Normally, I like David Pakman but this video really kind of pissed me off. It took less than a minute to get a few details and Reddit posts are not, in my mind anyway, considered as “credible” news source.
The fact is, a passenger from the DRC boarded a flight; no symptoms of Ebola, just a person travelling from DNR to the U.S. (Why anyone is travelling to the U.S. boggles my mind but whatever…). The U.S. has restricted travel from the DNR and Uganda due to a large outbreak of a strain of the Ebola virus. Anyone travelling from those countries must debark in Washington, unfortunately somebody messed up or the reservation was made prior to the outbreak and this passenger was destined to land in Detroit. No spewing germs all over the cabin, no writhing on the floor with fluids leaving his/her body, just an incorrect destination point.
CALM, THE FREAK, DOWN, people. Ebola is nothing new in the DNR or Uganda..I think Kenya has had a couple of outbreaks as well. The world is full of viruses, we travel and yeah, that does make the transmission of illness far easier for those little germs. The actual risk? Sure, its there but use common sense, soap and water; I take it a bit further and I do not travel on cruise ships. Floating Petri dishes IMO.
I would be concerned if traveling and spending extended periods of time in Central Africa, you may want to take precautions but if you’re sitting in your living room, in Canada or the U.S. I’m pretty sure you’re good…
Here is the story about the Air France flight diversion.
Yes, Hanta virus is a concern if you plan on snorting rodent poop, otherwise, normal hygienic practice works wonders. Holy crap people…(See what I did there? 😁) Take a pill.
Folks in the country, people with cottages are, loosely, by and large, aware of the risks. When sweeping or cleaning out in the spring, windows and doors are opened. I would hope that regular cleaning is carried out, in order to rid the home of as many of the little buggers as possible, year round.
The fact that this virus took hold on a cruise ship is not really surprising; cruise ships are, after all, little more than floating Petri dishes. Personally I wouldn’t take a cruise if the company offered to pay me; the thought of spending time on a floating toilet with hundreds if not thousands of people who don’t, necessary, wash their hands after toilet routines makes me want to 🤢🤢.
The folks who, sadly, passed away were from a demographic who, FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, not have been on the aforementioned floating Petri dish, anyway. They were elderly and as elderly, much lower resistance to illness and the serious ramifications of illness.
Stop freakin’ panicking, the news stories blowing up about this are simply “news” agencies looking to boost their ratings in a cutthroat environment.
Yes, we know. We know a large contingent of the male population hate us. They are afraid of us, I think. As a gender we are stronger than are they. We are more resilient. We are everything they wish they could be.
These “men” and that noun is being used in the most loose of terms as they aren’t men, are the same group of predators that tell us, that as women, we NEED them as protectors. Do you see the problem with that?
Protectors. Protector us from whom? FROM PREDATORY MEN. Look in the mirror, or any reflective surface.
I’m so fed up of hearing them. You don’t like that women don’t trust you anymore? You don’t like that we would choose the bear? Then MAN UP and call out misogynist “locker room” talk and behaviours. Make it unacceptable in your presence and maybe, women may begin to heal and to hold out an olive branch. We may never completely trust you again but it is a start.
This piece comes from a few conversations regarding charging money for tarot readings & study recently.
I don’t charge for readings; I did charge one person, one time, because the subject was a horrendous and who, frankly, gave me the willies. She reinforced my rule for not charging, funny enough. If I am not providing a service with a fee? I can pick and choose, as I wish. Readings, TBH, really take a toll. I’m often exhausted or out-of-sorts for several hours afterwards.
The origin of not charging comes from a set of 161 Laws; they were reputed to be old laws but the vernacular was a mixture of reputedly old and modern English, as a result, its…validity was pretty damn murky to me. They are supposed to have been part of GBG’s BOS. (GBG – Gerald B. Gardner & BOS is “Book of Shadows).
#119 Never accept money for the use of the art, for money ever smeareth the taker. ‘Tis sorcerors and conjurers and the priests of the Christians who ever accept money for the use of their arts. And they sell pardons to let men ascape from their sins.
#120 Be not as these. If you accept no money, you will be free from temptation to use the art for evil causes.
These are direct quotes from those laws, the spelling and laughable grammar is not mine own. Be that as it may, the words stuck with me. I never charged for classes, for study groups or any other activities related to the practice. Donations for rental space, for food/drink were accepted but payment? Nope.
There is the argument that these stanzas related to spellcraft, herb craft etc. but as divination in all its forms is viewed as an “art”, tarot, naturally fell into the category outlined in the laws.
So why do I follow those two laws if I don’t take all of them seriously? Because they make sense to me, they struck a chord. To each his/her own.
Before you reach out to request a reading? I withdrew from that world, a long time ago. I don’t read for folks anymore. I simply don’t have that kind of energy.
This is a “Must” listen. Xtian nationalists have declared war on women. They are in for a surprise, women do not lay down, butt in the air, the way their male brethren do.
Trump, in Jan. 2018, reportedly referred to Haiti and some African nations as “shitholes”. This is projection President Yam-Tits, it is the U.S. that holds the title of “Shithole”
I am no longer shocked to see MagaT pastors, church leaders, church youth group volunteers charged with child pornography or sexual abuse of children. It is par for the course, at this point. And why not? The president of the shithole country, formally known as the United States, is alleged to have been an important part of the Epstein class.
Was all the proud American trumpet blowing of previous decades nothing more than propaganda? I’m afraid so. A proud country, a brave country could not have fallen so far, so fast, if this were reality. Perhaps this is a case of spray painting a turd, with gold.
I was looking forward to the coverage of the No More Kings marches in the U.S. and around the world. What did I get this morning?
Pretty much, rien/nothing. Oh, the stories were there but instead of headlines as it should have been? Readers had to make a conscious effort to find the coverage and there wasn’t much. Majority of coverage was through news agencies outside of the U.S. and even Canada.
Makes it pretty damn clear that any public information, countering the dictatorial American government’s stance, it being suppressed.
Crowds also protested around the globe in Canada, Mexico, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Australia.
Anything about this in North American media? Haven’t found anything yet. I did, however, get this earth shattering story on our national news outlet, the CBC. Literally? I do mean LITERALLY…CRICKETS. A story on crickets, on my main news feed page.
Vincent Isore/IP3 ; Paris, France February 10, 2026
Mainstream media is blocking this but it is available on YouTube. I have supplied a translation below.
Je remercie le sénateur Malhuret pour son analyse perspicace de ces criminels.
“Il a incendié Trump”: le sénateur français Claude Malhuret traite le président américain de “clown”. (“He tore Trump to shreds”: French senator Claude Malhuret calls the American president a “clown”.)
English Translation
Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ministers. In February 2022, a dangerous madman, drunk with delusions of grandeur, lit a fuse in Ukraine that ignited a powder keg and shattered the world order. The war was supposed to last a week. It is now entering its fifth year. In February 2026, another dangerous madman lit another fuse in the Middle East, once again challenging the international balance. Was that war also supposed to last a week? A month later, the whole world is asking itself: “What will happen?” The simple, short, and precise answer is this: God only knows. A year ago right here, I compared the Trump presidency to the court of Nero.
I was wrong, it’s a court of miracles. (This is a French expression with which I am unfamiliar. Intensely sarcastic.) An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict, and Minister of Health; a climate change denier, Minister of Ecology; a TV host with a drinking problem, Minister of the Armed Forces; a former Qatari agent, Minister of Justice; a Putin groupie, Minister of National Security.
A Turkish proverb says, “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become king.” “It’s the palace that’s becoming a circus.” This crack team has decided to create a rival to the UN. Since the creation of his peace council, Trump has launched more military strikes than Biden did during his entire presidency. Every time the situation escalates, bombs explode somewhere in the world, creating a diversion. Bomb more to earn more. There isn’t a country where Trump hasn’t taken advantage of the situation to enrich himself, never forgetting his family. A personal Boeing gifted by Qatar, investments in every project in the Gulf and elsewhere, stock market manipulation benefiting a select few.
Any one of these conflicts of interest would have triggered immediate impeachment proceedings here. But we’re not here. We’re in America, where public affairs are conducted in service of private interests. After the customs finger incident, Greenland, abandoning Ukraine, humiliating allies, the ineffective trip to Venezuela, and so many others, a new, insane adventure begins. Let them tell me Understand this clearly: I am the last to complain about the decapitation of the Mola regime and the first to demand freedom for the Iranian people. But what is the strategy for achieving this, and have the collateral damages, including for Iranians, been measured?
The answer is there is no strategy, and the collateral damage has been written off. Just like when, in January, Trump called on Iranians to take to the streets only to then let them be massacred by the Basij.
After the pretext of the imminent Iranian nuclear bomb, contradicted by the US Director of National Intelligence herself, and then the argument of regime change, it is Marco Rubio who finally spills the beans. We went because we followed Netanyahu. In other words, we have no objective of our own. Trump ignored the warnings of the few who had the courage to tell him what was obviously going to happen: the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the expansion of the War on the entire Middle East, and finally, repercussions worldwide.
In a final act of disinformation aimed solely at calming the plummeting oil prices and stock markets, he announces that negotiations are underway. The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament denies this within hours. This is the first international negotiation where one of the parties discovers it is negotiating while watching the evening news. Oil tankers are stranded in the Gulf. The Emirates close their airspace. Influencers on the beach in Dubai plead to be repatriated. Refineries and oil fields are ablaze.
After assembling the world’s most powerful army, failing to win a war against a middle power, causing oil and gas prices to skyrocket, and delivering incoherent speeches, the golfer of Mar-a-Lago shamelessly admits to being stunned by the response, which was entirely predictable, and calls for help from the very allies who were insulting him yesterday.
And they reply: “You haven’t consulted anyone. You have no plan, and we have no reason to blindly follow you into the fog.
Trump, the only elephant in the world who walks around with his own china shop, is left with only two equally bad options: a pitiful retreat, claiming—unconvincingly—that he has achieved his objectives, or triggering escalation with the predictable results of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, leading to indifference and ultimately a shameful departure, leaving the field open to communists, ISIS, or the Taliban. The problem with Europe is that you can’t stop a disaster with fine words, by telling Israel and Ebola to lay down their weapons, and by declaring that COORMUS is not our war. That’s true, but it only underscores our impotence.
In the short term, France’s position is the right one. We are not participating in a pointless, strategyless, and unclear offensive, but we are upholding our international commitments by protecting our allies in the Gulf and the Mediterranean and by being ready to contribute to freedom of navigation in the 3rd arrondissement, as we are the only European country to have maintained operational naval air forces.
This position must be supported, but the 27 member states must also begin to address their urgent and serious problems. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East send us a simple and clear message: we can only rely on ourselves. De Gaulle understood this first, 60 years ago. His message has been forgotten by Europeans. It is high time we finally heeded it.
Europe faces three major challenges: guaranteeing its own security, developing an effective decision-making system, and embracing the great technological, cognitive, and financial revolution of the 21st century. Otherwise, the alternative will be simple: vassalage to our allies or submission to our enemies.
The objective is to become a military power in Europe through rearmament, which involves reindustrialization and massive investments. To become a political power in Europe, including extending qualified majority voting to decision-making. Finally, to regain economic and commercial power through the implementation of the Dragi Report and the State. Everyone knows this, but little is happening. In 2022, we were told that Europe was entering a war economy. Four years later, orders are not keeping pace. The great European project, the single market, remains far from the 1993 objectives. As for the technological revolution, we are light-years away from implementing the essential financial instruments needed to catch up with the economies of the United States and China. France occupies a paradoxical position in this situation. It is the European country that best understands the situation, the only one that has maintained a more than symbolic army and a deterrent force.
But today, after 40 years of demagoguery and untenable promises, it is also facing serious budgetary difficulties. John Adams, the second president of the United States, said, “There are two ways to insulate a nation: by force of arms, by debt.”
Despite these difficulties, you, Mr. Prime Minister, have announced a significant increase in the budgets for the military programming law and an update of its objectives, following your previous action three years ago. This is an effort I commend, but it is also a challenge. The presidential campaign will begin soon. The demagoguery of both extremes, who will relentlessly call for financial mismanagement and argue that one can have one’s cake and eat it too, will place a terrible handicap on reasonable candidates. Yet, it is imperative to meet the dual challenge of our security and the restoration of order to our public spending.
The crucial question today is: how do we convince our fellow citizens?
The asylum doors aren’t just open, they have been ripped off and all the criminally insane are among us.
I had to take a break; I couldn’t write, I was just so filled with rage. And if you couldn’t guess? The dumpster fire to the south of our borders would be the cause.
I just wrap my head around this total disintegration of a country that once touted itself as “Land of the Free.”
Anyway…although writing is my usual escape, outlet, comfort zone; it just wasn’t cutting it. So I made an escape, to the world of Sanctuary and Tamriel. IYKYK. It is working up to a point, I mean…I know it is escapism, bordering on the “head in the sand” mode but the feeling of rage, helplessness was doing some real harm.
I do try to put things in perspective. I have a great life, I have a fabulous family. My sons are brilliant, funny and good human beings. My husband is my best friend, my soul mate. We’ve been through fire, and came out the other side, stronger.
I have friends in other countries who are suffering in unimaginable ways. From Eastern Europe to the Caribbean. I had a friend in the Middle East, there was a civil war (funded by the U.S.) and she fell off the radar. I tried to reach out, years ago but no luck.
Oh we have our issues here but they aren’t even a blip on the scale of what others on this blue marble are enduring. The biggest issue is the intrusion of American bullshit, racism and grasping for U.S. bribes by a few disgusting “politicians”.
Politically speaking, I am neither a fan of any of our political parties, I am very proud of Mark Carney, his mastery of diplomacy and I do feel confident he can pilot us through the disintegration of the United States by diversifying our trade partners and distancing ourselves from the Hitler-esque behaviours.
Well, I do ask that we all look around, take a few moments and appreciate what we have. Not just material goods but family, self-respect, honesty, dignity. Be proud of who you are. Stay strong and always stand up for the little gal/guy, stand up for equality, stand up against racism, bigotry in all its forms. No voice is too small.
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