naturalnews--2019-04-18--Wikipedia Our new technological McCarthyism Part 1

Wikipedia: Our new technological McCarthyism, Part 1

(Natural News) Today, the internet, often thought of as our world’s “final frontier” for free thinkers and the flow and exchange of ideas and information, is seriously ill. It has been systemically infected by ideological viruses, memes of information intent on poisoning freedom of expression that we take for granted every time we use Google or visit Facebook, YouTube and now the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Censorship is not limited to the governments’ attempts to silence dissent. Yet when it succeeds, society is greatly hindered because people no longer have easy access to the whole truth. Censorship is one of the most effective ways to lessen people’s freedoms and numb the faculties for critical thought. And because the media, and having access to news and a wide variety of interpretations and opinions is at our finger tips, it has become a critical part of our daily lives.  A censored society is an uneducated society. It destroys progress and can even destroy careers, reputations and personal lives. Over the years we have witnessed a slow and emerging awakening to the falsehoods behind government and corporate interests. The internet and its technologies have been largely responsible for this gradual awakening, evidenced by the growing distrust and suspicion towards an oligarchy wishing to control what we can and cannot view and read. This suspicion is healthy even if it means that many find themselves increasingly confused. Yet this sense of freedom, the allowance to be dubious about fake news and manicured knowledge being fed to us is fragile, and even in peril.  An issue grossly ignored is that with all the new technology and enormous advertising campaigns on Google, Facebook and YouTube, the two younger generations rely upon social media daily. Rarely do they consider the level and depth that propaganda holds over their lives. During the Boomer generation through the 1960s and 1970s, support for free speech and holding a healthy skepticism towards federal agencies such as the CIA and Pentagon, and most importantly against mainstream media, strengthened critical thought. Today’s generation gives no thought towards the content in agreements they accept to use social media platforms. For example, recently it was announced that Yahoo’s “new” system will require access to information about your bank account and credit card purchases to sell to third parties. Consequently, virtually nothing in our lives will be private. Sadly, there is no sense of betrayal. No sense of apprehension and fear, and no efforts to protest these actions. To the contrary, people will simply accept YouTube’s terms blindly.  In our era of fake news, from all sides of the political spectrum, we are rapidly sacrificing our common sense and reason to illusions and gut emotional reactions. Our compromised and biased mainstream media is now utterly beholden to party storylines. Complex national and global issues are reduced to simplistic and infantile images for mass consumption. The recent revelations about Facebook’s misappropriation of its users’ personal information should be a trumpet blast, a wakeup call to action. Tens of millions have been naively duped into the easy and free access to social media and the myth of untethered free expression promised by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Medium and other internet platforms. Although Silicon Valley’s technological capacity for global surveillance and the censorship has long been a worrisome problem on the internet, Trump’s handling of fake news as the centerpiece of his campaign and presidency granted Facebook, Google and more recently Wikipedia a green light to increase censorship of dissenting and alternative news, opinions and even scientific facts. Recently Youtube announced it will flag videos it believes to communicate falsehoods and add links to Wikipedia.[1] Yet Wikipedia, as this series will put forth, is by no means a reliable resource for objective intelligence and knowledge, which is reason enough for universities to flag it as a capricious source for responsible research.  This should raise serious concerns. Wikipedia is another internet behemoth, and like the other tech giants it is horribly compromised by biases and preferential treatment to private interest groups and extremist ideologies. Wikipedia’s ideological biases and favoritism to communities hiring and recruiting armies of internet trolls has been responsible for ruining the reputations and tainting the careers of numerous people, notably health professionals and academics who fail to live, teach and practice in alignment with Wikipedia’s very narrow scientific criteria of what is deemed as legitimate proven facts. When a belief system becomes a dogma, an ideological doctrine, debate and conversation shut down. Unpopular views on controversial subjects are jeopardized. Or even popular, common sense views are silenced. Only a single message is propagandized and opposing positions that have their own body of commendable evidence are blacked out or censored. Very early on, WikiMedia Foundation, the parent organization behind Wikipedia has become possessed by ideology and increasingly manipulates its control over content in specific subjects, discussed below, in a cult-like manner. In short, it is riddled with identity policies.  Sophisticated technological algorithms for internet surveillance, utitized to their full extent by the large internet giants, have created what the father of virtual reality, Jaron Lanier, argues is a “behavior modification empire.” Facebook, for example, should no longer be regarded as social media.[2] And Silicon Valley, private corporations, regressive social movements, and the federal and private intelligence agencies are all too eager to take full advantage of this internet crisis. The tech companies have essentially shut down the public commons that once upon a time promised a cyber utopia, a free and unencumbered Internet that would gather people globally together. Sadly in its place has sprung up a shadow techno-regime dominated by the Internet’s ruling corporate regime, billionaires all too willing to sell their acquired information for enormous client fees. In return, illusions of a functioning democracy, Huxley’s soma, are spoon-fed to the masses seduced by the theater of images flashed across our monitors and mobile screens rather than the darker underpinnings behind this total charade. Erringly we believe we are completely free to express ourselves, share opinions, and find new friends with common values and to organize together. Yet how many people actually knew that every bit of information we share on Facebook with family and friends, groups and organizations and environmental, political and social activist causes would be gathered to generate profiles about our behaviors and then in turn reduce our personal profiles into commodities to be used by the private and federal elites. The scandal between the collaboration between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the latter founded by right wing nationalists and Trump supporters, has shown us the serious threats to personal freedom when every message, file and photo we’ve ever sent or been sent, when every personal contact on our mobile phones, and every audio message has been horded for the benefit of third parties, the least dangerous being advertisers.  Likewise Google traces everywhere we have been or traveled and knows exactly where we are on the map in real time. As long as your mobile phone is in your possession, Google can always find you. You can even access a log and map of everywhere you have been for the past year, including how long it took you to get from home to visit grandma for the holiday. Google gathers every piece of data on our computers and phones, including our search and browsing histories. Even though you delete information or may happen to lose data, it remains in Google’s memory vaults. And this is not done secretly. Google is completely transparent about its intrusion into our private lives and anyone can request and receive a file of everything the megacorporation has collected about us. One individual, Dylan Curran, accessed and downloaded his personal Google file; it was 5.5 gigabytes, roughly equivalent to 3 million average sized Word documents. What Google actually does with this massive data collection is another matter.[3]  In effect, the subconscious script behind Facebook, Google and other multinational internet media is designed to convert our lives into commodities, and then convert commodities into dead money. Lanier would consider this to be a severe threat to our species. “We cannot have a society,” Lanier said during a TED talk, “if two people wish to communicate with each other and the only way it can happen is if it is financed by a third party who wishes to manipulate them.”[4]  But commodifying our personal lives to sell to advertisers is far more innocent than other insidious practices that target people for corporate, financial, national security and political benefit. We can be sure that Uncle Sam’s official spooks have immediate access to all our personal information. In 2011, Stratfor, a private intelligence firm in Austin was infiltrated by the hacker group Anonymous. Stratfor is one of the largest private intelligence and surveillance contractors for the National Security Agency and other federal intelligence agencies. The hack acquired addresses, credit card information, bank accounts and passwords on hundreds of thousands of citizens. Knowing enough about people is often the single most important weapon to be used against them. That is what made the Inquisition so successful in spreading fear over medieval Spain and Italy to keep citizens weak and passive. And all of this is available to NSA to keep a vigilant eye on the American public.  In 1954, the late great French sociologist, philosopher and Christian anarchist Jacques Ellul foresaw that every form of technology would end up becoming a form of control, power and a means to achieve efficiency. The technological drive to gather more and more personal information on citizens, whether by Facebook and Google, and for the benefit of federal agencies, political parties and private corporations, which reward and shower favors upon these firms, is itself an attempt to manipulate the public’s uncertainty and confusion.[5]  Most criticism is rightly directed against Google and Facebook. Nevertheless Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia project of the MediaWiki Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, remains relatively unscathed. Undeservingly it has managed to remain marginal from the light of public scrutiny. Rather than participating in intelligence gathering into private citizens’ lives, it has become the Internet’s monolithic gatekeeper, and controller, of free encyclopedic knowledge. Although it has its critics, often those who have experienced Wikipedia’s culture of victimization and abuse, the controversies surrounding Wikipedia are given no attention by mainstream media. Acting freely from third party advertising, draped in the security of its not-for-profit status, it has become an invaluable resource in the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Minimal efforts are made to investigate whether Wikipedia too has hidden agendas that adversely affect the public; or whether the Foundation is actively participating in stealth censorship. We know this to be a fact from firsthand experience. Do a Google search on any subject or notable person and Wikipedia will often be the first site to pop up in your browser. It describes itself as a free-content encyclopedia and uses a platform that portends to be open for editing content. This has been one of the encyclopedia’s admirable appeals as well as its curse. However, there is undeniable evidence that the site has injured the lives and careers of many innocent people, especially in the field of medicine and healthcare, and people who seek truths outside the confines of corporate science’s corridors and a quasi-Libertarian Objectivst universe.  The sheer size of the encyclopedia is imposing. It is unquestionably the single largest juggernaut for online information. According to statistics compiled by DMR, a digital marketing collection firm, Wikipedia hosts over 5.5 million articles and adds 600 new articles daily. Eighteen billion pages are viewed weekly, and there are over 137,000 active writers and editors composing and editing articles in 280 languages, 13% in English. On the other hand the Foundation itself only employs about 300 people. It is also the first to appear in 99% of internet searches.[6] Supposedly, Wikipedia has NO employed editors. Content and edits are performed exclusively by volunteers. This does not mean that editors are not being paid by other third parties, including on the behalf of huge multinational corporations, advocacy groups, think tanks, PR firms and even governments, including their intelligence agencies and military.  In 2009, Virgil Griffith, a 24 year old researcher at the Santa Fe Institute, one of the world’s preeminent progressive think tanks for systems theory, created a program called the WikiScanner, which “tracks computers used to make changes and edits to Wikipedia entries.” Griffith was inspired to design the scanner after he learned about US Congressional legislators “whitewashing” the content on their Wikipedia biographies. In 2014, the Foundation banned all computers within the US Congress from editing privileges.[7]  Griffith’s Wikiscanner identified CIA and FBI computers editing Wikipedia content, including the doctoring of facts concerning the US invasion of Iraq, such as casualty numbers, and the human rights crimes committed at Guantanamo prison. He also identified computers at numerous organizations and private corporations engaged in editing activities. Senior Wikipedia editors, who have succeeded in making thousands of edits and therefore understand the game’s rules, have turned their experiences into consulting businesses for paying clients. Although Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales has strongly forbidden this activity, it is still widespread because the Foundation has lost control over the huge army of known, anonymous editors, trolls, sock puppets and even algorithmic bots who operate independently. This is further evidence of how chaotic Wikipedia has become, and one among other reasons why a growing number of colleges and universities forbid students from citing Wikipedia articles as reliable sources in their course assignments.  On the other hand, Wikipedia has also become a source for widespread disinformation, especially on current events and controversial health, social and political issues. To the encyclopedia’s detriment, the Foundation has had a history of providing a platform for select independent factions to propagandize dogmatic and fundamentalist beliefs. Frankly, it is utterly foolish to assume that everything on Wikipedia is honest and factual. One man who rose through the editorial ranks to become a Wikipedia site administrator, claimed to be a tenured religion professor with a doctorate in theology. Later, it was discovered he was a high school dropout.[8] Likewise, many Skeptics control the Wiki pages about alternative medicine, natural health and the paranormal. Most have no medical background nor experience in healthcare. In a private conversation with one Wikipedia editor who has gone head-to-head with Skeptic trolls to correct falsehoods and abusive language in the Wiki entries for the New Age celebrity Deepak Chopra and biologist Rupert Sheldrake, Rome Viharo jokingly said most of these trolls are tech geeks who are likely mentally unstable and on psychiatric medications.[9]  As we have discovered, behind the scenes and hidden from the public’s view, Wikipedia is a vipers’ pit. Its editorial culture is plagued with “wiki wars,” conflicts between antagonistic groups fighting for control over content. Perhaps this would be fine if the Foundation remained an innocent bystander, allowing editors to battle out the facts and falsehoods based upon Wikipedia’s own consensus guidelines to rule what is reliable, objective information. Unfortunately, that is not the case. A consequence is that the MediaWiki Foundation has become increasingly authoritarian in order to cover up its internal chaos. All who have failed to clean up the massive falsehoods and venomous text on their personal Wiki pages can attest to the Foundation’s culture of deception and censorship that riddles the encyclopedia.  In his blog “Wikipedia We Have a Problem” Viharo describes the immensity of the problem:  “There is a disturbing pattern of behaviors evolving across Wikipedia – a number of skeptic activists on Wikipedia believe that only they are qualified to edit a large swath of topics and biographies on Wikipedia, and they seek to purge other editors from those articles or Wikipedia itself. Skeptic activists take this very seriously and treat Wikipedia like a battleground for their activism, where online harassment, slander, bullying, character assassination, and public shaming are all used as tactics to control editing permissions on the world’s largest repository of knowledge.”[10]  We are also gradually discovering that Wikipedia itself has been supporting certain creeds, networks of private organizations and corporate interests, and political support groups that enforce dangerous ideologies while diligently corroborating with chosen third parties to silence and/or censor critics and opposition. This is certainly in direct violation with Wikipedia’s mission and Wales’ consistent statements that he opposes censorship and surveillance. For example, societies and organizations identified with the rational Skeptic and scientific materialist movements are very prominent and granted free editorial reign on Wikipedia. Their technical sophistication has hijacked large amounts of the encyclopedia’s content and manipulated it to disseminate their rationalist and reductionist doctrines. Very valid scientific information concerning medicine and health are jeopardized, deleted and ignored. The site embraces the conventional pharmaceutical, drug-based paradigm. Complementary and natural medical disciplines, treatments and alternative doctors and practitioners are regularly denounced and castigated. On the other hand, Skeptics’ biographies and organizations’ own Wikipedia entries are without fault and consistently full of praise. Editors who attempt to add factual and referenced evidence, which may taint Skepticism’s shining image, are immediately blocked or edits are quickly removed. Many editors who try to correct these pages are censored and/or banned from editing pages–as in our own case–although they may have years or even decades of experience and expertise on a given subject.  In this series we will focus attention upon one especially pernicious ideological network of individuals and organizations that has made enormous and successful strides in hijacking Wikipedia’s editorial platform. There is no single title that adequately gathers them under a single umbrella; however they all share a similar philosophy that embraces rational science-based Skepticism. Small-s skepticism itself is a healthy exercise for discerning truths and falsehoods. Wikipedia would fare far better if it practiced healthy skepticism towards its own editorial allies. However in this article we capitalize Skepticism to refer to an actual movement of independent individuals and groups, including one of Skepticism’s subsets, Science-Based Medicine (SBM), which share a mutual belief system and engage in internet harassment based upon the principles of behavior modification, common to cults.  Modern Skepticism is a continuation of earlier Scientism founded by the early naturalists who declared that the only thing that exists is the natural world and everything else is unfounded, and therefore illusory and to be shunned. It follows the old tired adage that “I will only believe in what I can see, smell, taste, touch or hear.” In short, Scientism, in Swedish philosopher Mikael Stenmark’s words, is based upon the epistemic principle “there is nothing outside the domain of science, nor is there any area of human life to which science cannot successfully be applied.”[11] Skepticism, purports to be rational yet simultaneously is incapable of ascertaining other forms of non-scientific truth, such as ethical and moral, metaphysical, aesthetic truths. Although the scientific method is incapable of ascertaining or disproving other truths, nevertheless they too follow reason and logic, often every bit as rigorous as Skepticism’s reductionist determinism.  For example, it may not be the case that science can yet accurately comprehend whether or not homeopathy is effective. But for tens of millions of people around the planet homeopathy has treated many serious medical conditions. For over 200 years after Samuel Hahnemann founded homeopathic medicine, countless numbers of people witnessed illnesses and symptoms disappear and they were healed. Skeptics have absolutely no proof that homeopathy’s positive effects are due to the placebo-effect alone, which is their only explanation to account for homeopathy’s successes. Yet for all Skeptics, homeopathy is nothing but quackery. And as we will describe later, Wikipedia agrees with them. The Skeptics’ only defense is “plausibility”; that is, in the absence of clinical research, which only they are willing to accept, rely instead on the flawed faculty of reason and logic to decide whether homeopathy is “plausible” and persuasive or not. This is the same rationale voiced by one of SBM’s leading inspirations, Dr. Stephen Barrett, founder of Quackwatch. When asked during an interview why he only disparaged alternative medicine and does not critique modern conventional medicine, Barrett noted that he lacks sufficient expertise in the medical field. Openly Barrett confesses that his efforts to debunk alternative medicine is solely based on his personal opinion as to whether alternative modalities are plausible. In the same way, SBM-Skeptics’ major proponents lack experiential knowledge about alternative medical modalities and nutrition. Rather than being truly scientific, they hypocritically hide behind the irrational methodology of faux notions of validity.  Categorically, Skepticism espouses either atheistic or agnostic beliefs; however all the celebrity Skeptics admire Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary biologist who is recognized as the father of the New Atheism. Dawkins’ endless mission to publicly preach an intolerant view of atheism has made him deserving of an international award for having offended more human beings than anyone in recent history.  The Center for Inquiry (CFI), the umbrella organization that serves as the mother chapel for the Skeptic movement, fully embraces Dawkins’ atheistic Scientism. In 2016, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science merged with CFI. Its stated mission is to “foster a secular society based upon reason, science, freedom of inquiry and humanist values.”[12] Laudable words, but the Center fails horribly to tolerate, let alone respect, the freedom of others to their beliefs and the freedom to choose a medical intervention of their choice. Any discipline of inquiry that is performed outsides the Center’s narrow interpretation of science is condemned as heresy, exposed and publicly maligned. Everything that deals with religion and spirituality, the paranormal, unexplained phenomena, and alternative and natural medical modalities are accused of con-artistry. Other leading major Skeptic groups are the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, the Council of Secular Humanism, the James Randi Educational Foundation and the SBM-related Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health.  The latter publishes the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, founded by Skeptics at Stanford University and the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. The publication makes the narcissistic claim of being the only journal that properly analyses alternative medical claims. However, on at least three separate occasions, this highly biased, one-sided interpretation of medicine failed to be recognized by the National Library of Medicine for inclusion into the National Institutes of Health’s Medline/PubMed registry of reliable medical and healthcare publications, the world’s largest source for peer-reviewed medical literature. Wikipedia on the other hand has permitted the journal the status of being referenced as a legitimate and reliable source for criticisms against alternative medicine.  During a TED talk shortly after 911, Dawkins made his plea for “militant atheism.”[13] Although he was specifically calling for an unapologetic and disrespectful rationalist crusade against religion, his fundamental premise has been embraced throughout the Skeptic movement in its efforts to silence, ridicule and demonize all who advocate alternative medicine and question conventional pharmaceutical drugs, vaccination and industrial and genetically modified foods, pesticides, the junk food industry, etc. Medical treatments that fall outside its pharmaceutical paradigm–chiropractic medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, energy healing, etc.–are categorically quackery and fraud.  For the most zealous Skeptics, scientific “truths”, guided solely by “reason” (which Skeptics are unable to adequately define), is the only religion humanity should follow. It identifies itself as an intelligentsia and praises its superiority as a humanoid subspecies above anyone who questions or challenges their faith in scientific reductionism. In his book When Atheism Becomes Religion, Pulitzer Prize journalist Chris Hedges presents the argument that this extreme mindset, cloaked in the god of reason and science alone, is today’s “new fundamentalism.” Because science is solely concerned with discovering facts about our material existence, Skepticism is neutral towards universal human values and ethics aside from the cold values that science offers.  Commenting on Scientism’s determinist ideology, Robert Wuthnow, chair of Princeton’s sociology department, writes, “Scientists are drunk on hubris, in it for the money or their own glory, and sadly incapable of any humility.”[14] Anyone reading the blogs and articles composed by the medical doctors leading the Science Based Medicine movement, will quickly observe the pretentious conceit noted by Wuthnow. But SBM propaganda goes beyond the confines of rationalist critiques of alternative medicine’s claims. They express a contemptuous disdain, and vile hatred, towards practitioners and advocates of the alternative medical paradigm and anyone who questions the conventional medical establishment.  During a lecture in 1959, British chemist and novelist C.P. Snow challenged our civilization’s move towards an over-reliance upon scientific rationality as a means for solving world problems. Snow explained how this failure, which science and technology in isolation will continue to experience repeatedly, is due to scientific institutions having removed themselves from the humanities, which otherwise provide human value with moral guidance.[15] The consequence is that science will become increasingly technological, and this may lead to dire futures, including the rise of new postmodern programs of eugenics and genocide. Scientism’s hubris is grounded in the inflated belief that history is on its side. For this reason it becomes intolerant and impatient with other disciplines that also claim to hold universal values. Consequently, Snow warned that science is racing to sequester itself from the most precious elements that make us human. Science then becomes amoral. Likewise, the entire Skepticism movement is morally bankrupt, incapable of piercing through its nearsighted lens.  Science writer John Horgan further sheds light on the darker underpinnings and irrationality of Skepticism, including a few of the leading voices within the SBM cult. In his recommended article published in Scientific American, “Dear Skeptics, Bash Homeopathy and Big Foot Less, Mammograms and War More,” Horgan targets a crucial failure in popular Skepticism today. He writes, “I’m a science journalist. I don’t celebrate science, I criticize it, because science needs critics more than cheerleaders. I point out gaps between scientific hype and reality. That keeps me busy, because as you know, most peer-reviewed scientific claims are wrong.” The Skeptics and their scientism have “become tribal,” notes Horgan. “They pat each other on the back and tell each other how smart they are compared to those outside the tribe. But belonging to a tribe often makes you dumber.”[16]  Dumb indeed. Worse, exceedingly dangerous. Wikipedia’s Skeptics, who cling upon the words of SBM’s gurus, is a curious mix of Orwellian fascism and a quirky technological totalitarianism, which Aldous Huxley warned about in his 1958 follow-up to Brave New World. A world of scientific McCarthyism is the utopia they pray to. But conventional definitions of fascism and totalitarianism don’t accurately apply. Instead, Skepticism is the darker side of Liberalism, with noticeable parallels to Ayn Rand’s Objectivist and autocratic absolutism. These are the Liberals who find no fault in bombing Muslim nations back to the pre-Islamic sands of Arabia, criminalize faith healing as physical abuse, and stamp all currency with “In Science We Trust.”  Yet it is important to make one observation clear: SBM is perhaps today’s greatest threat to the future physical and mental health of the nation and well-being of Americans. It is solely an ideological public relations campaign to promulgate a totalitarian dogma with McCarthyian interrogations that alternative medical modalities are perilous to public health and therefore should be avoided and preferably banned. It doesn’t conduct nor fund clinical research. Families who reject vaccinating their children, according to SBM physicians, ought to be charged with child abuse and have their children placed into the care of the State to lead miserable lives of psychological degeneration and abuse in foster care homes and institutions. In short, SBM is the harbinger of medical McCarthyism, and as we will see, the SBM movement and its allies in the Skeptic organizations are succeeding in their mission through their collaboration and support from Wikipedia.  Another serious threat our nation faces from SBM is that the movement is systemically infected with what we call the “gene meme.” In his Scientific American article, Horgan calls it “Gene-Whiz Science.” He writes, “Over the past several decades, geneticists have announced the discovery of “genes for” virtually every trait or disorder. We’ve had the God gene, gay gene, alcoholism gene, warrior gene, liberal gene, intelligence gene, schizophrenia gene, and on and on. None of these linkages of single genes to complex traits or disorders has been confirmed. None! But gene-whiz claims keep coming.”[17] SBM advocates are also the advocates of Gene-Whiz Science; yet simultaneously they remain petrified of the potential conclusions to be drawn from environmental epigenetic research that challenges the scientific credibility of genetic determinism. For example, Paul Offit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the co-developer of the first rotavirus vaccine and once held a seat on the vaccination advisory council at the Centers for Disease Control, is a leading advocate of pro-vaccine science, having stated in his institution’s Parents Pack Newsletter that infants’ immune systems can safely receive 100,000 vaccinations.[18]. He is adamant that autism is genetic, inherited, and has no association whatsoever with vaccines. While we agree that many autism cases involve mutated genes, categorically blaming parental inheritance is questionable since this denies epigenetic evidence. In fact, a University of Montreal review of the 100-plus genes now identified with autism, found that the majority of these “autism genes” were de novo genes, fetal polymorphisms occurring in the womb and therefore likely associated with an external environmental trigger, including toxic chemicals such as aluminum and mercury ingredients in vaccines, that may pass the placental barrier in the pregnant mother.[19]  A second threat to national health is Wikipedia’s unguarded open editing platforms. It is irrefutable that the Foundation’s tight relationship with militant Skepticism has given license to trolls and sock puppets to dominate the flow of information about disease prevention and treatment. By hijacking these platforms, Skeptics have risen through the encyclopedia’s editorial ranks to grasp greater administrative authority to censor opposing voices. On the other hand, this is completely transparent. It is all visible. Yet this also raises a very serious ethical question. Is Wikipedia also part of the behavior “modification empire” Jaron Lanier has warned us about? In the following articles in this series, it will become more certain that it is.  Richard Gale is the Executive Producer of the Progressive Radio Network and a former Senior Research Analyst in the biotechnology and genomic industries. Dr. Gary Null is the host of the nation’s longest running public radio program on nutrition and natural health and a multi-award-winning documentary film director, including Death by Medicine, War on Health, Silent Epidemic: The Untold Story of Vaccination. http://prn.fm


naturalnews--2019-05-20--Earths ozone hole rapidly shrinking following ban of ozone depleting chemicals

Earth's ozone hole rapidly shrinking following ban of ozone depleting chemicals

(Natural News) About three decades have passed since scientists made the devastating discovery that a massive hole had developed in the Earth’s ozone layer – the shield that protects us from the sun by absorbing most of its ultraviolet radiation – right over Antarctica. Recognizing the immensely dangerous potential of the situation, most of the world’s countries got together and signed the Montreal Protocol in 1987, which banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); man-made ozone-damaging chemicals. It would seem that their efforts have paid off, and though the hole in the ozone layer remains large (over 8 million square miles), it has stopped increasing in size, and actually seems to be shrinking.  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have published a paper in the journal Science, claiming that the hole has shrunk by an impressive 4 million square kilometers (over 1.54 million square miles) since 2000, when the problem was at its most critical. Interestingly, the hole in the ozone is not static – it starts developing in late August each year, as Antarctica starts shaking off the winter, and is fully developed by the beginning of October. Ozone is depleted when three elements are perfectly positioned: Chlorine, such as that found in CFCs, or large volumes of sulfur dioxide such as is emitted by volcanoes, must be present in the atmosphere, along with the right amount of light, and a cold enough temperatures to create polar stratospheric clouds.  The MIT scientists took measurements in September each year from 2000 to 2015, and based on their data, were able to calculate that the hole had shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers in that time. They attribute most of the improvement to the reduction in atmospheric chlorine, which was accomplished by phasing out certain dry cleaning processes, aerosol cans and older refrigerators. The study authors are hopeful that the hole will close permanently by 2050.  Support our mission to keep you informed: Discover the extraordinary benefits of turmeric gummy bears and organic "turmeric gold" liquid extract, both laboratory tested for heavy metals, microbiology and safety. Naturally high in potent curcuminoids. Delicious formulations. All purchases support this website (as well as your good health). See availability here.  Their findings have been confirmed by several other scientific institutions.  In 2014, Scientific American reported on a study by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Program, which found that the phasing out of CFCs has indeed given the ozone layer a chance to recover, and that the hole is definitely not growing anymore.  And in 2015, The Weather Channel noted that a study by NASA scientists, published in the journal Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, had drawn the same conclusion, based on data received from the satellite Aura. Their more conservative estimates found that though the hole has consistently been about the same size since 1990 (double the size of the United States), it should shrink and remain smaller by mid-century, and should disappear completely by the turn of the next century.  This is amazing news for the planet, and shows what the human family can accomplish when it puts asides its many differences to work towards the common good.  “Science was helpful in showing the path, diplomats and countries and industry were incredibly able in charting a pathway out of these molecules, and now we’ve actually seen the planet starting to get better. It’s a wonderful thing,” said Susan Solomon, lead author of the MIT study, and a professor of atmospheric chemistry and climate science at the university. “We can now be confident that the things we’ve done have put the planet on a path to heal. Which is pretty good for us, isn’t it? Aren’t we amazing humans, that we did something that created a situation that we decided collectively, as a world, ‘Let’s get rid of these molecules’? We got rid of them, and now we’re seeing the planet respond.”


prepareforchange--2019-01-16--Truths about our Human Origin Human Beings are a Slave Race

Truths about our Human Origin — Human Beings are a Slave Race

Whoever seeks the truth however cannot afford to laugh off the Sumerian recordings, which in many cases have proven to be incredibly accurate. Just as we cannot ignore the overwhelming evidence of the influence of conspiracies within governments, the business world, science community, and the media.  Have Admiration for writers from Antiquity  It is amazing that so much information is available nowadays. Sitchin expresses his admiration for the countless people, who have never been lauded, who have recorded ancient knowledge; “If we consider that these ancient texts come to us over a period that spans millennia, we must have admiration for the writers of Antiquity who have recorded, copied and translated the earliest of texts, probably often without knowing what certain terms and expressions originally meant, while always stubbornly sticking to the corresponding traditions to ensure precise representation.  It also proves the inner consistency of their reporting, and explains: “That the first settlements on Earth were established by astronauts from another planet, as dramatically depicted by the Sumerians. Consistently, in countless texts, a reference is made to the starting point, which always reads as follows: 432,000 years ago, before the flood, i.e. the Great Flood, “The Respected came with” Rocket Ships ” down from their own planet to Earth.”  Although it may sound exaggerated, many people will become convinced, once they’re given this version of our history, which will become popular and widespread in the not too distant future, and eventually, it will be studied and taught in schools, at universities, and scientific institutions. Already, breakthroughs in astronomy, anthropology, archaeology and Egyptology tend to underpin the theses of Sitchin and others, based primarily on the translations of the Sumerian writings.  The knowledge of the existence of the One God, who must have created the Anunnaki creators, together with the realisation that life encompasses more than a mere material level of existence in which we find ourselves now, is all covertly protected by the secret societies.  The Sumerian explanation of the origin and creation of man is extremely fascinating. Whichever we look at it, it is much more rational and more appropriate than many of the known theories of today’s science and the past. Humanity exists in solitude in the universe, while at the same time in all probability, non-human intelligences have been involved in our creation?  The idea that civilisations developed and advanced in ancient times is not new. In 1882, in a period of relative ignorance and disbelief regarding extraterrestrial matters, scholar Ignatius Donnelly wrote in his book on Atlantis: ‘The Antediluvian World’, “That the Gods and Goddesses of ancient mythologies were in fact kings and queens of Atlantis. This was a High-tech Pre-Flood Civilisation that was the founder of successive human civilisations and communities.”  The British chemist Frederick Soddy discovered that isotopes can be used for dating in geology, he wrote in 1909: “I believe that in the past there have been civilisations that were familiar with atomic energy and these were totally destroyed by their misuse of it.” Swiss author Erich von Däniken has written extremely popular books from as far back as the 1970’s, books about alien visitors and ancient astronauts.  Some authors such as William Bramley, David Icke and R.A. Boulay portray mankind as little more than a flock of sheep, which is dominated by extraterrestrial masters. “Human beings resemble a race of slaves that languish on an isolated planet”, Bramley concluded in 1989.  As described earlier, the human race was developed as a source of labour for the Anunnaki extraterrestrial civilisation, and it would seem that this is true to this day. To maintain power over the people and to preserve their possessions on planet Earth which is set up as a people’s prison, this higher civilisation, i.e. our jailers incessantly cause conflicts between human beings on earth, creating continual physical hardships. This situation has existed for thousands of years and still exists today.  According to David Icke, the race of this oppressive higher civilisation consists of crossed bloodlines of “royal” reptilian-human hybrids, and was concentrated in the Middle East in the Old World, and from there, they expanded their power over the millennia. In addition, religious institutions were created to keep the masses spiritually and emotionally imprisoned and to bring them to war with each other.  The author Boulay suggests: “Man has been conditioned for millennia, being denied the truth about our origin, and as a numbing mediator, a convenient form of memory loss was developed. Consequently, people have resigned themselves to the interpretation of history that has been propagated by a self-sustaining clergy and science.”  It is precisely the immense and ancient power of the omniscient elite – interwoven with their blood philosophy – that has endeavoured to suppress virtually every major movement throughout history that strived to fully develop human potential. It has been revealed that this knowledge is still firmly anchored in the highest degrees of today’s secret societies.  The Anunnaki are still on Earth  The question now is, whether the initiated elites continue to acquire wealth and power, hoping to get in touch with our Creators of Antiquity, or have they already made this contact and are they being guided and directed, or could it possibly be that the elites themselves are the Creators from Antiquity, the Anunnaki, the serpent kings?  If the Sumerian version of our history is correct, it would appear that the Anunnaki are still present on Earth, in a form that would rely on advanced technologies. Whatever the truth is, it is wise to be on your guard with leaders who, through violence, manipulation or deception, are advancing all nations into a direction that people do not want to take, and that will not be beneficial to them.  It is important to understand that many of these ‘leaders’ are not part of the government, but heavily influence the lives of the population, even more than any bureaucrat is capable of doing. This is made possible with bribes, in combination with an excessively large media influence over everything that is told and shown.  In the past; wars and religions were used as control mechanisms, but today, organised religion is losing ground. With nuclear weapons in the arsenal, a large-scale war has become unthinkable. Due to these factors, the economy, or the power of money, has become the control mechanism for the initiated elite from secret societies, to exert their power over the people.  The bad news is that most of what has been published on the FWC-site in recent years has now proven to be true. On the other hand, there is also good news, that many people have now awakened and that the age-old conspiracy to bully and use us as slaves is being noticed by many. Especially now that President Trump has visibly taken the lead and the Q-Anon organisation is generating more and more followers.  Remember, as seen from the standpoint of George Orwell’s book written in 1948, under the title ‘1984’, our future is described as “a boot that stings forever on the face of man”, which now can be easily spotted, although admittedly many years later. We have now entered a situation which is eerily close to the objective of the elites of total enslavement. Little time is left before our world indeed turns into what George Orwell described, by the instruction of the Deep State!  Nowadays, we talk about conspiracies at the government level. UFOs, contact with extra-terrestrials, new underground chambers and tunnels have been discovered in many Pyramids,and in some, such as in Bosnia with healing capabilities. This indeed confirms that a highly developed civilisation was on earth in the past, while even more revelations can be expected once more of the Sumerian clay tablets are deciphered and translated.  Unfortunately, too many of us choose to look the other way in the hope that we do not have to deal with consciousness-expansion questions that evoke the newly acquired knowledge presented here. These are insights and facts which make many of the traditional ways of thinking not viable. Remember that knowledge is power. For those who long for freedom, the time has come to unite and to stand up against the negative forces that go all-out for the total domination of the human race, achieved through the sowing of fear and division.  It is time to face the truth about our past and present, about who really has the power and inhibits our positive development. Understand that we are being exploited, deceived and belittled. Our environment is deliberately being destroyed, in order to destroy the human race forever.  The time for cognitive dissonance is over. It is time to research all the facts presented here and in previous essays. It is time to let go of the lies which encompass our false history, our false heritage. Research these facts and find the true history of the human race, so that we can finally join and come together as one; an enlightened people based on a foundation of truth.  Care about your fellow men and country by looking further than your own backyard. Throw a critical glance at the unimaginable corruption and bribery within the government of your own country. The truth must be revealed to everyone, and this truth is not only the privilege of the manipulative initiates within the secret societies. The time for secrecy is over. Acquaint yourself with the background of our history that has been specifically compiled for this purpose; easily readable and comprehensibly explained in my book The Great Awakening.  Use the supercomputer, that your brain is, gifted to us by the Creator, and listen to what your heart tells you. Your soul in your deepest inner-self tells you what is good and bad.  The Deep State can only control the seven billion plus people through deceit and secrecy. The time of rule by brute force is now running out for the cabal.  Our greatest strength is that we – the masses – together, have more power and knowledge than the Deep State cabal can come up with. Participate, or support the yellow vest movement and show the government that they are actually employed by us, and that we will fire them if our expectations aren’t met.  Our country belongs to us, the people, and is not owned by the criminals who pretend to be our authority. They are not. They are hired by the Deep State and are bribed to do the bidding of the cabal, following cabal instructions, instead of to listening to us. If, they do not do the latter; they have to be removed from office. And, that is precisely the way it should be and the yellow vest movement is demonstrating this to them. It is not the other way around, that they should tell us what to do. We vote for people who are supposed to represent us, the people. Keep in mind, ‘the truth will set us free’.  Many things are happening at the same time these days, which can be seen as the beginning of the destruction of the Deep State. Take a look around in the EU; In France, Germany, the UK, Sweden, and the Netherlands. People in yellow vests take to the streets to protest against their own government. These people are angry and they say they do not want the Elite anymore. They no longer want a Central Bank with corrupt and criminal bankers. They have had enough of the Deep State. The population feels trapped and oppressed by their own government. They know that their government does not work for them, but for the cabal.  Government is actually our biggest enemy. People want to be listened to, and know that things cannot continue any longer the way they are. They are fed up and are clearly saying stop it and shut-up and this movement is global! People are done with governments as they realise that they don’t have their interests at heart and instead, there is a massive abuse of power. People never wanted this situation in the first place. We want change. Be warned, the government puppets will not listen. They will simply continue with their New World Order agenda, all the while lying to us. But that is not going to work anymore, because people are waking up and are seeing through their deception. A little word of reassurance is, that in the end it makes no difference whether they listen or not. In no time, they all will be gone.  For those who want to know more about their history, Bram Vermeulen reveals it in an original and fascinating way, inspired by the book ‘The Twelfth Planet’ written by Zecharia Sitchin. He explains how ancient texts, cosmology and newly discovered maps of space flights to Earth bring us to the shocking conclusion that we humans are descendants of the Nefilim, a superior race on the planet Marduk, the twelfth planet.  Knowledge obtained from 6000-year-old clay tablets shows where, when, how and why astronauts from another planet settled on Earth, married prehistoric women and created the Homo Sapiens, the self-thinking man.  It is mind-blowing how this knowledge overcomes the commonly-held, propagated reality. He explains how these ancient texts ended up in the Bible or were labelled as myths, and how recent scientific discoveries confirm these events time and time again. It is an active process. “In the beginning” … it starts. “Knowledge and insight change reality”. A particularly catchy Dutch-language story that is highly recommended. (approx. 50 min.)


renegadetribune--2019-05-30--Genetically Modified Babies The Genetic Editing of Human Life is Big Business

Genetically Modified Babies – The Genetic Editing of Human Life is “Big Business”

“Genetically modified humans” sounds like a term that belongs in Hollywood, but it’s actually a very real possibility, and one that’s being heavily discussed in the scientific community. Contributing to one of the most controversial topics to date, not long ago, a panel of science experts in the U.S. just examined and gave their support for germline editing. This means that in the future, parents will likely be able to tamper with the genetics of their children pre-birth. Germinal choice technology refers to reprogenetic technologies that enable parents to alter the genetic constitutions of their children. One of the ways this can be done is through germline editing, which is a fancier term for human genetic engineering. Germline editing alters the genes of a sperm or an egg, but it then changes the future DNA of every single cell in the embryo. This means that the genetic changes made to the embryos will then affect all future generations within that family lineage.  The panels were made up of experts from two of the most prestigious scientific institutions in the U.S., both of which recommended that germline editing be viewed as a serious option in the future and not be prohibited outright (source).  This is a dramatically different stance than the last assessment given in December 2015 by an international summit of scientists, who stated that it would be “irresponsible to proceed” with germline editing given the controversy surrounding the subject and the safety issues involved, all of which have yet to be resolved.  The panels’ discussions can be further analyzed in a report released earlier this week by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. The panel recommended that germline editing of early embryos, eggs, or sperm should only be permitted to prevent serious disease or disability if there’s significant scientific evidence illustrating that the procedures are safe.  You can read more about that story here.  For now, I wanted to point you to a piece written by Canadian economist, author, and professor emeritus of economics at the University of  Ottawa and the president and director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Michel Chossudovsky, where this post originally appeared.  Last November, He Jiankui, a Chinese biology professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) announced that he and his team had createdthe World’s first “genetically edited babies”: twin babies Lula and Nana.  Dr. He Jiankui, used the CRISPR technology “to alter the embryos of seven couples [allegedly] to make them resistant to HIV”.  He Jiankui made his announcement at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing held at the University of Hong Kong.  Dr. He claims to have used CRISP “to tweak the DNA of human embryos during in vitro fertilization”.  The broad implications of this experiment are far-reaching. The genetic editing of human life forms including embryos has a bearing on the future of humanity.  It opens up the pandora’s box of genetic engineering applied to human beings.  It undermines the “reproduction of real life”. Potentially, it destroys humanity.  The experiment raises important scientific and ethical issues. Human embryos are not commodities.  The Chinese government immediately opened an investigation, Dr He Jiankui was fired by his University in January 2019.  Despite government regulations and ethical issues, there are powerful corporate interests involved in the development and patenting of genetic editing of life forms including Dr. He’s findings on “genetically modified babies”.  While Dr. He’s University based lab biology project at SUST has been closed down, he nonetheless remains Chairman and major stakeholder of the Shenzhen based Direct Genomics Biotechnology, “a genome sequencing” firm, with extensive financial resources. Direct Genomics received at least US$43 million in funding from both Chinese and international investors:  We’re talking about “Big Business” involving the potential marketing and sale of genetically modified human and animal life forms. Imagine the potential strategic and military applications, not to mention the emergence of a corporate health service economy for the super-rich, where “perfect babies” can be purchased for a million dollars.  Following the Chinese government investigation, there is no concrete evidence that this corporate genetic editing project has been discontinued. Quite the opposite.  It is worth noting that the intellectual property rights pertaining to the CRISPR -Cas9 gene editing technology used by Dr. He’s team (i.e. editing the DNA of  human and animal life) are not registered in China. The patent belongs to a US based entity:  the Broad Institute, located in Cambridge, Mass. with links to Harvard and MIT.  The Broad Institute is firmly committed to the pursuit of genetic editing of human living cells:  While the Broad Institute owns the intellectual technology, CRISPR-Cas9 was invented by a Chinese American scientist Dr. Feng Zhang based at the Broad Institute and MIT.  MIT Prof. Feng Zhang responding to Dr He’s controversial announcement calls for “a moratorium on implantation of edited [human] embryos …until we have come up with a thoughtful set of safety requirements first.”  This statement represents the interests of the Broad Institute. According to Feng Zhang’s colleague Professor David Liu (also on behalf of the Broad Institute):  These statements are tantamount to “crocodile tears”. Failing effective government regulation (e.g. by the Trump administration), the ethical considerations will eventually be scrapped or bypassed.  “Moratorium” rather than “Abolition” of a potentially dangerous technology is the talking point: “We have a legal moratorium on that here,” said U.S. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb… The potential applications are also relatively dangerous if they get into the hands of people who don’t have good judgment or have ill intent.” (Bloomberg SFGate,  November 27, 2018)  A moratorium on behalf of those who own the CRISPR patent does not foreclose the development and marketing for profit of genetic editing of human embryos. Money is the driving force. The Moratorium will eventually be lifted. Potentially, what is at stake is a multi-billion dollar undertaking.  In all likelihood, there will be a battle for the intellectual property rights pertaining to CRISPR-Cas9 technology, involving both US and Chinese corporate interests.  While the Broad Institute was granted ownership of the CRISPR-Cas9 patent by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, less than 3 months prior to Dr. He’s announcement in Hong Kong, the ownership of CRISP is actively contested. The University of California at Berkeley is also involved in the fight for patent ownership against the Cambridge based Broad Institute. (Wired, September 11, 2018). […]


sottnet--2019-03-17--Analyzing the current vectors of Russian military strategy development

The Unity of Theory and Practice  Principles of preventing, preparing for, and conducting war  "The strategy of limited actions" outside of Russia's borders  Using a group of forces under the "strategy of limited actions"  Collaboration among components of the state's military organization  Collaboration between MoD and the defense industry  The main tasks of military science and ways of achieving them  Originally appeared at Red Star ; Translated byexclusively forThe assembly had the format of a military science conference dealing with the development of military strategy in current conditions. The conference was opened by Army General Makhmut Gareev, the Academy's president. Participants included Academy members, leadership of the Ministry of Defense (MoD), representatives from the Presidential Administration, State Duma, and Federation Council, as well as the leading scientists from the Russian Academy of Science, universities, research institutes working for the MoD.The General Staff Chief and First Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Gennadiy Gerasimov, presented a report on the main trends in the evolution of military strategy and the tasks facing military science. We are presenting this report for our readers.We are currently seeing the development of the concept of conducting war through a coordinated application of military and non-military instruments, with the decisive role played by the Armed Forces.Traditionally, the annual Academy of Military Sciences conference is a platform for exchanging opinions among military specialists, concerning the most pressing problems of military science. The conference's outcomes de-facto define future development of military science, therefore they are widely discussed in Russia and abroad.This year we are discussing the question of military strategy development in contemporary conditions.Military strategy as a science, or "the art of commanding armies", was born in early 20th century and evolved on the basis of examination of wartime experience. Overall, strategy is a "system of knowledge and actions to avoid, prepare for, and conduct war".At present, we are seeing the expansion in the variety of kinds of war, and their content is undergoing significant change.We can expectin order to enhance the effectiveness of the non-military measures. Military force is used when non-military methods have not succeeded.Moreover, Russia's geopolitical rivals do not conceal their desire to achieve their political aims through not only local conflicts.In these conditions, our Armed Forces ought to be ready to fight wars and armed conflicts of the new type using classical and asymmetric methods. Therefore the search for optimum strategies for waging wars with various adversaries acquires paramount importance for the development of theory and practice of military strategy.We must review the form and content of military strategy, principles of preventing wars, preparing for wars, and conducting wars. We also ought to further develop, and continue to improve the organization of the state's defenses.During its evolution, military strategy underwent several phases, from the "crushing strategy" and "attrition strategy" to "global war", "nuclear deterrence" and "indirect operations".United States and its allies have embraced an aggressive approach to its foreign policy.Pentagon started to develop a qualitatively new strategy of military operations which has already been dubbed the "Trojan horse".It amounts to active use of the "protest potential of a potential fifth column" in the interests of destabilizing situation while simultaneously precision-guided munition (PGM) strikes are launched at key targets.I would like to note that. During the last few years, military science professionals and the General Staff developed conceptual approaches to neutralizing potential adversaries' aggressive actions. The foundation of "our answer" is the "strategy of active defense" which, taking into consideration thenature of Russia's Military Doctrine,Validation of the measures which are being developed ought to be the focus of our military science professionals. It's one of the priority realms in ensuring state security. We ought to anticipate the adversary in the development of military strategy, be "a step ahead".Developing strategy as a science ought to cover two directions. They are the development of the system of knowledge about war, and improving the range of practical activities concerning war prevention, preparation, and conduct.Military strategy research encompasses armed struggle, its strategic level.Nevertheless, the main content of military strategy is the preparation for war and its conduct, first and foremost using the Armed Forces. Yes, we do acknowledge the other non-military measures which influence the course and outcome of war, and also create conditions for effective use of military force. But one needs to remember that struggles in other realms represent separate problems with their own "strategies", methods of action, and corresponding resources. In order to achieve our common goal, we ought to coordinate among them, rather than direct them.Strategy ought to concern itself with predicting the nature of future wars, develop new "strategies" to conduct them, prepare the state and Armed Forces for them. It means it's necessary to renew the list of research objectives by supplementing them with new directions in scientific activity.Without a doubt, this work ought to be headed by the Military Academy of the General Staff, jointly with the Academy of Military Sciences.In order to effectively study these issues, we will need the involvement all the scientific entities of the MoD, the scientific capabilities of interested federal agencies, executive authorities. Practice has shown that difficult issues must be discussed at scientific/practical conferences, evaluated at round tables. Only then will they yield new contributions to the theory and practice of military strategy.As the nature of war, including its preparation and conduct, changes, some principles of strategy cease to operate, while others acquire new meaning.Principles of prior preparation for war are ensured by a high level ofof the armed forces, and also the. The principle of conducting war on the basis of coordinated application of military and non-military measures, with the armed forces playing decisive role, has evolved. The principles of surprise, decisiveness, and continuity of strategic operations remain current.This allows us to seize and maintain strategic initiative.The work on clarifying and validating new principles ought to continue using consolidated efforts of the entire scientific community. We must form general and universal principles, as well as principles applicable to specific conditions. That's what the main directions of the development of the theoretical aspects of military strategy look like. However, as the great Russian military commander Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov said, "theory without practice is dead",The fundamental basis for the practical application of strategy is the system of studying forecasted scenarios of armed conflict initiation and conduct. A well-validated scenario forecast for future conflicts is the basis for developing the organization and doctrine of the Armed Forces. We currently have a theoretically developed and practically validated rational system for the use of Armed Forces, where strategic deterrence is an important component. Washington is currently pursuing further expansion of its military presence directly on Russia's borders, destruction of the system of arms control treaties, leading to upsetting strategic stability. Thus in 2002 the US unilaterally exited the ABM Treaty. Their next step, after the demonstrative suspension of participation in the INF Treaty, may be the refusal to extend START-3. Pentagon lately made several declarations of its intent to use outer space for military purposes. This is why it is forming a new branch of service, Space Forces, which may lead to the militarization of outer space.One of the current tasks facing the future military strategy is the theoretical foundation for, and improving, nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence measures.Our answer will shortly follow. To make sure of that, we are adopting modern weapon systems, including some qualitatively new ones. We have begun the production of new types of weapons, which are entering service. Avangard, Sarmat, the latest Peresvet and Kinzhal all showed high combat effectiveness. Poseidon and Burevestnik are successfully undergoing tests. Development of the Tsirkon hypersonic naval missile is progressing as planned.Thus, a decision was made to perform research and development of land-based short- and medium-range hypersonic missile systems.The policies of our Western partners force us to "respond to threats by creating a threat",Military scientists ought to intensify their research on search for and implementation of new methods of using future weapons systems, and to research ways of countering military actions by the likely adversary in space and from space.Syria experience plays in important role in the development of strategy. Its generalization and propagation allowed us to identifyThis strategy is based onwhose core is formed by one of the branches of armed services,. In Syria, that role was played by units of the Aerospace Forces.New methods of using forces during the operation were validated. The role of military strategy consisted of planning and coordinating, as well as paramilitary organizations of states participating in the conflict.Post-conflict settlement received further development. Syria saw the development and practical validation of the new form of using Armed Forces, namely humanitarian mission.Results achieved in Syria allowed us to identify specific research questions concerning the use of the Armed Forces outside Russia's territory in order to protect and advance national interests.One of the directions of strategy development is related toon the basis of modern information and telecommunications technologies.This system is used to detect, designate, and selectively strike critically important targets in near-real time, using tactical and operational-level non-nuclear weapons systems. In the future, military science needs to develop and validate a system capable of inflicting a comprehensive strike on the enemy.The next direction of research is related to the, to contribute to a wide range of missions.Another research direction concerns. Here the decisive role was played bywhich enabled selective responses based on the nature of the attack, the target, and time criticality.Here military science needs to work on the question of establishing a strategic anti-UAV system within Russian Armed Forces, and providing basis for future strategic EW systems and their systemic integration.One of the characteristic features of contemporary armed conflicts is the. For that reason,, its structure, organization, ensuring readiness, is an important task for military science and strategy. Currently we are doing a lot concerning non-military and military measures carried out by government agencies and ministries in the interests of national defense. All the same it is necessary to continue work on coordinating actions by federal executive agencies, delineating their responsibilities, and control over the territorial defense mission during a period of war threat escalation and during crisis.The situation also requires a comprehensive system for protecting key infrastructure from all kinds of threats during periods of direct threat of aggression, when the adversary will attempt to destabilize the situation and create a sense of chaos and loss of control.It will result in theoretical contributions, as well as a developed system for joint use of multi-agency assets to ensure comprehensive security.Until recent times, military science concerned itself with the application of Armed Forces in traditional realms of combat operations, on land, air, and sea.Future wars will also see conflict expand into that realm.The information realm which lacks clearly defined national borders, allows for remote, stealthy operations aimed at not only critical informational infrastructure, but also the population, with direct impact on national security.Therefore the matter of preparing for and conducting informational operations is a key task for military science.One of the priority future directions of military strategy is the research into increasing Russian Armed Forces' fighting power. It depends on both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the Armed Forces, their manning and equipment levels, morale, training, combat readiness and battle-worthiness.We are currently implementing the program on, which is progressing according to plan. By 2025, their number will reach 475,000 service members.Armed Forces' officer corps consists of trained, professional cadres.All branches and types of forces are undergoing balanced development process, receiving timely upgrades with modern equipment. The nuclear triad, which plays a key role in preserving strategic parity, is noticeably stronger. 82% of nuclear weapons systems are modern.Troop control and training establishments have become considerably more adept. Their abilities have undergone qualitative change.Surprise combat readiness inspections confirmed the ability to rapidly transfer formations across large distances and reinforcing strategically important sectors.Improving the means of ensuring ideological and moral resilience of the population, starting with the military personnel, is a traditionally important aspect of strategy. This is why the institution of military-political work has been revived in the Armed Forces.An important direction of defense strategy and a task for military science is the search for. In order to prepare the country's economy for addressing defense tasks, strategy ought to be able to state for which kinds of wars and in what direction should the economy ought to be shaped? How is one to ensure its survivability and resilience? How should economic facilities be placed to ensure their protection?I should note that a lot has been done by the MoD and the defense industry. First of all, we've built an effective system for collaboration. Scientific research institutions participate in developing requirements for weapon systems on the basis of analysis of combat experience, and monitor implementation during the entire development process, from the first drafts to state testing.Therefore military science and its forecasting of future wars define the nature of future weapons and equipment. Military scientists are conducting anticipatory research in order to define the forms and use of future weapons. TThis demand should become crucial when tasking defense industry with developing new weapons. It will allow defense enterprises to engage in long-term planning, and scientific institutions will have points of reference for their theoretical and applied research into military science.The most important task facing military science today is anticipatory, continuous, and focused research on the likely character of future conflicts, developing the entire system of military and non-military measures, defining future trends in weapons and equipment development.Addressing these tasks is first and foremost on the shoulders of the Armed Forces' military science establishment. In recent years, this establishment achieved certain successes. For example, it prepared a system of basic data for military planning for the mid-term (2021-2025) as a result of research tasked by the General Staff. It is the basis for clarifying and developing defense planning documents for the new period.Our military science always distinguished itself with its ability to see and uncover problems even as they were appearing, and the ability to quickly find ways to deal with them.


activistpost--2019-06-25--Gillette Stadiums Facial Recognition Can Identify Fans Before They Enter The Stadium

Gillette Stadium’s Facial Recognition Can Identify Fans Before They Enter The Stadium

One of the NFL’s premiere franchises, the New England Patriots is using “Evolve Edge” millimeter wave/facial recognition scanners to identify fans before they enter Gillette Stadium.  According to Evolv Edge’s brochure, their scanners use facial recognition to identify everyone.  Evolv’s scanners are designed to make it easy for private corporations and law enforcement to create blacklists of suspicious people.  Because nothing says freedom quite like being placed on a so-called “locally defined gallery” (secret blacklist).  Across the country, Evolv Edge’s millimeter waves are secretly scanning Americans without their knowledge.  Gillette Stadium and the TD Garden have also been using FanCam to identify every fan since 2017.  Gillette Stadium uses Evolve to whitelist and blacklist fans, calling out “valued customers” (VIPS) by name.  Gillette Stadium plans to use facial recognition cameras to identify fans,  Just how easy is it for someone to be blacklisted by Gillette Security?  According to Gillette Stadium’s “Code of Conduct” page, fans can be blacklisted for exercising their right to free speech among others things.  If a fan wants to be removed from Gillette Stadium’s blacklist, they must pay $250.00 and take a “4 Hour Online Fan Code Of Conduct Class” that teaches people things like “communication skills as prevention (Foul or abusive language or obscene gesture) [and] skills for becoming less impulsive and improving judgment.”  Forcing blacklisted fans to take a “Code of Conduct” class, essentially turns stadiums into the Nanny State.  Evolv Technology’s study shows just how much the Nanny State has become synonymous with stadiums and public venues.  Evolv Technology’s CEO, Mike Ellenbogen, explains his close relationship with Gillette Stadium’s head of security, Mark Briggs, and describes how they worked together to identify fans before they even enter the stadium.  Our vision—and TeamOps —is to use advanced connected sensors along with face and image recognition to identify potential threats as soon as they arrive on property or come in sight of the venue. Should our cameras spot someone of interest, or who might be carrying a suspicious object, we can give our law enforcement partners a heads up so they can take the appropriate action before the person gets within range to do major damage. Our credo is prevent, don’t just react.  Private corporations notifying police of a suspicious or blacklisted fan before they enter a venue is extremely disturbing. Why? Because the public has no way of knowing why someone has been put on a blacklist since private corporations are exempt from FOIAs,  Unfortunately, Evolv Technology is not alone in scanning people in public places. HEXWAVE, makes its money by scanning people in malls and retail stores from Florida, to Southeast Georgia.  “Malls welcome hundreds – if not thousands – of visitors daily, including children and families. These are public spaces that face a security challenge with high volumes of foot traffic and multiple entry points,” said Bill Riker, Liberty’s CEO. “By providing a security solution that is modular, scalable, and capable of providing layered protection to identify threats before they evolve into an attack, we believe that we can make these spaces safer for patrons and merchants alike.”  In Utah, HEXWAVE plans to scan people in just about every public venue imaginable, scanning them during “non-business hours to get system exposure to the full range of potential operating conditions to include environmental, frequency/volume of use or other operating conditions to which HEXWAVE would be subjected.”


birminghammail--2019-03-29--This is how Hall Green Greyhound Stadium will look in just two years

This is the first look at the new homes which are being built on the site of a former greyhound stadium in Birmingham.  More than 200 homes will be on land where the Hall Green stadium used to be.  Work has now begun on the housing development which is due to be completed in March 2021.  The start of construction marks the end of a three-year battle by local people to stop the development going ahead.  In 2016, nearly 5,000 people signed petitions against the demolition of the stadium to make way for new homes.  But last September Birmingham City Council granted planning permission for 210 homes.  Of these, 110 will be sold under under the Linden Homes brand.  The remaining 100 have been bought by WM Housing Group for more than £14.5 million and will be offered at affordable rents as well as shared ownership.  These will be a mixture of one, two, three and four-bedroomed flats and houses.  The cost of a four-bedroomed shared ownership house will start at £330,000, with a two-bedroom one costing £210,000 and £295,000 for three bedrooms.  The Linden Homes development will be called Olympia and feature two, three and four-bedroom houses.  Each style of house has been named after a famous person with links to Hall Green.  The four bedroom house is called The Lycett - after the comedian Joe Lycett - and has a price tag of £345,000.  Racing driver Nigel Mansell is the inspiration for the three-bedroom house - The Mansell - with prices starting at £297,500.  Motor racing commentator Murray Walker and comedian Tony Hancock also lend their surnames to three bed homes.  The two bedroom house, The Tolkien, is named after the Lord of the Rings author J R R Tolkien, and will cost £215,000.  All the homes will be available with the Government's Help to Buy scheme, which enables people to get on the housing ladder.  The affordable homes will include apartments and be managed by the WM Housing Group.  Its executive director of development, Nick Byrne, said: "We have ambitious targets to deliver new homes for local people.  " The site is a unique opportunity for a residential development and it is just four-and-a-half miles east of the city centre.”  The marketing on the Linden Homes website emphasises how close the Olympia is to schools, shops and other local amenities, including Hall Green train station.  Birmingham City Council has welcomed the scheme, with acting director of neighbourhoods, Robert James, saying: "It is a thriving and expanding area of the city and it will help provide much needed homes when the development is complete.”  Residents were joined by MPs Roger Godsiff (Hall Green) and Jess Phillips (Yardley) in fighting the development.  They objected to its size, as well as traffic and whether local schools and GP surgeries could cope with the extra residents  They also argued there was no need for the greyhound stadium to close as it had been there 100 years and attracted more than 200,000 people a year.  But it closed in 2016 and was demolished last spring.


breitbart--2019-11-10--Weak Ten: NFL Stadiums Still Full of Empty Seats

If the NFL thought that its 100th season would be the big draw to fill seats in the stands this year, many teams are finding that is not the case as seats still remain woefully empty for many clubs across the fruited plains.  In Chicago, as the Bears welcomed the nearby Detroit Lions into the Bear’s Den for a loss 20-13, fans stayed home despite the nice, if not somewhat chilly Chicago weather:  Meanwhile, in Nashville, as the Tennessee Titans played to the home crowd against the Kansas City Chief beating the visitors in a close 35-32 game, fans had other plans for their Sunday:  The Jet’s MetLife Stadium saw a cold day, but a warm 34-27 win over local rivals the New York Giants. But some fans were left asking where everyone was:  Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium formed the backdrop of Cleveland’s close 19-16 win over the Buffalo Bills, but fans were still discouraged over the low turn out:  When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened their doors for the visiting Arizona Cardinals, they pulled out a 30-27 squeaker over the redbirds, but many noted the paltry attendance:  Finally, the winner of the weekend’s “where are they now” award goes to the Cincinnati Bengals whose fans decided to take it easy elsewhere this Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens came to town to deliver a crushing 49-13 beat down to The Bungles:


dailyheraldchicago--2019-07-19--Cost of Raiders stadium in Las Vegas rises to 19 billion

Cost of Raiders stadium in Las Vegas rises to $1.9 billion

LAS VEGAS -- Officials have raised the budget to $1.9 billion for the 65,000-seat Las Vegas Stadium being built for the NFL's relocated Raiders and UNLV football.  The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the stadium authority board on Thursday approved $40 million in construction additions. They include 20 more suites and a field-level club area to be paid for by personal and club seat sales that weren't part of the original budget.  The stadium is due to open in 2020 just off the Las Vegas Strip. Taxpayers are funding $750 million of the project.  Plans call for a translucent roof, a natural grass field and sliding doors that can open to view the Strip.  The facility will be managed by a division of live-entertainment company AEG.  Project officials say construction is about halfway complete.


drudgereport--2019-11-26--PHOTOS: NFL Stadiums Half-Empty...

PHOTOS: NFL Stadiums Half-Empty...

The NFL’s 100th season is going into its final stretch with only five weeks of regular season play remaining, but Week 12 is still “weak” for many teams trying to get fans into those empty seats.  The Chicago Bears took some growling for the lack of fans in the seats at Soldier Field, this weekend, despite beating the New York Giants 19-14:  The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t tame the jungle very well, either, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-10 at Paul Brown Stadium. Apparently, loads of empty seats kept watch on the game:  As always seems to be the unfortunate case this season, the Washington Redskins are still having troubles getting seats filled at FedEx Field, even though they toppled the Detroit Lions in a close 19-16:  The Philadelphia Eagles had trouble filling Lincoln Financial Field, too. But fans would only have seen them get crushed by the Seattle Seahawks 17-9. So, maybe it was for the best:  But it seems like the biggest stones were being thrown at the Atlanta Falcons who not only lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-22, but couldn’t get anyone out at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to even see their loss:


drudgereport--2019-12-16--Thousands of Empty NFL Stadium Seats Going into Home Stretch...

With only two more games left in the regular season, the NFL is still seeing thousands of empty seats all across the nation as Week 15 winds down.  At press time, the game was not quite over as the Minnesota Vikings visited Dignity Health Sports Park to play the Los Angeles Chargers, but some felt the fans were simply uninterested in turning out:  Another fan wondered why no one came out to Arrowhead Stadium as the Kansas City Chiefs dominated the Denver Broncos 23-3:  The Washington Redskins lost by ten to the Philadelphia Eagles 37-27, but fans seemed very concerned about the empty seats at FedEx Field:  MetLife Stadium gave the New York Giants the home field advantage for a 36-20 win over the Miami Dolphins, but many thought there were too many empty seats to watch over the game:  On the other hand, the home field advantage sure didn’t help the Cincinnati Bengals who lost 34 to 13 to the visiting New England Patriots. Fans, though, maybe had some Christmas shopping to do:  The Carolina Panthers welcomed the Seattle Seahawks to Bank of America Stadium, and lost 30-24, but there were many who commented on the lack of support for the home team:  Finally, the Detroit Lions also found no luck at home when the Tampa Bat Buccaneers came to Ford Field to beat the Lions 38-17. But a lot of fans wondered if more empty seats were invited than fans:


eveningstandard--2019-01-21--NFL London 2019 teams confirmed for four games at Wembley and new Tottenham stadium

The NFL has confirmed the eight teams who will play in London for the 2019 International Series, with Tottenham's new stadium and Wembley Stadium to host two games apiece.  The NFL announced on Monday afternoon that Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears, Oakland Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars will all be heading to the English capital this year.  Should the Rams beat the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl LIII, that would mean UK fans would be able to welcome the Super Bowl champions for the second consecutive year after watching the Philidelphia Eagles at Wembley back in 2018.  There will also be one International Series match held outside London, with Kansas City Chiefs meeting the Los Angeles Chargers in Mexico City.  The NFL also confirmed that dates and kick-off times will be confirmed in the spring when then the full schedules is released.


eveningstandard--2019-01-29--New Tottenham Stadium How Crystal Palace could delay opening date

New Tottenham Stadium: How Crystal Palace could delay opening date

Crystal Palace's FA Cup run could affect Tottenham's hopes of moving into their new £1billion stadium in March.  Spurs would like to move into their behind-schedule 62,062-seater home for the Premier League match against the Eagles, which has been moved to Sunday March 17 and will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.  But the game will be rearranged, likely for midweek, if Palace win at League One Doncaster Rovers to reach the FA Cup quarter-final, following their 2-0 win over Spurs in Sunday's fourth-round.  The Metropolitan Police have already moved to block Spurs from hosting north London rivals Arsenal at the new stadium on March 2 over safety concerns and it remains to be seen if the Safety Advisory Group would approve a midweek opening fixture.  The situation is further complicated because Spurs would have no control over the scheduling of the rearranged game.


eveningstandard--2019-02-07--New QPR stadium aposShockedapos Tony Fernandes hits back over councilaposs stadium claims

New QPR stadium: 'Shocked' Tony Fernandes hits back over council's stadium claims

QPR co-owner Tony Fernandes has stepped up his war of words with Hammersmith and Fulham council over the club’s bid to build a new stadium within the borough.  Fernandes has reacted furiously to a statement released by the council last night in response to comments he made earlier in the day. The QPR supremo had urged the club’s fans to pressure the council into backing their proposal to redevelop the Linford Christie athletics stadium.  He also warned that the Championship side might have to move away from W12, where their current home Loftus Road is, if they did not get their way.  However, a spokesman for Hammersmith and Fulham council said: “We’ve had many meetings with Tony Fernandes and his team.  “He’s lobbied us to turn the current QPR stadium into housing and even lobbied us to add in the nearby council homes on Batman Close so he can become one of the biggest developers in White City. We’ve been extremely clear that we will never hand over people’s homes on Batman Close to any developer and cannot give any land away for free.  “If QPR’s owners won’t put their money where their mouth is and invest in the current stadium, we’ve offered to consider other options such as renting other sites.  “We call on the owners to put the club and its fans first and consider an FC Barcelona-style fan ownership. We love QPR but don’t see it as our business to help QPR’s owners engage in property speculation.”  But Fernandes has hit back, saying: “What a horrific and disappointing statement and really unbecoming of a council after all we have done.  “The council knows very clearly our heart is in the borough and we have tried everything to give our fans a new home and build affordable homes for our fans and community. Shock.  “We are not property developers, never will be and don’t want to be. Just enough to build a new home. No different from any other club that has built a new stadium.”  QPR have offered to refund supporters’ rail fares after their match with Bristol City was rescheduled. They were due to take on Bristol City at Ashton Gate next Wednesday, but the match has been moved due to the club’s progression in the FA Cup.  QPR are in the fifth round of the competition for the first time in 22 years after beating Portsmouth 2-0 in their replay at Loftus Road on Tuesday. Goals from strikers Nahki Wells and Matt Smith fired Steve McClaren’s side through and they now face Watford.  BT Sport have selected the Cup tie as one of their television picks and the match is now scheduled to take place a week tomorrow, leading to the club’s game with Bristol City being brought back 24 hours earlier to next Tuesday.  The late rescheduling has risked leaving many fans who had already made travel arrangements out of pocket. QPR are well aware of the issue and as such they have have put a plan in place to ensure the late fixture change does not hit supporters too hard.  The club are offering to refund any fans who had purchased a train ticket for the match with Bristol prior to January 31.  Fans affected by the fixture change should contact the club’s supporters’ liaison officer Andy Rees via  @andyr.qpr.co.uk with proof of  purchase to be refunded in full.


eveningstandard--2019-02-07--New Tottenham stadium Spurs have not ruled out March move-in date

New Tottenham stadium: Spurs have not ruled out March move-in date

Tottenham have not ruled out moving to their new stadium next month after confirming the match against Arsenal on March 2 will be played at Wembley.  The north London derby was never likely to be the curtain-raiser at Spurs' 62,062-seater new home after the Metropolitan Police warned against opening the ground with such a potentially volatile fixture.  Spurs have turned their attentions to the home game against Crystal Palace on March 17 but the situation is complicated because the fixture will be rearranged if the Eagles beat League One Doncaster to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.  To compound the problem, Spurs' next home game, against Brighton on April 6, will also be rearranged if Chris Hughton's side reach the semi-finals with a victory over Derby County, having beaten West Brom 3-1 last night.  In a statement this afternoon, Spurs made no mention of the Palace or Brighton fixtures, nor revealed details of the two necessary test events, but said they had nearly finished checks on the faulty wiring and critical safety systems, which have delayed the £1billion project since August.  "We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems," the statement read.  "The success of this testing is critical to our ability to obtain a safety certificate and open the stadium. We can confirm, therefore, that we shall play our Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday 2 March at 12.30pm at Wembley Stadium."  Spurs chairman Daniel Levy said: "Once again, thank you all for bearing with us and for the great support we have received from so many different quarters. These next few weeks are pivotal."


eveningstandard--2019-02-07--New Tottenham stadium Wembley to host Spurs vs Arsenal north London derby

New Tottenham stadium: Wembley to host Spurs vs Arsenal north London derby

Tottenham have confirmed that their north London derby against Arsenal on March 2 will be held at Wembley Stadium as delays over the completion of their new stadium continue.  The north Londoners were set to move into their new 62,062-seater home at the start of the season but, due to ongoing delays with vital safety systems, have continued to host their ‘home’ games at Wembley Stadium, while one EFL Cup fixture had to take place in Milton Keynes.  Met Police had warned against opening the stadium with a north London derby, while the two following home fixtures (vs Crystal Palace and Brighton) could be rescheduled dependent on the two sides’ progress in the FA Cup.  Spurs chairman Daniel Levy thanked fans for their patience, saying: "Once again, thank you all for bearing with us and for the great support we have received from so many different quarters.  “These next few weeks are pivotal."  Tottenham must complete two test events before opening the new stadium for first team use.


eveningstandard--2019-02-08--New Tottenham stadium opening date Mauricio Pochettino hints at move next season

New Tottenham stadium opening date: Mauricio Pochettino hints at move next season

Mauricio Pochettino has said he believes it will be "tough" for Tottenham to play in their new stadium this season after the club announced another delay on Thursday.  Spurs' 62,062-seater new home has been delayed since August following problems with the fire and safety systems but the club has always maintained that they will be able to move in this season.  This week, they confirmed that the north London derby against Arsenal on March 2 will also be moved to temporary home Wembley, leaving them with just five more Premier League home matches before the end of the campaign.  Standard Sport understands the Premier League are keen for Tottenham to play at least five League matches at the new White Hart Lane or stay at the national stadium for the remainder of the campaign.  And Pochettino, who has always insisted Spurs will move to the new White Hart Lane as soon as it is ready, now says his gut feeling is the club will find it difficult to move in this term.  "My wish is to play at the new stadium before the end of the season," the Spurs manager said ahead of Sunday's match against Leicester at Wembley.  "We'll see what happens. My gut feeling is that it's going to be tough but my wish, my hope and my dream is to finish this season playing in the new stadium.  "We'll see if you can trust more in my gut or the [club's] capacity to finish the stadium before the end of the season."  Attendances at Wembley have steadily fallen throughout the campaign but Spurs remain in the hunt for a maiden Premier League title, trailing league leaders Manchester City by just five points, and changing homes mid-season could affect their rhythm.  But Pochettino is adamant the move would have a positive impact on his players, adding: "Did you see in the last few games how many people were [at Wembley]? 30,000.  "I want to play in front of 60,000 – not 30,000. 60,000 people in the stadium always helps you to achieve three points and for the fans it's going to be a massive boost and massive impact – and that's going to translate to the team.  "Of course the people is going to be disappointed to play in Wembley, not because they don't like Wembley – we all love Wembley – but because we expect to already play in our new stadium.  "That's why it's going to be massive to play the last five Premier League games in our new stadium. I hope that happens, I believe it can be very positive to move to the new stadium."


eveningstandard--2019-02-12--New Tottenham Stadium Latest picture of new Sky Bar above 1bn home

New Tottenham Stadium: Latest picture of new Sky Bar above £1bn home

Tottenham fans have been given another glimpse inside their new home with a sneak peek at the Sky Lounge.  As the grand opening of Spurs' new 62,062-seater home continues to be delayed, fresh images of inside the impressive stadium have been posted online.  Following the news that Tottenham's cheese room is no more - and may never have been planned in the first place - fans can soften the blow with a stunning image of the new walkaway to the Sky Lounge.  Here's how the club website describes the exclusive lounge: "Our Sky Lounges are modern, contemporary spaces where guests will enjoy stunning, panoramic views across London from the highest vantage point available in the stadium.  "Dining will be at your command too, with informal, high quality bowl food, allowing for varied and flexible meal options.  "Your match seats are located towards the front of the upper tier, centred along the halfway line for a fantastic view of the action."  Nigel Lowe tweeted an photo of the ongoing construction, writing: "Walkway to the sky bar [at Spurs' new stadium]. Intense sense of height on there with glass side balustrade, will be even better with a full stand underneath."