Western allies).

What that means, in a nutshell, is that for every Internet Research Centre in Russia, the CIA/NSA/GCHQ/private contractor nexus would be operating the equivalent of (at least) 20 such centres. Flooding the social media networks, news and other sites of their domestic populations with thousands upon thousands of comments, posts, disruption, disinformation and propaganda bullets every day. Salvos in an escalating, but largely unseen, ‘Information War’....<<<Read More>>>...

Food for Thought #996

 

A nutrient powerhouse: Unpacking spinach’s modern health legacy

Spinach is a nutrient-dense leafy green, exceptionally rich in vitamins A, C, K, folate and minerals like magnesium and iron.

Its high nitrate content can improve blood flow and lower blood pressure, while antioxidants like lutein protect eye health.

Regular consumption is linked to reduced inflammation, better digestive health and a slower rate of age-related cognitive decline.

The vegetable contains oxalates, which can contribute to kidney stones in susceptible individuals and may interfere with mineral absorption.

Cooking methods like steaming or sautéing with healthy fats can optimize the bioavailability of its key nutrients.

From medieval Persian gardens to contemporary superfood smoothies, spinach has maintained a storied place on the global plate. Today, nutritional science is decoding why this leafy green, long celebrated in folklore and pop culture, deserves its robust reputation. New research and reviews affirm that routinely incorporating Spinacia oleracea into the diet can impart significant benefits for cardiovascular health, vision and cognitive function, though it requires mindful consumption for some individuals. This modern understanding elevates spinach from a simple side dish to a strategic component of preventive health....<<<Read More>>>... 

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Economy Flatlines Ahead of Iran War Stoking New Cost of Living Crisis Fears

 The economy unexpectedly flatlined in January ahead of the war in Iran, with the lack of signs of growth stoking fears of recession and another cost-of-living crisis. The Mail has more.

In January, the economy recorded zero growth, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Most economists had expected growth of 0.2%.

It underscores the economy’s fragility even before the outbreak of the Iran conflict, which has triggered an energy shock likely to raise inflation.

The prospect of another energy crisis has stoked fears that the UK will fall into a period of stagflation – the combination of higher inflation and unemployment, and stagnating growth – which has further dampened the chances of rate cuts.

The ONS said the overall picture is “subdued”, led by zero growth across services and a 0.1% fall in production in January. While construction grew 0.2% in January, it continued its contraction over the quarter, down 2%.

The figures will be grim reading for the Chancellor, who has pinned her hopes on improving economic growth.

She said the figures come “amid an uncertain world” but insisted: “Our economic plan is the right one, but I know there is more to do,” as the Middle East conflict threatens higher inflation.

Economists at ING anticipate a peak for headline inflation in late summer at around 3.5%.

“The problem facing the UK is that despite the government saying they need to stick to the plan to produce economic growth, forecasts point to very little improvement, with even 2% growth a year becoming a pipe dream,” said Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter...<<<Read More>>>...

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