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Iraq To Drop Dollar For Yuan In Trade With China

The Iraqi central bank announced Wednesday that, for the first time, it plans to allow trade from China to be settled directly in yuan instead of the US dollar to improve access to foreign currency.

"It is the first time imports would be financed from China in yuan, as Iraqi imports from China have been financed in (US) dollars only," the government’s economic adviser, Mudhir Salih, told Reuters.

According to a statement released by the Iraqi central bank, carrying out transactions in the Chinese currency would boost the balances of Iraqi banks with accounts with Chinese banks. However, this option depends on the size of the central bank’s yuan reserves.

A second option to boost local banks’ yuan balances would involve converting US dollars held in the central bank’s accounts with JP Morgan and the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) to yuan before paying the final beneficiary in China.

The Iraqi central bank has been on a mad dash to compensate for a dollar shortage in local markets. This crisis prompted the cabinet to approve a currency revaluation earlier this month.

Last year, the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began enforcing stricter controls on international transactions by Iraqi commercial banks, forcing them to comply with specific SWIFT global transfer system criteria to access their foreign reserves.

The move was allegedly meant to "curtail money laundering and the illegal siphoning of dollars to Iran and other heavily sanctioned [West Asian] countries."

However, the sudden rules change for Iraqi banks sent the economy reeling as 80 percent, or more of Iraq’s daily US dollar wire transfers could no longer be completed.

Last week, a senior Iraqi delegation visited the US capital to discuss easing the US Treasury measures. Following the trip, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein denied reports that WashiPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Putin Suspends New START Nuclear Treaty, Puts Missiles On Combat Readiness

In a much anticipated speech on Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin said he is suspending Russia's participation in the New START nuclear treaty with the United States.

"President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Russian participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with the United States, warning Washington that Russia had put new ground-based strategic nuclear weapons on combat duty," Reuters reports of the new declaration: https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-update-russias-elite-ukraine-war-major-speech-2023-02-21/

It comes over a year after Moscow signed onto a five year extension, and after in August the US accused Russia of violating the treaty in disallowing US on-site inspections under its stipulations. In response, Washington halted Russian inspectors' ability to do the same on American soil.

Russia had at the time complained that it was actually the US side which "deprive the Russian Federation of the right to conduct inspections on American territory."

"No one should be under the illusion that global strategic parity can be violated," Putin said of New START in the Tuesday remarks delivered in Moscow.

In March 2021 the two sides renewed New START for a period of five years, and it will expire in February 2026 if it's not continued - an increasing possibility given US-Russia relations have deteriorated so fast over the Ukraine war they are near complete breaking point. But this new Putin declaration appears to be the final death knell after the treaty's fate was already extremely uncertain.

The treaty is intended to limit and reduce nuclear arms on either side, setting a limit of no more than 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 missiles. START I began in 1991, with New START signed under the Obama and Medvedev administrations in 2010 as a successor agreement.

Documents & Emails Reveal Government & Big Pharma Roles In Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a direct role in policing permissible speech on social media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Confidential emails obtained by Reason show that Facebook moderators were in constant contact with the CDC, and routinely asked government health officials to vet claims relating to the virus, mitigation efforts such as masks, and vaccines.

For a broader analysis of the federal government's pandemic-era efforts to suppress free speech — violating the First Amendment — see Reason's March 2023 cover story on the ramifications of these emails. This article provides screenshots of the emails themselves: https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-police/

After Elon Musk took control of Twitter, he permitted several independent journalists to peruse the company's previous communications with the FBI, the CDC, the White House, and government officials elsewhere. These disclosures, which have become known as the Twitter Files, reveal that government bureaucrats put substantial pressure on Twitter to restrict alleged misinformation relating to elections, Hunter Biden, and COVID-19.

The Facebook Files, which were obtained by Reason as a result of the state of Missouri's lawsuit against the Biden administration, reveal that the CDC had substantial influence over what users were allowed to discuss on Meta's platforms: Facebook and Instagram.

https://nclalegal.org/state-of-missouri-ex-rel-schmitt-et-al-v-biden-et-al/

The messages reveal an environment where the CDC kept tabs on Meta's moderation practices and regularly told the company what the agency wanted it to do.

For instance, in May 2021, CDC officials began routinely vetting claims about COPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Vaccine Mandate Meltdown Hits US Cities As State Municipalities See Exodus

While the vast majority of employees across most industries and sectors have acquiesced to mandatory vaccine mandates, enough Americans are refusing to get the jab that states and municipalities are losing a dangerous game of chicken with employees who refuse.

On Saturday, the New York Post reported that 26 New York fire companies have been shuttered citywide due to staff shortages caused by the Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

The stunning lockdown came amid a pitched battle between City Hall, which will start enforcing a mandate Monday that all workers have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine — and jab-resisting fire fighters, many reportedly saying they were already sick with the coronavirus and therefore have “natural immunity.” - NY Post

"We’re f–ked. We are going to toast like marshmallows," retired electrician Vinny Agro, 63, told the Post. "It’s another sad day for New York City."

Across the Rockies, Los Angeles Country Sheriff Alex Villanueva has warned of an "imminent threat to public safety" caused by a "mass exodus" of thousands of deputies and civilian personnel who refuse to take the jab.

"I could potentially lose 44% of my workforce in one day," he wrote in a Thursday open letter to the Board of Supervisors, adding that he can't enforce "reckless mandates that put public safety at risk," according to LAist.

Meanwhile in Arizona, a Tucson Water employee claims the department is 'losing staff' over the mandate.

"We are watching employees walk out as I speak in the water quality and operations division," reports KOLD13.

"We’re pulling people from other areas and other departments to help specifically cover the operations division which is overseeing the water quality and drinking water parameters," the whistleblower added.

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UK Economy Crashing As Brits Forced To 'Dumpster Dive' To Eat

The cost of food continues to rise in the UK, and the country’s food retailers have warned that price inflation will continue into the foreseeable future. The latest figures show grocery prices are now increasing at their fastest rate on record.

Figures provided by retail analyst Kantar found that grocery price inflation in the country reached a new record high of 16.7% in the four weeks that ended on January 22. This amounts to a nearly £800 pound increase on a typical yearly shopping bill. This is a notable increase from the 14.4% recorded in December and the highest level since figures were first tracked in 2008.

Some categories of food that have noted particularly sharp rises recently include eggs, milk and dog food. However, fruit, vegetables, sugar and alcohol have also noticed steep rises in the past month. According to Kantar, the price of basics such as cheese, milk, butter and bread is up 16.7% in a year over year basis. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that olive oil has risen by nearly 40% in the last year, while low-fat milk is up 46% and sugar is up 38.5%.

In response to record-setting inflation, some supermarkets are expanding their store label ranges to provide customers with more value. In January, sales of store label products climbed by 9.3%; sales of branded alternatives only rose by 1%.

Four out of every 10 British families with children under the age of 12 have been replacing meat in their diet with carbohydrates such as pasta and bread to bulk out their meals and get more out of their money. 18% of Brits are buying fewer vegetables and fruits, and almost a third are purchasing less meat, according to Red Tractor.

The ONS also found that 15% of adults are somewhat or very worried that they will run out of food before they can afford to purchase more. It also revealed that Brits are struggling to stay warm amid the higher costs of energy, with nearly a quarter of those polled saying that they struggled to stay comfortably warm during the previous two weeks.Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

WSJ CONFIRMS OUR WARNING: The power grid infrastructure is being deliberately dismantled to collapse America.

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While White Europe Is Dying Under Fascist Medical Tyranny, African Niggers Are Doing Just Fine

Just a day after announcing that the unvaccinated would lose all basic human rights, the Austrian government took it a stage further and ruled that the entire country would lose its basic human rights.

Back to a nationwide lockdown to control a covid outbreak that was not controlled last time by a nationwide lockdown. Make sense? Also…as the AP reports, experts are "baffled" that in unvaccinated Africa, where there have been no lockdowns, there are very few covid cases and deaths are a tiny fraction of those in Europe and the US per capita.

The Associated Press observed in a Friday report: "When the coronavirus first emerged last year, health officials feared the pandemic would sweep across Africa, killing millions. Although it’s still unclear what COVID-19’s ultimate toll will be, that catastrophic scenario has yet to materialize in Zimbabwe or much of the continent.

The AP admits that the case of Africa is too significant to ignore, noting the fact that it by and large managed to escape seeing a deep impact by the pandemic, leaving scientists and health experts baffled:

But there is something "mysterious" going on in Africa that is puzzling scientists, said Wafaa El-Sadr, chair of global health at Columbia University. "Africa doesn’t have the vaccines and the resources to fight COVID-19 that they have in Europe and the U.S., but somehow they seem to be doing better," she said.

Fewer than 6% of people in Africa are vaccinated. For months, the WHO has described Africa as "one of the least affected regions in the world" in its weekly pandemic reports.

And as many "skeptics" of the official narrative in the West have long pointed out, young people have been shown to be at much less risk - additionally sunshine and Vitamin D helps.

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$$$ Pfizer Director Admits Company Carries Out Illegal Gain-of-function Research $$$

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Dr. Robert Malone had the privilege of helping Project Veritas put together a new exposé about Pfizer’s covid cash cow: its mRNA covid “vaccine.”

An undercover Project Veritas reporter spoke with Jordon Trishton Walker, who is in charge of Pfizer’s research and development, strategic operations, and mRNA scientific planning division. What he revealed is nothing short of shocking.

In essence, Pfizer is engaged in illegal gain-of-function research – or some tweaked version of it called “directed evolution” – that the company is using to develop an endless stream of new injections for all the latest “variants” and “subvariants.”

Walker admitted on tape that Pfizer is working on intentionally “mutating” the disease so it evades all previous mRNA injections – that way those who took the initial series and boosters will need to take even more of them in the coming months and years.

The following video is the final product of Dr. Malone and Project Veritas’ latest work concerning Pfizer’s ongoing covid injection scam: https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/project-veritas-has-broken-pfizers

In a nutshell, Walker confirmed what many have already long known about Pfizer: that the company only cares about money. Pfizer also has no ethics or morals, so it is willing to do whatever it takes to get that money – including by committing crimes.

Walker admitted, then tried to backtrack, that Pfizer is essentially performing gain-of-function research – but with a twist – on the covid virus. Its goal is to get ahead of the latest variants and subvariants by already having new injections ready before they appear.

NEW! Breaking Point - Episode 2 - FOOD COLLAPSE

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Breaking Point - Episode 1 - FINANCIAL COLLAPSE

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Fish DESTROYED By Tens Of Thousands! South Dakota Govt Engineers MASSIVE ATTACK On Food Supply

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COINCIDENCE MY ASS! LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROLLING OUT DIGITAL IDs RIGHT BEFORE MANUFACTURED DISASTERS!

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MY COMMENT: Yet another reason prepping and becoming self-sufficient is essential, anyone who claims otherwise is blatantly lying and supports evil: ignore them or call them out. It does not take an education to understand what is happening today, obvious industrial sabotage and orchestrated crisis to bring about totalitarian population control agendas. This is all deliberate, just like other communist regimes governments are trying to subjugate the population by causing supply chain shortages as well starving out the population: common despotic tactical warfare against the citizenry. REJECT THEIR DIGITAL BULLSHIT AND KEEP PREPPING, DO EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT BEFORE THEY CRASH THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. When this is all over, and the system collapses, we will go back to bartering and producing on the local level, with State-backed gold/silver currencies.

Mike Adams shares a little-known method for protecting your body from dioxin exposure by using a nutraceutical molecule that's synthesized automatically in certain types of sprouts. You can sprout these yourself for pennies: https://www.bitchute.com/video/UeIJdrXMLUPC/

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Here's What Happens When PEOPLE Get DESPERATE

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Hospitals Are Violating HIPAA Privacy Laws By Sending Your Private Medical Information To Facebook

An article entitled “Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites” is one of the more shocking investigative pieces of the week to not make mainstream corporate media: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/06/16/facebook-is-receiving-sensitive-medical-information-from-hospital-websites

The authors document how there has been a tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ private website pages, which has been collecting patients’ health information. This includes medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments. This tool is then sending all that data to Facebook (and its parent company Meta).

The authors, who originally published in The Markup, found this tool was installed in 33 out of 100 of the top hospitals in the U.S. and on seven major medical systems, including “My Chart.” This means that a large percentage of hospitals have been directly sending patient data to Facebook (or Meta):

“The 33 hospitals The Markup found sending patient appointment details to Facebook collectively reported more than 26 million patient admissions and outpatient visits in 2020.”

To be clear, this is just the 33 hospitals that The Markup tested, not the hospital systems or the vast majority of hospital and doctor’s offices who use these large cloud based or networked software systems in the U.S.

In reading this, I was struck that patients should demand that their data not be entered into such systems; a movement to return to data entry systems that are not corrupted by Meta, Facebook, or Google needs to be jump-started.

As late as 2017, the government (supposedly!) worried about medical systems being hacked. But now? Where is our government in protecting patient’s rights? Looks like that was NEVER their intention!!

France Hit By Massive Strikes Over Pension Theft

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As of Tuesday, a nationwide strike in France caused significant disruptions, such as halted trains, closed ports, empty schools, canceled and delayed flights, uncollected trash, and closed oil refineries. Over a million people participated in protests against President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to raise the retirement age to 64. The strike is expected to continue through Wednesday.

"The idea is to bring France to a standstill," said Fabrice Michaud of the railway workers' branch of the CGT trade union.

Unions have called for a nationwide day of strikes for the sixth time this year. "Many protest rallies attracted bigger crowds than those organized since mid-January, including in Marseille, one of France's biggest cities," The Guardian said.

Marin Guillotin, an FO union representative at the Donges refinery in western France, emphasized:

"The real fight starts now.

"We haven't been heard or listened to. We are using the only means we have left: it's the hard strike … we are not going to give up."

Macron's proposition to prolong the retirement age has been met with considerable resistance from the public. The proposition seeks to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and increase the years of employment necessary to qualify for a full pension. Currently, it's being deliberated in the French Senate.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bring-nation-standstill-france-hit-massive-strikes-over-pension-reform

Lab Test Results For Chicken Feed Brands Now Disclosed!

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Aflatoxin results:

Aflatoxins are highly toxic chemicals created by molds and fungi. They are known to be fatal to chickens, cows, horses and other animals if consumed in large enough quantities. Aflatoxins are very common in oats, wheat, corn, peanuts and various grains. They are likely the No. 1 contamination problem in agriculture today.

Aflatoxin limits in the USA for crops such as corn are 20 ppb. Anything under 20 ppb is considered “safe” by the FDA. Other countries have more strict limits. The EU, for many years, had a limit of 4 ppb for many agricultural products.

Here are the actual numbers our tests showed:

– Purina Layena Layer Crumbles: 1.5 ppb

– Flock Party Egg Maker Pellets: 1.4 ppb

– Nature’s Best Organic Egg Layer Pellets: 1.8 ppb

– (Tractor Supply brand) Producer’s Pride 16% Layer Feed Mini Pellets: 2.9 ppb

– DuMor 16% Egg Maxx Pellets: 1.1 ppb

– DuMor Organic 16% Layer Crumble: 1.9 ppb

Glyphosate results:

Glyphosate is a weed killer chemical linked to various cancers and endocrine system disruption in humans and animals. It’s often used as a desiccant and sprayed on crops to dry them more quickly before final harvest… even on non-GMO crops. This is why glyphosate often ends up in wheat, legumes, alfalfa and other crops that aren’t even GMO.

Here are the actual numbers we found:

– Purina Layena Layer Crumbles: 10.7 ppb

– Flock Party Egg Maker Pellets: 10.5 ppb

– Nature’s Best Organic Egg Layer Pellets: 1.8 ppbPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Africa Is Starkly Unvaccinated, And Starkly Unvanquished By COVID

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Let's study that victory with utmost diligence…

Africa as a whole is very strikingly unvaccinated, according to Johns Hopkins University, our world in data.

Let’s keep in mind that most striking continent on an otherwise bleak world map, as we examine the following map, which shows Africa’s burden of COVID cases since the beginning of COVID.

One would reasonably expect a worldwide pandemic that began three years ago to have been recorded with some ballpark accuracy in case counts, and morbidity and mortality data throughout the world by now, as each hemisphere has been through three winters. One would also expect that a worldwide vaccine campaign that peaked over a year ago to have resulted in reliable vaccine uptake maps. One would expect a general consensus regarding such data. So let’s accept the above maps as not (or not yet) disputed, and as reliable documentation of historical events of pinnacle importance, events that behoove humanity to understand well, and to understand as thoroughly as if our future well-being depends on it.

One who has faith in the practice of vaccination would have also expected that vaccines carrying the name of the pandemic to have mitigated case counts of the same disease. How then is the overall experience of the African continent to be understood?

Africa was not the only part of the world where reported COVID cases have been low. Prior to vaccination, numerous countries were barely impacted at all by COVID. Let’s zoom out from Africa now to examine events in other countries.

Former US Dept of Justice adviser Gavin de Becker wrote an article on Children’s Health Defense [3] that also appears in a book by Edward Dowd, Cause Unknown; in it he looks at COVID mortality in various nations, primarilPost too long. Click here to view the full text.