What if oil is not a fossil fuel? There is a hypothesis that hydrocarbons are produced inside a planet's mantle.
https://postcanadian.com/ambiogenic-petroleum-fossil-fuels-science/
There is a little known scientific hypothesis that challenges our conventional wisdom about oil and gas. The abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis proposes that petroleum was formed from deep carbon deposits, rather than from the decomposition of organic matter. ...
... If the abiogenic petroleum origin hypothesis were true, it would imply that petroleum resources like oil are not finite or derived from ancient biological matter, but instead are continuously generated through geochemical processes deep within the Earth's mantle and crust. This would have several implications for the abundance of oil and natural gas on Earth. ...
Article lists names of a few geologists and professors who have been bandying the hypothesis about. It notes that that "peak oil theory" has been used to drive up prices and I would add, of course, that it is another driver (a non-environmentally-linked one) for Net Zero nonsense.
Mind you, even if the earth could produce petroleum indefinitely, we may still be limited in our use of it somewhat depending on how fast petroleum percolates up through the rock into the voids from which we draw it out; we may be drawing it up faster than it can re-form even if this theory is true.
It might be worthwhile to revisite the oldest (and presumaby empty) oil wells and see if they are re-filling at all--these date from the mid-1800s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Oil_Well
At any rate, it's interesting and worth exploring as it adds another bit of intrigue to the whole de-carbonization movement.
Germany: CDU MP Seeks Ban on AfD | Marco Wanderwitz says AfD "seriously endangers our free democratic basic order and the state as a whole."
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/germany-cdu-mp-seeks-ban-on-afd/
... An MP for Germany’s ‘center-right’ Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, who in 2021 lost a local election to an AfD candidate, is working on draft legislation that, if adopted by the Bundestag, would see the right-wing antiglobalist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party banned outright. ... “We are dealing with a party that seriously endangers our free democratic basic order and the state as a whole,” and “that’s why it’s high time to ban them.” ...
The surging popularity of AfD is frightening the mainstream parties.
The excuse, of course, is that they are "rayciss". However,
The AfD, in stark contrast with the NPD, emphasizes the importance of including in the party those with a migrant background who are culturally assimilated, upwardly mobile, and pay taxes. Contrary to popular belief, the AfD has more parliamentary group members with migration backgrounds (7.2%) than the CDU/CSU (4.1%) or the FDP (5.4%), according to research by the Integration Media Service.
Former Canadian military officer describes ‘abuse of power’ behind mandatory COVID jabs | In an exclusive interview, Serge Faucher told LifeSiteNews that his career met an abrupt end when Chief of Defense Staff General Wayne Eyre imposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the entire CAF on October 8, 2021.
... “My greatest disappointment is to see so many supervisors directly abuse their subordinates when it came to the mandates and forget their humanity. We had folks that were told they deserved to be shot and killed if you don’t take the vaccine.” ...
Article mentions other enforced medications including one that made him exceedingly itchy and that effect still lasts.
I think we "gave away the farm" when we required children to be vaccinated before allowing them to register in elementary school and forced Jehovah's Witnesses kids to get blood transfusions.
All this medical stuff needs to be re-thunk from first principles after the Deep State goes away.
Comments after the article are interesting as well. One person commented about the Canadian Armed Forces in general that it is "dysfunctional, stagnant, glacial in its responsiveness, and one that rewards mindless compliance and sycophancy. Groupthink is pervasive and seems to be a pre-requisite for promotion. “Backstabbing” is rampant. It tends to repeat the same mistakes."
3 Ways To Survive “The Great Taking”
https://www.activistpost.com/2023/10/3-ways-to-survive-the-great-taking.html
Article is a summary of a 130-page PDF book available free here: https://thegreattaking.com/
I've skimmed it and put it aside for later detailed reading. The book seems to describe the problem with the financial system quite well:
...privately held control of all central banks, and hence all money creation, has allowed a very few people to control all political parties and governments; the intelligence agencies and their myriad front organizations; the armed forces and the police; the major corporations and, of course, the media. These very vew people are the prime movers. ...**
Main takeaway: you don't really own your stocks, bonds, etc. If your broker goes bust, the stocks and bonds you think you own will be used to satisfy more senior creditors of your broker.
... All that is needed is a big crisis that will cause a tidal wave of bankruptcies, and the hidden forces behind the world’s central banks will be able to take everyone’s stocks, bonds, and any property financed by debt. All the assets people think they own in brokerage accounts, bank accounts, pensions, and other financial accounts could vanish overnight. ...
... The best you can do is to make yourself a hard target and not be among the low-hanging fruit. You can do that by being debt-free and owning unencumbered assets within your direct control.
Hints from article:
- Don't put gold/silver into a bank's safety deposit box; they can be confiscated, just like your chequing & savings accounts.
- Pay off mortgage ASAP so that there is no competing claims on your house.
- Bitcoin, which has "the potential to separate money from the state and give monetary sovereignty to the individual, rendering central banks obsolete--along with their confetti currencies"
Me personal, I'm still a bit leary of Bitcoin. Anything digital is vulnerable to EMP and hacking...
But still, a very interesting article.
Era Of ‘Unquestioned And Unchallenged’ Climate Change Claims Is Over
Leading voices in the climate community are in an uproar as their warming hypothesis comes under fresh assault by new scientific papers.
The authors of the papers are being attacked and say that “activist scientists” threatened by the new findings are “aggressively conducting an orchestrated disinformation campaign to discredit the papers and the scientific reputation of the authors.” ...
Good!
The more this "goes mainstream" the better.
It's going to be the pretext for "climate lockdowns", so best to proactively spread the word.
CANADA: Senior Liberal staffer shares post defending Palestinian “revolutionary violence”
https://tnc.news/2023/10/08/liberal-staffer-palestinian-violence/
A senior advisor to a Liberal cabinet minister shared an Instagram post condoning Palestinian “revolutionary violence” and using a hashtag calling for the destruction of Israel.
Brandon Montour, who is listed as a senior legal affairs advisor to Liberal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree on the federal government’s employee directory, also shared a post supporting Palestinian liberation through “whatever means necessary.” ...
A local of the leftist public service union CUPE as well this Liberal staffer are lining up on pro-Hamas anti-Israel side. This is not surprising; they have been making these sorts of noises for years.
But it tells you that the Deep State is very much anti-Israel--not so much specific policies of Israel, which like any country are certainly open for assessment and criticism, but against the very existence of Israel as a country. This is not the same thing as being anti-Jewish, but does tend to have a heck of a lot of overlap.
Switzerland plans to BAN electric cars from the roads and order games consoles turned off during power shortages in a bid to reduce energy consumption
... Switzerland fears an energy shortage in the coming months because it is highly dependent on imports to get it through winter. ...
More likely part of the Davos Clique's plan for total citizen control. But forget the energy part: think about how people will react to such measures.
The Awake will know it's bullshit and will will defy the authorities. But there are enough young people with "eco-anxiety" who will be fully on board with it.
Net result: hightened emotions and social tension, getting people to argue and fight amongst themselves.
Demons feed on negative emotions and they are gorging themselves and will gorge themselves even more, inciting yet more hostility and even violence in a downwards spiral... And don't forget Switzerland was where they had that Satanic ceremony for the opening of a railway tunnel a few years back: https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/satanic-switzerland-new-tunnel-opens-with-bizarre-occult-like-ceremony/
The need to turn to God has never been greater than today. This is MORE of a spiritual battle than a political one.
‘I grew up!’ Ex-Extinction Rebellion activist ditches group
https://www.gbnews.com/news/former-extinction-rebellion-activist-details-exit-group
A good insight into the EcoCult, how kids get into it, how to get them out of it.
They're brainwashed at high school to be vulnerable to further propaganda:
... when I went up to secondary school, the first thing you get taught about after basic biology is is climate change.
Why join something like Extinction Rebellion? A need to do something "meaningful" with one's life (basically, a religion substitute)"
... I think young people are impressionable. And the older activists in these these groups know this and are frankly praying upon it, that the young people's need to contribute to society. ... And so what bigger project to push back against than the death of the entire world?
Why stay? Cult-like peer pressure:
... if you challenge the ideas of climate change and the extent to which it's anthropomorphic, i.e. caused by humans, you're denounced as a climate denier and you know, shunned from from the student community ...
It's a gateway drug to leftism:
... you can't, you know, be an eco warrior without also believing in gender ideology without ascribing to critical race theory, this kind of thing. ...
How you get out: Contact with reality:
... I grew up, started paying taxes. But yeah, I got taught the other side of Marxism, which is not the utopia but the death in the millions, and thought, huh, what else am I being lied to about? ...
Proportion of Catholics in Poland falls to 71%, new census data show
... The new data, released by Statistics Poland (GUS), a state agency, show that in the 2021 census, 27.1 million people (71.3%) identified themselves as followers of the Roman Catholic church. That was down from 33.7 million (87.6%) at the last census a decade earlier. Meanwhile, the proportion saying that they belonged to no faith almost tripled, from 2.4% in 2011 to 6.9% in 2021. Likewise, those who refused to answer the question also almost tripled, from 7.1% to 20.5%. ... Among young Poles, the decline was even more dramatic: from 69% practising regularly in 1992 to 23% in 2021. ...
All other faiths, including Orthodox, are under 1% so it's not like the ex-Catholics are looking for a stronger walk with the Lord in other denominations. They've just given up, entirely.
Yet, in the 1980s, Polish Catholicism appeared strong. With Lech Wałęsa, Solidarność, and John Paul II leading the charge, it was a strong force against communism. The faith of people was sincere, at least it seemed so as someone looking in from a distance.
But I wonder if perhaps the Faith was more of a political movement with a vaneer of religion, rather than a sincere religion working out the implications of Faith in the public square.
Or maybe the 1980s are too long ago, and the younger generations don't remember and just aren't plugged in?
Any Polish Anons have two cents to chip into the convo?
The bigger implications for the Great Awakening are that the spiritual side of THIS movement ought to be deep and sincere, and not just a vaneer for POLITICAL opposition. Lest we go the way of Poland (and Italy, and Quebec) and lose our faith when we win (note: when, not if), we have to make sure that spirituality and the walk with God come FIRST. Political opposition to the WEF etc. has to flow out of FAITH.
Why Walmart and Target Want the Fed to Control Your Credit Cards
... The proposed legislation will give new powers to the federal government requiring the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system to create new regulations for how consumers’ credit card payments are processed. It will allow retailers to effectively ignore a customer’s preferred credit card network and instead process the payment on a cheaper, less secure network. ...
The already sketchy security of electronic payments is about to get sketchier if the Big Box Lobby has their way.
No specific legislation proposed yet, but arms are being twisted.
Petition here: https://stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com/ You may not want to sign it electronically, but can always contact your CongressCritter directly to express concern.
Why Does It Matter How We Define Socialism? | If we don't define socialism properly, how can we present coherent arguments against the encroachment of government in our lives?
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/why-does-it-matter-how-we-define-socialism/
Author criticized the author of a book on Swedish socialism who went the whole way through talking about the rise and fall of socialisim in Sweden without ever once saying what he meant or how he distinguished "pre-socialist" and "post-socialist" Sweden.
He criticizes Rand Paul for doing the same thing when talking about Bernie Sanders.
There is no single money-quote here to use as a teaser, but it's a good read nonetheless. Until you have a definition clearly stated, people can be easily talking at cross-purposes. "First, define your terms" as high school debating coaches say.
I want to get a bunch of blank labels from a stationary store and write a variety of verbal memes on them so I can stick them in various places around town.
Here's a few slogans I was thinking of; can we brainstorm some more?
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Do not comply
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The unvaccinated are not dying
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The fires were set
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The media lies to you
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They will keep setting fires until you submit to their climate agenda. Do not comply.
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They will keep looting shops until you submit to electronic ID and facial surveillance. Do not comply.
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They will keep creating pandemics until you submit to medical slavery. Do not comply.
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They will keep jacking up the price of food until you submit to eating bugs. Do not comply.
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#ClimateCult
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#ClimateScam
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Ivermectin works
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HCQ works
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Face masks are useless
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Release Epstein's client list.
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Drug company profits are down. There is a new covid varient. Coincidence?
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Face masks trap germs and bacteria against your skin.
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Real pandemics don't require 24/4 fear propaganda.
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If you are complying because you want it to end, then it will never end.
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The latest covid variant: BS.24/7
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Covid: a virus so strong it can get past your triple vaccines, but is stopped dead by a paper mask!
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Never trust anyone who says: "Don't tell your parents."
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Don't sexualize children.
I’ve been cancelled for standing up to racial identity politics | An education conference has disinvited me because my presence would make speakers feel ‘unsafe’.
... I was due to speak in a debate tomorrow entitled ‘What is indoctrination within education and how can we avoid it?’. But because I actively campaign against racial indoctrination in schools, I was disinvited. (Ironically, I was also the only person of colour on the panel.) ...
That a non-white woman from a group called "Don’t Divide Us" is considered "cancellable" is glaring evidence that woke culture is about protecting and promoting their authoritarian, communist, worldview.
For background, here's the Don't Divide Us page: https://dontdivideus.com/
They are a UK group.
From their "our beliefs" page:
We should treat everyone as an individual worthy of respect regardless of race, religion or the colour of their skin. We call this colourblind anti-racism – it is based on freedom and tolerance – and we believe it is the best way to counter prejudice where it does exist. Today’s so-called anti-racism sees group identity before it sees a person and risks reinforcing prejudice by dividing us into a world of victims and oppressors. Britain is a successful multi-cultural society with a positive story to tell about race relations. We won’t benefit from importing divisive political ideas from the US that don’t reflect our history and which undermine our shared values today.
The woke are ACTIVELY trying to prevent harmonious race relations.
The Hard Truth About Storing Fuel
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/storing-fuel/
... Based on my own experiences with modern gasoline not produced in my country (which once produced 1/3 of the fuel tank of every car up there in the US), let´s elaborate on why storing “for the future” may not be an option anymore. ...
Excellent article with many factoids about the chemistry and behaviour of gasoline.
I have a fair bit of gas stored with stabilizer for lawnmower, snowblower, and generator--just in case. Not a huge amount, but enough to run the gene a few hours a day for a week or so. Just basic natural disaster stuff, not TEOTWAWKI.
No problems--yet--but I'm going to rotate it quicker by running some of it through my car.
Mass Arrests Made at China’s Teetering Evergrande Property Giant | Chinese police descended upon the financial services arm of doomed property giant Evergrande on Saturday night, arresting numerous employees at the company’s Shenzhen offices, possibly including General Manager Du Liang.
... The Evergrande Group said that Du and a half-dozen other managers were “reprimanded” for cashing out their own investments and were ordered to return the money. ... Shares in the China Evergrande Group plunged by up to 25 percent in trading on Monday after the Shenzhen arrests were announced.
The CCP controls the economy, and the economy is tanking, things do not look good for Xi, and he will try to hold onto power somehow.
Things are about to get bumpy.
If I was Taiwan, I'd be watching this very closely.
GERMANY: Despite Media Fearmongering, Survey Finds AfD Voters Are Not ‘Far-Right’ | AfD's surging popularity says more about the growing dissatisfaction with the political elite than about 'extremism' in Germany.
... Participants in the poll were asked questions about various issues to determine how ‘radical’ their views were. The results show that only 2% of participants were deemed to be on the hard right of the political spectrum and another 2% on the extreme left. Of the respondents, 12% were considered to be strongly on the right, and 7% were strongly on the left. Everyone else had centrist views or was moderately on the right or left.
A similar survey conducted in 2019 produced similar results, indicating that Germans are not more ‘radical’ than four years ago. ...
This is entirely unsurprising.
The MSM cannot say "right", they only say "far right".
And even their boundary between left and right is pretty damn far to the left.
Canadian Tories Saw Mysterious Decrease in Vote in Areas Flagged For Chinese Interference
... The three ridings (electoral districts) that have been flagged over possible Chinese Communis Party (CCP) interference, Markham-Unionville, Steveston Richmond East, and Richmond Centre, all saw a mysterious large decrease in votes for CPC candidates compared to the prior election in 2019. ...
If we want to save Western civilization, parents need to start homeschooling their children | If parents pull their children from paganized schools and teach them at home, our civilization’s rapid descent may be halted, even reversed.
... The modern, Western state now not only controls the right of the baby to life—it is succeeding with alarming frequency in its goal of separating the living child from his or her parents. Once this separation is accomplished, it becomes increasingly difficult for parents to take their children back. ...
... Many schools that label themselves “Christian” or “Catholic” or “private” still take government (“the state”) money to fund their teachers, their buildings, their programs, and their teachers’ lifestyles. And the strings attached to this funding may be long and twisted and hidden, but when the state comes calling for its pound of flesh and demands that a certain curriculum and certain pagan values are followed, the school must comply. ...
... In the next decade, the state is likely to move against homeschooling as well (as has already happened in France). In some U.S. States (the Southern states, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho) and in some Canadian provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan), the predatory state may be held off for perhaps another fifteen years or so.
There is therefore an urgent need and a limited time-window for parents to pull their children out of the state’s schools (whether public, private, “Catholic,” or “Christian”) and take upon themselves the noble, traditional, and historical task of homeschooling. ...
If you have no children, or your children are grown, do an internet search for a homeschooling group near you and see if you can donate money. Or donate to the Home School Legal Defense Association:
USA: https://hslda.org/content/donate/
Canada: https://hslda.ca/contact/
The world has moved too far to the left, claims Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon | The forefather of punk slammed liberals for advocating mass immigration and destroying working-class values in favor of “fashionable elitism”
... Speaking to the German newspaper Die Welt, Lydon, also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, accused liberal elites of equating regulated migration with racism, explaining that people are afraid to speak out over fears of being called racist. ...
... The man who co-wrote Sex Pistols hit, ‘God Save The Queen,’ also reserved some criticism for the British monarchy, and in particular King Charles III who he described as “not the brightest on this planet”. “I’m afraid he’ll wreak havoc once he gets involved in world politics,” Lydon told the German newspaper, accusing the monarch of “desperately trying to curry favor with the Woken”. ...
... He has previously expressed his loathing of dogmas, insisting that human beings should think more for themselves and not be led by authority or social trends. ...
His wife got dementia and he nursed her to the end; shows he's got good character.
Seems he has pretty good political judgement, too.
Ex-Special Forces officer speaks out about US Army’s pressure campaign to ‘coerce’ COVID vaccination | ‘At this point, I believe that God can use the gifts, talents, and passions He gave me to serve Him in a better way,’ the former captain said of his decision to leave the military despite the rollback of the mandate.
... John Frankman, who previously served as a captain in the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group (7SFG), wrote in a July 31 article that he “voluntarily separated from the Army due to struggles I encountered because I refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.” ...