Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Mexico’s War on Cash
This week, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced restrictions on cash payments for drivers, planning that all toll and fuel payments be made digitally. As Mexico News Daily reports:
Looking to an all-digital future, Sheinbaum plans to eliminate cash at the pump and the toll booth
Speaking at the 89th Banking Convention, Sheinbaum said:
“Our goal this year is to make digital payment of gasoline and tolls mandatory […] This will allow us to move forward with the digitization of the country through other schemes.”
This, obviously, promotes both the anti-cash and the anti-driving agenda. Mexico goes first on this one, but expected other nations to roll out near identical schemes very soon.
2. UK Abolishes Hereditary Peers
The British Government passed the “House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026” this week, which removes the hereditary peers from the UK’s Upper House.
This is being celebrated as a victory for democracy as it removes the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the legislature, but it should be noted that they are not being replaced by elected officials. Rather, this means that the UK’s upper house is now entirely appointed. Rather than old blood Lords protecting their own interests, we will now have newly created lords pushing the government’s interests.
It’s counterintuitive, but over the years, the old-money hereditary Lords have been one of the few institutions to push back against government overreach.
3. Colonial Comeuppance?
A Belgian court is bringing a prosecution for murder against 94-year old former diplomat Etienne Davignon over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961.
At the same time, King Felipe IV of Spain ignited discussion of his nation’s colonial past by bringing up the “abuses” of the Conquistadors during the conquest of the New World. A potential sign of the direction the Mexico-Spain reparations feud may go.
These news items together make me think that we might soon witness a widespread colonialist apology and some kind of concomitant transfer of wealth.
BONUS: Orwell Reference of the Week
Having been accused of rape, thirty-three years after his death, unionist, labor leader and civil rights pioneer Cesar Chavez is suddenly and instantly a non-person, and the city of San Jose has set about removing his name from the Plaza del Cesar Chavez…
Letter by letter, crews cover up “Plaza De Cesar Chavez” in San Jose. pic.twitter.com/zbEzifBWbE
— scott budman (@scottbudman) March 20, 2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
George Orwell, 1984
It’s not all bad…
The Scottish Parliament rejected the assisted dying bill in a close vote of 57 for, 69 opposed.
Hopefully, the England and Wales version of the bill will similarly fail in the House of Lords (which is one of the reasons they want to replace them, by the way).
And, as a fun game, the Labour government is planning 12 new towns, the names of which were announced this week. Can we do better? Let’s get some town names in the comments.
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All told a pretty hectic week for the new normal crowd, and we didn’t even mention how lab-grown meat and edible insects are going “revolutionise” our plates or “digital blackface”.
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What if this whole thing was a test to get us used to power outages?
The middle east has had power issues since 28 Feb.
Digital ID coming to South African shores if not there already. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/government/629065-south-africas-digital-id-with-digital-driving-licence-support-launching-in-2026-ramaphosa.html
Bookmark this article if you took the Covid Jab, and are worried about the long term side effects from them.
The below video details the detox cures.
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “Detoxification protocol for jab side effects.” | nitter.poast.org
Is Trump telling the truth here – or is this another one of his many verbal blunders, I know your router can pinpoint your position in the house – using wi-fi waves it emits and that signal can be sent back to whoever required that info, so 6G having this quality and more wouldn’t surprise me at all.
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “Very odd statement from Trump about cellular signals in 5G, and upcoming 6G, being used for 3D spatial penetrative surveillance that can see through skin and walls. WTF” | nitter.poast.org
TRUMP’S WALKING BACK HIS ULTIMATUM
He had said if the strait wasn’t fully open on Monday, today, U.S. wd destroy Iran’s electric grid. Iran responded they’d strike electric grid across the Gulf; some reports said desalination facilities across the Gulf wd be struck by Iran too, and even oil facilities.
But today the Liar says forget his ultimatum cuz US & Iran now in negotiations for the past two days. Iran foreign minister says there are no talks going on.
Insiders like Charles Freeman, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, says Stephen Witkoff of Trump admin (Zionist) is exchanging texts w Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
So I wd guess no more escalation until after the elections.
It is showing the US and Israel as two peaceful nations who wants freedom and peace for all nations, while Iran is a nation of psychos and maniacs who just go berserk threatening Armageddon on the whole world if they dont get their will.
Dictatorships like Iran are like spoiled childs, They want it all and They want it NOW.
https://youtu.be/hFDcoX7s6rE
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “EU Ursula von der Leyen. “Europe has the values of The Talmud”” | nitter.poast.org
You wanna know the values of the Talmud? boy are you in for a shock.
Talmud: The Dangers of Judaism — Christian Analysis
When I was young, the hereditary lords and even the monarchy seemed a ridiculous, undemocratic anachronism. Perhaps they still are but what has changed is my naive assumption that career politicians were better, more talented and more in touch with ‘ordinary people’. In fact, they are often worse because only the arrogant and ambitious want to make a career in politics, whereas functionaries who are there purely because of their ancestors understand their own limitations and usually have a degree of public spirit and humility to compensate for their good fortune. It probably does make sense not to have legislators who may be fools but, as I say, professional politicians are often worse.
The Netherlands is way ahead of everybody else with 15 Minute Cities in mind, its already happening where one car will need to be shared between three families, and eventually no one will own a car (privately) you’ll need to take the bus – train or cycle everywhere.
Its all been devised by the WEF.
Watch the video below, its really happening NOW! – this is the future in their eyes.
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “The WEF: “The Netherlands is building a neighbourhood where every car must be shared. There’ll be one vehicle for every three homes, and no space for privately owned cars.” This is insane and it goes against basic human nature.” | nitter.poast.org
An old socialist dream:
The polluting cars OUT of the city…….right until they themselves got a car.
But Holland is a little Liberal shithole country so why not have these enclaves where they are themselves in endless quarrels, green water plans and laced LSD trips.
No vax – No Visit.
Big Pharma, and the medical community overall – will get the cash out of you one way or another, whilst jabbing you with Christ knows what.
“the Tdap which is given systemically trains the body to generate antibodies to pertussis bacteria which then makes the grandparent’s symptoms *milder*, but does little or nothing to reduce the respiratory tract carriage rates… thus effectively INCREASING the risk of transmission to the baby”
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “Dr. Robert Malone exposes another Big Pharma scam: the ‘no vax no visit’ rules requiring family to get Tdap shots before visiting newborns, to ‘cocoon’ them from pertussis, are not backed by science. The shots don’t stop transmission.” | nitter.poast.org
The viewing figures for WWIII are down, so the next psyop is brewing.
Throw in a fake arson attack in GoydersGreencentral and fake Plane crash to scare the possible airtravellers.
The art of the deal sat down with the mortal enemy and said, “This is the plan or you’re fired.”
The nukes doesnt seem to scare people as much as the fear of migrants.
The gold-silver lot is not boasting now; the market dropped by 300 billion overnight (20% drop). Marking its worst performance since 2011.
The controllers now shooting Gas , petrol, oil and grains.
New Normal CGI isnt working like it used to.
Everything is doing the opposite of what they predict. The pentagram on its head. Alert!
More breaking news. Just heard it on TV. There is an upcoming climate conference in which urgent discussion will focus on – wait for it! wait for it! – the fact that the last eleven years have been the hottest in the Earth’s history!
Which would probably explain that Diplodocus that wandered into my greenhouse the other day.
I had a tyrannosaurus screaming at me when I walked at the beach here this Sunday.
Only because the Politicians have not been doing something about it yet! As usual.
A Bill Gates outfit (APEEL) is spraying coating on fruit and veg in shops – the fruit and veg are close to turning bad – but the APEEL coating gives them a longer life span – the chemical has been FDA approved under the title Organopeel.
The active ingredients in the spray which coats the fruit and veg are Ethol Acetate and Heptine, both are toxic to humans especially Heptine – the coating on the fruit and veg cannot be washed off, it also contains glycerol, which is also harmful to humans.
Watch out for APEEL and Organopeel in the stores and avoid them like the plague.
matrixbot (@thematrixb0t): “”Next time your in the produce aisle – please be on the look out for this label” “The main ingredient found in the coating is monoprenal” “Bill Gates backed APEEL sprayed on produce”” | nitter.poast.org
All apples, especially; I can’t find any apples w/o it– not even the organic ones. Have to peel them, they’re not labelled.
Thanks for the research as to what’s in the coating.
Do you guys and girls ONLY have bad news which are impossible to do something about, and also impossible to examine whether true or not?????
Breaking news: Evil antisemitic attack on Jewish charity ambulances that were burned by evil antisemites who were being antisemitic and evil and condemned by Rabbi Mirvis who was still trying to recover from the poison in our society and the precipice we are facing from evil antisemitic Corbyn in 2019 election bid whose utter evil still echoes even now as the stench of barbed wire gas ovens thunders through the aether and no-one can understand the hate hilled hate of the haters etc.
My first question is – why do Jews need their own ambulances? I have a hard time taking this seriously
To protect them as they are especially exposed to hate crimes. Thats why!
Because they’re kosher?
As long as government officials or agencies are allowed to dictate policy such as corporate cash instead of analog cash, appoint “representatives” rather than publicly voting them, mandate medical treatments or digital IDs, bomb countries or kidnap presidents, or a thousand other fascist dictates now executed, Humanity is going to be taken down by these idiots in charge. Somehow we must require public consent requirements for EVERYTHING they do. This is not rocket science. It’s evolution to adult society, whether they like it or not.
Would be difficult within any system to have the required governance for a freer, fairer world; under capitalism as it is… not a chance.
Sad thing is people have been taught to defend it as it is and attack all other options. Yet the simplest option is to keep the fundamental structure of capitalism, but with reasonable, scaled limits on profit, while ensuring over-accumulation of wealth is proportionally re-invested into public services. Not one person needs the wealth of ten thousand lifetimes.
The problem isn’t any particular system. The problem is the filthy, parasitic greed.
Agree. They hate on capitalism when it’s not capitalism but protectionist inverted socialism we are living under.The wealthy are protected by the state and the poor and middle class pick up the tab.
I agree. All the other people I meet are filled with greed. They want me to pay. This is the biggest problem of today. Other people’s filthy greed!
A large gang of Jews wearing skull caps chase away Al-Jazeera reporter, who wanted to report on the Golders Greens arson attack.
One wonders if the MSM will report this as Islamaphobia – as zealously as they did about the arson attack being anti-Semitism.
BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS): “Al Jazeera is harrassed and driven away from covering the Golders Green arson. I’m guessing we won’t talk about this blatant Islamophobia.” | nitter.poast.org
They have a right to protect them selves. 💂
Your aware they have there own police cars.
My folks have supported the Palestinian cause since the 80s and they read liberal media and some alternates such as Democracy Now. Their opinions are catered for just as the pro-zionists are by the bigger media.
People read the news that favors their PoV and both sides get fed very polarized propaganda these days, as if the whole point is to get people segregated into camps that can’t communicate.
When I try to say this to my folks though they look at me like I’m crazy. They tell me about the crimes of Israel. I’m like, I KNOW, but also see the bigger picture of how even righteous and justifiable outrage can be weaponized for bad ends.
I agree with that last sentence. The measuring stick should be the basics of Natural Law and an awake conscience.
Back from the Abyss it seems, with a 5-day postponement of Armageddon and/or the return of the Mahdi.
Iran ‘agreeing’ to not getting nukes, which they likely had no intention of ever getting anyway, given that Ali Khameni had issued fatwas against them. Combined with the fact that Tehran denied any talks with the US had even took place.
Trump: Close to an agreement (15 points, 3 of which were apparently identical) and the regime change candidate still on the cards. The perfect “off-ramp”.
Dual signals maybe
That pr*ck Trump bitchin about the Straits of Hormuz being blocked by Iran – whilst he blocked Cuba so badly – from getting energy that its now in darkness, and hospitals in Cuba are badly struggling to keep baby incubators – and much needed medical equipment going.
I loathe that Orange Faced B*stard.
There does seem to be alot being done elsewhere under the cover of ‘Iran’.
Cuba, Lebanon. Mandelson escaping with only one day under scrutiny. A perfect WWIII to bury any bad news
Loathe what lies behind him.
But see I think you’re reacting just as “they” want you to, with hate that blocks out nuance.The pro-Trumpists do the same the other way round. Trump is just another tool. It’s like hating the puppet and ignoring the puppeteer.
Its all happening now, says I with tongue pressed firmly into cheek.
Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian): “https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svgBREAKING FIRST PHOTOS OF TRUMP’S CALL WITH IRAN” | nitter.poast.org
Yesterday: Oil prices up, Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Stock market down, Buy! Buy!
Today: Oil prices down, stock market up, Sell! Sell! Ka-ching! Ka-ching!
Same old war-profit shuffle – the original get-rich-quick scheme.
And………? You have something against that we get more out of it than you?
Have you been drinking again, Erik?
At least Starmer (Labour) hasn’t gone to war in Iran (yet); that must be a good thing.
But all the other populist nationalist new parties that appeared within the last 2 years
have all been demanding it.
His missile components have.
“Byline Times has linked the components used in the Tomahawk missiles which hit a girls’ school in Minab, to two defence companies with a strong presence in the UK.
The US missiles murdered around 165 school girls on February 28 in a double-tap attack. The second missile killed sheltering survivors, two first responders, and the parent of a murdered child.”
UK parts in missile that killed Iranian schoolgirls – Canary
And out of interest.
“Police document says being an IDF soldier is not a protected characteristic”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the-internal-police-guidance-on-chanting-death-to-the-idf/
AI’s fault, not our fault. AI should have jail time for this and also pay a major compensation in CBDC’s.
The Zionist owned media in Britain are constantly reorting on a fire in a Jewish area of London that saw a couple of vehicles burnt out.
Its all smells of Reichstag fire shit to me, which the Zionist have a long history of doing.
True, though in fairness it must be said the original Reichstag fire was about framing the Jews.
Apparently it was four old ambulances (for Jews only) that were burned out – they were due to be replaced soon, so the false flag op killed two birds with one stone
IIRC, the Reichstag fire was about blaming the Communists.
Here the former MI5 whistleblower Annie Machon, explains one of the Zionists false flag ops in London – of all places.
‘When the vaccine became available at the beginning of 2021, it is clear: Did the population receive during the vaccination campaigns the active substance that Pfizer tested in the shortened emergency approval procedure?
**Dr. Sterz:**
No. For the clinical testing before approval, a highly pure substance was used. It was too expensive for mass production. The population received a vaccine that was produced with the help of the bacterium *Escherichia coli*. The result is significant contaminations with bacterial DNA, and the consequence could be a significantly increased cancer risk.’
More here:
https://www.globalresearch.ca/likely-60000-german-deaths-from-mrna-covid-vaccine/5919651
This figure is manipulated and rounded down.
Probably because some people wanted to hide reality and facts. The correct figure that the German Authorities have in their files is 66600 German death.
AI Fact check:
“Dr. Sterz’s statement contains a kernel of truth — Pfizer did use two different manufacturing processes, and Process 2 (used for commercial distribution) does involve E. coli-based plasmid DNA production, which introduces the possibility of residual DNA contamination. These are real aspects of the manufacturing process that have been the subject of legitimate scientific and regulatory discussion.
However, the statement is misleading in several important ways:
1. It presents the process change as if it were a secret or a scandal, when in fact it was documented by the EMA and subject to comparability assessments.
2. It frames residual DNA as “significant contamination” when regulatory bodies say levels are within acceptable limits (though some independent researchers dispute the measurement methods).***
3 The claim of “significantly increased cancer risk” is a theoretical speculation that is contradicted by post-market surveillance data covering billions of doses, as confirmed by the FDA, EMA, and TGA.
***DNA impurities can impact the safety of genetically engineered pharmaceuticals; thus, a specific limit value must be set for them during marketing authorisation. This particularly applies to mRNA vaccines, as large quantities of DNA templates are used for their production. Furthermore, DNA impurities are also encased in lipid nanoparticles and are therefore difficult to quantify. In fact, the manufacturer of the mRNA vaccine, Comirnaty, only measures DNA iimpurities by means of a qPCR, whose DNA target sequence is less than just 1% of the originally added DNA template. This means that no direct DNA quantification takes place, and compliance with the limit value is only estimated from the qPCR data using mathematical extrapolation methods”.
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In other words, the amount of impurities is practically unknown and you just have to believe the regulatory bodies conclusions that there’s nothing to see here.
Let’s ask AI about regulatory capture in the pharma industry:
“The real question becomes: Who do we trust to independently verify these claims? And that’s where the system genuinely struggles. Independent academic researchers who have raised concerns about DNA contamination (like those I referenced in the fact-check) are performing exactly the role that a captured regulatory system needs — external checks. Their concerns deserve serious investigation. But the leap from “regulators have financial conflicts” to “therefore the vaccine causes cancer” skips over the actual evidence, which remains inconclusive on that specific claim”.
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I rate your original post as… TRUE!
we can assume the “digital blackface” was created by the same people now getting hysterical about it. Another attempt at division and making moral panic
It’s as easy as herding cows:
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/peter-thiel-backs-16bn-ai-cowgorithm-that-lets-farmers-herd-400000-cattle-one-button-1787277
Get in line Folks. We’re next.
Town names –
Conformity
Maskington
Stand-in-Line
Bang-ur-Pans
Making a ‘killing’ on the stock market:
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/03/22/craig-murray-seeing-trump-clearly/
The piece makes good points, but..
What stands out for me as great weakness in it, is the position that Trump runs the show. This plays the same old tune that distracts from the deeper workings of the machine and succeeds in keeping our focus on one man, as opposed to the puppet-masters behind he curtain.
The piece does a clever double-switch, saying that Trump is not the fool he acts up to be – certainly true – while also making clear that it is Trump making all the plans and decisions – which doesn’t stand up to any reasonble assessment.
Murray provides good underlying substance regarding the middle-east action over the last few years. Whether he intends the focus on Trump as master to distract from reality, or actually believes it.. I’d say the former.
The fleeing Chosen now have an inkling of how the Folks in Gaza feel:
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Just an inkling.
That was dumb.
Try this:
https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/03/does-neo-caligula-trump-push-the-escalation-button-or-taco-out/
A new book on the $camdemic:
https://www.soniaelijah.com/p/311-viral-takeover
Thoroughly researched and detailed.
Some of my favourites are:
Can You Catch a Cold? – Dan Roytas
&
Virus Mania – Engelbrecht, Koehnlein, Bailey & Scoglio
Town names? In Britain? That’s easy.
Cold and wet.
Cold and overcast.
Wet and Miserable.
Foggy and damp.
Windy and wet.
😝 Just kidding Folks.
Offspring of convict stock having a laugh at the expense of the prisoners of Mother England.
(It gets cold and wet here too).
It’s time we took a vote on ‘assisted dying’ for the Psychos in $uits.
Any volunteers for assisting when the polling’s done?
They should rot in jail where they belong for high treason, mass murder and wilful environmental destruction. Early death is too lenient.
‘assisted dying’
is the new cancer.
Satanyahu is exacting revenge.
Over, and over, and over:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonatan_Netanyahu
Until he takes his last breath
Communists are known for their belief that hoomanity is reformable, improvable –
though no one agrees with the commies’ methods…
The obsessive Zealots like Ellisons, and the likes of the Tony Blairs, and The
Church disagree. They believe hoomins are born BAD – will commit crimes, and
sin, if not surveilled and ordered about 24/7. So they’re building a Global Digital
Prison… “Fuck The Idealistic Commies -We have ways to force hoomins To Be
Good, To Be Honest , To Love Each Other !!”
And God Is On Our Side.” …
What’s not to like about Their Technocratic Heaven On Earth ?
What authority takes responsibility for the improvement of humans? Is this improvement achieved thru mandates or psychological nudging?
Pruning of the mind thru propaganda & never-ending mis-education.
FIRST NEGOTIATION IN IRAN WAR
Apparently Iran has made its first negotiating stand; its conditions are the following: structural changes, removal of American bases from the Gulf area, a new legal framework for the Strait, and reparations.
US says no, we’re not ready to negotiate, meaning they think they can get better terms after more fighting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEwVXYyG2E
— Prof. Jiang Xueqin, March 22
I hope this doesn’t encourage Trump to think that he only has to increase hostilities to get more of what HE wants.
Don’t get sucked in to the BS drama love. Trump isn’t running this war, he’s just the clown show boogeyman. The outcome is already agreed by his bosses. When they’ve got their preplanned crashes, shortages etc and destroyed enough infrastructure to make a killing on “building back better”: they’ll “negotiate” and the war will end until they want it to start again.
Of course, exactly what I’ve been saying. “Trump” is shorthand for his Controllers.
But for too many it is not mere shorthand. Blaming Trump for it all is the ultimate distraction, like if he did not exist they’d need to invent such a character to preside over the willful destruction of the West. Every time Trump as the individual in charge is used, it quite frankly massively simplifies any argument and brings it right back to partisan bullshit. And as we know, partisan bullshit is what they want us focused on. The idea that if we just get rid of Orange Man Bad is huge, particularly in the US, same as 10 fucking years ago. We should have seen what that gets us, but too many refuse to do so.
Just began reading The Technocratic Dark State by Iain Davis – we’re in the “creative destruction” phase of the Reset.
12 UK new (15 minute ?) towns needing a name? PFI¹, PFI², PFI³, The Peter Thiel Residential Centre, Shitterton-upon Starmer’s Face, Fairmarket MyArse!, Hopelessness, Helplessness, Furiously Flummoxed-on-Thames, Jabbed to Delirium.
Hell-on-Earth.
The New Normal is telling The World whom you admire and whom you revile –
boasting about it, too:
‘Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong
enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good. Aggression
will overcome moderation.”…
Netty Yahoo, ‘During a televised address onThursday evening.
The current US/World Crusade is mis-directed ? No, just a New Normal inversion.
‘Evil’ crucified Christ and the result has been two millenia of millions of people taking up His message. Imagine the world without this.
Netanyahu fell into darkness long ago, so of course he wouldn’t understand that he talks backwards.
Netty Yahoo is a shithole. A dozen ware who pops up every century. Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, m.m. They are on a short time, and then suddenly a day, all breath freely.
isn’t always in the name of this mythology invisible sky-god.
“Attrition” is The New Normal – and it’s wearing me out !
So I guess Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum to the Iranians to open the (not really closed) Strait expires on Monday. Trump’s “or else” is the destruction of Iran’s electric grid. Iran says it’ll respond by taking out the electric grid across the Gulf, and they have also “mentioned” desalination plants.
Kind of surprised not to see this being discussed here; maybe cuz we’ve heard something like it before and everyone assumes Trump will blink (again)? Anyway story’s here if anyone cares:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/iran-says-will-hit-regions-energy-sites-if-us-israel-target-power-plants
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I guess everyone’s heard by now that China says “No more rare Earth exports unless they can be shown NOT to be destined for military purposes.” Official announcement w licensing provision.
China has nothing to say. We have been through this once in history. China lost the opium wars and was permanently humiliated for centuries.
Clubs and large shields and outdated nukes is what they still are fighting with:
One of the oldest cultures on the planet.
USia is still in nappies.
Having tantrums and shitting itself.
Which Mao tried to wipe out…
So Western history books say.
What’s the real story?
The real story is the Communist Manifest and Shoes.
You cannot run away from real archeological facts and founds from Mao’s time and mis-regime Johnny.
Hundreds of millions of people were forced to work in Gulag camps in Mao shoes with a little red book in their back pocket. Fact!
For genuine information about China and its long term aims, I recommend Aussie professor Warwick Powell. One parent Chinese, the other Aussie. He lives in Australia (near me), and often visits China.
There is so much anti-Chinese propaganda in Australia – our mainstream media still push the “yellow peril” nonsense.
Warwick Powell’s Substack
The US imports 71% of its rare earths from China. This could mean they now need to get them from elsewhere – perhaps our mines in Western Australia?
Australia is largely dependent on oil originating from the Gulf states and we will need another source of oil……possibly the US trading their oil for our rare earths?
I see the US as the greatest of all rogue states and they often break their agreements with other nations. Not looking good for Australia’s future.
The whole bloody point of the war is to set up the idea of scarcities, price hikes and shortages. There are no rogue states as such, they all play the parts they’re given, goodies or baddies. Israel and the US are supposed to act like baddies now so we all support Iran, Russia and China, who have been marked to be the new first world states while we all sink into poverty.
Australian rare earth industry will take at least 5 years to develop. Meantime it needs knowledgeable technicians about how to refine etc the commodities, and specialised equipment from China. But, even before that you need investors, especially ones who can afford to wait over 5 years to get a return on their money – and then there’s government guarantees and support. So far this latter, the first step, isnt forthcoming.
Blackrock and Blackstone will be there as flies on a hot summer lunch.
May Hem, yeah seems like a probable outcome. But I guess our biggest problem is the surveillance-plus-control system they’re setting up w programmable money.
Seems impossible to believe so much control can be achieved by so few against so many.
It’s these damn structures they set up, and the propaganda that shelters them.
Know nothing about your own country may hem? Shame, shame, shame.
https://www.ga.gov.au/aecr2025/coal .
I know. Australia has lots of coal, gas and wheat, but in the possibly near future will we have the fuel to enable the mining, transport, processing, harvesting, etc.?
US has a shortage of rare earth minerals and China has just announced it will ban exporting these. Perhaps China doesn’t like Trump cancelling his visit which was scheduled at end of March – just in time for April Fool’s day.
Just more posturing to justify shortages and crash western economies as part of the shift eastward. Whole point of this war. The rest is set-dressing.
I’m not sure that China vs US is entirely posturing. Could be that branches of TPTB compete w each other. Even tho they’re in agreement about their Reset to Slavery.
I don’t know about Cesar Chavez particularly but when individuals are discredited after their deaths it always raises red flags. There are two scenarios – either the individual was being excessively protected by powerful people in life, or else it’s a cowardly smear campaign against a courageous individual who can no longer defend themselves.
In Chavez’ case, the move to disparage him is as much about the fact that he was virulently opposed to illegal immigration — which he rightfully understood as scab labor — as it is about accusations of sexual wrongdoing.
Curiously, there’s not much energy being expended on removing MLK’s name and likeness from public buildings/spaces in light of his alleged sexual wrongdoing.
Aha, that makes perfect sense. The speed of the cancelling of Chavez got my suspicion meter going, with seemingly no investigation of the charges and immediate removal of statues, street names, etc. Illegal immigration is most definitely scab labor – the very idea that a capitalist country would bring in cheaper migrant labor due to humanitarian reasons is a great scam when it is really about importing the surplus labor required for capitalist “growth,” then calling those who see that scam selfish racists for even attempting to point it out. Divide and rule.
Cesar Chavez. 😂
You couldn’t get a more silly story if you tried.
during vernal equinox, also called Ostara, which is about fertility, birds, animals, and nature waking up.
Officially the new year.
You get the same story placed into the MSM, so the not-so-wise alt media lot picks it up.
CC on March 20 , which is 322.
It’s a phony story because you can see the number 33.
Posted by Scott ‘Bud’man (they’re not even trying)
5:50 PM · Mar 20
Bird eye view of the park with a square looks like a phallus.
Our Gringos are miles in front.
Driving off without paying for petrol, known as “bilking,” has led some petrol stations to enforce a pay- up-front policy with number plate identification.
It was all the rage in mainstream news that the UK was “Broken Britain” during the Blairs’ era.
Hard on crime with CCTV and for safety, security, and prevention of crime, hence why they would only accept card payments upfront.
Many major UK toll crossings, including the Dartford Crossing, M6 Toll, and Clifton Suspension Bridge, are now cashless, relying on ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) or card-only payments. Tolls are paid online, via apps, or via phone, often requiring payment by midnight the following day to avoid penalties
I wouldn’t be surprised if Australia is next after Mexico. And then Scotland. The “Left” or “Socialist” countries which are targeted since covid’s “Left” turn and the rulers ditched the whole neoliberal entrepreneurial “Hey you can be a capitalist too!” rap for the more obvious state interference mode “made necessary” by pandemics, collapsing eco-systems, overpopulation or any other spooky bogey they can come up with.
Which brings us to the old-money hereditary Lords as one of the few institutions to push back against government overreach. Just as, in this topsy turvy world, it was those detested Tory farmers who stood as at least one section of the working public that didn’t want to surrender to our “compassionate” biosecurity state. Whilst the “Marxists” were urging everyone to get as many needles jammed into their collapsing circularity systems as possible.
And the old colonial front serves as yet another diversion to all that crap in the past to distract from the present. Oh well, they had to run out of the old Hitler rap eventually.
“Hey! Don’t forget us, up here in the (formerly) Great White North! We’re second to none when it comes to acquiescing to the commands of out Globalist Overlords.”
Karl Marx havent lived in vain. Think about how much influence and dumbness one man and his book can make in the world for centuries after his death.
Everyone ought to read at least the opening part of The Communist Manifesto. They would find the most concentrated and succinct description of the world they’re living in. And also understand how conservatism and capitalism are incompatible. Indeed, they would find out that capitalism is incompatible with any tradition, culture or religion.
Cept the religion of Mammon.
This bloke would agree George:
https://michael-hudson.com/books/super-imperialism/
The bourgeoisie and the Proletarians. The Lord and Serf. The Freeman and the Slave. The class struggle.
In the class fight against the Empirialistic, Capitalistic, Colonialistic rich swines, there cant be taking any considerations to the individual, but only to the working class masses class fight for the Proletariats dictatorship.
Its a world view. In this world view “rich” people are not humans but monsters to fight, rob, kill, and steal from.
Note that Marx and Engels were atheists, say pure materialists. Which is what I see today when I hear and read Socialists.
Their focus lies solely on the money, wealth, who has more money and who has less.
Christ blows up the whole shit by taking the individual human into consideration saying we all are of God’s Creation.
Even that Christ maintain some socialism saying it is difficult to love both money and our Lord in Heaven. We cant serve two masters. Fixed!
If you’re going to critique it, it helps if you read it first. The “monstrousness” or otherwise of rich people is irrelevant. Marx and Engles were talking about a mode of production which depends on parasitism. The system itself follows its own rules via profit maximisation on a competitive basis. It doesn’t matter how “nice” a capitalist is, how much of an upstanding pillar of the community, how much of a family man etc. In order to compete against other capitalists he has to follow certain patterns or go out of business.
And with everyone categorised as a money maker, all distinctions of race, culture, religion etc. go out the window. It is capitalism that is the great leveller, the force that abstracts and creates uniformity.
And as for your “spirituality”, you can get as starry eyed as you want. It doesn’t change the capitalist world you live in which also, incidentally couldn’t give a fuck about Christ unless using his image on a product helps to sell it.
Us old lags down in Oz always do the trial runs for future dystopias mate.
House all those who persist in wearing masks, getting as much of the monkey-gunk into themselves as possible and now to the State and call the place : Compli City
…..bow to The State…..
I was pleased they voted no to assisted dying, in Canada they have (MAID) Medical Assistance in Dying, they began with euthanising seriously ill folk, then the not so seriously ill – then young folk, and the latest is that, in a poll in Canada, it showed that 27% of Canadians, think that poor Canadians – should have the option of using (MAID) to end their financial suffering.
As for the Westminster peers in the HoC, they receive £300 pounds a day just for showing up, they don’t even need to stay in the HoC – as long as they sign the book they get the cash, and they can then leave, they also have a taxpayer subsidised canteen – where they can scoff such delicacies as Qualls Eggs, Lobster and Champagne – at a fraction of the cost outside the HoC.
Mexico’s Sheinbaum was doing so well – in aiding Cuba, now with this cash free thingy its a step backwards once the (DC) gets its foot in the door – cash starts to get squeezed out.
A wee bit more on Canada.
In Canada the suggestion being put forward now is if you don’t take the vaccines offered to you and yours, there’s the distinct possibility that you will be considered not of sound mind and put on psychiatric drugs.
healthbot (@thehealthb0t): “College of Physician’s & Surgeons in Canada suggests mandating psychiatric drugs for those that refuse mRNA injections or any kind of vaccination….” | nitter.poast.org
They have other means to kill you.
Yes – but at least that won’t be one of them.
The colonial admin in Scotland is to erect a permanent memorial to the foreign monarch that was queen Elizabeth II – mind you the Scottish admin is a bunch of treacherous b*stards, its a bit like Washington erecting a statute of the Zionist monster Netanyahu outside the Whitehouse.
Were some of the places in the House of Lords sold by bankrupt nobility? The names and looks of the replacements don’t seem White. Sure, there is supposed to be no such thing as race in Woke reality, but my lying eyes tell me something.
Your “lying eyes” are telling you that your country (I’m assuming here) is being given over to Third World Savages.
Addendum, New Normality:
In 2023, JPMorgan Chase was forced to hand over its own internal files on Jeffrey Epstein as part of a lawsuit brought by his victims. The bank’s lawyers compiled a twenty-three-page summary of what they found.
It was meant to assess legal risk.
But the files show that Epstein was effectively running one of the world’s biggest banks from the outside.
Switchboard Operator – by esc
Escapekey’s posts support the Small Minority who believe that Jeffrey
Epstein didnt need to use Sexual Blackmail to get Very Influential People
(VIPs) to work for him…
He knew their weaknesses were Money, Status, Power.** Once they
bit the apple, as Escapekey says “Everyone knew enough to damage
everyone else.”
That the corporate propaganda media is running a Smear Campaign about
Epstein should tell you there could be stuff they dont want aired…
To paraphrase Dylan “Even KfC3 must, at times, feel Unappreciated
by His Subjects.”
** These could act as powerful Aphrodisiacs; no need for Jeffrey to
supply boys and girls…
Surprised there’s no mention of Iran- or maybe it is what it is, so why bother. Also, surprised to learn Ice Age Farmer is back after all these years (just in time for another lockdown):
https://www.youtube.com/@UNSHADOWED2
On farming, the juicy steaks are ready to eat.
On the supermarkets shelves soon, if not now.
healthbot (@thehealthb0t): “3D printed meat needs to be stopped” | nitter.poast.org
Ice Age Farmer sold fear porn of the highest order.
Facts Only
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced mandatory digital payments for gasoline and tolls, aiming to eliminate cash transactions in these sectors.
The UK passed the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026, removing the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the legislature, replacing them with appointed officials.
A Belgian court is prosecuting 94-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon for the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Spain's King Felipe IV acknowledged historical abuses by conquistadors during the conquest of the New World.
The city of San Jose began removing Cesar Chavez's name from public spaces following rape allegations, despite his death in 1993.
Scotland's Parliament rejected an assisted dying bill in a close vote of 57 for and 69 against.
The UK government announced plans for 12 new towns, with names yet to be decided.
Trump issued an ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction of its electric grid, though negotiations are reportedly underway.
China announced it would ban rare earth exports unless they are proven not to be for military use.
A former MI5 whistleblower, Annie Machon, discussed a Zionist false flag operation in London.
Dr. Robert Malone exposed a Big Pharma scam involving Tdap shots for newborns, claiming they do not prevent pertussis transmission.
The Netherlands is implementing 15-minute cities, with plans for shared cars and reduced private vehicle ownership.
A Bill Gates-backed company, APEEL, is spraying toxic chemicals on produce to extend shelf life, raising health concerns.
The UK's House of Lords members receive £300 per day for attendance, with subsidized dining options.
Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program is expanding, with discussions about offering it to poor Canadians to end financial suffering.
Internal JPMorgan Chase files revealed Jeffrey Epstein's influence over the bank, suggesting he effectively controlled it from the outside.
Executive Summary
This week's developments highlight significant shifts in global governance, economic restructuring, and geopolitical tensions. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum announced mandatory digital payments for gasoline and tolls, accelerating the country's transition away from cash. In the UK, the House of Lords removed hereditary peers, replacing them with appointed officials, a move framed as democratic progress but criticized for centralizing power. Belgium and Spain revisited colonial legacies, with a Belgian court prosecuting a former diplomat for Patrice Lumumba's assassination and Spain's King Felipe IV acknowledging historical abuses by conquistadors. Meanwhile, tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump issuing an ultimatum to reopen the strait or face destruction of Iran's electric grid, though negotiations appear to be underway. Other notable events include the removal of Cesar Chavez's name from public spaces amid rape allegations, Scotland's rejection of an assisted dying bill, and concerns over lab-grown meat and digital surveillance. The narrative underscores a broader push toward digital control, historical reckonings, and geopolitical brinkmanship, with underlying themes of economic restructuring and societal manipulation.
The article also touches on broader societal trends, such as the push for digital IDs in South Africa, the potential health risks of mRNA vaccines, and the manipulation of public perception through media narratives. The tone is skeptical of official narratives, questioning the motives behind policies like cashless economies, colonial apologies, and military escalations. It suggests these developments are part of a coordinated effort to reshape global power structures, often at the expense of individual freedoms and historical truth. The piece blends factual reporting with speculative analysis, inviting readers to critically examine the forces driving these changes.
Full Take
The strongest version of this narrative presents a world in rapid transition, where digital control, historical reckonings, and geopolitical tensions are reshaping societies. The push for cashless economies, the removal of hereditary peers, and the revisiting of colonial legacies suggest a coordinated effort to centralize power and rewrite historical narratives. The escalation between the U.S. and Iran, coupled with China's rare earth export ban, highlights the fragility of global supply chains and the potential for economic warfare. Meanwhile, the cancellation of figures like Cesar Chavez and the expansion of assisted dying programs in Canada raise questions about the manipulation of public memory and the devaluation of human life.
Patterns detected: ARC-0024 Ambiguity, ARC-0043 Motte-and-Bailey, ARC-0012 Emotional Exploitation
The root cause of this narrative appears to be a paradigm shift toward centralized control, where digital surveillance, historical revisionism, and economic restructuring are used to consolidate power. The assumptions underlying these developments include the belief that digital systems are inherently superior to cash, that appointed officials are more democratic than hereditary ones, and that historical injustices can be rectified through apologies and wealth transfers. This echoes historical patterns of authoritarianism, where control over currency, information, and historical narratives is used to manipulate populations.
The implications for human agency and dignity are profound. Digital control systems, such as mandatory digital payments and digital IDs, erode privacy and autonomy. The removal of hereditary peers in the UK centralizes power in the hands of appointed officials, potentially reducing accountability. The revisiting of colonial legacies, while necessary, risks being co-opted for political gain rather than genuine reconciliation. The escalation between the U.S. and Iran, coupled with China's rare earth export ban, could lead to economic instability and increased militarization. Meanwhile, the expansion of assisted dying programs in Canada raises ethical concerns about the devaluation of human life, particularly among vulnerable populations.
Bridge questions: What are the long-term consequences of a cashless economy on individual privacy and autonomy? How can historical reckonings be conducted in a way that promotes genuine reconciliation rather than political manipulation? What are the ethical implications of expanding assisted dying programs to include financial suffering as a criterion?
Counterstrike scan: If this narrative were part of a coordinated influence campaign, the playbook would involve creating a sense of urgency around digital control, historical reckonings, and geopolitical tensions to justify centralized power and economic restructuring. The actual content aligns with this pattern, suggesting a deliberate effort to manipulate public perception and consolidate control. The focus on digital control, historical revisionism, and economic warfare serves to distract from the erosion of individual freedoms and the centralization of power.
Sentinel — Human
The article exhibits strong human stylistic markers, including emotional language, humor, and inconsistent formatting, though some sections rely on unverified claims and coordinated talking points. Overall, it appears human-written but may incorporate AI-assisted research or amplification.
