Hidden among the tsunami of plastic waste America sent to Southeast Asia last year were three of the 19 tracking devices ABC News secured to plastic bags and dropped off at Walmart store recycling bins across the U.S. Two of those trackers ended up at plastic facilities outside of Port Klang, Malaysia, not far from Pua Lay Peng's hometown, while a third landed in Indonesia.

The investigation began more than 18 months ago, when ABC News and nine of its affiliated and owned stations secured 46 digital tracking devices to plastic bags and deployed them at Walmart and Target store drop-off recycling bins across 10 states. ABC News closely monitored the trackers for months and checked each facility they pinged from to ensure that the trackers likely had not been detected as contamination along their journey. Ultimately, the vast majority of trackers never pinged from a plastic bag recycling facility, with many ending up in landfills or incinerators.

Only four trackers last pinged from a U.S. facility that said it was involved in plastic bag recycling. However, subsequent public records requests and additional research have revealed that all four of these facilities likely either trashed the plastic bags in the U.S. or exported them abroad, though none of the facilities would divulge to ABC News specifically where the bags were sent.

Exporting plastic waste, particularly to poorer nations, is a controversial practice. Often decried by critics as "waste colonialism," the United Nations has described it as "highly prone to corruption," and the international community has tried to curb the trade through the 2019 Basel Convention's Amendments on Plastic Waste, which set strict regulations for international plastic waste shipments.

The U.S, however, one of the world's biggest plastic producers, is among five U.N.-recognized countries that refused to join the agreement and which continues to send plastic waste abroad with little oversight. Since 2020, more than 600,000 metric tons of plastic waste has been shipped from U.S. ports to countries around the world under the premise of "recycling," according to an ABC News analysis of data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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I am not one of these new wave left wing globalist woke EV pushing climate activists. 

I do, however, love our Mother Earth. 
I grew up as an outdoorsman/waterman. I have always enjoyed the outdoors and the natural beauty of our planet. I have always believed that it is up to us to take care of our host. It is our responsibility to leave our planet as in order and as natural, and clean as we can for the next generations to come. We should respect nature and all it's inhabitants. I lived by the motto, "Leave only your footprints behind." For those reading who may not get that saying, it's means, to not leave your trash behind, or disturb anything. To leave things as you found them. 

Plastic is something I have always taken issue with. It is one of our biggest problems, and it is numerous different types of problems, all due to plastic.

To learn that we are simply dumping our plastic on another country, making them our landfill, and as those people have to breathe in the toxic fumes of burning plastic (that is OURS), really pisses me off to no end.

This is just down right disgusting, and I wanted to write about it, so that we can all see what's really been going on with our "recycled plastic."

The article is very interesting with a lot more detail about exactly where our supposed "recycling" is actually going.

We now live in a global society. Our money is worthless. And most Americans are fat, dumb, and clueless.

I think this guy sets the stage for where we are, and where we are headed.

Everyone can do something. But they won't.

See Link for the rest of the story
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/gn...sqw6eTIfSI

Quote:Trader Joe’s Basil Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
Twelve people in seven states have fallen ill from consuming the contaminated basil.

(U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

By Amie Dahnke
4/23/2024
Updated:
4/24/2024


Fresh basil sold at Trader Joe’s stores has been linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a dozen individuals in seven states have fallen ill from consuming the contaminated basil.
The brand of basil was distributed to 29 states, mainly on the country’s eastern side. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that no Trader Joe’s stores in the western United States sold the affected basil.
The organic basil comes from the Miami-based company Infinite Herbs. It was sold at select Trader Joe’s stores and Fruit Center Marketplace in Massachusetts between Feb. 1 and April 6, 2024. Infinite Herbs recalled its 2.5-ounce packages of basil on April 18 due to salmonella contamination. The recall was expanded on April 19 to include the company’s Melissa’s-brand organic basil, sold in both 2- and 4-ounce packages. The Melissa’s-brand basil was sold at Dierberg’s stores in Illinois and Missouri between Feb. 10 and Feb. 20, 2024.

The CDC advised the public to check their homes for the recalled basil. If found, throw it away or return it to where it was purchased. Make sure to wash any items or surfaces that may have touched the affected basil with hot, soapy water or in the dishwasher.
If you consumed the basil, watch out for any symptoms of salmonella. Symptoms often begin between six hours and six days after ingesting the bacteria, according to the CDC. People with salmonella typically experience diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. Most recover after four to seven days without treatment. However, some people, such as children younger than 5 or adults 65 and older, as well as individuals with weakened immune systems, may experience severe illness that requires medical attention. Severe symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea with a fever higher than 102 degrees Fahrenheit, diarrhea that lasts longer than three days, bloody diarrhea, consistent vomiting that prevents a person from keeping anything down, and signs of dehydration, including lack of urine, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up.
Previous Salmonella Outbreaks
Salmonella causes about 1.35 million infections each year in the United States, according to the CDC, hospitalizing 26,500 people and killing 420.
Before the basil-based salmonella outbreaks, the bacteria was found in mango-flavored ice cream bars and charcuterie meats. Due to possible salmonella contamination, Tropicale Foods of Modesto, California, voluntarily recalled more than 5,000 units of Helados Mexico Mini Cream Variety Pack ice cream bars. As of March 30, no illnesses had been reported, and the investigation is still ongoing, according to the FDA.

What is there to say except this probably won't last long.... but you know you want one.

Not surprised. Now is the time to flex those muscles to ensure you don't lose an election by any means necessary, even if it completely wipes out our economy.

Remember Everyone, We Have To Call It "Climate Crisis".

Video:

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/statu...3862380894

Quote:"The White House is now considering declaring a national climate emergency." 

"If Joe Biden declares a national climate emergency, he would have COVID-like powers. He would impose the Green New Deal on America without a vote in Congress"

The AP is urging other news outlets to use the term "Climate Crisis"

Quote:Democrats have already made it clear that they will stop at nothing – nothing – to prevent Donald Trump from winning in November. So, we aren’t surprised to read reports that President Joe Biden might declare a “climate emergency” this year in hopes that it gooses his reelection odds. Never mind that such a declaration would put the U.S. right on the path to a Venezuela-style future.



Late last week, Bloomberg reported that “White House officials are weighing whether to declare a national climate emergency several months out from the 2024 election.”


Bloomberg goes on to report that:

Quote:White House advisers are divided over the idea of declaring a climate emergency, with some saying it wouldn’t provide Biden with enough newfound authority to make substantial changes, the people said. Others, however, argue such an announcement would galvanize climate-minded voters.

Read that again. Inside the White House, the only reason being given for not declaring an emergency is that it wouldn’t give Biden enough dictatorial powers.

That’s a stunning admission from an administration that is supposedly devoted to “protecting democracy.”

Let’s leave aside the entirely fatuous notion that there is anything even remotely constituting a climate “emergency.” What would be the basis for such a declaration? The number of hurricanes, fires, floods? None of these has been trending upward. Death rates from natural disasters are a tiny fraction of what they were 60 years ago, and lower than they were 20 years ago. Food production is way up.





But Biden has already used the “climate crisis” as an excuse to impose a draconian electric vehicle mandate on the country, attack a host of household appliances, pour billions into “clean energy” scams, and more.

As Bloomberg notes, declaring a climate emergency “could enable the president to halt or limit crude exports for at least a year at a time, suspend offshore drilling, and throttle the movement of oil and gas on pipelines, ships, and trains.”

Apparently all that is not enough “newfound authority” for Biden’s minions.





As we just learned from the three-year COVID national emergency, the left will eagerly use a climate emergency declaration to strip Americans of basic rights.



Whatever you think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he is one of the few who has been outspoken about the dangers the COVID precedent set.





“We’ve now established a precedent in this country – they suspended the First Amendment: religion; freedom of association when they did the lockdowns,” he told Fox News.





“[They restricted] freedom of speech. They banned jury trials against vaccine companies – that’s [a violation of] the Seventh Amendment. They abolished property rights [which violates the] Fifth Amendment [when] they closed 3.3 million businesses with no due process, no just compensation, although there was no pandemic exception in the United States Constitution.”





Way back in 1973, a Senate report noted that emergency declarations give the president the ability to “seize property; organize and control the means of production; seize commodities; assign military forces abroad; institute martial law; seize and control all transportation and communication; regulate the operation of private enterprise; restrict travel; and, in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all American citizens.”

Three years after that report came out, Congress passed a law designed to put some guardrails around these powers.

But COVID showed how little these guardrails mean when Democrats are in charge. And Biden has already shown that he couldn’t give a hoot about legal or constitutional limits to his authority – especially when he thinks it will help his reelection chances. Just look at the repeated attempts to undermine the Constitution with his student loan bailouts.

Declaring a climate emergency would give Biden the ability to control anything that uses energy – which means literally all human activity – in the name of fighting this emergency.




If Biden were to declare a “climate emergency” and if – God forbid – it helps him win reelection, there will be little hope for the future of this nation.

Quote:White House advisers in favor of a climate emergency declaration think such a move could garner favor with climate-conscious voters — specifically younger Americans.



Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement — a political action organization for young people fighting to stop the climate crisis — told Bloomberg: “If Biden wants to win the youth vote, he needs to take forceful action on climate change.”


But Forbes accused the Biden administration of “throwing all sensible policies away” to try and win the election. He added: “I think young people will see… through it … [there’s] a lot of verbiage that’s going to end up doing them harm.”

Have you noticed that health and well being has little to nothing to do with healthcare in America,? It has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with your money.

The government and healthcare insurance have nothing to do with your health, and it sure does not care. It is all an expensive scam designed to bleed you dry or let you die.

When are Americans going to learn that America is not, and has never been free. We are, and have always been, prisoners on this land, if we live, and are ruled and governed, by a group of wealthy people that are considered chosen or elite. 

My Mother was placed in the Wellcare pharmacy program. This came about because Medicare made some kind of deal with Wellcare. This was not done voluntarily. She was told that they placed her in this program because it was associated with Medicare, and it would save her money. Her monthly co-pay under her previous plan was $30.00 suddenly went up to over $100.00.

A little info on Wellcare https://coverright.com/carrier-reviews/w...-worth-it/

Of course I called to find out what happened to the "saving" money part. As it turned out, her medicines were not on the "saving" money list. I am sure that anybody with an ounce of sense would have realized that the Wellcare plan was not a benefit to her. After calling her insurance company, suddenly they realized this. And of course they apologized and dis-enrolled her from that plan and put her back on her original plan.

So imagine her surprise when she went to pick up her meds yesterday and was told that she owed over $800.00. 

The pharmacy said Mom had Medicare, but no secondary insurance, that is why her medicines are costing her so much. We informed them that she did have secondary insurance, and had been using their service for years without a problem. On investigation, they informed Mom that she did have secondary insurance but their records show it was cancelled.

At this point I knew exactly what happened. A call to her insurance company confirmed that when they changed Mother's plan to Wellcare, they took her old plan out of the system, when she called and dis-enrolled from Wellcare. That left no plan in the system for the pharmacies to connect with.

Supposedly they corrected the problem. We will see. Pharmacy doesn't open for another 30 minutes. We will call and see if they got the memo.

Just a few videos to explain just how bad the problem is. We can't say they aren't listening to us anymore. Many have been chanting, "Give me liberty or give me death." Well, it looks like they have chosen. And it does not look like "Liberty" won.

Denying Your Health Care Is Big Business in America



If you don't laugh, you will surely cry.
If Healthcare Was Honest

Air to Air and Air to Ground the Cobra lives on.

Students barred "The Jews" from entering parts of the college including a professor. These colleges are going to get sued out of existence and I seriously hope they do.


https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/whi...r-AA1npBtP

Quote:The White House has condemned "blatantly antisemitic" statements during ongoing student protests against the war in Gaza.

As protests at Columbia University entered a fifth day, deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said students had the right to peaceful protest.
But he denounced "calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students".
More than 100 students were arrested at the New York university this week.
The arrests came after police cleared a protest encampment at the elite institution.
College campuses across the US have been rocked by demonstrations for months.
The White House statement on Sunday came after videos posted online appeared to show some protesters expressing support for the 7 October attacks.
"While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous," the statement read.
"And echoing the rhetoric of terrorist organisations, especially in the wake of the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, is despicable."
New York Mayor Eric Adams said he was "horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University Campus". The mayor said New York police would arrest anyone found to to be breaking the law.

Meteor over Mount Fuji by H. Manabe:

I was glad this video showed up in my feed. I have been noticing the lack of in person  social cohesion among our young. This video helped me understand it a bit more.

I would not think anything of it if the young were using their solitude for personal growth, but that does not seem to be the case.