Great article but lacking is any mention of the UN. If unable to provide the security and stability required for biosecurity to be established and we have to do this on our own dime then maybe way past time to divest ourselves of this boondoggle.
My first novel -- God's House -- described the UN as "The Whorehouse on the East River." It's gotten worse since. The UN is worse than worthless. It has never ended a conflict, but often arrives in time to rape the survivors....
Greetings to Michael Nash, Ph.D. from the Thumb Coast of the Mitten State! Absolutely brilliant idea! Withdraw/resign from the United Nations. Use the funds previously sent to and squandered by that ineffectual assembly to directly provide humanitarian aid where and where our country perceives a beneficial result to the recipient as well as the giver. As to the UN as a worldwide watch dog, I long ago lost my confidence in their motives and efforts decades past, when Dag Hammarskjold died - I was a young woman then; I am an old woman now, and time passing has only confirmed my thought's then to a firm belief now that the UN is namby-pamby when it comes to peacekeeping and an ungainly political morass where loyalty to the mission is compromised by fidelity to the appointing government. Rath De Ort!
Great analysis. In my view there is another aspect. The media keeps repeatedly reporting on this issue which creates a fear factor and rationalizes the need to keep pushing the mRNA injection industry as a must have.
There has been a nurses strike at Brigham and Woman/ Mass General Hospital this past week. The high priced leadership of the hospital doesn’t want to give nurses a break on the high priced medical insurance plans or annual pay increases. There was a code blue in the hospital during the strike and the temporary nurses had a terribly slow response. A few seasoned people stepped in and thank God the person was saved. This is a great video of the former head of the union Tricia Powers who I know. My wife and I went of vacation with her and several other nurses years ago. Take a listen it describes some similar problems health care workers face, not being compensated while the upper leadership gets filthy rich.
Hospital corporations focus on one thing! Bottom Line. Just read the head of the New York Presbyterian hospital CEO salary is 22 MILLION dollars. I have twin grandsons in medicine and there pay raises don't cover the cost of living annual increase. They maximize profitability by minimizing labor costs and use treatment protocols that cause their patients to have to remain longer than necessary. Happened to me with static hypo tensions after knee replacement. Learned that 85% of those going through this procedure remain hospitalized for 4 to 5 days. Cause. Aggressive general anesthesia. They ignore and hide from the public their role in perpetuating C-Diff deaths which annually exceed 30,000 in the USA. Quality of care is diminishing and adverse effects are rising including unnecessary deaths.
That's the way of many institutions. The top gets the most and the actual workers get the leftovers. That's how we keep the 'classes', rich/median/poor. The rich don't want others to have too much because then we will have other options and they won't have as much control.
James, You might recall I am a geologist, but long ago had a business trained father, who taught me well. I fear the big problem with much of the Medical Profession is the same as I am told the big box restaurant business is private equity. You find a big name, buy a controling stake, and squeeze it to garner maximum profit not caring who suffers. Several years ago I was involved in a project that produced a set of georeferenced property images with metadata. I still browse it from time to time as the Assessor's Association updates the imagery either annually or semi-annually. (Yes they know almost exactly when you installed the pool, garage, or out building!) One field that pop up is ownership and I am amazed how much real-estate some of these institutions are amassing. My College, very near where I grew up, is a little better than most in that they have a lot of Marcellus and Utica Shale Acreage including a large farm adjacent to the campus.
Not being in medical field a lot of this goes over my head but I think it all comes back to money in the end. Pharma can’t make enough money to create a vaccine cause poor people/countries can’t pay for it. Until US or EU decide the Congo area is worth investment, I doubt we’ll see any improvement in status quo.
Why the EU was a bad idea from the start and why Europe is in such rapid decline. They don't step up to defend their own best interests. Won't take their own side in a fight because they've become of afraid offending other factions in the EU power structure.
I thinks sometimes we make the same mistake with Eurocrats that most people make with Twelver Muslims. We assume they have a worldview similar to ours.
We assume that Eurocrats want their constituents to thrive and live. The fact that they are replacing them with Third-World savages and ignoring the lawlessness and violence against their indigenous populations is evidence that they don't care about their own people. Or even stability and order in the streets of their own cities.
So what are their own best interests? I can only guess that they would rather rule over the ashes of their civilization than be coequal participants in a glorious preserved Western society.
Individual freedom of choice is God's plan while total control was and is Lucifer's plan. Lucifer knows, and always did know, that he would not prevail in the long run. But he desires that we be miserable like unto himself. Are these totalitarian bureaucrats deceived by him and just taking others with them down to Hell?
As I read this I inject some of what I've been listening to in an interview with Neil Oliver and Tucker Carlson. There are some deep philosophical thoughts being tossed back and forth, and this applies to the situation in the Congo. The ability for people to talk themselves into making something right when it's not, is as old as humanity. It is going on here in this situation as well as the other endless wars in the world. To have peace outside, it needs to be cultivated inside, and that is very rare indeed. Even the concept of peace can be so misunderstood as to render it impotent. All I can say is these are dark times, but the truth will ultimately prevail.
I choose to look at these times as interesting. Yes, there are some people choosing greed and self interest, but when I am out in the community, most people are kind. People have forever had the choice of good over evil and I find it interesting that money/wealth is always tied to the evil. Human kindness and compassion are tied to the good, and money can't buy good.
And, all you need to do is threaten some of the "kind" people and the response is seldom kind. And by threaten I can include the mantra of "the un-vaccinated are dangerous..."
Thanks for this perspective on the issue of the battle for these minerals It always comes down to resources be it the Mideast Oil, Strategic Metals, supply chains for manufacturing, land for food production, lumber for building. Then religions play a an important part in all these conflicts. Then lets not forget the Chinese belt and road and dreams of empire. It all makes witches brew for contention and war.
Side note: My jewelry line that I hand made and sold both at art fairs and at wholesale trade shows, 1984 through 2003, was primarily titanium and a smattering of niobium and tantalum (material was much more expensive than titanium). My silver and gold work was mainly sold at art fairs and individual commissions. I did art fairs from 1971 through 2000.
No you wouldn't. I did go to the Mn Renaissance Fair several times in the 1980s I sold some iron work that time. In 1979 I took some ornamental iron / blacksmithing classes at UW La.Crosse under Bill Fiorini. At the time he was about one or two weeks ahead of us in the books he was using. I started doing Pattern Welded (mis-called Damascus) steel knives and also fire sets tat the Renaissance Fair. I had set up my own forge building at my place so I would not have to use the university's tiny forge room in the metalsmithing and jewelry room where Bill taught all his classes. I also went to rendezvous all around the Midwest. I also did a number of juried art fairs around Minneapolis and St Catherine's in St Paul. over those years.
I remember being fascinated by some various knives there, but I only saw them maybe once or twice at the fair. St. Kate's, yes there too. "Big E" has a brother that was involved in some great art too. I think I mentioned Bob Dylan and his iron work?
Go to his website, he does ironwork pieces that are huge, using various pieces (farm equipment etc.) he had found during his travels. Absolutely beautiful.
One more observation after reading more, the priorities of human versus monetary gain could be switched, as you comment. This is the state of the heart showing itself once again, and it sucks. If you can see this dilemma so clearly so can others in a position to make a difference. I refer to my previous comment.
I’m immediately reminded of 2 recent books I’ve read recently. “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” where John Perkins describes this economic pattern of nations and “Executive Orders” where Tom Clancy uses Ebola as a central plot line.
The John Perkins book is a classic (though I haven't read it) from about 20 years ago. That covers the entire time I have been online, and I was introduced to Perkins rather early in that timeline. I would guess that the operating basis that he describes is widespread and has not diminished, though perhaps become more sophisticated. We are up against a very evil form of human behavior.
Let’s remember the base problem. The people charged with epidemic and pandemic preparedness decided their political desires were more important than their medical duty. Covid was the most egregious case. It included complete and total mendacity. But it was not just a one-off. They’ve continued with the monkey pox, the hanta virus and the rest. Those all look to have been false emergencies that were amplified for fund raising purposes. That behavior destroys trust. So, the first step must be a complete removal of the current officials and anyone who might be complicit and a total overhaul of the WHO and any sister organizations to establish a standard of honesty and honorable conduct. Until that is accomplished epidemic and pandemic preparedness will have to be controlled by more honorable people who are focused on the greater good however limited their knowledge. That will necessarily cause such preparedness to lag events.
There are a lot of "alternative reality" narratives out there. Rappoport was very into them. Some of them are remarkably accurate, and others are not. And RIP Jon, by the way. I had no idea he had passed.
The essay of 23 May has a lot to recommend it. I see no reason why poisoning could not have similar effects to what they are calling Ebola.
A lot of information about diseases, particularly the ones caused by "viruses," come through curated lines of information that more and more don't seem trustworthy. I think there is no doubt that, as a general observation, the people of Earth are being poisoned. I would not be surprised if the role of those poisons in disease are much greater than many would like to admit.
This is an invaluable analysis. You have well illustrated the need to address all issues as a whole. Considering the various relevant issues in isolation seriously jeopardizes effectiveness in accomplishing the mission (Garnering critical minerals).
One point I don't think you touched on, that likely relates to financial analyses, is how long a particular resourse will last. We had a gold rush that ultimately ended when significant discoverable gold ran out. One has to presume the trove of strategic critical minerals in this particular location is finite as well.
Our US has identified sources of critical minerals it wishes to take advantage of. This area in the Congo is one. Your point that there are many/several aspects to this effort that should be addressed simultaneously is well taken. Personally think dealing effectively with the local population (as in developing a general cooperation and resourse of viable miners/workers) should be addressed.
To get to your primary issue of effective disease preparedness and control. My familiarity with available options is nil. However, I would think it might behove the world to invest in needed specifics to address threats posed by known pathogens (?). Particularly those that might lead to epidemics. Hopefully with AI analyses that should be becoming easier and faster.
Your points are well taken! Imo this should be available for the clearly needed HHS & State Department review of US actions as relate to these issues.
The finite easily reachable resources is also a problem of recycling. Metal used in electronics should not be land filled when the devices are no longer working or the latest greatest thing.
On the other hand, maybe the landfills will be the mining resource for future generations.
I have a friend who works in very poor areas of Africa. I have been told that the elimination of the USAID NGO’s has helped with reducing (slightly) the violence, but they are finding other ‘charitable’ organizations to funnel money through. Even those involved with the WHO have tribal affiliations which should be at the very least, questioned.
Thank you for your in-depth report on this. I think this is very important to not just the Congo, but to the entire world to start getting these outbreaks dealt with. If for no other reason than our humanity should dictate it.
What a mess, but can we really expect medical people to go into an unsafe area and try to help? It sounds like we would first need to eliminate the existing conflict, which sounds like war, and then try to help. I would not expect any health worker to want to enter that arena. If we were to go in and assist with the outbreak, I would guess there would be a deal: our help for rare minerals.
I can totally sympathize with the villagers' suspicion of government workers. Exploitation is their middle name! Would Chlorine Dioxide be an effective tool against Ebola?
Great article but lacking is any mention of the UN. If unable to provide the security and stability required for biosecurity to be established and we have to do this on our own dime then maybe way past time to divest ourselves of this boondoggle.
My first novel -- God's House -- described the UN as "The Whorehouse on the East River." It's gotten worse since. The UN is worse than worthless. It has never ended a conflict, but often arrives in time to rape the survivors....
Or, as in the case of Haiti, give them cholera.
Or COVID.
Time to divest our nation of the UN was decades ago. But it’s still not too late to do the right thing
Greetings to Michael Nash, Ph.D. from the Thumb Coast of the Mitten State! Absolutely brilliant idea! Withdraw/resign from the United Nations. Use the funds previously sent to and squandered by that ineffectual assembly to directly provide humanitarian aid where and where our country perceives a beneficial result to the recipient as well as the giver. As to the UN as a worldwide watch dog, I long ago lost my confidence in their motives and efforts decades past, when Dag Hammarskjold died - I was a young woman then; I am an old woman now, and time passing has only confirmed my thought's then to a firm belief now that the UN is namby-pamby when it comes to peacekeeping and an ungainly political morass where loyalty to the mission is compromised by fidelity to the appointing government. Rath De Ort!
Great analysis. In my view there is another aspect. The media keeps repeatedly reporting on this issue which creates a fear factor and rationalizes the need to keep pushing the mRNA injection industry as a must have.
There are some interesting findings about the brain and its ability to be manipulated and actually changed (Covid vax) in Dr. Michael Nehls books.
There has been a nurses strike at Brigham and Woman/ Mass General Hospital this past week. The high priced leadership of the hospital doesn’t want to give nurses a break on the high priced medical insurance plans or annual pay increases. There was a code blue in the hospital during the strike and the temporary nurses had a terribly slow response. A few seasoned people stepped in and thank God the person was saved. This is a great video of the former head of the union Tricia Powers who I know. My wife and I went of vacation with her and several other nurses years ago. Take a listen it describes some similar problems health care workers face, not being compensated while the upper leadership gets filthy rich.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1986186082021097/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr
Hospital corporations focus on one thing! Bottom Line. Just read the head of the New York Presbyterian hospital CEO salary is 22 MILLION dollars. I have twin grandsons in medicine and there pay raises don't cover the cost of living annual increase. They maximize profitability by minimizing labor costs and use treatment protocols that cause their patients to have to remain longer than necessary. Happened to me with static hypo tensions after knee replacement. Learned that 85% of those going through this procedure remain hospitalized for 4 to 5 days. Cause. Aggressive general anesthesia. They ignore and hide from the public their role in perpetuating C-Diff deaths which annually exceed 30,000 in the USA. Quality of care is diminishing and adverse effects are rising including unnecessary deaths.
That's the way of many institutions. The top gets the most and the actual workers get the leftovers. That's how we keep the 'classes', rich/median/poor. The rich don't want others to have too much because then we will have other options and they won't have as much control.
James, You might recall I am a geologist, but long ago had a business trained father, who taught me well. I fear the big problem with much of the Medical Profession is the same as I am told the big box restaurant business is private equity. You find a big name, buy a controling stake, and squeeze it to garner maximum profit not caring who suffers. Several years ago I was involved in a project that produced a set of georeferenced property images with metadata. I still browse it from time to time as the Assessor's Association updates the imagery either annually or semi-annually. (Yes they know almost exactly when you installed the pool, garage, or out building!) One field that pop up is ownership and I am amazed how much real-estate some of these institutions are amassing. My College, very near where I grew up, is a little better than most in that they have a lot of Marcellus and Utica Shale Acreage including a large farm adjacent to the campus.
Not being in medical field a lot of this goes over my head but I think it all comes back to money in the end. Pharma can’t make enough money to create a vaccine cause poor people/countries can’t pay for it. Until US or EU decide the Congo area is worth investment, I doubt we’ll see any improvement in status quo.
History demonstrates that the EU would be happy to let the US foot the bill, even if they want to benefit from improvement in the status quo.
Why the EU was a bad idea from the start and why Europe is in such rapid decline. They don't step up to defend their own best interests. Won't take their own side in a fight because they've become of afraid offending other factions in the EU power structure.
I thinks sometimes we make the same mistake with Eurocrats that most people make with Twelver Muslims. We assume they have a worldview similar to ours.
We assume that Eurocrats want their constituents to thrive and live. The fact that they are replacing them with Third-World savages and ignoring the lawlessness and violence against their indigenous populations is evidence that they don't care about their own people. Or even stability and order in the streets of their own cities.
So what are their own best interests? I can only guess that they would rather rule over the ashes of their civilization than be coequal participants in a glorious preserved Western society.
Individual freedom of choice is God's plan while total control was and is Lucifer's plan. Lucifer knows, and always did know, that he would not prevail in the long run. But he desires that we be miserable like unto himself. Are these totalitarian bureaucrats deceived by him and just taking others with them down to Hell?
Exactly right. Even the Dalai Lama had said Europe is for the Europeans when asked about letting in the Muslims.
As I read this I inject some of what I've been listening to in an interview with Neil Oliver and Tucker Carlson. There are some deep philosophical thoughts being tossed back and forth, and this applies to the situation in the Congo. The ability for people to talk themselves into making something right when it's not, is as old as humanity. It is going on here in this situation as well as the other endless wars in the world. To have peace outside, it needs to be cultivated inside, and that is very rare indeed. Even the concept of peace can be so misunderstood as to render it impotent. All I can say is these are dark times, but the truth will ultimately prevail.
I choose to look at these times as interesting. Yes, there are some people choosing greed and self interest, but when I am out in the community, most people are kind. People have forever had the choice of good over evil and I find it interesting that money/wealth is always tied to the evil. Human kindness and compassion are tied to the good, and money can't buy good.
And, all you need to do is threaten some of the "kind" people and the response is seldom kind. And by threaten I can include the mantra of "the un-vaccinated are dangerous..."
Self preservation not unkind behavior
I'm not referring to physical threat alone, threatening a person's belief system can be dangerous.
Thanks for this perspective on the issue of the battle for these minerals It always comes down to resources be it the Mideast Oil, Strategic Metals, supply chains for manufacturing, land for food production, lumber for building. Then religions play a an important part in all these conflicts. Then lets not forget the Chinese belt and road and dreams of empire. It all makes witches brew for contention and war.
Side note: My jewelry line that I hand made and sold both at art fairs and at wholesale trade shows, 1984 through 2003, was primarily titanium and a smattering of niobium and tantalum (material was much more expensive than titanium). My silver and gold work was mainly sold at art fairs and individual commissions. I did art fairs from 1971 through 2000.
I'll bet I would recognize you, I went to the Mn. Renaissance Fair for at least 25 years, every year.
No you wouldn't. I did go to the Mn Renaissance Fair several times in the 1980s I sold some iron work that time. In 1979 I took some ornamental iron / blacksmithing classes at UW La.Crosse under Bill Fiorini. At the time he was about one or two weeks ahead of us in the books he was using. I started doing Pattern Welded (mis-called Damascus) steel knives and also fire sets tat the Renaissance Fair. I had set up my own forge building at my place so I would not have to use the university's tiny forge room in the metalsmithing and jewelry room where Bill taught all his classes. I also went to rendezvous all around the Midwest. I also did a number of juried art fairs around Minneapolis and St Catherine's in St Paul. over those years.
I remember being fascinated by some various knives there, but I only saw them maybe once or twice at the fair. St. Kate's, yes there too. "Big E" has a brother that was involved in some great art too. I think I mentioned Bob Dylan and his iron work?
Re: Bob Dylan = Do tell
Go to his website, he does ironwork pieces that are huge, using various pieces (farm equipment etc.) he had found during his travels. Absolutely beautiful.
One more observation after reading more, the priorities of human versus monetary gain could be switched, as you comment. This is the state of the heart showing itself once again, and it sucks. If you can see this dilemma so clearly so can others in a position to make a difference. I refer to my previous comment.
I’m immediately reminded of 2 recent books I’ve read recently. “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” where John Perkins describes this economic pattern of nations and “Executive Orders” where Tom Clancy uses Ebola as a central plot line.
The John Perkins book is a classic (though I haven't read it) from about 20 years ago. That covers the entire time I have been online, and I was introduced to Perkins rather early in that timeline. I would guess that the operating basis that he describes is widespread and has not diminished, though perhaps become more sophisticated. We are up against a very evil form of human behavior.
Let’s remember the base problem. The people charged with epidemic and pandemic preparedness decided their political desires were more important than their medical duty. Covid was the most egregious case. It included complete and total mendacity. But it was not just a one-off. They’ve continued with the monkey pox, the hanta virus and the rest. Those all look to have been false emergencies that were amplified for fund raising purposes. That behavior destroys trust. So, the first step must be a complete removal of the current officials and anyone who might be complicit and a total overhaul of the WHO and any sister organizations to establish a standard of honesty and honorable conduct. Until that is accomplished epidemic and pandemic preparedness will have to be controlled by more honorable people who are focused on the greater good however limited their knowledge. That will necessarily cause such preparedness to lag events.
They now must confront "the boy who called wolf" syndrome
We’ve been reading some very different takes on Ebola that make more sense to us than “Ebola is a virus.” These views say Ebola is mass poisoning.
For those interested, here are two links:
Jon Rappoport, Reporter
A Debt to a Life Spent Naming the Cover Stories
UNBEKOMING
JUL 11, 2026
https://www.unbekoming.com/p/jon-rappoport-reporter
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What Is Ebola?
An Essay on a Fifty-Year Extraction Template
UNBEKOMING
MAY 23, 2026
https://www.unbekoming.com/p/what-is-ebola?utm_source=publication-search
There are a lot of "alternative reality" narratives out there. Rappoport was very into them. Some of them are remarkably accurate, and others are not. And RIP Jon, by the way. I had no idea he had passed.
The essay of 23 May has a lot to recommend it. I see no reason why poisoning could not have similar effects to what they are calling Ebola.
A lot of information about diseases, particularly the ones caused by "viruses," come through curated lines of information that more and more don't seem trustworthy. I think there is no doubt that, as a general observation, the people of Earth are being poisoned. I would not be surprised if the role of those poisons in disease are much greater than many would like to admit.
This is an invaluable analysis. You have well illustrated the need to address all issues as a whole. Considering the various relevant issues in isolation seriously jeopardizes effectiveness in accomplishing the mission (Garnering critical minerals).
One point I don't think you touched on, that likely relates to financial analyses, is how long a particular resourse will last. We had a gold rush that ultimately ended when significant discoverable gold ran out. One has to presume the trove of strategic critical minerals in this particular location is finite as well.
Our US has identified sources of critical minerals it wishes to take advantage of. This area in the Congo is one. Your point that there are many/several aspects to this effort that should be addressed simultaneously is well taken. Personally think dealing effectively with the local population (as in developing a general cooperation and resourse of viable miners/workers) should be addressed.
To get to your primary issue of effective disease preparedness and control. My familiarity with available options is nil. However, I would think it might behove the world to invest in needed specifics to address threats posed by known pathogens (?). Particularly those that might lead to epidemics. Hopefully with AI analyses that should be becoming easier and faster.
Your points are well taken! Imo this should be available for the clearly needed HHS & State Department review of US actions as relate to these issues.
The finite easily reachable resources is also a problem of recycling. Metal used in electronics should not be land filled when the devices are no longer working or the latest greatest thing.
On the other hand, maybe the landfills will be the mining resource for future generations.
In other words
Goal - obtain critical minerals
Congo 1
Viability/Value of this particular resource
Yield & duration
Issues:
Secure cooperation of warring factions
Assure available human labor force - disease threats that may need to be addressed/need to remedy existing disease
Determine return on investment.
Is this particular opportunity worth pursuing now
[Issue of dealing with Ebola situation and pandemic threat separately if this resource not currently of sufficient value for immediate pursuit]
Biting my tongue on a cute little song about my pocketful of hydroxychloriquine. The hangup is finding words that rhyme.
Anthony FAUCI made a great contribution to humanity...
REMDESIVIR IS FATAL - GRAPH - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2UsMaqJ3ps_M5axKC-7PMurf5fokGHb
REPORT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ik-HGLC0wgtxr1ZBYYBFTSGENhA-1D9r
Another aspect to consider is tribal politics.
I have a friend who works in very poor areas of Africa. I have been told that the elimination of the USAID NGO’s has helped with reducing (slightly) the violence, but they are finding other ‘charitable’ organizations to funnel money through. Even those involved with the WHO have tribal affiliations which should be at the very least, questioned.
Thank you for your in-depth report on this. I think this is very important to not just the Congo, but to the entire world to start getting these outbreaks dealt with. If for no other reason than our humanity should dictate it.
Why the h*ll would you quote the Imperial College of London?
What a mess, but can we really expect medical people to go into an unsafe area and try to help? It sounds like we would first need to eliminate the existing conflict, which sounds like war, and then try to help. I would not expect any health worker to want to enter that arena. If we were to go in and assist with the outbreak, I would guess there would be a deal: our help for rare minerals.
I can totally sympathize with the villagers' suspicion of government workers. Exploitation is their middle name! Would Chlorine Dioxide be an effective tool against Ebola?