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Wednesday 6th December 2017


G’day,

Hope this finds you fit and well.

Here is a bunch of what flittered through my mind or crossed my digital desk over the last week. I hope you get something from it!

Cheers!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Don’t Allow Giant Coal Mine to Destroy the Environment and Endangered Species
 
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A giant coal mine project currently being proposed for Australia will destroy the nation’s unique, rare environment. Tens of thousands of hectares of land will be disturbed to make room for the project. We should be doing a lot more with solar and wind and sea turbines rather than destroying our environment!

 
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Scrap the plan to knock down and rebuild the Football Stadium and Olympic Stadiums.
 
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Why is the New South Wales Government wasting taxpayers money on knocking down and rebuilding two perfectly usable stadiums? Spend the money on improving our hospitals, schools and public transport.

 
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Rainwater Collection Illegal in Some US States
 
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This needs to change. But if you do collect rainwater, in view of the chemtrails being sprayed behind planes, it would be a prudent idea to test your collected water!

 
 
 
 
A Quote On Parenthood
 
 
 
 

A father is a man who has photos in his wallet where his money used to be. – Anon

To which I instantly thought:
While that may be true, he also has love in a compartment in his heart that was formerly empty.

 
 
 
 
Tell them ‘Hands-off! No ban on Australian charities’
 
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No, I Have Seen No Christmas Cookies
 
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Love it! Labs and Schnauzers have in common a love of food!

 
 
 
 
We need a federal anti-corruption watchdog – with teeth!
 
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Let's get some genuine accountability happening here!

 
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MSM - Harmful If Swallowed
 
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Lethal to the truth, even in small doses!

 
 
 
 
Sign the People's Peace Treaty with North Korea
 
 
 
 

The Korean war claimed millions of lives. Yet more than 60 years later, there’s a grave risk that history could repeat itself, only this time nuclear weapons are on the table.

Over the weekend, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster described the risk of war with North Korea as “increasing every day.” He argued that the U.S. could still solve this problem diplomatically, but that time is running out to do so. Since taking office, the Trump administration has made it clear that North Korea becoming a fully fledged nuclear power would be “intolerable,” suggesting they would be willing to go to war to stop it.

Yet despite this rapidly approaching threshold, the administration continues squandering diplomatic openings and antagonizing North Korea with insults, threats and provocative war games. It’s time for the people to intervene.

Please sign the People’s Peace Treaty with North Korea to send a message to the U.S. and North Korean governments that a resumption of the Korean War is unacceptable.

 
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The Gene Drive Files
 
 
 
 

A genetic extinction technology funded by Bill Gates and the US Military? What could POSSIBLY go wrong? Or perhaps the question should be, what could POSSIBLE go right?!

Disclosed emails reveal military as top funder; Gates Foundation paying $1.6 million to influence UN expert process

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Over 1,200 emails released under open records requests reveal that the U.S. military is now the top funder and influencer behind a controversial genetic extinction technology known as “gene drives” – having pumped $100 million into the field. The trove of emails, additionally sheds light on a $1.6 million dollar lobbying operation paid for by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

“Emerging Ag,” a private PR firm funded by the Gates Foundation, is working behind the scenes to stack key UN advisory processes with gene drive-friendly scientists, and has recruited ostensibly independent academics and public officials into a private collaboration to counteract possible regulation, including an effort to resist calls for an international moratorium. Some of those recruited entered into the UN discussions without divulging their conflicts of interest or the role that paid political consultants played in shaping their inputs.

The files cast a spotlight on the central role of the shadowy US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the key funder now accelerating gene drive development. For example, DARPA is now revealed as the major financial backer of efforts to develop gene drive mammals (mice) that are led by a US environmental NGO, although DARPA has no biodiversity conservation mission, raising questions about the defense agency’s intent.

“Gene drives are a powerful and dangerous new technology and potential biological weapons could have disastrous impacts on peace, food security and the environment, especially if misused,” said Jim Thomas of ETC Group. “The fact that gene drive development is now being primarily funded and structured by the US military raises alarming questions about this entire field.”

“There is no transparency about who is influencing decisions about the future of global ecosystems, people’s livelihoods, or our food system,” said Dana Perls of Friends of the Earth, U.S. “Gene drives could have profound ecological, health and socio-economic impacts, and the emails reveal a secretive attempt to game the system by gene drive proponents aiming to minimize regulations and oversight.”

“In response to this news that the integrity of technical processes under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) may have been compromised by Gates-funded political consultants, civil society groups will urgently raise the need for better disclosure of interests within a framework for addressing conflict of interest at the CBD,” said Lim Li Ching of Third World Network.

“Mosquitoes containing gene drives are being proposed for malaria control in Africa. While claiming potential health benefits, any application of such powerful technologies should be subject to the highest standards of transparency and disclosure. Sadly, this doesn’t appear to be the case. Releasing risky GM organisms into the environments of these African countries is outrageous and deeply worrying,” said Mariam Mayet, Executive Director of The African Centre for Biodiversity.

Information revealed in the Gene Drive files includes:

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is reported to have given approximately $100 million for gene drive research, $35 million more than previously reported. If confirmed, DARPA appears to be the largest single funder of gene drive research on the planet.

Emerging Ag, a privately-held public relations firm, received over $1.6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to work on gene drive topics and to focus on exerting influence on the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the key body for gene drive governance. Following calls in 2016 for a global moratorium on the use of gene drive technology, the CBD sought input from scientists and experts in an online forum. According to the Gene Drive Files, Emerging Ag recruited and coordinated over 65 experts, including a Gates Foundation senior official, a DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) official, and government and university scientists, in an undercover attempt to flood he official UN process with their coordinated inputs.

The attempt to covertly influence the UN process online centrally involved three members of an associated UN expert committee (The Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology): Dr Robert Friedman of the J Craig Venter Institute, Dr. Todd Kuiken of North Carolina State University and Professor Paul Freemont of Imperial College London. Two of these are from institutions that together received over $100 million in U.S. military and other funds expressly to develop and test gene drive systems. Dr Kuiken served as “stakeholder engagement” lead for a Gene Drive development project. The Expert committee meets this week in Montreal, Canada.

The secretive JASON group of military advisors have undertaken two classified studies on genome editing and gene drives at the request of the U.S. government. The gene drive study, which included input by a Monsanto executive, focuses on hostile use of gene drives and use of gene drives in agriculture.

DARPA is revealed to be funding a high profile UK team of researchers targeting African communities with gene drive mosquitos. This funding was not previously made public.

The files reveal how far along the two leading gene drive teams (Target Malaria for the UK and GBIRD, based in North Carolina) have proceeded towards building gene drive organisms and are preparing for open field trials, including steps to select test sites in Australia, New Zealand, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mali and Ghana, and to create government and community acceptance of the use of gene drives in key testing sites.

 
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You Had A Great Life
 
You Had A Great Life
 
 
 

Oh woe is he!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Until next time,
dream big dreams,
plan out how to achieve them,
be continually executing your plans,
enlist people to your causes,
travel and/or read widely, preferably both,
all the while observing what you observe
rather than thinking what you are told to think,
think well of your fellow man,
take time to help your fellow man,
he sorely needs it and it will help you too,
eat food that is good for your body,
exercise your body,
take time to destress,
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

Tom

 
 

Most of the content herein has been copied from someone else. Especially the images. My goodness some people are talented at creating aesthetics! The small bits that are of my creation are Copyright 2014-2017 © by Tom Grimshaw - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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