Quote:A senior Chinese military official has issued a stern warning regarding any foreign interference in the South China Sea. Speaking to journalists at the Xiangshan forum, General He Lei said: "We hope that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace." However, he also warned that if the US were to involve itself directly or indirectly in the region, China would respond. The South China Sea has been a flashpoint in recent years, with China asserting territorial claims that overlap with those of several other nations. Despite an international court ruling denying the legitimacy of China’s claims, Beijing continues to enforce its claims aggressively which has led to frequent confrontations with vessels from countries like the Philippines. In recent months, the South China Sea has seen a series of high-profile incidents involving Chinese and Philippine vessels. Chinese ships have been involved in direct confrontations with Philippine vessels, leading to heightened tensions.

Quote:China has made a major breakthrough in chipmaking technology, unveiling a 65nm lithography machine that stunned the global semiconductor industry. This advancement puts the U.S. on edge, as China moves closer to self-reliance despite U.S. sanctions aimed at slowing its progress. Learn how this leap in semiconductor tech impacts the global market and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations in the tech world.

Quote:“Tragic. Avoidable,” Gaetz said when asked for his thoughts on the second assassination attempt against the former president.
“I am starting to get the impression that we do not have enough force protection of supporting President Trump that we ought to have, given the threat environment,” he said, noting that he recently met with a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who said that there are at least five known assassination teams in the United States, “at least three of which are foreign that are out to kill Trump.”
“And, with that type of activity, I don’t think we should be allowing people to set up for an extended period of time and wait to take their shot outside of his golf properties or his other properties,” Gaetz said, expressing concern that the second suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, was previously known to officials, encountered at the border upon his return to the country from Ukraine.

“And the Customs and Border Patrol [CBP] thought his story was so suspicious that he was recruiting freedom fighters all over the world to go fight in Ukraine, and when they asked him how he was financing this, he said, ‘Oh, well, my wife is paying for it.’ And that seemed odd, and, so, the CBP officials referred Ryan Routh to the Department of Homeland Security’s investigations unit to determine what was going on, and they declined to even proceed with an investigation,” Gaetz said. “They just stopped and let the guy in the country. And we’ve got a lot of questions about that.”
Host Mike Slater pressed Gaetz on the claim of five assassination teams existing in the country, and Gaetz reiterated that they are “aware of at least five teams in-country that are geared toward killing Trump. ”
“And I think, you know, three of them that we know are foreign in nature. Two of them we know are domestic in nature, and that calls for a force protection that we do not have around the former president right now,” the Florida congressman said, reemphasizing that a senior DHS official met with him and relayed that information, explaining that “they were aware of this and were concerned that the Secret Service was not providing sufficient support.”

When asked how it would even be possible to have assassination teams walking around, Gaetz said there is simply “insufficient scrutiny to stop them from doing so.”
“Three of these teams are foreign-inspired, from my understanding — Iranians, Ukraine, Pakistan — and, you know, the work is obviously challenging to protect — protective detail, like a presidential campaign that is vigorous and out campaigning,” he said.
Given this threat, Gaetz said they are investigating to see if they have the right protective detail, such as the correct sniper teams and the right tactical teams.
“And we’ve seen a few times where resources have been pulled off of the Trump detail for the Jill Biden detail or for the John Bolton detail. And we’re going to question whether or not that was sound, given what we knew about the efforts to kill Trump,” he added.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/...ms-in-u-s/

Quote:Some lawmakers are suspicious of a potential mole in the U.S. Secret Service following the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Host Mike Slater pointed to the fact that now, after the second assassination attempt on Trump, the “aura of invincibility of the Secret Service” is disappearing, which could lead to more individuals with ill-intent attempting to go after the former president.
“It’s a great point. The barrier to entry to assassination chaos seems to be lowered,” Gaetz said, noting that he has colleagues who are suspicious that there is something more nefarious at play within the Secret Service.
“I have Republican colleagues who have not ruled out a mole inside the Secret Service of providing information about points of vulnerability,” he said. “I’ve not seen evidence of that, but I’ve got colleagues that are very, very smart at this who say they can’t rule that out, given some of the anomalies and the fact pattern here.”
More likely, Gaetz said, there is “such a sense of disdain for Trump, and there’s such a desire to diminish him within some of these agencies that giving him less protection, not having him surrounded by a bunch of strong men that appear authoritative in nature, that that type of a virtue signal to drain protective resources away is tolerated because, frankly, in their heart of hearts, they don’t think much of Trump.”
Gaetz added that they “don’t think much of … safety and security, and it’s that disregard that I think has created that dynamic” Slater described.

Quote:This post is about a Malta-flagged commercial ship called The Ruby. She's apparently a sadly derelict creature. The Norwegians who crawled over her when she anchored after radioing for shelter permission in their waters...

Quote:...According to the tracking data on MarineTraffic, the Maltese flagged Ruby sailed out of Kandalaksha on August 22 with Las Palmas in the Atlantic as destination.

Outside the coast of northern Norway, Ruby got problems. On Monday August 26 and called for permission to sail into sheltered waters. At the time, a storm with wind up to 25-30 meters per second hit the coast and waves were high.

Spokesperson Hanne Olafsen with the Norwegian Joint Headquarters says to the Barents Observer that port of refuge was granted for the vessel.

“The military approved place of shelter based on the application.”

According to newspaper Nordlys, the vessel stayed inside Vannøya north of Tromsø for several days before she on Sunday was escorted by two Norwegian tugs to port in Tromsø.

The Ruby sailed into Tromsø with own engines and it is It is not immediately clear what emergency the ship claims.

... took note of such deficiencies as multiple cracks in the hull along with a damaged rudder and propeller. These naturally gave rise to some concern about The Ruby's seaworthiness. It became even more concerning to the Norwegians when they discovered what cargo The Ruby - now safely berthed alongside the university and hospital in the city that rings the Tromsø harbor - had onboard.

Authorities wanted the piece of crap vessel on its way, stat.

When I first started reading a truly fascinating thread on this last night, twisted as I am, the thing that popped into my head was the tragic Harry Chapin song, Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas.



Weird connection, right? Not exactly.

To their utter horror, The Ruby, Norwegians found out, is carrying 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate.

TWENTY THOUSAND TONS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE

In case anyone has a vague idea of the significance but isn't quite sure, lemme paint a quick picture:



For comparison sake, this was the Port of Beirut blast four years ago ~ 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate.

This vessel is carrying more than seven times that amount.

Norway booted The Ruby from the harbor to a strategic anchorage, but not before people started taking note of some other unsettling features.

Ammonium nitrate is one of the shadow commercial enterprises the Russians are conducting to keep money flowing into war-depleted coffers. Most of the country's production comes out of the far north and transits through the Baltic. That route also helps keep Russian eyes - however they're painted as innocent commercial shipping - on strategic NATO bases and ports in the area.

Quote:...Russia counts for two-third of the global production of ammonium nitrate, and although many countries have banned the sale of it as fertiliser, others are buying big loads exported out of the northern harbour of Kandalaksha.

The Ruby slowly got underway at last but shortly thereafter lost propulsion to begin drifting. The ship requested that they be able to pull in and make repairs in a Lithuanian port and were politely rebuffed until the ship could find another port to off-load their explosive cargo to first.

She's now without any power, her crew is reported to have no papers (?!), and the ship whose cargo's explosive potential has been compared to Hiroshima is being towed toward the Danish Strait of the Great Belt, a tricky passage in the best times with a fully functioning vessel.

Quote:...Despite these issues, the vessel, registered in Malta, has continued its journey with tug assistance. It is expected to pass through the Danish Strait of the Great Belt, a challenging and narrow waterway, before the weekend.

According to reports, the ship’s captain has not requested pilot services for navigating the strait.

Analysts, including Jacob Kaarsbo of Danish think tank Think Tank Europe, have expressed concerns that Ruby may be part of Russia’s broader strategy of hybrid warfare, citing its connections to Syria and Russia.

After departing from Kandalaksha, a Russian port in the Murmansk region, the ship anchored near NATO’s strategically important Andøya airbase for several days, raising further suspicions.

Denmark, already dealing with a “shadow fleet” of Russian tankers circumventing sanctions, now faces added pressure to handle this precarious situation. Experts stress the need for NATO allies to coordinate a strategy to address the risks posed by Ruby and other similarly vulnerable vessels.

I'll excerpt just a bit here:

Quote:...Ammonium nitrate, the Ruby's cargo, is widely used in agriculture as a fertilizer and in industry as an ingredient for explosives. Under stable conditions, the chemical is relatively safe. However, when subjected to extreme heat, shock, or contamination, it becomes highly volatile. The scale of the risk cannot be understated: 20,000 tons is more than seven times the quantity of ammonium nitrate that detonated in the tragic Beirut explosion of 2020, an event that left large portions of the Lebanese capital in ruins. Experts have noted that a similar explosion from the Ruby could cause devastation comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, capable of flattening vast areas and causing widespread loss of life. This makes the ship a ticking time bomb as it drifts perilously close to sensitive infrastructure. In particular, the Norwegian government and NATO are increasingly alarmed by the ship’s position, as the Norwegian coastline hosts key military assets that form part of the broader Western defense architecture.
 
Proximity to Norway’s Strategic Military Infrastructure

The Ruby’s location near Bergen places it alarmingly close to critical installations. Bergen is home to the Naval Base Haakonsvern, Norway’s largest military port and a key site for its maritime defense operations. The base is not only Norway’s premier naval installation, but also a cornerstone of NATO’s regional security framework. Any explosion from the Ruby could cripple Norway's naval capabilities and disrupt NATO’s strategic readiness in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions.

His somber conclusion:

Quote:...The world is watching as Norwegian authorities, backed by their NATO allies, attempt to neutralize this floating time bomb. If successful, the incident will serve as a critical case study in crisis management and international cooperation. If not, the consequences could be catastrophic—not just for Norway, but for Europe and beyond.

In the meantime, the Ruby continues to drift, an ominous reminder of the thin line between safety and disaster in a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical strife and environmental risk. As the ship remains a high-risk floating bomb, the urgency to act decisively has never been more critical.

It is a stark reminder that Putin doesn't need conventional warfare - he only needs "fishing boats" to take out undersea cables and commercial cargo vessels to threaten vital facilities.

In the meantime, The Ruby meanders along down the Norwegian coastline towards Denmark. God willing, there will be an offload and repairs in her future.

I sincerely hope the heroic figures in the tug have employed a tow cable that is miles long.

This is surreal.

This was one of my dad's favorites. Him and I used to watch this when I was growing up. On his birthday it was something him and I would sit down and watch together. I believe it reminded him of his own childhood memories with this film.

Today would be his 73 birthday, and so I am going to sit down, with some alien grass, and watch this like him and I used to.

I also really enjoyed this film growing up. An oldie, but a goodie. 

The Thing from Another World

In Anchorage, journalist Ned Scott, looking for a story, visits the officer's club of the Alaskan Air Command, where he meets Captain Pat Hendry, his co-pilot and flight navigator. General Fogarty orders Hendry to fly to Polar Expedition Six at the North Pole, per a request from its lead scientist, Nobel laureate Dr. Arthur Carrington; Carrington has radioed that an unusual aircraft has crashed nearby. With Scott, Corporal Barnes, crew chief Bob, and a pack of sled dogs, Hendry pilots a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft to the remote outpost.

Upon arrival, Scott and the airmen meet radio operator Tex, scientists Dr. Chapman and his wife, and colleagues Vorhees, Stern, Redding, Stone, Laurence, Wilson, Ambrose, and Carrington. Hendry later rekindles his romance with Nikki Nicholson, Carrington's secretary. Several scientists fly with the airmen to the crash site, finding a large object buried beneath the ice. As they spread out to determine the object's shape, they realize that they are standing in a circle, outlining a flying saucer. The team attempts free it from the ice with thermite, but a violent reaction with the craft's metal alloy completely destroys it. Their Geiger counter, however, detects something buried nearby, a frozen body. It is excavated intact in a large block of ice and flown back to the base as an Arctic storm closes in on them.

Given the discovery, Hendry assumes command of the outpost and, pending radio instructions from General Fogarty, both denies Scott permission to send out his story and the scientists' demands to examine the body. Tex sends an update to Fogarty, and the airmen settle for the storm. A watch is posted; relieving the first shift, Barnes is disturbed by the creature's glare through the clearing ice and covers it with an electric blanket he does not realize is plugged in. The block slowly thaws and the creature, still alive, escapes into the storm. It fights with the sled dogs and kills two, but loses most of its right forearm.

An airman recovers the stump after the attack and the scientists examine its tissue, concluding that the creature is an advanced form of plant life. Carrington is convinced of its superiority to humans and becomes intent on communicating with it. The airmen begin a search, which leads to the outpost's greenhouse. Carrington stays behind with other scientists, having noticed evidence of alien activity there. They discover a hidden third sled dog, which had been bled dry, revealing the creature as a vampire that feeds on blood. Carrington and the scientists post a secret watch of their own, hoping to encounter it before the airmen do.

The next morning, the airmen continue their search. Tex informs them that Fogarty is aware of their discovery and demands further information, now prevented by the fierce storm. Stern appears, badly injured, and tells the group that the creature has killed and bled two scientists. When the airmen investigate, they are attacked, but manage to barricade the creature inside the greenhouse. Hendry confronts Carrington and orders him to remain in his lab and quarters.

Carrington, obsessed with the creature, shows Nicholson and the other scientists that he has been growing small alien plants from seeds taken from the severed arm and feeding them with the base’s blood plasma supply. Hendry discovers the theft when plasma is needed to treat Stern, which leads him to Carrington. Fogarty transmits orders to keep the creature alive, but it escapes from the greenhouse and attacks the airmen in their quarters. They douse it with buckets of kerosene and set it aflame, forcing it to retreat into the -60F storm. After regrouping, they realize the creature has sabotaged the base furnaces’ oil supply, plummeting temperatures indoors. They retreat to the station's generator room to keep warm, and rig a high-voltage electrical "fly trap". The creature continues to stalk them. At the last moment Carrington pleads with it, but is knocked violently aside. The creature walks into the trap and is electrocuted. On Hendry's order, it is reduced to a pile of ash.

When the weather clears, Hendry and Nicholson are careening toward marriage, and Scotty is finally able to radio his "story of a lifetime" to a roomful of reporters in Anchorage. He ends his broadcast with the warning: "Tell the world. Tell this to everybody, wherever they are. Watch the skies everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies...".

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So 2 FBI agents show up and want to talk to a person about a post he made on Social Media and keep asking him to stop recording. https://x.com/jeremykauffman/status/1835...-x-joke%2F

From Pagercide back over to Vaxxercide Paranoia...

Quote:In 2022, mpox (formerly known as monkey pox) drew worldwide attention, when more than 20 countries reported infections to the World Health Organization by May of that year. It led to WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declaring the mpox outbreak involving clade IIb of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its expansion to neighbouring countries, a global health emergency.

The monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses (orthopoxviruses) as smallpox but is less severe. In 1980, the World Health Assembly announced that smallpox had been eradicated and recommended that all countries cease vaccination. Although labs in two countries still officially store smallpox samples (U.S. and Russia).

Mpox was first identified in Denmark, in 1958, when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in lab monkeys, which is how it got its name- although monkeys are not considered to be reservoirs for the virus. The source of the virus is said to be unknown.

In 1970, the first human case of mpox was recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was during a time when smallpox was being eradicated. The disease is considered to be endemic to countries in central and west Africa. The outbreaks have been concentrated among men who have sex with men.

In late September 2023, the emergence of a new variant of the virus was detected in central Africa. As of August 2024, more than 21,000 cases have been reported, with over 600 fatalities, nearly all in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On 14 August 2024, the World Health Organization declared the epidemic a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

A month after the WHO’s announcement, the small Danish biotech firm, Bavarian Nordic became the first in the world to receive approval for a monkeypox vaccine, JYNNEOS (known internationally as Imvamune or Imvanex), initially developed for smallpox but was rarely used.

In the wake of the September 2001 anthrax attacks, President George W. Bush signed into law the Project BioShield Act of 2004 (Project BioShield) “as part of a broader strategy to defend America against the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The purpose of Project BioShield is to accelerate the research, development, purchase, and availability of effective medical countermeasures against biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats.”

Project Bioshield was a ten year program managed by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The act called for $5 billion for purchasing vaccines that would be used in the event of a bioterrorist attack, for civilian use. Since 2001, $50 billion has been allocated by the United States government to address the threat of biological weapons.

A key element of the Act allowed the stockpiling and distribution of vaccines that had not been tested for safety or efficacy in humans, “due to ethical concerns.” This is because the agents could not have been tested in humans without also exposing them to the threat- instead animal testing was used to establish efficacy.

Bavarian Nordic’s small pox vaccine was developed under Project Bioshield. The US government partnered with it to develop Jynneos, primarily to prevent smallpox in the event of a bioterrorist attack. Another strategic, “public-private partnership”, which resulted in the creation of a billion-dollar shot was Moderna’s collaboration with the NIH’s Vaccine Research Centre. The Covid mRNA-based shot, Spikevax, became Moderna’s first (after ten years of failing to bring a drug or vaccine to market) and most lucrative product ever.

Bavarian Nordic president and CEO Paul Chaplin said:

Quote:“Jynneos was also the first smallpox vaccine successfully developed under Project BioShield, a programme created by the US Congress in 2004 to accelerate the research, development, procurement, and availability of medical countermeasures against biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents through public-private partnerships.”

As mentioned earlier, Bavarian Nordic’s small pox vaccine was rarely used but on the heels of the WHO announcing mpox as a PHEIC, orders started flooding in from around the world.

On September 18, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance “announced an advance purchase agreement (APA) to secure 500,000 doses of the MVA-BN® mpox vaccine (marketed as JYNNEOS® or IMVANEX®) to be supplied to countries in Africa impacted by the mpox outbreak.”

On a side note- in June 2001, just a few months before the anthrax attacks which led to Project Bioshield, a bioterrorism training exercise, code-named “Dark Winter” simulated a covert smallpox attack on the United States. It was a collaborative effort led by the John Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention Terrorism. Those who were present included several Congressmen, a former CIA director (James Woolsey), Tara [Terrible] O’Toole (then Director of John Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, now Director of the CIA hedge fund In-Q-Tel) and CIA’s former deputy director for Science and Technology (Ruth David) and selected members of the press.

Those who participated in “Dark Winter” explored strategies for imposing coercive quarantines; censorship; mandatory masking, lockdowns, and vaccination; and expanded police powers as the only rational responses to the pandemic. Eerily, these strategies were adopted as governmental Covid countermeasures, decades later.

The organizer of this pandemic simulation was former Air Force physician Robert Kadlec, who also happened to lead “Crimson Contagion” in 2019- another pandemic simulation run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) involving a scenario in which a group of tourists returning from China spread a novel influenza virus in the United States.

Robert Kadlec served as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Preparedness and Response) from 2017-2021. He was responsible for the creation of Operation Warp Speed, the Covid vaccine development program.

A second small pox vaccine that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of mpox was ACAM2000, on August 29th, under Expanded Access Investigational New Drug (EA-IND) protocol.

ACAM2000 is manufactured by the controversial, Emergent BioSolutions. It was originally approved to prevent small pox in 2007.

The side effects of ACAM2000 make a horrifying read.



Not only is death listed as a “serious complication” but alarmingly the FDA’s own medication guide states: “ACAM2000 contains live vaccinia virus that can be transmitted to persons who have close contact with the vaccinee and the risks in contacts are the same as those for the vaccinee.”

Meaning that even people who come into close contact with someone who has been vaccinated could possibly die. The packaging insert even states this: “Death has also been reported in unvaccinated contacts accidentally infected by individuals who have been vaccinated.”

According to the CDC:

Quote:ACAM2000 is a second-generation vaccine that contains a live vaccinia virus that replicates efficiently in humans. It is manufactured by Emergent Bio Solutions and is indicated for the prevention of smallpox. It has been made available for use against mpox in the clade II outbreak under an Expanded Access Investigational New Drug (EA-IND) protocol, which requires informed consent along with completing additional forms. ……Although the United States has a large supply of ACAM2000, this vaccine has more side effects and contraindications than JYNNEOS.

Notably, on the vaccine information sheet for the other small pox-turned-mpox vaccine, JYNNEOS, it reads: “CDC recommends consideration of the vaccine for people who administer ACAM2000®, or who care for patients infected with orthopoxviruses.”

In June of this year, Emergent BioSolutions “received more than $250 million in contract modifications from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to deliver millions of doses of four medical countermeasures (MCMs). . These contract modifications will help ensure continued supply/stockpiling of critical MCMs to address biological threats and emergencies against anthrax, smallpox and botulism.”

One of the awards included a contract modification valued at $99.9 million to supply ACAM2000® this year.

What is interesting is that the FDA’s approval of ACAM2000 for the prevention of mpox came on the heels of Emergent BioSolutions pledge to donate 50,000 doses of its vaccine to “Democratic Republic of the Congo and other impacted countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to address the current mpox outbreak.”

It is also noteworthy that this deadly vaccine was being stockpiled- with the CDC’s comment “the United States has a large supply,” nodding to that fact. The mpox outbreak provided the perfect opportunity to off-load the surplus stock.

It is deeply disturbing that the FDA would approve a vaccine so life-alteringly harmful to not just those being given it- but for those who would come into close contact with the vaccinee. However, unlike the gene-based Covid shots that were branded as “vaccines,” at least the side effects are clearly stated on the medication guide for there to be some kind of informed consent.

This begs the question: how could the deadly ACAM2000 have gotten approval in the first place? Perhaps ,“Dark Winter/ Crimson Contagion” Robert Kadlec and his connections might provide an answer.

Before being appointed by Trump as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in 2017, Kadlec was previously a consultant for none other than- Emergent BioSolutions. The very same U.S. biotechnology company that purchased ACAM2000 from Sanofi Pasteur in 2017. Kadlec was part-owner of a consulting company RPK Consulting providing services to Emergent, apparently until 2015. He chose not to disclose these facts in Senate nomination forms during his confirmation process in 2017.

Right after taking office, in a resounding conflict of interest move, Kadlec aggressively pushed to increase the government's stockpile of smallpox vaccine through purchase agreements with Emergent BioSolutions. In the end, the HHS awarded a 10-year, $2.8 billion single-source contract to the company to purchase its smallpox vaccines at twice the previous price.

It is noteworthy that in 1998, Colonel Dr Robert Kadlec, who at the time was the Biodefence Programmes Director at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote in a Pentagon strategy paper: “Using biological weapons under the cover of an endemic or natural disease occurrence provides an attacker the potential for plausible denial. Biological warfare’s potential to create significant economic loss and subsequent political instability, coupled with plausible denial, exceeds the possibilities of any other human weapon.”

Mpox, Project Bioshield, Everyone's Dark Winter?

I feel the need to share this experience I've been having and that this was the best place to share it first and give it a test run.

Since July, I've been dealing with the family estate that belonged to my mother and her husband. Other than being a trustee for a trust the situation of cleaning out a house full of the possessions of two lifetimes is much the same as any other estate. My step-sister is the other trustee and we decided to run the estate sales on our own.

Of course, rummaging through the family's belongings that accumulated since at least the 1970s was an emotional experience and one that shed light on many things over the years, things that began to make me question the results of these two lifetimes.

My mother did very well and her last husband came into the relationship with just a suitcase, so I imagine that was the main reason the trust was created. The trust allowed them to live comfortably in their later years and enabled their hoarding of possessions to progress into a serious problem, esp. after Mom died and her husband had nothing better to do than collect things.

They had similar interests and tastes in antiques and Native American culture and they both had the hoarding trait that had them collecting things and then storing most of it where ever they could. It was total mental illness by the time Dad passed away and an unbelievable task that they have drawn me into from beyond the grave.

I had a few emotional break downs while working the estate and began to come to grips with the spiritual side of all this. This came to a head recently when I finally cleaned out the attic where the Christmas stuff was stored. "Here's your Merry Christmas in hell" was basically what I was saying while I tossed the shit down the folding attic stairs on to the floor below.

Once I calmed down, I began to think about a few Bible verses that applied to the situation. Now that I'm back at home for awhile, I did some research and have come to the conclusion that there is no place in heaven for hoarders. So that only leaves one other place in the afterlife.

Below is my research for you to decide where hoarders end up.

Hoarding and Sin

The most frightening and damning verses are from James who makes it pretty clear what will happen to hoarders once they pass away.

James 5:1-5 King James Bible

(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. (2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. (3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. (4) Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

In the hereafter, hoarders will weep and wail in misery, fire will eat their flesh, they will be slaughtered, and they will have done it all to themselves during their lives.

1 Corinthians condemns the greedy behavior inherent in hoarding by grouping it with other serious sins (as covetousness) resulting in not making it into heaven, which will only leave you one other place in the afterlife.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 King James Bible

(9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Here Matthew simplifies James's words, elaborates a little, and gives the reader the way back to the Lord.

Matthew 6:19-21 King James Bible

(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: (20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (21) "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matthew 6:24-25 King James Bible

(24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (25) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew relates this story about the Lord to illustrate his teachings on hoarding treasure.

Matthew 19:21-25 King James Version
(21)  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. (22)  But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. (23)  Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. (24)  And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (25)  When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Luke's warning and parable also illustrate the sinfullness of hoarding. The first and last quotes from Luke presented here are enough without the parable in between.

Luke 12:15-21 King James Bible

(15) And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. (16) And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: (17) And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? (18) And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. (19) And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. (20) But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (21) So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

More warnings from Luke on true riches versus Mammon followed up with John who sums it all up with one sentence.

Luke 16:10-12 King James Bible

(10) He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. (11) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? (12) And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

1 John 2:15 King James Bible

(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Timothy's warnings and advice about turning away from acquiring riches.

1 Timothy 6:8-11King James Bible

(8) And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. (9) But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. (10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (11) But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

To sum it up, hoarding to the degree which I found it is related to the sins of coveting, greed, idolatry, along with a couple of others. Then to add to it, there was this obsession with primitive Native cultures and my Mother's choice of the Mormon religion at the end. Not good if you know and study the Bible and have real faith.

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Quote:Microplastics Found in Human Brain for the First Time

A new study from Brazil reveals that microplastics might enter the human brain through the nose, with unknown impact on brain function.

For the first time, researchers have found microplastics in the brain.
The latest study, published on Sept. 16 in JAMA, identifies microplastics in the olfactory bulb—the region of the brain located above the nose and responsible for our sense of smell. This discovery raises new concerns that these tiny particles might be slipping past the brain’s protective barriers and enter deeper brain regions, potentially harming brain health and neurological function.
“Our analysis of olfactory bulbs from deceased patients in São Paulo confirmed the presence of microplastics,” physician and principal investigator Thais Mauad told The Epoch Times. This suggests a potential route for these particles to enter the brain.

Mauad also highlighted the uncertainty surrounding the health effects of these findings. “We still don’t know the consequences,” she said, noting that animal studies suggest potential neurotoxicity and links to neurodegenerative diseases.
While microplastics have been found in various body tissues, including the lungs, gut, liver, placenta, testicles, and bloodstream, research on their health risks is still in its early stages. More studies are needed to understand the potential health impacts.
Brain Plastic From Everyday Items
The tiny plastic particles found in the human brain’s olfactory bulbs are often present in everyday items like food packaging and clothing. Given the widespread presence of these particles in the air, Mauad and the researchers proposed that people may be getting microplastics in their brains by breathing them in through the nose, similar to the way certain air pollution particles enter the brain.
Plastic does not break down completely; it turns into smaller pieces over time, contaminating the air, food, and water.

Mauad said that people are exposed to more plastics when indoors.
“We are massively exposed to microplastics,” she said. “We breathe in more indoors than outdoors.”
The researchers examined the brains of 15 deceased individuals, aged 33 to 100 years, and found microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of eight of them. The most common plastic found was polypropylene, making up nearly 44 percent of the samples. Polypropylene is used in items like food containers, straws, and some clothing fibers. Other plastics found included:

• Nylon/polyamide: Used in clothing, carpets, and industrial products.
  
• Polyethylene: Found in plastic bags, bottles, and containers.
  
• Polyethylene vinyl acetate (EVA): Used in flexible packaging and some footwear.
  

The microplastics measured between 5.5 and 26.4 micrometers—much smaller than very fine dust. To put this in perspective, dividing the width of a human hair into 13 segments is about the size of the smallest microplastics found.
Slipping Past the Brain’s Barrier
There is a small passage in the nose that allows olfactory nerves to cross from the nose to the brain, said Mauad, who is a professor of medicine at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of São Paulo.
She suspects that the microplastics could enter the brain using the same route. This direct pathway may allow plastic particles to enter the brain without passing through the blood-brain barrier, which acts as a protective shield to prevent the brain from harmful substances.
The microplastic particles may be able to interact with the olfactory nerves through this tunnel, she said.
Animal studies have shown that microplastics can affect brain areas involved in sensory processing and memory.
The nose-to-brain pathways have been observed with carbon air pollution particles, suggesting microplastics might do the same. Some animal studies indicate that microplastics could potentially cross the blood-brain barrier and affect various brain areas.
Health Implications Beyond Microplastics
The plastic problem is not only the microplastics, Mauad said. It’s also all the additives that are in the plastic. These additives, used to give properties like color and heat resistance, can be harmful. Some are carcinogenic or act as endocrine disruptors and can be released when plastics are heated, such as in the microwave.
Furthermore, “the presence of non-digestible microplastic particles with additives might provoke reactions,” particularly in a developing brain, she added.
In addition, previous research has linked fine particulate matter in the air to brain issues such as dementia, with some diseases like Parkinson’s potentially beginning with nasal symptoms. Both fine particulate matter and microplastics have shown potential to negatively impact brain development in experiments, according to the study.
To minimize exposure to microplastics, Mauad recommends:

• Limiting use of plastics: Reduce the use of plastic containers and packaging, especially for food and beverages.
  
• Choosing natural fibers: Opt for clothing and textiles made from natural materials rather than synthetic fibers.
  
• Avoid heating plastics: Avoid microwaving food in plastic containers or using plastic wrap in the microwave.
  

In some research along the way I kept coming across a lot of legends and deep superstitions involving mirrors, and them being tied to the spirit world. I even had a wise ol' mystic tell me once to remove all the mirrors, and any reflective surfaces from my bedroom. He told me that we are most vulnerable to the spirit world when we are asleep, and that mirrors were a way for spirits and demons to gain access to us. I thought this sounded crazy at first, but the more I learned the more I started to question some of this folklore. There is a ton of lore on mirrors being evil, and being used in magick.

Mirrors 

In folklore, a mirror is a doorway or portal through which spirits, including ghosts and demons can gain access to the physical world where demonic infestations and hauntings occur.

In prehistory, any shiny surface was regarded as a spirit doorway and used to summon spirits into the world. They also are used for seeing visions of the future.

Much of the folklore about mirrors is negative. They are viewed by some as “soul stealers” with the power to suck souls out from bodies. In the Greek myth of Narcissus, he sees his own reflection in water and falls in love with it, staring hopelessly until he dies.

In some Christian beliefs, the Devil and Demons can enter through mirrors to attack people.

There are also numerous beliefs about mirrors and the dead. In many folklores, when a person dies, all the mirrors in a house should be turned over because if the soul sees itself in a mirror, it will not rest or can become a vampire. Corpses seeing themselves in mirrors will also draw bad luck upon the household. In some cultural beliefs, where corpses are laid out in homes, people still believe that souls linger about the body until burial.

Another folk belief is if a person sees his or her own reflection in a room where someone has died, it is an omen of their own death. Mirrors also should be covered in sick rooms in the belief that when the soul is weakened it is more vulnerable to possession during illness.

In other folklore, mirrors are believed to reflect the soul and must be guarded lest the soul be lost. These fears carry over into superstitious customs, such as covering the mirrors in a house after death to prevent the souls of the living from being carried off by the ghost of the newly departed through a mirror.

In some Russian folklore, mirrors are considered the invention of the Devil because they have the power to draw souls from bodies. Similarly, mirrors and in some places of the world all shiny surfaces, must be covered in a house after a death to prevent the soul of the living from being carried off by the ghost of the newly dead. Mirrors are covered in case one sees the corpse looking over one’s shoulder.

In an old Persian spell, ghosts may be seen in a mirror by standing in front of it and combing the hair without thinking, speaking or moving.

In then folklore of the American Ozark, the appearance of a distant friend in a mirror means he or she will soon die.

The famous folklore that breaking a mirror means seven years of bad luck but also heralds a death in the family or household. For example, if a child breaks a mirror, one of the children in the house will die within the year.

If a home is plagued with unpleasant spirit activity, the mirror in the bedrooms should never be placed at the foot or head of a bed. To do is is considered a negative influence for a person to be able to see himself or herself from any angle in a mirror while in bed. Mirrors should also never reflect into each other as this creates an unstable psychic space. A folk remedy says a mirror should be placed so that it faces outward toward a door or window. The reasoning being when the unquiet spirit looks in a window or attempts to cross a door threshold, it will see its own reflection and be scared away. Mirrors can also be closed as portals by rubbing the edges of them or washing the surfaces in holy water.


"Mirror demon"

Mirrors are also tools used in Divination and Magic. In divination, mirrors train the inner eye to perceive the unseen. Throughout history, mirror gazing has been used for prophecy, aid with healing, find lost objects and people and even to identify or find thieves and criminals.

The power of mirrors—or any reflective surface—to reveal what is hidden has been used since ancient times. Gazing upon any shining surface is one of the oldest forms of Scrying (a method of divination practiced by the early Egyptians, Arabs, the Magi of Persia, Greeks, and Romans). Magic mirrors are mentioned by numerous ancient authors, among them Apuleius, Saint Augustine, Pausanias, and Spartianus. According to Pausanias, divination for healing was best done with a mirror attached to a string . The string was dangled into water and the diviner ascertained whether or not a sick person would heal.

In ancient Greece, the witches of Thessaly reputedly wrote their oracles in human blood upon mirrors. Pythagoras was said to have a magic mirror that he held up to the Moon to see the future in it. Romans skilled in mirror reading were called specularii.

In the late Middle Ages, Catherine de Medicis reputedly had a magic mirror that enabled her to see the future for herself and for France. Pére Cotton, the confessor to King Henri IV of France, had a magic mirror that revealed to him any plots against the king.

In Christian folklore, mirrors enable demons to make themselves known. St. Patrick declared that Christians who said they could see Demons in mirrors would be expelled from the church until they repented.

In Vodoun, a magical mirror is called a minore. A minore is made of highly polished metal and is consecrated for the purpose of seeing visions in divination. Only a priest or priestess may use a minore.

For Magic, both flat mirrors and concave mirrors are used in magic. Other shiny and reflective surfaces work as well like crystal balls, good size crystals and bowls of water or ink. Franz Bardon taught precise instructions for making magical mirrors that would be “loaded” or empowered with the help of the elements, the Akasha, light and fluid condensers. The result of such a charged magic mirror should be stored wrapped in silk to protect its energies from contamination.

Mirrors are also used in Scrying which is accomplished by the astral and mental powers developed by the magician and not specifically the mirror. The mirror serves only as an aid for focusing such powers.

Visualising a person in a magical mirror enables contact. The scryer can then go to the astral plane to communicate with the dead. The living can be contacted through a mirror as well with the scryer visualizes the person intensely until they seem drawn out of the mirror.

The magic mirror can be used as a tool for investigating the past, present, and future. A mirror helps the magician transcend time to see events which is one of the most difficult aspects of mirror work.

The medieval magician Albertus Magnus recorded a formula for making a magic mirror: Buy a looking glass and inscribe upon it “S. Solam S. Tattler S. Echogordner Gematur.” Next, bury it at a Crossroads during an uneven hour and on the third day, go to the spot at the same hour and dig it up—but do not be the first person to gaze into the mirror. In fact, said magnus, it is best to let a dog or a cat take the first look.

The Aztecs used a mirror like surfaces to keep witches away. A bowl of water with a knife in it was placed in the entrances of homes. A witch looking into it would see her soul pierced by the knife and flee.






Cheers, to the next time you look in a mirror. Maybe, just maybe, there's someone looking back.

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Today we have exploding news in the Middle East which is nothing new, but this is like straight out of a dystopian sci-thriller movie.

"A Hezbollah official who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that the new brand of handheld pagers used by the group first heated up, then exploded."

Hezbollah official: the explosions of Hezbollah members' pagers were caused by their lithium batteries exploding, says Israel is behind the incident.

Why pagers and not cell phones? See below highlighted text.


A wave of exploding pagers in Lebanon and Syria kills at least 8, including members of Hezbollah



Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon



NY Times

There are conflicting reports/signs regarding the modus operandi behind the explosion.

Some reports claim the lithium batteries of the pager overheated, and that a few of those targeted got rid of them before they detonated. On other videos/other reports, messages are received just before the explosion, which may be part of the detonating mechanism or just a way to make sure targets are hit, plus the report about a newer version of the pager being the one detonating, points to more of a physical breach.

I'm not an expert on exploding Lithium batteries, but from dozens of videos over the past 4 years we've all seen, the explosion/sparking is always followed by a fire. I don't see any fires in these Lebanon videos. Just a pop/bang, severe lacerations or worse, off with the arms or legs. Seems more like a tiny drop of plastic explosive. I don't think it was a hack; more of an implant with a digital trigger. Some group had to of intercepted that shipment of pagers.

Dozens of videos being shared on social media seem to show the pagers ring, then explode.
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