<h2>No fighting during Ramadan?</h2>Joe Biden has repeatedly <a href="https://www.nysun.com/article/washington-using-ramadan-to-press-israel-on-war-but-its-hamas-that-should-be-targeted" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">referenced</a> the Muslim month of Ramadan as off-limits for fighting:<blockquote>“There’s gotta be a cease-fire because Ramadan — if we get into a circumstance where this continues through Ramadan, Israel and Jerusalem, then you got — it could be very, very dangerous” [emphasis added.]</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Here we have a perfect encapsulation of Biden's sad and weak foreign policy. Hamas is claiming that if it doesn't get a ceasefire during Ramadan, it will escalate. Biden responds by pressuring Israel in order to placate a fake threat from terrorists. So stupid and weak. <a href="https://t.co/ztgc60Spu6">https://t.co/ztgc60Spu6</a>— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1765136853081137232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Legacy media has also pushed the idea that Ramadan is not a month for fighting, prodding Biden to address Ramadan with questions like, “Do you think there'll be a ceasefire deal by Ramadan?”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">President Biden said he hoped there would be a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas by the time of Ramadan, and that the US military will airdrop food and supplies into Gaza <a href="https://t.co/9cVcFrd1E7">https://t.co/9cVcFrd1E7</a> <a href="https://t.co/h47GGVnfdw">pic.twitter.com/h47GGVnfdw</a>— Reuters (@Reuters) <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1763953661389259123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Islam does<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/islamic-calendar-how-does-it-work-and-how-does-it-differ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> forbid fighting</a>, except in extreme need during a defensive war, during four months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of their lunar calendar), but Ramadan, the 9th month, is not one of them:<blockquote>There are four months that are seen as particularly sacred for worshippers. These are Muharram, Rajab, Dhul Qida and Dhul Hijjah.&nbsp;These months are revered and fighting a war is prohibited in them, except in circumstances of extreme self-defence.</blockquote>The New York Sun <a href="https://www.nysun.com/article/washington-using-ramadan-to-press-israel-on-war-but-its-hamas-that-should-be-targeted" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">addressed</a> the erroneous propaganda surrounding Ramadan:<blockquote>An erroneous perennial refrain heard from Washington — that it is forbidden, haram, or at least unwise to fight during Ramadan — is making its return as the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar approaches . . .&nbsp;A chorus of Washington foreign policy professionals has for years preached that wars and Ramadan do not go together. At times the argument is that fighting is forbidden in the Muslim religion during the holy month.As Ramadan approached in November 2001, weeks after the September 11 attacks, American diplomats, allies in Europe, and Muslim countries urged President Bush to stop the war. “The enemy won’t rest during Ramadan and neither will we,” Mr. Bush retorted. “We’re going to pursue this war until we achieve our objective.”He had a point. As the Middle East Media Research Institute notes in a recent research paper, “jihad organizations regard Ramadan not only as a month of abstention and worship, but also as the month of jihad and martyrdom” [emphases added.]</blockquote><h2>The Ramadan War</h2>In fact, in 1973, when Ramadan coincided with the Jewish holy month of Tishrei, Egypt and Syria picked the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar to launch a surprise attack it what became known in the West as the Yom Kippur War. The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/worse-than-the-worst-case-scenario-the-dreadful-hours-before-the-yom-kippur-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">described</a> the breaking of the Ramadan fast by Egyptian soldiers before their 2 p.m. attack, several hours before sunset would normally mark the end of the fast:<blockquote>[T]he Egyptian high command repeated its previous order to break the Ramadan fast. Clerics ruled it permissible also to smoke. Sadat could see no one in the command center doing either. He ordered tea and lit up his pipe and soon others were doing the same. All eyes now were on the clock [emphases added.]</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">A memo to all the people who believe that it's an insult to Islam for Israel to be in a war in Gaza during the holy month of Ramadan: Egypt and Syria started the 1973 Yom Kippur War on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which also happened to be IN THE MIDDLE OF RAMADAN. <a href="https://t.co/hlLk4eFFPx">pic.twitter.com/hlLk4eFFPx</a>— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/1765334603227615514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>In the Arab world, the Yom Kippur War is actually known as Harb Ramadan, or the Ramadan War, commemorating the timing of the attack.<h3>Ramadan wars in history</h3>The New York Sun notes additional offensive attacks Muslims have initiated during Ramadan.<blockquote>Clearly, no mysterious writ of the Koran forbids believers from fighting wars during that month. After all, Prophet Muhammad led his followers to the battle of Badr during Ramadan in the year 624 of the common era. In modern times, Muslim countries and jihadists often use that month to launch wars. [emphases added.]</blockquote><h3>Biden misdirected?</h3>The New York Sun concludes that Biden is pressuring the wrong side as Israeli hostages remain in Hamas dungeons:<blockquote>Mr. Biden’s use of the holy Muslim month to lean on Israel to lay down its arms is therefore being directed at the wrong side of the war: Ramadan or no Ramadan, Hamas has rejected any of the American, Qatari, and Egyptian pleas to release hostages in return for a cease-fire. [emphases added.]</blockquote><h3>Rules for thee but not for me</h3>Further compromising the integrity of Biden's demands about Ramadan is the fact that Hamas launched the current war, almost fifty years to the day from the October 6, 1973 Yom Kippur attack, also during the Jewish holy month of Tishrei, on the holy day of Simchat Torah, which also coincided with the holy Jewish Sabbath.<h4>A Ramadan present for Gazans</h4>While Hamas demands a cease fire for Ramadan, and beyond, many Gazan civilians might prefer to see expanded Israeli attacks on the totalitarian regime guilty of “serious human rights abuses including abductions, torture and extra-judicial killings of Palestinian civilians.”<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">BBC News 8 years ago- Amnesty International accused Hamas, of a brutal campaign of abduction, torture and killings against its own people in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestine</a>. <a href="https://t.co/zwa6VJhYkG">https://t.co/zwa6VJhYkG</a> <a href="https://t.co/vatjabo8bn">pic.twitter.com/vatjabo8bn</a>— Sofya (@Sofya_salam) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sofya_salam/status/1724126065134834155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Particularly now, in the midst of war, Gazan civilians have been documented cursing Hamas and pleading with Israeli troops not to abandon them to the terror group.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Gazan speaking in Hebrew beseeches IDF soldiers that Israel stay in Gaza. Curses Hamas who are responsible for the situation. English translation.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a><a href="https://t.co/OYmQ0WaGOF">https://t.co/OYmQ0WaGOF</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hdjc5GzdIf">pic.twitter.com/Hdjc5GzdIf</a>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1752969481180111070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><h4>When exactly does Ramadan begin and end</h4>The Jewish nation has been using a combined solar-lunar calendar for over three thousand years, since around 1313 BCE, in which each month begins with an actual witnessing of a new moon. The witnessing of a new moon was replaced with a fixed calendar when Israel's Sanhedrin (Supreme Rabbinical Court) was about to be disbanded, around 17 centuries ago.When Muhammad established Islam some two hundred years later, in about 610 CE, he also adopted a lunar calendar that included a holy month, Ramadan, and he required that the months be determined by a witness to a new moon. He also passed down a tradition of dawn-to-dusk fasts throughout that month, as opposed to the one full-day fast of Yom Kippur. Many Muslims still <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-40394103" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rely</a> on the actual witnessing of a new moon: &nbsp;<blockquote>Some follow a set lunar calendar, while others use astronomical observations to announce the arrival of the new Moon. There are also those who mark the new month only after personally seeing a crescent Moon in the sky.Some Muslims use telescopes to confirm the sighting of the new Moon to determine the Eid al-Fitr [the end of Ramadan].So Eid dates differ around the world, though they are usually within one or two days of each other.For example, authorities in Saudi Arabia - the birthplace of Islam, and dominated by Sunni Muslims - announce the start and end of Ramadan depending on testimonies of members of the public who observe the Moon by sight [emphasis added.]</blockquote>Thus, it is still not certain when Ramadan will officially begin this year, though it is <a href="https://www.islamicfinder.org/special-islamic-days/ramadan-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">expected</a> to be announced as beginning on Monday, March 11th. Likewise, its end is not yet certain, but is expected to finish on Tuesday, April 9th. Each day's fast is broken at sunset with a meal known as Iftar, pictured at the top of this article.<h4>Yom Kippur and Ramadan</h4>The 11-day disparity between the length of 12 lunar months and a solar year is made up on the Jewish calendar by the addition of an entire month about once <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/526875/jewish/The-Jewish-Calendar-Year.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">every three years</a> in order to meet the <a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9980/jewish/Chapter-16.htm#v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biblical requirement</a> that the Holy Days fall in their assigned seasons.&nbsp;Lacking the periodic addition of an extra month, Ramadan moves through the solar year, beginning about <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-40394103" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">11 days earlier</a> on the solar calendar each year. Thus, unlike 1973, Ramadan will not coincide with Israel's holy month this year, which, as mentioned, was when the October invasion occurred.Check back for our continuing coverage of Hamas and Israel as we look at the Israeli officials behind the intelligence failures of October 7th, their role in bringing Hamas to power, and the way in which they are managing the war.<h4>Related articles:</h4><ol><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/biden-administration-now-pushing-gaza-ceasefire-without-release-of-hostages-despite-continuing-rapes">Biden administration now pushing Gaza ceasefire without release of hostages, despite continuing rapes</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/entire-manual-for-hamas-invasion-obtained-by-israeli-intelligence-officer-before-invasion-ignored-by-her-superiors">Entire manual for Hamas invasion obtained by Israeli intelligence officer BEFORE invasion; ignored by her superiors</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/six-hours-before-invading-hamas-terrorists-activated-israeli-sim-cards-in-their-phones-and-israeli-leaders-knew">Six hours before invading, Hamas terrorists activated Israeli SIM cards in their phones - and Israeli leaders knew</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/8-ways-bibi-betrayed-the-jewish-nation-analysis">8 ways Bibi betrayed the Jewish nation - analysis</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/don-t-starve-you-can-release-kidnapped-children-and-surrender-anytime-former-us-naval-officer">'Don't starve; you can release kidnapped children and surrender anytime' - former US Naval Officer</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/globalists-cremate-care-for-gaza-refugees">Globalists cremate care for Gaza refugees</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/our-revolution-is-a-phase-of-world-revolution-it-is-not-limited-to-reconquering-palestine">'Our revolution is a phase of world revolution: it is not limited to reconquering Palestine'</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/marxist-millionaires-funding-hamas-islamic-rage-protests">Marxist millionaires funding Hamas Islamic rage protests</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/what-would-a-real-gaza-genocide-look-like">What would a real Gaza genocide look like?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/biden-demands-israel-withdraw-from-gaza-with-hostages-left-behind-suffering-sexual-assault">Biden - doing 'all I can' to 'significantly' get Israel out of Gaza - with hostages left behind suffering sexual assault</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/u-s-officials-keep-empowering-revolutionaries-who-massacre-their-own-citizens">U.S. officials keep empowering revolutionaries who massacre their own citizens</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/glaring-failure-of-american-foreign-policy-kennedy">'Glaring failure of American foreign policy' - Kennedy</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/how-to-spot-a-fake-uprising-and-keep-america-out-analysis">How to spot a fake uprising - and keep America out - analysis</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/what-was-hamas-thinking">What was Hamas thinking?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/hamas-long-term-strategy-revealed">Hamas' long term strategy revealed</a></li></ol>

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Islam forbids war during 4 months - Ramadan not one of them; Gaza civilians ask IDF not to abandon them to Hamas in any month

The truth about fighting during Ramadan - Egyptian troops broke fast to launch Yom Kippur War

<h2>Move over book burning, hello de-platforming?</h2>Closed out of your Facebook or Instagram account? Maybe your website suddenly disappeared, or your YouTube channel was demonetized or deleted? Perhaps you lost access to thousands of hours of posts and videos you produced, and your years of work were gone in an instant? That's de-platforming; the modern version of book burning, a “punishment” for going against the mainstream narrative. And, the censorship doesn't stop with social media, it includes PayPal accounts and more.<h3>Getting up again</h3>How do individuals who went afoul of the globalists, who didn't keep quiet and let others do their thinking for them, respond when they find themselves de-platformed by social media companies and other services? Here's what London Real's Brian Rose, Americas Frontline Doctor founder Dr. Simone Gold, and independent researcher James Roguski did to pick themselves up and continue their work despite the heavy-handed censorship they experienced.Brian RoseWhen London Real YouTuber Brian Rose publicly began trying to understand COVID-19 and its countermeasures, he soon found his entire life seemingly deleted from the internet by the social media giants.&nbsp;Not only did he lose all his years of work, amounting to thousands of videos which he had uploaded to the internet. He also lost access to his Paypal account, and more, because in his search for the truth about the pandemic; his counter-narrative interviews with David Icke were too dangerous for the globalists to allow. &nbsp;In his below documentary, Rose&nbsp;recounts his experiences and how he ultimately started a channel of his own. He explains that he was wholly unprepared for what happened on May 3, 2020, even though he knew that many would want to stop the interview (@about 3:36):<blockquote>Over the past few weeks, our entire world has been transformed. Everything we took for granted has now been taken away and our freedoms have been replaced with fear. All those rights we fought centuries for have been handed over without a second thought.&nbsp;We all process fear in different ways. I cope by immersing myself in my work and today my job is to ask questions. One million people will be watching and they all want answers.&nbsp;Countless others are trying to stop this from happening. At any moment they can walk through that door or lock this broadcast. I'm scared but I don't know what else to do. I prepared my whole life for a moment like This. But nothing would prepare me for what happened next. . .</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH THE MOVIE THAT YouTube DOES NOT Want YOU TO SEE (and SHARE IT Far And Wide ) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LondonReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LondonReal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWillNotBeSilenced?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeWillNotBeSilenced</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopCensorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopCensorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz">https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz</a>— Brian Rose, Founder &amp; Host of London Real (@LondonRealTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonRealTV/status/1796285778517221575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Dr. Simone GoldDr. Simone Gold, founder of <a href="https://www.aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America's Frontline Doctors</a>, was one of the first doctors to understand that how she was being told to treat COVID patients wasn't normal. Very alarmed at what was taking place she, along with other doctors, held the “<a href="https://www.whitecoatsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Coat Summit</a>” on July 27, 2020, as well as a press conference on the Supreme Court steps. As she tweeted below, the press conference went viral, garnering millions of views before Big Tech and Big Media took the video down.She concluded by explaining their purpose and the result:<blockquote>Our fight was to show America the propaganda vs the truth, and then we were censored.</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our press conference in front of the Supreme Court on July 27th, 2020 was a turning point in the fight against COVID Tyranny. After 20 million views in 8 hours, Big Tech colluded to wipe the video from online platforms. We knew in this moment that we would win the fight. <a href="https://t.co/9CP0Ogpnfp">pic.twitter.com/9CP0Ogpnfp</a>— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1610416861723729921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dr. Gold continues to <a href="https://aflds.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advance</a> the mission of America's Frontline Doctors, to protect medical freedom and civil liberties.'James RoguskiIndependent researcher James Roguski who, <a href="http://jamesroguski.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to his website, has been calling out lies and propaganda for decades, found years of work gone when the company that hosted most of his websites terminated his account for what they said were “terms of service” violations. It did not deter him from continuing his work, either.<blockquote>They deleted many of my websites, but they ignited my passion to burn even brighter. I now have most of my work on Substack.&nbsp;</blockquote>Roguski is interested in building a holistic alternative to the WHO and <a href="https://jamesroguski.substack.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recruits</a> others to join him.<blockquote>The old system is crumbling, and I intend to help speed its demise, but we must build its replacement quickly.If you are fed up with the government, hospital, medical, pharmaceutical, media, industrial complex and would like to help , then feel free to contact me directly anytime.</blockquote>&nbsp;The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives, or legal issues.&nbsp;Related articles:<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/covid-sceptics-won-out-globalists-fear-an-increasingly-disbelieving-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'COVID skeptics won out' — Globalists fear an increasingly disbelieving public</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/colorado-governor-signs-off-on-bill-establishing-state-ministry-of-truth-students-atarget-of-new-law">Colorado governor signs off on bill establishing state 'ministry of truth'? Students a target of new law</a></li></ul>

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Globalism

How three individuals got up again after being de-platformed

Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Climate Change

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British taxpayers cheer vigilante group destroying climate cams

Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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