US Elite and Opium Wars

Boston company, Perkins and Co., was the first American companies to establish a permanent trading office in Canton, China.  Selling opium was legal in the United States, but illegal in China.  Bostonian elite (Boston Brahmins) made millions such as the Cabots, Cushings, Coolidge, Welds, Delanos (the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Forbes (John Kerry).

From Harvard, the opium trade spread throughout New England.  Yale University’s Skull and Bone society was funded by William Huntington Russell (Russell and Co.) the most successful American opium dealer. Columbia’s Low Memorial Library was named after a key member of the family. And Princeton’s first major benefactor, John Green, funded his contribution through the opium trade.

Skull and Bones display 322 which John Kerry and George W Bush were asked about but declined to comment.  As a Greek fraternity, 322 BC marks the end of democracy in Athens in favor of Plutocracy or rule by the wealthy (neo-feudalism),

When Money Dies

In hyperinflation, a kilo of potatoes was worth, to some, more than the family silver; a side of pork more than the grand piano. A prostitute in the family was better than an infant corpse; theft was preferable to starvation; warmth was finer than honour, clothing more essential than democracy, food more needed than freedom.

Adam Fergusson, When Money dies

Levels of War

Conflict should almost always be avoided.  War rarely has a winner.  Conflict always brings grave consequences for both sides.  War has many different levels.  Winning a war requires domination at each level. A side may win many battles yet ultimately lose a conflict.  Proples.can lose battles and wars but remain intact if they maintain their values and cultural identity. The US has been challenged at every level. 

1. Tactics- local

2. Strategic- global

3. Supply Lines

4. Economy

5. Geography

6. Politics/Leadership

7. Demographics

8. Culture and Values

Ionospheric Disturbances

https://earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40623-022-01619-0

Japan monioring ionospheric disturbsnces preceeding volcanic eruptions..  They have set up an extensive monitoring system since Fukushima. 

The key point is 2 sets of waves were measured.  The first set preceeded the acoustic waves.