In our latest release “The Fall of the House of Biotechnology”, I began by saying it was among the most important articles we have published. One subscriber wrote back saying “If it is so important why can’t you say it in one sentence?”. This was an interesting question, because I realised that we live in a one sentence age, where our leaders and multinational corporations entrap us with empty slogans like “safe and effective” which are…
What is meant by Social Licence to Operate? · In regard to the WRC, social licence to operate means having the trust of the voters or ratepayers to govern on their behalf. · Currently in New Zealand we have democratic systems of local government which provide the councils with their “Social Licence to Operate” by way of elections where all ratepayers have the right to vote for candidates of their choice. · Elections and Candidates · Elections…
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Fall of the Cabal Official · !Why Comey · Image from original article · Yesterday James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 until 2017, was indicted, arrested and led before Court. · What had happened? · On May 15, 2025 James Comey ‘knowingly and willingly made a threat to the life of the President of the United States’, by posting this: · 86 is a code used to ‘get rid of’ someone, literally saying to put someone…
Emerging micro-sensor technologies raise questions around surveillance, autonomy, and future control systems · The Reese Report · Smart Dust originated as a military-funded research program, primarily supported by DARPA, with the aim of developing rapidly deployable sensor networks for battlefield environments. · The core function of such systems is detection. Specifically, detecting individuals without their awareness. As a result,…
Washington’s proposed initiative signals a shift from crisis response to long-term strategic positioning in one of the world’s most critical energy corridors _elocal report on the research document IRAN AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: A Four-Pillar Analysis of History, Law, Strategy, and the Record of Disruption authored by MoonGeezerTalk | moongeezertalk@gmail.com | April 2026_ · A critical chokepoint under pressure · The Strait of Hormuz remains…
The loosely defined initiative will reportedly be pitched to foreign governments by the State Department · Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz with lines representing global shipping lanes. © Getty Images / Alones Creative · The US is set to pitch foreign governments on a new initiative for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, with participation explicitly excluding “adversaries” Russia and China, according to media reports. · The proposal…
The UK-led grouping will include the Netherlands, Nordic nations, and the Baltic states, according to the country’s first sea lord · FILE PHOTO: The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving at the Portsmouth harbour. © Getty Images / Andrew Matthews · Britain and other north European states will create a naval force outside of NATO to counter Russia, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the UK, General Gwyn Jenkins, has…
Abu Dhabi’s break with the oil cartel is less about barrels than power – testing Riyadh, helping Trump, and redrawing Gulf alliances · By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow) · © Getty Images / Buena Vista Images · Although the United Arab Emirates has tried to present its upcoming exit from OPEC and the wider OPEC+ framework as part of its sovereign energy strategy and…
Vladimir Zelensky © Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images · The public was given a rare opportunity this week to see how the Ukrainian wartime economy, much praised by the media, actually operates. And everyone knows the saying about not knowing how the sausage is made. · Western media has hailed Ukraine for being highly innovative in fighting Russia, both in frontline tactics and the development of technologies, primarily drone warfare.…
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