1) Now learning about #GESARA and #NESARA. Starting to look like #Trump might have actually prepared the way for their implementation. A crucial step is getting nation off debt based system controlled by central banks and reclaiming control with gold-backed currency.

2) That's why I'm looking at ScoMo's much derided use of phrase "#goldstandard" in a new light. Remember that he made this comment about #NSWpol's handling of #COVID19AU back in September, saying "that is where we have to get everybody to":

3) ScoMo used phrase several times. In clip below (Dec): "NSW Govt's testing and tracing capabilities are #goldstandard not just in this country but anywhere around the world." So, local and global reference. #NESARA is USA, #GESARA is global.

4) In this clip (late Sept) he uses it again, specifically in reference to how #Victoria is catching up to NSW, which he believes is #goldstandard in #contacttracing. (In first clip above he also used it in comparing systems of these two states.)

5) Given that so much of what we see and hear in social and mainstream media from blue checks is coded comms, was this repeated use of distinctive and seemingly antiquated phrase another example? Was he giving heads up to *those in the know* that this system was imminent?

The mysterious story of tomatoes 🍅 & cigarettes 🚬
An interesting scientific story discussed by Kenneth M. Smith (1892-1981) who is considered to be one of the pioneers of the scientific field of ‘Virology’. Long thread, Enjoy the Sunday reading 😀1/n

In his 1943 book, Smith wrote about a story of two American tobacco farmers, one of whom was much troubled by outbreaks of tobacco mosaic disease in his crops, while the other managed to keep his plants fairly clear of the trouble. 2/n

Furthermore, the first farmer noticed that the infection tended to occur in a straight line (tobacco mosaic is very infectious disease & it is not insect-transmitted). So, Smith assumed that the disease seemed to follow the movements of the farmworkers who tended the plants. 3/n

It seemed likely, therefore, that they were the transmitting agents. Closer inquiry into the personal habits of the farmworkers revealed the fact that several of them indulged in the practice of chewing tobacco, & herein, lies the clue to the mosaic infection. 4/n

The virus of tobacco mosaic is one of the most stable & resistant viruses known, & some brands of chewing tobacco are not subjected in the curing process to sufficiently high temperatures or other treatments which would destroy the virus. 5/n

#CapitolSiegeReligion @plmanseau

via Luke Mogelson's video report at @NewYorker, person holding up a Bible while storming the Capitol

https://t.co/uQiJbTy9Hu

"Jesus Christ, we invoke your name, amen."

#CapitolSiegeReligion

"Let's say a prayer... Thank you heavenly father, for gracing us with this opportunity"

#CapitolSiegeReligion

"thank you for this opportunity for us to stand up for our God-given inalienable rights..."

#CapitolSiegeReligion

they further thank their "heavenly father" for being "the inspiration needed for these police officers to allow us into this building"

#CapitolSiegeReligion

1. Sat. 16 Jan. Rumor Mills Situation Report:

Conservative MP calls for nationwide rollout of vitamin D tablets, a Spanish region saw an 82% drop in covid deaths after handing out vitamin D.

It's time for another rendition of "why Sam Heughan is not responsible for your actions!"
- a thread -

I rarely use the term "hate" for obvi reasons. But there are two kinds of people that I ABSOLUTELY loathe with a passion: liars and thieves. I've realized through my course of adulthood that there's a third category:
those seemingly allergic to personal responsibility

I read the article that the d*ily rec*rd put out and I noticed one things all these women have in common (aside from their audacious gullibility) none of them acknowledge they were duped.

"He should be doing more than putting up a temporary story on IG" CHILD HE'S BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEEEEEARS WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?!

These bitches are acting like Sam is ONLY NOW acknowledging that scammers are going after his fans in this way. They're acting like he's the first one to be involved in this, like this is some new concept. Honey, no. Not even close.

During the late 19th century and the early 20th century freak shows were at their height of popularity; the period 1840s through to the 1940s saw the organized for-profit exhibition of people with physical, mental or behavioral disabilities.

The Jaramillo sisters Natalia (b. 1889) and Aurora (b. 1896) were from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Stephan Bibrowsky (1890-1932), known as Lionel the Lion-Faced Man (due to a rare condition called hypertrichosis).

“Ladies and gentlemen … I would like to introduce Mr. Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. Before doing so I ask you please to prepare yourselves—Brace yourselves up to witness one who is probably the most remarkable human being ever to draw the breath of life.”

Lazarus and Joannes were Italian conjoined twins who toured Europe during the 17th century.

Due to @asadowaisi's political expansion, question asked nowadays is whether or not Muslims voting for AIMIM is a communal phenomenon

But nobody has answers for
Majoritarian politics, which already divides voters along religious identity

Ajay

Notwithstanding @asadowaisi stated intention to expand the political representation of #IndianMuslims, the outcome of his approach seems to be electoral benefits for BJP, for it divides voters along religious

Owaisi’s strategy is based on the legitimate anger of Muslims towards the so-called secular parties, which have done less than expected for the community. BJP’s propaganda machine has instilled among its majority-community voters that such parties engage in “minority appeasement”

It is therefore legitimate for @asadowaisi to ask why he should not expand political representation of Muslims. And it is also legitimate for Muslims, for instance in West Bengal, to ask why, if regional parties are not doing enough for them, they still cannot vote for the AIMIM.

According to #IndianMuslim's, if @asadowaisi's party, the @aimim_national performs well in elections, it gives them a political presence, which is especially favourable if they do not vote for his candidates out of communal prejudice against

Hi Twitter I can't sleep again. I need to ramble and rumble myself into passive aggressively sleeping.
The past 12 years haven't been easy for many but for those of us who are Jews of African descent in America it has been a trial by ordeal.

When Obama was president I remember when 1 of my students expressed a sense of fear of him. Their parents compared him to Hitler, wary of his passionate speeches &ability to arouse the masses. I immediately balked but knew where there was this sentiment there were others.

I lost a friend in Eva when she called him a Muslim born in Kenya. She also splashed a kid in the face with water...a lot...and I was like that's not cool but I also realized that would be my ass if I did that.

A parent I did not know threw a Karen moment at me before I knew what they were for wearing an Obama kippa...I took it off after a mild talking to...and I put it right back on after he won.

Then Trump came on the waves of birtherism. People we thought we knew became more and more hostile, untrustworthy and mean. We saw our community struggle between 2/3 mostly ok with us and 1/3 not. Many of us stopped going to the shuls we always had.

Listening, *really* listening, is a rare superpower.

I was a bad listener most of my life.

Then I fixed that a few years ago.

Night & day difference in my leadership ability.

I learned that we can learn to listen well.

A thread on listening (and learning it from movies🎞️)
👇🏾

First, why is listening hard?

It’s because we have:
- the fear of being wrong
- an inability to be present
- a desire for validation
- a lack of curiosity
- the urge to impress
- a feeling of superiority

For an example of *bad* listening, let’s learn from this epic scene from the movie, The Darkest Hour.

The setup: World War II. There are disagreements among British leadership about whether they should pursue peace talks with Germany or an all out war.

Go on, watch the scene.

Really, watch the scene before proceeding to the next tweet.

So what can we learn from this scene about listening?

The superficial lesson is not to interrupt others.

But the deeper lesson is that most of us are like Churchill w.r.t. listening.

How so?

While we may not interrupt vocally, *we are interrupting others with our thoughts*

Before the 76th anniversary of the liberation of #Auschwitz we bring together the most important facts about the last stage of the operation of this German Nazi camp. See the rest of this [THREAD] below. 1/11 #Auschwitz76

At the beginning of 1945, there were around 67,000 prisoners in the Auschwitz camp system. On 12 January 1945, the Soviets started their offensive. In mid-January head of the SS in the region, Ernst Schmauser gave the order to evacuate Auschwitz. 2/11

The final evacuation began on 17 January 1945. Around 58,000 prisoners were evacuated from the Auschwitz camp system. Columns of prisoners were leaving the camps and subcamps between 17 and 21 January. 3/11

On January 20 the SS blew up the buildings of gas chambers II (📷) and III. On January 25/26 SS units entered the camp to destroy the last one - gas chamber and crematorium V. 4/11

Some 9,000 prisoners were left by the SS in the camps. The last SS guards left the camp most probably on January 21, but there were still some SS and Wehrmacht units coming in and out. 5/11

Some thoughts on this super inaccurate piece.

tl;dr: this is not a defence of Tether/ iFinex, who I would like nothing more than to see disappear into irrelevance. However, most of the conclusions here show zero understanding of crypto market

1. First up: it’s completely inexcusable that Tether refuse to have a 3rd party audit. I can’t find a single good faith reason for this.

Bitfinex GC recently did a superb job of sidestepping that question on WBD:

2. For better or worse, USDT (tether) started as a way for people to move fiat between exchanges (a major problem) in the absence of the ability to onboard banking partners, none of whom wanted to touch crypto. USDT is now the dominant stablecoin by mkt cap & liquidity.

3. As a result of the difficulty of having a fiat on/off rail, many exchanges, like Binance, chose to be ‘crypto only’, using stablecoins in lieu of fiat. This is why the majority of inflows into BTC (article says 70%) is via USDT

4. Unbanked exchanges are in aggregate larger than banked ones. This is true, but it’s not because of a giant conspiracy to steal your BTC. Being unbanked = real regulatory arbitrages (lower cost + ability to innovate fast), and lower barriers to entry means there’s more of them.

The recent act of terrorism against the Hazaras has raised questions. Which terrorist groups carried out the attack? Is the state appeasing terrorists or fighting them?

In this thread, I would give a factual account of what has happened in the last two decades in Balochistan.

In 1998, Riaz Basra who was then a member of Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) arrived in Baluchistan along with six fighters; Zahid Multani, Saifullah, Najmus Saqib, Bashir and two others. Riaz Basra met Farooq Bangalzai of Baloch Liberation Army and Habibullah Zehri.

[1]

The meeting was followed by the formation of Lashkar e Jhangvi's Balochistan wing under the command of Zahid Multani. Riaz Basra returned to Jhang while Zahid Multani was given the task of training a force for Lashkar e Jhangvi (LeJ) Balochistan.

[2]

The first sectarian attack by LeJ in Baluchistan was carried out six days prior to the coup in Oct 1999 when the provincial education minister Sardar Nisar Ali Hazara was attacked along with his driver and bodyguard at point-blank range. Though the minister survived but...

[3]

..it marked the beginning of a targeted killing spree against Hazaras. When General Musharraf came to power, he banned five organizations under the Anti Terrorism Act of 1997, Lashkar e Tayeba (LeT), Jash e Muhammad (JeM), Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), TNSM and TJP.

[4]

MCU RANKED BY EXCITEMENT!
Spider-Man 3
Captain Marvel 2
Loki
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
WandaVision
Secret Invasion
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Ms Marvel
Thor: Love and Thunder
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Moon Knight

Fantastic Four
Black Widow
She-Hulk
Hawkeye
Black Panther II
Deadpool 3
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania
Iron Heart
Armour Wars
What If
Blade
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
I Am Groot

I’ll reply with reasoning!

Spider-Man 3 - I fucking love Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and that cliffhanger! Zendaya could also step on me so I need more MJ!

Captain Marvel 2 - We stan Carol and also Kamala! Also, lesbian Carol maybe? I hope! MONICA MONICA MONICA MONICA MONICA YES!

Loki - Just Loki himself.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - I love the dynamic these two have and I’d love to see where the Zemo storyline goes!

WandaVision - Monica. Wanda. Vision. Multiverse. Must I say more?

Secret Invasion - I adore this storyline in the comics from what I’ve heard about it! Also Aussie rep is a YES for me!

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - I adore Wanda and Strange so much. I can’t wait to see their dynamic!

Ms Marvel - Kamala Khan rights!

Why would Intelligence be interested in faking a serial killer? Simple: to create instability and fear. This was one of the prime goals of Intelligence at the time, and of course it still is.

In the 1960's, the FBI had COINTELPRO and the CIA had CHAOS, and both programs have been partially declassified now, enough so that we know the one of the directives of each program was destabilization.

And this was not just destabilization of the “enemy.” This was a general destabilization of the whole society. Since the entire society was seen to be moving left in the 1960's, the FBI and the CIA felt that general destabilization was necessary to maintain control.

Of course they had been creating fear since the end of WW2, but that was mainly to keep military expenditures high. They needed to justify continued military spending, as well as spending to expand Intelligence, and the best way to do that was to manufacture conflict and fear.

The Cold War was manufactured by both sides, since it allowed for massive “defense” budgets both here and in Russia. The Red Scare in the 1950's was part of that creation of general fear.

If you are still declaring „how could leave voters have been so stupid?” – you are not just part of the problem – you don’t understand your own country.

Brexit & the survival of the English gentleman.

- A Thread –

2/
Imagine for a moment you’re NOT the type of person that watches Newsnight, regularly reads a newspaper or went to Uni. Imagine you’re a busy person with family.

That is, imagine you're in the majority of the population.
& the governing party offer a referendum with 2 choices.

3/

To the average person why would a govt run by a party thats largely ruled the country since a century offer a choice btwn 2 options if one was stupid, self-harming nonsense?

This doesn’t seem a big point point – but its utterly central to Brexit..& one remainers often miss.

4/

The very fact that leave EU was an option gave it…to the average person - a respectability.

Otherwise you have to face the fact that much of the ruling class are idiots..& didnt think things thru.

Now that might be easy to a cynical, Guardian reader – but again 95% aren’t.

5/

Next problem:
Custom unions, trade blocs & economics.

Again 95% of voters don’t understand these - & judging by their comments this 95% includes MPs.

If Nadine Dorries confuses Single mkt with custom areas (her job!) – why do we expect voters to understand these things?