Simplicius Iran War Update: Another Blow to Pentagon Hype: 90% of Iran’s Missile Sites Remain According to NYT Findings

Another day brings us new revisions to Iran’s putative “losses” in the failed US war.

by Simplicius

Another day brings us new revisions to Iran’s putative “losses” in the failed US war.

The New York Times now finds that 30 out of 33 Iranian missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz are still intact:

The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments from early this month that show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities.

Eight pivotal facts about Covid-period excess mortality

Needed medical paradigm shift to centrality of physiological and psychological stress

by Denis Rancourt

Eight pivotal facts about Covid-period (2020-2025) excess mortality are described:

Fact #1: The scale of excess all‑cause mortality during the Covid period was 0.13 % of population per year

Fact #2: The Covid-period excess mortality was not caused by a spreading respiratory pathogen

Fact #3: Most Covid-period excess mortality in young adults and the youth is not assigned to respiratory conditions (COVID-19)

King Charles Announces Introduction of UK Orwellian Digital ID System

UK monarch King Charles III announced the rollout of the nation’s digital ID system, claiming that it will allow more citizens to access government services online.

by Redacted and Alex Jones Live

UK monarch King Charles III announced the rollout of the nation’s digital ID system, claiming that it will allow more citizens to access government services online. There has been massive opposition.

Many are concerned that it will usher in programmable digital currency. The system would effectively do away with internet anonymity and comes as the UK government has also announced new crackdowns on antisemitic speech, much of which is communicated online.

While the government professes the system will enhance access to social services, many fear the digital ID scheme could become a precursor to a system resembling China’s social credit score model, which tracks citizens via facial recognition and denies or restricts services based on AI assessments.

BREAKING: King Charles: “My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of Digital ID” pic.twitter.com/gWLjA15zAJ

Unitree Unveils $650,000 Real-Life Transformer Robot (Mech Suit) While Encouraging Responsible Use

Chinese robotics firm Unitree, known for its robot dogs and humanoids, has unveiled a production-ready “manned mecha”: a large robotic machine piloted by a human.

by Tyler Durden

Chinese robotics firm Unitree, known for its robot dogs and humanoids, has unveiled a production-ready “manned mecha”: a large robotic machine piloted by a human.

Unitree wrote on X that the manned mecha costs $650,000 and weighs as much as a car. The bipedal mecha is piloted by a human operator who sits in its belly.

The machine looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. And it tranforms into a giant robo-dog.

Chinese media outlet Global Times reported that Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing piloted the bipedal mecha in the promotional video, calling it the “world’s first production-ready manned mecha.”

Minnesota ‘Culture Of Fraud’ Enabled More Than $9 Billion In Misused Taxpayer Funds, Panel Says

A “culture of fraud” infected Minnesota state agencies, resulting in more than $9 billion in taxpayers’ money squandered, a new legislative report says.

by Tyler Durden

Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A “culture of fraud” infected Minnesota state agencies, resulting in more than $9 billion in taxpayers’ money squandered, a new legislative report says.o

“We finally pulled the curtain back—and the public is grateful,” state Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, said May 13 during a session that summarized 16 months of investigative work.

Many fraudsters “came to believe that fraud was tolerated and paid in a big way,” according to a report that Robbins released at the meeting. The report summarizes the committee’s attempts to dissect how state agencies became so mired in fraud.

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