First of all, I don't give two shits about the royals. I do care when people are trying to be shady as hell though.
So does anyone here with a lukewarm IQ or higher have thoughts on Kate Middleton's recent reappearance after claiming she would be stepping away from her royal duties due to cancer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6AkLWerpw
- It looks like her, not a double like whoever was "out shopping" earlier this year(see link below)
- She looks fine, although a little skinnier
- All shots of her are pretty far away with no audio. They did, however, selectively release "private footage" filmed at different time or day at a time it was more sunny out.
It's just so weird to me. She's clearly alive and a functional human being, why maintain this aire of secrecy and just be normal for once?
For the record, I previously thought she was dead and royal family had been trying to cover it up. This appearance just leaves me scratching my head.
News article from earlier this year about a Princess Kate public appearance: https://www.news18.com/viral/kate-middletons-new-pic-shopping-with-prince-william-has-everyone-saying-thats-not-her-8820609.html
In a world of misinformation it's hard to find people who tell the truth, even if it is inconvenient. Here is my list. I am not saying they are always correct, but I think they are being intellectually honest as they are willing to say what they believe is true.
Catherine Austin Fits Investment Advisor, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner
Gonzalo Lira Now deceased video blogger who was living in Ukraine.
Alex Christoforou Commentator and journalist known for his work with The Duran, a platform focusing on geopolitical analysis and international politics.
Dave Smith Stand-up comedian, podcaster, and libertarian political commentator.
Jimmy Dore Stand-up comedian, political commentator.
Chris Martenson Economic researcher, futurist, and founder of Peak Prosperity.
Robert Barnes Attorney known for his work in constitutional, criminal tax, and civil rights law.
Carlo Maria Viganò Italian archbishop and former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States
James Sheeder Bruno Investments and Tiktoker https://www.tiktok.com/@brunoblockchain
James Corbett An independent journalist, researcher, and the founder of "The Corbett Report.
Scott Ritter Former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer and former United Nations weapons inspector.
Ian Carroll Tiktoker. https://www.tiktok.com/@cancelthisclothingco. (I am surprised this guy is still alive)
Dr. Peter McCullough American cardiologist, internist, and epidemiologist who has gained prominence for his views on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeffrey Sachs American economist, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Mike Benz State Department official during the Trump administration, where he focused on issues related to technology, cybersecurity, and international policy.
Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist, academic, and politician known for his critical stance on austerity measures and his role in Greek politics during the country’s financial crisis
Submissions below worth mentioning: Glenn Greenwald, Whitney Webb, Aaron Mate
It's too early to tell as the site is only a day old, but sites like Udio allow anyone to create custom AI songs that sound nearly indistinguishable to human recorded tracks. Currently in free beta, users can create songs of any style with custom lyrics and remix the creation to come up with multiple concepts. Creators don't need a band or artists to put together catchy songs that could potentially go viral.
It's an open secret that during periods of "quantitative easing" the Federal Reserve purchases treasuries on the open market with dollars it basically creates. This increases the money supply and stimulates the economy. It also causes inflation.
In 2024, the US tax payer is paying roughly 1 billion dollars a day in interest servicing ~34 trillion dollars of debt. Some of that debt is owned by the Federal Reserve.
According to the St Louis Fed, the Federal Reserve holds around 5 trillion dollars of securities, 2/3rds of which are held as Treasuries (US Debt).
With interest rates going up, the Federal Reserve shouldn't be earning even more interest on treasuries it bought with made up money.
I am not making a statement on the message in the video, in fact I haven't really watched the video all the way through.
But we're conspiracy theorists right? Anyway the video was produced by James Howerton https://twitter.com/jason_howerton
He was a producer on the blaze tv and now is a wealthy conservative online media producer. As much as I hate the majority report on YouTube, they do look into this a little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDTYf8tvwU
Whats my point? I don't really have one other than to say that this video and the popularity isn't really a result of organic activity. The video was planned, produced, and orchestrated, and comes off as right-wing astroturfing.
Just looking at the temperature range on Mars. It's 1.5x the distance from the sun as earth and the surface temp ranges from a balmy 70F to -225F.
Elon specifically has this dream of colonizing mars, but it seems unrealistic. Perhaps in the future there could be an outpost where humans can visit for extended periods of time, but living there forever seems kind of sucky.
