Pete’s Musings -11/2/22
Much seems to be made about this tweet and Twitter adding context to it
Clearly Biden does not deserve credit for the increase, at least not in the way he wants. His policies and lack of action to prevent collusion causing this level of inflation deserve credit
He also understates the problem. This is the biggest increase in over 40 years, not just 10 years
But to me, this is much ado about nothing compared to this
Congressional Republicans, eyeing a midterm election victory that could hand them control of the House and the Senate, have embraced plans to reduce federal spending on Social Security and Medicare, including cutting benefits for some retirees and raising the retirement age for both safety net programs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/us/politics/republicans-social-security-medicare.html
With all due respect FOOK YOU .
God forbid you cut spending on the Militaries Wars of Aggression all over the World, or Tax the rich on their exorbitant profits exploiting the COVID and Russian Sanction Scam . No, you want to squeeze the little guy and proudly and openly declare your intentions to do so. Rant over.
Another interesting piece
For years, the pharmacies maintained that they bore no responsibility for the epidemic — that they had only filled prescriptions of government-approved medications ordered by doctors. But plaintiffs’ lawyers argued that companies had turned a blind eye to the vast quantities of prescription opioids they were dispensing and the potential for diversion, ignoring warning flags
CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis, a development that could signal the beginning of the end of years of opioid litigation.
Walmart had agreed to pay $3.1 billion in its settlement negotiations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/health/cvs-walgreens-opioids-settlement.html
I have no sympathies for these pharmacies after they refused to fill prescriptions for Ivermectin. But seriously, we are holding pharmacies liable for filling prescriptions by licensed Doctors? Thats their job.
Perhaps this was their justification for not filling prescriptions that Doctors issued for COVID. If the government can come after them and force them to pay billions for doing so, maybe its best to follow their advice and not do so.
And the EU Warns Twitter Not To Restore Free Speech Protections
One of the most anti-free speech figures in the West, EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has been raising the alarm that Twitter users might be able to read uncensored material or hear unauthorized views.
Breton himself threatened that Twitter must “fly by [the European Union’s] rules” in censoring views deemed misleading or harmful by EU bureaucrats. Breton has been moving publicly to warn Musk not to try to reintroduce protections that go beyond the tolerance of the EU for free speech. Musk is planning to meet with the EU censors and has conceded that he may not be able resist such mandatory censorship rules.
Not what the Musketeers want to hear.
The man who sold his people to Pfizer as Lab Rats is back. The drumbeat for another war in the Middle East will soon be heard (Syria, Lebanon, Iran -One or All)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/world/middleeast/israel-election-netanyahu.html
This might have an impact on the Russia-Ukraine War. Up until now Israel has sort of stood on the sidelines
Netanyahu says he will consider supplying military aid to Ukraine if he returns to power. Opposition leader also expects to be asked to mediate in talks between Russia and Ukraine
Don’t underestimate Bibi’s influence over Russia. You watch, just as Putins 300,000 mobilized troops are set to crush the depleted Ukrainian Army after the Mud Freezes Bibi will save the day and convince Putin to stand down. A pause until Ukraine with Israels help can rebuild its Military and then its Game On again. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
I have written before on Ukraines (Khazaria) historical importance to Global Zionists. One thing is for sure, the War has depopulated the War Zone of Slav Residents (killed or refugees in Russia). My tentative hypothesis is the Slavs are the Palestinians of New Khazaria.
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The partnership between Government and Social Media to censor information began under Trump, albeit under the guise of election security.
To be fair, Obama set the table right before he left office in December 2016 by signing the "Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act" which was quietly inserted inside the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report.
But given the censorship even in 2020 over COVID, no doubt this coordination was not limited to elections. Obviously, under Biden this was expanded, but thats to be expected. Once you open the box a crack, its not long before its wide open and the contents accessible to even your alleged political opponents
Prior to the 2020 election, tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Discord, Wikipedia, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Verizon Media met on a monthly basis with the FBI, CISA, and other government representatives. According to NBC News, the meetings were part of an initiative, still ongoing, between the private sector and government to discuss how firms would handle misinformation during the election.
2018-Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act, forming a new wing of DHS devoted to protecting critical national infrastructure. An August 2022 report by the DHS Office of Inspector General sketches the rapidly accelerating move toward policing disinformation.
From the outset, CISA boasted of an “evolved mission” to monitor social media discussions while “routing disinformation concerns” to private sector platforms.
In 2019, DHS created a separate entity called the Foreign Influence and Interference Branch to generate more detailed intelligence about disinformation, the inspector general report shows. That year, its staff grew to include 15 full- and part-time staff dedicated to disinformation analysis. In 2020, the disinformation focus expanded to include Covid-19, according to a Homeland Threat Assessment issued by Acting Secretary Chad Wolf.
And a June 2020 memo bearing the subject line “Actions to Address the Threat Posed by Domestic Terrorists and Other Domestic Extremists” prepared by DHS headquarters for Wolf, Trump’s acting DHS secretary, delineates plans to “expand information sharing with the tech sector” in order to “identify disinformation campaigns used by DT [domestic terrorism] actors to incite violence against infrastructure, ethnic, racial or religious groups, or individuals.” The memo outlines plans to work with private tech sector partners to share unclassified DHS intelligence on “DT actors and their tactics” so that platforms can “move effectively use their own tools to enforce user agreements/terms of service and remove DT content.”
Biden also prioritized such efforts. Last year, the Biden administration released the first National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. The strategy identified a “broader priority: enhancing faith in government and addressing the extreme polarization, fueled by a crisis of disinformation and misinformation often channeled through social media platforms, which can tear Americans apart and lead some to violence.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/
That reminds me, didn’t Biden just call MAGA (anyone not supporting him) folks Extremists ? Think you are being Watched?
Some of your sources are poor, unreliable. So, despite my agreeing with everything you say (except your clear errors) I've unfortunately decided not to link to your articles as sources in the ones that I do. This was a difficult decision to make, but I value methodology even more than findings, because bad methodology produces no findings but only 'findings' -- and I stay away from that like the plague. Eric Zuesse