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The problem for AP is that the market for their lies/BS content is drying up.

Newspapers are dying.

Amateurs with a cell phone can report a story almost if not as it is happening.

They/AP need to die and fade away into so called history.

You are correct!

“I’ve noticed a HUGE uptick in web sites requesting donations or putting up paywalls in the past few months. Have you seen that, too?”

Everybody from FR to whatever so called news site wants money.

Head Of COP28 Climate Summit Says “No Science” Supports Opposition To Fossil Fuels

thefinancialtrends.com ^ | 12/4/2023 | david greenburg
Posted on 12/5/2023, 8:13:50 AM by bitt

On Sunday, the president of the COP28 climate summit launched a broadside attack on the zero-emission policies being supported by the United Nations, noting that there is “no science” which would demonstrate that stage-by-stage cuts in fossil fuel use will decrease global warning.

Speaking as the chair of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said if you impose a gradual reduction in fossil fuel consumption, you will reduce the advance of sustainable development, and that would take humanity back to the paleolithic period.

He made the comments during a live online event, while answering questions from former UN special envoy for climate change Mary Robinson. Observers noted his statements were in direct opposition to the position of the United Nations and its secretary general Antonio Guterres.

https://www.thefinancialtrends.com/2023/12/04/head-of-cop28-climate-summit-says-no-science-supports-opposition-to-fossil-fuels/

Gulf of Tonkin redux?:

Case Closed: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident:

This article by Capt. Carl Otis Schuster, U.S. Navy (ret.) originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Vietnam magazine. A National Security Agency report released in 2007 reveals unequivocally that the alleged Aug. 4, 1964, attack by North Vietnam on U.S. destroyers never actually happened.

In the first few days of August 1964, a series of events off the coast of North Vietnam and decisions made in Washington, D.C., set the United States on a course that would largely define the next decade and weigh heavily on American foreign policy to this day. What did and didn’t happen in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2 and 4 has long been in dispute, but the decisions that the Johnson Administration and Congress made based on an interpretation of those events were undeniably monumental.

While many facts and details have emerged in the past 44 years to persuade most observers that some of the reported events in the Gulf never actually happened, key portions of the critical intelligence information remained classified until recently.

(excerpted: For a reality look at LBJ’s/?’s lies to Americans re the Gulf of Tonkin. Go to the link below:

http://www.historynet.com/case-closed-the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident.htm

What are the 6 generations by age?
GENERATIONS Defined:

The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1924.
The Silent Generation – born 1925-1945.
The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1964.
Generation X – born 1965-1979.
Millennials – born 1980-1994.
Generation Z – born 1995-2012.
Gen Alpha – born 2013 – 2025.

2+ years ago:

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says illegal immigrants are “the heart and soul of our culture and the backbone of our economy”

Then this!

Oregon students shouldn’t have to prove they can write or do math to get a diploma, lawmakers decide!

The Oregonian ^ | Jun 16, 2021 | Betsy Hammond
Posted on 6/21/2021, 4:16:01 PM by george76

Students in the class of 2021 did not have to prove they could write or do math at a basic level to earn their diplomas. A bill headed to Gov. Kate Brown would prohibit any such requirement at least until 2027.A bill to prohibit Oregon schools from requiring students to show they can read, write and do math at a basic high school level is headed to Gov. Kate Brown after lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday. (The bill was sign by the governor, and it is now in effect in Oregone!)

The idea is to hit pause on the requirements, in place since 2009 but already suspended during the pandemic, at least until the class of 2024 gets their diplomas and for Oregon to thoughtfully reexamine its graduation requirements in the meantime. A report recommending what the new standards should be is due to the Legislature and Oregon Board of Education by September 2022.

But since Oregon has long insisted it would not impose new graduation requirements on students who have already begun high school, new requirements would not take effect until the class of 2027 at the very earliest. So at least five more classes could be expected to graduate without needing to demonstrate roughly 10th grade level proficiency in math and writing.

The decision to remove the skills requirement was largely but not entirely a party-line one, with Democrats staunchly opposing the proficiency rules and Republicans decrying what they see as a lowering of academic standards.

A spokesperson for Brown told The Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday she has yet to decide whether she will sign the bill, veto it or allow it to become law without her signature. (She proudly signed the bill!)

Oregone, unlike other states, did not require students to pass a particular standardized test or any test at all. Students could show their ability to use English and do math via about five different tests or by completing an in-depth classroom project judged by their own teachers. In reality, most schools relied primarily on standardized tests and most students easily passed them.

But demonstrating proficiency proved most challenging for students who learned English as a second language, students with disabilities and students of color.

Officials on the Oregon Board of Education, when they enacted the “essential skills” graduation requirement more than a decade ago, said they hoped no student would be denied a diploma for lacking the skills but that schools would step up and help juniors and seniors who hadn’t mastered enough English or math to do so. Many high schools created special math and writing workshop classes for seniors who needed to demonstrate those skills to get their diplomas.

The bill calls on the diverse committee studying graduation requirements to come up with a recommendation “with the goal of ensuring that the processes and outcomes related to the requirements for high school diplomas are equitable, accessible and inclusive.”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3969771/posts

https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2021/06/oregon-students-shouldnt-have-to-prove-they-can-write-or-do-math-to-get-a-diploma-lawmakers-decide.html

It is simple, Eliminating schools as places to learn and making them serve as day care centers all day. Beginning with breakfast, morning breaks, lunch, afternoon breaks and a dinner before going home. Maybe midnight basketball.

Teachers and their unions will still be paid. Any so called classes will be conducted by supposedly graduates, and the highly paid teachers will monitor those former classes on Zoom.

More Gardeners, janitors and other custodial care at the former schools will require more union workers, managers and whatevers!

So our taxes will go up for the above B$!

https://nypost.com/2021/09/15/virginia-teacher-says-making-kids-behave-is-white-supremacy/

“accepted here”

Cheating to get the kid into a good college/university or is/was rampant in California.

A friend we know lives in an l2 home cul de sac could not believe what was done to get the other kids into college and basic discrimination against good students. Her daughter got a scholarship at a great nursing. She got her degree in 4 years despite the Covid BS.

All they could get her here was an expensive 7 year program.

Her son aced the math test and was on the math olympics. When he started getting offers from good out of state engineering programs. Then he was accepted her and finished a 5 year program in 4 years.

“UK is toast.”

It started making them toast about 2 decades ago, with their open arm policy re immigrants.

When did a non UKer become the mayor of London?

Thanks:

Berlin Nazis know how the propaganda game works.

Trump was lied to by shadow government officials, and he believed them.

There was no such thing as “Operation Warp Speed.”

They had the virus and vaccine on the shelf ten years before they released it.

They couldn’t get it approved because the test animals all died.

They did not tell Trump any of this.

New Zealand Government Data Suggests Alarming Pfizer Death Rate
BY J.R. BruningJ.R. BRUNING DECEMBER 1, 2023

BROWNSTONE » BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE ARTICLES » NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DATA SUGGESTS ALARMING PFIZER DEATH RATE

A statistician has come forward with disturbing information that, if correct, will promote doubt on the safety of mRNA vaccination for decades into the future. The whistleblower was involved with building and implementing the New Zealand government database vaccine payment system, a ‘pay per dose system’ that would remit payments to vaccination providers.

In an interview with New Zealand journalist and lawyer Liz Gunn, and using a false name of Winston Smith, the statistician states that

“Science is all about being sceptical and curious at the same time. We shouldn’t be criticised for being sceptical, we shouldn’t be vilified for having a different opinion. We should be allowed to have that.

Smith explained by way of introduction ‘I’m not anti-vax. I helped build the vaccination system. But I am pro-choice and I do believe in [the] fundamental freedoms of humans, and that we should not have a procedure forced onto us because of a mandate just to keep our jobs. That is against everything I stand for. It is a huge overreach by the government.’

Smith’s work also involved data analysis. Smith had noticed discrepancies almost immediately the system went live with people dying within a week of being injected.

Looking at the government data, he ran a query to identify days when more than one hundred and twenty people died in New Zealand. Historic peaks above this level, as Smith demonstrates, are rare. This normal distribution of deaths at this level is only rarely exceeded on the occasional day, or for disaster events, such as the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, mosque shooting in 2017, or an unusually bad influenza season.

In the small country of New Zealand, daily mortality levels that exceed one hundred and twenty could plausibly be considered to be a signal of a disaster event that should trigger public discussion and controversy.

New Zealand had a highly unusual winter flu season in June-July 2019, and no days exceeded the harm-signal level in 2020.

Excerpted:
https://brownstone.org/articles/new-zealand-government-data-suggests-alarming-pfizer-death-rate/

Great work and a positive story!

Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing your story!

“Great news! Now they have letters with signatures of communist insiders.”

Mossad, now has a list of those in our government, who hate Israel, 24/7.

“Both the poor and rich are cutting back on spending, with 92% of Americans tightening their belts.”

My wife and I are in our 80’s and are not poor nor rich.

Since Biden became our resident, we have cut back on many things.

One of our heirs got our Honda Ridgeline, and we are down to
our 20 year old Lexus. We sold or gave away our many kayaks
and fishing boat/engine/trailer and other items being insured and their upkeep costs.

My wife isn’t going to a monthly expensive ladies lunch.

We seldom eat out or buy take home food.

Each week my wife checks the flyer for our grocery store. Usable items really on sale which can be stored or frozen are bought and stored.

Our monthly purchases at Costco take advantage of items with longer shelf life and really good prices.

With some basic home adaptations, our PGE bill has plunged and is constantly rated as an energy efficient home.

We have not “gone on vacation” for close to 3 years as the good nightly rates are now, 3+ times pre Covid.

Our few if/when needed new clothing items are bought from Costco or Amazon on sale.

Easy to get current posts, a history of postings as well as a Home Page.

Her actions aren’t just illegal, in this setting they amount to treason.

However, the DOJ and FBI are probably giving her congratulations right now.

6Jan/FBITreason

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Thanks for posting this.

I discovered Brownstone a few months ago, and it is my news wrap up in the morning.

The opeds like this one are incredible.

I don’t go there until about halfway through my second cup of freshly brewed coffee.

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