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26 Firehouses in NYC Close as Staff Refuse COVID-19 Vaccines – Garbage Piles up in NYC as People Quit Rather than Get the Shot
New York City had to close 26 firehouses this weekend due to lack of staff, as apparently many of the 10,951 firefighters who are refusing to be vaccinated over the Mayor's COVID-19 vaccine mandate called in sick this weekend. The Daily Mail is reporting that a 7-year-old child died in a fire that broke out at 1:30 a.m. early Saturday morning. According to the New York Post, firefighters are not the only ones refusing the vaccine mandates, but other city workers are as well, and now garbage is starting to pile up around the city.
The “Global Public-Private Partnership” That Now Controls the World
The Global Public-Private Partnership (GPPP) is a world-wide network of stakeholder capitalists and their partners. This collective of stakeholders (the capitalists and their partners) comprises global corporations (including central banks), philanthropic foundations (multi-billionaire philanthropists), policy think-tanks, governments (and their agencies), non-governmental organisations, selected academic & scientific institutions, global charities, the labour unions and other chosen “thought leaders.” The GPPP controls global finance and the world’s economy. It sets world, national and local policy (via global governance) and then promotes those policies using the mainstream media (MSM) corporations who are also “partners” within the GPPP. Often those policies are devised by the think-tanks before being adopted by governments, who are also GPPP partners. Government is the process of transforming GPPP global governance into hard policy, legislation and law. Under our current model of Westphalian national sovereignty, the government of one nation cannot make legislation or law in another. However, through global governance, the GPPP create policy initiatives at the global level which then cascade down to people in every nation. This typically occurs via an intermediary policy distributor, such as the IMF or IPCC, and national government then enact the recommended policies. The policy trajectory is set internationally by the authorised definition of problems and their prescribed solutions. Once the GPPP enforce the consensus internationally, the policy framework is set. The GPPP stakeholder partners then collaborate to ensure the desired policies are developed, implemented and enforced. This is the oft quoted “international rules based system.” In this way the GPPP control many nations at once without having to resort to legislation. This has the added advantage of making any legal challenge to the decisions made by the most senior partners in the GPPP (it is an authoritarian hierarchy) extremely difficult.
12,000 Air Force Personnel, Including Elite Pilots, Have Rejected Vax Order As Tuesday Deadline Looms
The deadline is looming for US Air Force personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and many thousands are still refusing, according to the latest reports. For many at this point, it's also too late to receive both jabs by the next Tuesday, Nov. 2 deadline. Other branches like the Navy have deadlines coming later in November, but the Air Force will be the first test case as it set the earliest deadline. The Washington Post is now at the end of the week reporting that up to 12,000 Air Force personnel are still declining the vaccine, causing alarm within the top chain of command who are worried it will impact force readiness, particularly as some forces in key positions face discharge over their vax refusal. "The fact that it’s a choice leading to potential loss to readiness is striking," a military policy analyst with the Center for a New American Security Katherine L. Kuzminski, told the Post.
Exposing the Technocrats False Claims: Millions of Low-Pay “Ghost” Workers Needed to Keep Their Software Running
The Globalist Technocrats love to scare the common folk peasants with the hype of their "technology" and such grandiose Star-Trekish fantasies such as "transhumans" and sophisticated robots that are supposedly going to take over the world and replace humans. It's all fake. I earned my living from technology in the late 1990s running my own consulting firm, and many of the tech moguls of today, such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, are my age, and so I have watched their technology grow and evolve over the past few years. I clearly remember the days pre-1982, which was about the time the PC (personal computer) was developed, with the Internet and "World Wide Web" only becoming popular later in the mid to late 1990s. It is easy to think that this kind of technology has been around for a long time, but the fact is that it is all still relatively new, and its growth has been very rapid in a short period of time. Today's younger generations probably cannot even imagine life without cell phones and the Internet, but I remember them quite well, and not only did we get along just fine without modern technology, but I would even go so far as to say life was better in many ways without it. The new technology brought convenience and many other luxuries that enhanced life, but it also brought about many ways to enhance and proliferate evil as well, such as child pornography and sex trafficking. So for myself, having watched all of this stuff develop in such a short period of time, and even supporting it and earning my living from it for several years in the 1990s, it is easy for me to see that all the grandiose claims being made for technology today, such as "transhumanism" and the idea that man and machine can be intertwined like a Star Trek Borg, or that advanced computers will replace humans, is only real in Hollywood where they can "beam" human beings across space by deconstructing their molecules and putting them back together again in a different location, or pressing a button on a "replicator" that instantly produces food and other goods. It makes for interesting entertainment, but it has no basis in reality, and it never will. It is a false god. Recently published reports have exposed just how frail their technology is, where these multi-billion dollar corporations like Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Google actually employ millions of low-pay human laborers referred to as "ghost workers" just to keep their software running properly.
Unvaccinated NHL Player Best Athlete on the Ice – Scores 4 Goals in First Game
The NHL Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi is only one of four NHL Hockey players who have refused to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As such, he cannot travel with his team for games in Canada, where he is not allowed to play unvaccinated. But unlike the NBA's Kyrie Irving, who was willing to play in the NBA unvaccinated but his team and the league prevented him from doing so, the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL are allowing Bertuzzi to play in cities that allow it. At least for now. We speculated that the reason the NBA did not allow Kyrie Irving to play in cities where COVID-19 vaccine mandates did not prohibit him from playing, was that they did not want the PR nightmare of an "anti-vaxxer" representing freedom of choice and opposing medical tyranny. Apparently, at least for now, the NHL does not fear that. So on his first night on the ice, Tyler Bertuzzi showcased what talent can do unencumbered by micro blood clots that go along with COVID-19 shots, as he was clearly the best player on the ice that night, scoring a rare 4 goals in one game for his team, and drawing high praises from his coach. The Detroit News pointed out last week that even though there were only 4 players in the NHL not vaccinated for COVID-19, there were still many vaccinated players testing positive for COVID-19 and unable to play. I wonder how long it will take for the public to wake up to the fact that unvaccinated people are actually healthier than vaccinated people? And if Tyler Bertuzzi continues to prove this fact, will he and the other 3 unvaccinated players be allowed to continue playing, or will they be lumped into the "sports enhancement" steroid-type drugs ban that is in professional sports claiming that they have an unfair competitive advantage because they chose to remain unvaccinated?
Chicago Mayor Gets Judge to Temporarily Silence Police Union Boss Catanzara from Telling Officers to Refuse Vaccine Mandate – Catanzara Responds by Announcing he is Running for Mayor of Chicago
The battle between Chicago Police and Mayor Lori Lightfoot continued today as the City of Chicago filed a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Chicago Police Union boss, John Catanzara, to silence him from speaking publicly and encouraging officers to not comply with the city's mandate to file their COVID-19 vaccination status online through a portal they have setup. However, in a temporary victory for the police, it was announced that the city would not be sending anyone home due to their failure to report their vaccination status, and that all police officers working this weekend would be paid. This averted a situation where Catanzara stated that less than 50% of the force would be on the streets this weekend if the department sent home the officers without pay for defying the Mayor. Catanzara stated that the judge would hear the whole motion on Monday, but a local CBS News report stated that this hearing is now pushed back until October 25th, reportedly because "there is no public safety emergency right now," which means the City has agreed to let the officers work with pay without yet declaring their vaccination status. So the City may have silenced Catanzara for now, but it appears that Round 1 goes to the Chicago Police, who get to still work with pay without having to declare their vaccination status, at least until October 25th.
Massachusetts Set to Lose 50% of Their Correction Officers by Sunday due to Vaxx Mandate with Prison System “Pushed into Chaos”
Cheryl Fiandaca of WBZ CBS Boston reported today that more than 1,500 correctional officers in Massachusetts, about 50% of the state's "highly trained correction officers," are scheduled to be fired on Sunday, October 17th, for failing to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Governor Charlie Baker has reportedly activated 250 National Guard troops to help staff potential shortages at the state prisons. Fiandaca interviewed Kevin Flanagan, the legislative liaison for the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, who stated: "With all due respect to the men and women of the National Guard, we have highly trained correction officers who have worked throughout the pandemic for 18 months and to now say 50 percent would be terminated it’s not right, it’s not fair." Absent from the CBS I-Team report is the issue of the National Guard, who are being called up in many states to replace workers being fired for not getting a mandated COVID-19 shot. The National Guard does not have to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates until June of 2022. A report earlier this year stated that fewer National Guard members were receiving COVID-19 shots than active duty members, with less than 40% vaccinated. This begs the question on how National Guard members, the majority of whom have not yet been vaccinated and have until next year to comply with mandates, can replace prison workers and in other states hospital workers who are being terminated simply because they are not vaccinated for COVID-19?
Chicago Set to Lose 50% or More of Police Force at Midnight Tonight as Police Union Calls Mayor’s Bluff on Reporting COVID-19 Vaccine Status
Chicago police officers union president John Catanzara is calling Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s bluff. The Chicago Mayor is trying to force all of Chicago's police officers to register at a portal supplied by the city that reveals whether or not they have proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. The officers have until midnight tonight (October 14, 2021) to register at the portal, or they will go into a "non-pay" status, which Catanzara claims is a new status that previously did not even exist. Catanzara put out a video on Tuesday this week, directing officers to "hold the line" and NOT go to the portal and give the city their personal information. He does not believe the Mayor or the City has a lawful right to this information, which clearly violates HIPAA and other privacy laws. He stated: "Do not fill out the portal information. You are under no obligation to do that, other than the city's demand. Once you do that, we can never get information back. We have no assurances from the city that that is secure. What that information is going to entail as far as going forward, who it can be shared with, etc. (nobody knows.) The simple fact that they keep putting out public statements, emails, and having bosses call you, means one thing: our members are holding the line. And officers from all ranks are not going into that portal. They clearly must have a very very low cooperation level, which is good. It's information they shouldn't be entitled to." Catanzara tells the officers to submit exemption forms today (Thursday) instead of going to the portal, and the union has supplied three exemption forms that are allowed by law in the State of Illinois for valid vaccine exemptions: medical, religious, and conscientious objection.
NBA Star Kyrie Irving Gives up over $100 Million to Refuse COVID Shot – Stands with Black Community in New York
NBA star Kyrie Irving is waging war with the NBA over mandatory COVID-19 shots, and at least from my perspective, he is overwhelmingly winning that war. Kyrie is a member of Brooklyn Nets, a New York City NBA franchise team. New York City mandates that everyone attending events such as professional basketball games must have proof of vaccination for COVID-19. When training camp for the NBA broke a couple of weeks ago for the new season, several players stated that they would not be getting the mandatory COVID-19 shots, with others expressing hesitancy at getting it stating that it should be a matter of one's own choice. But most of the other NBA stars have now come around and announced they are getting the shots. Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash said at a press conference yesterday that the team was preparing to play the season without Kyrie being able to play home games, since Kyrie was not apparently budging on his position, undoubtedly in the face of tremendous pressure from the Globalists to announce to the public that he was going to get the shot as a condition to be being able to play games in NYC that require him to have the shot. Kyrie stuck to his principles, and was willing to give up half of his salary and many millions of dollars, to stick to that principle and only be eligible to play road games outside of NYC. He called their bluff. As a result, today, Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks stated that the team would NOT allow Kyrie to play just half their games, games outside of New York, after all. The real reason the NBA and Nets are making this decision, is that they cannot afford the PR nightmare that would ensue for allowing an "anti-vaxxer" to tour to other NBA cities and become a beacon of light for those who refuse to bow to the Globalists and their eugenics agenda. As we have previously reported, less than 30% of Blacks living in New York have taken a COVID-19 shot, deciding instead to stand for freedom and against medical discrimination. Kyrie is obviously choosing to stand with the Black community in New York, rather than using his "privileged status" as an NBA multi-millionaire to take a stand against that Black community, and in favor of the NBA slave masters.
Airline Industry Issues Dire Warning Against Vaxx Mandates: “We have all the Control – Aircraft Will Stop Moving” with Major Effects on Economy
There have been widespread rumors this week that the thousands of flights canceled this past weekend by Southwest Airlines have been the result of massive amounts of people calling in sick to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the airline industry. Neither management nor airline employees would admit to a protest movement like this, as it is illegal and considered a matter of "national safety." Pilot Joshua Yoder, who is the co-founder of the U.S. Freedom Flyers that recently produced a video that we published, appeared as a guest on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox this week. He stated: "We have all the control. And the control comes from a simple word. And that's 'no.' We just don't need to comply. I think you will see massive disruptions in the supply chain and in your travel, if we just stand up and say 'no.' If these companies fire us, and they fire 30% of the workforce, aircraft are going to stop moving. And it's going to affect you. It's going to affect your air travel, and it's going to affect the economy." Another commercial airline pilot, who was only identified as "David in Orange County," called into the American Journal show on Infowars.com this week. He addressed the issue of flying with pilots who have taken the COVID-19 shot, and their increased risks for blood clots.
Industry Insiders Warn that Winter Blackouts Across the US are Possible as US Heating Oil Supplies Lowest In Decades
Americans are hoping the energy crisis in Asia and Europe won't spread stateside. But industry insiders warn that winter blackouts across the US are possible as low fossil fuel stockpiles may lead to shortages amid heightened demand. The latest concern is ultra-low stockpiles of heating oil (distillate fuel oil). In the winter of 2019–2020, about 5.5 million households used heating oil as their primary heating source, and 81% of those households were in the Northeast. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports there are only 31.2 days of the demand for heating oil, the lowest levels since 2000. Low stockpiles ahead of cooler weather could be problematic for consumers who may be burdened with high energy costs, or worse, fuel shortages. Below is the two-week forecast for the US Lower 48, underlining cooler weather trends are nearing and how consumers shouldn't wait until the last minute to fill up their tanks.
16 Year Veteran Australian Police Sergeant Quits in Protest of Andrews COVID Orders, Claims Majority of Cops Agree with Her
A 16-year veteran of the Melbourne, Victoria police force in Australia went public this week to denounce the actions of many police during recent protests. Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell was interviewed by a group called "Discernable," wearing her full uniform during the interview and announcing that she was officially resigning from the force at the end of her interview. Blaming the police actions ultimately on Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews, Mitchell stated: “I think that the reason, or the issue, in why perhaps police [are] feeling more emboldened to act the way they are in relation to these harsher actions is because of the messaging that comes from Dan [Andrews],” who tells the law enforcers what to do “on a daily basis.” However, she stated that individual police members who use excessive force will be held accountable, and that police do have a responsibility not to use excessive force, something that is allegedly grilled into them at the academy. She served 6 years at Professional Standards Command - the division responsible for investigating police misconduct, corruption, discrimination and freedom of information, referring investigations to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) where appropriate. She reminds her colleagues that ultimately they will individually be held accountable for their actions, and are still subject to s 462A of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) which forbids the disproportionate use of force. Acting Senior Sergeant Mitchell cites ethical conflicts as the reason for speaking publicly about conduct of Victoria Police officers, their Chief Commissioner - Shane Patton, their Minister - Lisa Neville MP, and ultimately their Premier - Daniel Andrews MP. She feels she can no longer remain silent with the division between police and community growing, and totally ignored by the leadership of both the police and government. She also stated that she has talked to over 300 fellow police officers, and the majority feel the same way that she does. Sergeant Krystle Mitchell gave up her career to do this interview, and could possibly face disciplinary measures as well.
Why Shortages Are Permanent: Global Supply Shortages Make Fantastic Financial Sense
Not all scarcities are artificial, i.e. the result of cartels limiting supply to keep prices high; many scarcities are real, and many of these scarcities can be traced back to the stripping out of redundancy / multiple suppliers of industrial essentials to streamline efficiency and eliminate competition. Recall that competition and abundance are anathema to profits. Wide open competition and structural abundance are the least conducive setting for generating reliably ample profits, while quasi-monopolies and cartels that control scarce supplies are the ideal profit-generating machines. The incentives to expand the number of suppliers, i.e. increase competition, are effectively zero. America's corporations spent $11 trillion buying back their own stocks over the past decade; that's equal to the combined GDP of Japan, Germany and Italy. If adding new suppliers to the global supply chain were profitable, some of that $11 trillion would have exploited those vast profits. Scarcities are their source of profits, and since it makes zero financial sense to spend a fortune building a plant to make solvents, lubricants, alloys, etc. in limited quantities in markets dominated by quasi-monopolies and cartels, shortages are a permanent feature of the 21st century global economy. The era of abundance was only a short-lived artifact of the initial boost phase of globalization and financialization; now that the consolidation is complete, shortages make fantastic financial sense. By all means thank Corporate America for squandering $11 trillion to further enrich the top 0.1% and insiders. Alas, there was no better use for all those trillions than further enriching the already-super-rich.
Freedom Flyers: Airline Industry Workers Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Shot Fight Back
A group of airline professionals have banded together to fight back against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination mandates. They call themselves the "U.S. Freedom Flyers." From their website: "US Freedom Flyers currently encompasses all travel and transportation-affiliated industries, including all employees, unionized or not, who are affected by the Federal Government’s Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates. Whether you’re a pilot, flight attendant, mechanic, dispatcher, gate agent, or ramper, we have room for you! In addition, we seek to be an inclusive organization contributing to the support of other industries. If you are in other transportation industries, such as shipping, trucking, bussing, etc. please join our organization! If you are in an industry other than transportation and travel, we welcome you also, and want to collaborate with you to help preserve our medical freedoms!" They have teamed up with Leslie Manookian of Health Freedom Defense Fund, George Wentz of Davillier Law Group, and Airline Professionals For Justice (AP4J) to fight back against mandatory COVID-19 shots for the airline industry. These Freedom Flyers have just published a video with written messages from more than 60 of them, ranging from ramp agents, to flight attendants, to pilots and captains, to even a "senior vice president."
The Real Reasons for the Facebook Outage This Week
Facebook suffered a massive outage on Monday. At the same time a high profile “whistleblower” has come forward to dish the FB dirt. These two things have combined to create a perfect storm of narrative portraying Mark Zuckerberg’s company as a monster in desperate need of slaying by some deft government intervention. But to what extent is that story contrived? Is Facebook willingly going along with it? And what does it mean for the rest of the internet?
Where is the Biden Executive Order Mandating the Vaccine? Does it Exist?
I’m talking about the Executive Order (EO) commanding all US companies with more than 100 employees to mandate the COVID vaccine for those employees. I can’t find the EO. I don’t see it in the Federal Register, where it’s supposed to be published. If it hasn’t been published, then there is no mandate.
Relief from COVID Vaccine Tyranny will NOT Come from the Courts as U.S. Supreme Court Denies Right to Refuse Shots by NYC Teachers
For everyone in the United States who is still holding out hope that the American judicial system will recognize that the current COVID-19 "vaccines" were approved illegally, and that neither government nor private employers have a legal right to mandate them as a condition to work or participate in society, it is time you recognize that this hope in the judicial system is in vain. Salvation will not come from the American judicial system, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor drove the last nail in the coffin of that hope yesterday, Friday, October 1, 2021. I saw a headline on a Right Wing "Conservative" Alternative media site yesterday announce this decision as being from the "Far Left Justice Sonia Sotomayer." How foolish. "Right" vs. "Left" divisions are what is hampering this nation to mount a united effort to fight against medical tyranny right now. Newly appointed "Conservative" Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made a similar ruling in August denying a petition by Indiana University students to block that school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. And for you "johnny-come-lately" pundits just now jumping on the anti-vaxx bandwagon, let me give you a brief history lesson about how what little opposition has been made in the past to slow down corporate America's rush to enslave the population through the medical system, has usually come from the left. The "Conservative Right" is what supported the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act which gave pharmaceutical companies producing vaccines legal immunity in the courts from being sued due to injuries and deaths caused by their vaccine products. "Conservative" President Ronald Reagan signed that bill into law. The law was challenged at the Supreme Court in 2011 with Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, and the law was upheld as the Court ruled that vaccines are "unavoidably unsafe." All of the "conservatives" on the bench sided with Big Pharma, including Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito, considered "solid conservatives." And who wrote the dissenting opinion complaining that the Court was overstepping its bounds and ruling beyond what Congress intended by giving Big Pharma too much power? "Liberal" Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She was joined in dissent only by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, now deceased and no longer on the Court. So when I learned earlier this week that Justice Sotomayor was going to be the one on the Supreme Court to hear the complaint of New York City school teachers who are faced with losing their jobs now for failing to receive a COVID-19 shot, I thought, OK, this will be the final test to see if there is any opposition left in the judiciary to these unlawful vaccine mandates. Well, the Supreme Court has failed the test. We will not find justice there, America. If you want to stop these vaccine mandates, you are going to have to do it yourselves, and stop putting your faith in the American political system, no matter what party affiliation, and that includes the judiciary.
Despite Over 95% Vaxx’d, Harvard Business School Shifts Classes Online After “Substantial Outbreak” Of COVID
Harvard Business School (HBS) has moved its first-year and some second-year MBA students to remote learning after an outbreak of COVID. "In recent days, we've seen a steady rise in breakthrough infections among our student population, despite high vaccination rates and frequent testing," Mark Cautela, head of communications for HBS, told Poets&Quants. What's remarkable is that most college students and staff at Harvard (95% students and 96% employees) are vaccinated against the coronavirus. Is Harvard therefore implicitly admitting that vaccine effectiveness has waned to the point of total ineffectiveness? Harvard has requested students to limit in-person interactions with others outside their household, move all group meetings online, and cancel group activities. So, despite all the promises of a 'return to normal' if only everyone were vaccinated (which in this case they are), it appears elite higher education in 2021 is no different from elite higher education in 2020... and certainly not any cheaper.
U.S. Sovereignty? Largest Naval Base in the U.S. Now Operated by NATO – Norfolk Allied Joint Force Command
US sovereignty is threatened today at multiple levels. In what may be another chapter in the formation of a New World Government, the question remains how NATO asserted its omnipotent authority to establish a new Atlantic Command at the Norfolk Naval Base with the apparent acquiescence of the US military and Congressional leadership. Once the largest naval port in the world, significant questions persist about how the Pentagon allowed this travesty against the Republic to occur with what appears to have been a black-out of national media attention, no Congressional scrutiny and no Trump Administration participation. I am still wrapping my mind around how easily the usurpation of an American military facility of such prominence could be so quietly accomplished with such finesse requiring so many accomplices. In June, 2018 NATO’s North Atlantic Defense Ministers formally adopted the Alliance’s command structure to establish a new Atlantic Command in Norfolk as the only operational NATO Atlantic Command in North America. As one of three regionally focused joint, operational-level commands, all Commands would report directly to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In other words, what was once the US Navy’s largest and most sophisticated naval base in the world and on US soil would now be under the command of NATO. Yet there is no real substantive background to know exactly how the United States agreed to relinquish its historic naval claim on Norfolk. What are the implications of NATO’s Article 5 with its roots now entangled into the American land mass? Infamous on its own, Article 5 dates back to 1949 and provides that “..if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked.” The only time Article 5 has ever been invoked was immediately after the 911 attack on the Twin Towers in NYC which potentially could have committed NATO troops to participate in the US-led attack on Afghanistan. Looking ahead, what role might Article 5 play if the current Covid-vaccination-passport debate reaches an insoluble threshold within any Member nation or could NATO legitimately claim its Article 5 authority to intercede to protect the peace?
Central Bank Digital Currencies – A Future of Surveillance and Control
One of the most potentially far-reaching trends in the financial landscape right now is the imminent roll-out of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and the parallel attacks which central bankers are waging on private digital currencies and tokens as they tee up the launch of their CBDCs. First some clarifications. While the majority of central bank issued currencies (fiat currencies) in existence around the world are already in digital form, a fiat currency held in digital form is not the same as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). A CBDC generally refers to electronic or virtual central bank (fiat) money that is created in the form of digital tokens or account balances which are digital claims on the central bank. CBDCs will be issued by central banks and will be legal tender. CBDCs are not just a buzzword or a hazy innovation that may appear sometime in the distant future. They are actively being developed now, and in widespread fashion. 5 central banks have already launched a CBDC, 14 have a CBDC in pilot, 16 have a CBDC in development, and another 32 central banks are at the research stage with their CBDC. That makes 67 central banks (countries in total). Although central banks will claim that they are introducing CBDCs for reasons such as improving payments efficiency, boosting financial inclusion for the unbanked and tackling illicit transactions, their real motivations, as always, are for surveillance and control. Surveillance of a population via complete visibility into financial transaction flow and user identities, and centralized control of the money supply within a cashless financial system. Think China’s social credit system on a global dystopian scale, where vax passes evolve into digital IDs and digital IDs link to CBDC issuance and use. In fact, the entire coercion around implementing vaccine passports and digital IDs looks to be a pre-planned stepping stone for the roll-out of central bank digital currencies and global social credit systems.