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IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week
The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two Israeli police officers and wounded four others in central Israel before they were killed by police, authorities said. Israeli leaders condemned the killings and pointed to the timing. Sunday's attack came on the eve of a special meeting between the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States in the Israeli Negev. It was the second deadly attack carried out by Arab assailants in an Israeli city in less than a week. Both attacks came ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "This was murder for the sake of murder and terror for the sake of terror," Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said, flanked by the minsters from the U.S., Baharain, Morocco, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.sott.net/article/466038-IS-claims-killing-of-2-in-Israel-2nd-rampage-in-a-week
IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week
The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two Israeli police officers and wounded four others in central Israel before they were killed by police, authorities said. Israeli leaders condemned the killings and pointed to the timing. Sunday's attack came on the eve of a special meeting between the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States in the Israeli Negev. It was the second deadly attack carried out by Arab assailants in an Israeli city in less than a week. Both attacks came ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "This was murder for the sake of murder and terror for the sake of terror," Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said, flanked by the minsters from the U.S., Baharain, Morocco, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.sott.net/article/466038-IS-claims-killing-of-2-in-Israel-2nd-rampage-in-a-week
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Hole in one: Trump issues statement on '100% true' sporting feat
Former US President Donald Trump says he pulled off the achievement while playing with seasoned pros. Donald Trump, the former US president and potential Republican nominee in 2024, has claimed that he hit a hole-in-one while playing golf in the company of a number of professional players at his Florida club. Trump, 75, who created numerous headlines throughout his presidency due to his fondness for the sport, released a statement Monday to say that he sank an ace on the seventh hole of his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach while playing alongside a selection of respected pros such as Ernie Els and Mike Goodes.
https://www.sott.net/article/466039-Hole-in-one-Trump-issues-statement-on-100-true-sporting-feat
Hole in one: Trump issues statement on '100% true' sporting feat
Former US President Donald Trump says he pulled off the achievement while playing with seasoned pros. Donald Trump, the former US president and potential Republican nominee in 2024, has claimed that he hit a hole-in-one while playing golf in the company of a number of professional players at his Florida club. Trump, 75, who created numerous headlines throughout his presidency due to his fondness for the sport, released a statement Monday to say that he sank an ace on the seventh hole of his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach while playing alongside a selection of respected pros such as Ernie Els and Mike Goodes.
https://www.sott.net/article/466039-Hole-in-one-Trump-issues-statement-on-100-true-sporting-feat
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's SUPPORT of Russian invasion explained
The Jerusalem Post reran a piece that originally ran on The Conversation and Reuters, entitled "Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war?" Its author, Dr. Scott Kenworthy, a professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University, gets a whole lot right in this piece, and for that reason we are reprinting it in full below. After Dr. Kenworthy's piece, we offer some additional comment based on "on the ground" experience in Russia, and with the Orthodox Church as it operates here. Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war? Opinion by Scott Kenworthy: Church-state history gives a clue Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Russia's actions and blamed the conflict on the West. Patriarch Kirill's support for the invasion of a country where millions of people belong to his own church has led critics to conclude that Orthodox leadership has become little more than an arm of the state - and that this is the role it usually plays. The...
https://www.sott.net/article/466040-Russian-Orthodox-Patriarch-Kirills-SUPPORT-of-Russian-invasion-explained
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's SUPPORT of Russian invasion explained
The Jerusalem Post reran a piece that originally ran on The Conversation and Reuters, entitled "Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war?" Its author, Dr. Scott Kenworthy, a professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University, gets a whole lot right in this piece, and for that reason we are reprinting it in full below. After Dr. Kenworthy's piece, we offer some additional comment based on "on the ground" experience in Russia, and with the Orthodox Church as it operates here. Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war? Opinion by Scott Kenworthy: Church-state history gives a clue Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Russia's actions and blamed the conflict on the West. Patriarch Kirill's support for the invasion of a country where millions of people belong to his own church has led critics to conclude that Orthodox leadership has become little more than an arm of the state - and that this is the role it usually plays. The...
https://www.sott.net/article/466040-Russian-Orthodox-Patriarch-Kirills-SUPPORT-of-Russian-invasion-explained
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The ruble shrugging off Western sanctions
The Russian currency strengthened to more than a one-month high during trading on Tuesday, surging over 10% amid signs of progress in peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators. The looming ruble-for-gas payments deadline has also been lifting the currency. The ruble was trading below 83 against the US dollar in its strongest reading in a month. It also gained against the European common currency to trade at around 93 rubles per euro.
https://www.sott.net/article/466041-The-ruble-shrugging-off-Western-sanctions
The ruble shrugging off Western sanctions
The Russian currency strengthened to more than a one-month high during trading on Tuesday, surging over 10% amid signs of progress in peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators. The looming ruble-for-gas payments deadline has also been lifting the currency. The ruble was trading below 83 against the US dollar in its strongest reading in a month. It also gained against the European common currency to trade at around 93 rubles per euro.
https://www.sott.net/article/466041-The-ruble-shrugging-off-Western-sanctions
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The impossibility of Christian transhumanism
So-called "Christian transhumanism," or the attempt to blend the transhumanist agenda with the precepts of Christian theology, has been around for some time. But there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the project. The book Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, published in 2019, claims to offer "first-hand testimony to the value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind." The volume includes contributions from a number of Christians. The "Christian Transhumanist Association" (CTA), formed in 2014, is actively dedicated to promoting transhumanism as a means of "participating with God in the redemption, reconciliation, and renewal of the world." The problem with these efforts is that the transhumanist worldview and the Christian faith are incompatible. One cannot be a "Christian transhumanist" — any more than one can be a Christian Buddhist or Christian Muslim. Transhumanism is a futuristic social movement. Its adherents believe that immortality is...
https://www.sott.net/article/466042-The-impossibility-of-Christian-transhumanism
The impossibility of Christian transhumanism
So-called "Christian transhumanism," or the attempt to blend the transhumanist agenda with the precepts of Christian theology, has been around for some time. But there has been a recent resurgence of interest in the project. The book Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics, published in 2019, claims to offer "first-hand testimony to the value of the transhumanist vision perceived by the religious mind." The volume includes contributions from a number of Christians. The "Christian Transhumanist Association" (CTA), formed in 2014, is actively dedicated to promoting transhumanism as a means of "participating with God in the redemption, reconciliation, and renewal of the world." The problem with these efforts is that the transhumanist worldview and the Christian faith are incompatible. One cannot be a "Christian transhumanist" — any more than one can be a Christian Buddhist or Christian Muslim. Transhumanism is a futuristic social movement. Its adherents believe that immortality is...
https://www.sott.net/article/466042-The-impossibility-of-Christian-transhumanism
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Memory found to lean more on the brain's electric field than on neurons
MIT researchers compare the electric field to an orchestra conducting the neurons as players The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT offers an interesting new model of how memories are processed in the brain. Using two macaques playing a game while their brain activities were recorded, the researchers suggest the orchestra as a model. The neurons are the players and the electric field is the conductor: As the brain strives to hold information in mind, such as the list of groceries we need to buy on the way home, a new study suggests that the most consistent and reliable representation of that information is not the electrical activity of the individual neurons involved but an overall electric field they collectively produce. Indeed, whenever neuroscientists have looked at how brains represent information in working memory, they've found that from one trial to the next, even when repeating the same task, the participation and activity of individual cells varies (a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466043-Memory-found-to-lean-more-on-the-brains-electric-field-than-on-neurons
Memory found to lean more on the brain's electric field than on neurons
MIT researchers compare the electric field to an orchestra conducting the neurons as players The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT offers an interesting new model of how memories are processed in the brain. Using two macaques playing a game while their brain activities were recorded, the researchers suggest the orchestra as a model. The neurons are the players and the electric field is the conductor: As the brain strives to hold information in mind, such as the list of groceries we need to buy on the way home, a new study suggests that the most consistent and reliable representation of that information is not the electrical activity of the individual neurons involved but an overall electric field they collectively produce. Indeed, whenever neuroscientists have looked at how brains represent information in working memory, they've found that from one trial to the next, even when repeating the same task, the participation and activity of individual cells varies (a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466043-Memory-found-to-lean-more-on-the-brains-electric-field-than-on-neurons
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China is shutting down Shanghai in two phases to control Covid
China's biggest city Shanghai began a two-stage lockdown Monday as authorities attempt different strategies to maintain growth, while trying to control the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began. Shanghai, a city of 26 million people on the southeastern coast of China, is a hub for finance and international business in the country. The city is also home to the world's largest container-shipping port. The Shanghai Stock Exchange remains in operation. The exchange announced Sunday night that stock issuance applications and other paperwork can be done online, with deadline relaxations as needed.
https://www.sott.net/article/466044-China-is-shutting-down-Shanghai-in-two-phases-to-control-Covid
China is shutting down Shanghai in two phases to control Covid
China's biggest city Shanghai began a two-stage lockdown Monday as authorities attempt different strategies to maintain growth, while trying to control the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic began. Shanghai, a city of 26 million people on the southeastern coast of China, is a hub for finance and international business in the country. The city is also home to the world's largest container-shipping port. The Shanghai Stock Exchange remains in operation. The exchange announced Sunday night that stock issuance applications and other paperwork can be done online, with deadline relaxations as needed.
https://www.sott.net/article/466044-China-is-shutting-down-Shanghai-in-two-phases-to-control-Covid
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Landslide in Azuay, Ecuador leaves 4 dead, houses destroyed
At least 4 people have lost their lives after heavy rain in southern Ecuador triggered floods and landslides in Azuay Province on 27 March 2022. Floods and landslides pushed rocks and debris onto the small community of Sayausí in Cuenca Canton. The municipal government report a school building and 10 houses were completely destroyed, leaving 14 people homeless. A further 27 houses sustained damage and many more are at risk and are being assessed.
https://www.sott.net/article/466045-Landslide-in-Azuay-Ecuador-leaves-4-dead-houses-destroyed
Landslide in Azuay, Ecuador leaves 4 dead, houses destroyed
At least 4 people have lost their lives after heavy rain in southern Ecuador triggered floods and landslides in Azuay Province on 27 March 2022. Floods and landslides pushed rocks and debris onto the small community of Sayausí in Cuenca Canton. The municipal government report a school building and 10 houses were completely destroyed, leaving 14 people homeless. A further 27 houses sustained damage and many more are at risk and are being assessed.
https://www.sott.net/article/466045-Landslide-in-Azuay-Ecuador-leaves-4-dead-houses-destroyed
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Philippines, US start 'Balikatan' military drills in region near Taiwan
Filipino and US forces on Monday launched one of their largest joint military drills in the Philippines in recent years. The 12-day war games, involving nearly 9,000 Filipino and American soldiers, come amid rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea — which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. The annual exercises, called "Balikatan" — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — will cover maritime security, live-fire training, amphibious operation and counterterrorism, as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
https://www.sott.net/article/466046-Philippines-US-start-Balikatan-military-drills-in-region-near-Taiwan
Philippines, US start 'Balikatan' military drills in region near Taiwan
Filipino and US forces on Monday launched one of their largest joint military drills in the Philippines in recent years. The 12-day war games, involving nearly 9,000 Filipino and American soldiers, come amid rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea — which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. The annual exercises, called "Balikatan" — Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder — will cover maritime security, live-fire training, amphibious operation and counterterrorism, as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
https://www.sott.net/article/466046-Philippines-US-start-Balikatan-military-drills-in-region-near-Taiwan
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Andrew Nekrasov: "The majority in Russia supports Putin, for them the war is a form of resistance"
Andrei Nekrasov (lead image, left) is a Russian screenwriter and playwright, film and theatre director, and philosopher who emigrated from Russia in 1980. Born in St Petersburg in 1958, he studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts; literature and philosophy at the University of Paris; and film-making at the film school of Bristol University. He has written and directed plays in German in Bonn and Berlin. He conducted this interview in German, and declined to say where he is currently living, except that it is a "neutral country". Here are his career credits and fifteen films. Comment: Of note, Nekrasov is the director of the censored film The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes, exposing American huckster Bill Browder Florian Rötzer (right), 69, was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Telepolis published by Heise Verlag between 1996 and 2020. Since January 2022, he has directed the online magazine, Krass & Konkret, published...
https://www.sott.net/article/466047-Andrew-Nekrasov-The-majority-in-Russia-supports-Putin-for-them-the-war-is-a-form-of-resistance
Andrew Nekrasov: "The majority in Russia supports Putin, for them the war is a form of resistance"
Andrei Nekrasov (lead image, left) is a Russian screenwriter and playwright, film and theatre director, and philosopher who emigrated from Russia in 1980. Born in St Petersburg in 1958, he studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts; literature and philosophy at the University of Paris; and film-making at the film school of Bristol University. He has written and directed plays in German in Bonn and Berlin. He conducted this interview in German, and declined to say where he is currently living, except that it is a "neutral country". Here are his career credits and fifteen films. Comment: Of note, Nekrasov is the director of the censored film The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes, exposing American huckster Bill Browder Florian Rötzer (right), 69, was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Telepolis published by Heise Verlag between 1996 and 2020. Since January 2022, he has directed the online magazine, Krass & Konkret, published...
https://www.sott.net/article/466047-Andrew-Nekrasov-The-majority-in-Russia-supports-Putin-for-them-the-war-is-a-form-of-resistance
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Humilitainment: How to control the citizenry through reality TV distractions
"Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours.... When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." — Professor Neil Postman Once again, the programming has changed. Like clockwork, the wall-to-wall news coverage of the latest crisis has shifted gears. We have gone from COVID-19 lockdowns to Trump-Biden election drama to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings to Will Smith's on-camera assault of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards Ceremony. The distractions, distortions, and political theater just keep coming. The ongoing reality show that is life in the American police state feeds the citizenry's voracious appetite for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466048-Humilitainment-How-to-control-the-citizenry-through-reality-TV-distractions
Humilitainment: How to control the citizenry through reality TV distractions
"Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours.... When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." — Professor Neil Postman Once again, the programming has changed. Like clockwork, the wall-to-wall news coverage of the latest crisis has shifted gears. We have gone from COVID-19 lockdowns to Trump-Biden election drama to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings to Will Smith's on-camera assault of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards Ceremony. The distractions, distortions, and political theater just keep coming. The ongoing reality show that is life in the American police state feeds the citizenry's voracious appetite for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466048-Humilitainment-How-to-control-the-citizenry-through-reality-TV-distractions
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The Big Arrow War: Understanding Russian strategy and news that they will divert military away from Kiev
Big Arrow War — a primer. For all those scratching their heads in confusion, or dusting off their dress uniforms for the Ukrainian victory parade in Kiev, over the news about Russia's "strategic shift", you might want to re-familiarize yourself with basic military concepts. Maneuver warfare is a good place to start. Understand Russia started its "special military operation" with a severe manpower deficit — 200,000 attackers to some 600,000 defenders (or more). Classic attritional conflict was never an option. Russian victory required maneuver. Maneuver war is more psychological than physical and focuses more on the operational than on the tactical level. Maneuver is relational movement — how you deploy and move your forces in relation to your opponent. Russian maneuver in the first phase of its operation support this. The Russians needed to shape the battlefield to their advantage. In order to do this, they needed to control how Ukraine employed its numerically superior forces,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466049-The-Big-Arrow-War-Understanding-Russian-strategy-and-news-that-they-will-divert-military-away-from-Kiev
The Big Arrow War: Understanding Russian strategy and news that they will divert military away from Kiev
Big Arrow War — a primer. For all those scratching their heads in confusion, or dusting off their dress uniforms for the Ukrainian victory parade in Kiev, over the news about Russia's "strategic shift", you might want to re-familiarize yourself with basic military concepts. Maneuver warfare is a good place to start. Understand Russia started its "special military operation" with a severe manpower deficit — 200,000 attackers to some 600,000 defenders (or more). Classic attritional conflict was never an option. Russian victory required maneuver. Maneuver war is more psychological than physical and focuses more on the operational than on the tactical level. Maneuver is relational movement — how you deploy and move your forces in relation to your opponent. Russian maneuver in the first phase of its operation support this. The Russians needed to shape the battlefield to their advantage. In order to do this, they needed to control how Ukraine employed its numerically superior forces,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466049-The-Big-Arrow-War-Understanding-Russian-strategy-and-news-that-they-will-divert-military-away-from-Kiev
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NATO allies split on whether they should talk to Putin
Berlin, Paris seek dialogue; others say Putin can't be trusted while divisions also emerge over peace terms, weapons for Ukraine As NATO allies discuss the terms of any potential peace deal to be struck between Russia and Ukraine, signs of strategic splits are emerging from within their ranks. With the war now in its second month, a series of dilemmas are coming into sharp focus over which conditions could be deemed acceptable by Ukraine for any accord, especially as regards the security guarantees alliance members might be able to offer Kyiv. There are also divergences over what further weapons to send Ukraine, and on the question of whether talking to President Vladimir Putin is helpful or not, according to people familiar with discussions that have taken place in the past week between leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and documents seen by Bloomberg.
https://www.sott.net/article/466050-NATO-allies-split-on-whether-they-should-talk-to-Putin
NATO allies split on whether they should talk to Putin
Berlin, Paris seek dialogue; others say Putin can't be trusted while divisions also emerge over peace terms, weapons for Ukraine As NATO allies discuss the terms of any potential peace deal to be struck between Russia and Ukraine, signs of strategic splits are emerging from within their ranks. With the war now in its second month, a series of dilemmas are coming into sharp focus over which conditions could be deemed acceptable by Ukraine for any accord, especially as regards the security guarantees alliance members might be able to offer Kyiv. There are also divergences over what further weapons to send Ukraine, and on the question of whether talking to President Vladimir Putin is helpful or not, according to people familiar with discussions that have taken place in the past week between leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and documents seen by Bloomberg.
https://www.sott.net/article/466050-NATO-allies-split-on-whether-they-should-talk-to-Putin
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Tucker in Twitter jail: TV host suspended over 'hateful' trans tweet, 'a biological man is a man'
Twitter has censored Fox News host Tucker Carlson over a tweet defending conservative accounts the platform had censored for saying that a biological man is a man. The Daily Caller co-founder and Tucker Carlson Tonight host's tweet included screenshots of the notices that Twitter had sent The Babylon Bee and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. "But wait," Carlson's tweet said. "Both of these tweets are true." A Twitter spokesman told The Daily Wire that Carlson's tweet violated the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.
https://www.sott.net/article/466051-Tucker-in-Twitter-jail-TV-host-suspended-over-hateful-trans-tweet-a-biological-man-is-a-man
Tucker in Twitter jail: TV host suspended over 'hateful' trans tweet, 'a biological man is a man'
Twitter has censored Fox News host Tucker Carlson over a tweet defending conservative accounts the platform had censored for saying that a biological man is a man. The Daily Caller co-founder and Tucker Carlson Tonight host's tweet included screenshots of the notices that Twitter had sent The Babylon Bee and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. "But wait," Carlson's tweet said. "Both of these tweets are true." A Twitter spokesman told The Daily Wire that Carlson's tweet violated the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.
https://www.sott.net/article/466051-Tucker-in-Twitter-jail-TV-host-suspended-over-hateful-trans-tweet-a-biological-man-is-a-man
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Planet-scale MRI: High resolution illumination of Earth's interior down to the planet's core
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet. Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they pass through, a process known as seismic tomography. For decades, seismic tomography was based on ray theory, and seismic waves were treated like light rays. This served as a pretty good approximation and led to major discoveries about the Earth's interior. But to improve the resolution of current seismic tomographic models, seismologists need to take into account the full complexity of wave propagation using numerical simulations, known as full-waveform inversion, says Ebru Bozdag, assistant professor in the Geophysics Department at the Colorado School of Mines.
https://www.sott.net/article/466052-Planet-scale-MRI-High-resolution-illumination-of-Earths-interior-down-to-the-planets-core
Planet-scale MRI: High resolution illumination of Earth's interior down to the planet's core
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet. Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they pass through, a process known as seismic tomography. For decades, seismic tomography was based on ray theory, and seismic waves were treated like light rays. This served as a pretty good approximation and led to major discoveries about the Earth's interior. But to improve the resolution of current seismic tomographic models, seismologists need to take into account the full complexity of wave propagation using numerical simulations, known as full-waveform inversion, says Ebru Bozdag, assistant professor in the Geophysics Department at the Colorado School of Mines.
https://www.sott.net/article/466052-Planet-scale-MRI-High-resolution-illumination-of-Earths-interior-down-to-the-planets-core
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Zelensky: Don't forget Ukrainian Jewish role in the dispossession of Palestine
The Ukrainian president should be reminded that the Palestinians are the people Ukrainian Jewish colonists displaced and whose land they stole... A few days ago, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Knesset asking that Israel stand with Ukraine against the Russian invasion of his country. He cited the Ukrainian Jewish colonist Golda Mabovitch (later Golda Meir), Israel's former prime minister, who denied that the Palestinian people ever existed. Zelensky spoke of how Ukraine finds itself today in the same situation as Israel, namely that both countries seem to have horrible neighbours who "want to see us dead". Indeed, Israel has been most concerned about Ukrainian Jews, even before the Russian intervention began. As early as January 2022, Israel began planning to transfer Ukrainian Jews to become colonists in the land of the Palestinians. Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption proclaimed: "We call on the Jews of Ukraine to immigrate to Israel - your...
https://www.sott.net/article/466053-Zelensky-Dont-forget-Ukrainian-Jewish-role-in-the-dispossession-of-Palestine
Zelensky: Don't forget Ukrainian Jewish role in the dispossession of Palestine
The Ukrainian president should be reminded that the Palestinians are the people Ukrainian Jewish colonists displaced and whose land they stole... A few days ago, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Knesset asking that Israel stand with Ukraine against the Russian invasion of his country. He cited the Ukrainian Jewish colonist Golda Mabovitch (later Golda Meir), Israel's former prime minister, who denied that the Palestinian people ever existed. Zelensky spoke of how Ukraine finds itself today in the same situation as Israel, namely that both countries seem to have horrible neighbours who "want to see us dead". Indeed, Israel has been most concerned about Ukrainian Jews, even before the Russian intervention began. As early as January 2022, Israel began planning to transfer Ukrainian Jews to become colonists in the land of the Palestinians. Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption proclaimed: "We call on the Jews of Ukraine to immigrate to Israel - your...
https://www.sott.net/article/466053-Zelensky-Dont-forget-Ukrainian-Jewish-role-in-the-dispossession-of-Palestine
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Russia ditches key demands in Ukraine peace talks - Financial Times
Moscow has apparently dropped several key demands in the painstaking Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times newspaper reported Monday, citing four people briefed on the discussions. According to the report, Moscow is now prepared to let Ukraine "join the European Union if it remains military non-aligned as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations" and drops its NATO aspirations. "The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia's initial core demands - 'denazification', 'demilitarization', and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine." The newspaper added that its sources spoke "under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalized." The reported shift in Moscow's position comes ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled to take place in Turkey on Tuesday. Moscow and Kiev have held three rounds of in-person talks and further contacts via a video link, yet the negotiations failed to yield any tangible result...
https://www.sott.net/article/466054-Russia-ditches-key-demands-in-Ukraine-peace-talks-Financial-Times
Russia ditches key demands in Ukraine peace talks - Financial Times
Moscow has apparently dropped several key demands in the painstaking Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times newspaper reported Monday, citing four people briefed on the discussions. According to the report, Moscow is now prepared to let Ukraine "join the European Union if it remains military non-aligned as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations" and drops its NATO aspirations. "The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia's initial core demands - 'denazification', 'demilitarization', and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine." The newspaper added that its sources spoke "under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalized." The reported shift in Moscow's position comes ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled to take place in Turkey on Tuesday. Moscow and Kiev have held three rounds of in-person talks and further contacts via a video link, yet the negotiations failed to yield any tangible result...
https://www.sott.net/article/466054-Russia-ditches-key-demands-in-Ukraine-peace-talks-Financial-Times
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Naming Names
You see, there are real people behind all these disorders of our national life. Many more besides just the notorious Dr. Fauci... One reason American movies are so bad these days is they have forgotten how to tell a story. Stuff just happens to characters. Cause, effect, and consequence no longer exist in the workshops of Hollywood. And one might sense that these imperatives are likewise missing from what used to be known as real life in the USA, with all its stories and narratives. Stuff just happens to the people in this country now. And then sometimes, stuff un-happens. With the Russian operation in Ukraine alarming the populace, you might have forgotten the late Covid-19 epidemic that provoked so much public hysteria and government policy overreach. Stuff happened during those two-plus years of Covid-19, and, even with Ukraine blaring from the cable news channels, Covid-19 stuff is still happening. Vaccine mandates are still in force, in New York City, for instance — except for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466055-Naming-Names
Naming Names
You see, there are real people behind all these disorders of our national life. Many more besides just the notorious Dr. Fauci... One reason American movies are so bad these days is they have forgotten how to tell a story. Stuff just happens to characters. Cause, effect, and consequence no longer exist in the workshops of Hollywood. And one might sense that these imperatives are likewise missing from what used to be known as real life in the USA, with all its stories and narratives. Stuff just happens to the people in this country now. And then sometimes, stuff un-happens. With the Russian operation in Ukraine alarming the populace, you might have forgotten the late Covid-19 epidemic that provoked so much public hysteria and government policy overreach. Stuff happened during those two-plus years of Covid-19, and, even with Ukraine blaring from the cable news channels, Covid-19 stuff is still happening. Vaccine mandates are still in force, in New York City, for instance — except for...
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Biden used printed 'cheatsheet' to answer questions on anti-Putin statements
The president's detractors have repeatedly questioned his mental fitness After an apparent call for the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden read from a pre-prepared 'cheat sheet' to assure reporters that he wasn't actually suggesting regime change in Moscow. However, Biden, whose cognitive health Republicans say is declining, ended up doubling down on his original remarks. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Biden said that his declaration in Poland last week that Putin "cannot remain in power" was not a call for regime change in Moscow. Biden said: "I'm not walking anything back. I want to make it clear: I was not then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel, and I make no apologies for it." Photos from the press conference show Biden carrying a small card, entitled "Tough Putin Q&A Talking Points," in which the president was instructed to answer such a question as follows: "I was...
https://www.sott.net/article/466056-Biden-used-printed-cheatsheet-to-answer-questions-on-anti-Putin-statements
Biden used printed 'cheatsheet' to answer questions on anti-Putin statements
The president's detractors have repeatedly questioned his mental fitness After an apparent call for the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden read from a pre-prepared 'cheat sheet' to assure reporters that he wasn't actually suggesting regime change in Moscow. However, Biden, whose cognitive health Republicans say is declining, ended up doubling down on his original remarks. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Biden said that his declaration in Poland last week that Putin "cannot remain in power" was not a call for regime change in Moscow. Biden said: "I'm not walking anything back. I want to make it clear: I was not then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel, and I make no apologies for it." Photos from the press conference show Biden carrying a small card, entitled "Tough Putin Q&A Talking Points," in which the president was instructed to answer such a question as follows: "I was...
https://www.sott.net/article/466056-Biden-used-printed-cheatsheet-to-answer-questions-on-anti-Putin-statements
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EU rejects Moscow's ruble-for-gas demand
The bloc's refusal follows a similar announcement by G7 countries EU member states won't pay for Russian gas in rubles, the European Commission said on Tuesday, rejecting Moscow's March 31 deadline for switching payment mechanisms. The announcement comes a day after a similar response from the G7 nations. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that hostile countries, which have imposed economic sanctions on Moscow, pay for Russian gas with rubles. On Monday, he ordered the government to develop the necessary tools to accomplish the task and set a deadline for Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia will not supply natural gas to the European market for free, as euros and dollars will not be accepted from March 31.
https://www.sott.net/article/466057-EU-rejects-Moscows-ruble-for-gas-demand
EU rejects Moscow's ruble-for-gas demand
The bloc's refusal follows a similar announcement by G7 countries EU member states won't pay for Russian gas in rubles, the European Commission said on Tuesday, rejecting Moscow's March 31 deadline for switching payment mechanisms. The announcement comes a day after a similar response from the G7 nations. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that hostile countries, which have imposed economic sanctions on Moscow, pay for Russian gas with rubles. On Monday, he ordered the government to develop the necessary tools to accomplish the task and set a deadline for Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia will not supply natural gas to the European market for free, as euros and dollars will not be accepted from March 31.
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#GotGoldorRubles? Russia just broke the back of the West
I don't think everyone has yet caught the significance of Russia announcing they are putting a floor under the price of gold. But, to be clear, Russia just broke the paper gold suppression scheme. On Friday the Bank of Russia announced: RUB5000 to the ounce at an exchange rate of 100 RUB/USD implies a $1550 per ounce gold price. For a few days previous to this announcement, which they knew was coming, The West was running around with multiple bits of legislation to try and keep the Russians from selling their gold. The G7 think the sanctions are hitting so hard that Putin will be forced to sell his gold to evade sanctions to pay for things. They are literally running a script in their heads that is not actually playing out in the real world. But, whatever, Neocons never met an ugly stick that they didn't want to use to beat someone over the head with. Too bad all they're doing is hitting a rubber tire. Boing! Because here's the gig, Russia won't be selling any gold. They're buying...
https://www.sott.net/article/466058-GotGoldorRubles-Russia-just-broke-the-back-of-the-West
#GotGoldorRubles? Russia just broke the back of the West
I don't think everyone has yet caught the significance of Russia announcing they are putting a floor under the price of gold. But, to be clear, Russia just broke the paper gold suppression scheme. On Friday the Bank of Russia announced: RUB5000 to the ounce at an exchange rate of 100 RUB/USD implies a $1550 per ounce gold price. For a few days previous to this announcement, which they knew was coming, The West was running around with multiple bits of legislation to try and keep the Russians from selling their gold. The G7 think the sanctions are hitting so hard that Putin will be forced to sell his gold to evade sanctions to pay for things. They are literally running a script in their heads that is not actually playing out in the real world. But, whatever, Neocons never met an ugly stick that they didn't want to use to beat someone over the head with. Too bad all they're doing is hitting a rubber tire. Boing! Because here's the gig, Russia won't be selling any gold. They're buying...
https://www.sott.net/article/466058-GotGoldorRubles-Russia-just-broke-the-back-of-the-West
