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In these dark and troubled times I appreciate your often quirky and humorous presence here on M to distract from depressing local and global events.

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A curious fact about which religious group traditionally produce more offspring due to the religion’s traditional belief of not using contraception and that religion’s influence on population growth.

NZ’s Catholic immigrants have significantly boosted Catholic numbers in New Zealand, particularly in urban centers like Auckland where roughly three-quarters of practicing Catholics are now born overseas.

I’m just waiting for Winston Peters and NZF to outlaw Catholicism in #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZPol 🤡

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But, hear me out, the super rich are getting richer so…. 🤔 that means….

…. 🤔… there’s even more money...
🤔… and with more money than ever before still to trickle down
… that means … 🤔 it should be…. 🤔

…. any day now. 😕

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I agree with all you say.

But who this aggressor is what I still think remains uncertain. I appreciate it’s easy to jump to the obvious conclusion which is why daring to question the narrative is so uncomfortable.

I first questioned Zelensky’s position when he announced his full support for Israel’s actions in Palestine and thought that is a very unusual thing to say at a time when you’re defending against a similar aggression.

Nothing of course is black and white and Putin is certainly no saint here. But that’s not what I or anyone in this podcast is claiming.

Whenever I find myself having to defend myself against attack because of daring to question the narrative I like to ask, hypothetically, how would US respond if Russia and China were arming Mexico.

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I understand that many of the things Col McGregor is saying conflict with the official narrative but also accurately reflects the logical conclusion when considering the context of the problem confronting the US and west in general desperate to protect US hegemony and the petrodollar from a multipolar threat.

Whether you’re brave enough to consider that everything you are told might not be totally honest is your choice.

I certainly have sympathy for the people of Ukraine and victims of this war but they certainly wouldn’t be the first victims of an agenda that is being carried out for unspecified reasons.

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Yes, it’s been obvious for some time to anyone paying attention. The biggest threat to US hegemony and the US economy is an end to the petrodollar.

Saudi Arabia did not renew its 1974 petrodollar agreement with US when it expired in 2024 and has been selling oil to China for the yuan.

Venezuela had been trading oil with China for the yuan and was in the process of setting up a deal with China for investment in upgrading Venezuelan oil infrastructure when US illegally invaded Venezuela and kidnapped it’s democratically elected President.

Iran has also been trading with China for goods and services to get around US sanctions and of course Russia has been selling oil to India for the rupee.

All of these countries are either full or associate members of #BRICS which is the powerhouse behind the now inevitable #multipolar global economic future.

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Sure, that’s an opinion.

I suspect you haven’t listened to the podcast though.

I appreciate we all have our biases and subjective opinions.

I’m certainly not claiming to know what the truth is and I suspect anyone who claims to think they do has probably lost their objectivity.

I simply believe without keeping an open mind to more than one view or ignore evidence that conflicts with what we choose to believe then we’re doomed to potential disastrous consequences.

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Glenn hosts an interesting podcast covering global issues and events and always has very good guests.

I’d be interested to know what you think of this particular episode once you’ve watched/heard it.