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		<title>Lawfare Against Us Has Clearly Backfired</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/06/24/lawfare-backfired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It raised awareness of the very things they were trying to suppress. N a lot of ways we have already won. What do I mean by that? Well, first of all, we&#8217;re finally going to have our laws rectified, perhaps as soon as later this year. Second, since we were defiant and ended up making [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It <strong>raised awareness</strong> of the very things they were trying to suppress.</em></p>
<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />N a lot of ways we have already won. What do I mean by that?</p>
<p>Well, first of all, we&#8217;re <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/18/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_110_Out_of_200_Anti_SLAPP_Reform_Formally.shtml">finally going to have our laws rectified</a>, perhaps as soon as later this year.</p>
<p>Second, since we were defiant and <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/12/25/protecting-free-software/">ended up making sacrifices</a> for the sake of the nation and for Software Freedom, among many other things such as <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/11/An_American_War_on_GNU_Linux_Software_Freedom_and_British_Inves.shtml">real computer security</a> (as opposed to American back doors), more people will get involved and are already getting involved.</p>
<p>The cat is out of the bag; lawfare does not always work &#8211; it has only backfired spectacularly.</p>
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		<title>Fixing Things Instead of Chasing Money</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/06/01/chasing-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[T has been almost 43 years since Richard M. Stallman (&#8220;RMS&#8221;), &#8220;The Last MIT Hacker&#8221;, started GNU. He was about 30 at the time and he later quit his job to focus on GNU and avoid a conflict of interest. I quit my job when I was 40 to focus on various endeavours and I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />T has been almost 43 years since Richard M. Stallman (&#8220;RMS&#8221;), <em>&#8220;The Last MIT Hacker&#8221;</em>, started GNU. He was about 30 at the time and he later quit his job to focus on GNU and avoid a conflict of interest.</p>
<p>I quit my job when I was 40 to focus on various endeavours and I have no regrets; if anything, there&#8217;s room to regret not doing so sooner. I could have done and written so much more (had I quit sooner), but at least I <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/12/25/protecting-free-software/">saved enough money to defend against lawfare</a>.</p>
<p>Frugal lifestyles have earned credibility (resurgence) as the economies sank, energy became more scarce (or expensive), and political problems more profound. If you&#8217;re not seeking to become part of the solution you might be a passive component (or &#8220;cog&#8221;) of the problem. </p>
<p>The world needs more activists, not more capital. </p>
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		<title>Manchester Pest Control Plays Ping-Pong</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/01/23/playing-ping-pong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[t&#8217;s a &#8220;deja vu&#8221; day. It happened this past summer. It happened in 2020/21. Now again. &#8220;Hello Roy Schestowitz,&#8221; told me Pest Control today regarding an item I discussed with them yesterday [2, 1]. &#8220;Please reply to the MCC Neighbourhood Compliance North Team who sent you this letter if you wish to make comments. You [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />t&#8217;s a <em>&#8220;deja vu&#8221;</em> day. It happened this past summer. It happened in 2020/21. Now <b>again</b>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hello Roy Schestowitz,&#8221; told me Pest Control today regarding an item I discussed with them yesterday [<a href="https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Domesticated_Animals_Not_More_Valuable_Than_Free_range_Wildlife.shtml">2</a>, <a href="http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/22/We_Help_Animals_But_Some_People_Don_t_Like_It.shtml">1</a>]. &#8220;Please reply to the MCC Neighbourhood Compliance North Team who sent you this letter if you wish to make comments. You have blanked out the sender details.&#8221;</p>
<p>I replied: &#8220;They told me to contact you.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the moment they seem to be playing ping-pong regarding an important matter in our area. Several of us in the street are looking after wildlife and clarity is needed. </p>
<p>This ping-pong routine is beginning to remind me of what they did half a decade ago [<a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/12/uk-home-office-eu-mobile/">1</a>, <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/04/21/manchester-town-hall-complaint/">2</a>, <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/04/19/manchester-town-hall-lies/">3</a>]. Both sides tell you to talk to &#8220;the other side&#8221; as if the goal is to waste your time.</p>
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		<title>Justice Means Justice, Not Lawfare and Financial Warware</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/13/justice-means-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month: If You Glorify Violence, Then Some People Will Eventually Do It &#124; The Second Antisemitic Attack in Manchester on October 2nd Came From Brett Wilson LLP (Almost at the Exact Same Time as the First) &#124; Brett Wilson LLP Acting in a Way That We Deem Antisemitic, Disrespectful, and Highly Insensitive &#124; [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/royal-courts-of-justice.jpg"><img src="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/royal-courts-of-justice.jpg" alt="Royal Courts Of Justice" width="520" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8362" /></a></p>
<p><b>Earlier this month</b>: <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/02/if-you-glorify-violence/">If You Glorify Violence, Then Some People Will Eventually Do It</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/08/the-second-antisemitic-attack-in-manchester-on-october-2nd-came-from-brett-wilson-llp-almost-at-the-exact-same-time-as-the-first/">The Second Antisemitic Attack in Manchester on October 2nd Came From Brett Wilson LLP (Almost at the Exact Same Time as the First)</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/10/antisemitic-antics-brett-wilson-llp/">Brett Wilson LLP Acting in a Way That We Deem Antisemitic, Disrespectful, and Highly Insensitive</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/11/safety-precautions-et-al/">Safety Precautions and Hate Crimes</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/12/brett-wilson-llp-antisemitic-incidents/">Brett Wilson LLP Not Only Attacks People During Funerals But Also During Fasting on Holiest of Days (and the Latter is Intentional)</a></p>
<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" /> estimate, based on documents sent to me from Brett Wilson LLP, that they&#8217;re willing to spend about a million pounds (not dollars, pounds) lawyering up against me and against my wife. It&#8217;s obscene and we know <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/13/Who_s_the_Mystery_Financier_of_SLAPP_Against_Techrights_and_Is_.shtml">they&#8217;re funded by mystery financiers</a>. Probably rich people desperate to silence our Web sites.</p>
<p>This morning in <em>Tux Machines</em> I published: <em><a href="https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/13/It_s_Not_Justice_When_One_Side_Denies_the_Other_Side_the_Abilit.shtml">It&#8217;s Not Justice When One Side Denies the Other Side the Ability to Even Speak</a></em></p>
<p>And in <em>Techrights</em> I published: <em><a href="http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/13/How_Not_to_Silence_Tux_Machines_It_ll_Only_Backfire_Badly.shtml">How Not to Silence Tux Machines (It&#8217;ll Only Backfire, Badly)</a></em></p>
<p>So at this point my wife and I have a million-pound (not dollars, pounds) &#8220;gun&#8221; pointing at us. Judges won&#8217;t overlook this. <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/08/Lawyers_Who_Think_They_Are_Online_Assassins_Don_t_Deserve_a_Lic.shtml">It&#8217;s lawfare, i.e. it&#8217;s misuse of a licence to bully people and censor sites</a>. It would be a stain on the aura of the Magna Carta.</p>
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		<title>Brett Wilson LLP Not Only Attacks People During Funerals But Also During Fasting on Holiest of Days (and the Latter is Intentional)</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/12/brett-wilson-llp-antisemitic-incidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month: If You Glorify Violence, Then Some People Will Eventually Do It &#124; The Second Antisemitic Attack in Manchester on October 2nd Came From Brett Wilson LLP (Almost at the Exact Same Time as the First) &#124; Brett Wilson LLP Acting in a Way That We Deem Antisemitic, Disrespectful, and Highly Insensitive &#124; [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx285v8djejo"><img src="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bbc-antisem.png" alt="Big rise in antisemitic incidents in UK - charity" width="520" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8359" /></a></p>
<p><b>Earlier this month</b>: <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/02/if-you-glorify-violence/">If You Glorify Violence, Then Some People Will Eventually Do It</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/08/the-second-antisemitic-attack-in-manchester-on-october-2nd-came-from-brett-wilson-llp-almost-at-the-exact-same-time-as-the-first/">The Second Antisemitic Attack in Manchester on October 2nd Came From Brett Wilson LLP (Almost at the Exact Same Time as the First)</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/10/antisemitic-antics-brett-wilson-llp/">Brett Wilson LLP Acting in a Way That We Deem Antisemitic, Disrespectful, and Highly Insensitive</a> | <a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/11/safety-precautions-et-al/">Safety Precautions and Hate Crimes</a></p>
<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" /> will say frankly, <em>and <u>upfront</u></em>, that the accusations aren&#8217;t baseless. I firmly believe that all the evidence exists and the facts are <em>on my side</em>.</p>
<p>Highly irresponsible thugs did something <b>really</b> horrible 10 days ago. I won&#8217;t be able to comment about it <u>fully</u> until the case is over and other sites have said a lot more earlier today [<a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/12/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Getting_Sued_by_Its_Very_Own_Clients_a_Legal_S.shtml">1</a>, <a href="http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/12/Brett_Wilson_LLP_the_Firm_That_Lodged_a_Frivolous_Lawsuit_Again.shtml">2</a>]. This blog post will focus on more personal aspects.</p>
<p>10 days ago I wrote to the Court: <em>&#8220;It is Yom Kippur today. We will respond to you tomorrow. This is important because we must also add to the bundle about 50 PDFs which will show the need for Adjoining of Case Numbers KB-2024-003529 and KB-2024-001270.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>This is an important message and the timing of the message was not of our own choosing. It was also <b>minutes</b> after a terror attack on a local synagogue.</p>
<p>It matters <b>a lot</b> because our legal advisor is a Jewish man who lived near that synagogue, which they (Brett Wilson LLP) are fully aware of; he went on BBC to say people painted swastikas on his own home. Aside from it, it&#8217;s Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year to him, so they basically sent threatening letters to both my wife and I on the equivalent of Xmas Eve at 4:30PM, then a very large number of pages (PDFs to <b>both of us</b>) on the equivalent of 10AM Xmas Day when people are literally fasting for over 24 hours (no water either, so health too is at risk), having always shown mean intent and already attempted to book the Hearing for the equivalent of Boxing Day; they attempted this a long time beforehand, back in January 2025.</p>
<p>How could they not know? I&#8217;ll write about this in the future.</p>
<p>And perhaps unintentionally (a <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/20/Tentative_Summary_of_Things_to_Publish_in_Project_2030.shtml">subject to be covered another day or year</a>), they also did this type of thing also <a href="http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/09/08/Death_in_the_Family.shtml"><b>during a funeral</b></a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re not just cruel, they&#8217;re reckless and extremely insensitive. We&#8217;ll treat this accordingly and report what they did based on the hard evidence.</p>
<p>The SRA will be informed fully of what they did.</p>
<p>Then again, consider the fact they represent alleged sympathisers of Hamas. One client, who commented about October 7 2023 only several days after the attack (as if he wasn&#8217;t too sure what to say or whether it was a bad thing), made a <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/13/Pursuing_Peace_Through_Violence.shtml">public statement tacitly justifying acts of terrorism as a route towards peace</a>.</p>
<p>It is <b>my honest opinion that Brett Wilson LLP is a highly antisemitic firm</b>. I&#8217;ve already seen plenty of circumstantial evidence of this. This firm also attracts antisemitic clients.</p>
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		<title>If You Glorify Violence, Then Some People Will Eventually Do It</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/10/02/if-you-glorify-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in BBC:]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today in <em>BBC</em>:</p>
<p><a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bbc-on-hate.png"><img src="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bbc-on-hate.png" alt="bbc-on-hate" width="520 class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8343" /></a></p>
<p>October <strong>2 years ago</strong>:</p>
<p><a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/terrorism-mjg.png"><img src="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/terrorism-mjg.png" alt="Counter-terror police to give update after two die in Manchester synagogue attack"  width="520  class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8344" /></a></p>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Filed a Complaint With the Council</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/08/29/complaint-with-the-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[oday I lodged my second-ever complaint with the local Council (Town Hall). I&#8217;ve lived in Manchester for over 25 years, so that makes an average of one complaint every ~13 years, which I don&#8217;t think is too much of a burden on them. I&#8217;m not some vexatious complainant. My complaint deals with feeding of nature [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="T" src="/IMG/Caps/t.png" alt="T" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />oday I lodged my <em>second-ever</em> complaint with the local Council (Town Hall). I&#8217;ve lived in Manchester for over 25 years, so that makes an average of one complaint every ~13 years, which I don&#8217;t think is too much of a burden on them. I&#8217;m not some vexatious complainant.</p>
<p>My complaint deals with feeding of nature [<a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/08/29/false-reasoning/">1</a>, <a href="http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/29/Representing_and_Speaking_for_Animals.shtml">2</a>]; it would be immoral to prohibit or forbid that, more so without disclosing any relevant laws or selectively enforcing alleged rules.</p>
<p>I ticked the following boxes in my complaint:</p>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;has done something that compromises or is likely to compromise the impartiality of those who work for, or on behalf of, the Council&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;has prevented another person from gaining access to information to which that person is entitled to by law&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;has conducted themselves in a manner that could reasonably be regarded as bringing their office or the Council into disrepute&#8221;</li>
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<p>A short or preliminary (can be expanded upon later, elaboration upon demand) of the complaint:</p>
<blockquote><p>
I am hereby filing a complaint, without any undue discrimination or ill intent. It is a short complaint the premise of which is, the local authorities are issuing contradictory instructions regarding the feeding of birds in open spaces with grass and trees, as well as providing plenty of fresh water during heatwaves in summertime. Not only us but also neighbours provide food to the birds, which we acquire at personal expense and distribute responsibly so as to avoid remnants being left on the ground. We are receiving contradictory instructions and and those are not based on any law, just ad hoc statements like &#8220;please stop feeding pigeons immediately.&#8221; (28/08/2025)</p>
<p>Based on official Web sites of the Council and the national authorities alike, there is no legal basis upon which to demand this. Public servants ought not be used for harassment by proxy, more so is the complaints have been doing drugs in their back yard for over a decade (and we never complained). While the issue withstands assessment and scrutiny we shall not refrain from doing the moral thing, which is to feed nature responsibly, just as neighbours do. I already discussed the matter in great length over the telephone on 28/08/2025 (call answered by [redacted]).
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<p>To avoid retaliation I prefer for the matter not to be disclosed at this time. The submission reference is #6025138, but I will not disclose any names.</p>
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		<title>Calls for Ceasefire in Ukraine Are Not New</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[N the final weeks of the Biden Administration ceasefire was secured in Gaza and Lebanon. In prior years ceasefire calls or attempts were also made in Ukraine. The corporate media likes to frame any &#8220;ceasefire&#8221; news as some sort of Trump thing when as a matter of historical facts he only ever helped Russia on [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ceasefire-ukraine.png"><img src="https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ceasefire-ukraine.png" alt="I am open to ceasefire; fire will cease when we own your country. So give up." width="520"  class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8327" /></a></p>
<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />N the final weeks of the <em>Biden Administration</em> ceasefire was secured in Gaza and Lebanon.</p>
<p>In prior years ceasefire calls or attempts were also made in Ukraine.</p>
<p>The corporate media likes to frame any &#8220;ceasefire&#8221; news as some sort of Trump thing when as a matter of historical facts he only ever helped Russia <b>on several levels</b>.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s media really sucks. It tries to change history, maybe for clickbait.</p>
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		<title>In Times of Inflation and Unstable Banks</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/03/09/times-of-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NFLATION is not a new problem. It is a problem that&#8217;s &#8220;always there&#8221; &#8211; sometimes just worse (higher) and therefore more visible. It&#8217;s also a form of hidden tax. To make matters worse, it&#8217;s part of false promises made by banks and economies built mostly upon debt, not wealth. There&#8217;s no &#8220;quick fix&#8221;; the best [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" />NFLATION is not a new problem. It is a problem that&#8217;s &#8220;always there&#8221; &#8211; sometimes just worse (higher) and therefore more visible. It&#8217;s also a form of hidden tax. To make matters worse, it&#8217;s part of false promises made by  banks and economies built <u>mostly</u> upon debt, not wealth. There&#8217;s no &#8220;quick fix&#8221;; the best solution is to avoid debt altogether.</p>
<p>But there are still some people out there who are debt-free and actually <em>save</em> money.</p>
<p>People of that latter group like to talk about securing assets or &#8220;diversifying investments&#8221; etc. People with a &#8216;survivalist&#8217; mindset or survival instincts do not look ahead or foresee danger; instead they wait for something to happen and then respond to that, putting out fires instead of preventing fires (to use a metaphor if not a real scenario).</p>
<p>Some people like to believe that hoarding money will make them very safe, even if the process of making that money harms their physical and mental health, not only shortening the life but also lessening its quality. Some processes of hoarding money increase the risk of getting arrested. How&#8217;s <u>that</u> for safety?</p>
<p>Some people make bunkers because of an assumption of looming war/s; some lose money to classic scammers, including the fear-mongering &#8220;bunker industry&#8221;. Some become drug addicts. Some try to &#8220;spread&#8221; the assets/money, but that often focuses on: 1) multiple bank accounts. 2) multiple banks. 3) like (2) in several countries. 4) gold/silver 5) fakecoins (&#8216;crypto&#8217;). 6) a safe at home. 7) car (loses value fast). 8) home (endless maintenance). 9) jewellery (value lost immediately once purchased).</p>
<p>Yes, a car is a liability and constant cause of unforeseen expenses, including several annual bills, never mind the wear and tear. It is a truly terrible form of investment. There is no &#8220;magic&#8221; or &#8220;perfect&#8221; option.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s <em>another</em>: purchasing future supplies &#8211; inevitable or unavoidable commodities &#8211; years in advance (some not perishable), especially when inflation rates are high and financial rewards for savers are low. This option relies on ample storage space. Does that pay off? Maybe.</p>
<p>Inflation is still high; governments changed what they measure.</p>
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		<title>In 2024 COVID-19 Wasn&#8217;t Tackled and Mass Mortality Was Just &#8216;Covered Up&#8217;, Based on ONS (UK Government) Data</title>
		<link>https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/01/08/2024-mass-mortality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Schestowitz]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They also keep changing the format (they did so again this morning at 9:30AM), so comparing old sheets to new sheets gets harder. DID not imagine the Labour Party would challenge COVID-19 policies of the Tories. I was right, that just didn&#8217;t happen. Now we have like 50,000 more people than before dying each year [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>They also keep <b>changing the format</b> (<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2024">they did so again this morning at 9:30AM</a>), so comparing old sheets to new sheets gets harder.</em></p>
<p><img title="I" src="/IMG/Caps/i.png" alt="I" align="left" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="4" /> DID not imagine the Labour Party would challenge COVID-19 policies of the Tories. I was right, that just didn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>Now we have like 50,000 more people than before dying each year in England and Wales. Cause? Unknown. They don&#8217;t want to talk about it, let alone investigate.</p>
<p>New ONS data is out today (about mortality). In England and Wales, for Week 49 of 2024, deaths rose ~1000 people/week (compared to pre-pandemic times). Same is true for Week 48, Week 47, and Week 46 (maybe a bit less, no less than 800-900/week). They say they&#8217;ve &#8220;solved&#8221; COVID-19 but after mass vaccination we end up with about 10% more deaths than before the pandemic, <b>even in late 2024</b>. I checked this every week on Wednesday, i.e. every time they updated data. The population size only rose by 1-2%, why did deaths rise by about 10%?</p>
<p>How do they expect people to trust authorities (and the press) if they keep gaslighting the public about this?</p>
<p>After scandals (cover-ups) like the tainted blood and Horizon, why should we assume there&#8217;s nothing more to see here? When will more be known? 40 years from now?</p>
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