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Tourist submarine exploring Titanic wreckage disappears in Atlantic Ocean: Coast Guard

Ronny Reyes
New York Post
Thu, 22 Jun 2023 04:46 UTC
Titanic submarine
A submarine on a pricey tourist expedition to the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean has vanished with likely only four days' worth of oxygen- and authorities are now searching for the missing passengers, which includes a famed explorer, authorities and family said.

The US Coast Guard said the small submarine began its journey underwater with five passengers Sunday morning, and the Canadian research vessel that it was working with lost contact with the crew about an hour and 45 minutes into the dive.

Officials said a search was underway Monday for the small sub, which takes tourists to view the famous shipwreck that sits about 12,500 feet at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

OceanGate Expeditions, a private company that provides tours for the site, confirmed that the missing submarine belonged to them, adding that crew members were on board the vessel.

"Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families," the company said in a statement. "We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely."

Comment: See Paul Joseph Watson's take on this story:



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Pirates

New York State's directive to schools: Lie to parents

Max Eden
City Journal
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:57 UTC
transgender, children, students, school
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Parents who send their kids to New York public schools have lots to worry about. Is he really learning? Is she really safe? And: Is the school gender-transitioning my child behind my back?

Earlier this week, the New York State Department of Education (NYSED) published a "legal update and best practice" document for how schools should serve "transgender and gender expansive" students. The key takeaway: if your child decides that he or she wants to socially transition to the opposite gender, it is now a "best practice" for the school to lie to you about it.

"Only the student," the NYSED declares, "knows whether it is safe to share their identity with a caregiver." The baseline assumption, then, is that "unaffirming" parents are dangerous to their children. If Kevin wants to go by "Kimi" but doesn't want his parents to know, the best practice, according to NYSED, is as follows: "The teachers call her Kimi and use she/her pronouns at school. When calling home for any reason, teachers use the name Kevin and he/him pronouns."
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Attention

Irish people could be jailed for 'hate speech', critics of proposed law warn

Maighna Nanu
The Telegraph
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:28 UTC
Helen McEntee
© Niall Carson/PAIrish justice minister Helen McEntee unveiled the controversial Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill in 2022
Irish citizens who campaign against transgender women being able to use female changing rooms or crisis centres risk jail under an "Orwellian" hate-speech law, critics have claimed.

The Irish senate last week debated the controversial Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022.

The bill seeks to expand the range of people protected from hate speech to include those with "gender identities", including transgender or "gender other than those of male or female".

Supporters of the bill argue that Ireland needs to update its hate-speech protections to match the evolution of society and social media.


Comment: Correction: devolution.


The bill, introduced in 2022 by justice minister Helen McEntee, has drawn global interest, with Donald Trump Jr describing it as "insane" and Elon Musk as "very concerning".
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Arrow Down

Children raised under UK austerity shorter than European peers, study finds

Amelia Hill
The Guardian
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:15 UTC
child height
© Sam Frost/The Guardian
British children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania, a study has found.

In 1985, British boys and girls ranked 69 out of 200 countries for average height aged five. At the time they were on average 111.4cm and 111cm tall respectively.

Now, British boys are 102nd and girls 96th, with the average five-year-old boy measuring 112.5cm and the average girl, 111.7cm. In Bulgaria, the average height for a five-year-old boy is 121cm and a girl, 118cm.

Experts have said a poor national diet and cuts to the NHS are to blame. But they have also pointed out that height is a strong indicator of general living conditions, including illness and infection, stress, poverty and sleep quality.

"They have fallen by 30 places, which is pretty startling," said Prof Tim Cole, an expert in child growth rates at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London. "The question is, why?"

Comment: Height is a proxy for biological health. Declines in average height are a symptom of "popular immiseration," which is itself a key indicator of a nation finding itself in the disintegrative phase of a secular cycle. Such phases lead to periods of crisis, i.e., state collapse, civil war, revolution. Peter Turchin has been warning and predicting this for years. If nothing is done, disaster waits:

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Dollars

Jeffrey Epstein offered to help former JPMorgan banker get his daughter into Columbia, report says

Emmalyse Brownstein
Business Insider
Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:07 UTC
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© Mike Segar / Reuters
Jeffrey Epstein offered to help former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley's daughter nab an acceptance to one of Columbia University's doctorate programs, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.


Comment: Here's Peter Turchin in a recent interview on the wider problem underlying this single instance of corruption:
[Elite overproduction] creates intense competition, and while some competition is very helpful and good, excessive competition is harmful as it corrodes the social norms and institutions of the society.

When you have huge numbers of losers in this game, a proportion of frustrated elites will decide to break the rules.



JPMorgan reviewed its ties to Jeffrey Epstein, who was a client of the bank for years, in 2019 and produced a 22-page document seen by The Journal. The report shed light on Epstein's close personal relationship with Staley, who worked at JPMorgan for over 30 years and was head of its private banking arm.

Epstein offered to connect Staley with Columbia University's president at the Davos World Economic Forum in 2011, the report said, according to The Journal. Epstein also reportedly offered to get in touch with various school officials to help one of his daughters apply to graduate programs.

The report said the two exchanged hundreds of emails over the years of their relationship. It also claimed that Epstein often gave personal and business advice to Staley, including setting up meetings with senior officials in foreign governments.

The report was prepared after Epstein was arrested in 2019 for sex trafficking charges. He died days later in an apparent suicide while in custody and awaiting trial.

JPMorgan is in an ongoing legal battle over its ties to Epstein. The US Virgin Islands — where Epstein owned Little Saint James Island — is suing the bank, alleging it overlooked red flags in Epstein's finances that indicated his crimes because he boosted business by bringing high net worth connections as clients.
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Fire

Man, 71, charged with setting massive Yosemite park fire initially blamed on climate change

Isabel Keane
New York Post
Sun, 18 Jun 2023 18:59 UTC
Edward Fredrick Wackerman
© Mariposa County Sheriff's OfficeAlleged arsonist Edward Fredrick Wackerman was arrested Friday.
A 71-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly starting a devastating massive forest fire in Yosemite National Park that was previously thought to have been caused by climate change.


Comment: In a hundred years, if we have that long, our progeny will look back on this sentence, and all those like it, and marvel at the stupidity.


Edward Fredrick Wackerman of Mariposa, Calif., was busted Friday on suspicion of arson for allegedly igniting the Oak Fire, which destroyed 127 homes, caused thousands of people to evacuate and ravaged nearly 20,000 acres of vegetation in July 2022.

The suspect is facing charges of suspicion of aggravated arson, arson that causes great bodily injury and arson causing damage or destruction of inhabited structures, the California Department of Forestry said.

It isn't clear how Wackerman may have started the blaze or what finally led to his arrest. Mariposa County District Attorney Walter Wall said a Tuesday press conference on the case is planned.

"Ed Wackerman is facing several felony charges, including aggravated arson. These charges carry serious legal consequences and the District Attorney is committed to ensuring a fair trial and upholding justice," Wall said in a statement posted online.

"Currently, the investigation is under review by our office. Due to the sensitive nature of the case and the rights of the defendant, we cannot disclose anything other than what has been released in the Cal Fire press release," he added.
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MIB

Cyber attack hits federal agencies: Hackers announce another attack they say will target Western banking system


LeoHohmann.com
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC
Cyber attack
There is breaking news today, June 15, that several agencies of the U.S. federal government have been hit with a cyber attack, the extent of which is not yet known, while another attack targeting the Western financial system has been dangled out there by a group of hackers said to be affiliated with Russia.

This global cyberattack is reportedly exploiting a flaw in widely-used software used by "several U.S. federal government agencies."

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed the attacks in a statement to CNN.

"CISA is providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions," said Eric Goldstein, CISA's Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity. "We are working urgently to understand impacts and ensure timely remediation."

Comment: Cyberattacks made on the West's banking system? What a convenient event to justify and implement some of the WEF/Great Reset's plans and policies for CBDC's, restricted access to the web, crackdowns on dissidents, etc. etc. etc.

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Red Flag

Flashback Facebook admits in court that 'fact checks' are just opinion

Allum Bokhari
Breitbart
Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:01 UTC
mark zuckerberg
© House Energy and Commerce Committee via AP
Despite presenting itself to the public as the arbiter of truth and guarantor of factually-accurate information, guarding users against "fake news" and "misinformation," Facebook has admitted in court that its "fact checks" of information — frequently aimed at conservatives — are nothing more than statements of opinion.

The bombshell emerged from Facebook's court battle with John Stossel, who is suing the company for defamation over its decision to add "fact check" labels to the libertarian pundit's videos about climate change.

Comment: See also:

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Trans school conspiracy exposed: Midwest teachers trade tips on 'subversively and quietly' transitioning kids without telling their parents in workshop funded by federal government

James Reinl
Daily Mail
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:16 UTC
private workshop transition kids government
DailyMail.com gained access to a private workshop where Midwestern teachers shared tips on helping kids transition without telling their parents.
Dozens of Midwestern teachers met online this week and traded tips on helping trans students change gender at school without their parents' knowledge, while criticizing a raft of new Republican laws on sex and identity.

DailyMail.com gained access to an online session hosted by the Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP), which is funded by the Department of Education, attended by some 30 teachers from Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois and beyond.

In the four-hour workshop, they discussed helping trans students in the face of new laws in Republican-run states on gender, pronouns, names, parents' rights, bathroom access, and sports teams.

Comment: See also:

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Andrew Tate charged with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organized crime group


RT
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:40 UTC
andrew tate
© AP / Vadim GhirdaAndrew Tate leaves a courthouse in Bucharest, Romania, April 21, 2023.
The controversial influencer is accused of coercing seven victims into pornographic acts.

Romanian authorities have charged social-media celebrity Andrew Tate with rape, human trafficking, and forming an organized crime group. Tate was charged along with his brother and two Romanian women, whom prosecutors claim helped him use violence and coercion to build a lucrative pornography business.

Police arrested Tate, his brother Tristan and the two women at their Bucharest home in December. The Tate brothers, who have dual citizenship of the US and UK, were imprisoned until March, when they were moved to house arrest.

Comment: See also:

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