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SOTT Focus: The Rise & Risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies

The Sharp Edge
Corey's Digs
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC
digital eye

Comment: Not only a thorough update on the Big changes we're going to see in much of the world's monetary system in the not-too-distant-future, but also one of the most comprehensive discussions about the implications of CBDC's we've yet seen...


When asked if a United States CBDC would be used to control how, when and where the population spends their money, a senior vice president for the St. Louis Fed's Research Division responded, "in life, one can't give absolute assurance of anything...The best we can hope for, is for Congress to respond to the electorate's concerns about privacy." However, signals by the Biden regime and the Federal Reserve indicate they intend to move forward on a CBDC, regardless of any approval from Congress, industry leaders or the public. In fact, there are a growing number of research and pilot programs in various phases of development in America and around the world, despite public concerns of an impending digital currency enslavement system tied to a digital ID and social credit system.

The Biden Regime Presses Forward

On March 9, 2022, the Biden regime issued an Executive Order on 'Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets,' which placed "the highest urgency on research and development efforts into the potential design and deployment options of a United States CBDC." The EO commanded Attorney General Garland, Treasury Secretary Yellen, and Federal Reserve Chair Powell to determine if a legal path to bypass Congress is possible, stating, "within 180 days of the date of this order [by September 5, 2022], provide the President...an assessment of whether legislative changes would be necessary to issue a United States CBDC, should it be deemed appropriate and in the national interest." The EO further directed them to provide the President with a legislative proposal within 210 days, by October 5, 2022.
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Eagle

Best of the Web: National Security State Censoring of Anti-Imperialist Voices

Stansfield Smith
Dissident Voice
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC
National Security State
The US rulers use many tools to disrupt and disorganize the anti-war and anti-imperialist left. Three discussed here include: (1) corporate control of the news media gives them free reign to spread disinformation and fake news against foreign and domestic targets; (2) they use government and corporate foundation resources to fund and promote a compatible left to counter the anti-imperialist left; and (3) the rulers use their control of social media and internet to censor those voices.

Since 2016 their censorship of websites, Facebook pages, Twitter, and Paypal accounts has escalated alarmingly. They target those who counter the narratives the government and big business media feed us, whether it be US intervention and attempted overthrow of other governments, Covid, or stories of Russian interference.

With the Ukraine war, the US government and corporate media immense propaganda power has been directed against Russia and intensified on an overwhelming scale.

As the US empire began the Cold War soon after the end of World War II, with the rise of McCarthyism (which predated Joe McCarthy), news manipulation and suppression often fell under the control of the CIA's Operation Mockingbird. The corporate media followed CIA directions in representing the interests of the US rulers. The CIA secretly funded and managed a wide range of front groups and individuals to counter what the US rulers considered its enemies. It encouraged those on the left who opposed actually existing socialism, seeking to foster splits in the left to undermine the communist and build the non-communist left.
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Pirates

G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically

Zeke Miller
Associated Press
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:54 UTC
G7 summit 2022
© John MacDougall/Pool Photo via APClockwise from left, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden attend a working session during of the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday.
Leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies struck a united stance Tuesday to support Ukraine for "as long as necessary" as Russia's invasion grinds on, and said they would explore far-reaching steps to cap Kremlin income from oil sales that are financing the war.


Comment: Since the bodies that are being 'ground' are Ukrainian citizens (with a smattering of Western intelligence, as well as foreign fighters and terrorists), apparently the West's leaders and its citizens are less concerned as to how long their failing war will drag on.


The final statement from the Group of Seven summit in Germany left out key details on how the fossil fuel price caps would work in practice, setting up more discussion in the weeks ahead to "explore" measures to bar import of Russian oil above a certain level. That would hit a key Russian source of income and, in theory, relieve the energy price spikes afflicting the global economy as a result of the war.


Comment: So they're still buying Russian fuel, and in some cases in record amounts.


Leaders also agreed on a ban on imports of Russian gold and to step up aid to countries hit with food shortages by the blockage on Ukraine grain shipments through the Black Sea.


Comment: Is the ban on gold of any consequence to Russia? Or is it yet another 'move' that's merely for show? Because Russia and China have been stockpiling precious metals for years now.


Comment: When not planning on who they'd like to hurt economically, the G7 also had these pearls of wisdom to share:



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Pirates

NATO to put 300,000 troops on high alert, will increase presence in Baltic countries along Russia's border by thousands

Dan Sabbagh
The Guardian
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:01 UTC
Stoltenberg NATO
© Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty ImagesJens Stoltenberg speaks during the press conference to preview the Nato summit in Madrid on Monday.
Nato's secretary general has said this week's Madrid summit will agree the alliance's most significant transformation for a generation, putting 300,000 troops at high readiness in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance's forces in the Baltic states and five other frontline countries would be increased "up to brigade levels" - doubled or trebled to between 3,000 and 5,000 troops.

That would amount to "the biggest overhaul of our collective defence and deterrence since the cold war," Stoltenberg said before the meeting of the 30-country alliance, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday this week.

Comment: As a sign of how the West is upping the stakes in its direct attacks on Russia - because the sanctions and proxy efforts have so far backfired - also reported recently is Lithuania's blockage of Russia's enclave Kaliningrad: Lithuania's blockade of Kaliningrad receives no support from West, Russia prepares 'practical' response

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Dollar

Treasury makes 77% return on stake in 'adult parties' firm

Gareth Corfield
The Telegraph
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:24 UTC
emma sayle
© John Nguyen/JNVisualsEmma Sayle, CEO of Killing Kittens, says the Government has already made money on its stake.
Government owns 1.5% of Killing Kittens after Covid rescue loan.

The Treasury has become the partial owner of an upmarket swingers' club founded by one of the Duchess of Cambridge's friends after it took out a Covid rescue loan.

Taxpayers now own a 1.5% stake in Killing Kittens, a company which organises "adult parties" focused on female pleasure, following a fundraising which valued it at £15m.

Comment: If it's making money, the government is unlikely to have any problems with the morality question.

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Cult

CDC Caught Using False Data To Recommend Kids' COVID Vaccine

Dylan Housman
Daily Caller
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:47 UTC
Anthony Fauci
© Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showcased highly misleading data about the risk of COVID-19 to kids when its expert vaccine advisers voted to recommend vaccines for children under five years old.

The agency featured a pre-print study ranking causes of death in children when it presented data to its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) earlier this month, after which the committee voted to recommend kids aged six months through four years get vaccinated for COVID-19. The study claimed to show that COVID-19 was a leading cause of death for children in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, but observers quickly pointed out major flaws in the data which rendered it misleading.

The paper ranks COVID-19 as a top six cause of death for age brackets from 0-19, including under one year old, 1-4 years old, 5-9 years old, 10-14 years old and 15-19 years old. It's unclear why the authors include 18- and 19-year-olds in pediatric data. A majority of the researchers involved in the paper are from the United Kingdom, where the age of majority is 18 in most jurisdictions.

However, one misleading aspect of the paper, as first pointed out by covid-georgia.com, is that it ranks cumulative COVID-19 deaths alongside annual rates for other causes for death. For instance, in the 1-4 age group, the paper ranks cumulative COVID-19 deaths as the 5th leading cause of death, ahead of heart disease and influenza. But further down the list, it ranks annual COVID-19 deaths in eighth. For every single age group, the cumulative COVID-19 death rate is more than double the annualized death rate.

Comment: See also:

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Arrow Down

Biden top aide interrupts as Macron spills bad news about oil crisis

Steven Nelson
New York Post
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:41 UTC
biden aide macron oil crisis press conference
© TwitterPresident Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan interrupted French President Emmanuel Macron as the leader was discussing the oil crisis with Biden at the G-7 summit.
President Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday stepped in to interrupt French President Emmanuel Macron as he broke bad news to Biden — with journalists feet away — about attempts to get Arab nations to produce more oil to lower record gas prices.

"Careful. Maybe we should just step inside ... because of the cameras," Sullivan said, motioning to journalists covering the G-7 summit in Germany.

It's unclear if Sullivan was concerned about any particular nugget of news leaking to journalists, but some of Macron's words were clearly audible.

Comment: It seems that Biden is not the only leader in need of a babysitter.

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Light Saber

DHS issues report: Effectively, "Patrick Byrne was right again. Again."

Patrick Byrne
Deep Capture
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:28 UTC
dominion cheat report cyber security
© ICSA
Well, not really. The title of the actual DHS report is rather prosaic: ICS Advisory (ICSA-22-154-01)

It was issued on June 3, 2022, and it acknowledges that Dominion systems have nine major security "vulnerabilities" that make them inappropriate for use without remedy. To the nine vulnerabilities, DHS-CISA respectively attaches these nine warnings:
  1. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to install malicious code, which could also be spread to other vulnerable ImageCast X devices via removable media."
  2. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disguise malicious applications on a device."
  3. "...which could be leveraged by an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a device and/or install malicious code."
  4. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges on a device and/or install malicious code."
  5. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to spread malicious code to ImageCast X devices from the EMS."
  6. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges on a device and/or install malicious code."
  7. "An attacker with physical access may use this to gain administrative privileges on a device and install malicious code or perform arbitrary administrative actions."
  8. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information and perform privileged actions, potentially affecting other election equipment."
  9. "An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to print an arbitrary number of ballots without authorization."

Comment: As eccentric as Patrick Byrne is, he has been willing, as has Mike Lindell of My Pillow fame, to put his money where is mouth is with regard to exposing the 2020 election fraud.

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Newspaper

The New York Times inadvertently revealed the qualitative scale of Kiev's losses

Andrew Korybko
korybko.substack.com
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC
NYT headline
© NYT
Up until this point, it was smeared as so-called "Russian propaganda" to claim that the Ukrainian Conflict has culled Kiev's best fighters but now it's officially confirmed by the NYT.
The New York Times (NYT) meant to trumpet the coalition of 20 countries whose "stealthy network of commandos and spies [is] rushing to provide weapons, intelligence and training" to Kiev in their latest piece about this but inadvertently also ended up revealing the qualitative scale of that US proxy's losses. It's already been disclosed that Kiev's experiencing up to 1,000 casualties a day, has already lost between 30-50% of its total military equipment according to its own officials, is out massively outgunned per the Associated Press' latest admission, but only now has it been confirmed that it's "losing a lot of experienced people" in the words of an unnamed former Trump Administration official.

Up until this point, it was smeared as so-called "Russian propaganda" to claim that the Ukrainian Conflict has culled Kiev's best fighters but now it's officially confirmed by the NYT. Furthermore, that same source compared the scale of Kiev's losses to "the height of the Vietnam War for us", bluntly concluding that "it is terrible." Shortly thereafter, an unclear number of "former American officials" are alleged to have informed the NYT that "The Ukrainian military's most acute training problem right now is that it is losing its most battle-hardened and well-trained forces". This revelation follows the news just last week that one of Russia's surgical strikes killed over 50 Ukrainian generals and officers.

Comment: The unreliable and typically biased Times has opened a window to the public, should it care to see beyond the narratives and comprehend reality. Korybko takes it to another level.

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Target

The return of industrial warfare

Alex Vershinin
RUSI
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC
Ammo heads
© Unknown
Can the West still provide the arsenal of democracy?

The war in Ukraine has proven that the age of industrial warfare is still here. The massive consumption of equipment, vehicles and ammunition requires a large-scale industrial base for resupply - quantity still has a quality of its own. The mass scale combat has pitted 250,000 Ukrainian soldiers, together with 450,000 recently mobilised citizen soldiers against about 200,000 Russian and separatist troops. The effort to arm, feed and supply these armies is a monumental task. Ammunition resupply is particularly onerous. For Ukraine, compounding this task are Russian deep fires capabilities, which target Ukrainian military industry and transportation networks throughout the depth of the country. The Russian army has also suffered from Ukrainian cross-border attacks and acts of sabotage, but at a smaller scale. The rate of ammunition and equipment consumption in Ukraine can only be sustained by a large-scale industrial base.

This reality should be a concrete warning to Western countries, who have scaled down military industrial capacity and sacrificed scale and effectiveness for efficiency. This strategy relies on flawed assumptions about the future of war, and has been influenced by both the bureaucratic culture in Western governments and the legacy of low-intensity conflicts. Currently, the West may not have the industrial capacity to fight a large-scale war. If the US government is planning to once again become the arsenal of democracy, then the existing capabilities of the US military-industrial base and the core assumptions that have driven its development need to be re-examined.

Comment: A critical side of war mechanics we never hear about, nor think to inquire.

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