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"Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance ... is unaccounted for"

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 29 October 2024; Hits: 411

2024-10-29

One might believe that the World Bank would have enough bean counters to keep track of its expenditures ...

... but maybe one might be wrong about the involvement of bean-counters.

Given that climate finance has been a largely political hot potato seemingly since time immemorial, perhaps after all it's no surprise that politicians have taken their eye off the ball, but is the World Bank controlled by politicians or by bankers?

Bankers one might suppose to be well-versed in the ways of auditing, so it's a bit of a surprise to note this Oxfam report that uncovers such a gaping hole in the World Bank's climate disbursements.

(But are Oxfam not supposed to be countering famine rather than counting expenditure designed to reduce CO₂ emissions? Are they yet another outfit that has been somehow distracted from their founding purpose?).

Clearly there is something rotten in the state of global financial management if this ginormous pet project of the world climate disaster fantasists has such a vast black hole in its expenditure tracking systems. Perhaps all that cash was incinerated by the runaway heating so long and fervently expected? Oh wait, that hasn't actually arrived yet.

"The issue of climate finance will take center stage at this year’s COP in Azerbaijan"

"Climate activists are demanding the Global North provide at least $5 trillion a year in public finance to the Global South 'as a down payment towards their climate debt' ... "

"Oxfam warns that the lack of traceable spending could undermine trust in global climate finance efforts at this critical juncture"

Not to mention that all the flim-flam of the last 50 critical years has reduced the climate overheating scare by ... nothing at all, so why should we trust any of it?

Stand by for the relentless search for the guilty, the punishment of the innocent, and the heaping of praise and honours on the non-participants ... possibly accompanied by the announcement of the no-stones-unturned investigations, the reporting of the irrelevant distractions & deflections, the cover-ups of the factual evidence, and the fingering of the political enemies.

Twas ever thus.

The Ultimate 'Down the Rabbit Hole'?

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 27 October 2024; Hits: 843

2024-10-27

Before we begin, I offer the standard "Down the Rabbit Hole" introductory advice for those unfamiliar:

I strongly suggest that those new to my site should review the earlier Down the Rabbit Hole series, starting with 1 2 3 and 4.

That said, let's dive in.

I hesitate to claim that this really is the "ultimate" in Rabbit Holes, but I don't know of, nor can I at present imagine, a deeper one - nevertheless I'm learning all the time!

"Only through arrogance and ignorance man believes that he is alone in the cosmos"

That's no more than logical, given the observable size of the universe, even viewed from my back garden ...

Does the article reveal the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?

I don't know, but at least it seems to make some sort of sense, even when considered against the decidedly incomplete but nevertheless compelling evidence of previous civilisations on our planet.

Does it conflict with the Bible?

Well, decidedly yes and no. Interpretation is all, and the makers of mischief have (in my jaundiced but practical view) had ample opportunity to mess with Biblical texts before they presented them to us. Once again, it's up to us to form our own views. We don't get to have salvation served to us on a plate with all the trimmings, and anyway, there are many ancient texts of which "the Bible" in all its many and various publications is but one group of renderings - it is not a perfect "ready meal".

Does this article portray the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Again, I don't know, but if you believe that we are all independent free spirits, then maybe it offers a pathway that may ultimately lead us thereunto.

It seems to me that we as individuals will make little headway unless we begin from a viewpoint that excludes all preconditions. We are a blank slate upon which we must construct our own theory of everything (ie: inclusive of both material and spiritual), even if we have to wipe that slate clean before we start; this article may assist or it may not - that is for each of us to explore.

Your "starter for ten" is here. And just to demonstrate that the future is not pre-ordained, it was dated 2008 and the various predictions have obviously not yet (quite?) come to pass, so think on.

By the way, "Deep Dive" may be to understate the position ... you may need several sessions ... or a lifetime ... or several ...

But don't let that put you off.

The prerequisite for success seems to be our attitude, and fundamentally, that is perhaps reasonably simple - be non-judgemental, be loving and generous, and understand that the game of life is simply a huge learning opportunity!

But what do I know?!

A Short Historical Perspective on "They" - Matt Ehret

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 26 October 2024; Hits: 777

2024-10-26

Matt Ehret, Canadian, historian, and all-round deep mine of all things historical, tells Dell Bigtree from whence he believes "they" (that rule the world) came, how they developed, and how they brought us in the western world, and in particular (but by no means only) America, to our current state of global crisis.

If we would improve the world, we really need to get some understanding of the course of the last 500 years. This is a conflict that has been brewing for a long time.

" ... the idea of utilising finance for economic warfare does go back to the days of the Roman Empire as well ... "

(97 minutes)

Distract - Deflect - Cash In

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 24 October 2024; Hits: 879

2024-10-24

Two examples arrive today of the way in which demand is drummed up for Big Pharma drugs.

A) The Telegraph reports that the dastardly NHS is refusing to fund the latest "wonder drug" for Alzheimer's dementia.

"Regulators have declared the new treatment for the disease safe for use but the rationing body has immediately ruled that it is too expensive for NHS patients"

"Immediately"! The unfeeling apparatchiks! Still counting the pennies whilst we die a slow and highly undesirable death!

Cue everybody writes in high indignation to whatever authority they please to demand that the government fund whatever outrageous price tag Big Pharma demand for their new drug (which "slows the progress" and, some might think, merely prolongs the agony), thereby keeping the wolves from Big Pharma's door. Not to mention the regulator's door, largely funded as they are by Big Pharma.

With sufficient outcry behind them, the regulator will approve.

Maybe, just maybe, the newspapers would perform a better service to the public by investigating the relevant clinical trials and reporting on the true efficacy and safety of the products on offer - human nature being what it is, and the monies involved being so gargantuan, I'm sure there must be some rich pickings somewhere in this department, just waiting for exposure ...

B) Investigate Europe also report on the opaque but apparently startling price discrepancies of various "life-saving medications" as demanded by Big Pharma in different European countries.

"Deadly prices is our major investigation that exposed the hidden costs behind crucial medicines"

"Some news is great: the pharmaceutical pipeline is bursting with new therapies that seem like gamechangers"

Note the weasel words.

"The investigation has been nominated for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize, a prestigious award for outstanding journalism"

Another weasel word - they haven't actually won anything.

Exactly the same criticism applies - they take the safety and efficacy of such "life-saving" for granted. Did they learn nothing from thalidomide?

Even Wikipedia agrees: "It was introduced as a sedative and medication for morning sickness without having been tested on pregnant women"

So if our regulators will not protect us, and our newspapers are similarly asleep (or worse - their advertising revenue likely depends upon their lazy somnolence) then it is up to us the public to demand answers to the pertinent questions, especially when newspapers and others would divert us down less important avenues of enquiry that may ultimately lead to little effect except the swelling of Big Pharma's coffers.

Hope Emerges from the Chaos .. ?

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 23 October 2024; Hits: 952

2024-10-23

Once again, humanity lives through extraordinary times - although this time, there are many for whom the extraordinary passed with the passing of the scamdemic, and for whom "normalcy" (we must thank our American cousins for that word!) has resumed.

None the less, "normalcy" did not resume for those who recognised the enormity of the crime, and a global movement for the re-establishment of ... well, definitely not the previous "normalcy", but the genuine freedom and justice that has been crushed by stealth over a long period, perhaps over centuries. For them, nothing but destruction of the control matrix and a new beginning founded upon the notion of free men and women, free to choose to contribute in whatever way best suits them and their society, will suffice.

Brave new world indeed.

Our friend and compatriot Martin Geddes reviews the state of play from his present sojourn in the US, and makes the case that we must all pace ourselves and conserve our energy when necessary. Temporarily downbeat but very grounded in current reality.

Today however we feature the inimitable Ivor Cummins interviewing the equally unique Dr Jacob Nordangard (yes, he does push his new book, but a man must make a living, and how better to so do than by informing the world?).

It's a wide-ranging but comparatively upbeat review of how/why we got here, and how/why we might get out of here!

(52 minutes)

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