Broadcasters' licenses should be cheap. What does that fee pay for? Access to the bandwidth on which to broadcast and the regulatory apparatus to ensure they're following the rules. I do NOT want a country in which the state controls which networks are allowed to broadcast based on whether they like the opinions expressed on that air or not. That's what Zelensky does. It's tyrannical and he should be regime changed for it, IMO (by his own people, not by NeoCon, Inc).
If the issue is truthfulness, then show precisely which regulation they have violated and work through the administrative process to yank their license through regular order for a violation of law. Any other circumstance is not a valid reason to silence them or to put up onerous financial barriers to entry.
If the issue is "I don't like what they're saying," the solution is more free speech. You lower the barrier to entry and allow your own people to speak in opposition and show how they're lying. I'm not compromising on core principles because commies lie.
If Loomer said it, it's basically as good as having come from Netanyahu's mouth - and therefore, I'll consider it in Israel's interests and not in mine. Loomer's a clout-chasing snake and an Israel-firster. I'd go farther and say she's an eager asset for Mossad. They feed her "insider information," she repeats it as if it's "journalism" on social media, takes credit for it, and injects the bull excrement into the ether as if it's legitimate. It's a tired game, lazily played, and poorly concealed.
If he's "leaking information," tell us what information and to whom. What did he say? When did he say it? To whom? What was his intention? Be specific. Of course she isn't. She's just pissed that Tucker's using his platform to expose how Israel owns the US Congress, has Trump by the short hairs, and is getting Trump to fight Iran for good ole Benji the Warmonger who's been trying to get this war kicked off since 1996. The conservative right isn't jumping up to go die in the sand for Zion this time so Tucker has to go... /eyeroll
I'm smelling Steele Dossier 2.0 coming up.
Our source is an Aussie with a Ukrainian flag in his bio, meaning he's already declared himself as a deep stater supporting the nonsense in Ukraine. Now, he's running the CIA-approved narrative against Tucker within 24 hours of Tucker coming out with a video saying the CIA is spying on him and weaponizing his texts. Now, we're to believe Tucker is a traitor.
Why? "Tucker was talking to the Iranians." And what was he saying, Mr. Bond? No idea? Oh. So Tucker was talking, but you have no idea what he was saying, and the talking alone makes him a traitor you have to remove from the political influence board. Seems legit.
Let's consider an alternate hypothesis. Trump values loyalty. Trump considers Tucker to be in his inner circle and has had Tucker with him in social events and prominently during the campaign. Perhaps talks with Witkoff and Kuschner broke down (Witkoff detailed precisely that on Greta just last week), and Trump sent Tucker in under the guise of setting up an interview, to try a last minute effort? Or perhaps Tucker was talking to dissidents helping set up a new government for Reza Pahlavi who is intended to replace the current regime? We don't know. Again, he was "talking", but no one knows to whom or what was said.
Tucker is a patriot. He has always been. He has 4 or 5 kids. He's a prominent Episcopalian, speaks often about scripture and spiritual matters. He argues that hearing from different perspectives is good journalism (it is) and often calls on people to simply speak the truth. Not "your truth" or "my truth" but "the truth." There's no rational reason to think Tucker would betray his country for of all people, the Iranians. There's no motive to this alleged crime.
The accusation is empty. It's a guilt by association argument meant to be picked up by people who hate Tucker and amplified by idiots who don't read, don't ask questions, and don't think. CIA does this shit all the time. Neocon central wants their war. Tucker has prominently and steadfastly opposed it, so, we get this horse manure.
I hear this a lot, and generally agree on the principle. But I will offer this:
The numbers matter. The economics matter. There is a limited amount of arable land available to humans on this planet, and we need to feed 8-11 billion of us (11 billion is what they project by 2050 and a "stable" global population now). In order to do that, we must have economies of scale. We need to be able to produce huge quantities of food cheaply and reliably. The green revolution and mono-cropping allows us to do that in ways the old model could never have sustained. It's simply a matter of overall productivity.
Given that reality of the sheer demand for food our population imposes, I think there's a place to marry the two ideas. We can utilize both, with the home gardens being a supplement to, and reserve food supply for, industrial production. It's comparable to trusting the power company to supply your electricity at scale, but having a generator at home for emergencies, extra batteries on hand, and maybe a solar device or two.
These systems have been in development with live testing for years, if my memory serves. I read about it from time to time. As someone with a biology degree and who grew up in corn and soybeans country, it has always been something that catches my interest. How does it work? How reliable is the AI they use to detect weeds. How good are the robotics that aim and fire the lasers. Do they note damage to nearby crops that we do want to keep? What's the accuracy on the weed detection algorithm? Can you put it on a tractor, bumping and sliding on real dirt, drag it through the fields, and have it still work? etc.
From what I understand, they have fully functional tractor-mounted platforms now that do this, and with very high accuracy and low error tolerances. What's the cost? How much energy does the laser itself consume? etc? Is there a hobby-grade version for the home gardener? Are there any commercial grade products one can buy right now? Are there any legal concerns or permitting requirements with the use of these devices? No idea.
I agree on the idea of working with nature, but I think there's room for humans to innovate while doing this. It is, by definition, what farming (domesticating plants for food) is.
Not to be unnecessarily argumentative, but you said you use essential oils. "It's expensive but well worth it" (direct quote). The response was that it's too expensive to work at scale, even for a small to mid-sized home garden. You need a more cost effective method, and that's important feedback. If you ever start reading about organic home gardening, you hear a lot of what you just suggested, but the real-world experience of it from someone who's not a very wealthy hobby gardener is that it's not cost-effective.
For those of us interested in self-reliable, or having a back-up food supply, or wanting healthier food we know where it comes from, or wanting to teach our kids about work ethic... whatever our motivation, this is a worthy discussion to be having so we learn (or relearn) how to do it right.
Why not just make it the Star of David flag, Senator? Or would that be too obvious?
It's up to the Japanese people to modify their Constitution. They don't want to be an imperial power, which is fine.
There is some cheering. Let's be honest. After watching the air horns, the screeching, the spitting, the flying bottles of piss, the fireworks, the cars used as weapons, the terrorists open carrying specifically to intimidate people... yeah, I'm more than happy to cheer when a few of them get bear maced mid-banshee imitation or a crowd shooting bottle rockets at law enforcement gets tear gassed or paintballed.
I suspect a lot of it is infiltrators using the platform's anonymity to specifically spread FUD. Far too many of them have piss poor English with obvious quirks that indicate specific foreign languages as their native. It's not forum sliding, but they're trying to to consensus build around the idea "nothing's happening, so just give up." It's a demoralization effort.
It must have been Baron Samedi or something (it's that time of year again, yeah?). The MAGA Shaman's a Viking and he's white. I had to watch this 5 or 6 times! So damn funny!
Genetically, they're not the same. They're Eastern Europeans, descendants of the Khazarian Empire, a rather ruthless trading empire that dominated Eastern Europe in the 800s-900s. They recognized the monotheistic religions as a political advantage with the Christians in the West and Muslims ascendant in the south, so they converted to Judaism so they could trade with both sides. These people did not derive from Canaan, Judah, or the biblical 12 tribes. They converted. It is these people who Hitler took issue with, these people who fled Russia to New York City, and these people who basically settler-colonized Israel in the early 20th century after the British took over from the Ottomans post-WWI. Every Israeli PM is genetically Eastern European. None of them are genetically from the stock of Jews that lived in actual Palestine since the time of Christ.
The Muslim "Palestinians" have effectively indistinguishable genetic profiles to those original Jews who've been on the land 2000 years. They've extensively intermixed and come from that same strong Bronze Age root. It's sort of an interesting twist on the whole issue about who has claim to what.
The whole diaspora makes things really complicated. There's a ton of adaptation and deception. What do you do if some invading empire conquers your homeland? You keep your traditions as much as you can, appease your overlords, and pass on your identity to the kids. So, we get this concept of crypto-Jews as well as pockets of people who are extensively inbred since they kept within their enclaves. We see that with the Hasidic Jewish communities in NYC for example. They mostly keep to themselves. The Ashkenazim Jews are famous for being some of the most genetically inbred people on the planet and thus have a lot of high-risk genetic mutations like BRCA1, breast cancer gene, mutations, etc.
I don't fault people for their heritage, only their actions and behaviors, but genes aren't irrelevant to this discussion.
I find Goldie Ghamari to be a well-informed source. She's Iranian, anti-Islamist, and lives in exile in Canada. She has served as a Canadian MP, so she's polished and professional in her commentary and activism. She's a loyalist to the Shah and an advocate for a Westernized, secular government in Iran and says so openly. No hidden agendas.
Her YT channel is under her name in English and in Farsi and can be readily searched.
As for other information sources, you have to understand this is a color revolution. The clowns are operating here. CIA is active. Mossad is active. This is highly organized and coordinated. You can see the "Antifa" playbook active in the riots where a handful of organizers spread the message, and draw the crowds of real civilians who want real change. Then the agents provocateur use the cover of the crowd to incite violence and carry out the destruction of critical infrastructure. We see clearly the crowds are being organized in key cities around key infrastructure to shut down Iran's economy and critical infrastructure. It's soft power used to dismantle the logistics and supply lines necessary to fight. It's Shock and Awe using clowns instead of a Desert Storm-style air campaign.
That means that what we're hearing in the West is all clown approved narratives.
We have to find people on the ground to tell us the truth.
Another poster mentioned Tousi TV. He also seems to be well-informed and honest.
The man basically being a cheerleader for Russia hasn't helped him. He's got deep connections all over the Russian government, travels there regularly, and comes back to the US to argue their case. Personally, I think he believes what he is saying and is a loyal American Marine. I do NOT think he is a traitor. But others do think that.
Iran has to be set free. It can't be free with Mossad controlling it. Better to have that blamed on the chaos of a revolution than to dump it on Pahlavi while he's trying to establish a new regime with a clean slate.
Also, Ritter's not the brightest bulb in the box, and he's got severe Trump derangement syndrome. He's not Somali-grade retarded, but he gets things wrong more than I'd prefer in a source, and he loves to blame it all on Trump in overly emotional rants like a blue-haired Leftie AWFL. He's worth listening to, but with appropriate skepticism.
I'm more interested in the arrest warrant. You could just deport him if he were illegal. That means he's got legal status here - as a member of LK - and we're stuck housing this guy in a cage and feeding him for the next 20 years.
Not by himself. It is entirely privately funded. The donor list is a who's-who of major tech and industry giants in the US all of whom, presumably, want to contribute so they can be on the President's good side. Even Bezos who spends an absolute fortune hating Trump and whipping up the radicals at the Washington Compost donated.
The reason that is significant is not the donor's list, though that's relevant to other questions. It is significant here because he didn't have to get Congressional approval and run the risk of 20-something "staffers" (who like taking the staff on the Senate floor) running their mouths at a bar and telling James O'Keefe or someone similar. No leaks. Don't tell Congress.
This is the kind of post that makes this board worth reading from time to time. Well researched, insightful.
I'll add this as hypothesis. There are 3 key purposes (not mutually exclusive) that could be involved: critical military infrastructure, critical civilian infrastructure, science fiction turned fact.
During the Cold War, such bunkers were built and envisioned as fail safes to keep the government working in the event of a nuclear strike. Our military capabilities are totally different now, obviously. Everything we do is integrated. Everything talks to each other. Every new device is designed to relay its eyes and ears to a central command and back to other devices on the battlefield. All of that operates with secure communications. Jam it and we're blind. We're back to fighting WW2 style, like what we just did to Maduro. All of that communications and information infrastructure is critical to how we fight: combined arms warfare. So that's critical military infrastructure we know about.
Further, Trump keeps telling us about a Golden Dome project. In his first term, he laid out a lot of political capital to force Space Force into existence. No one today has any real clue what they do. It's as if the entire branch is classified and no one has any real curiosity about it. This could be a C&C system for the Golden Dome missile defense system. I think it's satellite-based. I think it uses directed energy weapons (lasers) to target and hit incoming ballistic missile while they're at the peak of their trajectory, and where you could blow up a nuke and cause less nuclear winter theoretically, because the radiation is up there and not down here. Space-based warfare is real now. Also critical military infrastructure.
I think you could also make an argument about keeping essential functions of the civilian government running with AI bots: the energy grid, flight control systems for aircraft, critical safety infrastructure, etc. Keep the water treatment plants treating. Survival essentials that government could easily upgrade, regulate, and tie it all into a back-up system that you'd absolutely want running in an emergency so you don't have panic and rioting in the streets when you need a full team response. If you listen to analysts, the grocery stores are 9 days from empty shelves and mass starvation. If the water turns off, it's probably faster than that. Electricity's a convenience until the gas and diesel run out... and then what keeps the pipelines pumping and energy flowing? Critical infrastructure no one thinks about, but FEMA might, if they did anything useful with their time.
But then we get this AI project called Stargate? I've seen the movie. The gate wasn't a computer. Foreshadowing, misdirection, or just some 20-something came up with a cool-sounding name? That's the sci-fi hypothesis, and since Trump keeps slow-dripping info about ET, it's the 3rd hypothesis.
The last thing we need is to annex 57,000 Indigenous people who are going to act entitled and sit on welfare. I do not at all want another pet minority for the Democrats to render dependent on gibs and weaponize. We don't make Puerto Rico a state because we know it's drowning in debt, full of socialists, and would be a permanent blue state for Congressional seats and the Electoral College. Would Greenland be different?
I understand that Greenland is of strategic value. I understand it has minerals of value under a mile-thick wall of ice (good luck getting it). I understand there are additional reasons to do this as well.
The last thing we want is war with the Europeans over this. We would be far better served if the Danes and Europeans took care of securing Greenland and we went back to cooperating and operating our bases like Thule just as we did through the entire Cold War. Let them pay for it, administer it, provide the social welfare, and deal with the identity politics issues.
Turn off your script blocker(s).
I've listened to a number of videos from this group now. I was skeptical at first, but I think Susan Kokinda has some insights that are useful. I do have some deeper questions though?
Who actually runs the "British Imperial System"? I don't think it's the House of Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II certainly wasn't running clandestine operations and schemes in her 80s and 90s. I honestly don't think Charles is smart enough. I think Kate and William are too kind-hearted to run such a ruthless system.
So is it Parliament? Honestly, I think it's just as much of a clown show as our Congress. As both of our political parties are bought off, I think any major politician with traction in Labor or the Tories is bought. The Greens and further Left parties don't need to be bought, and obviously Reform is being treated like MAGA, but it has no power and Farage is not the lion Trump is.
I suspect we're looking at an alliance between the financial "elites" (Rothschilds) and MI:6 (state-sponsored criminals) who are actually forming and executing the strategies here. Kokinda is right that Trump is aware of them and fighting them successfully, but she is always extremely careful never to actually name the offending parties on any video I have ever watched of hers.
We have got to get to the point where we can name names. Justice is an individualized concept. A person does me wrong, so that person pays recompense for it. We can't have justice if we don't name the accused party individually. They can't just be "they."
A lot of these podcasters aren't particularly bright or engaged. Nor are their audiences. They like the script and they just go with it. The other thing is that you need to have a personality that likes to banter to be ready to jump in and challenge something like that. This guy has all of the charisma of a desktop succulent.
Seed money. They buy in, radicalize a few key people, then they steal the rest from the taxpayer and launder it through a labyrinth of shell corporations and NGOs.
This one I couldn't figure out. I haven't known him to be particularly political. To the extent he uses his money, I believe it was he who agreed to put 99% of his wealth into a trust when he dies and use it for philanthropic purposes. Maybe I have something(s) wrong about him? Or maybe one of his organizations is captured and supporting these causes because they're cause celebres (popular virtue signals).
Ukraine's hits on Russian oil infrastructure are pinpricks. Russia has realigned its trade to China and India with new pipelines. The idea that the US with "control" Russia oil because of a handful of irritating, overhyped drone strikes on unguarded pipelines is ludicrous.
But as you said, overall, the play makes sense. Trump's realigning the dollar with real value. It's still a fiat currency, but the petrodollar system helps keep it stable. He can't force Congress to quit spending stupidly, but he can shore up the system for a little longer.