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Van der La Hyène's Europe authorizes a market in fetuses
Van der La Hyène's Europe authorizes a market in fetusesInternational Network - March 08, 2024
Nothing is lost in the Europe of Van der La Hyène which authorizes a market in fetuses
A free market in human embryos, fetuses and gametes looms
On Tuesday September 12, the European Parliament approved at first instance new measures by which it wishes to better protect citizens who donate blood, tissues or cells or who are treated with these human substances. But in reality, ignoring the alarms of various expert organizations and the concerns of European bishops, the draft regulation approved by a large majority made up of socialists, greens and liberals, authorizes the free market in embryos, fetuses and human gametes and the resulting eugenic experiments and selections.
The proposed Regulation on Quality and Safety Standards for Substances of Human Origin Intended for Application in Humans (or SoHO Regulation), which aims to share human cells, blood and tissues within States members in a harmonized and standardized manner, was adopted on September 12, with 483 votes in favor, 89 abstentions and 52 votes against. Many MPs insisted that donations of these “substances” must always be voluntary and unpaid and that donors can only receive compensation or reimbursement for losses or expenses incurred.
We are faced with the most blatant hypocrisy imaginable, because it actually opens up the commodification of humanity. Indeed, to ensure that the European Union has its own independent supply of these substances, as is also specified in the approved measure sheet, "MEPs call for a European strategy coordinated by the Commission to guarantee their availability, a list of substances intended for human use or of human origin (SoHO) as well as the establishment of national emergency and continuity of supply plans.
Embryos and fetuses are included in the categories of tissues and cells, this paves the way for the legalization of the market in human lives in Europe
The measures apply to substances – such as blood and its components (red and white blood cells, plasma), tissues and cells – used for transfusions, therapies, transplants or medically assisted procreation, i.e. i.e. artificial insemination. Under the pretext of creating an efficient and safe environment for blood transfusions and organ transplants throughout the Union, the rapporteur of the EPP (European People's Party), Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé, recalled that her party “recognizes and supports the 'existence of a European fertility market to justify cross-border exchanges of gametes, embryos and fetuses in the event of a shortage in a Member State'.
Worse still, EPP amendment no. 241 on compensation for donors of such gametes, embryos or fetuses was widely adopted, thus creating a dangerous precedent in the sale of body parts. Amendments n°242 and n°243 (from the Identity and Democracy and European Conservatives and Reformists groups), which aimed rather to recall the legislative and ethical framework within which the EU should operate, were sensationally rejected.
Embryos and fetuses traveling through the European Union may be “given with compensation”, that is to say sold to the highest bidder
This also opens up the market in which embryos and fetuses travel across the European Union to be “given with compensation”, effectively sold to the highest bidder.
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NVIDIA earns $277 billion in one day on Wall Street
NVIDIA earns $277 billion in one day on Wall StreetThe Media in 4-4-2 - Feb 24, 2024
In the effervescent arena of the stock market, Nvidia is establishing itself as the star of the moment, propelled by the fever of semiconductors and the challenges of artificial intelligence.
Ah, the delusions of grandeur on the stock market! Nvidia, the undisputed master of artificial intelligence chips, has embarked on a frantic race towards previously unexplored financial heights. Yesterday, the frenzy reached its peak as prices literally exploded, propelling Nvidia into a stratospheric sphere.
Nvidia's epic is that of a modern conqueror, riding the tumultuous waves of artificial intelligence. In this 2.0 gold rush Nvidia takes the lion's share in this bubbling market.
The figures speak for themselves: in just a year and a half, Nvidia's value has multiplied sixfold, lifting the company to the pinnacle of the world stock market, even ahead of giants like Google and Amazon. Yesterday, the ascension reached dizzying heights, with a valuation increase of around $277 billion in a single day. An unprecedented tour de force which relegated the previous record established by Meta a few weeks earlier to the status of an anecdote.
Goldman Sachs' Scott Rubner doesn't mince words when he calls Nvidia "the most important stock in the world." With a capitalization of nearly $2 billion, Nvidia is now positioned as the third largest company in the world, on the verge of challenging the throne of Apple, a giant with a $000 billion capitalization.
In this frenetic race to the top of the stock market, Nvidia is surpassing all expectations, providing a captivating spectacle to investors around the world. It remains to be seen whether this king of AI will manage to dethrone the titan Apple in the near future. The show has only just begun!
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Check that your Linky meter calculates your consumption correctly
Check that your Linky meter calculates your consumption correctlyJacob's Ladder - Feb 24, 2024
Electricity bill too high? Check that your Linky meter calculates your consumption correctly.
Are you paying more for electricity than you consume? Your Linky meter may be incorrectly connected. Here are two simple methods for identifying potential anomalies.
The energy crisis is pushing individuals to be more and more attentive to their electricity bill. Their major concern? Determine how to reduce their consumption to reduce the amount to pay. But be careful, the effort will be in vain if the meter is incorrectly connected and you are billed for your neighbor's consumption.
The origin of this problem essentially comes from the installation of the meter by Enedis technicians or their subcontractors. In six years, between 2015 and 2021, they installed 35 million new smart meters. A massive deployment which could have caused errors. Unlike its disk-based predecessors, the new Enedis meter requires, once the cables are connected, to be programmed with the Delivery Point (PDL) corresponding to the correct housing. It happened that the technicians reversed two programmings by injecting the customer's PDL into the neighbor's meter. If most of these installation errors could be detected and corrected quickly, it is possible to check that the electricity billed to you is indeed that consumed.
The first thing to do to ensure a good connection is to read your PDL (also called PRM, for Measurement Reference Point) on the Linky screen:
On your Linky meter, press the + button and scroll through the information until you see “PRM number”. This 14-digit number is unique and identifies a delivery point to the distribution network.
Then, on your invoice, look for this number, usually in the box on the left. It must be strictly identical to that of your meter.
In addition to the PDL/PRM, you can check the serial number of the meter. The latter, also 14 digits, is physically printed on the counter above the screen.
You must also be able to find it on your invoice. The consistency of this information guarantees that you will be billed on the consumption recorded by the device.
An additional method to check that Linky is supplying your home and only it, consists of cutting off the power supply and checking the absence of power recorded by the measuring device. To do this, scroll through the Linky information until you see “THEN APP SOUTIR” (for apparent power drawn). If you consume electricity at the same time, the value on the screen is non-zero and fluctuates depending on which devices are turned on. Then cut off the power supply to your home by lowering the lever of your subscriber circuit breaker. On the Linky screen, the power drawn must drop to zero. If this is not the case, your meter is incorrectly connected.
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Anger of farmers: demonstrations resume throughout France
Anger of farmers: demonstrations resume throughout FranceReporterre - Feb 20, 2024
Farmers have resumed their protest movement: in Marseille, Young Farmers and the FRSEA demonstrated on February 19, targeting administrations.
Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), report
A cow leading a line of around fifty tractors and a few hundred farmers in the streets of Marseille. The scene amused onlookers, many of whom took out their phones to film. Behind Iris - the ruminant - they converged from several departments, at the call of the Regional Federation of Farmers' Unions (FRSEA) and Young Farmers (JA).
“Our goal is simple. We promised 15 days ago that if the Prime Minister did not keep his word, we would come back to demonstrate,” explained Laurent Depieds, president of the FRSEA of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in front of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations ( Mucem) this Monday, February 19 before the departure of the procession. “First, we want answers about farmers’ income. When out of a hundred euros of products sold, only ten euros go to the producer, it’s class contempt,” says the trade unionist.
“The second subject is food sovereignty. We must stop letting in chickens from Ukraine or Brazil, honey from China and cherries from Turkey. The third point is administrative oppression. The peasants while working risk more than the delinquents,” continues Laurent Depieds, grower of organic aromatic plants in the Alpes-Haute-Provence. “We want the Prime Minister to know that when he goes to the agricultural show [which opens on February 24], it will not be to take beautiful photos and feed his Facebook, it will be to come with concrete proposals », concludes the man at the microphone.
“At the agricultural show, it won’t be to take beautiful photos”
The demonstration must start, but a thirty-year-old in work clothes asks to speak. Amandine, “winemaker in the Var” says she “does not agree with the measures announced. It won't change anything. It's just trifles. At the FNSEA, at the top, it's corrupt, there are conflicts of interest. We need to come together from the grassroots to leave the European Union. We need a Frexit, it is the only way to escape the infernal circle of this rotten Europe,” she urges. Some voices are raised to disapprove. “I’ve never heard bullshit like that,” bellows a man.
Installed on 100 hectares of mixed farming in Velaux (Bouches-du-Rhône), Lionel Giordano came with his son. He has no intention of seeing the latter take over. “No, it’s too hard. I never see my father,” confirms Mathieu, 19 years old.
Lionel Giordano stopped making poultry “last week”. Too complicated with avian flu, even though its exploitation is close to wild bird migration corridors. He continues his cultivation of organic fruits and vegetables sold in Amap and for collective catering, started in 2008, after a first career as a qualified worker in petrochemicals in Berre.
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Vanguard funds China's military development
Vanguard funds China's military developmentGeolintel - February 07, 2024
CPA writes that Vanguard's fund has invested in "60 subsidiaries of Chinese military complex industrial companies (CMICs)" and "20 companies that are barred from accessing U.S. technology because they are considered 'military end users' (MEU).”
Vanguard notably invested in a subsidiary linked to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), which manufactures Beijing's most advanced J-20 stealth plane, originally based on stolen American technology.
Vanguard Group manages $8 trillion in assets globally, making it the world's second-largest asset manager and one of America's favorite investment funds for its diversified investment options.
Since 2016, Vanguard's Emerging Markets Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) has evolved into a benchmark, the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, to provide greater visibility for emerging market companies. mainland China.
Vanguard used the Stock Connect program, a mutual market access program, to invest in A-share companies listed in mainland China. This same program allowed Chinese companies listed in mainland China to purchase shares of certain companies listed in Hong Kong.
Stock Connect enables a phenomenon called “upflow,” in which U.S. funds buy A shares listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges. The ACP found that the monthly turnover of A-shares (including purchases and sales) and ETF averages is $350 billion.
A-shares are a list of securities traded in renminbi on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges that are causing problems. Many of these A-shares are Chinese companies acting as an extension of People's Liberation Army-backed companies or state-owned defense conglomerates.
The A shares held by Vanguard exceed the shares held by Blackrock's EM fund, which has stakes in 402 A-stock companies. Another fund, State Street, holds shares of 778 A companies in its EM funds.
“There is no consistent U.S. policy on investing in Chinese publicly traded securities or private companies. The legal status of A shares and the appropriateness of holding these shares in U.S. investment portfolios remains an unresolved question,” the ACP said in its report.
According to the ACP, Vanguard must properly inform investors of the risks involved because Chinese A-share companies are not subject to international accounting standards that protect the interests of U.S. clients.
The CPA is a national, bipartisan organization that represents America's domestic businesses across different sectors and industries of the economy. The latest CPA report draws attention to the loophole that large asset management companies are using to dump citizens' retirement savings into companies linked to the PLA.
Newsweek previously revealed that the US federal government's Thrift Savings Plan invested funds from federal employees' retirement savings plans in Beijing's military companies. Although investing in these companies is not illegal under U.S. law, it raises the ethical question of supporting companies linked to the military of the United States' main strategic adversary.
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Pierre Jovanovic: The Western world is on the verge of bankruptcy
Pierre Jovanovic: The Western world is on the verge of bankruptcyTVLibertes - January 21, 2024
Politics & Eco n°419 with Pierre Jovanovic
Jovanovic is hard banking news with a smile so far. He is not a prophet of doom, however, the future often proves him right. The picture of international finance painted by the very popular economic journalist can give the impression of a permanent collapse of the System, which paradoxically still seems to hold. The numerical data is dizzying, and if the crash is always postponed, in reality, it is there. But the general public doesn't see it. Welcome to capitalism gone mad.
“The vulture funds are taking over everything that doesn’t work in France, it’s still incredible! »
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DPE: no one can stop a government in full delirium
DPE: no one can stop a government in full deliriumInsolentiae – Jan 13, 2024
France: The government is destroying the real estate market - Charles Sannat.
Today it's Nicolas Doze on BFM (source here with Nicolas Doze's video) who stuck to it by relaying the latest study from the CAE, the economic analysis council, which studied the DPE in a very strong way. relevant.
This study shows, for example, that in real life, there is no difference in consumption between housing classified G and… D.
The entire CAE study can be found here.
This study shows, for example, that in real life the average consumption of an A home is only 86% lower than a G-rated home, whereas in theory this difference is 560%!!
How did they do it?
Simple.
They did a study on the expenses actually incurred based on... people's banking data and the classification of the property.
How can we explain this ECD disaster?
Again it's quite easy to understand.
Many elements.
The DPE is a purely theoretical tool with automatic calculation keys which should obviously be called into question and which should be open to discussion! For example, an electric radiator which does not produce CO2 is discounted in DPE (and several classes on a home) compared to a gas boiler... which produces CO2... I remind you that we are told that the enemy is the CO2!
The DPE does not take into account the obvious uses of people! When you don't have money, you don't heat much. When we have a lot of money, we heat ourselves more because “there is no reason to deprive ourselves”. It's neither good nor bad, it's just behavioral.
In my little corner of Normandy, I know a lot of divorced moms and dads who only heat... the week they have their children. The week without children means sweater and duvet and no heating! When you don't have money, you don't heat up, whether it's A, B or G, whatever the letter.
Finally, this is purely theoretical consumption. We have houses insulated by the facade, which costs a fortune to leave holes in the “double-glazed” windows to ventilate and bring in 150m3 of cold air per hour!
This is all totally ridiculous...
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An outpouring of anger among German farmers leading to a blockade of the country?
An outpouring of anger among German farmers leading to a blockade of the country?France Evening - Jan 10, 2024
This Monday, January 8, the movement “Zu viel ist zu viel” (“Enough is enough”) is spreading across Germany.
Although the government partially backed down on Thursday January 4 on the elimination of tax advantages on non-road diesel (NGR), German farmers are not taking off. Road and motorway blockages are looming as the transport federation calls for people to follow suit.
As explained in our previous article, the German Constitutional Court rejected the 2024 budget presented by Olaf Scholz in November. Forced to make budget cuts, the chancellor opted to remove tax breaks on agricultural diesel and the tax on tractors, which triggered the anger of farmers in December.
Government concessions that farmers consider insufficient
The German coalition currently in power (made up of the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Greens) has tried to calm things down. On January 4, the government declared that it was abandoning its plan to introduce a tax on agricultural and forestry vehicles. He also proposed a gradual elimination of tax breaks on agricultural diesel, from 2024 to 2026, instead of a total elimination. These concessions did not convince the German Farmers' Federation (DBV), which reiterated its calls for unprecedented demonstrations for the next two weeks. In Bavaria alone, 180 actions were registered. They start this Monday, January 8.
The unions' demands are clear. They plan to strike until the government renounces imposing any austerity measures on them in the annual budget which is being voted on. The Bundestag Budget Committee finalizes the federal budget for 2024 in the third week of January. It is for this reason that the biggest demonstration is announced a little before, for January 15, in Berlin.
However, the anger is no longer confined to the agricultural world, and is taking on the appearance of a general strike against the budgetary policy of the Scholz government.
A movement that takes on the appearance of a general strike.
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Houthis hold Biden by the hair
International Network - Dec 26, 2023
Yemen's Houthi militia has shown that a small army can take on the American empire and win.
She showed how courage, determination and commitment to principle can act as a force multiplier allowing a much weaker army to “punch above its weight”. They also showed that a few well-placed missiles in key locations on the world's most critical shipping lanes can shake the global economy and shake the "rules-based order" to its foundations. In short, the Houthis have shown that David can take down Goliath without breaking a sweat, provided David maintains his perch along the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
Here's what's happening: The Houthis occupy an area along the narrowest part of the Red Sea, which is the most important shipping corridor in the world. It is “responsible for 12% of international trade and almost a third of global container traffic”. When vessel traffic is disrupted along this waterway, insurance premiums skyrocket, retail commodity prices rise, and oil prices soar. This is why Western powers are committed to keeping these sea lanes permanently open, whatever the cost.
“Yemen said it would end the blockade of ships to Israel as soon as sufficient quantities of food, water and medicine were allowed into the Gaza Strip. I guess that's too much to ask."
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Can the US government ban bitcoin?
Can the US government ban bitcoin?Digital Dawn - 23 Dec 2023
Four things to know today.
Recently, we have heard powerful bankers and politicians express their desire to ban Bitcoin.
The idea that the US government is going to ban Bitcoin is popular for good reason.
Bitcoin threatens an important source of government power – the power to create fake money out of thin air and force everyone to use it.
This is because Bitcoin can give monetary sovereignty to the individual and make central banks and their confetti currencies obsolete.
This is not an easy task.
This is a historic development that profoundly modifies the status quo between leaders and those led. It is comparable to the invention of gunpowder, the printing press and the Internet.
There is no doubt that the US government would like to protect its racket from an encroaching monetary competitor, the same way the Mafia does when a rival encroaches on its territory.
The $64 question is whether they will succeed.
Friedrich Hayek, the great Austrian free market economist, once said:
"I don't believe we'll have good currency again until we get the thing out of the hands of the government, that is, we can't take it violently out of the hands of the government, all we can to do is to introduce by a roundabout and sneaky means something which they cannot stop.
Hayek is right.
By nature, governments never relinquish power peacefully. And while taking power away from them by force is out of the question, the only way to do that is to introduce, through a back door, something they can't stop.
Is Bitcoin this solution?
Many people think the answer is “no” because the government will stop it.
Can anyone stop Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has no central authority or single point of failure.
It operates on a decentralized, voluntary and rapidly expanding global network of more than 17 computers in nearly 300 countries.
Any desktop computer, laptop, Raspberry Pi – and even some cell phones – have the ability to run the entire Bitcoin software. Additionally, as technology advances, Bitcoin execution will become even more widespread.
Many of these computers are cleverly hidden by Tor, which stands for "The Onion Router." This router encrypts your internet traffic and disguises it by passing it through a series of computers around the world to obfuscate your IP address and physical location.
Regardless, with Bitcoin, there is no central location for a SWAT team to raid. There is no CEO to stop. The best governments can do is play an endless game of global whack-a-mole.
Even if the United States and Russia engaged in all-out nuclear war, destroying most of the northern hemisphere, Bitcoin would not lose a beat in the southern hemisphere.
To have any chance of stopping Bitcoin, all governments in the world would have to manage to coordinate simultaneously to shut down the entire Internet everywhere and keep it down forever.
Even in this unlikely scenario, the Bitcoin network can be communicated through radio signals and mesh networks. At the same time, small portable solar panels can power network computers when the power grid is unavailable.
In addition, a network of satellites constantly transmits the Bitcoin network to Earth.
In short, all aspects of Bitcoin are truly decentralized and robust.
Unless there is an inevitable return to the Stone Age, Bitcoin seems unstoppable.
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Dropshipping makes a comeback every Christmas: protect yourself!
Dropshipping makes a comeback every Christmas: protect yourself!Mr Globalization - Dec 08, 2023
As the end-of-year holidays approach, an online scam is wreaking havoc: dropshipping.
While we think we are buying a quality item at a reasonable price online, it is, in reality, low-end and comes from the other side of the world. To avoid falling into the trap, here is a breakdown of this dishonest, although legal, practice.
Dropshipping is a commercial practice that adds an intermediary between an internet merchant and their customer. The dropshipper, an unscrupulous merchant, will virtually generate profit by inflating the prices of low-cost products that are already for direct sale on well-known Chinese sites like Aliexpress or Wish. The person making the purchase therefore receives a product ordered directly from China while having paid a significant commission to an anonymous matchmaker.
In many cases, this parasitic matchmaker lies about the quality and origin of the products in order to be able to artificially inflate prices to generate colossal profits without any effort from a simple computer. They are generally not insured, often not declared, do not monitor the products and do not carry out any health tests, sometimes putting the health of their customers at risk. Here's how to spot and protect yourself from this web cancer which is becoming widespread on social networks with the help of marketing campaigns.
A growing online scam
As it is denounced, dropshipping sees a plethora of defenders flourish. No doubt it is because, like tax evasion, this phenomenon finds its support in the hopes of rapid financial ascension encouraged by the start-up nation and its 3.0 capitalism. To the detriment of the consumer and the environment, but not only: it is also an additional entanglement in the current disastrous model.
Dropshipping simply lets some people see an example of winning through merit, that of having been clever by manipulating others, in a world necrotized by permissive commercial approaches. The legitimized goal? Achieve, then maintain, almost instantaneous financial success. Dropshipping “training” companies don’t hide it. Their slogan: “Copy, paste, enjoy!” »
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Pentagon: trillions of dollars have disappeared
International Network - Nov 25, 2023
The Pentagon fails a new audit. It's not for nothing that the Pentagon is said to be the government's favorite money laundering tool.
It's comical that they would even attempt to audit the Pentagon when they know the agency will fail miserably. The government spent $187 million to carry out this insignificant audit of 700 sites. This year, like the previous year, only 7 of the 29 sub-audits were successful. HALF of the declared assets were found nowhere by the 1600 auditors involved. How can trillions of dollars disappear?
Trillions have disappeared since the period leading up to September 11, 2001. There is no investigation underway to determine the whereabouts of these funds that belong to taxpaying citizens. The September 11, 2001 attack occurred a day after former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sounded the alarm and informed the public that $2300 trillion in transactions could not be traced. The demolition of WTC7 on September 11 destroyed the room where the Pentagon audit was taking place and which happened to be the location of my computer system. I received a letter from the SEC explaining that everything had simply been destroyed and no further questions could be asked.
This was just the tip of the Pentagon's long history of misplacing trillions of dollars. In May, the Pentagon admitted to misplacing thousands of F-35 jet parts worth $1,6 billion. Then, in June, the Pentagon announced that it had misplaced more than $6,2 billion in funds intended for Ukraine. “We have confirmed that for FY2023, the final calculation is $3,6 billion, and for FY22, $2,6 billion, for a combined total of $6,2 billion” , said the Pentagon press secretary. “These assessment errors do not in any way limit or restrict the size of our Defense assistance programs, nor do they impact support provided to Ukraine.” The Pentagon blamed the missing funds on an “accounting error” and never discussed the situation again. The press secretary said their main concern was simply being able to continue paying money to Ukraine.
Lloyd Austin has served as Secretary of Defense since January 2021. Instead of focusing on his duties at home, Austin traveled to Ukraine days after the failed audit to provide support to Zelensky. “We will stay with you for the long haul. What happened here in Ukraine is important not only for Ukraine, but also for the rest of the world. It’s certainly important for the United States of America,” he said.
