{"id":292027,"date":"2024-07-29T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=292027"},"modified":"2024-07-31T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T07:45:51","slug":"this-week-in-the-new-normal-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=292027","title":{"rendered":"This Week in the New Normal #93"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Off-Guardian \u2013 July 28, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Our successor to <em>This Week in the Guardian<\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/category\/this-week-in-the-new-normal\/\">This Week in the New Normal<\/a><\/em> is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. \u201cnew footage\u201d of 9\/11?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Big news on the 9\/11 front this week, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/new-footage-of-911-video\">previously unseen footage<\/a> has come to light after 23 years. People are busily dissecting it to see if it shows any new evidence:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[RG911Team] This new 9\/11 footage shows something very strange.<\/p>\n<p>But you only notice it when you zoom in.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think those white flashes are? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSsNf3qmUN\">pic.twitter.com\/gSsNf3qmUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard Gage, AIA, Architect (@RichardGage_911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGage_911\/status\/1816544440695291956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2026of course, the most important question is<em> \u201cIs it real?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We just published an article a few weeks ago about the possibility of fake media becoming increasingly easy to make and harder to detect, and this is precisely what we were talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this video is real, maybe it\u2019s not. But a 20-year-old video suddenly \u201ccoming to light\u201d is pretty suspicious, and if it were to \u201caccidentally\u201d disprove \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d\u2026well, isn\u2019t that lucky?<\/p>\n<p>This video might show evidence of explosions (that itself is a possible narrative, more on that during the week), but the next one might not.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly the kind of thing we need to be sceptical of in the modern world.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. The War on Parents Continues<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two weeks ago California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-politics-and-policy\/california-bans-school-rules-requiring-parents-get-notified-childs-pro-rcna162080\">introduced a new law <\/a>removing the requirement of schools to discuss kids\u2019 gender identity with their parents.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning Little Boy X can go to school, tell his teachers he is really a girl, and the school will then treat him as if he is a girl without ever confirming with the parents.<\/p>\n<p>This is framed as a purely Trans issue, but it\u2019s not. It\u2019s about the ongoing war on parental rights and the family unit as a whole.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The goal IS to take your children. <\/p>\n<p>They openly say it.<\/p>\n<p>This is why we have the second amendment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lO5wYsu03Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/lO5wYsu03Q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQahLMqCxt\">pic.twitter.com\/NQahLMqCxt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Carroll (@Cancelcloco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cancelcloco\/status\/1813974990406209930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. The Manchester Airport Fake Binary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A few days ago, footage emerged of a police officer kicking and stamping on a man\u2019s head as he was lying on the floor at Manchester Airport:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 NEW: Reform UK MP Lee Anderson claims the \u201cvast majority of decent Brits\u201d would applaud the type of policing seen at Manchester Airport today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwjmQijUMs\">pic.twitter.com\/fwjmQijUMs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitlcsUK\/status\/1816211482616443245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This kicked off days of outrage and argument about police brutality and anti-Islam feeling, plus a potential law suit.<\/p>\n<p>But THEN the \u201cpreviously unseen\u201d CCTV of the incident leading up to the kicking was released, showing the man in question being violent and injuring a female police officer:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Manchester Airport cctv is finally out and it&#39;s exactly as we knew it would be. <\/p>\n<p>It clearly shows the Muslims attacking police as they said. <\/p>\n<p>Yet MPs, the media and professionally offended turned the whole narrative for their own agendas.<\/p>\n<p>Sickening. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXPunJwTeg\">pic.twitter.com\/GXPunJwTeg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tommy Robinson \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@TRobinsonNewEra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRobinsonNewEra\/status\/1817247283831845185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cue the counter-outrage and defense of the police and calling on politicians to resign for backing the victims.<\/p>\n<p>All this just in time for two big marches on Saturday, one for each side.<\/p>\n<p>This is classic binary narrative construction. Give both sides just enough evidence to fuel dueling outrage, sit back and watch them fight.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bonus: Re-written History of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2021 Joe Biden named Kamala Harris his \u201cborder Czar\u201d, it was doucmented at the time, then suddenly this week the MSM decided that never happened, and called the \u201cborder czar\u201d label \u201cmisinformation\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Journalists were calling Kamala the border czar until like five minutes ago. Don&#39;t let the media gaslight you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oveoFcBn4G\">pic.twitter.com\/oveoFcBn4G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill D&#39;Agostino (@Banned_Bill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Banned_Bill\/status\/1816201597929574614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>s this a genuinely incompetent attempt re-write history? Or staged incompetence to generate content engagement?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p>All told a pretty hectic week for the new normal crowd, and we didn\u2019t even mention the EU proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/finbold.com\/eu-proposes-asset-register-database-to-track-citizens-assets\/#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20is%20considering,tax%20evasion%20in%20the%20region.\">\u201casset register\u201d<\/a> or Singapore\u2019s newly approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/jul\/10\/singapore-approves-insects-eat-food\">edible insect products<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of change in the air, a lot of agendas in the works, if you see a headline, article, post or interview you think is a sign of the times, post it in the comments, <a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/submissions\/\">email us<\/a> or share it on social media and we will add it to the next edition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2024\/07\/28\/this-week-in-the-new-normal-93\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week brings with it another load of disinformation and artfully disguised propaganda. 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