3 Crises: War As Control, Imperial Dreams & Licence To Kill
New NATO chief, military unleashed, citizens and foreigners 'equalised'
Ukraine could build a nuclear bomb within weeks, Bild reports
Zelenskiy's spokesman denied it; said claim plays into Russian propaganda
President tells European Council let Ukraine join NATO or give us nukes
NATO’s new chief scans the globe for potential conflict
War machine backs Democrats; calls for George Bush to feel Kamala’s joy
We need a new political language to describe what's happening
Military to use lethal force against civilians in case of unrest: so no dissent!
Gates and Fink arrive in London for the Great Sale of Britain
Green policies as the mechanism for recolonisation and suppresion
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Oct 17, 2024
The globalists are succeeding in normalising violence. That's their goal, because in an amoral, violent Hobbesian state they will be able to do anything.
Morality has been sucked out of government, in a thermobaric flash, like the vacuum bomb that ignites the oxygen and starves the lungs.
From complicity in genocide to the dismantling of public services, governments have sold out to the money power. And you can see that they're boastful about it. They have convinced themselves they are going to be rewarded for serving their masters —because they're certainly not serving the people.
We are learning, with the callous attitude of governments to "their" citizens on October 7th, in Gaza and Lebanon, in Sudan, in Maui, and increasingly in Britain, Canada, Australia, across Europe and the U.S., that we that we need a new political lexicon: words like fascism, authoritarianism and despotism no longer suffice.
The wooden language of racism from the Woke corner — institutional, systemic — does not capture the nature of the threat nor the target. In fact it disguises the use of force to trample rights in order to concentrate money in fewer hands; a reverse redistribution of wealth that revives the antiquated phrase, class war.
Critics of identity politics have long suspected its purpose is to divide the middle class and disguise the attack by the money power on family and private ownership —what Wokes and their champions in the inclusive, equitable boardrooms deride as bourgeois.
A rising tide of bloodshed has saner heads worrying about war, while the media toys with nuclear weapons as if they were a matter of bluffing or scoring points.
Hyperbole misses the point
You know it is election time when people start flinging the F word.
Trump is leading in the polls, "despite all the Hitler talk," says Joy Reid on MSNBC. "We do have a fascist groundswell in this country, mainly among White men, let's be clear."
The deep state, its intelligence officers and its leading warmongers have declared their support for the Kamala Harris campaign, including ex-NSA John Bolton, former Bush VP Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz.
Formerly a prestigious news journal, U.S. News and World Report, declares: "President Bush, Put Country Over Party and Endorse Kamala Harris." Its logic is familiar: "Trump is a threat to democracy."
The Democratic Party and vice president Harris, regarded as one of the most progressive senators, are indistinguishable from the military industrial complex.
This not just a U.S. phenomenon. In Germany the Green party began with a "feminist foreign policy." Its star politician, the foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, told the UN that "civilians lose their status as civilians if Hamas hides behind them." [1]
The Greens, with their policy of de-growth that has wrecked the economy, support only one industry: weapons manufacture! Nothing but total victory can suffice.
Selling out
In Gaza the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, fought to the death — give a dead man his due. With his right arm torn off, he lashed out with his left at an Israeli drone, before a final volley killed him.
Israel is blocking food deliveries into Gaza; one-in-four Lebanese has now lost their home, 1.2 million people are displaced.
The Biden White House authorises the Secretary for Defense to tell the military to use lethal force against American citizens in the case of civil disturbance.
NATO gave another €40 billion ($43.5 billion) military aid to Ukraine (we didn't know it had its own money). The proxy war will go on.
And if you dare to criticise it, you may be guilty of peddling misinformation for Putin. The EU has joined Brazil in threatening to fine Elon Musk’s companies over users’ comments.
From Biden's military directive to Starmer's prosecuting people for thought crime, this is another step towards a police state.
In Britain the Starmer regime is holding court to Bill Gates and Larry Fink of BlackRock at an investment summit which promotes the World Economic Forum (WEF) agenda of scrapping regulations and privatising what's left of public services.
More on all of these stories below.
Crisis one, NATO and European centralisation
Apart from dropping a "33" into his opening remarks, NATO's new secretary general Mark Rutte made a sweeping survey of the potential for conflict.
”At the moment, it turns out that Ukraine will be the 33rd member. But perhaps someone else will emerge before them. But Ukraine will be a NATO member in the future."
Using the Rockefeller buzzwords "interconnected nature of today's world" he said "our shared security is at stake" — he was addressing his fellow globalists.
Chairing his first NATO summit he said the alliance had to change its perception of what Russia represents and formulate a new policy for the long term based on competitor or adversary.
“Russia is also seeking to undermine democracies in the region with cyber and hybrid threats, including disinformation ... using internal vulnerabilities to sow divisions.”
He criticised the alliance of Russia and China which he called authoritarian and destabilising,
In what NATO/EC call the Western Balkans he saw secessionist threats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and tensions between Serbia and its neighbour Kosovo where part of the population is still Serbian.
Kosovo was created during the UN's bout of enthusiasm for micro-states for ethnic minorities, and it is largely viable because of the presence of the U.S. military's camp Bondsteel.
The UN and NATO do not apply the same rules to the ethnic Russian minority in Ukraine.
The takeaway is that Rutte is as committed to the Rockefeller/WEF agenda is Starmer in Britain and Harris in the United States. Expect to hear more about interconnectedness, shared security, in this together, 33, while governments clamp down on free speech and authorise military force against the domestic population.
Centralising power
Rutte is not a man of ideas but a WEF operations manager, as ruthlessly effective as EC president Ursula von der Leyen.
The Ukraine war has been used by the EC to grab power, as VDL lays out a foreign policy, even though it's not within the commission's authority. It has aligned more tightly with NATO and thus subordinate to U.S. policy.
Looking for politicians who share a warlike posture towards Russia, the EC has drawn from the Baltics, such as former PM of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius — what Thomas Fazi called "the Baltic squad" in a nod to the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
"Kubilius’s nomination comes alongside that of Kaja Kallas, former Prime Minister of Estonia, to the role of European foreign and security policy chief; of Finland’s Henna Virkkunen to the role of executive vice-president and Commissioner for Technology; and of Latvia’s Valdis Dombrovskis, to Commissioner for Economy and Productivity." [2]
VDL is also centralising budgetary control, which is likely to be tied to goals set by the Directoire in Brussels.
Zenenskiy is seeking an invitation to join NATO, the lifting of restrictions on long range missile strikes into Russia, and joint manufacturing of weapons in Ukraine, making available the country's rich mineral resources.
Ukraine’s presidential spokesman Dmytro Lytvyn dismissed a report by Germany’s Bild that it could build a nuclear weapon within weeks. He said Bild was playing “into the hands of Russian propaganda.”
A poll found 57 percent of Ukrainians want peace negotiations with Russia for peace; 35 percent would end the war with the de facto border of Feb. 23, 2022; 38 percent think Kyiv should not negotiate.
The poll was conducted by the National Democratic Institute and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in May.
This centralised regime demands compliance and forbids dissent.
Retaining control over speech is a priority for Western governments, but they are watching each other to see how far and fast they can go, writes Michael Shellenberger.
After Brazil seized assets from X for failing to ban opposition politicians and censor voices of dissent, the EU is trying the same. And if elected in the U.S., Harris has said she would do likewise.
The EU says it may take Elon Musk's varied businesses into account when it calculates fines against X, including Space Exploration Technologies and Neuralink.
British reserve
Terror police raid home of Asa Winstanley, a British journalist who works for a publication called The Electronic Intifada which reports on Palestine.
About 10 officers arrived at his North London home at 6 am on Thursday, to investigate possible offences under sections 1 and 2 of the Terrorism Act (2006). These concern encouraging such acts.
Later police said the raid was connected to Winstanley's posts on social media. [3]
Arrested for praying
Separately, a British Army reservist was hit with £9,000 costs and faces a fine of up to £12,000 "if he is convicted of any future offences in the next two years."
In its ruling this week, the court determined that Adam Smith-Connor’s standing outside an abortion clinic amounted to “disapproval of abortion” because “at one point his head was seen slightly bowed and his hands were clasped.”
In another case following the Southport riots upon the murder of three girls by a youth of Rwandan descent, Lucy Connolly, 41, was jailed for 31 months over incendiary language in Tweet. She wrote "deportation now"... "set fire to the hotels for all I care."
In normal times threatening speech which was not directed at an individual would have attracted at most the punishment given the veteran — a fine, not 31 months in prison — and no-one would have been silly enough to prosecute a person for praying.
But we do not live in times of common sense.
Crisis two, dissenters against the wall
The Biden/Harris/BlackRock administration has authorised the military to use lethal force against civilians in case of unrest.
National Guard can already do so but military previously operated in a support capacity. "No part of the Constitution expressly empowers the president to use the military to execute the law," said the Brennan Center, clarifying how Posse Comitatus is supposed to apply.
The Department of Defence Directive 5240.01 previously focused on intelligence collection and ensuring civil liberties protections for U.S. persons. That was issued in 2016.
The updated version expands the military's role, particularly in assisting civil law enforcement, and authorizes lethal force under specific conditions:
when lives are in danger
civil disturbance
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive incidents
situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipate." [4]
Licence to kill
Britain's Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Act 2021 gave spies legal authority in law, to break the law.
It was popularly dubbed a licence to kill, although the High Court had already ruled the prior year that MI5 spies can kill without fear of prosecution if they can prove public interest.
As former SIS-MI6 intelligence officer Matthew Dunn clarified, a spy's job is to circumvent the law overseas and if caught is subject to foreign law — so a "licence to kill" is superfluous. [5]
So it does raise the question whether the CHIS Act has the citizenry in its sights. The answer was yes, as it does not just apply to intelligence agencies, it allows the health department, Home Office, Food Standards Agency, revenue department and Serious Fraud Office, even the Financial Conduct Authority and the Gambling Commission, to commit crimes.
The issuing of criminal conduct authorisations will also be possible: “for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime or of preventing disorder; or in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom.”
Crisis three, imperial dreams
The flip side of this militarisation of Europe and the West, the moral vacuum in politics, and the financialisation of every function of government is, I believe, preparation for a new colonialism in which the Western population will be scared into submission while Waiting For The Barbarians.
A return to the mercantilism of the past, in which every resource, mineral or human, has its price.
See Pirates, Privateers And Merchant Adventurers: Second of a series on depopulation (Aug 15, 2023)
Former head of the French army Gen François Lecointre has said he sees European powers recolonising Africa within the next decade.
The idea might surprise you. We've been schooled to think that slavery's been abolished and Europe "gave away" its colonies decades ago. If you watch images of Congolese children scrabbling in the dirt for cobalt to make iPhones and the latest gadgets, you could argue that in terms of economic relationships, colonialism never ended — it was simply outsourced.
Actual recolonisation could take place under the cover of Green energy policies.
Net Zero and the mechanisms of carbon taxes have the possibility to physically capture land, if nature is turned into an asset against which Western corporations lend money for "development."
See Europe's Parallel Reality: C02 & Degrowth - Carbon is the new coloniser (May 09, 2024)
Britain's strategic review of defence policy stated the Sahel region of Africa to be of importance for its minerals. With many other countries eyeing those same "rare earth" there could also be a replay of the 19th century Scramble for Africa. [6]
In the spirit of elite-aristocratic imperialism they may even colonise you at home.
See Dash For Land As Financiers Go To Ground - Colombia conference targets globalist grabs (Mar 16, 2024)
You won’t get to be an imperial policeman abroad as was Eric Blair in Burma, before he put on his writing hat and became George Orwell.
In fact, the police in your city or town may not even be fellow citizens. Illinois and California passed laws in 2023 that allow non-citizens to become officers, and a bill in Congress would let them serve in the military.
A Gun For Sale
At the residence of the British prime minister, 10 Downing Street: Bill Gates. Also in London is Larry Fink, CEO of asset manager BlackRock.
What's your guess:
GMO foods
Mosquitoes
mRNA shots for livestock
Vaccinated fruit and veg
Bio-digital identity
Cloudy skies, aka geo-engineering
Censorship to stop you discussing the above?
They are in town for Keir Starmer’s inaugural International Investment Summit as he vows to ‘remove needless regulation’ declaring Britain open for business - as if government bodies were not already captured by the corporations they regulate.
"The event will demonstrate that through serious, stable governance, the UK can establish enduring partnerships with businesses to boost investment and give investors the confidence they need to choose Britain. "
This includes:
£24 billion worth of investment in clean energy projects,
Office for Investment, a robust Industrial Strategy, major planning reforms to unlock infrastructure and housing,
National Wealth Fund to catalyse private money – will attract investment,
Regulatory Innovation Office, which will curb red tape for cutting-edge emerging technologies, speed up approvals, and allow them to be rolled out to the public safely and quickly. [7]
This is what the World Economic Forum calls agile governance, in which corporations test and refine products as they market them, from vaccines to flying cars, and regulators get out of the way.
See Opposing Ideologies Serve The Same Masters (Aug 04, 2022)
Gangster Government: Back To The Future, 1920s-Style - Politicians protect the racketeers, manufacture a 'constant threat' (Jan 29, 2022)
For all the talk of efficiency, the cost to the taxpayer does not go down. Former British diplomat Craig Murray highlights the example of the National Health Service which costs £3,600 a year for every man, woman and child in the UK — yet has been hollowed out for private profit.
With the help of a compliant media, the government is stigmatising the unemployed as fat and lazy when statistically they carry less weight than the fully employed. The press is pushing weight-loss jabs (and no doubt other kinds) turning them into lab rats for big pharma.
Keir Starmer, health secretary Wes Streeting and home secretary Yvette Cooper between them received over £750,000 from private healthcare lobbyists and companies. [8]
[1] Middle East Eye, TikTok, Oct 17, 2024 - Annalena Baerbock
[2] Thomas Fazi, UnHerd, Oct 14, 2024 - Von der Leyen’s authoritarian plot National democracies will be subordinate to her Commission
[3] The Electronic Intifada, Oct 17, 2024 - UK police raid home, seize devices of EI’s Asa Winstanley
[4] Armageddon Prose, Substack Oct 12, 2024 - U.S. Military Now Authorized to Kill Americans on U.S. Soil? New DoD Directive Drops
[5] Christopher Heale, 2020 - Does new Bill give spies a licence to kill?
[6] Vijay Jayaraj, Oct 17, 2024 - Climate Colonialism’s Stranglehold on Africa’s Energy Starved
[7] UK Gov, Oct 14, 2024 - Major investment deals set to be announced at government’s inaugural International Investment Summit
[8] Craig Murray, Oct 17, 2024 - The Notional Health Service
So now body movement profiles are suspect. I wonder what walking down the street while smiling would be considered. Be careful the tune you whistle.
Thank you - for that poem, Waiting for the Barbarians. 1975? It's perfect today.