CEO of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue Warns of Looming Food Shortage
5-16-22, Goya Foods, CEO Robert Unanue reports that both Ukraine and Russia provide a large percentage of the world's fertilizer and are major producers of the world’s wheat and corn. Together, they account for about 29 percent of global wheat exports, 19 percent of global corn supply and 80 percent of global sunflower oil exports. Moreover, the irrigation systems in southeastern Ukraine have been have been cut off. 
The biggest component of the world's food cost is transportation, so ...

... the current war on fossil fuels has made the United States no longer oil independent. [..]  
Nitrogen-based fertilizers are made from natural gas, so the war on fossil fuels and energy independence also impacts the cost of fertilizers. 
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With a food crisis looming, recent strange warehouse and manufacturing plant fires at a multitude of food processing facilities causes great concerns over yet another burden on an already vulnerable food industry.  More here at ​Epoch Times: bit.ly/3Nn7fyg

​5-14-22, Dr Mercola* -- In 1992, researchers published data showing the quality of male sperm needed to produce children has seen the “counts” cut nearly in half over the previous 50 years. A 2017 systematic review confirmed this trend, showing a 50% to 60% drop in total sperm count among men in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand between 1973 and 2011. Tests also show the male hormone ‘Testosterone’ [1] has also declined, male erectile dysfunction has been steadily rising and while women have seen higher numbers of miscarriages [death of unborn baby].

We can rule out genetics as the cause, because the decline in sperm count is simply too rapid. That leaves us with environmental causes broadly divided into two broad categories:
1. Lifestyle factors that negatively impact fertility include obesity, smoking, binge drinking and stress
2. Chemicals can impact fertility either directly or indirectly, but the most concerning class are endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as phthalates. EDCs disrupt hormones, including sex hormones necessary for reproductive function, such as testosterone. [1]

Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., a leading reproductive epidemiologist and professor at the Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, examines the role of environmental toxins in reproductive health and published a review and meta-regression analysis showing that in many nations a 50% to 60% drop in total sperm count among men. [..] ​A 50% decline in just two generations cannot be explained by genetics - it’s been too rapid.

 According to Dr. Swan there are many likely factors contributing to this reproductive calamity.  Lifestyle and chemicals and are the major causes:
Lifestyle: Obesity, Smoking, Binge drinking and Stress
Chemicals: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals [EDCs] can be found in everyday products such as canned food, plastics [water bottles], cosmetics, fertilizers, kid's toys and many others goods. They inhibit the activity of 5-α reductase, which is the most important enzyme in the production of dihydrotestosterone and hence the regulation of the masculinization of the external genitalia and the prostate. Dr Shaw believes EDCs are a primary culprit in infertility; and it's also found in cosmetics, perfumes, personal care products, cented household products, air fresheners and pesticides. [..]
 If these trends continue - in the not-so-distant future, male population will be  completely infertile.
The good news is that ‘sperm production’ takes about 70 days, so over time, a man may be able to reverse some of the damage, provided it’s not congenital. The problem, of course, is that most people are exposed 24/7 to multiple harmful sources. Detox means you have to stop being exposed to the chemicals. [Many more chemicals affecting human’s daily lives are listed in the full report.]

[1] Testosterone is a sex hormone that plays important roles in the body. In men, it's thought to regulate sex drive (libido), bone mass, fat distribution, muscle mass and strength, and the production of red blood cells and sperm. 
*Excerpted and adapted full 5 page report here 

​What is the Function of the Mammary Glands [aka breast]? 
5-13-22, ModernMom --​Although female breasts [mammary glands] are considered sexual, they have an important roll to perform for the growth of a newborn child. They are not part of the reproductive system as the glands produce the mother’s milk in order to nourish the baby. 

 The gland has ten to fifteen ducts extending from the milk-producing ducts to the nipple. The size and shape of a mother’s breasts has nothing to do with her ability to produce milk for her baby. It was thought that the breast did not have the ability to store milk and it was made while the baby nursed. ​

​Bitcoin has just crashed ...
5-12-22, EURONEWS -- Bitcoin fell below the $27,000 (€25,000) level as the sell-off in the cryptocurrency world continues. 
The price of Bitcoin was last down nearly 9 per cent to $26,848.20 (€25,659) on Thursday, according to data from Coin Metrics. The sharp drop comes after the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported consumer prices for April were higher than expected, causing investors to sell off riskier assets such as cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, the price of Ether shed more than 23 per cent.

​Investors are also spooked by Terra. Its stablecoin TerraUSD crashed almost completely at one point this week and lost its $1 peg to the dollar. As of Thursday morning, UST was trading at about 62 cents, far below its $1 peg.

Terra's sister coin Luna fell a chaotic 97 per cent due to its algorithmic stablecoin UST de-pegging from the USD and falling to as low as 22 cents. The algorithmic stablecoins are meant to be backed by multiple digital assets such as Bitcoin. More here

​Senators and Congressmen Who Hold Dual Citizenship
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Many of our Senators and Congress hold dual citizenship with other nations. [I couldn't find a current list]

In 2018 Reportedly 89% of our Senators and Congress hold dual citizenship - short list follows:
THE US SENATE: Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Barbara Boxer (D-CA)  Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Bernie Sanders (Independent-VT) Charles Schumer (D-NY) 

House: Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Adam Schiff (D-CA) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) 
More here:
www.viewzone.com/dualcitizen.html

5-9-22, * -- Last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Anthony Fauci’s employer – doled out $30 billion in government grants to roughly 56,000 recipients. In our [OPENTHEBOOKS SUBSTACK (OTB)] investigation, we found hundreds of millions of dollars in payments also flow the other way; royalty payments from third-party payers (pharmaceutical companies) back to the NIH and individual NIH scientists. We estimate that between fiscal years 2010 and 2020, more than $350 million in royalties were paid by third-parties to the agency and NIH scientists – who are credited as co-inventors.
 
As those payments enrich the agency and its scientists, each and every royalty payment could be a potential conflict of interest and needs disclosure.
 
Recently, NIH was forced to disclose over 22,100 royalty payments totaling nearly $134 million paid to the agency and nearly 1,700 NIH scientists. These payments occurred during the most recently available period (September 2009 – September 2014). The production of this information is the result of our OTB federal lawsuit vs. NIH that admits to holding 3,000 pages of line-by-line royalties since 2009. So far, they’ve produced only 1,200 pages. The next 1,800 pages of production will cover the period 2015-2020. [..]

OTB found agency leadership and top scientists at NIH receiving royalty payments. Well-known scientists receiving payments during the period included: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the highest-paid federal bureaucrat, received 23 royalty payments. (Fauci’s 2021 taxpayer-funded salary: $456,028). Although we know the number of payments to each scientist, we still don’t know the amount that was paid – because the dollar figure was deleted (redacted) from the disclosures. [..]
 
Rather than relentless redactions and prolonged court battles, it’s past time for the USA government to require - by law - the disclosure of royalty payments to govt employees. And paid participants and medical ‘experts’ who are paid by the producers of the vaccines they recommend - should not be pushing their “wares.” To say the least – it’s a conflict of interest.
Note: We reached out to NIH for comment receiving no response.
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Adam Andrzejewski, OPENTHEBOOKS.COM here https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/faucis-royalties-and-the-350-million?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F24758236-adam-andrzejewski&utm_medium=reader2&s=r

Biden said: "MAGA Crowd' the 'Most Extreme Political Organization..."
5-7-22, Breitbart -- Joe Biden delivered a sharp political speech  warning of the "extreme" agenda from "MAGA" conservatives. He said:  "This MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that has existed in American history."

 He warned of a slippery slope should SCOTUS overturn the child hating Roe V Wade law and claimed the conservative-majority Supreme Court could in the future choose to uphold state laws that would ban LGBTQ students from being in classrooms with “other children,” for example, though it doesn’t appear such a measure has been proposed in any state.

Ukraine, Russia Gas Clash Raises Threat to Europe’s Supply
5-10-22, Aljazeera-- Natural gas sent via pipelines through Ukraine from Russia to Europe could be disrupted as recently Ukraine says now it won’t accept some Russian gas. Gazprom says it can’t reroute flows to another entry point and Europe receives one third of it's gas through U. from Russia.​

Ukraine turns off Europe-bound gas - The Press United
​5-10-22, ThePressUnited -- Recently Gas Transit Services of Ukraine (OGTSU) declared force majeure saying it was impossible to continue the transit of gas through the nation from Russia [...] Gazprom is fulfilling all of its obligations to its European customers, with all the transit services in accordance with the terms of the contract with Ukraine.

​Russia must pay Ukraine $3 billion annually to transit gas even after Nord Stream 2 pipeline operational
9-28-21, RT.com -- German SPD leader Scholz declares that Russia must keep handing over billions of dollars to move gas through Ukraine, long after the already-completed Nord Stream 2 underwater link starts operating. [..] In June 2021, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that the pipeline [Nordstream 2] could cost Ukraine around $3 billion annually in transit fees, if Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom no longer needs to pay Ukraine to pump gas to Europe through its network of Soviet-built overland pipes. More here

​Russia may cut off gas supply to EU countries if its gold and foreign exchange reserves are withdrawn and transferred to Ukraine
5-9-22, According to sources: if the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Fed are transferred to restore Ukraine, even if only partially, the gas supply to 100% of European consumers will be instantly cut off.  Then the Ukrainian gas transportation system will be destroyed and the supply of oil and gas through the territory of Belarus will be turned off. More here vc.ru/u/1133428-inews/418538-rossiya-mozhet-otklyuchit-podachu-gaza-stranam-es-v-sluchae-izyatie-ee-zoloto-valyutnyh-rezervov-i-peredachi-ih-ukraine

5-10-22, The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic fictional dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal totalitarian state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. The central character and narrator is a woman named Offred, one of the group known as "handmaids", who are forced to produce children for men. [Note: Most women want children and are not 'forced' to have them. This is a travesty and I'm shocked that so many have given the book 5 stars. Most Americans do not support killing children in abortion. More here - Annette]

Summary: In Atwood’s fictional novel, the dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women to have children. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. See it here at Amazon
[Also: How outrageous that the USA has gone berzerk as the ghoulish minority leftists insist on 'KILLING' children - this cartoon is clearly off topic. No one is 'forcing women to have babies' just stop killing them!]

5-9-22, Bosch Fawstin, FrontPage* -- Elon Musk is promising to bring changes to how Twitter does business, with a repeated focus on free speech and how important it is to civilization. And we’ll see how that manifests itself in the coming months when he takes full charge of its operations. Musk clearly sees that the way Twitter has done business has been unacceptable, as it’s been a very dirty business, with the leftists and Muslims behind it routinely smearing their non-violent and non-dangerous political and ideological opponents as “dangerous” and “violent,” as a pretext to ban them for good. They removed a sitting president, Trump, from their platform over the left’s Big Lie of “insurrection.” They shadow-banned truth-tellers, while boosting leftist liars. And they often talked about making the platform “safe,” while completely ignoring the Muslims who threaten death as often as Biden lies. 

​Value of Civility in the Age of Twitter
 3-28-19, NationalReview -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was asked how he could be friends with leftist Ruth Ginsburg; he said: "I attack ideas. I don’t attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas ... separate the two."

Diplomacy and constructive disagreement are crucial aims for the Right; the Left however just wants to silence disagreement with their views. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas put it: “The louder a man shouts, the emptier is his argument.”

4-14-22, Union Pacific rail recently informed customer USA CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF), the world's largest fertilizer company of hydrogen and nitrogen products that railroad-mandated shipping reductions would result in nitrogen fertilizer shipment delays during the spring application season and that it would be unable to accept new rail sales involving Union Pacific for the foreseeable future. The Company understands that it is one of only 30 companies to face these restrictions. CF Ind ships to customers via Union Pacific rail lines primarily from its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana and its Port Neal Complex in Iowa. 

​Apparently the UP is backed up on shipments and as a result, they're restricting "private car" shipments (i.e. not UP equipment) by almost 20%. We were already struggling with fert logistics coming into spring. This doesn't help at all... -- Josh Linville, director of fertilizer at StoneX,

4-15-22 - In response to record-high fertilizer costs and tight supply, some farmers have already transitioned millions of acres from corn to soybeans this year (soybeans require very little fertilizer versus corn). -- More from Zero Hedge​

4-25-22, Times & Fox -- "Kalashnikov-wielding pirates" were speeding towards the 230-foot yacht "MYSKY" on inflatable boats ... an anonymous worker, who spent 20 years in the superyacht business, wrote in The Times of London. The  weapon directed ear-splitting, high-volume sound at the pirates; also used "pain rays" that are narrow beams of electro magnetic energy that trigger a burning sensation on the skin.

The threat of pirate attacks is all too real and along the coast of Africa in the Gulf of Aden - it's expected. Any protective technology worth having and because superyachts tend to be adorned with luxury features, they're attractive targets for pirates. See Fox News report here: www.foxnews.com/world/superyacht-captain-fended-off-kalashnikov-wielding-pirates-pain-rays-worker-says

Wicked Leftist Democrats Accuse Conservatives Horrific Names! 
​Five Days After His Death, Bette Midler Compares Rush Limbaugh to Ku Klux Klan ...
2-23-21, Breitbart -- Less than a week after his death, Bette Midler has compared Rush Limbaugh to the Ku Klux Klan, tweeting a meme that shows a group of figures wearing white hoods and robes with the heading “Find Rush Limbaugh.”

​The airline pilot shortage is real and will cost all of us 
4-22-22, ABCNews -- According to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirbythe massive pilot shortage affects not only the airlines, but also the millions who fly each year. Prepare for higher fares U.S. airlines hope to add 13,000 pilots just this year, but America produces only between 5000 and 7000 pilots annually, 

As of Sept. 28, 2021 ... 593 employees had failed to either get vaccinated and submit documentation, or apply for an exemption, leaving them subject to termination. Employees who were approved for exemptions were placed on unpaid leave. That included about 2,000 employees, some of whom were able to find non-customer facing roles to do in the meantime. More here

​Review Current and Future 1040 Income Tax Forms - History
https://www.efile.com › 1040-federal-income-tax-forms-for-every-tax-year-and-tax-return-history
History of Form 1040 Since 1913, American taxpayers have used Form 1040 to prepare and file or e-File their tax returns. With the ratification of the 16th Amendment, which allows the collection of income tax, IRS Form 1040 became commonplace.

​The Early History of the IRS in the US Civil WarThe IRS traces its roots back to the United States Civil War. In 1862, President Lincoln asked Congress to create a position called Commissioner of Internal Revenue. At the same time, President Lincoln enacted an income tax to pay for war expenses. This was the first time an income tax had been assessed to the American people. ten years later the tax was repealed. The war had been over for several years, and the income tax was no longer needed. But ...

​Musk backing off Twitter board opens door to hostile takeover
4-11-22, CNBC -- Billionaire Elon Musk opens the door to a hostile takeover of Twitter. 

​Elon Musk taking over Twitter a real possibility
4-11-22, FoxNews -- Elon Musk taking over Twitter 'would amount to effectively a declaration of war on' our regime...

There is a cap to the amount of stake a board member of Twitter can hold. That threshold is 14.9%. So, getting on the board of directors would have greatly limited Elon Musk’s plan of swallowing Twitter whole. More from the Verge here