Fitch placed US on Rating Watch Negative (might be downgraded from AAA)

Undercover FBI Agent CAUGHT Trying to Entrap Activists - YouTube 

A preferable solution (to guaranteeing deposits for all the US) would have been a private solution (someone buying SVB), said Altman.

But that would depend on the government would enter a deal where they would provide certain loss protections to a buyer. The gov wasn't willing to do this, possibly because of the politics. Bear Sterns / JPM et al 2008 were very unpopular, and for this reason they might not have been willing to do a similar thing here.

 

Gravitas: Nord stream bombing masterminded by US and Norway: Report - YouTube

Pulitzer Price-winning Journalist Seymour Hersh

Apparently they sent some kind of warning to allies beforehand.

#Journalism #SeymourHersh #Integrity

"If the situation has got to that level, as doctors if we can't speak up for our patients when we think harm is being committed, the word 'doctor', the meaning of 'doctor', disappears - Dr Aseem Malhotra

Talking about how in Cali if you speak against the dominant (enforced) narrative you automatically could get your license revoked.

This time there was no little vial presented to Congress, so who knows what to make of this claim.

Analysts say this time Iran wants to get an ironclad deal that the US can't back out of, and uranium stockpiles are leverage.

Israel's new PM went to France to try to get Macron's help, but Macron wants dialogue, he stated publicly, and a new deal with Iran.

#Integrity #Iran #France

 

He's talking about July 4, one of the 3 holidays where Americans spend a ton of money. They buy lots of food and gas. We'll see if they can afford to do it this year like past years.

Difference from 2008. 2008 it affected roughly 60% of the population. Today, with inflation, no matter who you are, where you live, how much you make, it will affect you.

Trump misidentified the stock market as the thing Americans look to to decide whether things are good or bad. Biden misidentified jobs.

33% of Americans blame the war in Ukraine. 25% blame corporations for charging too much (Biden is trying to blame Exxon etc for the reason why gas prices are so high).

"The key is not who they blame. The fundamental key is who they think is trying to solve it. And this is where the administration comes up short."

"The Biden administration is afraid of the political impact so they're downplaying the personal impact. And the truth is they should be candid."

Commercialization of academia, failed regulation, corporate interests, corruption.

El-Erian Says Fed Has Lost Credibility on Inflation - YouTube

"This week they're incredibly hawkish. A few weeks ago they were incredibly dovish."

... a sentiment I'm hearing a lot. They base this on the epistemic inferiority or conspiracy of government officials in how they handled the pandemic and spoke to the public.

#PIC #Internet #Integrity

4Chan attempts to raid Facebooks Metaverse ... [SomeOrdinaryGamers)

Chinese President Xi JinPing is under pressure right now, says former Australian PM [CNBC]

11m people viewing every ep. Some a lot more. Compare with CNN's highest rates show last night with 700k viewers.

He's not politically partisan.

Neil Young made headlines last week for issuing an ultimatum or something to Spotify that it was his music or Rogan, who he said was spreading misinformation (about the pandemic). Spotify picked Rogan. But Spotify has deleted over 20k videos that talk about the pandemic, but made by other podcasters. Spotify said they cause harm. Harry and Megan have a $125m deal with Spotify, and they threatened to leave, opposing Rogan.

Tucker Carlson noted that Whitehouse spokesperson Jen Psaki's recent comments that 'there's more that can be done' was tantamount to something the government's not allowed to do constitutionally, using government power to shut down broadcasters who criticize you. Last week Rogan made a comment about Psaki, who had recently been talking about shutting down misinformation, while SHE distributed misinformation by saying the Pfizer vaccine was approved by the FDA in their gold standard.

#JoeRogan #Journalism #Integrity

In 2020 Q1, the total deaths of people from ONLY Covid (no other underlying conditions), was 9400. Average age 81. That was when the pandemic started, and there were not yet any vaccines.

(UK has 68m people.)

2021 Q1, total deaths 6500. Average age around the same.

Q2 total deaths 350.

Q3 total deaths 1150.

In the first 3 quarters of 2021, 17,500 people died of Covid without having other underlying conditions. The average age was 82 years (higher than average life expectancy 79 for men 83 for women).

This is not what MSM in the UK has been leading people to believe. Official government data says 137k people have died as of Sep 30 2021. This includes all deaths where the person tested positive for Covid, no matter how they died. Seven times higher than the data they have not reported.

Relatedly,

A former WHO authority (did he resign?) Karol Sikora (U of Buckingham prof now) said about 50k more people have died from cancer over past 18 months, due to failure to report early, difficulty in seeing a GP, fear of hospital admissions, missed chemo or radio.

There are 6m people waiting for NHS treatment right now.

#Information #Integrity #MSM #Pharma #PIC

... and between 25k and 75k deaths. London School of Medicine. They recommend more vaccinations. They didn't recommend vitamins D or Zinc or the treatment measures discussed in non-mainstream medicine.

Inconsistent with real-world experience of South Africa, where in a population of 60m 5500 people have been hospitalized so far.

#Pharma #UK #Integrity

#Integrity #Leadership #US

On May 15, Israel bombed the Al Jalaa Tower (media tower) in Gaza which housed international media outlets (including AJ, AP, and Middle East Eye).

To justify doing so to the US, Israel (internal intelligence agency) gave the US a file on the situation. The US wasn't satisfied and asked for further info on how the building was linked to Hamas etc. Israel handed the US a second report that closed the gaps " " of the first file.

However, now Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported that the file was 'retroactively edited.' An allegation in this is that Israel did know there was media organizations in the building although they claimed they didn't, or something like that.

#Israel #Censorship #Journalism #Information #Integrity

US reps offering 'assurances' Assange will be treated OK. Assange reps highlighting CIA plans to kidnap, kill, etc.

#People #Assange #Integrity

In Poland there's a disciplinary chamber that, critics say, can make judges leave if they don't follow the 'right wing' party line.

The chamber, EU says, violates EU law because it compromises the independence of the judiciary in Poland.

ECJ decided this last summer and Poland accepted it, but Poland didn't really take any steps to remove the chamber.

The method of fines is standard for the EU when a country does something they don't like, but usually the countries fall into line.

In September, one of Poland's high courts (with ties to government it is said) also decided Poland's courts can overrule the ECJ.

#Poland #EU #Integrity #Independence

Russia, despite having a vaccine earlier, has only 33% vaccination.

Or does it have something to do with public information about the nationalist approach to a vaccine.

Reportedly, you can buy a vaccine passport in Russia online for 70Euros, and it doesn't matter if you got the vaccine for real.

In the US, govt decisions about medicines is being framed in light of incentives. For example, the new Merck Molnupiravir costs $17 to produce and the US is paying $700 a course for it. Expected revenue for Merck this year is $7b.

The Bill and Melinda gates foundation gave BBC Media Action $1.6m this year. Why?

In India, the Indian Bar is taking a head of the WHO to court, alleging the WHO give false medical info.

Another question in the US/West. Early in the Pandemic, the government made decisions based on input from their scientists. The govt thereby thought they were following the science, but was the science correct? Did the chief science officers get it wrong? or what happened there? (Note that even as a layman, during the first week or two of the Pandemic in late Feb 2019, there was data available showing where the virus came from, how it spread, etc., which the government's positions seemed to disagree with, and my guess at the time was that if govt officials were actually motivated to public welfare, they understood from data they had and I didn't but could guess at, that even if they told their populations to treat it seriously and restrict contagion risks, their population wouldn't have obeyed).

#Integrity

Because CNN (Gupta is a star 'medical professional' on that channel) reported on Rogan taking 'horse medicine' and painting it pretty negative, and putting a yellow filter on the video they used of Rogan (to make him look worse). Guptra tried to change the subject several times, but Rogan pressed him in a guyish way, and was pretty good at it.

It made waves and headlines on Republican media and YouTubers.

#Journalism #JoeRogan #People #Integrity

... is what the FDA has been saying, which seems to contradict evidence and the opinion of experts. Unless 'better' in this sentence means something other than 'more effective.'

They say 'it appears ... that natural infection provides immunity, but that immunity is seemingly not as strong and may not be as long lasting as that provided by the vaccine.'

They say that 'generally the immunity after natural infection tends to wane after about 90 days.' Also contradicts science.

It also contradicts the position of the UK and Israeli data.

#Pandemics #Pharma #Politics #Integrity

... after serving 2 years of his 5 - 10, sentenced for giving quaaludes to a woman who said he later sexually assaulted her.

The judge said Cosby's due process rights had been seriously violated in the trial because a prosecutor had made a deal with Cosby under the table, after which Cosby in his statement included that he had given quaaludes to a woman he was pursuing years earlier.

Some have said the judge with this move has set a precedent that, although police are notoriously allowed to lie to pursue convictions, when a prosecutor makes a deal saying he won't prosecute that's basically equivalent to an immunity deal. If later judges follow his lead. However, I don't know that DAs were ever allowed to lie to get testimony the way police currently are.

Another option the court could have taken is to send the case down for another trial, without using the evidence the judge said he didn't like.

From the ruling: "In accordance with the advice his attorneys, Cosby relied upon D.A. Castor’s publicannouncement that he would not be prosecuted. His reliance was reasonable, and itresulted in the deprivation of a fundamental constitutional right when he was compelledto furnished self-incriminating testimony. Cosby reasonably relied upon theCommonwealth’s decision for approximately ten years. When he announced hisdeclination decision on behalf of the Commonwealth, District Attorney Castor knew thatCosby would be forced to testify based upon the Commonwealth’s assurances. Knowingthat he induced Cosby’s reliance, and that his decision not to prosecute was designed todo just that, D.A. Castor made no attempt in 2005 or in any of the ten years that followedto remedy any misperception or to stop Cosby from openly and detrimentally relying uponthat decision. In light of these circumstances, the subsequent decision by successorD.A.s to prosecute Cosby violated Cosby’s due process rights. No other conclusioncomports with the principles of due process and fundamental fairness to which all aspectsof our criminal justice system must adhere."

However, legal professionals have asked whether Cosby should be saved from bad legal advice to wave his fifth, which he may have done in the interest of not looking guilty in front of the jury.

Opinion and dissents: Bill Cosby's conviction was vacated. Read the court case opinions (Philly Inquirer)

#Sex #Integrity #Trust #Police