Weekly News-April 5-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – Israel, US Brace for Potential Iranian Retaliation for Syria Consulate Bombing
By Dave DeCamp | Antiwar
The US and Israel are bracing for potential Iranian retaliation for the Israeli bombing of Iran’s consulate building in Damascus, which killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including a senior Quds Force commander and another general.
Israel frequently kills Iranians in Syria and conducts covert attacks inside Iran, but the attack on the Iranian consulate marked a huge escalation in its campaign against Tehran. Iran is usually very restrained in its response to Israeli attacks, but according to Al Mayadeen, Israel’s Channel 13 reported that Israel is preparing for a direct Iranian attack. Read full article >
#2 – Influenza H5N1 Fear-mongering Is Flooding the News. Perfect Candidate for “Disease X”?
By Dr. William Makis | Global Research
Headlines
- Apr. 3, 2024: ‘This could be 100 times worse than Covid’: Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal – as White House says it’s ‘monitoring’ the situation
- Apr. 3, 2024: Dairly cows in Ohio tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, making it the 6th state to report cases
- Apr. 2, 2024: Cats in Texas have died of H5N1 bird flu, according to state officials. 3 cases have been confirmed. The cats were tested in connection with bird flu outbreaks at dairy farms.
- Apr. 2, 2024: Tests confirm avian flu on New Mexico dairy farm; probe finds cats positive
- Apr. 2, 2024: H5N1 bird flu found at Texas poultry plant owned by Cal-Maine Foods, the largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets are being culled. USDA says safely handled and properly cooked eggs are safe to eat.
- Apr. 1, 2024 – Rare human case of highly contagious bird flu confirmed in Texas, “This person had exposure to dairy cattle in Texaspresumed to be infected with HPAI A(H5N1) viruses, The CDC said this is the second case of a human testing positive for H5N1 in the United States, after a previous case was observed in Colorado in 2022.
- Apr. 1, 2024 – A person in the United States has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus (“H5N1 bird flu”), as reported by Texas and confirmed by CDC. This person had exposure to dairy cattle in Texas presumed to be infected with HPAI A(H5N1) viruses. The patient reported eye redness (consistent with conjunctivitis), as their only symptom, and is recovering. The patient was told to isolate and is being treated with an antiviral drug for flu. This infection does not change the H5N1 bird flu human health risk assessment for the U.S. general public, which CDC considers to be low. Read full article >
#3 – House Braces for Battle Over Renewing Controversial FISA Surveillance Tool
By Elizabeth Elkins | Fox News
House Republicans are expected to vote on renewing a controversial federal government surveillance tool when they return from recess next week, multiple sources told Fox News Digital.
Two House GOP aides and a GOP lawmaker – all who spoke on the condition of anonymity – said the House could take up Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is set to expire on April 19 if Congress does not act soon. One of the aides said plans are still fluid.
Section 702 has been both credited with preventing terror attacks on U.S. soil and accused of being a vehicle for spying on U.S. citizens. Read full article >
#4 – Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill Targeting mRNA Vaccines In Food
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Following concerns over research to embed vaccines in produce, the Tennessee Senate has passed a bill which would require any food containing vaccines or vaccine materials to be labeled as pharmaceutical drugs.
The bill, HB 1894, was passed by the Senate in a 23-6 vote on March 28 after the state House passed it 73-22 on March 4. It awaits the governor’s signature.
The bill comes in response to a University of California-Riverside research project looking into whether mRNA which targets pathogens could be implanted into edible plants, which would then be consumed. The research was funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Read full article >
#5 – Israel Deploys Facial Recognition Program, Utilizes Google Photos, in Gaza
By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net
The sweeping implementation of a facial recognition initiative is stirring controversy in the Gaza Strip, with the government of Israel reported to have utilized this technology to create a surreptitious database of Palestinian individuals. As disclosed by The Times, this utilization of biometric technology occurred without the informed consent or awareness of the Palestinian populace.
Following the incidents of October 7, Israeli intelligence put this program into motion with two key technological allies: an in-house tool fashioned by Corsight, a firm from Tel Aviv, and Google Photos. The operational goal was the identification of persons linked with Hamas. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – Gavin Newsom Applauds Rollout Of AI Surveillance Network In California
by Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
If you’re not a criminal then you have nothing to hide, right? This is the perpetual argument used in favor of state mass surveillance throughout history. It’s the underlying justification at the birth of every surveillance agency from the Soviet Cheka to the German Stasi and beyond. Don’t commit crimes and “you have nothing to worry about.”
Of course, this argument requires the public to overlook a simple and universal truth – That which is legal today can be made illegal tomorrow, and the people who make these decisions are often not good people. With the ability to track and trace the behavior and movements of the citizenry in real time, the temptation to abuse that technology to increase government power is exponential. That is to say, mass surveillance tends to inspire governments to abuse their authority and treat people like criminals even when they are innocent. Read full article >
#2 – NASA Will Fire Three Rockets at the Solar Eclipse
by Totally The Bomb | MSN
The solar eclipse will be here before you know it! NASA has announced they will fire 3 rockets into the moon’s shadow during the total eclipse.
During the solar eclipse, there will be an extreme reduction in sunlight. NASA will fire the rockets before, during, and after the peak of the eclipse
This is part of the Atmospheric Perturbations Around The Eclipse Path project AKA ‘APEP’.
They named the project after a deity from Egyptian mythology.
Apophis is also known as Apep and is the serpent deity and enemy of ‘Ra’, the sun god. Um, it’s a little creepy to me, but ok. Read full article >
#3 – Euthanasia advocates are starting to portray assisted suicide as a duty to society
by Frank Wright | LifeSite News
The “right to die” is a nice way for nice people to talk about killing for convenience. We have heard how the abortionists have used a similar tactic to great effect, branding as a “human right” the legal privilege for women to kill their unborn children at will.
Now the ending of life towards its end has moved beyond the feelgood factor. On March 30, British homosexualist Matthew Parris, himself a reputedly “nice” person, has argued that the cost of keeping the elderly alive means we should consider killing them.
In fact, says Parris, we can’t afford not to. Read full article >
#4 – Persecution of Christianity is no longer a future threat, it is alive and well in America right now
By Judge Phil Ginn | Washington Times
Back in the summer of 2023, a story broke that some large corporations and banks were weaponizing business and financial systems against conservative faith-based organizations. The primary action that caused this reaction occurred in April of last year when the Bank of America closed the accounts of Indigenous Advance Customer Center, LLC, a sister organization, and a church associated with the ministries. The reason given … “Upon review of [the] account(s) we have determined you’re operating in a business type we have chosen not to service at Bank of America.”
The bottom line — if someone at the top of the decision-making process determines that “it’s reputationally risky to serve Christian or other organizations that the radical Left disagrees with,” they can just cut them off from both depositing and expending funds. Read full article >
#5 – Madonna’s Dallas Concert Goes All-in for Satan
by Andrea Widburg | American Thinker
Forty years after she attained pop star fame, Madonna is still packing stadiums. Once, she did this by selling sex. Now, she does it by selling Satanism. And no, she has not openly professed allegiance to the Prince of Darkness, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck… Of course, it’s not just Madonna. Both open and overt Satanism are the “in” thing in the entertainment industry.
It’s really not clear whether Madonna believes in anything at all. Mostly, one gets the sense that Madonna’s true god is…Madonna. Her evolution over the years has had less to do with spiritual searching and almost everything to do with maintaining her fame. She looks at the zeitgeist and decides how to profit from it.
Madonna, who is nobody’s fool, has clearly decided that today’s zeitgeist is Satanism. Although it is possible that the same woman who once professed to be a kabbalist—that is, a student of Jewish mysticism—isn’t just an opportunist but is, in fact, a Satanist… Read full article >