TDT: FISA Approved In Congr--- Wait, Now Iran is Attacking Israel
Also: Zimbabwe goes golden, COVID is not to blame (LOL), plus more!
How did a collective group of intelligence agencies who allegedly could not foresee that a major ‘terrorist attack’ was on the horizon, somehow magically ascertain that a covert military offensive from a foreign power was coming… days before it occurred?
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Three-Dot Tablet | V. 02.14| April 14, 2024
Prime Cut
House approves bill renewing FISA spy program after GOP upheaval threatened passage
CBS News
And the roulette wheel of D.C. politics continues to spin, with virtually every single option guaranteed to target us, the American people.
Case in point…
The House on Friday passed a bill to reauthorize a crucial national security surveillance program, two days after a conservative revolt prevented similar legislation from reaching the floor. The bill reforms and extends a portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)… for a shortened period of two years, instead of the full five-year reauthorization first proposed.
Now, with this segment I had intended to discuss the ins-and-outs of the FISA spy program and the current vote. I was going to review how it was expanded after 9/11, the fact that those standing against it comprised of a bizarre coalition of Right-Wing Conservatarians and Left-Wing Progressives, that it is the pro-Globalist ‘establishment’ politicians on both sides who support it.
I was going to discuss all of that, and I may explore it one day in the future. But then THIS broke on Saturday, and everything changed…
Iran begins retaliatory attack against Israel
ABC News
U.S. officials confirmed Israel's announcement that Iran’s retaliatory strike has begun. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier said that it launched extensive missile and drone operations against targets in Israel, according to Tasnim, the Iranian news-agency affiliated with the branch of Iran's armed forces.
Now? I have many questions.
For example, how did a collective group of intelligence agencies who allegedly could not foresee that a major ‘terrorist attack’ - one which was targeting a musical festival - was on the horizon, somehow magically ascertain that a covert military offensive from a foreign power was coming… days before it occurred?
Here’s another: What foreign country maps out a secretive operation - a ‘sneak attack’, if you will - on a nation which it has despised for literally decades, by choreographing the date and time as an absolute? So much so that, after the ‘plan’ has been ‘discovered’… sticks to that timeline anyhow?
When you also consider how the Globalist propaganda arms have been prepping the public for such an attack, almost as a method of trying to shock-and-awe us into accepting another Middle Eastern conflict… into blindly supporting Israel, right when voices are loudly starting to question it?
And all of this is occurring not only during an election year, but unfolding the weekend after the aforementioned FISA Auth (a key component to keeping an eye on alleged ‘terrorists,” and those Americans who ‘accidentally’ get data-mined in the process) struggled to get through the House, with an upcoming Senate vote approaching?
Am I the only one who finds any of this… suspicious?
The Iran/Israel story is going to shift dramatically over the hours and days ahead, so much so that what you read here may very well be ‘old news’ by the time you see it. However, based on what the mainstream propaganda arms are feeding us as of this writing: There are 400-500 Iranian drones approaching Israel, some of which having already struck targets; thus far, said-strikes have only hit military targets.
There are also reports that the U.S. has shot down some of those drones… which means whether we like it or not, we are directly involved in this ‘conflict.’
I’m not one to embrace the ‘distraction / false-flag’ edge of conspiracy theorizing (at least not without hard evidence), but you have to admit… this has a very peculiar feel to it. Like we are watching something on television, but cannot determine whether it is a dystopian news-program, a slanted documentary… or a badly-scripted fictional drama.
One thing of which I am confident? As usual, we are NOT getting the ‘whole story’…
Covidity
Covid vaccines not linked to fatal heart problems in young people, CDC finds
NBC News
Well, if the CDC said it…
There is no evidence that mRNA Covid vaccines cause fatal cardiac arrest or other deadly heart problems in teens and young adults, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Thursday shows.
And the subtitle to the article, from the ever-reliable NBC ‘news’ division…
The new report debunks widespread misinformation that the mRNA shots were connected to sudden cardiac death in young athletes.
“This study, and its corresponding message, is brought to you by Pfizer.”
Okay, no one actually said these words in this case, but the odds are in my favor with that only-slightly comedic assertion; I mean, they DO sponsor practically everything. Furthermore, when trigger-words like “misinformation” and “debunked” are used these days, I immediately assume the opposite is true… because that is nearly-always the case.
‘Russian collusion’ accusations, anyone?
Of course, the report does not bother to make a determination what actually IS causing normally-healthy young people to tragically die in increasingly larger numbers, because that requires real, open-inquiry ‘science.’ We don’t do science like that anymore, however, but it is instead based on who granted the most research coin… paid the greater number of lobbyists.
Follow the money, yes?
When you have the government-sanctioned ‘authority’ on health and wellness appearing to run cover for transnational behemoths, the likelihood we will ever learn the truth - or can ever trust that the information provided actually is ‘truth’ - becomes razor-thin. There will always be an element of the populous who questions what is happening to our young, and they will draw their conclusions based on what - and who - they can trust.
Without a major change in paradigm, I will ever be amongst that element…
Silver and Gold
Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency starts trading
The East African
A future banking superpower may very well become…
*check notes
… wait, Zimbabwe?
That is now a possibility…
Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency started trading on Monday following the announcement of the new currency by the central bank last Friday. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) announced that effective from April 8, the trading currency is the Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG.
After years of a destabilized currency and reliance upon foreign assets, the African nation has decided to take the reigns of its own financial future. They are so doing by tying its money to a metal which has a 5,000 year-old legacy of reliability, one which possesses intrinsic value all on its own.
And? Early-reports suggest it is working out quite well…
After launching on Monday at $13.56 to the U.S. dollar, the Zig or Zimbabwe Gold, and was trading at $13.45 on Thursday, according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s website. That marks its best gain so far, with the currency up 0.8% since its launch.
Now, those reports are admittedly VERY early, and a lot can change quickly in the oft-teetering African markets. That noted, for the first time in many moons - maybe ever - Zimbabwe is getting a serious (albeit quiet) look as a nation with a potentially ripe economic future.
See, this is what happens when you embrace the path of sound money.
Of course, the fiat-currency banking system which literally controls the planet right now does not take kindly to having its power challenged, and whether those in power in Zimbabwe realize it or not? That is exactly what they are doing here.
This seldom ends well.
For example, let us take a look at U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Libyan Chairman Muammar Gaddafi. One proposed (via E.O. 11110) a silver-based Treasury note, while the other made preparations to introduce a gold Dinar.
While the histories of these men - and events - have been conveniently re-written (the former’s dollar was allegedly never to be a competing currency, while there is allegedly no evidence of a gold-based currency plan by the latter), we all know those rewriting history cannot be trusted. Casting aside those narratives, it is curious the only thing these two very different leaders had in common were plans to chip away at the usury-racket holding our entire globe hostage to ‘interest.’
Well, that isn’t the only thing they had in common. But we’re not supposed to notice that…
Almanac
Your Voice
On This Day: 1828
Noah Webster published his first dictionary. Considered too ‘American’ by the elites in Great Britain (you know, where ‘English’ was - and is still - kind of a big deal), he viewed language as a living thing, thus he based his compendium on both the spoken word as well as the written. A radical view at the time, it is now considered commonplace.
And - thanks to Webster - there is hope that one day the word ‘Koa’ could end up in a dictionary.
So hey - props to him...
And Finally…
Russian State TV Wants Moscow to Conquer Three US States
Newsweek
Oh, those silly, silly Russkies…
In a recent appearance on Russia's state-run television, Russian political scientist Sergey Mikheyev suggested that the country's "empire" should grow to encompass three American states. "I want the Russian empire with Alaska, Hawaii, California, Finland, and Poland"... [a]lthough Poland and Finland are so stinky, I'm not sure, to be honest. We'll clean them."
Apparently, the title “Political Scientist” is just as useless in the former Soviet Union as it is in the former American Republic. The host of the show was quick to downplay what was said, of course, and while the guest may have meant what he said… he has no real power or influence. Think Sean Hannity, with lesser hair.
Still, the notion did get me thinking: How would such a ‘conquering’ play out? Let’s explore, under the notion that our federal government would do nothing to defend these areas. (I mean, they are already allowing an invasion to occur, after all, so why would we assume otherwise?)
If Russia timed their attack well - while federal military presence was minimal - Hawai’i would fall in about ten minutes. They have almost zero connection to our culture of self-defense, having less privately-owned guns in the entire state than the average prepper in Missouri has in his underground vault. Based on that, there is no way they are fending off an attack on their own.
Alaska would prove to be much-more daunting; despite the vast landscape and sparse population, these are hearty individuals who have actually - through rough and honest living - earned their sense of Liberty. Distance means we’d have a tough time rallying mainland citizens to help defend it, but since most Alaskans would sooner kill you than surrender said-Liberty? They’d hold out just fine.
As for Europe? It might take twice as long to overcome Finland as it would Hawai’i (while that Viking spirit still lives in a few, from what I have seen it’s not in nearly enough people), while Poland - who still has memories of living under brutal Soviet rule - would be nearly impossible to conquer; they’d have to kill almost everyone in the nation to do so, something even the blood-thirsty Globalists couldn’t stomach.
That leaves the only ‘mainland’ target… California.
I’ll let you in on a little secret: While many of us in red states (and counties) deplore the current shape of politics and culture in The Golden State, and we will occasionally rib our cousins who are living there… they ARE still ‘family.’ We know that there are many good, Liberty-loving Americans within its borders, and we will defend them if push comes to shove.
It is like the old tale: We can say whatever we want about our cousins, give them the hardest times imaginable… but if you even look at them cross-eyed we’ll punch you in the mouth. Being family is complicated at times, yes, but it is still ‘family.’
As such? You come after Cali, you’re coming after - at minimum - 100 million of us, whom collectively own more guns that the rest of the planet combined. Despite what you may believe, I am confident that - at crunch time - we would protect our own…
And that is all for this edition of the Three-Dot Tablet. Have a great week ahead, and as always… stay frosty!
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I would love to go back to the old fashioned barter system (can we make that happen?) It would require/incentivize everyone to offer goods or services of value. And everyone could, in theory, offer value if they really thought about it, if they really made an effort. There’s a fair proportion of people who don’t like to make any effort and simply feel entitled; they would not fare well in this system.
“comprised of a bizarre coalition of Right-Wing Conservatarians and Left-Wing Progressives, that it is the pro-Globalist ‘establishment’ politicians on both sides who support it.”
My first thought as I read the first paragraphs of your essay is Uniparty 🥳🎊🎈🍾🎉and we aren’t invited.