Notes from the edge of civilization: Oct. 1, 2023
The fight against edible vaccines. Joining the rebellion. No farmers, no food. The dilemma of going green.
Many people this week are saying they need new conspiracy theories since all the old ones have come true.
Included in the move from ‘conspiracy theory’ to ‘conspiracy fact’ is news that a U.S. Congressional budget bill contained funding for the development of ‘transgenic edible vaccines’. Kudos to Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky for proposing an amendment to prohibit this funding, at least within the current budget cycle.
We’re not out of the woods yet. Massie’s amendment doesn’t ban edible vaccines. It just ensures government funding cannot be used to develop them in the coming year. But the private sector is busy at work on this, so keep a close eye on the genetically modified foods you’re putting in your body, and be sure to circle back in 12 months to have a close read of the 2025 budget.
As we noted in Collapse Life this week, Massie told The Defender that:
he introduced the amendment after learning about a recent project in California, funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, that involves growing lettuce and trying to get the lettuce to produce mRNA vaccines that are intended to be consumed by humans who eat the lettuces.
You can read the full article here:
It turns out, edible vaccines have been hiding in plain sight for several decades. Search the term on Pub Med (the National Library of Medicine) and you’ll get a catalog of over 450 research reports, reaching back to the 1980s (though research really picked up in the 2000s).
A brief glance at some of the articles reveals glowing reviews of the technology, calling it “cost-effective, efficient, and safe” compared to traditional vaccines, but noting that the main challenge to overcome is “acceptance by the population” and overall “resistance to genetically modified foods”.
Choosing to be healthy and in complete control of what goes into your body is increasingly an act of rebellion. Seek out the people who grow food and raise animals, find out their agricultural philosophy, and — if it aligns with yours — buy your food directly from them. Or, if you’re able and willing, grow your own food. Make yourself so healthy you put pharmaceutical companies out of business. Go outside and take a walk in the sun. Talk to people. Make human connections. Be a rebel just by being a human.
As Christine Anderson, a fearless German Member of the European Parliament, said recently:
There is no way you can comply your way out of a tyranny. Once again, we’re with a bully. If you keep giving in to the bully, he’s not going to stop. Why should he? It’s working so great, isn’t it? Once you stop complying, they lose the power over you. They might hurt you, yeah, I get that. But they will hurt you way more if you continue to comply.
Speaking of bullying, this week the Epoch Times released a documentary profiling the strong-arm tactics governments are using to crack down on farmers in a range of countries, all in the name of climate change.
NO FARMERS NO FOOD: WILL YOU EAT THE BUGS?” is an Epoch Original documentary exposing the hidden agenda behind global “Green Policies,” the untold stories of farmers forced out of business, the disruption this will have on our food supply, and why edible bugs are suddenly being pushed to the fore as a "Global Green Solution." EpochTV program “Facts Matter” host Roman Balmakov travels around the world to investigate this next global food crisis that is being ignored by the world’s media.
The film costs $4 to view and we encourage our readers to watch and share it.
This week we learned of a transit system that put plans to swap diesel for electric buses on hold. The town of Jackson, Wyoming, and surrounding Teton County bought eight electric buses for $2.3 million from a California company, but none of the buses are currently in service. Proterra, the company that sold the buses, has gone bankrupt and there’s no way to keep the buses running. Jimbo Rooks, a town councilman, says that’s a “real punch in the gut.”
The Cowboy State Daily reports that:
Prior to the bad news from Proterra, Rooks said the transit system was well positioned to run clean vehicles charged with wind power and hydroelectric. “While it’s a very upsetting scenario, we need to learn some lessons, problem solve and move forward to improve regional mobility for our residents and visitors alike,” Rooks said.
What both Rooks and the newspaper failed to explain, however, is how these would be considered clean vehicles when 73.3% of the electricity generated in the state of Wyoming comes from coal.
The Wyoming dilemma is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to so-called clean energy. We laid out earlier this week some of the difficult questions that have yet to be answered regarding wind and solar power. These include:
How do you keep 100-meter-long blades spinning at 200 miles per hour hundreds of feet in the air? (it’s hard!)
What happens to the stress-fractured remains of blades when they are taken out of service? (ask the people of Sweetwater, Texas)
How much conventional energy is required to manufacture, transport, install, and maintain these 'green' power sources? (a lot!)
How much land is required to install the necessary number of solar panels and wind turbines needed to meet government clean energy commitments? (at minimum, 134,000 square miles)
Where will that land come from? (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, we’re looking at you!)
Well, folks… Chin up! It’s only collapse.
See you next week with more news and insights from the Edge of Civilization.