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    Are you absolutely sure?

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    That one was easy for me. several others I had big problems comprehending, getting there still lol.

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    Ancient Biblical Prophecies, Alien Hybrids, Edgar Cayce and Alien Implants | L.A. Marzulli


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    Friend, foe or unknown force flying overhead? Congress should find out

    Since 2015, dozens of Navy F-18 fighter jets have encountered unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAPs) — once commonly referred to as UFOs — off the East Coast of the United States, some not far from the nation’s capital. Encounters have been reported by other military aircraft and civilian airliners elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad, too, including videos shot by airline passengers.

    What these UAPs were and who was flying them — whether friends, foes or unknown forces — remains a mystery. Yet careful examination of the data inevitably leads to one possible, disturbing conclusion: A potential adversary of the United States has mastered technologies we do not yet understand to achieve capabilities we cannot yet match.

    It is long past time for Congress to discover the answers to those questions and to share at least some of its conclusions with the public.

    The U.S. government came a large step closer to confirming the reality of UAPs when the U.S. Navy acknowledged in late April that “there have been a number of reports of unauthorized and/or unidentified aircraft entering various military-controlled ranges and designated airspace in recent years.”

    But first, members of Congress and the public need to become familiar with the facts.

    Unfortunately, it is impossible to gauge the overall level of UAP activity since military personnel rarely report their encounters for fear of damage to their careers. Even when reports are filed, the information generally is ignored because nobody “owns” the UAP issue and the various commands and agencies involved have not shared information on UAPs.

    It remains to be seen whether the Navy’s new UAP reporting process will be emulated throughout our massive, almost feudal security apparatus in which the barons sometimes spend more time protecting bureaucratic turf from rivals than protecting U.S. territory from adversaries. Thus, any genuine solution to the UAP issue must address the issue of interagency coordination and collaboration.

    The good news is that America already possesses vast sensor networks, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the harsh bleakness of space, capable of collecting the requisite information. All that Congress need do at this juncture is require the secretary of Defense and the director of national intelligence to review the UAP issue and deliver a report providing a comprehensive assessment. This report should include not only an estimate of the situation but a description of the structure and processes required to ensure effective collection and analysis going forward.

    The Trump administration should be free to provide the report at whatever level of classification it deems appropriate. One entity with which I am involved — To the Stars Academy (TTSA), an organization of former U.S. intelligence and national security experts analyzing the UAP phenomenon — has placed notional legislative language on its website to facilitate this discussion. While some modest manpower costs might be incurred, the TTSA proposal does not require new Defense Department funding. It also averts the spectacle of public hearings and the attendant risk of injecting partisanship or grandstanding into the process.

    Why should Congress act? In the first instance because it is Congress’s job to raise, organize and fund the military. It can hardly do so without being fully aware of the threats we face. Indeed, that is why we have a law requiring written notice to Congress of serious intelligence failures. Most Americans would no doubt agree that our inability to identify scores of mysterious aircraft repeatedly violating restricted U.S. military airspace in recent years is a shocking failure. But there is no need to wrangle over compliance with intelligence oversight laws. The Navy’s recent admissions regarding UAP intrusions provide more than adequate grounds for requiring a written report to Congress.

    Perhaps we’ll learn that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not idly boasting when he bragged, more than a decade ago, that Russia’s “newest technical systems will be capable of destroying targets at an intercontinental distance with hypersonic speed and extreme maneuverability.” While it seems unlikely that Russia — or China — has pulled that far ahead of the U.S., there is no reason to leave this to chance. And while the Navy’s announcement seems to eliminate the prospect that these vehicles are secret U.S. military aircraft, perhaps we’ll find that Elon Musk has some amazing new toys.

    It is not just that the UAPs that military pilots are encountering are strange — no paint, rivets, wings, antenna, safety lights, transponders or exhaust — but they sometimes are so fast and maneuverable that they defy our understanding of physics. For example, some of these vehicles appear to withstand forces of acceleration far greater than maximum design limits of any man-made aircraft. No wonder some military witnesses — often, pilots who are scientists or engineers themselves — actually lean toward the hypothesis that they are not from this world. Like all good scientists, these pilots recognize that our theories must adjust to facts and new information, however daunting, not the other way around.

    If our best minds were brought to bear to study the technology confronting us, much as the Japanese did in the 1850s when confronted by Admiral Perry’s fleet, then unprecedented technological breakthroughs could occur in short order. For example, the fact that these craft do not seem to produce exhaust yet fly vast distances at immense speeds could provide technical solutions to our energy crisis.

    Some of America’s finest aviators and air defense personnel are trying to get our attention. They are not panicked — but they are right to be concerned. It seems clear the facts demand further action. In light of the facts, a mere report requirement seems a very modest response to potentially disturbing new national security information.

    If UAPs turn out to be toys of Elon Musk’s making, we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief. If they are Russian, we’ll be glad we took action now rather than kicking the can down the road. If we learn that someone else’s more advanced version of our Voyager spacecraft has reached Earth, then this humble measure will forever transform our understanding of the universe and man’s place within it.

    By any measure, the effort required to prepare a report for Congress seems to be a bargain.

    Source:thehill.com
    Christopher Mellon served 20 years in the federal government and was deputy assistant Defense secretary for intelligence from 1999 to 2002, and for security and information operations from 1998 to 1999. From 2002 to 2004, he was minority staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence under Sen. John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.). He is a national security affairs adviser for To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science and a consultant to HISTORY’s nonfiction series, “Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation,” which premieres May 31.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    Are you absolutely sure?
    lol...not even. But this is the closest I got. By 'not' completing the proof of no absolute truth, then by contradiction one has proved that it does exist... <shrug> It's back to the drawing board.
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Beautiful!
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    It all seems similarly/ familiar to the political wars here in America ...




    Russia's support for EU opponents | DW Documentary


    For some time, concerns have been growing in Germany and other European Union states that Moscow is clandestinely trying to influence elections and other processes. With the European elections coming up, the issue has taken on a new urgency.

    Deutsche Welle and France 24 looked into this issue in a joint investigative report. The trail led through several European cities and revealed that Moscow does, in fact, maintain closer connections to right-wing groups in the West than previously thought. Far-right parties have even received loans from banks with ties to the Kremlin. Indications are that a right-wing activist from Germany is promoting Russian interests in a number of countries. A French ex-soldier is said of have fought alongside pro-Kremlin separatists and then returned home to join the yellow-vest protests. All this points to the possibility that Moscow could be purposely stirring up unrest and supporting far-right groups in European Union countries, especially if these groups follow anti-democratic agendas. A report by Julie Dungelhoeff and Frank Hofmann.


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    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9hKnf3Obs




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    Right-wing populists and the EU | DW Documentary



    2019 looks to be a good year for right-wing populists in Europe. Be it Italy, France, Hungary, Poland or Germany, many European countries are experiencing a shift to the right. Right-wing populists are expected to make significant gains in the European Parliament elections this spring.

    Right-leaning party representatives have an agenda: they want to dismantle to the European Union. Guido Reil of Germany’s AfD party believes the best way to do that is by going to Brussels. "It is easier to destroy something from the inside than from the outside." Joseph Sauvage, a cafe owner in Denain in northern France, backs Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party, because he doesn't want to see people in Denain abandoned. "When the factories closed, the small shops closed. There is nothing here, economically speaking. No work. It’s also changed politically. It used to be communist. But that changed with the end of opportunities for the working class." His view of migration has also changed. "Immigrants are entitled to the same social benefits without ever having worked here." Like Joseph Sauvage, Luca Davide, a member of Italy’s Northern League party, says he's had enough of living in a run-down block in a small city full of foreigners. "We don't need drug dealers, we don't need illegals! We just want to live here in peace and safety." In early February 2018, a right-wing supporter targeted Africans in a drive-by shooting rampage. According to Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, the EU shares "moral responsibility” for the act because it "filled the country with illegal foreigners." Messages like these are met with support. Evidence of just how a state’s society and institutions change when right-wing populists come to power is evident in Hungary. Many judges, organizations that support refugees or human rights, scientists, and journalists speak of massive restrictions in Orban's "illiberal democracy". But a lot of young Hungarians starting to push back.


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    Youtube Censorship. The Richard Dolan Show with guest Jimmy Church


    Youtube's censorship policies have not only become a widely implemented daily occurrence, but the rules governing deplatforming and demonetizing are opaque and at times almost mysterious. Typically, no reasons are given when a content provider gets their knuckles smacked, or if a reason is given, it often makes no sense. Such was the case with internationally known radio personality Jimmy Church, who recently experienced a week-long Youtube Limbo, with reasons still unclear as to why the whole thing started. At least officially so. Some argue that, as a private company, Youtube can do what it wants. Others point out that, as a virtual monopoly, Youtube is more than a mere private company. In any case, welcome to the Kafkaesque world of deplatforming.



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    I had a college professor years ago who talked about the future outbreak of disease due to the anti-vaccination trend which was just getting steam back then.

    His predictions have borne out just like he said.

    I feel for the mothers of babies at risk from preventable diseases.

    Given the choice, I wouldn't risk full-on disease for my baby. (And I didn't) A chance for autism to be expressed isn't worse, imo.

    There may be dangerous ingredients in the vaccines. There is most certainly great danger with disease.

    We injest 'dangerous ingredients' on a regular basis in all kinds of ways via air, food, water, and our skin.

    The best protections, imo, are healthy pregnancies and healthful diets.

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    We complain that the government is trying to make us sick. And then we make ourselves sick.


    Here are some headlines:

    28 quarantined on Scientology cruise ship over measles outbreak.

    We’re barreling toward a 25-year measles record.

    8 things everybody should know about measles,
    In an unvaccinated population, one person with measles can infect 12 to 18 others
    .

    U.S. Measles Outbreaks Are Driven By A Global Surge In The Virus.

    from the article:
    The reemergence of measles is linked to parents who have chosen not to vaccinate their children against this highly contagious disease.

    But that's not the full explanation. James Goodson, a senior measles scientist at the CDC, says the U.S. outbreaks are being driven by a surge in measles globally.
    (in the past we would have talked about how this was a third world problem which we don't have here because of our superior... Not anymore)

    Madagascar is grappling with a measles outbreak that has sickened 70,000 people and killed more than 1,000.

    Looks like fun!


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    My niece is anti vaccine. It's beyond crazy some of the stuff she believes. None of her children are vaccinated and she has a 6 week old baby

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    I had a college professor years ago who talked about the future outbreak of disease due to the anti-vaccination trend which was just getting steam back then.

    His predictions have borne out just like he said.

    I feel for the mothers of babies at risk from preventable diseases.

    Given the choice, I wouldn't risk full-on disease for my baby. (And I didn't) A chance for autism to be expressed isn't worse, imo.

    There may be dangerous ingredients in the vaccines. There is most certainly great danger with disease.

    We injest 'dangerous ingredients' on a regular basis in all kinds of ways via air, food, water, and our skin.

    The best protections, imo, are healthy pregnancies and healthful diets.
    Yours is a voice of reason amongst the hysteria and paranoia within a community that's running amok ...
    Being informed is all fine and good, but the anti-vaccine advocates need to settle down a bit ...
    This singular issue could end up being the ruin of the online conspiracy forum world ...

    If you get my drift.

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