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Louisiana Supreme Court rules BLM organizer can be sued by people injured during riot
On Friday, the Lousiana Supreme Court handed down a ruling in which a Baton Rouge police officer will be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson. The police officer, who remains anonymous at the time of this writing, was apparently injured when he was hit with objects by violent protestors while in the process of making an arrest during a riot in 2016. Local news reported that "...the officer, identified in a lawsuit as John Doe instead of by name, claims he was seriously wounded after demonstrators began to 'loot a Circle K' for water bottles," and that "...the demonstration was part of larger demonstrations in the aftermath of the police killing of Alton Sterling."
https://www.sott.net/article/465994-Louisiana-Supreme-Court-rules-BLM-organizer-can-be-sued-by-people-injured-during-riot
Louisiana Supreme Court rules BLM organizer can be sued by people injured during riot
On Friday, the Lousiana Supreme Court handed down a ruling in which a Baton Rouge police officer will be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson. The police officer, who remains anonymous at the time of this writing, was apparently injured when he was hit with objects by violent protestors while in the process of making an arrest during a riot in 2016. Local news reported that "...the officer, identified in a lawsuit as John Doe instead of by name, claims he was seriously wounded after demonstrators began to 'loot a Circle K' for water bottles," and that "...the demonstration was part of larger demonstrations in the aftermath of the police killing of Alton Sterling."
https://www.sott.net/article/465994-Louisiana-Supreme-Court-rules-BLM-organizer-can-be-sued-by-people-injured-during-riot
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ADL defends Ukraine's neo-Nazis: They "don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions"
The Anti-Defamation League, the leading pro-Israel lobbying group in America, published a Q&A defending Ukraine's neo-Nazi groups on the grounds that they "don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions." In an article titled, "Why is Putin Calling the Ukrainian Government a Bunch of Nazis?" the ADL interviewed David Fishman, professor of Jewish History at The Jewish Theological Seminary, to explain why Ukraine's neo-Nazis aren't so bad. "There are neo-Nazis in Ukraine, just as there are in the U.S., and in Russia for that matter. But they are a very marginal group with no political influence and who don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions in Ukraine," Fishman said.
https://www.sott.net/article/465995-ADL-defends-Ukraines-neo-Nazis-They-dont-attack-Jews-or-Jewish-institutions
ADL defends Ukraine's neo-Nazis: They "don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions"
The Anti-Defamation League, the leading pro-Israel lobbying group in America, published a Q&A defending Ukraine's neo-Nazi groups on the grounds that they "don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions." In an article titled, "Why is Putin Calling the Ukrainian Government a Bunch of Nazis?" the ADL interviewed David Fishman, professor of Jewish History at The Jewish Theological Seminary, to explain why Ukraine's neo-Nazis aren't so bad. "There are neo-Nazis in Ukraine, just as there are in the U.S., and in Russia for that matter. But they are a very marginal group with no political influence and who don't attack Jews or Jewish institutions in Ukraine," Fishman said.
https://www.sott.net/article/465995-ADL-defends-Ukraines-neo-Nazis-They-dont-attack-Jews-or-Jewish-institutions
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This week in Volcano News - Potential eruption in Azores, Mauna Kea earthquake
Right now, there are 51 volcanoes actively erupting on the planet. This week's top story regards the Sao Jorge volcano in Portugal, where a shallow intrusion of magma is ongoing. Its alert level was raised three times in a week, and ground deformation and elevated gas levels have been detected. Thus, an eruption might occur in the next few days. Meanwhile in Chile, the alert level at the Lonquimay volcano was raised to yellow due to a swarm of earthquakes underneath its edifice. And, in Hawaii, a large earthquake occurred underneath the flank of Mauna Kea. This video will discuss these volcano related news stories, as told and analyzed by a volcanologist.
https://www.sott.net/article/465996-This-week-in-Volcano-News-Potential-eruption-in-Azores-Mauna-Kea-earthquake
This week in Volcano News - Potential eruption in Azores, Mauna Kea earthquake
Right now, there are 51 volcanoes actively erupting on the planet. This week's top story regards the Sao Jorge volcano in Portugal, where a shallow intrusion of magma is ongoing. Its alert level was raised three times in a week, and ground deformation and elevated gas levels have been detected. Thus, an eruption might occur in the next few days. Meanwhile in Chile, the alert level at the Lonquimay volcano was raised to yellow due to a swarm of earthquakes underneath its edifice. And, in Hawaii, a large earthquake occurred underneath the flank of Mauna Kea. This video will discuss these volcano related news stories, as told and analyzed by a volcanologist.
https://www.sott.net/article/465996-This-week-in-Volcano-News-Potential-eruption-in-Azores-Mauna-Kea-earthquake
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Antifa member accused of carrying pipe bomb near conservative Florida rally sentenced to probation, $450 fine
A Florida man with Antifa affiliation was sentenced to six months probation and a $450 fine Thursday for the charge of "loitering or prowling" near a Jan. 6 right-wing anniversary rally held in support of a Capitol riot defendant. In addition to the misdemeanor charge, 22-year-old Antifa member Garrett Smith was facing three felony charges of making, possessing, or discharging a destructive device. However, those serious charges were dropped by prosecutors with the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office a month earlier mid-February.
https://www.sott.net/article/465997-Antifa-member-accused-of-carrying-pipe-bomb-near-conservative-Florida-rally-sentenced-to-probation-450-fine
Antifa member accused of carrying pipe bomb near conservative Florida rally sentenced to probation, $450 fine
A Florida man with Antifa affiliation was sentenced to six months probation and a $450 fine Thursday for the charge of "loitering or prowling" near a Jan. 6 right-wing anniversary rally held in support of a Capitol riot defendant. In addition to the misdemeanor charge, 22-year-old Antifa member Garrett Smith was facing three felony charges of making, possessing, or discharging a destructive device. However, those serious charges were dropped by prosecutors with the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office a month earlier mid-February.
https://www.sott.net/article/465997-Antifa-member-accused-of-carrying-pipe-bomb-near-conservative-Florida-rally-sentenced-to-probation-450-fine
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US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency
Corporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased. Following urgent requests for arms from the Ukrainian government, at least 32 countries have announced their intention to ship billions of dollars in weapons into Ukraine for use against Russian forces in Ukraine. Photographic evidence shows that these weapons have already ended up in the hands of neo-Nazi paramilitaries - units which have already received training and arms the US and its NATO allies. Underscoring the careless nature of the unprecedented arms shipments, the formerly neutral country of Norway has warned that its government cannot "guarantee that the weapons [it is sending to Ukraine] will not fall into the wrong hands."
https://www.sott.net/article/465998-US-and-NATO-allies-arm-neo-Nazi-units-in-Ukraine-as-foreign-policy-elites-yearn-for-Afghan-style-insurgency
US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency
Corporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased. Following urgent requests for arms from the Ukrainian government, at least 32 countries have announced their intention to ship billions of dollars in weapons into Ukraine for use against Russian forces in Ukraine. Photographic evidence shows that these weapons have already ended up in the hands of neo-Nazi paramilitaries - units which have already received training and arms the US and its NATO allies. Underscoring the careless nature of the unprecedented arms shipments, the formerly neutral country of Norway has warned that its government cannot "guarantee that the weapons [it is sending to Ukraine] will not fall into the wrong hands."
https://www.sott.net/article/465998-US-and-NATO-allies-arm-neo-Nazi-units-in-Ukraine-as-foreign-policy-elites-yearn-for-Afghan-style-insurgency
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Miner backed by US oligarchs Gates & Bezos to start drilling in Greenland
US-based mineral exploration company KoBold Metals said on Thursday it is ready to start drilling for nickel and other raw materials used in electric vehicles, amid skyrocketing prices brought about by Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia. The company secured a 51% stake in the Disko-Nuussuaq project on Greenland's west coast last year, operated by UK-based Bluejay Mining. In their joint venture, the mining firms plan to drill a total of 3,000 meters in 2022 at depths of between 150 to 400 meters to get to where the metals are located. "The objective is to target massive nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals," Bluejay CEO Bo Stensgaard told Reuters. The ambitious project comes as prices for metals, especially nickel, used in electric vehicle batteries more than doubled earlier in March amid Western sanctions imposed on Russia following its military operation in Ukraine. Russia supplies around 10% of the world's nickel needs, as well as 4% of cobalt. It is also the world's...
https://www.sott.net/article/465999-Miner-backed-by-US-oligarchs-Gates-Bezos-to-start-drilling-in-Greenland
Miner backed by US oligarchs Gates & Bezos to start drilling in Greenland
US-based mineral exploration company KoBold Metals said on Thursday it is ready to start drilling for nickel and other raw materials used in electric vehicles, amid skyrocketing prices brought about by Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia. The company secured a 51% stake in the Disko-Nuussuaq project on Greenland's west coast last year, operated by UK-based Bluejay Mining. In their joint venture, the mining firms plan to drill a total of 3,000 meters in 2022 at depths of between 150 to 400 meters to get to where the metals are located. "The objective is to target massive nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals," Bluejay CEO Bo Stensgaard told Reuters. The ambitious project comes as prices for metals, especially nickel, used in electric vehicle batteries more than doubled earlier in March amid Western sanctions imposed on Russia following its military operation in Ukraine. Russia supplies around 10% of the world's nickel needs, as well as 4% of cobalt. It is also the world's...
https://www.sott.net/article/465999-Miner-backed-by-US-oligarchs-Gates-Bezos-to-start-drilling-in-Greenland
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Heavy rainstorms in Asunción, Paraguay leave at least 3 people dead
After no casualties were reported initially following heavy rainfalls in the Paraguayan capítal of Asunción, fresh reports Wednesday mentioned that at least three people had died, in addition to houses and schools destroyed. The storm that hit the Central Department and other areas of Paraguay between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left three people dead, families displaced from their homes, houses, and schools unroofed, and countless damages in the streets. In San Lorenzo, 34 years old Sergio Ortiz died Tuesday when the storm caused the collapse of one of the walls of his house, according to Telefuturo. The other family members had to be evacuated. According to Paraguay's Meteorology and Hydrology Department, the rainfall registered during Tuesday's storm reached 70 millimeters. The highest amount of rainfall was in San Lorenzo.
https://www.sott.net/article/466000-Heavy-rainstorms-in-Asuncion-Paraguay-leave-at-least-3-people-dead
Heavy rainstorms in Asunción, Paraguay leave at least 3 people dead
After no casualties were reported initially following heavy rainfalls in the Paraguayan capítal of Asunción, fresh reports Wednesday mentioned that at least three people had died, in addition to houses and schools destroyed. The storm that hit the Central Department and other areas of Paraguay between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left three people dead, families displaced from their homes, houses, and schools unroofed, and countless damages in the streets. In San Lorenzo, 34 years old Sergio Ortiz died Tuesday when the storm caused the collapse of one of the walls of his house, according to Telefuturo. The other family members had to be evacuated. According to Paraguay's Meteorology and Hydrology Department, the rainfall registered during Tuesday's storm reached 70 millimeters. The highest amount of rainfall was in San Lorenzo.
https://www.sott.net/article/466000-Heavy-rainstorms-in-Asuncion-Paraguay-leave-at-least-3-people-dead
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Ukrainian leftist criticizes West's drive to war with Russia: US is using Ukraine as 'cannon fodder'
A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation as a proxy against Russia. I am a Ukrainian-American. I grew up and spent over half of my life in Ukraine, although now I live in the United States. I wanted to explain my thoughts on the ongoing crisis with Russia, because mainstream corporate media outlets don't ever share perspectives like mine. It is definitely a stressful time, for obvious reasons. Fortunately, my family and friends in the country are alive and are doing well enough under the circumstances. Unfortunately, in the past decade this isn't the first time I have had to check in on my loved ones there, and for basically the same reasons. This is what I wanted to talk about. You see, the US government has meddled in Ukraine for decades. And the Ukrainian people have suffered because of this.
https://www.sott.net/article/466001-Ukrainian-leftist-criticizes-Wests-drive-to-war-with-Russia-US-is-using-Ukraine-as-cannon-fodder
Ukrainian leftist criticizes West's drive to war with Russia: US is using Ukraine as 'cannon fodder'
A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation as a proxy against Russia. I am a Ukrainian-American. I grew up and spent over half of my life in Ukraine, although now I live in the United States. I wanted to explain my thoughts on the ongoing crisis with Russia, because mainstream corporate media outlets don't ever share perspectives like mine. It is definitely a stressful time, for obvious reasons. Fortunately, my family and friends in the country are alive and are doing well enough under the circumstances. Unfortunately, in the past decade this isn't the first time I have had to check in on my loved ones there, and for basically the same reasons. This is what I wanted to talk about. You see, the US government has meddled in Ukraine for decades. And the Ukrainian people have suffered because of this.
https://www.sott.net/article/466001-Ukrainian-leftist-criticizes-Wests-drive-to-war-with-Russia-US-is-using-Ukraine-as-cannon-fodder
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Political prisoner: Canadian MPP Randy Hillier to surrender to Ottawa Police after supporting Freedom Convoy protests
Independent MPP Randy Hillier has been asked to surrender himself to the Ottawa Police over Freedom Convoy-related charges. Hillier, who represents the Ontario riding of Lanark — Frontenac — Kingston, is being charged on nine counts. According to Hillier, he is being charged on three counts of counseling others to an uncommitted indictable offense, one count of obstructing a person who was aiding a public or peace officer, two counts of obstructing a public officer, one count of assault against a police officer and two counts of mischief to obstruct property greater than $5000 in value. "I don't know how you can can obstruct property. Typically we think of obstructing people, not property," Hillier told The Post Millennial regarding the mischief to obstruct property charge.
https://www.sott.net/article/466002-Political-prisoner-Canadian-MPP-Randy-Hillier-to-surrender-to-Ottawa-Police-after-supporting-Freedom-Convoy-protests
Political prisoner: Canadian MPP Randy Hillier to surrender to Ottawa Police after supporting Freedom Convoy protests
Independent MPP Randy Hillier has been asked to surrender himself to the Ottawa Police over Freedom Convoy-related charges. Hillier, who represents the Ontario riding of Lanark — Frontenac — Kingston, is being charged on nine counts. According to Hillier, he is being charged on three counts of counseling others to an uncommitted indictable offense, one count of obstructing a person who was aiding a public or peace officer, two counts of obstructing a public officer, one count of assault against a police officer and two counts of mischief to obstruct property greater than $5000 in value. "I don't know how you can can obstruct property. Typically we think of obstructing people, not property," Hillier told The Post Millennial regarding the mischief to obstruct property charge.
https://www.sott.net/article/466002-Political-prisoner-Canadian-MPP-Randy-Hillier-to-surrender-to-Ottawa-Police-after-supporting-Freedom-Convoy-protests
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Hunter Biden's laptops are now an active national security threat
An urgent concern for the country is the continuing threat to our national security posed by a compromised President Biden. On Friday, The Daily Mail reported that emails recovered from Hunter Biden's laptop show he helped an infectious disease research company pursue projects in Ukraine. Those emails confirm portions of charges Russia made the previous day that an investment group run by the now-president's son had funded a company conducting research at biological laboratories in Ukraine. While these developments add another scandal to the long list of Biden family dirty laundry, the more urgent concern for the country should be the continuing threat to our national security posed by a compromised President Biden and the possibility that Russia has access to the catalog of compromising material contained on Hunter's laptop.
https://www.sott.net/article/466003-Hunter-Bidens-laptops-are-now-an-active-national-security-threat
Hunter Biden's laptops are now an active national security threat
An urgent concern for the country is the continuing threat to our national security posed by a compromised President Biden. On Friday, The Daily Mail reported that emails recovered from Hunter Biden's laptop show he helped an infectious disease research company pursue projects in Ukraine. Those emails confirm portions of charges Russia made the previous day that an investment group run by the now-president's son had funded a company conducting research at biological laboratories in Ukraine. While these developments add another scandal to the long list of Biden family dirty laundry, the more urgent concern for the country should be the continuing threat to our national security posed by a compromised President Biden and the possibility that Russia has access to the catalog of compromising material contained on Hunter's laptop.
https://www.sott.net/article/466003-Hunter-Bidens-laptops-are-now-an-active-national-security-threat
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Russia sets rubles-for-gas payment deadline
President Putin says 'unfriendly countries' must switch to its currency by March 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the government, the central bank, and Gazprombank to take the necessary steps to switch all payments for Russian natural gas from "unfriendly states" to rubles starting March 31. The measure targets "member states of the EU and other countries that have introduced restrictions against citizens of the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities," the mandate published on the Kremlin website reads. Russia will stop shipping natural gas to countries refusing to settle payments in rubles, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
https://www.sott.net/article/466004-Russia-sets-rubles-for-gas-payment-deadline
Russia sets rubles-for-gas payment deadline
President Putin says 'unfriendly countries' must switch to its currency by March 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized the government, the central bank, and Gazprombank to take the necessary steps to switch all payments for Russian natural gas from "unfriendly states" to rubles starting March 31. The measure targets "member states of the EU and other countries that have introduced restrictions against citizens of the Russian Federation and Russian legal entities," the mandate published on the Kremlin website reads. Russia will stop shipping natural gas to countries refusing to settle payments in rubles, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
https://www.sott.net/article/466004-Russia-sets-rubles-for-gas-payment-deadline
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Ejection nebula of supernova Cassiopeia A does not expand evenly
The inner nebula of the much-studied supernova Cassiopeia A is not moving smoothly outward. This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspect that the remains have collided with something. Their finding have been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. Cassiopeia A is the remnant of an exploded star in the Cassiopeia constellation, about 11,000 light years away from us. Light from the explosion should have reached Earth for the first time around 1670. However, there was too much gas and dust around the star for the explosion to be seen with the naked eye or with the then very basic telescopes. The Cassiopeia A explosion nebula is expanding at an average rate of 4,000 to 6,000 kilometers per second and has a temperature of about 30 million degrees Celsius. The expansion is most likely occurring in gas that was blown out by the star long before the explosion. Cassiopeia A is now about 16 light years across....
https://www.sott.net/article/466005-Ejection-nebula-of-supernova-Cassiopeia-A-does-not-expand-evenly
Ejection nebula of supernova Cassiopeia A does not expand evenly
The inner nebula of the much-studied supernova Cassiopeia A is not moving smoothly outward. This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspect that the remains have collided with something. Their finding have been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. Cassiopeia A is the remnant of an exploded star in the Cassiopeia constellation, about 11,000 light years away from us. Light from the explosion should have reached Earth for the first time around 1670. However, there was too much gas and dust around the star for the explosion to be seen with the naked eye or with the then very basic telescopes. The Cassiopeia A explosion nebula is expanding at an average rate of 4,000 to 6,000 kilometers per second and has a temperature of about 30 million degrees Celsius. The expansion is most likely occurring in gas that was blown out by the star long before the explosion. Cassiopeia A is now about 16 light years across....
https://www.sott.net/article/466005-Ejection-nebula-of-supernova-Cassiopeia-A-does-not-expand-evenly
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Locust swarms destroy crops in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Locust swarms hit Eastern Cape, South Africa on March 28 2022. During March, a high number of locusts have been seen in the region, causing widespread damage to crops. Traffic was stopped as locust swarms filled the sky, blocking visibility and making travel dangerous. These locust swarms follow a period of drought in the region, with fears that it will lead to a shortage of food supplies in the area. Authorities are working to contain the damage done, with warnings remaining in place.
https://www.sott.net/article/466006-Locust-swarms-destroy-crops-in-Eastern-Cape-South-Africa
Locust swarms destroy crops in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Locust swarms hit Eastern Cape, South Africa on March 28 2022. During March, a high number of locusts have been seen in the region, causing widespread damage to crops. Traffic was stopped as locust swarms filled the sky, blocking visibility and making travel dangerous. These locust swarms follow a period of drought in the region, with fears that it will lead to a shortage of food supplies in the area. Authorities are working to contain the damage done, with warnings remaining in place.
https://www.sott.net/article/466006-Locust-swarms-destroy-crops-in-Eastern-Cape-South-Africa
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'Regina, change' what Biden said, clarifies White House Blinken
THE USA has clarified president Joe Biden's remarks at the weekend about removing Vladimir Putin from power, stating that they have no intention of fomenting political unrest in a sovereign nation in a bid to depose the sitting government and install a new one with more favourable standpoint on the west's interests, adding 'heaven forbid, what a notion'. "I heard people say that President Biden was hinting at a US-backed... what was that they were calling it? A regime change? Regime change, am I saying that correctly?" said Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken, in a press conference called to discuss Biden's 'senior moment' in Warsaw. "Of course, we all agree that Vladimir Putin's reign has caused devastation for countless lives and political unrest across the world, but the notion that we would, haha, that we would somehow go about ousting him and getting one of our guys in there is laughable. How do you guys even come up with silly things like this?"
https://www.sott.net/article/466007-Regina-change-what-Biden-said-clarifies-White-House-Blinken
'Regina, change' what Biden said, clarifies White House Blinken
THE USA has clarified president Joe Biden's remarks at the weekend about removing Vladimir Putin from power, stating that they have no intention of fomenting political unrest in a sovereign nation in a bid to depose the sitting government and install a new one with more favourable standpoint on the west's interests, adding 'heaven forbid, what a notion'. "I heard people say that President Biden was hinting at a US-backed... what was that they were calling it? A regime change? Regime change, am I saying that correctly?" said Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken, in a press conference called to discuss Biden's 'senior moment' in Warsaw. "Of course, we all agree that Vladimir Putin's reign has caused devastation for countless lives and political unrest across the world, but the notion that we would, haha, that we would somehow go about ousting him and getting one of our guys in there is laughable. How do you guys even come up with silly things like this?"
https://www.sott.net/article/466007-Regina-change-what-Biden-said-clarifies-White-House-Blinken
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Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4M in 2020, used only $550,000 on the charity's mission of preventing child abuse
The Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4 million in 2020 but only spent some $550,000 on protecting children from abuse - what it states is its mission, according to tax filings. The Delaware-based foundation pulled in $3.9 million in 2020, including a $1.8 million infusion from The Biden Foundation, according to tax filings. It also took in a $225,000 donation from a top political donor to President Joe Biden, 79. Despite the extra $2 million, the charity only spent $544,961 toward its mission of protecting children from abuse. The foundation - which started less than a month after he died in 2015 - only spent about 58 percent of its budget on its mission in 2020, according to CharityWatch, a watchdog group. The group said top-rated non-profits typically spend around 75 percent the budget on programs.
https://www.sott.net/article/466008-Beau-Biden-Foundation-raked-in-nearly-4M-in-2020-used-only-550000-on-the-charitys-mission-of-preventing-child-abuse
Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4M in 2020, used only $550,000 on the charity's mission of preventing child abuse
The Beau Biden Foundation raked in nearly $4 million in 2020 but only spent some $550,000 on protecting children from abuse - what it states is its mission, according to tax filings. The Delaware-based foundation pulled in $3.9 million in 2020, including a $1.8 million infusion from The Biden Foundation, according to tax filings. It also took in a $225,000 donation from a top political donor to President Joe Biden, 79. Despite the extra $2 million, the charity only spent $544,961 toward its mission of protecting children from abuse. The foundation - which started less than a month after he died in 2015 - only spent about 58 percent of its budget on its mission in 2020, according to CharityWatch, a watchdog group. The group said top-rated non-profits typically spend around 75 percent the budget on programs.
https://www.sott.net/article/466008-Beau-Biden-Foundation-raked-in-nearly-4M-in-2020-used-only-550000-on-the-charitys-mission-of-preventing-child-abuse
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Hillary Clinton's State Department spokesman just called for me to be financially investigated
In response to a Twitter thread I made about the mounting evidence that the Ukraine war was deliberately provoked by the US empire to orchestrate regime change in Moscow, a former Obama administration State Department spokesperson has called on his followers to investigate my funding. In a since-deleted Twitter post, Ian Kelly, who has held various White House positions under the Obama and Trump administrations including a year as State Department spokesperson under Hillary Clinton, posted the request "Somebody please follow her money" as a quote tweet to my aforementioned thread.
https://www.sott.net/article/466009-Hillary-Clintons-State-Department-spokesman-just-called-for-me-to-be-financially-investigated
Hillary Clinton's State Department spokesman just called for me to be financially investigated
In response to a Twitter thread I made about the mounting evidence that the Ukraine war was deliberately provoked by the US empire to orchestrate regime change in Moscow, a former Obama administration State Department spokesperson has called on his followers to investigate my funding. In a since-deleted Twitter post, Ian Kelly, who has held various White House positions under the Obama and Trump administrations including a year as State Department spokesperson under Hillary Clinton, posted the request "Somebody please follow her money" as a quote tweet to my aforementioned thread.
https://www.sott.net/article/466009-Hillary-Clintons-State-Department-spokesman-just-called-for-me-to-be-financially-investigated
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Kiev's war crimes against Russian POWs discredit the US-led West's cause
There's no doubt that their MSM will suppress this incident and then shamelessly spin it however they think is necessary in order to downplay what happened and ultimately distract their audience into focusing on something else in the very near future, but those who've already been made aware of what just occurred know what they saw with their own eyes. As George Orwell wrote in his famous 1984: "The party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Shocking but not unsurprising footage has circulated across social media in recent days showing Kiev's fighters committing war crimes by torturing Russian prisoners of war (POW), some of whom seemed to have even died while these atrocious acts were being recorded. Russia immediately launched an investigation as did Kiev after senior presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych described it as "absolutely unacceptable behavior." Despite the latter's condemnation of these crimes, it's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466010-Kievs-war-crimes-against-Russian-POWs-discredit-the-US-led-Wests-cause
Kiev's war crimes against Russian POWs discredit the US-led West's cause
There's no doubt that their MSM will suppress this incident and then shamelessly spin it however they think is necessary in order to downplay what happened and ultimately distract their audience into focusing on something else in the very near future, but those who've already been made aware of what just occurred know what they saw with their own eyes. As George Orwell wrote in his famous 1984: "The party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Shocking but not unsurprising footage has circulated across social media in recent days showing Kiev's fighters committing war crimes by torturing Russian prisoners of war (POW), some of whom seemed to have even died while these atrocious acts were being recorded. Russia immediately launched an investigation as did Kiev after senior presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych described it as "absolutely unacceptable behavior." Despite the latter's condemnation of these crimes, it's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466010-Kievs-war-crimes-against-Russian-POWs-discredit-the-US-led-Wests-cause
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Our elites need to recognize that America's 'unipolar moment' is over
Writing in the current Washington Examiner, Anne Pierce suggests that the United States is today confronted by a new "Axis of Evil" composed of Russia, China, and Iran, which poses an existential threat to U.S. security. Pierce contends that American policymakers mistakenly pivoted to Asia when their focus should have been Russia and Europe. She calls on the Biden administration to wage economic warfare against Russia while providing Ukraine with whatever military material its leaders request, and to catalog Russian atrocities "with the aim of prosecuting Russia for war crimes." To refuse to do this, she writes, would be a "moral, strategic, and military failure of historic proportions." One could be forgiven for thinking that Pierce, who is the author of A Perilous Path: The Misguided Foreign Policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry, believes that we are still operating in America's "unipolar moment." Her article suggests that the United States could and should...
https://www.sott.net/article/466011-Our-elites-need-to-recognize-that-Americas-unipolar-moment-is-over
Our elites need to recognize that America's 'unipolar moment' is over
Writing in the current Washington Examiner, Anne Pierce suggests that the United States is today confronted by a new "Axis of Evil" composed of Russia, China, and Iran, which poses an existential threat to U.S. security. Pierce contends that American policymakers mistakenly pivoted to Asia when their focus should have been Russia and Europe. She calls on the Biden administration to wage economic warfare against Russia while providing Ukraine with whatever military material its leaders request, and to catalog Russian atrocities "with the aim of prosecuting Russia for war crimes." To refuse to do this, she writes, would be a "moral, strategic, and military failure of historic proportions." One could be forgiven for thinking that Pierce, who is the author of A Perilous Path: The Misguided Foreign Policy of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry, believes that we are still operating in America's "unipolar moment." Her article suggests that the United States could and should...
https://www.sott.net/article/466011-Our-elites-need-to-recognize-that-Americas-unipolar-moment-is-over
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India ready to bypass dollar in trade with Russia
A system allowing direct rupee-ruble payments in trade between Russia and India could be launched this week, the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), A Sakthivel, told CNBC on Wednesday. The arrangement would allow India and Russia to carry out financial operations bypassing the US dollar. Russia is effectively blocked from using US currency due to Western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine. According to the official, the Indian government is working on a proposal to allow up to five nationalized Indian banks to be engaged in the rupee-ruble trade mechanism, and discussions between the central bank governor, the finance minister, and the banks on the matter have already been held. The arrangement would let Indian exporters continue doing business with Russia despite sanctions banning, among other things, international payment mechanisms in the country, such as SWIFT. It would also let India continue buying Russian energy exports and other goods.
https://www.sott.net/article/466012-India-ready-to-bypass-dollar-in-trade-with-Russia
India ready to bypass dollar in trade with Russia
A system allowing direct rupee-ruble payments in trade between Russia and India could be launched this week, the president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), A Sakthivel, told CNBC on Wednesday. The arrangement would allow India and Russia to carry out financial operations bypassing the US dollar. Russia is effectively blocked from using US currency due to Western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine. According to the official, the Indian government is working on a proposal to allow up to five nationalized Indian banks to be engaged in the rupee-ruble trade mechanism, and discussions between the central bank governor, the finance minister, and the banks on the matter have already been held. The arrangement would let Indian exporters continue doing business with Russia despite sanctions banning, among other things, international payment mechanisms in the country, such as SWIFT. It would also let India continue buying Russian energy exports and other goods.
https://www.sott.net/article/466012-India-ready-to-bypass-dollar-in-trade-with-Russia
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Russia says West not welcome in peace talks
Russia is eager for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, but it won't accept any Western mediation during its talks with Kiev, the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. "We're ready to give diplomacy a chance. That's why we agreed to the talks, which are resuming in Istanbul." The discussions are scheduled to continue on Tuesday. The Turkish government, which has good ties with both Russia and Ukraine, has put a great deal of effort into getting the two sides around the negotiating table. However, there's no need to include the EU or the US - which support Kiev in the conflict - in the peace process, according to the minister. He opined: "There are many examples of times when the achievements of diplomacy were shattered by Western colleagues. They can't be trusted anymore. I wouldn't want to see any shuttle diplomacy from our Western partners, because they've already done their 'shuttling' - in February 2014 in Ukraine and in February 2015 in Minsk."
https://www.sott.net/article/466013-Russia-says-West-not-welcome-in-peace-talks
Russia says West not welcome in peace talks
Russia is eager for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, but it won't accept any Western mediation during its talks with Kiev, the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. "We're ready to give diplomacy a chance. That's why we agreed to the talks, which are resuming in Istanbul." The discussions are scheduled to continue on Tuesday. The Turkish government, which has good ties with both Russia and Ukraine, has put a great deal of effort into getting the two sides around the negotiating table. However, there's no need to include the EU or the US - which support Kiev in the conflict - in the peace process, according to the minister. He opined: "There are many examples of times when the achievements of diplomacy were shattered by Western colleagues. They can't be trusted anymore. I wouldn't want to see any shuttle diplomacy from our Western partners, because they've already done their 'shuttling' - in February 2014 in Ukraine and in February 2015 in Minsk."
https://www.sott.net/article/466013-Russia-says-West-not-welcome-in-peace-talks
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Biden's reckless words underscore the dangers of the U.S.'s use of Ukraine as a proxy war
As grave of a threat as deliberate war is, unintended escalation from miscommunication and misperception can be as bad. Biden is the perfect vessel for such risks. The central question for Americans from the start of the war in Ukraine was what role, if any, should the U.S. government play in that war? A necessarily related question: if the U.S. is going to involve itself in this war, what objectives should drive that involvement? Prior to the U.S.'s jumping directly into this war, those questions were never meaningfully considered. Instead, the emotions deliberately stoked by the relentless media attention to the horrors of this war — horrors which, contrary to the West's media propaganda, are common to all wars, including its own — left little to no space for public discussion of those questions. The only acceptable modes of expression in U.S. discourse were to pronounce that the Russian invasion was unjustified, and, using parlance which the 2011 version of Chris Hayes correctly...
https://www.sott.net/article/466014-Bidens-reckless-words-underscore-the-dangers-of-the-U-Ss-use-of-Ukraine-as-a-proxy-war
Biden's reckless words underscore the dangers of the U.S.'s use of Ukraine as a proxy war
As grave of a threat as deliberate war is, unintended escalation from miscommunication and misperception can be as bad. Biden is the perfect vessel for such risks. The central question for Americans from the start of the war in Ukraine was what role, if any, should the U.S. government play in that war? A necessarily related question: if the U.S. is going to involve itself in this war, what objectives should drive that involvement? Prior to the U.S.'s jumping directly into this war, those questions were never meaningfully considered. Instead, the emotions deliberately stoked by the relentless media attention to the horrors of this war — horrors which, contrary to the West's media propaganda, are common to all wars, including its own — left little to no space for public discussion of those questions. The only acceptable modes of expression in U.S. discourse were to pronounce that the Russian invasion was unjustified, and, using parlance which the 2011 version of Chris Hayes correctly...
https://www.sott.net/article/466014-Bidens-reckless-words-underscore-the-dangers-of-the-U-Ss-use-of-Ukraine-as-a-proxy-war
