41,909 bodies counted, 10,000 missing, death count higher than 51,909

David Swanson, World BEYOND War

We generally accept that if you do a census and only count the people who answer their doors you miss some people, and that you can calculate an estimate that reliably gets closer to reality than the list of people who answer their doors. Of course it will get closer, the more information you can gather. But those insisting that people who do not answer their doors be treated as not existing are widely understood, not as principled fact checkers, but as having ulterior reasons for desiring undercounts.

DIRECT AND IDENTIFIED

The fact is not really disputed that in every war there are people who die without being identified at a morgue. They may die from direct war violence or from starvation or disease resulting from a war’s destruction of hospitals. They may be blown into little pieces, be buried under buildings, drown in the sea, or die hours after being born. There’s no certain way to know the exact proportion between identified and unidentified deaths in a given war. But even in a dense, relatively educated place and even with the growth of social media, a zone in which hospitals, media outlets, power plants, and — in fact — every type of building, have been reduced to rubble is unlikely to set the record for the lowest percentage of unidentified deaths — much less eliminate them altogether.

RUBBLE

In fact, the same government in Gaza that provides the figure always cited in Western media for Palestinian deaths in Gaza (direct deaths from violence) — currently 41,909 — also says, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, that it estimates there are another 10,000 buried under rubble. In other words, the 41,909 are reported as bodies that have been counted, and a large majority of them identified with names (an independent study suggests the reliability of the identified names), but another 10,000 or so bodies are missing and have not been found. The 10,000 may be a very rough estimate, also known as a wild guess. But it’s very likely closer to the truth than is zero. Reporting an estimate of 51,909 would almost certainly be closer to the truth than reporting 41,909. And the very same source you’re citing for 41,909 would tell you that.

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Kamala Harris represents a militant, in-your-face feminism...

Cathy Smith

Kamala Harris is an intensely divisive figure in contemporary politics—an incandescent icon for some, an ongoing disappointment for many others. As the first-ever woman Vice President, she embodies a pivotal feminist moment. But this political achievement does raise some disturbing questions on what empowerment is and for whom.

Wrapped up in Harris's political persona is a profound commitment to security and law enforcement at the expense of those self-same communities that she is supposed to represent. This was taken to its logical conclusion in her tenure as Attorney General for California, where she tended towards tough-on-crime policies that evidently hit low-income and minority communities the hardest. Critics charge that her policies moved closer towards more punitive measures and away from justice itself but underline how feminist tropes of empowerment can be intertwined with state power and surveillance.

These intersections of feminism and state security raise profound ethical issues. A certain stream of feminist thought has allied itself with state interests, which often argue for policies of safety and security at the expense of individual freedoms. Such alliances more often than not further reinforce structures of domination. For example, in the context of the War on Drugs, some feminist leaders supported what was seen as "protectionist" policies that answered calls for increased surveillance and incarceration, which by and large disproportionately attacked already-marginalized communities (Crenshaw, 1991).

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South-East Europe culturally and historically is an integral part of the
European civilization, influenced throughout the centuries by East
Mediterranean, Central, West, and East European cultural features.

by Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović 

A geopolitical issue of South-East Europe became of very importance for scholars, policymakers, and researchers with the question of the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire as one of the most crucial features of the beginning of the 20th century in European history. A graduate collapse of the one-time great empire was accelerated and followed by competition and struggle by both, the European Great Powers and the Balkan national states, upon the territorial inheritance of it. While the European Great Powers had the aim to obtain new spheres of political-economic influence in South-East Europe, followed by the task to establish a new balance of power in the continent, a total collapse of the Ottoman state was seen by small Balkan nations as the unique historical opportunity to enlarge the territories of their national-states by the unification of all ethnolinguistic compatriots from the Ottoman Empire with the motherland. The creation of a single national state, composed of all ethnographic and historic “national” lands, was in the eyes of the leading Balkan politicians as a final stage of national awakening, revival, and liberation of their nations which started at the turn of the 19th century on the ideological basis of the German romanticist nationalism expressed in a formula: “One Language-One Nation-One State”.¹

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Paul Craig Roberts

Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Democrat Law School Deans Say Free Speech Threatens Their Agendas. Democrats are no longer the party of John F. Kennedy. They and their media whores are the party of Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda.

Fearful of the Public, Western Leaders Turn to Censorship
Ian DeMartino

On Saturday, former US First Lady Hillary Clinton called for increased federal regulation of the internet and repealing Section 230. “If the platforms… don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control,” she said, raising the question of who “we” represents in that statement.

The recent purge of YouTube accounts, including those from Mark Sleboda, Rachel Blevins, Glenn Diesen, DD Geopolitics, Fiorella Isabel, Larry Johnson, and Eva K. Bartlett, it is clear that the Western leaders are scared of their populations finding out the truth about their policies and actions.

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people,” Former US President John F. Kennedy.

“That’s what they’re afraid of,” Sleboda, an expert in geopolitical relations and a frequent guest on Sputnik Radio, told The Final Countdown. “They don’t trust you to hear an alternate view from the official US government narrative and come to what they consider the right political conclusions.”

Many Americans were taught that freedom was proof-positive that Western-style democracies were superior to other systems.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20241007/fearful-of-the-public-western-leaders-turn-to-censorship-1120465265.html

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by Chris Spencer

The one thing that most white men in America have in common, despite their different ages and socio-economic backgrounds, is anger and frustration born from the non-existence of a strong men's rights movement. “White Nationalists” (this identity is stuffed down our throats by Leftist Theorists) have watched, often for years, as articulate or stunt-prone minorities take over politics and culture, and what little voices they have (30% of America's population are Caucasian Males) become demeaned and marginalized. Terms like "skinhead" or "bigot" not only derail their experiences but also contribute to growing resentment and feelings of disenfranchisement. 50-years of de-masculinizing America have turned her into a hollowed out shell of her former self; the last 30-years, the greatest technological achievements are digital facial recognition, license plate readers, cell phone surveillance and satellite tracking of everyone. Workplace promotions based on sexism and reverse skin-color racism rather than merit have turned America into an open sewer.

Many Caucasian males in America detest the 0.25-0.35 grabbing the media attention with flag-burning stunts – while the seething, hideous rage in 30% of America continues to be taunted with titles like "White Nationalists," aka Hebrew Media-speak for implying we are Hitler-Mussolini-fans. This media cheating and abuse is the new newspeak.

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Leo Hohmann | The timing of Federal Directive 5240.01 is interesting in light of the upcoming election and the government's narrative about right wing extremists being the 'biggest threat' to US national security. | A video clip has resurfaced from May of 2019 in which Kamala Harris advocates weaponizing the DOJ against speech the government doesn’t like, and the platforms that allow it. ■ In the meantime, one month before a tense presidential election, the U.S. Department of Defense has authorized U.S. military “defense intelligence components” to use “lethal force” against American citizens if requested by state or local law enforcement in an emergency situation. More on this in a minute, but first let’s get to the May 2019 video showing Kamala Harris unleashing her inner dictator. Speaking at the annual NAACP ‘Fight for Freedom Fund’ dinner in Detroit, Harris threatened: “We will put the Department of Justice of the United States back in the business of justice. We will double the civil rights division, and direct Law Enforcement to counter this extremism.”

Here’s how much each NY state resident will have to fork over in taxes to cover migrant crisis bill | Each of New York's 10.7 million taxpayers would have to fork over $215 on average to foot the bill for the state's ongoing migrant crisis, according to a new analysis. Put another way, it would take the entire tax bill paid by 328,471 New Yorkers together to cover the $2.3 billion tab to house and care for the staggering number of asylum seekers in the state. The analysis was conducted by the campaign of Gina Arena, the Republican candidate in the 40th state Senate district in the lower Hudson Valley, based on the average $7,000 state income tax bill for New Yorkers in 2022.

U.S. Embassy in Beirut issues URGENT and IMMEDIATE Warning: "Leave Lebanon NOW!" | The US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon has issued an URGENT and IMMEDIATE warning to Americans saying "Leave Lebanon NOW." The Embassy points out that the US government has reserved "thousands" of seats on planes out of Beirut, many of which are going unused, and that Americans are URGED to leave Lebanon immediately. Israel is said to be planning a “Large-Scale Response” against Hezbollah for yesterday’s Drone Attack on the Golani Brigade’s Training Base near Binyamina, which resulted in the Death of Four Soldiers.

lsrael burns Gazan people alive after targeting a tent camp set up for displaced Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Hospital’s yard in Dier al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/Md7xCwppjC

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 13, 2024

■ 'Israel' burns Palestinians alive in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital (Al Mayadeen)

Alireza Akbari | Israeli regime minister Bezalel Smotrich in a TV show earlier this week brazenly expounded the plan to expand the occupying entity "as far as Damascus," sparking massive backlash. | Known for his racist and fascist demagoguery, Smotrich made the remarks in a recently released documentary titled 'In Israel: Ministers of Chaos', in which he claimed that the expansionist agenda, rooted in the Zionist vision of a "Greater Israel" beyond the Jordan River, would unfold "little by little."

💬 "Absolutely, but slowly," Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu's close aide and confidante said when asked about extending the regime's "borders" from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. "Our great sages used to say that the future of Jerusalem was to extend as far as Damascus."

His comments came amid Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and Lebanon. While the aggression against Lebanon has killed over 2,000 and displaced at least a million others, the onslaught on Gaza has so far claimed more than 42,000 lives and displaced over 1.5 million Palestinians in the enclave. [...] Greater Israel is an expansionist and irredentist concept and a plan to expand the Zionist entity into the territories of West Asia and North Africa.

⚡ ‘Idea of greater Israel fuelling Netanyahu’s ideology’: top UN official (10/13/24)

With ultra-violent hurricanes like Milton and Helene threatening devastation in key swing states just weeks before the presidential election, some people are questioning: Have these storms been manipulated by the government? The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene across the American South has prompted many uncomfortable questions, including: is the government running an “October Surprise” to help Kamala Harris win the presidency? That people wonder about such things is because they can’t help but notice Helene’s intensity, which is reportedly stronger than Hurricane Katrina, the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005.

The US should fix its domestic mess instead of blaming everything on Russia, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman believes. The “enormous scandal” around US rapper Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, has exposed America’s need for “real journalism” and for efforts to fix its domestic affairs rather than global ones, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT in an exclusive interview. Combs, the 54-year-old three-time Grammy award winner and prominent hip-hop producer behind the landmark label Bad Boy Records, has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking, and is facing over 100 additional sexual misconduct allegations, including against minors, dating back to the early 1990s. “We’re not just talking about indecent behavior or minor infractions like illegal weapons possession or drug use. We’re not even talking about hypocrisy – like generally being an affront to the ideals they pretended to promote. No, they’re implicated in a system that has been built over decades, coercing people into illegal activities through violence,” Zakharova said.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond photographed his victims and kept detailed notes on the abuse he committed, a Washington DC court heard. A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting more than two dozen women while working for the agency in South America. Law enforcement found hundreds of images of the disgraced spy groping and abusing his unconscious victims on his computer. Brian Jeffrey Raymond was handed his sentence by a Washington DC court on Wednesday, nearly a year after he pleaded guilty to one count each of sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, coercion and enticement, and transportation of obscene material. As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Raymond admitted to raping an additional four women, sexually abusing six, and taking obscene photographs of 28 female victims.

European “submission” to the US will be be prolonged for a century if Moscow loses in Ukraine, according to Emmanuel Todd. A Ukrainian defeat would represent a victory for all of Europe, French anthropologist Emmanuel Todd has claimed, in an interview with the Italian news outlet Corriere di Bologna published on Tuesday. According to Todd, who has stressed that he is not an explicit supporter of Moscow, if Russia were to lose in the Ukraine conflict, this would allow “European submission to the Americans to be prolonged for a century.” The leading intellectual has argued that Europe has effectively delegated the representation of the West to the US and has been paying the consequences ever since. He claims in the interview that nothing can be done to change this fact at the moment due to the ongoing Ukraine conflict, but suggests that its outcome will “decide the fate of Europe.”

Estonia wouldn’t talk about blockading the Gulf of Finland without prior encouragement from the US. Most of the discourse surrounding the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine naturally focuses on events inside that country. This nowadays includes the improvised “war of attrition” that’s being waged by both sides within it, false flag attack scenarios against its nuclear power plants, and what would have to happen for Russia or Belarus to use nukes in this conflict. What most commentators have forgotten about though is how NATO’s northeastern flank can stir up a lot of trouble for Russia if the order is given.

This study reveals that the CDC's continued COVID-19 injection push for pregnant women is deeply concerning and should be halted immediately. This cross-sectional study included 438 women who gave birth or were pregnant. Most participants were aged 25 - 35 years old (58.8%), and 61.3% were university graduates. The Pfizer vaccine was the most used, followed by AstraZeneca and Moderna. Pregnant women who did not receive any doses during pregnancy showed higher frequencies of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 compared to pregnant women not vaccinated during pregnancy.

Case study documented how the second dose of Pfizer Covid vaccination quickly induced Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells characterized by the development of large numbers of immature lymphocytes – a blood-based cancer) in a healthy, young, athletic woman. Only 4 months had passed from the ill-fated second injection to the diagnosis of cancer.

The US began providing Taiwan with US-funded military aid last year by Dave DeCamp September 22, 2024 at 7:29 pm ET CategoriesNewsTagsChina, Taiwan The Biden administration is preparing to provide Taiwan with $567 in military aid as the US continues to ignore China’s red lines related to the island, Defense News reported on Friday. The weapons package is in the final stages and will be provided through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows the US to ship weapons to other countries directly from US military stockpiles. The military aid will be the largest PDA package that the US has provided Taiwan. Since Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979 as part of a normalization deal with Beijing, the US has always sold weapons to Taiwan but never financed the purchases or provided the arms free of charge until last year.
America Last: After Spending $640 Million On Migrants And Billions Abroad, FEMA Suddenly 'Broke'

There is nothing more insidious than adults who prey on children and try to influence them to think and act in perverted ways that often lead to sexual abuse, torture and death. There are many hidden agendas that are integral to the whole “misinformation” and “disinformation” campaigns the U.S. government, Big Tech and Big Pharma are running in full force now, but the brainwashing, perverting and trafficking of children and teens is at the top of the Communist-Democrat-Liberal heap, and it’s getting worse by the day. The cover story, of course, is that Conservatives are spreading “conspiracy theories” about everything, from white supremacy to corrupt medicine, and from war mongering to open borders. Now, you can’t even ask questions about Leftist ideologies or you are considered to be spreading misinformation and disinformation. There’s no questioning the gender-bender movement, deadly mRNA vaccines or the money laundering communists in Washington DC or you’re considered a “domestic terrorist” and a “threat to democracy.” This requires careful consideration.

"The democrat party is a demonic death cult."

🚨The Judeo Conspiracy EXPOSED!🚨
Must watch and share epic Rabbi compilation the Abrahamic Matrix Gatekeepers don't want you to see! #Jesus #ChristisKing #Moshiach #Christianity #Islam #Judaism #ENDTIMES pic.twitter.com/i7foOIjtrp

— Adam Green - Know More News (@Know_More_News) July 2, 2024

Two more horrendous photos from Megiddo Concentration Camp

It's time people stop referring to these places as prisons. These are not prisons. These are concentration camps/torture camps. https://t.co/0U3PIMRTrW pic.twitter.com/bTCAo3f6Jk

— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) September 6, 2024

■ ‘Right to Rape’: US Officials Meet Counterparts at Infamous Israeli Torture Camp (Sputnik)

Radical leftists are now calling for me to be ARRESTED because I told @JackPosobiec that I originally entered Western North Carolina illegally.

You know what? Do it. Arrest me.

I’ll NEVER apologize for saving the lives of the forgotten.

Bring it on. pic.twitter.com/O4i48yYOXM

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 10, 2024

Radical leftists are now calling for me to be ARRESTED because I told @JackPosobiec that I originally entered Western North Carolina illegally. You know what? Do it. Arrest me. I’ll NEVER apologize for saving the lives of the forgotten. Bring it on.

The democrat communists want to destroy America and the American people. They don't want the republican stronghold of Ashville North Carolina voting. They want them starving and dying. The democrat communists don't want to give the American people any FEMA money. They Want all the money going to their precious illegal immigrant voters.