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[rgray222]

I am pulling out of this discussion, but I will make one observation.

There is a huge difference between emotional engagement and using hateful emotions to undermine and silence others.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by rgray222 (here)

... using hateful emotions to undermine and silence others.

But who is doing that? (An honest question... maybe the mods missed something?)

[Chip]

Posted by rgray222 (here)
I am pulling out of this discussion, but I will make one observation.

There is a huge difference between emotional engagement and using hateful emotions to undermine and silence others.

If this references my argument I don’t believe I used hateful emotion or attempted to silence anyone?……. I made a narrow point about how “emotion” is sometimes used to dismiss opposing views. Shifting that into “hateful emotion” changes the subject rather than addressing it.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Whale "Timmy" out of Germany has been struggling to live and he's not given up so far...

Please keep us updated if you can.

(As best I've been able to find out, he's still alive and the rescuers are still optimistic and working hard. But they're publishing very little updated information, simply because they're so busy.)

I found this live updates page from Switzerland:

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/net-tarpaulin-for-whale-transport-in-the-water-the-aid-initiative-can-react-if-the-whale-swims-away-3195733.html

But searching for "Timmy the Whale" brings up a host of other pages too. It's headline news all over Europe, especially in Germany.

The latest rescue mission is being privately funded. Here's a livestream of the current efforts, from a fixed camera with no audio. One can skip through it to see what the rescuers are trying to do.

The video title (translated) seems hopeful.

Stranded whale Timmy to be towed from the Baltic Sea

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7iO-inderqg

The video image title, made before the livestream began, reads: Private rescue operation: Has there been any progress today?

[Raskolnikov]

Posted by Chip (here)
People keep saying Trump discussions get “too emotional,” but that complaint usually shows up the moment somebody says something they do not want to hear.

Let’s be honest. Conservatives were plenty emotional about Biden too. Mockery, outrage, obsession, daily hysteria. So this idea that one side is calmly rational while the other side is uniquely emotional is just false.

The Stoics did not teach the absence of emotion. They taught mastery over it. Big difference. And Jung would have called this projection: people accusing others of the very thing they cannot manage in themselves.

What is strange now is the reversal. Many conservatives are doing exactly what they spent years condemning liberals for doing. Same reflexes. Same tribal defense. Same habit of explaining away every embarrassment, attacking every critic, and treating disagreement like betrayal.

It is starting to look like MAGA became the very thing it mocked. The new liberals in red hats.

So no, I do not think the problem here is that some of us are “too emotional.” I think the real problem is that some people do not have the inner strength to tolerate a serious opposing view without calling it emotion, extremism, or heresy.

That is not wisdom. That is fragility dressed up as reason.

Thanks for this post Chip. One of the most important take-aways for me is that they've managed to put us into opposing camps, red vs blue, maga vs liberals, so that we continue to fight one another instead of focusing our energies on the root cause of the problem - a small minority of unelected bureaucrats (globalists) around the world have usurped our duly elected government officials and are steering the ship onto the rocks.

I mean no disrespect to anyone on this forum and state the following only as a poignant example of the highlighted passage above. And I don't mean to pull you back into the discussion against your will Rgray222, but you just made Chip's case when you used the word "hateful" in the same way that Israel wishes to ban all "anti-semetic" speech which they deem hateful. And yet I agree with you that some are so invested in their beliefs that they bring their arguments to a fever pitch to the point of lashing out, often at the expense of other forum members' feelings. Difficult to remain unmoved when baraged with continued insanity. Think we could all learn a lesson or two from the Stoics.

I have to wonder where this whole thing is headed when The Young Turks are now speaking more truth than the majority of the Maga movement when only a few years ago they were the mouthpiece for anti-Trump/pro-Biden propaganda, you remember, back when things still made a modicum of sense. Strange days indeed.

[Chip]

Posted by Raskolnikov (here)

Posted by Chip (here)
People keep saying Trump discussions get “too emotional,” but that complaint usually shows up the moment somebody says something they do not want to hear.

Let’s be honest. Conservatives were plenty emotional about Biden too. Mockery, outrage, obsession, daily hysteria. So this idea that one side is calmly rational while the other side is uniquely emotional is just false.

The Stoics did not teach the absence of emotion. They taught mastery over it. Big difference. And Jung would have called this projection: people accusing others of the very thing they cannot manage in themselves.

What is strange now is the reversal. Many conservatives are doing exactly what they spent years condemning liberals for doing. Same reflexes. Same tribal defense. Same habit of explaining away every embarrassment, attacking every critic, and treating disagreement like betrayal.

It is starting to look like MAGA became the very thing it mocked. The new liberals in red hats.

So no, I do not think the problem here is that some of us are “too emotional.” I think the real problem is that some people do not have the inner strength to tolerate a serious opposing view without calling it emotion, extremism, or heresy.

That is not wisdom. That is fragility dressed up as reason.

Thanks for this post Chip. One of the most important take-aways for me is that they've managed to put us into opposing camps, red vs blue, maga vs liberals, so that we continue to fight one another instead of focusing our energies on the root cause of the problem - a small minority of unelected bureaucrats (globalists) around the world have usurped our duly elected government officials and are steering the ship onto the rocks.

I mean no disrespect to anyone on this forum and state the following only as a poignant example of the highlighted passage above. And I don't mean to pull you back into the discussion against your will Rgray222, but you just made Chip's case when you used the word "hateful" in the same way that Israel wishes to ban all "anti-semetic" speech which they deem hateful. And yet I agree with you that some are so invested in their beliefs that they bring their arguments to a fever pitch to the point of lashing out, often at the expense of other forum members' feelings. Difficult to remain unmoved when baraged with continued insanity. Think we could all learn a lesson or two from the Stoics.

I have to wonder where this whole thing is headed when The Young Turks are now speaking more truth than the majority of the Maga movement when only a few years ago they were the mouthpiece for anti-Trump/pro-Biden propaganda, you remember, back when things still made a modicum of sense. Strange days indeed.

Well said. I’m right there with you.

The red vs blue divide is the real engine here. Keep people locked into teams and they’ll spend all their energy fighting each other instead of asking who benefits from the chaos.

Left, right, MAGA, liberal—it starts to look less like ideology and more like branding. Different jerseys, same game.

And the more people identify with the jersey, the harder it becomes to question anything inside their own camp. That’s where the real blind spots form.

Stoics would call that loss of self-mastery.
Jung would call it possession by the collective.

Either way, it’s not freedom. It’s just a more convincing version of control.

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Chip (here)
The red vs blue divide is the real engine here. Keep people locked into teams and they’ll spend all their energy fighting each other instead of asking who benefits from the chaos.

Absolutely.


Do see these two threads!

• The "Right-Left" dichotomy: false, simplistic, & manipulative.
• Is it all just EGO, "Team" and Tribe?

[Ravenlocke]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Whale "Timmy" out of Germany has been struggling to live and he's not given up so far...

Please keep us updated if you can.

(As best I've been able to find out, he's still alive and the rescuers are still optimistic and working hard. But they're publishing very little updated information, simply because they're so busy.)

I found this live updates page from Switzerland:

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/net-tarpaulin-for-whale-transport-in-the-water-the-aid-initiative-can-react-if-the-whale-swims-away-3195733.html

But searching for "Timmy the Whale" brings up a host of other pages too. It's headline news all over Europe, especially in Germany.

The latest rescue mission is being privately funded. Here's a livestream of the current efforts, from a fixed camera with no audio. One can skip through it to see what the rescuers are trying to do.

The video title (translated) seems hopeful.

Stranded whale Timmy to be towed from the Baltic Sea

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7iO-inderqg

The video image title, made before the livestream began, reads: Private rescue operation: Has there been any progress today?

I only found the following video in English for the latest update




Kristy Tallman
@KristyTallman
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@KristyTallman
🚨 GERMANY WHALE RESCUE: MILLIONAIRES STEP IN TO SAVE STRANDED HUMPBACK

A humpback whale nicknamed “Timmy” is fighting for survival after becoming trapped in shallow Baltic waters off Germany’s coast.

In a rare move, a group of wealthy backers funded a last-ditch rescue—using giant air cushions and a tarp system to try and lift and tow the 12-ton whale back toward open sea.

Experts warn the odds are low. The whale is already weak and injured.

This isn’t just one whale… it’s another warning sign.

🎥 Video credit: Global News
#WhaleRescue #Germany #OceanCrisis #WildlifeNews #WLNN
https://x.com/KristyTallman/status/2045989137254318240

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Whale "Timmy" out of Germany has been struggling to live and he's not given up so far...

Please keep us updated if you can.

(As best I've been able to find out, he's still alive and the rescuers are still optimistic and working hard. But they're publishing very little updated information, simply because they're so busy.)

I found this live updates page from Switzerland:

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/net-tarpaulin-for-whale-transport-in-the-water-the-aid-initiative-can-react-if-the-whale-swims-away-3195733.html

But searching for "Timmy the Whale" brings up a host of other pages too. It's headline news all over Europe, especially in Germany.

The latest rescue mission is being privately funded. Here's a livestream of the current efforts, from a fixed camera with no audio. One can skip through it to see what the rescuers are trying to do.

The video title (translated) seems hopeful.

Stranded whale Timmy to be towed from the Baltic Sea

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7iO-inderqg

The video image title, made before the livestream began, reads: Private rescue operation: Has there been any progress today?

I only found the following video in English for the latest update

🚨 GERMANY WHALE RESCUE: MILLIONAIRES STEP IN TO SAVE STRANDED HUMPBACK

A humpback whale nicknamed “Timmy” is fighting for survival after becoming trapped in shallow Baltic waters off Germany’s coast.

In a rare move, a group of wealthy backers funded a last-ditch rescue—using giant air cushions and a tarp system to try and lift and tow the 12-ton whale back toward open sea.

Experts warn the odds are low. The whale is already weak and injured.

This isn’t just one whale… it’s another warning sign.

#WhaleRescue #Germany #OceanCrisis #WildlifeNews #WLNN
https://x.com/KristyTallman/status/2045989137254318240

~~~

An update from this Austrian site:

https://kurier.at/chronik/welt/bucke...rten/403151014

(extract, translated)

Drama surrounding Timmy: Humpback whale swam free, but then became trapped again

Timmy, the humpback whale that had been stranded in a shallow bay off the Baltic Sea island of Poel for about three weeks, swam free on Monday morning. Livestreams showed inflatable boats carrying rescuers accompanying the animal.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Environment Minister Till Backhaus called it a "moment of joy." "But the mission is not yet over," the minister told reporters on site. The top priority now is to guide the whale toward the deeper shipping channel.

After its release, the humpback whale repeatedly changed direction off the coast of Poel. People tried unsuccessfully from boats to drive it steadily towards the open Baltic Sea. "It continued swimming into the bay," said a spokesperson for the water police. According to the spokesperson, the animal kept changing direction.

After a few hours, the fear arose: Had Timmy become stranded again? According to current information, the animal was not lying completely flat, said Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD). Businesswoman Karin Walter-Mommert, who is co-financing the private rescue attempt, confirmed that the animal would soon be remobilized. "We will carry out a very calm operation, which will hopefully be successful. It's a bottleneck he has to get through."

[John Hilton]

I avoid mainstream "news", so I'm limited to posting opinion pieces, which might be of interest.

Trump is Gathering Evidence in Iran (allegedly)
https://bioclandestine.substack.com/...idence-in-iran

[Inversion]

Tim Cook abruptly resigned as CEO of Apple and John Ternus will take his place. Tim met with Hitler's alleged daughter Angela Merkel in 2015, and it happens to be Hitler's birthday.

Google AI (Has Tim Cook ever been to Germany?)

February 2015: He toured Germany, where he met with former Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss data privacy. During the same trip, he visited the BILD newspaper headquarters in Berlin, an Apple Store, and the Seele glass manufacturing facility in Augsburg, which produces glass for Apple Park.

Dailymail

Apple boss Tim Cook has stepped down and named his successor in a dramatic leadership handover.

The Silicon Valley giant said on Monday that its long-serving chief executive officer will step aside after 15 years and become executive chairman.

Moving into the spotlight is John Ternus, 51, Apple’s widely respected hardware chief, who will take over as CEO on September 1.

Cook, 65, will remain firmly at the heart of the company's strategic direction while handing over day-to-day control as the company prepares for its biggest iPhone overhaul in years, including what could be its first foldable model.

Stock in Apple, the world's third-biggest company, was down in after-hours trading following the unexpected announcement.

The announcement underscores Apple's continued focus on hardware innovation, with Ternus - long seen as a key architect behind many of the company's flagship products - now poised to lead the entire organization into its next chapter.

'John Ternus has the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator, and the heart to lead with integrity and with honor,' Cook said in a statement. 'He is a visionary whose contributions to Apple over 25 years are already too numerous to count, and he is without question the right person to lead Apple into the future.'

Meanwhile, the executive reshuffle does not stop there.

04/20/26 (2:19)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TsJy66DKWV4

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Chip (here)
So no, I do not think the problem here is that some of us are “too emotional.” I think the real problem is that some people do not have the inner strength to tolerate a serious opposing view without calling it emotion, extremism, or heresy.

That is not wisdom. That is fragility dressed up as reason.

The one's who annoy me aren't calling opposing views emotion, extremism, or heresy. They hardly notice such. They are blinded by their own rage. Any thing involving the target of their rage that comes within their purview is just incitement to more rage.

There are of course, as you say, those who habitually respond to any dissent with accusations of emotion, extremism, or heresy. That is a common defense. Those annoy me less, amuse me more, than in the past. One can moderate such interactions, simply by not putting them on the defensive, and when you observe someone responding this way to dissent from others, you can turn down your estimate of their credibility on the topic of concern by a notch.

Apparently my "Zen Mind" still has opportunity for growth, for the rageaholics still annoy me. I should be grateful.

[Ravenlocke]

No source

🚨 The Question No One Is Asking Loudly Enough- FOUL PLAY OR
FIRE SEASON? 👀

💭 While Iran has systematically targeting the Gulf's energy spine: Qatar's LNG, Kuwait's desalination, Saudi Arabia's production fields, UAE's petrochemicals. Russia is watching its refinery network burned from the inside out by Ukrainian drones, one facility at a time.

But then there are the others. India's most expensive refinery ignited the day before its national inauguration. Australia deferred maintenance to maximize production during the global crisis and paid for it with a 13-hour inferno. Mexico's flagship energy independence project caught fire four times in 23 days, each time falling just short of being a catastrophic mass casualty event. Romania's Lukoil refinery and Hungary's MOL plant blew up on the same afternoon and no cause has ever been officially declared.💥

👁️What we know: the world's energy infrastructure has never been more stressed, more targeted, or more vulnerable simultaneously. The Strait of Hormuz is shut. Reserves are thin.❄️

And someone, somewhere, keeps lighting the match.
Coincidence is possible. But these fires in energy resources,all pointing at energy, is a pattern, not a weather event. ❌

💭Key Stats -
13 incidents globally
11 countries hit
7 confirmed war strikes
20% world oil cutoff via Hormuz


1. Russia -Ukraine's Energy WarTuapse Refinery (Black Sea), War Strike (Apr 16 & April 19-20)
Ukrainian drones hit twice in 5 days. Up to 10 tanks ablaze; 1 killed. Key Black Sea export hub (12M tons/year naphtha/diesel/fuel oil). First fire: 42+ hours. 💥👀

2. Lukoil NORSI (Nizhny Novgorod) -War Strike (Apr 5)
Hit on Russia's 4th-largest refinery (320k bbl/day, top gasoline producer). Full shutdown. Russia losing ~$1B/week at Baltic ports.🚨

3.Gulf -Iran's Energy WarRas Laffan LNG (Qatar) - Iranian Missile (Mar 18-Apr)
World's largest LNG (~20% global supply) hit; production halted. Months/years for full recovery. ❄️

4. Mina Al-Ahmadi (Kuwait) Iranian Drones (Apr 1-5)
Refinery, KPC HQ, airport tanks, desalination/power hit. Exports halted; force majeure.🫨

5. Bapco Energies (Bahrain) -Iranian Drone (Apr 5)
Storage tank + petrochemicals ignited in coordinated strike.🚀

6. Borouge Petrochem + Habshan Gas (UAE) - Iranian/Debris (Apr 5-8)
Fires from interception debris. Operations suspended.👁️

7. Manifa/Khurais (Saudi Arabia) - Drone Strike (Apr 9)
~600k bbl/day cut (300k each). Shaybah targeted.😳

8.Pachpadra Refinery (India) - Unknown (Apr 20)
$8.5B HPCL greenfield complex fire in CDU-VDU, 1 day before PM Modi inauguration. Probe ordered.🫨

9.;Geelong Refinery (Australia)- Industrial (Apr 16)
One of Australia's last 2 refineries (10% fuel). Gas leak → 13-hour inferno + explosions. 38 days reserves only.👀

10. Dos Bocas (Mexico) -Industrial ×4 (Mar 17-Apr 9)
$21B flagship: 4 incidents in 23 days. 5 dead in March; still ~60% capacity.💭

11. Petrotel-Lukoil (Romania) ,MOL (Hungary) - Under Investigation
Same-day hits on Russian-linked sites. "Organised action" possible.😲

12. Homalin Port Fuel Tankers (Myanmar) - Fire/Explosion (Apr 20)
Massive blaze at river port ignited over 10 fuel tankers. Intense flames, black smoke, injuries reported. Critical fuel site amid shortages.💥

🌟Summary
7 war strikes (Russia ×2, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE ×2, Saudi) - documented.
6 grey/industrial -India, Australia, Mexico ×4, Romania-Hungary, Myanmar.

The world burns.The question is who holds the matches? Your thoughts?? 🔥

Follow
@nosource0
for regular such updates 🎯

#breaking #Fire #energycrisis #Fire #Pachpadra #crude

https://x.com/nosource0/status/2046438339134513261

[onawah]

Talk about "Congressional Overreach"!
Especially now when the secrets about all the dangers of vaccines can no longer be hidden...
Such an obvious ploy to further the Globalists' depopulation agenda
Oppose H.R. 7973, the ‘Momnibus’ Bill
April 21, 2026
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/c...momnibus-bill/

"On March 18, 2026, H.R. 7973, the “Momnibus” bill, one of the most overreaching pieces of legislation ever to be brought to Congress, was introduced. Contact your Congressional representatives today and urge them to oppose H.R. 7973.
Take Action Now:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/c...momnibus-bill/

"On March 18, 2026, H.R. 7973, the “Momnibus” bill, one of the most overreaching pieces of legislation ever to be brought to Congress, was introduced by by U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14). It was quickly circulated to several committees and almost immediately gained 203 Congressional co-sponsors.

While being promoted as a bill to improve maternal health, in actuality it threatens the personal freedom of pregnant women through targeting, monitoring and pressuring them into accepting whatever vaccines our government in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry decides to mandate during declared emergencies.

H.R. 7973 establishes a federally coordinated $715 million system (within a $2.46 billion bill) that:

Identifies specific populations of pregnant and postpartum women for increased vaccination
Tracks their medical status in real time during pandemics
Categorizes individuals by demographic characteristics
Integrates data across labs, hospitals, and government systems
Centralizes authority during declared emergencies

Not only does H.R. 7973 threaten the freedom and privacy of pregnant women, but there are numerous health concerns for the developing fetus as well. Recent government data shows that, since the rollout of COVID vaccines, infants are dying at a 77% excess rate. A 2017 study published in JAMA Pediatrics identified a heightened risk of autism in the children of mothers who received a flu shot during the first trimester of pregnancy. Since 2012, pregnant women have been pushed to get an aluminum-containing Tdap shot, despite evidence that aluminum – a powerful neurotoxin – crosses the placenta and accumulates in fetal tissue.

Freedom-loving, critically thinking Americans – who learned a lot about government overreach during the COVID crisis – reject this Orwellian legislation. Contact your Congressional representatives today and urge them to oppose H.R. 7973.
We recommend that you personalize the messages to the legislators by slightly editing the subject line and text. That way, it won’t appear that they are receiving spam emails with the same message over and over.

This attempt to access data on a specific population in order to exert pressure to comply with Pharma-backed, government-directed mandates must be stopped in its tracks.

Take Action Now!
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/c...momnibus-bill/

Email your member of the House of Representatives today.

Notify recipient Congressperson(s) that you are requesting a response

Notify recipient Congressperson(s) that you are requesting to opt into their newsletter

Subject
Oppose H.R. 7973, the ‘Momnibus’ Bill
Dear [official/recipient],
I’m writing to urge you to oppose H.R. 7973, the “Momnibus” bill, one of the most overreaching pieces of legislation ever to be introduced in Congress. While being promoted as a bill to improve maternal health, in actuality it threatens the personal freedom of pregnant women through targeting, monitoring and pressuring them into accepting whatever vaccines our government in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry decides to mandate during declared emergencies.

• H.R. 7973 establishes a federally coordinated $715 million system (within a $2.46 billion bill) that:

• Identifies specific populations of pregnant and postpartum women for increased vaccination

• Tracks their medical status in real time during pandemics

• Categorizes individuals by demographic characteristics

• Integrates data across labs, hospitals, and government systems

• Centralizes authority during declared emergencies

Not only does H.R. 7973 threaten the freedom and privacy of pregnant women, but there are numerous health concerns for the developing fetus as well. Recent government data shows that, since the rollout of COVID vaccines, infants are dying at a 77% excess rate. A 2017 study published in JAMA Pediatrics identified a heightened risk of autism in the children of mothers who received a flu shot during the first trimester of pregnancy. Since 2012, pregnant women have been pushed to get an aluminum-containing Tdap shot, despite evidence that aluminum – a powerful neurotoxin – crosses the placenta and accumulates in fetal tissue.

Freedom-loving, critically thinking Americans – who learned a lot about government overreach during the COVID crisis – reject this Orwellian legislation and I strongly encourage you to do the same. If you’ve already allowed your name to be attached to H.R. 7973, please remove it and join the millions who justifiably oppose it. In future elections, I will not be able, in good conscience, to vote for anyone who supports such an egregious threat to the freedom of expectant mothers and to the health of our nation’s children.
Sincerely,
Your Name

"

[Kryztian]

Shooting at iconic Mexico pyramid leaves tourist dead and others injured
A Canadian national was fatally shot by a lone gunman and 13 others, including a Russian visitor, sustained injuries in Teotihuacan
https://www.rt.com/russia/638856-put...-conflict-end/

A lone gunman has killed a Canadian tourist and wounded several others, including a Russian national, at the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The assailant took his own life after being injured and surrounded by security forces, according to the Mexican authorities.

Red Cross personnel carry a body down the Pyramid of the Moon following a shooting incident
at the Teotihuacan archaeological site, Mexico, April 20, 2026.

The UNESCO-protected pre-Columbian archaeological site near Mexico City is one of the country’s top tourist attractions, drawing around 2 million visitors annually.

At around 11:30 AM on Monday, the man, armed with a handgun, ordered a group of tourists to lie prone atop the pyramid before firing multiple shots at them, as seen in eyewitness videos circulating online.

In a video apparently recorded by one of the hostages, the gunman is heard threatening foreign tourists and saying the pyramid was originally built for human sacrifice.

full story with graphic images found here: https://www.rt.com/news/638846-touri...hooting-spree/

[onawah]

So true. When the forum becomes this divisive the forum has often lost its best members .

Posted by rgray222 (here)
I am pulling out of this discussion, but I will make one observation.

There is a huge difference between emotional engagement and using hateful emotions to undermine and silence others.

[fulcanelli]

There's a report on reddit that David Wilcock took his own life at his home in Nederland, CO, yesterday morning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/commen...iter_took_his/

Not sure if this has been confirmed, based on the following sheriff's office media advisory:
https://bouldercounty.gov/news/death...ar-ridge-road/

fulcanelli

[onawah]

‘Major Victory’: Military Ends Flu Vaccine Mandate for All Service Members\
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.
April 21, 2026
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/d...tm_id=20260421

(Some good vaccine news for a change...
Podcast at the link)

"The U.S. military today ended its flu vaccine mandate for active-duty and reserve service members and civilian personnel, the U.S. Department of War announced today. Pam Long, director of the Children’s Health Defense Military Chapter, said that up until this week, service members were still being punished for refusing the vaccine. She called the policy change a “major victory” for individual liberty.

The U.S. military today ended its flu vaccine mandate for active-duty and reserve service members and civilian personnel, effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced today in a one-page memorandum.

In a video accompanying the announcement and posted on X, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the time was right to end the mandate.

“We’re seizing this moment to discard any absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities,” Hegseth said. “In this case, this includes the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.”

In his video, Hegseth said service members were still “free to take” the flu vaccine if they so wished, but would no longer be forced to do so.

“The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member, everywhere, in every circumstance, at all times, is just overly broad and not rational,” Hegseth said.

The military has required annual flu shots for its members “for years,” Fox News reported. According to a 2022 study, flu vaccine mandates in the U.S. military date back to at least 1945.

The DOD first began loosening its flu vaccine requirements last year. A May 2025 Pentagon memo ended the flu shot mandate for reservists — unless they were called to active duty for 30 consecutive days or more.

Pam Long, director of the Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Military Chapter, called today’s policy change a “major victory for individual liberty.”

“Service members were still being punished for refusal of the annual influenza vaccine up until this week,” Long said. “The military chain of command had implemented an influenza mandate for many years, which was coerced for compliance metrics and career promotion, not for the health of the force.”

Others suggested the new policy represents a return to informed consent.

“While we have empowered commanders to make command decisions, I have not yet found the document that authorizes commanders to make medical decisions for their troops,” said Carolyn Rocco, co-founder of CHD’s Military Chapter.

Flu vaccine mandate was a ‘cash cow’ for Pharma

According to The Washington Post, the military’s new policy has “alarmed some public health experts,” who warned the armed services would face an increase in flu cases, sick cases and healthcare costs.

But internal medicine physician Dr. Meryl Nass, founder of Door to Freedom, told The Defender, “This shot has low efficacy and likely caused as many sick days as it prevented in the military.”

J.M. Phelps, a contributing writer for The Gateway Pundit, American Family News and WorldNet Daily, has reported extensively on military vaccine mandates. He said the military’s new policy is “more informed and constitutionally sound.”

“Hegseth will undoubtedly face criticism from skeptics, but the public cannot refute the reality that getting an annual flu shot actually increases the risk of contracting the flu, regardless of how many fact-checking sites they consult,” Phelps said.

A 2025 Cleveland Clinic study found that people who received a flu vaccine during the 2024-2025 cold and flu season had a 27% higher risk of getting the flu compared to the unvaccinated.

Some analysts have suggested that the military’s flu shot mandate, far from benefiting public health or the well-being of service members, was a “cash cow” for Big Pharma.

“It’s a lucrative and captured — in every sense of that word — market for the pharmaceutical industry, while they are also completely shielded from liability by the Feres doctrine, which prohibits servicemembers from suing over injuries that they might get as a result of being forced to take these things,” said attorney Dale Saran.

Vaccine mandates contributed to ‘bleak recruiting crisis’ for the military

The military’s new policy is part of a broader pivot away from vaccine mandates for its personnel.

Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that reinstated service members discharged under the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The mandate took effect Aug. 24, 2021, and was rescinded on Jan. 10, 2023.

The executive order directed the military to reinstate discharged members with their former rank and full back pay with benefits.

In November 2025, the DOD launched two task forces to review the impact and outcomes of the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate is widely seen as having contributed to a decline in manpower and recruitment for the military during and after the pandemic. According to a December 2022 Defense document, 8,123 service members were discharged as of Nov. 30, 2022, for COVID-19 vaccine refusal.

In July 2022, when the military’s deadline for compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate expired, the U.S. Army cut 60,000 unvaccinated guard and reserve soldiers, preventing them from participating in training or receiving military benefits.

That month, the military reported facing an “increasingly bleak recruiting crisis.”

Last year, some service members who sought reinstatement following Trump’s executive order said they encountered obstacles preventing them from reenlisting. Those obstacles included being informed they didn’t qualify for back pay and other provisions.

Last month, the DOD extended its reenlistment deadline for service members discharged for declining COVID-19 vaccination. The new deadline is April 1, 2027.

Hegseth said the military’s new flu vaccine policy is part of the DOD’s new “common-sense approach” to vaccination. “We’re seizing this moment to discard any absurd overreaching mandates that only weaken our warfighting capabilities.”

Grassroots efforts helped overturn military flu vaccine mandate

Jeffrey Tucker, president and founder of the Brownstone Institute, said growing public opposition to vaccine mandates likely contributed to weakened recruitment — and to the military’s latest policy reversal. He said:

“The move by the DOD is designed to address the recruiting crisis. Vaccine mandates are a huge issue now that the public is in revolt against all of them, even the flu shot.

“This dramatic change proves the point: mandates are a massive populist issue, more so now than in many decades. All governments and political leaders need to pay attention. We cannot jab our way to health.”

Long said public opposition included grassroots efforts over the past year aimed at changing the military’s vaccine policies. She said:

“Many advocates for policy change were involved at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the DOD over the past 14 months in this administration to make the influenza vaccine voluntary for military members, both active and reserve personnel.

“The CHD Military Chapter surveyed 80 military members in 2025 who were denied accommodations for the influenza vaccine, and they left service as a consequence or faced adverse career impact. The influenza vaccine mandate was impacting DOD in loss of experienced personnel along with legal fees in litigation.”

Phelps cited the example of U.S. Air Force Major Brennan Schilperoort, who refused to get the flu vaccine on religious and health grounds. He was placed on involuntary leave in March 2025, but last month, the military fully restored his career and rank.

Phelps said Schilperoort’s story led to “steadfast advocacy” for the rights of service members that likely contributed to the DOD’s about-face on flu vaccines.

“I’m inclined to believe the national attention on Major Schilperoort’s story may have influenced Secretary Hegseth’s decision, and I am grateful that he chose to share it publicly,” Phelps said."

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Posted by fulcanelli (here)
There's a report on reddit that David Wilcock took his own life at his home in Nederland, CO, yesterday morning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/commen...iter_took_his/

Not sure if this has been confirmed, based on the following sheriff's office media advisory:
https://bouldercounty.gov/news/death...ar-ridge-road/

fulcanelli

I'm pretty sure this is accurate, I seen it reported in a few places today.

His Wiki page also says he died yesterday, April 20th.

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Posted by fulcanelli (here)
There's a report on reddit that David Wilcock took his own life at his home in Nederland, CO, yesterday morning:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/commen...iter_took_his/

Not sure if this has been confirmed, based on the following sheriff's office media advisory:
https://bouldercounty.gov/news/death...ar-ridge-road/

fulcanelli

Jay Weidner, a former associate of Wilcock who lives in the neighbor confirms that yes, this really happened. He said he had spoken to a local policeman and that the police have confirmed the dead person is indeed Wilcock.

May he rest in peace.