By Nicolas Hulscher

Rasmussen survey finds 56% of U.S. voters believe COVID shots caused significant deaths — and 42% say CDC employees should be fired for their pandemic response.

NZDSOS

Medsafe officially acknowledges only four vaccine-related deaths in New Zealand (all from myocarditis), and ACC has paid out for 7 fatal vaccine injuries, but there are 27 deaths of New Zealanders aged under 50 reported to the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). There are likely many more unreported.

These aren’t statistics. These are real people. Real families. Real tragedies that deserve proper investigation; investigation that we don’t believe has been undertaken.

We look over these accounts with horror as we can only grasp the heartbreak these families have had to face over the past few years.

• The youngest person was a 12-year-old girl. Five days after her first dose, she was dead.
• A 13-year-old boy died of myocarditis 11 days after his second vaccination.
• A 17-year-old girl died of a pulmonary embolism nine days after vaccination. Officials blamed her contraceptive pill, ignoring the vaccine’s known clotting risks.
• She wasn’t the only one to die of a blood clot in the lungs. A young woman, 24, died 13 days after her first dose, a 27-year-old woman within 24 hours of her second dose and two 50-year-old women within 4 weeks of their second doses.

These are just some of the New Zealanders reported to CARM and VAERS in 2021. We are aware of many more dead young people who have not been reported, or whose details have not made it to the VAERS or CARM database – dying in their sleep, or from seizures, strokes, heart attacks and other ‘natural causes’.

Remember, this experimental injection was never properly and honestly tested on anyone – let alone teenagers – or those with underlying conditions. Watch our discussion of these 27 reports here.

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Via https://nzdsos.com/videos/deaths-medsafe-fobbed-off-nz-vaers/

Al Mayadeen English

The House passes a bipartisan amendment to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Middle East war authorizations.

The 261-167 vote represents a bipartisan push to rescind the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs), originally enacted ahead of the Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The repeal was adopted as an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and is being hailed as a victory for war powers reform advocates, who argue that outdated authorizations enable unchecked presidential use of military force.

Long-awaited win for war powers reform advocates

The amendment was co-sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and garnered support from 49 Republicans and 212 Democrats. Advocates argue that keeping these authorizations in place enables future administrations to bypass Congress in deploying US military power.

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Via https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-house-votes-to-repeal-president-s-middle-east-war-powers

thefreeonline

On Tuesday night, a flaming object fell on the Global Sumud Flotilla’s (GSF) “Alma” boat, docked in Tunisian waters and sailing under the British flag.

Video footage of the attack shows a large explosion, and the boat’s deck was set aflame.

The crew was able to quickly put out the fire, and nobody was hurt, the group said.

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Via https://thefreeonline.com/2025/09/11/second-israeli-drone-attack-fails-to-stop-flotilla/

Pham Anh Tuan, Director of the Payment Department, State Bank of Vietnam. Photo: LM

Vietnamnet Global

Vietnam will close tens of millions of bank accounts by September 2025 under new digital payment regulations.

With legal backing from the SBV and investments in payment infrastructure, non-cash payments have seen tremendous growth. In 2024, the total value of non-cash transactions reached over 295.2 quadrillion VND (approx. $11.57 trillion), 26 times the GDP. By the end of 2024, 86.97% of citizens aged 15 and above had bank accounts.

Compared to 2023 (87.08%), this represents a slight decline, which Mr. Tuan attributed to the ongoing data cleansing and biometric verification process.

Vietnam previously recorded 200 million bank accounts nationwide. After verification, only 113 million personal accounts and over 711,000 organizational accounts are considered active.

“This is a data-cleansing revolution,” said Tuan. “While the total number of bank accounts remains 200 million, by September 2025, once the legal framework is complete, all accounts without biometric data will be closed to prevent scams and fraud. After seven years of promoting non-cash payments, we are moving toward real efficiency.”

According to the General Statistics Office (now part of the Ministry of Finance), as of December 31, 2024, Vietnam had over 69 million adults aged 15 and above. More than 68 million of them had bank accounts, highlighting how far cashless payment adoption has come.

Tuan also noted that the 2025 “Cashless Day,” now in its seventh year, carries the theme “Non-cash payments driving digital economic development.” The event underscores that digital payments are more than just a transaction method  –  they are a strategic foundation connecting all sectors of the digital economy.

Cashless payments, he said, form the core of a seamless and evolving digital ecosystem, helping Vietnam move toward a modern, transparent, and inclusive economy.

In line with the national plan on developing cashless payments for the 2021–2025 period (under Decision No. 1813 by the Prime Minister), the SBV has closely collaborated with ministries, local authorities, and stakeholders to build legal frameworks, adopt new technologies, and innovate service models. This has led to a safer, more secure, and more user-friendly payment environment, enhancing customer experience and accelerating the transition to a cashless society.

During the first quarter of 2025, the interbank electronic payment system processed over 35.6 million transactions worth 81.47 quadrillion VND (approx. $3.19 trillion), up 9.6% in volume and 36.81% in value year-over-year.

Non-cash transactions rose 44.43% year-over-year, with Internet banking growing by 40.41%, mobile payments by 39.82%, and QR code transactions by 81.64%.

Vietnam now has nearly 10.4 million Mobile Money accounts, over 72% of which are held by users in rural, remote, and border areas.

As of March 31, 2025, there were 47 licensed e-wallet service providers, with about 30.27 million active e-wallets  –  representing 65.8% of the 46 million e-wallets issued  –  holding a total balance exceeding 2.8 trillion VND (approx. $110 million).

To ensure data security and transaction safety, the SBV has worked with the Ministry of Public Security to implement Government Project 06. So far, data for around 57 million loan applicants has been verified against the National Population Database, and biometric data for more than 111.8 million individuals has been cross-checked.

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Via https://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-to-close-86-million-inactive-bank-accounts-by-september-2407820.html

Indonesia: Selling a Colonial War

Al Jazeera (2025)

Film Review

Prior to declaring independence, the islands of Indonesia (aka the Dutch East Indies) were a Dutch colony for over 300 years. After occupying Japanese troops withdrew on August 17, 1945 they immediately declared under their first president Sukarno. In 1942 when the Japanese invaded, Indonesians initially viewed the Japanese as fellow Asians come to liberate them. This attitude changed as they were crowded into brutal forced labor. At the same time the Japanese provided military training to two million Indonesian youth, which would prove useful in the country’s struggle for independence.

There was considerable intermarriage between Dutch residents and Indonesian natives, with their children enjoying the same elite status as whites. When these elites returned home from Japanese prison camps and raised the Dutch flag, these Japanese-trained militias viciously targeted Dutch, Indo-European and Chinese Indonesians.

Following instant recognition as an independent sovereign state, on July 21, 1947 the declared war against the new Indonesian government. At a time when the Dutch constitution banned sending conscript overseas, they portrayed the invasion as a humanitarian project to suppress civil unrest. Sukarno, falsely labeled as a communist, was arrested during the “police action.”

Under US, Australian and Indian pressure, the UN Security Council demanded the Dutch withdraw their troops and officially recognize Indonesian independence. The US was particularly angry that the Netherlands was spending the $500 million they received under the Marshall Plan on a war to block Indonesia independence.

On December 27, 1949, the Dutch withdrew their troops and transferred sovereignty to Indonesia. Between 1950 and 1970, 380,000 Dutch and Indo-Europeans left everything behind to emigrate to the Netherlands.

1952 saw the first of many investigations of war crimes (against civilians) Dutch troops committed in Indonesia between 1947 and 1949. It resulted in a 1954 report placing responsibility for the war crimes on “civil authorities,” which meant that no one was charged or tried for war crimes. Following its release, Indonesian villagers affected by Dutch genocidal activities made a demand for reparations.

1971 saw a law enacted ending the statute of limitations on Dutch war crimes, except for those committed in Indonesia.

In 2016 the Dutch media finally acknowledged the war crimes their government had committed in Indonesia between 1947-49. More recently the Dutch government has allocated $4 million for a proposed $30 million project to investigate these atrocities.

Residents of Sitka, Alaska, with help from Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) Stop 5G initiative, are doing all they can to prevent the construction of a 120-foot cell tower in their neighborhood.

The tower would be a “mere 145 feet” away from homes, “which is shockingly close,” Sitka residents Kelly Sweeney and Robert Krehbiel told The Defender in an email.

“It’s so close to my home, I could stand on my back porch and hit it with a rock,” said resident Hal Spackman.

After learning about the proposed tower, residents researched the risks of living in close proximity to cell towers and testified at an April 2 hearing before the city’s planning and zoning commission about why the tower was a bad idea.

The residents later formed Sitka for Safe Tech and sought legal help through CHD’s Stop 5G initiative.

Public opposition to the tower was so great that, initially, the project was defeated. However, Tidal Network, the wireless company that wants to build the tower, isn’t giving up.

Miriam Eckenfels, director of CHD’s Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) & Wireless Program, said she is proud of the Sitka residents’ strong efforts to protect their neighborhood. “We know the fight might not be over and are prepared to fight alongside them as this battle continues.”

Cell tower would be in a landslide area

In February, Tidal Network asked the city for a variance to allow the company to erect the massive tower, even though the local code specifies a 35-foot maximum height restriction for such projects.

The company proposes to build the tower on a site that commonly experiences landslides.

After the city alerted residents living within 500 feet via a letter, Sitka for Safe Tech members researched the risks and wrote letters to the commission members.

According to the residents, the tower would have a negative visual impact on the neighborhood’s character, decrease property values and pose landslide risks.

Sitka is a remote island town of roughly 8,400 residents with spectacular scenery, wildlife and tight-knit neighborhoods.

The commission opted to delay voting on the issue until April 16 to give city staff time to enter all the testimony and discussion into the record. At the April 16 meeting, the commission unanimously denied the variance, signaling strong local opposition to Tidal Network’s plan.

However, Tidal Network on April 28 appealed the commission’s decision.

By city law, Sitka’s assembly would have been the authority to consider the appeal. However, at its May 29 meeting, when it was scheduled to hear the appeal, four of the six assembly members disclosed conflicts — including that they live in the neighborhood.

The assembly then directed the city to have the Alaska Office of Administrative Hearings hear the appeal. That meant that the decision would rest on the shoulders of a single judge.

On July 30, the residents filed a petition to intervene as parties in the appeal case before the state’s Office of Administrative Hearings, both as individuals who own property abutting the proposed tower site and as Sitka for Safe Tech.

Tidal Network argued in an Aug. 7 brief that the residents shouldn’t be allowed to intervene in the suit.

On Aug. 8, the judge ruled that the residents couldn’t join the suit as intervening parties, but that they could “submit a brief on relevant legal points and provide comment through counsel” at the appeal’s hearing on Aug. 21.

Sitka for Safe Tech submitted their brief on Aug. 14. W. Scott McCollough, lead litigator for CHD’s EMR & Wireless cases, spoke on their behalf at the Aug. 21 hearing.

McCollough said he thought the hearing went well. “We were able to get all our points across, especially on the safety risks and, in particular, how inappropriate this site is given demonstrated landslide risks.”

He added:

“This is not a slam dunk by any stretch. … But the bottom line is that the wireless company has to convince the judge to overturn each and every of the five findings by the planning commission.”

That won’t be easy, McCollough said.

The judge gave Tidal Network until Sept. 5 to respond to the residents’ points made through McCollough and their brief, and will decide by Sept. 12, according to McCollough.

Residents say tower isn’t needed

Tidal Network is run by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

According to a webpage about the council’s tribal enterprises, the telecom company “strives to connect communities and residents of Southeast Alaska by increasing access to broadband internet and providing training for digital literacy.”

Tidal Network contends the tower would improve internet and phone service.

Sitka for Safe Tech says Sitka is already well-served by an existing provider, GCI, which provides affordable broadband and mobile service, including plans for $7.50/month for low-income residents.

Sitka for Safe Tech also opposes the tower because they believe it would set a “dangerous precedent” by allowing tall towers in a residential zone, Sweeney and Krehbiel said.

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Via https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/residents-alaska-town-battle-to-120-ft-cell-tower-out-neighborhood-5g/