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Monday, 24 April

23:20

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See also : Keyboard Warriors of the Australian #AltRight : XYZ & David Hiscox, February 5, 2018. Above : Luke Hollowood. 1) Spectator Australia keeps publishing white supremacists and anti-Semites writes Cam Wilson (Crikey, April 21, 2023). The white supremacists Continue reading

22:25

Donald Trump: Our country is in the most dangerous place it has ever been "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Dont miss this latest interview with Donald Trump. He talks about his just released book of letters from famous people all around the world including President Xi of China, President Vladimir Putin, Oprah, Kirk Douglas and many others. He talks of the gross incompetence General Mark Milley, who should be court martialled for leaving $8 []

21:52

'Guess what guys?' Kevin Rudd is still an insufferable, cringe-making dickhead. "IndyWatch Feed National"

This'll take a bit of beating. You could say my visit to the @WhiteHouse was pretty sweet pic.twitter.com/XZMmSrRXiz Kevin Rudd AC (@AmboRudd) April 22, 2023

19:34

Everybody Knows, Part 5: How To Harass a Doctor, on the Cheap "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

The text of this article was not written by me.  I shall leave off the real authors name (by his leave), but you will understand. Its a short story about an event in the life of man who has had much harassment.

The beauty of this one is that it took so little effort for the harassing crew to wreak havoc. Bet it cost them less than a-dollar-eighty-five, all up. It cost the good doctor, well, you know, stomach aches, sleepless nights, concern for his livelihood.

Note: the author gave a fake name for the bad guy, but I have faked it up even more, calling him Mr Brackleston (Ive just checked whitepages.com.au...

19:21

Chris Bowen announces his 'HUGE WEEK' of giving away other people's money for the weather "IndyWatch Feed National"

Big week in Federal EV policy: Launched the National Electric Vehicle Strategy $40 million from CEFC in concessional loans for EVs $70 million in ARENA funding for EV charging Roll out of National Charging Network with NRMA for chargers every 150 kms on our highways pic.twitter.com/FiJ4hBH6yl...

17:35

STILL DEAD RIGHT "IndyWatch Feed National"

17,029 PEOPLE HAD DIED FROM COVID-19 WHEN 2023 STARTED

There is no satisfaction in being dead right when the subject is the ongoing murder of my fellow Australians. As the infographic above shows, we finished 2022 with 17,052 people dead.

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Now check out the latest death toll:

17:04

Landmark Malawi trial boosts iron levels in pregnant women "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

A world-first study exploring new ways to fight anaemia in developing nations has found a single iron infusion can significantly reduce iron deficiency in pregnant women, compared with daily tablets.

The finding, driven by a collaboration between Australian and Malawian researchers, paves the way for more effective health policies to reduce the global health burden of anaemia, which remains one of the most avoidable causes of illness and death in resource-poor nations. 

The Wires Aryana Mohmood spoke with leading anaemia expert and Division Head at the Walter Elisor Hall Institute of Medical research in Melbourne, Australia, Professor Sant-Rayn Pasrichaskiy Division Head at the Walter Elisor Hall Institute of Medical research in Melbourne, Australia, Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha, about the impacts of this trial and challenges pregnant women in developing countries face. 

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Produced By: Aryana Mohmood

Featured In Story: Professor Sant-Rayn Pasricha Division Head at the Walter Elisor Hall Institute of Medical research in Melbourne, Australia

First aired on The Wire, Monday 24 April 2023

The post Landmark Malawi trial boosts iron levels in pregnant women appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

17:03

World-first trial of AI tech to detect heart disease "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

An independent medical research institute rolls out a worlds first trial using AI-guided technology to detect heart failure and heart disease in remote areas of Australia. 

The trial by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute investigates the effectiveness of AI- based echocardiography to triage and manage patients with known or suspected heart disease. 

Late diagnoses of these heart conditions can lead to avoidable hospital admissions, poorer quality of life, and significant expense to the Australian health system and death. Aboriginal people and the elderly experience a disproportionate burden of these conditions. 

The Wires Chloe White spoke with the Director of the Baker Institute and head of the clinical trial, Professor Tom Marwick, to find out more

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Produced By: Chloe White

Featured In Story: Professor Tom Marwick, Director of the Baker Institute and head of the clinical trial

First aired on The Wire, Monday 24 April 2023

The post World-first trial of AI tech to detect heart disease appeared first on 4YOU 98.5FM Capricorn Community Radio.

16:24

Nightlife in Cairns "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hey,

I just arrived in Cairns and I thought about going out tonight. I'm traveling alone through australia right now so I'm looking for nice places around cairns where I can meet new people.

Does anyone have recomendations for me?
Thanks in advance

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13:34

Reminder of what an average person Malcolm Turnbull is. "IndyWatch Feed National"

When Barry Humphries went public with his support for the Monarchy during the 1999 Republic debate, Malcolm Turnbull did what all hate filled leftists do ... He got personal. Played the man not the argument. Andrew Bolt reminds us today: Malcolm Turnbull, who as Australian Republican Movement head pompously accused...

12:16

126 organisations call on Attorneys-General to #RaiseTheAge to 14 "IndyWatch Feed National"

An open letter signed by 126 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health, legal, community and human rights organisations today reiterated calls to Attorneys-General to stop jailing 10 year old kids and raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years old, with no exception.

No child should grow up in prison in Australia. Last week, the Victorian Government disappointingly announced their intention to RTA to 12. Raising the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 with no exceptions is the absolute bare minimum to be in line with medical expert advice and international standards.

Evidence from brain development experts state that criminalising the actions of kids under 14 can cause serious long-term problems. But if provided with the care, support and treatment that they need, children can rehabilitate to live healthy and connected lives.

Locking up children behind bars does not work. Communities have the solutions to keep kids engaged and connected. Governments should stop funding new youth prisons and instead fund community-led solutions which keep the community safe and have better outcomes for children.

The calls by 126 organisations echo the support of 120,000+ people in Australia, as momentum grows across the country to raise the age of criminal responsibility in line with international UN standards.

State and territory Attorneys-General will meet on 28 April for the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG), marking five years since they first began investigating whether to raise the age of criminal responsibility. A report, which Attorneys-General delayed releasing for over two years, was finally made public last year and recommended raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 with no exceptions.

The report was prepared in 2020 with input from state, territory and Commonwealth justice departments and informed by over 80 public submissions made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, medical and legal experts, and human rights organisations which all called for the age to be raised to 14.

This Friday, Australia can finally stop playing politics with children. We call on Attorneys-General to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14, with no exceptions.

Cheryl Axleby, Co-Chair, Change the Record: 

"If the Victorian government announces an increase to the age of criminal responsibility to 12, it will not make any real difference to the already high and unacceptable rates of Aboriginal youth overrepresentation in the legal system.  

We advocate strongly that all s...

12:10

We do not want any more deadly doctors in the regions! "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Cairns News contributors Member for Kennedy Bob Katter has been calling for more doctors in the bush. So has the KAP Member for Hinchinbrook Nick Dametto.  Mr Katter has been leading a campaign for several years to offer general practitioners more baubles for setting up practice in regional areas. We say we dont want []

11:32

Paying respect to a mate's uncle Harry Longford in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Lest We Forget. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Early morning train over the Kwai River Bridge. pic.twitter.com/4ZD19kHUeE Michael Smith News (@mpsmithnews) April 24, 2023 Kanchanaburi Thailand war cemetery. Lest We Forget. pic.twitter.com/C3OAAsrWZg Michael Smith News (@mpsmithnews) April 23, 2023

11:29

Dr McCulloughs Mass Negligent Homicide Interview on X22 Report "IndyWatch Feed National"

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Introduction by DM

A summary interview by Dr. McCullough on <strong>The Pandemic, Crime Of All Crimes, It Never Had To Be This Way, [Knowingly]</strong></p> <p>Dr McCullough points out that the vaccine developers defrauded the world, undermining early treatment and propagating the vaccines as the only solution. (crimes 19:00 min)</p> <p>He says this is Mass Negligent Homicide by denying effective early treatment and with 30x underreported injuries and deaths leading to 500,000 deaths from the vaccines. There are over 3,000 papers on the subject.<span id= "more-36264"></span></p> <p>He offers some solutions to the spike proteins.</p> <p>The post <a href= "https://gumshoenews.com/dr-mcculloughs-mass-negligent-homicide-interview-on-x22-report/" rel="nofollow">Dr McCulloughs Mass Negligent Homicide Interview on X22 Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gumshoenews.com" rel="nofollow">Gumshoe News</a>.</p>

10:38

First on RSL's Melbourne Anzac Day Dawn Service - Aboriginal 'Welcome to Country' "IndyWatch Feed National"

Thank you to reader Denzil who writes: Good morning Michael I trust this finds you well. I was appalled to discover, on reading the Order of Service for tomorrows Dawn Service in Melbourne, that the first item was a welcome to country. From the RSLs own website!! How offensive and...

08:22

Leaks reveal reality behind U.S. propaganda in Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed National"

Medea Benjamin (cofounder of both CODEPINK Global Exchange) and Nicols Davies (independent journalist, a researcher for CODEPINK) write about the leaked Ukraine documents (LA Progressive 19 April 2023), which, among other disclosures of military action around the world, reveals the failing war strategy of the United States and the inability to win this proxy war. The leaks also reveal estimates that the war is not going particularly well for Russia. This might be partially true, but based on assumptions of what the Russian strategy is. Benjamin and Davies do not comment on this part. Their focus is on the role of the United States involvement, including actual military presence in Ukraine, the encouragement of corruption, and the fact that this is not something new. They call on Washington to tell the truth. After first making headlines, these leaks revealed by a whistleblower, have been quickly suppressed, and it is vital to mot allow the this to continue.

The U.S. corporate medias first response to the leaking of secret documents about the war in Ukraine was to throw some mud in the water, declare nothing to see here, and cover it as a depoliticized crime story about a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who published secret documents to impress his friends. President Biden dismissed the leaks as revealing nothing of great consequence.

What these documents reveal, however, is that the war is going worse for Ukraine than our political leaders have admitted to us, while going badly for Russia too, so that neither side is likely to break the stalemate this year, and this will lead to a protracted war beyond 2023, as one of the documents says.

Image from Newsweek: Leaked document predicts a protracted war beyond 2023.

The publication of these assessments should lead to renewed calls for our government to level with the public about what it realistically...

08:19

Trans-humanist transformation of the planet "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Dr. Ana Maria Mihalcea Vaccines, Depopulation & Transhumanism Spiritual Encounters Pastor Caspar McCloud

06:37

Tong stands with Torres Strait over climate action "IndyWatch Feed National"

Uncle Fred Pabai, Uncle Paul Kabai, former President of Kiribati Anote Tong and Uncle Lalaitie Gilbert Akiba on Boigu island in the Torres Straight. Photo supplied.

Former President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, has been visiting communities in the Torres Strait between to stand alongside Uncle Paul Kabai on Saibai island and Uncle Pabai Pabai on Boigu island as they bring the landmark Australian Climate Case against the Australian government.

The case demands a reduction in emissions in line with the science....

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Sunday, 23 April

22:19

Bess Price warns Albanese wants to insert race back into the Constitution after it was removed in 1967 "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Welcome to Country Bess Price A former indigenous politician who received a prestigious award from Barack Obama has described Aboriginal welcome to country ceremonies as bullshit.Quote from former indigenous NT minister Bess Price (mother of Jacinta Price). All the Welcome to Country, all the Smoking Ceremonies and all the made up bullshit rituals about []

22:00

When The Student Is Ready: Three Times I Was Able To Help Strangers Understand Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

An educator recalls three times she was able to help strangers better understand Bitcoin out in the wild.

This is an opinion editorial by Tali Lindberg, co-founder of Free Market Kids, a company focused on financial literacy and Bitcoin education.

Source: Author

My husband and I decided to become Bitcoin educators because we passionately believe that Bitcoin is a money standard everyone should know about. However, it can be very discouraging sometimes when most people see us as religious, cult evangelists who they should avoid or only politely tolerate.

But then, out of the blue, Ill experience amazing conversations with people who are ready to hear what we have to say. They are just waiting to find someone to discuss Bitcoin who can help them understand it better.

This article describes three such encounters Ive had in unexpected places. As the saying goes, (slightly modified), When the student is ready, the teacher (me) will be sent to them.

One: GoDaddy Tech Support

A few months ago, when my husband Scott and I were just starting our financial-literacy- and Bitcoin-focused organization Free Market Kids, we had a lot of trouble getting our website to work correctly. I spent hours with tech support through various service providers. During this incident, I called GoDaddy support and was instructed to reboot my computer.

While we were waiting for the computer to do its thing, instead of sitting on the line in silence, I began to chit chat with the support guy about where he was located, the weather, etc. Pretty soon, we were asking each other about our work and life experiences.

He asked, So, what is Free Market Kids?

Well, we teach people about Bitcoin and money with our board games, I answered.

Bitcoin! Sighing deeply, he continued, I sold mine years ago.

He explained that, early on, he had been persuaded by his friend to mine Bitcoin. When the price went up, he got excited and sold all his bitcoin because he needed the cash for something.

And now, he lamented, Im watching the bitcoin price go up like crazy, and I cant believe I blew my chance!

I asked him what he knew about Bitcoin, aside fr...

20:02

In Defense of Incoherent Psychiatry "IndyWatch Feed National"

I was stunned by the final two paragraphs of Peter Simons report No Evidence that Psychiatric Treatments Produce Successful Outcomes. In a viewpoint article in JAMA Psychiatry, the authors claimed that there is no system like Medicare collecting standardized data that is tracking changes in outcomes over time, and therefore we have no way to assess whether outcomes are continuing to improve.  They define the target outcomes as the prevention of undesirable events, such as death and disability, and the achievement of desirable ones, such as remission.

They appear to ignore the abundant existing evidence that, on those specific targets, modern psychiatric treatment appears to lead to worsening outcomes.  Like religious faith that often stands more firmly when faced with contradictory evidence, clinging to their belief that their treatments are beneficial, they dont take up the serious challenge posed by evidence of worsening outcomes.  Instead, they write as if the problem we have is a lack of a system that can chart how our treatments are continuing to improve outcomes.

Though there is no evidence of outcome improvement from the existing treatments and considerable evidence of the opposite, rather than questioning their use, we just need a system that can help us improve their efficacy.  Stunning!

Group Of Happy Excited Doctors Raising ArmsEarlier, I wrote a piece, In Defense of Placebo Psychiatry, in which I tried to see things from a prescribers point of view.  Feeling there was no defense for this apparently willful misunderstand...

19:27

Gates-backed company coating organic fruit and vegetables with dangerous preservatives "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

A reader says this citrus based cleaner will remove the chemicals. https://www.citrolife.com.au/

18:57

Everybody Knows, Part 4: The KK System and the Mystery of Jimmy Saville "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

This series is about Russell Pridgeon, MD, and his difficulties, trying to survive the legal system after he was unfairly charged with a crime.  His crime in the eyes of most of us at Gumshoe News is that he went against the system. And what system is that? Ill give it a name: System KK (for kid kidnap).

As Dee McLachlan had spelled out in many articles, Australia almost uniformly follows System KK. And here is how it works.

  1. A man is abusing kids.
  2. Then he abuses his own offspring.
  3. The wife calls a hotline or reports it somehow.
  4. The man runs to court to ask for full custody (!)
  5. He and the court blame the mom for having alienated him.
  6. She gets called an abuser in the form of emotional abuse.
  7. The court orders her to lose custody.
  8. At most she gets supervised access to the kid.
  9. During the visit she must not say I love you or give gifts.
  10. She spends all her money on lawyers, and may lose her job.
  11. Mandatory reports from teachers and doctors are hidden.
  12. Evidence of the fathers crime is suppressed by police.
  13. He usually is granted custody, or the kid is fostered out.
  14. Hearings, and letters from court, become increasingly absurd.
  15. Big media is no help. Social media is gagged by Rule 121.
  16. Lawyers wont fight this. Podkonyak and Teffaha got disbarred.
  17. The moms reputation is ruined, and she sinks into depression.
  18. She may realize her girl or boy is pimped out as a prostitute.
  19. Mom constantly fears arrest for breaking even a small rule.
  20. The public is largely unaware, or refuses to think about this.

Russell Pridgeons case is directly about System KK. Here in Part 2 of the series, my question is: Why does such a system not get thrown overboard? Year after year, it gets supported by all authorities, be it a judge, a caseworker, a prosecutor, or an attorney-general. Woe is our society!

Here at GumshoeNews, I published Part 1 of this series on April 19, 2023.  (Thats quite a woo-woo day in some circles, April 19th.) In the Comments, Rachel Vaughan offered us a Rumble video that listed many alleged perps who are/were high up in Australian society. No fewer than five Australian Prime Ministers came up on the screen while another two got honorable mention (for taking funding from Epstein). The implications of this seem huge. They must think that System KK is fine and dandy &...

17:25

Deagel population forecast of nearly 70 percent fewer Americans by 2025 is starting to look prophetic "IndyWatch Feed National"

Leo Hohmann leohohmann.com April 21, 2023

All of the globalist policies over the last three years are driving toward one thing, mass depopulation. Yes, they want to kill us. Until you understand that, you will never understand whats going on. You will never make sense of it.

I know its a hard pill to swallow, but reject it at your own risk. Those who live in denial will get duped, again. Many of those duped the first time lost their lives, or ended up with life-long health issues. Some even offered their children to the military-biomedical-security complex.

I like to revert back to the analysis done by Deagel Corp. in 2014, forecasting massive global population declines out to the year 2025, especially in Western countries.

Deagels founder was a military contractor who had sources well positioned in the deep state. The Deagel Corporation is an offshoot of US military intelligence which collects data for high-level decision-makers and prepares confidential briefing documents for agencies like the National Security Agency, the United Nations and the World Bank.

According to the Deagel forecast, Americas population would plummet from just over 310 million in 2017 down to just 99 million by the end of 2025. Western European nations, especially the U.K. and Germany, were forecast to see similarly drastic decreases in population, as were Canada and Australia.

If the Deagel calculations turn out to be even close to accurate, the most unsafe places to live over the next three years will be the United States, Canada and the U.K., followed by Germany, Australia and the rest of the E.U. nations. This population forecast was so controversial, showing population reductions of 68.5 percent in the United States (from 2017 levels) and between 25 and 70 percent for almost every Western European country, that the study mysteriously disappeared from Deagels website in March 2021.

But not all areas of the world will continue to decline. Some will actually have larger populations by 2025, according to the Deagel forecast. The safest places to be living would appear to be Central and South America, China and Africa. Interestingly, Russia came in as neutral, not gaining or losing population.

Is this Deagel forecast map a prediction of who will win World War III?

17:20

They are feeding us the dead without us even knowing. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Soylent Green was a 1973 film starring Charlton Heston. Set in an overpopulated world of 2022 beset by food shortages, Heston plays a New York detective who discovers in the course of a murder investigation that the food on which the population subsists is made from highly processed human corpses. Ed.

IWB April 21, 2023

 

 

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17:15

April 22 Did Prominent Jews Get the Vaccine Jew Call? "IndyWatch Feed National"

(Oscar winning actor hospitalized in Georgia after being vaccinated)

HenryMakow.com April 22, 2023

Please send links and comments to hmakow@gmail.com

If links dont work, copy and paste into location bar.

Im not saying they did, but its a question worth asking and answering considering that

  1. Al Franken said he got the Jew Call from Ed Koch telling him to stay away from the WTC on 9-11
  2. White House and Congress, Big Pharma and CDC staff were not required to get vaccinated.

We know that many Israeli Jews suffered adverse reactions.  But did prominent Jews in the West get the vaccine, have adverse reactions or die? Please let me know hmakow@gmail.com

Heres a list of mostly non-Jewish celebrities that took the jab.

The satanists are compounding their crime by debunking and suppressing vaccine injuries and deaths

Continues with more headlines and links

15:26

The top albums of 1973 "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

1973 was the year I switched from buying singles to albums. The wait between visits to the record shop was longer, but I brought home 12 songs instead of two, and entered what seemed like a parallel universe, where song sequences created enduring feelings and experiences far bigger than the individual tunes.

It was a very good year for albums. David Bowie had Aladdin Sane, and Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon, which would stay on the charts for years.

ZZ Top released Tres Hombres, the Doobie Brothers had The Captain and Me, and Roberta Flack released the sublime Killing Me Softly. Marvin Gaye put out the charming Lets Get It On. Elton Johns epic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road dominated the charts, while three of the four ex-Beatles had successful albums in 1973.

Ive put together a two-part collection of the best albums of 1973.

Part1

Part 2

14:24

Lost ring at Casino "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

So I had gone out last night for a couple of drinks and at the casino, before this i was at down under bar and somehow I had lost my ring it just slipped off my finger. I already contacted the casino to let me know if the cleaners find it but if anyone else has found it or knows someone who found it pls message me. It's a silver hippie ring with peace symbols all around it its about a half an inch thick. It was my mum's and I would really appreciate any help finding it.

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14:09

The Contagion of War "IndyWatch Feed National"

QUESTION: You have suggested that we will end up at war with China, Russia, North Korea, and even Iran simultaneously. How does Socrates conclude such an event that perhaps never happened in the past?

ER

ANSWER: Your assumption that such a thing has never happened is not correct. Periods of war of this nature unfold like a contagion of the flu. The English Civil War (1642-1652) which ended with the beheading of the King in 1649 was instigated using religion as the rallying cry.

In France, there was also an uprising that dramatically interrupted monarchy in 1648 by the uprising of a series of challenges to the absolutism of the King that came to be known collectively as the Fronde.  The Fronde (1648-1653) plunged France into civil disorder.  The king was even driven from his capital as several provinces revolted. This was a revolution demanding a right to participate in government. When the Fronde ended, the king was restored to absolute royal authority.

Of course, the Fronde may not have changed the French system of government, but it set the stage for the final French Revolution. Nevertheless, the American Revolution then spread with that spirit to overthrow monarchy becoming the France Revolution in 1789.

Throughout history, if we correlate the civil uprisings and forget about the claimed cause, we will see an amazing correlation. Throughout Europe, there was the communist revolution that spread to all the countries in 1848. When you allow the computer to correlate the world, what pops up is that the same Communist Revolution spread to Spanish Latin America, with Revolutions that appeared in New Granada that led to the fall of the government there.

Looking closer, you will see in Brazil there was the Praieira Revolt between 1848-1852. You also see the Mexican-American War, which was also in part inspired by the Battle of the Alamo (February 23 March 6, 1836).

If we look closely, we will see that 1848 was aworld revolution for revolutions broke out almost simultaneously in fifty countries from Europe down to Brazil. This era created resentments that lingered beyond domestic revolution and international war jus...

14:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.10 AUD
Converter

13:46

What did ANZACS really fight for? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor On ANZAC-day people should ask themselves the question: For what did the ANZACs really fight for? Wasnt it really for the manifestation of the global elite of Wall Street and the City of London during World War II, so they could continue to use Australian manpower as cannon fodder in Vietnam and []

12:45

Grey Teal ducks into danger - Python tucks in "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"


Big Water Python wraps up Grey Teal in middle of Rowes Bay Lagoon, Townsville, this morning. 


Slowly but surely the snake stretches mouth over the bird. Too slowly for me to wait for the big bulge inside snake and probable swim to more cover for the slow process of digestion.


12:27

Why did Rupert Murdoch cave in to Dominion voting machines and pay $1 billion damages? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Alexandra Bruce January 2, 2021 first published Jovan Pulitzer is the prolific inventor who hacked into the Dominion voting machines while he testified at the Georgia election fraud hearing as the Georgia Senate runoff elections were underway. Pulitzer was able to demonstrate that election fraud was in progress and to enter that evidence at []

12:12

The Second Cold War Is More Dangerous than the First "IndyWatch Feed National"

Twenty years ago, Noam Chomsky published a bestselling book called Hegemony or Survival. Since then, the stark choice he posed has only become more urgent. Depending on how humanity responds to the challenges of ecological destruction and imperialistic war, in the coming decade that terrifying question Hegemony or survival? may well be answered.

Modern history shows that the most dangerous periods are when two or more great powers are struggling for hegemony. The eighteenth century in Europe was a time of multipolarity, as Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and Russia were almost continually at war, competing for geopolitical advantage and to divide the continent between them. The conflicts escalated in the era of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, as a mighty France, bursting with revolutionary energy, strove for absolute dominance against, in the end, Britain and Russia.

The 1815 Congress of Vienna led to a century-long balance of power presided over by an industrializing Britain, which soon became the supreme world power. Once industrialization swept the rest of Europe, however, particularly Germany, Britains power began to be challenged, not only in the Scramble for Africa but in Europe itself. German elites wanted their country to be the next Britain, and to a great extent it was their desire for hegemony that precipitated both world wars.

Since 1945, the United States has been virtually a global hegemon. As John Ross notes in the recently published Washingtons New Cold War, even at the height of its relative economic achievement in the mid-1970s, the Soviet Unions GDP was only 44 percent of the U.S.s. The Soviets had vast power in their limited sphere encompassing Eastern Europe and Central Asia, but they were not a capitalistically expansive, dynamically growing imperial power in the mode of the United Statesor, more recently, of a resurgent China. Chinas GDP is 74 percent of the U.S.s, and its growth rate is higher (it has grown seven times faster than the American economy since 2007). Measured by purchasing power parities, the U.S. accounts for only 16 percent of the world economy, and Chinas economy is 18 percent larger. In short, for the first time since World War II, we are entering an era of real competition between two mammoth economies, a declining hegemon and an aspiring hegemon.

When people talk about the China threat, this is, in effect, all they mean. In the long run, China poses a greater threat to U.S. power than the Soviet Union ever did. Mainstream commentators and politicians prate about Chinas threat to democratic values and human rightsthere always has to be an ideological rationalization for geopolitical strategybut U.S. foreign and domestic policy since the Second World War tells us how much it...

11:52

George is Getting Upset! Exit, Stage Right For Seinfeld Actor Over Twitter Blue Tick Loss "IndyWatch Feed National"

As the saying goes, the smaller the stakes, the greater the outrage. And for former Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, the stakes are very, very small.

First, they came for the politicians, and I said nothing. Then they came for the celebrities, and, well, youve gotta draw a line somewhere, right?

Jason Alexander, the actor who played the lovably repulsive George Costanza on the hit 90s sitcom Seinfeld is upset. Very upset. In a series of tweets yesterday, Alexander expressed his outrage at having his blue tick verification removed by Twitter. So in response, hes taken his bat, his ball and his outer space-sized ego, and gone home to Instagram.

By way of background, shortly after purchasing Twitter earlier this year, owner Elon Musk unarguably the worlds wealthiest and most powerful troll announced that users who want a blue tick (a verification that they are who they say they are) will have to pay $8 per month.

Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter boss Elon Musk. (IMAGE: Daniel Oberhaus, Flickr)

Thats right $8 per month. Or if you extrapolate that out to a year, thats nearly $100,000 no wait, sorry, $96.

In any event, this week the Twitter police came for Jason Alexander. He was reportedly at home at the time in his gazillion dollar Beverley Hills mansion, covered in Lindt chocolate and surrounded by satin pillows and small dogs.

In fact, Twitter came for all legacy accounts with the old blue tick verification, ending the free ride for (and creating widespread angst amongst) celebrities, public officials and journalists, who were no longer entirely sure who they were, or whether or not they remained publicly relevant. Alexander with almost three quarters of a million Twitter followers was particularly upset. And so he took action. By tweeting.

Ok everyone. Twitter has removed my verification. I will no longer be posting on this app. Anyone who posts as me is an imposter. I wish you all well.

11:43

UN Sustainable Development Goals "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

by Lyndesy Symonds Moving minions away from coastal areas is one Nation dicta for getting the CO2 emitters corralled and covid compliant in livable cities, resilient cities, sustainable living. This document is: https://www.dcceew.gov..au/climate-change/policy/adaptation/strategy which is one of the benchmarks for the 17 UN Sustainable []

11:33

GKP S5/E10 News Cycle Manipulation, Paradigm Shift, mRNA Tech in Food is Here "IndyWatch Feed National"

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-n432m-13ec236 Gday Folks, For this episode Ethan is away so Andy and I throw down to dissect the latest.  Wheres the real news? Mainstream media continues to control the minds of the masses by dictating the narrative. Constant distractions like Chinese Spy Balloons, Epstein/Maxwell saga, Fear and Entertainment. When an actual event happens like the []

11:19

Personal Trainer in Cairns "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hi all, I have recently relocated to Cairns and will be here for a year. I dont have much knowledge about gym/heavy weights and am keen to find a qualified personal trainer to learn about proper technique using the gym equipments and to be able to achieve my fitness goals (body toning etc.). Any good recommendations? Thank you in advance!

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11:15

How I view China after 12 years Living Here - by Trip Bitten "IndyWatch Feed National"

With the atrocious China-bashing going on in Australia at the moment, mirroring US policy, we decided to republish the concisely expressed views of an American living in China. The comments under the video indicate a general approval of his appraisal by people who are familiar with Chinese life. His main criticism of China is the media censorship, which commenters suggest has worsened along with US China-bashing. Certainly the western world has recently indulged in frank xenophobia against China, starting with COVID, whilst steadily increasing its own media-censorship to Chinese levels.

 

 

11:15

Dominate Minions, Re-order the New World "IndyWatch Feed National"

Turkey shooting 

Sun Tzu:

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can...

10:31

Ambiguous sacred site claim practice run for Voice "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Letter to the Editor Here we go, a flexing of entitled, dictatorial muscle.A little practice run for Vic by some ambiguous claim A popular campsite renowned for its surf beach and coastal walking trails has been closed over concerns an Aboriginal site and its artefacts were impacted by camping activities. Bear Gully Campground, []

09:25

Hospitals were never overflowing during plandemic "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

by Lyndesy Symonds Gail Macrae worked in hospitals, including in the intensive care unit (ICU), as a nurse, and she is also a midwife. She was employed at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center from 2015 until 2021 when Operation Warp Speed was launched by the Trump administration. Around the spring of 2020 when covid []

07:38

Australians could soon be dosed with dangerous GMO vaccines by aerial application "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Government is actively trying to approve a new way of vaccinating you: by air! Gene Regulator denies aerial application below: First Published by Cairns News February 2016 February 8, 2016 TruthOpener Chemtrails created by aircraft over Australian skies releasing sunlight deflecting aluminium and barium sulphate, highly dangerous to human health Dont want to be vaccinated? []

06:45

Blue-winged Kookaburra worth two shakes "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"




Blue-winged Kookaburra appears caught by surprise but, as they say, appearances can be deceptive. So can image processing. Thus, two lighting treatments.

Bird's spikiness comes from after vigorous shakes following bathing splash into shadowy edge of lagoon in Town Common Conservation Park, Townsville.

06:00

Teflon Dan Andrews conspired with Bill Shorten and his crime gang in $3.4 million pork-barrelling fraud IBAC report shows "IndyWatch Feed National"

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews conspired with Bill Shortens crime gang, who control the Health Workers Union (HWU), to steal $3.4 million from taxpayers which is outlined in a special report named Operation []

05:46

School shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto a 'blueprint on total destruction' say pols, who claim FBI is stalling its release "IndyWatch Feed National"

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale's manifesto is a "blueprint on total destruction" which the FBI are stalling releasing, according to local politicians, who describe its contents as "astronomically dangerous". Almost a month after Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, killed six at the city's Covenant elementary school before being shot by police authorities have yet to release a motive or any of the writings seized from her home, despite growing pressure. Rep. Tim Burchett, (R-Tenn.) told The Post he knew the FBI was behind the delay, saying the news was "disappointing" and calling for documents to be released to grieving loved ones as well as members of Congress. The manifesto "could maybe tell us a little bit about what's going on inside of her head," he added. "I think that would answer a lot of questions."

03:24

The untold story behind the rape of Indian history? "IndyWatch Feed National"

The untold story behind the rape of Indian history? first shown on Taazakhabar News

The untold story behind the rape of Indian history?

Indian history has many unanswered questions like why the pain suffered by the Hindus for 1,400 years has not been adequately reflected. Why has this utterly painful, troubled, problematic, blood-drenched aspect of history been deliberately neglected? Were the Hindus not human enough? Are their suffering and humiliation not worth mentioning? Even if the Left-Liberal-Muslim Right cabal does not sympathize with the plight of the Hindus, does the truth not warrant being told? Why is it that our students are made to study the history of Muslim rule primarily in a political contextthe story of their conquests and administrationas if we had been living in anarchy or in some Dark Age before that? Why they have downplayed the human aspect, particularly the achievements of the Hindus before the advent of the Muslims and their sufferings after them?

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03:07

Tonnes of Oseltamivir and peramivir arrive in Melbourne ready for another WHO plandemic this time bird flu "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

By Lyndesy Symonds Transport aircraft have been flying in large cargo boxes into Gatwick, Amsterdam, New York, MELBOURNE and DFW over the past 3 months. The boxes are shipments of a drug called Oseltamivir and another called peramivir. We have never moved this much tonnage of a single product. Ive personally done 5 runs full []

02:30

Its Not The Ocean Levels "IndyWatch Feed National"

I think that a lot of the scare discussion around ocean levels is because its relatively simple to understand. More complex things, like arguing about the accuracy of certain climate models, is just too easily sidetracked into a sea of mights and maybes.

Whats going to kill us worst?

  1. Losing Florida
  2. The collapse of agriculture due to heat
  3. The collapse of agriculture due to drought
  4. The collapse of fisheries due to anoxic zones
  5. The collapse and death of people due to unsurvivable heat

Well, obviously the answer is all of the above but focusing on whether New York City will be uninhabitable in 100 years is letting the disaster off easily. Yes, there will be displacement, money lost, migrants started, etc., in the flooding scenario but thats not what scares me. And, what scares me is going to happen, sooner rather than later, and everyone is going to be shocked and freaked out in spite of decades of warnings.

Midjourney AI and mjr: mass casualty die-off from the heat, under a baking hot sun

The problem is simple: humans cant survive at temperatures above 35C/95F. In 6 hours, youre dead. We dont normally experience temperatures that high, because our body has evaporative cooling systems (AKA: sweat) that can cool us even in higher temperatures so long as the humidity is low enough that evaporation is fast, and we stay hydrated.

Of course this is going to kill a lot of poor, brown, people, so maybe thats why America is worries about whether Biden is going to take away our gas-guzzling air conditioned trucks. [science]

They discovered a handful of individual spotsincluding shorelines along the Persian Gulf and river valleys in India and Pakistanhad crossed the 35C wet bulb threshold, though only for an hour or two at a time. And in 2017, wet bulb conditions topped 30C 1000 timesmore than double the number in 1979, they write today in Science Advances.

Weather stations in several other places stood out. They include Mexican towns near the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of California, and the coastal city of San Francisco in Venezuela. Areas in the Caribbean, West Africa, and southern China also had extreme readings. Weather station...

02:09

Time Mustnt Be Allowed to Run out on Julian Assange "IndyWatch Feed National"

Despite whatever charges Julian Assange may be accused of, it is well known that the WikiLeaks publisher was targeted for exposing the war crimes of the US government. In an upside-down Bizarro World, the screws are being ever so gradually tightened on Assange by the war criminals and their criminal accomplices. It is, in fact, a slow-motion assassination being played out before the open and closed eyes of the world.

The Slow-motion Assassination of Julian Assange

The above was written in 2020. Little has changed. In the foreword to Guilty of Journalism by Kevin Gosztola, American journalist Abby Martin writes, Assange was only publishing the leaks. He never committed any crime. He only published evidence of the crimes. (p xiii)

Assanges crime is exposing the crimes of the US; especially revelatory was the Collateral Murder video where US troops in an Apache helicopter gleefully gunned dead 12 civilians on a street in New Baghdad. The murderers remain scot-free. For exposing war crimes, Assange and Chelsea Manning have been punished.

Kevin Gosztola who has followed much of the judicial proceedings against Manning and Assange presents his knowledge of the cases, in particular that of Assange, in Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange (Seven Stories Press, 2023).

What is readily apparent is that the releases by WikiLeaks triggered a tsunamic vendetta. This has resulted in a brazen miscarriage of justice manipulated by a red-faced United States with the connivance of allied nation states such as Australia; Sweden; Britain; after a change of presidents, Ecuador; and the bystander nations of the world.

The US seeks to try Assange under the Espionage Act, a relic from WWI designed to control the release of information (see chapter 4). Yet, such a prosecution of Assange is hampered by the US Constitution, as the First Amendment protects the freedom of the press. Prosecuting a publisher/journalist would entail grave implications for journali...

00:00

Flashback The Stephen Lawrence Affair "IndyWatch Feed National"

Rixon Stewart The Truthseeker (print publication) 1999

Question: can something be ostensibly anti racist but still harbour a hidden fascist agenda?

Answer: yes, particularly if it is Sir William McPhersons Report on the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

Let me explain: the inquiry into the murder recently released its findings along with recommendations that propose sweeping legal reform. After careful study however, it becomes obvious that the Lawrence Inquiry is no more than a Trojan horse: a Trojan horse for the introduction of draconian legislation. Of course, though it cant be called fascist because it has been introduced under the guise of an anti-racist banner. So naturally anyone who argues against it can automatically be branded as a racist. At its heart though the inquirys recommendations reveal a chilling authoritarian mentality, in a word fascist.

The scene was set on April 22 1993, Stephen Lawrence, an 18 year old A level student was waiting for a bus in Eltham, S.E. London. A group of 5 or 6 white youths approached Stephen and his friend Duwayne Brooks. The word nigger was used; Stephen was stabbed and died a short while later. From the outset it is alleged that the investigation was bungled because of institutionalised racism. Six years later the alleged killers are still free, despite 2 trials and an inquiry into the investigation itself. The inquirys report is published amidst intense media coverage, further allegations of institutionalised racism and calls for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to resign.

Amidst all the media generated controversy the reports proposals for sweeping reform become almost a side issue. In a sense they sneak in by the back door whilst everybodys attention was being diverted. Yet they lie at the very heart of the report and, when all is said and done, are probably the reason for its existence.

First though the report opens its case with allegations of institutionalised racism and unwitting prejudice. Only two clear examples are given, neither of which really stands up to rigorous objective scrutiny. However, its recommendations for sweeping change are based on the assumption that institutionalised racism is endemic: It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes or behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people.

Attitudes? Ignorance? Thoughtlessness? George Orwell had a term for this; he called it thought crime.

The report is particularly critical of D.S. Davison for maintaining that the killing may not have been racially motivated. According to him, These lads had attacked whites before, very similarly with a similar knife. I believe this was thugs. They were described as the Krays....

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23:00

The Solution to Extinction Is You "IndyWatch Feed National"

To recognize Earth Week, WhoWhatWhy is running a new piece from our partners at Covering Climate Now each day through today, Earth Day. We are committed to covering the climate crisis and other environmental struggles humanity faces each and every week. Read more of our environmental coverage here.

 

Happy Earth Day!

 

People ask me all the time: What can I do to help stop extinction?

 

As a scientist working to protect endangered species, I hear the frustration in their voices. But I also know how to answer. Its not simple, its not quick, but its essential and it will help more than threatened animals and plants.

 

First and foremost, we cant think of biodiversity protection as isolated from everything else, something that only environmentalists or scientists handle while society goes on as usual. We have to address the biodiversity crisis, the climate emergency, and poverty and injustice simultaneously. And we can accomplish that by integrating biodiversity protection into the mainstream, into concerts, sports, fashion, business, education, transportation, everything everywhere all at once.

 

Habitat loss is still the biggest driver of extinction, and all our purchases and activities affect habitat somewhere. For all the things we purchase and consume, its important to ask where they came from, whose lives they affected wildlife and human alike and what byproducts are involved.

 

Our dollars are actions. If we see a terrible product like a living frog or fish in a sealed plastic container in a toy aisle, a trinket made out of a dead animal, or invasive landscaping plants like nandina, tropical milkweed, or Bradford pears theres a whole ladder of actions to take. First off, we can ask the store to stop selling them and ask the company to stop producing them. Most companies have parent companies that have a sustainability statement on their website but little knowledge of what the smaller brands they own are actually doing. They may not even know if we d...

15:18

The Discord leaks: Justification to quash encrypted messaging? "IndyWatch Feed National"

On April 13, the FBI took 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jake Teixiera into custody for posting top secret military documents on a private Discord chat group. A large amount of classified information has been exposed, and people want answers. Why is this young man getting arrested when other people leak to the press all the time? Who gives a 21-year-old top-secret clearance? Are there some other, less-obvious motives at work here? First, let's look at the leaks. Let's look first at the leaks themselves. In early March, classified documents started popping up on a public Discord channel. They had originally been posted in a private, invitation-only chat group on Discord with a few dozen members in December 2022 or January 2023. At some point, one of the private group members started posting the classified documents to a public group. And once on the public group, the classified documents rapidly made their way around the internet. (source) This series of leaks provided evidence...

15:00

UNSW: Psychological Distance is Not Necessarily a Barrier to Climate Motivation "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Australian Psychological Society argues psychological distance can be a barrier to climate action. But UNSW professor Ben Newell counters that the evidence is unclear.

14:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.05 AUD
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Farmers crippled by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt "IndyWatch Feed National"

Tractors have ground to a halt in paddocks across Australia and New Zealand because of a signal failure in the satellite farmers use to guide their GPS-enabled machinery, stopping them from planting their winter crop.

11:04

The False Messaging on Vaccines Given to Pregnant Women "IndyWatch Feed National"

By David Bell | Brownstone Institute | April 19, 2023

The mRNA vaccines were released globally in early 2021 with the slogan safe and effective. Unusually for a new class of medicine, they were soon recommended by public health authorities for pregnant women.

By late 2021, working-age women, including those who were pregnant, were being thrown out of employment for not agreeing to be injected. Those who took the mRNA vaccines did so based on trust in health authorities the assumption being that they would not have been approved if the evidence was not absolutely clear. The role of regulatory agencies was to protect the public and, therefore, if they were approved, the vaccines were safe.

Recently, a lengthy vaccine evaluation report sponsored by Pfizer and submitted to the Australian regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) dated January 2021 was released under a Freedom of Information request.

The report contains significant new information that had been suppressed by the TGA and by Pfizer itself. Much of this relates directly to the issue of safety in pregnancy, and impacts on the fertility of women of child-bearing age. The whole report is important, but four key data points stand out;

  • The rapid decline in antibody and T cells in monkeys following second dose,
  • Biodistribution studies (previously released in 2021 through an FOI request in Japan)
  • Data on the impact of fertility outcomes for rats.
  • Data on fetal abnormalities in rats.

We focus on the last three items as, for the first point, it is enough to quote the report itself Antibodies and T cells in monkeys declined quickly over 5 weeks after the second dose of BNT162b2 (V9), raising concerns over long term immunity.

This point indicates that the regulators should have anticipated the rapid decline in efficacy and must have known at the outset that the initial two-dose course was unlikely to confer lasting immunity and would, therefore, require multiple repeat doses. This expectation of failure was recently highlighted by Dr Anthony Fauci, former director at the US NIH.

The three remaining items should be a major cause for alarm with the pharmaceutical regulatory system. The first, as revealed in 2021, involved biodistribution studies of the lipid nanoparticle carrier in rats, using a luciferase enzyme to substitute for the mRNA vaccine.

The study demonstrated that the vaccine will travel throughout the body after injection, and is found not only at the injection site, but in all organs...

09:39

No Gunpowder Residue Found on Manuel Tortuguita Tern According to DeKalb County Autopsy "IndyWatch Feed National"

DeKalb County, GA Three months after Georgia State Patrol officers shot Manuel Tortuguita Esteban Paez Tern, killing the 26-year-old environmental and human rights advocate, the DeKalb County Medical examiner released their autopsy results. In the 34-page report, Dr. Gerald T. Gowitt, the chief medical examiner, wrote that gunpowder residue is not seen on the hands.

A Gun Shot Residue kit was performed, yet those findings remain undisclosed. Another piece of new information revealed in this autopsy was that Tortuguitas body had at least 57 gunshot wounds.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) continues to hold onto their investigation findings closely, leaving Terns family, loved ones, and the greater Stop Cop City movement searching for answers on their own.

On March 13, 2023, Terns family held a press conference to release an independent full autopsy of Tortuguita and to discuss the lawsuit the family filed against the City of Atlanta under the Georgia Open Records Act.

At the request of their family, Dr. Kris Sperry conducted the independent autopsy on Tortuguita. Sperry found that when they were shot and killed, Terns hands were raised in the air. According to the familys lawyers, The autopsy further reveals that Manuel was most probably in a seated position, cross-legged when killed.

According to the newly released DeKalb County autopsy report however, Dr. Gowitt wrote that there are too many variables with respect to movement of the decedent and the shooters to draw definitive conclusions concerning [Terns] body position.

Tern was killed on January 18 in the South River Forest. They were dedicating their time to the diverse Stop Cop City movement and working to prevent the construction of the Atlanta Police Foundations Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Tha...

09:17

Question: Which Cell Phone Companies Warn About Radiation Exposure from Their Products? Answer: All of Them "IndyWatch Feed National"

By B.N. Frank Decades of research have already revealed that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from cell phones and other wireless sources including 5G...

Question: Which Cell Phone Companies Warn About Radiation Exposure from Their Products? Answer: All of Them

06:27

What a Supporter of Peace Can Know and Do on Memorial Day "IndyWatch Feed National"

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 21, 2023

Some countries have a Catholic Church holiday every day of the year. The United States has a war holiday every day of the year. Some of them, such as so-called Veterans Day, began as peace holidays that like Mothers Day or Martin Luther King Jr. Day were carefully stripped of any peace content, and were instead turned toward the glorification of war and war preparations. Many peace holidays and formerly peace holidays and potential peace holidays can be found in the Peace Almanac at peacealmanac.org.

Youll notice at the link for Veterans Day above that what used to be Armistice Day in the United States was and remains Remembrance Day in some other countries. In those countries, it has morphed from mourning the dead to celebrating the institutions that plan to create more dead. A similar trajectory can be charted for numerous other holidays in the U.S. and around the world, such as Anzac Day in New Zealand and Australia. A stellar example is Memorial Day in the United States, which falls on the last Monday in May every year. Heres what we can read in the Peace Almanac:

May 30. On this day in 1868, Memorial Day was first observed when two women in Columbus, MS, placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. This story about women recognizing lives sacrificed on each side due to the Civil War by visiting gravesites with flowers in their hands actually took place two years earlier, on April 25, 1866. According to the Center for Civil War Research, there were countless wives, mothers, and daughters spending time in graveyards. In April of 1862, a chaplain from Michigan joined some ladies from Arlington, VA to decorate graves in Fredericksburg. On July 4, 1864, a woman visiting her fathers grave joined by many who had lost fathers, husbands, and sons left wreaths at every grave in Boalsburg, PA. In the spring of 1865, a surgeon, who would become Surgeon General of the National Guard in Wisconsin, witnessed women placing flowers on graves near Knoxville, TN as he passed by on a train. Daughters of the Southland were doing the same on...

03:40

Waking From the Nightmare: Is Recovery From Akathisia Possible? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Is recovery from akathisia possible? Seven years ago, my answer to this question would have been no because I still had a blind belief in the medical system despite being utterly betrayed by it. The medical professionals with whom I had been working had told me that once someones conditions (meaning the drug-induced movement disorders Id developed) had deteriorated to the level mine had, the damage was permanent, and full recovery was unlikely.

That sentiment was reflected in the piece I wrote for Mad in America four years ago. Id made the short film about akathisia, How Bad Can Good Be?, from a hopeless state of mind. My hopelessness seemed reasonable at the time because I was told it was hopeless. Everything I read, everywhere I searched, everyone with whom I spoke either reinforced that narrative or had no hope to offer because they claimed theyd never seen anyone who had been so damaged by medications. In fact, my neuropsychologist called me the Lucy of Akathisia. As if I didnt feel isolated and freakish enough.

But what was there to feel hopeful about? I had been broken by a system Id been taught to trust with my actual life, and in turn, that system blamed what it could on me, the patient, while shirking any responsibility for what had happened to me with the callous disregard of a sociopath.

The Medical Model

For those who havent read my first article, Ill summarize briefl...

00:45

Walmart may be dumping Bonobos and Eloquii, but its strategy wasnt a total flop "IndyWatch Feed National"

While theres no question that Walmart significantly overpaid for these dealsto the tune of more than $400 millionit didnt walk away empty-handed.

When Walmart announced today that it was selling online womens-apparel brand Eloquii to FullBeautyBrands, just days after selling online menswear brand Bonobos for $75 million to a brand-management firm and the retailer Express, it marked the end of an experiment that started in 2016. Thats when Walmart bought e-commerce company Jet.com for $3.3 billion, in what was then the largest-ever acquisition of an e-commerce company.

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00:41

UK govt confronted on West Papua in House of Lords "IndyWatch Feed Niugini"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/488409/uk-govt-confronted-on-west-papua-in-house-of-lords

UK govt confronted on West Papua in House of Lords
12:51 pm today

Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific Journalist finau.fonua
The United Kingdoms commitments to upholding human rights came under question on Monday over the West Papua issue, resulting in a heated exchange between a government representative and five members of the House of Lords in the Upper Chamber of the British Parliament.
The exchange occurred after Minister of State for the United Nations, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon responded to a question posed by Lord Harries of Pentregarth on what progress had been made in obtaining access to West Papua for the UNs High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Lord Ahmad said the UK government welcomed recent engagements between the UN and Indonesia to meet the recommendations of a Universal Periodic Review, calling for the UN to access and review the human rights situation in West Papua.
He said Indonesia was an important bilateral partner.
"We recognise that a significant amount of time has passed since the visit was first proposed, but we hope that both parties can come together to agree dates very soon," Lord Ahmad said.
The statement was unsatisfactory for Lord Harries, who pointed out that the UK was not among the eight countries who had endorsed the universal periodic review, and demanded clarity on where the UK stood.
"He (Lord Ahmad) mentioned the universal periodic review of Indonesia. He will know that, at that review, a number of major countries, including the United States, Australia and Canada, called for an intervention from the UN in Indonesia and an immediate visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," Lord Harries said.
"It is not at all clear that the United Kingdom was among those supporting that call. Perhaps the Minister will be able to enlighten us."
Lord Ahmad acknowledged a visit by the UN human rights chief to West Papua had been "pending for a long time" but added that the conservative government supported an earlier visit.

The answer was not well received by Lord Lexden, who condemned Indonesias control over the region.
"Is it not clear that this small country is suffering grievously under a colonial oppressor," Lord Lexden said.
"Indonesia, which is busily exploiting the countrys rich mineral resources and extensive forests in its own interests? Will the Government do all in their power, in conjunction with Commonwealth partners in the region, to get the UN to act and to act decisively?"
Lord Hanny of Chiswick, Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Purvis of Tweed shared their frustrations, descr...

Friday, 21 April

14:24

Hey Townsville, what happened? "IndyWatch Feed Capricornia"

Hey Townsville, what happened?

Just finished a trip to Townsville after a 30 year absence and I have one question. What the fuck happened? The joints dead!

I was staying in Flinders Street and I noticed the dead streets (photos taken at 7.30pm on Thursday), so many vacant commercial properties, pubs boarded up and some hotels closed on Monday and Wednesday's. I don't get it. About the only businesses that seem to be flourishing in Townsville are the gyms which would indicate a great meth and/or steroid market exists.

When I was last in Townsville in the early 1990's things seemed vibrant, in fact there was also town talk of Townsville becoming a new capital of the new state of Capricornia. Not anymore.

What's gone wrong? I'm sad.

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