Seeking Truth...

in a Sea of Lies

Has every war started with a lie? All the US wars in my lifetime were justified by lies... the Gulf of Tonkin and the Vietnam war, WMD's and the Iraq war, the Maidan Coup in 2014 and the Ukraine proxy war, just to mention a few of the wars provoked by lies. What about the Russiagate hoax whose effect continue to this day? Then there's all the lies about the pandemic, from the real risks to the dangers associated with experimental gene therapies to the suppression of effective inexpensive treatments. While we're discussing health let's not forget the lies surrounding recommended foods and the dietary food pyramid. Since the current food pyramid was released in the 1980's obesity has more than doubled. The lies go on and on...

Perhaps it is the nature of the brain that explains the ease with which we as a species are deluded. Dr Iain McGilchrist: We are living in a deluded world, A fascinating 40 minute talk followed by 30 minutes of questions. Well worth the time!
From the left-brain right-brain divide to the metaphysics of magic, Dr Iain McGilchrist addresses the profound questions of living well. The esteemed thinker was in conversation with Freddie Sayers at the UnHerd Club on 20th April 2023. This was the most thought provoking discussion I heard this week.

We also have to look at our history to understand our present. Last week I featured the first part of this conversation with Michael Hudson, Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity. Here's part 2.

In part two, Michael Hudson discusses his new book "The Collapse of Antiquity." Hudson challenges the traditional beliefs about the fall of the Roman Empire, arguing that it was caused by a financial crisis brought on by excessive debt, wealth inequality, and the concentration of economic power. Hudson draws parallels to modern-day economies and highlights the dangers of financialization and wealth concentration.
He ties economic systems with the development of western religion

Well we can't change the physiology of our brains, nor as individuals alter the economic system, but we can control what we eat and maximize our health. There are lots of opinions about the best approach, many of them driven by the food industry and big pharma.
Why Dietary Guidelines are Making us Fat (50 min)

What underlies the war on fat? It’s big business, wanting us all to eat more refined carbs and sugar to replace the fat calories that we’ve been instructed to reduce. And I can think of no one who has done more to open our eyes to this ongoing travesty than Nina Teicholz.
Nina Teicholz is an investigative science journalist and leader in nutrition reporting who is challenging the conventional wisdom on dietary fat–particularly, whether saturated fat causes heart disease and whether fat really makes you fat. The New York Times bestselling author of The Big Fat Surprise. Teicholz also serves as Executive Director of The Nutrition Coalition, an independent non-profit group that promotes evidence-based nutrition policy. She is one of a new generation of researchers arguing that diets lower in carbohydrates are a scientifically sound approach for reversing nutrition-related diseases.
For more than half a century, we’ve been told to eat a diet high in grains, low in fat, saturated fat (and cholesterol), but the last two decades of research have led a growing number of scientists to conclude that this diet, despite being rigorously tested, could never be shown to prevent any kind of disease.
Teicholz’s work also explains why this diet has remained official policy for so long: the roles played by crusading scientists, the food industry, and more. The story is as much about politics as it is about science, and Nina Teicholz’s research ultimately confirms that the traditional foods we were told to abandon (meat, cheese, eggs, butter) are safe, and even good for health.
Nina Teicholz has been called “The Rachel Carson of the nutrition movement.” Her book has been called a “must read” by some of the most prestigious medical journals in the world, including The Lancet, The BMJ, and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In speaking about Nina, the immediate past-president of the World Heart Federation, said at the Davos Cardiology Update Davos (2017) “She shook up the nutrition world, but she was right.”

Prof. Tim Noakes - Ultimate Diet (2 min)
Prof. Tim Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 16 000 times in scientific literature, has an H-index of 71 and has been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for a second 5-year term. He has won numerous awards over the years and is considered one of the best critical minds of our time.

Let's continue on the theme of eating for health...
Dr. Ken Berry: Lies My Doctor Told Me (from 2019) - 50 min

Dr. Ken Berry is a practicing board-certified physician, an Amazon Best Selling author, and a passionate advocate of health on his YouTube channel where he has over 300,000 subscribers. Along with his online presence, he is active in his own community of Camden Tennessee where he has been practicing at The Berry Clinic since 2003. Dr. Berry is known for his direct, no-nonsense approach to health and wellness.

There's also issues with prescription drugs and our health. Some of the industries most profitable drugs are statins. Aseem thinks it is over prescribed and not very effective.

He continues the conversation Unmasking Big Pharma's Control Over Research (7 min)

No wonder we're so unhealthy in the US, and have a decreasing life expectancy. The irony is TPTB want to use our failing health as a means of control. Have you seen the power grab over at the Gates controlled WHO?
The WHO Pandemic Treaty will change EVERYTHING (223 min)

British MP Andrew Bridgen is trying to warn us about the World Health Organization's pandemic treaty that will erase all government and sovereignty as we know it. Do any politicians care? This will literally give government power to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other wealthy donors vested in experimental medicine. He calls for a referendum vote on the matter but no one else seems to be alarmed.

Terrific interview with Andrew by John Campbell (36 min) Well worth a listen.
Where are the US politicians like Andrew? We sure need some.
I guess we had Ron Johnson's hearing.

John Campbell also features more of the debate in the UK (16 min). WHO new powers concern...Analysis by Mr. Danny Kruger M.P.

War of Lies...
Judge Napalitano regularly features several good analysts. Each interview is about 20-25 min
Tanks, Ukraine & red tape - Larry Johnson
China & Zelenskyy Talking - Col Doug Macgregor
Ukraine Offensive Stalled?, Scott Ritter
For Ukraine, US Weapons Makers Not Enough Staff - Ray McGovern
Ukraine War Changing the Face of Europe w/ Alastair Crooke

Brian Berletic is another detailed military analyst. (17 min)
UKRAINE TAIWAN What's Next| Brian Berletic | Cyrus Janssen | Alex Reporterfy

The Taiwan question is complex and often tense, particularly when it comes to the attempt of Taiwan's independence. Recently, tensions have escalated even further as news about the military exchanges between Taiwan and NATO since 2018. China has warned that it will take necessary steps to prevent Taiwan from being a member of NATO, including military intervention if necessary. The settlement of the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese people themselves, and any attempt to separate Taiwan from China is doomed to failure. The recent Ukraine situation continues to drag on.

Brian was also on Danny Haiphong's show this week. (18 min)
The Collective West Has LOST the Long War with Russia and China

Brian Berletic and Danny Haiphong discuss how the Collective West's plan to subdue Russia and China in Ukraine and beyond have failed miserably.

Vijay Prashad - The War in Ukraine & the Cold War with China (1 hour)
We talk with historian, journalist and author Vijay Prashad about the geopolitical context of the Cold War with China. We also talk about recent developments related to the war in Ukraine, which include the Pentagon leaks and NATO's assurances that Ukraine will become a member. Finally, we look at the mainstream media story about the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline and compare it to the story by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh.

Zelensky is FINISHED and Biden knows it | Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris (15 min)
President Biden is preparing for the eventuality that Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive” is not the victory they’ve sold to the American people. This was the plan to re-take land that is now part of Russia, namely Crimea and the Donbass region. The President has been telling the American people that continued financial support in Ukraine is necessary for Ukraine to “win” but recently leaked documents show that the administration knows that this is all smoke. They are lying about the extent of U.S. involvement and they are selling us a failed storybook ending, [according to Politico]
Will this help or hurt his re-election ambitions? We look at how Libya was not the quick win that Hillary Clinton had hoped it would be for her 2016 election.

Dems & GOP & News Media ALL WANT WAR With China! (15 min)

On one issue most Democrats and Republicans agree: we need to get tough with China. And that’s why a bipartisan group of Congressmen and Congresswomen came together recently to “game out” how a war with China over Taiwan would unfold — cheered on of course by our war-loving mainstream media. Aaron Maté and Kurt Metzger discuss the beautiful way Democrats and Republicans can come together over the prospect of killing people far away.

Blessed are the Truth-tellers, for they shall be persecuted and prosecuted.

British legal analyst Alexander Mercouris joined U.S. constitutional lawyer Bruce Afran on CN Live! to discuss Afran’s Consortium News article on how the charges against Julian Assange breach the U.S. constitution.

Reporter Kevin Gosztola and Aaron Mate' discuss Julian's situation, but when he compares Evan Gershkovich, the jailed journalist (and suspected CIA associate) caught with arms manufacturing documents in his hands, I see no comparison with Julian's situation.

Matt Taibbi Reacts to Dems' Prison Threat

Full interview here.
Matt also spoke at the Buckley Institute this week.

It's Daniel Ellsberg Week! Truth teller extraordinaire.

The purpose of the commemoration is to celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, to take action in support of whistleblowers and peacemakers, and to call on state and local governments around the country to honor the spirit of difficult truth-telling with a commemorative week from April 24–30.
Ellsberg has been hauled off to jail for civil disobedience against war over 80 times. He offers chilling clarity about “the nuclear war planners, of which I was one, who have written plans to kill billions of people,” calling it “a conspiracy to commit omnicide, near omnicide, the death of everyone.” He asks us, “Can humanity survive the nuclear era? We don’t know. I choose to act as if we have a chance.”

Singer, civil rights leader and devoted activist Harry Belafonte has died at 96. Belafonte was a “real one,” as evidenced by a 2005 event where he spoke eloquently about his friendship with Martin Luther King jr. and the fear that Democrats would co-opt the language of the civil rights movement while abandoning the cause itself — and who was right there with him on stage but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Aaron, Jimmy and Kurt talk about Belafonte’s legacy and whether we will ever see his kind again.

Sy Hersh spoke with Aaron this week
How Incredibly Sad U.S. News Media Has Become – Seymour Hersh
During 50+ years as an investigative journalist and frequently award winning reporter Seymour Hersh says he has personally witnessed the steady decline of the American press. Now the collapse is nearly complete, he says, and papers like the New York Times and Washington Post are shells of their former selves that he wouldn’t even approach with a major scoop. Aaron Maté and Kurt Metzger talk with Hersh about how reporters now often prioritize being on TV and podcasts than doing actual reporting.

Chris Hedges is another realist reporter. Here he discusses RFK,Jr's run in the democratic party.

Chris Hedges ANALYZES Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 (Interview Clip) - 10 min
I agree with Chris that pushing the American myth is a mistake, but calling out the CIA, war machine, corporate-government collusion, big pharma, and more is encouraging to me. Now I seriously doubt TPTB will allow such talk and discussion, but some of it will seep out...I hope. At this point putting faith in our failed system seems useless from the start, but perhaps a bit of light will shine and discussion promoted. We'll see.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to the UN Headquarters in New York was filled with surprise statements and call-outs. During his statement at the UN Security Council meeting on effective multilateralism and defending the principles of the organization's Charter, Lavrov called out Western countries for taking it upon themselves to speak on behalf of the world.
Shorter Twitter clip here.
Review article here.
Mike also discusses the story...

He recommends this article which you'll have to run it through a translate program/app.

Of course the big story of the week revolves around Tucker Carlson. Aaron and Max do a good job discussing the situation. End of the Tucker era
In the first 10-15 minutes, Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the ouster of Fox's Tucker Carlson and what it means for US antiwar politics.

Truth is a moving target...as we age and have different experiences, as we realize our mistakes, as we observe and learn from others, and so on. There are very few absolutes other than physical laws, and even those can be challenged by new truths and analysis. This is the nature of science, changing our assumptions as evidence changes. The problem we have with spreading truth is the power of a captured media machine. The MSM give wings to the old adage, "A lie travels around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes". This is one of the best aspects of our C99 community. Many eyes on a situation provide more data for us to better understand what is going on in the world. We've tackled many topics over the years, and looking back we've done a pretty good job winnowing out truth about situations from politics to health. A big shout out to JtC for creating this safe haven for honest discussion and fact based analysis. If you can spare a few bucks, you might show him a little love.

We'll go out with a word from Chris of Peak Prosperity.

Rebuilding The Natural Abundance of Earth (7 min)

As always I look forward to your thoughts, stories, and links. The thread is open...