Meridian – Maritime
The price of liberty is eternal
vigilance
20230731-L1205
Tricky job in Whangarei NZ
Culham Engineering - What
We Do
https://culham.co.nz/what-we-do/ &
https://culham.co.nz/projects/
Culham Engineering
specialise in areas of heavy engineering ranging from fabrication and
installation of structural steel to storage tank construction, high pressure
vessels, heat exchangers and piping systems. We also have a protective coatings
facility on site and a range of road cranes & heavy haulage transporters...
20230731-L1204
Falklands projected new port facility is a floating
dock at FIPASS location
A tender was launched on
July 10 for a new port facility for the Falkland Islands, following previous
iterations of plans being deemed too costly. The tender is for a floating dock
location, to be located in the same location as FIPASS, the current port facility.
MLA Roger Spink and Director of Development and Commercial Services Becky Clark
explained that the change from a solid structure to a floating facility has no
effect on the size of the new facility, but will hopefully “significantly
reduce the capital outlay costs at the beginning,” Ms Clark explained. The
floating facility, as it will be similar to the currently operational port,
will also have more easily estimated operations costs. MLA Spink and Ms Clark
gave an indication that the new facility should be able to be delivered more
quickly, as the floating barges can be brought into the Islands, avoiding the
full degree of construction which a solid structure would require...
20230731-L1203
Aussie Cossack: Australian
government at war with its own people
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/aussie-cossack-australian-government-at-war-with-its-own-people/
Australia has lost its independence and has morphed
into a tool of Washington’s foreign proxy hybrid wars against Russia and China,
Australian political activist Simeon Boikov told Sputnik. “The Australian
Government is stuck in the colonial mentality,” Simeon Boikov, also known as
the Aussie Сossack, told Sputnik. “Australia was a colony of the British
and now Australia remains to be a colony because it doesn’t have the capability
to defend itself, at all. Now Australia of course has a fear and the
justification is, just as in 1942, at the Battle of the Coral Sea, when the
Americans saved the Australians from an impending Japanese invasion.”
“Australia justifies its involvement in every single American war as a matter
of self-preservation. So, there was no good reason why Australia went to fight
against Korea or Vietnam, or Iraq, or Afghanistan. But Australia follows the
Americans into all of these conflicts. And just as they then regret that, every
single time they do this, they regret it. And the Australian general public
strongly opposes this type of involvement of Australian troops in foreign wars.
The same situation is occurring now,” he emphasized...
20230731-L1202
Sustainable, eco-friendly,
safe?
The Sunday driver: The real
burners
https://www.achgut.com/artikel/der_sonntagsfahrer_30_07_2023_die_wahren_verbrenner
Position: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:419081/zoom:14
The precautionary principle used to be the guiding
principle when using new technologies. But that no longer applies to our
government's hobbyhorse techniques. An inventory on the occasion of the
accident of the car freighter "Fremantle Highway" with 500 electric
cars on board. You shouldn't have taken me so literally. Four weeks ago I wrote
the beautiful line here: "The Volkswagen Group is preparing to park on the
seabed soon". Of course I meant that in a figurative sense. And hey
presto: the car transport ship “Fremantle Highway”, which left Bremerhaven, is
already bobbing off the Dutch coast with 3,800 cars from different
manufacturers on fire and is in danger of being drowned like the USS Oklahoma
in Pearl Harbour. A sailor died when he jumped from the 30-meter-high deck into
the sea. It is already the second accident of this kind within a short period
of time: at the beginning of March last year, the VW freighter "Felicity
Ace" sank in the Atlantic off the Azores...
20230731-L1201
Mexico’s Pemex Admits Offshore
Oil Spill, Downplays Size And Impact
https://gcaptain.com/mexicos-pemex-admits-offshore-oil-spill-downplays-size-and-impact/
The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy
oil Pemex on Wednesday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
this month, saying it was quickly fixed and less serious than academics had
calculated. Pemex has been under intense pressure from non-governmental
organizations and researchers from the country’s top university to explain an
oil spill recently detected from satellite images. “I never said that there
wasn’t a leak, there was,” Pemex CEO Octavio Romero told reporters during a
press conference. Romero said the leak first detected internally on July 3 was
much smaller than reports – and completely fixed by July 10...
20230731-L1200
Renewable energy?
Old wind turbines left to 'rot'
in Australian wilderness
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/world/renewable-energy-old-wind-turbines-left-to-rot-in-australian-wilderness/
A wind turbine
graveyard has been discovered in North Queensland - Nick Cater of the Menzies
Research Centre filmed the discovery, in which dozens of discarded turbines,
some at least 20 metres long, were left lying in a forest. It’s believed they
have been there for about 8 years. ‘There’s nothing renewal about this,’ said
Menzies in the video. Many wind turbines cannot be recycled, and end up being
landfill. ‘This is what they don’t tell you,’ Cater told Ben Fordham of 2GB
Sydney. ‘They’ve been sitting there for a long time leaching goodness knows
what into the soil...
20230731-L1199
Injunction filed in Australia
against Pfizer and Moderna over failure to obtain...
Proceedings seeking an injunction to stop the use of
Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID jab products in Australia have been adjourned, as
the court timetables the case towards a hearing. The case centres around the
failure of the two companies to obtain a GMO licence for their mRNA COVID
products. Documents filed by Dr. Fidge claim the LNP (Liquid Nano
Particle)-mRNA complex ‘fulfils the legal definitions under the Gene Technology
Act in Australia, for being called properly genetically modified organisms
(GMOs),’ said Julian Gillespie, a former barrister who has come out of
retirement to consult on the case. Fellow Big Pharma outfit AstraZeneca is not
included in the litigation, as it did obtain the necessary GMO licences. The
legal and medical team recently appeared on independent media channel Club Grubbery
(CG) to outline the background to the case. Gillespie said they had hoped to
file the case in February, but the delay worked in their favour because it
allowed new evidence to emerge...
20230728-L1197
Why is Project HAARP so
controversial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WdLV3YRMvw
HAARP is a magnet for the conspiracy theorists
who claim it can control the weather, create earthquakes, disrupt worldwide
communications and control peoples minds. So how did a research project into
the ionosphere turn to this super machine?. In this video, we'll look at what
HAARP really is and why it has become so controversial...
20230728-L1196
Geoengineering Watch:
Our First Ever High Altitude
Atmospheric Testing
After substantial difficulty and expense, Geoengineering
Watch has utilized two types of aircraft to complete multiple atmospheric
particulate sampling flights up to and exceeding 40,000 feet. One of the
aircraft we conducted our testing missions in is also used by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for their atmospheric testing
operations. The Geoengineering Watch team carried out multiple sample gathering
flights in the high altitude haze layer being emitted by large jet carriers.
The lingering, spreading and sun blocking jet aircraft trails are not just
condensation as we have been told by government sources. The dimming of direct
sunlight by aircraft dispersed particles, a form of global warming mitigation
known as “Solar Radiation Management”, is ongoing. These global climate
engineering operations are causing unquantifiable damage to the planet's life
support systems and human health. The twelve minute video below is an insight
segment from the under production ground breaking climate engineering exposé
documentary titled “The Dimming”. All are needed in the critical battle to wake
populations to what is coming, we must make every day count. Share credible
data from a credible source, make your voice heard...
20230728-L1195
Who is behind all the evil in
this world?
When we look at the crazy plans of the World Economic
Forum, the World Health Organization and the United Nations, we have to wonder
who comes up with this kind of insanity? In order to find the answer, we must
look behind the curtain of the public world theatre. We must understand that
organizations like the World Economic Forum are in reality a storefront for
entities who operate behind the scenes. This was explained during an international
Grand Jury composed of eleven lawyers and a judge, during which the official
agenda of world domination by financial elites was revealed by expert former
agents of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the US and British
Military and Intelligence Agencies. One of the expert witnesses was Alex
Thomson, a former officer of Britain’s Signals Intelligence Agency, GCHQ, the
partner agency to NSA (National Security Agency, USA). As an intelligence
officer, Alex learned about the British strategy for world domination. He
testified to the Grand Jury how the world is run by powerful financial entities
who never show themselves to the public, and who control the WEF, WHO, UN, IMF,
EU, BIS, etc. Our question is of course: who are these hidden rulers? In order
to answer this inquiry, we have to go back in history...
20230728-L1194
Fremantle Highway Fire
Continues to Burn Off Dutch Coast
https://gcaptain.com/fremantle-highway-fire-continues-to-burn-off-dutch-coast/
A burning car carrier was drifting off the Dutch coast
on Thursday, thecoastguard said, a day after the Panamanian-registered ship
caught alight, causing the death of an Indian crew member and injuring several
others. The 199-meter (653 ft) Fremantle Highway caught fire overnight Tuesday
and several of the 23 crew jumped overboard to escape the flames and were
rescued by the Dutch coastguard. The coastguard said on its website Thursday
the cause of the fire was unknown, but an emergency responder is heard in a
recording released by Dutch broadcaster RTL saying “the fire started in the
battery of an electric car.” Roughly 25 out of 2,857 vehicles on the ship,
which was en route from Germany to Egypt, were electric...
20230728-L1193
New study’s findings on mRNA
jab-induced heart damage ‘off the charts’
World health expert Dr. John Campbell criticised New
Zealand health authorities for continuing to push the mRNA jab as safe in
‘unethical’ advertisements. The study ‘is an international paper in a
reputable, peer-reviewed journal’, Campbell told his 2.8 million YouTube
followers. The study was conducted by the Department of Cardiology and
Cardiovascular Research Institute in Basel, Switzerland, and will be published
in the European Journal of Heart Failure, an open-access journal of the
European Society of Cardiology. The study differed from previous ones in that
it was a ‘prospective active surveillance study’, as opposed to a ‘passive
surveillance study’ where data was collected only as people came forward with
complaints about their health post-mRNA jab. The study is also ‘industry
independent’, meaning it was not tainted by funding from companies ‘making the
money’. ‘This is a much better quality study and it’s produced quite worrying
results,’ said Dr. Campbell. ‘If regulators around the world don’t take notice
of the information I’m about to give by this paper, then they are at best in my
view negligent. If worse, I don’t even want to think about it. ‘After Moderna
booster vaccines in a trial done in...
20230727-L1192
One Dead as Major
Fire Rips Through Car Carrier in North Sea
https://gcaptain.com/major-fire-rips-through-car-carrier-fremantle-highway/
One person has died and several have been injured
after a car carrier with some electric vehicles caught fire in the North Sea
off the Netherlands overnight. The first was report around midnight on the
Panama-flagged Fremantle Highway traveling from Bremerhaven, Germany to Port
Said, Egypt with 23 crew members on board. The ship is reportedly loaded with
2,857 vehicles, including 25 electric vehicles. The cause of the fire has not
been determined. The burning ship is located around 27 kilometers off the coast
of Ameland, Netherlands. All 23 crew members were evacuated by helicopter and
lifeboat and taken ashore. Unfortunately one has died and several are reported
injured...
20230727-L1191
Because an
electric car caught fire on board:
Fatal fire on
cargo ship off Ameland
A cargo ship with around 3,000 cars on board is on
fire in front of the Dutch Wadden Sea island of Ameland: The fire is said to
have started in an electric car on Wednesday night. The fire still could not be
extinguished. One person died and some crew members were injured. The
“Fremantle Highway” was on the way from Bremerhaven to Port Said in Egypt with
2,857 – 25 of them electric cars. Around midnight, the report of a fire on
board was received: the crew tried to extinguish it, but failed. A person died.
The ship was evacuated, some crew members jumped into the sea and were fished
out by the Coast Guard, the rest were rescued by helicopter. 16 of the 22
members who survived had to be taken to hospitals with respiratory problems, they
are said to...
20230727-L1190
Biden
impeachment news
McCarthy:
Biden investigation ‘rising to level’ of impeachment inquiry
US President Joe Biden has consistently stated he never
discussed business with his son Hunter, go so far back as stating in August
2019 that he “never discussed, with my son or my brother or with anyone else,
anything having to do with their businesses.” To date, the White House denied
the elder Biden ever kept business ties with Hunter. US House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy (R-CA) recently stated that he believes the investigation into foreign
business dealings by President Joe Biden’s family may result in an impeachment
inquiry. The investigation is specifically focused on Joe Biden’s son, Hunter
Biden, his business dealings and if the US president received any payments by
way of his son. “When Biden was running for office, he told the public he has
never talked about business. He said his family has never received a dollar
from China, which we prove is not true,” McCarthy told Fox News host Sean
Hannity late Monday, referring to comments the elder Biden made about not
discussing business dealings with his son. “We’ve only followed where the
information has taken us. But Hannity, this is rising to the level of
impeachment inquiry, which provides Congress the strongest power to get the
rest of the knowledge and information needed,” McCarthy added. McCarthy also
mentioned accusations by two IRS whistleblowers who said prosecutors
slow-walked the investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax crimes and congressional
investigations that showed the Biden family received millions of dollars from
over 20 shell companies they set up, including from Chinese and Ukrainian
nationals...
Safest parking place for an electric car!
20230726-L1189
USSOCOM Declares
Initial Operational Capability for Lockheed Martin’s New Dry Combat Submersible
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) declared
Initial Operational Capability for Lockheed Martin’s Dry Combat Submersible
(DCS) last month. This milestone represents a transformational capability for
USSOCOM forces in Maritime and Undersea Systems. "The Dry Combat
Submersible has the potential to transform undersea warfare for special operators,”
said Gregg Bauer, C6ISR vice president and general manager at Lockheed Martin.
“DCS provides safe, clandestine delivery for occupants over long distances in a
completely dry environment and features a lock-in and lock-out chamber.
Occupants arrive at the mission warm, rested, hydrated and ready, making this
vessel a key advantage in mission success." A Deeper Dive...
20230726-L1188
United States
to Send Additional Patriot and NASAMS Missiles; Stinger Missiles; HIMARS
Ammunition;
155m and 105mm
Artillery Rounds; 32 Stryker Vehicles and Other Equipment to Ukraine
https://www.deagel.com/news/n000022675
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced
additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense
needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s forty-third drawdown of
equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021 as the U.S.
government has continuously provided Ukraine with the weapons and equipment it
needs for the battlefield. Today’s commitment in security assistance, valued at
up to $400 million, includes additional air defense munitions, artillery and
other ammunition, armored vehicles, anti-armor weapons, and other equipment to
help Ukraine counter Russia’s ongoing war of aggression...
20230726-L1187
Defending
Bodily Autonomy Is Real Child Protection
The right is
against kids’ freedom. The left is ambivalent.
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/24/bodily-autonomy-abortion-trans-parent-consent/
This month, Ohio reproductive freedom advocates
delivered 42 boxes of petitions — over 700,000 signatures — to state officials
to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot. The proposed amendment
guarantees every individual the right “to make and carry out one’s own
reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on
contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage
care, and abortion,” until fetal viability. It also prohibits the state from
interfering with or penalizing “a person or entity that assists an individual
exercising this right.” Both clauses contain exceptions for medical necessity.
And neither limits these rights to adults...
20230726-L1186
A Wave of
Awakening v Healthcare Students Dying, Brett Sutton, Banking Control and Storms
Has Klaus Schwab over-stepped his Great Reset plan and
shot himself in the foot? It is becoming so obvious to so many what is
unfolding — yet he and ‘they’ keep on rolling on with “their plan” — and congratulating
and rewarding the same people. While young medical students are dying suddenly
across the world, our recently resigned Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton is
now Victorian of the Year 2023. The Age: “Brett Sutton had tried to decline the
award. But there he was, standing in front of a choir singing Happy Birthday to
Victoria while a cake packed with candles marked the state’s founding in front
of a small crowd at Melbourne Town Hall. The Victoria Day Council – a small
non-profit body established to celebrate Victoria’s foundation on July 1 –
named the outgoing chief health officer as its Victorian of the Year 2023 at a
ceremony on Friday morning.” But in October I made a complaint to the Police
about Sutton” - “Professor Sutton, as the Chief Health Officer (CHO)… provides expert advice on matters relating to
the health and wellbeing of the people of Victoria … through powers specified
in the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008. He is also Chief Human Biosecurity
Officer for Victoria and is the spokesperson for the Victorian Government on
matters related to the health and protection of Victorians in matters
concerning Covid-19.” A summary of my complaint...
20230726-L1185
Melting Ice Caps
and World on Fire vs The Reality
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/07/25/melting-ice-caps-and-world-on-fire-vs-reality/
Any actor knows that the time to leave the stage is
when the audience starts to laugh at him. With the latest ‘World on Fire’ show
collapsing under the weight of fake statistics, crystal ball attributions,
scientific deceptions, made-up estimates and Justin Rowlatt airlifted into
heat-torn Alicante, it is surely time to pull down the curtain on this
increasingly ridiculous show. When the audience sides start to split as the
weather maps turn ‘Cerberus’ black, and heat records soar halfway up the
tailpipes of Typhoon jets, it is perhaps dawning on the eco-extremists that
they need to lift their game. As last week’s U.K. by-election in Uxbridge
showed, a few electoral shifts might be all that is needed to wipe out their
vision of a collectivist, all-controlling Net Zero Hades...
20230725-L1184
The
government, my enemy
A journalist
records Covidian Australia's pandemic over-reach
https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/07/the-government-my-enemy/
Medically idiotic, economically ruinous, socially
disruptive and embittering, culturally dystopian, politically despotic: what
was there to like in the Covid era? Billions, if you were Big Pharma. Unchecked
power, if you were Big State. More money and power over the world’s governments
and people, for the WHO. Template for action for climate zealots. Dreamtime for
cops given free rein to indulge their inner bully. Anguished despair, if you
were a caring, inquisitive reporter. In Australia Breaks Apart, John Stapleton,
a retired journalist with over 25 years’ experience with the Sydney Morning
Herald and the Australian, chronicles the collective madness that suffocated
Covidian Australia, but also the resistance movement that began hesitantly and
grew organically. It is a tale of the many villains complicit in tyranny and
the few heroes of resistance. ‘What will you tell UR kids? Did you rise up or
comply’, asked a sign during the Canberra protests. It’s a story of venal,
incompetent politicians and brutish police – thugs in uniform – acting at the
behest of ‘power drunk apparatchiks’...
20230725-L1183
More than 40
countries willing to join BRICS – official
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/world/more-than-40-countries-willing-to-join-brics-official/
The group is ready to talk with anyone striving for a
more inclusive and equitable global order, a senior South African diplomat told
RT. More than 40 countries have shown an interest in joining BRICS, Anil Sooklal,
South Africa’s ambassador-at-large responsible for ties with the economic
alliance and Asian countries, has said. The diplomat told reporters in
Johannesburg on Thursday that 22 countries have formally applied to join the
group, while “an equal number” of states “have been informally asking about
becoming BRICS members.” Speaking with RT on Sunday, Sooklal described BRICS as
an “inclusive” organization that has always been open to dialogue with the
larger global community. The group currently comprises Brazil, Russia, India,
China, and South Africa, and accounts for over 40% of the global population and
nearly a quarter of the world’s GDP...
20230725-L1182
Deploying an
aerial drone (UAV) from a submarine
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/07/video-deploying-drone-uav-from-submarine/
Naval Group, Diodon, the French Navy and DGA recently
demonstrated the integration and deployment of a UAV from a Rubis-class
submarine - On May 4, 2023, the final test of the French “UAV on submarine”
experimentation was held off Toulon. The objective of this project is to deploy
a drone from a submerged submarine in order to recover video data and to pilot
it from the submarine. During the tests, the drone system developed by Naval
Group and the SME Diodon was sent from a submerged SSN (Rubis-class
nulcear-powered submarine). The UAV came to the surface in a waterproof
protective cocoon designed by Naval Group. On the surface, this cocoon opened,
and the drone positioned itself above sea level. The SSN then raised its
communication antenna to establish the data link. Once communication was
established, the drone was piloted from the submarine, providing video feedback
from the drone’s camera on the operator’s console...
20230725-L1181
RFK Jnr
exposes Bill Gates,
Big Pharma and
the war on democracy and public health
...“Dr. Joseph Goebbels wrote that ‘A lie told once
remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.’ Tragically
for humanity, there are many, many untruths emanating from Fauci and his
minions. RFK Jr exposes the decades of lies.” —Luc Montagnier, Nobel laureate.
“Bobby Kennedy is one of the bravest and most uncompromisingly honest people
I’ve ever met. Someday he’ll get credit for it. In the meantime, read this
book.” & “Despite all the lying, or maybe in reaction to it, Bobby is
becoming a legitimate folk hero. I hear it all the time.” —Tucker Carlson...
20230725-L1180
ABS Invests In
Atom Splitting Nuclear Research
https://gcaptain.com/abs-invests-in-atom-splitting-nuclear-research/
Nuclear propulsion aboard commercial maritime vessels
may sound like a science fiction scenario, but this is precisely the subject of
a new study conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Herbert
Engineering (HEC). ABS and HEC began this exploration as a simple question:
‘what if advanced modern reactor technology could be adapted for commercial
marine propulsion?’ It’s the kind of ambitious hypothesis that inspires
innovation and ignites change. “A net-zero world is more easily realized
through nuclear propulsion, and we are putting in place the foundations for
that future today,” says Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman. “We are
putting in place the foundations for that future today.” The study, an
intricate interplay of theory and simulation...
20230725-L1179
Sexual
predators who identify as ‘transgender’ are getting no jail time,
even for
horrific abuse
Some of you may recall the debate in Scotland over
“self-identification,” a policy championed by Scottish National Party leader
Nicola Sturgeon that likely ended her career. Critics of “self-ID,” which would
permit people to change their gender simply by declaring that they were
something other than their sex, pointed out that this policy had many horrific
but predictable consequences, such as male criminals deciding to identify as
female in order to get locked up with ladies. Sturgeon refused to budge and
ended up resigning in large part due to the transgender issue. Another case has
surfaced in Scotland that reveals, once again, how correct Sturgeon’s critics
were and how insane gender ideology has rendered everyone it touches. According
to Reduxx (warning—graphic descriptions of sexual assault), an independent
media outlet tracking the impact of transgender policies: A man who began identifying as non-binary
after a previous conviction for sexual assault has been spared jail despite
being found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenager. Oliver James Bond,
previously known as Lucas Cole, was found guilty at Perth Sheriff Court for
charges related to sustained sex attacks and grooming a minor over the course
of six years. The abuses began in 2010 when the minor was just 15 years old.
Bond, who would have been 20 at the time, befriended the teen and the two began
spending time together. While at a house in Milnathort, Bond sexually attacked
the boy while he was sleeping. The youth awoke to Bond’s [genitals] in his
mouth...
20230725-L1178
China sends 37
aircraft and seven navy vessels towards Taiwan
China has sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan as
the island prepares to hold anti-invasion military exercises. Taiwan will hold
its annual Han Kuang exercise this week as the military holds drills preparing
for a possible invasion. In a forceful display, China’s People’s Liberation
Army sent 37 aircraft and seven navy vessels. 22 of the warplanes crossed the
median line – an unofficial boundary between he island and the mainland...
20230724-L1177
NZ First
campaign launch,
Winston:
‘Let’s take back our country’
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/nz-first-campaign-launch-winston-lets-take-back-our-country/
New Zealand First launched its campaign for this
year’s general election at Mt. Smart Stadium today. Leader Winston Peters
called the election ‘the most critical in our lifetime’. Legendary rugby league
coach Sir Graeme Lowe spoke briefly before welcoming keynote speaker Peters.
‘New Zealand First is asking for your party vote, to keep the system honest,’
said Peters. ‘New Zealand is at an inflection point, and a change of government
is critical. One thing the last three years have proven is that certainty,
common sense and experience is critical to good government. The Labour Party
has proven an utter mess. ‘New Zealand First is the insurance voters need to
avoid an ideological lurch in either direction.’ Peters said the party
opposed..
Note: The next event on the campaign trail is a public
meeting at 1pm at Semenoff Stadium in Whangarei on 30 July
20230724-L1176
Debunking the
most common arguments in favor of Canada’s assisted suicide regime
On this episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon
explores three arguments against the Canadian assisted suicide regime that he
and his colleague Blaise Alleyne compiled after debating on college campuses.
On this week’s episode of the Van Maren Show, Jonathon explores three arguments
against the Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program that he
compiled with Blaise Alleyne, President of Toronto Right to Life and Outreach
Director for the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform, in a book called A
Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide after debating the issue on college
campuses. Jonathon begins by pointing out the real distinction between assisted
suicide and euthanasia, and that Canada’s MAID program, while billing itself as
assisted suicide, is really a euthanasia program. Describing the language used
in Canada as “Orwellian,” Jonathon argues that the MAID program consists of
“medical professionals who are actively killing patients.” Describing the difference between the two
practices, Jonathon uses the laws in California and Oregon as an example,
pointing out that assisted suicide entails that the one seeking to die would
have to administer the drugs leading to his death himself, regardless of
whether or not someone was in the room with him. The Canadian program, however,
strictly entails that medical professionals kill those seeking death through
lethal injection, something that has resulted in people viewing the practice as
“end-of-life care,” giving “a lot of people moral permission to actually opt
for euthanasia, because it doesn’t seem like euthanasia...
20230724-L1175
‘Online
censorship laws’ public feedback due 31 July
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/online-censorship-laws-public-feedback-due-31-july/
Feedback on the government’s proposal as outlined in
its ‘Safer Online Services and Media Platforms Consultation Document’ is due
Monday 31 July 2023. Reality Check Radio’s (RCR) Legal Hub presenter Katie
Ashby-Koppens says the document is about framing censorship laws aimed squarely
at independent media outlets like RCR. ‘What is being proposed is a serious
threat to free speech. These laws, if enacted, would make certain speech
illegal under the guise of keeping us safe.’ RCR have created a template for
feedback, available at defendfreespeech.co.nz. The template is designed to make
the feedback process as quick and simple as possible. ‘Free speech is a
fundamental human right, and it’s under serious attack. Without free speech,
we’re not free,’ said Ashby-Koppens. The proposed legislation will see the
introduction of a ‘Regulator’ of online content, a ‘Ministry of Truth’ with
power to develop codes dictating what can and cannot be shared online. Of the
proposal, Voices For Freedom wrote on their website: ‘This new Regulator will
be empowered to make up its own rules to protect Kiwis from vaguely defined
“unsafe” or “harmful” content that we apparently all need protecting from. The
Regulator will approve codes of practice for platforms to comply with,
requiring platforms to identify, moderate and take down “non-compliant”
content.’ The government’s discussion document is available on the website of
the Department of Internal Affairs...
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Inside The All
New $8 Billion Mega Yachts #Billionaire Row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSbUcC2SMm4
We've compiled a list of super yachts valued more than
$8 billion dollars based on the numerous affluent boat enthusiasts. Each of
these yachts is the pinnacle of what is referred to as a mega yacht...
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High society
trembles
Journalists Attacking
the Film ‘Sound Of Freedom’
Should Have
Their Hard Drives Investigated
I recently went to see the movie Sound Of Freedom with
the expectation of a moderate level of political commentary or religious
pontificating, given the rabid and widespread attacks on the film by the
leftist media. All I knew going in was that the indie production was about
child trafficking and that the mainstream media HATES IT. After the film was
over, my first thought was that it was an excellent story about a very dark and
difficult issue. My second thought was – “What the hell was all the fuss about?
There’s not a single political moment in the entire movie!”
The media war on the low budget flick is so bizarre
given this fact that I am immediately suspicious of their intentions. Not one
political message, not one momentary critique of the political left, not one
moment where MAGA or Trump or “Q-Anon” is mentioned, not one “conspiracy
theory.” So why all the hate?
Before reading this review any further I highly
recommend you check out some of the hatchet job articles published about Sound
Of Freedom to get a sense of what I’m talking about – examples are here, here,
here and here.
The first thing you’ll probably notice is that the
majority of these vitriolic diatribes use the exact same talking points – They
suggest that The Sound Of Freedom is based in conspiracy theory, far-right
extremism and that it is funded by a subversive network of “Q-Anon adjacent”
conservatives. Some journalists have even attacked the veracity of the film’s
true story – the career of DHS agent Tim Ballard, who operated covertly to take
down child sex traffickers in Central America.
The Guardian
asserts:
“Caviezel stars as special agent Tim Ballard, a
Homeland Security Investigations operative who really did work for the state
busting up child-trafficking rings for more a decade. (Or so he claims – the
DHS can neither confirm nor deny the real Ballard’s employment history.) Even
if he did not literally have the face of Christ, Ballard would still exude an
angelic aura as he gently hoists dirty-faced moppets out of peril with the
gravely uttered catchphrase: “God’s children are not for sale.”
Rolling Stone
fumes:
“Ballard, Caviezel, and others of their ilk had primed
the public to accept Sound of Freedom as a documentary rather than delusion by
fomenting moral panic for years over this grossly exaggerated “epidemic” of
child sex-trafficking, much of it funneling people into conspiracist rabbit
holes and QAnon communities. In short, I was at the movies with people who were
there to see their worst fears confirmed.”
Perhaps Rolling Stone has never heard of Epstein’s
Island? Why are they pretending like this global criminal enterprise is not a
thing?
These reviews are dripping with venom, though a simple
investigation into Tim Ballard reveals endless evidence that he did in fact
quit his job at DHS to operate in Central America to stop child trafficking
rings. And the sting that is the core of the film on an island Ballard set up
as a trap to capture an entire network of pedophiles as well as save 120 kids?
Yeah, that was real, too.
In fact, there’s a documentary about Tim Ballard’s successful
sting called ‘Triple Take’ and the Sound Of Freedom movie includes real life
arrest footage from that event. There is no question that almost every detail
in Sound Of Freedom is real. Any media outlet that says otherwise is lying, and
the fact that they are attempting to sow seeds of doubt about the legitimacy of
Tim Ballard based on politics is villainous.
One interesting part of the the film that is NOT
accurate was the depiction of a Latin billionaire funding Tim Ballard’s
efforts. In reality, Ballard says that it was primarily conservative host Glenn
Beck that raised money for his operations that led to the rescue of hundreds of
children. Why Glenn Beck was not mentioned in the final cut of the film is hard
to say, but Ballard’s connection to Beck might partly explain the media’s fury
over the movie. How DARE these conservative men save children from sex slavery,
right? It makes conservatives look like (GASP!) good guys.
But there’s something more going on here than mere
envy on the part of leftist journalists. The campaign against the movie is far
too coordinated and far too expansive (global). It is as if these people are
interconnected and they all agreed together to try to subvert the film, or they
were all ORDERED to subvert the film.
This kind of behavior suggests a personal stake in
creating conditions for failure; it makes it seem like these journalists want
to sabotage the movie because of its premise and message. Why would someone
want to sabotage a movie which exposes child trafficking and pedophiles? Could
it be that we need to check the hard drives of some of these establishment
media writers and producers?
I think it’s important to note that such people have
been criminally prosecuted for child sex abuse in the past. For example, long
time CNN producer John Griffin was recently arrested and convicted of child
rape, using online apps to connect with mothers willing to sell their children
to him for thousands of dollars so he could abuse them at his Vermont vacation
home.
Last year the FBI raided the home of renowned ABC News
producer James Gordon Meek and arrested him on charges of transporting child
pornography. Rolling Stone Magazine was later accused of trying to cover up the
reason for the arrest with selective editing and omission. Rolling Stone is now
one of the main outlets attacking Sound Of Freedom.
Maybe the movie makes these journalists angry because
it exposes one of their favorite hobbies?
I’m a long time film buff and I can say with some
authority that as a movie, Sound Of Freedom is well made and well executed. The
overall acting is effective, the child performances are amazing, the editing is
excellent and the cinematography is top notch. The film is good all around; it
reminds me of one my favorite movies of
all time, a criminal procedural directed by Akira Kurosawa called ‘High And
Low’ (also known as ‘Heaven And Hell’ in Japan) about police investigating a
child kidnapping.
My only complaint is that I felt they should have
shown Tim Ballard with his family a little more, so that when he makes the
decision to go to Colombia and risk his life, the choice carries more
weight. Other than that, Sound Of
Freedom is one of the best dramas I have seen in a long time, and at no point
did I feel “preached at.” I can’t say the same for most Hollywood films the
past several years, which are replete with non-stop leftist propaganda.
The depiction of the process of child trafficking is
very uncomfortable, but it’s meant to be. I rarely squirm in my chair with
discomfort or get angry at characters on a screen, but every time there was a
scene with a pedophile all I could think was “That guy needs to go in a wood
chipper.” That’s good film making.
So again, there are few if any valid criticisms to
make about the production itself and the story is largely accurate. Why are
leftist journalists raging against this movie? I think because it sheds light
on the fact that pedophilia is not only about isolated cases of loners stalking
school playgrounds, it’s an international industry worth billions upon billions
of dollars, and there are very rich and powerful people involved in that
industry (including people in mainstream journalism).
They don’t want people to consider the pervasive
nature of this criminal underworld. They want people passive and unaware. For
some reason, they want people to assume that child slavery is a conspiracy
theory.
Another issue to consider is that the political left
has been aggressively targeting children with sexualization for the past
several years, primarily through the imposition of trans ideology. They are
turning the sexualization of minors into an activist movement. Children as
young as kindergarten are being indoctrinated with “gender identity” propaganda
and HIGHLY pornographic books (with pornographic images) posing as educational
LGBT content are being planted in public schools. We all know what the end game
of this movement is – The normalization of pedophilia.
Leftists may be consciously or unconsciously hostile
to Sound Of Freedom because when they see the organized networks of child
groomers on the big screen, they see themselves.
To conclude: Go see this movie. The media attacks are
clearly designed to dissuade people from watching it based on political bias.
Check it out and you’ll realize quickly that all their claims are false.
Furthermore, you’ll start to wonder aloud why they hate the film? The saying
“Methinks thou dost protest too much…” comes to mind, as such journalists
reveal their propensity for evil.
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Quebec
teenagers who trampled LGBT ‘pride’ flag at school face criminal charges:
report
According to a video report by Rebel News, six high
school students ages 13 to 16 from Pincourt, Quebec, are facing criminal
charges for removing and trampling on a gay 'pride' flag that was being flown
at their high school in May. Six teenagers in Quebec are reportedly facing
criminal charges for removing an LGBT “pride” flag that was being flown at
their Montreal-area high school. According to a video report by Rebel News, six
high school students ages 13 to 16 from Chêne-Bleu Secondary School in Pincourt,
Quebec, are facing criminal charges for removing and trampling on a gay “pride”
flag in May. The incident, which took place on May 16, was caught on video and
reported by LifeSiteNews at the time...
20230721-L1171
No condemnation of Russia: Nicaragua, Cuba, Brazil dupe EU
https://tkp.at/2023/07/19/keine-verurteilung-russlands-nicaragua-kuba-brasilien-duepieren-eu/
The EU-Latin America summit was an embarrassing
disgrace to Brussels: Latin America refuses to condemn Russia for the war. In
the end there was no explanation at all. At the summit meeting of the European
Union with the States of Latin America (CELAC), Brussels became acquainted with
the multipolar world order. In the Global South, people have gained new
self-confidence and no longer want to be commanded by the USA and the EU.
Brussels felt the effects of this new reality. Several states, led by Cuba, Brazil
and Nicaragua, have refused to condemn Russia for the war against Ukraine. The
EU apparently tried to get a joint declaration on the Ukraine war through, but
failed because the EU was desperate for a condemnation of Russia. In the end
there wasn't even a minimal compromise. It's not surprising...
20230720-L1170
IMO: Ship-to-ship
transfers in the high seas were high risk activities that
undermined the
international regime with respect to maritime safety
The dangerous practice of ship-to-ship transfers in
the open ocean, as well as the methods used to obscure ship identities and
turning off AIS transponders, were discussed by the Legal Committee of the
International Maritime Organization (IMO). The committee was meeting for its
110th session (LEG 110) at IMO Headquarters in London. The Committee considered
a document submitted to the session which raised awareness of the consequences
and concerns for the global liability and compensation regime of the increase in
ship-to-ship transfers in the open ocean. The Committee noted that these
undermined the spirit of the regulation of ship-to-ship operations of tankers
as prescribed by IMO’s International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships (MARPOL). The Committee was informed that...
20230720-L1169
World’s First
Methanol-Powered Containership Bunkers Green Methanol in Korea
https://gcaptain.com/worlds-first-methanol-powered-containership-bunkers-green-methanol-in-korea/
The world’s first methanol-powered containership has
fueled up on green methanol bunkers on Ulsan, South Korea, before departing on
its maiden voyage. Maersk’s new ship was delivered earlier this month from
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. With a capacity of 2,100 TEU capacity, the 172-meter
feeder ship will be operated in the Baltics between Northern Europe and the Bay
of Bothnia. Odfjell Terminal Korea (OTK) said it supplied the vessel with 1,000
tonnes of green methanol on July 16 in Ulsan, marking the world’s first green methanol
bunkering. “We congratulate Maersk on this important milestone, and are proud
to be the first terminal to successfully supply green methanol bunkering to
this unique vessel,” said OTK’s CEO, Joseph Kim. “Over the past months, there
have been business reviews and technical efforts on safe and successful
methanol bunker supply models. We expect these results to be the cornerstone of
the methanol bunkering business moving...
20230720-L1168
Federal court
rules Biden admin can collude with Big Tech while lawsuit continues
President Joe Biden’s administration can continue
working with Big Tech to pressure them to censor speech while a federal case
proceeds, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled
recently. The three-judge panel granted the Biden administration’s request for
an administrative stay against an injunction that barred it from colluding with
Big Tech companies. The July 14 ruling also expedited the hearing of the case.
The federal lawsuit, brought by Missouri and Louisiana and right-leaning
groups, challenges the Biden administration’s pressure campaign to get Big Tech
to censor conservative speech. Plaintiffs include Children’s Health Defense and
Jim Hoft, who runs the popular Gateway Pundit website. The ruling reversed two
recent decisions by District Judge Terry A. Doughty that ordered federal
officials to cease their pressure campaign. He granted exceptions including “to
inform social-media companies of postings involving criminal activity, criminal
conspiracies, national security threats,” as well as “extortion, other threats,
criminal efforts to suppress voting, providing illegal campaign contributions”
and “cyber-attacks against election infrastructure.” Social media platforms had
censored groups that raised questions about the integrity of the 2020 election,
reported on Hunter Biden’s laptop, and questioned the establishment narrative
on COVID-19, including on vaccines...
20230720-L1167
Legacy media
outlets ‘colluded’ to pull pro-women’s rights ad
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/legacy-media-outlets-colluded-to-pull-pro-womens-rights-ad/
The ad was pulled at ‘the 11th hour’, having
previously been approved, says spokesman for Family First NZ CEO, Bob McCroskie. An advertisement for the
‘What is a Woman?‘ campaign booked in publications owned by legacy mainstream
media outlets Stuff.co.nz, NZHerald and the Otago Daily Times was pulled by
management at the last minute. In a press release today, McCroskie explained
the situation. ‘In a disturbing display of media censorship, the major daily
newspapers have all banded together to pull the publication of a full page
advertisement at the 11th hour. The “controversial” ad is attached below...
20230719-L1166
U.S. Sends
Additional Destroyer, Fighter Jets to Protect Shipping in Strait of Hormuz
The United States has announced plans to increase its presence
in the Strait of Hormuz in response to attacks and seizures of commercial ships
carried out by Iran. The Department of Defense announced Monday it will send
the U.S. Navy destroyer, USS Thomas Hudner, along with additional fighter jets,
including F-35s and F-16s, to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area of
responsibility to protect freedom of navigation in the region. The move comes
after Iran has attacked or seized about 20 merchant vessels since 2021,
according to Centcom. The majority of targeted vessels, if not all, have been
registered in foreign countries. Earlier this month, the Iranian navy attempted
to illegally seize two ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman,
according to Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh. One of the ships,
the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss, was approached by an Iranian
naval vessel on July 5, but Iranian vessel departed after the arrival of the
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul. That same day, the
Bahamian-flagged oil tanker Richmond Voyager, chartered by U.S. oil major
Chevron, was approached by an Iranian naval vessel and fired upon after Iran
accused it of being involved in a collision with an Iranian boat. The Iranian
vessel left when the USS McFaul arrived. Chevron denied the accusation...
20230719-L1165
The satanic
rainbow
The sin, grace, and salvation in the new “LGBT religion”
are explained in this full breakdown by Anthony Abbate. A Catholic podcaster
and founder of the YouTube channel Avoiding Babylon, is sounding the alarm
about the new world religion founded upon woke LGBT hallmarks, such as drag
queen story hour, which hearkens back to the days of paganism during the Roman
empire and threatens the world today. Will this woke new world religion
continue to gain a foothold in the Catholic Church and society at large? Tune
in now as LifeSiteNews co-founder John-Henry Westen goes one-on-one with Abbate
to discuss where we are in the culture war and the crisis of ‘wokism’ facing
the Catholic Church and peoples across the globe.
20230719-L1164
China’s
Domestically-Built Cruise Ship Starts First Sea Trials
China’s first large domestically-built cruise ship
marked another milestone in its construction and China’s efforts to enter one
of the most complex segments of shipbuilding. The Adora Magic City, commonly
referred to by its colloquial name Ada Modu, which is also the nickname for
Shanghai, started sea trials as it enters the last months of fitting out. For
the first time heading to sea under its own power, the 135,500 gross ton cruise
ship is going out to sea from Shanghai for nine days of trials. Her builders, Shanghai
Waigaoqiao Shipyard, a division of CSSC, reports that these are the first of
two trials with a second voyage planned for next month. During the July sea
trials, they are focusing on verifying key systems. SWS said they will be
testing technical indicators related to standard certification such as
navigation system, propulsion system, fuel delivery, ballast water treatment,
maneuverability, and navigation performance...
20230719-L1163
LGBT activists
urge Toronto school board to force children to attend drag queen story hour
The plan was always to make every aspect of LGBT
education mandatory—even having drag queens read to your kids. For years LGBT
activists brazenly lied to the public, claiming that all they were asking for
was tolerance, acceptance, and a live-and-let-live attitude. A few may even
have believed it—most did not. We are now seeing this everywhere. This fact is
highlighted by recent clashes in Canada between parents who do not want their
children inculcated with LGBT ideology and activists who insist having their
values taught to other people’s children is their human right. An ongoing fight
between LGBT activists and the Toronto District School Board showcases this
fight. According to the Toronto Star, some parents and school staff are
“demanding that the Toronto District School Board stop allowing students to opt
out of drag queen storytime events.” The activists behind the push, Toronto
Pflag and the board’s 2SLGBTQ+ Community Advisory Committee. ”have
been advocating unsuccessfully for weeks since the issue over attendance and
consent arose at a Pride celebration at Bruce Public School in
early June. They say the opt-out violates the Ontario Human Rights Code and
are calling for an apology for the harm caused by the decision. The board, they
add, has not been particularly responsive...
20230719-L1162
Tucker Carlson
hammers former Arkansas governor for defending transgender mutilation of
children
Former Arkansas governor and 2024 Republican
presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said he stands by his decision to veto
legislation that would have protected gender-confused minors from being
chemically and surgically mutilated. Tucker Carlson asked Hutchinson during a
July 14 presidential summit sponsored by Blaze Media whether he had changed his
mind in the past two years since he vetoed the legislation. The Arkansas
legislature overrode Hutchinson’s veto. Hutchinson first pivoted by saying he
supported the rights of parents and “the Constitution.” “I believe that God created
two genders and that there should not be any confusion on your gender, but if
there is confusion then parent’s ought to be the one that guides the children,
that to me is an important fundamental principle,” Hutchinson said. “A
physician or other healthcare professional shall not provide gender transition
procedures to any individual under eighteen years of age,” the SAFE Act reads,
banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and “sex change” surgeries, as
well as referrals for them, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews. Hutchinson
then appeared to contradict himself by saying that he would have..
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