Pandemic Overreach exposed

It started with a trickle now it is a flood. Whichever way I turn to read I am finding increasingly frank criticism of vaccine safety, vaccine mandates, vaccine death rates and even investigation of excess deaths.

Here is a collection of links to relevant articles covering my recent readings.

• Mandatory COVID vaccines for police and nurses unlawful, says Qld Supreme Court
  
• Australian Senate Votes to Investigate Alarming Excess Deaths, Spotlight on Senator Babet's Initiative
  
• New Zealand Court of Appeal Rules Defence Force's Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates Unlawful
  
• Large study funded by CDC identifies rare COVID-19 vaccine risks
  
• Frequent COVID Boosters in Immunocompromised ‘May Be Causing More Harm Than Benefit,’ New Review Suggests
  

I guess we should not be surprised as many of us have been railing against the authoritarian approach taken by our leaders in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. So now, after the peak has passed we are finally being drip-fed the truth. The overreach by authorities who mandated vaccination is now recognised as being in conflict with our 'human rights'. And the even worse overreach in claiming 'safe and effective' when in fact it was an experimental 'vaccine' that did not have the usual level of testing for such vaccines. Unfortunately, this story is playing out too slowly with authorities still resisting full and open investigation of what happened. The Australian government, despite promising it would fully investigate the management of the pandemic, has established a review but with severe restrictions on its scope. Quite the opposite of what it had promised. No doubt many countries are dong the same trying to shield the guilty parties. And of course the vaccines are still being actively promoted in some countries. Fortunately many have seen the light and stopped this. 

There is a lot coming out on vaccines. In one recent tweet, quite well documented, but I have not gone through it, the tweeter, The Vigilant Fox claims 

" In fact, Rancourt and his fellow scientists found in their analysis that all-cause mortality INCREASED every time the COVID-19 shots were deployed.

Follow the link to access the full tweet.

If that were not enough we have the "White Clots" syndrome that has been observed since 2021-2022, which may well be caused by vaccination and may be related to 'excess deaths'.  I guess we will find out over time.

Palestinians speak out against Hamas!

Following Hamas's Oct 7 massacre of Israeli's civilians, and the consequent war between Hamas and Israel, much of the Western world has seen noisy, intrusive & disruptive, 'mostly peaceful', anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations. Large crowds have expressed their support for the civilian victims of the war as well as support for Hamas' genocidal call "from the River to the Sea ". 

In a crowd of thousands. no doubt some were only there to support civilian victims, but, given the genocidal chants, many were there to support Hamas. These 'useful idiots' justify their support for the murderous terrorists by blaming Israel, Zionists or just Jews for the supposed "occupation" of Gaza, forgetting that Gaza had not been occupied since 2005. Or worse still accepting Hamas' call to remove all Israelis, and Jews from "the river to the sea". This widespread antisemitic tidal wave to what was a blatant unprovoked attack by Hamas is a shameful betrayal of the "never again' mantra following the defeat of Nazi Germany 80 years ago. 

So much for the Western democratic world. But how do the citizens of Gaza feel? How does the Middle Eastern Arab world feel about the war? It is difficult to know as Hamas still controls much of what comes out of Gaza. If you were to publish something they don't like, the punishment would be painful and permanent. Nevertheless, word is slowly coming out. It is just a trickle but it has started.

Here are a couple of Youtube videos recording the views of the Arab world. It seems many of Gaza's civilians are not happy with Hamas 

The first is titled UNRWA Accused of employing Hamas - Palestinians turn against HAMAS

And another short one, titled Elderly Gazan woman accuses Hamas of stealing aid in rare criticism

and finally Gazans Speaking Out Against Hamas

As Israel disarms Hamas I expect more voices will be heard. 

The elimination of Hamas as the governing force in Gaza is the best chance for Gaza's civilians to have a peaceful & prosperous life.

Why is the CSIRO lying to us?

Our ever-zealous Minister for Climate Change, Mr Chris Bowen, is incessantly reminding us that Nuclear is the most expensive source of energy. Is this possibly true? Well, it seems not. A recent short YouTube video titled More misinformation from CSIRO on Nuclear calls out the lie, or should I just call it 'disinformation'. 

Chris Bowen's justification relies on the CSIRO's Annual Gencost report that does indeed claim Nuclear is the most expensive form of energy. The problem is that the CSIRO did NOT investigate the nuclear option with the same objective analysis it provided for Wind and Solar. It based its costings on a single SMR (Small Modular Reactor) with a large development cost. However, it did not consider full-scale Nuclear or indeed small-scale Nuclear, which has many implementations around the world. Tried and true technology, available and with predictable costing. In fact, CSIRO did not even explore the nuclear option with experts in the field. They relied on input from renewable energy providers and even government bureaucrats. 

If that weren't enough, the CSIRO has also been caught 'misinforming' us about the costs of the pumped hydro technology. This time understating the cost of such technologies.

Again a short video of the senate hearing provides the background. The video is titled CSIRO’s GenCost is Just a Wind and Solar Fairy-tale! and covers the incisive questions by Senator Roberts. Thank you senator for speaking up.

So there you are. It seems our CSIRO is no longer a respectable objective presenter of scientific research, but an advocate of a preferred technology and willing to tilt the objective truth to push an agenda. Shame! Shame!

Will Thorium be the magic bullet?

In my post of almost a decade ago, "What the heck is Thorium? I covered the key reasons Thorium is a potential magic bullet to enable low-cost, safe abundant clean energy to power the world.

The summary from that post was as follows;-

Summary from "What the heck is Thorium"
Nuclear power can generate base-load power without CO2 emissions at low cost.

However Nuclear power suffers from; -

• safety risks
• proliferation of materials which can be used in WMDs
• generation of high volumes of long lived highly radioactive waste
• supply is limited   

Thorium nuclear power can also generate base-load power without CO2 emissions at even lower cost than Uranium based nuclear power.

Moreover the Thorium LFTR design addresses all the downsides of Uranium reactors.

Thorium LFTR ;-

• is relatively safe

• generates much lower volumes of waste, with lower radiation and shorter life

• safe from proliferation as waste is limited and NO Plutonium is produced

• the supply is abundant and projected to last >1000 years.

For all these reasons Thorium seems to measure up to the hype. It holds the promise of clean low cost energy for an energy hungry world."

In a range of subsequent posts I covered various aspects of the development of Thorium rectors. See Thorium nuclear update, Thorium nuclear experiments in Europe, and Safe nuclear passes first hurdle! 

So what is new? A new nuclear reactor design that can use Thorium fuel as well as existing nuclear waste. The new reactor design called the Dual Fluid reactor was invented by six collaborators working in the Institute for Solid-State Nuclear Physics in Berlin. In February 2021, the six inventors, along with the existing team, formed Canadian company Dual Fluid Energy Inc. which is to commercialize the design. The reactor has not been built yet, so much can go wrong. After all the Thorium magic bullet has been imminent for decades. 

Here is an infomercial on the technology; -

Given the recent energy stresses in much of the world, the rush to renewables is being downgraded in favour of baseload technologies, coal, gas and most importantly nuclear. Nuclear holds the most promise as it is the only scalable low emission energy technology. So it is not surprising that Thorium and the new Dual Fluid Reactor will generate great interest.

Exposing media lies about Israel's humanitarian support of Gaza's civilians

If you listen to mainstream media you will hear many claims about how Israel is conducting its war against Hamas and its neglect of Gaza's civilian population. Claims that Israel is preventing access to drinking water, preventing access to hospitals and preventing aid from reaching civilians. That is ignoring the wild claims by Hamas apologists that Israel is perpetrating "genocide" against Gaza's civilian population, that Israel is intentionally targeting civilians.

Yet Israel has gone out of its way to provide access to media with the facts on the ground. While during the "fog of war" listening to just one side is always fraught, after many wars and reviews by international organisations, including the UN, Israel has proven itself a credible and responsible country. 

In a recent YouTube video, Eylon Levy describes the support Israel is providing to Gaza's civilians. Titled Israel-Hamas war: 67 killed in Rafah raid, Eylon Levy gives Israeli govt. update | LiveNOW from FOX

It can be seen here

I have printed below the relevant parts from the transcript; - 

Humanitarian update

Yesterday February 12th,160 humanitarian Aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip via Israel's Kam Shalom Crossing.160 trucks. Additionally. 23 trucks were inspected at Nitsana and entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing which means 7 times more humanitarian aid is entering Gaza through Israel than Egypt.

Reports suggesting that Rafah is the main crossing for humanitarian aid or even the only crossing, as I saw in the BBC, are simply in opposition to the dry facts. Any allegations that Israel is restricting the entry of aid to Gaza are similarly detached from reality. Whether through ignorance or, dare I say, in some cases, malice. In total, since Hamas used the Gaza Strip as the base for the October 7 Massacre, 235,000 tons of humanitarian aid have entered the territory aboard 12,775. trucks. All this data is available on Kogatz mini-site (?). And we remind you, according to our intelligence estimates, Hamas is hijacking up to 60% of that Aid and video footage of Hamas gunman on top of those trucks has been circulating widely. Those 235,000 tons include 155 tons of food. including the flour that allows Gaza's 15 Industrial bakeries to produce 2 million loaves of bread, rolls and Pita breads every single day. Those deliveries include 21,460  tons of water. Again since the start of the war over 24,000 tons of shelter equipment. and nearly 17,000 tons of medical supplies. That's quite apart from the field hospitals whose construction in the Gaza Strip we have facilitated.  

Just in recent days the IDF helped deliver over 20 oxygen tanks and other medical equipment to the Alamal hospital in Khan Yunis. despite. its abuse by terrorists as a military hideout. by all possible accounts, Israel is exceeding its obligations to facilitate the delivery of Aid to the Gaza Strip. International donors that want to see more Aid enter Gaza should simply send more. We're ready to facilitate it. They should also work urgently to replace UNRWA so that UN agencies that are not in cahoots with Hamas and covering up for Hamas can do a better job delivering the aid that is already entering the Gaza Strip. 

WHY IS IT SO?........2024

I don't usually forward the sea of emails I receive daily from friends. Most are cartoons, or jokes, and occasionally articles that happen to agree with their opinion, and, of course, happen to disagree with mine. But I am making an exception in this case, as these few questions seem to skewer the zeitgeist. I often lament that our world is upside down, that what was normal and reasonable just a few years ago has become unacceptable, wrong or even offensive.

So here are the questions. (I would have provided a source, but in this case, it was just from a friend. If you know the source and wish to share it with me I will add it to this post.)


Why is it so? 

 

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Are we living in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won't be offended?

Why is it that when archaeologists find human remains, they can determine whether they're male or female but none of the other dozen genders?

How is it that the government can't control petrol prices…but the weather is something they can fix?

We're churning out a generation of poorly educated people with no skills, no ambition, no guidance, and no realistic expectations of what it means to go to work.

Why are we told to lower Air Conditioner usage on hot days to prevent overwhelming the electric grid while simultaneously being told to trade in petrol cars for electric vehicles?

Why is cancelling student debt a good idea? Does it make sense to reward people who do not honour their financial commitment by taxing people who do?

Why is talking sexually in the workplace considered sexual harassment to adults…but talking about sexuality to children Grade 3 at school considered education?

If your electric car runs out of power on the motorway, do you walk to a charging station to get a bucket of electricity?

Why are we running out of money for Medicare and not for welfare?

Mice die in mouse traps because they do not understand why the cheese is free. Just like socialism.

The most powerful governments on earth can't stop a virus from spreading…but say they can change the earth's temperature if you pay more tax.

If you don't want to stand for the National Anthem, perhaps you should give your legs to a veteran who lost his. That way a real man can stand in your place

10 Questions to be answered before a Palestinian state is proposed!

With the war between Israel and Hamas still raging, the Western world has dusted off the Two-State solution. There have been extensive noisy marches in Western cities in support of the Palestinian victims of this war. Too often the chants at these rallies are antisemitic and even genocidal. Any reasoned analysis cannot place blame on Israel for this war. Nevertheless, governments do need to show some sort of action to their voting public, especially their Muslim base, so they triangulate the issue by calling for a Two-State solution, with two countries, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peaceful harmony. Never mind the refusal by Palestinian leaders to accept a state some 7 times in the last 7 decades. Never mind the example of what happened when Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005 thereby establishing a de-facto Palestinian state. There was no peaceful co-existence. The dream turned into a nightmare for Israel with 20 years of terrorist attacks, rockets raining down on its cities and the most recent massacre of its citizens in an unprovoked attack. So one must ask "What do these Western leaders really think?" Are they deluding themselves, or are they just playing petty politics trying to keep faith with their Muslim voters? Certainly, the Israelis now have no illusions, with the virtually unanimous rejection of a two-state solution.

In response to the revival of the push for the 2-stte solution Steven Zipperstein in his blog raised the question "What would the Palestinian state of a two-state solution look like?

In response he has posed 10 questions, the answers to which would define this new state. 

I will let you read the full article, which I recommend. But here are the questions

1. Will the State of Palestine sign a peace treaty with Israel on Day One? Or will it view Israel as an enemy?
2. Will the State of Palestine be a democracy or an autocracy? Will it be secular or theocratic? Will Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations be banned, or will they be allowed to play a role in governing the State of Palestine?
3. Will the State of Palestine have an army, or will it agree to be demilitarized?
4. Will the State of Palestine abide by the broken commitments the PLO undertook in the Oslo Accords to renounce terrorism? Will the State of Palestine continue the Palestinian Authority’s pay-for-slay policy for terrorists and their families?
5. Will the State of Palestine maintain trade and other economic relations with Israel? Will it renounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel?
6. Will the State of Palestine stop teaching its schoolchildren to hate Jews? 
7. Will the State of Palestine aspire to borders stretching “from the River to the Sea”? Or will it be content with statehood encompassing only the West Bank and the Gaza Strip?
8. Will the State of Palestine drop the various cases it is pursuing against Israel in the international courts?
9. Will the State of Palestine establish alliances with Iran, North Korea, Hezbollah, and the Houthis?
10. Will the State of Palestine agree to regular and robust international inspections to ensure it is not digging attack tunnels, acquiring or building rockets and other weapons of war, or undertaking any form of potential military or terrorist action against Israel?

These are excellent questions. No one should be proposing a state for the Palestinians without being very clear about the type of state they are proposing. Israel deserves peace for its citizens. It cannot be guaranteed without restrictions on the type of Palestinian state that is established.