Global Airlines can’t reduce Carbon Footprint & drops 2030 Climate Target
Air New Zealand scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets this week, citing delays in building new planes, a lack of alternative fuel and challenging regulations and policies.
This news reinforces what we already know – that the aviation industry cannot be trusted to reduce their own emissions, says campaign group Stay Grounded. New Zealand’s national carrier is one of the country’s biggest companies by revenue and profits.
Tourism is New Zealand’s 2nd largest export earner, driven by images of the country’s pristine and scenic vistas. The Five-Eyes country pledged a 28.9% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, from a 2019 baseline, with a 16.3% drop in absolute emissions.
Its withdrawal from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) was the highest-profile reversal yet of an airline’s commitments to a UN framework for corporations to stay on track to meet the Paris Agreement on emissions reductions.
If even Air New Zealand can’t do it, it kind of cements the reality that reducing emissions from aviation is an impossible task under the current technical regime, says James Higham, a sustainable tourism expert at Griffith University in Australia.
The carrier would establish new near-term emissions reduction targets that would better reflect the challenges relating to aircraft and alternative jet fuel availability, CEO Greg Foran said in a written statement.
Global manufacturing and supply chain issues could slow the introduction of more fuel-efficient planes into Air New Zealand’s fleet. The affordability and availability of alternative jet fuels and global and domestic policy settings are also outside the airline’s direct control.
What we see here is a trend within the aviation industry – they repeatedly fail to meet environmental targets and then ask us to trust them again next time, says Stay Grounded.
The only solution that will actually allow Air New Zealand to adequately reduce their emissions is to stop their growth plans and massively reduce the number of flights that take off each day!
Only six of the 27 EU member states have submitted national climate plans that are up to scratch. 12 EU nations are set to miss their national climate targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), according to a study analyzing national climate plans.
Another seven are at risk of not meeting their goals. If they don’t meet their required emissions reductions, they may have to pay financial penalties.
Air travel makes up about 2.5% of global carbon emissions, but it’s one of the most carbon-intensive activities per passenger. Without intervention, CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft are on course to triple by 2050 according to SBTi.
Other airlines listed on the SBTi database as having removed their commitment to near-term emissions goals included United Airlines, the German carrier Lufthansa, Britain’s easyJet, LATAM Airlines Chile and Japan Airlines.
Stay Grounded argues that what’s needed is strong government regulation to deter people from flying, such as a frequent flyer levy, a tax on kerosene, airport caps and an end to all airport expansion.
The ESR is a policy framework – part of the EU’s climate and energy package – that sets binding national greenhouse gas targets for the 27 member states. It requires them to collectively cut emissions by 40% (compared to 2005) by 2030.
Member states have to meet climate targets for five key sectors: road transport, buildings, small industry, waste and agriculture. Each goal is adjusted based on a country’s GDP with richer nations having stricter requirements.
The report from Transport & Environment (T&E) found that the two worst-performing countries are Germany and Italy. Germany is projected to miss its climate targets by 10% and Italy by 7.7%.
Euro News / ABC Flash Point Aviation News 2024.
Global Economy Growth Plummeted by Half in 2018 compared to 2008 crisis levels
Compared to pre-2008 crisis levels, world economic growth has plummeted by half and is at risk of a long-term, hard-to-reverse stagnation.
The longer the US Sino-Tariff Wars go on, the harder it will be to undo the damage, because the consumer pays the increased (extra tariff-tax) price and with that, the buying power of the American people will further collapse.
Since spring 2017, the US-led tariff wars have effectively undermined the global recovery. In the past years, global economy has navigated across several scenarios. Now it is approaching the edge.
We have been following four generic scenarios on the prospects of global economic growth since the U.S. 2016 election.
The first two scenarios represent variants of “re-coupling.” In these cases, global integration prevails, despite tensions.
In the next two scenarios, global integration will fail, either in part and regionally or fully and globally.
What should worry us all is that, during the past few years, real global growth prospects have slowly but surely moved from the ideal and preferable scenarios toward the worst and darkest.
The Return to Cooperation Scenario
In this scenario, USA and China achieve a trade agreement. Both agree to phase out additional tariffs, renounce trade threats and establish working groups to defuse other friction areas in intellectual property rights, social and political issues, and military matters.
Global growth prospects could – in the best scenario – even exceed the old OECD/IMF baselines at more than 4%.
This was always the least likely scenario to materialize. Today, its degree of probability is minimal. Yet, it is important to remember that, during the first Trump-Xi meeting, many observers saw the scenario still as possible, even probable.
The Muddling Through Scenario
In this scenario, the tariff’s economic impact would have been limited to 0.4% of Chinese GDP and 0.8% of USA GDP, respectively. US regime and China develop a path to a trade agreement during the truce, but other friction areas, particularly in advanced technology, result in new skirmishes.
Uncertainty decreases but fluctuates. Global economic prospects barely improve. Markets witness rallies and plunges. Global recovery fails. Global growth prospects remain close to 3.5%-3.9%.
Only half a year ago, this scenario was still seen as a viable one. Today, it feels like a bygone world.
The America First Scenario
In this scenario, the import-value stakes would be 10-fold relative to the start of the trade war, amounting to more than $0.5 trillion, with soaring collateral damage. In China, it could shave off 0.4% and in the USA 0.8% of the 2019 GDP, respectively.
Neither the USA nor China would agree to phase out additional tariffs. Talks would linger, fail or lead to new friction. Uncertainty increases, volatility returns. Global prospects decline further. Markets linger.
In this scenario, global prospects would dampen as world GDP growth in 2019 would sink to 3% or worse.
Toward the Edge
So where are we today vis-à-vis these scenarios? A simple answer: Moving closer to the edge. After trade frictions and the Trump tariffs undermined the global recovery momentum, the IMF finally woke up predicting global economic activity to slow notably.
In early June, the World Bank estimated the world economy would only expand by 2.6%. The IMF has affirmed that the trade wars could wipe $455 billion off global GDP in 2020.
Worse, President Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods exported to the USA and introduced an effective ban on American companies doing business with Chinese telecom giant Huawei in early May.
In brief, the status quo is shifting from the America First toward the Global Trade War scenario.
In effect, multilateral banks’ estimates still downplay effective collateral damage.
If the Trump administration will continue to expand trade wars and geopolitical ploys in multiple regions, their models ignore the impending adverse feedback of such measures—as evidenced by Morgan Stanley’s business conditions index that just took the worst one-month hit in its history.
To understand how much expectations have been revised, let’s recall that before the 2008 global crisis global growth rate was around 4% to 4.3%. The current growth rate has almost halved from its pre-crisis level.
In relative terms, something similar occurred in the 1970’s, which saw the end of three “glorious decades” of solid growth in major advanced economies.
What we are witnessing now is a potentially fatal fall into secular stagnation. In part, it is structural, resulting from maturing economies and aging populations.
But in part, it is self-induced and the effect of misguided trade policies and unilateral geopolitical aggression. In the absence of tariff wars and geopolitical destabilization, global growth rate could now be closer to 3.5%.
The longer it takes to achieve multilateral reconciliation, the more likely it is that falling secular long-term growth rates will prove harder to reverse.
South China Morning Post / Foreign Policy Journal 2019.
The Netherlands Colonized the Antilles for Venezuelan Oil
The Dutch neutrality claim is a farce, argues Marjolein van Pagee, together with the USA, the Netherlands is posing a military threat to Venezuelan sovereignty.
Last week, Dutch outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof visited the Antilles. The old Lago refinery on Aruba will be permanently closed, and the Netherlands will help to dismantle it. On this location, until 1985, the American oil company Exxon refined Venezuelan oil.
The Dutch Shell company did the same on Curaçao. Schoof emphasized that the Netherlands is not involved in the current US intimidation of neighboring Venezuela.
Dutch media also give the impression that the recent show of force in the Caribbean is an initiative of Trump. This is misleading. The Hague also wants President Nicolás Maduro to be replaced.
The Dutch claim of neutrality is a farce. Both now and in the past, the Antilles were an important stepping stone for the Netherlands to Venezuelan oil.
At the end of the nineteenth century, when the black gold was first discovered, Shell was one of the first Western oil companies to invest in it. The Dutch government provided the necessary support at all times.
Venezuelan leaders who refused to accept unfair oil deals were thwarted and intimidated. In 1908, not very different from Trump’s actions now, The Hague also sent warships to intimidate Venezuela. In our time, oil does not have a very positive image anymore.
Nowadays, the Netherlands wants to look ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’. On his visit to Aruba, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that the dismantling of the old Lago refinery was an important step towards a sustainable economy.
Subsequently, on November 9 and 10, 2025, he attended the fourth CELAC-EU summit in Colombia where the word ‘sustainability’ was frequently mentioned as well.
The participating countries pledged their allegiance to the UN’s 2030 Agenda.
One of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) reads that the use of fossil fuels needs to be reduced, which will never happen if plastic use remains to be commercialized.
How do these noble promises relate to the current aggression against Venezuela, which is about oil?
In fact, Trump’s unlawful attacks on fishing boats were discussed during the summit. Colombian President Gustavo Petro had previously expressed the hope that the meeting would produce a joint statement that would condemn the US actions in the Caribbean.
Unfortunately, the final statement only included some vague remarks about the right to self-defense within the margins of international law.
It did not explicitly mention the unlawful acts carried out by the Trump administration. Not surprisingly, important parts of the declaration were not signed by Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Good Cop and Bad Cop both want Oil
Although EU countries, including the Netherlands, are generally more diplomatic than Washington under Trump, the EU is equally responsible for both the economic sanctions against Venezuela as well as the demonization of Maduro’s government.
It seems that the EU is playing ‘good cop’, maintaining contacts in the region, while the Trump administration plays ‘bad cop’, threatening with open war.
How noble the UN’s sustainable development goals may sound, if the US war fleet in the Caribbean demonstrates anything, it is the importance of Venezuelan oil to imperialist interests.
The USA war fleet now includes: 8 destroyers, 2 missile cruisers, 1 amphibious transport ship, a coastal combat ship, a nuclear submarine, B-1 bombers, several fighter jets, helicopters and drones, and the largest US aircraft carrier the USS Gerald R. Ford.
At the end of October, one of the first ships arrived at the port of Trinidad, about ten kilometers off the northeast coast of Venezuela, for a so-called ‘military training’.
Regional support centers like Trinidad are essential for the success of imperialist wars and regime changes. The American colony of Puerto Rico is another strategic port where US warships can always rely on.
USA & Dutch Military Bases in the Antilles
Less known is that the USA has military bases at the airports of the Antillean islands of Curaçao and Aruba as well, just dozens of kilometers from the Venezuelan coast.
On April 12, 1999, the Dutch government signed an agreement with the USA for the establishment of what they called a ‘Forward Operating Location’ (FOL).
Officially, it was presented as a counter-drug operation, yet in 2019, the location was used for an infiltration attempt when the North Americans attempted to invade Venezuela under the guise of providing ‘humanitarian aid’.
In the Antilles, the US Southern Command works closely with NATO partner the Netherlands. The latter has a permanent force of thousand defense personnel stationed on the islands.
Last spring, together with their North American counterparts, the Royal Dutch Navy conducted an operation near the Venezuelan port of Puerto Cabello.
Of course, the population of the Antilles was never asked about the desirability of Dutch and American military bases on their territory, while they bear the risks of the provocative actions that the imperialist countries together undertake.
Even though Curaçao formally has an independent status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 2010, in effect it is still a Dutch colony. The Hague decides on all foreign policy or defense matters.
Because of their direct link to the Netherlands, the Caribbean islands are also associated with the European Union and the EU-sanctions.
Last August, when the US announced that their warships were planning to refuel in Willemstad, the population reacted with concern. In the Dutch parliament, the D66 party submitted parliamentary questions about the matter.
But then-Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans (VVD) emphasized that the American deployment was nationally driven and that the Netherlands had nothing to do with it.
As if insignificant, he added that the Dutch War Minister called defense and Foreign Affairs Ministries were in close contact with the USA.
The fact that the brand new Dutch supply ship HNLMS Den Helder arrived in Willemstad on October 20, was also totally disconnected from the situation in Venezuela, according to Dutch Captain Stefjan Veenstra.
But was it really a complete coincidence that a large Dutch naval vessel docked in the Caribbean for ‘warm water exercises’ just as Trump was increasing the pressure on Venezuela? After all, also a ‘military exercise’ is not neutral in a context of war.
It is unlikely that the Dutch would not assist their American friends if they needed help. Captain Veenstra: The HNLMS Den Helder replenishment warship has arrived at the right time. The [Dutch] navy has guided another warship to the war-zone.
Curaçao Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas expressed the hope that the treaty between the Netherlands and the US will be extended next year. According to him, there had been intensive discussions about the risks:
That is why an additional Dutch military ship has arrived here. There are no tensions with us as a country, but we could become involved. He emphasized that the logistical visit of American warships to Willemstad was no reason to panic.
Yet, the Dutch intelligence service AIVD thinks otherwise. In a 2024 report, they warn that the situation in Venezuela could potentially have major consequences for the migrated enslaved economy, politics, and security of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
Of course, the authors do not see any link with the provocative actions of Western countries themselves. The Antillean population are only at risk because Venezuela is building up its armed forces with the help of Russia, Iran, and China.
Not surprisingly, the AIVD fails to mention that Venezuela is forced to build up its defenses because of Western intimidation. On their part, Caracas equally distrusts the Dutch-European presence in the Antilles.
In January 2018, the Maduro government imposed a trade embargo on the Antilles, after its gold was being stolen by the Dutch, leading to skyrocketing fruit & vegetable prices.
Naturally, the relationship between the Caribbean islands and the Venezuelan mainland would be much better without Dutch colonialism and threats.
After 2015, when the USA and the EU increased their pressure on Venezuela, the Venezuelan-Antillean trade has only deteriorated. In a way, the Antillean islanders, like the Venezuelans, are victims of the USA and European sanctions too.
Dutch Neutrality Claim is a Farce
Given the close historical ties with the US, the Dutch claim of neutrality is not very convincing, even if The Hague currently does not play an active role in the escalation right now.
In the war of aggression against Venezuela, Dutch politicians and media follow the line set by Washington and Brussels, which continuously accuses Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of undemocratic and authoritarian actions, human rights violations, and recently even of involvement in illegal drug trafficking.
Last August, the Dutch embassy in Caracas provided shelter to pro-Western opposition leader Edmundo González who claimed that he, instead of Maduro, had won the election.
According to the human rights report of 2023, Venezuela is also one of the twenty countries that the Dutch government labeled a priority. In fact, The Netherlands is not just facilitating the US. The Dutch has its own (oil) interests in Venezuela too.
History shows how central the Antilles are to the close collaboration between the two imperialist powers in the colonial exploitation of Venezuelan resources.
For over a century and a half, the Dutch occupation of the islands caused reoccurring troubles in the bilateral relation with Venezuela.
The Antilles: Stepping Stone to Venezuela
A 1971 article, published in the magazine of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) refers to the Netherlands Antilles as a stepping stone to South America.
In practice, the islands were primarily a stepping stone to Venezuela, which had attracted European attention long before the discovery of the black gold. The Spanish colonization of Venezuela began in 1522 and lasted until 1811.
After independence, under the leadership of Simón Bolívar (the present-day Venezuelan Republic is named after him) the country became part of Gran Colombia.
This new nation, which united Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, collapsed in 1830 with Bolívar’s death.
Subsequentely, the Venezuelan cocoa and coffee industries, which had been established by the Spanish before, were further intensified and expanded.
This was done by Dutch, British, German, and Italian entrepreneurs and the large profits flowed primarily to Europe. Money creates money and the capital generated was obviously not intended to develop Venezuela.
The Dutch financed the exploitation of Latin-America
Uruguayan Eduardo Galeano writes in his book The Open Veins of Latin-America (1971) that Venezuela remained an agricultural country condemned to the cyclical rise and fall of coffee and cacao prices; the two products created the capital that enabled landlords, merchants, and moneylenders to live as wasteful parasites.
The profits also created a local oligarchy in Caracas, who served as intermediaries and accomplices of the Western imperialists.
Interestingly, in Galeano’s book, the Dutch appear not only as (slave) traders or colonists, but especially as bankers and moneylenders who controlled no less than one third of the Spanish trade at the end of the seventeenth century.
Besides the physical occupation of land (colonization) and the appropriation of bodies for unpaid labor (slave trade), the true goal of Western imperialists was to control the vast flows of money.
Raw materials, whether petroleum, coffee, or cocoa, were the means by which this end could be achieved.
Even though the financial center shifted from Amsterdam to London and New York respectively, this did not mean the end for the Netherlands as an important player on the capitalist market.
Venezuela Analysis / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
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Europe indefinitely postpones planned Nature Restoration Plan
The European Union’s nature restoration law, which had set out to restore 20% of land and sea areas in the EU by 2030, has now been postponed indefinitely after a vote to pass the bill on Monday was canceled.
The nature restoration law was initially proposed in June 2022 and has spent the last several months going through the legal approval process in the EU. But following protests by farmers and a withdrawal of support from Hungary, the EU canceled the vote.
It seems that we don’t have a qualified majority anymore, because Hungary has changed its vote. We have to understand why they do that, said Alain Maron, a regional climate minister for Belgium, as reported by The Associated Press.
The European Commission had already previously weakened environmental regulations, including the proposed nature restoration law, because of the protests.
Laws on sustainable farm practices, such as crop rotation and reduced use of pesticides, have been weakened or scrapped altogether, the Associated Press reported earlier this month.
The agricultural sector is a very important sector, not only in Hungary, but everywhere in Europe, said Anikó Raisz, Minister of State for Environmental Policy and Circular Economy of Hungary, as reported by Reuters.
The decision to cancel the vote to pass the nature restoration law also comes ahead of elections for the European Parliament that are to take place this June, 2024.
According to the European Parliament, about 80% of EU habitats are in poor condition. The bill would have worked to restoring 90% of these degraded habitats to a good condition as well as enacting protections to prevent further degradation.
We condemn all Member States who are not supporting the law — at best, it suggests a deep failure to understand the situation we are in and what it means for the rights of citizens, the #RestoreNature coalition, which includes BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-EU, shared in a statement.
An online public forum on the law in 2021 showed overwhelming support from over 110,000 people and organizations, according to Carbon Brief. The law was agreed upon in November 2023 and passed a European Parliament vote in February 2024.
The vote that had been planned for Monday was to formally adopt the law via the European Council.
This final step is typically considered a formality; however, in the case of the nature restoration law, environmentalists are concerned over whether it will come to vote again at all.
The #RestoreNature coalition is calling for lawmakers to adopt the law before the EU Parliament takes its summer recess.
Eco Watch / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Mount Shasta: Spirits and Danger on a Sacred California Mountain
Mount Shasta, located near the Oregon border in northern California, holds the distinction of being one of the world’s preeminent sacred mountains. It is recognized as an eligible Native American cultural and cosmological property on the National Register of Historic Places.
Artifacts found in the surrounding area conservatively suggest at least 11,000 years of human habitation, designating this region as one of the longest-occupied areas of North America.
On a clear day, Mount Shasta can be seen from over 100 miles away (160 km). The mountain, part of the thousand-mile-long Cascade Range stretching from northern California to British Columbia, is one of the largest strato-volcanoes in the world.
Mount Shasta is rising to an altitude of 14,179 feet (4321 meters); it is also part of a chain of volcanoes that encompasses the Pacific Basin’s notorious Ring of Fire, along which the majority of the planet’s earthquakes and eruptions occur.
Geologists consider Mount Shasta to be a very dangerous, high threat volcano; someday it will wake up and erupt again, possibly during this century.
A volcanic eruption from Mount Shasta could match or exceed the scale of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
The effects of an eruption on the surrounding towns close to the base of the mountain are predicted to be catastrophic, and because volcanoes stay active for years after an eruption, the region may have to be closed off to the public for a very long time.
Mount Shasta’s fuse is already burning, and experts all agree, it’s not a matter of if Mount Shasta will erupt again—but when.
Northwestern California Native American tribes traditionally view Mount Shasta as being structurally and energetically connected to a wide range of important volcanic landscapes and mountains, which extend northwards and southwards of their tribal territories.
A primordial spiritual connection is believed to link all these energetically powerful sites together, including Mount Shasta, Lassen Peak, Lava Beds, Medicine Lake Highlands, Crater Lake , as well as many other lesser landmarks found throughout the region.
Pulses of human occupation surrounding Mount Shasta have been traced back to around the end of the last Ice Age , some 11,000 years ago, marking this area of northern California as one of the oldest continually occupied regions in North America.
More recent discoveries suggest there may have been substantial human occupation along the northern California-Nevada border going as far back as 14,000 years ago.
Mount Shasta’s vast antiquity and mythic relevance places its significance on par.
Historically and categorically, with other sacred sites found among the world’s oldest known civilizations, including the temples and pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, the Mayan pyramids , and Machu Picchu.
Ancient Origins / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
The Railroad Genius who changed the Face of America
His enthusiasm for the railroad earned him his nutty nickname of Crazy Judah, but Theodore Judah would prove himself one of the greatest geniuses of US railroad history!
The Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, changed the face of America. It offered better economic circumstances, faster travel, and to some it seemed, unlimited opportunity.
Many people were responsible for its eventual success, but one of its biggest supporters and believers in its potential was a young engineer named Theodore Judah.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, Judah wasn’t in it for the money. In many ways, he dedicated his life to the railroad.
Growing up With the Railroad
Theodore Dehone Judah was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1826. At the time of his birth, only about three miles of railroad track were functioning in the United States.
Judah and the railroad industry matured together and became increasingly intertwined as the young man grew.
Judah studied civil engineering and, by the age of 18, was a railroad surveyor for the New Haven, Hartford, & Springfield Line. At 21, he married a young woman named Anna Pierce, who supported her husband’s dreams as the pair traveled throughout the northeast for Judah’s work.
His enthusiasm for the railroad earned him his nutty nickname of Crazy Judah, but Theodore Judah would prove himself one of the greatest geniuses of US railroad history!
The rail industry was growing rapidly, and by this time, quality engineers were in high demand. In 1854, Judah was hired to become an engineer in California.
He acquired the job on the recommendation of the governor of New York, who was asked to suggest a qualified engineer who might be up for the task of building the first railroad in the West.
California was teeming with gold money at the time, and investors were looking to turn the western frontier into a respectable business environment.
A railroad connecting business interests in the west and east could help meet this goal, and Judah was the one to make it happen.
Moving West: A New Obsession
There were two modes of travel available to make this trip—traveling in a covered wagon, as thousands did during this era, or steamship travel, which is how the Judahs made the journey.
This required sailing south through the Caribbean, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow strip of land connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and then boarding another ship to sail up the Central American coast to California.
Traveling down around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America was another option, but it added significant time. The downside of the Panamanian route was the land crossing, which took three to four days on foot, horseback, or on mules.
The Judahs arrived in Sacramento, California, in May of 1854. At the time, Sacramento echoed many other “wild west” towns. Despite its status as California’s capital, it was a town filled with saloons, gambling houses, and brothels.
Theodore Judah went right to work in this new, rough environment and, over the next two years, played a key role in creating the Sacramento Valley Line, the first railroad west of the Missouri River.
By this time, Judah’s enthusiasm for his craft had earned him the nickname “Crazy Judah,” but despite the odd nickname, Judah was a well-respected member of the industry.
His work in California had ignited a spark in Theodore, and though he wasn’t the only one thinking about a transcontinental railroad and its potential for America, it occupied his thoughts frequently. He spent most of his free time thinking about such a project and the route it might take.
Mapping a Route
There were several challenges. One of the most significant ones was how to conquer certain land-forms in the way, especially mountain ranges.
In 1859, Judah was nominated by the California Pacific Railroad Convention to travel to Washington to lobby for funding for a transcontinental railroad.
After spending time getting many congressmen thinking about the potential for such a project, Judah realized that more detailed planning was required before this project could succeed.
Heading back to the drawing board, he focused more intently on finding a feasible route.
Determining the best way through, around, or over the Sierra Nevada mountain range was a major concern for the surveyor. In July 1860, he received a letter from a man named Daniel “Doc” Strong, a storekeeper from Dutch Flat, California.
Strong was also interested in seeing the transcontinental railroad come to fruition and invited Judah to visit Donner Pass, suggesting that it might be a suitable place for the future railroad to crest the Sierra Nevadas.
Judah accepted and, upon surveying it himself, found that the pass had a gradual, continuous rise and fall that made it perfectly suitable for locomotives to travel over.
Strong and Judah joined forces and eventually became the driving force behind the founding of the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Finding Investors
Now that he had a route, Judah required financing. He and Strong managed to drum up about 46,000 dollars from private investors in the gold fields but were still in need of cash to put the project into motion.
They considered selling subscriptions, which would bring in smaller amounts and require many sales.
However, Judah met with Collis P. Huntington, a ruthless California businessman, who offered to come up with the remaining funds and bring in only three other investors, tossing aside the need to sell dozens of subscriptions.
Huntington, along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker, would become known as “The Big Four” or the “Associates.” They financed the founding of the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Judah was named Secretary of the Railroad Committees in both the House and Senate, allowing him direct access to further lobby for federal support for the project.
The Railroad Act of 1862 checked all the boxes, securing additional federal funding for the project. The Transcontinental Railroad project was underway.
Trouble in Paradise
Judah soon discovered that he had very different goals than other members of the Central Pacific. The Big Four were in the project solely to make money and soon began scheming to maximize their profits, sometimes at the expense of the railroad.
For example, the Big Four wanted to fudge measurements regarding where slopes began since the company would be paid more per mile of mountain construction as opposed to building on flat land.
Judah disagreed, and the Big Four went over his head and hired another surveyor.
Judah grew increasingly frustrated at his lack of control over the proceedings and the amount of influence that the Big Four held over the project.
He explored his options and decided that buying the businessmen out of their stakes in the Central Pacific Railroad Company was the best course of action.
Unable to do so himself, he would need to look elsewhere for support. He headed back east, hoping to meet with Cornelius Vanderbilt and similar wealthy counterparts.
Premature Passing
Judah set sail for New York in October of 1863, determined to save his dream. However, he became gravely ill while making the crossing in Panama. He became progressively sicker as the second half of the trip continued and was diagnosed with Yellow Fever.
Upon reaching New York, he took refuge in the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City with Anna, but he was too sick to commence the meetings for which he made the trip.
Theodore Judah passed away as a result of his bout of Yellow Fever one week after reaching New York. He was buried in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Judah did not live to see the completion of the railroad he had worked so hard to build.
Construction concluded when crews from the Central Pacific Railroad Company met those from the Union Pacific Company in Utah in May of 1869, where a golden spike was driven to mark its completion.
Leland Stanford of the Big Four was on hand to drive the celebratory nail.
While Judah may not have been able to see his vision completed, it is doubtless that his personal investments of labor and dedication, the ones that earned him his crazy nickname, were critical to its success.
The Collector / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
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De ingediende aangiften doen verder duidelijk uit de doeken, hoe na 24 de hele omgeving betrokken wordt bij het verwijderen van de bewoners op VR/H2. Grof geweld tegen APB onderbouwde deze stellingname, toen meneer Bo op APB afgestuurd werd om het aan te vallen en te wurgen, onder het motto van je moet oprotten uit deze buurt, iedereen heeft eeh hekel aan jou, maar politie doet daar verder geen onderzoek na.
Het zwart schilderen van een persoon geeft derden geen recht om gezamelijke aanvallen te organiseren.
Aanslagen en grof geweld zijn de toegepaste ingredienten van APC (negeren klachten 24 jaar aanhoudende 7-daagse bouw hinder) en de toeristen fabrieken (die in wettelijk bepaalde (EOP) natuurgebieden “ontwikkelden”.
De vermeende vingerafdrukken van uit de hand gelopen grap om de levens kwaliteit en reputatie opzettelijk te blijven ondermijnen in de hoop mij van het toneel te verwijderen en de daaraan gekoppelde bewijsvoering (*digitale sabotage email en websites om informatie voorziening voor wettelijke aansprakelijkheid te verwijderen).
Terreur en grof geweld op afstandbediening? Overtreden WSB en Hinderwetgeving. KPC weigert op te treden tegen de wettelijke overtredingen, waarmee wij vast kunnen stellen dat nog APC of KPC over de capaciteiten en/of wil beschikt om op te treden tegen vnl NL’se misdadigers op Jan Thiel.
Israeli Countdown underway to cripple US Cyber Grid and Communications systems
The walls are closing in on the global elite. Their narratives are collapsing, their lies exposed, and the public—finally—has stopped swallowing the propaganda.
Cornered and desperate, they’re making their next move.
According to Gen. Flynn and federal insiders, preparations are underway for a coordinated cyber and communications assault—one that could cripple America’s power grid, banking systems, and digital lifelines overnight.
The question isn’t if it happens — it’s who’s orchestrating it. Because while the Israeli-controlled media point the finger at China, the digital fingerprints lead somewhere far closer to home: Israel’s global cyber network.
This isn’t just another warning. It’s the countdown.
Last week, the Secret Service quietly uncovered a plot in New York to unleash a major cyber attack and cripple America’s communications and power grid — a plot far larger, and far darker, than anyone first realized.
The moment the story broke, the Israeli-controlled propaganda outlets switched on. China did it, they said. Russia’s involved. The USA must prepare for WW3.
But insiders know how this game works — the louder they shout, the more they’re trying to hide who’s really behind the curtain.
One source inside the investigation said it bluntly: No agency would take a risk like that unless they knew the system would protect them. They wouldn’t risk exposing their assets. Whoever is behind it has high-level cover in DC— and they know it.
Who’s tracking them, who’s stopping them — and when will our so-called leaders admit the truth? This isn’t a glitch. It’s an act of war against the American people.
Let’s be clear — this didn’t happen overnight. The blueprint’s been circulating for years among the same powerful interests who profit from crisis and control. And now their script is being followed to the letter.
You don’t need to be a body language expert to see it — Professor Schwab’s deranged excitement when talking about a worse than 9/11 cyberattack isn’t normal.
Students of history know this pattern — the global elite are using Israel to steer the world toward a new war, one that will leave nations shattered and pave the way for a single centralized system of control.
From the ruins, a new order will rise — digital, authoritarian, and absolute.
Behind the curtain, powerful networks have already seized control of the world’s communication channels — from the algorithms that shape what you see, to the newsrooms that decide what you believe.
Even the VPN’s you thought were protecting you have been hijacked and compromised.
The narratives are being engineered, war is being normalized, and dissent is disappearing before our eyes.
Netanyahu said it out loud: we’ve entered a new era — the elite are now at war with Americans not by open conflict, but by silent weapons and quiet wars.
We’ve been warning about this for years. The blueprint’s been sitting in plain sight the whole time — and now, they’re moving fast. Step by step, they’re taking control of the very systems that once gave us freedom.
The first move? Silencing dissent and dismantling privacy online. Every new restriction, every new security measure, every round of censorship, brings them closer to total control.
And whether people see it or not, it’s all part of the same grand design.
The first move? Silencing dissent and dismantling privacy online. Every new restriction, every new security measure, every round of censorship, brings them closer to total control.
And whether people see it or not, it’s all part of the same grand design.
Here’s the good news: the people are waking up.
From America to Europe to Australia, a global movement is rising — millions of us exposing their false flags, their gaslighting, their agenda of control.
And here’s the part they didn’t see coming: we’re fighting back — with knowledge, with courage, and with the tools to break their digital chains.
Because here’s the truth they don’t want you to know.
The VPN’s you thought were your shield — your last line of defense against government and corporate surveillance — have already been hijacked.
One Tel Aviv–based company with a long history of distributing malware has quietly bought up nearly all the biggest VPN’s on the planet: ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access… the list goes on.
And the people they hire? Not random techies. Not privacy activists. But veterans of Israel’s most notorious intelligence units — Unit 8200, the cyber-warfare arm behind some of the world’s most advanced spying tools, and the Duvdevan Unit — infiltration experts turned executives.
When their operatives get caught spying, they don’t get punished — they get promoted.
It’s shameless. The fox has taken control of the hen-house.
And those are the people now asking you to trust their no-logs policy. Trust them not to peek. Trust them not to sell your data. Trust them with your entire digital life.
This is a red alert. If you are using a traditional VPN, you need to cancel your subscription immediately. You are under attack.
That’s why, in 2025, VP.net was built to solve this urgent problem — using zero-trust architecture and next-gen cryptography to shut their digital eyes forever.
It’s not another VPN with clever marketing. It’s trust-less by design — meaning even if they wanted to spy on you, they couldn’t.
Even if the feds hold a gun to their head, they can’t hand anything over.
Built on zero-knowledge cryptography, Intel SGX secure enclaves, and open-source code you can audit yourself — it’s mathematically impossible to log or leak your data.
No Mossad back-doors. No kompromat. No hidden hands.
Just pure, verifiable privacy.
This is how we fight back — not with fear, but with technology that works for us, not against us. Go to vp.net/tpv — just five bucks a month — and close Big Brother’s eyes for good. Because they were watching you. But with vp.net, they’re not.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
Nearly 8% of all Children on Planet Earth have the DNA bloodline of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy has never been doubted. The question is, how many kids did Genghis Khan have? According to historical records, Khan’s official heirs numbered four through his primary wife Börte.
Married to Temujin, later Khan, at age 17, Börte’s original tribe helped cement his political grip. She would later help Khan rule at home.
More importantly, she bore him his four official heirs: Jochi, Chagatai, Ögedei, and Tolui. Born between 1182 and 1191, they helped Khan expand the Empire after 1206.
Börte was not Genghis Khan’s only wife- just the important one. Altogether, Khan’s wives numbered six, all Mongolian, who gave them over thirteen children. With his other wives and concubines, he fathered over 120 children.
There is no doubt Khan had children, possibly into the thousands. His official offspring are known, plus indirect evidence from concubines. Khan also kept a harem, organized into camps called ordos.
From here, it’s thought that Genghis Khan could have fathered thousands of children, beyond the official offspring. Evidence must be gleaned from historical records or DNA evidence.
One of the best historical sources is “The Secret History of the Mongols.” Written in the 13th century, this source covers Khan’s reign. The details cover Khan’s four primary sons and mention his daughters.
Central Asia and surrounding groups possess oral traditions linking Khan as an ancestor. The Hazara of Afghanistan claim this heritage, given that Mongol clans settled during the invasions.
Oral traditions are valuable but sometimes unreliable, but the Hazara claim Genghis Khan as an ancestor. While pockets of Mongol DNA exist in Afghanistan, doubts remain about the tribe’s lineage.
A 2003 genetic study claims that Khan’s DNA spread across Asia, even to Russia’s southern plains. Utilizing the Y or male chromosome, the study traced Khan’s DNA across the breadth of the former Mongol Empire. The Y chromosome is passed from father to son.
The study’s scientists explain this in distinctive Y chromosomes that spread too rapidly. Originating from Mongolia about 1,000 years ago, the Y chromosome crept into many regions.
The study asserts that up to 8% of males in the conquered territories carry Khan’s gene. Or in simple terms, roughly this 8% represents 0.5% of all males worldwide.
However, this study of Genghis Khan’s direct DNA in so many ancestors is under challenge. The biggest is a lack of direct DNA evidence. Khan’s burial location remains unknown, so there can’t be any direct comparison.
A 2017 study found different results regarding the Y chromosome. This casts doubts on the one DNA source. Recent research throws doubt on the 2003 study results. Scientists used a bigger study base, gathering DNA from thousands more across Central Asia.
The result? The Y chromosome linked to Genghis Khan appeared 1000 years before Genghis Khan’s empire building. Thus, there is little or no link.
Genghis Khan’s Descendants and Their Dynasties
Genghis Khan built the Mongol Empire with superior tactics, organization, and blood. He achieved Pax Mongolia, creating a peace that the Romans longed for. His four acknowledged sons expanded into Poland, the Middle East, and China.
Besides establishing their khanates, these four rulers left a genetic trail that possibly linked them to their progenitor.
Genghis Khan maintained a harem with many concubines and wives. Ögedei, Jochi, Chagatei, and Tolui kept large harems as per the Mongol custom.
Jochi fathered fourteen sons, and his brothers at least eleven more. The idea, however, of Khan fathering thousands himself is a stretch.
Separating Genghis Khan’s DNA Myth from Reality
The common thought today is that Khan had thousands of children, which later spread to millions. There is no doubt his DNA diffused across his empire. However, the source of Genghis Khan’s Y chromosome is likely the larger group of Khan’s descendants.
Groups like the Afghan Hazara use their oral history to assert a direct link to Khan. Oral histories are invaluable, but here there’s no confirmed evidence.
Time distorted the question of how many children Genghis Khan had. The Mongols customarily kept large harems. From his various marriages or liaisons, Khan did produce numerous children.
The thousands of children myth cannot be backed by solid evidence. Genetic studies prove that a Y chromosome linked to his heirs is widespread. Unfortunately, due to a lack of records plus a shaky DNA link, there’s no telling the exact number of children.
The Collector / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
USA Agriculture hit by Catastrophic Floods caused by Global Warming?
The worst agricultural disaster in modern American history with catastrophic flooding is torturing the USA, as the NOAA warns that this will continue through to the end of May.
With more than 90% of the upper Mid-West and great planes still covered by nearly 11 inches of snow this is a very alarming issue, especially because that this snow still has to melt and find its way through the river systems in order to flow into the sea.
Millions of acres of farmland are already under water.
That means the USA will transform from one of the worst winters in modern history into a flood season that has already taken an apocalyptic turn for farmers across the USA.
Millions of acres of farmland are already under water meaning thousands of farmers will not be able to plant crops this summer, with thousands of more farmers who have been financially ruined by the floods and will never return to farming again.
So far, 2019 is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history and it is going to get a whole lot worse.
Nearly two-thirds of the Lower 48 states face an elevated risk for flooding through May, with the potential for major or moderate flooding in 25 states, according to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook issued today.
The majority of the country is favored to experience above-average precipitation this spring, increasing the flood risk.
Portions of the USA, especially in the upper Mississippi and Missouri River basins including Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa – have already experienced record flooding this year.
This early flooding was caused by rapid snow melt combined with heavy spring rain and late season snowfall in areas where soil moisture is high. In some areas, ice jams are exacerbating the flooding.
Additional spring rain and melting snow will prolong and expand flooding, especially in the central and southern USA. As this excess water flows downstream through the river basins, the flood threat will become worse and geographically more widespread.
Record winter precipitation across a large swath of the USA has set the stage for the elevated flood risk. The upper Mississippi and Red River of the North basins have received rain and snow this spring up to 200% above normal.
The areas of greatest risk for moderate to major flooding include the upper, middle, and lower Mississippi River basins including the mainstream Mississippi River, Red River of the North, the Great Lakes, eastern Missouri River, lower Ohio, lower Cumberland, and Tennessee River basins.
The flood risk outlook is based on a number of factors, including current conditions of snow pack, drought, soil moisture, frost depth, stream flow and precipitation.
Local heavy rainfall, especially associated with thunderstorms, can occur throughout the spring and lead to flooding even in areas where overall risk is considered low.
In the western U.S., snow packs at higher elevations may continue to build over the next month, and the flood risk will depend on future precipitation and temperatures.
That’s a huge area. A big food bowl & on some farms oil wells pumping as well. It is so sad to think of the farms destroyed & farming & country town families walking away with very little.
Has the Federal Government declared it a disaster yet, or is it just some part of weather engineering to separate some kind of export farmers from others?
With groundwater poisoned by pesticides, drowned oil wells polluting the entire river system, the USA is in for a real life changing roller coaster experience?
In reality this catastrophe is only just beginning to show it’s ferocity. Let’s not forget the long term effects of the chemical cocktail the already depleted top soil has just been dosed in.
The situation is extremely dire. It must be much worse than we know, perhaps by an order of magnitude? This areas has been not our bread basket but they export wheat, soy beans and corn all over the world.
This may be a good time to let the land lay fallow and have a subsidy available for those
farms that do. A good time to consider the damages to the soil caused by the pesticides
and herbicides and the Monsanto Frankenseeds that harm us and livestock.
Big Wobble / Crickey Conservation Society 2019.
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