Boeing whistleblower says he was pressured to hide defects

A new one, Santiago Paredes. “He said he would see hundreds of defects in parts on a regular basis, even earning the nickname ‘showstopper’ from higher-ups for how frequently he slowed production due to his inspections.” He told CBS News and the BBC that he wasn’t surprised when missing door bolts led to an entire 737 Max door plug blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight midair in January.

After Paredes complained that Spirit management changed the defect protocol to encourage fewer reports, he said he was demoted.

https://thehill.com/business/4652759-boeing-whistleblower-says-he-was-pressured-to-hide-defects/

The ‘Ruby Princess’ case and the future of COVID litigation

https://petervogel.legal/rubyprincess/

 

A new precedent that could shut down the cruise line / travel industry?

Pfizer very quietly agrees to settle 10,000 cancer lawsuits

REMEMBER THE ANTACID…. ZANTAC ?

People ate them like candy

https://revolver.news/2024/05/pfizer-very-quietly-agrees-to-settle-10000-cancer-lawsuits/

The Top 10% Are The Main Beneficiaries Of Globalization, Says Study

The income of many people around the world has considerably increased due to the economic globalization of the last 50 years. However, these income gains are unevenly distributed. A study by Dr. Valentin Lang, junior professor of political economy at the University of Mannheim, and his co-author Marina M. Tavares of the International Monetary Fund shows that the top 10% of the national income distributions, in particular, have benefited from this development.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/top-10-are-main-beneficiaries-globalization-says-study

NORTHERN LIGHTS TONITE

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental

CANADA: Highest Ranking Black Woman In Toronto Police Service Admits To Helping Black Officers “Cheat” To Get Promotions

A senior Toronto cop is being tried for professional misconduct after admitting to helping black officers cheat to get promotions. Superintendent Stacy Clarke is facing several charges after revealing she had provided confidential interview information to six African-Canadian officers.

In 2023, under the Ontario Police Services Act, she pleaded guilty to several charges, including three counts of discreditable conduct, one count of insubordination, and three counts of breach of confidence.

https://www.thepublica.com/canada-highest-ranking-black-woman-in-toronto-police-service-admits-to-helping-black-applicants-cheat-to-get-promotions/

 

What do you think — severe reprimand, slap on the wrist or promotion?

BHP, Shell, and Volkswagen all leave South Africa…..Big business exodus signals economic storm for SA

As major multinational corporations like BHP, Shell, and Volkswagen make swift exits from South Africa, the economic horizon darkens. Their departures signal more than just business decisions; they’re ominous signs of a struggling economy 30 years into ANC rule. With plummeting manufacturing and mining sectors, coupled with an exodus of listed companies, South Africa faces a stark reality: without significant change, it risks fading into economic irrelevance. The time for transformation is now, before it’s too late to salvage the dreams of a prosperous nation.

https://www.biznews.com/sa-investing/2024/05/07/big-business-exodus-ivo-vegter

It’s over, for now. The Pandemic Treaty has failed. The IHR amendments have 7 days to reach agreement. We are WINNING!!!

https://merylnass.substack.com/p/its-over-for-now-the-pandemic-treaty?

The Big Short 2.0? | Melody Wright Are $trillions of new loans about to be pumped into the housing market?

Thanks Eddie Shuffle

https://adamtaggart.substack.com/p/the-big-short-20-melody-wright?

Whimper Or Bang?

In ust a few minutes, at 2PM, we get the Treasury Statement. I have no idea what expectations the market has for it nor what the markets’ reaction will be.

It could be a nothingburger and the metals just drift into the close, leaving us with a really good week but looking for still more upside next week.

Or, there could be something that causes the metals to accelerate their rally into the close, setting things up for a potentially explosive upside, next week? The trend is higher, the timing and velocity, unknown.

CONNECT THE DOTS … FDA Preparing For Possible Bird Flu Spread Among Humans: Commissioner

“This virus, like all viruses, is mutating. We need to continue to prepare for the possibility that it might jump to humans…”

“This virus, like all viruses, is mutating. We need to continue to prepare for the possibility that it might jump to humans…”

We’ve been busy getting prepared for if the virus does mutate in a way that jumps into humans on a larger level,”

From 2003 to April 1, 2024, 889 cases of H5N1 have been confirmed across the globe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of the patients, 52 percent have died.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/fda-preparing-possible-bird-flu-spread-among-humans-commissioner

 

This time a non-MSM new source joins the chorus — psyop message unchanged from yesterday — become afraid become very afraid — WHO pandemic treaty decision on May 27.  

ANECTOTAL

Just had a lady ( patient) who has an autoimmune condition called Lichen Planus …causes inflamed tissues in the cheeks and gums

We referred her to a Dental Specialist in this field 6 months ago . Treatment is “Magic Mouthwash” …an oral rinse concotion of steroids antibiotics and anti fungals…tastes horrible…makes her throw up…not a cure just control

anyhow

She said the specialist says this condition which previouly was considered one in a million is now very common. The Specialist told her it is now confirmed to be a result of the MRNA Vaxx .

ALSO this lady told me …(she somehow knew I was dead against these vaccines)…her son got Myocarditis after his second shot ….and another relative died soon after his shots

This is heavy shit and hits home when it’s not just statistics

My hygienist who saw her today and who was previously very dubious of my anti MRNA sentiments …took note of all this…she is now blaming the astra zenica shots….thats a limited hangout for now.

I share all this to show that the awareness is finally reaching critical mass IMHO

sheesh

The Duran

End of US Hegemony
Jack Matlock (Ambassador to the USSR), Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen (42:25)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEDnjH0sWU

Orban, Xi and multipolar world. NATO neutralize Kaliningrad. GOP impeach Biden. Europe day
Alex Christoforou (35:12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvEysb_Ozys

Rus Kharkov Advance, US Passes Ukr Project NATO, Desperate Zelensky Exiles Zaluzhny, Fires Security
Alexander Mercouris (1:17:32)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0erKQkDVcQ

MILITARY SUMMARY CHANNEL:
Everything Is Ready For The Kharkiv Offensive Operation. Military Summary And Analysis For 2024.5.10
Dima (13:18)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih4rvF3sXnA

The Bloom | Russians Begin Greatest Offensive | Dozens Of Villages Are Contested | MS For 2024.05.10
Dima (Live at 12:30 PDST, 15:30 EDST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6KHZtb4b0Q

TARA READ VS STORMY DANIELS

from JC via TC

In stark contrast to the curious case of pottymouth porn star Daniels, on Wednesday, Tucker Carlson posted his interview with Tara Reid, who has credibly accused Joe Biden of sexual assault. Obviously, Tucker is comparing the remarkably similar cases and the wildly-different treatment of Stormy Daniels versus Tara Reid. Stormy is a celebrity witness in a case against the President. But Reid, who made claims against an alleged president, is currently being indicted by the DOJ in a sealed case for crimes they won’t even disclose to her lawyer.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1788328022158057586?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Tucker interviewed Tara while in Moscow recently to interview Russian president Putin. Ironically, former democrat and political professional Tara Reid has fled to Russia seeking political asylum. (In the interview, Tara explained the only two countries that refuse to extradite people to America are Iran and Russia.) Tara told Tucker the Biden Administration has never denied her allegations, but instead has accused her of being a Russian asset.

In other words: treason.

Meanwhile, Stormy Daniels — a known liar who has sex with strangers for money — is enjoying wall-to-wall corporate media coverage celebrating her as some kind of postmodern folk heroine. They literally gave the aging porn star the keys to the city:

But Tara Reid — who is not any kind of prostitute but worked for Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, and on many democrat campaigns — is now an international fugitive from secret state charges. Watch the whole thing.

You’d think democrats would eventually notice that the two-tiered justice system does not protect democrats, but only protects people who aren’t sitting in the Biden DOJ’s crosshairs.

A Warning To Goldbugs

I keep reading here and elsewhere, various plans and theories about how individuals intend to handle their portfolios and or things that they expect to play out, to tell them when and how to trade.

My warning is this. While we tend to use history and our past experiences to guide us (only natural and hopefully we learned from those experiences) don’t count on what is to come, to play out the way it has before. The circumstances in the economy, the markets, the political arena etc. are nothing like what we have experienced in the past.

The reasons things are different and results will be different, are too numerous to list, but I have addressed in previous posts, some of the specific, important ones that are driving and will continue to drive markets in the near future.

Suffice it to say, that things are not likely to play out the way they have before, in areas like miners vs metal, past ratios of this vs that, even many historical guidelines of when to trim or take profits etc.

I don’t have the answers to many of these questions but I suggest that whatever past rules and guidelines one has relied on previously, they are much less likely to be useful, and could actually be harmful, going forward. One needs to consider a different approach given the entirely different environment we are in. Everything, is likely to become much more challenging going forward.

HEADS UP FROM JC

Not THAT JC ( The other one )

NBC Chicago ran a toasty space-weather story yesterday headlined, “First ‘severe geomagnetic storm watch’ issued in nearly 20 years. Here’s what it could mean.” The sub-headline added, “The storm could cause enhanced viewing opportunities for the Northern Lights in the U.S., but could also have impacts on radio communications, GPS satellites and more.”

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/first-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-issued-20-years-heres-what-it-could-mean/3433412/?

There is widespread confusion over exactly what we’re looking at, but everyone agrees it’s highly unusual. Yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which tracks ‘space weather’, announced that “at least” five significant solar flares — what one platform described as a “flare train” — are all heading toward Earth. ETA tonight.

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NOAA has forecast a “G4” level of storm intensity (out of five), and “R3-R5” radio blackouts, a range that including the highest level of potential communication interference. So it’s not “the big one.” You can’t get a turbo tan. But it still could be pretty dramatic, with cell and internet outages possible, and projected visible auroras as far south as North Carolina.

So check the sky tonight! Earth weather permitting, you might get a once-in-a-lifetime view without having to don a parka.

As we’ve discussed before here at C&C, the Sun has now reached its 11-year solar maximum. And, as today’s record solar activity suggests, this year’s solar maximum is turning out to be a peak among solar maximums. So it will likely be another scorcher of a summer, and even though it’s really the Sun (aided by undersea volcanoes) heating up the world, you and your gas-guzzling SUV will probably get the blame.

I’m just a lawyer, not a sun scientist, but because today’s space weather is caused by a super-gigantic sunspot group and by daisy-chained solar flares, tonight’s storm might best resemble 1921’s “Great New York Storm,” which spontaneously set fires in many places and fried several undersea telegraph cables. Given how 2024 is going so far, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.

Target

A store that I used to like going to. As it was a welcome relief from the mayhem at Walmart. Prices were comparable.
But as “acceptance” gathered momentum, I cringed at the “kinds” of employees it had.
I actually felt sad about what the parents of these young employees might be going through.

Of course, I could say, “go woke go broke”.

But the damage has been done.
Fiscal damage, no not that one.
The damage upon the psyche of the young generation. YES.
And I’m a parent of two daughters, a 16-year and a 21-year old, living in the Bay Area. Imagine.
My prayers are for the recovery towards normalcy, of these influenceable yet beautiful young minds. I have not given up on them.

https://fortune.com/2024/05/10/target-pride-month-merchandise-2024/

GL

Broken Record – An open letter to Western politicians on Russia

Brilliant piece and absolutely correct. The problem is Biden and the libtards are so married to their stupid narratives(not just about Russia but about all their dumb, woke policy stands) that they never admit they are wrong and change direction, even when doing so would accomplish their ultimate goals.

It is why they are a failed party that has no good ideas or policies and anyone who follows, no less votes for them, is both intellectually and morally bankrupt. https://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/broken-record-81d

This agenda … Mass Deformation and Propaganda ….

https://twitter.com/unbaffle_me/status/1735107628945043956

12 minutes

“A direct attack on Reality Itself”

NEW: Missouri AG demands Biden DOJ turn over communications related to prosecutions of President Trump

https://thepostmillennial.com/new-missouri-ag-demands-biden-doj-turn-over-communications

Wow…Going after the DOJ and it’s 3 Stooges

Here’s Trumps AG in 2025…Andrew Bailey

Geostorm warning

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/05/10/watch-out-noaa-issues-first-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-in-20-years-could-hit-mid-day-friday-n2174001

New video from Katie Hopkins. Total shitshow at Eurovision in Sweden.

Swedish Muslims are causing all the problems.

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1788810141397033375

 

New “Guide” Teaches UK MPs To Spot “Conspiracy Theories”

“The proliferation of conspiracy theories across the UK is deeply disturbing… If they go unchallenged we risk the public being conned and their wellbeing potentially damaged. “

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-guide-teaches-uk-mps-spot-conspiracy-theories

Canadian schools are secretly ‘transitioning’ children, calling social services on ‘unaffirming’ parents

Schools across Canada are ‘transitioning’ children without parental consent or knowledge and tearing apart families, but Trudeau and his pro-LGBT allies are determined to run against Canadian parents in the next election.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/canadian-schools-secretly-transitioning-children-social-services-parents/?

Net Zero’s days are numbered? Why Europeans are souring on the climate agenda

Dr. Benny Peiser recently spoke about how the E.U. and various European nations have started a ‘rollback’ of their climate agendas due to ‘increasing costs and increasing hostility from the public.’

“The game is over for anyone who is willing to commit industrial suicide through the implementation of Net Zero policies,” he says, going on to cite public opinion and political decisions which are driving the political agenda of the future.

That’s the situation in Europe which sooner or later will come to a theater close to you.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/net-zeros-days-are-numbered-why-europeans-are-souring-on-the-climate-agenda/?

Canada may follow US in cracking down on Christianity under guise of fighting antisemitism

Similar to the Antisemitism Awareness Act just passed by the U.S. House, Canada is currently debating its own bill that critics warn could see Christians punished for quoting the Bible.

“I call this bill the?‘Closet the Christians Bill,’?because that is exactly what it intends to do – put Christians in the closet. Under threat of jail-time, it will silence believers who oppose the woke ideology that is overrunning our country,” observed Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) Campaigns Manager David Cooke in a recent blog regarding Canadian Bill C-367, a proposed law that mirrors much of what was just passed by the House of Representatives in the U.S.

Bill C-367 was tabled by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet?last year in the House of Commons. The bill aims to eliminate allowances for one’s religion to be used as a defense against “hate speech” charges because of a rise in anti-Israel protests in Canada. “We can fear that these acts were encouraged by an exception in the Criminal Code,”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canada-may-follow-us-in-cracking-down-on-christianity-under-guise-of-fighting-antisemitism/?

John Ivison: Mark Carney keeps appearing like a ghost at Trudeau’s feast

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/john-ivison-mark-carney-keeps-appearing-like-a-ghost-at-trudeau-s-feast/ar-BB1m7rlS?

 

“Carbon Tax Carney” is OK but “WEF Carney” is a better descriptor imo

The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tiktok-ban-next-patriot-act