activistpost--2020-09-27--German Professor Arrested After Speaking At “We Do Not Consent” Rally In London

After Metropolitan Police claimed they would only crack down on marchers flagrantly violating social distancing rules ( though the hated “ rule of six ” had been suspended due to the gathering ’ s “ protest ” status ) , German professor Dr. Heiko Schoening was arrested by a gang of British officers – he was filmed being loaded into a paddy wagon – after speaking out against using tactics like economy-destroying mandatory lockdowns during yesterday ’ s “ We Do Not Consent ” rally in London .
Several purported bystanders tweeted in protest , but the story appears to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s video of the doctor speaking to a reporter at the event yesterday .
This was filmed before he was arrested .
The rally was organized by groups opposing a second lockdown in the UK , along with mandatory vaccination efforts by the government once a vaccine is approved .
The doctor was part of a group of hundreds of German doctors and scientists who have signed on to investigate and analyze whether the heavy handed measures favored by governments to combat the virus were the appropriate response .
Purported friends of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters to attend a peaceful demonstration on Sunday outside Wandsworth police station ( 146 Wandsworth High St ) .
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By Tyler Durden
After Metropolitan Police claimed they would only crack down on marchers flagrantly violating social distancing rules (though the hated “rule of six” had been suspended due to the gathering’s “protest” status), German professor Dr. Heiko Schoening was arrested by a gang of British officers – he was filmed being loaded into a paddy wagon – after speaking out against using tactics like economy-destroying mandatory lockdowns during yesterday’s “We Do Not Consent” rally in London.
LONDON – Respected German Doctor Heiko Schöning was arrested by Met Police for speaking about Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/RmU5705hi3 — ShatteredWorldMedia (@MediaShattered) September 27, 2020
Several purported bystanders tweeted in protest, but the story appears to have gone largely unnoticed.
Dr. Heiko Schöning has just been arrested and put into a police van @garethicke Shame on the UK #FacismIsHere https://t.co/DVTsecfu38 — Medea Matters (@Medea_Matters) September 26, 2020
Here’s video of the doctor speaking to a reporter at the event yesterday. This was filmed before he was arrested.
German Doctor Dr. Heiko Schöning was arrested yesterday, he has not been charged but is still being held in custody. When doctors speak out the truth and are silenced, locked up, you know we are in deep deep trouble.pic.twitter.com/JMAytuyWiC — Darren of Plymouth 🇬🇧 (@DarrenPlymouth) September 27, 2020
The rally was organized by groups opposing a second lockdown in the UK, along with mandatory vaccination efforts by the government once a vaccine is approved. The doctor was part of a group of hundreds of German doctors and scientists who have signed on to investigate and analyze whether the heavy handed measures favored by governments to combat the virus were the appropriate response.
Purported friends of the professor claimed that his wife was calling supporters to attend a peaceful demonstration on Sunday outside Wandsworth police station (146 Wandsworth High St).
Source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-09-27--40 Groups Demand Congress Probe “Gross Misuse” of $1 Billion in Covid-19 Funding by Pentagon

A coalition of 40 ideologically diverse organizations on Thursday demanded that federal lawmakers investigate allegations from earlier this week that the Pentagon misused much of $ 1 billion in congressionally appropriated Covid-19 relief funding for what one critic called “ a colossal backdoor bailout for the defense industry.
” The groups ’ call came in a letter ( pdf ) addressed to Reps. James E. Clyburn ( D-S.C. ) Steve Scalise ( R-La . )
, leaders of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis .
The push for a probe was prompted by Washington Post reporting that some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in March for building up U.S. supplies of medical equipment have “ instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts , body armor , and dress uniforms.
” In addition to a probe , the National Taxpayers Union , the Project On Government Oversight ( POGO ) , Win Without War , and 37 other groups urged Clyburn and Scalise to determine whether Congress should pass a bill suspending the Pentagon ’ s spending authority for the funds , arguing that the department ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimum , and represents a significant breach of trust with the taxpayers who fund the military ’ s budget and its emergency spending.
” Win Without War advocacy director Erica Fein said in a statement that “ this gross misuse of Covid-19 relief funds provides yet another example of the Pentagon ’ s wasteful , unaccountable spending , which puts the corporate profits of the weapons industry over the lives and well-being of everyday people.
” “ This scandal should be a wake-up call , ” she added .
“ The greatest threats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by funneling money into weapons of war .
We must resist the corrupting influence of the military contracting industry , stop pouring our resources into the bloated , unaccountable Pentagon coffers , and instead invest in meeting our country ’ s , and the world ’ s , real human needs.
” The United States continued to lead the world in Covid-19 cases and deaths Friday afternoon .
There have been more than seven million confirmed infections and over 203,000 deaths nationwide , according to Johns Hopkins University ’ s global tracker .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress have come under fire for inadequately responding to the public health crisis .
As the letter the highlights , the Post reported that the Defense Department—which is run by former Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper—gave at least $ 183 million to contractors “ to maintain the shipbuilding industry ” and $ 80 million to an “ aircraft parts business suffering from the Boeing 737 Max grounding.
” Additionally , the Pentagon gave $ 25 million to a firm that also “ received between $ 5 million and $ 10 million ” from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 3 million to a firm that also received between $ 150,000 and $ 350,000 from the PPP ; and “ $ 2 million for a domestic manufacturer of Army dress uniform fabric.
” Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman issued a lengthy statement Wednesday defending the spending and criticizing the Post piece .
He said in part , “ As indicated by recent reporting , there appears to be a misunderstanding by some about what the Coronavirus Aid , Relief , and Economic Security Act ( “ CARES Act ” ) did and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department of Defense.
” Hoffman added that the department has been “ wholly transparent ” in its decisions about the relief funds and claimed that “ much of [ the ] useful context ” it provided to the newspaper was “ left out of the story leading some to misconstrue the expenditures when in fact they are wholly appropriate as directed by Congress.
” Although the Post acknowledged that Pentagon officials “ contend that they have sought to strike a balance between boosting American medical production and supporting the defense industry , whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” critics at the groups behind the letter aren ’ t buying that argument .
“ It ’ s unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people , ” declared Mandy Smithberger , director of POGO ’ s Center for Defense Information .
Arguing that Congress was clear it wanted the Pentagon to use its powers to address ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment ( PPE ) , Smithberger said “ the American people deserve better judgment from the agency entrusted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to unanticipated threats.
” Other signatories include Beyond the Bomb , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW ) , Demand Progress , Greenpeace USA , Indivisible , the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies , Peace Action , Physicians for Social Responsibility , Public Citizen , and the Union of Concerned Scientists .
On Friday , Sen. Elizabeth Warren ( D-Mass . )
and Rep. Ro Khanna ( D-Calif. ) requested that the department ’ s inspector general investigate reports about the Pentagon ’ s spending , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ meant for the response to the deadly pandemic plaguing our country is inconsistent with the will of Congress and may be illegal.
” That request and the groups ’ collective call for a congressional investigation follow a similar letter that a pair of lawmakers sent Tuesday to Clyburn as well as Reps. Carolyn Maloney ( D-N.Y. ) and Adam Smith ( D-Wash. ) .
Maloney heads the House Oversight Committee while Smith chairs the chamber ’ s Armed Services Committee .
Writing as co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus , Reps. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lee ( D-Calif. ) condemned the Pentagon ’ s actions as “ unacceptable.
” They urged the trio to “ review the legality of the Department of Defense ’ s spending decisions and every possible remedy.
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By Jessica Corbett
A coalition of 40 ideologically diverse organizations on Thursday demanded that federal lawmakers investigate allegations from earlier this week that the Pentagon misused much of $1 billion in congressionally appropriated Covid-19 relief funding for what one critic called “a colossal backdoor bailout for the defense industry.”
The groups’ call came in a letter (pdf) addressed to Reps. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) Steve Scalise (R-La.), leaders of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. The push for a probe was prompted by Washington Post reporting that some tax dollars directed to the Defense Department in March for building up U.S. supplies of medical equipment have “instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts, body armor, and dress uniforms.”
In addition to a probe, the National Taxpayers Union, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), Win Without War, and 37 other groups urged Clyburn and Scalise to determine whether Congress should pass a bill suspending the Pentagon’s spending authority for the funds, arguing that the department’s decision-making “violates congressional intent at minimum, and represents a significant breach of trust with the taxpayers who fund the military’s budget and its emergency spending.”
Win Without War advocacy director Erica Fein said in a statement that “this gross misuse of Covid-19 relief funds provides yet another example of the Pentagon’s wasteful, unaccountable spending, which puts the corporate profits of the weapons industry over the lives and well-being of everyday people.”
“This scandal should be a wake-up call,” she added. “The greatest threats to human security cannot be addressed by funneling money into weapons of war. We must resist the corrupting influence of the military contracting industry, stop pouring our resources into the bloated, unaccountable Pentagon coffers, and instead invest in meeting our country’s, and the world’s, real human needs.”
We're proud to have joined with our friends @WinWithoutWar to call on Congress to investigate the Pentagon's misuse of $1B in funds meant for PPE. We also need Congress to demand the Pentagon return the $1B >https://t.co/GmIvYAb0P6< https://t.co/Xmx396TeaG — CODEPINK (@codepink) September 24, 2020
The United States continued to lead the world in Covid-19 cases and deaths Friday afternoon. There have been more than seven million confirmed infections and over 203,000 deaths nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University’s global tracker. President Donald Trump’s administration and Congress have come under fire for inadequately responding to the public health crisis.
As the letter the highlights, the Post reported that the Defense Department—which is run by former Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper—gave at least $183 million to contractors “to maintain the shipbuilding industry” and $80 million to an “aircraft parts business suffering from the Boeing 737 Max grounding.”
Additionally, the Pentagon gave $25 million to a firm that also “received between $5 million and $10 million” from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP); $3 million to a firm that also received between $150,000 and $350,000 from the PPP; and “$2 million for a domestic manufacturer of Army dress uniform fabric.”
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman issued a lengthy statement Wednesday defending the spending and criticizing the Post piece. He said in part, “As indicated by recent reporting, there appears to be a misunderstanding by some about what the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) did and did not do with respect to the Department of Defense.”
Hoffman added that the department has been “wholly transparent” in its decisions about the relief funds and claimed that “much of [the] useful context” it provided to the newspaper was “left out of the story leading some to misconstrue the expenditures when in fact they are wholly appropriate as directed by Congress.”
DOD has issued statements on stories before, but this is a different level: On @washingtonpost story on #CARESAct funds for defense base. WaPo story was accurate — but created sense something was hidden when DOD (& media & Congress) had it in full view. https://t.co/aDcpbwOIpP pic.twitter.com/A1GdntT9D8 — Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) September 23, 2020
Although the Post acknowledged that Pentagon officials “contend that they have sought to strike a balance between boosting American medical production and supporting the defense industry, whose health they consider critical to national security,” critics at the groups behind the letter aren’t buying that argument.
“It’s unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people,” declared Mandy Smithberger, director of POGO’s Center for Defense Information.
Arguing that Congress was clear it wanted the Pentagon to use its powers to address ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), Smithberger said “the American people deserve better judgment from the agency entrusted with leading our national security and responses to unanticipated threats.”
Other signatories include Beyond the Bomb, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Demand Progress, Greenpeace USA, Indivisible, the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, Peace Action, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Public Citizen, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The Pentagon gave more than $1,000,000,000 of pandemic-related aid to military contractors for body armor and jet engines. We're joining 40 orgs, along with @SenWarren and @RepRoKhanna, in demanding answers as to how on earth this was allowed to happen.https://t.co/5BBKloPssH — Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) September 25, 2020
On Friday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) requested that the department’s inspector general investigate reports about the Pentagon’s spending, writing that the alleged misuse of funds “meant for the response to the deadly pandemic plaguing our country is inconsistent with the will of Congress and may be illegal.”
That request and the groups’ collective call for a congressional investigation follow a similar letter that a pair of lawmakers sent Tuesday to Clyburn as well as Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Adam Smith (D-Wash.). Maloney heads the House Oversight Committee while Smith chairs the chamber’s Armed Services Committee.
Writing as co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus, Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) condemned the Pentagon’s actions as “unacceptable.” They urged the trio to “review the legality of the Department of Defense’s spending decisions and every possible remedy.”
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activistpost--2020-09-27--Free the Magic Mushrooms!

Free the Magic Mushrooms!

We ’ re beginning to see nullification efforts expand in an effort to free “ magic mushrooms.
” Psilocybin is @ @ @ @ @ certain mushrooms .
A number of studies have shown it to be effective in the @ @ @ @ @ conditions , including depression , PTSD , chronic pain and addiction .
Despite the promising @ @ @ @ @ government maintains complete prohibition on psilocybin .
But we are starting to see the same @ @ @ @ @ unconstitutional marijuana prohibition used to free magic mushrooms .
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By Michael Maharrey
We’re beginning to see nullification efforts expand in an effort to free “magic mushrooms.”
Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic compound found in certain mushrooms. A number of studies have shown it to be effective in the treatment of a number of conditions, including depression, PTSD, chronic pain and addiction.
Despite the promising health benefits, the federal government maintains complete prohibition on psilocybin. But we are starting to see the same strategy used to effectively nullify unconstitutional marijuana prohibition used to free magic mushrooms.
Without state and local cooperation, the federal government simply cannot maintain its unconstitutional prohibition. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/gyEEZ2Gl65 — TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) September 24, 2020
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activistpost--2020-09-27--“We Do Not Consent” — Thousands Rally In London To Oppose Another COVID-19 Lockdown

Six months after Parliament passed the Coronavirus Act 2020 , which gives the government powers to impose lockdowns and other restrictive social distancing measures ( measures that have been accompanied by stiff fines ) , thousands of Britons packed London ’ s Trafalgar Square bearing signs reading “ We Do Not Consent ” and “ Think Before It ’ s Illegal ” during a rally that was billed as a “ We Do Not Consent ” anti-lockdown demonstration .
The event was organized by a coalition of political groups , and supporters have been galvanized by the talk of another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as PM Boris Johnson ’ s assurances that a lockdown would be imposed if the government felt all other measures had failed .
Protests are exempt from the rule of six , a rule that threatens fines for groups of more than six people , which has created much aggravation in the UK .
Organizers of the rally had to submit a “ risk assessment ” and agree to comply with social distancing rules .
While police told the press that the organizers had completed these requirements , the Metropolitan Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing masks and violating other rules .
They added that enforcement “ remains a last resort but will be undertaken if required.
” Demonstrators waved signs and British flags and cheered as speakers – including several notable “ conspiracy theorists ” , according to the Guardian – addressed the crowd .
Crowds chanted “ freedom ” as people whistled and clapped .
At points , police fulfilled their promise to break up crowds .
Before they began , the protests received a warning from the Metropolitan Police , which said it would intervene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by social distancing guidelines .
Toby Young , General Secretary of the Free Speech Union , expressed hope that law enforcement would allow the group to protest “ as they did with [ Extinction Rebellion ] and BLM.
” Attending the protest , Kerry Dunn , 41 , from Bath , claimed her son , Beau , suffered adverse affects after being vaccinated .
“ I ’ ve been shouting that mandatory vaccines are coming , no one believed me , ” she said .
“ Now we can see it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve never been closer.
” Another event , billed as a “ People ’ s network and family picnic ” , is also being organised by the same activists for Sunday in Hyde Park .
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By Tyler Durden
Six months after Parliament passed the Coronavirus Act 2020, which gives the government powers to impose lockdowns and other restrictive social distancing measures (measures that have been accompanied by stiff fines), thousands of Britons packed London’s Trafalgar Square bearing signs reading “We Do Not Consent” and “Think Before It’s Illegal” during a rally that was billed as a “We Do Not Consent” anti-lockdown demonstration.
The event was organized by a coalition of political groups, and supporters have been galvanized by the talk of another London lockdown by mayor Sadiq Khan, as well as PM Boris Johnson’s assurances that a lockdown would be imposed if the government felt all other measures had failed.
Protests are exempt from the rule of six, a rule that threatens fines for groups of more than six people, which has created much aggravation in the UK. Organizers of the rally had to submit a “risk assessment” and agree to comply with social distancing rules. While police told the press that the organizers had completed these requirements, the Metropolitan Police promised to crack down on those not wearing masks and violating other rules.
They added that enforcement “remains a last resort but will be undertaken if required.”
Demonstrators waved signs and British flags and cheered as speakers – including several notable “conspiracy theorists”, according to the Guardian – addressed the crowd. Crowds chanted “freedom” as people whistled and clapped.
#WeDoNotConsent
The crowds get bigger at every protest.
More people are waking up.
Stand up and fight for your rights.
Trafalgar Square pic.twitter.com/gugLqUfLs6 — Charlotte Gracias (@Charlotte3003G) September 26, 2020
Thousand of people have joined a #NoNewNormal demonstration against #lockdown, mass vaccination and other Covid-19 measures in Trafalgar Square. pic.twitter.com/n30bIoVJVe — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) September 26, 2020
“I’ve been shouting that mandatory vaccines are coming, no one believed me. No we can see it’s just around the corner, we’ve never been closer.” Kerry Dunn, 41, from Bath, whose son, Beau, suffered severe brain damage after he was vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/lhZrLp022E — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) September 26, 2020
“What is see is fear and negativity being propagated. In Ayurveda, which is the root of western medicine, we say the thing that weakens the immune system the most is negativity.” Vinothini Apok, 40, a former doctor from north London. pic.twitter.com/ZvBzzGquDB — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) September 26, 2020
At points, police fulfilled their promise to break up crowds. Before they began, the protests received a warning from the Metropolitan Police, which said it would intervene if the protesters don’t abide by social distancing guidelines.
Police have moved in to break up the crowd at the #NoNewNormal demo pic.twitter.com/1gwbo200sB — Damien Gayle (@damiengayle) September 26, 2020
Toby Young, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, expressed hope that law enforcement would allow the group to protest “as they did with [Extinction Rebellion] and BLM.”
Thousands have gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest against the lockdown. I hope the police allow them to peacefully protest, as they did the BLM and XR protestors. pic.twitter.com/Ef4H7uoC0x — Toby Young (@toadmeister) September 26, 2020
Attending the protest, Kerry Dunn, 41, from Bath, claimed her son, Beau, suffered adverse affects after being vaccinated.
“I’ve been shouting that mandatory vaccines are coming, no one believed me,” she said. “Now we can see it’s just around the corner, we’ve never been closer.”
Another event, billed as a “People’s network and family picnic”, is also being organised by the same activists for Sunday in Hyde Park.
Source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-09-27--A Guide to the Ronavax — Understanding the Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines

Around 150 vaccines are being developed for the alleged* rona virus , but the ones that deserve the most attention are the ones winning contracts and/or being trialled already , because their success is almost guaranteed .
Some people want them , some never think about it , and others worry they could be coerced or physically forced to get them .
The thing is , everyone should have access to information so they can make informed choices about what is right .
Two of these ronavax are vaguely similar to the kind of vaccines that have been licensed in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanofi/GSK – selected for Operation Warp Speed in the U.S. , this vaccine contains proteins that are made in a bioreactor , using genetically engineered baculoviruses and insect cells .
This is a method of protein engineering .
Novavax , also funded by the US government uses a similar technique , but packages the proteins in nanoparticles .
The idea behind these vax is the same as ‘ normal ’ vaccines , because the proteins are designed to look like the ones the rona is said to make ( usually referred to as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) so that your body reacts to them as if they were ‘ the real thing ’ .
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All the others are genetic vaccines , or ‘ genvax ’ .
They are very experimental , because they gain access to your cells and get you to be the bioreactor and make the proteins yourself .
This is done by smuggling genetic instructions into your cells , using one of three methods : • Adenoviruses which have been genetically modified to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of interest ( used by AstraZeneca and J & J/Janssen ) • Lipid nanoparticles with mRNA ( used by Pfizer/BioNTech , Curevac , and Moderna ) • DNA plasmids ( used by INOVIO , a company worth noting because of its novel techniques , strategic partnerships and product pipeline ) They are all ‘ delivery vehicles ’ or ‘ vectors ’ – a way to get the DNA/mRNA into your cells .
They are all methods used in gene therapy .
If the ronavax are licensed , not only could gene therapy become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genetic patents could be loosened .
Most current gene therapy products are for very specific conditions , e.g .
LUXTURNA which uses the RPE65 gene for patients with an inherited retinal disease .
However , because genvax use the same techniques , getting the ronavax to market could begin a new era of busy production lines in bio-factories , meaning they could also churn out some of the other ‘ therapeutics ’ that have been planned .
DNA and mRNA are said to be ‘ the software of life ’ and the possibilities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the dangers .
Because , whilst the platform or vector remain the same , the software doesn ’ t .
For each new application , or disease , a new genetic code is designed on computers .
Then , the new code is added to the chosen vector , whether it ’ s synthetic adenoviruses , bacterial plasmids , or nanoparticles .
And each new code is a new risk .
So , perhaps , is combining the codes – having more than one genetic vaccine , or drug , could create @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have patents which describe the use of XNA ( xeno nucleic acids ) , as well as the lab-made DNA/mRNA – and all sorts of other things you might not realise !
Since they are all genetic vaccines , let ’ s call them ‘ genvax ’ .
They are very hard to understand when nobody has explained anything , but this series of articles will give information on some of the basics so you can wrap your head around it all !
[ *The rona virus can only be ‘ alleged ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rona tests are detecting , and any illness deemed to be ‘ covid ’ , has been established .
All we have to go on is ‘ the news ’ , anecdotal reports , guesses , and a genetic sequence of ‘ the rona ’ provided by Zhang and Holmes by January 10th , 2020 , and the abomination of ‘ involving covid ’ in the statistics .
Be sure , at least , to check the mortality figures provided by your government and compare them to previous years !
Most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already ill and old , and the lockdown meant their level of care was substantially reduced . ]
The top seven ronavax , in terms of contracts awarded , are described below .
Bear in mind that all of these vaccines : • Are genetically modified or engineered ( and some of them also contain genetic instructions for the body ) .
• Have been in development for a range of diseases for over 30 years .
• Received funding and support from the big boys .
• Can be tested and produced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies that make them ( although hardly anyone is trained to do this because it ’ s never been done before ) .
• Have NEVER been licensed .
Only a handful of DNA vaccines have ever been licensed but they are all for veterinary use ( e.g .
for pigs and chickens ) .
• AZD1222 ; replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector ; developed with Oxford University , and originally called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 ; this vector has been used in trials for others vaccines , e.g .
RSV vax ; uses fetal cells @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost ; agreements with CEPI , GAVI and the Serum Institute of India to manufacture the vax .
• About 60 % of 1,000 participants in the phase 1/2 trial experienced side effects , and the study was put on hold because someone developed transverse myelitis , which is an inflammation of the spinal cord .
It was later said to be an “ unrelated neurological illness ” .
• Phase 3 trials were also put on hold due to an adverse event for a UK participant .
An informed consent form for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be mild to moderate , but could be severe , and that “ you might experience pain resulting in some difficulty moving your arm , but this should resolve within a few days.
” Other concerns were also stated , such as the possibility of enhanced disease and Guillain-Barré syndrome .
• More trials planned in America and Russia .
• A trial of ChAdOx1 85A prime with MVA85A boost ( for tuberculosis ) reported unsolicited adverse events , which included lymphopaenia , neutropaenia leukopaenia , eosinophilia and thrombocytopaenia , as determined by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a month after the trial , but this was considered unrelated .
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reported : “ Lead developer Andrew Pollard juggles scandalous conflicts that allow him to license , register , and mandate his own untested vaccines to the masses .
Pollard is Senior Advisor to Britain ’ s MRHA Panel which licenses vaccines , chairs Britain ’ s JVCI committee that mandates them , and advises the European Medicine Agency ( EMA ) .
He takes payments from virtually all the big vaccine makers.
” • Struck a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their proprietary mRNA technology for respiratory diseases .
• AstraZeneca may also be using , or planning to use , XNA in some of their products , e.g .
modified mRNA and anti-sense oligonucleotides , as well as modified proteins , peptides and recombinant enzymes .
• NVX-CoV2373 ; recombinant nanoparticle vax using Matrix M™ adjuvant ; $ 1.6 billion in funding from Operation Warp Speed plus funding from Dept of Defense , HHS and CEPI ; doses for US citizens supplied at no cost ; research trial with mice for MERS-COV vax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; flu vax called NanoFlu being trialled ( the next step is to file for approval ! )
but gave up on their Ebola glycoprotein vax after phase 1 ; trials for their RSV vax called ResVax were also unsuccessful .
• In 2013 , Novavax filed a patent application for a vax using an “ immunogenic composition comprising a MERS-CoV nanoparticle ” .
• BNT162b2 ; using BioNTech ’ s nucleoside-modified messenger RNA ( modRNA ) platform which encodes an optimized SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain ( RBD ) antigen , and Acuitas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being tested .
• In the phase I/II trial , one of the twelve participants who received the 100 µg dose ( the highest dose ) experienced severe pain at the injection site , and this group did not receive a second dose as planned .
• A fifth construct was announced at the start of September , and they all “ use different mRNA formats and target antigens .
Like its latest addition , dubbed BNT162b3 , the two fast-tracked candidates use a nucleoside-modified RNA , or modRNA , while another prospect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and the fourth uses self-amplifying mRNA.
” • Phase III trials are to include people with HIV and Hepatitis .
• Early attempts used naked RNA , and were aimed at cancer .
• Founded in 2008 , BioNTech ’ s partners have included Pfizer , Sanofi , Roche , Eli Lilly and Bayer .
• Product pipeline : 19 cancer vax , one for flu , one for covid , one undisclosed , others to follow , e.g .
a HIV vaccine with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to proteins found on the surface of the virus , which are then expressed using Sanofi ’ s insect ( baculovirus ) expression platform .
The technology is used for Sanofi ’ s licensed recombinant influenza vaccine and a SARS vaccine .
• Funding of up to $ 2.1 billion from the U.S. government as part of Operation Warp Speed .
• Supported by CEPI and Gates Foundation , funded by BARDA ; agreement with TranslateBio since 2018 to deliver mRNA vax for up to five infectious diseases ; busy building manufacturing facilities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in discovery ’ , meaning they have not yet begun trials ; TranslateBio has four vax that can be inhaled .
• The baculovirus expression platform is protein engineering in a bioreactor , i.e .
producing genetically modified proteins in insect cells .
• This platform is used to make Cervarix® and Flublok® .
• RNActive platform with mRNA and lipid nanoparticles ( LNPs ) ; backed by Gates Foundation ; partnered with CEPI ; has “ an extensive in-house nucleotide sequence library ” and has developed a portable RNA printer ; product @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others in pre-clinical development including cancer vax and CAS-9 gene editing .
• Their leading program , for prostate cancer vax CV0104 , encoded six antigens , and is detailed in this research paper from 2014 .
It failed a phase II trial in 2017 and appears to have been discontinued .
The only one being trialled now is CV7202 ( phase I ) .
Trials for ronavax have not yet begun .
• Based on its AdVac and PER.C6 platform technologies ; funding from BARDA ; manufacturing capacity is being increased ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a number of clinical trials .
According to this WHO document from 2016 , vaccines for meningitis , RSV , ebola , prostate cancer , and Staph .
Aureus had reached phase I trial , whilst vaccines for malaria , TB , HCV , HIV , and pandemic flu , had reached phase II trials .
• mRNA1273 ; Moderna ’ s mRNA is delivered in lipid nanoparticles , description of its platform also serves to describe mRNA platforms by other companies : “ … an entirely new in vivo drug technology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entirely novel protein constructs inside patient cells , which are in turn secreted or active intracellularly .
This breakthrough platform addresses currently undruggable targets ” • funding from ?
partnered with Merck and AstraZeneca in ?
https : //ir.serestherapeutics.com/news-releases/news-release-details/four-boston-biotech-firms-worth-watching • delivered the first “ clinical-grade batch ” of mRNA-1273 just 42 days after sequence selection • “ Why are we so passionate about messenger RNA ?
” Moderna President Stephen Hoge asked the attentive audience .
“ It starts with the question of life , ” he explained .
“ And in fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through messenger RNA .
… In our language , mRNA is the software of life.
” • Lots of investment has been raised since it was founded in 2012 and included partnerships with DARPA , AstraZeneca and Merck and funding from the Gates Foundation .
• Generally perceived to have been operating “ in stealth mode ” until its plans were revealed at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in 2017 .
• Moderna was the first company to publish results of a phase I study for the alleged rona , on the 18th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was conducted by the NIH .
• The results announced by the company have received criticism , plus three people experienced systemic symptoms after receiving a second injection of the high dose .
• Funding for mRNA-1273 from BARDA ; manufacturing contracts with Lonza and Catalent .
• A full round up of Moderna ’ s product pipeline is in their SEC report , and there are tons of updates here .
Their ventures include Onkaido ( oncology ) , Valera ( infectious diseases ) , Elpidera , ( rare diseases ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
• Moderna is using Amazon Cloud Services to help deliver personalized cancer vax .
• The phase III trial of mRNA-1273 is due to be completed in October 2022 .
• Moderna has done a $ 1.525 billion deal to supply the US government with 100 million doses .
• The sobering reality that nobody likes to talk about is the legal bit at the end of some of the press releases : “ The forward-looking statements in this press release are neither promises nor guarantees , and you should not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they involve known and unknown risks , uncertainties , and other factors , many of which are beyond Moderna ’ s control and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements .
These risks , uncertainties , and other factors include , among others : the fact that there has never been a commercial product utilizing mRNA technology approved for use ; the fact that the rapid response technology in use by Moderna is still being developed and implemented ; the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not yet been established ; potential adverse impacts due to the global COVID-19 pandemic such as delays in regulatory review , manufacturing and clinical trials , supply chain interruptions , adverse effects on healthcare systems and disruption of the global economy ; and those other risks and uncertainties described under the heading “ Risk Factors ” in Moderna ’ s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) and in subsequent filings made by Moderna with the SEC , which are available on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” • INO-4800 ; DNA plasmids are injected , then electrical pulses are administered to the injection site .
This is called electroporation , and it ’ s to help the DNA get into the cells – mRNA vaccines only need to enter the cell , while DNA vaccines have to reach the cell nucleus .
• Funding from the US Dept of Defense to develop the proprietary CELLECTRA 2000 device , used for electroporation ; as well as funding from Gates Foundation and CEPI .
• “ To develop a new vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RNA into DNA and identifies short sections that will , according to computer simulations , generate the greatest immune response .
The plasmids are then produced in large quantities using bacteria ” .
• The first company , partnered with GeneOne , with a MERS vaccine ( GLS-5300 ) to get to phase II in clinical trials ; the initial phase I study was conducted in partnership with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research , and the results presented to the WHO-IVI Joint Symposium for MERS-CoV Vaccine Development in 2018 .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a $ 34 million grant from the Samsung Foundation through the International Vaccine Institute , and $ 56 million from CEPI .
• Inovio ’ s pipeline includes INO-5151 for prostate cancer , INO-1800 for hepatitis B virus , GLS-6150 for hepatitis C virus , INO-4212 for Ebola virus , GLS-5300 for Middle East respiratory syndrome , GLS-5700 for Zika virus infection , PENNVAX-GP for human immunodeficiency virus and INO-4500 for Lassa fever virus .
• Development of a prophylactic vaccine has been hampered by the lack of MERS-CoV infections , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models [ 75 , 97 , 104 ] .
These factors complicate the definition of a target population for mass prophylactic vaccination and pre-clinical demonstration of vaccine efficacy.
” • Like the other genvax , INOVIO ’ s DNA plasmid vax claim to be “ off-the-shelf ” products , i.e .
cold storage is not required , as well as rapid development times , plus they ’ re relatively cheap to manufacture , and large quantities can be produced .
• Partners include ApolloBio , Astra Zeneca , DARPA , National Cancer Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and a host of others .
• INOVIO ’ s lead candidate is said to be VGX-3100 ( for precancerous cervical dysplasia ) .
• INOVIO uses HEK-293t cells ( this is a fetal cell line ) .
• The company are currently faced with lack of manufacturing facilities , but they have some strategic partnerships and plenty of products in the pipeline .
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By Julie Beal
Around 150 vaccines are being developed for the alleged* rona virus, but the ones that deserve the most attention are the ones winning contracts and/or being trialled already, because their success is almost guaranteed. Some people want them, some never think about it, and others worry they could be coerced or physically forced to get them. The thing is, everyone should have access to information so they can make informed choices about what is right.
Two of these ronavax are vaguely similar to the kind of vaccines that have been licensed in the past. One is made by Sanofi/GSK – selected for Operation Warp Speed in the U.S., this vaccine contains proteins that are made in a bioreactor, using genetically engineered baculoviruses and insect cells. This is a method of protein engineering. Novavax, also funded by the US government uses a similar technique, but packages the proteins in nanoparticles. The idea behind these vax is the same as ‘normal’ vaccines, because the proteins are designed to look like the ones the rona is said to make (usually referred to as the spike or ‘S’ protein) so that your body reacts to them as if they were ‘the real thing’.
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All the others are genetic vaccines, or ‘genvax’. They are very experimental, because they gain access to your cells and get you to be the bioreactor and make the proteins yourself.
This is done by smuggling genetic instructions into your cells, using one of three methods:
Adenoviruses which have been genetically modified to contain or ‘express’ the gene of interest (used by AstraZeneca and J&J/Janssen) Lipid nanoparticles with mRNA (used by Pfizer/BioNTech, Curevac, and Moderna) DNA plasmids (used by INOVIO, a company worth noting because of its novel techniques, strategic partnerships and product pipeline)
They are all ‘delivery vehicles’ or ‘vectors’ – a way to get the DNA/mRNA into your cells.
They are all methods used in gene therapy. If the ronavax are licensed, not only could gene therapy become very big business, but restrictions on genetic patents could be loosened. Most current gene therapy products are for very specific conditions, e.g. LUXTURNA which uses the RPE65 gene for patients with an inherited retinal disease. However, because genvax use the same techniques, getting the ronavax to market could begin a new era of busy production lines in bio-factories, meaning they could also churn out some of the other ‘therapeutics’ that have been planned.
DNA and mRNA are said to be ‘the software of life’ and the possibilities are endless. So, perhaps, are the dangers. Because, whilst the platform or vector remain the same, the software doesn’t. For each new application, or disease, a new genetic code is designed on computers. Then, the new code is added to the chosen vector, whether it’s synthetic adenoviruses, bacterial plasmids, or nanoparticles. And each new code is a new risk. So, perhaps, is combining the codes – having more than one genetic vaccine, or drug, could create unforeseen effects.
Some of these platforms have patents which describe the use of XNA (xeno nucleic acids), as well as the lab-made DNA/mRNA – and all sorts of other things you might not realise!
Since they are all genetic vaccines, let’s call them ‘genvax’. They are very hard to understand when nobody has explained anything, but this series of articles will give information on some of the basics so you can wrap your head around it all!
[*The rona virus can only be ‘alleged’ because no causal link between what the rona tests are detecting, and any illness deemed to be ‘covid’, has been established. All we have to go on is ‘the news’, anecdotal reports, guesses, and a genetic sequence of ‘the rona’ provided by Zhang and Holmes by January 10th, 2020, and the abomination of ‘involving covid’ in the statistics. Be sure, at least, to check the mortality figures provided by your government and compare them to previous years! Most of the people who died in the beginning were already ill and old, and the lockdown meant their level of care was substantially reduced.]
The top seven ronavax, in terms of contracts awarded, are described below. Bear in mind that all of these vaccines:
Are genetically modified or engineered (and some of them also contain genetic instructions for the body).
Have been in development for a range of diseases for over 30 years.
Received funding and support from the big boys.
Can be tested and produced at enormous scale, according to the companies that make them (although hardly anyone is trained to do this because it’s never been done before).
Have NEVER been licensed.
Only a handful of DNA vaccines have ever been licensed but they are all for veterinary use (e.g. for pigs and chickens).
The Frontrunners
AstraZeneca
Novavax
NVX-CoV2373; recombinant nanoparticle vax using Matrix M™ adjuvant; $1.6 billion in funding from Operation Warp Speed plus funding from Dept of Defense, HHS and CEPI; doses for US citizens supplied at no cost; research trial with mice for MERS-COV vax in 2014 with funding from the NIH; flu vax called NanoFlu being trialled (the next step is to file for approval!) but gave up on their Ebola glycoprotein vax after phase 1; trials for their RSV vax called ResVax were also unsuccessful.
In 2013, Novavax filed a patent application for a vax using an “immunogenic composition comprising a MERS-CoV nanoparticle”.
Dose capacity 1.35 billion
Pfizer/BioNTech
Sanofi/GSK (with TranslateBio)
Adjuvanted recombinant protein-based vaccine.
This technology produces an exact genetic match to proteins found on the surface of the virus, which are then expressed using Sanofi’s insect (baculovirus) expression platform. The technology is used for Sanofi’s licensed recombinant influenza vaccine and a SARS vaccine.
Funding of up to $2.1 billion from the U.S. government as part of Operation Warp Speed.
Supported by CEPI and Gates Foundation, funded by BARDA; agreement with TranslateBio since 2018 to deliver mRNA vax for up to five infectious diseases; busy building manufacturing facilities; Sanofi Pasteur has four genvax ‘in discovery’, meaning they have not yet begun trials; TranslateBio has four vax that can be inhaled.
The baculovirus expression platform is protein engineering in a bioreactor, i.e. producing genetically modified proteins in insect cells.
This platform is used to make Cervarix® and Flublok®.
Curevac
RNActive platform with mRNA and lipid nanoparticles (LNPs); backed by Gates Foundation; partnered with CEPI; has “an extensive in-house nucleotide sequence library” and has developed a portable RNA printer; product pipeline includes CV7202 rabies vaccine, several others in pre-clinical development including cancer vax and CAS-9 gene editing.
Their leading program, for prostate cancer vax CV0104, encoded six antigens, and is detailed in this research paper from 2014. It failed a phase II trial in 2017 and appears to have been discontinued. The only one being trialled now is CV7202 (phase I). Trials for ronavax have not yet begun.
J&J/Janssen
Based on its AdVac and PER.C6 platform technologies; funding from BARDA; manufacturing capacity is being increased;
The AdVac platform has been used in a number of clinical trials. According to this WHO document from 2016, vaccines for meningitis, RSV, ebola, prostate cancer, and Staph. Aureus had reached phase I trial, whilst vaccines for malaria, TB, HCV, HIV, and pandemic flu, had reached phase II trials.
Moderna
INOVIO
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activistpost--2020-09-28--FinCEN Leaks: Who Benefits From the Disclosure?

More than 100 news organizations from around the world recently released a detailed investigation into the financial corruption enabled by international banks – do Americans even care ?
Last weekend , BuzzFeed News , International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , and more than 100 international news organizations released the FinCEN Files investigation detailing how a plethora of international banks are permitting financial transactions linked to drug cartels , human trafficking , and oligarchs .
The series gets its name from the US Department of Treasury ’ s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) and is based on more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( SARs ) and other US government documents .
U.S. law requires SARs be filed to FinCEN when a bank or a financial institution believes transactions moving through their organizations could involve money laundering , insider trading , cyber attacks or various types of fraud .
These SARs are typically never revealed to the public and they are not available via Freedom of Information Act requests .
The FinCEN leaks involve more than $ 2 trillion USD worth of flagged transactions from 1999 to 2017 .
While the unprecedented look at SARs does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finance , the ICIJ says the 2,100 SARs represent less than .02 percent of the more than 12 million filed during this time period .
The transactions involve a wide range of international banks , including JPMorgan , HSBC , Deutsche Bank AG , and VTB Bank .
Key highlights from the leaks and subsequent stories involve JPMorgan processing payments for “ potentially corrupt individuals and companies in Venezuela , Ukraine and Malaysia ” ; HSBC laundering Ponzi scheme money ; and a Ukrainian billionaire being paid via Deutchse Bank AG .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billionaires exposed by the leaks .
Most of the names will not be familiar to a western audience , save for Paul Manafort , Donald Trump ’ s former political strategist who was convicted of fraud in 2018 .
JP Morgan processed more than $ 50 million in payments for Manafort over a decade that were flagged as suspicious .
One story discovered in the SARs involves North Korea and an apparent money laundering scheme involving “ a string of shell companies ” and help from Chinese companies .
“ Wire transfers from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came in bursts , only days or hours apart , and the amounts that were transferred were in round figures with no clear commercial reasons for the transactions , according to the documents , ” NBC wrote .
“ Graham Barrow , a London-based anti-money laundering expert , said those kinds of transactions are “ red flags ” and are all hallmarks of efforts to conceal the origins of illicit cash.
” Another story involved heroin , money laundering , and a man named Anthony Gomes .
Gomes was arrested in 2017 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and to distribute drugs that killed Americans .
Prosecutors alleged that Gomes and others were using offshore accounts , money transfers , a Bank of America account , and encrypted communication to wire money to China and Canada .
Transactions involving Gomes and others were flagged in the SARs .
Three of the eight people associated with Gomes have been charged with or convicted of drug trafficking .
HSBC – infamous for admitting to U.S. prosecutors in 2012 that it helped the Sinaloa drug cartel launder at least $ 881 million – is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
HSBC was supposed to be under a five year probation period during which they would attempt to prevent money laundering via their banks .
However , according to the SARs reports , during this time HSBC continued to offer banking services to alleged criminals , Ponzi schemers , shell companies and other funds for drug traffickers .
“ Starting in 2012 , HSBC embarked on a multi-year journey to overhaul its ability to combat financial crime across more than 60 jurisdictions .
HSBC is a much safer institution than it was in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response to the stories by BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .
The majority of the SARs come from German Deutsche Bank which had more than half the $ 2 Trillion-dollar sum of the FinCEN Files .
The main focus is on Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs like Ihor Kolomoisky , “ a Ukrainian oligarch with a reputation for heavy-handed tactics.
” However , when it comes to Deutsche Bank , there is more to the story than what we are being told .
As MintPress News noted , “ most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so far , has focused on the ties to Russian oligarchs and assorted narratives that are hovering over election-year American political discourse .
Deutsche Bank ’ s central role , nevertheless , betrays a far greater problem as the bank ’ s potential collapse could send the financial world into a tailspin and result in the greatest economic crisis in history.
” The MintPress News story delves into the deeper issues surrounding Deutsche Bank and the current legal battle involving the U.S. Department of Justice and the $ 11.7 Billion Malaysian sovereign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the major cases highlighted by the FinCEN leaks .
“ Absent from most coverage of the FinCEN leaks , however , is how all of these banks and financial institutions are not only laundering trillions , but are doing so together and in consort with each other , as is plainly demonstrated in the 1MDB fraud case , ” MintPress reported .
This observation is extremely important as we examine the leaks and who stands to benefit from the disclosure of this information .
In 1997 , the Center for Public Integrity launched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on issues such as “ cross-border crime , corruption , and the accountability of power ” .
When examining the funding of both the CPI and the ICIJ a common source of funding emerges .
For example , the CPI is funded by a number of familiar names such as the Carnegie Foundation , the Ford Foundation and the Democracy Fund .
The Democracy Fund is an organization focused on “ the leaders and solutions making American democracy more open and just.
” The Democracy Fund ’ s main source of funding comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Omidyar .
Meanwhile , Omidyar ’ s Omidyar Network is the source of funding for the ICIJ .
The Omidyar Network is a so-called “ social investment firm ” founded by Pierre Omidyar in 2004 .
Through the Omidyar Network , Pierre Omidyar has been involved in funding First Look Media which publishes The Intercept , former home for the Edward Snowden archives .
Omidyar and journalist Glenn Greenwald have been criticized for their closing of the Snowden archive .
MintPress News noted Omidyar ’ s involvement with the ICIJ .
“ In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Papers were leaked , and the same year a similar document trove called the Paradise Papers was released , Omidyar ponied up $ 100 million to fund media groups like the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ( ICIJ ) .
” MPN also noted that the ICIJ ’ s Offshore Leaks Database reveals that Omidyar himself is named in the documents .
“ The billionaire had apparently directed finances from his Omidyar Network Fund LLC into an “ Offgrid Electric Ltd ” in Seychelles – an island that the ICIJ itself called ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This injection of cash into the ICIJ around the time of leaks which were potentially hazardous to Omidyar and his network of financial investments is curious to say the least .
It is highly likely that financial activities involving Omidyar and his cohorts could have been revealed within the Panama Papers , Paradise Papers , or even the FinCEN leaks – had Omidyar not interfered .
( To learn more about Omidyar and his efforts to shape and influence the digital landscape I highly recommend reading this 3 part investigation from MintPress News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Omidyar ’ s well known association with CIA-connected USAID .
Through his connections to USAID and other private firms , Omidyar and his technocrat crowd do their part to engineer the social fabric of our lives .
As MintPress News noted during their investigation into Omidyar , “ Omidyar , along with a select group of fellow billionaires , is also performing a critical service by providing a private funding channel for cultural vehicles that advance the agenda of Western foreign policy.
” Omidyar has also recently partnered with the Bill and Melinda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Mastercard to bring a digital ID system to Africa , as well as India .
Gates and Omidyar also partnered on Radiant Earth , a satellite system aimed at mapping the earth to help in disaster recovery .
The moral of the story here is that the FinCEN leaks are being directed by organizations funded by technocrat Pierre Omidyar .
Of course , it is true that his funding of the ICIJ does not immediately mean the journalists involved did not produce worthwhile journalism .
Nor does it automatically mean that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Omidyar ’ s connection to the leaks ( and his sordid past ) should raise alarm bells and readers should approach with skepticism .
Despite the many newsworthy stories within the FinCEN leaks , a deeper understanding among the public seems to be lacking .
Within just one week of the story first breaking , the American public seems uninterested .
There are too many things to be concerned about – the manufactured fear of COVID-19 and the manufactured Civil War , for example – for Americans to pay attention to yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the banksters and Wall Street financial criminals is so 2011 .
To be clear , the reporting is thorough and apparently took over a year for the teams of reporters to work their way through .
The week of stories allowed former Presidential candidates and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to grab a headline by calling for more bank reform .
The FinCEN even responded to the leaks with a warning that “ the unauthorized disclosure of SARs is a crime that can impact the national security of the United States.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ FinCEN announced plans for a public comment period for suggestions on how to “ modernize the regulatory regime to address the evolving threats of illicit finance ” , as well as “ provide financial institutions with greater flexibility in the allocation of resources.
” That ’ s all positive news in light of what has been revealed .
Yet there is still a sense that the FinCEN leaks were not sexy enough to keep the attention of the average person for longer than a few days ( at best ) .
Perhaps the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not vile enough to motivate the public to dissent .
As the Straits Times reported , “ analysts on Monday said the revelations were unlikely to lead to additional regulatory penalties or fines , because the behaviour detailed in the articles showed that the system is flawed , but did not make clear that the banks had broken any rules or laws.
” Overall , it appears the FinCEN leaks are newsworthy despite the apparent lack of interest .
As we have outlined here , there are multiple layers to this story .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ care about money laundering banks partnering with oligarchs and criminals ?
If they do care , then a call to address the root of these problems is necessary .
Also , if we can hold their attention long enough to explain the underlying issues and potential for this leak to be used as a tool for manipulating public perception , perhaps we can have a discussion about the influence of organizations like the Omidyar Network and the Gates Foundation ( and the technocrats who run them ) .
The FinCEN leaks reveal that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commonplace throughout international financial institutions .
However , the most damaging and interesting aspects of the leaks might be what they fail to reveal .
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By Derrick Broze
More than 100 news organizations from around the world recently released a detailed investigation into the financial corruption enabled by international banks – do Americans even care?
Last weekend, BuzzFeed News, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and more than 100 international news organizations released the FinCEN Files investigation detailing how a plethora of international banks are permitting financial transactions linked to drug cartels, human trafficking, and oligarchs. The series gets its name from the US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and is based on more than 2,100 leaked “suspicious activity reports” (SARs) and other US government documents.
U.S. law requires SARs be filed to FinCEN when a bank or a financial institution believes transactions moving through their organizations could involve money laundering, insider trading, cyber attacks or various types of fraud. These SARs are typically never revealed to the public and they are not available via Freedom of Information Act requests.
The FinCEN leaks involve more than $2 trillion USD worth of flagged transactions from 1999 to 2017. While the unprecedented look at SARs does offer a glimpse into the world international finance, the ICIJ says the 2,100 SARs represent less than .02 percent of the more than 12 million filed during this time period.
The transactions involve a wide range of international banks, including JPMorgan, HSBC, Deutsche Bank AG, and VTB Bank. Key highlights from the leaks and subsequent stories involve JPMorgan processing payments for “potentially corrupt individuals and companies in Venezuela, Ukraine and Malaysia”; HSBC laundering Ponzi scheme money ; and a Ukrainian billionaire being paid via Deutchse Bank AG. The ICIJ also includes a list of the billionaires exposed by the leaks. Most of the names will not be familiar to a western audience, save for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former political strategist who was convicted of fraud in 2018. JP Morgan processed more than $50 million in payments for Manafort over a decade that were flagged as suspicious.
One story discovered in the SARs involves North Korea and an apparent money laundering scheme involving “a string of shell companies” and help from Chinese companies.
“Wire transfers from North Korean-linked companies with opaque ownership sometimes came in bursts, only days or hours apart, and the amounts that were transferred were in round figures with no clear commercial reasons for the transactions, according to the documents,” NBC wrote. “Graham Barrow, a London-based anti-money laundering expert, said those kinds of transactions are “red flags” and are all hallmarks of efforts to conceal the origins of illicit cash.”
Another story involved heroin, money laundering, and a man named Anthony Gomes. Gomes was arrested in 2017 and plead guilty to conspiring to launder money and to distribute drugs that killed Americans. Prosecutors alleged that Gomes and others were using offshore accounts, money transfers, a Bank of America account, and encrypted communication to wire money to China and Canada. Transactions involving Gomes and others were flagged in the SARs. Three of the eight people associated with Gomes have been charged with or convicted of drug trafficking.
HSBC – infamous for admitting to U.S. prosecutors in 2012 that it helped the Sinaloa drug cartel launder at least $881 million – is also heavily featured in the FinCEN leaks. HSBC was supposed to be under a five year probation period during which they would attempt to prevent money laundering via their banks. However, according to the SARs reports, during this time HSBC continued to offer banking services to alleged criminals, Ponzi schemers, shell companies and other funds for drug traffickers.
“Starting in 2012, HSBC embarked on a multi-year journey to overhaul its ability to combat financial crime across more than 60 jurisdictions. HSBC is a much safer institution than it was in 2012,” the bank said in response to the stories by BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
The majority of the SARs come from German Deutsche Bank which had more than half the $2 Trillion-dollar sum of the FinCEN Files. The main focus is on Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs like Ihor Kolomoisky, “a Ukrainian oligarch with a reputation for heavy-handed tactics.” However, when it comes to Deutsche Bank, there is more to the story than what we are being told.
As MintPress News noted, “most of the press coverage in the U.S., so far, has focused on the ties to Russian oligarchs and assorted narratives that are hovering over election-year American political discourse. Deutsche Bank’s central role, nevertheless, betrays a far greater problem as the bank’s potential collapse could send the financial world into a tailspin and result in the greatest economic crisis in history.”
The MintPress News story delves into the deeper issues surrounding Deutsche Bank and the current legal battle involving the U.S. Department of Justice and the $11.7 Billion Malaysian sovereign wealth fund called 1MDB, one of the major cases highlighted by the FinCEN leaks. “Absent from most coverage of the FinCEN leaks, however, is how all of these banks and financial institutions are not only laundering trillions, but are doing so together and in consort with each other, as is plainly demonstrated in the 1MDB fraud case,” MintPress reported.
This observation is extremely important as we examine the leaks and who stands to benefit from the disclosure of this information.
The Omidyar Network
In 1997, the Center for Public Integrity launched the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists focused on issues such as “cross-border crime, corruption, and the accountability of power”. When examining the funding of both the CPI and the ICIJ a common source of funding emerges. For example, the CPI is funded by a number of familiar names such as the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Democracy Fund. The Democracy Fund is an organization focused on “the leaders and solutions making American democracy more open and just.” The Democracy Fund’s main source of funding comes from eBay founder and former chairman Pierre Omidyar.
Meanwhile, Omidyar’s Omidyar Network is the source of funding for the ICIJ. The Omidyar Network is a so-called “social investment firm” founded by Pierre Omidyar in 2004. Through the Omidyar Network, Pierre Omidyar has been involved in funding First Look Media which publishes The Intercept, former home for the Edward Snowden archives. Omidyar and journalist Glenn Greenwald have been criticized for their closing of the Snowden archive.
MintPress News noted Omidyar’s involvement with the ICIJ. “In 2017, the year after the Panama Papers were leaked, and the same year a similar document trove called the Paradise Papers was released, Omidyar ponied up $100 million to fund media groups like the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).”
MPN also noted that the ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks Database reveals that Omidyar himself is named in the documents. “The billionaire had apparently directed finances from his Omidyar Network Fund LLC into an “Offgrid Electric Ltd” in Seychelles – an island that the ICIJ itself called ‘a haven for dirty money.’”
This injection of cash into the ICIJ around the time of leaks which were potentially hazardous to Omidyar and his network of financial investments is curious to say the least. It is highly likely that financial activities involving Omidyar and his cohorts could have been revealed within the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, or even the FinCEN leaks – had Omidyar not interfered. (To learn more about Omidyar and his efforts to shape and influence the digital landscape I highly recommend reading this 3 part investigation from MintPress News.)
Even more disturbing, is Omidyar’s well known association with CIA-connected USAID. Through his connections to USAID and other private firms, Omidyar and his technocrat crowd do their part to engineer the social fabric of our lives. As MintPress News noted during their investigation into Omidyar, “Omidyar, along with a select group of fellow billionaires, is also performing a critical service by providing a private funding channel for cultural vehicles that advance the agenda of Western foreign policy.”
Omidyar has also recently partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Mastercard to bring a digital ID system to Africa, as well as India. Gates and Omidyar also partnered on Radiant Earth, a satellite system aimed at mapping the earth to help in disaster recovery.
The moral of the story here is that the FinCEN leaks are being directed by organizations funded by technocrat Pierre Omidyar. Of course, it is true that his funding of the ICIJ does not immediately mean the journalists involved did not produce worthwhile journalism. Nor does it automatically mean that the leaks are a limited hangout. However, Omidyar’s connection to the leaks (and his sordid past) should raise alarm bells and readers should approach with skepticism.
Does Anyone Care?
Despite the many newsworthy stories within the FinCEN leaks, a deeper understanding among the public seems to be lacking. Within just one week of the story first breaking, the American public seems uninterested. There are too many things to be concerned about – the manufactured fear of COVID-19 and the manufactured Civil War, for example – for Americans to pay attention to yet another story of criminal banks. Caring about the banksters and Wall Street financial criminals is so 2011.
To be clear, the reporting is thorough and apparently took over a year for the teams of reporters to work their way through. The week of stories allowed former Presidential candidates and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to grab a headline by calling for more bank reform. The FinCEN even responded to the leaks with a warning that “the unauthorized disclosure of SARs is a crime that can impact the national security of the United States.” Days after the initial reporting, FinCEN announced plans for a public comment period for suggestions on how to “modernize the regulatory regime to address the evolving threats of illicit finance”, as well as “provide financial institutions with greater flexibility in the allocation of resources.”
That’s all positive news in light of what has been revealed. Yet there is still a sense that the FinCEN leaks were not sexy enough to keep the attention of the average person for longer than a few days (at best). Perhaps the nature of the apparently criminal activity was not vile enough to motivate the public to dissent. As the Straits Times reported, “analysts on Monday said the revelations were unlikely to lead to additional regulatory penalties or fines, because the behaviour detailed in the articles showed that the system is flawed, but did not make clear that the banks had broken any rules or laws.”
Overall, it appears the FinCEN leaks are newsworthy despite the apparent lack of interest. As we have outlined here, there are multiple layers to this story. The question to consider is whether Americans care about money laundering banks partnering with oligarchs and criminals? If they do care, then a call to address the root of these problems is necessary. Also, if we can hold their attention long enough to explain the underlying issues and potential for this leak to be used as a tool for manipulating public perception, perhaps we can have a discussion about the influence of organizations like the Omidyar Network and the Gates Foundation (and the technocrats who run them).
The FinCEN leaks reveal that abuses of the suspicious activity reports are commonplace throughout international financial institutions. However, the most damaging and interesting aspects of the leaks might be what they fail to reveal.
Source: The Last American Vagabond
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activistpost--2020-09-28--Former Deutsche Bank Traders Convicted Of Fraud For Spoofing Precious Metals Between 2008 And 2013

Former Deutsche Bank AG traders Cedric Chanu and James Vorley were convicted for manipulating gold and silver prices on Friday after three days of deliberation by a Federal jury in Chicago .
The two were accused of making fake trade orders between 2008 and 2013 to influence the prices of precious metals .
Their trial was a week long and was the first of its kind since 2010 , according to Bloomberg .
The convictions come as the result of a crackdown on “ spoofing ” , placing orders with no intention of executing them , in order to move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spoofing works by fooling the market into thinking there are more bids or offers than are legitimately there .
It has been illegal since 2010 ’ s Dodd-Frank act .
Chanu and Vorley were said to have “ weaponized ” this tactic to mislead other traders , according to prosecutor Brian Young .
The traders knew what they were doing , the prosecution argued , with Vorley even writing in a message to Chanu at one point : “ This spoofing is annoying me .
It ’ s illegal for a start.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ witness during the trial and told the jury that Chanu and Vorley taught him how to manipulate prices by spoofing .
The defendants didn ’ t call any witnesses but instead raised the issue of how difficult it was to try and prove criminal intent for “ spoofing ” in competitive global markets .
“ If you fake a pass and run the ball , that ’ s competition , not fraud , ” Vorley ’ s lawyer said .
Chanu was convicted on seven counts of fraud and Vorley was convicted of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilty on charges of conspiracy .
The government has said they are going to seek about four or five years of jail for each person .
Vorley said he will appeal and that he was trading “ well within the law ” .
Vorley ’ s lawyer said : “ It was a compromise verdict by a jury that three times declared it was deadlocked , deliberating in the face of a Covid scare .
The record is clear there was no fraud .
The compromise conviction will not stand.
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By Tyler Durden
Former Deutsche Bank AG traders Cedric Chanu and James Vorley were convicted for manipulating gold and silver prices on Friday after three days of deliberation by a Federal jury in Chicago.
The two were accused of making fake trade orders between 2008 and 2013 to influence the prices of precious metals. Their trial was a week long and was the first of its kind since 2010, according to Bloomberg.
The convictions come as the result of a crackdown on “spoofing”, placing orders with no intention of executing them, in order to move the price of the underlying product. Spoofing works by fooling the market into thinking there are more bids or offers than are legitimately there. It has been illegal since 2010’s Dodd-Frank act.
Chanu and Vorley were said to have “weaponized” this tactic to mislead other traders, according to prosecutor Brian Young. The traders knew what they were doing, the prosecution argued, with Vorley even writing in a message to Chanu at one point: “This spoofing is annoying me. It’s illegal for a start.”
A co-worker at Deutsche Bank acted as witness during the trial and told the jury that Chanu and Vorley taught him how to manipulate prices by spoofing. The defendants didn’t call any witnesses but instead raised the issue of how difficult it was to try and prove criminal intent for “spoofing” in competitive global markets.
“If you fake a pass and run the ball, that’s competition, not fraud,” Vorley’s lawyer said.
Chanu was convicted on seven counts of fraud and Vorley was convicted of three counts. They were found not guilty on charges of conspiracy. The government has said they are going to seek about four or five years of jail for each person. Vorley said he will appeal and that he was trading “well within the law”.
Vorley’s lawyer said: “It was a compromise verdict by a jury that three times declared it was deadlocked, deliberating in the face of a Covid scare. The record is clear there was no fraud. The compromise conviction will not stand.”
Source: Zerohedge
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activistpost--2020-09-28--Police Apologize For Deploying Taser Shields To Use Against Protesters

The Shelby County Sheriff ’ s office in Tennessee has come under fire after deploying taser shields to protests that sprang up in response to the lack of charges against the officers who killed Breonna Taylor .
After the strange shields were noticed by a group of protesters who gathered in front of the Criminal Justice Center , and images of the shields went viral online , Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner was forced to apologize for the deployment of the shields , calling it a “ regrettable mistake.
” In a statement , the sheriff ’ s office said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that will prohibit those shields from being displayed or used outside of the Jail again.
” According to WREG , the sheriff ’ s office recently upgraded to the newest e-shields in July 2020 but has had other “ less lethal shock shields ” since a jail riot in the 1990s .
The shields reportedly cost $ 895 each .
Police often use shields as weapons during protests .
Just this week , an LA County Sheriff ’ s deputy was seen on film repeatedly striking a protester with a riot shield .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was just a normal riot shield and not a taser shield , but one could imagine how much more dangerous these encounters could be if these devices were commonly deployed by police departments across the country .
Luckily , there were no reports of the taser shields being used on any of the protesters in Tennessee .
Hunter Demster , one of the activists that saw the officers wielding the shields suggested that they were being used to intimidate the protesters .
“ They are scary looking and once again I think that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our 1st Amendment-protected rights , ” Demster told Fox13 Memphis .
“ How often are these shields being used , how often have you had them ?
There a lot of questions around them that the public deserves to have answers to , ” he added .
A statement from the sheriff ’ s office insisted that the shields carry less than lethal voltage , and made a strange comparison with the voltage of a Christmas tree light , which could obviously still do some serious damage .
Even low voltage shocks have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially those with any type of underlying health conditions .
These weapons are often tested on members of the military who are in optimum health , so a force that is less than lethal for them might certainly be lethal for someone who has underlying health conditions or someone who is at a different level of fitness .
“ The new shield is capable of delivering a pulsating shock of 210-320 volts for a fraction of a second .
This shock appears to be lower than a 4.8 watt Christmas tree light and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50,000 volts at discharge .
The temporary electrical shock delivered by eshield is non-injurious and does not enter the body , ” a portion of the statement read .
The sheriff promises that these devices won ’ t be deployed in a public setting like this again , but they will still be used in prisons , especially if there is some type of uprising or rioting among the inmates .
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By John Vibes
The Shelby County Sheriff’s office in Tennessee has come under fire after deploying taser shields to protests that sprang up in response to the lack of charges against the officers who killed Breonna Taylor. After the strange shields were noticed by a group of protesters who gathered in front of the Criminal Justice Center, and images of the shields went viral online, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner was forced to apologize for the deployment of the shields, calling it a “regrettable mistake.”
In a statement, the sheriff’s office said that Bonner has “directed policy modifications that will prohibit those shields from being displayed or used outside of the Jail again.”
According to WREG, the sheriff’s office recently upgraded to the newest e-shields in July 2020 but has had other “less lethal shock shields” since a jail riot in the 1990s. The shields reportedly cost $895 each.
Police often use shields as weapons during protests. Just this week, an LA County Sheriff’s deputy was seen on film repeatedly striking a protester with a riot shield. Luckily, in that case, it was just a normal riot shield and not a taser shield, but one could imagine how much more dangerous these encounters could be if these devices were commonly deployed by police departments across the country. Luckily, there were no reports of the taser shields being used on any of the protesters in Tennessee.
Hunter Demster, one of the activists that saw the officers wielding the shields suggested that they were being used to intimidate the protesters.
“They are scary looking and once again I think that’s the point, to chill our 1st Amendment-protected rights,” Demster told Fox13 Memphis.
“How often are these shields being used, how often have you had them? There a lot of questions around them that the public deserves to have answers to,” he added.
A statement from the sheriff’s office insisted that the shields carry less than lethal voltage, and made a strange comparison with the voltage of a Christmas tree light, which could obviously still do some serious damage.
Even low voltage shocks have been known to affect people differently, especially those with any type of underlying health conditions. These weapons are often tested on members of the military who are in optimum health, so a force that is less than lethal for them might certainly be lethal for someone who has underlying health conditions or someone who is at a different level of fitness.
“The new shield is capable of delivering a pulsating shock of 210-320 volts for a fraction of a second. This shock appears to be lower than a 4.8 watt Christmas tree light and far less than tasers which can be 50,000 volts at discharge. The temporary electrical shock delivered by eshield is non-injurious and does not enter the body,” a portion of the statement read.
The sheriff promises that these devices won’t be deployed in a public setting like this again, but they will still be used in prisons, especially if there is some type of uprising or rioting among the inmates.
Source: The Free Thought Project
John Vibes is an author and researcher who organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference. He also has a publishing company where he offers a censorship free platform for both fiction and non-fiction writers. You can contact him and stay connected to his work at his Twitter. John just won a 3-year-long battle with cancer, and will be working to help others through his experience, if you wish to contribute to his treatments consider subscribing to his podcast to support .
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activistpost--2020-09-29--FinCEN Leaks: Who Benefits From the Disclosure?


activistpost--2020-09-29--California EV Mandate Could “Lead To Disaster” For State’s Already Fragile Electric Grid

Now that genius California lawmakers have mandated that all cars in the state must be electric by 2035 , it seems like a good time to ask what , exactly , this is going to do to the state ’ s already fragile power grid .
In what will likely come as a surprise to lawmakers who we can almost guarantee didn ’ t think about this in advance , it turns out that electrifying all of the state ’ s vehicles could be “ an immense burden ” on the state ’ s grid , according to Bloomberg .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s executive order could drive up power demands in the state by as much as 9.5 % over the next 10 years and 25 % by 2035 .
This could be a “ nightmare ” scenario for a state where power is often so tight that rolling blackouts are ordered to prevent the system from collapsing during heat waves .
Additionally , if everyone were to plug in their vehicles at the same time , at night , the problem could be concentrated and even worse .
Erica Bowman , director of resource @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Southern California Edison said : “ It could go either way .
It really depends on planning.
” What planning means is the idea that people would have to stagger when and how they plug in their vehicles for charging , taking into account when the state ’ s solar energy kicks in and when wind power peaks .
Ah , yes , what a wonderful quality of life California offers , where you ’ ll soon have to ask permission to plug in your car just to get from point A to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in at 6PM after work could “ lead to disaster ” , according to the report .
It ’ s the same time everyone also decides to turn on their air conditioning , stoves and televisions .
At the same time , solar power plunges around sunset , forcing gas plants to pick up the slack .
If gas plants are down or there ’ s no imports available , you wind up with a rolling blackout scenario , like the state had last month .
Jules Kortenhorst , chief executive officer of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have to “ talk to the grid ” to figure out when the best time to charge is : “ The car will talk to the grid .
‘ It ’ s 6 pm .
Wait 15 minutes , because I ’ m crunched a bit.
’ You won ’ t spend a second thinking about it.
” Californians bought about 1.9 million cars and light duty trucks last year .
The state will simply need more power if it mandates that they are all EVs going forward .
It will also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than it has in the past .
Pedro Pizzaro of Edison International concluded : “ It ’ s not doable a year from now , but it is doable a decade from now .
And that gives society time to deploy infrastructure for chargers and get consumers comfortable.
” And California citizens , already leaving the state in droves due to rising taxes , will be on the hook to pay for it all .
But hey , back to saving the planet at all costs !
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By Tyler Durden
Now that genius California lawmakers have mandated that all cars in the state must be electric by 2035, it seems like a good time to ask what, exactly, this is going to do to the state’s already fragile power grid.
In what will likely come as a surprise to lawmakers who we can almost guarantee didn’t think about this in advance, it turns out that electrifying all of the state’s vehicles could be “an immense burden” on the state’s grid, according to Bloomberg.
In fact, this past week’s executive order could drive up power demands in the state by as much as 9.5% over the next 10 years and 25% by 2035. This could be a “nightmare” scenario for a state where power is often so tight that rolling blackouts are ordered to prevent the system from collapsing during heat waves.
Additionally, if everyone were to plug in their vehicles at the same time, at night, the problem could be concentrated and even worse.
Erica Bowman, director of resource and environmental planning and strategy at utility Southern California Edison said: “It could go either way. It really depends on planning.”
What planning means is the idea that people would have to stagger when and how they plug in their vehicles for charging, taking into account when the state’s solar energy kicks in and when wind power peaks. Ah, yes, what a wonderful quality of life California offers, where you’ll soon have to ask permission to plug in your car just to get from point A to point B.
Everyone plugging their car in at 6PM after work could “lead to disaster”, according to the report. It’s the same time everyone also decides to turn on their air conditioning, stoves and televisions. At the same time, solar power plunges around sunset, forcing gas plants to pick up the slack. If gas plants are down or there’s no imports available, you wind up with a rolling blackout scenario, like the state had last month.
Jules Kortenhorst, chief executive officer of the Rocky Mountain Institute, said cars will have to “talk to the grid” to figure out when the best time to charge is: “The car will talk to the grid. ‘It’s 6 pm. Wait 15 minutes, because I’m crunched a bit.’ You won’t spend a second thinking about it.”
Californians bought about 1.9 million cars and light duty trucks last year. The state will simply need more power if it mandates that they are all EVs going forward. It will also need to deploy charging stations much faster than it has in the past.
Pedro Pizzaro of Edison International concluded: “It’s not doable a year from now, but it is doable a decade from now. And that gives society time to deploy infrastructure for chargers and get consumers comfortable.”
And California citizens, already leaving the state in droves due to rising taxes, will be on the hook to pay for it all. But hey, back to saving the planet at all costs!
Source: Zerohedge
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