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How troublesome presidents are disposed of

by Paul Craig Roberts

Institute for Political Economy

 

Tucker Carlson provides an excellent 12 minute report about the CIA’s removal of President Kennedy and President Nixon. I recommend that you watch it 2 or 3 times until it sinks in and forward it to all of your friends and relatives. There is nowhere else you can get so much solid and important information in 12 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgXq8S02NJc

Carlson believes that Biden, no longer useful to the establishment, is currently undergoing removal.

I have reported the truth about the removal of Presidents Kennedy and Nixon from office for decades. It was thrilling to me to see after a half century Tucker Carlson give the same explanations to such a large audience. If Americans could only wake up and become involved it might be possible to save our country and the liberty of Americans.

President John F. Kennedy was murdered by the CIA and US Joint Chiefs of Staff once he realized that the government he headed was not the real government. His predecessor President Eisenhower, a 5-star general, warned about the threat to democratic government posed by the military/industrial complex. President Kennedy intended to do something about it while the president still had some power, but he was struck down before he could do more than fire CIA Director Allen Dulles and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Lyman Lemnitzer. President Kennedy wasn’t able to get rid of General Lemnitzer, who transitioned to Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Both Dulles and Lemnitzer are suspected of directing the plot against Kennedy’s life.

President Nixon was the best informed and best respected abroad president of any in US history. He kept in touch with foreign leaders and was well informed about historical and current events. But he also, like Kennedy and Trump, over estimated the power of the president.

Nixon incurred the wrath, as I once again reported on January 19 — https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2023/01/19/washington-has-resurrected-the-threat-of-nuclear-armageddon/ — of the military/security complex with his arms control agreements with the Soviet Union and his opening to China. The assassination of President Kennedy was so obviously an in-house murder, covered up by the CIA’s media whores and the Warren Commission, that the CIA dared not murder a second president. Instead, the CIA saw that one of its operatives was placed as a journalist at the Washington Post, a long-time CIA asset, never a newspaper, to head the “Watergate” investigation of President Nixon which was used to drive him from office despite Nixon being reelected by the largest margin in US history.

Donald Trump, being a real estate mogul, knew nothing of Washington or who really rules it. By declaring his intention of normalizing relations with Russia, he blindly took on the CIA and the subterranean rulers of the US. And again the media was used to get rid of him: “Russiagate,” two impeachment attempts, “January 6 Insurrection,” and now “Documents gate.”

The President isn’t even protected by the Secret Service. As the tourist video clearly shows, the Secret Service men along the side of President Kennedy’s open limo in Dallas were called away by a Secret Service superior. The video shows the resistance of one of the Secret Service agents to the order. Once the Secret Service agents were removed, the video shows that Kennedy was killed from a bullet from in front that blew out the back of his head. The video shows his wife reaching out on the back of the limo to get the back of his blown away head.

Despite this clear cut undeniable evidence the Warren Commission ruled that Kennedy was shot from behind by Oswald, the patsy that the CIA had lined up to take the blame. Before Oswald could talk or be questioned he was killed in police custody by Jack Ruby (Jacob Leon Rubensein), a person whose presence is inexplicable, who was permitted by the police to be armed next to Oswald.

The bulk of the insouciant American population fell for this most improbable of all accounts, but many intelligent people did not. So the CIA did not dare murder Nixon physically. They used their Washington Post asset to murder him politically, as they used media to get rid of Donald Trump.

Americans who think they live in a democracy are out to lunch. Americans, so easily fooled time and again, are the reason we have lost our country and the freedom and the hope that it once represented in the world.

How many Americans understand that they no longer live in a free country, that they are the ruled subjects of they know not who? Voting is a cloak, a deception. No one the people prefer can be elected to the office of president. If, like Trump, he gets there unexpected, he is removed.

The founder of American civil liberty, Thomas Jefferson, warned us that freedom cannot exist more than 200 years before it has to be refreshed by bloody revolution. He overestimated the life of freedom.

Over the course of my life the meaning of freedom has changed. It no longer means what the Founding Fathers, today denounced as racists, meant, which was self-rule and freedom from oppressive government. Today freedom is the freedom of blacks to rob stores without prosecution, the freedom of the government and its media whores to censor and suppress truth, free expression, and free association, the freedom of government to arrest and imprison people who exercise their civil liberties as “insurrectionists,” the freedom of government and its media whores to brand truth-tellers as “threats to democracy” who are guilty of spreading “misinformation,” the freedom to take away the medical licenses of doctors who saved lives by using medicines banned by Big Pharma’s treatment protocols.

People born in recent decades have no idea how off the wall this is to someone who lived in the real America in the past. When my generation passes, there will be no one alive who knows what America once was.

Anti-inflammatory superfoods: Fight inflammation with this creamy broccoli soup recipe

by Rose Lidell

 

Inflammation is your body’s defense against infection. Inflammation is also crucial for wound healing.

But chronic inflammation is a different thing and it is linked to aging, different diseases and other adverse events.

You can protect your body against chronic inflammation by using beneficial spices like cayenne and turmeric.

Anti-inflammatory spices for better health

There are many anti-inflammatory spices. Detailed below are four versatile and flavorful spices you should add to your pantry:

Cayenne

Cayenne, paprika and smoked paprika all have compounds like capsaicin, which is also a potent anti-inflammatory. Cayenne is spicy so you if prefer something milder, try paprika or smoked paprika for the same effect.

Cayenne peppers are rich in various nutrients such as:

– Vitamin A

– Vitamin B6

– Vitamin C

– Vitamin K

Fresh cayenne peppers contain more vitamins. One fresh pepper offers 72 percent of the recommended daily amount of vitamin C and 50 percent of vitamin A.

While cayenne powder contains fewer vitamins than fresh peppers, they are still a great source of vitamin A. A teaspoon of cayenne pepper contains 15 percent of your daily vitamin A requirements.

Vitamin A is an essential nutrient and it has an important role in eye health; immune health; proper function of the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs; and reproduction.

Mustard seed powder

Mustard seed powder comes from the mustard plant, which is a nutritious cruciferous vegetable.

Mustard contains many nutrients, including anti-inflammatory enzymes such as myrosinase and sulforaphane that can help fight against damage and disease.

Mustard contains glucosinolates, a group of sulfur-containing compounds found in other cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.

Glucosinolates are activated when the plant’s leaves or seeds are damaged via cutting or chewing. Data suggests that these compounds can help stimulate the body’s antioxidant defenses to protect against disease.

Mustard seeds and leaves are full of compounds such as isothiocyanate and sinigrin.

Isothiocyanate helps prevent cancer cells from growing or spreading, while sinigrin has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancer, antifungal and wound-healing properties.

Sumac

Sumac comes from burgundy-colored berries that grow in the Middle East. Sumac berries are dried and then ground down into the spice.

Sumac is full of anthocyanins or potent plant-based compounds with anti-inflammatory effects.

In a study published in the Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, researchers examined the effects of sumac on 41 people with Type 2 diabetes. The volunteers were divided into two groups: The first was given a placebo and the other received three grams of sumac powder daily for three months.

After the three-month period, the scientists discovered that the volunteers who were given sumac experienced a decrease in insulin. This suggests that sumac can help lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Sumac has a similar flavor profile to lemon. Sprinkle sumac on hummus, salad or savory soups.

Turmeric

Turmeric is a popular spice used to make savory curries. The spice has been used for hundreds of years and is considered important in Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical system.

Turmeric is full of beneficial plant-based bioactive compounds, the most studied of which is curcumin. According to studies, curcumin can fight inflammation in multiple ways.

Research also suggests that curcumin may be a more effective anti-inflammatory treatment than common inflammation-fighting medications like aspirin and Advil (ibuprofen).

However, turmeric is not very bioavailable – meaning, your body has a hard time absorbing its benefits. To address this, you can add a pinch of black pepper since the spice contains piperine, a compound that helps boost the bioavailability of turmeric.

Since chronic inflammation is often linked to different chronic diseases, curcumin may help treat conditions like arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and pancreatitis.

Creamy broccoli soup recipe

Cooking cruciferous vegetables like broccoli means you lose the ability to absorb enzymes with health benefits.

Fortunately, you can solve this by cooking broccoli with other raw sources of enzymes like myrosinase and sulforaphane, such as mustard seed powder.

Spices like cayenne and mustard seed powder have key bioactive compounds that affect inflammation at different points in the molecular cascade within your cells. By combining different spices, you’re getting more powerful anti-inflammatory benefits.

After learning about inflammation and anti-inflammatory spices, put your knowledge into practice by preparing a batch of creamy, dairy-free broccoli soup that offers amazing anti-inflammatory benefits.

Ingredients for four servings:

– 1 Large head of broccoli, florets and stems roughly chopped

– 5 to 7 thin slices Daikon radish (You can also use other types of radish if preferred.)

– 2 Cups water or stock

– 1 Avocado

– 1/2 Teaspoon mustard seeds

– 1/2 Teaspoon turmeric

– 1 Large pinch cayenne pepper (Optional)

– 1 Large pinch sumac

– 3 to 6 Curry leaves (Optional)

– 2 Tablespoons avocado or olive oil

– 1 Tablespoon chopped walnuts

– 1 Leek, white and light green parts, finely chopped

– 1 Garlic clove, minced

– Juice of 1/2 lime

– Small handful microgreens

– Black pepper

– Salt

Preparation:

– Heat a tablespoon of the oil in a pot on medium heat until shimmering. Add the leeks to the oil and a pinch of salt, then cook for three to five minutes until softened but not brown.

– Add the garlic and saute for one minute or until fragrant.

– Add the chopped broccoli and water or stock and put the lid on. Bring the mixture to a boil.

– Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the soup for 10 to 15 minutes until the broccoli is soft.

– Puree the mixture with the avocado in a blender, food processor, or immersion blender until smooth. Return the pureed mixture to the pot.

– Get a small pan and warm the remaining oil on medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and let the seeds sizzle until they begin to pop, or for about one minute.

– Add the turmeric and pepper to the seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Add the curry leaves. – – – Cover the pan if the oil sputters and cook the spices for 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer the cooked spices and oil to the soup mixture in the pot and stir well.

– Season with salt as needed and stir in the lime juice.

– Ladle the soup into a bowl. Top with the radish, microgreens, walnuts, sumac and some cayenne (if you want a spicy soup) before serving.

Protect yourself against chronic inflammation by using anti-inflammatory spices like cayenne, mustard, sumac and turmeric. Natural News.

Once again, judge halts work on Maya Train section 5 over environmental permits

by the El Reportero‘s wire services

 

A judge has issued an order temporarily suspending works on section 5 of the Maya Train, which runs between Cancún and Tulum.

The First District Court of Mérida granted the injunction in response to environmentalists’ claims that the public-private megaproject, which aims to construct a 1,500-kilometer railroad around the Yucatán Peninsula, lacks authorization to change the use of forest lands.

“When changing the line of the train from the road to the jungle, they did it without investigations, without making the change of land-use,” explained José Urbina, a spokesperson for the activist group Sélvame del Tren. “… Article 97 of the Forest Law says that if you cut down a tree without authorization, you cannot touch the area for 20 years.”

He argued that the National Fund for Tourism Promotion (Fonatur) should use those 20 years to rethink the Maya Train project in a way that avoids damage to the jungle and underground aquifers.

The injunction was awarded on Tuesday but as of Wednesday, construction work on section 5 continued. Environmental groups called for their supporters on social media to spread the word about the existence of the injunction, and to pressure authorities to halt construction.

Section 5 of the train was initially planned to run through the center of Playa del Carmen, but its route was modified after local hotel owners complained about the impact on their businesses. Jungle has already been cleared to construct the new trackway, triggering protests by environmentalists and Indigenous groups.

Despite several previous injunctions, construction on section 5 continued through last year, after the government declared the line a matter of national security. In August, a federal judge rejected several outstanding legal challenges, giving the project a green light to continue.

Last month, President López Obrador attempted to appease critics by announcing plans to construct 72 kilometers (45 miles) of elevated trackway over the jungle. However, activists still object to the damage the supporting columns could do to the region’s cenotes, or sinkhole lakes.

“From today, any act that aims to continue logging or clearance in the aforementioned areas must be suspended or paralyzed so that the removal or destruction of the area’s flora is not permitted,” read a statement by the activist group Sélvame del Tren in response to the latest injunction.

The group called for locals to monitor activities on section 5 to ensure that construction crews comply with the suspension order.

With reports from Proceso and La Jornada Maya

Pro-life priest found guilty on federal charges for blocking Planned Parenthood gate to save babies

‘The justice of God will always prevail over the injustices of men,’ Father Fidelis Moscinski reacted

 

by Jean Mondoro

 

LONG ISLAND, New York – Father Fidelis Moscinski faces up to six months in federal prison after Judge Steven L. Tiscione found him guilty on Monday of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE).

Moscinski, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal and Red Rose Rescuer, had locked the gate outside an abortion center and prevented cars from passing through it on July 7, 2022.

He will be sentenced on April 24.

The pro-life priest and repeat Red Rose Rescuer conducted this “lock and block” rescue on his own at a Planned Parenthood in Hempstead, New York.

Red Rose Rescues are a form of pro-life activism in which volunteers typically enter the waiting room of abortion businesses and offer the women inside roses and information about alternatives to abortion. The act is a final attempt to save unborn babies from being killed, and rescuers accept that they may be arrested and face legal punishment. They offer these consequences in solidarity with the children who die from abortions.

READ: LifePetition supporting pro-life priest targeted by Biden FBI exceeds 6,500 signatures in first 24 hours 

During the trial, more than 200 pieces of evidence in the form of videos, photos, surveillance, and phone records were presented against Moscinski. Among these was a video interview from EWTN’s Pro-Life Weekly show in which the priest discussed details of the rescue in question.

According to Red Rose Rescuer Will Goodman, who was present at the trial, Moscinski’s attorneys argued “the absurdity of these federal charges” being issued after local authorities had only charged the priest with an ordinance violation immediately following the incident.

“However, the pro-abortion Biden administration with Attorney General Merrick Garland chose to aggressively over-prosecute Fr. Fidelis in a most prejudicial way because of his beliefs that preborn human life is sacred,” wrote Goodman.

After considering the evidence, the judge ruled that Moscinski was guilty of violating the FACE Act. The judge said he sided with the government because “all of the elements of the crime were proven.” By this, Goodman explained, he meant that “Fr. Fidelis interfered or intended to interfere (with the murder of babies); the Planned Parenthood is a ‘reproductive health facility’ (which kills babies); and the fact of interference or intention to interfere with (killing babies) was proven beyond reasonable doubt.”

“To practice justice is to give to each one what is his due,” Moscinski said in a statement issued after the trial. “What is due to the preborn children who are in imminent danger of a violent and painful death from abortion? In justice, these children deserve our wholehearted love, protection, and sacrifices. They deserve to be rescued.”

Moscinski continued, “Today’s unjust verdict will not stop rescues from happening. The justice of God will always prevail over the injustices of men.”

“When Father Fidelis chained the gate shut on the Planned Parenthood abortion center, he performed an act completely appropriate in response to the impending extermination of innocent human persons,” Monica Migliorino Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, told LifeSiteNews in a statement. “A true, glorious non-violent act of love and defense against the killing of the unborn. Father also sought to reach out to the women coming to the abortion center.”

Miller added that “the only reason he is convicted of the unjust FACE law is because in New York the unborn count for nothing as Father was denied a ‘defense of others.’ We can hope that Father’s heroic action will inspire others to rescue the unborn. We must be their voice.”

READ: Biden press secretary on persecution of pro-lifers: ‘Just not something I’m going to comment on’ 

During the July 7, 2022 “lock and block,” Moscinski put six locks and chains on the front gates of the abortion center, as previously reported by LifeSiteNews. 

The entrance to the facility was temporarily blocked while police removed the locks. Moscinski proceeded to lay on the ground in the center’s driveway, going limp as he was arrested and allowing himself to be carried away by officers.

Immediately following the incident, the priest was released from jail and charged with disorderly conduct for “obstructing vehicular traffic.”

However, in September, Moscinski was arrested by the FBI and the charges were increased to potential violations of the FACE Act. This escalation took place amid an apparent rise in federal law enforcement targeting pro-lifers. The Department of Justice has charged 26 pro-lifers so far this year for overwhelmingly peaceful protest.

In October, pro-life father of 11 Paul Vaughn was arrested by the federal agency for “conspiracy against rights secured by the FACE Act, and committing FACE Act violations.”

One week before Moscinski was charged, LifeSiteNews broke the story of how the FBI raided the home of pro-life author and sidewalk counselor Mark Houck, arresting him with rifles drawn in front of his terrified children. Houck faces two felony charges of FACE Act violations and began his trial this week.

Remembering Fred Ross Jr., lifelong organizer and farmworkers justice champion

by Louis Freedberg

 

Fred Ross Jr., one of nation’s leading organizers, worked to improve conditions for farmworkers, attack causes of migration from Central America, and speed up the naturalization process

Fred Ross Jr. always wanted to be known simply as an organizer.

Beginning with his organizing work as a young man in the fields of California alongside César Chávez, he inspired countless people to achieve social change for more than half a century in the workplace and in communities across the United States.

Ross died of cancer on November 20 at the age of 75.

Dolores Huerta, a co-founder with Chávez of the United Farm Workers, said there were two words that describe Ross: humble and noble. “He was always so positive about everything,” said Huerta, now 92. “We had a lot of turmoil in the farmworker movement, but Fred always managed to stay above it. He remained a statesman.”

Arnulfo De La Cruz, executive vice president of SEIU Local 2015, recalled working with Ross two decades ago at the Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, part of the third largest nonprofit hospital chain in the West.

“I learned so much from Fred, especially how important it was to engage the entire community to support these workers, the faith community, labor, celebrities,” he said. “He felt as comfortable in Spanish as in English and the workers really took a deep liking to him especially as they further understood his family’s long legacy of fighting for working people.”

Ross followed in the footsteps of his father, Fred Ross Sr., another legendary organizer who had a profound impact on Chávez. “He discovered me, he inspired me,” Chávez said about Ross Sr., who hired and trained him as an organizer at the age of 25 in San Jose before he founded the United Farm Workers with Huerta. “He thought I had what it took to be an organizer. He gave me a chance, and that led to a lot of things.”

Ross Jr.s’ brilliance was to take what he learned from Chávez and his father, combine those lessons with field campaigns of local volunteers and a smart use of the media, and put pressure on employers, state governments and Congress on a range of social justice causes.

Ross began his work as a full-time organizer at age 23 with the farmworkers during the giant 1970 Salinas lettuce strike. One notable contribution was organizing a 110-mile march against Gallo wines, from Union Square in San Francisco to Gallo headquarters, where at least 10,000 farm workers and supporters filled the streets of Modesto.

A motive for the Gallo march was to pressure Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, enacted in June 1975. It was the first law of its kind establishing the right of farm workers to organize, vote in union elections, and bargain with their employers.

Ross employed house meetings as a central tactic throughout his career. That was the hallmark of Ross’ approach to organizing: building one-on-one relationships to, in his words, exercise “collective power.”

Arturo Rodriguez, who succeeded Chávez as president of the UFW, and served in that role for 25 years, said Ross “truly embodied Si Se Puede.” He said Ross’ belief in house meetings “throughout all these decades has been truly amazing and gave me faith to continue the house meeting process as our basic way of organizing.”

In the 1980s, Ross led Neighbor to Neighbor which initially focused on the plight of refugees from Central America but grew into a much larger effort to confront U.S. policies in the region that contributed to people fleeing their countries.

After putting pressure on Congress to end U.S. aid to the Contras, the rebel group fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, Neighbor to Neighbor launched a boycott of Salvadoran coffee to pressure the government to withdraw its support of death squads. As a result of picket lines set up by Neighbor to Neighbor, longshoremen refused to unload coffee cargoes up and down the West Coast, including in Long Beach.

After California voters approved Proposition 187 in 1994 promoted by Gov. Pete Wilson, Ross helped launch the Active Citizenship Campaign in Los Angeles which successfully put pressure on the Immigration and Naturalization Service to speed up the application process for naturalization to six months.

“We not only played a tangible role helping thousands become citizens, but, more importantly, to become a lot more engaged in the whole political process,” recalled Ross shortly before he died. “That was a real breakthrough in continuing to build Latino voting power in California.”

During the last year of his life, Ross had devoted himself to producing a documentary film about his father’s legacy. The film, expected to be released in 2023, seeks to inspire others to organize by highlighting the impact of grassroots organizing on long term change.

“As with his father, Fred Jr.’s labors were never about himself,” the United Farm Workers said in a tribute. “He was always about empowering others to believe they were responsible for the progress they won. Fred Jr.’s nature was ceaselessly positive; he always thought things could be done.

Ross is survived by his wife, Margo Feinberg; his children, Charley and Helen Ross; brother, Robert Ross; and sister, Julia Ross. In his memory, the family asks that contributions be made to the Fred Ross Sr. documentary project via fredrossproject.org. Condolences and memories sent to FredrossMemories@gmail.com will be shared with his family.

 

 

Helen Fabela Chavez, Legacy Celebration Jan. 21, 1928 – June 6, 2016

Celebrate the Legacy of Farmworker Movements

 

Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff

 

Brunch to celebrate the legacy of the “force of quiet strength ‘behind the farmworker movement and her husband Cesar Chavez.

An inaugural Award to be announced: the winner of the Helen Chavez Legacy Award, with the Establishment of Helen Favela Chávez Scholarship fund.

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On Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, from 10 -11:30 a.m. At Mission Neighborhood Center Wolfson Campus, Liliana Rossi Hall, 362 Capp St., San Francisco.

 

“Pertenecer: To Belong” at MACLA in San Jose

MACLA presents “Pertenecer: To Belong”, where six artists lean into their “Latinidad” as they investigate their intercultural identities and share their experiences of feeling othered across different spaces and social conditions.

Featuring works by @livingrelic @pilar.aguero.esparza @jtknoxroxs @kristinamicotti @rayos_magos @hectorfmunoz

MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
At 510 S 1st St San Jose, CA 95113. Now thru March 19, 2023. Wednesday – Friday 12-7 p.m., Saturday – Sunday 12-5 p.m., or by special Free admission.

 

Special Rumba with Edmundo Pina Machin!

Come to La Peña m for a Edmundo Pina Machin

Edmundo is a musician with 47 years of experience, 40 of which were with the legendary Cuban orchestra Los Van Van… and he is visiting the Bay Area! He will be presenting his research on the history and evolution of Cuban popular music. This event is FREE and open to everyone. See you there!

On Sunday, January 22nd from 4pm-6:30 p.m.

* 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏 & Highly Recommended.

 

Adrian Areas Fuze Band @ Bird & Beckett Books

The Adrian Areas Fuze Band will be Performing Original Latin Jazz Rock @ Bird & Beckett Books in San Francisco. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

 

San Francisco Symphony collaborative partner Claire Chase performs Marcos Balter’s Pan

On Friday, February 24, San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partner Claire Chase performs Marcos Balter’s Pan, an evening-length piece for flute, live electronics, and an ensemble of community performers.

The 70-minute piece tells the story of the mythological goat-god Pan, one of only two Greek deities said to have been put to death, in a series of staged episodes exploring the contradictions and betrayals in Pan’s relationships.

For this performance—which features a version of the piece specifically for her collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony—Chase and the Orchestra partner with Amateur Music Network, Openhouse, and other art, education, and community organizations who will perform the piece alongside Chase.

Following the February 24 performance, Chase joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony on its 2023 European Tour (March 9–17), performing Pan with members of the San Francisco Symphony and the Paris community on March 12 in the Cité de la Musique concert hall at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Guadalupe Rivera Marín, daughter of Diego Rivera, dies at 98

by the El Reportero‘s news services

 

Guadalupe Rivera Marín, the daughter of renowned artist Diego Rivera and Mexican writer Guadalupe “Lupe” Marín, died on Sunday. She was 98 years old.

Lucina Jiménez, director of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBAL) described Rivera as a woman “ahead of her time.” Morena senator Ifigenia Martínez called her a “tireless cultural promoter,” and former governor of Morelos, Graco Ramírez, lamented the death of a “creative and talented” woman who, according to diplomat Luz Elena Baños, was a “defender of women’s rights and a social fighter committed to a better country.”

Although Rivera Marín was the daughter of iconic parents, she carved her own path, and became known in her own right as a successful lawyer, politician, and cultural patron. She practiced law for decades and was also a law professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

“Lupe could have lived on her parents’ legacy, especially her father’s fame, but she made her own life,” writer and journalist Elena Poniatowska told El País newspaper.

Born in Mexico City in 1924, Rivera Marín studied public administration at the UNAM, and later earned a doctorate in law. Her sister Ruth also made some remarkable achievements as the first woman to enter the architecture and engineering school in the National Polytechnic Institute. She passed away in 1969.

Rivera Marín was also involved in politics. She was a deputy senator and delegate in Mexico City as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Between 1989 and 1998, she worked as head of the National Institute for Historical Studies of the Revolutions of Mexico, and in 2000 she created the Diego Rivera Foundation to preserve her father’s work

She was also the author of several fiction and non-fiction books including her memoir, “Un río, dos Riveras” published in 1989.

In the memoir she explores her relationship with her father and her family life, recalling memories from her childhood, such as her father’s meriendas (afternoon snacks) at El Oriental café in downtown Mexico City. She also reminisces about communist meetings where she learned to say that when she grew up, she would “kill the bourgeoisie,” and was taught the Italian socialist hymn “bandiera rossa.”

From her mother, she inherited a taste for cooking. Rivera authored three cookbooks and founded a gastronomic festival in honor of her mother’s recipes.

Although she shared many fond memories of her parents, she also wrote about the “abandonment” she felt after their separation when she was five years old. It was after this separation that Diego married Frida Kahlo.

“…Ours were, from then on, two parallel lives. Each one on the opposite bank of the same river; each one on his own shore,” she wrote in her memoir.

Leticia Vallín, Rivera Marín’s colleague for more than 20 years at the Diego Rivera Foundation said in an interview that “I don’t suppose being the daughter of Diego Rivera […] was easy at all. He has a place in history… and she had to authentically create her own story in her time.”

Vallín hopes that after her death, Rivera Marín can be recognized as an “important part” of the country’s culture, as a woman who worked in the fields of education, culture, and art.

In a statement, the National Ministry of Culture said it will soon hold a ceremony in her honor, in collaboration with Guadalupe’s son, Diego López.

With reports from El País and Milenio

US hits borrowing limit — Treasury implements ‘extraordinary measures’ — here’s what it means for your 401Ks

by Chief Editor

CF news

 

The Treasury Department is starting ‘extraordinary measures’ to avoid a U.S. default after the federal debt limit was reached on Thursday. This measure will allow the government to keep paying bills while Congress negotiates to try and avoid an economic meltdown.

American debt is now at an eye-watering $31.38 trillion – that’s 120 percent of GDP, up from 39.2 percent in 2008 and 77.6 percent in 2018.

The staggering figure is the highest since the Second World War, equals $246,876 in federal debt per taxpayer and is more than the economies of China, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom combined.

In a letter sent by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, she warned that the ‘period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to considerable uncertainty.’

The ‘extraordinary measures’ refers to accounting workarounds to ensure financial liquidity to keep the government open through at least June.

First, the government will temporarily suspend payments to the retirement, disability and health benefit funds for federal employees. Second, it will suspend the reinvestment of maturing government bonds in the retirement savings accounts of government workers.

Nearly 25 million full-time and part-time federal employees, or approximately 16 percent of the American workforce, will be affected if the debt debacle defaults in June.

As the DailyMail.com explains below, the spiraling debt and battle over it could have major implications for American citizens, particularly their 401 (k) plans.

The larger and more immediate impact for the estimated 159 million U.S. workers, is the economic uncertainty of retirement accounts, which have taken a huge hit following the global pandemic and Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine resulting in historic inflation levels and ongoing supply chain woes.

Analysts at Bank of America cautioned in a report last week that ‘there is a high degree of uncertainty about the speed and magnitude of the damage the U.S. economy would incur.’

The 2022 selloff erased nearly $3 trillion from U.S. retirement accounts, according to Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. By her calculations, 401(k) plan participants have lost about $1.4 trillion from their accounts since the end of 2021, according to CBS News.

Markets remained relatively calm, given that the government can temporarily rely on accounting tweaks to stay open and any threats to the economy appear to be several months away.

The White House went on the offense.

‘They’re threatening to kill millions of jobs and 401K plans by trying to hold the debt limit hostage unless they can get cut Social Security, cut Medicare, cut Medicaid,’ said Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during her regular briefing on Wednesday.

‘We’re just not going to negotiate that,’ Jean-Pierre said. ‘They should feel the responsibility.’

Republicans have said they will oppose raising the ceiling debt ceiling without a cut in federal spending, while the White House and Democrats are refusing to allow the GOP to cut federal programs such as social security.

‘Why create a crisis over this?’ McCarthy said this week. ‘I mean, we’ve got a Republican House, a Democratic Senate. We’ve got the president there. I think it’s arrogance to say, ‘Oh, we’re not going to negotiate about pretty much anything’ and especially when it comes to funding.’

If a deal is not made by the summer, the fallout could result in a global economic crisis. Since 1960 Congress has raised, extended or revised the debt limit 78 times when the U.S. hit its borrowing cap.

So far, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Biden are playing what could be a dangerous game of chicken with the world’s largest economy in the middle.

The results could be devastating for both taxpayers and the global economy, so DailyMail.com has broken down what to expect as both parties enter the ring and try and hash out detente.

The Treasury Department has limited options, but starting Thursday, the agency will be making a series of accounting maneuvers that would put a hold on contributions and investment redemptions for government workers’ retirement and health care funds, giving the government enough financial space to handle its day-to-day expenses until early June.

 

The globalist climate agenda is little more than rebranded Marxism

The underlying climate message is hard-core Marxist

 

by Chris Morrison

 

Thu Jan 19, 2023 – Late last year, Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary for Global Communications at the United Nations, told a World Economic Forum “Disinformation” seminar that we “own the science” around climate change, and we think the world should know it, so we partnered with Google to ensure only UN results appear.

Needless to say, this arrogant claim merely hints at the scale of disinformation practised by global elites in pushing numerous messages designed to spread fearful command-and-control societal propaganda.

PR Flak Fleming also noted that the UN worked with TikTok on a project called “Team Halo” to boost COVID messaging. This was said to be another trusted messenger project, “where we trained scientists around the world and some doctors on TikTok, and we had TikTok working with us.”

With climate, as with some of the COVID narrative, science has long taken a back seat. Any scientific findings that suggest human-produced carbon dioxide is not the overriding thermostat that determines the Earth’s climate are either insulted or ignored. Only “settled” science messages from presumably “trained” scientists are allowed.

It is perhaps no accident that Google’s capture by the UN came at a time when it “demonetized” a blog detailing the global satellite temperature record. This work, by two scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, is the most accurate record of global temperature. As we have seen, it shows considerably less warming since 1979 than surface datasets that have been adjusted upwards on a retrospective basis. Google took its action on the patently false grounds that the page was supplying “harmful claims.”

Of course, much of this narrative is indicative of a desire by elites in an inter-connected world to enforce more controlling collectivism on local and international populations. Green politics mostly arose on the Left, attracting activists who have always sought collectivist approaches to often messy, individualistic human activities.

We must be grateful to the Guardian for providing a “long read” (how your correspondent suffers for his art) detailing the way that political activists infiltrate the climate debate in order to push this long-cherished, capitalism-hating political narrative.

“One of the goals of system change is to supersede individual virtue,” writes U.S. correspondent Rebecca Solnit. By “individual virtue”, of course, she means individual choice. “Electrification will have happened because of the collective action that takes shape as policy and regulation,” she added.

Solnit quotes the climate writer Mary Heglar, who suggests that for too long the climate fight has been limited to scientists and policy experts. What we “desperately need” are more artists. Solnit suggests “winning” the popular imagination by providing new stories on climate.

Already, she says that “climate denial” has been rendered largely obsolete by climate-driven catastrophes promoted by activists and journalists. By this, she refers to the non-stop pseudoscientific attribution of every bad weather event to humans burning fossil fuel. We have to find stories of a liveable future, “stories of popular power that motivate people to do what it takes to make the world we need,” urges Solnit.

Stories, it might be noted, that persuade people to give up products that work like gas boilers and internal combustion engines, in favor of manifestly inferior substitutes. Stories, for instance, as spun by Solnit, that suggest mining for lithium and cobalt will be an “inevitable part of building renewables.”

Thus important questions over the finite supplies of both these materials, and the use of children to mine cobalt, are conveniently ignored. It is estimated that 225 tonnes of the Earth’s crust must be disturbed to supply just one 1,000 pound car battery, but Solnit points to the “far vaster scale and impact of fossil fuel mining.” Of course it can be argued that the modern-day extraction of oil and gas is a remarkably clean process, requiring little more than a hole in the ground. No children need die in the process.

Old-school Marxists have always relied on demonizing the rich to promise a better future for all. So Solnit runs with the story that we need to punish the rich with their large carbon footprints, and “the global majority don’t need to change much.” This is highly disingenuous. Lifestyle changes proposed by green elites become more extreme by the month – this month, meat off the menu because cows fart, next month, dangerous fertilizers and farms impounded. Billions of people will be affected by diet, travel and energy bans and restrictions, and billions more will be denied the life-enhancing progress enjoyed in the industrialized countries over the last 200 years.

Last year, green elites were shocked by polling evidence that suggested four-in-ten people across five continents believed climate change was mainly due to natural causes. This despite decades of climate catastrophizing to promote Net Zero policies.

The 30-country IPSOS survey found that the level of climate skepticism was very similar in all age categories, but there was wide divergence when political leanings were taken into account. Across seven countries surveyed, 28 percent of supporters of the Left were skeptical of human-caused climate change, a figure that rose to 50 percent of those on the Right.

The underlying climate message is hard-core Marxist. Recognizing the reality of climate breakdown means limiting the freedom of the individual “in the name of the wellbeing of the collective,” Solnit states. There is another way to count wealth and abundance for the many including “meaningful work and purposeful lives,” she suggests.

You will be happy in your work and prosperous, declared the Communist posters of old. “They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work,” muttered citizens of the old Soviet Union quietly among themselves. The Daily Sceptic.

Natural sweeteners: Healthy alternatives to sugar and artificial sweeteners

by Olivia Cook

 

12/20/2022 – Knowing the difference between natural and artificial sweeteners is important because artificial sweeteners like aspartame can cause serious health problems, including breast cancer and obesity-related cancers, according to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

Here are five natural sweeteners that are healthier alternatives to refined sugar and artificial sweeteners:

Stevia

Stevia leaves are used commercially as a substitute for sugar. Among natural sweeteners, stevia is one of the most common. It is widely known as the “darling of zero-calorie sugar substitutes.”

The use of stevia in baked products is suitable because it maintains its stability throughout the baking process and can be heated up to 200 degrees Centigrade (392 degrees Fahrenheit).

A study published in the journal Foods and Raw Materials concluded that diterpene glycosides obtained from Stevia rebaudiana can be used to sweeten various foods and beverages without an increase in calories. Low-calorie, stevia-incorporated products are rich in antioxidants, amino acids and certain vitamins.

Apart from sweet contents, the other constituents of stevia leaves provide various health benefits. They can be antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic, anticancer, hepatoprotective, antihypertensive, antiulcer and antimicrobial.

Stevia caught on slowly due to initially having a bitter aftertaste. Manufacturers of stevia products have started using the sweeter parts of the stevia plant to reduce the bitterness, making it more palatable. (Related: Six easy ways to sweeten food without using refined sugar or artificial sweeteners.)

Palm sugar

Palm sugar is a nutrient-rich, low-glycemic crystalline sweetener that looks, tastes, dissolves and melts almost exactly like sugar – but completely natural and unrefined. It has a far superior taste, resembling that of brown sugar, yet with more rounded caramel and butterscotch notes and without the metallic ending flavor that brown sugar has.

It is acquired from the flowers growing high on coconut trees, which are opened to collect their liquid flower nectar. This nectar is then air-dried to form a crystalline sugar that’s naturally brown in color and naturally rich in a number of key vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, including B-vitamins thiamin, riboflavin and pyridoxine, iron, potassium and zinc.

Palm sugar is never refined or bleached like white sugar, which is rare for sweeteners.

It must be noted that palm sugar is not a calorie-free sweetener. However, its calories are absorbed into the bloodstream at a significantly slower rate than regular refined sugar due to its relatively low glycemic index. This property should be of interest to people who are monitoring their blood sugar levels and attempting to avoid blood sugar spikes.

Manuka honey

Known for its unique sweet taste, manuka honey is a perfect alternative to refined sugar.

Aside from being delicious, a study published in the journal Pharmacognosy Research found that this natural sweetener from Australia and New Zealand is brimming with methylglyoxal (a compound responsible for potent bacteria-killing properties) and glucose oxidase (a chemical that helps fight infections and promote healing).

You can spread manuka honey on toast or biscuits, add it to tea or smoothie as a natural sweetener or use it as medicine.

Xylitol

This sugar alcohol – the sweetest of all polyols – naturally occurs in fruits, vegetables and mushrooms (cauliflower, plums, pumpkin and strawberries). It is commonly used as sugar-free sweeteners in products, such as beverages, candies and chewing gum.

Polyols or sugar alcohols represent attractive alternatives to sucrose because they provide fewer calories per gram, do not promote tooth decay and are not associated with an elevated blood glucose response, according to a study published in the journal Advances in Nutrition.

Studies published in the journals Nutrients and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology have found that the health benefits of xylitol are not limited to dental health. This natural sweetener can efficiently stimulate the immune system, digestion and lipid and bone metabolism.

Moreover, xylitol helps in glycemic and obesity control, reduces ear and respiratory infections and treats diseases that cannot be cured through antibiotics or surgery.

Monk fruit (lo han guo or swingle fruit)

In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeled extracts from monk fruit as “Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS).” Monk fruit sweeteners are no-calorie sweeteners that can be used to lower one’s intake of added sugars while still providing sensory satisfaction. Monk fruit sweeteners range from 150-200 times sweeter than sugar, so you only need a pinch to get your desired taste.

Because they are stable at high temperatures, monk fruit sweeteners can be used in baked goods. However, a recipe that uses monk fruit sweeteners in place of sugar may turn out slightly different because sugar plays several roles associated with volume and texture.

Monk fruit comes with its own set of health benefits as well, including reducing caloric intake, improving glycemic control and preventing dental caries. The sweetener in monk fruit sugar, also known as mongrosides, has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.

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