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But few are currently asking the necessary deeper questions related to the timing. Given the last major balloon crisis to take over 24/7 network news coverage ended up being a complete hoax (remember the "balloon boy" stunt of 2009 which had the world breathless and on edge for a full news cycle?), the current context to the Chinese balloon story and the question of cui bono is worth a deeper dive...
Entrepreneur and geopolitical commentator Arnaud Bertrand, who as a Westerner has spent many years living in China and frequently attempts to correct the often misleading analysis of mainstream press reports, offers an 'alternative view' of what's fast unfolding below [emphasis ZH's)...
Comment: Europe sanctioned Russia, not the other way around, and so this rise in costs is solely the fault of Europe's pathocrats.
In Europe, prices for food and drink rose more in 2022 than ever before, with customers paying 10-15% more for products than the previous year. Inflation is set to continue through 2023.
Banana storage costs are now five times higher
Bananas, Luxembourg's favourite fruit, are set to become more expensive due to energy costs. The fruit is often kept in cold storage to ripen before it is placed in stores, which is becoming ever more expensive. Christophe Vandenbroeck, director of a cold storage site, explained that pallets of the fruit arrive in Anvers from Costa Rica and are kept in storage for 5-6 days before being shipped to supermarkets.

Diesel and other fuel is delivered to a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Jan 27, 2023
Russia used to account for half of the EU's energy needs. Therefore, a bloc-wide ban will most likely trigger a fuel shortage across the continent.
On Friday, the G7 and Australia announced that they have agreed to implement a price cap on Russian fuel shortly after the EU issued a similar announcement.
Comment: Most of the trucks that carry Europe's freight are powered by diesel-powered, which means that the already fragile supply chain, that is also suffering due to strike action, will take yet another hit and could cause shortages of a great many other items: Strikes disrupt shipments at several oil refinery sites in France
After less than two hours of deliberation wrapping up a three-week trial, a jury in San Francisco ruled on Friday that the Tesla CEO had not deceived investors with two tweets posted in August 2018 about a Tesla buyout that never happened.
Musk had tweeted that he planned to take the electric carmaker private at $420 a share, and had "funding secured" to do so. The posts triggered stocks to surge over a 10-day period before falling back after Musk abandoned the deal, investors argued.
The decision marks an important victory for Musk, who is embroiled in several lawsuits and has aggressively fought any charges that he was guilty. The executive, who now is the CEO of Twitter after purchasing the company months ago for $44bn, has repeatedly defended his ability to tweet broadly.
The case was seen as a test of whether or not Musk could be held liable for his freewheeling use of Twitter. The billionaire testified on multiple days of the trial, arguing that his tweets were a democratic way to communicate and did not always affect Tesla stock the way he expected. "Just because I tweet something does not mean people believe it or will act accordingly," he told the jury.
Early Thursday, Twitter's official developer account tweeted that starting Feb. 9, customers must pay a fee to access what is known as Twitter API. The tweet read:
"Twitter data are among the world's most powerful data sets. We're committed to enabling fast & comprehensive access so you can continue to build with us."Twitter's Application Programming Interface has been used by third-party developers for years to create helpful bots and applications. Apps like Thread Reader, which condenses long tweet threads into easily digestible paragraphs, and Pikaso, which takes screenshots of tweets, are popular examples of apps created with Twitter's API.
Many of the most popular apps created with free Twitter API are not-for-profit and mostly simple novelty apps. Many of them will likely shut down or start their own subscription service to pay for access to Twitter API.
Comment: Musk is cleaning house. It is his commitment to make Twitter solvent then profitable.
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) - started by the UK government to then in late 2021 become owned by Nesta, which describes itself as an independent charity focused on innovation - has a new report out.
And while its authors present it as a useful "guide" toward building "a net zero society," what observers critical of this content have taken away from it is that it is promoting, and detailing, various forms of psychological manipulation of people.
Comment: It's not so shocking when you realize they've been doing this all along via advertisements, popular culture media and mainstream news.
See also:
- New survey in UK finds major public concerns NOT addressed by Covid-19 Inquiry and the now infamous 'nudge unit'
- Government nudge unit 'used grossly unethical tactics to scare public into Covid compliance'
- UK psychologists slam government's 'nudge unit' use of 'grossly unethical' scare tactics during Covid
- Downing Street's controversial 'Nudge Unit' accused of exploiting scare tactics during Covid crisis
- Medical tyranny: UK 'nudge unit' proposes wristbands for those who test Covid negative
- Encouraging The Public With A 'Nudge' Or 'Think'
- UK: Lawmakers Hold a Grudge Against the 'Nudge'
According to the clinic's website, "Samuel Alito's Mom's Satanic Abortion Clinic is an online clinic that provides religious medication abortion care. The clinic provides abortion medication via mail to those in New Mexico who wish to perform The Satanic Temple's Religious Abortion Ritual.'
The first step for a person to get an abortion through the Satanic Temple is to speak aloud the "religious ritual."
Comment: See also:
- Mark of the Beast? The Satanic Temple's 'largest satanic gathering in history' will require masks
- Satanic child abuse ring forced children to kill animals, filmed them being gang raped, 4 suspects die before trial, Scottish court hears
- Satanic Temple 'unbaptizes' people in Texas
- Satanic Temple SUES school after it refused after hours 'Satan Club' for kids
- Spanish bishop who married 'Satanic' erotica author is stripped of powers
- WTH is this? Tucker Carlson reveals 'Satanism' powerpoint slide presented to army to promote vaccination
In an interview that also touched on Clancy's current medical condition and upcoming arraignment, Kevin J. Reddington told the Globe that the medications prescribed to Clancy were "turning her into a zombie."
"The medications that were prescribed were over the top, absolutely over the top," he said, suggesting postpartum depression as another possible factor.
In November, planters were installed on Southlands to stop it from being a through-road, turning the residential road just around the corner from Weston High Street into a low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN).
This is being done as a six-month trial.
Comment: See also:
- Unequivocal safety signals for heart, blood and reproduction found in yellow card vaccine data, says top scientist - "withdraw them immediately"
- Why are they FINALLY "admitting" the Covid Vax could be harmful?
- Japan's experts baffled by high 'Covid' deaths from heart problems despite high vaccination rate
- Dr Kerryn Phelps reveals 'devastating' Covid vaccine injury, says doctors have been 'censored'
- Why is the 'vaccine' killing our young men and women?
- On the CDC's data on covid vaccine safety signals
Comment: It should come as no surprise that a wave of strike action and protests attended by millions of people has erupted across Europe: France rocked by protests as 2 MILLION march against government reforms in 2nd wave of mass strikes to hit this month