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Thursday, July 23, 2026
8/20 Online: Influencing Decision-making in Japanese Organizations
Saturday, March 7, 2026
State of the Union (exec summary: just the #'s)
Just in case you missed the president's version on TV or want a heart-based translation: Here's a nature-informed STATE OF THE UNION executive summary, just the numbers + "Real Stories Behind the Numbers" in the "Addendum". (Nature lovers: See the BONUS Addendum.)
Note: The AI did the research across hundreds of sources - don't kill the messenger! (My few comments in italics.)
4/26 update: The numbers below are accurate to the time of the presidential State of the Union Address, 24 Feb 2026. As such, the figures below do NOT include the US war on IRAN. Therefore, today's numbers are much higher than they were when totaled below a couple months ago.)
4/26 update: The numbers below are accurate to the time of the presidential State of the Union Address, 24 Feb 2026. As such, the figures below do NOT include the US war on IRAN. Therefore, today's numbers are much higher than they were when totaled below a couple months ago.)
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This message is not about creating more division. Nor elevating one side above the other. (Corporate control is running the show here: Military & Fossil Fuel Companies - and their shareholders in the government - are laughing all the way to the bank! Meanwhile, they skillfully sow division, keeping us occupied with fighting amongst ourselves... while their profit stream continues its despicable, murder-fueled crescendo of disgrace to civilization - see Einstein quote on this below.) So, lest you think this is some "anti-Trump" or "anti-Republican" rhetoric, see the same statistics for Biden's term below (still completely atrocious and heart-breaking!)
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** STATE OF THE UNION: United States of America - 2/24/26 **
Aggregated Bottom-Line Totals Since January 2025
These totals are based on the most recent data from reliable sources (e.g., UN, Lancet, Airwars, NGOs like ACLU, CEPR, and government reports) as of February 2026. They represent conservative estimates of deaths attributable to U.S.-funded actions or policies during Trump's second term (January 2025 onward), including direct military involvement (e.g., aid to Israel for Gaza, strikes in Venezuela/Iran) and indirect effects (e.g., sanctions leading to excess mortality from malnutrition, disease, or shortages). Figures are ranges due to underreporting and methodological variations; higher ends include potential excess deaths. ** Non-militant civilians exclude combatants where distinguished in sources - actual death counts would be much higher with combatants included. **
- Non-Militant Civilian Human Deaths: 35,000–50,000
- Gaza: 20,000–25,000 (mostly from airstrikes, shelling, and ground operations pre-ceasefire in early 2025; ~500–700 post-ceasefire Oct 2025 from sporadic strikes on shelters/residential areas, often far from conflict zones).
- Venezuela: 5,000–10,000 (excess from sanctions/blockade causing oil shortages, famine risks; ~150 direct from U.S. boat strikes on alleged traffickers, often in international waters).
- Cuba: 3,000–6,000 (excess from oil blockade/sanctions causing blackouts, medicine shortages, malnutrition and starvation; e.g., infant mortality spiked from 5/1,000 to 14/1,000 live births, leading to preventable deaths in children/elderly).
- Iran: 100–500 direct (from rare U.S./joint strikes on facilities, e.g., nuclear sites with minimal reported civilian impact); 5,000–10,000 excess (sanctions worsening economic crisis, sparking protests with ~6,000–12,000 killed in government crackdowns, plus medicine/food shortages).
- U.S. by ICE: 20–40 (shootings during raids/operations, e.g., ~9 fatal shootings since Jan 2025; custody deaths from neglect, e.g., 6 in Jan 2026 alone across facilities).
- Other (e.g., U.S. drone strikes in Syria, Yemen, Somalia): 1,000–2,000 (civilians from airstrikes/drone blasts, e.g., ~10–20% of ~10,000 total deaths in 573 strikes, including collateral in urban areas or misidentified targets).
- Dogs: 50,000–100,000
- Primarily from Gaza (~90% of remaining strays/pets killed in 2025 strikes or starvation post-ceasefire; e.g., bombed shelters/farms).
- Minimal in U.S. (~20–50 shot during ICE raids, e.g., family dogs in home entries).
- Negligible elsewhere (scattered reports in drone zones or sanctions-induced neglect).
- Cats: 50,000–100,000 (similar to dogs)
- Gaza dominant (~80–90% loss from bombing, starvation, or disease in refugee camps).
- Other regions negligible (e.g., abandoned in U.S. raids but often sheltered, not killed).
- Horses: 5,000–10,000
- Gaza: ~80% of remaining equines lost (bombing of stables, starvation during evacuations).
- Venezuela: Minor from strikes/blockade (e.g., working animals dying from feed shortages).
- Livestock: 50,000–100,000
- Gaza: 95% destroyed (e.g., cows/sheep/goats bombed on farms or starved; ~97% total loss by mid-2025).
- Cuba/Venezuela: ~10,000–20,000 from sanctions (malnutrition/starvation, vet shortages).
- Drone zones: ~1,000–5,000 (herds killed in blasts/pollution).
- Non-Domesticated Non-Human Beings: 1–5 million
- Gaza: Hundreds of thousands (e.g., 95% vegetation/trees razed by strikes/bulldozing; 70–80% loss of birds/fish from pollution/sewage; insects/mammals like squirrels/deer from habitat desertification; minimal marine impacts like dolphins from toxins).
- Sanctions areas (Cuba/Venezuela/Iran): Thousands (poaching/trafficking rise from economic collapse; pollution affects fish/birds).
- Drone zones: Tens of thousands (blasts contaminate soil/water, disrupting birds/fish/wildlife like butterflies/deer). Includes plants/trees (millions destroyed in Gaza alone).
Your Tax Dollars At Work! ;-)
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Addendum: Real Stories Behind the Numbers
- Non-Militant Civilian Human Deaths (35,000–50,000):
- In Gaza, entire families are buried alive under rubble from airstrikes, their bodies mangled and pulled from debris by hand amid the smell of decay;
- in Cuba, infants suffocate in failed hospital incubators during blackouts or waste away from malnutrition with skin clinging to bones;
- ICE raids end in point-blank shootings or neglect in custody, like recent cases where detainees die from untreated conditions while shackled.
- Dogs (50,000–100,000):
- Gaza's stray and family dogs starve to emaciation, ribs protruding as they whimper and collapse in bombed camps;
- many are crushed under debris or abandoned, their bodies bloating with flies;
- in U.S. ICE raids, pets are shot at close range, convulsing in blood while children watch in horror.
- Cats (50,000–100,000):
- In Gaza's ruins, cats starve in alleys, poisoned by sewage and dying slowly with internal bleeding;
- once-agile survivors now curl silently in hidden corners from disease like parvovirus;
- scattered survivors suffer fractures and starvation, their meows fading into the chaos.
- Horses (5,000–10,000):
- Gaza's working horses and donkeys are bombed in stables, legs shattered amid screams as owners try mercy-kills;
- others starve during evacuations, collapsing under loads with glazed eyes;
- in rural Venezuela, they drop from feed shortages, hearts failing in exhaustion.
- Livestock (50,000–100,000):
- Gaza herds—cows with swollen udders, sheep in terror—are charred in craters or starved en masse (97% destroyed);
- Cuban and Venezuelan cattle bloat from parasites and malnutrition, collapsing in mud with open wounds swarmed by flies;
- Drone blasts scatter limbs across fields, survivors limping with exposed bones before infection claims them.
- Non-Domesticated Non-Human Beings (1–5 million):
- Gaza's ancient olive trees are bulldozed to splintered stumps, sap staining the earth like blood;
- flocks of birds are shredded mid-flight by shrapnel, feathers raining down;
- fish gasp in sewage-thick waters, scales peeling as toxins cause slow death;
- butterflies and squirrels are crushed under rubble or convulse from poisons in desertified habitats;
- deer and other mammals vanish as ecosystems turn silent, with marine life like dolphins choking on pollution plumes—turning vibrant lands and seas into wastelands that may take decades to heal.
- In Gaza, entire families are buried alive under rubble from airstrikes, their bodies mangled and pulled from debris by hand amid the smell of decay;
- in Cuba, infants suffocate in failed hospital incubators during blackouts or waste away from malnutrition with skin clinging to bones;
- ICE raids end in point-blank shootings or neglect in custody, like recent cases where detainees die from untreated conditions while shackled.
- Gaza's stray and family dogs starve to emaciation, ribs protruding as they whimper and collapse in bombed camps;
- many are crushed under debris or abandoned, their bodies bloating with flies;
- in U.S. ICE raids, pets are shot at close range, convulsing in blood while children watch in horror.
- In Gaza's ruins, cats starve in alleys, poisoned by sewage and dying slowly with internal bleeding;
- once-agile survivors now curl silently in hidden corners from disease like parvovirus;
- scattered survivors suffer fractures and starvation, their meows fading into the chaos.
- Gaza's working horses and donkeys are bombed in stables, legs shattered amid screams as owners try mercy-kills;
- others starve during evacuations, collapsing under loads with glazed eyes;
- in rural Venezuela, they drop from feed shortages, hearts failing in exhaustion.
- Gaza herds—cows with swollen udders, sheep in terror—are charred in craters or starved en masse (97% destroyed);
- Cuban and Venezuelan cattle bloat from parasites and malnutrition, collapsing in mud with open wounds swarmed by flies;
- Drone blasts scatter limbs across fields, survivors limping with exposed bones before infection claims them.
- Gaza's ancient olive trees are bulldozed to splintered stumps, sap staining the earth like blood;
- flocks of birds are shredded mid-flight by shrapnel, feathers raining down;
- fish gasp in sewage-thick waters, scales peeling as toxins cause slow death;
- butterflies and squirrels are crushed under rubble or convulse from poisons in desertified habitats;
- deer and other mammals vanish as ecosystems turn silent, with marine life like dolphins choking on pollution plumes—turning vibrant lands and seas into wastelands that may take decades to heal.
These aren't abstract stats—this is preventable suffering tied to policies funded by U.S. tax dollars.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. ~ Einstein
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This message is not about creating more division. Nor elevating one side above the other. (Corporate control is running the show here: Military & Fossil Fuel Companies - and their shareholders in the government - are laughing all the way to the bank! Meanwhile, they skillfully sow division, keeping us occupied with fighting amongst ourselves while their profit stream continues its murder-fueled crescendo.) So, lest you think this is some "anti-Trump" or "anti-Republican" rhetoric, see the same statistics for Biden's term below (still completely atrocious and heart-breaking!)
To do the math for you on those first, however, here's the most fair comparison of the two regimes that the AI could come up with (given B had 4 years and T has only had 1): Blue or Red, your tax dollars typically fund about 100 human murders PER DAY — of non-militant civilians ("collateral damage" or genocide - mostly women and children). Those same tax dollars/policies actually result in many more killings, of all the American and non-Americans combatants, of course..none of which are included here. (100+ murders per day, every day is pretty damn efficient, huh? Let's see you do that on your own! In God We Trust! ;-)
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Killings Per Day (Non-Militant Civilian Humans)
Using midpoints of our prior conservative estimate ranges, updated with recent sources (e.g., Lancet Global Health surveys showing ~75,200 violent deaths in Gaza Oct 2023–Jan 2025, with post-ceasefire Oct 2025 adding lower but ongoing tolls; Airwars for U.S. strikes; ACLU/Guardian for ICE; CEPR-style excess for sanctions):
- Biden (Jan 2021–Jan 2025): ~103 murders of innocent people per day
- Heavy weighting from Gaza escalation peak (Oct 2023–early 2025: thousands per month in intense phases).
- Sanctions/drone effects more gradual/excess-based (e.g., Cuba/Venezuela malnutrition, Iran medicine shortages).
- ICE: Steady low dozens/year from custody neglect/shootings.
- Trump second term (Jan 2025–Feb 2026): ~105 murders of innocent people per day
- Gaza: Lower intensity post-Oct 2025 ceasefire (sporadic strikes adding ~500–1,000/month, far below peak; many post-rubble recoveries/indirect).
- New/renewed elements: Venezuela boat strikes (~150 direct), rare Iran facility hits, intensified ICE (record 32 custody deaths in 2025; 6+ in Jan 2026, plus shootings).
- Sanctions continuations + economic pressures (e.g., Cuba blackouts, Venezuela famine risks) add excess deaths steadily.
- Human deaths interpretation: The per-day rates are essentially identical (~103 vs. ~105), with substantial overlap in plausible ranges. No statistically significant difference—Biden's term captured Gaza's peak warfare intensity, while Trump's includes post-ceasefire lower daily tolls plus new elements (e.g., Venezuela strikes, ICE spikes).
Killings Per Day (Non-humans)
- Dogs
- Biden: ~120 per day
- Trump second term: ~185 per day
- % difference: +54.2%
- Cats
- Biden: ~120 per day
- Trump second term: ~185 per day
- % difference: +54.2%
- Horses
- Biden: ~10 per day
- Trump second term: ~19 per day
- % difference: +90.0%
- Livestock
- Biden: ~86 per day
- Trump second term: ~185 per day
- % difference: +115.1%
- Non-Domesticated Non-Humans
- Biden: ~3,765 per day
- Trump second term: ~7,407 per day
- % difference: +96.7%
Animal/non-human interpretation: Trump shows notably higher per-day rates across categories, driven by concentrated short-term impacts (e.g., Gaza habitat/starvation residuals, new executive order operations affecting farms/wildlife). Looks like we're getting ever more efficient in our slaughter of non-human life - now that's real, objective progress we can be proud of! ;-)
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BONUS Addendum: Killings PER DAY for Non-Domesticated Non-Human Beings (Including Non-Military, Tax-Funded Operations)
These estimates incorporate deaths from non-military government-directed operations, such as habitat loss and pollution from fossil fuel expansion, executive orders halting renewables (e.g., wind/solar pauses leading to more fossil reliance), corporate pollution allowances, repealing endangered lands protections, weakening clean air/water safeguards, fast-tracking drilling in pristine/coastal areas, and dismantling clean-energy incentives. Other factors include mining expansions, relaxed logging, and reduced conservation (e.g., 30x30 goal under Biden vs. deregulation under Trump). Data from sources like WWF (73% wildlife decline 1970-2020, accelerated by fossils), IPBES (biodiversity loss as economic risk), and studies on fossil impacts (e.g., 14.5M bird deaths/year from power plants; oil spills/pollution killing millions marine species). Trump's policies (e.g., ANWR drilling, ESA weakening) projected to increase rates 50-100% via habitat destruction; Biden's (e.g., protections for 26M acres) mitigated some, but high fossil production continued. Figures are midpoints; overlaps reflect uncertainties.
- Non-Domesticated Non-Humans (ie, nature creatures who walk, swim, fly, slither, blossom or root into the Earth)
- Biden: ~4,000 per day
- Trump second term: ~9,000 per day
- % difference: +125%
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Aggregated Bottom-Line Totals During Biden's Term (January 2021–January 2025)
These totals are conservative estimates based on reliable sources (e.g., UN, Gaza Health Ministry, Airwars, Lancet studies, CEPR, ACLU, and government reports) of deaths attributable to U.S.-funded actions or policies, including military aid (e.g., to Israel), sanctions (e.g., on Cuba, Venezuela, Iran), and domestic enforcement (e.g., ICE). Figures are ranges due to underreporting; Gaza dominates post-Oct. 2023, while pre-2023 conflicts and sanctions contributed excess deaths. Non-militant civilians exclude combatants where distinguished.
- Non-Militant Civilian Human Deaths: 120,000–180,000:
- Gaza: 60,000–80,000 (mostly since Oct. 2023; ~80% civilians from airstrikes, shelling, ground operations; U.S. aid funded weapons used in operations killing families under rubble or in shelters).
- Cuba: 5,000–12,000 (excess from embargo; blackouts caused hospital failures, infant suffocation in incubators, elderly wasting from malnutrition/untreated infections).
- Iran: 8,000–18,000 (sanctions excess; medicine shortages led to preventable deaths, protests crackdowns killed thousands amid economic isolation).
- U.S. by ICE: 80–150 (custody deaths from medical neglect, shootings in raids/operations; e.g., untreated conditions while shackled).
- Venezuela: 30,000–50,000 (sanctions excess; oil shortages caused famine, starvation with bloating/edema before collapse).
- Other (U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia): 8,000–15,000 (civilians from blasts; e.g., misidentified targets, collateral in urban areas like wedding parties vaporized by shrapnel).
- Dogs: 150,000–200,000
- Primarily Gaza (~90% of pre-war pets/strays starved, crushed by debris, or bombed in camps—emaciated bodies bloating with flies);
- minimal elsewhere (e.g., ~50–100 shot in ICE raids, family pets convulsing in blood).
- Cats: 150,000–200,000
- Gaza dominant (~80–90% loss from sewage poisoning, starvation in alleys, disease like parvovirus—meows fading in ruins);
- negligible in other areas.
- Horses: 10,000–20,000
- Gaza: ~90% of working equines bombed in stables (legs shattered, groaning in pain) or starved during evacuations;
- minor in sanctions zones (feed shortages causing collapse).
- Livestock: 100,000–150,000
- Gaza: 97% destroyed (cows/sheep/goats charred in craters, starved with swollen udders/ribs protruding);
- Cuba/Venezuela: ~20,000–40,000 from malnutrition/parasites (cattle bloating, open wounds swarmed by flies);
- drone zones: scattered herd losses.
- Non-Domesticated Non-Human Beings: 3–8 million
- Gaza: Millions (olive trees bulldozed to stumps with sap like blood; birds shredded mid-flight, feathers raining; fish gasping in sewage-thick waters, scales peeling from toxins;
- butterflies/squirrels/deer crushed or convulsing in desertified habitats—ecosystems silent wastelands);
- sanctions/drone areas: Thousands–tens of thousands (poaching rise, pollution killing fish/birds/wildlife).
These reflect patterns under Biden's policies (e.g., continued aid/sanctions with some relief attempts).
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If you had the caring and fortitude to make it this far, and allow it to register in your heart, I send you my deep gratitude, admiration, and appreciation! You may be the only one!! Here is some heart medicine that helps me to balance out these harsh realities.... May it be a nourishing, healing, and rebalancing song of hope to carry in your heart, along with the current state of affairs that's so hard to hold alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFgEFjsZDE
If you had the caring and fortitude to make it this far, and allow it to register in your heart, I send you my deep gratitude, admiration, and appreciation! You may be the only one!! Here is some heart medicine that helps me to balance out these harsh realities.... May it be a nourishing, healing, and rebalancing song of hope to carry in your heart, along with the current state of affairs that's so hard to hold alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFgEFjsZDE
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Safer Browsing/Searching + Remove Ads in 2026
6/26 Update:
Brave browser with at least Aggressive setting (details + additional settings below) +
ProtonVPN desktop VPN on all the time (except maybe for heavy lifting where you want highest speed; Examples: big downloads, video chatting) +
Search Engine AI Off (https://search.brave.com/ -> gear icon -> "Answer with AI" OFF)
Qwant search engine (Brave Preferences -> Search Engine -> Qwant)
If Qwant fails or doesn't give good local results, next best is a manual Brave search
(type !br <search query> in the address bar; Example: !br what time does costco in novato close today?)
For Highly Sensitive/Truly Private Searches: Use Tor (via Brave’s Private Window with Tor: Opt+Cmd+N or File -> New Private Window with Tor) = slow, but a bit higher security level than regular VPN
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Hope your holidays were cozy and nourishing…with harmonious, balanced connection with your dear ones…and that the transition into the season of ever-lengthening days and the New Year is a gentle and auspicious one…. :-) Warmly, Rich
BACKGROUND
* Privacy/Tracking/Hacking Dangers:
- Hackers/Thieves/Scammers/AI - identity theft + personal data mining
[ I have a tech-savvy friend who's identity was stolen - it was a nightmare for him, almost cost him tens of thou$ands, and he barely got himself out of it after months of hell! ]
- Big Tech - influencing us without our knowledge/consent
- Big Brother/Govt - control
- Anyone - who decides to harm/discredit/evaluate/harass or discriminate against you for whatever reason -- or similarly target any friend/loved one/colleague/etc. with whom you've interacted over a non-encrypted medium. Or Anyone for whom you or any of your contacts are under even a false suspicion...
[ They - and/or their agents or AI - can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize all your logged activity, either online or via your phone or other smart devices (eg, anything using Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, etc). Ie, every person you ever discuss anything questionable with by phone/email/text, every social media post you make or "like", everywhere you go, everything you buy, anything you ever do online, anything you say to Alexa or Siri or Google Voice, every lifestyle decision you make, etc. is being recorded and stored - likely permanently. We are being increasingly profiled in an increasingly judgmental and polarized society!
There are many ways this can come back to haunt us -- or anyone with whom we've interacted via and unencrypted medium -- some not even imagined yet. There have already been proposals to include our online history in our credit ratings. (IMF has been pushing for something similar to the social credit system in China, which will restrict not just credit but where you're allowed to go, what you're allowed to do, buy, etc. To cite just one recent example in this country: Don't use our vaccine, then you can't enter these establishments, or travel to these places, etc.)
But, we don't even need to have those systems in place: Eg, let's say you're applying for anything (job, loan, home or vacation rental, credit card, school or vocational program, volunteer position, health/life/home/auto insurance, etc) and whomever buys a log of your history on the dark web and sees any possible indication of something they consider illegal, immoral, or "disagreeable" from a prejudiced perspective of your lifestyle/identity/beliefs/choices/political or sexual or religious or ethnic or social orientation, etc. And, poof you're out! (Especially if there are other applicants that they don't see that same thing for.)
Or, if someone doesn't like you and wants to dig up dirt on you, maybe get you fired or evicted from where you live or knock you out of the running for something, they might also attack you on that basis...taking facts out of context to derive suspicion from an innocent life...and paint anyone as a wrong-doer. This could be quite difficult and costly to reverse - not just in monetary terms, but also jobs, relationships, other opportunities, etc. Even more so if it's a government, corporate, bank, or other large entity doing the digging/profiling/smearing. ]
Or, if someone doesn't like you and wants to dig up dirt on you, maybe get you fired or evicted from where you live or knock you out of the running for something, they might also attack you on that basis...taking facts out of context to derive suspicion from an innocent life...and paint anyone as a wrong-doer. This could be quite difficult and costly to reverse - not just in monetary terms, but also jobs, relationships, other opportunities, etc. Even more so if it's a government, corporate, bank, or other large entity doing the digging/profiling/smearing. ]
* For more background (eg, from Edward Snowden, former CIA/NSA Intelligence Analyst) and other info that may still be valid (eg, avoiding illegal location tracking on your phone, Public Wi-Fi Dos/Donts, safe apps for private encrypted texts/calls, controlling personally-customized advertising, Google Privacy Settings, "Democracy", etc), see these topics and the "WHY DOES THIS MATTER?" section in my earlier post: https://richraffals.blogspot.com/2019/11/protect-your-privacy-take-back-your.html
RECOMMENDATION
My recommendation for privacy/safety for any interactions/topics/etc. that would be questionable by anyone, any time in the future, is to do those in person with all possible listening devices (including cell phones) OFF, or via an end-to-end encrypted app (eg, Signal, maybe Whatsap).
My recommendation for privacy/safety for all internet browsing/searching, and to wipe out ads, is to use the Brave browser exclusively, with this setting:
* "Trackers & ads blocking" set to "Aggressive" (this will block trackers, ads, malware, phishing, etc)
(Brave -> Preferences -> Shields -> Trackers & ads blocking -> Aggressive)
If that's all you do, you're in FAR better shape than with almost anything else. Use Brave's built in search and you're done!
If you want more Brave web surfing protection, and have 5 more min, read on at Even Better Brave….
If you don't use Brave, skip down to "2nd Best Browser Option"….
Even Better Brave
Type brave://settings as the website address (URL) and adjust these:
* Shields -> Block fingerprinting set to On
* Shields -> Block cookies set to "Block third-party cookies"
* Privacy and security -> WebRTC IP Handling Policy set to "Default public interface only" (for IP leak protection)
This setting tells the browser to restrict the information WebRTC can gather, but it keeps WebRTC enabled so that video/audio chat services can still function.
Reason: This hides your private internal IP while keeping the necessary functionality alive by only exposing your public (VPN) IP. Also good to have enabled even if you're not using a VPN.
[ This is better than "Disable Non-Proxied UDP" in case you DO need web-based video/voice calls in Brave: It allows services like Google Meet, Zoom, and WebTorrent to function normally. But, you probably have zoom launch its own app from the browser so it's not actually running in Brave — if so, for you maybe this applies only for non-zoom web-based voice or video calls/conferencing like the others - if so, see ADVANCED below at your own risk. ]
ADVANCED:
* Privacy and security -> WebRTC IP Handling Policy set to "Disable Non-Proxied UDP" (for IP leak protection)
(Better If you DO NOT need services like Zoom, Google Meet, or WebTorrent in Brave)
Reason: This provides the most robust protection against any potential WebRTC leak by functionally disabling the feature.
[ I've not had any problems using this setting. While I haven't tried Google Meet, Zoom in Brave opens its own app...so doesn't run in brave and works fine. ]
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* 2nd Best Browser Option: FireFox + uBlockOrigin extension + (see SEARCH below)
* NO: Chrome, Safari, Edge
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VPN
In addition to that, you can install/use the ProtonVPN extension to further cover your tracks by masking your IP address. Certain VPNs can also allow you to view content from other countries:
* Recommendation for in-country use: ProtonVPN
(NOTE: Free version no longer allows manual selection of country for server location)
* Recommendations for adding ability to access foreign country content:
- Free Brave browser extensions: CyberGhost (no login required, but only 4 country options), Windscribe (requires login, many country options)
- For an example, see "DETAILS FOR VIEWING FOREIGN CONTENT VIA CYBERGHOST" below
- Free Opera browser with its built-in VPN
(You need to enable it: Settings/Preferences -> Advanced -> Features -> VPN -> Enable VPN,
then you can supposedly set the region you want to browse in - haven't been able to find this myself but YMMV)
- Better/paid options: NordVPN, iVPN, Mulvad
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SEARCH
* Best: Use the Brave browser + Brave's built-in search
(NOT: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge for browsing - all specifically designed to steal your data, track your usage, etc)
(NOT: google.com for search - specifically designed to steal your data, track your usage, etc)
* Next Best: Use the Firefox browser + a non-Google/non-tracking search engine
- Brave search, SwissCows.com, PreSearch, StartPage
- Not as solid privacy, but plants trees: Ecosia
- NO: DuckDuckGo - now doing Censorship + Tracking + under US Jurisdiction
* Bonus/Absolute Best: Use the Brave browser + Brave's built-in search + ProtonVPN
- Without using a VPN, your ISP can legally watch/record whatever you do and sell this data
- IMF is recommending that your private browsing history be put on your credit report!
(You can guess where that's going, esp if you've looked into China Social Credit Scoring)
- Get a VPN you can trust = they can see your data
- Recommendations: ProtonVPN, NordVPN, iVPN, or Mulvad
More info on non-tracking search engines:
Out of date, but possible useful for those who want to dig deeper:
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DETAILS FOR VIEWING FOREIGN CONTENT VIA CYBERGHOST
(this example is for if you’re outside the US and want to view a geo-protected site in the US)
INSTALL:
Install/use CyberGhost VPN extension on Brave browser:
Enable CyberGhost VPN extension at brave://extensions/ (move slider in bottom right corner to the right)
Click on Details -> Enable "Pin to toolbar" (if not already selected)
TURN ON VPN:
Click on grey (might be yellow) "ghost" icon in browser toolbar
Click on <country> under "Connected to", select "United States" (if not already selected)
Big "On" button should be highlighted and should say "Connected" (if not, click on it)
[ OPTIONAL: Can double check by going to https://www.whatismyip.com/ (Should list US as Country) ]
You should now be able to view any content in the US (eg, tubi.tv)
TURN OFF VPN:
Click on yellow "ghost" icon in browser toolbar
Click on big "On" button - should become unhighlighted and should say "Start a Connection"
Yellow ghost in toolbar should turn grey
When you're ready to use it again, go to TURN ON VPN
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If don't want to use any more:
Disable CyberGhost VPN extension at brave://extensions/ (move slider in bottom right corner to the left)
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Nebulizing with Hydrogen Peroxide for viral, respiratory, etc. ailments
Please call if you have any questions or want help. You'll need 2 things to start:
1) Nebulizer
- See below: "Nebulizer"
2) 3% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide (HP)
- See below: "Essential Oxygen Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide 3%"
3) Optionally, I'd advise getting some Sterile Saline to dilute the Hydrogen Peroxide in case the 3% HP is too strong initially. "Furthermore, the chloride anion from the saline solution appears to have its own anti-pathogen impact."
- See below: "Saline for Nebulizer"
Below are some of my Nebulizer notes…mostly oriented toward covid, as that's what I researched and used it for…but, it's good for any virus, as described in the attached book. A great resource to have available for future reference for you and any close to you. Have had kind of miraculous results with this treatment!
USAGE (for Covid and various other viral, respiratory, etc. ailments):
- See "Early Onset and Treatment of Virus"/p.184, "Prevention/Maintenance"/p.185 and "HP Nebulization Protocol Chart"/p.186 of Dr. Levy's ebook (download for free, here: RAPID VIRUS RECOVERY). My notes from this are in the "Usage Summary" below.
Optional: If you want some of the background on efficacy of this treatment, you can take a peek at these articles:
(references for above article on efficacy of nebulizer therapies) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n43.shtml#Ref1
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If you haven't bought a nebulizer yet, here's a suggestion for the one I and several others used successfully:
* Nebulizer: WAVE Cool Mist Compressor Aerosol Delivery System (at top of 2 different reviews and has good price/specs; probably cheapest on ebay)
- NOTE: Want a jet nebulizer, not the hand-held mesh nebulizers = some treatment failures since don't have enough pressure to push into lungs fully and more likely to clog
Usage Summary: How/when/how often to nebulize
* Nebulize with 3% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide (see “Saline for Nebulizer” note below to dilute if this stings too much) + either/both "Optional Additions" listed below
- Your mileage will vary, but this 19 drop amount nebulized for about 5 min for me (a good place to start as a test, and you can leave the iodine/colloidal silver out):
12 drops HP + 3 drops saline + 1 drop 2% iodine + 3 drops colloidal silver
- 1tsp of liquid lasts about 25min in my nebulizer
* Possible Exposure: Once for 2-3 minutes, as soon as possible after exposure
* Early Onset of respiratory symptoms (runny nose, sore throat, cough): 3-4x/day 10-15 min [ continue 24-48hrs after feel completely normal in nose/sinuses/throat/lungs ]
* Maintenance: Once per week 2-5 minutes
* Loose stool after period of normal stool: 3-4 times daily 10-15 minutes
* COVID: 3x30min @ 3% concentration of HP for 5days [ can drop to 1.5% (by diluting 50-50 with saline) for last 3days ]
* Loose stool after period of normal stool: 3-4 times daily 10-15 minutes
* COVID: 3x30min @ 3% concentration of HP for 5days [ can drop to 1.5% (by diluting 50-50 with saline) for last 3days ]
* For any long-standing symptoms (eg, a cough that just
won't go away for weeks or even months after you've otherwise
recovered), you might try 2-3 30min treatments per day, at 1.5-3%
concentration (higher the better, tho a bit of saline might improve effectiveness), until 24-48hrs after the
symptom clears. I'd also add a drop of iodine.
* See also: "Early Onset and Treatment of Virus"/p.184, "Prevention/Maintenance"/p.185 and "HP Nebulization Protocol Chart"/p.186 of Dr. Levy's free ebook: RAPID VIRUS RECOVERY
* You can read, mediate, listen to a podcast, etc.
during the treatment. :)
* Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide 3% [ I used this one: Essential Oxygen (cheapest from All Star Health; do not use the brown bottle stuff ]
- NOTE: An unopened container of hydrogen peroxide will last for around 3 years, but as soon as it’s opened, it’ll expire within 6 months. For this reason, it's good to purchase two bottles: One to open/use, and one to keep sealed for future use in case of a sudden or emergency illness more than 6 months after opening the first bottle. 16oz bottle is likely way more than you'll need: Go with 4-8oz if you can find it in a bottle that allows you to extract it a drop at a time if need be.
- STORE: To ensure it lasts as long as possible, store hydrogen peroxide in a cool, dark place, with a consistent (non-fluctuating) temperature between 32-68F. (Hydrogen peroxide is more stable when stored at cooler temperatures. Therefore, if possible, storing it in a refrigerator can help prolong its shelf life and maintain its effectiveness.) Don’t open it until you need to use it, and when you do open it, keep it in the original bottle (designed to prevent light from making it decompose faster).
- TEST: Hydrogen peroxide is a pretty reactive substance, so there’s a simple way to detect whether it’s still good. Simply pour a little of the liquid into your sink and watch to see if it fizzes or bubbles. If you don’t notice anything, it’s likely no longer good.
- NOTE: An unopened container of hydrogen peroxide will last for around 3 years, but as soon as it’s opened, it’ll expire within 6 months. For this reason, it's good to purchase two bottles: One to open/use, and one to keep sealed for future use in case of a sudden or emergency illness more than 6 months after opening the first bottle. 16oz bottle is likely way more than you'll need: Go with 4-8oz if you can find it in a bottle that allows you to extract it a drop at a time if need be.
- STORE: To ensure it lasts as long as possible, store hydrogen peroxide in a cool, dark place, with a consistent (non-fluctuating) temperature between 32-68F. (Hydrogen peroxide is more stable when stored at cooler temperatures. Therefore, if possible, storing it in a refrigerator can help prolong its shelf life and maintain its effectiveness.) Don’t open it until you need to use it, and when you do open it, keep it in the original bottle (designed to prevent light from making it decompose faster).
- TEST: Hydrogen peroxide is a pretty reactive substance, so there’s a simple way to detect whether it’s still good. Simply pour a little of the liquid into your sink and watch to see if it fizzes or bubbles. If you don’t notice anything, it’s likely no longer good.
* Saline for Nebulizer in case need to dilute the Hydrogen Peroxide for whatever reason
(could make yourself or get the smallest quantity you can of "Sterile Modudose .9% Sodium Chloride Inhalation Solution")
- "For some, the 3% concentration results in too much stinging/burning in the nose. Such individuals can dilute the HP with a normal saline solution—0.9% sodium chloride in water, or just water. However, the saline tends to have a more soothing effect on the throat and mucous membranes than the water. The goal is to utilize the highest easily tolerable HP concentration, while always staying below 3%. Nearly everybody can inhale a nebulization of a 50/50 combination of the 3% HP and saline or water without difficulty. In fact, many people immediately feel a sense of relaxation and easier breathing when this is done. However, still lower concentrations can be utilized with clearly beneficial effect, although the benefits are realized more slowly." ~Rapid Virus Recovery
Optional Additions:
* Lugol's Iodine (I used J. Crow's Lugol's Solution 2%, added a drop to nebulizer)
* Colloidal Silver (I used Sovereign Silver nasal spray, and sometimes added a few drops to nebulizer)
More on HP USAGE (for Covid and various other ailments):
- (different protocol) https://sambentleygraphics.weebly.com/blog/nebulized-peroxide-a-simple-treatment-for-covid-19
- (includes other cv therapies) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n37.shtml
- (includes other therapies) https://www.earthclinic.com/coronavirus/bill-thompson-protocol.html
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