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 Go to the source to watch the videos... Yellen Dispatched to Beg China for Face-Saving Slowdown SIMPLICIUS The U.S.’ growing urgency in ‘containing’ China’s development was thrown in sharp relief this week as Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing for what turned out to be an execrable beggar’s tour. Just days prior to her arrival, she had buzzed the punditry with her historically memorable exclamation that China was now operating at  “overcapacity” (!!). What is overcapacity, you ask? It’s a new word for me, too—so let’s consult the dictionary together: overcapacity noun o·​ver·​ca·​pac·​i·​ty: ō′vər-kə-ˈpa-sə-tē  1:  When an insolent upstart nation’s surging economic activity totally humiliates the reigning hegemon’s own faltering economy, causing the many expensive dentures and porcelain veneers of the ruling class gerontocracy to rattle and grate with moral outrage and jealousy. 1b:  An undesirable situation causing Janet Yellen and Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio to droop like a pair of

Brutal, Chaotic War – Norms, Conventions and Laws of Conduct Are Being Erased We stand on the cusp of what might be termed  Chaotic War.  Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is different. Israeli reporter Eddie Cohen said, in the wake of the attack on the Iranian Consulate:  “We are very clear that we want to start a war with Iran and Hezbollah. Do you still not understand?” “ Israel wants to drag Iran into a full-scale war in order to be able to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities ”, though these facilities are beyond American and Israeli reach, buried beneath mountains. Cohen, and of course, Israel’s military leadership, will know that; but Israel nonetheless is locking itself into a logic that can only lead to defeat. Iran’s nuclear facilities are safe from Israeli assault. The destruction of civilian Iranian infrastructure, which is out in the open, may kill many, but will not,  per se,  collapse the Iranian state. Trita Parsi  places  I

  Blending Reality: The WEF Calls For Creation Of Metaverse Identity In Latest Push For Digital Dystopia Derrick Broze The latest report from the World Economic Forum outlines a vision of the blending of the physical world with the virtual metaverse dystopia, and claims digital identity is a necessary step in this direction. On March 12, the World Economic Forum released a new report titled,  Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality  which is ostensibly aimed at exploring the apparent need for a “metaverse identity”. The document, written in partnership with corporate firm  Accenture , calls for “collaborative, interdisciplinary strategy to navigate identity challenges”. The metaverse is a term that is commonly meant to describe the future of the internet, where digital and physical worlds intersect. “The metaverse, poised to redefine the internet, intertwines the digital and physical, emphasizing the pivotal role of “identity” in shaping immersive, human-centric expe